KR20030015342A - Method for auto-management of an address directory and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for automatically managing an address book using the network are provided to save the efforts and time managing the address book by offering an address book service automatically noticing the modified information of a user to the acquaintances. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal(10) and an acquaintance terminal(20) include an acquaintance address information database(1) storing the personal information of respective acquaintances, an automatic address book program(2) downloaded from a server computer(50), and an automatic synchronizing program(3) synchronizing the database frequently or periodically. The automatic synchronizing program(3) synchronizes the acquaintance address information database(1) with an acquaintance address information database(72) of the server computer(50). The server computer(50) stores the personal information of the user and the acquaintances in the database of the server computer(50) and automatically informs each user and the acquaintances of the updated personal information by comprising various controlling part and the database for automatically managing the address book.

Description

Method and system for automatic management of address book using network {Method for auto-management of an address directory and system}

The present invention relates to a method and system for automatically managing address books using a network, and by installing a single address book automatic management program, sending address book invitation mails to acquaintances associated with a user, thereby automatically managing address books from address book registration to update. The present invention relates to a method and system for automatically managing address book using a network that can pursue maximum convenience.

Generally, it is written in a notebook or diary to manage relationships with friends, their names, contacts, home address, company address, home phone number, company phone number, mobile phone number, date of birth, e-mail address, etc. It was saved as a normal file or entered into the computer's address book management program.

In particular, as e-mail exchanges through the Internet become more active, e-mail addresses become more important.

The Internet consists of a huge number of computers and computer networks that interconnect these computers through communication links, which are interconnected using a variety of services, such as e-mail, gophers, and the World Wide Web (WWW). Exchange information. The World Wide Web allows a server computer system (eg a web server or website) to send graphical web pages of information to a remote client computer system.

Such a remote client computer system may display a web page of various screens received from a server computer.

Recently, as the Internet has made rapid progress, address book management programs have been developed to manage e-mail addresses in cyberspace. However, these conventional e-mail address book management programs need to input all the information by hand in order to register a friend's e-mail address in the e-mail address book. Therefore, the process of creating an address book for inputting e-mail address and other acquaintance's personal information is very cumbersome, and when the acquaintance's personal information is changed, that is, for example, the address or telephone number of the acquaintance is changed, If you don't change your personal information, you can't provide the revised information, and the address book user has to manually revise the personal information of the changed acquaintance. Need this .

Therefore, the contacts of the address book had the problem of not only contacting all the acquaintances who know their own address every time, as well as not knowing that the address was changed and not contacted when really needed.

In addition, the conventional address book management program, because the user's own personal information or the address book information of acquaintances that he knows could not be transmitted to other acquaintances, the utilization of the information was lowered and the pyramid of acquaintance information could not be formed. Because they could not download address books through mobile terminals such as PDAs and PDAs, they could not actively respond to the mobile environment, and because they could only know the contacts of their close acquaintances, they could not contact their acquaintances or acquaintances. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems, there is no need to register personal information of acquaintances associated with them by hand, without having to contact the acquaintances each time the changed address individually, even with just one modification of address information A network that can dramatically reduce the effort and time of everyone who manages your address book with the Address Book Service, which allows you to automatically update your contacts with your contacts so that they can be updated automatically. The present invention provides an automatic address book management method and system.

In addition, another object of the present invention, the address book automatic management method using a network that can be prevented from being contacted or not contacted due to the address change by improving the accuracy of the address information and the speed of the update to simplify the update process; In providing a system.

In addition, another object of the present invention, because the user's own personal information or address book information of acquaintances that he knows can be easily delivered to other acquaintances, it is possible to increase the utilization of information, and to configure an acquaintance network, You can download the address book through a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA, and actively respond to the mobile environment.In addition to the contacts of your close acquaintances, as well as the acquaintances of the acquaintances and acquaintances of the acquaintances, The present invention provides a method and system for automatically managing an address book using a network that enables a person to search for a person in need.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing an automatic address book management system using a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing an automatic address book management method using a preferred network of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of FIG. 2 in more detail.

4 to 12 are diagrams illustrating examples of a user terminal and an acquaintance terminal screen that sequentially display the member registration step and the acquaintance member registration step of the series of automatic address book management programs (also called Cuckoo boxes) of FIG. 3 in order.

FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are diagrams illustrating examples of a screen for inputting an acquaintance's e-mail address individually in the acquaintance name and e-mail extraction step of FIG. 3 and adding and selecting the acquaintance's e-mail address.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for selecting acquaintances as a people window to invite to a Cuckoo box in the acquaintance name and e-mail extraction step of FIG. 3.

16 and 17 are views illustrating an example of a screen for selecting an acquaintance to be extracted by automatically extracting the acquaintance name and e-mail extraction step from the Outlook Express address book to the people window to invite to the Cuckoo box in FIG. 3.

18 and 19 are views illustrating an example of a screen for selecting an acquaintance to be extracted by automatically extracting the acquaintance name and e-mail extraction step from the Excel address book to the people window to invite to the Cuckoo box in FIG. 3.

20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a greeting added to an invitation mail in the invitation mail sending step of FIG. 3.

21 to 23 are diagrams illustrating an example of a screen for using an address book for inquiry in a text form when the user terminal is a mobile phone.

24 to 27 are diagrams illustrating an example of a screen for using an automatic update address book in a text form when the user terminal is a mobile phone.

28 to 31 are diagrams illustrating an example of an automatic update address book use screen in the form of a text when the acquaintance terminal is a mobile phone.

32 is a diagram illustrating an example of an invitation mail screen in the invitation mail sending step of FIG. 3.

33 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for correcting information in the update step of FIG. 3.

Automatic address book management method using the network of the present invention for achieving the above object, the user terminal including at least one mobile terminal, a notebook computer, a personal computer and the like and a server computer connected through the network can automatically manage the address book In the automatic address book management method, the server computer, the automatic address book program installation information is transmitted to the terminal of the user who wants to automatically manage the address book so that the address book management is automatically performed, the user by the automatic address book program installed in the user terminal Sending an invitation mail to the acquaintances, and when the acquaintance responds to the invitation mail input personal information, it is stored in the database, and then sent to the user terminal characterized in that the address book management is made automatically.

On the other hand, the automatic address book management method using the network of the present invention for achieving the above object, comprising a user terminal including at least one mobile terminal, a laptop, a personal computer, and the like and a server computer connected through a network An automatic address book management method capable of automatically managing an address book, wherein the server computer includes a control unit for controlling a program and a database for storing various types of information, and the control unit includes: an automatic address book installation program for installing an automatic address book program; An invitation mail sending program for sending an invitation message for managing an address book, an address input program for receiving address information of an acquaintance and storing it in a database, an address book transmission program for transmitting the address information of an acquaintance to a user terminal; Changed weeks of acquaintances An address update program for receiving address information and storing the information in a database; and an address book management program for transmitting the updated address information to a user terminal. The database includes a user information database for storing user information and address information of acquaintances. It includes a database of acquaintance address information to store, (a) the user information of the user who wants to manage the automatic address book into the user information database to register as a member, and the automatic address book program by transmitting the automatic address book installation program to the user terminal Is being installed; (b) sending an invitation mail to acquaintances of the user by an invitation mail sending program of the automatic address book program installed in the user terminal; (c) if the acquaintance who has accepted the invitation mail transmits personal information of himself and / or another acquaintance known to the acquaintance, storing it in the acquaintance address information database by the address input program; (d) transmitting address information of acquaintances and / or acquaintances' acquaintances stored in the address information database to the user terminal by the address book transmission program; And (e) when the update information of an acquaintance is input to the server computer, transmitting the personal information of the acquaintance updated by the address book management program to a user terminal.

In addition, in step (c), in order to register both a user and an acquaintance as a member, when the acquaintance invited by the user is a new member, when acquiring an invitation mail, the acquaintance information of the acquaintance is input into the user information database and registered as a member. The automatic address book program is installed by sending the automatic address book installation program to a terminal of an acquaintance, and if the acquaintance invited by the user is an existing member, upon acknowledgment of the invitation mail, the acquaintance information previously input in the user information database is sent to the user. It is possible to do

The server computer may further include a multi-level query program for introducing acquaintances' acquaintances with the acknowledgment of acquaintances. The method for automatically managing an address book using the network of the present invention may include: (f) If there are acquaintances who want to be introduced to the acquaintances of their acquaintances through the acquaintances' acquaintances (stage 1), acquaintances acquaintances (stage 2), acquaintances acquaintances (stage 3), etc. To get acquaintance information of the acquaintances, the user can send a multi-level query requesting the acquaintance's personal information step by step, from acquaintances closest to him to himself and distant acquaintances, and acquaintances far from himself If you are allowed to connect with the referral information of all your acquaintances, you will be given the consent of the requesting acquaintance. Sent receiving contact information; the may further include.

In addition, when the user terminal is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, the automatic address book program includes a contact address book for searching for acquaintance information of a preset known range, and in step (a) to the user terminal Send and download the inquiry address book, and if the mobile phone number is changed among the acquaintances of the known range in the step (e), to inform the user terminal, and the user wants to store it in the inquiry address book In this case, the mobile phone text information may be transmitted so that the changed mobile phone number of the acquaintance is stored in the inquiry address book.

On the other hand, the automatic address book management system using the network of the present invention for achieving the above object, the user terminal including at least one mobile terminal, a notebook computer, a personal computer, etc. and a server computer connected through the network to automatically manage the address book In the automatic address book management system, the server computer comprises a control unit for controlling a program and a database for storing various types of information, and the control unit manages an automatic address book installation program for installing an automatic address book program and an address book. An e-mail sending program for sending an invitation message, an address input program for receiving address information of an acquaintance and storing it in a database, an address book transmission program for transmitting the input address information of an acquaintance to a user terminal, and changed address information for an acquaintance Get input An address update program for storing the child in a database, and an address book management program for transmitting the updated address information to the user terminal, wherein the database includes a user information database for storing user information and an acquaintance address for storing address information of acquaintances; An information database, the user information of a user who wants automatic address book management is input into the user information database and registered as a member, and the automatic address book program is installed by transmitting the automatic address book installation program to a user terminal, and the user terminal is installed. When an invitation mail is sent to acquaintances of the user by the mail sending program of the automatic address book program installed in the user, and the acquaintance who accepts the invitation mail inputs his / her personal information, the address input program Store the acquaintance in the acquaintance address information database, transmit the acknowledgment address information stored in the address information database to the user terminal by the address book transmission program, and when the acquaintance accesses the server computer to update his / her address, the address book management program And a control unit programmed to transmit the updated address information of the acquaintance to the user terminal.

Hereinafter, a method and a system for automatically managing an address book using a network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, as shown in Figure 1, the automatic address book management system using a network according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 10, the acquaintance terminal 20, the administrator computer 30 and these and various It is a structure comprised with the server computer 50 connected by the wired / wireless network 40. FIG.

Here, the user terminal 10 is a terminal including a mobile terminal, a laptop, a personal computer, etc. of individuals and groups or companies that want to automatically manage address book information of acquaintances.

In addition, the acquaintance terminal 20 is a terminal including a mobile terminal, a laptop, a personal computer, or the like of an individual and a group or a company managed as personal information is input to the user's address book.

Here, the user terminal 10 and the acquaintance terminal 20, the acquaintance address information database (1) for storing the personal information of acquaintances, respectively, and the automatic address book program (2) downloaded and installed from the server computer 50 And an automatic synchronization program 3 for synchronizing the database at any time or periodically.

In particular, when the user logs in to the server computer 50, the automatic synchronization program 3 transmits a query requesting address information of acquaintances to the server computer 50 at predetermined intervals to receive update information. When the user's personal information is corrected, the user logs in to the server computer 50 and after a predetermined time, a program for automatically transmitting the modified personal information of the user to the server computer 50, It is a program for matching the contents of the acquaintance address information database 1 stored in the user terminal 10 and the acquaintance terminal 20 and the acquaintance address information database 72 stored in the server computer 50.

On the other hand, the manager computer 30 is a computer of an enterprise or server computer 50 operator who manages the server computer 50 and instructs various commands such as helping communication between users and acquaintances.

In addition, the server computer 50 may be configured with various controllers and databases for automatic address book management, and may store personal information of users and acquaintances in a database in the server computer 50, and if the personal information is updated, It is a computer of a company that performs an automatic address book management method using a network that can automatically notify acquaintances.

The server computer 50, the user terminal 10, the acquaintance terminal 20, and the manager computer 30 are connected to each other through the network 40.

The user terminal 10 and the acquaintance terminal 20 or the administrator computer 30 connected to the network 40 can display web contents in the form of HTML, XML, or the like (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.). ) Or a mobile browser that can display text on a mobile phone screen.

On the other hand, the server computer 50 is provided with a storage device and a computing processor required for realizing the automatic address book management method using a network according to the present invention, as well as a control unit composed of various programs, and a database of various information. It is done by

Here, the program constitutes the control unit, including a main program 51 for operating all programs, an automatic address book installation program 52 for installing the automatic address book program 1, and an invitation message for managing the address book. An invitation mail sending program 53 for sending a message, an address input program 54 for receiving address information of an acquaintance and storing it in a database, and an address book transmission program 55 for transmitting the address information of the input acquaintance to a user terminal; And an address update program 56 for receiving the changed address information of an acquaintance and storing it in a database, an address book management program 57 for transmitting the updated address information to the user terminal, a user terminal 10 and an acquaintance terminal ( 20) Outlook Express, MSOutlook, MSN, ICQ, etc. An information conversion program 58 for converting information so that the mail sending program of John and the address book of the mail sending program are compatible, and the Outlook Express and MS of the user terminal 10 and the acquaintance terminal 20; Address book filing program 59 that stores the address information of contacts in the form of address book files such as Outlook, MSN, ICQ, and Excel, and users and acquaintances The mail and chat service program 60 and the acknowledgment message of the acquaintance who sent the invitation mail or the message of the fallen acquaintance are sent to the user terminal to allow free communication between the sender and the user. Program 61 is included.

In addition, the control unit transmits update information when the user logs in to the server computer and transmits a query requesting address information of acquaintances to the server computer at predetermined intervals, and when the user's personal information is modified, the user When the user logs in to the server computer and after a predetermined time, automatically transmits the personal information of the modified user at a predetermined interval to the server computer, an automatic synchronization program 62 for notifying the acquaintances and acquaintances with the acknowledgment of acquaintances It also includes a multi-level query program that introduces people you know.

In addition, it performs periodic updates of various databases, and transmits various service information about various announcements, acquaintance status, acquaintance news, acquaintances contact information, social network management, acquaintance management, and advertisements to the user terminal and acquaintance terminals. Various service programs such as various management and service programs 64 may be further included.

In addition, the database stores various kinds of information, including a user information database 71 for storing user information, an acquaintance address information database 72 for storing address information of acquaintances, and invitation mails and replies. Invitation mail and reply database 73 that stores information.

In addition, when the user terminal is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, the database includes a search address book database 74 for retrieving information of a predetermined acquaintance and storing the changed mobile phone number of the acquaintance, and a mobile phone. And an automatic update address book database 75 for extracting all the mobile phone numbers stored in the user, selecting a person to request an update, and sending an invitation in a text form to store the mobile phone number of the selected acquaintance as a user terminal. The 74 and the automatic update address book database 75 are stored in the server computer 50 as well as the user terminal 10 and the acquaintance terminal 20.

In addition, the database executes periodic updates of various databases, and various service information regarding various announcements, acquaintance status, acquaintance news, acquaintance contact information, social network management, acquaintance management, and advertisements are displayed on the user terminal and acquaintance. Various management and service information databases 76 for storing various information for performing various management and service programs transmitted to the terminal may be further included.

Here, the user information and acquaintance address information, as illustrated in Figure 10, the relationship between the user and acquaintances, the name of the acquaintances, contact information, home address, company address, affiliation, position, home phone number, company telephone number, Mobile phone number, date of birth, place of birth, occupation, major, family status, personality, characteristics, e-mail address, etc. can contain information about various personal information.

Such user information and acquaintance address information, if a user or acquaintance enters the user information database 71 or the acquaintance address information database 72 only once when a member registers, he / she wants his / her personal information and his / her personal information Acknowledgments are automatically provided to the acquaintances through the network 40, and when the user or acquaintances update them, the acquaintance address information database 1 of all the user terminals 10 / acquaintance terminals 20 and the server The acquaintance address information database 72 of the computer 50 is automatically synchronized with each other so that the user, acquaintances and / or acquaintances of the acquaintance can be updated in real time.

In addition, the user or acquaintance's e-mail address information to send an invitation mail among the user information or acquaintance's address information may be input by a user or acquaintance by hand, or need to be input by hand. The information may be automatically extracted and stored in the acquaintance address information database 72.

That is, as shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the invitation mail sending program 53 allows the user to use existing Outlook Express, MS Outlook, MSN, ICQ, and the like. Using the mail sending program, you can enter the email address of an acquaintance who knows the email address directly in the "Invite individual acquaintances" window, or the invitation email to the e-mail addresses of the acquaintances pre-populated in the "Cookie box invite people" window. Can be sent separately, and as shown in Figs. 15 to 19, Outlook Express (exemplified in the "Inviting Messenger, Outlook Friend" window of Figs. 15, 16, and 17), MSOutlook , Devices already stored in existing mail sending programs, such as MSN, ICQ, Excel (exemplified in the "Inviting Excel Address Book acquaintances" window of FIGS. 18 and 19) files, and existing mail sending programs. E-mail addresses of the zone address book are automatically extracted and input into the acquaintance address information database 1, and among the input acquaintances, it is also possible to select acquaintances to send the invitation mail to automatically send the invitation mail.

In addition, the invitation e-mail information is attached to the automatic address book installation program to be installed in the automatic address book program on the terminal of the acquaintances with the consent of the acquaintance who received the mail, as well as in the "Add mail greeting" window of FIG. As illustrated, a greeting input by the user may be attached to attach and send the user's message.

In addition, the reply information, the acknowledgment of the acknowledgment of the invitation mail, the personal information of the acquaintance and the update information of the acquaintance may be attached.

As a result, the server computer 50 having the various programs and various information includes a control unit and a database and is implemented in the form of a website or a text service on a network such as a wired / wireless telephone network or a wired / wireless internet to a user and acquaintances. Lose.

Therefore, the user's personal information of the user who wants to manage the automatic address book is inputted to the user information database 71 and registered as a member, and the automatic address book installation program 52 is transmitted to the user terminal 10 so that the automatic address book program 2 ), The invitation mail is sent to the acquaintances of the user by the invitation mail sending program 53 of the automatic address book program 2 installed in the user terminal 10, and the acquaintance who accepted the invitation mail is With the acquaintance terminal 20, the personal information of the person and / or other acquaintances known to the acquaintance terminal 20 is input to the server computer 50, and the address input program 54 receives this information. Stored in the acquaintance address information database 72 and stored in the acquaintance address information database 72 by the address book transmission program 55. The acquaintance's address information and / or acquaintances 'acquaintances' address information are transmitted to the user terminal 10, and when the acquaintance's update information is input to the server computer 50, The personal information may be transmitted to the user terminal 10.

Therefore, it is not necessary to register personal information of acquaintances related to oneself, and the revised information is automatically updated to acquaintances related to one's own acquaintances without having to contact the acquaintances with changed address each time individually. The address book service, which allows notifications to be updated automatically, can dramatically reduce the effort and time of everyone who manages the address book.

On the other hand, the address book automatic management method using the automatic address book management system using the network according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 1, as shown in Figure 2, the automatic address book management to automatically manage the address book When the automatic address book program installation information is transmitted to a desired terminal of the user, the automatic address book program installed on the user terminal is sent an invitation mail to the acquaintances of the user, and the acquaintance who responded to the invitation mail inputs the personal information. Save the data in the database, and transmit it to the user terminal, and when the acquaintance updates his or her address, configure the server computer to automatically perform the address book management by transmitting the update information to the user terminal, and (a) automatic address book management. User profile information of the user who wants to Registering as a member by inputting into the database, transmitting the automatic address book installation program to the user terminal, and installing the automatic address book program; and (b) the user by the invitation mail sending program of the automatic address book program installed on the user terminal. Sending an invitation mail to the acquaintances; and (c) when the acquaintance who has accepted the invitation mail transmits personal information of himself and / or another acquaintance he knows, the acknowledgment address information by the address input program. Storing in a database; (d) transmitting address information of acquaintances and / or acquaintances' acquaintances stored in the address information database to the user terminal by the address book transmission program; and (e) to the server computer. When the update information of acquaintance is input, the address book management program By it made by the identification information of the updated connections comprising: transmitting to the user terminal.

On the other hand, the automatic address book management method using the network of the present invention, (f) the user is acquaintances (1 step), acquaintances (2 steps), acquaintances of the acquaintances (step 3), etc. If there are request acquaintances who want to be introduced to their acquaintances through the acquaintance, the user's personal information from the acquaintances closest to him to the acquaintances who are far from him / her so as to obtain the personal information of the acquaintances. Send a multi-level query requesting your request, and if you are allowed to connect with the referral approval information of all your contacts, from close contacts to yourself and far-off contacts, you will receive the requested contact's consent and receive limited contact information. The method may further include receiving a transmission.

That is, when the address book automatic management method using the network according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in more detail, as shown in Figure 3, when the user accesses the server computer, the user is asked whether the member (S1) If the member is a member authentication (S2), if the user is not a member, the automatic address book program is downloaded from the server computer, installed in the user terminal (S3), and registered as a member (S4).

At this time, the user registration process of the user prepares the installation of the automatic address book program by the automatic address book installation program of Figures 4 and 5, as shown in Figures 4 to 12, and, as shown in Figure 6, After obtaining the consent, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the automatic address book program is stored in the storage of the user terminal, and as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the user's own information is always stored in the server computer. If entered, as shown in Fig. 11 and 12, the registration of the members is completed.

Subsequently, when the user requests address book synchronization (S5), information of the user or acquaintance stored in the user terminal is first sent to the server computer (S6), and the server computer is requested to change information of a desired acquaintance (S7). The acquaintance information stored in the server computer is received and automatically updated in the user terminal (S8).

At this time, when the user logs in to the server computer, a query for requesting the address information of acquaintances is sent to the server computer at a predetermined interval (for example, every 3 hours) after the login (for example, after 10 minutes). When the update information is received and the user's personal information is modified, the user may log in to the server computer and automatically transmit the modified personal information of the user to the server computer at a predetermined interval after a predetermined time. .

Meanwhile, when a user invites a general acquaintance who knows an e-mail address address and wants to input personal information of acquaintance into the address book of the user terminal (S9), as shown in FIG. 15 to 17, or as shown in Figure 15 to 17, the user's terminal in advance, the name of the acquaintance, e-mail previously extracted in advance (S10), as shown in Figure 32, the invitation mail to the acquaintances Ship (S11).

Subsequently, when the acquaintance invited by the user accepts the user's invitation mail (S12), when the acquaintance is a new member (S13), as in the user member registration process shown in Figs. When the installation program is downloaded (S14) and installed in the acquaintance terminal, and the personal information of the acquaintance is input to the server computer (S15), the acquaintance is registered as a member (S16).

Subsequently, the server computer informs the user terminal of the fact that the acknowledgment accepted the invitation mail or the personal information of the acquaintance by the reply mail or the message (S17).

In this case, when the acquaintance invited by the user is an existing member, the acknowledgment information may be omitted in step S14, S15, and S16 by immediately sending the acquaintance information inputted in the user information database to the user.

Subsequently, when the user confirms or deletes the invitation reply (S18), the personal information of the acquaintance is transmitted from the server computer to the user terminal (S19).

Then, when an acquaintance whose information has been changed updates his information, that is, corrects the information, as illustrated in FIG. 33, the modified information is transmitted to the server computer and fed back to the user in real time to correct the information. It is possible.

On the other hand, when a user invites acquaintances who do not know their e-mail address and wants to enter personal information of acquaintances in the address book of the user terminal (S20), the user is a mail bulletin board or a public bulletin board connected to a network such as a user terminal or an Internet site. Or, create a peer-to-group (P2G) link on a billboard or linkable site (S21), and widely advertise and notify the public, who wants to become acquaintances, users and acquaintances (S22), when the public read (S23) It is possible to be recognized as acquaintances and then to receive the invitation mail.

In addition, when a user invites an acquaintance who knows a separate ID, that is, a UID (Unique ID) assigned by an automatic address book management system using the network of the present invention, instead of an e-mail address that is difficult to remember and inconvenient to use (S24). Since both the acquaintance and the acquaintance are registered as members, when the user sends an invitation mail (S25), the acquaintance is notified to the acquaintance (S26), when the acquaintance downloads the invitation mail (S27) and accepts the invitation mail (S28), the user Notify (S17), if the user confirms / deletes the invitation reply (S18), the personal information of acquaintances previously input to the server computer is transmitted to the user (S19).

Subsequently, the user may be asked whether to continue (S29), the address book synchronization step, the general invitation step, the P2G invitation step, or the UIP invitation step may be repeated.

On the other hand, on the basis of such address book synchronization and acquaintance address information established in the process of inviting acquaintances, the user has acquaintances (first stage), acquaintances of the acquaintance (second stage), and acquaintances of the acquaintance (3) It is possible to search for request acquaintances who want to be introduced from their acquaintances pyramid through multi-steps.

That is, when the user requests a multi-level query (S30), the user can obtain a first-level information search from acquaintances closest to the user (for example, "Are you aware of a lawyer?" If you request a query in the form of a search request mail, etc. (S31), the first step acquaintance (for example, "my acquaintances, but I do not know if you have a lawyer among the acquaintances of my acquaintances (S32), if the user step by step requesting the N-level information retrieval to the person and the remote person (S33), if the N-level acquaintance (S34), Finally, with the approval of the request acquaintance (S35), the information of the request acquaintance may be transmitted or introduced (S36), and thus the user may be in contact with the desired acquaintance.

At this time, the acknowledgment must be approved by an acquaintance who knows the acquaintance within a limited range that does not infringe the privacy of the acquaintance and the acquaintance. Also, if an acquaintance does not have an acquaintance among the acquaintances of the user, or if there is no desire to introduce even if the acquaintance is present, the acquaintance may not respond to the search request mail.

This multi-level query allows users to use up to 3 levels free of charge, for example, and more than that, allowing them to apply usage fees differentially, thereby creating profitability.

In addition, it is also possible to make limited use only up to a predetermined step (e.g., eight steps) so that the acquaintance of the acquaintance becomes a user and prevents LoopBack from being returned.

In addition, mail and chat services can be implemented to allow free communication between users and acquaintances who are members, perform periodic updates of the database, various announcements, acquaintances, acquaintance news, acquaintances, It is possible to provide various services for social network management, acquaintance management, and advertisement.

On the other hand, when the user terminal and acquaintance terminal of the automatic address book management system using the network of the present invention is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA, an embodiment of the automatic address book program, as illustrated in FIG. The inquiry address book is transmitted and downloaded to, for example, 1,500 won, and as illustrated in FIG. 22, when there is an acquaintance of "Kim Jung-hoon" whose mobile phone number is changed among the acquaintances in the known range, the user terminal When the user selects "Yes" while notifying the screen at the same time, as shown in FIG. 23, the mobile phone text information is transmitted so that the mobile phone number of the changed acquaintance "Kim Jung Hoon" is stored in the inquiry address book.

In other words, people designated as acquaintances such as "Kim Jeong-hoon" in advance, all users and acquaintances can update all their users and acquaintances simply by changing their personal information by accessing the mobile terminal to the server computer of the present invention. It can be announced.

On the other hand, when the user terminal and the acquaintance terminal of the automatic address book management system using the network of the present invention is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA, another embodiment of the automatic address book program, as illustrated in FIG. For example, the automatic update address book may be downloaded free of charge when the first download or connection acquaintance is 100 or less, and a fee is charged when there are 100 or more, and as illustrated in FIG. 25, a mobile phone number stored in the user's mobile phone. As shown in FIG. 26, 35 are all selected, and for example, 35 persons are collectively selected as an update request person, and as shown in FIG. 27, an invitation in a text form is transmitted.

At this time, in addition to the information stored in the mobile phone number, the existing mobile phone number list stored in the user's mobile phone, it is possible to extract all the telephone number information on the recent outgoing telephone number or the recently received telephone number path and transmit it to the server computer.

Then, as illustrated in FIG. 28, an acquaintance who has received an invitation (auto update request) downloads the automatic update address book, as illustrated in FIG. 29, and updates the user in his mobile phone address book as illustrated in FIG. 30. By selecting one's acquaintances to give information, as shown in Fig. 31, the mobile phone number of the acquaintance (55 people in the figure) of the selected acquaintance is transmitted to the user terminal.

Meanwhile, when the user terminal is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, when the user pronounces, for example, "Kim Jung Hoon" by voice, the user inputs it and automatically retrieves the latest phone number of "Kim Jung Hoon" and displays it on the mobile phone. You can make a call automatically. That is, the server computer recognizes when the voice information of the user terminal is input, searches for an address (telephone number) information corresponding to the recognized voice in the acquaintance address information database of the server computer, and retrieves the acquaintance address (telephone number). It may be made further comprising a voice recognition program for transmitting information about.

Through this process, the administrator can provide users and acquaintances with convenience of address book management and provide various services such as multi-level queries, and the users and acquaintances can provide dues, information fees and fees to the operators. It is possible to create a new value-added profit model.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and of course, modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the object of the present invention is limited to individuals and acquaintances of the present invention. In addition, individuals, as well as various clubs, social groups, religious groups, social gatherings, small groups or large groups such as reunions or alumni associations It can be widely applied to all companies that manage acquaintances and customers, such as financial institutions or advertisement companies such as government offices, corporations, insurance companies, etc., which have to manage customers.

Therefore, the scope of the claims in the present invention will not be defined within the scope of the detailed description, but will be defined by the following claims and the technical spirit thereof.

As described above, according to the automatic address book management method and system using the network of the present invention, it is not necessary to register personal information of acquaintances associated with them by hand, and do not need to contact the acquaintances individually for each changed address once. Significantly saves the effort and time of all people managing your address book with the Address Book Service, which allows you to automatically update your contacts and automatically update them by simply modifying your address information. The update process is simple and improves the accuracy of the address information and the speed of the update, thereby preventing the user from being contacted or not contacted due to the change of address, and the user's own personal information or acquaintances he knows. Easily share your address book information with others It can be used to increase the utilization of information, to form an acquaintance network, to download an address book through a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA, and to actively respond to the mobile environment. It is possible to introduce and contact with acquaintances of acquaintances and acquaintances of acquaintances, so that they can search the acquaintance network for the person they need.

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Claims [1] An automatic address book management method for automatically managing an address book, comprising a user terminal including at least one mobile terminal, a notebook computer, a personal computer, and the like, and a server computer connected through a network. The server computer transmits automatic address book program installation information to a terminal of a user who wants automatic address book management so that address book management is automatically performed, and sends invitation mails to acquaintances of the user by the automatic address book program installed in the user terminal. And when an acquaintance responding to the invitation mail inputs personal information, stores it in a database and transmits it to a user terminal so that address book management is automatically performed. Claims [1] An automatic address book management method comprising: a user terminal including at least one mobile terminal, a notebook computer, a personal computer, and the like, and an acquaintance terminal and a server computer connected through a network. The server computer is composed of a control unit for controlling a program and a database for storing various information, The control unit includes an automatic address book installation program for installing an automatic address book program, an invitation mail sending program for sending an invitation message, an address input program for receiving address information of an acquaintance and storing it in a database, and input address information of an acquaintance. An address book transmission program for transmitting the address information of the acquaintance to the user terminal, an address update program for receiving the changed address information of an acquaintance in a database, and an address book management program for transmitting the updated address information to the user terminal, The database includes a user information database for storing user information, an acquaintance address information database for storing address information of acquaintances, (a) inputting user profile information of a user who wants automatic address book management into the user information database to register as a member, and transmitting the automatic address book installation program to a user terminal to install an automatic address book program; (b) sending an invitation mail to acquaintances of the user by an invitation mail sending program of the automatic address book program installed in the user terminal; (c) if the acquaintance who has accepted the invitation mail transmits personal information of himself and / or another acquaintance known to the acquaintance, storing it in the acquaintance address information database by the address input program; (d) transmitting address information of acquaintances and / or acquaintances' acquaintances stored in the address information database to the user terminal by the address book transmission program; And (e) when the update information of an acquaintance is input to the server computer, transmitting the personal information of the acquaintance updated by the address book management program to a user terminal; Automatic address book management method using a network comprising a. The method of claim 2, The invitation mail sending program, Using existing mail sending programs such as Outlook Express, MSOutlook, MSN, and ICQ, users can directly enter the email address of an acquaintance who knows the email address. Automatic management of the address book using a network, characterized in that for sending an invitation mail individually to the e-mail address of acquaintances. The method of claim 2, The invitation mail sending program, Existing address book or Outbox address already stored in existing mail sending programs such as Outlook Express, MS Outlook, MSN, MSQ, ICQ, Excel files, etc. Network, wherein the email address on the path, such as the inbox address is automatically extracted in the forward virus type is entered into the contact address information database, select the contacts to send the invitation mail from the input contacts to send the invitation mail automatically Automatic address book management method using. The method of claim 2, The invitation email is The automatic address book installation program is attached to the terminal of an acquaintance with the consent of the acquaintance who has received the e-mail so that the automatic address book installation program is attached, and the greeting input by the user is attached to the user's message. Automatic management of address book using network. The method of claim 2, The server computer, An information conversion program for converting information so as to be compatible with existing mail sending programs such as Outlook Express, MSOutlook, MSN, and ICQ, and address book compatible with these mail sending programs; And An address book filing program that stores acquaintance address information in the form of address book files such as Outlook Express, MS Outlook, MSN, ICQ, and Excel; Automatic address book management method using a network, characterized in that further comprises a. The method of claim 2, In the step (c), If the acquaintance invited by the user is a new member, upon acknowledgment of the invitation mail, the acquaintance information of the acquaintance is input into the user information database and registered as a member, and the automatic address book program is installed by transmitting the automatic address book installation program to the terminal of the acquaintance. And, if the acquaintance invited by the user is an existing member, upon acknowledgment of the invitation mail, sending the acquaintance information previously entered in the user information database to the user. The method of claim 7, wherein The server computer includes a mail and chat service program to enable free communication between users and acquaintances who are registered as members, and assigns a separate dedicated ID to users and acquaintances who are members as members and sends an e-mail address when sending an invitation mail. Automatic address book management method using a network, characterized in that to use as. The method of claim 2, The server computer further comprises a reply transmission and confirmation program for transmitting the acknowledgment of the acquaintance of the acquaintance who sent the invitation mail or the message of the acquaintance to the user terminal, and confirming the sent reply. In the step (c), If the acknowledgment has entered their address information and / or their chosen acquaintances' address information into the acquaintance address information database, the acknowledgment program will send the acknowledgment message to the acknowledgment program. Inform the user in the form, and when the user opens the invitation reply to confirm or delete, the address information of the acquaintance and / or acquaintances' acquaintances entered in the acquaintance address information database is transmitted to the user terminal using a network How to manage address book automatically. The method of claim 2, When the user logs in to the server computer, the server computer transmits a query for requesting address information of acquaintances to the server computer at predetermined intervals to receive update information, or when the user's personal information is modified, the user When the user logs in to the server computer further comprises an automatic synchronization program for automatically transmitting the user's personal information modified in real time by using push technology (technique for transmitting the update immediately) to the server computer. Automatic management of address book using network. The method of claim 2, In step (b), When the user sends the invitation mail to the personal email address of an acquaintance who already knows the email address, or the user posts the invitation mail on an email bulletin board, a public bulletin board, a billboard, or a linkable site, and advertises it. Automatically manage the address book using a network, characterized in that the general public who reads it to be recognized as an acquaintance to receive the invitation mail. The method of claim 2, The server computer further comprises a multi-level query program for introducing acquaintances acquaintances with the acknowledgment of acquaintances, (f) Requested acquaintances who want to be introduced to their acquaintance pyramids through multiple stages, including acquaintances' acquaintances (stage 1), acquaintances' acquaintances (stage 2) and acquaintances' acquaintances (stage 3). If present, the user can send a multi-level query requesting the personal information of the requesting acquaintances, from acquaintances closest to him to those who are far from his / her acquaintances, to obtain the personal information of the acquaintances, And receiving the approval information of all the acquaintances, including their own and distant acquaintances, and finally receiving the acknowledgment of the requesting acquaintance and transmitting the limited contact information of the requesting acquaintance. Automatic address book management method using. The method of claim 12, The multi-stage query is an automatic address book management method using a network, characterized in that it is possible to use only a limited step to apply the step-by-step usage amount or prevent loopback (LoopBack). The method of claim 2, When the user terminal is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, the automatic address book (phone number list) program includes an inquiry address book for searching for acquaintance information of a preset known range, and the user in step (a) Send the address book for inquiry to the terminal of the download and the existing address book (telephone number list) information stored in the user terminal in the step (c) or the sender address (recent outgoing telephone number) or received address (recently received telephone number) Extract the address book (phone number) information on the path, etc., and transmit it to the server computer. In step (e), if there is an acquaintance whose mobile phone number is changed among the acquaintances in the known range, the user terminal is notified. If it is to be stored in the inquiry address book, the mobile phone number of the changed acquaintance is stored in the inquiry address book. Automatic address book management method using a network, characterized in that for transmitting the phone information. The method of claim 2, When the user terminal is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, the automatic address book program includes an automatic update address book that extracts all the mobile phone numbers stored in the mobile phone, selects a person to request an update, and transmits an invitation in a text form. In step (a), the user downloads and updates the automatic update address book to the user's terminal.In step (b), extracts all the mobile phone numbers stored in the user's mobile phone, selects a person to request an update, and sends an invitation in a text form. In the step (c), the existing address book (phone number list) information stored in the user terminal or address book (phone number) information on a path such as a sent address (recently called number) or a received address (recently received number) is extracted. Acquaintances who received the invitation in step (e) Automatic book management method using the network, characterized in that to transfer their names from the phone to the user for the mobile communication number of his friends want to give updated information by moving the selected connections in the telephone number to the user terminal. The method of claim 2, When the user terminal is a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, the server computer recognizes when the voice information of the user terminal is input, and obtains address (telephone number) information corresponding to the recognized voice by an acquaintance address of the server computer. An automatic address book management method using a network comprising a voice recognition program for transmitting information on an acquaintance address (phone number) retrieved from an information database. The method of claim 2, It further comprises a manager computer for managing the server computer, The administrator computer transmits periodic update commands of various databases, and various service information about various announcements, acquaintances contact status, acquaintance news, acquaintance contact information, social network management, acquaintance management, and advertisements are displayed on the user terminal and acquaintance terminals. Automatic address book management using a network, characterized in that for transmitting the various service commands to the server computer to be transmitted to. In the address book automatic management system that can automatically manage the address book with a user terminal including at least one mobile terminal, a laptop, a personal computer and the like, and a server computer connected through a network, The server computer is composed of a control unit for controlling a program and a database for storing various information, The control unit includes an automatic address book installation program for installing an automatic address book program, an e-mail sending program for sending an invitation message for managing an address book, an address input program for receiving address information of an acquaintance and storing it in a database, and an input acquaintance. An address book transmission program for transmitting address information of the user to a user terminal, an address update program for receiving the changed address information of an acquaintance and storing it in a database, and an address book management program for transmitting the updated address information to the user terminal. The database includes a user information database for storing user information, an acquaintance address information database for storing address information of acquaintances, The user's personal information of the user who wants to manage the automatic address book is inputted into the user information database and registered as a member, and the automatic address book program is installed by transmitting the automatic address book installation program to the user terminal, and the automatic address book program installed in the user terminal. An invitation mail is sent to your acquaintances by the mail sending program of the acquaintance, and when the acquaintance who accepts the invitation mail transmits personal information of yourself and / or another acquaintance who knows it, Stored in the address information database, and the address information of the acquaintances and / or acquaintances' acquaintances stored in the address information database are transmitted to the user terminal by the address book transmission program, and the acquaintances access the server computer to access their own addresses. Up Sites If contacts automatic control system using a network comprising the controller being programmed to transmit the address information of the updated address book connections by the manager to the user terminal.