KR20030036983A - Method for lending telephone number of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A telephone number lease service for a mobile communication terminal is provided to use the leased phone number only for a predetermined time, so as to reduce a feeling of uneasiness about the drain of personal information. CONSTITUTION: In a phone number selecting step, a mobile communication provider provides a plurality of available phone numbers on a Web server(S100). A user desiring to lease a phone number connects the Web server(S110). The user selects a desiring phone number(S120) and completes an application form, and then pays for lease(S130). The selected phone number and information on the user are registered in the Web server and stored in a user database(S140). And in a phone number registering step, the user connects a subscriber annexed service server(S200), to request an additional use of the selected phone number(S210), then request user authentication(S220). Whether the user is authenticated is checked(S230). If so, the selected phone number is additionally registered together with a currently used phone number(S240). And if not authenticated, the steps are ended.

Description

Method of lending telephone number of mobile communication terminal {Method for lending telephone number of mobile communication terminal}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method of renting only a phone number of a mobile communication terminal so that it can be used for a certain period of time.

In general, the phone number of the mobile communication terminal is intended to receive only one phone number per mobile communication terminal.

Leaving personal contacts on the flea market or on the Internet, for example, often leaves contact numbers for sellers when selling refrigerators, or temporarily leaves phone numbers for business contacts or chat sites.

However, leaving a personal contact number is often effective, that is, when a refrigerator is sold through a flea market or the Internet, a lot of cases of contacting a personal contact point occur. This may be a simple inquiry call, but it can also cause discomfort by causing mischief or more discomfort. At this time, there may be a way to change the phone number, but because it changes the phone number of individuals already known to people around, it is a big hassle to notify the people around the new phone number again.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to obtain a service method for renting a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal that can be used only for a certain period of time.

The present invention for achieving the above object, a) selects one of a plurality of telephone numbers in a predetermined web server provided with a number of telephone numbers available by the mobile communication provider and the selected telephone number and user information to the web Storing in a user database linked with the server; And b) requesting an additional subscriber service to request that the user be switched to the telephone number in use when the call is attempted to the selected telephone number, wherein step a) is a-1) mobile communication. Accessing a predetermined web server equipped with a plurality of telephone numbers available by an operator; And a-2) selecting one of the plurality of telephone numbers; a-3) storing the selected telephone number and information of a user to be used in a user database linked with the web server, wherein the web server is any one of a wireless internet network and a wired internet network. It is characterized by connecting through. In addition, the step b) may include b-1) accessing the subscriber added service server using a specific telephone number provided by the mobile communication service provider; b-2) requesting that the selected telephone number be unconditionally switched to the telephone number being used by the user; b-3) authenticating the user according to the request of step b-2), and if the user is an appropriate user, storing the selected phone number and the active phone number together in the subscriber additional service server. It features.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the lease is expired automatically by leasing the lease period unless it is unconditionally converted to a desired phone number when the user calls the phone number of the mobile communication terminal for a predetermined period and is extended when the predetermined period expires. The telephone number of the communication terminal cannot be used.

1 is an overall system diagram of a telephone number rental service according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a telephone number rental service method according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: mobile communication terminal

200: landline

300: computer

400: wireless internet network

500: public telephone network

600: wired internet network

700: subscriber additional service server

800: web server

900: user database

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

1 is an overall system diagram of a telephone number rental service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal 100, a wired telephone 200, a computer 300, a wireless internet network 400, a public telephone network 500, a wired internet network 600, and a subscriber additional service server 700. ), A web server 800, and a user database 900 are configured.

A user who wants to lease only a phone number of a mobile communication terminal for a certain period of time may use a web through the computer 300 connected to the mobile communication terminal 100 or the wired Internet network 600 connected to the wireless Internet network 400. By accessing the server 800, a mobile communication service provider can select a desired number from among a plurality of telephone numbers provided on a predetermined web server 800. The mobile communication service provider may allocate the entire number of a specific station number and store it in the user database 900 linked with the web server 800.

The user who selects the telephone number should register the selected telephone number by accessing the subscriber additional service server 700 using a specific telephone number provided by the wireless Internet provider.

The subscriber additional service server 700 may be connected to the mobile communication terminal 100 through a wireless internet network 400 or may be connected to a landline phone 200 through a public telephone network 500.

In addition, a user accessing the subscriber additional service server 700 registers a mobile communication telephone number or a landline telephone number, which is unconditionally transferred when a call is requested to the selected telephone number, together with the selected telephone number.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a telephone number rental service method according to the present invention.

The telephone number rental service is composed of a process of selecting a telephone number and a process of registering the telephone number. The telephone number is a mobile communication telephone number provided by a mobile communication service provider.

In the process of selecting a telephone number, first, a plurality of telephone numbers available to a mobile service provider are placed on a predetermined web server (S100).

A user who wants to rent a telephone number accesses the web server through a wired Internet network or a wireless Internet network (S110).

After accessing the web server, the user selects a desired phone number, completes an application provided by the mobile communication service provider, and completes payment (S130). The payment is irrelevant to the present invention whether it is prepayment or post payment.

The selected phone number and information about the user are registered in the web server, and the details are stored in a user database connected with the web server (S140).

In step S200, the user who selects the telephone number accesses the subscriber additional service server connected to the wireless Internet network to register the telephone number. The access method is a specific telephone number designated by the wireless Internet service provider, for example, a number provided by New Century communication, using the wired telephone connected to a mobile communication terminal and a public telephone network to 017-202-8282. Can be accessed. In addition, a computer may be connected to a web server, and the subscriber added service server may be accessed through the web server.

The user accessing the subscriber additional service server requests that the selected phone number be additionally used in the phone number selection process (S210). At this time, if any person requests a call to the selected phone number, the phone number currently being used must be registered together so that the call can be transferred unconditionally. The telephone number in use is irrelevant to the landline telephone number as well as the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal.

After the step S210, authentication of the user is requested according to a predetermined procedure designated by the wireless Internet service provider, and if the user is an appropriate user, the selected phone number is additionally registered together with the currently used phone number (S220, S230). , S240). If the user is not an appropriate user in step S230, the telephone number registration process is terminated.

Embodiment of the present invention is only one embodiment, of course, many modifications and variations of the components of the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention, of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. .

As described in detail above, according to the method for renting a phone number of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention, even if a contact is left where the contact information of an individual is to be disclosed to an unspecified number of people for a predetermined period of time, the phone number is leased after a certain period of time. By canceling the anxiety of leaking personal information is reduced.

Claims (4)

a) selecting one of a plurality of telephone numbers from a predetermined web server provided with a plurality of telephone numbers available by a mobile communication provider and storing the selected telephone number and user information in a user database linked with the web server; ; And b) requesting an additional subscriber service to request that the user be switched to the telephone number being used when the call attempt is made to the selected telephone number. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein step a) comprises: a-1) accessing a predetermined web server provided with a plurality of telephone numbers available by a mobile telecommunications provider; And a-2) selecting one of said plurality of telephone numbers; a-3) storing the selected telephone number and information of a user to be used in a user database linked with the web server. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the web server is connected through any one of a wireless internet network and a wired internet network. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: b) accessing the subscriber additional service server using a specific telephone number provided by the mobile communication service provider in step b); b-2) requesting that the selected telephone number be unconditionally switched to the telephone number being used by the user; b-3) authenticating the user according to the request of step b-2), and if the user is an appropriate user, storing the selected phone number and the active phone number together in the subscriber additional service server. Phone number rental service method of a mobile communication terminal characterized in that.