KR20030047068A - Business method and system for providing short massage service by dynamic virtual phone number and computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instruction for performing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A short message service providing method by dynamic virtual numbers, its system and a recording medium readable by a computer having a program for implementing the same is provided to protect a privacy of a caller by displaying a virtual number of the caller on a terminal of a callee. CONSTITUTION: A service user creates a short message through an input unit of a terminal and transfers it with a callee number including a reservation number to the callee(S200). The short message is transferred to an external short message unit after passing through a short message processing system according to the reservation number constituting a virtual number(S210). It is checked whether the caller has been subscribed for the short message service on the basis of user information stored in a user information database of the external short message unit(S220). If the caller has not been subscribed for the short message service, information of the caller is obtained from a user information database of plural mobile communication providers to automatically register the caller as a subscriber of the service(S230). If the callee's virtual number includes only the reservation number, the external short message unit considers the message to be sent to an arbitrary recipient and switches to a stage for determining a recipient by a matching system(S240). If the callee's virtual number includes the reservation number and a serial number, the callee's virtual number is replaced with an actual number of the callee with reference to a virtual number matching table of the caller(S250). If an actual number of the caller has been registered as a virtual number in a virtual number matching table of the callee(S260), callback number information transferred together with the short message by the caller is converted into a virtual number(S270). The short message content of the caller is converted according to information of the callee previously set by the caller(S280). When the caller number, the callee number and the short message conversion are completed, the converted information is transferred to the terminal of the callee(S290).

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BUSINESS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SHORT MASSAGE SERVICE BY DYNAMIC VIRTUAL PHONE NUMBER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON COMPUTER EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTION FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD}

The present invention relates to a short message service business method using a dynamic virtual number, a system for the same, and a computer readable recording medium containing a program capable of implementing the same, and more particularly, a terminal for transmitting / receiving a short message. The message is transmitted by a virtual number consisting of a combination of a reservation number and a recipient list serial number which is transmitted to an external short message unit rather than the recipient's number. The sender registered in the receiver's list matching the actual number of the sender to the receiver's terminal. The present invention relates to a short message service business method using a virtual number for displaying a virtual number of a system, a system therefor, and a computer-readable recording medium containing a program for implementing the same.

In recent years, thanks to the innovative development of network technology, the Short Message Service (SMS), which can send and receive short messages between mobile phone subscribers, and the wired Internet, which transmits and receives information by wire through the existing Internet network. Wireless Internet that extends to the wireless domain is widely used.

The SMS service allows a digital mobile telephone subscriber to send a short sentence to another mobile telephone subscriber in Korean or English, and receive a message through a data communication network including a public telephone network or the Internet.

In general, SMS has been provided in two ways such as sending a message to a mobile communication terminal by connecting to a PC communication or the Internet, or vice versa, sending and receiving a text between terminals subscribed to the same operator.

In order to use the SMS service, a separate terminal is required and a message can be received during a voice call. If the subscriber cannot turn off the power to receive the message, the subscriber can save the transmitted data and check the message while turning on the power again. In addition, SMS, which was previously only available to subscribers of the same company, can freely send and receive text messages between mobile communication terminals, ranging from interworking with other companies' services and wireless calls to mobile phones and wireless data communications. In addition, the SMS technology can transmit and receive text information up to 256 characters in English, it is possible to provide information services such as stock information, weather forecast, banking and electronic transactions such as account transfer.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a short message service system according to the prior art.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional short message service system includes a mobile station (10), a base station transceiver subsystem (BTS) 20, a base station controller (BSC) 30, Base Station Manager (BSM) 31, Mobile Switching Center (MSC) / Visitor Location Register (VLR) 40, Home Location Register (HLR) / Authentication Center ( An Authentication Center (AC) 41, a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 60, and an External Short Message Entity (ESME) 80.

As shown in the figure, the short message center 60 interoperates with a cellular and personal communication service (PCS) network and a TCAP (Transaction Capabilities Application Part) 50 of SS.7 signaling to transmit a short message. Send to the terminal 10. That is, the short message center 60 obtains the location information of the mobile terminal 10 from the home location register / authentication center 41 using the TCAP 50 function of the SS.7 signaling method, and then through the exchange 40. The short message is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10.

Here, the TCAP 50 is an SS.7 signaling scheme that provides versatility not directly related to circuit connection processing for the operation of database inquiry / registration / update between the switch 40 and the short message center 60. Indicates. In addition, the mobile terminal 10 represents a short message dedicated terminal having a short message service function in a laptop or palmtop, or a mobile phone capable of a voice call with a short message function.

The short message center 60 is a store and forward message switch method. The short message center 60 transmits a limited size of text between a mobile terminal and short message entities (SMEs), and is transmitted to a called subscriber who cannot receive at any moment. It is a system having a function of storing and forwarding a short message until the subscriber can receive it, and also delivering the short message to the called party in a call.

The short message center 60 is connected to a plurality of External Short Message Entities (ESMEs) 80. For example, the Voice Mail System has a voice mail alert ESME for providing a Voice Mail Alert function. The short message center 60 is connected to the ESME 80 through the short message client interface (SMCI) based on the TCP / IP 70.

The short message sent to the short message center 60 is stored in an internal database according to the mobile recipient number. In addition, the short message center 60 inquires the route to the home location register 41 to know the location information of the receiver using the SS.7 TCAP 50. Upon successful reception of the route information from the home location register 41, the short message center 60 attempts to send a short message to the exchange 40 currently connected to the sender. If the short message is not properly transmitted because the subscriber is not connected, the short message center 60 may periodically resend the short message. If necessary, after the short message delivery, the short message center 60 notifies the home location register 41 of the delivery result and updates the internal information table. If the mobile subscriber is connected, the home location register 41 and the exchange 40 receive confirmation notification.

However, the message transmission through the short message service is directly exposed to the phone number, unlike in a chat on the Internet when sending and receiving a message with an anonymous counterpart, the phone number may lead to the problem of personal information exposure have. Also, if you do not send your phone number with the message, you will not be able to receive the message from the other party that does not know their phone number.

As a partial alternative to the above problem, a dual number service has been proposed and implemented.

2 is a network diagram of a dual number service according to the prior art.

As shown in FIG. 2, the exchange number of the external short message unit is converted into a real number based on the environment of each mobile communication company, and the real number is returned to the short message processing system.

That is, the conversion table of the dual number and the actual number is set by the user's registration in the external short message unit, and the wireless communication of the receiver whose dual number service subscriber is set to the dual number using the wireless communication terminal 10 When a message is transmitted to a terminal number or a call is requested, the transmission information is transmitted to the switch 40 through the base station 20 and the base station controller 30. In addition, the transmission information transmitted to the switch 40 identifies the registered double number and is transmitted to the short message processing system 60 through the TCAP 50 network of SS.7 signaling. The short message recognized as the double number transmitted to the short message service center 60 is transmitted 91 to the external short message unit 80 interworked with the TCP / IP network 70, and the double number is a real number. To convert to. The conversion operation is converted into a real number through a double number mapping table preset in the external short message. The short message that has undergone the conversion is transmitted 93 to the terminal 10 corresponding to the actual number through the message transmission operation 92 of the short message processing system.

However, such a dual number service simply uses a mapping table of virtual numbers and actual numbers. Therefore, dynamic virtual number assignment is impossible and the virtual number cannot be changed freely. In addition, since the voice call is possible through the virtual number, there is a risk of privacy infringement when the virtual number is exposed.

On the other hand, studies on various additional service functions of the wireless communication terminal have been actively conducted, and recently, a meeting service through a wireless communication terminal has been provided.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration on a terminal of a meeting service using a wireless terminal according to the related art.

As shown in FIG. 3, the condition input operation for the message meeting target is performed in the initial access menu of the service. The input operation is preferably a method of selecting and inputting from a basic menu provided by a service provider through the terminal in view of a characteristic of a wireless terminal, and the conditions for the meeting target are sequentially performed according to items. For example, a desired region 100, a desired age range 110, a desired style 120, and the like, are sequentially selected for the target person, and the corresponding service user is matched to the corresponding person based on the input condition through a matching system. To provide.

First, the service member subscriber matching the above conditions is searched for a meeting application 130, and the member who receives the application receives the proposal 140 for the meeting application through the short message receiving function of his wireless communication terminal. Receive.

The service user who confirms that the application is received as a short message checks the received message in his / her meeting proposal mailbox (150) by reconnecting to the meeting service through his wireless communication terminal (150). The service user who has confirmed the meeting application contents may use the service 170 such as replying or watching the compatibility.

Unlike the dual number service described above, the meeting service through the wireless communication terminal has an advantage that the message can be transmitted / received without exposing the terminal number.

However, in order to transmit / receive a message without exposing the terminal number as described above, after confirming the arrival of the message from the short message service, it is necessary to repeat the cumbersome process of accessing the service provider again.

In addition, due to the large number of menu steps as described above, there is a risk that a large number of users may expose the terminal number in the message, so that anonymity is not completely guaranteed. Due to the fear of invasion of privacy due to the exposure of the terminal number, a relatively low number of female users appears, and such inequality of sex ratios impedes the activation of the service.

In addition, it is often difficult to establish a continuous relationship between the members connected through the service, which results in a one-time service.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention based on the above-described conventional problems, to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, for this purpose, to a short message message communication terminal capable of transmitting / receiving the external short message rather than the recipient's number Sends a message to a virtual number consisting of a combination of a reservation number to be sent and a serial number of a recipient list, and the dynamic virtual number of the sender registered in the list of the recipients matching the actual number of the sender is displayed on the receiver's terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer-readable recording medium containing a short message service business method by number, a system therefor, and a program for implementing the same.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a short message service system according to the prior art.

2 is a network diagram of a dual number service according to the prior art.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration on a terminal of a meeting service using a wireless terminal according to the related art.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a short message service procedure based on a dynamic virtual number according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for replying a short message by a dynamic virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of matching an arbitrary recipient according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of registering a receiver of a receiver in a sender's virtual number table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of registering a sender's number in a receiver's virtual number table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a network diagram illustrating a short message transmission procedure using a dynamic virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of registering a virtual number in a recipient's table according to one embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a network diagram illustrating a procedure for receiving a short message using a dynamic virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a diagram illustrating a virtual number registration procedure according to transmission of a reply message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

13 illustrates a matching system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a diagram illustrating a service subscription method through a WAP phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a diagram illustrating a service subscription method through an SMS phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

16 is a diagram illustrating a transmission and reception method using a matching system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

17 is a diagram illustrating a transmission and reception method using an ID according to an embodiment of the present invention.

18 is a diagram illustrating a virtual number assignment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

19 is a diagram illustrating a transmission and reception method using a virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

20 is a diagram illustrating an additional service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

21 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for transmitting and receiving a message through an ID according to an embodiment of the present invention.

22 is a view showing a group transmission method using a virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

23 is a diagram illustrating a filtering system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10 mobile terminal 20 base station

30 Base station controller 31 Base station manager

40 ... Exchange / Visitor Location Register 41 ... Home Location Register / Authentication Center

50.TCAP (Transaction Capabilities Application Part)

Short message processing system

70 ... Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP)

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940 User Information Database

1250 ... user information database

2220 ... filtering information database

A short message service business method using a dynamic virtual number for achieving the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) creating a short message to be sent to the receiver by the service user to the communication terminal capable of short message service; (b) transmitting the short message to a wireless communication network using a mobile number, a reservation number recognized to be transmitted to an external short message unit, and a virtual number combined with a registered serial number of a message receiver as a receiving number; (c) transmitting the short message, the receiver virtual number, and the sender number information transmitted to the wireless communication network to a switch via a base station and a base station controller; (d) identifying, at the exchange, a reserved number among the recipient virtual numbers and transmitting the transmitted short message to an external short message unit through a short message processing system; (e) referring to the virtual number matching table assigned to the sender of the external short message unit, replacing the virtual number recorded in the receiver number information of the transmitted message with the actual number of the receiver, Converting the reply telephone number information, which is the actual number of the sender who sent the short message, to the preset virtual number of the sender by referring to the assigned virtual number matching table; And (f) transmitting the short message including the converted information to the terminal of the receiver.

Further, after the receiver of step (f) receives the message, (g) creating a short message to the terminal that the receiver will reply to the sender; (h) transmitting the short message to be replyed to the wireless communication network using the sender's virtual number stored in the receiver's virtual number database as the received number; (i) transmitting the short message to be sent to the wireless communication network, the virtual number of the sender and the reply number information of the receiver to the exchange via a base station and a base station controller; (j) identifying, at the exchange, a reservation number among the virtual numbers of the sender and transmitting the transmitted short message to an external short message unit through a short message processing system; (k) replacing the virtual number recorded in the receiver number information of the transmitted message with the actual number of the message receiver by referring to the virtual number matching table assigned to the reply message sender in the external short message unit; Converting the reply telephone number information, which is the actual number of the sender who sent the reply message, to the preset virtual number of the message sender by referring to the virtual number matching cable assigned to the reply message receiver in the database; And (l) transmitting a reply message including the converted information to the terminal of the message receiver.

On the other hand, in the step (b), if the recipient number of the short message to be sent by the service user includes only a reservation number without a serial number, (a1) a predetermined condition is satisfied through a receiver matching system interworking with the external short message unit. Determining an arbitrary receiver, and converting the return telephone number information, which is the actual number of the sender who sent the short message, to the sender's virtual number by referring to the virtual number matching table assigned to the determined receiver; And (b1) transmitting the short message including the converted information to the terminal of the receiver.

The message sender preferably transmits a recipient number as a predetermined reservation number so that the message can be transmitted to an external short message unit of an operator that matches any target person.

In addition, it is preferable that any subject to be matched is selected as a person having information close to the predetermined information inputted by the service user upon registration.

On the other hand, when the receiving party of step (b) is not registered in the virtual number matching table assigned to the sender, it is preferable to transmit the short message to the combined virtual number after registering the receiving party's virtual number.

In addition, the method of registering the recipient in the virtual number matching table of the sender, any one selected from the registration menu provided by the service provider via the Internet, the registration menu provided via the WAP phone and the SMS phone It is possible to register as being.

The virtual number registered in the virtual number matching table may be set as a dynamic virtual number that can be added, deleted and edited according to the service user.

On the other hand, if the sender's virtual number is not registered in the virtual number matching table assigned to the receiver in step (e), the sender's number is automatically registered in an unregistered area of the assigned registration area of the matching table. The serial number of the registered area is preferably the virtual number of the sender.

The terminal may be any one selected from a notebook, a palmtop, and a mobile phone equipped with a short message service function.

Finally, the short message service business method using the dynamic virtual number may be stored in a recording medium readable by a server computer. Such recording media includes all types of recording media on which programs and data are stored so that they can be read by a computer system. Examples include Read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), Compact Disk (CD), Digital Video Disk (DVD) -ROM, Magnetic Tape, Floppy Disk, Optical Data Storage, etc. It also includes implementations in the form of (eg, transmission over the Internet). In addition, these recording media can be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

Short message service system by dynamic virtual number for achieving another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention, the terminal capable of editing and sending / receiving a short message; A base station / base station controller for allowing the terminal to access the network using a wireless protocol; A personal communication exchange / visitor information processing system for relaying / exchanging a short message transmitted from the base station / base station controller and transmitting the short message to an external short message unit by distinguishing a recipient number including a reservation number; A subscriber information processing system for providing a location of a called terminal for processing the short message and notifying whether the called terminal can receive a short message; A short message processing system for temporarily storing and transmitting a virtual number translation service request from the exchange / visitor information processing system and short message data for processing the requested service; An external short message unit that performs a short message service based on the requested virtual number under the instruction of the short message processing system, and stores matching information between the virtual number and the actual number of a sender / receiver and converts the number to each other; It is characterized by.

The external short message unit may further include a user database storing a matching table of real numbers and virtual numbers of other users registered as virtual numbers by the service user.

The external short message unit may further include a filtering database searching for the content of the short message transmitted by the service users to detect an inappropriate language expression.

Finally, the short message service system based on the dynamic virtual number may be stored in a recording medium readable by a server computer. Such recording media includes all types of recording media on which programs and data are stored so that they can be read by a computer system. Examples include Read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), Compact Disk (CD), Digital Video Disk (DVD) -ROM, Magnetic Tape, Floppy Disk, Optical Data Storage, etc. It also includes implementations in the form of (eg, transmission over the Internet). In addition, these recording media can be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, and detailed description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to help understanding of the present invention. However, embodiments according to the present invention can be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described below. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a short message service procedure based on a dynamic virtual number according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the short message service using the dynamic virtual number, the service user should be provided with a communication terminal capable of a short message service and create a short message through an input device of the terminal. (S200).

The short message input by the user may input only text information of up to 256 characters in English due to a predetermined protocol.

The short message created by the service user is transmitted to the receiver as a number including the reservation number in the reception number in order to receive the service (S200).

The virtual number input as the recipient number of the short message is preferably composed of a mobile carrier number, a reservation number and a serial number. However, when the recipient is not determined, the service user has a mobile carrier number and a reservation number without a serial number. Only send to.

The mobile carrier number is a number beginning with 01X in the case of a domestic mobile communication service company. If the service is to be serviced through a wireless communication network, the short message service provider using the virtual number and the mobile communication service company cooperate with each other. The reception operation at the base station installed by the mobile telecommunication company by the mobile telecommunication company number should be performed.

The reservation number is a number recognized by the short message processing system 60 to relay the short message to a specific external short message server (ESME) 80, which is a prefix of the receiver number. In addition, the serial number is a number used to designate a specific recipient and refers to the remaining number after the reservation number in the receiver number.

For example, although a general mobile communication terminal call number is composed of 'mobile carrier number + station number + serial number', such as 019-1588-7594, the virtual number in the short message service system using the virtual number is 019-1004-0001. It consists of the same 'mobile carrier number + reservation number + serial number'. In the above description, '1004' means a reservation number, and the number after the reservation number indicates that the serial number is recorded in the virtual number table. That is, the serial number means a serial number stored in the virtual number matching table assigned to the service user, and matches and stores the actual number of the recipient according to the serial number.

When the short message is transmitted to the wireless communication network using the virtual number as described above (S200), the short message is transmitted to the exchange through a base station installed by the mobile communication company and a plurality of communication equipments according to the mobile communication company number constituting the virtual number. Is sent.

In addition, the short message is transmitted to the external short message unit 80 via the short message processing system 60 according to the reservation number constituting the virtual number (S210).

The external short message unit 80 performs a function of converting the virtual number by matching the actual number.

First, the user information stored in the user information database 940 of the external short message unit 80 is referred to, and it is checked whether the sender is a user subscribed to the service (S220).

If the sender is not a user subscribed to the service, the sender's information is obtained from the user information database 1250 of a plurality of mobile communication companies shared by the service provider and automatically registered as a subscriber of the service (S230). Let's do it.

When the sender is a user subscribed to the service, the receiver number of the short message sent by the sender is checked.

On the other hand, if the recipient virtual number is composed only of a reservation number without the serial number, the external short message unit 80 assumes that the message is sent to any recipient whose destination is not determined, the matching system In step S240, a receiver is determined by the receiver.

In addition, when the receiver virtual number transmitted by the sender includes a reservation number and a serial number, the receiver virtual number is the virtual number of the sender who created and transmitted the message stored in the external short message unit 80. The message is replaced with the actual number of the message receiver by referring to the matching table (S250).

The virtual number matching table sets the recipients of the message transmitted by the service user according to each serial number, and matches and stores the actual number information of the target person set in the serial number. On the other hand, it is desirable to protect the privacy and privacy of the service users so that the actual number recorded in the matching table is not known to the short message sender and receiver.

If the actual number of the sender of the message is registered as a virtual number in the virtual number matching table of the short message receiver (S260), the reply number information transmitted by the sender when the short message is transmitted is converted into a virtual number (S270). )shall. The reason why the actual number transmitted as the reply number information is converted into the virtual number is to prevent the actual number of the sender from being exposed to the receiver as described above.

If the actual number of the sender of the message is not registered as the virtual number in the virtual number matching table of the short message receiver, the actual number of the sender may be exposed when it is delivered to the receiver as it is, and thus the virtual number of the receiver It is necessary to convert the virtual table by setting a new virtual number.

The virtual number registration operation may be set to sequentially match empty areas among the areas set in the virtual number matching table of the receiver. Or, it may be set to automatically match according to a predetermined rule of a member.

For example, if the sender's actual number is matched with the serial number '0005' in the receiver's virtual number matching table, the sender's actual number set as the reply phone number of the transmitted short message is in the format '01X-1004-0005'. Is converted to.

In addition, the content of the short message created by the sender may bring a predetermined message conversion operation (S280) according to the information of the receiver preset by the sender.

When the conversion of the sender number, the recipient number and the short message is completed, the converted information is transmitted to the receiver's terminal through the reverse direction of the transmission route (S290).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for replying a short message by a dynamic virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the receiver receiving the short message may reply to the short message with a reply virtual number attached to the short message transmitted by the sender.

The short message receiver received with the virtual number may compose and transmit a reply message to the short message sender who has transmitted the virtual number as the reply number (S300).

The message receiver may reply to the sender who transmits the message to the sender who transmits the message to the virtual number of the sender inputted as the reply number (S310).

The reply number is a virtual number stored in the virtual number matching table of the first message receiver transmitting the reply message, and is converted into an actual number through the virtual number matching table and returned to the sender's terminal.

The reply message transmitted to the wireless communication network is transmitted by the virtual number since the reply number is a reception number. Therefore, the reply message is transmitted to the external short message unit 80 according to the reservation number attached to the virtual number (S320).

The reply message sent to the external short message unit 80 refers to the virtual number matching table of the member who sent the reply message to search for the actual number of the receiver (S330). The actual number according to the serial number of the virtual number is replaced with the receiver number of the reply message by referring to the matching table (S340).

Further, it is checked whether the actual number of the reply message sender is registered as a virtual number in the virtual number matching table of the reply message receiver (S350).

As a result of the investigation, when the actual number of the reply message sender is not registered in the virtual number matching table of the reply message receiver, step B of registering the sender's actual number in the receiver's virtual number matching table is performed.

If the actual number of the reply message sender is registered in the virtual number matching table of the reply message receiver, the sender actual number of the reply message is replaced with the virtual number in the reply number field of the reply message. S360).

In addition, as described above with reference to FIG. 4, the content of the short message created by the reply message sender may bring a predetermined message conversion operation (S370) according to the information of the receiver previously set by the sender.

When the conversion of the sender number, the receiver number, and the short message is completed, the converted information is transmitted to the receiver's terminal through the reverse direction of the transmission route (S380).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of matching an arbitrary recipient according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, when the message receiver is not determined as described above with reference to FIG. 4, the receiver may be set by a matching system built by the operator.

The matching system built by the service provider is a system for determining who will receive the message when the sender does not specify a specific recipient when sending the message. In addition, the matching system basically determines the receiver closest to the ideal type based on the information input during user registration.

In the short message service using the virtual number, if the serial number is omitted from the recipient number of the message transmitted to the external short message unit, the external short message unit assumes that the recipient of the message is not determined. Determine the recipients by For example, when the reservation number is set to '1004' as described above, when a number having a form such as '019-1004' is transmitted as the receiver number, the recipient is determined by the matching system.

The short message transmitted to the external short message unit 80 determines the recipient to be closest to the ideal type based on the information inputted by the sender at the time of membership registration (S400), and the recipient is one or more member subscribers. Can be

When the message receiver is determined, the actual number of the sender is registered in the determined virtual number matching table of the receiver (S410), and the serial numbers are matched.

In addition, the actual number of the sender recorded in the reply number field of the short message transmitted to the arbitrary receiver is replaced with the virtual number of the registered sender (S420).

If there are a plurality of recipients determined by the matching system, a virtual number for each recipient is assigned and registered.

In addition, as described above with reference to FIG. 4, the content of the short message created by the reply message sender may bring a predetermined message conversion (S430) operation according to the information of the receiver previously set by the sender.

When the conversion of the sender number, the recipient number and the short message is completed, the converted information is transmitted to the receiver's terminal through the reverse direction of the transmission route (S440).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of registering a receiver of a receiver in a sender's virtual number table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, when a virtual number of a target to receive a short message is to be registered in a virtual number matching table of a sender, the message sender may register the message through a registration process through the Internet, a WAP phone, and an SMS phone. The receiver's virtual number can be set arbitrarily. In addition, since the set virtual numbers are dynamically assigned numbers, the service user can change them at any time.

When the message sender selects a method of registering the message receiver in the virtual number matching table (S500) and randomly registers the virtual number, the message sender corresponds to a recognized member who knows the actual number of the message receiver terminal.

When the virtual number registration method is selected through the Internet (S510), the message sender edits the virtual number matching table of the sender through a menu provided by a service provider on a web using a terminal linked with the Internet and receives the received message. The target terminal's real number is registered by matching the serial number among the virtual numbers (S520).

When the virtual number registration method is selected as a method through the WAP phone (S530), the message sender uses the wireless terminal linked with the web to send the virtual message of the sender through a menu provided by the operator to the wireless terminal through a wireless environment. The number matching table is edited and registered by matching the terminal real number of the recipient to the serial number among the virtual numbers (S520).

When the virtual number registration method is selected by a method using an SMS phone (S550), the message sender uses information in a simpler form than the menus provided by the operator using the same terminal that composes the message capable of transmitting and receiving a short message. Through the input process, the virtual number matching table of the sender is edited and registered by matching the terminal real number of the receiver to the serial number among the virtual numbers (S560).

8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of registering a sender's number in a receiver's virtual number table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the sender creates a short message and transmits the message to the receiver's virtual number registered in the sender's virtual number matching table, the sender's virtual number matching table includes the sender's virtual number matching table. If the virtual number is not registered, there is a risk that the actual number of the sender is exposed to the recipient. Therefore, if the sender's virtual number is not registered in the receiver's virtual number matching table, a task of registering the sender's actual number in the receiver's virtual number matching table is necessary.

The virtual number registration operation is performed in the virtual number matching table of the receiver of the external short message unit 80, and first allocates a virtual number field area to the virtual number table of the receiver (S600).

The virtual number for the sender actual number to be added to the allocated area is assigned (S620) and matched. The actual number matched with the registered virtual number is stored in the virtual number database (S630).

9 is a network diagram illustrating a short message transmission procedure using a virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the short message created through the wireless communication terminal 10 is transmitted to the wireless communication network using the received number as a pre-registered virtual number.

The short message is transmitted to the exchange 40 via the base station 20 and the base station controller 30 as in the normal short message service. The exchange 40 recognizes the reservation number included in the virtual number of the short message having the transmitted virtual number as a receiving number, and processes the short message through the TCAP 50 network of the SS.7 signaling method. Transfer 94 to system 60. The short message recognized as the virtual number transmitted to the short message service center 60 is transmitted 95 to the external short message unit 80 interworked with the TCP / IP network 70, and the virtual number is the actual number. To convert to. The conversion operation is converted into an actual number through the virtual number mapping table of the sender preset in the external short message. The short message that has undergone the conversion operation is transmitted to the terminal 10 corresponding to the actual number through a message transmission operation of the short message processing system.

10 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of registering a virtual number in a recipient's table according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the short message sender A transmits a short message to any recipient B, the wireless message number + reservation number is input into the receiver number input window 700 of the wireless communication terminal. . For example, in FIG. 10, the wireless carrier number is set to '019' and the reservation number is set to '1004'.

Accordingly, the message sender transmits a desired short message using a number of '0191004' without a registered serial number as a receiver number because the receiver is an arbitrary member. In addition, when the message is transmitted, the sender's reply telephone number 710 is transmitted with a preset actual number of the sender as a default value, such as '0192191234'. The reply telephone number set to the default value can be changed by the operation of the terminal user. However, in this service, the reply telephone number is preferably the actual number of the sender.

The transmitted short message is transmitted by the above-described wireless communication network network system, and is transmitted to the external short message unit 80 by the reservation number entered as the reception number.

When the receiver is determined by the matching system stored in the external short message unit, the actual number of the sender is matched with the serial number and stored in the determined virtual number matching table 720 of the receiver. That is, since it is already registered up to '0003' as shown in FIG. 10, '019-219-1234', which is the actual number of the sender, is automatically registered in the '0004' field.

As described above, the reply telephone number of the short message transmitted by the sender is transmitted by replacing the sender's actual number with the registered virtual number. That is, since the registered number '0004' is the serial number, and the reservation number is already set to '1004', the reply number is '01910040004' according to the configuration method of 'mobile carrier number + reservation number + serial number'. 750 is displayed on the terminal. In addition, the content 740 of the short message 'Contact the tree minded' sent by the sender to any recipient is transmitted as it is.

11 is a network diagram illustrating a procedure for receiving a short message by a virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 11, in the short message transmitted to the external short message unit 80, the recipient number is converted from a virtual number to a real number, and the replying phone number is converted from a real number to a virtual number, thereby providing TCP / IP. It is transmitted 96 to the short message processing system 60 via the network 70. The short message transmitted to the short message processing system 60 is exchanged through the TCAP 50 network of the SS.7 signaling method in real time or at a reception time of the receiver terminal according to the state of the receiving terminal. It is transmitted to the terminal 10 of the receiver via the 30 and the base station 20.

12 is a diagram illustrating a virtual number registration procedure according to transmission of a reply message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the user wants to send a reply message to the transmission message transmitted as described above with reference to FIG. 10, the actual number of the sender must be registered in the virtual number matching system of the receiver.

In the case of the reply message, sender A in FIG. 10 becomes a receiver, and receiver B becomes a sender.

The sender B of the reply message transmits the reply message using the sender's virtual number received as the reply number of the initial received message as the receiver number. As in the case of FIG. 10, since the message transmission is performed for an arbitrary object, the virtual number of the sender B is not registered in the virtual number matching table of the receiver A. When the sender B of the reply message sends a reply message to the receiver A, the reply telephone number becomes the actual number of the sender B.

For example, the receiver number 800 of the reply message becomes '01910040004' which was received as the reply number in FIG. 10, and the receiver number 800 is the virtual number of receiver B stored in the sender B's virtual number matching table. The serial number '0004' 810 indicates that the sender A is a fourth registered member.

In addition, the reply telephone number '0192194321' is transmitted by inputting the actual number of the sender B as a default value.

The short message created and transmitted as described above is transmitted to the external short message unit 80 according to the classification of the reservation number '1004' included in the recipient number 800.

In the sender virtual number matching table 830 of the external short message unit 80, since the actual number '019-219-1234' 840 corresponding to the serial number '0004' is matched, the recipient is matched. Number information is converted into the actual number.

When the converted information is transmitted to the terminal of the receiver A, the actual number of the sender B is transmitted as a reply number, thereby exposing the actual number. Therefore, the actual number of the sender B is registered and converted into a virtual number in the virtual number matching table 850 of the receiver A.

That is, the actual number '0192194321' 860 of the sender B, which is the return telephone number, is stored in the field '0105' which is the first empty area in the virtual number matching table 850 of the receiver A. Accordingly, the actual number '0192194321' of the sender B is recognized as '01910040105' 880 by the receiver A.

When the virtual number registration operation of the sender B is completed, the reply telephone number corresponding to the actual number of the sender B of the reply message is replaced with the virtual number '01910040105' and transmitted to the receiver A. In addition, the short message contents 870 prepared by the sender B, 'I'm bored, good' is also transmitted.

13 illustrates a matching system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the short message service using the virtual number is performed, the sender may transmit a message to an unspecified person who has matched a receiver close to the ideal type of the sender without selecting a specific destination.

The matching system is a system for determining who will receive the message when the sender does not specify a specific recipient when sending the message. The matching system basically determines the recipient closest to the ideal type based on the information input during user registration. In this case, the input information may include information such as age, personality, region, and religion.

However, if too many short messages arrive at an undesired time, there is a risk of spam, so the current message is sent with the priority of the person who intends to use the service.

That is, the service provider registers the sender who sends the message to the unspecified person with the number '0191004' as the 'new person who wants to exchange a message with a new person' as in the above-described embodiment and registers it in the priority list 920. .

In addition to the above method, a separate menu is configured on the homepage or the WAP page to register the person who wants to receive the current message (930), and places them on the priority list.

Preferably, the priority list is set to be valid only on the day, and no matter how much it is on the priority list, the message is not transmitted at a time corresponding to the preset reject time zone.

Referring to FIG. 13, the message transmitted to '0191004' 900 is considered to be transmitted to an arbitrary recipient, and is transmitted to the external short message unit 80 by the reservation number '1004' to be a priority list 920. ) As a matching system. The matching process is performed by referring to user information stored in the user database 940 subscribed as a member of the operator. As described above, the return telephone number is set to a default value (910).

14 is a diagram illustrating a service subscription method through a WAP phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 14, a user can subscribe to the service according to a menu provided by an operator using a WAP phone.

For each input step, a gender input window 1100, a birth date input window 1110, a subscription confirmation window 1120, and a detailed information input window 1130 may be presented through the terminal.

In the member registration process, after registering a user through the 'mandatory information input step', it is preferable to provide a separate menu to input 'detail information'.

15 is a diagram illustrating a service subscription method through an SMS phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 15, the service user can register as a member through an SMS phone, and when using the service for the first time through the SMS phone before registering as a member using other means, that is, a reservation number When the message is transmitted with the receiving number, if the sender's information does not exist in the user information database 940, the service provider interworkes with the wireless carrier and the database to the user information database (1250) and the gender of the subscriber information. You can get the necessary information such as date of birth and join automatically.

Since the method does not require an ID separately, a separate ID is not displayed on the receiver terminal, and as described above, a message may be transmitted and received using the registered virtual number. In addition, for example, it is preferable that additional services such as virtual number management on the web can be used after subscribing on the web.

Referring to FIG. 15, when a short message is transmitted to a recipient message '0191004' (1200), which means 'wireless communication provider number + reservation number', 'let's be friends with me' (1220), the switch of the wireless communication system ( In 40), the message is interpreted to mean that a virtual number is registered and transmitted to an arbitrary target, and the procedure of automatically registering the sender as a member is automatically performed. The virtual number matching table of the sender according to the membership is allocated to the external short message unit 80 of the operator as a new area, and the information of the sender is stored in the user information database 940.

In addition, as described above, the reply telephone number is the actual number of the sender of '0192191234' (1210), but when transmitted to the reserved number, the actual number is the actual number of the sender from the user information database 1250 of the wireless communication service provider. The user information of gender and date of birth is registered in the virtual number matching table of the matching recipients after the membership registration and matched to the recipients and displayed as virtual numbers such as '01910040005' (1240), and let's be friends with me. 'Is sent identically.

13 and 14, the method for registering a member of a short message service using a virtual number has been described in detail.

The user subscription should be as simple as possible to activate the service. In addition, in order to minimize the sign-up step, it is preferable to divide the sign-up step into two steps, 'required information input step' and 'detail information input step'. Therefore, it is preferable that the subscription in the wireless terminal, which is inconvenient to input in reality, enables the use of the service only by the 'mandatory information input step'.

For example, the items of the 'mandatory information input step' are to input only simple information of gender and date of birth, and the items of the 'detail information input step' include ID, blood type, residential area, hobby, appearance type, personality type, It is preferable to input specific and detailed information such as a reception time zone, a self introduction, an ideal age group, an ideal type appearance type, and an ideal type personality type through a computer terminal which facilitates an input interface.

Among the above input information, the ID item requires a duplicate check, which is cumbersome at the time of input. Therefore, even if the ID does not exist, it is possible to distinguish the counterpart by the virtual number, so it is preferable to remove it from the “essential information input step”. In addition, when the ID is not specified in the detailed information input step, all of the displayed user IDs are set to 'unregistered' which is the default value.

16 is a diagram illustrating a transmission and reception method using a matching system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 16, the message transmission and reception is in principle not to expose the actual number. Message transmission is divided into a method of sending a message to an unspecified person among members using a matching system of the external short message unit 80 and a method of sending a message to a specific person using an ID or a virtual number assigned. Upon receipt of the message, the message sender is automatically registered in the recipient's guardian angel list. Therefore, the external short message unit 80 is assigned a virtual number to the sender, the assigned virtual number is displayed in the reply number of the receiver.

Referring to FIG. 16, a reply call number '0192190000' 1410 of a message sender transmitted to '0191004' using a receiver number as a reserved number does not display the actual number to the receiver, and the same as '01910040005' (1440). Virtual numbers are dynamically assigned.

In addition, the information input by the sender 'woody heart please contact' (1420) is transmitted to the message view menu 1430 of the receiver in the same way.

17 is a diagram illustrating a transmission and reception method using an ID according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 17, it is possible to transmit and receive using an ID instead of using a virtual number in the short message transmission system using the virtual number.

The short message sender transmits the message using the recipient number 1500 as a reserved number, and transmits the message including the ID of the recipient in the contents of the transmission message to a specific recipient who knows only the ID information without knowing the recipient's number. You can send a short message.

For example, in the content input window 1520, if the user enters 'chatty man # I'm bored, but good ^^', the special character '#' in front of the 'chatty man' is recognized as an ID, and the ID possessed by the operator and the actual The message is transmitted to the actual number of the member whose ID is the 'chatty man' 1530 by referring to the virtual ID matching table with matching numbers.

The member having the ID of 'chatty man' who receives the message does not display '0192197777' (1510), which is the actual number of the sender indicated in the reply telephone number, and the sender's ID is displayed in the content of the message sent by the sender. It is possible to.

For example, the actual number of the sender is converted from the virtual ID matching table of the external short message unit 80 into an ID 'naughty' 1550 corresponding to the sender, so that the sender ID display portion recorded by the sender in the content input window. By replacing with the sender ID and displayed in the message viewing window 1540 of the receiver, it is possible to send and receive a short message using only the ID in the state that the actual number is not exposed.

In order to enable the service as described above, when the sender inputs a reservation number such as '0191004' in the receiver number input field, an external short message part is used to recognize the front part of the special symbol '#' in the content of the short message as an ID. It is to be set in (80).

18 is a diagram illustrating a virtual number assignment method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 18, the virtual number assignment content provided to the member may be directly modified by an Internet homepage or a wireless communication terminal interworking with the Internet, and thus may be arbitrarily assigned by the user.

In addition, it is preferable to enable the ID, nickname, actual telephone number and group designation 1630 as described above.

Referring to FIG. 18, when the recipient number is a reserved number of '0191004' (1600) and the recipient is designated as 'chatting', the actual number '0192190000' of the sender is a virtual number matching table 1620 at the receiver side. It is converted into a virtual number stored in '01910040005' and transmitted. In addition, when the ID corresponding to the virtual number is designated as a 'chat man' in the virtual number matching table 1620 (1640), the sender is displayed in front of the short message input by the sender in the message viewing window 1650 of the receiver. Service ID can be added.

That is, the virtual number registered as the reply number of the recipient is displayed, and '01910040005' (1660) becomes the virtual number of the 'chatterer' for the 'chatting'.

19 is a diagram illustrating a transmission and reception method using a virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 19, as described above, the short message may be transmitted as a reserved number having a virtual number added to the recipient number 1700, and the virtual number is a number registered in the sender's virtual number matching table. to be.

In addition, if I send the contents of 'I'm bored but good ^^' (1720) with the reply phone number (1710) as the actual number, the conversion number through the external short message unit 80, the reply number is the recipient's virtual number It is converted and transferred as '01910040010' registered in the matching table.

That is, in the above, the 'chatting man' transmits and receives a 'virtual number' 01910040010 'instead of the actual number, and the' chatting man 'sends and receives a' virtual number '01910040005' instead of the actual number. .

In the case of the above service, the virtual number can theoretically be registered up to 9999 per person.

20 is a diagram illustrating an additional service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 20, activation of a service may be brought about using the matching system. The factor of activating the service using the matching system is the response rate. Thus, when a message is received from any sender, it is necessary to be motivated to induce a reply. Therefore, by adding various events and fun elements to the service, it is possible to perform not only a message function but also a role as a game.

Referring to FIG. 20 (1800), each level is given an angel's name, and if someone sends a message to him or replies, he or she may be added to his guardian angel list. In addition, as the number of messages sent and received increases, it is desirable to promote the level with an increase in intimacy.

On the other hand, the ranking and various events according to the number and level of guardian angels, for example, '1000 angels gathering Pentium 4 computer gift' and the like can cause competition.

In addition, activation may be induced by interworking with additional services such as affinity view or horoscope.

It is apparent that the short message can be transmitted by the virtual number or the service ID instead of the actual number through the sites.

21 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for transmitting and receiving a message through an ID according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 21, the service can be applied by exposing the ID of the service instead of the actual number of the service user through the Internet website.

That is, in 2000, the ID given through the service member subscription is exposed instead of the actual number with the self introduction through the Internet website.

In addition, the short message is transmitted to the short message transmission system of the Internet website or the wireless terminal (2010).

Finally, the virtual number is assigned using the calling number, and the service may be transmitted 2020 using the virtual number from a later service.

22 is a view showing a group transmission method using a virtual number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 22, it is possible to set up a group as an additional function of the service and transmit the same to a plurality of members at the same time.

When the sender's terminal inputs an expression such as 'chat man * receiver * pretty man #' in a content input window 2100 in front of a desired content, the external short message unit 80 converts the expression into the service ID. The special character '*' is recognized as a delimiter for each of the IDs 'chatter', 'receiver' and 'pretty guy'. Therefore, "Do not forget to meet today evening" is transmitted to the actual number of the ID.

The receiver side of the content is transmitted only the content of the sender 'Do not forget to meet today evening'.

Further, by grouping the plurality of recipients and setting them in the virtual number matching table of the sender, it is possible to simultaneously transmit the same short message to the plurality of group recipients.

For example, if the number of recipients is stored as a group number '10' and an indicator '*' indicating a group is displayed in front of the group number, a short message written by the sender is transmitted to the members of each group. do.

That is, when the contents are entered in the content input window 2120 of the sender terminal, such as '* 10 # I have a lot of time ^^;', the '* 10' part in front of the indicator '#' is recognized as a message recipient. Recognizing '*' in front of the '* 10' as a group operator, the message 'Let's have a lot of time now ^^;' is transmitted to the members of group number 10.

By setting the group name instead of the group number in a manner similar to the above, the same short message can be easily transmitted to all members included in the group name.

For example, when the '* friends # do not forget the evening gathering' in the content input window 2110 of the sender terminal, the '* friends' portion in front of the' # 'indicator is recognized as the message receiving target, the' Recognize '*' at the beginning of * Friends' as a group operator, and send the message 'Do not forget this evening' to the members of the group name friends.

Alternatively, the group message can be transmitted by inputting the virtual group number set by grouping the virtual numbers into the recipient number input box, rather than displaying the receiving target group in the content input window as described above.

For example, when '01910040001' is input as the recipient number 2130, the short message is a serial number '0001' stored in the sender's virtual number matching table because the recipient number is a virtual number including a reservation number '1004'. "Don't forget to meet for dinner" (2150) is sent. If the sender has matched the serial number '0001' to the group of '* friends' in his virtual number matching table, the short message is simultaneously transmitted to the members of the friends group through the receiver number. do. Of course, the call back number 2140 becomes the actual number '0192197777' of the sender.

By extending the delimiter and applying a keyword to the service, the service shown in Table 1 below can be easily provided.

keyword object function Yes join Resident registration number Register as a member the mandatory date of birth and gender on the social security number. # 8010101234567 recommendation Phone number Send a subscription recommendation message to the target phone number. Recommended # 0192190101 Unsubscribe ID or virtual number Reject receiving messages from a specific person. Unsubscribe Declaration ID or virtual number Report the user sending swear words and obscene expressions. Report ## Introduce ID or virtual number View the self-introduction entered by the target user. # 01910040100 Compatibility ID or virtual number We see affinity with target user. ## 910 040 # 01910040100

Referring to Table 1, the service area can be broadly expanded by inputting a recipient number as a reservation number such as '0191004' in the service and inputting it in the form of 'keyword # content' in a content input window.

23 is a diagram illustrating a filtering system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 23, since the service is a service for transmitting a message to an unspecified person, unhealthy contents may be included in the expression of the message.

Accordingly, in order to prevent the above problem, the external short message unit 80 may further include a filtering database 2220.

For example, assuming that a message sender sends an unhealthy message to any recipient, 'Grant me contact', the filtering database 2220 interworking with the external short message unit 80 may use the service. The transmission message of the member is filtered to filter out an unhealthy expression of 'ponsec' among the expressions, a warning message for the transmission of the unhealthy message is transmitted to the sender, and information about the unhealthy member is recorded. That is, a warning message such as 'Warning-Inappropriate vocabulary was detected in your message.' Is sent to the abuser, and 'Receive contact with me **' is sent to the message recipient (2230). The filtered message is sent.

In addition, the filtering function is performed by not displaying the filtered word of the short message normally to the receiver.

In performing the filtering system, a search execution speed and a resource problem occur. That is, there is a limit in searching out all of similar expressions and boilerplate words in the search, and thus, perfect filtering is impossible. In addition, in the case of SMS messages, since the spacing is rarely used, it is virtually impossible to reduce the search range using a space.

Therefore, the filtering system is preferably applied to the filtering engine as a lexical search algorithm in which words are structured in a tree. When using the above algorithm, there is a difference in performance as shown in Table 2 below.

When using normal DB When using a filtering engine Search count n (n + 1) / 2 times (n: number of words in the sentence to search) Max: (n-minimum comparison length) times Search speed per person The greater the number of search terms, the slower the search speed. The number of search terms and the speed of search are irrelevant Longest match based search Impossible ('apple' and 'apple tree' not distinguishable) Yes (recognize 'apple' and 'apple tree' as separate words)

As described above in Table 2, when the filtering engine is used, the search effect may be maximized even if the search word is increased. In addition, the search can be easily performed even when the space is not used.

Optimal embodiments of the present invention described above have been disclosed. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims.

According to the present invention, since the short message is transmitted / received entirely using the virtual number without exposing the actual number, there is no concern for privacy infringement by thoroughly ensuring anonymity, and there is no need to implement a complicated interface.

In addition, it is possible to send / receive the message in the same expression as sending a short message to the actual number by giving a virtual number per person to the communication partner, it is easy to maintain the relationship between the message sending / receiving party.

In addition, since the conventional short message service system is utilized, the service can be used in most existing terminals, and the user interface is very easy and familiar.

In addition, since the group transmission and the designation of a plurality of recipients are possible in the phone-to-phone, it may play a role of supplementing the inconvenience of the conventional short message service.

In addition to the above services, various game elements may be added to serve as entertainment services as well as message transmission / reception.

Finally, since the virtual number assigned during the service can be used as a substitute for the actual number, it has the effect of dual number service only for the short message service, and it is a dynamic number that can be changed by the user's selection. Compared to the service, the number can be easily remembered, and the number can be easily added, deleted, and edited. Therefore, a short message can be expected to be transmitted / received by setting a virtual number between close friends.

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In the short message service business method by dynamic virtual number, (a) a service user creating a short message to be sent to a receiver to a communication terminal capable of short message service; (b) transmitting the short message to a wireless communication network using a mobile number, a reservation number recognized to be transmitted to an external short message unit, and a virtual number combined with a registered serial number of a message receiver as a receiving number; (c) transmitting the short message, the receiver virtual number, and the sender number information transmitted to the wireless communication network to a switch via a base station and a base station controller; (d) identifying, at the exchange, a reserved number among the recipient virtual numbers and transmitting the transmitted short message to an external short message unit through a short message processing system; (e) referring to the virtual number matching table assigned to the sender of the external short message unit, replacing the virtual number recorded in the receiver number information of the transmitted message with the actual number of the receiver, Converting the reply telephone number information, which is the actual number of the sender who sent the short message, to the preset virtual number of the sender by referring to the assigned virtual number matching table; And (f) transmitting a short message including the converted information to a terminal of a receiver; and performing a short message service business method according to a dynamic virtual number. The method of claim 1, After the recipient of step (f) receives the message, (g) creating, by the terminal, a short message to the sender to reply to the sender; (h) transmitting the short message to be replyed to the wireless communication network using the sender's virtual number stored in the receiver's virtual number database as the received number; (i) transmitting the short message to be sent to the wireless communication network, the virtual number of the sender and the reply number information of the receiver to the exchange via a base station and a base station controller; (j) identifying, at the exchange, a reservation number among the virtual numbers of the sender and transmitting the transmitted short message to an external short message unit through a short message processing system; (k) replacing the virtual number recorded in the receiver number information of the transmitted message with the actual number of the message receiver by referring to the virtual number matching table assigned to the reply message sender in the external short message unit; Converting the reply telephone number information, which is the actual number of the sender who sent the reply message, to the preset virtual number of the message sender by referring to the virtual number matching table assigned to the reply message receiver in the database; And (l) transmitting a reply message including the converted information to the terminal of the message receiver; further comprising the step of proceeding. The method of claim 1, If the recipient number of the short message to be transmitted by the service user in step (b) includes only the reservation number without a serial number, (a1) Through the receiver matching system interworking with the external short message unit, an arbitrary receiver that satisfies a predetermined condition is determined, and the actual sender of the short message is sent by referring to the virtual number matching table assigned to the determined receiver. Converting the return telephone number information, which is a number, into a virtual number of the sender; And (b1) transmitting the short message including the converted information to the terminal of the receiver. The method of claim 3, 6. The method of claim 1, wherein any subject to be matched is selected as a person having information in close proximity to the predetermined information inputted by the service user during registration. The method of claim 1, If the receiving party of step (b) is not registered in the virtual number matching table assigned to the sender, the short message is transmitted to the combined virtual number after registering the receiving party's virtual number. Short message service business method by virtual number. The method of claim 5, The method of registering the recipient in the virtual number matching table of the sender, The method of claim 1, wherein the service provider registers as one selected from the Internet, a WAP phone, and an SMS phone. The method of claim 6, And a virtual number registered in the virtual number matching table is set as a dynamic virtual number that can be added, deleted and edited according to the service user's arbitrary. The method of claim 1, If the sender's virtual number is not registered in the virtual number matching table assigned to the receiver of step (e), the sender's number is automatically registered in an unregistered area of the assigned registration area of the matching table, and the A short message service business method using a dynamic virtual number, wherein the serial number of a registered area is used as the sender's virtual number. The method of claim 1, The terminal is a short message service business method using a dynamic virtual number, characterized in that any one selected from a notebook, palmtop and mobile phone equipped with a short message service function. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program capable of executing a short message service business by a dynamic virtual number for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9. In the short message service system by virtual number, A terminal capable of editing and transmitting / receiving a short message; A base station / base station controller for allowing the terminal to access the network using a wireless protocol; A personal communication exchange / visitor information processing system for relaying / exchanging a short message transmitted from the base station / base station controller and transmitting the short message to an external short message unit by distinguishing a recipient number including a reservation number; A subscriber information processing system for providing a location of a called terminal for processing the short message and notifying whether the called terminal can receive a short message; A short message processing system for temporarily storing and transmitting a virtual number translation service request from the exchange / visitor information processing system and short message data for processing the requested service; An external short message unit that performs a short message service based on the requested virtual number under the instruction of the short message processing system, and stores matching information between the virtual number and the actual number of a sender / receiver and converts the number to each other; Short message service system by dynamic virtual number. The method of claim 11, And the external short message unit further comprises a user database storing a matching table of real numbers and virtual numbers of other users registered as virtual numbers to the service user. The method of claim 11, The external short message unit may further include a filtering database that detects an inappropriate language expression by searching the contents of the short message transmitted by the service users. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program capable of performing a short message service using a dynamic virtual number for implementing a system according to any one of claims 11 to 13.