KR20070010624A - Method and system for providing mobile signature service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for supplying a mobile signature service and a system therefor are provided to offer a service which automatically sends a mobile signature including a message and an electronic name card to the other party's terminal after a telephone call is terminated, thereby creating profits by targeting young customers and marketing business persons. In a mobile signature server(240), an originating mobile communication terminal(210) accesses to set a mobile signature. The mobile signature server(240) generates an electronic name card after receiving a mobile signature transmission signal from the originating terminal(210), and transmits the mobile signature to a receiving mobile communication terminal(212). A mobile signature DB(242) stores the mobile signature set in the mobile signature server(240) by the originating terminal(210).

Description

Method and System for Providing Mobile Signature Service {Method and System for Providing Mobile Signature Service}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an electronic business card service in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is a diagram schematically showing a system for providing a mobile signature service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a mobile signature according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a mobile signature service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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210: calling party mobile communication terminal 212: called party mobile communication terminal

220, 230: wireless access network 240: mobile signature server

242: Mobile signature database 252: SMSC

260, 270: mobile switching center 262, 272: HLR

264, 274: VLR

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a mobile signature service. More specifically, it is a new service provided to young people who want to express their personality and marketing business to customers by phone.The mobile signature including electronic business card and message is automatically added to the other mobile terminal after the phone call is terminated. The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a mobile signature service.

With the rapid development of electronic engineering and communication engineering, mobile communication terminals have various functions. That is, with the rapid development of wireless communication and data communication technology, people can use not only voice calls but also Internet access, video communication, and video message transmission using mobile communication terminals. In addition, due to the rapid dissemination of mobile communication terminals, mobile communication terminals are becoming an essential means of communication in modern life, such as a considerable amount of communication occurring between remote sites through the mobile communication terminals.

In recent years, a text is prepared for the case where a call is not connected due to the area or state where a call is available among various functions of the mobile communication terminal, as well as when the other party has left the mobile communication service area or the power of the mobile communication terminal is turned off. Small message service (SMS) or voice message service (VMS) that can deliver a message or voice message to the other party is widely used.

On the other hand, the short message service or voice message service is difficult to meet the various needs of the user because it transmits a simple text or voice message to the other party. As a result, multimedia messaging service (MMS) has recently been developed to satisfy the desire of mobile subscribers to transmit messages in the form of multimedia such as pictures, images, and videos, rather than simple text or voice messages. It is a trend that is actively used. MMS refers to a messaging service that transmits and receives multimedia information by processing, converting, and selecting data in various formats to be suitable for various multimedia service environments. MMS provides a function of transmitting and receiving multimedia information and e-mail to various devices desired by the user, away from the limited integrated services based on text or voice provided by the conventional Unfixed Messaging Service (UMS).

Meanwhile, mobile communication service in Korea is provided by three companies, SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom. Each mobile service provider owns, operates, and manages a service support system supporting one or more of various mobile communication service methods such as cellular, PCS, CDMA, WCDMA, and 1x EV-DO methods. Each member subscribes to a mobile telecommunication service provider and receives a mobile telecommunication service provided by the corresponding company. Accordingly, when a voice call, a short message service, a voice message service, and an MMS service are provided through a mobile communication service provider, the sender checks the information of the called terminal through the mobile communication system at the receiving side in the mobile communication system. This is necessary.

The confirmation of the information on the called terminal includes information on the subscriber's telephone number of the receiving mobile communication service provider, as well as information on the mobile identification number (MIN), terminal serial number (ESN), and service type of the terminal. It should be checked through the receiving subscriber station database.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal is configured in hardware and software so that only the service of the mobile communication service company to which it belongs. That is, the hardware includes a chip for recognizing the mobile communication service system of the corresponding company, and the software includes an application for receiving the mobile communication service of the corresponding company.

Today's mobile communication terminals are becoming a necessity of life due to the simplicity and convenience of portable, and are used by many people. Such mobile communication terminals have a telephone directory registration, a schedule management function, and the like, and have been changed to a means for a personal information management function beyond a means for a telephone call.

In addition, the remarkable development of computer-related information and communication fields not only dramatically improves work efficiency, but also changes the daily life style. For example, in the form of shopping related to product purchase, the use of product purchase using an online shopping mall on a computer is gradually increasing.

In addition, the system and method for receiving various information in real time by accessing a network such as the Internet through a mobile communication terminal are actively being searched, and image transmission movement such as IMT 2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication for the 2000s) As communication terminals have been developed, many researches have been conducted on service systems and methods using them.

As such, in recent years, with the development of communication technology, a next generation mobile communication network capable of providing high quality communication services and various additional services, that is, IMT 2000 or Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication System (FPLMTS), has been commercialized. It is expected to be. This next-generation communication network adopts a data packet transmission method to transmit and receive voice, video, or data files at high speed, and also, in order to secure a high data rate, for example, from 1.855 MHz to You will use the 2.110 MHz or 2.110 MHz to 2.200 MHz frequency band.

On the other hand, people exchange business cards when they meet customers, friends, etc. in social life. However, in the case of meeting many people at times, there are many cases where the business card is less than the number of the counterparts or the card is not kept well and the card cannot be delivered. Therefore, a service for transmitting and receiving business cards has been developed in the mobile communication terminal.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an electronic business card service in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

First, a user connects to an electronic business card server that provides an electronic business card service and applies for the electronic business card service (S110).

The electronic business card server may be established to be connected to a mobile communication system and operated for a mobile communication terminal, or may be operated for all terminals accessible to the Internet in combination with other information providing systems such as the Internet.

Therefore, when the user connects to the electronic business card server, the user can connect to the electronic business card server according to the construction environment of the electronic business card server, and can access the electronic business card server using another terminal such as a computer.

At this time, when the user accesses the electronic business card server using the mobile communication terminal, the user accesses the electronic business card server through the base station, the base station controller and the exchanger of the mobile communication system.

On the other hand, the user who accesses the electronic business card server in step S110 inputs his or her personal information, and determines the design of the electronic business card (S120).

In this case, the user may select a favorite design from among designs provided by the electronic business card server in designing the electronic business card, and may design the design by himself. In addition, the user may create not only one business card but also a plurality of business cards having different designs depending on the counterpart to which the business card is to be provided. In addition, the user may introduce himself as a multimedia file such as a video to express his personality in making a business card.

Accordingly, the electronic business card server generates an electronic business card for the personal information input by the user and stores the electronic business card in a database (S130). Then, the user can download the generated electronic business card to his mobile communication terminal.

On the other hand, if the user needs to deliver his or her business card to the other party while conducting social life, the user selects an electronic business card to be transmitted to the other party's mobile communication terminal using the mobile communication terminal (S140).

In this case, the user may select an electronic business card stored in his mobile terminal in selecting the electronic business card to be transmitted to the counterpart. In addition, in selecting an electronic business card to be transmitted to the other party, the user may access the electronic business card server and select different electronic business cards according to the other party from among the electronic business cards stored by the user.

In operation S140, the user who selects the electronic business card to be transmitted to the counterpart mobile communication terminal inputs an identification number of the counterpart mobile communication terminal, for example, a phone number of the terminal.

The user presses an electronic business card transmission button of the mobile communication terminal, for example, a 'call' button, and transmits the electronic business card selected by the user to the counterpart mobile communication terminal (S160). In this case, when the electronic business card is transmitted to the counterpart mobile communication terminal in step S160, when the user presses the transmit button of the electronic business card of the mobile communication terminal, the system is designed to transmit the electronic card to the counterpart mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication system. It became.

However, since the electronic business card is not automatically transmitted in such a system, it is a hassle to input a key operation separately to the mobile communication terminal in order to send the electronic business card.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a new service to a younger person who wants to express his / her personality to a marketing business person who is dealing with a customer by telephone. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing a mobile signature service for automatically sending a mobile signature comprising a.

According to a first object of the present invention, an originating mobile communication terminal which performs a wireless telephone call with a called mobile communication terminal and requests to transmit a mobile signature after the wireless telephone call with the called mobile communication terminal is terminated; A ground infrastructure that communicates with the called mobile terminal and the calling mobile terminal through an air interface, and includes a handoff and a radio access network performing a radio resource management function and a call request from the calling mobile terminal. A mobile communication network for transmitting to the called mobile terminal and a short message service center (SMSC) for receiving a message from the calling mobile terminal and transmitting the received message to the called mobile terminal; Mobile signature service that automatically sends electronic business cards and messages to you In the mobile communication system for providing a mobile communication system, the calling mobile terminal is connected to set the mobile signature, and after receiving the mobile signature transmission signal from the calling mobile terminal, generates an electronic business card and the called mobile communication A mobile signature server for transmitting the mobile signature to a terminal; And a mobile signature database for storing the mobile signature set in the mobile signature server by the calling-party mobile communication terminal.

According to a second object of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a mobile signature service for automatically sending an electronic business card and a message to a counterpart after a telephone call is terminated, the method comprising: (a) registering a setting of a mobile signature of a calling mobile terminal; Doing; (b) a call path is formed between a calling mobile communication terminal and a called mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication switching center, and a voice call is made between the calling mobile communication terminal and the called mobile communication terminal; (c) determining whether to select the transmission of the mobile signature by the calling mobile terminal after the voice call ends; (d) receiving a mobile signature transmission signal from the calling mobile terminal; (e) determining whether the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are the same as the mobile communication company subscribed to; (f) extracting the mobile signature from a mobile signature database; And (g) transmitting the mobile signature to the called party's mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a mobile signature service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system 200 for providing a mobile signature service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a calling party mobile communication terminal 210, a called party mobile communication terminal 212, and a calling party wireless access network. 220, called party wireless access network 230, mobile signature server 240, mobile signature database 242, SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 252, calling party mobile switching center 260, called party mobile communication And a switching center 270.

The calling mobile communication terminal 210 and the called mobile communication terminal 212 are terminals not only performing a wireless telephone call through a mobile communication network but also requesting to transmit a mobile signature to a counterpart after a wireless telephone call with the other party.

Mobile communication terminals (210, 212) according to an embodiment of the present invention is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) Phone, CDMA-2000 phone, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone and the like. Here, MBS phone refers to a mobile phone to be used in the fourth generation system that is recently discussed.

The radio access networks 220 and 230 are ground infrastructures that guarantee the mobility of the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212. The radio access networks 220 and 230 perform handoff and radio resource management functions. The wireless access networks 220 and 230 include a base station transmission system (BTS) 222 and 232 and a base station controller (BSC) 224 and 234 as shown. In this case, the base station transmitters 222 and 232 are arranged in units of cells and transmit cell requests generated by the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 to the mobile communication switching centers 260 and 270 or have their own cell area. Location registration to determine the location of the mobile communication terminals (210, 212) present in the. The base station transmitters 222 and 232 can obtain information such as latitude and longitude at which the base station transmitters 222 and 232 are located from a global positioning system (GPS) (not shown), and the position information of the base station transmitters 222 and 232. Is transmitted to the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 through the system parameter message of the forward link call channel. The mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 may register new location information by calculating their moving distances using the location information of the base station transmitting stations 222 and 232 of the cell to which the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 belong. have.

Location registration is a processing procedure that informs the mobile switching center 270, 280 of the location, status, identifier, slot period, and other characteristics of the mobile communication terminals 210, 212 via the base station transmitters 222, 232. This is a procedure for enabling the transmitters 222 and 232 to effectively call the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 when they want to set up an incoming signal to the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212. Location registration of the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 is performed when the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 move between mobile communication switching stations 260 and 270 when the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 are turned on or off. And when the parameters of the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 are changed.

The base station controllers 224 and 234 perform various functions necessary for radio call processing such as handoff while controlling and managing a plurality of base stations. The base station controllers 224 and 234 also transmit subscriber information of the location registered mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 to the mobile communication switching centers 270 and 280.

The mobile telecommunication switching centers 260 and 270 have a control function that enables the wireless access networks 220 and 230 to operate efficiently and an interworking function with the switch of the public telephone network. When the mobile communication switching centers 260 and 270 register location of the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 through the wireless access networks 220 and 230, a visitor location register (VLR: Visitor) in the mobile communication switching centers 270 and 280 is performed. Location Register (hereinafter referred to as 'VLR') (264, 274) temporarily stores subscriber information of the mobile communication terminals (210, 212), and then Home Location Register (HLR: Home Location Register, hereinafter referred to as 'HLR') 262, 272 requests the location registration of the mobile communication terminals 210, 212.

Here, the HLRs 262 and 272 are databases that store service profiles related to subscriber information of the users of the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212, and identify the terminals of the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 as well as the subscriber's telephone call. It contains information on a mobile identification number (MIN), an electronic serial number (ESN), and a type of service. The HLRs 262 and 272 store subscriber information including information of the wireless access networks 220 and 230 and the mobile switching centers 260 and 270 where the mobile communication terminals 210 and 212 are located.

The mobile signature server 240 is built in a mobile communication system and operates for all mobile terminals 210 and 212 and all terminals accessible to the Internet. When the calling mobile terminal 210 outputs the mobile signature transmission signal to the mobile signature server 240 after the call of the calling mobile terminal 210 and the called mobile terminal 212 ends, the mobile signature server 240 automatically sends the mobile signature. Mobile signatures consist of electronic business cards or messages. When the mobile signature server is set as an electronic business card, the mobile signature server 240 receives personal information from a user, selects a design of the electronic business card, and generates an electronic business card.

The mobile signature database 242 stores the mobile signature set by the user who subscribed to the mobile signature service as an electronic business card and a message.

The mobile communication switching center (260, 270) is composed of a control unit, a communication unit and a peripheral device, and also has a charging data collection function for the mobile communication terminals (210, 212).

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for setting a mobile signature service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The user of the calling mobile terminal 210 may set or release a mobile signature through a menu provided by the calling mobile terminal 210 (S302).

When the mobile terminal 210 sets the mobile signature in step S302, the calling mobile terminal 210 accesses the mobile signature server 240 (S304).

The mobile signature server 240 determines whether the calling mobile terminal 210 sets an electronic business card or a message (S306).

The mobile signature server 240 receives personal information from the user of the calling mobile terminal 210, and the user of the calling mobile terminal 210 selects the design of the electronic business card (S310).

The mobile signature server 240 generates an electronic business card based on the personal information input from the user of the calling mobile terminal 210 and the design of the electronic business card, sets the electronic business card as the mobile signature, and the mobile signature database 242. Store in (S312).

If it is determined in step S306 to set the message, the user of the calling mobile terminal 210 may select a sample message provided by the mobile signature server 240 or directly input the message (S314).

The mobile signature server 240 sets the message as the mobile signature and stores the message in the mobile signature database 242 (S316).

4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a mobile signature service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

When the called mobile communication terminal 212 responds to the call connection request of the calling mobile communication terminal 210, for example, by receiving a call, the calling mobile communication terminal 210 and the called mobile communication terminal 212. A call path is formed between the calling party mobile communication switching center 260 and the called mobile communication switching center 270, and a normal telephone call is established between the calling mobile communication terminal 210 and the called mobile communication terminal 212. Is done.

Subsequently, when the call ends because the calling mobile terminal 210 or the called mobile terminal 212 ends the call, the calling mobile terminal 260 and the called mobile terminal 270 move to the calling side. The communication path for the communication terminal 210 and the called mobile terminal 212 is released (S402).

After the telephone call is terminated, the calling mobile terminal 210 displays a message indicating whether to set the mobile signature on the LCD display so as to select whether to transmit the mobile signature (S404).

When the user of the calling mobile terminal 210 selects the transmission of the mobile signature in step S404, the calling mobile terminal 210 passes through the calling wireless access network 220 and the calling mobile switching center 260. The mobile signature transmission signal is transmitted to the mobile signature server 240 (S406).

The mobile signature server 240 determines whether the calling mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication company subscribed to the called mobile communication terminal are the same (S408).

When the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are the same as the mobile communication company subscribed to in step S408, the mobile signature server transmits the electronic business card to the called mobile terminal (S410).

If the calling mobile communication terminal and the calling mobile communication terminal subscribed to the mobile communication company in step S408 is not the same, the mobile signature server transmits a message to the called mobile communication terminal (S412).

The mobile signature server 240 receiving the mobile signature transmission signal from the calling mobile terminal 210 extracts the mobile signature set by the calling mobile terminal 210 from the mobile signature database 242 as shown in FIG. 3. do. The mobile signature server 240 transmits the mobile signature to the called party mobile communication terminal 212 via the called party wireless access network 230 and the called party mobile communication switching center 270.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing a service for automatically sending a mobile signature including an electronic business card and a message to the counterpart mobile communication terminal after the telephone call is terminated, a marketing business person and personality dealing with a customer by telephone. It has the effect of generating revenue against younger people who want to express themselves.

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A calling mobile terminal, requesting to transmit a mobile signature after a wireless telephone call with the called mobile terminal is terminated, the called mobile terminal and the calling party; A ground infrastructure that communicates with a mobile communication terminal through an air interface, and transmits a handoff, a wireless access network performing a radio resource management function, and a call request sent from the calling mobile communication terminal to the called mobile communication terminal. A Short Message Service Center (SMSC) that receives a message from a mobile communication network and the calling mobile terminal and transmits the message to the called mobile terminal, and automatically sends an electronic business card and a message to the other party after the telephone call is terminated. Mobile communication system that provides mobile signature service In, A mobile device which accesses the calling mobile terminal to set the mobile signature, receives a mobile signature transmission signal from the calling mobile terminal, generates an electronic business card, and transmits the mobile signature to the called mobile terminal; Signature server; And A mobile signature database storing the mobile signature set in the mobile signature server by the calling mobile terminal; System for providing a mobile signature service comprising a. The method of claim 1, The mobile signature is set to the electronic business card and message, and when the calling mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication company to which the called mobile terminal are subscribed are the same, the mobile signature server sends the electronic message to the called mobile terminal. The mobile signature server transmits the message to the called-party mobile terminal when the calling card is transmitted and the calling mobile terminal and the called-party mobile communication terminal are not the same. System for providing mobile signature service. The method of claim 2, The message is a system for providing a mobile signature service, characterized in that it is directly input from the calling mobile terminal or selected from a sample message provided by the mobile signature server. The method of claim 1, The mobile signature server provides the mobile signature service, which generates the electronic business card based on the design of the electronic business card and the personal information of the user of the calling mobile terminal received from the calling mobile terminal. System. What is claimed is: 1. A method of providing a mobile signature service that automatically sends an electronic business card and a message to a counterpart after a telephone call ends. (a) registering the setting of the mobile signature of the calling mobile terminal; (b) a call path is formed between a calling mobile communication terminal and a called mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication switching center, and a voice call is made between the calling mobile communication terminal and the called mobile communication terminal; (c) determining whether to select the transmission of the mobile signature by the calling mobile terminal after the voice call ends; (d) receiving a mobile signature transmission signal from the calling mobile terminal; (e) determining whether the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are the same as the mobile communication company subscribed to; (f) extracting the mobile signature from a mobile signature database; And (g) transmitting the mobile signature to the called mobile terminal; Method for providing a mobile signature service comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein step (g) In the step (e), when the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile communication terminal have the same mobile communication company, the mobile signature server transmits the electronic business card to the called mobile terminal, When the calling mobile communication terminal and the called mobile communication terminal is not the same mobile carrier is subscribed to the mobile signature server to provide a mobile signature service, characterized in that for transmitting the message to the called mobile communication terminal. Way. The method of claim 5, wherein step (a) comprises: (a1) selecting, by the calling mobile communication terminal, a key input to set and release the mobile signature; (a2) when the setting of the mobile signature is selected in step (a1), the calling mobile terminal connecting to the mobile signature server; (a3) setting the mobile signature to an electronic business card and a message; (a4) the mobile signature server generating the electronic business card, setting the electronic business card as the mobile signature and storing it in a mobile signature database; (a5) if the message is set in the step (a3), receiving the message; And (a6) the mobile signature server setting the message as the mobile signature and storing in the mobile signature database Method for providing a mobile signature service comprising a. According to claim 7, In the step (a5), The originating mobile communication terminal directly inputs the message or selects a sample message provided by the mobile signature server.

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