KR20070073110A - Method and system for providing e-mail notification service in mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for providing an E-mail notification service in a mobile communication system are provided to increase work efficiency by enabling a user to confirm E-mails received in real time by using his/her mobile terminal, without missing important E-mails. A system for providing an E-mail notification service in a mobile communication system comprises an E-mail server(140), a directory database(132), and a mobile E-mail server(130). The E-mail server(140), judging that an E-mail has received from a sender terminal(160), transmits notification information including more than one among a receiver's E-mail address, the sender's E-mail address, title of the E-mail, and a message ID. The directory database(132) stores subscriber information containing the receiver's mobile phone number and E-mail address. The mobile E-mail server(130) receives the notification information from the E-mail server(140), extracts the receiver's mobile phone number from the directory database(132) by using the receiver's E-mail address, and transmits a message client paging message to a receiver terminal(110) through a mobile communication network(120) by using the extracted mobile phone number.

Description

Method and System for Providing E-mail Notification Service in Mobile Communication System}

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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110: receiver terminal 120: mobile communication network

130: mobile email server 132: address book database

140: email server 150: Internet

160: sender terminal

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system. More specifically, the receiver terminal receives a message client call message including the TID, the recipient's mobile telephone number, the email subject and the message ID from the mobile email server, and executes the message client according to the received message client call message. , A method of providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system that accesses a mobile email server using a message ID and receives email information including an email subject, body content, header values, and the like from the mobile email server using the IMAP4 protocol. And to the system.

An e-mail service is a service that sends and receives mail with others on your own account. To send an email to someone over the Internet, you need the recipient's email address and email program, and you can easily access the email service by using a web browser to operate the mouse.

The standard communication protocol of e-mail is the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), a store-and-forward service operated by relaying e-mail between adjacent mail servers.

In this way, an email service sends an email sent by a sender to a mail server that manages the sender's email, and the mail server analyzes the recipient's email address to find the shortest path to the nearest mail server. Forward the email. At this time, the relaying operation continuously delivers until it arrives at the mail server at the receiver side.

The email address consists of the system name of the organization to which the individual belongs and the user account registered in the system. That is, it is divided into user account (user_id) and domain name (domain.name). Here, the user account is a name of the user on the Internet, and the domain name is a format for identifying a plurality of computers on the Internet.

To set up Internet mail, you need to know the type of mail server (POP3, IMAP or HTTP), your account name and password, and the incoming mail server name from your Internet service provider (ISP) or LAN administrator. In the case of POP3 and IMAP, You must know the name of the outgoing mail server. Here, the mail receiving server POP3 is a server computer of an Internet service provider (ISP) that serves to receive e-mails from other places (senders) on the Internet, and the mail transmission server (SMTP) sends mail sent by the other person on the Internet. It is a server computer of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that serves as a destination.

Recently, as information devices and communication devices represented by computers and mobile communication terminals have been converged technically, services such as communication, broadcasting, and the Internet have been gradually integrated, and thanks to such technology convergence and service integration, email service through wired / wireless Internet has been introduced. Is being provided.

On the other hand, in the conventional mobile communication system, the email service is connected to the mail server through the mobile communication network in order to send an email to the mobile terminal, inputs an email including the destination email address, email subject and origination content, etc. The email is sent to the mail server. In addition, when the computer sends an e-mail through the Internet, the sending mail server delivers the email to the called mail server, and the mobile communication network connected to the receiving mail server sends the email to the mobile terminal through the Short Message Service Center (SMSC). Send a short message that it was sent.

Subsequently, the user accesses the destination mail server using the mobile communication terminal according to the received short message and retrieves the received e-mail.

However, the conventional e-mail service has a problem that a user must frequently access a mail server using a mobile communication terminal in order to check the received e-mail, and additionally bears a mobile communication fee according to frequent access of the mail server. There was a problem.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention, the receiver terminal receives a message client call message including the TID, the mobile phone number of the receiver, the e-mail subject and message ID, etc. from the mobile email server, the received message client call message In the mobile communication system, the mobile communication system executes a message client, accesses a mobile email server using a message ID, and receives email information including an email subject, body content, header values, and the like from the mobile email server using the IMAP4 protocol. Its purpose is to provide a method and system for providing email notification services.

Accordingly, according to a first object of the present invention, a message client call message including at least one of a target user identification (TID), a mobile communication telephone number of a receiver, an e-mail subject, and a message ID is received, and the received message client call is received. A receiver terminal for executing a message client according to a message, a sender terminal for transmitting an e-mail written by the sender to the receiver terminal, an internet providing a connection path for sending and receiving the e-mail using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP); and A mobile communication system comprising a mobile communication network providing a voice call service, a data communication service, a wireless Internet service, and a short message service to a receiver terminal, and providing a connection path for transmitting and receiving data, wherein the email is transmitted from the sender terminal. Received If determining unit determines, and that the e-mail is received email sending notification information including the recipient's email address, the sender's email address, the email subject and at least one of the message ID server; An address book database storing subscriber information including said mobile communication telephone number of said recipient and said e-mail address of said recipient; And receiving the notification information from the email server, extracting the mobile communication telephone number of the recipient from the address book database using the email address of the recipient according to the received notification information, and extracting the movement of the recipient. A mobile email server for transmitting the message client call message to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network using a communication telephone number.

According to a second object of the present invention, a message client call message including one or more of a target user identification (TID), a mobile communication telephone number of a receiver, an e-mail subject, and a message ID is received, and received in the received message client call message. A receiver terminal for executing a message client, a sender terminal for transmitting an e-mail written by the sender to the receiver terminal, an internet providing a connection path for transmitting and receiving the e-mail using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and the receiver. A mobile communication network providing a voice call service, a data communication service, a wireless Internet service, and a short message service to a terminal, and providing a connection path for transmitting and receiving data; determining whether the e-mail is received from the sender terminal; That it was received In one case an email server for transmitting notification information including one or more of the recipient's email address, the sender's email address, the email subject and the message ID, the mobile phone number of the recipient and the email address of the recipient Receiving the notification information from the address book database and the e-mail server that stores the subscriber information, and the mobile communication telephone of the recipient in the address book database using the e-mail address of the recipient according to the received notification information An e-mail notification service in a mobile communication system including a mobile e-mail server extracting a number and transmitting the message client call message to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network by using the extracted mobile communication telephone number of the receiver; (A) receiving the notification information from the email server, and extracting the recipient's mobile communication telephone number from the address book database using the email address of the recipient according to the received notification information. Doing; (b) transmitting the message client call message to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network using the receiver's mobile communication telephone number; (c) transmitting an email request signal for requesting the email received from the email server to the email server when the receiver terminal accesses; (d) receiving email information from the email server, the email information including at least one of the email information, body content, and header value; And (e) transmitting the email information received from the email server to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network.

According to a third object of the present invention, there is provided a sender terminal for transmitting an email using an email service, a mobile communication service, a receiver terminal for performing the email service and receiving the email from the sender terminal, and the mobile communication service. A mobile communication network, an Internet for delivering the email, an email server for delivering the email received from the sender terminal, a mobile email server for delivering the email received from the email server, and a mobile communication telephone number of the recipient And an address book database storing subscriber information including an e-mail address of a recipient, the method comprising the steps of: (a) from the e-mail server, the e-mail address of the recipient, the e-mail of the sender; week Receiving notification information including at least one of an email subject and a message ID, and extracting the recipient's mobile communication telephone number from the address book database using the email address of the recipient according to the received notification information. ; (b) a message client call message including at least one of a target user identification (TID), a receiver's mobile telephone number, an e-mail subject, and a message ID using the receiver's mobile communication telephone number through the mobile communication network; Transmitting to the receiver terminal; (c) transmitting an email request signal for requesting the email received from the email server to the email server when the receiver terminal accesses; (d) receiving email information from the email server, the email information including at least one of the email information, body content, and header value; And (e) transmitting the email information received from the email server to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network.

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 are used 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.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a system for providing an email notification service includes a receiver terminal 110, a mobile communication network 120, a mobile email server 130, an address book database 132, an email server 140, and the Internet 150. ) And the sender terminal 160 and the like.

The receiver terminal 110 is wirelessly connected to the mobile communication network 120 to provide a voice call function for performing a normal voice call by wireless communication with another mobile communication terminal or a landline telephone, and also provides an SMS center 128. It is a mobile communication terminal that can send and receive short messages, multimedia messages, and the like.

To this end, the receiver terminal 110 creates, edits, and modifies a short message or a multimedia message as well as a basic configuration as a mobile communication terminal for using a voice communication service and a wireless data service or a wireless Internet service provided by the mobile communication network 120. And a message application capable of performing operations such as storing and deleting, transmitting and receiving a short message or a multimedia message using the SMS center 128, and outputting the transmitted and received messages on the screen.

The receiver terminal 110 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention receives and receives a message client call message including a target user identification (TID), a mobile communication telephone number, an e-mail subject, a message ID, and the like from a mobile e-mail server. In response to a message client call message, a message client is executed to connect to a mobile email server and receive email information including an email subject, body content, header value, and the like from the mobile email server. Here, the TID is an identifier indicating a message client provided in the receiver terminal 110. Here, the receiver terminal 110 preferably executes the message client using the TID. In addition, the receiver terminal 110 preferably connects to the mobile email server using the message ID.

Here, the receiver terminal 110 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a hand-held PC (GPS), a global system for mobile (GSM) phone, a wideband W-CDMA (Wideband). CDMA) phone, CDMA-2000 phone, MBS (Mobile Broadband System) phone and the like, the type can be determined according to the type of mobile communication system constituting the mobile communication network 120. Here, MBS phone refers to a mobile phone to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

The mobile communication network 120 includes a wireless base station 122, a mobile switching center (MSC) 124, a data core network (DCN) 126, an SMS center 128, etc. It provides a voice call service, a data communication service, a wireless Internet service, and a short message service to the receiver terminal 110, and provides a connection path for transmitting and receiving data between the receiver terminal 110 and the mobile email server 130.

The wireless base station 122 performs a location registration function, a function of allocating a radio channel, and various functions required for radio call processing such as handoff.

Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 124 is a basic and additional service processing for providing a voice communication service, incoming and outgoing call processing of the subscriber, location registration and handoff procedure processing, interworking with other networks, etc. Do this.

To this end, the mobile communication switching center (124) includes an access switching subsystem (ASS) that performs distributed call processing, an INS (interconnection network subsystem) that performs centralized call processing, and a centralized function of operation and maintenance (CCS). It may include a subsystem such as a Central Control Subsystem (LOC), a Location Registration Subsystem (LRS) that performs a function of storing and managing information on a mobile subscriber. In addition, the mobile communication switching center 124 may include an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch (not shown) to transmit data in a cell-based packet manner to increase transmission speed and efficiency of line use.

The data core network 126 may include a high speed data service for providing a packet data communication service, an internet / intranet access service, a virtual private network (VPN) access service, a simple IP and a mobile IP service, Performs Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) authentication, billing, and packet compression.

The SMS center 128 is a system that provides an SMS service so that numbers and letters can be bi-directionally transmitted and received between the receiver terminal 110 and various text transmission systems (PC communication system, Internet server system, mobile communication terminal, etc.).

The SMS center 128 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention generates a message client call message according to the message request signal received from the mobile email server 130 and transmits the generated message client call message to the receiver terminal 110. do.

The mobile email server 130 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention receives subscriber information including the recipient's mobile communication phone number and the recipient's email address from the receiver terminal 110 and stores the received subscriber information in an address book database. Register subscribers.

In addition, the mobile email server 130 registers the email address of the recipient, whether or not to notify the email server 140, and the routing address (IP, Port information, etc.) of the mobile email server 130, and the like.

In addition, the mobile email server 130 receives notification information including the email address of the recipient, the email address of the sender, the email subject, the message ID, and the like from the email server 140, and according to the received notification information, the email address of the recipient. Extracts the recipient's mobile phone number from the address book database 132 using the extracted recipient's mobile phone number, and calls the message client including the TID, the recipient's mobile phone number, the email subject and the message ID, etc. The message is transmitted to the receiver terminal 110 through the mobile communication network 120.

In addition, when the receiver terminal 110 accesses the mobile email server 130, the mobile email server 130 transmits an email request signal for requesting email received from the email server 140 to the email server 140, and emails the email. The server 140 receives e-mail information including an e-mail subject, body content, header value, and the like, and transmits the received e-mail information to the receiver terminal 110 through the mobile communication network 120.

Address book database 132 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention stores subscriber information including the recipient's mobile phone number and the recipient's email address. Here, the address book database 132 preferably stores mobile communication phone numbers corresponding to e-mail addresses. Here, a database refers to a data structure implemented in a storage space of a computer system by using a database management system (DBMS) program, and data storage for freely searching, deleting, editing, and adding data. It means form. Such a database uses a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Microsoft Structured Query Language (MS SQL) or DB2 for the purpose of the present invention. It can be implemented to fit and has appropriate fields or elements for performing functions such as storing, searching, deleting, editing and adding data.

The e-mail server 140 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention determines whether an e-mail is received from the sender terminal 160, and if it is determined that the e-mail is received, the e-mail address of the receiver, the e-mail address of the sender, the e-mail subject, the message ID. The notification information including the information is transmitted to the mobile email server 130.

In addition, the e-mail server 140 transmits e-mail information including an e-mail subject, body content and header values to the mobile e-mail server 130 using the IMAP4 protocol according to an e-mail request signal received from the mobile e-mail server 130. do.

Internet 150 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a communication network that provides a connection path for the sender terminal 160 to access the email server 140, and to send and receive emails using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). to be.

The sender terminal 160 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention refers to a desktop computer, a laptop, and the like, and transmits an e-mail created from the sender to the e-mail server 140 through the Internet 150.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the email server 140 determines whether an email has been received from the sender terminal 160 (S210), and if it is determined that the email has been received, the email address of the receiver, the email address of the sender, the email subject, the message. The notification information including the ID is transmitted to the mobile email server 130 (S220).

The mobile email server 130 extracts the mobile communication telephone number of the receiver from the address book database 132 using the email address of the receiver according to the notification information received from the email server 140 (S230).

The mobile email server 130 uses the recipient's mobile phone number extracted from the address book database 132 to transmit a message client call message including a TID, the recipient's mobile phone number, an e-mail subject, and a message ID. Through the transmission to the receiver terminal 110 (S240).

The receiver terminal 110 connects to the mobile email server by executing the message client according to the message client call message received from the mobile email server 130 (S250).

When the receiver terminal 110 accesses the mobile email server 130, the mobile email server 130 transmits an email request signal for requesting an email received by the email server 140 to the email server 140 (S260).

The mobile email server 130 receives email information including an email subject, body content, and header value from the email server 140 (S270), and receives the received email information through the mobile communication network 120 through the receiver terminal 110. To be delivered (S280).

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, the user can check the received e-mail in real time using the mobile communication terminal while moving, thereby preventing the missed business-critical e-mail, and further increase the work efficiency. have.

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A receiver terminal for receiving a message client call message including at least one of a target user identification (TID), a mobile telephone number of a receiver, an e-mail subject, and a message ID, and executing a message client according to the received message client call message; A sender terminal for transmitting an e-mail written by the sender to the receiver terminal, a voice call service, a data communication service to the Internet and the receiver terminal providing a connection path for transmitting and receiving the e-mail using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), A mobile communication system including a mobile communication network providing a wireless Internet service and a short message service, and providing a connection path for transmitting and receiving data. It is determined whether the e-mail has been received from the sender terminal, and if it is determined that the e-mail is received, notification information including one or more of the e-mail address of the receiver, the e-mail address of the sender, the e-mail subject, and the message ID is transmitted. An email server; An address book database storing subscriber information including said mobile communication telephone number of said recipient and said e-mail address of said recipient; And Receiving the notification information from the e-mail server, extracting the mobile communication telephone number of the recipient from the address book database using the e-mail address of the recipient according to the received notification information, and extracting the mobile communication of the recipient A mobile email server for transmitting the message client call message to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network using a telephone number. System for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system comprising a. The method of claim 1, And the receiver terminal executes the message client and accesses the mobile email server. The method of claim 2, And the receiver terminal accesses the mobile email server using the message ID. The method of claim 2, The mobile email server transmits an email request signal for requesting the email received by the email server to the email server when the receiver terminal accesses the mobile email server, and the email subject, body content, and header from the email server. Receiving e-mail information including one or more of the value, and delivers the received e-mail information to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network to provide an email notification service in a mobile communication system. The method of claim 1, And the receiver terminal executes the message client using the TID. The method of claim 1, And the TID is an identifier representing the message client. The method of claim 1, And the mobile e-mail server receives the subscriber information from the receiver terminal and stores the received subscriber information in the address book database. The method of claim 1, The mobile email server is a system for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system, characterized in that for registering the email address of the recipient, whether the notification and the routing address of the mobile email server to the email server. A receiver terminal for receiving a message client call message including at least one of a target user identification (TID), a mobile telephone number of a receiver, an e-mail subject, and a message ID, and executing a message client according to the received message client call message; A sender terminal for transmitting an e-mail written by the sender to the receiver terminal, an internet providing a connection path for sending and receiving the e-mail using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), a voice call service to the receiver terminal, a data communication service, A mobile communication network providing a wireless Internet service and a short message service, providing a connection path for transmitting and receiving data, determining whether the email has been received from the sender terminal, and if the email has been received, the email of the recipient. An e-mail server for transmitting notification information including at least one of an address, an e-mail address of the sender, the e-mail subject, and the message ID, subscriber information including the e-mail address of the receiver and the e-mail address of the receiver; Receiving the notification information from the stored address book database and the e-mail server, extracting the mobile communication telephone number of the recipient from the address book database using the e-mail address of the recipient according to the received notification information, and extracted A method of providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system comprising a mobile email server for transmitting the message client call message to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network using the mobile communication telephone number of the receiver, (a) receiving the notification information from the email server, and extracting the mobile communication telephone number of the recipient from the address book database using the email address of the recipient according to the received notification information; (b) transmitting the message client call message to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network using the receiver's mobile communication telephone number; (c) transmitting an email request signal for requesting the email received from the email server to the email server when the receiver terminal accesses; (d) receiving email information from the email server, the email information including at least one of the email information, body content, and header value; And (e) transmitting the email information received from the email server to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network; Method for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system comprising a. The method of claim 9, wherein in step (a), The e-mail server determines whether the e-mail has been received from the sender terminal, and if it is determined that the e-mail has been received to provide the e-mail notification service in the mobile communication system, characterized in that for transmitting the notification information to the mobile e-mail server. Way. The method of claim 9, wherein in step (c), And the receiver terminal accesses the mobile email server by executing the message client according to the message client call message received from the mobile email server. A sender terminal for transmitting an e-mail using an e-mail service, a mobile communication service, a receiver terminal for performing the e-mail service, receiving the e-mail from the sender terminal, a mobile communication network for providing the mobile communication service, and delivering the e-mail. A subscriber including the Internet, an e-mail server for delivering the e-mail received from the sender terminal, a mobile e-mail server for delivering the e-mail received from the e-mail server to the receiver terminal, and a mobile communication telephone number of the receiver and an e-mail address of the receiver. A method for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system including an address book database storing information, the method comprising: (a) receiving notification information from the email server, the notification information including at least one of the recipient's email address, sender's email address, email subject and message ID, and receiving the email address of the recipient according to the received notification information. Extracting the mobile communication telephone number of the recipient from the address book database; (b) sending a message client call message including at least one of a target user identification (TID), a receiver's mobile telephone number, an e-mail subject, and a message ID using the receiver's mobile communication telephone number through the mobile communication network; Transmitting to a receiver terminal; (c) transmitting an email request signal for requesting the email received from the email server to the email server when the receiver terminal accesses; (d) receiving email information from the email server, the email information including at least one of the email information, body content, and header value; And (e) transmitting the email information received from the email server to the receiver terminal through the mobile communication network; Method for providing an email notification service in a mobile communication system comprising a.

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