KR20230048230A - Online letter system and method using the identification code - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new online letter system and method for writing or reading an online letter by recognizing a unique identification code as a portable terminal. According to the present invention, an online letter system includes: a plurality of user terminals; a service provider server; and a database. Therefore, it is possible to conveniently write a letter at any time.

Description

Online letter system and method using the identification code {Online letter system and method using the identification code}

The present invention relates to an online letter system and method using an identification code, and more particularly, when a user recognizes a unique identification code using a user terminal, the user terminal can write or read an online letter, and can communicate with others. It relates to an online letter system and method using an identification code that connects and shares online letters of

Letters have evolved from paper stationery to e-mail and have evolved into reading and writing on electronic devices such as computers and smartphones. This transcended the physical limitations of paper and brought about innovations in adding multimedia functions such as sending and receiving letters electronically whenever and wherever there is an Internet connection and attaching videos, photos and files.

In addition, in recent years, personal portable terminals called smartphones have become common, and smartphones are basically equipped with cameras, so that when a visual code such as a barcode, 2D code, or QR code is recognized with the camera, specific information is displayed, or specific information is displayed. You can connect to a site or run a specific app.

As such, the universalization of e-mail and smart phones has enabled us to send and receive letters anytime, anywhere, but as we exchange numerous letters in too many relationships, it is not appropriate to attach greater value to a particular letter and manage it independently.

Also, when giving a gift, I still write a letter on a paper postcard, stationery, or card and offer it together. However, due to the limitations of paper media, these physical letters cannot be viewed any longer if the letters are lost or damaged, and videos, photos and files cannot be attached, and cannot be viewed whenever desired unless carried. In addition, if a writer provides it to many people, a large number of letters must be printed, resulting in high costs.

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for reading and writing letters online using a personal portable terminal such as a smartphone, and in particular, recognizing letters. Since the method uses a unique identification code, if you apply only a unique identification code to a gift, you can read and write letters by recognizing the identification code with your smartphone anytime, anywhere, and can include or link various multimedia contents such as videos and photos. There is no need for physical media such as paper stationery, so it is inexpensive and there is no risk of loss or damage, and a letter can be easily provided to many people, and a single letter can be shared by multiple users by linking it to their identification code. It is to provide an online letter system using an identification code and a method therefor.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the online letter system using the identification code according to the present invention is capable of wired and wireless communication and has a plurality of user terminals installed with applications for recognizing and identifying identification codes. and; a service provider server that operates an already set service site; It consists of a database that stores and manages online letters and related information transmitted by the user terminal under the control of the service provider server; When a user terminal accesses the service provider server through an identification code, the service provider server receives the identification code, user terminal information, user online letter and related information, records them in a database, and recognizes the identification code. It is characterized in that, by accessing the server of the service provider at all times, the previously stored online letter and related information can be read or modified at any time.

Meanwhile, a method for writing an online letter using an identification code to achieve the object of the present invention includes the steps of generating a unique identification code and installing it in a product; automatically accessing a previously set service site by recognizing and identifying the identification code through a user terminal; inputting a password at the service site and determining whether the password is correct; As a result of the determination, input information including user terminal information for the identification code, online letter, letter paper, a plurality of link addresses (URLs), and comments is received and recorded in a database to perform online letter input and correction operations, or , outputting the online letter through the user terminal if there is a pre-written online letter for the identification code; and connecting another identification code to the identification code; Selecting one of the other identification codes connected to the identification code according to whether or not another identification code is connected to the identification code when automatically accessing a service site already set by recognizing and identifying the identification code through a user terminal; inputting a password assigned to the corresponding identification code when the other connected identification code is selected; It is characterized in that it includes receiving and viewing the online letter of the connected identification code if the password is correct.

According to the online letter system and method using the identification code according to the present invention described above, the user can read and write the online letter using his portable terminal, so it can be used conveniently at any time, and there is no need for separate letter paper. , Accurate and convenient by accessing an online letter only for oneself through a unique identification code, safe by setting a password, and being able to connect to a video or photo and a specific site, it is possible to convey various multimedia information together, and to identify It can be used simply by printing the code on a gift or product or attaching it as a sticker, and by linking another user's identification code to the user's identification code, one online letter-related service can be shared.

1 is a diagram showing the general configuration of an online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
2 shows a screen for a random user to access a service provider server and input a password in an online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
3 shows a screen where a consumer accesses a service provider server and composes an online letter in the online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 shows a screen where a consumer connects to a service provider server and views an online letter written in the online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a control flow chart illustrating an online letter writing procedure and a reading procedure after a consumer purchases a product in an online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
6 shows a screen in which a consumer accesses a service provider server and connects or disconnects with another identification code in the online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
7 shows a screen for selecting among other identification codes connected to the original identification code because there is another identification code connected when a random consumer accesses the service provider server in the online letter system using identification codes according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. will,
FIG. 8 shows a screen in which a customer accesses a service provider server, selects another connected identification code, and views an online letter written in the corresponding identification code in the online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a control flow chart illustrating a procedure for a consumer to connect with another identification code, read a connected online letter, or release a linked identification code in an online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. am.

The terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be construed as being limited to a common or dictionary meaning, but 'the inventor must properly define the concept of the term in order to best explain his/her invention. It should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle of 'can'.

In addition, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention, so that they can be replaced at the time of the present application. It should be understood that there may be many equivalents and variations.

As shown in FIG. 1, the online letter system using an identification code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention enables wired and wireless communication and has an application that recognizes and identifies a unique identification code 200. A plurality of installed user terminals (100: 100a, 100n),

A user terminal (100a) among a plurality of user terminals (100:100a, 100n) recognizes a unique identification code (200) and accesses the Internet (300) with an Internet address (URL) included in the identification code (200). A service provider server 400 connected through and capable of writing or reading online letters;

It consists of a database 500 that stores and manages information and online letters transmitted by each user terminal under the control of the service provider server 400 .

Here, the identification code 200 may be selectively implemented among a QR code, a bar code, an RFID code, and an American Standard Code for information interchange (ASCII) code, and in a preferred embodiment of the present invention

It is desirable to use a two-dimensional QR code that can record up to 7,089 numbers, up to 4,296 characters, and up to 1,817 Chinese characters using horizontal and vertical lines. Alternatively, the Internet address (URL) of the seller, photo and video information, map information, business card information, etc. may all be included.

In addition, a barcode is a one-dimensional code that can contain up to 20 numerical information in a horizontal arrangement to record information such as a specific product name or manufacturer. In addition, an RFID code is a small chip with a small antenna about the size of a coin. It is a code that can send and receive a large amount of data through a reader by connecting to .

In addition, each user terminal 100 is capable of wired and wireless communication functions and is capable of accessing the service provider server 400 through the Internet 300 and has a built-in app capable of identifying an identification code, and is a desktop device. It may be selectively used among computers, notebook computers, palmtop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, and smart phones, but in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, considering portability and mobility, a generally known smart phone is used. It would be preferable to use In addition, each user terminal 100 is equipped with hardware, an operating system (OS), and a web browser equipped with wired and wireless LAN cards that perform wired and wireless communication.

In particular, the web browser installed in each user terminal 100 is application software that interlocks with and outputs HTML documents or files that communicate in both directions in the service provider server 400. In general personal computers, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera , Safari, or Google Chrome can be installed. Therefore, when each user terminal 100 accesses the service site address provided by the service provider server 400 included in the identification code 200, the user of the corresponding user terminal 100 through the installed web browser. A display of content (eg, a main screen, etc.) provided by the corresponding service provider server 400 may be requested.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, one service provider server 400 is used, but a plurality of service provider servers may be connected and used according to the total number of registered customers and the processing capacity of the system.

Such a service provider server 400 can be largely divided into hardware and operating system (software), but in terms of functionality, it accepts HTTP requests from web browsers such as Chrome or Explorer, and can be found on web pages such as HTML documents. It means a program that provides an HTTP response according to specific content that can be accessed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the service provider server 400 that displays a pre-stored web page on the user terminal 100 is preferably implemented with apache, which can be used free of charge, but may also be implemented with IIS or Nginx, which are products of other companies. there is.

In apache, when a user enters a specific URL into the browser of the user terminal 100 and executes it, the service provider server 400 (eg, apache) corresponding to the URL is executed, and apache executes the URL according to the URL requested by the user. Contents files such as HTML and images prepared in advance and stored in the form of a web page are provided to the corresponding user terminal 100 to be displayed.

At this time, communication between the user terminal 100 and the service provider server 400 is preferably performed using HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), because most web pages are delivered in the form of HTML documents, and HTML This is because it includes various images, stylesheets, and scripts.

Meanwhile, middleware (software engine) that executes an application (application program) to the user terminal 100 through HTTP on the Internet 300 may be installed in the service provider server 400. Although not shown in the drawing, the service provider It is also possible to configure separately from the server 400.

Such a web application performs dynamic server contents and can perform a specific function requested by the user terminal 100 by mainly operating in conjunction with the database 500 .

Most of these web applications are Java-based and mainly accept Java EE standards, but Java-based products that do not follow Java EE standards and non-Java products based on .NET or Citrix can also be used.

On the other hand, the database 500 is software that converts and operates a large number of product information, genuine product certification information, and pirated product reporting information into a database, thereby helping to conveniently work with web applications.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the database 500 is open source, and it is preferable to use MySQL, which is free and has considerable convenience and performance, but ORACLE or mssql can be used.

Hereinafter, the operation of the online mail system using an identification code according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, a manufacturer or seller generates an identification code 200 and includes it in a method of attaching (installing) or forming an identification code 200 to a product to be sold (S110).

Here, it is preferable that the identification code 200 includes an Internet address connected to the service provider server and a unique authentication code (eg, unique ID). However, it is also possible to directly form or print on the product when manufacturing the product.

Meanwhile, the manufacturer or seller may register and store the authentication code included in the identification code 200 included in the product in the database 500 through the service provider server 400.

In this way, after an arbitrary consumer purchases a specific product in a state where the identification code initialization is completed (S120), as shown in FIG. 1, a user terminal 100a having an app capable of scanning and recognizing the identification code 200 installed ) to scan and recognize the corresponding identification code 200 (S130).

At this time, the corresponding user terminal 100a accesses the service provider server 400 using the Internet address of the service provider server 400 inherent in the identification code 200 (S140), and the control unit of the user terminal 100a The connection initial screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the screen of the corresponding user terminal 100a (S150).

Here, it is preferable that a banner advertisement (for example, SMART LETTER) is inserted into the advertisement window prepared on the initial connection screen, and when the banner advertisement is clicked, it is connected to a preset Internet address.

In addition, a password input window 101, a read button 102, a write button 103, and a mail connection button 110 are respectively displayed on the connection initial screen displayed on the screen of the user terminal 100a.

At this time, the user of the user terminal 100a enters the password in the password input window 101 displayed on the screen, and then selects and presses the read button 102 or the write button 103 or the mail connection button 110 (S160) , It is checked whether the entered password matches the service provider server 400 (S170).

At this time, writing or reading of the online letter is possible only when the password is set or entered normally before writing or reading the online letter, so manipulation or spying by a third party who does not know the password can be prevented.

If the passwords match and write is selected, an online letter writing screen appears (S210). Here, the usage method is specified, and the online letter is prepared accordingly. First, the letterhead design can be sequentially changed by pressing the letterhead change button 104 for changing the online letterhead (S220).

Then, the contents of the letter are written in the online letterhead body 105 (S230), and finally, the Internet address is entered in the link address input window 106 for entering the Internet address for accessing videos, photos, or specific sites (S240). , Press the save button 107 to save the written letter (S250).

When the passwords match and reading is selected, as shown in FIG. 4, the online letter reading screen appears (S310). At this time, if there is no written letter, the message ‘There is no written letter.’ appears. If there is a pre-written letter, the letter and the link address are displayed, and the user can click the link address to go to the corresponding site or connect to multimedia information such as videos and photos (S320). After reading the letter, the online letter browser may be terminated by clicking the close button (S330).

If the passwords match and mail connection is selected, an online mail connection screen appears (S540). Here, the method of use is specified and connected with other identification codes accordingly. First, press the scan button 111 to scan the identification code to be connected to run an app that can recognize the camera or identification code of the user's smartphone, When another identification code to be connected is scanned through this, the address of the scanned identification code is automatically recorded in the connection address input window 112 (S610), and the mail connection is saved by pressing the save button 114 (S620).

In addition to the method of linking online mail by directly scanning the identification code as described above, receiving the identification code address to be linked via message, e-mail, or SNS messenger and directly pasting it into the connection address input window 112 or entering and saving as text to link mail can also be saved.

If access is made through the identification code after the letter is connected in this way, the service provider server 400 checks whether there is another identification code connected (S430), and if there is another identification code connected, the original identification as shown in FIG. A letter selection screen for selecting where to go from among the code (my letter) and the linked identification code (linked letter) is popped up (S440). At this time, when the access button 122 is clicked on the connected letter, the online letter stored in the linked identification code and the picture or link address stored together with the letter are displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (S740).

If you want to disconnect the connected letter, enter the letter connection on the initial access screen, press the letter disconnection button 113 on the mail connection screen shown in FIG. 6 (S550), press the save button 114 to release the letter connection, (S560), if the letter connection is released in this way, from the next scan of the identification code or access to the initial access screen, the original letter can be directly accessed without popping up the letter selection screen.

Referring to another embodiment of the present invention,

If a user who needs to write an online letter is sent an Internet address (URL) that can access the service provider server 400 remotely online through e-mail, text message, or SNS, the user writes an identification code (200 ), it is possible to write an online letter by connecting to the terminal 100a. This is a method that can be applied when one person forwards one online letter to several people.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and is common in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications are possible by those with knowledge of, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or prospect of the present invention.

100, 100a, 100n: User terminal
200: identification code (QR code)
300: Internet
400: service provider server
500: database

Claims (6)

A plurality of user terminals capable of wired and wireless communication and installed with applications for recognizing and identifying identification codes;
a service provider server that operates an already set service site;
It consists of a database that stores and manages online letters and related information transmitted by the user terminal under the control of the service provider server;
When accessing the service provider server through an identification code using a user terminal,
The service provider server,
Receive the identification code, user terminal information, user online letter and related information and record them in a database;
An online letter system and method using an identification code, characterized in that the previously stored online letter and related information can be read or modified at any time by recognizing the identification code and accessing the server of the service provider at any time. Generating a unique identification code and installing it in the product;
automatically accessing an already set service site by recognizing and identifying the identification code through a user terminal;
inputting a password at the service site and determining whether the password is correct;
As a result of the determination, when writing a letter is selected, input information including user terminal information for the identification code, online letter, letter paper, a plurality of link addresses (URLs), and comments is received and recorded in a database. to perform input and correction work; or
If letter reading is selected and there is an online letter prepared for the identification code, the online letter is output through the user terminal;
If you select letter linking, connect another identification code to the above identification code,
deleting the identification code when the mail connection is selected and there is another identification code previously linked; An online letter system and method using an identification code comprising a. According to claim 2,
If you are writing an online letter,
Receiving identification code data for writing an online letter by text message, e-mail, or SNS communication method without recognizing the identification code, and connecting to a service site through the identification code data; Online letter system using code and its method. According to claim 2,
If there is another identification code already connected,
selecting one of the identification code and another identification code linked to the identification code; An online letter system and method using an identification code, characterized in that when the other connected identification code is selected, the online letter of the corresponding identification code can be received and viewed. According to claim 2,
An online letter system and method using an identification code, wherein a banner advertisement is inserted into the online letter in the step of preparing the online letter at the service site. According to claim 2,
An online letter system and method using an identification code, characterized in that when reading a letter is selected, if there is a pre-written online letter for the identification code, a comment can be read, written, or modified on the online letter.

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