KR100228551B1 - Mail service providing method using telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mail service providing method using a telephone number. By specifying an identification number (ID) of a table that manages a server that stores mail as a telephone number, anyone can subscribe to a specific IP by sending and receiving mail. You do not need to know the phone number, you can easily send and receive e-mail, it is about a technology that can know whether the message arrived just by accessing the initial menu.

Description

How to provide mail service using phone number

The present invention relates to a mail service providing method using a phone number, by specifying an identification number (hereinafter referred to as an ID) of a table that manages a server for storing mail as a phone number and sending / receiving mail, The present invention relates to a mail service providing method using a phone number for easily sending / receiving mail.

Recently, PC communication is becoming more common and popularized as PC communication users are widely expanded. Accordingly, each company participates in the PC communication market and develops differentiated services for each value added network (VAN) service provider. There is fierce competition to secure the foundation and lead in the telecommunication sector.

In particular, mail is one of the very high utilization rates and utilization of services for all information providers.

Recently, many PC communication users are using mail service for sending letters, documents, and even submitting reports.

For example, many information providers, including 'KT-mail', currently provide a basic function of e-mail and a unique differentiated additional service by constructing a mail server.

In general, PC communication users must subscribe to the corresponding mail server to send and receive messages using the mail service.

However, a user who subscribes to 'KT-mail' cannot send mail to subscribers of PC communication Hitel, and on the contrary, subscribers of PC communication hitel cannot send / receive mail with subscribers of 'KT-mail'.

Therefore, in order to send and receive mutual mails, the cost and inconvenience of joining the same mail server is accompanied.

Since the user ID, which can be referred to as an e-mail address, is different for each IP, the current situation requires that both the sender and receiver know the user ID for that ID. There is a problem that you have to subscribe and try to connect to all IP to check received messages.

Despite this, users, information providers, and databases have increased exponentially in recent years due to the increase in the distribution of PCs and the expansion of information and communication networks.

In particular, considering the user's disposition, the utilization rate of e-mail is steadily increasing.

The present invention provides a mail server to the information guidance and user management service system (GAUSS) which performs user management in a communication processing service network for PC communication in consideration of the conventional inconvenience and the current user's disposition as described above. It aims to establish a single user ID for PC communication users so that all citizens can use the mail freely without having to join a specific IP.

At this time, if a user ID and phone number are used, it is possible to easily send and receive messages without knowing the user number without promoting the existing user ID.

In addition, if the user database of the information guide and user management service system (GAUSS) that performs information guide and user management in the communication processing service network is modified, the information service and user management service system (GAUSS) can be mailed without the need of constructing a new system. Can be used as a server.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication processing service network to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a format diagram showing a database configuration of a server used in the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing a communication process of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: public telephone network 2: public data network

3: Service contact device (ISAP) 4: Area management device (MOAM)

5: Information and User Management Service System (GAUSS)

6: communication terminal 7: PC

8: user management table 9: mail reception table

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention establishes a mail server in an information guide and user management service system (GAUSS); Setting a user management table and a mail reception table linked thereto in the mail server; Using subscribers' telephone numbers as the primary identification numbers of subscribers subscribed to each of the tables; It is characterized by sending / receiving mail between each subscriber.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication processing service network to which the present invention is applied, comprising: a service contact device (ISAP) 3 interworking a public telephone network 1 and a public data network 2; A local management unit (MOAM) 4 for managing the service contacts; An information guidance and user management service system (hereinafter referred to as GAUSS) 5 which is connected to the public data network 2 and provides information guidance and information provider, user management and mail server functions; And a plurality of communication terminals 6 and PCs 7 connected to the public telephone network 1.

Through the above configuration, subscribers exchange mail with each other by using the terminal 6 and the PC 7, and the operation thereof is already known, and thus description thereof is omitted, and a user for applying the present invention to the GAUSS 5 is provided. Looking at the database configuration with reference to FIG. 2, the user management table 8 stores data such as a user ID, a telephone number, and an address required to manage the user; It is linked with the user management table 8, and consists of a mail reception table 9 which stores a telephone number and a destination designation ID specified by the sender.

In this case, the phone number is a representative ID of a family, and the destination ID is an ID assigned to each family member so that only a person designated by the sender of the family can open the mail. That is, when a specific user ID is used in the user ID field, only a user with the user ID in the phone subscriber's family can receive the mail. You can receive mail.

By using this method, the security of the mail is maintained, and a telephone number is used as the primary key for checking the reception / non-reception of the mail.

3 is a flow chart showing the e-mail acknowledgment and reception process performed by the present invention. If a call connection is attempted using a telephone network, the service connection device 3 extracts the caller number which attempted the call connection. ---- first step (S1);

The service access device 3 extracting the caller number transmits the caller's number to the GAUSS 5 side to check whether there is a mail to the phone number. ---- second step (S2);

In response to the request, the GAUSS 5 checks the presence / absence of the mail corresponding to the number, and then transmits the confirmation result to the service access device 3. ---- third step (S3);

The service connection device 3 receives the confirmation result to determine whether there is an e-mail, and if there is no e-mail, the service access device 3 simply displays a general initial menu on the screen so that the user can select another operation. ---- fourth step (S4);

If there is an e-mail received as a result of the determination, a message indicating that there is an e-mail received along with the initial menu is displayed on the screen, and then a request is received to receive the e-mail so that the e-mail stored in the GAUSS 5 can be received by the user. Try to connect with 5). ---- fifth step (S5);

The GAUSS 5, which has been requested to receive the mail, checks whether the mail is a mail designated by a specific recipient, and if not specified, immediately sends the mail to the user side. ---- sixth step (S6);

As a result of the determination, if a specific recipient is designated, the receiver requests a receiver ID and a password from the user, and then sends an e-mail if the password input from the user is correct. ---- seventh step (S7);

When the reception of the mail on the user side is completed, the service connection device 3 generates a charge and transmits it to the local management device 4, and the mail reception is completed through the above process. ---- eighth step S8;

In this case, the charging information may be used as data for billing settlement after recording the received data size and the like during use.

On the other hand, in the case of mail transmission, the sender may connect the mail service of the GAUSS 13 and then send the mail in the same manner as the transmission of the general mail service.

In other words, when sending a mail, a telephone number may be input in a receiver ID field. If a user wants to send a mail to a specific person, the receiver ID of a specific person may be input.

As described in detail above, the present invention can easily send / receive an e-mail without having to subscribe to a specific IP, and all citizens can know the arrival of a message only by accessing '01410' or '01411'.

In addition, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, additions, etc. within the spirit and scope of the present invention, such modifications and modifications belong to the following claims You will have to look.

Claims (5)

Establishing a mail server in the information guidance and user management service system (GAUSS); Setting a user management table and a mail reception table linked thereto in the mail server; Using subscribers' telephone numbers as the primary identification numbers of subscribers subscribed to each of the tables; Mail service providing method using a phone number, characterized in that for sending and receiving mail between each subscriber. The method of claim 1, wherein the user management table stores a user identification number and a corresponding telephone number, the mail reception table, characterized in that the reception designation number used when sending and receiving a specific person specified in this, and Mail service providing method using a phone number, characterized in that for storing the corresponding phone number. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone number used as the main identification number is a representative main identification number of a family, and if only a specific person among the members of the household needs to maintain a supplementary mail, the individual members of each member Mail service providing method using a phone number, characterized in that for sending and receiving mail using an identification number. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the mail between the subscribers comprises, when the user attempts to connect by entering an identification number of the communication service to enter an initial menu of the communication service, the service connection device establishes the call connection. Extracting the attempted caller number; In the service access device, the caller number is extracted and the caller number is transmitted to the GAUSS to check whether there is a mail received from the caller. Checking the server corresponding to the number in the GAUSS receiving the request to confirm the presence / absence of the mail, and then transmitting the verification result to the service access device; The service access device receives the confirmation result and determines whether there is an e-mail, and processes the receiving operation according to the determination result; And then completing a mail transmission / reception through the process of generating a charge in the service access device and transmitting the charge to the local management device when the mail reception is completed at the user side. The method of claim 4, wherein the processing of the receiving operation according to the presence or absence of the mail comprises: displaying a general initial menu on the screen so that the user can select another operation when there is no received mail as a result of the determination. and; If it is determined that there is a received mail, the screen displays a message indicating that there is a received mail along with the initial menu, and then requests to receive the mail so that the user can receive the mail stored in GAUSS. Process; GAUSS receiving the request to receive the mail checks whether the mail is a mail designated to a specific recipient, and if not specified, immediately sends the mail to the user (S6); And requesting a receiver ID and a password from the user if a specific recipient is designated as a result of the determination, and processing a mail receiving operation by transmitting a mail if a password input from the user is correct. How to provide mail service.

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