KR100236559B1 - General internet mail service system using the post office - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for implementing a new type of postal service, that is, an Internet telegram service and an Internet general mail service, by interconnecting a post office and the Internet. Here, the Internet-telegram / mail service is a service for delivering a telegram or a general mail by an Internet subscriber or a non-subscriber on the Internet, and corresponds to the field of Internet communication information technology. A brief summary of the present system is as follows. The first Internet user connects to a representative host of a post office configured as a web server (for example, http://www.postoffice.go.kr). The Internet user who connects to the post office host leaves the message (telegram or letter), the sender's address (anonymous), the recipient's name, and decides how to pay the bill (e.g., the bank account). The post office host connects with the post office corresponding to the recipient address and transmits sender, receiver and message information. The post office prints the above information according to the sender's choice of postal type (general, registered, proof of delivery) and output form, and then automatically packages it and delivers it to the recipient. Accordingly, the system of the present invention enables telegrams and general mail services to the public by using the Internet, international mail service is possible in connection with overseas post offices, and fax information is transmitted in general mail in connection with a fax server. It is also possible to issue and deliver various forms and contents of telegrams, bills, cards and official documents.

Description

Internet-telephone and Internet-general mail service system and method using post office

The present invention relates to a system and a service method for implementing a new type of postal service, that is, an Internet telegram service and an Internet general mail service, by interconnecting a post office and the Internet.

VolcalTec's InternetPhone, which provides telephony services over the Internet, has shown new possibilities for Internet services. Internet voice services that can replace telephones today include Netscape's CoolTalk and Mirosoft's NetMeeting. In addition, by linking with FAX, the Internet user's e-mail can be converted into G3 or G4 format via FAX server and sent to FAX. On the contrary, there is a service that converts the data received from FAX to E-mail and sends it to Internet users. . However, these services have been limited in that they can be provided only by limited Internet users or limited public.

On the other hand, since the post office does not use electric signals such as telephones or faxes, the connection with the Internet has not been considered until now. However, since the post office has a national and global network similar to the Internet, various services can be expected if the post office is connected to the Internet.

Accordingly, the present invention is to provide an Internet telegram service that allows an Internet subscriber to transmit a telegram to a non-subscriber using the Internet, and an Internet general mail service that can deliver mail to the general public using the Internet. .

The present invention is connected to the host of the post office via the Internet, leaving the desired message (telegram or letter contents), the sender's address, the recipient's address, name by the Internet mail service program provided through the homepage of the Internet mail service system, A user system, which is a user PC for deciding how to pay the bill and accepting Internet-telegram and Internet-mail; It provides the Internet mail service homepage through the web server connected to the user system and the Internet, receives the mail, detects the destination IP according to the delivery address, calculates the delivery fee from the delivery type, delivery time, etc. A provider system, which is a post office host system that processes electronic signatures and electronic payment for payment and transmits mail contents to a delivery station system; It consists of a delivery station system of each unit post office that receives the mail transmitted from the provider system and automatically prints it according to the mail type and output form selected by the sender, and then automatically packages the postman to deliver it to the recipient. Is a web server that provides a home page for letter form selection, letter input, delivery type selection, and payment method selection; an interface for receiving and delivering a user's postal input through the web server; And a stand-alone transmitter having a mail content transmitter socket program of a client / server structure which transmits a sender, a receiver and message information by connecting to a delivery station system corresponding to a recipient address by the mail contents.

In addition, the present invention further includes a provider email server, an email validator, and an email transmitter in the provider system to provide an Internet mail service using a general email.

By using the present invention, Internet users can deliver telegrams or letters in a short time, and the post office can reduce the overload phenomena due to the current mail congestion and reduce the delay time due to the concentration and separation of mails. There is an advantage.

1 is an explanatory diagram of a homepage for creating a letter according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of an Internet telegram and an Internet mail service system according to the present invention;

3 is a conceptual diagram of a postal service system using the Internet according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flow chart of the operation of the postal service system using the Internet according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a functional block diagram showing the detailed operation of the postal service system using the Internet according to the present invention.

6 is an operation principle diagram of an Internet post office system constructed using a client / server type, that is, an independent transmitter and receiver according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart of a client-side and server-side socket program of an Internet post office manufactured in a client / server manner according to the present invention.

The present invention is described in detail as follows.

1 is an example of a homepage for writing a letter. The content of the letter may vary depending on the type of mail.

Initially, Internet users connect to a representative host of a post office configured as a web server (for example, http://www.postoffice.go.kr). The Internet user who connects to the post office host leaves the message (telegram or letter), the sender's address (anonymous), the recipient's name, and decides how to pay the bill (e.g., the bank account).

The post office host (provider system) connects with the post office (delivery station system) corresponding to the recipient address and transmits sender, receiver and message information. The Post Office The Post Office prints the above information according to the sender's choice of postal type (general, registered, proof of delivery, etc.) and printout form, and automatically packages it to the postman for delivery.

Figure 2 shows such a step-by-step delivery process, a block diagram of the Internet-mail and Internet-telegram service system proposed in the present invention.

The Internet telegram and postal service system as shown in FIG. 2 can be implemented through the following technology.

(1) Connect the post office with the Internet (or an independent network of post offices).

(2) A system for paying fees.

(3) Output and automatic packaging devices for converting e-mails into regular mails.

(4) The security system of the contents of the letter.

(5) The representative host of the post office includes a home page that supports various formats for efficient representation of messages and software for smooth communication with each post office.

If the post office and the Internet are interconnected through the present invention, a rapidly increasing number of Internet users may send mail to the Internet, thereby reducing postal delivery work of the post office, and the Internet users may conveniently send letters at home. In addition, since the mail received on the Internet can be sent directly to the recipient at the post office, it is possible to reduce the two-time movement of the letter once, eliminating the delay of mail concentration and separation.

Hereinafter, an Internet-telegram and an Internet-general mail service system using a post office and a method thereof according to a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described.

3 is a general configuration diagram of a postal system using the Internet, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of operation.

To explain the system in detail, first, the function of the server side of the provider represented by the provider system and the delivery station system are summarized as follows.

제공자 시스템

Provider system

As shown in FIG. 3, the functions performed by the provider system are four functions including receiving mail contents. Details of each function are as follows.

1. Receive mail

Mail contents received from customers are basically received using the web (post office homepage), and the post office homepage provides the following functions.

1) Stationery Form

In general, a stationery form that can be widely used is prepared in advance so that a user can select a desired form.

2) Letter contents

Enter the contents of the letter you want to deliver. The format of the content should follow HTML.

3) customized form

The document is sent to the server using a general text editor such as Korean.

4) Delivery type selection

The customer can choose the type of delivery, such as regular mail, registered mail, express mail and proof of delivery in the existing postal system.

5) Acceptance using e-mail

On the other hand, the invention system is also possible to receive via e-mail in the form of a request for delivery by sending an e-mail in a designated form to the provider server. When receiving via e-mail, all items as shown in Fig. 4 can be filled in, and a database is used to transmit them to the delivery system at the same time.

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2. User Authentication and Billing Processing

The second function of the provider system is user authentication and billing.

1) Since the Internet is not secured by default, it is difficult to maintain security for customers' payment and payment. To do this, an encrypted secure connection is established between the customer and the provider.

2) Electronic signatures and electronic payments are processed for customer (user) confirmation and payment.

3) Create a user's usage record for effective service provision and payment, and provide various information for additional services.

3. Detect destination IP according to delivery address

The third function of provider system is IP detection according to delivery address and performs the following process.

1) Receive a delivery address from the server.

2) Detect the Internet address of the registered delivery station nearest the physical distance from the address.

3) Calculate the delivery fee from the physical distance to the selected delivery station, delivery type, and delivery time, and let the user decide whether to deliver.

4. Send mail contents to delivery station system

The transmission of postal contents from the provider system to the delivery station system depends on the user's request method (e-mail or web), and the web-based method can also be transmitted to the delivery station system, the e-mail and the independent transmitter. This processing is shown in FIG.

Referring to the function of each block shown in Figure 5 in detail as follows.

* Provider e-mail: General Internet mail server using SMTP

* e-mail Inspector: Real-time checking of the arrival of e-mail

* Provider web server: Web server for homepage of general internet mail system

* CGI: CGI to send user's input to e-mail sending and independent sender

* e-mail sending: automatic e-mail transmitter

* e-mail Receive: e-mail receiver

* Independent transmitter: Mail content transmitter socket program in client / server structure

* Independent receiver: Mail content receiver socket program in client / server structure

* Output and suture: Automatic output and suture

As described above, a method of transmitting mail contents between a provider system and a delivery station system includes an e-mail transmission and a client / server structure. The core of the present invention is a client / server structure. A detailed description of these is as follows.

1) How to use existing e-mail

의 1.과 같이 동작한다.You can use SMTP, which is currently generalized, and use PGP for security. It is sent by email checker or CGI to the specific email address of the delivery station. At this point, the delivery system is

Works as in 1.

2) How to use client / server structure

의 2.과 같이 동작한다. 도6은 클라이언트/서버 형태 즉 독립적인 전송기와 수신기를 이용하여 구축되는 인터넷 우체국 시스템의 동작원리도를 보여준다.The sender system has a transmitting client (independent transmitter) and the delivery station system (independent receiver) has a receiving server to transmit the contents of the letter. The transmitting client transmits the item shown in FIG. 4 to the delivery station server to request output and delivery. The delivery server is described later

It works as in 2. Fig. 6 shows the operation principle of an Internet post office system constructed using a client / server type, i.e., an independent transmitter and receiver.

배달국 시스템

Delivery station system

1. Receipt and output by email

It has a function of automatically outputting mail contents received by electronic mail. In order to perform this function, there should be a program that always checks whether an e-mail is received and automatically prints out an incoming e-mail. At this time, the form and mail contents according to the letter form items can be output, and in the case of using the user-defined form, the printer filter corresponding to the file form is outputted and then automatically and semi-automatically and manually sealed.

2. Receive and output by client / server structure

The performance result is the same as 1., but the mail contents from the provider system are directly received and printed by an independent client / server method and then sealed automatically / semi-automatically or manually.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a client side and server side socket program of an internet post office produced in a client / server manner.

3. The flow chart of the independent transmitter is described in more detail as follows.

1) Connection request

A connection request is made to the delivery station Internet address obtained by the recipient's address entered from the user.

2) send letter

Send the name and address of the sender, the name and address of the recipient, postal form, letterhead form, and the contents of the letter.

3) Receive the expected time of delivery from the delivery station.

4. Independent receiver

1) Wait for the connection from the transmitter.

2) Once the connection is established, create the same process as itself for multiple reception, and wait for the connection again.

3) Receive a letter.

4) Record the received contents.

5) Calculate the expected delivery time according to the mail currently queued.

6) Send the expected delivery time to the transmitter.

7) Print and seal the letter.

In addition, the system of the present invention can support various services as follows.

(1) The fastest international mail service is possible by linking with overseas post offices through the Internet. The method of using the present invention for international mail is as follows. A Korean Internet user sends a letter or telegram to an Internet telegraph / mail service provider in the United States. US operators print and package inboxes or telegrams, and then mail them in regular mail, ie, domestic mail in the United States. This will save you time from the Korean Post Office, which relies on airplanes or ships, to the US Post Office, and it will save you money because you only have to pay postage fees, a small fee, and a US domestic postage fee. Of course, it is possible to enter into a national project by signing service agreements with post offices in each country.

(2) Fax information can be sent by regular mail in connection with a fax server. This has the advantage that the fax service is available to the general public who does not own a fax.

(3) A user who cannot use the Internet can also use the Internet of the post office to receive the service of the present invention.

(4) Telegrams of various forms and contents may be sent, rather than current fixed content telegrams.

(5) Issuance and delivery of bills, cards and official documents is also possible.

Claims (4)

(Correction) Charges for leaving messages (telegrams or letter contents), sender's address, recipient's address, and name by Internet mail service program connected to the host of the post office through the Internet and provided through the homepage of the Internet mail service system. A user system, which is a user PC for deciding the payment method and accepting Internet-telegram and Internet-mail; It provides the Internet mail service homepage through the web server connected to the user system and the Internet, receives the mail, detects the destination IP according to the delivery address, calculates the delivery fee from the delivery type, delivery time, etc. A provider system, which is a post office host system that processes electronic signatures and electronic payment for payment and transmits mail contents to a delivery station system; It consists of a delivery station system of each unit post office that receives the mail transmitted from the provider system and automatically prints it according to the mail type and output form selected by the sender, and then automatically packages the postman to deliver it to the recipient. Is a web server that provides a homepage for letter form selection, letter input, delivery type selection, and payment method selection; an interface for receiving and delivering a user's postal input through the web server; Using a post office comprising an independent transmitter having a mail content transmitter socket program of a client / server structure for transmitting a sender, a receiver and message information by connecting to a delivery station system corresponding to a recipient address by the received mail contents Internet-Telegram & Internet-General Mail Vis system. (Correct) The provider system according to claim 1, wherein the provider system comprises: a provider e-mail server for receiving a postal score from an e-mail from a user system via e-mail as a general Internet mail server using SMTP; An email inspector that searches the email server and checks in real time whether an email has arrived; The Internet-telegraph and Internet-generic mail service system using a post office further comprises an e-mail transmitter which automatically detects the delivery station IP for the postal e-mail received by the inspection of the e-mail inspector and sends the postal e-mail to the delivery station. . (Correction) A method for providing Internet-telegram and Internet-postal services using a post office through a user system connected through an internet communication network, a provider system as a host system of a post office, and a delivery station system of a unit post office, wherein the post office host system is In the provider system, a mail reception process for inputting a sender / recipient name, a sender / recipient address, a mailing form, a letterhead form, and the contents of a letter by providing postal service information through a homepage in a user system through a web server; A user authentication and billing process that performs an encrypted secure connection between the customer and the provider to process electronic signatures and electronic payments for customer (user) verification and payment; It takes over the delivery address of the mail received from the server, detects the Internet address of the registered delivery station whose physical distance is closest to the delivery address, calculates the delivery fee from the physical distance, delivery type, and delivery time to the delivery country. A destination IP detection process according to a delivery address for determining delivery; An independent sender (transmitting client) is provided in the provider system and a receiving server is provided in the delivery station system (independent receiver) to transmit the contents of a letter using a client-side and server-side transmit / receive socket program of an Internet post office manufactured in a client / server manner. Postal mail transmission process; A client side and a server side send / receive socket program of the Internet post office are installed in a delivery station system, and an automatic output and suture machine is provided. Internet-telegram and Internet-general mail service method using a post office, characterized in that it comprises a receiving and output process for automatically outputting the form according to the form item, packaged to deliver to the recipient through the postman. (delete)

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