KR100321765B1 - Method for providing menu server for information service - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a method of providing an information service menu using a menu server and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method.

2. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

The present invention provides a method of providing an information service menu for providing a menu using a menu server and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the method in order to flexibly cope with environmental changes of a high-performance multimedia menu service. To provide.

3. Summary of the Solution of the Invention

A menu providing method applied to a communication service system, the method comprising: a first step of establishing a connection between a service access device and a menu server in order to provide an information service menu through a menu server; A second step of the service access device receiving a call connection request from a user and connecting to the menu server to provide a menu to the user; A third step of the menu server confirming a user selection to transmit an information service access request to the service access device, and the service access device accessing an information service system to provide an information service to a user; And the information service system receives an information service termination request from the user, transmits an information service connection release message to the service access device, and the service access device connects with the menu server to provide a menu before the information service access to the user. Including the fourth step.

4. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used in a communication service system.

Description

How to provide information service menu using menu server {Method for providing menu server for information service}

The present invention relates to a method of providing an information service menu using a menu server and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method.

Telecommunication services have been growing rapidly in recent years. In Korea, more than 50% of computer communication users use the service through a communication processing system. The communication processing system includes a service access device (ISAP) that directly processes user calls, and a management device (COAM, GUASS, MOAM, etc.) that performs network management and service management. The service access device is a hardware device developed in a rack form and includes hardware boards such as a user access module for accessing a user network and an information provider access module for accessing an information provider.

When a user accesses a communication processing system with a 014XY number through a telephone network to use computer communication, the communication processing system sends a menu of information services to which the user can access, and when the user selects a menu of a specific service, the service is connected. give. This menu service is the first user interface that computer communication users come into contact with when using computer communication, and currently provides only a menu in the form of text.

In recent years, as high-performance information services are activated on the Internet and the computer environment is gradually changed into a multimedia environment, the menus provided to computer communication users also need to provide high-performance menu services having a multimedia form.

The menu provided to the user in the communication processing system is provided by the user access network interface module in the service access device, and the user access network interface module is composed of a process board for a specific purpose rather than a general purpose computer.

The user interface network module has a problem in providing a high-performance menu service in terms of memory usage and processing capacity, and a special environment is required when developing an application. Therefore, there are limitations in developing an application program that can flexibly cope with the service environment. There was a problem with.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and to provide a method and method for providing an information service menu for providing a menu using a menu server in order to flexibly cope with environmental changes in a high-performance multimedia menu service. The object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a communication service system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information service menu providing method using a menu server according to the present invention.

3 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a session maintenance process between a service access device and a menu server for providing a menu of FIG. 2 according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

101: user 102: user access network

103: service access device 104: menu server

105: information delivery network 106: information service system

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a menu applied to a communication service system, the method comprising: establishing a session between a service access device and a menu server in order to provide an information service menu through a menu server; ; A second step of the service access device receiving a call connection request from a user and connecting to the menu server to provide a menu to the user; A third step of the menu server confirming a user selection to transmit an information service access request to the service access device, and the service access device accessing an information service system to provide an information service to a user; And the information service system receives an information service termination request from a user, transmits an information service connection release message to the service access device, and the service access device connects with the menu server to provide a menu before the information service access to the user. It is characterized by comprising a fourth step.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a communication service system having a processor, comprising: a first function of establishing a connection between a service connection device and a menu server to provide an information service menu through a menu server; A second function in which the service access device receives a call connection request from a user and connects to the menu server to provide a menu to the user; A third function of the menu server confirming a user selection to transmit an information service access request to the service access device, and the service access device accessing an information service system to provide an information service to a user; And the information service system receives an information service termination request from a user, transmits an information service connection release message to the service access device, and the service access device connects with the menu server to provide a menu before the information service access to the user. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the fourth function is provided.

The present invention provides a method for providing a menu service to a user of a PC communication service through a communication processing system, by providing a method for providing a function to be provided by a general-purpose computer instead of a user interface network module of a service access device. Provides a menu service that can flexibly cope with environmental changes.

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

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a communication service system to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a communication service system to which the present invention is applied includes a user access network 102, a service access device 103, a menu server 104, an information delivery network 105, and an information service system 106. do.

Unlike the existing service access device, the service access device 103 does not provide a menu service function, and the menu service providing function is provided by the menu server 104 separately installed.

The menu server 104 provides an information service menu to the user 101, and is constituted by a general-purpose computer as a device for receiving a selection of the user 101. The service connecting device 103 provides a function of connecting to the information service system 106 when the menu server 104 in charge of providing the user menu requests the information service connection.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information service menu providing method using a menu server according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the service access device first receives a user call connection request from a user (201), it connects to a menu server (202), and the menu server provides a menu to the user through the service access device ( 203).

Thereafter, the menu server checks whether the user selection is a menu selection, an information service selection, or an access termination selection (204). If the menu selection is performed, the menu server provides the menu to the user through the service access device (205). The user call termination request message is transmitted to the service access device (213), and the service access device disconnects the user and the telephone call (214). If the information service is selected, the service access device transmits an information service access request (206).

Thereafter, the service access device connects with the information service system (207), the information service system provides the information service to the user (208), confirms whether the information service termination request is received from the user (209), and requests the information service termination request. In operation 210, the information service access release message is transmitted to the service access device. Then, the service access device connects with the menu server (211), and the menu server provides the user with the menu before accessing the information service through the service access device (212), whether the user selection is a menu selection, an information service selection, or The process starts with checking whether the connection termination option is selected.

FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a session maintaining process between a service access device and a menu server for providing a menu of FIG. 2 according to the present invention, wherein a service channel and a menu server may transmit a message to each other. Is set.

As shown in FIG. 3, the menu server confirms the type of request received from the service access device (301).

As a result of the check, if the type of request is a session termination request (when the user abnormally terminates the access call), the connection identifier of the terminated call is notified and the current identifier is deleted from the session database (302).

As a result of the check, if the type of request is a new connection request, a connection identifier is registered in the session database (303), and an initial menu is provided (304).

As a result of the check, if the type of request is an existing connection request, the previous menu position is searched by the connection identifier (305), and the menu of the existing session is provided (306).

Thereafter, the menu server analyzes whether the user selection is an end selection, an information service selection, or a menu selection (307).

If the result of the analysis is a menu selection, the menu is transmitted (308).

As a result of the analysis, if the information service is selected, the current menu position is stored in the session database (309), and the information service connection request is transmitted (310) to the service access device.

As a result of analysis, if the selection is terminated, the current identifier is deleted from the session database (311), and the user call termination request message is transmitted (312) to the service access device.

In the above-described procedure, the service access device transmits only the connection identifier without distinguishing a new access request or an existing access request, and may be used in a form of requesting a menu to a menu server. In this case, the menu server regards the connection identifier as a new connection request if it is not registered by searching the session database, and regards it as an existing connection if it is registered.

The session database of the menu server may be configured with a connection identifier and a menu position column as shown in Table 1 below.

Connection identifier Menu Screen ID 0428663961 INFOSHOP

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.).

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited to the drawing.

The present invention as described above, by providing a menu using a menu server in the communication service system has the effect that can flexibly cope with the environmental changes of the high-performance multimedia menu service.

Claims (5)

In the menu providing method applied to the communication service system, A first step of establishing a connection between a service access device and the menu server to provide an information service menu through a menu server; A second step of the service access device receiving a call connection request from a user and connecting to the menu server to provide a menu to the user; A third step of the menu server confirming a user selection to transmit an information service access request to the service access device, and the service access device accessing an information service system to provide an information service to a user; And The information service system receives an information service termination request from a user, transmits an information service connection release message to the service access device, and the service access device connects with the menu server to provide a menu before the information service access to the user. 4th step Information service menu providing method using a menu server comprising a. The method of claim 1, The first step is, A fifth step of checking, by the menu server, the type of request received from the service access device; A sixth step of registering a connection identifier in the session database and providing an initial menu when the type of request is a new connection request as a result of the checking in the fifth step; A seventh step of searching for a previous menu position according to the connection identifier and providing a menu of an existing session if the type of request is an existing connection request as a result of the checking of the fifth step; An eighth step of the menu server confirming a user selection; A ninth step of transmitting a corresponding menu if a menu is selected as a result of the checking of the eighth step, and performing the operation from the eighth step; A tenth step of storing a current menu position in a session database if the information service is selected as a result of the checking of the eighth step, and transmitting an information service access request to the service access device; And An eleventh step of deleting the current identifier from the session database if the termination is selected as a result of the checking of the eighth step, and transmitting a user call termination request message to the service access device; Information service menu providing method using a menu server comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The third step, A twelfth step of the menu server confirming a user selection; A thirteenth step of providing a corresponding menu to a user through the service access device when a menu is selected as a result of the check in the twelfth step; A fourteenth step of transmitting a user call termination request message to the service access device if the connection termination is selected as a result of the check in the twelfth step, wherein the service access device disconnects the user and the telephone call; And A fifteenth step of transmitting an information service access request to the service access device if the information service is selected as a result of the check in the twelfth step, and the service access device accesses the information service system to provide an information service to a user; Information service menu providing method using a menu server comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein The fourth step, A sixteenth step of confirming whether the information service system has received an information service termination request from a user and transmitting an information service connection release message to the service access device when the information service termination request is received; And A seventeenth step in which the service access device connects with the menu server, and the menu server provides a menu before the information service access to the user through the service access device, and performs the operation from the twelfth step; Information service menu providing method using a menu server comprising a. In a communication service system having a processor, A first function of establishing a session between a service access device and the menu server to provide an information service menu through a menu server; A second function in which the service access device receives a call connection request from a user and connects to the menu server to provide a menu to the user; A third function of the menu server confirming a user selection to transmit an information service access request to the service access device, and the service access device accessing an information service system to provide an information service to a user; And The information service system receives an information service termination request from a user, transmits an information service connection release message to the service access device, and the service access device connects with the menu server to provide a menu before the information service access to the user. 4th function A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.