KR100363215B1 - Method of telegram service using mobile station - Google Patents

Abstract

A telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The present invention includes a) selecting a message sending menu on a message sending screen provided from a terminal, b) providing a receiver number input screen in response to the user selecting a message sending menu, and c) displaying a message on a receiver number input screen. D) providing a message input screen in response to completion of the recipient number input in step c), d) providing a message signal indicating a telegram to be sent to the recipient on the message input screen provided in step d); (F) receiving the code signal generated in step e) by the SMSC and g) extracting the telegram contents corresponding to the code signal received in step f) from a pre-established database to the terminal of the receiver. Telegrams of various contents, regardless of time and place, including the step of sending It can provide a switch at an affordable price.

Description

Telegram service method using mobile communication terminal {METHOD OF TELEGRAM SERVICE USING MOBILE STATION}

The present invention relates to a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal capable of providing a telegram service to a user using a short message service (SMS) function.

In general, in order to send a telegram, a person visits a post office to write a telegram or request a telegram. Or, I telephoned and requested a telecom service provider that provided telegram services.

However, when using the post office to send telegrams, there is a hassle of visiting in person. In the case of requesting telegram contents by telephone, it was not possible to confirm whether or not there was a defect (for example, a typo) in the telegram contents, and there was a burden of separately paying a telephone fee and a telegram transmission fee.

In addition, in case of using the voice communication service of the existing telecommunication service provider, it is necessary to follow only the order of the service voice that is heard through the wire, and if the telephone line is disconnected, the user must redial again. There was this.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal that can provide a telegram service of a variety of contents desired by the user at any price regardless of time and place To provide.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

a) selecting a message sending menu on a message sending screen provided from a terminal;

b) providing a recipient number input screen in response to selection of the send message menu by a user;

c) entering a recipient number on the recipient number input screen;

d) providing a message input screen in response to completion of the recipient number input of step c);

e) creating a code signal indicative of the telegram content to be sent to the recipient on the message input screen provided in step d);

f) receiving the code signal created in step e) at the SMSC; And

g) extracting the telegram contents corresponding to the code signal received in step f) from a pre-established database and transmitting them to the terminal of the receiver.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a telegram sending service of various contents desired by the user regardless of time and place by using the short message service function of the wireless mobile communication.

1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A to 2C are diagrams for explaining a telegram sending process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4 are diagrams showing the telegram contents previously constructed according to the embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7A to 7 are diagrams illustrating a telegram sending process according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

10, 20: mobile communication terminal 30: CDMA network

40: SMSC 50: CSBS

100, 200: WAP terminal 300: CDMA network

400: WAP Gateway 500: WAP Server

600: SMSC 700: SMAP

800: CSBS

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

This embodiment is a case where the telegram service is applied to a non-WAP terminal that does not have a built-in WAP browser.

1 to 5 are diagrams for explaining a telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 1 is a system configuration for implementing the method of the present invention.

1, a specific button (not shown) provided in a terminal for a user to send a telegram to the terminal 20 by using a short message service (SMS) function of wireless mobile communication. Will be manipulated.

In response to the user's manipulation, the terminal 10 provides a message sending screen shown in FIG. 2A (S10). The message sending screen includes menus of received messages and settings in addition to a message sending menu.

Here, when the send message menu is selected by the user, the terminal 10 provides a receiver number input screen as shown in FIG. 2B (S20). The receiver number input screen is a screen for inputting a telephone number of the terminal 20 to receive a message (called telegram in this embodiment) sent from the terminal 10.

When the telephone number of the terminal 20 is input to the receiver number input screen (S20), the terminal 10 provides a message input screen as shown in FIG. 2C.

The message input screen is a screen for selecting the contents of the telegram to be sent to the terminal 20, and the user inputs a code signal indicating the telegram contents (S30).

The code signal consists of an identifier (# in this embodiment), a theme number and a detailed theme number. Here, the identifier is used to indicate that the code signal is telegram, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various symbols or characters may be used.

The contents of the telegram according to the code signal, that is, the telegram theme themes and the details of each telegram theme, are shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the SMSC (short message service center) of FIG. : It is pre-built in the database of 40), and is updated with a predetermined period.

In more detail, the identifier includes special characters or symbols indicating that the code signal transmitted from the terminal 10 is a telegram.

The theme number is a number for distinguishing a plurality of theme themes, and as shown in FIG. 3, one telegram theme theme corresponds to each theme number. For example, theme number "1" represents the theme theme of "100 days proposal", theme number "2" represents the theme theme of "investigator fighting".

The detailed contents as shown in FIG. 4 are included in the theme theme of "examinee fighting" corresponding to the theme number "2". That is, the contents that may help the examinee correspond to each detailed theme number.

For example, when the code signal "# 22" is selected (input) as shown in Fig. 2C, the identifier "#" indicates that the message is telegram. The theme number " 2 " following the identifier indicates the telegram theme theme " investigator fighting. &Quot; The detailed theme number "2" following the theme number "2" indicates that "You are so proud that you have overcome so many adversities and do your best until the end ..." as shown in FIG.

As described above, when a code signal indicating the telegram contents to be sent to the terminal 20, that is, an identifier, a theme number, and a detailed theme number is selected (S31, S32, S33), the code signal and the recipient's telephone number are the terminal 10. Is sent from.

The transmitted code signal and the recipient's telephone number are received by the SMSC 40 through the CDMA network 30 (S40).

The SMSC 40 extracts the telegram content corresponding to the code signal from a previously built database (S50). That is, it recognizes that the identifier of the code signal represents a telegram (S51), and recognizes which telegram theme the theme number following the identifier is (S52). Then, it recognizes which detail of the recognized telegram theme is followed by the detailed theme number following the theme number (S53).

As described above, the SMSC 40 extracts the telegram content corresponding to the received code signal and transmits the message to the terminal 20 corresponding to the receiver's telephone number through the CDMA network 30 (S60). In addition, the SMSC 40 extracts billing information for charging a user of the terminal 10 that has sent a telegram from a customer service billing system (CSBS) 50. To send).

As described above, according to the present invention, by using a code signal corresponding to the telegram contents pre-built in the database of the SMSC 40, various telegram contents, that is, themes (for example, marriage, admission, graduation, high school, birthday, etc.) are used. Various contents can be sent to the receiving terminal.

Next, another Example of this invention is described.

This embodiment is a case where the telegram service is applied to a WAP terminal with a built-in wireless application protocol browser.

6 to 8 are diagrams for explaining a telegram service method according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a system configuration for implementing the method of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the WAP terminal 100 may include a WAP browser to access an Internet service.

When a user operates the WAP terminal 100 and attempts to access a wireless Internet service, for example, an itouch of 017 as a service provided by mobile communication providers, the WAP terminal 100 generates a wireless Internet access signal.

The access signal is transmitted to the WAP server 500 via the CDMA network 300 and the WAP gateway 400.

After receiving the wireless Internet access signal, the WAP server 500 sends its own information (WAP server data) or data obtained from the Internet server to the WAP terminal 100 through the WAP gateway 400 and the CDMA network 300. It becomes.

Here, when access to the Internet service is made as described above (S100), the initial access screen as shown in FIG. 7A is provided on the display unit of the WAP terminal 100.

The initial access screen includes various menus, such as "JOY TOUCH, CITY TOUCH, INFO TOUCH, ECONO TOUCH, N TOUCH, MY TOUCH, SITE TOUCH, and Customer Center", in addition to the "LOVE TOUCH" menu including a telegram service menu. .

Here, when the user selects "LOVE TOUCH", the WAP server 500 provides the telegram service menu screen as shown in FIG. 7B to the WAP terminal 100 (S200).

The telegram service menu screen includes various menus besides the telegram service menu, such as "LOVE community, chat, meeting / marriage, affinity / horoscope, movie / music, TV / entertainment, women / beauty / fashion and love love".

Here, when the telegram service menu is selected by the user, the WAP server 500 provides the telegram theme theme screen as shown in FIG. 7C to the WAP terminal 100.

The telegram theme screen includes, for example, theme themes such as "word saying, 100 days proposal, examinee fighting, marriage, admission, graduation, high school, birthday, and personal writing".

In the present embodiment, the case where the "Investigator Fighting" theme is selected among the telegram theme themes will be described.

When the user is selected by the user "the examinee fighting" theme (S300), the WAP server 500, as shown in Figure 7d, the various theme content screens belonging to the selected examinee "the examinee fighting" the WAP terminal ( 100) (S400).

Here, when the user selects the second content "Many adversity ..." on the theme contents screen of FIG. 7D, the WAP server 500 displays the selected content "Many adversity" as shown in FIG. 7E. Provides a screen displaying the entire contents of ... "to the WAP terminal 100.

When the "selection button" shown in FIG. 7E is selected by the user (S500), as shown in FIG. 7F, the WAP server 500 displays a screen for inputting a telephone number of the receiving terminal 200. Provided to the WAP terminal 100.

If the telephone number of the receiving terminal is input on the screen of FIG. 7F (S600), and the "Send button" is selected, the WAP server 500 selects the selected telegram contents, that is, the entire contents of "a lot of adversity ..." And transmits the telephone number of the receiving terminal 200 to a short message application platform (SMAP) 700.

The SMAP 700 is a device for implementing various applications to reduce the load of the SMSC 600. The SMAP 700 transmits the telegram contents and the phone number to the SMSC 600. The SMSC 600 transmits the telegram contents and the telephone number to the receiving terminal 200 through the CDMA network 300 (S700).

In addition, the SMSC 600 extracts billing information for charging a user of the terminal 100 that has sent a telegram from a customer service billing system (CSBS) (800). To send).

As described above, when the telegram transmission is completed, the WAP server 500 provides a telegram transmission completion screen as shown in FIG. 7G.

Here, the telegram theme themes and the details of each telegram theme are pre-built in the database of the WAP server 500 and updated at predetermined intervals.

As described above, according to the present invention, after accessing a WAP server that provides a telegram service, various telegram contents according to various telegram themes may be sent to a receiving terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, a telegram can be sent regardless of time and place by using a code signal indicating the telegram contents.

In addition, by accessing a WAP server that provides a telegram service, it is possible to conveniently and easily send telegram contents corresponding to a telegram dispatch situation.

Although the present invention has been described in detail by the above embodiments, various modifications are possible without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

Claims (8)

delete delete delete delete delete delete a) providing a telegram service menu screen to the WAP terminal in response to access to the WAP server; b) selecting a particular telegram theme theme among the telegram theme themes included in the telegram service of step a); c) displaying the contents of the telegram theme theme selected in step b); d) selecting a particular telegram content from the telegram themes indicated in step c). step; And e) Telegram service method using a mobile communication terminal, comprising the step of transmitting the specific telegram selected in step d) to the receiving terminal. 8. The telegram service according to claim 7, wherein the telegram theme themes and details of the telegram theme themes are previously established in a database of the WAP server and updated at predetermined intervals. Way.