KR100399675B1 - messenger service method for providing anonymity on mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a messenger service method for providing anonymity in a mobile communication environment. When a wireless Internet buddy system receives personal information and a real phone number from a subscription applicant, a unique number is assigned but a real phone number of the subscription applicant is provided. Establishing a subscriber database comprising the numbers; When the wireless Internet buddy system is requested to find a friend from the requester, providing the requester with a unique number of the other party meeting the requirements; The short message service center designates the other party's unique number as the recipient's phone number and the requester's unique number as the return phone number, and is requested to send a short message including the recipient's phone number and the return phone number. Sending a short message including a reply telephone number to the client; When the short message service center is requested to transmit the reply message to the reply phone number included in the short message received from the other party, transmitting a reply message including the reply phone number to the actual phone number of the requester; And when the short message service center is requested to transmit the response message to the reply telephone number included in the reply message received from the requester, transmitting the response message including the reply telephone number to the actual telephone number of the counterpart.

Description

Messenger service method for providing anonymity on mobile communication network}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a messenger (friend finder) service using a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a messenger (friend finder) service method that can provide anonymity using a short message service (SMS). It is about.

Recently, Internet users have exploded due to the simplicity of HTML-based web (WWW) and the development of multimedia technology, and numerous applications have been developed to develop various Internet business in cyber space. Cyber culture can be created. In particular, various messenger services, such as UIN and ICQ, have been developed and used to implement a community on the Internet, and the range of their use has been spread to the wireless Internet according to the development of wireless communication technology. Here, the UIN messenger is produced and released by UIN, and is a free Internet community service that enables chatting, real-time message transmission, file transmission, etc. to all users on the Internet.

1 is a view for explaining a conventional messenger service using the wireless Internet, a mobile terminal 102, a mobile telephone network 104, a messenger service server 106, the Internet 108, a PC 110 is shown It is. In FIG. 1, solid arrows indicate real time data transmission, and dotted arrows indicate transmission only upon user request.

In order to use a messenger service using the mobile terminal 102, the mobile terminal 102 should be equipped with a wireless Internet browser such as a WAP or a micro explorer (ME). The messenger service server 106 performs a gateway function to mediate the wireless Internet and the wired Internet on the mobile telephone network 104 and provides a messenger service.

Referring to FIG. 1, after accessing a messenger service server 106 through a mobile telephone network 104 using a mobile terminal 102, a user logs in using a text ID. Then, a desired item such as a friend search, chat, chat room, etc. is selected in the messenger menu to communicate with the user 110 on the wired Internet.

However, such a conventional messenger service has the advantage of being able to interwork with the subscriber of the existing wired Internet, but there is a problem that real-time notification is not possible when receiving a message because the service is available only by the online connection by the wireless Internet such as WAP / ME.

An object of the present invention is to provide a messenger service method that enables anonymity to be notified in real time without a wireless Internet connection by using a short message service (SMS) to solve the above problems.

1 is a view for explaining a conventional messenger service using the wireless Internet,

2A and 2B are schematic diagrams illustrating a messenger service concept according to the present invention;

3 is a network diagram for a messenger service according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a messenger service sequence according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

301: mobile terminal 310, 320, 330: mobile operator network

311: base station (BS) 312: base station controller (BSC)

313: mobile switching center (MSC) 314: network matching device (IGS)

316: Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 315: Automatic Response System (ARS)

317: Message Center (MC) 340: Wireless Internet Buddy System

350: Internet 303: Wired Internet User

In order to achieve the above object, the service method of the present invention includes a personal information and actual telephone call of a subscriber from a subscription applicant connected to one of the WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, and ARS methods. Receiving a number, a registration step of allocating a unique number to which a prefix is assigned, but constructing a subscriber database including the assigned unique number and the actual telephone number of the applicant; When the wireless Internet buddy system is requested to find a friend according to a search condition input from a requestor (member 1) connected in any one of WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, and ARS, the subscriber database is searched and requested. Finding a friend that provides the requester (member 1) the unique number of the other party (member 2) suitable for the conditions; The short message service center designates the unique number of the other party (member 2) as the recipient's phone number from the requester (member 1) connected by SMS, and designates the unique number of the requester (member 1) as the reply phone number, while returning the recipient's phone number and reply. When a short message including a phone number is requested to be transmitted, the short message is transmitted to the wireless Internet buddy system, and the wireless Internet buddy system sends an actual phone number corresponding to the recipient unique number included in the short message in the subscriber database. Search and convert the unique number into a real phone number and deliver it to the short message service center. The short service center transmits a short message including a reply phone number (unique number of member 1) to the actual phone number of the other party (member 2). Sending a text; When the short message service center is requested to transmit a reply message to the reply phone number included in the short message received from the other party (member 2), the corresponding reply message is delivered to the wireless Internet buddy system, and the wireless Internet buddy system is Search the actual phone number corresponding to the receiver's unique number included in the reply message in the subscriber database, convert the unique number into the actual phone number, and deliver it to the short message service center. The short service center is the actual phone number of the requestor (member 1). A reply step of sending a reply message including a reply phone number (member 2's unique number) to; And when the short message service center receives a request for transmission of a response message to a reply phone number included in a reply message received from a requestor (member 1), delivers a corresponding response message to the wireless Internet buddy system, and the wireless Internet buddy system This subscriber database retrieves the actual phone number corresponding to the recipient's unique number included in the response message, converts the unique number into the actual phone number, and delivers it to the short message service center. The short message service center is the actual phone of the other party (member 2). It characterized in that it comprises a reply step of transmitting a response message containing a reply phone number (member 1 unique number) to the number.

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

2A and 2B are schematic diagrams illustrating the concept of a messenger (find friend) service according to the present invention, and FIG. 2A shows a concept of a messenger (find friend) service for a subscriber to find a desired friend by accessing a wireless Internet web server. 2b illustrates a concept in which a subscriber anonymously transmits a message to a desired party by using a short message service (SMS).

Referring to FIG. 2A, the subscriber 210 uses a wireless Internet or a PC using I-SMS, WAP, ME, etc., a wired Internet, a public telephone, a public telephone network (PSTN), a mobile phone network using a mobile phone. The wireless internet buddy system 220 is connected to either of the methods. When the wireless Internet buddy system 220 selects a friend finder having a desired condition including a wireless Internet web server, a wireless Internet ARS, and a customer database, the wireless Internet buddy system 220 searches a customer database and selects a predetermined prefix according to the search result (the embodiment of the present invention). In the example, a unique number having " 007 " For example, when a customer selects a 'female in her 20s who lives in Seoul' as a friend type, the search result provides a unique number '00712345678' of a person who satisfies the condition. At this time, the unique number is an arbitrary number irrelevant to the actual telephone number, and has a "007" prefix so that it can be identified in the network, and the remaining numbers are arbitrarily assigned to each subscriber.

Referring to Figure 2b, the customer enters "00712345678" in the receiver's phone number, "00787654321" in the reply phone number, "Hello friend. Please contact me" using the short message service on the mobile terminal 230 Press the send button, and the mobile phone network's short message service center (SMSC: 250) is transmitted (①), and the mobile phone provider's short message service center (SMSC) starts with the prefix "007". If it is delivered to the wireless Internet buddy system 240 (②). The wireless Internet buddy system 240 finds the actual phone number corresponding to the receiver number in the subscriber database, converts it to the actual phone number, and sends it to the mobile phone provider short service center 250 (③), the short message service center 250 The message is transmitted to the actual telephone number through the mobile telephone network (④). Therefore, the terminal 260 of the receiver receives the message "Hello. I want to be friends ... Please contact" and the reply telephone number "00787654321". When the received message is sent to the reply telephone number, the message is converted into the actual telephone number in the wireless Internet buddy system 240 through the short message service center 250 and the response message is transmitted to the original message sender.

Thus, according to the present invention can communicate with the other party only through the unique number guaranteed anonymity, not the actual phone number after searching for a friend finder can communicate with the other party in real time without exposing his or her phone number.

3 is a network diagram for a messenger (friend finder) service according to the present invention, and shows three provider networks 310, 320, 330, a wireless Internet buddy system 340, an internet 350, and a user 303. Each provider network (310, 320, 330) is a base station (BS: 311), base station controller (BSC: 312), mobile telephone exchange (MSC: 313), IGS (314), ARS (315), short service center (316), MC If the prefix of the telephone number starts with "007" in the message received from the mobile terminal 301, including 317 and the like, it transmits to the wireless Internet buddy system 340. The wireless Internet buddy system 340 is connected to the Internet 350 so that the wired Internet user 303 using the PC 303 can also use the messenger service, and the unique number beginning with "007" as the actual telephone number. Convert and exchange text messages.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a messenger service sequence according to the present invention, in which a service is provided in order of joining a member, finding a friend, sending a text message, receiving a reply, and responding.

4, membership (S1) and friend finder (S2) can be made in the WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, ARS method, sending a text (S3) WAP / ME, I-SMS, SMS It can be made in a manner, reply (S4) and reply is made in the SMS (S5).

In the member registration step (S1), the subscriber applicant accesses the wireless Internet buddy system 340 by any one of WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, and ARS method, and inputs his personal information and an actual phone number. The wireless Internet buddy system 340 assigns each applicant a unique number given a predetermined prefix at the time of initial membership, and maintains a table as shown in Table 1 below.

ID number Actual phone number ID .... 00712345678 0193389824 leedu .... 00787654321 0192481234 ksks .... 00711223608 0162142973 --- .... ....... ..... ..... ....

In Table 1, the unique number is necessary when chatting with the other party anonymously by using a short message service (SMS) of the mobile terminal, and when the connection using the unique number is required, the wireless Internet buddy system converts it into an actual phone number and establishes a connection. to provide. The ID can be set as necessary to be used for access through the wired Internet.

In the friend find step (S2), the user accesses the wireless Internet buddy system 340 using any one of the WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, and ARS methods, inputs a desired search condition, and the Internet buddy system 340 stores the subscriber database. Search for the unique number of the other party that satisfies the desired condition.

In the text sending step (S3) to select a unique number to look at the search results and sends a text using a short message service (SMS). The short message service center (SMSC: 316) of each operator delivers a message to the wireless Internet buddy system 340 according to the present invention if the prefix of the telephone number is "007", and the wireless Internet buddy system 340 is a unique number of the receiver. It finds the actual phone number in the subscriber database, converts the unique number into the actual phone number, and then delivers the message to the receiver through the short message service center (SMSC: 316). At this time, the message includes a reply unique number for accessing the sender.

The reply receiving step (S4) is a step in which the first message sender receives the reply when the other party reports the reply number included in the friend search message using the short message service. At this time, the reply phone number is also converted into the actual phone number in the wireless Internet buddy system 340 in the same manner as described above, and then the reply message is transmitted through the short service center 316 of the corresponding operator.

The responding step (S5) is a step of responding to the reply message again, and thus can form a community by exchanging messages with each other through a short message service (SMS).

As described above, according to the present invention, since the user can chat with the other party using a short-term service after joining by using any one of WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, and ARS method, even when not connected to the Internet, Messages can be notified by a message, and the procedure is simple. In particular, there is an advantage that anonymity is guaranteed by exchanging messages with the other party without revealing personal information using a unique number rather than an actual phone number.

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When the wireless internet buddy system receives the personal information and the actual phone number of the subscriber from the subscription applicant connected to any one of the WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, and ARS method, the unique number assigned with the prefix is assigned and assigned. A registration step of constructing a subscriber database including the unique number and the actual phone number of the applicant; When the wireless Internet buddy system is requested to find a friend according to a search condition input from a requestor (member 1) connected in any one of WAP / ME, I-SMS, Internet, and ARS, the subscriber database is searched and requested. Finding a friend that provides the requester (member 1) the unique number of the other party (member 2) suitable for the conditions; The short message service center designates the unique number of the other party (member 2) as the recipient's phone number from the requester (member 1) connected by SMS, and designates the unique number of the requester (member 1) as the reply phone number, while returning the recipient's phone number and reply. When a short message including a phone number is requested to be transmitted, the short message is transmitted to the wireless Internet buddy system. The wireless Internet buddy system retrieves the actual phone number corresponding to the recipient's unique number included in the short message in the subscriber database, converts the unique number into a real phone number, and delivers it to the short message service center. The short message service center is a text sending step of transmitting a short message including a reply phone number (member 1's unique number) to the actual phone number of the other party (member 2); When the short message service center receives a request to send a reply message to the reply phone number included in the short message received from the other party (member 2), delivers the corresponding reply message to the wireless Internet buddy system, The wireless Internet buddy system retrieves the actual phone number corresponding to the recipient's unique number included in the reply message in the subscriber database, converts the unique number into a real phone number, and delivers it to the short message service center. The short message service center receives a reply message including a reply message (a unique number of the member 2) to the actual phone number of the requester (member 1); And When the short message service center is requested to transmit a response message to the reply phone number included in the reply message received from the requester (member 1), and transmits the corresponding response message to the wireless Internet buddy system, The wireless Internet buddy system retrieves the actual telephone number corresponding to the receiver unique number included in the response message in the subscriber database, converts the unique number into the actual telephone number, and delivers it to the short message service center. The short message service center provides anonymity in a mobile communication environment, comprising the step of sending a response message including a reply phone number (member 1's unique number) to the actual phone number of the other party (member 2). Messenger service method. delete delete delete