KR100445168B1 - An Apparatus, Method For Providing E-mail Board Service And Storage Media Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device and a method for offering a mail bulletin board service using an email address, and a recording medium thereof are provided to enable a user to directly connect to a mail bulletin board by inputting the mail address to an address window of a web browser and directly confirm the written mail by directly uploading the mail to the mail bulletin board. CONSTITUTION: A log processor(11) extracts the ID information from an email account included in the URL(Uniform Resource Locator) information transmitted from a user terminal, extracts mail bulletin board information corresponding to a user ID if the user computer is certified, and extracts visitor mail bulletin board information corresponding to the ID if the user computer is not certified. A mail box manager(12) manages the mails registered to the mail bulletin board. A community manager(13) manages information for communities that the ID is registered. A transceiving part(14) receives the URL information including the email account from the user computer and transmits the corresponding mail bulletin board information depending on certification.

Description

An Apparatus, Method For Providing E-mail Board Service And Storage Media Thereof}

The present invention relates to a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium thereof, and more particularly, when an e-mail account is entered in an address window of a web browser, a mail bulletin of a user corresponding to the input e-mail account is accessed. The present invention relates to a mail bulletin board service apparatus capable of performing the same, and a recording medium thereof.

BACKGROUND ART With the spread of the Internet, a mail service having a one-person one-mail address instead of a conventional offline letter is widely used.

However, such a mail service has a problem that the mail data is often lost during transmission when there is a lot of traffic between the mail server and the mail server online.

In addition, the existing mail service is limited to composing and sending mail or simply checking mail received by the mail service, and the concept of a mail bulletin board that provides community or individual profile information in addition to an individual mailbox has not been reached.

In addition, as the leakage of personal information has deepened, the leakage of mail account information has also increased, and the damage to spam mails or advertisement mails is increasing.

Accordingly, there is an increasing demand for a mail service method capable of overcoming such unreasonable points of the conventional mail service and including more various information and blocking spam mails and the like.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the first object of the present invention is a mail bulletin board service apparatus, method and record that can be directly connected to the mail bulletin by entering the mail address in the address bar of the web browser To provide a medium.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium thereof, which can directly check a mail left by a mail uploaded directly from a mail bulletin board.

It is a third object of the present invention to provide an email bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium capable of blocking an advertisement mail or spam mail by allowing a user corresponding to the address book to leave a mail by creating an access address book. will be.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium thereof, which can provide an interface for joining a community to which a user subscribes to a mail bulletin board.

It is a fifth object of the present invention to provide a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium thereof, which can improve the storage efficiency of a server disk by providing a file sharing system in a mail bulletin board and using the mail bulletin board as a file sharing chapter. .

1 is a configuration diagram of a mail bulletin board service providing system according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a service provider server of FIG. 1;

3 conceptually illustrates the structure of the database of FIG. 2;

4 conceptually illustrates the structure of a shared file database table;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a mail bulletin board service providing method according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a visitor writes mail after step S550 of FIG. 5 is performed;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a visitor writes a mail through an access permission request after step S620 of FIG. 6.

8 is an exemplary diagram of a user computer screen when the user accesses his mail board;

9 is an exemplary view of a visitor computer screen when a visitor accesses another person's mail bulletin board.

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10: user computer, 30: operator server,

11: log processing unit, 12: mailbox management unit,

13: community management unit, 14: transmission and reception unit,

15: shared file management unit, 16: database,

17: address book management unit, 18: blog unit,

19: control unit.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method for providing a mail bulletin board service, receiving URL information including an e-mail account from a user computer, extracting ID information from the e-mail account. And extracting the mail bulletin board information corresponding to the ID information to the user computer when the password received from the user computer is authenticated, and when the password is not received or authenticated from the user computer. Extracting mail bulletin board information corresponding to the ID information and transmitting the same to the user's computer; and registering mail content information received from the user's computer into the mail bulletin board of the user. How to provide service Can be.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a mail bulletin board providing apparatus, ID information is extracted from an e-mail account included in URL information transmitted from a user computer, and the user computer performs authentication processing. A log processing unit for extracting the mail bulletin board information corresponding to the ID, and extracting the mail bulletin board information for the visitor corresponding to the ID when the user computer is not authenticated, and managing the mail registered in the mail bulletin board. Receiving the URL information including the e-mail account from the mailbox management unit, the community management unit for managing the community information registered with the ID, and the user computer, and corresponding mail bulletin board information to the user computer according to the authentication status. Characterized in that it comprises a transmitting and receiving unit There is one board supply device can be provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a computer-readable, program-recorded recording medium, receiving URL information including an e-mail account from a user computer, the e-mail Extracting ID information from an account; extracting mail bulletin board information corresponding to the ID information to the user computer if the password received from the user computer is authenticated; or receiving the password from the user computer; If it is not authenticated, a program is recorded for executing visitor mail bulletin board information corresponding to the ID information and transmitting it to the user computer, and registering mail content information transmitted from the user computer to the mail bulletin board. Record carrier can be provided .

Other objects, specific advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the preferred embodiments associated with the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, in describing the mail bulletin board service providing apparatus, the method and the recording medium according to the present invention, the same reference numerals will be given to the same components regardless of the drawing numbers.

1 is a configuration of a mail bulletin board service providing system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mail bulletin board service providing system according to the present invention includes a user computer 10 and an operator server 30.

The user computer 10 is connected to the operator server 30 on the network 20 through a network protocol such as TCP / IP or PPP. The network 20 may be the Internet, a LAN, a MAN, etc., but generally the Internet is mainly used. The user computer 10 may generally be an IBM PC or a laptop. The user computer 10 transmits the e-mail account entered in the address bar of the web browser to the operator server 30, receives a mail bulletin board corresponding to the e-mail account, and displays it on the screen.

The operator server 30 is a computer provided in the head office of the company providing the mail bulletin board service according to the present invention, and is connected to the user computer 10 through the network 20. The operator server 30 transmits a mail bulletin board corresponding to the e-mail account transmitted from the user computer 10 to the user computer 10. In this case, the mail bulletin board or the mail bulletin board for the visitor is transmitted to the user computer 10 depending on whether the user is authenticated. Detailed internal configuration of the operator server 30 will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the operator server 30 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operator server 30 may include a log processor 11, a mailbox manager 12, a community manager 13, a transceiver 14, a shared file manager 15, a database 16, It consists of an address book management unit 17, a blog unit 18 and a control unit 19.

The log processor 11 extracts ID information from the e-mail account included in the URL information transmitted from the user computer 10, recognizes the ID information, and extracts the bulletin board information according to whether the user is authenticated. That is, when the user computer 10 is authenticated, the mail bulletin board information corresponding to the ID information is extracted. When the user computer 10 is not authenticated, the mail bulletin board information for the visitor corresponding to the ID is extracted.

The mailbox manager 12 performs a function of managing mail registered in a mail bulletin board, and stores and manages outgoing mails and received mails as in the case of a conventional mail service inbox.

The community manager 13 manages community information registered by the owner of the mail bulletin board, recently created community information, and performs a function of inviting other users from the registered community.

The shared file management unit 15 is for managing the shared files registered as a file sharing ID for sharing the file with the owner ID of the mail bulletin board.

The address book manager 17 performs a function of managing a connection allowed address book in which the owner of the mail bulletin board is allowed to receive mail, and an access denied address book in which the ID of the user who has refused reception is registered.

The blog unit 18 performs a blog function that allows other users to participate in a community created by a user in a personal space called a mail bulletin board. A blog is an abbreviation of a web log, which is an extended homepage of a general online bulletin board, and a tool for creating it. Unlike regular homepages and bulletin boards, blogs can easily create a homepage that contains their interests without knowing the HTML language or how to create a webpage. In addition to text, you can easily post pictures, photos, music, and videos on your blog.

The transceiving unit 14 transmits and receives information related to the mail bulletin between the user computer 10 and the operator server 30. The transmitter / receiver 14 receives URL information including an e-mail account from the user computer 10 and transmits corresponding mail bulletin board information to the user computer 10 according to whether or not authentication is performed.

The database 16 is a memory for storing a mail list, a user ID list, an address book list, and the like, which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The controller 19 generates a control signal for controlling each component and transmits the control signal to each component.

Although each component of the operator server 30 is implemented in hardware, it is possible to implement in software.

3 conceptually illustrates the structure of the database 16 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the database 16 includes an ID database 16-1, a password database 16-3, a shared file database 16-5, a community database 16-7, and an address database 16. -8) and profile database 16-9.

The ID database 16-1 stores ID information of an e-mail account. The operator server 30 stores ID information of an e-mail account transmitted from the user computer 10 in the ID database 16-1. It determines whether there is a mail bulletin if it matches.

The password database 16-3 stores a password corresponding to the ID information. The operator server 30 determines whether the password transmitted from the user computer 10 is stored in the password database 16-3. Perform an authentication procedure to extract the mail bulletin board according to the authentication status.

The shared file database 16-5 is for storing the shared file, the owner of the shared file, and user ID information registered by the owner of the shared file as the file sharer.

The community database 16-7 is for storing community information, all community information, recently generated community information, etc., registered by the owner of the mail board.

The address database 16-8 is for storing the access allow address book and the access reject address book.

The profile database 16-9 is for storing personal information or PR information registered by the owner of the mail bulletin board to promote itself.

4 conceptually illustrates a table structure of the shared file database 16. As shown in Fig. 4, the table stores the shared file name, owner ID information, password information, file creation date, and file sharer information. In the file sharer information, ID information for sharing a file is recorded. For example, in FIG. 4, a ***. Zip file is a file generated by a user having an ID of mm9353, and the user may register that he or she and mrhong and kimjin have an ID as a file sharer.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a mail bulletin board service providing method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the user computer 10 receives an e-mail account (eg, hongjin@fighteen.com) in a browser address bar (S500). In other words, the user launches a web browser and enters an e-mail account (for example, hongjin@fighteen.com) into the address bar of the web browser. Here, the e-mail account may be a user's own e-mail account or an e-mail account of a person to whom the user wants to send mail.

The user computer 10 transmits the input e-mail account (for example, hongjin@fighteen.com) to the operator server 30 (S510). The e-mail account is composed of an ID information part (hongjin in the above example) and a domain (fighteen.com in the above example), and the DNS server is used to convert the e-mail account (hongjin@fighteen.com) into which the user computer 10 is entered. If not, the DNS server extracts the domain portion (in the example, fighteen.com), and transmits corresponding URL information (eg, www.fighteen.com) to the user computer 10. The user computer 10 transmits a connection request message including the ID information (in the example, hongjin) to the operator server 30 at the received URL (eg, www.fighteen.com).

The operator server 30 extracts ID information from the received URL information and checks whether the corresponding ID information is stored in the ID database 16 (S520). If the ID information is stored in the ID database 16, the following steps will be continued. If the ID information is not stored in the ID database 16, the connection message to the user computer 10 will be transmitted. do.

If the corresponding ID information exists in the ID database 16, the operator server 30 receives the password from the user and checks whether the received password matches the password corresponding to the user's ID. If the passwords match, the operator server 30 determines that the user is the owner of the mail bulletin board, extracts the mail bulletin board information of the user, and transmits the mail bulletin board information to the user computer 10 (S530). My e-mail bulletin board includes a subscribed community menu, personal mailbox menu, address book menu, and configuration menu.

If the password does not match, the operator server 30 determines that the user is a visitor, extracts the visitor mail bulletin board, and transmits the message to the user computer 10 (S540 and S550). The visitor mail bulletin board includes a mail composing menu, a community menu, and a user search menu.

Finally, the user computer 10 displays the received mail bulletin on the screen (S560).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a visitor writes mail after step S550 of FIG. 5. That is, FIG. 6 is a flowchart when the user is a user who has visited to register a mail in a mail bulletin board.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, the user computer 10 transmits a connection allow address book search request message to the operator server 30 (S600). Allow access from e-mail bulletin board Select 'View Address Book' menu and enter your ID in the search box. Alternatively, when the number of IDs registered in the access permission address book is small, the access permission address book may be displayed on the screen.

The operator server 30 searches the access permission address book based on the user information (S610). That is, the operator server 30 checks whether the received user ID is registered in the access permission address book.

If the user ID is not in the access permission address book, the operator server 30 transmits a message for not making a mail to the user computer 10, and then proceeds to the step of FIG. 7 (S620).

If the user ID is in the access permission address book, the operator server 30 transmits a mail creation permission message to the user computer 10 (S630).

When receiving the mail creation permission message from the operator server 30, the user computer 10 receives the mail content from the user (S640), and transmits it to the operator server 30 (S650).

Finally, the mailbox manager 12 in the operator server 30 registers the received mail contents in the mailbox (S660). The process of registering mail contents received by the mailbox manager 12 in a mailbox is the same as registering a post in a bulletin board of a general website.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a visitor writes a mail through an access permission request after step S620 of FIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 7, first, when the user computer 10 transmits a connection permission request message to the operator server 30 (S700), the operator server 30 may refer to the owner's computer of the mail bulletin board (hereinafter referred to as 'person computer'). S). After receiving the connection permission request message from the user computer 10, the operator server 30 notifies that there is a connection permission request from the user computer 10 when the owner of the mail bulletin board accesses the operator server 30.

When the service provider server 30 receives the access permission message from the user's computer (S720), the user information, that is, the user ID is registered in the access permission address book (S730), and then the access permission message is transmitted to the user computer 10 ( S740).

The user computer 10 having received the access permission message receives the mail contents from the user (S750), and transmits the received mail contents to the operator server 30 (S760).

Finally, the mailbox manager 12 in the operator server 30 registers the received mail contents in the mailbox (S770). As described above, the process of registering the mail contents received by the mailbox manager 12 in the mailbox is the same as the process of registering a post in a bulletin board of a general website.

6 and 7, the process of transmitting the mail content has been described, but the same may be applied to the case of uploading a file to be shared. However, in the case of uploading a shared file, a step of specifying a file sharer by the shared file owner is further included.

8 is an exemplary diagram of a screen of the user computer 10 when the user accesses his mail bulletin board.

Referring to FIG. 8, it can be seen that an e-mail account of “hongjin@fighteen.com” is entered in the address bar 100.

The left side of the mail bulletin board is provided with a community menu 110 and an environment setting menu 120.

The community menu 110 again displays a community list, a community creation menu, and a community notification menu to which a user with the ID subscribes. When the user places the mouse on the community list and clicks, the user is directly connected to the community. A user can create a new community on a mail bulletin board, or notify other users of the community he created or joined, or invite them to his community.

The configuration menu 120 includes a directory creation, an album creation, a personal profile change, a password change, and an access permission address book menu 130. The access permission address book menu 130 is an address book in which an ID of a user who allows a user to receive mail is registered. As a result, only a user who allows access can leave a post, thereby making it possible to block indiscriminate advertisement mail or spam mail.

In the main screen of the mail bulletin board, a personal profile window 140, an entire notice window 150, a personal mailbox window 160, and a community window 170 are displayed. The personal profile window 140 is a portion where a user's name, age, occupation or self introduction is displayed. The entire notice window 150 is a part where the notice is posted. The personal mailbox window 160 is a portion in which received mail or sent mail list is displayed. The community window 170 is a part showing a subscribed community or a created community on the screen.

9 is an exemplary view of a visitor computer screen when a visitor accesses another person's mail bulletin board.

9, it can be seen that an e-mail account of “hongjin@fighteen.com” is entered in the address bar 200.

The left side of the mail bulletin board is provided with a find partner menu 210 and a community menu 220. The counterpart search menu 210 is a menu for searching mail addresses of users other than the visited user. The community menu 220 classifies and displays the number of newly created communities by category.

On the main screen of the mail bulletin board, a mail input window 230, a news window 240, a community window 250, and a new community window 260 are displayed. The mail input window 230 is a part for inputting mail contents, and the news window 240 is a part where news or new news is posted. The community window 250 classifies the entire community by field, and the new community window 260 is a portion in which a recently created community list and a blog service list are displayed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium thereof, which can directly access a mail bulletin board by inputting a mail address in a web browser address bar.

In addition, it is possible to provide a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium thereof that can directly check the mail left by uploading the mail directly from the mail bulletin board.

In addition, it is possible to provide an e-mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium capable of blocking an advertisement mail or spam mail so that only a user corresponding to the address book can leave a mail by creating an access permission address book.

In addition, it is possible to provide a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method and a recording medium thereof, which can provide an interface for joining a community to which a user subscribes to a mail bulletin board.

In addition, by providing a file sharing system in the mail bulletin board, it is possible to provide a mail bulletin board service apparatus, a method, and a recording medium capable of increasing the storage efficiency of a server disk by using the mail bulletin board as a file sharing chapter.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the appended claims will cover such modifications and variations as fall within the spirit of the invention.

Claims (12)

In the mail bulletin board service providing method using a mail bulletin board server connected through a user computer and a network, (a) receiving URL information including an e-mail account from the user computer; (b) extracting mail bulletin board information corresponding to the e-mail account and transmitting the mail bulletin board information to the user computer; (c) receiving user ID information from the user computer; (d) determining whether the user ID information is registered in an access permission address book corresponding to the e-mail account; (e) allowing registration of mail information received from the user computer in a mail bulletin board corresponding to the e-mail account when the user ID is registered in the access permission address book; (f) determining whether the user is a subscriber based on the user ID information; And (g) extracting mail bulletin board information corresponding to the user ID information to the user computer if the user is a subscriber, and extracting mail bulletin board information for the visitor to the user computer if the user is not a subscriber; Mail bulletin board service providing method comprising a. According to claim 1, wherein the mail bulletin board information corresponding to the user ID information is The mail bulletin board service providing method comprising at least one of personal mailbox list information, community information in which the user ID information is registered, shared file information or personal profile information, and access permission address book information. According to claim 1, wherein the visitor mail bulletin board information Mail bulletin board service providing method, characterized in that it comprises at least any one of the mail creation information, community information. The method of claim 1, The e-mail account is a mail bulletin board service providing method, characterized in that entered through the address bar of the web browser provided on the user computer. The method of claim 1, wherein the mail bulletin board service is provided. If the user ID is not registered in the access permission address book, the mail bulletin board service providing method characterized in that it further comprises the step of transmitting to the user computer a message not possible. The method of claim 5, wherein If the user ID is not registered in the access permission address book, Receiving an access permission request message from the user computer; Transmitting the access permission request message to an owner computer of a mail bulletin corresponding to the e-mail account; Receiving an access permission message from an owner computer of a mail bulletin board corresponding to the e-mail account; Registering the user ID with the access permission address book; And And sending the access permission message to the user computer. The method of claim 1, Receiving a shared file containing sharer information from the user computer; And And storing the shared file in association with the sharer information. delete In the mail bulletin providing device, Log processing unit for extracting the mail bulletin board information corresponding to the user ID if the user ID is authenticated by authenticating the user ID received from the user computer, and extracting the mail bulletin board information for the visitor if the user ID is not authenticated ; A mailbox manager that manages mail registered in the mail bulletin board; A community manager for managing community information registered with the user ID; And A transceiving unit configured to receive URL information including an e-mail account from the user computer and to transmit e-mail bulletin board information corresponding to the e-mail account to the user computer; And It is determined whether the user ID is registered in the access permission address book corresponding to the e-mail account, and when the user ID is registered in the access permission address book, the contents of mail information received from the user computer is added to the e-mail account. Means for allowing registration on the corresponding mail board Mail bulletin board providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 9, A shared file management unit for managing a shared file in which the user ID is registered as a file sharing ID; And An apparatus for providing a mail bulletin board further comprising an address book management unit for managing an address book including an access allowee list and a mail account address list. delete A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, (a) receiving URL information including an e-mail account from the user computer; (b) extracting mail bulletin board information corresponding to the e-mail account and transmitting the mail bulletin board information to the user computer; (c) receiving user ID information from the user computer; (d) determining whether the user ID information is registered in an access permission address book corresponding to the e-mail account; (e) allowing registration of mail information received from the user computer in a mail bulletin board corresponding to the e-mail account when the user ID is registered in the access permission address book; (f) determining whether the user is a subscriber based on the user ID information; And (g) extracting mail bulletin board information corresponding to the user ID information to the user computer if the user is a subscriber, and extracting mail bulletin board information for the visitor to the user computer if the user is not a subscriber; The recording medium on which a program for executing the program is recorded.