KR100458512B1 - E-Mail Confirmation System And Method Using Keyphone System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention, in the environment using the key phone system, by confirming the extension number of the key phone phone user corresponding to the received e-mail account to the e-mail server to notify that the e-mail has been received, the key phone phone user to confirm the e-mail reception information The present invention relates to a system and method for checking an e-mail using a key phone system. In the related art, an e-mail related program running on a PC is used because it is not possible to check whether a new e-mail is received through the key phone system. There was a disadvantage in that it constantly requires resources (memory, CPU time, etc.), and in an environment where such a program cannot be used, users have to check their own e-mails from time to time.

Therefore, according to the e-mail confirmation system and method using the key phone system of the present invention, in the situation where the number of users of the key phone system using the e-mail in relation to their work or daily life is increasing, It is possible to immediately check whether the e-mail has been received without the operation of, and when notifying whether the e-mail is received, it is displayed on the LCD of the keypad phone, thereby providing great convenience to users.

Description

E-Mail Confirmation System And Method Using Keyphone System}

The present invention relates to an e-mail confirmation system and method using a key phone system, and particularly in an environment using a key phone system, the e-mail is received by confirming the extension number of the key phone user corresponding to the e-mail account received by the e-mail server. The present invention relates to an e-mail confirmation system and method using a key phone system that allows a key phone telephone user to confirm e-mail reception information.

In general, the role of a key phone system is to establish a call path between an extension subscriber and a counterpart subscriber through a trunk line or a dedicated line to enable a voice call, or to detect a call signal transmitted from a national exchange system to constitute a call subscriber and a call path. To make a call, and when the call ends, the call is cut to make the extension subscriber available for the next communication. In addition, the call path is configured to transmit and receive data between the facsimile and the station terminal.

On the other hand, the e-mail service is a message communication service that accumulates and transmits predetermined messages (media messages such as voice, numerical data, graphics, and images) through a personal computer (PC). This is possible, and there is an e-mail mailbox that accumulates the message, allowing asynchronous communication between sender and recipient.

This e-mail service requires an e-mail server (that is, a Post Office Protocol (POP) server) that manages e-mail mailboxes that accumulate messages between the sender and the receiver. (IDentifier) and title have control information.

Users subscribed to the conventional e-mail service, especially subscribers of the key phone system, cannot check whether they have received new e-mails through the key phone system. By running a client program or executing a utility program that checks whether e-mails are received at regular intervals, it checks whether new e-mails have been received and displays the test results on the PC monitor. .

However, when using the above-mentioned e-mail related program, there is a disadvantage of continuously requiring resources of the PC (memory, CPU time, etc.), and in case of the environment where such a program is not available, users receive new e-mail by themselves. There was an inconvenience that should be checked from time to time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is, in an environment using a keyphone system, after confirming an extension number of a keyphone telephone user corresponding to an account of a person to receive an e-mail received at an e-mail server. When the information is sent to the key phone system together with the information of the new e-mail, the key phone system immediately sends the received information of the new e-mail to the corresponding extension number, thereby receiving the new e-mail received information without any additional operation by the key phone user. To make sure.

1 is a view showing a connection structure of an e-mail confirmation system using a key phone system according to the present invention.

2 is an operation flowchart for implementing an e-mail confirmation method using a key phone system according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: e-mail server 15: e-mail receiving inspection unit

20: database unit 30: key phone system

35: e-mail receiving notification unit 40: key phone telephone

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is that, when a new e-mail is received at the e-mail server, the key phone is connected through the TCP / IP network after checking the extension number of the key-phone telephone user corresponding to the received e-mail account. An e-mail reception inspection unit for transmitting a predetermined e-mail reception report packet to the system to report that a new e-mail has been received; A database unit for storing and managing e-mail account information managed by the e-mail server, and an extension number of a key-phone telephone user corresponding to each e-mail account information; When it is reported that a new e-mail has been received from the e-mail receiving inspection unit, an electronic mail using a key phone system including an e-mail receiving notification unit which analyzes the reported content and notifies the user of the corresponding key phone telephone of receiving new e-mail information. To provide a mail verification system.

Here, the e-mail reception report packet further includes at least one information from the number of e-mails received, the date and time of transmission, the subject, and the e-mail account of the sender, in addition to the header information and the extension number of the key-phone telephone user. It is characterized by.

Another feature of the present invention is to store e-mail account information of a key-phone telephone user and an extension number corresponding to each e-mail account information in order to notify the corresponding key-phone telephone user that a new e-mail has been received at the e-mail server. The process of managing; When the new e-mail is received at the e-mail server, analyzing the header information of the currently received e-mail to confirm the e-mail account of the recipient; Searching the database to examine the extension number of the key-phone telephone user corresponding to the e-mail account of the person who will receive the e-mail; Transmitting a predetermined e-mail reception report packet including information on the extension number of the key-phone telephone user and the number of received e-mails to the key phone system through a TCP / IP network; The present invention provides a method for confirming an e-mail using a key phone system including analyzing the e-mail reception report packet and notifying the received information of the new e-mail to the confirmed extension number of the key phone user.

In this case, the e-mail reception report packet, characterized in that it further comprises at least one of the information on the transmission date, the subject, the sender's e-mail account of the received e-mail.

In addition, the step of notifying the reception information of the e-mail includes the steps of analyzing the e-mail reception report packet and transmitting a predetermined LCD command for notifying the reception information of the new e-mail to the confirmed telephone number of the telephone telephone user. ; And displaying the received information of the new e-mail on the LCD of the key phone, wherein the received information of the e-mail includes the number of new e-mails, the date and time of transmission, the subject, and the sender's e-mail account. Characterized in that it includes at least one information from the information on.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, an e-mail server 10, a database unit 20, a key phone system 30, and a key phone telephone as shown in FIG. 40) has a structure that interlocks.

The e-mail server 10 has an e-mail mailbox and stores and manages e-mails received from the outside for each account. When a new e-mail is received, the e-mail server 10 searches the database unit 20 to correspond to the received e-mail account. And an e-mail reception checker 15 for reporting a new e-mail to the key phone system 30 after checking the extension number of the key phone user.

The database unit 20 stores and manages a plurality of e-mail account information managed by the e-mail server 10 and an extension number of a key-phone telephone user corresponding to each e-mail account information.

The key phone system 30 provides voice and data communication services to extension subscribers, and reports the reported contents when a new e-mail is received from the e-mail reception inspection unit 15 on the e-mail server 10 side. And an e-mail reception notifying unit 35 for analyzing and notifying the user of the corresponding key phone 40 of the new e-mail reception information.

The phone phone 40 is for visually or audibly notifying the user of the reception information of the new e-mail, and the e-mail reception notification unit 35 of the key phone system 30 notifies the reception information of the new e-mail. It has LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or LED (Light Emitting Diode).

The e-mail reception checker 15 reports a new e-mail to the e-mail reception notification unit 35 through a Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) network. In this case, the e-mail is received. In this case, a predetermined packet is used, and the packet includes header information, an extension number of the key-phone telephone user, and information on the number of received e-mails.

In addition, in the present invention, the e-mail reception inspection unit 15 and the e-mail reception notification unit 35 are software blocks, but may be included in the e-mail server 10 and the key phone system 30 as in the above-described embodiment, but separately. It can also be implemented as a program of.

Referring to FIG. 2, an operation of notifying a key-phone telephone user of reception information of a new e-mail using the key-phone system 30 in the e-mail confirmation system according to the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

First, in order to notify a corresponding key phone telephone user when a new e-mail is received in the e-mail server 10, the e-mail account information of the key phone telephone user and a user extension number corresponding to each e-mail account information are included in the database unit. (20) and the key phone system 30 in which the e-mail server 10 and the e-mail receiving notification unit 35 are implemented. It will send and receive a predetermined packet indicating that a new e-mail has been received through the / IP network.

In this state, the e-mail reception inspection unit 15 checks whether the new e-mail is received by the e-mail server 10 (step S22), and analyzes the header information of the e-mail currently received when a new e-mail is received. The subject of the e-mail, the sender's e-mail account, and the recipient's e-mail account are checked (step S23).

Subsequently, the e-mail reception checking unit 15 searches the database unit 20 and checks the extension number of the key phone user corresponding to the e-mail account of the person who will receive the currently received e-mail (step S24). To report to a telephone user that a new e-mail has been received, a predetermined e-mail reception report packet containing the header information and the telephone phone user's extension number and information about the number of e-mails received is received through the TCP / IP network. It transmits to the E-mail reception notification part 35 on the side 30 (step S25).

At this time, the e-mail reception report packet transmitted from the e-mail reception inspection unit 15 to the e-mail reception notification unit 35 includes information on the transmission date, subject, e-mail account of the sender, etc., in addition to the above-described information. In addition, more detailed e-mail receipt reporting can be performed.

On the other hand, the e-mail reception notification unit 35 that has been reported that the new e-mail has been received by analyzing the e-mail reception report packet to confirm the extension number of the key-phone telephone user received the new e-mail (step S26), the corresponding extension The phone phone user of the number is notified of the reception information of the new e-mail (step S27). At this time, the e-mail reception notification unit 35 interlocks with the key phone system 30 to transmit the new e-mail to the corresponding extension number. An LCD command for notifying the reception information is transmitted. Accordingly, the keypad phone 40 displays the received information of the new e-mail on the LCD so that the received information can be visually confirmed.

As a method of notifying the reception information of the new e-mail to the key-phone telephone user, in addition to the above-described method, the display can be displayed using an LED, a specific ring tone is transmitted, or a voice notification function can be used.

In addition, the received information of the new e-mail notified to the key-phone telephone user may include information on the transmission date, subject, e-mail account of the sender, and the like, in addition to the number of new e-mails.

In summary, in the present invention, when it is confirmed that a new e-mail is received in the e-mail server 10, the key phone user corresponding to the account of the person who will receive the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving checker 15 After confirming the extension number of the user, the phone number of the user of the telephone phone and the new e-mail information are transmitted to the e-mail reception notification unit 35 of the key phone system 30 in a predetermined packet form through the TCP / IP network. The e-mail reception notification unit 35 can notify the key-phone telephone user of the reception information of the new e-mail.

Accordingly, according to the above-described e-mail confirmation system and method using the key phone system 30, the present invention provides an environment that uses the e-mail in connection with their work or daily life in the environment using the key phone system 30 In an increasingly increasing situation, it is possible to easily notify whether or not an e-mail is received through the key phone 40 without a separate operation by the key phone users.

In addition, the embodiments according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various alternatives, modifications, and changes can be made within the scope apparent to those skilled in the art.

As described above, according to the e-mail confirmation system and method using the key phone system of the present invention, in the environment using the key phone system, the number of extension users who use e-mail in relation to their work or daily life is gradually increasing In the above, it is possible to immediately check whether an e-mail is received without a separate operation by key phone users.

In addition, when notifying whether the corresponding e-mail is received, it is displayed on the LCD of the keypad phone, thereby providing great convenience to users.

Claims (9)

When a new e-mail is received at the e-mail server, the phone number of the phone user who corresponds to the received e-mail account is examined, and a new e-mail is sent by sending a predetermined e-mail receiving report packet to the key phone system through the TCP / IP network. An e-mail reception checker for reporting that the message has been received; A database unit which stores and manages e-mail account information managed by the e-mail server and an extension number of a key-phone telephone user corresponding to each e-mail account information; When the report that the new e-mail has been received from the e-mail receiving inspection unit reports the key phone characterized in that it comprises an e-mail reception notification unit for analyzing the reported information and notifying the user of the corresponding key phone telephone received information of the new e-mail Email confirmation system using the system. delete The method of claim 1, The e-mail reception report packet may further include at least one of information on the number of e-mails received, transmission date and time, subject, and information on the e-mail account of the sender, in addition to the header information and the extension number of the key-phone telephone user. E-mail confirmation system using a key phone system. Storing and managing the e-mail account information of the key-phone telephone user and the extension number corresponding to each e-mail account information in order to notify the corresponding key-phone telephone user that the new e-mail has been received in the e-mail server; When the new e-mail is received at the e-mail server, analyzing the header information of the currently received e-mail to confirm the e-mail account of the recipient; Searching the database to examine the extension number of the key-phone telephone user corresponding to the e-mail account of the person who will receive the e-mail; Transmitting a predetermined e-mail reception report packet including information on the extension number of the key-phone telephone user and the number of received e-mails to the key phone system through a TCP / IP network; Analyzing the e-mail reception report packet and notifying the received information of the new e-mail to the confirmed extension number of the key-phone telephone user. delete delete The method of claim 4, wherein The e-mail reception report packet, the e-mail confirmation method using a key phone system, characterized in that further comprising at least one of the information on the transmission date, the subject, the sender's e-mail account of the received e-mail, The method of claim 4, wherein The step of notifying the reception information of the e-mail includes the steps of analyzing the e-mail reception report packet and transmitting a predetermined LCD command for notifying the reception information of the new e-mail to the confirmed telephone number of the telephone telephone user; And displaying the received information of the new e-mail on the LCD of the key phone. The method of claim 4 or 8, The received information of the e-mail includes at least one of a number of new e-mails, a date and time of transmission, a subject, and information on an e-mail account of a sender.