KR100459783B1 - A Cyber Mobile Phone System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides customers with a unique cyber phone number and provides a mobile phone text service using the avatar between the customers through the cyber phone number, and calls the cyber phone number of another customer through the cyber phone number on the customer's mobile phone. The present invention relates to a cyber cell phone system that enables a call.

The cyber cell phone system according to the present invention includes a network interface unit 110 for transmitting and receiving data to and from a customer computer 200 and a mobile switching center 400, and a customer's actual mobile phone from the customer computer 200. By the member management unit 120 and customer computer 200 to receive the customer information including the number to provide a member code containing the member's unique cyber phone number and to register and manage the member information in the database unit 180, Server comprising a message transmitter 130 for transmitting the message to the recipient's actual mobile phone corresponding to the cyber phone number that the customer wishes to transmit, and a central controller 170 for controlling and managing the respective parts In the system 100, the member manager 120 is a cyber hugh that enables data transmission and reception between the customer computer 200 and the server system 100. Withdrawal from the database unit 180 according to the request of the member authenticated customer and sent to the customer computer 200, the message transmitter 130 is a customer from the cyber mobile phone program installed in the customer computer 200 Receives the outgoing message of the recipient and the recipient's cyber phone number, and transmits the outgoing message to the actual mobile phone of the recipient corresponding to the recipient's cyber phone number, by setting the caller's cyber phone number identified during membership authentication as the calling number Characterized in that the transmission to the actual mobile phone of the receiver.

Description

A Cyber Mobile Phone System

The present invention relates to a cyber mobile phone system, and more particularly, provides a unique cyber phone number to customers, and provides a mobile phone text service using avatars between customers through the cyber phone number, and a cyber phone to a customer's mobile phone. The present invention relates to a cyber mobile phone system that allows a telephone call to another customer's cyber phone number through a number.

The development of transportation and communication expanded the conventional limited social activities, which were constrained by time and space, and provided the acceleration of the development of modern society. In particular, communication technology is one of the key technologies to advance the modern information society by allowing information to be exchanged and shared between the parties across time and space.

Among these communication means, a telephone is one of the most widely used communication means up to now, and the telephone has been developed from a landline telephone using a landline (a general telephone) to a mobile telephone using a radio wave (mobile telephone).

Mobile phones are provided to send and receive text messages as well as voice calls with the other party, and in recent years, mobile communication networks are linked with the Internet network to provide a variety of additional services, for example, a computer connected to the Internet network. The user can perform a voice call with the mobile phone or send a text message, or can transmit image data such as a video.

On the other hand, in order to send a text message to the other party's mobile phone through such a computer or mobile phone, the mobile phone number of the other party must be known in advance, and the mobile phone number must be input when the text message is transmitted. In addition, when requesting a phone call with the other party, the other party's mobile phone number must be entered and his / her mobile phone number is exposed to the other party through caller ID.

Therefore, a user who wants to receive a phone call or a text message must disclose his / her actual mobile phone number to the other party, and a user who wants to send a phone call or a text message also has his / her real mobile phone number disclosed, so that user's personal information is unspecified. There was a problem indiscriminately exposed to many.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problem of information exposure that occurs when using the conventional mobile phone, the object of the present invention is to send a text message to the other party to the cyber telephone number, when sending a text message online The present invention provides a cyber mobile phone system that can identify a user by attaching an avatar set as his alter ego on the screen.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cyber cell phone system that allows a telephone call to be made between a real cell phone using a cyber phone number of a sender and a receiver.

A cyber cell phone system according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a network interface unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from a customer computer and a mobile switching center, and a customer's actual cell phone number from the customer computer. The member management unit that registers and provides the member code including the member's own cyber phone number, registers and manages the member information in the database, and the cyber phone that the customer wishes to send a message sent by the customer's computer. A server system comprising a message transmitting unit for transmitting to a real mobile phone of a receiver corresponding to a number, and a central control unit for controlling and managing the units, wherein the member management unit enables data transmission and reception between a client computer and a server system. Cyber phone program Withdrawal from the database unit to the customer computer according to the request of the member authenticated customer, and the member management unit is provided on the customer computer to provide a cyber mobile phone program to the customer computer driven to transmit and receive data with the server system, The message transmitter receives the customer's outgoing message and the recipient's cyber phone number from the cyber mobile phone program installed in the customer's computer, transmits the outgoing message to the actual mobile phone of the recipient corresponding to the cyber phone number of the receiver, and authenticates the member. Set the caller's cyber phone number identified as the caller's number and send it to the receiver's mobile phone.

The server system includes a calling number identification unit for recognizing the real mobile phone number of the customer when the registered member customer accesses the server system through a real mobile phone, and a customer who accesses the server system through the real mobile phone. When requesting a call by inputting a cyber phone number of a desired person, a receiving number caller which receives the actual mobile phone number of the receiver corresponding to the receiver's cyber phone number from the central control unit and requests a mobile phone exchange connection to the mobile telephone exchange station is further provided. It is provided.

In the database unit, an avatar that a customer can select and combine each component unit is registered and provided to the customer computer. The message transmitter attaches the avatar set by the customer to an outgoing message and transmits the avatar to the actual mobile phone of the receiver.

In addition, the reception number calling unit sets the calling party's calling number requesting a message or a telephone call to the calling party's cyber phone number and transmits the message to the actual mobile phone of the called party.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a cyber cell phone system according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a cyber cell phone system according to the present invention.

3 shows an example of a member information registration table of a customer registered in a database unit of a cyber cell phone system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a customer registers to a cyber cellular phone system through a customer computer according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a text message to a receiver's mobile phone via a cyber mobile phone system using a customer computer according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of requesting a telephone call to a receiver's cellular phone via a cyber cellular system using a cellular phone according to the present invention.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

100: server system 110: network interface unit

120: member management unit 130: message transmission unit

140: caller ID recognizer 150: caller ID caller

160: charge processing unit 170: central control unit

180: database unit 200: customer computer

300: gateway 400: mobile telephone switching center

410: mobile phone

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

1 is an overall network configuration of a cyber cell phone system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cyber cell phone system according to the present invention is connected to the gateway 300 and the mobile telephone switching center 400 through the Internet network, and provides a cyber cell phone service to customers who use the cell phone 410. It is a server system 100 that provides. The mobile telephone switching center 400 connected to the server system 100 is connected to the mobile telephone 410 through a mobile communication network, which controls and manages the mobile telephone call between the sender and the receiver.

The mobile telephone switching center 400 is connected to the Internet network through the gateway 300. The gateway 300 connects the Internet network and the mobile communication network to transmit data by modifying the data format. Serves to make this possible. Therefore, the server system 100 of the present invention can transmit and receive data with the mobile switching center 400 through the gateway 300.

In addition, a customer computer 200 used by mobile phone users is connected to the Internet network. The customer computer 200 is provided with a network interface to access the Internet network, and checks a web page provided by the server system 100. A conventional personal computer equipped with a web browser.

2 is a block diagram of a server system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server system 100 of the present invention includes a network interface unit 110 for establishing a network with an Internet network, a member manager 120 for managing member information of a customer, and a customer portable. In the case of accessing the server system 100 by telephone, the caller ID unit 140 for recognizing the mobile phone number of the customer, the message transmitter 130 for transmitting the text message requested by the customer to the receiver mobile phone, and the customer Receiving number call unit 150 for connecting a communication line with a receiving mobile phone requesting a telephone call, a database unit 180 for storing cyber mobile phone programs and various data provided to customers, and managing the above components And a central control unit 170 for controlling.

The network interface unit 110 is a communication device for performing communication with the gateway 300 and the mobile switching center 400 through the Internet network, and includes a hardware device such as a LAN card and internet communication software such as a web server. In addition, the network interface unit 110 can communicate with the customer computer 200 through the Internet network.

The member manager 120 performs member registration by receiving personal information from a customer who actually uses a mobile phone, assigns a member code according to member registration, and then performs member authentication through the member code. It is preferable that the member code given to a customer who registers according to the present invention consists of a member's own cyber phone number and password. In addition, the member management unit 120 provides the customer with an avatar registered in the database unit 180 so that the customer can directly select or combine an avatar to be used as his own personality according to the member registration of the customer, and the database unit 180. By providing the cyber cell phone program registered to the customer computer 20, the customer can be connected to the server system 100 through the cyber cell phone program to receive the service.

The message transmitter 130 transmits the text message input by the customer to the actual mobile phone of the receiver through the cyber mobile phone program installed in the customer computer 200. When the customer enters the cyber phone number of the recipient who wants to write and send a text message through the cyber mobile phone program installed in the customer computer 200 or selects one of the registered customers and selects the transmission, the central control unit 170 ) Withdraws the actual mobile phone number corresponding to the recipient's cyber phone number from the database unit 180 and transmits it to the message transmitter 130, and the message transmitter 130 transmits the message content to the receiver's mobile phone number. do. At this time, the message transmitter 130 displays the caller's caller's number as a cyber telephone number and transmits the caller's customer's avatar to the text message so that the receiver can check the identity of the caller's customer through the avatar.

The caller ID recognition unit 140 recognizes the mobile phone number of the customer and performs member authentication of the customer when the registered customer accesses the server system 100 using a real mobile phone rather than a cyber mobile phone program. The service of the server system 100 can also be used through this mobile phone. At this time, the member authentication of the customer is made by drawing and comparing the member information of the customer registered in the database unit 180 under the control of the central control unit 170.

The receiving number calling unit 150 serves to connect the customer's mobile phone with the customer when the customer wants to make a phone call with another customer after accessing the server system 100 using the mobile phone. . The customer attempts to make a call by calling the recipient's cyber phone number through his mobile phone. The central control unit 170 withdraws the real mobile phone number corresponding to the recipient's cyber phone number from the database unit 180. The receiving number calling unit 150 is transmitted, and the receiving number calling unit 150 requests the mobile switching center 400 to make a call connection with the receiver mobile phone number. At this time, the reception number calling unit 150 transmits the caller's telephone number to the caller's customer's cyber phone number, so that the caller's customer's cyberphone number is displayed as the caller's phone number on the receiver's mobile phone.

The database unit 180 registers a cyber cell phone program provided to the customer, and member information and avatar information of the customer.

The cyber mobile phone program is provided to the customer computer 200 through the member management unit 120 so that the customer can download through the Internet network, installed on the customer computer 200 and then transmitting and receiving data with the server system 100 This cyber mobile phone program provides the customer computer 200 with an interface of a graphical user interface (GUI) environment.

Avatar registered in the database unit 180 is produced in a variety of samples so that customers can choose as their alter ego, and the customer can create a new avatar by selecting and combining each component of the avatar, for example, hair, clothes, etc. Provided to help.

In the member information of the database unit 180, the customer's name, password, customer's real mobile phone number, social security number, e-mail address, etc. are directly inputted and registered by the customer, and various avatars selected and completed by the customer are registered. A unique cyber phone number is assigned according to the customer's membership registration. Figure 3 shows an example of the customer's account information registration table registered in the database unit 180, which includes the customer's name, cyber phone number, password, actual mobile phone number, avatar, e-mail address, etc. Is registered.

In addition to the above configuration, the server system 100 of the present invention may be further provided with a charge processing unit 160 for calculating and imposing a charge according to a customer's use of a text message and a telephone call using a cyber telephone number.

Hereinafter, a process of operating the cyber cell phone system according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a member registration by a customer who wants to use a cyber cellular service provided by a server system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Prior to the description, a computer of a customer who wants to use the cyber mobile phone service is provided with a web browser and is connected to the Internet through a network interface.

Step S111: The customer computer 200 connected to the Internet network accesses a website operated by the server system 100.

Step S211: The server system 100 provides a guide page of the cyber cellular service according to the present invention to the customer computer 200 accessing the website.

Step S112: The customer who confirms the service guide page provided by the server system 100 through the web browser of the customer computer 200 selects the member registration page in order to use the cyber cell phone service.

Step S212: The server system 100 provides the customer computer 200 with a member registration page provided with a member information input window so that the customer can register.

Step S113: The customer inputs the member information in the input window of the member registration page which is transmitted through the server system 100 and displayed in the web browser of the customer computer 200. The member registration page is provided with an input window through which personal information such as a member's name, real mobile phone number, password, social security number, and e-mail address can be input.

Step S213: The server system 100 includes a sample avatar set so that the customer can set an avatar to be used as his alter ego, and an avatar setting page that allows the customer to directly set a new avatar by combining each component. 200).

Step S114: The customer who inputs the member information sets his or her avatar. The avatar may be set by selecting any one of various avatars provided by the server system 100. When there is no avatar suitable for the user, the avatar may be selected and combined with each other to set a new avatar.

Step S214: The server system 100 assigns a cyber telephone number for the customer to use in cyberspace according to the member information transmitted from the customer computer 200. This cyber phone number is a unique number provided to the customer and is used in place of the customer's actual mobile phone number.

Step S215: The member information transmitted from the customer computer 200 and the telephone number assigned to the customer are registered in the database unit 180.

Step S115: After the member registration of the customer is completed, the server system 100 provides the registered member information to the customer computer 200, through which the customer checks his member information and the cyber telephone number.

Step S215: The server system 100 provides a downloadable cyber cell phone program so that a customer who has completed membership registration can use the cyber cell phone service.

Step S116: The customer who has completed membership registration downloads the cyber mobile phone program provided by the server system 100.

Step S117: The customer installs and installs the cyber cell phone program downloaded from the server system 100 in the customer computer 200, thereby completing preparation for use of the cyber cell phone service.

Hereinafter, a process of transmitting a text message to a counterpart member through a cyber cell phone program will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The customer who wants to use the cyber mobile phone service according to the present invention should know in advance the cyber phone number of the counterpart who has already completed membership registration.

Step S121: First, a customer wishing to send a text message runs a cyber cell phone program installed in his computer. The cyber cell phone program can be executed at the time of booting of the computer or by user's choice like a normal instant messenger.

Step S122: The customer who executes the cyber cell phone program inputs a member code, that is, his / her cyber phone number and password, to the server system 100 for member authentication.

Step S221: The server system 100 receiving the member code transmitted from the cyber cell phone program of the customer computer 200 retrieves the member information registered in the database unit 180 and performs member authentication of the corresponding customer.

Step S123: The customer who has performed member authentication selects a text message transmission service provided by the cyber cell phone program.

Step S124: The customer inputs text to be delivered to the other party in a text message input window. At the end of this problem message, the customer's set avatar is automatically attached.

Step S125: The customer inputs a cyber phone number of the other party to receive the text message or selects a recipient from a pre-registered customer list and selects the text message transmission.

Step S222: The server system 100 that has received the sender's cyber phone number and text message and the recipient cyber phone number transmitted from the cyber mobile phone program of the customer computer 200 has the recipient cyber phone number registered in the database unit 180. Withdraw the recipient's cell phone number that matches.

Step S223: The server system 100 confirming the actual mobile phone number of the recipient transmits a text message to the actual mobile phone of the recipient. This problem message is transmitted to the customer's mobile phone through the gateway 300 and the mobile switching center 400.

Step S321: The text message transmitted from the server system 100 is displayed on the receiver's cellular phone. At this time, the text message displayed on the receiver's mobile phone is attached to the sender's avatar, and the calling number is displayed on the caller's cyber telephone number so that the receiver can verify the identity of the sender.

Step S126: The customer who sent the text message ends the text message transmission by confirming the completion indication of the text message sent from the server system 100.

Hereinafter, a process of requesting a telephone call to the other party's cyber telephone number by using the mobile phone of the customer who completed the member registration process will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

Step S131: The customer accesses the server system 100 through his mobile phone. At this time, the customer using the mobile phone should know the telephone number or the Internet address corresponding to the server system 100 in advance, through which the data transmission and reception between the mobile phone and the server system 100.

Step S231: The server system 100 connected to the customer's mobile phone recognizes the customer's mobile phone number through the caller ID 140.

Step S232: The server system 100 performs member authentication by withdrawing the member information of the customer registered in the database unit 180 through the recognized customer's mobile phone number. That is, the server system 100 checks the identity of the corresponding customer by withdrawing the cyber telephone number of the customer corresponding to the actual mobile phone of the customer, and if there is no member information corresponding to the mobile phone number in the database unit 180. If you do it will be sent to the mobile phone to guide the membership registration.

Step S132: The customer who has performed the membership authentication requests the telephone call by pressing the recipient's cyber telephone number on the mobile phone. At this point, the customer must know the recipient's cyber phone number in advance.

Step S234: The server system 100 receiving the telephone call request with the receiver searches the database unit 180 to retrieve the actual mobile telephone number of the receiver corresponding to the cyber telephone number of the receiver. If there is no member information of the receiver corresponding to the receiver cyber telephone number in the database unit 180, it is transmitted to the corresponding sender mobile phone.

Step S235: The server system 100, which retrieves the actual mobile phone number of the receiver by searching the database unit 180, requests the caller and the receiver to make a telephone call to the mobile switching center 400 through the gateway 300. The mobile telephone exchange 400 connects the call of the caller and the receiver cell so that a telephone call can be carried out between the caller cell and the receiver cell. At this time, the server system transmits the caller's mobile phone number to the cyber phone number so that the caller's cyber phone number is displayed on the receiver's mobile phone as the calling number.

Step S133, S331: The calling party's mobile phone and the recipient's mobile phone to which the call is connected perform a telephone call.

As described above, the registered customer may use the text message service provided by the server system 100 through the cyber mobile phone program, and request a telephone call to the actual mobile phone of the receiver through the cyber phone number. In the above process, the charge processing unit 160 of the server system 100 may calculate the usage fee according to the use of the customer's cyber mobile phone service, and may charge the customer for the corresponding cost or the cost.

The above-described cyber cell phone system of the present invention may be added with various functions in addition to the above-described functions. For example, if a customer specified by a customer runs a cyber cell phone program, it can be displayed on the customer's cell phone, and the user's cell phone can send a text message using the cyber phone number to the other's cell phone. Function can be given.

Accordingly, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and equivalents within the equivalent scope of the technical spirit of the present invention and the claims to be described below by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, variations are possible.

As described above, the cyber mobile phone system according to the present invention can transmit a text message through the cyber phone number of the registered customer can prevent unnecessary information leakage of the member, and the sender's avatar when sending the text message Attachment has the effect of indirectly verifying the identity of the sender.

In addition, it is possible to perform a telephone call between the actual mobile phone through the cyber telephone number, and the caller indication is displayed as a cyber telephone number, thereby preventing the leakage of the actual information between members, but also has the effect of enabling a mutual telephone call.

Claims (4)

Network interface unit 110 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the customer computer 200 and the mobile telephone exchange station 400 through the network, and receives the customer information including the actual mobile phone number of the customer from the customer computer 200 The customer wants to send a message sent by the member management unit 120 and the customer computer 200, which provides a member code including a member's own cyber telephone number and registers and manages the member information in the database unit 180. In the server system 100 comprising a message transmitter 130 for transmitting to the actual mobile phone of the receiver corresponding to the cyber telephone number to be inputted, and a central controller 170 for controlling and managing the respective units, The member management unit 120 withdraws the cyber mobile phone program that enables data transmission and reception between the customer computer 200 and the server system 100 from the database unit 180 according to a request of a member authenticated customer. 200), The message transmitter 130 receives the customer's outgoing message and the recipient's cyber phone number from the cyber mobile phone program installed in the customer computer 200 and transmits the message to the actual mobile phone of the receiver corresponding to the cyber phone number of the receiver. A cyber mobile phone system, characterized in that for transmitting a message and setting the sender's cyber phone number identified at the time of membership authentication as the calling number and transmitting the message to the actual mobile phone of the receiver. The method of claim 1, wherein the server system 100 When the registered customer accesses the server system 100 through the real mobile phone, the calling number recognition unit 140 for recognizing the real mobile phone number of the customer; When a customer who accesses the server system 100 through the real mobile phone requests a call by inputting a cyber phone number of a receiving party, the mobile terminal of the receiver corresponding to the receiver's cyber phone number is received from the central controller 170. Receiving a phone number is a cyber cell phone system, characterized in that the receiving number calling unit 150 is further provided for requesting a telephone call connection to the mobile switching center (400). The method of claim 1, The database unit 180 is provided with an avatar that the customer can select and combine each component unit is provided to the customer computer 200, The message transmitter 130 attaches the avatar set by the customer to the outgoing message and transmits the message to the actual mobile phone of the receiver. The method of claim 2, The reception number calling unit 150 sets the calling party's calling number requesting a message or a telephone call as the calling party's cyber phone number, and transmits it to the actual mobile phone of the called party.