KR100466436B1 - System and Method for converting and transmitting data - Google Patents

Abstract

A wired / wireless terminal client, a wired server connected by a wired terminal client, a wireless server connected by a wireless terminal client, a data server and a data conversion / transmission server shared by the wired and wireless servers, and the data server Input form DB for storing an input form for receiving information from the wired / wireless terminal client for providing information, an input information DB for storing information provided through the input form, a member information DB for storing user information provided at member registration, and registration It includes a wireless terminal information DB that stores the mobile standard and platform information of the wireless terminal used by the registered member, wired and wireless server is registered by the user who wants to provide information or use the information as a member to store and manage in the member information DB Membership management module; An authentication module for authenticating whether a user connected to a wired or wireless server is a registered member; An information input management module for extracting and providing an appropriate input form from the input form DB at the request of the information providing wired and wireless terminal client, and storing the information provided from the information providing wired and wireless terminal client in the input information DB; Controls the mutual operation of each module and controls the data conversion / transmission server to store the information provided from the information providing wired / wireless terminal client in the input information DB or to extract the data conversion / transmission server at the request of the information-enabled wired / wireless terminal client. It includes a control module for converting to suit the information-enabled wired and wireless terminal client and transmits it to the information-enabled wired and wireless terminal client, and the data conversion / transmission server, if the information input management module transmits the information provided from the information providing wired and wireless terminal client A data conversion / transmission system that stores information in a DB and converts the stored information into a format suitable for the standard (protocol) and platform of the information use wired / wireless terminal client when a request for information use is received from the information use wired / wireless terminal client is started. do.

Description

System and Method for converting and transmitting data

The present invention relates to a data conversion / transmission system and method, and more particularly, when an information provider inputs information through a wired or wireless terminal device using an input form provided by an operation server, the information input from the operation server is wireless or not. The present invention relates to a data conversion / transmission system and method for providing desired information to users of various types of wired and wireless terminal devices by using a single input form by converting the data into a form suitable for being provided to the wired terminal device.

As the spread of computers spreads, the number of Internet users is increasing explosively and various information related to politics, economy, society, education and culture is provided to Internet users through the Internet.

However, since the information provided by the Internet is provided by the information provider and posted on a specific website, Internet users who do not know the address of the website must use a search engine to obtain the information and the desired information from the search results. There is a hassle to find again. In order to solve this problem, a variety of information may be provided in real time using a messenger program linked with a web server. However, in order to obtain the provided information, a computer system that can be connected to a web server should be provided.

Meanwhile, wireless terminals such as mobile phones and wireless PDAs are widely used as a means of receiving various information in one direction. Wireless terminals have the advantage of being able to send and receive information quickly without being restricted by time and place. Moreover, with the development of technology, it is possible to send and receive voice messages, text messages and videos using wireless terminals, so the basic functions of making voice calls between subscribers are naturally implemented. The same various information as, for example, information such as weather, biorhythms, sports or stocks is provided as additional information.

In the above description, the user is provided with information, but the information provider who provides the information may provide the information through the Internet or the wireless terminal. In particular, the method of providing information by using a wireless terminal has an advantage that the information can be provided in real time even in an area where Internet resources are not established, for example, an island, a mountainous area, or an island area.

As such, the information collected from the information providers must be quickly provided to the user in real time to increase the efficiency of the information. However, there is a problem in that information collected through a wired network including a computer system and the Internet and information collected through a wireless terminal and a wireless network are difficult to be used by the other party because of different formats.

In addition, there is a problem that the information collected through the wireless network cannot be shared according to the type and platform of the wireless terminal.

As a result, information collected separately through wired and wireless networks need to be provided converted from each other.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a data conversion / transmission system and method capable of automatically converting various pieces of information collected through wired and wireless networks into a format applied to each type of terminal device or platform. It is.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a data conversion / transmission system and method for collecting information by applying one input form in common regardless of a terminal device.

Other objects of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the embodiments described below.

1 is a block diagram showing a network configuration to which the data conversion / transmission system according to the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an operation server according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing information using the data conversion / transmission system of the present invention.

4A to 4C illustrate examples of an input form used for providing information.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of converting / transmitting data using the data conversion / transmission system of the present invention.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, a wired / wireless terminal client, a wired server connected by a wired terminal client, a wireless server connected by a wireless terminal client, a data server and data conversion shared by the wired and wireless server And a transmission server, wherein the data server includes an input form DB for storing an input form for receiving information from an information providing wired / wireless terminal client, an input information DB for storing information provided through the input form, and a member provided at member registration. It includes a member information DB in which user information is stored and a wireless terminal information DB in which mobile standards and platform information of a wireless terminal used by registered members are stored, and wired and wireless servers are members who want to provide information or use information as members. Member management module for receiving registration and storing in the member information DB; An authentication module for authenticating whether a user connected to a wired or wireless server is a registered member; An information input management module for extracting and providing an appropriate input form from the input form DB at the request of the information providing wired and wireless terminal client, and storing the information provided from the information providing wired and wireless terminal client in the input information DB; Controls the mutual operation of each module and controls the data conversion / transmission server to store the information provided from the information providing wired / wireless terminal client in the input information DB or to extract the data conversion / transmission server at the request of the information-enabled wired / wireless terminal client. It includes a control module for converting to suit the information-enabled wired and wireless terminal client and transmits it to the information-enabled wired and wireless terminal client, and the data conversion / transmission server, if the information input management module transmits the information provided from the information providing wired and wireless terminal client A data conversion / transmission system that stores information in a DB and converts the stored information into a format suitable for the standard (protocol) and platform of the information use wired / wireless terminal client when a request for information use is received from the information use wired / wireless terminal client is started. do.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, a wired / wireless terminal client, a wired server connected by a wired terminal client, a wireless server connected by a wireless terminal client, a data server and data conversion shared by the wired and wireless server Applied to a data conversion / transmission system including a transmission / transmission server, the data server includes an input form DB for storing an input form for receiving information from an information providing wired / wireless terminal client, and input information for storing information provided through the input form. A wired / wireless terminal client which includes a DB, a member information DB storing user information provided when registering a member, and a wireless terminal information DB storing a mobile standard and platform information of a wireless terminal used by a registered member. Requested wired / wireless terminals in response to information provided at the request of Extracting and transmitting the input form applied to the client from the input form DB, and receiving the information through the input form and storing the input form in the input information DB; When the wired / wireless terminal client wishing to use the information is authenticated for requesting information, the wired / wireless server extracts the standard (protocol) and platform information of the terminal device corresponding to the information-use wired / wireless terminal client from the wireless terminal information DB to convert / transmit the data. Delivering to a server; Extracting the requested information from the input information DB by the data conversion / transmission server; Converting the request information extracted by the data conversion / transmission server into a format corresponding to the standard (protocol) and platform of the delivered terminal device; Disclosed is a data conversion / transmission method comprising transmitting the converted information to a connected terminal device.

Preferably, the input form includes URL information of the wired / wireless server.

In addition, the information provided from the information providing wired and wireless client may include local information to be provided.

Preferably, when there is no input form corresponding to the information provided from the information providing wired and wireless client, the information providing wired and wireless client analyzes the information to be input, generates an input form and stores it in the data server and at the same time provides the information providing wired and wireless terminal client To provide.

In addition, the information provided from the information providing wired and wireless terminal client is classified and stored according to the member, and classified according to the type of information or the region where the information is used and stored in the data server.

Preferably, the terminal device information of the wireless terminal client may further include current location information of the wireless terminal client.

Preferably, the format to be converted includes an HTML or XML format for a wired client and WML, HDML, WinCE or JAVA for a wireless client.

Preferably, when the terminal device information of the information-enabled wired / wireless terminal client is transmitted to the data conversion / transmission server, the method may further include determining whether to support the connected wired / wireless terminal client based on the terminal device information.

In addition, after receiving the information through the input form and storing it in the data server, an input list of the provided information is displayed, and may or may not provide a service of the information provided by the selection of the information providing wired / wireless terminal client.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a data conversion / transmission system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a network diagram showing a data conversion / transmission system for a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an operating server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wired terminal device 100 including a computer system and a wireless terminal 110 including a mobile phone, a wireless PDA and an IMT-2000 may be an information provider or an information user. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a description will be given based on a form in which information is provided from the computer system 100 and information is provided using the wireless terminal 110 and vice versa.

When the computer system 100 of the information provider requests an input form for providing information through the Internet 300 from the wire server 200, the wire server 200 sends a data conversion / transmission server 600 to the data provider. When the computer system 100 is connected, the input ID is provided to authenticate the extracted input form from the data server 700, and then received and transmitted to the computer system 100, and the information provider transmits the input. The information obtained using the form is processed and provided to the wired server 200, and the wired server 200 transmits the collected information to the data conversion / transmission server 600, and the data conversion / transmission server 600 does this. Stored in the data server 700.

Similarly, when the user requests the desired information from the wireless terminal 110 of the user through the mobile communication server server 400 through the wireless server 500, the wireless server 500 with the desired information to the data conversion / transmission server 600 After transmitting the connected wireless terminal information, the data conversion / transmission server 600 extracts desired information from the data server 700 after authenticating through the transmitted wireless terminal information, for example, a telephone number, and then accesses the data. When converted to suit the mobile standard (protocol) and platform of the wireless terminal is provided to the wireless server 500, the wireless server 500 transmits it to the wireless terminal (110).

In this case, the wired server 200 and the wireless server 500 are separated to distinguish the respective functions, and may be implemented in one operating server, and a data server may also be built in the operating server in the form of a database. . In addition, although the wired server, the wireless server, and the data server are illustrated in FIG. 1 so as to be separately connected to the Internet, they may be connected by dedicated lines.

2 shows the functional configuration and data flow of each of the wired server, wireless server, data conversion / transmission server and data server applied to the present invention.

The wired server 200 and the wireless server 500 are basically composed of modules implementing the same function, but the wireless server 500 further includes a wireless terminal information management module for managing wireless terminal information. Therefore, when integrated into the operation server without wired or wireless, each common function module is provided one by one.

The data server 700 includes wired and wireless input form DBs 710 and 710 ′, input information DB 720, member information DB 730, and wireless terminal information DB 740.

The input forms DB 710 and 720 store an input form as an input interface for facilitating provision of information by information providers. For example, as illustrated in FIGS. 4A to 4C, various forms of input forms are stored according to types of information input such as real estate, automobiles, job listings, or life information. The input form is managed as a separate database due to the device characteristics of the wired terminal device and the wireless terminal device. The input form includes URL information of a server to be connected.

The input information DB 720 stores information provided by the information provider through the input form. At this time, the inputted information is classified and stored according to the member, and also classified and stored according to the type of inputted information or the information usage area. In addition, the input information DB 218 may be stored together with the details of the information is delivered to the information user. The input information DB 218 stores text information and image information, and raw information that has not been converted in correspondence with each terminal device is stored.

In addition, the member information DB 730 is stored in the user information provided at the time of member registration, the member is registered in parallel with the role of the information provider or information user is not determined at the time of registration. The user information includes, for example, a member ID, a password, a name, a trade name, a telephone number of a wireless terminal, an address, a trade type, and the like.

In addition, the wireless terminal information DB 740 stores a mobile standard of a mobile terminal used by a registered member, for example, a phone number, a manufacturer, a size and color of a display window, a color tone, a ringtone chord, and the like. The wireless terminal information is scanned at the time of initial access after registering as a member and stored in connection with the member information DB using a phone number stored in the member information DB as an index key. In addition, the wireless terminal information DB 740 may optionally store the current position of the wireless terminal, the position information may be provided from a mobile communication company server or a location information provider using a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite.

The member management module 250 or 550 of the wired / wireless server receives a user who wants to provide information or uses information as a member and stores and manages it in the member information DB 730. At this time, the member ID and password from the registered member Enter the basic phone number and address of the wireless terminal.

The authentication module 540 authenticates whether the user connected to the wired server 200 or the wireless server 500 is a registered member. In the case of accessing from the wired server 200, the member ID and password inputted are compared with the member information DB 730. In the case of accessing from the wireless server 500, the wireless terminal provided from the mobile communication company server 400 is provided. It checks whether the registered member is compared with the member information DB 730 by using the telephone number among the information.

The information input management module 230, 530 extracts and provides an appropriate input form from the input form DB 710, 710 'at the request of the information provider, and uses the information provided by the information provider by member, type of information, or information use. Classified by region and stored in the input information DB (720). The input form can be prepared in advance according to various mobile standards or platforms and according to the type of information, and can be produced and provided later at the request of the information provider.

The wireless terminal management module 520 checks the wireless terminal information and stores the wireless terminal information in the wireless terminal information DB 740 when the wireless terminal 110 accesses the wireless server 500 via the mobile communication company server 400. . As described above, the mobile standard of the wireless terminal, for example, the phone number, the manufacturer, the size and color of the display window, whether the ringtone chords and other information and the platform is checked, optionally from the mobile carrier server or location information provider Can receive and store the current location of the terminal.

The control module (210, 510) controls the mutual operation of each module, and controls the data conversion / transmission server 600 to store the information provided from the information provider in the input information DB (720) or at the request of the information user The conversion / transmission server 600 converts the extracted information to the information user's terminal device and transmits the information to the information user.

The data conversion / transmission server 600 stores information in the input information DB 720 when the information input management module 230 or 530 transmits the information provided from the information provider, and the stored information may be simply text or an image. . In addition, the data conversion / transmission server 600 converts and stores the stored information into a format suitable for the terminal device of the information user when the information user requests a use of the information. The format to be converted may be, for example, HTML or XML for a wired terminal device, WML, HDML, WinCE, JAVA for a wireless terminal device. In particular, even in the wireless terminal device, the platform used in the mobile phone, the platform used in the wireless PDA, and the platform used in the IMT-2000 are different from each other.

The operation of the data conversion / transmission system of the present invention will be described in detail below.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing information using the data conversion / transmission system of the present invention, and FIGS. 4A to 4C are examples of input forms used for providing information.

The user who wants to provide the information or use the information registers as a member in advance, and the server-side member management modules 250 and 550 receive the user information and store it in the member information DB 730.

The information provider connects to the wired server 200 or the wireless server 500 using a computer system or a mobile phone to provide the processed information (step S302).

When the connection is made, the authentication module 240, 250 authenticates whether the connected user is a registered member (step S304). The connection from the computer system can use the entered member ID and password, and in the case of a mobile phone, can use the telephone number provided from the mobile communication company server 400.

In the case of not being a registered member, the registration procedure is performed (step S303), and upon being authenticated as a registered member, an input form corresponding to the type of information to be provided is requested. The information input management module 230 or 530 determines whether an input form required by the information provider exists (step S306), and if the input form does not exist, the information provider analyzes the information to be input and generates an input form. The information is stored in the input form DB (710, 710 ') and provided to the information provider (step S307).

On the other hand, if an input form exists, the input form corresponding to the connected computer system or mobile phone is extracted from the input forms DB 710 and 710 'with reference to the type of information to be provided to the information provider (step) S308). The input form provided contains the URL information of the wired or wireless server to be connected.

The information provider provides the processed information using the transmitted input form, and the server-side control modules 210 and 510 control the data conversion / transmission server 600 to store the input information in the input information DB 720. (Step S309).

In the case of providing information, it is possible to limit the information provided locally by including the information use area so that it can be practically helpful.

Referring to FIG. 4A, in case of providing information on real estate sale, the relationship such as area or location, sale or charter, number of houses, period and contact information of the information provider are described. In addition, as shown in Figure 4b, when providing information about job opening / job search, it is possible to describe the relationship, such as area, job, job or part-time job, time zone, occupation, location and contact information of the information provider. Referring to FIG. 4C, as a case of providing information about a vehicle, a region, a manufacturer, a price, and a contact information of an information provider are input. In addition, if the information provider has a homepage can be provided separately by entering the URL of the homepage.

In addition, when storing the input information, the information may be classified and stored according to the members, and the information may be classified and stored according to the type of the input information or the information usage area.

If the storage is made automatically, an input list of information provided by the information provider is displayed, and the information provider selects a mode of providing or completing service provision for the desired item information from the displayed input list. (Step S310).

It is determined whether the selected mode is service provision (step S311). In the case of service provision, the information provided when the general user accesses the server is displayed (step S312), and the information when the general user accesses the server when the service is completed. Is not displayed (step S313).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of using information using the data conversion / transmission system of the present invention.

The information user accesses the wired server 200 or the wireless server 500 using a computer system or a mobile phone in order to use the processed information (step S502).

When the connection is made, the authentication module 240, 250 authenticates whether the connected user is a registered member (step S503). The connection from the computer system can use the entered member ID and password, and in the case of a mobile phone, can use the telephone number provided from the mobile communication company server 400.

If not a registered member performs the registration procedure (step S504), if authenticated as a registered member, the control module 510 transmits the terminal device information of the connected terminal device to the data conversion / transmission server 600 (step S505). In other words, in case of a request from a computer system, the member ID is transmitted, and in the case of a mobile phone, the mobile standard of the wireless terminal, for example, a telephone number, a manufacturer, a size and color of a display window, a ringing chord, etc. To pass. Preferably, in the case of a mobile phone, the current location information and the gender of the mobile phone user may be delivered together.

In addition, the wireless terminal management module 520 of the wireless server 500 receives the mobile standard and platform from the control module and stores it in the wireless terminal information DB 740.

The data conversion / transmission server 600 determines whether the device is a supported device by referring to the terminal device information (step S506) and transmits a warning message indicating that the terminal device does not support it (step S507). In the case of the terminal device, the information request is accepted (step S508).

The data conversion / transmission server 600 determines whether there is information that matches the type of the transmitted information (step S509), and if there is no information, determines whether to search again (step S510) and wants to search again. If not, a message is sent that there is no data (step S511). On the other hand, if there is information, the corresponding information is extracted from the input information DB 720 (step S512). For example, if the information user wants job / job information limited to the Seoul area, the data conversion / transmission server 600 receives information related to “job / job” from the information limited to “Seoul” in the provided information. Will be extracted. In addition, preferably, when accessing the mobile phone, the filtered information may be provided to the corresponding region by referring to the location information of the current mobile phone. In other words, it is possible to provide limited information in the "Slimlim-dong" area where the current user is located among job / job information limited to the Seoul area, so that the information user can receive more practical information.

The data conversion / transmission server 600 converts the extracted information into a format corresponding to the information of the connected terminal device (step S513). For example, the information may be provided in the form of HTML or XML when connected through a computer system, and in the form of WML for a mobile phone, HDML, WinCE, or JAVA for a PDA.

Subsequently, the control modules 210 and 510 transmit the converted information to the connected terminal device (step S514).

Preferably, after providing the information, the content of the provided information and the details of the information user may be stored in the input information DB 720 and used as the billing data.

The user may output the information transmitted and displayed on the display of the terminal apparatus offline as necessary (step S515).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be beyond the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the data conversion and transmission system for a wireless terminal of the present invention, information can be conveniently received and stored using a single input form from a wired terminal device or a wireless terminal device.

In addition, even if a wired terminal device or a wireless terminal device is connected to use the stored information, there is an advantage in that the stored information is converted and provided appropriately to the connected terminal device so that the hardware is not restricted by the connection.

In addition, if the information provider provides the information, it can limit the area to receive the information, so that the information provider can limit the area to promote, and the information user can obtain practical information without a separate search. There is an advantage to that.

In addition, in the case of acquiring information by accessing using a wireless terminal, there is an advantage in that realistic information related to the current location can be quickly obtained by providing the current location.

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delete delete delete delete A wired / wireless terminal client, a wired server connected by the wired terminal client, a wireless server connected by the wireless terminal client, a data server and a data conversion / transmission server shared by the wired and wireless server, The data server stores an input form DB for storing an input form for receiving information from an information providing wired / wireless terminal client, an input information DB for storing information provided through the input form, and user information provided at member registration. It includes a member information DB and a wireless terminal information DB that stores the mobile standard and platform information of the wireless terminal used by registered members, The wired and wireless server includes a member management module that registers a user who wants to provide information or uses the information as a member and stores the member information in the member information DB; An authentication module for authenticating whether a user connected to the wired or wireless server is a registered member; An information input management module for extracting and providing an appropriate input form from the input form DB at the request of the information providing wired / wireless terminal client and storing the information provided from the information providing wired / wireless terminal client in the input information DB; The data conversion / transmission server controls the mutual operation of each module, and controls the data conversion / transmission server to store information provided from an information provision wire / wireless terminal client in the input information DB or at the request of the information usage wire / wireless terminal client. And a control module for converting the extracted information to the information-enabled wired / wireless terminal client and transmitting the information to the information-enabled wired / wireless terminal client. The data conversion / transmission server stores the information provided from the information providing wired / wireless terminal client in the input information DB when the information input management module transmits the information, and if there is a request for information use from the information using wired / wireless terminal client, Data conversion / transmission system characterized in that the stored information is converted into a format suitable for the standard (protocol) and platform of the information use wired or wireless terminal client. Data including a wired / wireless terminal client, a wired server connected by the wired terminal client, a wireless server connected by the wireless terminal client, a data server and a data conversion / transmission server shared by the wired and wireless servers. Applied to the conversion / transmission system, The data server stores an input form DB for storing an input form for receiving information from an information providing wired / wireless terminal client, an input information DB for storing information provided through the input form, and user information provided at member registration. It includes a member information DB and a wireless terminal information DB that stores the mobile standard and platform information of the wireless terminal used by registered members, In response to the information provided by the wired / wireless terminal client to provide information, an input form applied to the requested wired / wireless terminal client is extracted from the input form DB and transmitted, and the information is received through the input form to receive the input information DB. Storing in; When the wired / wireless terminal client intending to use the information is authenticated for information request, the wired / wireless server extracts the standard (protocol) and platform information of the terminal device corresponding to the information-enabled wired / wireless terminal client from the wireless terminal information DB. Delivering to a data conversion / transmission server; The data conversion / transmission server extracting the requested information from the input information DB; Converting the extracted request information by the data conversion / transmission server into a format corresponding to the standard (protocol) and platform of the transmitted terminal device; And transmitting the converted information to a connected terminal device. The data conversion / transmission method of claim 6, wherein the input form includes URL information of the wired / wireless server. The method of claim 6, wherein the information provided from the information providing wired / wireless terminal client includes local information to be provided with the information. The method of claim 6, wherein when there is no input form corresponding to information provided from the information providing wired / wireless terminal client, the information providing wired / wireless terminal client analyzes information to be input, generates an input form, and stores the input form in the data server. And at the same time providing the information to the wired / wireless terminal client. 7. The data conversion / transmission method of claim 6, wherein the information provided from the information providing wired / wireless terminal client is classified and stored according to a member and classified according to the type of information or region of use of the information and stored in the data server. Way. delete delete The method of claim 6, wherein the converted format includes HTML or XML format for a wired terminal client and WML, HDML, WinCE, or JAVA for a wireless terminal client. The method of claim 6, further comprising: determining whether to support the connected wired / wireless terminal client based on the terminal device information when the terminal device information of the information-enabled wired / wireless terminal client is transmitted to the data conversion / transmission server. Data conversion / transmission method further comprises. The method of claim 6, wherein after receiving the information through the input form and storing the information in the data server, an input list of the provided information is displayed, and the service of the provided information is provided by selection of the information providing wired / wireless terminal client. Data conversion / transmission method, characterized in that or not provided.