KR100488477B1 - A message transfer method using electronic stamps - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for transmitting a message to a counterpart using an electronic stamp. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: a service provider issuing a plurality of electronic stamps each containing one independent letter (hereinafter referred to as 'alphabet'), wherein the published electronic stamp is sent to a service provider's website (hereinafter referred to as "stampline"). Step of providing a mailing line for the netizen to visit the stampline, selecting a type of mail to be sent, and dragging and dropping a desired letter among the e-mails provided by the service provider to the envelope of the selected mail. Composing a predetermined message using a stamp attached to an envelope, writing an e-mail address of a recipient in an envelope after completing the message, determining whether to send a gift after filling in the address, and sending a gift. Requesting the service provider to send the mail if it decides not to, Accordingly, the service provider creates a personal mailbox in the name of the person designated by the netizens (hereinafter referred to as the "recipient"), puts it there, and uses the e-mail address to receive the mail containing the authentication key valid for a predetermined time. Notifying, in response to the notification, the recipient accesses a stampline and receives mail in a personal mailbox through a recipient authentication process; if the user decides to send a gift, pressing a gift button to move to a gift page; Selecting a type of gift, checking whether the selected gift is a cyber gift, and if the result of the verification is a cyber gift, the service provider creates a personal mailbox under the recipient's name of the stampline and transmits it to the recipient. Enclose a valid authentication key for a certain time Notifying that there are mails and gifts that have arrived and the recipients access the stampline and receive the mails and gifts from their personal mailboxes through a recipient authentication process according to the notification, and if the selected gift is a real gift, the service provider Sending mail and gifts to the recipient's mailing address, creating a personal mailbox in the recipient's name on the stampline, sending mail there, and notifying the recipient that the mail has arrived with a valid authentication key for a predetermined time; and According to the notification, the recipient may access the stampline, receive the mail from the personal mailbox through the recipient authentication process, and then receive the actual gift and the printed mail from the service provider.

Description

A message transfer method using electronic stamps}

The present invention discloses a message transmission method and system using an electronic postage stamp. In particular, the present invention relates to a technology and a business method for sending a birthday card, Christmas card, New Year's card, postcard, letter, etc. using an electronic stamp expressing the alphabet.

In the past, there has not been disclosed a system and method for transmitting any message using the stamp itself. Stamps were just a state monopoly and served as receipts to collect the fees for delivering mail. There was no role other than stamps. In particular, stamps of various designs have been issued and used for stamp collectors. However, until now, no country has used a system for transmitting predetermined data using stamps themselves.

Beyond the most essential feature of stamps, the ability to prove that you have paid for a postal delivery fee, adding a message-transfer function to the stamp itself can create interest in the delivery of mail, which may lead to new types of business yet. Until now, no new way of doing business with such new types of stamps has been proposed.

In some cases, documents or photographs were attached to the mail, but no video, sound, smell, or Braille documents were attached. Therefore, the need for services for these attachments is emerging. In addition, there is no system for attaching gifts to mail and delivering them online and / or offline. In particular, the current courier system has a drawback that delivery is not possible on weekends or holidays. In this case, it is necessary to build a system that can deliver.

In addition, the cost of using the existing courier system was considerably high, and the accidents caused by the delivery were not properly insured, which often caused friction with the sender. Therefore, there is a need for a message transmission system and method that can solve this problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a message transmission system and method using an electronic stamp, which was devised to solve the problems of the conventional electronic mail systems.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

The configuration of the present invention and their basic operation principle are as follows.

1. Electronic Stamps

A general stamp prints a picture or photograph of a specific design on a predetermined size of paper, and prints the value of the stamp, the year of issue, and the country of issue. On the other side, glue such as glue is applied so that it can be attached to envelopes or postcards.

However, the electronic stamp defined in the present invention is different from the conventional stamp as described above. The electronic stamp defined in the present invention is similar in appearance to a conventional stamp. However, it is a feature of electronic stamps that the design of the stamp is targeted to a specific language alphabet. Electronic stamps are not printed on real paper, but are stamps that exist in cyberspace, and can be printed on regular envelopes if necessary. Electronic stamps are therefore created by a combination of software technology and computer-based design technology.

Electronic stamps can be made in each language. Electronic stamps can also include the functionality of a general stamp, but more importantly, they can be combined to represent a particular message. For example, a message such as 'I LOVE U' can be created using an electronic stamp. At this time, six stamps of 'E', 'I', 'L', 'O', 'U' and 'V' can be made. Or you can make three stamps: 'I', 'LOVE' and 'U'. Basically, it is preferable that one stamp represents one alphabet, but it is also possible to make one stamp from a word that is frequently used, such as 'LOVE'.

And alphabets vary from country to country. In English, there are more than 100 printed and handwritten case letters. In Japanese, there are hiragana and katakana, so 100 alphabets are required. However, Hangeul does not merely list alphabets, but because these alphabets combine with other alphabets at various locations to represent one syllable, it is not easy to keep the intention of electronic stamps by simply representing alphabets. Therefore, in this case, it is desirable to make electronic stamps in the syllable units that are frequently used such as 'ga' and 'da'. It is also a good idea to create an electronic stamp for each word you use, such as love or congratulations. In addition, it is desirable to provide a tool for a user to directly create a stamp of the desired character as a supplement to this.

Chinese characters are more difficult than Hangul. Therefore, in the case of Chinese characters, as in the case of Hangul, it is desirable to provide a tool for making a stamp for each frequently used word, and as a supplement, a user can directly create a stamp of a desired character. An example of this is shown in FIG. This example shows the process of entering the 'string' character.

Meanwhile, the electronic stamp may be made using braille and voice in consideration of the visually impaired person as shown in FIG. 1D in addition to the usual visual stamp. For example, an electronic postage stamp for the visually impaired person reads the alphabet when the user places an input means such as a mouse, stylus, or finger on the stamp so that the visually impaired person can easily select a stamp of the desired alphabet and compose a predetermined message. Or if you print it on paper, you can convert the message to Braille.

A person who provides a message transmission service using an electronic stamp according to the present invention on the Internet (hereinafter referred to as a 'service provider') first provides a function for selecting a language that a user wants to use when using an electronic stamp on a website. do. Therefore, when the user wishes to compose an e-mail message using one of languages such as English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, the user first selects a language for issuing the e-mail.

Electronic stamps will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. Electronic stamps according to the invention are provided on the Internet by service providers. A message transmission service provider using an electronic stamp design a stamp corresponding to 26 English characters and store it in a database in case the user selects English. In this case, it is desirable to design stamps of various fonts so that the user can select them. For English, you can provide uppercase letters, lowercase letters, cursive, and print.

In the case of Chinese characters, because the number of characters is too large, only the most basic Chinese characters are provided, and the remaining Chinese characters provide a tool for the user to directly create and use characters as shown in FIG. 1C. The same is true for Hangul. For languages with too many characters, you can do the same.

The service provider provides a variety of stamp wallpapers to choose the background you want, and then you can use letters, such as a mouse, finger (for touchpad), stylus or keyboard, to match your personality. -You can enter stamps by hand, or provide the main characters and strokes of Chinese characters so that users can enter the desired Chinese characters simply by combining them. Hangul is the same as Chinese.

Another character input method is that a user directly creates and registers letters with a stylus on the desktop provided by a service provider. This way, any letter can be stamped.

This technique is solved by using one of the general handwritten character recognition algorithms, which is obvious to those skilled in the art. Recognition of handwritten characters can be implemented using a variety of existing technologies, such as artificial intelligence, fuzzy, genetic algorithm, and the present invention is not dependent on any one of these techniques.

When the present invention is applied to a PDA, data can be input to the input window using a stylus, a finger, or a touch pad, and a PC can be input with a mouse. Alternatively, data may be input by voice. Although speech recognition and text recognition are very complex and difficult, it is also desirable to use existing technologies.

An example of such an electronic stamp is shown in FIG. 1A and 1E show an example of an electronic stamp using English characters, and FIG. 1B shows an example of an electronic stamp using Chinese characters.

It is also possible to use the electronic stamp of the present invention as a real stamp. That is, 'L', 'O', 'V', and 'E' may be set to four stamps, each of which has a predetermined value, so that the general public may use it for envelopes, postcards, card envelopes, New Year's cards and Christmas cards. In this way, a predetermined message can be delivered by stamp. As a result, the demand for stamps increases, various types of stamps are developed and distributed, and the prices of stamps may be differentiated according to design.

2. How to send a message

2.1 Sending Messages Using Cards

When the service provider provides the above-mentioned electronic stamp, a user who visits a website provided by the service provider (for example, in the present invention, the name of the service provider's website is referred to as 'Stampline' for the sake of convenience), first of all, the type of mail used by the service provider Select. For example, you can choose from a birthday card, a Christmas card, a New Year's card, or a regular mail.

The present invention looks at the case of transmitting a message by selecting a birthday card. This process is shown in FIG. 2A illustrates a case where a user selects a birthday card and selects English as a language. It is recommended that English be set as the default option for the language.

Once you have selected your language, you will see an envelope to send your birthday card. The user selects a desired alphabet from a stamp box installed on one screen (in this case, it is installed on the left side), clicks with a mouse and drags it to an envelope. FIG. 2B shows an example of a case where the message "I LOVE U" is sequentially written on the birthday card and transmitted to the receiver in this manner.

Since the same alphabet can be used multiple times, it is necessary to be able to select the alphabet several times. In some cases, the same alphabet may appear in a different design every time, or only a letter of the same design will be serviced for a certain period of time, and after a certain period of time, the service provider will update the design of the alphabet to provide a new one.

When you have finished writing the stamp you want, send the message to the other party. However, you can simply send a message or send a gift with the message. In this case, it is a happy birthday card, so it is better to send a birthday present together. At this time, you can send a real gift or a cyber gift as a birthday present.

To this end, the present invention provides a gift selection means. If you want to select a gift, press the 'Gift Selection' button, and a cyber gift and a real gift button appear. Examples of cyber gifts include flowers, cakes, music, nurturing messages, moving images, cyber money, cyber book gift certificates, cyber cultural gift certificates, and the like.

For example, when a user selects a cyber gift and selects a flower from a cyber gift list as shown in FIG. 2C, various cyber flower types are provided, one of them is selected, and 10 desired flowers are selected. At this time, if the user is provided with a fragrance spraying device, the fragrance of the flower selected by the user may be in advance. It also offers the ability to replace the scent of flowers with your favorite scent to make the other person entertained. For example, it is possible to select a rose and then remove the rose fragrance offered by the service provider as an option and attach the aroma with the smell of Cheonggukjang. At this time, if the other party does not have a fragrance, you can get a rose, but you cannot smell the rose.

You can also choose a tool to hold the rose you've chosen above, such as a basket and pretty wrapping paper. You can also choose the color and scent of the roses. After entering the e-mail address of the person who wants to send a rose and a birthday card, pays the bill, and then presses the send button, the server of the service provider sends a cyber gift with the birthday card to the other's PC, mobile phone or PDA.

Payment can be done online using one of several existing methods, such as credit card, cyber money, and bank transfer.

At this time, it is also preferable to include a step of imprinting a cyber stamp on the electronic stamp before pressing the send button. This means that you have completed the certification process for the above items and have completed the payment system if payment is required.

Birthday cards and gifts can be delivered directly in the form of an e-mail, or they can be notified of the card and gift and a stamp key can be visited by visiting the stampline. At this time, it is desirable to validate the encryption key only for a certain time. When the recipient clicks on the link means to the stampline attached to the notification mail, the recipient is automatically connected to the stampline and reads the birthday card using the encryption key and confirms the gift. At this time, the birthday card and the cyber gift are stored in a cyber personal mailbox that the service provider temporarily creates under each recipient's name. You will use an encryption key to open this mailbox. Upon finding the birthday card and gift, the cyber personal mailbox will be closed soon. That is, a cyber personal mailbox is automatically created when a user enters a recipient's e-mail address into a service provider. If the mail is not retrieved for more than a predetermined time, the service provider notifies the recipient of the mail for a predetermined number of times. If not, the service provider notifies the user of the above, and then sends the mail and gifts to the user's personal mailbox. do. Or, at your request, we discard your mail and gifts.

You can also send background music to your birthday card. For example, a birthday song can be played the moment you open the card. At this time, you can also attach your own song recording.

In the case of selecting a cyber gift, it is preferable to automatically attach a message of gift present to the birthday card, and when the recipient presses the envelope opening button, the recipient makes a sound of tearing the paper such as actually opening the envelope. And when you press the gift opening button, the rose picture comes out and the corresponding rose fragrance comes out through the fragrance generator connected to the recipient PC.

On the other hand, when the user selects a real rose, the card is sent online and the card and the rose are actually delivered to the other party's home or office as shown above. The other parts are as described above. Therefore, in this case, the physical address of the recipient of the gift should be entered as well as the email address.

In addition, in consideration of the date when the mail can be delivered in advance, if the desired date is specified in advance, the mail is delivered on the corresponding date. In this case, the delivery can be performed through a general post office, but it is preferable to deliver the product through a courier service provider having a predetermined courier system for faster and more accurate delivery. Alternatively, if the corresponding mail is delivered through the branch of the service provider installed in each region, the delivery can be made more quickly and the cost of delivery can be reduced.

In the case where the actual rose is purchased from the above, the affiliated flower shop closest to the recipient may be secured as a member company so that the member company delivers the flowers together with the card outputting the message. Other products can be delivered in the same way.

2d shows an example of sending a cyber flower as a gift.

On the other hand, such an electronic stamp is for the general public, but it is also possible to use an electronic stamp in Braille for the disabled. In this case, the design does not mean much, so you can write the message you want using each alphabet. For your convenience, when the user moves the mouse over the alphabet, the spelling of the alphabet is read. If the mouse is clicked on the selected letter, the character is automatically entered on the envelope. As another input method, when a user inputs 'L', 'O', 'V' and 'E' by voice, the stamp of the corresponding letter is recorded in an envelope. In this case, the stamp may be a general electronic stamp as described above, or may be a braille electronic stamp for the blind. This is optional.

If the receiver having the message has a braille output means, the message can be outputted by hand and the message can be confirmed by hand, or the message can be output through a speaker. To this end, it provides a conversion means for the receiver to convert the contents of the message to speech when sending the braille electronic mail.

At this time, the sender can select and transmit the desired voice. For example, you can attach a young woman's voice, a man in his 40s, a bold voice, a child's voice, or a voice file of his or her own recording.

When the visually impaired person sends a message to the general public, a means of converting a message input in braille or voice into a normal electronic stamp is used. Alternatively, a message may be input by voice and transmitted by voice. In this case, no conversion is necessary.

2.2 electronic letter

On the other hand, if you want to send a general letter in addition to the card, the same basic process as the birthday card. However, if you write a specific message as a stamp on the envelope and press the compose button at the same time, the cyber letter is provided.The user inputs the letter content using an input method such as a keyboard, and then electronically signs and folds the letter to the envelope. And press the transmit button. The subsequent process is the same as the previous example.

At this time, there are various ways to fold the stationery, and if you select one of them, the stationery is automatically folded according to the method.

In this case, it is preferable to write a short message indicating the nature of the contents of the letter by using the electronic stamp. For example, if you're sending to a lover, write 'LOVE' or a message like 'I ♡ U' in the envelope so that the recipient can easily know the contents of the letter without having to open it. You can send and receive interesting letters.

2.3 Other E-mails

You can also send a video letter instead of the letter. This can also be used to give distant parents or spouses or to give business instructions. For example, an employee of a trading company might receive a video clip from headquarters to explain products to buyers overseas. Alternatively, local product data can be made into a video and sent to the head office for use as a basis for purchasing the product at the head office.

This is possible with current video processing techniques. For example, showing an image of a site as a flash movie or a director movie is one example. For example, the mail of the present invention can be created and operated as a flash movie or a director movie.

2.4 How to send a message to someone using a stamp I

As described above, a method of transmitting a message to a counterpart using a stamp in alphabetical order is that when a service provider issues a plurality of stamps each containing one independent letter (hereinafter referred to as 'alphabet'), the user provides the service provider. Purchase the issued stamps, and paste the purchased stamps into an empty space of a mailing envelope to generate a predetermined message. Upon requesting the service provider for delivery of the mail in which the message was generated, the service provider achieves by confirming payment according to the request and then delivering the mail in which the message is generated.

2.5 How to Send a Message to Others Using Stamps II

Another embodiment of a method for sending a message to a counterpart using an alphabet stamp as described above is that if a service provider issues a plurality of types of stamps composed of one or more semantic words, the user may receive the message from the service provider. The issued stamps are purchased and the purchased stamps are pasted into the empty space of the mail envelope to generate a predetermined message. Upon requesting the service provider for delivery of the mail in which the message was generated, the service provider achieves by confirming payment according to the request and then delivering the mail in which the message is generated.

3. Message transmission system using electronic stamp

3 is a block diagram of a message transmission system using an electronic postage stamp. There is a server 100 of a service provider for providing a message transmission service according to the present invention, and there is a regional service provider server 100 ′ which is responsible for a region for each region. The service provider server 100 is linked with a database 110, a gift shopping center 120, and a parcel delivery center 130. The regional service provider server 100 'has its own database 110' and a parcel delivery center 130 '.

On the sender side, a PC 200, a mobile phone 200 ′, a PDA 200 ″, or the like may be used. And again, these devices are connected to the braille input means 210, the microphone 220, the stylus 230, the PC 300, the mobile phone (300 '), PDA (300) is also used on the receiver side. And these devices are connected to the speaker 310, the printer 320, the fragrance expression device 330, the braille output means 340.

The service provider server 100 is connected to the post office server 400, the certification authority server 500, the cyber bank server 600, and the affiliated shopping mall server 700 through the Internet. Each of these servers has its own database 410, 510, 610, 710.

The present invention performs a message transmission method using an electronic stamp through the above system.

The present invention can be variously modified and can take various forms and only the specific embodiments thereof are described in the detailed description of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the specific forms mentioned in the detailed description of the invention, but rather includes all modifications, equivalents, and substitutions within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood to do.

The present invention relates to a method of sending a variety of cards, letters, postcards, etc., including a birthday card using a letter-shaped electronic stamp of various designs, it can be interesting, thereby creating a new business. Therefore, the present invention can be said to be an invention of a combination of technology and business.

According to the message transmission method of the present invention, not only can send a simple message, fragrance, video, voice, etc., but also can send a braille message, and a gift can be sent both on and offline, thereby enabling a new type of business.

In particular, since the fragrance can be delivered in cyberspace, it is possible to create a cyber flower delivery culture.

This can lead to the transmission of cyber flowers and cyber trees in the future.

1 is an example of an electronic postage stamp in accordance with the present invention.

2 is an embodiment of a message transmission method using an electronic stamp according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a message transmission system using an electronic stamp according to the present invention.

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100: service provider server 100 ': service provider server by region

110,110 ', 410,510,610,710: database

120: shopping center for gifts 130: parcel delivery center

200: Sender PC 200 ': Sender Cell Phone

200 '': Sender PDA 210: Braille input means

220: microphone 230: stylus

300: recipient PC 300 ': recipient's phone

300 '': receiver PDA 310: speaker

320: printer 330: fragrance expression device

340: braille output means 400: post office server

500: certification authority server 600: cyber bank server

700: affiliated shopping mall server

Claims (20)

In a method of sending a message online to a counterpart using an e-mail, The service provider issuing a plurality of electronic stamps each containing one independent letter (hereinafter referred to as 'alphabet'); A user purchases the issued electronic stamps online from a service provider; Creating a predetermined message by pasting the purchased email stamps into an empty space of a virtual mail envelope provided by a service provider; Requesting a service provider for on-line delivery of the electronic mail in which the message is generated; And After the service provider confirms the payment according to the request, the service provider comprising the step of delivering the electronic mail in which the message was generated, the message transmission method using the electronic stamp. In a method of sending a message online to a counterpart using an e-mail, The service provider issuing a plurality of kinds of electronic stamps composed of one or more semantic words; A user purchases the issued electronic stamps online from a service provider; Creating a predetermined message by pasting the purchased email stamps into an empty space of a virtual mail envelope provided by a service provider; Requesting a service provider for on-line delivery of the electronic mail in which the message is generated; And After the service provider confirms the payment according to the request, the service provider comprising the step of delivering the electronic mail in which the message was generated, the message transmission method using the electronic stamp. In the method of sending a message to the other party by using an electronic stamp, The service provider issuing a plurality of electronic stamps each containing one independent letter (hereinafter referred to as 'alphabet'); Providing the published electronic stamp to a service provider's web site (hereinafter referred to as "stampline"); The netizen visits the stampline and selects the type of mail to be sent; Dragging and dropping a desired letter among electronic stamps provided by a service provider on the envelope of the selected mail; Creating a message using a stamp attached to an envelope by dragging; Writing an e-mail address of a recipient in an envelope after completing the message; Determining whether to send a gift after writing the address; Requesting the service provider to send the mail if it decides not to send a gift; According to the request, the service provider creates a personal mailbox in the name of a person designated by netizens (hereinafter referred to as a "recipient"), puts it there, and arrives by enclosing an authentication key valid for a predetermined time to the recipient using the e-mail address. Notifying that there is mail; In response to the notification, a recipient accesses a stampline and receives mail in a personal mailbox through a recipient authentication process; If you decide to send a gift, pressing the gift button to go to the gift page; Selecting a type of gift from the moved gift page; Checking whether the selected gift is a cyber gift; If the verification result is a cyber gift, the service provider creates a personal mailbox in the recipient's name of the stampline and transmits the mail and the gift therein, and notifies the recipient of the mail and gift that has arrived with a valid authentication key for a predetermined time; And In accordance with the notification, a recipient accessing a stampline and receiving mail and gifts in a personal mailbox through a recipient authentication procedure. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of issuing the electronic postage stamp, If the number of alphabets is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, the user directly inputs a desired alphabet using one of input means including a mouse, a stylus, a finger, and a touch pad and an alphabet writing aid provided by a service provider; The alphabet writing assisting means has a function of providing a stamp background, a color selection function, a font selection function, and a braille alphabet writing function. delete delete delete delete The method of claim 3, wherein the mailing type includes a greeting card, a Christmas card, a birthday card, an invitation, a postcard, a general letter, an invitation, an invitation, a greeting card, and a braille mail. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the service provider updates the design of the electronic postage stamp at predetermined intervals. The method of claim 3, wherein the cyber gift includes a cyber flower, a cyber money, a cyber book gift certificate, a cyber cultural gift certificate, a cyber cake, music, and a video. 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing a predetermined fragrance to the selected cyber flower when the cyber gift is a cyber flower. delete delete delete delete 4. The method of claim 3, wherein if the recipient does not read the mail or cyber gift of the notice notified within a certain period of time, The service provider notifying the recipient again that there is a mail for a predetermined number of times; Returning to the user who requested delivery of the mail and the cyber gift if the reception is not received despite the notification; And And removing the recipient's personal mailbox. The message using the electronic stamp of claim 3, further comprising converting the message written in the braille alphabet into voice and sending the message to a recipient when the user composes the message using the braille alphabet. Transmission method. The method of claim 3, further comprising converting the message written in the braille alphabet into voice at the request of a receiver when the message received from the user is written in braille alphabet. delete