KR100563679B1 - Method for providing additional information to communications equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal, and more particularly, various kinds of additional information such as various statistical data and optimum plan information and a modest telephone number for subscribers of a mobile communication service are provided. The present invention relates to a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal that is transmitted to a terminal, and provides additional information such as various statistical data about subscribers of a mobile communication service to a selected subscriber or a communication terminal of all subscribers so that the subscriber can optimize his / her own information. By simply checking the rate plan and the actual phone number, and registering the change at any time, the subscriber can easily obtain a variety of useful additional information, which can reduce the convenience of life and the usage fee, and also enable mobile communication. Operators are required to provide security It is a very useful invention that has the effect of two or two birds that can secure many subscribers.

Mobile Phone, CDMA, Statistics, Additional Information, Short Message

Description

Method for providing additional information through communication terminal {Method for providing additional information to communications equipment}

1 and 2 illustrate a conventional mobile communication service related information providing form,

3 illustrates an example of a configuration of a whole network in which a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal according to the present invention is implemented.

4 is a schematic diagram of the hardware and software structure of the mobile communication server of FIG.

Figure 5 shows the flow of a preferred embodiment of a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal according to the present invention,

FIG. 6 illustrates contents of subscriber information stored in a database (DB) of the mobile service provider server of FIG.

7 and 8 illustrate an example of an optimal plan information provided by the mobile service provider server of FIG.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of the form of the most frequent phone number confirmation screen data provided by the mobile telecommunication service provider server of FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 shows an example of the form of the most frequent phone number change registration screen data provided by the mobile telecommunication service provider server of FIG.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

10a, 10b, 10c: data communication terminal 11: hub

20: portal server 100: mobile service provider server

101: network connection module 102: data transmission and reception module

103: packet data module 104: data service module

105: call processing module 106: clock part

107: data storage module 110: application protocol module

120: subscriber management module 130: operation module

The present invention relates to a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal, and more particularly, various statistical data on service usage conditions of mobile communication service subscribers, and various beneficial additional information such as an optimal plan information and a modest telephone number are provided. It relates to a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal to be transmitted to the data communication terminal of the.

Currently, CDMA mobile phone subscribers in Korea occupy more than 40% of the total population, and these CDMA mobile phones (mobile phones) provide various communication functions, such as voice and text messages, as a necessity for modern people. It is located.

In recent years, mobile telephones with built-in programs for wireless data communication services such as WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and ME (Mobile Explore) have been developed, and more than 4.5 million wireless Internet users who use the Internet using such mobile phones have been developed. These users can browse the news of the day anytime, anywhere without a computer, buy goods in stock trading or shopping malls, and also forecast weather, sports, stock information, fortune telling, entertainment news, and various movements without a computer. Various information such as communication service related information (for example, plan information) can be obtained.

In addition, each mobile communication service provider currently provides a designated number discount service in order to secure customers, and this service designates two or three phone numbers (most frequent phone numbers) of the other party to which they call most frequently. When provided to the mobile communication service provider, the mobile communication service provider is a service that discounts the call charge for the specified phone number. As such, subscribers of mobile communication services can enjoy life convenience from various services provided by mobile communication service providers.

However, despite the fact that the user can be provided with various services and information by accessing the information providing server as described above, the service usage situation of other users who most mobile communication service users are curious about, or the mobile phone provided by the mobile communication service provider New function information and new communication service information of the can not be provided, even if you can receive such information by using a mobile phone is very cumbersome because you have to connect to the information providing server that provides such information, In addition, the information on the currently provided plan is only the level shown in Figures 1 and 2, it is not easy to identify the best plan for me, and this also can only be provided by the user directly accessing the mobile operator server Having troublesome issues The.

In addition, it is difficult for a user who subscribes to a designated number discount service to verify that the telephone number registered by the user is the number (the most frequent phone number) that he / she frequently calls. Since it changes to the number that is determined to be the most frequent phone number depending on its general sense, it is unnecessary to waste the fee if the changed phone number is not the most frequent phone number. There was a problem because it was necessary to call the mobile service provider directly and call the counselor to change the designated number, and some subscribers could not remember the designated number registered with them as time passed. It also wastes unnecessary fees There is a problem in that shop.

Accordingly, the present invention was created to solve the above problems, and provides various additional information such as various statistical data and optimal plan information for mobile communication service subscribers through a communication terminal providing the subscriber's communication terminal. The purpose is to provide a method of providing information.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal, wherein the subscriber information including personal information of mobile subscribers is stored in the mobile communication service provider server. Grouping subscribers based on the first step; A second step of calculating statistical data including rate information of the group subscribers; And a third step of providing the calculated statistical data to the subscriber.

In addition, a mobile communication provider server that stores subscriber information including personal information about mobile communication service subscribers, the mobile communication service provider comprising: a first step of receiving new function information or guide information for a new communication service using a communication terminal; A second step of reconstructing the received guide information into data according to a transmission format for wireless transmission; A third step of confirming, from the stored subscriber information, a communication terminal number of a corresponding subscriber to receive the reconstructed guide information data; And a fourth step of providing the reconstructed guide information data to the communication terminal having the confirmed communication terminal number.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 illustrates an example of a configuration of an entire network in which a method of providing additional information through a communication terminal according to the present invention is implemented. The configuration may be used to allow individuals to access a data network through a wired or mobile communication network. A data communication terminal 10c such as a PC having a data communication terminal 10a or 10b such as a PC or a mobile phone and a network adapter capable of connecting to a data network; A hub 11 connecting the data communication terminal 10c to a network; A portal server 20 for allowing an Internet service of the individual and granting a mail account to the individual to enable Internet service; A global data network 300 such as a circuit network (telephone network or mobile communication network) 200 and the Internet; And personal information and service usage information for the mobile communication service subscribers are stored in a database, and various additional information such as statistical data calculated from the stored service usage information, new function information or new communication service guide information, A mobile service provider server 100 is provided to a corresponding subscriber through a data network 300 or a telephone network (or mobile communication network) 200.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the hardware and software structure of the mobile telecommunication service provider server 100 of FIG. 3, and is used to transmit and receive signals over a link connected to the data network 300 and the telephone network (or mobile communication network) 200. The network connection module 101, a partner network device connected to the link based on the network connection module 101, for example, a switch, and a data frame in which a sequence number is assigned in units of a predetermined length. A packet data module for encapsulating and decapsulating packet data with a data transmission / reception module 102 for transmitting and receiving data and a counterpart end communication terminal connected through a network 200 or 300 ( 103, a call processing module 105 for making a connection request through the network and connecting to the outside, a clock unit 106 for providing a current date and time, a program, an external call A data storage module (DB) 107 for storing various web page data to be provided to the terminal, registration information for each subscriber and various service usage information, and a file, hypertext or the like based on the packet data transmitted and received. Through the application protocol module 110 for constructing and sending or receiving mail-type data and the application protocol module 110, a text, a picture, or a file may be displayed in a hypertext document (hereinafter, referred to as a "web page"). Data service module 104, which is provided as a " document ", a subscriber management module 120 that records and manages input data of subscribers in a database and records the data in the data storage module 107, and the data storage module. Statistical data is calculated using the information stored in 107 and the input data, and the calculated statistical data and new function information or a new communication document. To switch to provide various kinds of additional information, such as guide information to the subscriber, and is configured to include the operation module 130 that controls the flow of data between each module is required.

FIG. 5 illustrates a flow of a preferred embodiment of a method for providing additional information through a communication terminal according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the mobile communication provider server 100 configured as described above provides additional information performed on the network of FIG. 3. The method will be described in detail with reference to the detailed configuration of FIG. 4 and the flowchart of FIG.

First, the data storage module 107 of the mobile communication service provider server 100 includes personal information such as name, password, social security number, mobile phone number, account address, etc. of each subscriber subscribed to the mobile communication service, and service usage information, that is, Registered rate plan and average monthly call rate according to the rate plan, the total monthly use time, the number of use of the subscribed service, and the usage information for the main service, as well as the main call time zone, the registered two to three most frequent phone numbers In the mobile communication service provider server 100, usage information such as two to three actual most frequent phone numbers are stored, and the mobile telecommunication service provider server 100 recalls the contents of each subscriber's personal information and according to the service usage status of the subscriber. 6 is an example of subscriber information stored in the data storage module 107. In this manner, the data storage module 107 is associated with each subscriber information and the login name (username) of each subscriber can be easily identified.

In this state, the operation module 130 executes the program on the data storage module 107 automatically or at the request of the subscriber connected via the data communication terminal 10a or 10b or 10c. Statistical data on the requested item are calculated from the stored contents of the data storage module 107. A subscriber's connection process to the mobile communication service provider server 100 through the data communication terminal 10a or 10b or 10c is performed. Is as follows.

First, the data communication terminal 10a or 10b connects to the mobile communication service provider server 100 via a telephone network (or a mobile communication network) 200. The communication terminal 10a is connected to the portal server 20 by the communication terminal 10a. ) First, and then access the mobile communication service provider server 100 via the portal server 20, the communication terminal 10c directly connected to a data communication network such as the Internet is the mobile communication service provider server 100 Direct access to a network address (URL: Uniform Resource Locator) to access the mobile operator server 100 through the data network 300.

The connection request signal as described above is restored to data in the network connection module 101, and additional information such as header information of a link and a network layer is removed from the data transmission / reception module 102 so that only the connection request information is removed. This is passed to the call processing module 105. The call processing module 105 performs an application protocol module 110 by determining an application protocol to be performed at the time of data transmission and reception with the communication terminal, for example, a hypertext conversion protocol (http), from the received access request information. The packet data module 103 is further activated to allow packet data processing on the lower path, and then the data service module 104 is notified of the fact that the packet data module 103 is connected to the communication terminal.

Accordingly, the data service module 104 transmits screen data for requesting a connected user to input a login name and password through the application protocol module 110, or the communication terminal 10a or 10b of the user. 10c) in the form of a web or web page to allow the user to normally connect to the mobile telecommunication service provider server 100 by inputting a login name and password for such a request.

As described above, the operation module 130 automatically calculates statistical data on the requested item at the request of the subscriber connected through the data communication terminal 10a or 10b or 10c (S10). As the statistical information on the plan for the 10 to 20 subscribers and the average monthly call rate according to the plan from the stored subscriber information, the operation module 130 through the subscriber management module 120 The data storage module 107 is searched to select 10 to 20 subscribers, and the plan selected by the selected subscribers is checked one by one. The operation module 130 calculates a monthly average call rate for the plan as a statistic from the average usage plan of the selected subscribers and the monthly average call rate of subscribers using the checked plan among the selected subscribers. (S11).

When the average usage plan for each of the subscribers selected as described above and the average monthly call rate for the subscribers are calculated as statistics, the operation module 130 provides the calculated statistics to the corresponding subscribers. When the calculation is automatically performed by the program execution of the data storage module 107, the operation module 130 may transmit the calculated statistical data using a short message service which is one of mobile communication services. Short message service is a service that allows the exchange of short text messages between mobile communication terminals or between mobile communication terminals and receiving devices to receive short messages using an access / paging channel or a traffic channel. As for the size of the user data field, the maximum size is 80 characters for English and the maximum 40 characters for Korean.

As described above, when the statistical data is to be transmitted through the short message, the operation module 130 checks the mobile phone numbers of the selected subscribers from the data storage module 107 one by one (S12) and transmits them. The contents of the message and the confirmed mobile phone number are transmitted to the call processing module 105 to request the sending of the short message. Accordingly, the call processing module 105 can be interpreted by the mobile communication network 200. By constructing a short message of the destination mobile phone number to send it to the mobile communication network 200 through the data transmission and reception module 102, to each mobile phone (10b) having the confirmed mobile phone number, The short message is transmitted (S13).

Accordingly, the selected subscribers simply check the short message received by their mobile phone 10b without any extra effort, and thus, the main use plan of the subscribers of the peer mobile phone 10b and the monthly average call when using the plan Information about the fee can be obtained, and the mobile communication service provider server 100 requests the change of the fee plan from the above information or serves as a criterion for maintaining the current plan.

In addition, the operation module 130 may provide the statistical data calculated automatically in addition to the short message in the form of a mail, in this case, the operation module 130 is an account address (E) instead of the mobile phone numbers of the selected subscribers. -Mail Address) is checked from the data storage module 107 one by one, and the contents of the message to be transmitted and the confirmed Internet account address are transmitted to the application protocol module 110, and an e-mail is sent. Accordingly, the e-mail protocol unit of the application protocol module 110 configures an e-mail from the received message and the account address and transmits the e-mail to the corresponding mail server through the circuit network 200 or the data network 300 through the packet data module 103. To this end, the e-mail protocol part of the application protocol module 110 for this purpose, The Internet address, that is, the domain name, is identified to determine the mail server from which to receive the email. For example, when the domain name of the received account address is the domain name of the portal server 20, the email protocol unit of the application protocol module 110 transmits the configured email to the portal server through the circuit network 200. By being stored in the corresponding mail account of the email server managed and managed by (20), the mail recipient accesses the mail account through his data communication terminal, that is, the statistics calculated from the mobile communication service provider server 100. Check the contents of the data.

If the above statistical calculation is not made automatically but at the request of a subscriber connected through the communication terminal 10a, 10b or 10c, the calculated statistical data is used by the data service module 104. It is composed of the screen data to be confirmed is provided to the communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c) of the user in the connected state through the application protocol module 110.

The calculation of the statistical data of the operation module 130 is made periodically or at the request of the subscriber through the data communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c).

Automatically or at the request of the subscriber, the operation module 130 calculates various kinds of statistical data for the selected subscriber or all subscribers, for example, as the storage contents of the data storage module 107. To calculate the statistics on the average monthly call charges by age for each subscriber, and the statistics on the type of the main service and the number of times of use by age for each subscriber, as described above. Delivery to the terminal 10a, 10b or 10c.

In addition to the calculation of the statistics as described above, the operation module 130 may provide various additional information data, for example, new function information using a mobile phone, guide information on a newly provided communication service, and the like as described above. By transmitting to the data communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c) of the (S20 ~ S22), the subscribers can be easily provided more useful information, in the above embodiment the mobile operator server 100 In addition to providing the additional information of the above-described method (short message, e-mail, etc.), it is also possible to implement a method of providing information through a voice guidance message by direct telephone connection.

On the other hand, the operation module 130 is based on the contents of the data storage module 107, the subscriber's data communication terminal 10a, requesting the information on the subscriber's optimal plan for all subscribers or information on such an optimal plan. 10b or 10c), for which the operation module 130 may provide the total usage time of the subscriber for a specific unit period (for example, service fee settlement unit period (July 1 to July 31)). It is confirmed from the storage contents of the data storage module 107 to calculate the total usage fee corresponding to the confirmed use time when the currently registered plan is applied. Subsequently, the operation module 130 calculates a total fee corresponding to the calculated usage time according to each fee plan, and determines a fee plan having a minimum fee among the calculated fee as the optimal fee plan of the corresponding subscriber. As such, when the optimal rate plan of the subscriber is determined, the operation module 130 calculates a monthly average fee for a predetermined period (for example, the last three months) when the optimal rate plan is applied, The current monthly fee when the plan is applied, the fee according to the currently registered plan, and the calculated average monthly fee are as described above, and the subscriber's data communication terminal 10a, 10b or 10c), if the subscriber directly connects to the mobile communication service provider server 100 through the data communication terminal 10a, 10b or 10c and requests the optimal rate plan, the above information is transmitted to the data service. Module 104 to configure the screen data for the subscriber to check, and the application protocol module 11 It is provided to the communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c) of the subscriber through 0), an example of the screen data is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, the data service module 104 provides an icon for knowing detailed information about the plan when the screen data is constructed, and when the subscriber clicks on this icon, detailed information about the plan is displayed. It is also provided with an icon that allows the user to request a change to the plan immediately, so that the subscriber who wants to change the plan based on the optimal plan information can immediately request the change of the plan by clicking the icon. When the subscriber requests the change of the plan, the operation module 130 updates and stores the plan information of the corresponding subscriber in the data storage module 107 based on the changed plan.

If a specific subscriber accesses the mobile service provider server 100 through a data communication terminal 10a, 10b or 10c and requests information on an optimal plan based on a virtual usage time, the operation module 130 Is configured by the data service module 104 to check the virtual usage time for a predetermined period (for example, one month) input by the subscriber through the screen data provided through the application protocol module 110, The total usage fee corresponding to the identified virtual usage time when the current plan is applied is calculated. Subsequently, the operation module 130 calculates a total fee corresponding to the identified virtual usage time according to each fee plan and determines a plan having a minimum fee among the fee calculated as a subscriber's optimal plan. As such, when the optimal rate plan for the virtual usage time is determined, the operation module 130 calculates a monthly average fee for a predetermined period (eg, the last three months) when the optimal rate plan is applied, and the data The service module 104 checks the subscriber's current monthly fee for the virtual usage time when the confirmed optimal plan and the plan are applied, the fee for the virtual time when the current plan is applied, and the calculated average monthly fee. By configuring the screen data to enable, and to provide it to the communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c) of the subscriber through the application protocol module 110, an example of the screen data provided at this time is shown in Figure 8, In this case, the data service module 104 is provided with an icon for requesting a change of the plan immediately when the screen data is configured. So that the subscriber can simply request a change to the plan by clicking on the icon.

In addition, the operation module 130 provides the subscriber's data communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c) with information about the most frequent telephone number currently registered and the actual nearest telephone number based on the current month only for the designated number discount service subscribers. To this end, the operation module 130 for this purpose from the stored content of the data storage module 107, the subscriber's management module (information on the actual mode of the current month and the phone number currently registered to the subscriber) Each of the identification information is checked through 120 to be transmitted to the subscriber's data communication terminal 10a, 10b or 10c in the form of a short message or e-mail. If the subscriber requests direct phone number confirmation by directly accessing the mobile communication service provider server 100 through the data communication terminal 10a, 10b or 10c, the operation module 130 may provide the above information. The data service module 104 is configured to be composed of screen data for the subscriber to check, and to provide it to the communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c) of the subscriber through the application protocol module 110, the screen An example of the data is shown in FIG. 9, wherein the data service module 104 also provides an icon for requesting to change registration of the most frequent phone number immediately upon the configuration of the screen data. Make it easy to request a change to the most frequent phone number.

If the subscriber who has received the screen data as shown in Fig. 9 confirms his / her actual modest telephone number and then clicks the icon on the screen data to request the registration of the change of the modest telephone number, or the data communication terminal 10a, 10b or 10c. When the mobile communication service provider server 100 is directly connected to request the change registration of the most frequent phone number through the mobile communication service provider server 100, the operation module 130 may display screen data as shown in FIG. 10 configured by the data service module 104. Provided on the subscriber's data communication terminal (10a, 10b or 10c), and allows the subscriber to directly enter the phone number to change registration, and accordingly the subscriber enters the phone number to change registration, the operation module ( 130 is a registered designation number of the corresponding subscriber among the contents of the data storage module 107 through the subscriber management module 120 (before the most frequent) By storing and updating the number) in the input telephone number, and thereafter to receive the discounted charges for the phone number of the changes.
As mentioned above, preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for the purpose of illustration, and those skilled in the art can improve other various embodiments within the spirit and technical scope of the present invention disclosed in the appended claims below. Changes, substitutions or additions will be possible.

The additional information providing method through the communication terminal according to the present invention made as described above, the subscriber by providing the additional information, such as various statistical data for the subscribers selected or all of the subscriber's communication terminal By simply checking the optimal rate plan and the actual nearest telephone number at any time and registering the change, the subscriber can easily obtain various useful additional information, which can save the convenience of life and the usage fee, and also the mobile The telecommunications carrier is a very useful invention that has the effect of two or two trillion to secure more subscribers by providing such additional information.

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In the mobile service provider server that stores subscriber information including personal information about mobile communication service subscribers, A first step of grouping subscribers based on the subscriber information; A second step of calculating statistical data including rate information of the group subscribers; And And providing a third step of providing the calculated statistical data to a corresponding subscriber. The method of claim 1, The statistical data, the method of providing additional information through a communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises an average usage fee of the group subscribers and the average monthly call charges accordingly. delete delete The method of claim 1, The first step, the additional information providing method through a communication terminal, characterized in that for grouping the subscribers according to age. The method of claim 1, The third step, the additional information providing method through the communication terminal, characterized in that for transmitting the calculated statistical data to the subscriber's communication terminal in the form of a short message (Short Message). The method of claim 1, The third step, the additional information providing method through the communication terminal, characterized in that for transmitting the calculated statistical data to the subscriber's communication terminal in the form of e-mail (E-Mail). delete In the mobile service provider server that stores subscriber information including personal information about mobile communication service subscribers, A first step of receiving new function information or guide information for a new communication service using a communication terminal; A second step of reconstructing the received guide information into data according to a transmission format for wireless transmission; A third step of confirming, from the stored subscriber information, a communication terminal number of a corresponding subscriber to receive the reconstructed guide information data; And And a fourth step of providing the reconstructed guide information data to the communication terminal having the confirmed communication terminal number. The method of claim 9, The fourth step, the additional information providing method through the communication terminal, characterized in that for providing the reconstructed guide information data in the form of a short message or email.

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