KR100563722B1 - Method and System for sharing the E-mail address between mobile phone and personal computer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention adds a function to search and store an e-mail address in POP3, thereby enabling a mobile communication terminal to maintain a shared address book for a single e-mail address in a mobile terminal and a PC through a POP3 server. The purpose is to provide an email address sharing method between the terminal and the PC.

To this end, the present invention is the POP3 terminal and the POP3 server is connected to each other via a network, the POP3 terminal requests the POP3 server to search for the email address for the first party to receive the result, and the result received If the email address for the first party does not exist in the POP3 server, the POP3 terminal further registers the email address for the first party in a POP3 server; and if the email address for the second party does not exist in the POP3 terminal, Requesting the server to search for the email address of the second party and receiving the result, and additionally registering the email address of the second party to the POP3 terminal through a POP3 server. To maintain a shared address book for a single email address on mobile devices and PCs Which helps provide a useful effect.

Mobile terminal, POP3, server, browsing, storage, email

Description

Method and System for sharing the E-mail address between mobile phone and personal computer}

1 is a block diagram showing an e-mail transmission and reception operation state of a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal operation state of a terminal according to an embodiment of a method of sharing an e-mail address between a mobile communication terminal and a PC to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation flow according to the e-mail address sharing method of the mobile communication terminal and the PC according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an email address sharing method between a mobile communication terminal and a PC. More specifically, an email address stored in a POP3 server is added by adding a function of searching and storing an email address in POP3. The present invention relates to a method of sharing an e-mail address between a mobile communication terminal and a personal computer, which can share and use an address.

In general, a mobile terminal or a PC (personal computer) user stores and manages an e-mail address in his or her own terminal or PC (Local) through his MUA (Mail User Agent). Add your email address.

As described above, since a mobile communication terminal and a PC manage each other's e-mail address (address book) separately, a mobile communication terminal or a PC user adds an e-mail address to a mobile communication terminal and adds it to a PC for each MUA used. You have no choice but to add or manage them.

As described above, when a receiver is designated to send an e-mail message using a mobile communication terminal, the user searches for a phone book stored in the mobile communication terminal or a PC and inputs an e-mail address, or the user directly inputs an e-mail address.

Conventional technology stores e-mail addresses separately on their mobile terminals or PCs and manages them separately, so if you use a different MUA (for example, if you are on a mobile phone or another PC), you can use your existing MUA address book. There is a problem that you cannot share the registered email address.

In addition, current Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) servers provide only the functionality associated with retrieving e-mail from a remote server. If it is necessary to store data such as an email address book, the POP3 server cannot provide the relevant processing.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and adds a function of searching and storing an e-mail address in POP3, so that a mobile terminal and a PC can be connected through a POP3 server. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of sharing email addresses between a mobile communication terminal and a PC, which enables a shared address book for one email address to be maintained.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises the steps of the POP3 terminal in the state that the POP3 terminal and the POP3 server is connected to each other via a network requesting the POP3 server to search for the email address for the first party to receive the result; If the received email address for the first party does not exist in the POP3 server, the POP3 terminal further registers an email address for the first party in a POP3 server, and the email for the second party in the POP3 terminal. If there is no address, requesting the POP3 server to search for an e-mail address for the second party and receiving the result; and additionally registering an e-mail address for the second party to the POP3 terminal. .

The additional registration of the email address of the first party to the POP3 server may be performed by using a POP3 terminal such as a PC or a PDA, and the additional registration of the email address of the second party to the POP3 terminal may be performed by a PC. Additional registration is possible with POP3 terminal such as PDA.

In addition to the additional registration, it is also possible to change or delete the e-mail address of the other party, and when the POP3 terminal requests the POP3 server to search for the e-mail address of the first party, the POP3 server searches in a transaction state. Command, and when the POP3 terminal additionally registers an e-mail address for the first party with the POP3 server, the POP3 server stores additional registration through a STORE command in a transaction state.
In addition, according to another object of the present invention, a POP3 server including an algorithm corresponding to a storage and retrieval function of an email address, and a search, modification and And sharing the email address of the PC with the mobile communication terminal, including a POP3 terminal having a storage function, and a PC having a search, correction, and storage function for the email address stored in the POP3 server while being connected to the POP3 server through a network. System.

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

1 is a block diagram showing an e-mail transmission and reception operation state of a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied. The mobile communication system is a computer 180 through the Internet or a dedicated Internet network of a general landline telephone 170. Connect with

The computer 180 has a code file to be transmitted to the terminal 110, and each code file is divided into a predetermined size and compressed.

In order to connect directly with the computer 180, a mobile telecommunication switching center 150 is connected through a network connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) / ISDN / Internet network 160, and the public switched telephone network ( PSTN / ISDN / Internet network 160, POP3 server 140 and base station controller 130, base station 111 connected to base station controller 130 and base station 111 It consists of a mobile communication terminal 110 connected via a wireless link.

The base station 111 serves to change the signal format between the mobile communication terminal 110 and the mobile communication switching center 150 to be suitable for a wireless link and a wired link, and transmit and receive electric field strength of the mobile communication terminal 110 (propagation). Reception strength) is measured and provided to the mobile communication switching center 150.

The base station controller 130 serves as an access means between each element of the base station 111 and the cell operator, and manages a plurality of base station operations, manages service states of base station hardware and software, and allocates and configures resources for call traffic. It performs functions such as establishing information on base station operation, base station operation, monitoring, and monitoring of subordinate devices related to failures.

The mobile communication switching center 150 provides a circuit switching service to the base station controller 130 and the mobile communication terminal 110 and has a channel handoff function as an additional function.

The POP3 server 140 extends the function of the POP3 server 140 to store an e-mail address book managed by a user in the POP3 server 140 in order to share an e-mail address (address book) registered by the PC and the mobile communication terminal. .

That is, in addition to the function of searching the email from the POP3 server 140 provided by the POP3 protocol, an additional function is added to the POP3 server 140 to search and store the email address. The POP3 server 140 may be used to store and retrieve email addresses. The storage and retrieval function of such an e-mail address may be possible both by adding a corresponding algorithm to an existing program or by adding a program including such an algorithm.

 Through the extended POP3 server 140, a list of e-mail addresses can be shared between a PC and a mobile communication terminal. When designating an e-mail recipient, an e-mail address stored in a server can be efficiently searched for and used.

This means that a user using the same POP3 server 140 has a single email address and address book of the POP3 server 140, and can search and use the email address stored in the POP3 server 140 anywhere (PC or mobile terminal). Means.

 The search command in POP3 server 140 allows the MUA (terminal or PC) to find the email address information stored on the server, and the save command allows the new email address to be stored on server 140.

2 is a block diagram showing an internal operation state of a terminal according to an embodiment of a method of sharing an e-mail address between a mobile communication terminal and a PC to which the present invention is applied. Describe the operation.

The microprocessor 210 controls the overall email address sharing operation according to the present invention, and has a ROM for storing a predetermined email address sharing operation program, and the data storage unit 270 is the microprocessor 210. RAM for temporarily storing data generated during the operation of the program and data related to the email address sharing.

The audio unit 220 receives voice data from the microprocessor 210 and simultaneously amplifies the voice data, converts the voice data into a mechanical audio signal that can be heard by the user, and outputs the converted audio signal.

The RF transceiver 250 converts an RF signal including an e-mail related data, etc. from a transmitter / receiver of a terminal into a radio signal and transmits it to a base station through an antenna, while receiving an RF signal from the base station and converting it into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The output is converted to the microprocessor 210.

The key input unit 230 includes both a key provided on the side of the terminal and a plurality of numeric keys and function keys provided on the keypad, and outputs key data for the keys to the microprocessor 210, and the LCD. The display unit 240 receives and displays display data on key data input from the key input unit 230 from the microprocessor 210, and displays an e-mail transmission and reception operation state and time of the mobile communication terminal.

The e-mail processing unit 260 processes e-mail related data such as e-mails and e-mail addresses exchanged with the POP3 server 140.

3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation flow according to the e-mail address sharing method of the mobile communication terminal and the PC according to an embodiment of the present invention, the POP3 terminal 110 is connected to the POP3 server 140 when the operation is started (Socket) Send an initialization signal 301 for.

In the present invention, the POP3 terminal 110 may be a PDP or a PC.

The POP3 server 140 receives the initialization signal 301 for the socket connection from the POP3 terminal 110 and then processes the authentication state (Authorization State) of authenticating that all the preparation of the POP3 server 140 is completed. The preparation completion signal 302 is transmitted to the POP3 terminal 110.

Then, the POP3 terminal 110 transmits a user ID (IDentification) to the POP3 server 140 (303), and sends a user ID recognition signal 304 indicating that the POP3 server 140 recognizes the user ID. To send.

The POP3 terminal 110 receives and processes the user ID recognition signal 304 from the POP3 server 140 and then transmits the PASS password to the POP3 server 140 (305). The POP3 server 140 sends the password. After processing the transaction process (Transaction State), the password recognition confirmation signal 306 is transmitted to the POP3 terminal 110.

Then, the POP3 terminal 110 transmits a STAT signal to the POP3 server 140 (307).

The STAT signal is a POP3 command, which means a signal for requesting a mail list stored in the POP3 server 140.

That is, it is a signal requesting data such as how many message lists exist in the POP3 server 140 and how large each message size is (unit is Octet: a kind of byte unit).

The POP3 server 140 receives and processes a STAT signal from the POP3 terminal 110 and transmits the number and size of messages to the POP3 terminal 110 (308).

The POP3 terminal 110 receives a predetermined number and size of messages from the POP3 server 140 and then sends a request signal 309 to the POP3 server 140 to determine whether there is an email address of a person named Steven. do.

As a result of transmitting the request signal 309, if there is an e-mail address of Steven, the e-mail address of "steven@pop.com" is searched for, and the result is transmitted to the POP3 terminal 110 ( 310).

At this time, the POP3 server 140 searches through a SEARCH command in a transaction state.

In this case, when the request signal 309 is transmitted, if there is no e-mail address of Steven, the e-mail address of the person is not transmitted to the POP3 terminal 110 (310).

Then, the POP3 terminal 110 transmits the email address of the person named Steven to the POP3 server 140 and newly adds the address of the person named Steven to the POP3 server 140 (ADD) registration (311). )

The add (ADD) registration 311 stores the POP3 server 140 additional registration through the STORE command in the transaction state (Transaction state).

In the Store Command, ADDTO, CHANGE, and REMOVE are taken as arguments.

The ADDTO means the addition of an entry, the CHANGE means the change of an entry, and REMOVE means the deletion of an entry.

The newly added e-mail address of the person named Steven in the POP3 server 140 may be used in common by using a PC, a PDP, or a mobile communication terminal.

In the present invention, a new e-mail address of a person named Steven is newly added to the POP3 server 140 using the POP3 mobile communication terminal 110, but a new Stephen is added to the POP3 server 140 using a PC or a PDP. (Steven) may be newly registered (311) a person's e-mail address.

After the additional registration using the PC, and then using the POP3 mobile communication terminal 110, the additionally registered person named Steven (Steven) may be used in common.

In the present invention, only the process of newly adding (ADD) a person's e-mail address to the POP3 server 140 is described as an embodiment, but all functions such as CHANGE and REMOVE are possible in addition to the additional registration. Do.

On the other hand, if there is no e-mail address of a person named Kevin in the POP3 terminal 110, the POP3 terminal 110 requests the search for the e-mail address of Kevin in the POP3 server 140 (312) and the POP3 server 140. SEARCH the Kevin's email address (Kevin@pop.com) and sends it to the POP3 terminal 110 (313).

Then, the POP3 terminal 110 registers (ADD) the Kevin's email address (Kevin@pop.com) received from the POP3 server 140 in the POP3 terminal 110.

In the present invention, only the process of newly adding (ADD) registration of an email address of a person named Kevin to the POP3 terminal 110 is described, but all functions such as CHANGE and REMOVE are possible in addition to the additional registration. Do.

When all the operations are completed as above, the socket connection is terminated.

As described in detail above, the present invention adds a function of searching and storing an email address in POP3, thereby providing a shared address book for a single email address in a mobile communication terminal and a PC through a POP3 server. It provides a useful effect that you can keep.

Claims (7)

 The POP3 terminal requesting the POP3 server to search for an e-mail address for the first party while the POP3 terminal and the POP3 server are connected to each other through a network, and receiving the result; If the email address for the first party is not found in the POP3 server, the POP3 terminal further registers the email address for the first party in a POP3 server; If the POP3 terminal does not have an e-mail address for the second party, requesting the POP3 server to search for the e-mail address for the second party and receiving the result; And registering the received e-mail address for the second party in the POP3 terminal. The method according to claim 1, The step of additionally registering the email address for the first party to the POP3 server, characterized in that additional registration is possible using a POP3 terminal, such as a PC or PDA. The method according to claim 1, The step of additionally registering the email address for the second party to the POP3 terminal, characterized in that additional registration is possible in the POP3 terminal, such as a PC or PDA. The method according to claim 1, In addition to the additional registration, the e-mail address sharing method of the mobile communication terminal and the PC, characterized in that it is possible to change or delete the e-mail address for the other party. The method according to claim 1, When the POP3 terminal requests the POP3 server to search for an e-mail address for the first party, the POP3 server searches for the e-mail address of the mobile communication terminal and the PC through a SEARCH command in a transaction state. Way. The method according to claim 1, When the POP3 terminal additionally registers an e-mail address for the first party in the POP3 server, the POP3 server stores additional registrations through a STORE command in a transaction state. How to share your email address. A POP3 server containing algorithms for storing and retrieving email addresses, A POP3 terminal incorporating a shared operation program having a function of searching, modifying and storing an e-mail address stored in the POP3 server while being connected to the POP3 server in a network; And a PC with a built-in sharing operation program having a function of searching, modifying, and storing an email address stored in the POP3 server while being networked with the POP3 server.

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