KR100570431B1 - Transfer massage reserving device in messenger call service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention uses web technology and text-to-speech (TTS) technology to schedule delivery messages, or pulse code modulation (PCM) using commercial software such as a cool editor on a PC. The present invention relates to a device and a method for reserving a delivery message using a web browser in a messenger call service using the file as a delivery message, and to a method of reserving a delivery message using a web browser. It's easier to use than scheduling, and you can check your input as you enter data, which can greatly reduce typing errors. On the phone, considerably cumbersome group messages (used for meetings such as reunions) or scheduled delivery. It is easy to search / modify messages, and it also has a phone book management function, a group management function, / Lunar has a conversion function such benefits can provide a variety of additional features that can be provided through the web.

Description

Transfer massage reserving device in messenger call service and method

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a delivery message reservation apparatus according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a process of booking a delivery message using the Web and TTS technology according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a process of booking a delivery message using the web and commercial software according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

10: service subscriber 20: delivery message management means

21: menu providing unit 22: message delivery unit

23: interface unit 24: database

25: database management unit 30: the Internet

40: message generating means 41: Web server

42: interface unit 43: firewall (FIRE WALL)

50: message changing means 51: message changing unit

52: message playback unit 53: file server

54: PCM file storage unit 55: interface unit

60 call processing means 70 public network

The present invention is a method of reserving a delivery message using a web browser (WEB BROWSER) in a messenger call service, and more specifically, a technology for converting web technology and text into voice (TEXT-TO-SPEECH: hereinafter referred to as TTS). To schedule a delivery message, or create a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) file using a commercial software such as a cool editor on a PC, and then use it as a delivery message. It is about how to.

In general, when scheduling a forwarding message through a web browser, the user can directly check his or her input and create a forwarding message. Therefore, the method of scheduling a message is simpler than using the telephone menu method. .

In addition, the phone can easily handle the scheduling of a cumbersome group message (used for alumni meetings, etc.), and it is easy to retrieve or modify a scheduled delivery message. In addition, WEB can manage the phone book for each service subscriber, or provide additional functions necessary for reservation of delivery messages, such as a positive / lunar conversion function, thereby diversifying the service.

Currently, other services similar to the messenger call service can only schedule delivery messages by phone. In this case, in order to schedule a delivery message, it is necessary to follow the complicated menu structure and leave information such as message content, message delivery time, recipient's phone number, and recipient's name. Can't be reserved, which leads to typographical errors.

In addition, scheduled delivery messages, such as retrieval or search functions must be performed by following the menu provided by the phone is a complex disadvantage.

The present invention, in view of the conventional problems and requirements described above, by applying the web, database, file transfer protocol (ftp), TTS technology, commercial software to generate PCM files, etc. You can easily implement the function of easily scheduling, modifying the scheduled delivery message, rescheduling undelivered messages by retrieving the message delivery result, and retrieving / modifying the delivery message scheduled by phone using the web. The purpose is to make sure.

In the messenger call service of the present invention for achieving the above object, a delivery message reservation device includes a menu providing unit that provides a corresponding menu so that a service subscriber using a telephone can reserve / modify / search a delivery message; A message delivery unit which delivers the delivery message to the reserved telephone number when the reservation time of the delivery message arrives, an interface unit in charge of interfacing with other means, a database storing reservation information of the input reservation message; A delivery message management means comprising a database management unit managing the database;

In order to prevent the intrusion of the messenger call service subscriber, the web server that provides the subscriber authentication function and the corresponding screen so that subscribers can schedule / search / modify the forwarded messages through the Internet, and the interface unit in charge of the interface with other means, Message generating means comprising a firewall (FIRE WALL) used;

A message changer for changing a reserved message in a web form into a pulse code modulation (PCM) file, recording a reserved message over a telephone, and making a reservation under the control of the message transfer unit when the message delivery time arrives. A dial logic processing unit for reproducing the delivered message, a file transfer protocol (ftp) server responsible for uploading the PCM file generated on the PC, a PCM file storage unit for storing the contents of the actual message to be transmitted, and other means. Message changing means comprising an interface unit in charge of an interface; And

And a call processing means connected to a public communication network under the control of the delivery message management means to process input / output calls.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of reserving a delivery message in a messenger call service includes: a first process of accessing a web server providing a messenger call service through a web browser;

A second process of inputting information by selecting a general message reservation from a message reservation menu after authenticating the subscriber using a user identification number and a password when the access is completed;

A third step of transmitting the information to a web server by clicking a message reservation button when the information input is completed;

A fourth step of storing reservation information of a message among the received information in a database in a delivery message management means;

A fifth step of storing the actual content of the message among the received information in a storing means in the message changing means;

A sixth step of changing the text information and the message receiver name received in the fifth step into a pulse code modulation (PCM) file;

And a seventh step of determining and storing a directory and a file name where the PCM file is to be stored, based on the reservation information stored in the fourth step, transmitting the approval message to the web server, and ending when the change is completed. It is done.

In addition, a method of reserving a delivery message in a messenger call service of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: generating a delivery message as a PCM file on a personal PC, and then accessing a web server through a web browser;

A second step of receiving subscriber authentication using a user identification number and a password when the access is completed, selecting general message reservation from a message reservation menu, and inputting information;

A third step of transmitting the information to a web server by clicking a message reservation button when the input of information is completed;

A fourth step of storing only reservation information of a message among the received information in a database in a delivery message management means;

A fifth step of storing the actual content of the message among the received information in a storing means in the message changing means;

A sixth step of changing the text information and the message receiver name received in the fifth step into a pulse code modulation (PCM) file;

And a seventh step of determining and storing a directory and a file name where the PCM file is to be stored, based on the reservation information stored in the fourth step, transmitting the approval message to the web server, and ending when the change is completed. It is done.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an apparatus for providing a messenger call service according to the present invention. First, the delivery message management means 20 allows a service subscriber 10 who uses a telephone to book / modify / search a delivery message. A menu providing unit 21 for providing a corresponding menu so as to be provided;

Message delivery unit 22 for delivering a delivery message to the reserved phone number when the scheduled message delivery message delivery time;

An interface unit 23 in charge of interfacing with other means;

A database 24 for storing reservation information (eg, reserved date and time, transmission time and date, etc.) of the input reservation message;

And a database manager 25 for managing the database.

The message generating means 40 includes a web server 41 which provides a subscriber authentication function and a corresponding screen so that a messenger call service subscriber can reserve / search / modify a delivery message through the Internet 30;

An interface unit 42 in charge of interfacing with other means;

 It is provided with a message generating means consisting of a firewall 43 used to prevent intrusion of the hackers.

The message changing means 50 includes: a message changing unit 51 for changing a delivery message of a TEXT type reserved in the web into a PCM file using a TTS;

A message reproducing unit 52 for recording a delivery message scheduled by telephone through the delivery message management means 20 and reproducing the reserved delivery message under the control of the message delivery unit 22 when the message delivery time comes;

A file transfer protocol 53 (eg, an ftp server) that is responsible for uploading PCM files made with commercial software (eg, cool editor) on a PC;

A PCM file storage unit 54 for storing contents of a message to be actually transmitted;

The interface unit 55 in charge of the interface with other means is provided.

The call processing means 60 is a kind of programmable switch connected to the public communication network (PSTN) 70 by E1 to process an input / output call, wherein the input / output call is a menu providing part of the delivery message management means 20. 21 and the message delivery unit 22.

Briefly describing the operation process of the delivery message reservation device configured as described above, the messenger call service user is an example of a person subscribed to the 'KT-CARD service' in the present invention, which is one of the intelligent network services KT-CARD service It is linked with the system that manages subscriber data. In other words, before reserving a message from the messenger call service or delivering a reserved message, the system must be authenticated using the KT-CARD number and password. If you are not a subscriber to the KT-CARD service, your service is suspended, or your password does not match, you will not receive a messenger call service.

Each means constituting the messenger call system as described above is connected by a redundant LAN, and the database 24 is shared through SQL * net.

Hereinafter, a process of reserving a delivery message using the above apparatus will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reserving a delivery message by applying the web and TTS technology in FIG. 1, which describes a case in which a general message is reserved and a reservation procedure of repetitive messages and group messages is similar.

First, access to a web server providing a messenger call service through a web browser (S1). When the connection is established, the user ID and password are authenticated, and then a general message reservation is selected from the message reservation menu (S2).

In the above state, when the general message is reserved in the text TEXT, the content to be input by the service subscriber is input in accordance with the form output from the web browser (S3). At this time, the contents to input are as follows.

① Recipient's name: Recipient's name is changed to PCM file before forwarding message.

② Message Delivery Time: Indicates the delivery time of the delivery message reserved by the message delivery unit 22 inside the delivery message management means 20.

③ Forwarding phone number: This is the phone number to which the reservation message will be sent.

④ Confirmation number: This is a kind of password that is reserved by the person who reserved the delivery message and the person who will receive the delivery message so that no one other than the recipient can listen to the delivery message. I can hear it.

⑤ Forward text input field: Up to 1500 characters are allowed.

When the above information input is completed, the message reservation button is clicked, and when the message reservation button is clicked, the contents input by the service subscriber are transmitted to the web server (S4).

Subsequently, the web server displays each of the above-mentioned data input through the browser, name of recipient, forwarding phone number, message forwarding time, text, forwarding message name (MSG19991011112021), scheduled time of message (time of message reservation button click), and the like. Stored in the database of the delivery message management means 20 via SQL * net (S5), the web server, the text entered by the service subscriber, the time the message is scheduled, the authentication number of the user using the current service (KT in the present invention) -Used as a card number), and transmits the message recipient name to the message changer 51 inside the message change means through a socket (S6). This information is necessary to determine the directory name and file name to be saved after the text and message recipient name is changed to PCM file by TTS.

For reference, the contents and uses delivered to the message change unit 51 through the socket are as follows.

① Text: It is changed to PCM file by TTS.

② KT-CARD No.: It is used to decide the directory where transfer message changed to PCM file will be located. For example, if the service subscriber's KT-CARD number is 123-4567, the delivery message changed to PCM file is located under $ HOME / voice / 1/23/45/67 / directory.

③ Time when the message is scheduled: It is used to specify the file name of the PCM file by filling in all fields necessary for general message reservation on the web browser screen and clicking the message reservation button. For example, if the regular message reservation time is 11:20:21, October 11, 1999, the name of the delivery message changed to the PCM file by TTS will be MSG19991011112021, and the $ HOME / voice / 1/23/45/67 / directory. Stored underneath.

④ Message recipient's name: The recipient's name is also changed to PCM file by TTS, and the file name is MSGRN19991011112021, similar to the forwarded message name, and is located under the same directory as the forwarded message.

Subsequently, the message changer 51 receiving the above information changes the text and message recipient name into a PCM file, generates and stores a file name using the KT-CARD number and the message reservation time specified in step S6. After transmitting the acknowledgment (ACK) message to the web server (S7).

For reference, steps S1 to S4 are processes performed in a web browser, steps S5 to S6 are processes performed in a web server, and step S7 is processes performed in a message changing means.

On the other hand, when scheduling a delivery message in text on the web as shown in FIG. 2, the sound quality of the PCM file converted by the TTS is lower than that of a service subscriber recording a delivery message using a telephone directly. I can feel it.

Therefore, by using a commercial S / W such as a cool editor (cool editor) as shown in Figure 3 to make a delivery message directly on the PC can be used to create a delivery message in their own voice can overcome this disadvantage.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of creating a PCM file using a commercial S / W such as a cool editor on a PC and using the same as a delivery message, in which case a general message is reserved.

First, a commercial message is generated as a PCM file using a commercial software such as a cool editor, and then a web browser is connected to a web server providing a messenger call service (T1).

When the connection is made, the subscriber ID is authenticated using the user ID and password, and the general message reservation is selected from the message reservation menu (T2).

When the general message is reserved as a PCM file in the above state, the contents to be entered by the service subscriber are the same as when the general message is reserved as text in FIG. 2 except that the PCM file name is input instead of the text. In this case, enter the file name as an absolute directory in the file name input field (eg c: /tmp/test.pcm). When the above information input is completed, the message reservation button is clicked (T3).

According to the button click, information such as message recipient name, message delivery time, delivery message name, and scheduled time of the message is delivered to the web server. The web browser transmits the message name (c: / tmp / test entered by the subscriber). .pcm) to the name system used by the messenger call system using the user authentication number (KT-CARD number) and the time when the message reservation button was clicked (MSG19991011112021), and then the message change time using the file transfer protocol (ftp). Upload to the corresponding directory in (T4).

Subsequently, the web server stores the recipient name, the forwarding phone number, the message forwarding time, the forwarded message name (MSG19991011112021), the message reservation time, and the like, which are input through the web browser in a database of the forwarding message management means 20 (T5).

Subsequently, the web server transmits the message recipient name, the time when the message is reserved, and the user authentication number (KT-CARD number) to the message change unit 51 in the message change unit. This information is transmitted to the message change unit 51 as shown in FIG. ) Is used as information needed to determine the directory name and file name to store after changing the message recipient name to a PCM file (T6).

The message changing unit 51 changes the recipient name into a PCM file, generates a file name using the information, and stores the file name (MSGRN19991011112021). Subsequently, the message changing unit 51 in the message changing unit transmits an acknowledgment (ACK) message to the web server and ends (T7).

For reference, steps T1 to T4 are performed in a PC and a web browser, steps T5 to S6 are performed in a web server, and step T7 is a process performed in a message changing means.

As described in detail above, a method of reserving a delivery message using a web browser of the present invention is easier to use than a method of reserving a delivery message by using a phone, and an input error may be detected while inputting data. There is an advantage that can be greatly reduced, and the telephone has the advantage of a relatively cumbersome group message (used in reunions, such as reunions) and the ability to easily search / modify the scheduled delivery message.

In addition, there is an advantage in that it can provide a variety of additional functions that can be provided only through the Web, such as phone book management, group management, volume / lunar conversion function for each subscriber.

In addition, Internet users will continue to increase in the future, and related technologies, including TTS technology, are also rapidly developing, so it is expected that in the future, the delivery messages can be booked with the same sound quality as that of the telephone.

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A menu providing unit that provides a menu so that service subscribers who use the telephone can reserve / modify / search the delivery message, and a message delivery unit that delivers the delivery message to the reserved phone number when the scheduled delivery time comes. A delivery message management means comprising an interface unit in charge of interfacing with other means, a database storing reservation information of the input reservation message, and a database management unit managing the database; In order to prevent the intrusion of the messenger call service subscriber, the web server that provides the subscriber authentication function and the corresponding screen so that subscribers can schedule / search / modify the forwarded messages through the Internet, and the interface unit in charge of the interface with other means, Message generating means comprising a firewall (FIRE WALL) used; A message changer for changing the reserved message type in the web server into a pulse code modulation (PCM) file, and recording a delivery message scheduled by telephone through the delivery message management means, and when the message delivery time arrives. A dial logic processing unit for reproducing a scheduled delivery message under the control of a message delivery unit, a file delivery protocol server responsible for uploading a PCM file generated on a PC, a PCM file storage unit for storing contents of a message to be actually transmitted, and Message changing means composed of an interface portion in charge of an interface with the means; And And a call processing means connected to a public communication network of the other party to receive the message and the forwarding message management means to process an input / output call. The method of claim 1, Information input through the message generating means in the second process is A message recipient name that is changed and used as a PCM file before the delivery message; A message delivery time indicating a time at which the scheduled delivery message is delivered; A telephone number to which the reservation message is to be delivered; A confirmation number that must be entered when listening to the message, with a password predetermined by the person who reserved the delivery message and the person who will receive the delivery message so that no one other than the recipient can listen to the delivery message; Apparatus for reserving delivery messages in a messenger call service, comprising: delivering text contents which are actual stored contents. The method of claim 1, Information input through the message generating means in the second process is A message recipient name that is changed and used as a PCM file before the delivery message; A message delivery time indicating a time at which the scheduled delivery message is delivered; A telephone number to which the reservation message is to be delivered; A confirmation number that must be entered when listening to the message, with a password predetermined by the person who reserved the delivery message and the person who will receive the delivery message so that no one other than the recipient can listen to the delivery message; Apparatus for reserving delivered messages in a messenger call service, comprising: delivering PCM file information which is actual storage contents. The method of claim 1, As reservation information stored in the fourth process, Recipient name, forwarding phone number, message delivery time, text, delivery message name, delivery message reservation device in the messenger call service, characterized in that it has a reserved time. The method of claim 1, In the sixth process, information necessary for changing a message may be used. Text information which is content of a message to be changed; A user authentication number used to determine the directory in which the delivery message changed into the PCM file will be located; The time at which the message used to determine the file name of the PCM file is reserved; Apparatus for reserving delivered messages in a messenger call service, characterized in that it comprises a message recipient name. A first step of accessing a web server providing a messenger call service through a web browser; A second process of inputting information by selecting a general message reservation from a message reservation menu after authenticating the subscriber using a user identification number and a password when the access is completed; A third step of transmitting the information to a web server by clicking a message reservation button when the information input is completed; A fourth step of storing only reservation information of a message among the received information in a database in a delivery message management means; A fifth step of storing the actual content of the message among the received information in a storing means in the message changing means; A sixth step of changing the text information and the message receiver name received in the fifth step into a pulse code modulation (PCM) file; And a seventh process of determining and storing the directory and file name where the message is to be stored based on the reservation information stored in the fourth process, transmitting the approval message to the web server, and ending when the change is completed. How to schedule delivery message in messenger call service. The method of claim 6, As the information input in the second process A message recipient name that is changed and used as a PCM file before the delivery message; A message delivery time indicating a time at which the scheduled delivery message is delivered; A telephone number to which the reservation message is to be delivered; A confirmation number that must be entered when listening to the message, with a password predetermined by the person who reserved the delivery message and the person who will receive the delivery message so that no one other than the recipient can listen to the delivery message; A method for reserving a delivery message in a messenger call service, comprising: delivering text contents which are actual storage contents. The method of claim 6, As reservation information stored in the fourth process, A method of reserving a delivery message in a messenger call service, comprising: a name of a recipient, a forwarding telephone number, a message delivery time, a text, a delivery message name, and a reserved time of the message. The method of claim 6, In the sixth process, information necessary for changing a message may be used. Text information which is content of a message to be changed; A user authentication number used to determine the directory in which the delivery message changed into the PCM file will be located; The time at which the message used to determine the file name of the PCM file is reserved; Method for reserving a delivery message in a messenger call service, characterized in that it comprises a message recipient name. A first step of generating a delivery message as a PCM file on a personal PC and then accessing a web server through a web browser; A second step of receiving a subscriber authentication using a user identification number and a password when the access is completed, selecting a general message reservation from a message reservation menu, and inputting information; A third step of transmitting the information to a web server by clicking a message reservation button when the input of information is completed; A fourth step of storing only reservation information of a message among the received information in a database in a delivery message management means; A fifth step of storing the actual content of the message among the received information in a storing means in the message changing means; A sixth step of changing the text information and the message receiver name received in the fifth step into a pulse code modulation (PCM) file; And a seventh process of determining and storing a directory and file name in which the message is to be stored based on the reservation information stored in the fourth process, transmitting the approval message to the web server, and terminating when the change is completed. How to schedule a delivery message in the messenger call service. The method of claim 10, As the information input in the second process A message recipient name that is changed and used as a PCM file before the delivery message; A message delivery time indicating a time at which the scheduled delivery message is delivered; A telephone number to which the reservation message is to be delivered; A confirmation number that must be entered when listening to the message, with a password predetermined by the person who reserved the delivery message and the person who will receive the delivery message so that no one other than the recipient can listen to the delivery message; Method for reserving delivery message in messenger call service, characterized in that it comprises delivery PCM file information which is actually stored contents. The method of claim 10, As reservation information stored in the fourth process, A method of reserving a delivery message in a messenger call service, comprising: a name of a recipient, a forwarding telephone number, a message delivery time, a text, a delivery message name, and a reserved time of the message. The method of claim 10, In the sixth process, information necessary for changing a message may be used. PCM file information which is message content to be changed; A user authentication number used to determine the directory in which the delivery message changed into the PCM file will be located; The time at which the message used to determine the file name of the PCM file is reserved; Method for reserving a delivery message in a messenger call service, characterized in that it comprises a message recipient name.

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