KR100604224B1 - Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving message for multi-group of users - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention allows one user to create multiple groups, join multiple groups, and allow users belonging to a group to send and receive messages to all members of the group to which the user belongs as well as to individuals. User server that stores information related to user, user related information, and message related information from the administrator server and the administrator server through the communication network, and has a client module for creating, registering or displaying group information, user information or message. An apparatus comprising a client module installation step, user registration step, group generation step, group membership step, message creation / transmission step and message receiving step for a multi-group subscriber and method and method.

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Description

Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving message for multi-group of users}

1 is a diagram briefly showing a message transmitting and receiving device for a multi-group subscriber according to the present invention.

2 illustrates a case in which a user joins several groups.

3 is a view showing in detail the type and attribute of information stored in the administrator server.

4 is a diagram for requesting consent for joining and installing a group when visiting a web site requiring joining and installing a group.

5 is a screen displayed when requesting user registration.

6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D are screens displayed step by step when a user creates a group.

7 is a screen displayed to the user when the user wants to join a specific group.

8 is a screen displayed when a user composes and transmits a message.

9 is a received message list display screen displayed when a user receives a message.

10 is a screen displayed when the user inquires the contents of the received message.

-Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings-

1: admin server 2: communication network

3: user computer 4: client module

The present invention relates to a message transmitting and receiving device and method for a multi-group subscriber. In particular, the present invention allows a user to create multiple groups, join multiple groups, and allow multi-group subscribers to send and receive messages to all members of the group to which the user belongs as well as to individual users. The present invention relates to a message transmitting and receiving apparatus and method.

Conventionally, a typical method of sending and receiving a message through a communication network includes an e-mail and a message of a messenger. In each case, a method of setting up a recipient group uses a method in which an individual user creates a group through e-mail or a messenger program and registers recipients in the group. This way of setting up a group individually requires the effort of creating and registering groups for each user of the group, and for all group members to match the list of group recipients set by each user. Is almost impossible. In addition, when sending mails or messages, the same amount of mail or messages can be generated by the number of group members, resulting in various wastes on computer resources.

 It is an object of the present invention that each group does not register group members to the group, but instead the group is automatically formed by each user constituting the group only joining the group created on the server and the message exchange between the group members or The present invention provides a message transmitting and receiving device and method for a multi-group subscriber to simplify sending and receiving messages to all group members.

Message transmission and reception apparatus for a multi-group subscriber according to the present invention, the client server to provide a user module and the group related information, information related to the user and message related information stored in the server; And a user computer having a client module configured to exchange information from the administrator server through a communication network and to create, register, or display group information, user information, or a message.

In addition, the message transmission and reception method for a multi-group subscriber according to the present invention, the client module for sending and receiving information provided from the administrator server to create, register or display the group information, user information or message according to the user's consent A client module installation and user registration step of being installed in a user computer and automatically registered as a user in an administrator server; A group generation step of newly creating a group by a user who has finished registering the user; A group member joining step of joining as a member to a public or private group already created after the user registration; Creating and sending a message for designating an individual or the group as a recipient and inputting a subject and content to send the message to all members of the individual or group; And a message receiving step of receiving a message from an individual belonging to the individual who sent the message or a member of a group.

In addition, in the present invention, the client module installation step may be divided into a simple installation step and a group automatic subscription installation step, the user in a state of pre-opened the group in the organization, such as a company, an association, a meeting having a homepage When the user accesses the homepage, the group join / install agreement window is posted, and when the user agrees to join and install the group, the client module is installed and it is preferable to automatically join the group.

In addition, in the present invention, the user who automatically joins the group may be configured to receive a message transmitted from a system administrator or a group administrator, but not to send a message to a group or to transmit or receive a message between individuals.

In addition, in the present invention, the group creation step, the user is a new step to create a group, any user who has completed user registration can create a group, the user who created the group automatically becomes a group administrator of the group It is desirable to be able to perform various administrative functions of the group.

In addition, in the present invention, the group manager sets the matters related to the public or private group, and set the information, such as email, mobile phone number, additional questions of the group subscribers necessary for the group operation to input additional information when the users join the group Receive group membership, remove group membership, close the group, send messages to the entire group, transfer the group administrator's role to others in the group, It is desirable to be able to set group message permissions that restrict the sending of group messages.

In addition, in the present invention, the group joining step is a step of joining an already created public or private group, in order to join a group member, user registration must first be performed, and an e-mail or a mobile phone requested by a group administrator is required. You can join the group only by entering the items such as the number and the answers to the questions set by the group administrator.If you join the public group, you can join the group without additional approval or group password. In this case, the user can apply to join the group and the group administrator can join or enter a predetermined group password to join the group automatically.The user who has completed the group membership becomes the group registrant of the group and belongs to the group. Send messages to all members, group messages from members of their group It is desirable to be able to both receive and send and receive messages between individuals.

Also, in the present invention, the step of creating / sending a message may be a step of designating a recipient and inputting a subject and a content to send a message, where a simple installer or an automatic subscriber is not available and the receiver is subscribed by an individual or a user. If a group is designated as a recipient, it is preferable that a message is sent to all group members of the group.

In addition, in the present invention, when the group manager is not able to send a message to the whole group through the group message authority setting of the group information, the group members who are not the group manager can not send the message to the group and the whole group When sending a message, it is desirable to be able to send a message by specifying recipient conditions such as group members' gender, birth year, and residence area.

In the present invention, the step of receiving a message is a step of checking a list of messages received by the user and inquiring the contents, as well as being sent to the user as a user, can also receive messages sent to the group to which the user belongs. For example, if a recipient condition such as gender, age, or residence area is specified in a message sent to a group, it is preferable to receive the message only when the user matches the recipient condition.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

1 shows a message transmitting and receiving device for a multi-group subscriber according to the present invention. The message transmitting and receiving device according to the present invention provides a user client module to a user and provides information related to a group, information related to group members, and message related information. Stores the stored manager server 1 and the client module 4 for exchanging information from the manager server 1 via the communication network 2 and for creating, registering or displaying group information, group membership information or messages. User computer 3 and the like.

Fig. 2 shows a case where a user joins several groups. All users who have installed the client module can register as a member in one or more groups, and users who do not register in any group are classified as simple installers.

FIG. 3 shows the types and attributes of information stored in the manager server 1 in detail. The group information stored in the manager server 1 is a group basic attribute as group ID, group name, group manager ID, group introduction, It consists of group category, group password, group public division, group message authority, etc., whether to add e-mail, mobile phone number, and additional questions required for group membership. In addition, the user information consists of user ID, user name, user password, gender classification, birth year, upper residence area, lower residence area, e-mail, mobile phone number, additional answers, and the message information includes message ID and sender. ID, recipient / destination list, message subject, message content, date and time of delivery, date of disposal, gender target, year of birth target range, residential area target range, etc.

2 and 3, a user who installs a client module or registers as a member may be divided into a simple installer, an automatic subscriber, an individual registrant, a group registrant, and a group manager.

First, a simple installer is a user who first installs a client module received by downloading a program or sending an attachment of an e-mail, and is a user who is registered as a temporary user ID in the administrator server 1. It is possible to receive messages sent from the system administrator including the administrator server 1, and other services provided with the present invention, such as search, news reception, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) RSS, utilities such as dictionary search The function can be executed.

The program can be executed in various forms such as a toolbar form, a pop-up, a tray icon, etc. The simple installer can receive a message transmitted from the administrator server 1, but the transmission and reception of a message between individuals and a group can be performed. impossible.

In addition, the automatic subscriber can distribute the program to the homepage visitors or members with the group name in a state where the specific company or organization first registered the group on the administrator server (1), and the distributed user automatically installs the program at the same time. In this case, it refers to the user. The auto subscriber is registered as a temporary user ID in the administrator server 1, and can receive messages from the administrator server 1 system administrator or group administrator in addition to all functions of a simple installer, but can also send messages to a group or individual. Sending and receiving messages between them is not possible.

In addition, the personal registrant has to register personal information in the administrator server 1 when a simple installer wants to send a message to another user, and refers to a user who registers in the administrator server 1 only as an individual without joining a group. The personal information stored in the administrator server 1 consists of a user ID, a user name, a user password, a gender, a region of residence, a year of birth, and the like. The temporary user ID received from the administrator server 1 when registered as a simple installer is provided. Is changed to the user ID specified by the user. Personal registrants can send and receive messages between individuals except all functions of simple installers, and cannot send messages to groups.

In addition, the group registrant is set by a user who registers personal information to the manager server 1, that is, a personal registrant joins a group which is registered in a specific manager server 1 in advance. In order for individual registrants to join a group, the additional information set by the group manager must be input. The additional information can be an answer to additional questions registered by the group manager along with an e-mail address and a mobile phone number. . Another case in which a group registrant can be applied also applies to a case where an auto subscriber who is automatically subscribed to a group by receiving a temporary user ID registers a user in the manager server 1.

This group registrar's functions include both automatic subscribers and individual registrants, and can send messages to all members of a group, receive group messages from members of a group, or send and receive messages between individuals. .

In addition, the group manager can create his or her own group of individual registrants and group registrants, and the group manager automatically becomes a group manager. In addition to all the functions of the group registrant, the group manager can define additional entries for group members, approve or remove group members, and transfer the group manager role to others in the group.

In addition, the message transmission and reception method for a multi-group subscriber according to the present invention includes a client module installation step, a user registration step, a group creation step, a group member registration step, a message creation / transmission step, a message reception step and a message transmission confirmation step, etc. Each step is described in more detail below.

First, the client module installation step may be divided into a simple installation step and a group automatic subscription installation step. The simple installation step is a step of installing a client module received by downloading a program or sending an e-mail attachment and installing the same on a user's computer (3). In addition, other services provided with the present invention may execute utility functions irrespective of groups such as searching, receiving news, receiving Really Simple Syndication (RSS), and searching the dictionary.

The group auto-installation step is available to organizations such as companies, associations, and meetings that have a homepage, and the user can open the homepage with the members of the organization pre-opened the group and include the auto-subscribe group in the client installation module. When accessing, the group join / install agreement window as shown in FIG. 4 is posted, and when the user agrees to join and install the group, the client module is installed and automatically joins the group. When a user who has already installed the client module visits the homepage, the user simply joins the group by simply agreeing to join the group. A user who automatically joins a group is called an auto subscriber and can receive messages from the administrator server (1) system administrator or group administrator in addition to all functions of a simple installer. impossible.

Next, in the user registration step, as shown in FIG. 5, the client module requires user registration when a user wants to send a message to another person or join a group, for example, a function that can be performed by the simple installer. The user should enter minimum basics such as user ID, user name or nickname, password, upper residence, lower residence, birth year and gender. You can select a security question and enter your security answer so that you can find it if you forget your user ID and password. After the user is registered, the user becomes a personal registrant and can send and receive messages between individuals.

Next, the group creation step is a step in which a user newly creates a group, as shown in FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D. That is, a user who has completed user registration, that is, a personal registrant or a group registrant creates a group. The user who creates a group automatically becomes a group manager of the group and can perform various management functions of the group. The group creation screen may be inputted in a single screen or may be input in a group creation wizard form by dividing the screen into multiple screens as shown in FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D.

Group ID, group name, group introduction, group password, etc. are required for group creation, and email address and mobile phone number are additionally input. To make it easy to search for a group, set the category to which the group belongs and receive the search keyword. A group can be divided into a free group and a private group that can be joined only by acquaintances. A private group can be joined only by entering the approval of the group administrator or entering a group password (password).

The group manager can set up matters related to such a public or private group, and set information on group subscribers necessary for group operation, such as e-mail, mobile phone number, and additional questions, so that users can receive additional information when joining the group. . Group administrators can also perform group membership approval, group membership removal, group closure, and sending messages to the entire group, and can transfer the role of group administrator to others in the group. In addition, when there are a large number of group members and there is concern about excessive message sending, group message authority may be set to restrict group members from sending messages to the group. And if a group is organized into a hierarchy like a company's organization, you can select and specify the parent group to which the currently created group will belong.

Next, the group member joining step is a step of joining an already created public or private group as shown in FIG. 7, and user registration must be performed in order to join a group member. You can join the group only by inputting the items requested by the group manager, that is, email, cell phone number, etc., and answers to questions set by the group manager.

In addition, the personal information entered by the user can be set to be unpublished, partially disclosed, or disclosed, but if it is set to 'unlisted', only the user ID, name and answer are shared among the same group members. Additional gender and gender may be disclosed, and if set to 'public', all information entered will be disclosed between the same group members. If you join a public group, you can join immediately without additional approval or group password. When joining a private group, there are two forms. A user can apply for a group, and a group administrator can enter the group and enter a predetermined group password.

A user who has registered as a group member becomes a group registrant of the group and can send a message to all members of the group, receive a group message from a member of the group, or send and receive messages between individuals.

Next, the message creation / transmission step is a step in which a message can be sent by specifying a recipient and inputting a subject and a content as shown in FIG. 8, which is impossible for a simple installer or an automatic subscriber. The recipient can be a group to which an individual or a user subscribes. If a group is designated as a recipient, a message is sent to all group members of the group. However, if the group manager cannot send a message to the entire group by setting the group message authority of the group information, the group member who is not the group manager cannot send the message to the group. When sending a message to the entire group, the message may be sent by specifying the recipient condition, that is, the gender, year of birth, and region of residence of the group members.

Next, the message receiving step is a step of checking the list of messages received by the user and inquiring the contents as shown in FIG. In addition to being sent to an individual user, messages sent to the group to which the user belongs can also be received. If a message sent to a group has a recipient condition such as gender, age, or place of residence, the message is received only if the user matches the recipient condition. In the screen of FIG. 10 showing the received contents, the ID, transmission date, title, and contents of the author (sender) are shown, and a reply may be sent to the sender, or the received contents may be transmitted to a third party.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can freely create a group, and a group may be naturally formed by registering a group with each of the users through an administrator server. The inconvenience of sending a message to the group is improved, and the message sent to the group members is not generated and delivered as the number of group members. Instead, the group is designated as the recipient so that the recipient receives the message sent to the group. Preventing storage and management has the effect of increasing the efficiency of computer and network resource usage.

Although the invention has been described in detail only with respect to the described embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and variations can be made within the spirit and scope of the invention, and such variations or modifications will belong to the appended claims. . For example, a survey method for a group may be possible by a variation or modification of the present invention.

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delete The client module for receiving group information, user information or message, or registering in the administrator server is transmitted through the communication network according to the user's consent and installed in the user terminal, and the user in the administrator server in response to the installation of the client module. Automatically registering as a subscriber; Receiving group generation information from a client module of a user who has registered a user among the subscribers, creating a group, and recording the generated group in predetermined storage means included in the manager server; Receiving group subscription information from a client module of a user who has registered a user among the subscribers and registering as a member in a public or private group recorded in the storage means; And Receiving a message from a client module of a user who has registered a user among the subscribers and transmitting the message to an individual included in the group or to all members included in the group Including, The user who has completed user registration among the subscribers may be registered as a member in a plurality of groups, and the group is included in a predetermined organization, and when the user who has completed user registration among the subscribers is registered as a member of the group, the group is included. Method for transmitting and receiving messages for multi-group subscribers, characterized in that automatically registered as a member of the organization. The method of claim 2, Installing the client module in the user terminal, When the user accesses a predetermined homepage through the user terminal, selects and agrees to a group join / install agreement window posted on the homepage, installs the client module in the user's terminal, and sets the user as a member of the group. Automatically registering with the administrator server Message transmission and reception method for a multi-group subscribers comprising a. The method of claim 3, The user who is automatically registered in the administrator server as the group member can receive a message transmitted from a system administrator or the manager of the group, and it is set to disable sending a message or sending and receiving a message to or from an individual included in the group. Message transmission and reception method for a multi-group subscriber. The method of claim 2, The group creation step, And setting a management function related to the group by setting the user who created the group as a group manager of the group. The method of claim 5, The management function associated with the group is One or more of the following functions: setting of public or private group matters, setting of additional information entered by a user of joining a group, approving joining a group, removing a group member, or setting a group closure, and setting a restriction on sending a message to all group members of group members. Message transmission and reception method for a multi-group subscribers comprising a. The method of claim 2, The group subscription information includes a user information item requested by an administrator of the group and answer information about questions set by the group administrator. A user registered as a member of the group may transmit a message to all members included in the group, receive a group message from a member included in the group, send or receive a message between individuals, or add RSS to a member included in the group. Simple Syndication) A method for transmitting and receiving a message for a multi-group subscriber, characterized in that one or more of receiving site information and receiving survey information. The method of claim 7, wherein The client module of a user registered as a member of the group transmits the receiver condition to the administrator server when the user designates one or more recipient conditions among group members' gender, birth year, and residence area when the user designates the group as a recipient. And the manager server transmits the message to a client module of a user corresponding to the receiver condition among members included in the group. The method of claim 7, wherein If the administrator of the group sets the message sending restriction setting function for all the group members of the group members, the user except the manager of the group is set to be able to set the group as a receiver so that a message cannot be sent. Message transmission and reception method for a multi-group subscriber.  A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a method according to any one of claims 2 to 9 in a computer.

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