KR100654549B1 - System and method for providing mobile e-mail read-replay report service - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for supplying a mobile e-mail reception confirmation service and a method therefor are provided to enable a sender to know whether a receiver checks mobile e-mail sent by the sender, thus reliability on business transactional e-mail is provided. An originating terminal(100) transceives e-mail. An originating e-mail server(300) provides an e-mail transceiving service to the originating terminal(100). A receiving terminal(200) transceives the e-mail. A receiving e-mail server(400) provides an e-mail transceiving service to the receiving terminal(200). An address book directory server(600) maps e-mail addresses with mobile telephone numbers of the terminals(100,200). An SMS(Short Message Service) server(500) conducts SMS notification to e-mail terminals which are to receive the e-mail.

Description

Mobile email acknowledgment service providing system and method thereof {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE E-MAIL READ-REPLAY REPORT SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram showing a system for providing a mobile email reception confirmation service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing a mobile email reception confirmation service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view of a screen for inquiring whether a mobile email is received according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of Codes on Major Parts of Drawings *

100: calling terminal

200: receiving terminal

300: outgoing email server

400: incoming email server

500: SMS server

600: address book directory server

The present invention relates to a system for providing an email acknowledgment service and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service based on a wireless network.

Recently, due to the convenience of carrying, the spreading speed of mobile terminals is gradually spreading, and mobile terminals having various functions have been released. In addition to the basic call function and text message transmission function, internet access function, photographing function, and music reception function are executed, as well as the function of capturing video can be realized.

In addition, as the e-mail service using the above-mentioned mobile terminal is expanded, its role is also greatly increased. Accordingly, the necessity of developing an acknowledgment that was provided when using e-mail on the web in the e-mail service through the mobile terminal is increasing.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service that allows the sender to know whether the recipient is to confirm the mobile e-mail sent by the sender.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a mobile email confirmation service of an email server interworking with a wired / wireless network according to an embodiment of the present invention, (A) when receiving a mobile email from the originating terminal, the transmission target of the email; Obtaining a mobile telephone number of a corresponding receiving terminal; (B) sending to the receiving terminal a first invoke SMS for access to the email server through an SMS server; (C) downloading the subject and contents of the corresponding email to the receiving terminal when the receiving terminal accesses; And (D) transmitting a second invoke SMS for transmitting the acknowledgment information of the email to the calling terminal through the SMS server.

In addition, the method for providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service according to another embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of: (A) the originating terminal to create a mobile e-mail and send it to the e-mail server via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol); (B) acquiring, by the e-mail server, a mobile telephone number through an e-mail address of a receiving terminal; (C) the email server transmitting a first invoke SMS to the receiving terminal through an SMS server; (D) the receiving terminal accessing the email server through IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4) to download the subject and body of the email respectively; (E) the email server extracting a first message ID of the email, and then sending a second invoke SMS including the first message ID as a parameter to the calling terminal through the SMS server; . And (F) setting, by the calling terminal, a confirmation flag of an e-mail item corresponding to the first message ID to ON.

Here, the step (E), after extracting the second message ID through the <x-mid> value in the header of the email, the second invoke (Invoke) SMS by adding the second message ID as a parameter Characterized in that the transmission through the SMS server to the calling terminal.

On the other hand, the mobile e-mail acknowledgment service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal for displaying whether or not the recipient of the mobile e-mail sent; Provides a mobile email transmission and reception service to the terminal through a wireless network, and when the terminal requests the email transmission, the email to the terminal whether to send the email and confirm the receipt of the email using an invoke SMS server; And an SMS server generating the invoke SMS and transmitting the generated SMS to the terminal.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. Like reference numerals refer to like or similar elements throughout the drawings. In particular, the e-mail described below means a mobile e-mail transmitted and received based on a wireless network.

1 is a block diagram showing a system for providing a mobile email reception confirmation service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes a calling terminal 100 for sending and receiving an email, an outgoing email server 300 providing an email sending and receiving service through a wireless network to the calling terminal 100, and sending and receiving the email. The receiving terminal 200, the receiving email server 400 for providing an email transmitting and receiving service to the receiving terminal 200 through a wireless network, the outgoing email server 300 and the receiving email server 400 are connected to each other Address book directory server 600 for mapping the mobile phone number and the email address of the terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 200, and the SMS server 500 for performing SMS notification to the email terminal to receive the email.

Each of the calling terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 200 includes an email client (not shown), and the email client includes a receiving module (not shown) for receiving an email; A decoder (not shown) for decoding the content of the received email into a form that can be displayed on a screen; And a display module (not shown) for displaying whether the recipient views the mail. That is, the calling terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 200 provide various e-mail writing / editing functions, and include an e-mail client as in the present embodiment, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and a hand-held PC (Hand-Held). PC), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) phone, Global System for Mobile (GSM) phone, Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) phone, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone, and the like.

The outgoing e-mail server 300 and the incoming e-mail server 400 have various addresses in conjunction with the web e-mail server, and provide a web e-mail service as well as a mobile e-mail service. In this case, the mobile email transmission protocol according to the present embodiment provides an email transmission / reception service through SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and the email reception protocol through IMAP.

The SMS server 500 performs an SMS notification for the corresponding email transmission when the email is transmitted from the receiving email server 400 to the receiving terminal 200.

It describes a mobile email reception confirmation service providing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above.

First, when the calling terminal 100 creates an email and transmits the created email to the sending email server 300 through SMTP, the sending email server 300 sends the email to the receiving email server 400. It transmits through (S201-S202).

Then, the receiving email server 400 queries the address book directory server 600 through the email addresses of the calling terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 200 to find out the mobile phone number (S203-S204). In this case, the address book directory server 600 maps and stores the registered email address and the mobile phone number.

Subsequently, the receiving e-mail server 400 requests an invoke SMS transmission to the SMS server 500 based on the mobile phone number of the receiving terminal 200, and the SMS server 500 invokes the invoke. ) SMS is transmitted to the receiving terminal 200 (S205-S206). The invoke SMS is a type of SMS capable of driving an email client of the receiving terminal 200. The invoke SMS includes client application information (eg, ID) to be invoked. Upon receiving the invoke SMS, the email client is launched.

Accordingly, when the receiving terminal 200 receives the invoke SMS, the e-mail client is driven, and accordingly, the receiving terminal 200 receives the invoke SMS to the receiving e-mail server 400 through the e-mail checking protocol IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4). (S207-S208).

Subsequently, the driven email client queries and downloads the subject of the received email and the body of the email from the receiving email server 400 (S209-S212). At this time, the decoder decodes the downloaded MINE message and displays it on the screen of the receiving terminal 200.

Then, the receiving e-mail server 400 uses the mobile phone number of the calling terminal 100 found in the above steps 203 to 204, or regenerates a query and response process to the address book directory server 600 again. After extracting the message ID (defined in the MINE standard of the email) of the e-mail identified by checking the mobile phone number of 100, the SMS is added as a parameter to the mobile phone number of the calling terminal 100 as a parameter. Invoke SMS is transmitted to the server 500 (S213).

If the message ID extraction is difficult, the following method may be used. That is, when the sending terminal 100 sends an email, the email header 400 defines an email-only tag such as <x-mid> in the email header, fills it with a unique value, and then sends the received email server 400 to <x. Read the value of -mid> to get the message ID.

Then, the SMS server 500 transmits the invoke SMS to which the message ID is added as a parameter to the mobile telephone number of the calling terminal 100 (S214).

Subsequently, the e-mail client of the calling terminal 100 is automatically driven after receiving the invoke SMS, and turns on the "confirmation" flag of the e-mail item corresponding to the message ID delivered as the parameter. In this case, the receiving terminal 200 logs out from the receiving e-mail server 400 (S215-S216).

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3, the user of the calling terminal 100 may confirm that the flag of "confirmation" is ON when accessing the sent mailbox menu.

3 is an exemplary view showing a screen for checking whether a mobile email is received according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and only when the email is transmitted to a recipient of an email server providing an email acknowledgment function. Status information of "confirmation" can be confirmed on the screen.

While the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications or changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm whether or not the recipient's email is confirmed, thereby improving the inconvenience in the existing email, and providing an effect of providing reliability to the business transaction email where the recipient is important. have.

Claims (14)

In the method of providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service of the e-mail server linked with the wired and wireless network, (A) when receiving a mobile email from the calling terminal, obtaining a mobile telephone number of the receiving terminal corresponding to the transmission target of the email; (B) sending to the receiving terminal a first invoke SMS for access to the email server through an SMS server; (C) downloading the subject and contents of the corresponding email to the receiving terminal when the receiving terminal accesses; And And (D) transmitting a second invoke SMS for transmitting the acknowledgment information of the email to the calling terminal through the SMS server. The method of claim 1, wherein step (A) comprises: And a mobile telephone number matching the email address of the receiving terminal is received from an address book directory server. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first invoke SMS, A method for providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service, comprising: driving the receiving terminal to automatically access the e-mail server. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein step (C) comprises: Method of providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service characterized in that the connection with the receiving terminal via IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4). The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step (D) comprises: (D1) receiving a mobile phone number matching the e-mail address of the calling terminal from an address book directory server; (D2) extracting a first message ID of the email; (D2) adding the first message ID as a parameter of a second invoke SMS; And And (D3) transmitting a second invoke SMS including the first message ID as a parameter to the calling terminal through the SMS server. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step (D) comprises: (D1) receiving a mobile phone number matching the e-mail address of the calling terminal from an address book directory server; (D2) extracting a second message ID through a value of <x-mid> in the header of the email; (D3) adding the second message ID as a parameter of a second invoke SMS; And And (D4) transmitting a second invoke SMS including the second message ID as a parameter through the SMS server to the calling terminal. In the method of providing a mobile email acknowledgment service, (A) the sending terminal creates a mobile email and transmits it to the email server through the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP); (B) acquiring, by the e-mail server, a mobile telephone number through an e-mail address of a receiving terminal; (C) the email server transmitting a first invoke SMS to the receiving terminal through an SMS server; (D) the receiving terminal accessing the email server through IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4) to download the subject and body of the email respectively; (E) the email server extracting a first message ID of the email, and then sending a second invoke SMS including the first message ID as a parameter to the calling terminal through the SMS server; And And (F) setting, by the calling terminal, a confirmation flag of an email item corresponding to the first message ID to ON. The method of claim 7, wherein the step (E), After extracting the second message ID through the <x-mid> value from the header of the e-mail, a second invoke SMS including the second message ID as a parameter is transmitted to the calling terminal through the SMS server. Mobile email confirmation service providing method, characterized in that. According to claim 7 or 8, wherein (B) step, (B1) the email server transmitting the email address of the receiving terminal to the address book directory server; And And (B2) extracting, by the address book directory server, a mobile phone number matching the email address, and transmitting the extracted mobile phone number to the email server. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the first invoke SMS, A method for providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service, comprising: driving the receiving terminal to automatically access the e-mail server. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein (E) comprises (E1) the email server transmitting the email address of the calling terminal to the address book directory server; And (E2) a method of providing a mobile e-mail acknowledgment service, comprising: extracting, by the address book directory server, a mobile phone number matching the e-mail address and transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail server. In the mobile email confirmation service providing system, A terminal for displaying whether or not to view the recipient with respect to the transmitted mobile e-mail; Provides a mobile email transmission and reception service to the terminal through a wireless network, and when the terminal requests the email transmission, the email to the terminal whether to send the email and confirm the receipt of the email using an invoke SMS server; And And an SMS server for generating the invoke SMS and transmitting the generated SMS to the terminal. The method of claim 12, And an address book directory server connected to the e-mail server, respectively, to map a terminal mobile phone number and an e-mail address. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein the terminal, A receiving module for receiving the email; A decoder which decodes the contents of the received email in a form that can be displayed on a screen; And And a display module for displaying whether or not the e-mail is read.

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