KR100673169B1 - Mobile instant messaging service system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An MIM service system and a method thereof are provided to supply an MIM service to a terminal where an MIM client is not installed, so that the MIM service can be provided even between an MIM support terminal and an MIM non-support terminal. An MIM(Mobile Instant Messaging) service method comprises the following steps. A mobile home page server(110) provides the list of terminals, registered in a calling terminal(100) as a friend, to the calling terminal(100), in which an MIM client is installed(S104). An MIM server(120) receives an MIM service request for at least one specific terminal(150) of the list from the calling terminal(100) and determines whether the MIM client is installed to the specific terminal(150)(S105,S107), and then transmits a request message for connecting the specific terminal(150) to a WAP(Wireless Application Protocol) server(130) for providing the MIM service(S108). And then, the MIM server(120) generates a session between the calling terminal(100) and the specific terminal(150) if the specific terminal(150) responds to the request message(S112~S114).

Description

Mobile instant messaging service system and method thereof {MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF}

The following drawings, which are attached in this specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile instant messaging service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile instant messaging service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a conversation request message on a target terminal.

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen serviced on a calling terminal.

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen serviced on a target terminal.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: calling terminal 110: mobile homepage server

120: mobile instant messaging server 121: database

130: swap server 140: SMS server

150: target terminal

The present invention relates to a mobile instant messaging technology, and more particularly, to a mobile instant messaging service system and method for providing an instant messaging service to a terminal that does not have a mobile instant messaging client installed.

Recently, Internet users have exploded due to the development of HTML-based web simplicity and multimedia technology, and numerous applications have been developed to enable various Internet businesses and cyber cultures to be created in a virtual space.

In particular, various messenger services such as UIN or ICQ have been developed and used to implement a community on the Internet, and the range of their use has been spread to the wireless Internet according to the development of wireless communication technology.

An instant messenger, which is an example of a messenger, is positioned as the most useful communication method among netizens using a personal computer, and it is used not only for sending and receiving messages between friends but also for business use in the intranet environment of the company. The use range is expanding.

Meanwhile, as the instant messenger service is gradually integrated with mobile communication technology, a mobile instant messaging service (P2P, Peer-to-Peer) technology can be used to send and receive chats and messages between mobile terminals or multiple parties. Messaging Service has also been put to practical use.

However, the conventional mobile instant messaging service is supported only when an instant messaging client is installed on a mobile terminal using the service, and when the mobile instant messaging client is not installed on the mobile terminal. There is a problem in not providing a service.

Accordingly, the present invention was created to solve the problems inherent in the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile instant messaging service even to a mobile terminal in which an instant messaging client is not installed. The present invention provides a mobile instant messaging service system and a method thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile instant messaging service system comprising: a mobile homepage server for providing a mobile homepage and a friend registration list to a calling terminal on which an instant messaging client is installed; In response to a request of the calling terminal on the mobile homepage, the instant messaging client transmits a chat request message to a specific target terminal not installed, and when the specific target terminal responds to the request, a session through a swap page is established. Forming a mobile instant messaging server; And a swap server providing the swap page.

In the above configuration, the SMS server for transmitting the conversation request message to the specific target terminal; further includes.

In the above configuration, the SMS server sends a callback URL message for connecting the specific target terminal to the swap page.

In the above configuration, the mobile homepage server provides the calling terminal with the friend registration list including the specific target terminal and a plurality of target terminals registered as friends with the calling terminal on the mobile homepage server.

In the configuration, the mobile instant messaging server, a separate database for storing whether or not the instant messaging client of the target terminals registered in the friend registration list; includes.

In the above configuration, the mobile instant messaging server stores in the database whether or not the mobile instant messaging client is installed in the database based on the phone number of the target terminal registered with the friend.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for a mobile instant messaging service, the method comprising: a) a list of target terminals with which the calling terminal and friends have been registered at a calling terminal where the mobile home page server has installed an instant messaging client; Providing; b) a mobile instant messaging server receiving an instant messaging service request for at least one specific target terminal of the list from the calling terminal, and determining whether to install an instant messaging client for the specific target terminal; c) the mobile instant messaging server sending a request message for connecting the specific target terminal to a swap server for providing the instant messaging service; And d) the specific target terminal in response to the request message, the mobile instant message server creating a session between the originating terminal and the specific target terminal.

In the above configuration, the mobile instant messaging server stores in a separate database whether or not an instant messaging client of each of the friend registered target terminals is installed.

In the above configuration, the mobile instant messaging server stores in the database whether or not the mobile instant messaging client is installed in the target terminal based on the phone number of the target terminal registered with the friend.

In the above configuration, the request message includes an SMS message.

In the configuration, the SMS message includes a callback URL for the session.

In the above configuration, the step d) may include establishing a session with the instant messaging client of the calling terminal via the mobile instant messaging server by connecting the specific target terminal to the swap server based on the request message.

In the above configuration, the swap server provides a swap page to which the specific target terminal connects.

In the above configuration, e) the mobile instant messaging server, in response to the termination request of the originating terminal, terminating the generated session;

In the above configuration, in step e), when the termination request of the calling terminal is received through the mobile homepage server, the instant messaging client is notified of the session, and the created session is terminated.

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

1 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile instant messaging service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes a calling terminal 100 having an instant messaging client installed therein; A mobile homepage server 110 for providing a mobile homepage to the calling terminal 100; A mobile instant messaging server (120, hereinafter referred to as MIM server) for generating a session with a target terminal 150 on which the instant messaging client is not installed through a swap page according to a request of the calling terminal; A swap server providing the swap page (130); It includes; SMS server 140 for transmitting a chat request message to the target terminal 150.

The calling terminal 110 is installed with the instant messaging client for using a mobile instant messaging service, and requests the conversation by selecting the target terminal 150 from a friend registration list provided on a mobile homepage.

When the mobile homepage server 110 requests its mobile homepage from the calling terminal 100, the mobile homepage server 110 provides a mobile homepage of the calling terminal 100. In addition, the mobile homepage server 110, when a conversation request is generated from the calling terminal 100 connected to the mobile home page, requests a connection to the MIM server 120 of the calling terminal 100, the calling A friend registration list of which the terminal 100 is allowed to access the mobile home page is provided to the calling terminal 100. In addition, when the originating terminal 100 user requests a conversation by selecting the target terminal 150 among a plurality of chat target terminals included in the friend registration list, the mobile homepage server 110 may include a MIM server ( Request a conversation with the target terminal 150 to 120.

The MIM server 120 includes a separate database 121 for storing whether to install an instant messaging client for a plurality of terminals registered in the friend registration list. That is, the mobile instant messaging server 120 stores in the database 121 whether or not an instant messaging client is installed in the terminal based on the phone numbers of the target terminals registered as friends.

Accordingly, the MIM server 120 determines whether to install the instant messaging client of the target terminal 150 based on the contents stored in the database 121 according to the conversation request of the calling terminal 100. Here, in the case of the target terminal 150 in which the instant messaging client is not installed, the MIM server 120 transmits a conversation request message through the SMS server 140 to the target terminal 150, and the target terminal 150. In response to the conversation request, a session is established through the swap page. That is, the conversation request message is a callback URL message for connecting the target terminal 150 to the swap page. When the target terminal 150 accepts the conversation request, the target terminal 150 is based on the URL. Access the swap page.

Hereinafter, an operation of a mobile instant messaging service system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile instant messaging service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the calling terminal 100 accesses the mobile homepage server 110 and requests a friend registration list (S101 and S102).

The mobile homepage server 110 searches for a user database (not shown) in response to a friend registration list request from the calling terminal 100 (S103), and sends the friend registration list including a plurality of chat targets. Provided to the terminal 100 (S104).

Next, the user of the calling terminal 100 selects at least one or more specific chat targets from the friend registration list, and requests a conversation with the selected chat subject to the MIM server 120 through the mobile homepage server 110 (105, 106). ). In this case, the mobile homepage server 110 transmits the telephone number of the calling terminal 100 and the telephone number of the selected chat subject to the MIM server 120 as parameters.

Then, the MIM server 120 determines whether the instant messaging client is installed in the terminal of the selected chat subject, that is, the target terminal 150, based on the contents stored in the database 121 (S107).

As a result of the determination, if the instant messaging client is not installed in the target terminal 150, the MIM server 120, the telephone number of the calling terminal 100 and the target terminal 150 provided from the mobile home page server 120 By using, the conversation request message is transmitted to the target terminal 150 through the SMS server 140 (S108, S109). Here, the conversation request message is a callback URL message for connecting the target terminal 150 to a swap page provided from the swap server 130.

Thereafter, the target terminal 150 receives the conversation request message as shown in FIG. 3, and when the user of the target terminal 150 presses a 'OK' key, a swap browser is driven to be provided by the swap server 130. Access to the swap pages (S110, S111).

Then, the swap server 130 notifies the MIM server 120 of the completion of the connection, and the MIM server 120 completes the connection to the instant messaging client installed in the calling terminal 100 through the mobile home page server 110. By notifying, the session is established between the swap server 130 and the instant messaging client of the calling terminal 100 (S112 to S114).

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user of the calling terminal 100 inputs a conversation phrase and transmits it to the mobile home page server 110 (S115), the mobile homepage server 110 receives the calling terminal 100 from the calling terminal 100. After receiving the conversational phrase, the MIM server 120 transmits (S116), the MIM server 120 transmits the conversational phrase to the swap server 130 (S117).

In addition, the swap server 130 having received the conversational phrase forms a conversation page as shown in FIG. 5, and provides the conversation page to the target terminal 150 (S118). The target terminal 150 displays the conversation page. Display (S119).

In addition, the dialogue text input by the target terminal 150 is performed in the reverse order. That is, the conversation text input by the target terminal 150 is transmitted to the calling terminal 100 via the swap server 130, the MIM server 120, and the mobile home page server 110 (S120 to S124). ).

On the other hand, when the calling terminal 100 transmits the conversation end message to the mobile homepage server 110, and the mobile homepage server 110 transmits to the MIM server 120 (S125), the MIM server 120 is an instant messaging client And notifies the target terminal 150 of termination, and erases the session mapping table formed by ending the session (S126 to S128). That is, the swap server 130 that receives the termination request from the MIM server 120 generates a chat termination page and transmits the chat termination page to the target terminal 150, and the instant messaging client is the originating terminal 100. End the conversation by displaying an end message at.

As can be seen from the above, the mobile instant messaging service system according to the present invention provides a mobile instant messaging support terminal by providing an instant messaging service to a terminal on which a mobile instant messaging client is not installed through a separate swap server through a swap page. A mobile instant messaging service can be provided between a terminal and an unsupported terminal.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention belongs to the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or variations are possible.

Claims (15)

In the mobile instant messaging service method, a) providing, by the mobile home page server, a list of target terminals registered as friends with the calling terminal to the calling terminal on which the instant messaging client is installed; b) a mobile instant messaging server receiving an instant messaging service request for at least one specific target terminal of the list from the calling terminal, and determining whether to install an instant messaging client for the specific target terminal; c) the mobile instant messaging server sending a request message for connecting the specific target terminal to a swap server for providing the instant messaging service; And and d) in response to the request message, the specific target terminal, the mobile instant message server creating a session between the originating terminal and the specific target terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile instant messaging server, Mobile instant messaging service, characterized in that whether or not to install the instant messaging client of each of the friend registered target terminals in a separate database. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile instant messaging server, And storing in the database whether or not a mobile instant messaging client is installed in the target terminal based on the phone number of the target terminal in which the friend is registered. The method of claim 1, wherein the request message, A mobile instant messaging service method comprising an SMS message. The method of claim 4, wherein the SMS message, And a callback URL for the session. The method of claim 1, wherein the d) step, And the session with the instant messaging client of the calling terminal via the mobile instant messaging server is established by the specific target terminal accessing the swap server based on the request message. The method of claim 1 or 6, wherein the swap server, And providing a swap page to which the specific target terminal accesses the mobile instant messaging service. The method of claim 1, e) terminating the generated session by the mobile instant messaging server in response to a termination request of the calling terminal. The method of claim 1 or 8, wherein step e) And receiving a termination request of the originating terminal through the mobile homepage server, notifying the instant messaging client of the session, and terminating the generated session. A mobile homepage server providing a mobile homepage and a friend registration list to a calling terminal equipped with an instant messaging client; In response to a request of the originating terminal on the mobile homepage, a conversation request message is transmitted to a specific target terminal not installed with the instant messaging client, and when the specific target terminal responds to the request, a session through a swap page is established. Forming a mobile instant messaging server; And And a swap server providing the swap page. The method of claim 10, And an SMS server for transmitting the conversation request message to the specific target terminal. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the SMS server, And a callback URL message for connecting the specific target terminal to the swap page. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the mobile home page server, And the friend registration list including the specific target terminal and a plurality of target terminals registered as friends with the calling terminal on the mobile homepage server, to the calling terminal. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the mobile instant messaging server, And a separate database for storing whether to install an instant messaging client of target terminals registered in the friend registration list. The method of claim 14, wherein the mobile instant messaging server, The mobile instant messaging service system, characterized in that it stores in the database whether or not the mobile instant messaging client of the terminal is installed based on the phone number of the target terminal registered friend.

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