KR100859350B1 - Internet phone service system using for character of celebrity and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An Internet phone service system using a character of celebrity and a method thereof are provided to make a call by using a soft phone in which a desired celebrity is used as a character, thereby satisfying a user. An Internet phone service system using a character of celebrity includes a celebrity group unit(20), a user group unit(30), and a service unit(10). The celebrity group unit includes plural celebrities which set the own character shape to an UI(User Interface) image of a character phone. The user group unit includes plural users which use an Internet phone service by using the character phone. The service unit includes a web server(12), a communication server(16), and a DB(14). The web server receives the production request of the character phone from the celebrity and produces the character phone by using the character shape of the celebrity as the UI image. The communication server connects an Internet phone call by the character phone. The DB stores information about the web server and the communication server and information about the celebrity group unit and the user group unit. The character phone includes an image module, a communication module, and a platform. The image module configures the image of an UI through which conversation information is inputted. The communication module is composed of various programs for connecting the Internet phone call. The platform connects the image module and the communication module.

Description

Internet phone service system using for character of celebrity and method

1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a character phone according to the present invention.

2 to 4 are images showing the UI of the character phone according to the present invention.

5 is a block diagram of an Internet telephony service system using a celebrity character according to the present invention.

6 is a block diagram showing a DB of the Internet telephony service system according to the present invention.

7 is a flow chart of a method of Internet phone service using a celebrity character according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

2; Image module 4; platform

6; Communication module 10; Service means

12; Web server 14; DB

16; Communication server 20; Celebrity Group Sudan

30; User group means

The present invention relates to an Internet phone service system and an Internet phone service method using celebrity characters, and more particularly, to a UI of a soft phone (Internet phone means installed in a PC in a software format) for using an Internet phone. By constructing the (User Interface) in the form of characters of celebrities, it is possible for an Internet phone service company to obtain the activation and sales increase of the Internet service phone through advertisement effects using celebrities, and as a user, a celebrity that he likes is shaped into a character. You can satisfy the call service by making a phone call using a soft phone.You can also satisfy both the Internet phone service company, users and celebrities by promoting yourself through characters as well as creating a profit. Internet using celebrity characters A telephone service system and a method thereof.

Today, with the rapid development of information and communication technology, computers around the world are interconnected through the Internet, and various services are provided using the Internet, the most representative of which is the Internet telephone service.

Internet phones have been available since 1995, when US venture company Vocaltech developed a system for making calls through microphones and speakers that connect to personal computers (PCs). The domestic penetration rate of telecommunications networks is world-class, with an optimistic view of the outlook for Internet phones. It is also said that the Korean Internet market will grow to over KRW 1.3 trillion in 2008 and will replace most existing telephone networks by 2015.

Internet telephony services use voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology to transmit voice data packets over the Internet, enabling telephone calls just like regular telephones, while the cost of communication is lower than that of conventional wired and wireless telephony. People are using internet phones.

In addition, the Internet telephone service is a telephone call through the Internet network, not through a separate telephone communication line, which is a communication between the PC and the PC through the development of voice processing technology and interworking technology with the general telephone network. It is also applied to communication between PCs and wired and wireless telephones, and to mutual communication between wired and wireless telephones.

Meanwhile, in order to use the Internet telephony service, an Internet telephony transmission / reception means must be used. Such an Internet telephony transmission / reception means may be classified into a soft phone installed in a PC in a software format and a hardware phone installed in a hardware device such as a general wired / wireless telephone. Can be. At present, the most well-known Internet phones in Korea are Skype and Naver phones, which are connected to the site, join the user, authenticate the user, authenticate the phone, and use telephony. In the case of Skype, however, the access program is embedded inside the Internet phone terminal so that the Skype service can be used even when the Internet is not connected. Since the present invention corresponds to a soft phone provided in a software form, the following description focuses on the soft phone.

Currently, Internet telephony services are provided in various places through soft phones of various shapes. However, most Internet phone service companies offer Internet phone services that are not differentiated from those provided by other companies, so each company pays huge advertising expenses and serious low prices through the media to promote its Internet phone service. There is a rate competition. However, the promotion of its Internet telephony service is limited due to such media advertising and rate competition, and it also adversely affects the profit structure. In addition, the promotional cost is largely a problem that is passed on to the communication fee to cause damage to the user.

Meanwhile, various celebrities are being created due to the recent development of the video media and the Internet, and fans' activities for the celebrities have been actively creating fan community sites on the Internet in the past. . Celebrities here include people known to celebrities, politicians, athletes and other general public. These celebrities were also spending a lot of money and time promoting themselves.

Therefore, there was an urgent need for a method for Internet phone service companies and celebrities to promote themselves more efficiently.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, Internet telephone service system and Internet telephone service method using a celebrity character to enable the Internet phone service company and celebrities to perform their promotion more efficiently It is an object of the present invention to provide.

In addition, the present invention is another object of the present invention to increase the call satisfaction by making a phone call using a soft phone shaped as a character of a celebrity he likes as a user.

Internet telephone service system using a celebrity character according to the present invention for solving the above object, the image of the UI appearing on the PC screen so that the call information is input using the celebrity character shape, input to the UI An internet phone system using a character phone in which an internet phone call is made according to call information, comprising: celebrity group means including a plurality of celebrities who set their character shapes as UI images of the character phone; User group means including a plurality of users using an internet phone service using the character phone; For receiving a request for the production of a character phone from a celebrity, a web server for producing a character phone with a UI image of the character shape of the celebrity, a communication server for connecting an internet phone call by the character phone, a web server and a communication server for And a service means including a DB in which information and information of a celebrity group means and a user group means are stored.

And the Internet phone service method using a celebrity character according to the present invention, the image of the UI appearing on the PC screen so that the call information is input in the shape of the character of the celebrity, the character that makes the Internet phone call according to the call information input to the UI An internet phone service method using a phone, comprising the steps of: requesting, by a celebrity, a service device to produce a character phone whose character shape is an image of a UI; Generating a character pawn using service means as a UI image of the character pawn; Uploading the generated character phone to the website of the celebrity or the homepage of the service means; Users downloading the character phone to their PCs; Users joining as a member for use of the character phone; Users charging a predetermined amount at a communication fee; Users making an internet phone call using a character phone; And providing a portion of the call revenue using the character phone to the celebrity for the character phone.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the Internet phone service system and Internet phone service method using a celebrity character according to the present invention.

The character phone used in the Internet phone service system and method thereof according to the present invention is a soft phone for using the Internet phone service, and is a soft phone appearing on a PC screen so that functions such as Internet phone calls or text transmission can be used. The UI (User Interface) represents a soft phone made of a celebrity character shape.

Therefore, if the configuration and design of the soft phone UI appearing outside of the conventional general soft phone is set to the shape of the celebrity, such a general soft phone is also the Internet telephone service system and the Internet telephone service using the celebrity character according to the present invention. Can be used in the method.

However, when manufacturing a soft phone using a conventional PC application programming technique, it is difficult to completely separate the design part and the programming part of the corresponding application, and all design parts of the application must be produced by the programmer during the programming process. In addition, the difficulty arises that only representations of designs within the technical scope provided and permitted by programming techniques for creating applications can be made. Therefore, in order to produce a variety of character phones using a large number of celebrity character shapes, when using a conventional method of manufacturing a soft phone, it is difficult to express a character image represented in a variety of forms by programming techniques. Rather, there was a drawback that the dynamic expressions, movements, etc. of the characters expressed on the character phone cannot be expressed. In addition, in the case of changing a number of character phones already made into character phones with a new design, there was a need for the programmer to make the character phones from the beginning again, and accordingly, too many humans, The disadvantage is that time and material resources have to be invested.

Therefore, the following describes the preferred structure of the character phone according to the present invention.

1 illustrates a structure of a character phone according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 illustrate a UI of the character phone according to the present invention. Here, the UI represents an external image of the character phone that appears on the PC screen so that a phone number for an internet phone call and a text for message transmission can be input.

Referring to FIG. 1, the character phone according to the present invention includes an image module 2 constituting the UI of the character phone, a communication module 6 in which various program functions for conducting an internet phone call are defined, and It consists of a platform 4 for mutual communication between the image module 2 and the communication module 6.

Here, the image module 2 represents all the images constituting the UI of the character phone, and the call information input by the user through the UI of the character phone, that is, the image module 2, is communicated through the platform 4. The transmission to module 6 results in an internet phone call. At this time, the image module 2 is preferably made of flash.

In the case of using a simple window application production method, which is a conventional method of manufacturing a soft phone, a programmer must not only produce a UI that constitutes the external design of the soft phone through programming, but also program for a PC application. Due to the difficulty of expressing only designs within the technical scope provided and permitted by the technology, only very limited and static designs can be applied. However, when the UI constituting the external design of the soft phone is represented by flash, it can be represented by dynamic animation, which is a typical feature of flash technology. In addition, by using the advantages of the flash technology that can exhibit a variety of operations and effects with a smaller file size, as shown in Figs. In addition, dynamic animation effects can be provided to represent various motions and changes.

Here, Figure 2 shows the form of the character phone UI by way of example, the basic state, when the mouse button over the menu button, dial menu, menu button click, standby state, click on the standby state of various forms, such as It is a change. In addition, the conventional soft phone represents only a static image, or when a specific menu is clicked, a separate window is generated. In contrast, when the UI of the character phone is manufactured using a flash, each state of the character phone or a menu moving environment is used. You can use dynamic animation effects to maximize the effect of your character as if it were animated.

As described above, the character phone configured with the UI using the flash can effectively represent the shape of the character of the celebrity as shown in FIG. 3 without programmatic limitation, and can give various animation effects to the character. Users who like celebrities) to the desire to use the character phone, the Internet phone service company and the celebrities can be more efficient promotion.

Therefore, in the Internet phone service using the conventional soft phone, unlike the user using the Internet phone using the standard soft phone provided by the Internet phone service company, when using the character phone according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. By making a character phone with UI of various celebrity character shapes and providing them to the user, users can select their favorite celebrity character phone and use the Internet phone, and the celebrity uses his character phone. They can promote and advertise themselves while using their character phones, and Internet phone service providers can also expect to secure a diverse user base and activate Internet phone services.

In addition, the communication module 6 receives the call information input to the character phone UI, that is, the image module 2, which is formed in the shape of a celebrity, and performs an internet phone call. Since the configuration is almost the same, it will be easily understood by those skilled in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, unlike the character phone made of a conventional window application, in the case of the character phone described in FIG. 1, since the direct communication between the image module 2 and the communication module 6 made of flash is difficult, the image module is difficult. Further included is a platform 4 for intercommunication between 2 and the communication module 6. In this case, it is preferable that the platform 4 is provided with an application programming interface (API) that can call or use the communication module 6 in the image module 2.

When the image module 2 and the communication module 6 are separated by the platform 4 as described above, a character phone of another shape can be newly produced only by the design work in the image module 2 without the work of a separate window application programmer. In particular, when the image module 2 is composed of a flash, the image of the character phone UI representing the character shape of the celebrity may be more variously expressed.

However, in addition to the method of configuring the UI of the character phone by using the flash as described above, it is clear that the character phone produced by developing a conventional window application can be applied to the Internet telephone service system and the method according to the present invention. Reveal it.

Next, an Internet telephone service system using a character phone will be described with reference to the drawings.

5 shows an Internet telephone service system using a celebrity character according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows a DB structure of the Internet telephone service system.

Referring to Figure 5, the Internet phone service system using the celebrity character according to the present invention, the service means 10 responsible for the generation of the character phone and the relay of the Internet phone call using the character phone, and the UI image of the character phone Celebrity group means 20 used for the user, and user group means 30 for making an Internet phone call using the character phone.

The service means 10 includes a web server 12 which performs a production and distribution service for a character phone, a communication server 16 which is in charge of Internet telephone call connection, and a web server 12 and a communication server 16. It is configured to include a DB (14) is stored for information.

Here, the web server 12 provides a service related to the production and distribution of the character phone, receives a production request of the character phone from a celebrity, and produces a character phone that uses the character shape of the famous person as a UI image. . In addition, the web server 12 may distribute the produced character phone by the following method.

When the web server 12 transmits the character phone to the celebrity, the celebrity can upload the received character phone to a website such as his homepage so that users can download the character phone. It is also possible to allow users to download the character phone from the homepage of the service means (10). In addition to the distribution method described above, the web server 12 or a celebrity may provide the character phone to a specific web page for which the character phone is desired to be distributed, and users may download the character phone from the web page.

Meanwhile, the character phone may be generated in the web server 12 using the character design of the celebrity produced by the service means 10, or the character may be generated using the character design provided to the web server 12 by the celebrity. The pawn may be created.

In addition, the communication server 16 serves to support a plurality of users to conduct Internet telephone calls using various types of character phones, and also provides information on call-related information and corresponding calls made by the respective users. All information related to Internet telephony such as billing information is stored in the DB 14.

5 and 6, the DB 14 of the service means 10 according to the present invention provides information for the web server 12 and the communication server 16, celebrity group means 20 and user group means. As the related information of 30 is stored, the information stored in the DB 14 is preferably managed separately for each celebrity constituting the UI design of the character phone. That is, as shown in Fig. 6, in the DB 14 of the service means 10 according to the present invention, information on the character phone having the UI of the character design of each celebrity A, B, C, and the character phone are used. The information of the users who have registered for membership, the Internet phone call information used by the users using the corresponding character phones, and the information on the charges and charges according to them are separately managed and stored for each celebrity.

In the Internet telephone system according to the present invention, the celebrity group means 20 includes a plurality of celebrities who generate character phones using their character designs.

In the Internet telephone system according to the present invention, the user group means 30 includes a plurality of users who subscribe to the service means 10 for each character phone and make internet phone calls using the character phone. At this time, some users (user A1, user B1) may download the character phone from the homepage of the service means 10, some users (user A2, user B2) to download the character phone from the home page of the celebrity Can also be used. Of course, a user may download and use several character phones together.

The user who has downloaded the character phone in this way, after joining the service means 10, charges a predetermined amount for each character phone to use the Internet phone call. At this time, the call information and the charge information used by each user are stored in the DB 14 of the service means 10.

On the other hand, the Internet phone service system using the celebrity character according to the present invention may be configured so that a part of the communication revenue according to the use of each character phone is paid to the celebrity corresponding to the character constituting the UI design of the character phone. In this way, celebrities are widely used by general users to character phone that is a character of his character, it can promote itself, and at the same time a separate additional income can be generated. In addition, as an Internet phone service company that provides a character phone, it is possible to increase communication revenue without using publicity by using images of celebrities.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings looks at the Internet phone service method using a celebrity character according to the present invention.

7 shows an internet phone service method using a celebrity character according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the Internet phone service method using a celebrity character according to the present invention includes a character phone having a UI image of a character shape of a celebrity, communication using the character phone, and the use of the character phone. It consists of the settlement of charges, more specifically as follows.

The celebrity requests the service means 10 to produce a character phone whose character shape is an image of the UI (S10).

And to produce a UI image of the character phone (S20), the UI image is produced using the character shape of the celebrity requesting the production of the character phone. In this case, the celebrity may provide his character design to the service means 10 (S22), or the service means may produce the character design of the celebrity (S24).

And the service means 10 produces a character phone which makes the celebrity's character design a UI image (S30). At this time, the character phone is only the configuration of the celebrity character of the UI that appears on the PC screen, Internet telephony communication function is the same as the conventional soft phone.

In this way, the character phone produced by the service means 10 is transmitted to the celebrity (S32), the celebrity uploads the received character phone to the web site, such as its homepage (S34). In addition, the character phone may be uploaded to the homepage of the service means 10 (S36).

And the user downloads the character phone that is the character of his favorite celebrity to his PC (S40). In this case, the users may be downloaded from the homepage of the service means 10, or may be downloaded from a web site related to a celebrity, such as the homepage of the celebrity.

The users who have downloaded the character phone are registered as members in the character phone through the service means 10 or the celebrity's website in order to use the character phone (S50), and a predetermined amount is charged to the character phone as a communication fee. After charging (S60), using the character phone to use a function such as an internet phone call (S70).

The communication charge details according to the Internet phone call used by the users are stored in the DB 14 of the service means 10 for each character phone, and the service means 10 calculates the communication charge for each character phone. That is, the communication fee paid by the users for the use of the character phone is first deposited in the service means 10, but the service means 10 transfers a part of the communication revenue using the character phone to the celebrity for the character phone. Will be paid (S80).

The generated character Pawn  Hyperlink to the celebrity's website Has the functionality , If the user charges a certain amount, free of charge within the specified currency amount SMS  You can also use the transfer function.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it will be appreciated that various modifications and variations can be made in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone with ordinary knowledge can easily know.

According to the Internet phone service system using the celebrity character and the method according to the present invention having the above configuration, the Internet phone service company can obtain an increase in sales through the advertisement using the celebrity.

According to the present invention, the user can obtain satisfaction by making a phone call using a soft phone shaped as a character by a celebrity he or she likes.

In addition, according to the present invention, even as a celebrity can promote themselves through their characters and at the same time obtain a separate profit.

Claims (12)

In the Internet phone system using a character phone that the image of the UI appearing on the PC screen so that the call information is input using the character shape of the celebrity, the Internet phone call is made according to the call information input to the UI, Celebrity group means including a plurality of celebrities for setting their character shape as the UI image of the character phone; User group means including a plurality of users using an internet phone service using the character phone; A web server receiving a request for production of a character phone from the celebrity and producing a character phone having a UI image of the character shape of the celebrity; a communication server connecting internet telephone calls by the character phone; and the web server and the Service means including a DB for storing information for a communication server and information of celebrity group means and user group means; The character phone comprises: an image module constituting an image of a UI to which the call information is input; a communication module comprising various programs for connecting the Internet phone call; a platform for mutual communication between the image module and the communication module; Internet phone service system using a celebrity character, characterized in that configuration including. delete        The method of claim 1, The platform is an Internet phone service system using a celebrity character, characterized in that the API is provided that can call or use the communication module in the image module. The method of claim 1, The image module is an Internet telephone service system using a celebrity character, characterized in that made of flash.         The method of claim 1, The image module is an Internet phone service system using a celebrity character, characterized in that made in the manner of developing a Windows application. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 3 to 5, Internet telephone service system using a celebrity character, characterized in that paying a part of the call revenue using each character phone to the celebrity for the character phone. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The DB includes information on a character phone using a character design of each celebrity as a UI, information on users who have registered to use the character phone, information on Internet phone calls used by the user using the character phone, and the respective information. Internet phone service system using a celebrity character, characterized in that the charge information according to the user's use of the character phone is stored and managed by each celebrity. In the Internet phone service method using a character phone that the image of the UI appearing on the PC screen so that the call information is input in the form of a celebrity character, the Internet phone call is made according to the call information input to the UI, Requesting, by the celebrity, the service means to produce a character phone whose character shape is an image of the UI; Generating a character pawn using the character shape of the celebrity as a UI image of the character pawn in a service means; Uploading the generated character phone to the website of the celebrity or the homepage of the service means; Downloading the character phone to a user's PC; Registering the users as members for use of the character phone; After the step of registering as a member, the user charging a predetermined amount at a communication fee; Making an internet phone call by users using the character phone; Paying a portion of the call revenue using the character phone to a celebrity for the character phone; Internet phone service method using a celebrity character, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 8, The communication fee of the Internet phone service is an Internet phone service method using a celebrity character, characterized in that for calculating the communication fee for each character phone. The method of claim 9, The communication fee of the Internet telephone service is first deposited in a service means, and the service means pays a part of the communication profit using the character phone to the celebrity for the character phone. Phone service method. The method of claim 8, The generated character phone Internet telephone service method using a celebrity character, characterized in that it has a hyperlink function to connect to the web site of the celebrity. The method of claim 8, When the users charge a predetermined amount, the Internet phone service method using a celebrity character, characterized in that using the free SMS transmission function within a range of the predetermined call amount.

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