KR100878045B1 - Method and system for providing mobile scrap service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing mobile scrap services. According to the present invention, there is provided a step of receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server according to a scrap request of a user. In addition, a step of generating a scrap message by converting the scrap requested content to a predetermined message format is provided. In addition, there is provided a step of transmitting the generated scrap message to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier. According to the present invention, there is an advantage that the content provided via the web or mobile communication network can be scraped on the user's mobile communication terminal.

Mobile, scrap, options, content, page, interface, extract

Description

Mobile scrap service providing method and system {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILE SCRAP SERVICE}

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile scrap service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a scrap message providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a content providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a mobile scrap service providing process according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of processing a scrap message providing server according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a content providing server according to the present invention.

7 is a view showing a mobile scrap example screen of the map and the map according to the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating a mobile scrap example screen of news or search according to the present invention.

9 is a view showing a mobile scrap example screen in the wireless Internet according to the present invention.

10 to 12 are diagrams showing an example screen for mobile scraping the content selected by the user according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a mobile scrap service, and more particularly, to a method and system for enabling a user to scrap desired content on a mobile without restriction of place and time.

With the recent development of network transmission technology and the improvement of data processing performance of digital processing devices such as computers and mobile terminals (mobiles), users can easily obtain the information they need through wired and wireless Internet.

In order to keep the information of interest to the user separately, the content provider supports the scraping of the webpage provided to the user. However, the conventional scrap is to display the webpage in the cafe or the personal blog of the user. It was a way to save the webpage by registering or providing a separate scrap folder.

However, this scrap method has a problem in that it is restricted in time and place because the user can check the scraped information only in a computer and internet-enabled space such as home or office.

Or, according to the prior art, in order to see the information of interest again, the user has to print and possess a desired web page on paper, which may be lost and has a very troublesome problem for the user.

In addition, conventionally, only the entire web page including the specific content is possible to scrap, but the user does not support a function that can separately scrap only the desired portion.

On the other hand, in recent years, with the rapid spread of mobile communication terminals and the development of data transmission technology in the wireless Internet, users can access various information through the mobile communication terminals.

Therefore, users can access the wireless Internet on the go and check various information such as articles, maps, and directions they want.

However, according to the related art, since contents provided from the wireless Internet are not separately stored in the user's mobile communication terminal, when a user wants to check the contents later, the user has to reconnect to the wireless internet and receive the desired contents. There was this.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention is to propose a method and system for providing a mobile scrap service that can scrap a user desired content to the mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a method and system for providing a mobile scrap service, which enables content provided on the web to be stored in accordance with a standard required by a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a method and system for providing a mobile scrap service, which allows a user to select a portion of content and store it in a mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a mobile scrap service in a scrap message providing server connected to a mobile communication terminal and a content providing server through a network, (a) a user Receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server according to a scrap request of the server; (b) generating a scrap message by converting the scrap requested content into a preset message format; And (c) transmitting the generated scrap message to a mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier, wherein the preset message format is a multimedia message format. do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile scrap service providing apparatus connected to a mobile communication terminal and a content providing server through a network, the mobile scrap service providing apparatus includes a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server according to a user scrap request A message transmission request receiving unit receiving a scrap message transmission request; A format conversion unit for generating a scrap message by converting the scrap requested content into a preset message format; And a scrap message transmitter for transmitting the generated scrap message to a mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier, wherein the format converter converts the scrap requested content into a multimedia message format. A service providing device is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for providing a mobile scrap service, comprising: a content providing server for providing content to the mobile communication terminal or a user computer and receiving a user's scrap request; And receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server, converting the scrap requested content into a preset multimedia message format, and generating a scrap message. Mobile scrap service providing system comprising a scrap message transmission server for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same number as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a method and system for providing a mobile scrap service according to the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile scrap service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile scrap service providing system according to the present invention may include a scrap message providing server 102 and a content providing server 108 and 110 connected through a network.

Here, the network may include a mobile communication network and an internet network, which are interworked with each other through the gateway 104.

The mobile communication network is a network for providing a voice call service or a data communication service to the mobile communication terminal 100. Although not shown in the drawings, the mobile communication network may include a base station, a base station controller, a switch, and the like.

The mobile communication network according to the present invention may include a CDMA or a WCDMA network, but is not limited thereto. Any mobile communication network may be applied without limitation as long as the network can provide a predetermined service to the mobile communication terminal 100.

The scrap message providing server 102 is connected to the mobile communication terminal 100 through a mobile communication network, and when a user requests a scrap of predetermined content through the mobile communication terminal 100 or the user computer 106, the scrap requested content Converts the message into a preset message format and provides the same to the mobile communication terminal 100.

Here, the mobile communication terminal 100 may include a mobile phone, a PDA, and the like, which provide a voice call function, and the user computer 106 may include all of a desktop PC and a notebook computer capable of accessing the Internet.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the scrap requested content may be converted into a multimedia message format (eg, a multimedia message support format defined in 3GPP2) and provided to the mobile communication terminal 100.

Here, the multimedia message is a message that can include various types of data such as still images, music, voice, and video as well as text, and has a high data receiving capacity.

Currently, multimedia messages have a 1kbyte capacity of about 1000 characters, but are increasing to 300 to 400kbyte.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the capacity of a multimedia message in the present invention may include scraped content, and is not limited to the above description.

Meanwhile, the content providing server 108 and 110 according to the present invention includes a mobile content providing server 108 for providing mobile content to the mobile communication terminal 100 and a web content providing server 110 for providing web content through an internet network. can do.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a case in which a content requested by a user is scraped while providing mobile content or web content is separately described. However, in the present invention, both mobile content and web content may be unified and used as a term.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the web content providing server 110 requests the content, for example, articles, maps and directions information, search result information, etc., when the user computer 106 connected through the Internet network. The requested web content is transmitted to the user computer 106.

Preferably, the web content may be a web page in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) or eXtensible Markup Langauge (XML) format, and the web page may include a mobile scrap interface activated as shown in FIGS. 7 to 8. .

When the user selects the mobile scrap interface while checking the web page, the web content providing server 110 transmits a scrap message transmission request to the scrap message providing server 102.

The scrap message transmission request of the web content providing server 110 may include a mobile communication terminal identifier (eg, a phone number) of the user who requested the scrap and content to be scraped.

The scrap message providing server 102 receives the scrap message transmission request as described above, processes the scrap requested content appropriately, and then transmits the multimedia message to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the identifier.

Here, the scrap message providing server 102 may be a multimedia messaging center (MMS) for transmitting a multimedia message. However, any scrap message transmitting server 102 may be possible.

Meanwhile, according to the present invention, as shown in Figs. 10 to 12, only the desired portion of the content is selected with a mouse or the like, and only the selected portion can be scrapped in the mobile communication terminal 100.

In the case of mouse selection, the user can select only the desired text by dragging and dropping through the mouse.

For example, when scraping only a part of the text, as shown in FIG. 10, the user may drag and select a desired text (step 1000), and activate a popup window for mobile scraping by right-clicking (step 1000). 1002).

In the present invention, a pop-up window application for enabling mobile scrap may be installed in the user computer 106 in the form of an ActiveX control when accessing a content providing server.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the user computer according to the present invention outputs an edit window for text editing when the user selects a mobile scrap of a popup window (step 1004), and the user edits the dragged text in the edit window. The mobile scraping text may be selected in a manner to drop (step 1006).

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to select and scrap only a specific image included in a web page.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the user clicks the right button on the image to be mobile scraped (step 1200), the user computer 106 outputs a popup window for mobile scraping as in the text scraping (step 1200). 1202) When the user selects the mobile scrap, an edit window may be output to enable image editing (step 1204).

According to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 8, the desired content may be scrapped using the mobile scrap interface existing in the web page.

When selecting the mobile scrap interface illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 8, a separate option window may be activated in a predetermined area of the screen, and a scrap message according to the option selected by the user may be provided.

For example, the option window may include an image, text, sound selection button, and the like, and the user may selectively scrape a desired medium by selecting one of the buttons included in the option window.

However, depending on the content of the web page, if the article, body text, map, or directions, only the image may be sent as a scrap message, and depending on the content of the web page, and whether the content to be scraped exceeds a preset size. Accordingly, the scrap information may be divided and provided to the user.

Meanwhile, according to the present invention, the user can make a scrap while checking the mobile content using the mobile communication terminal.

The mobile content providing server 108 provides the requested mobile content to the mobile communication terminal 100 connected via the mobile communication network and the Internet network, as shown in FIG. 9.

In this case, the mobile content provided to the user may be a mobile page in WML (Wireless Markup Language) format, and the mobile page may include a mobile scrap interface like the web page.

When the user selects the mobile scrap interface while using the mobile Internet, the mobile content providing server 108 may receive a user's request and request the scrap message providing server 102 to transmit a scrap message about the content requested by the user.

According to the present invention, the user can easily scrape the contents checked through the computer or the mobile communication terminal to his mobile communication terminal 100, so that the user can check the scraped content without restriction of the place.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a scrap message providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the scrap message providing server according to the present invention includes a message transmission request receiver 200, an option determiner 202, a scrap information extractor 204, a format converter 206, and a scrap message sender. The unit 208 and the controller 210 may be included.

The message transmission request receiving unit 200 receives a scrap message transmission request transmitted by the content server 108 or 110 when the user requests scrap of the content through the mobile communication terminal 100 or the user computer 106.

As described above, the scrap message transmission request includes information about content that the user wants to scrap, and the content may include information about an image, text, video, and various other media.

According to the present invention, the user may optionally select some media from among media included in the content currently checked through the mobile scrap interface.

The option determination unit 202 performs a process of determining an option designated by a user among contents included in the message transmission request, and the scrap information extracting unit 204 information corresponding to an option specified by the user among the contents according to the determined option. Perform the process of extracting.

However, if the web page is set to send only the body content as a scrap message, or if the user selects a part of the text and sends only the selected text as the scrap message, the option determination unit 202 and the scrap information extraction unit 204 May be omitted.

In addition, even when the option determination and scrap information are extracted in advance by the content providing servers 108 and 110 described below, the option determination unit 202 and the scrap information extraction unit 204 may be omitted.

The format converter 206 converts the extracted scrap information into a message format conforming to the standard of the mobile communication terminal 100. Preferably, the format converter 206 converts the scrap information into a multimedia message format. can do.

The scrap message is generated by the format conversion, and the scrap message transmitter 208 transmits the scrap message to the mobile communication terminal 100 through the mobile communication network.

The controller 210 outputs control signals for operations of the message transmission request receiver 200, the option determiner 202, the scrap information extractor 204, the format converter 206, and the scrap message transmitter 208. do.

3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a content providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a means that can be commonly provided to the mobile content providing server 108 and the web content providing server 110 shown in FIG. 1, and as shown in FIG. 3, content providing according to the present invention. The servers 108 and 110 may include a content transmitter 300, a scrap request receiver 302, an option determiner 304, a scrap information extractor 306, and a message transfer requester 308.

The content transmitter 300 provides mobile content or web content in response to a request of the mobile communication terminal 100 and the user computer 106.

The mobile content and the web content may be a mobile page or a web page including various media such as text, images, and images. According to the present invention, the content transmitter 300 transmits a page including a mobile scrap interface to a user. do.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the mobile scrap interface according to the present invention may be displayed in a predetermined area of the page, and when the user selects the mobile scrap interface while checking the predetermined content, the scrap request receiver 302 moves. A scrap request is received from the communication terminal 100 or the user computer 106.

Here, the user's scrap request may include content to be scraped and a mobile communication terminal identifier.

When the option determining unit 304 and the scrap information extracting unit 306 are provided in the scrap message providing server, the option determining unit 304 and the scrap information extracting unit 306 may be omitted in the content providing server.

The message transmission request unit 308 requests the scrap message transmission to the scrap message providing server 102 in response to a user's request.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile scrap service providing process according to the present invention.

4 illustrates a process of performing mobile scrap while receiving a web page service using the user computer 106.

Referring to FIG. 4, the user computer 106 accesses the content providing server 110 and requests content (step 400).

The content providing server 110 generates a web page including the mobile scrap interface (step 402) and sends it to the user computer (step 404).

Preferably, information about the interface for inputting a mobile terminal identifier and an option window activation as well as a field for transmitting a scrap request to the content providing server 110 may be defined for the interface.

The user computer 106 outputs the received web page (step 406), and when the user selects the mobile scrap interface while checking the web page (step 408), requests the scrap to the content providing server 110 ( Step 410).

When the content providing server 110 receives the scrap request, the content providing server 110 requests the scrap message providing server 102 to transmit the scrap message (step 412).

The scrap message providing server 102 converts the scrap requested content into a preset message format (step 414), and sends a scrap message generated through the format conversion to the user's mobile communication terminal 100 (step 416). .

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of processing a scrap message providing server according to the present invention, and illustrates a case of extracting option determination and scrap information from a scrap message providing server.

Referring to FIG. 5, when a user requests scrap of predetermined content, the scrap message providing server 102 receives a request for transmitting a scrap message from the content providing server 108 or 110 (step 500).

The message transmission request may include a mobile communication terminal identifier and option information for scrap, and the scrap message providing server 102 determines an option designated by the user (step 502).

Option determination may be made especially when web content including images and sounds such as maps, still images, videos, etc. as well as text is scrapped, and the scrap message providing server 102 extracts scrap information according to the determined option. (Step 504).

Meanwhile, the scrap message providing server 102 according to the present invention may determine whether the extracted scrap information corresponds to a size that can be provided to the mobile communication terminal 100 (step 506).

If the scrap information exceeds the preset size, the scrap message providing server 102 divides the scrap information (step 508), and converts the divided scrap information into a preset message format (step 510).

On the other hand, when the scrap information does not exceed a preset size, the scrap information may be directly converted into a predetermined message format.

Thereafter, the scrap message providing server 102 checks the mobile communication terminal identifier included in the message transmission request of step 500 (step 512), and transmits a scrap message to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the identified identifier (step 514). .

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a content providing server according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates a process of extracting scrap information from a content providing server. Referring to FIG. 6, the content providing server 108 and 110 receives a user's scrap request (step 600) and selects an option included in the scrap request. Determine (step 602).

As in FIG. 5, the option determination process may be usefully applied to scraping web content, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The content providing server 108 or 110 extracts scrap information according to the determined option (step 604).

Thereafter, the content providing servers 108 and 110 transmit a scrap message transmission request including the extracted scrap information and the mobile communication terminal identifier to the scrap message providing server 102 (step 606).

As shown in FIG. 6, when the content providing server performs a scrap information extraction process according to an option, the scrap message providing server 102 performs only a format conversion process of the extracted scrap information and moves the generated scrap message. It may transmit to the communication terminal 100.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that the user can scrap desired content to the mobile communication terminal without limitation of time and place.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the scrap information is converted into a multimedia message and transmitted, the capacity is not limited.

In addition, according to the present invention has the advantage that the user can selectively scrap only the desired portion.

Claims (14)

A method for providing a mobile scrap service in a scrap message providing server connected to a mobile communication terminal and a content providing server through a network, (a) receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server according to a scrap request of a user; (b) generating a scrap message by converting the scrap requested content into a preset message format; And (c) transmitting the generated scrap message to a mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier, The preset message format is a mobile scrap service providing method, characterized in that the multimedia message format. delete The method of claim 1, The scrap requested content includes at least one medium of text, image, and sound; Prior to the step (b), the method further comprises the step of extracting scrap information including information on the media included in the scrap requested content according to at least one of a user-specified option or a preset option. How to provide mobile scrap service. The method of claim 1, Prior to the step (b), determining whether the size of the scrap requested content exceeds a preset size; And And dividing the content when the size of the content exceeds a preset size. The method of claim 1, In the step (a), the content providing server receives the scrap requested content from a user computer connected through an internet network, The scrap requested content is at least one of a text and an image selected by the user in a drag and drop (drag and drop) method of providing a mobile scrap service. The method of claim 5, The content providing server provides a mobile scrap service to the user computer to transmit a popup window for selecting a mobile scrap of text or an image selected by the user and an application for activating an edit window for editing the selected text or image. Way. A mobile scrap service providing apparatus connected to a mobile communication terminal and a content providing server through a network, A message transmission request receiving unit receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server according to a user scrap request; A format conversion unit for generating a scrap message by converting the scrap requested content into a preset message format; And Including a scrap message transmission unit for transmitting the generated scrap message to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier, And the format conversion unit converts the scrap requested content into a multimedia message format. delete The method of claim 7, wherein The scrap requested content includes at least one medium of text, image, and sound; An option determination unit that determines an option designated by a user; And And a scrap information extracting unit for extracting information on a medium included in the scrap requested content according to the option determined by the option determining unit. The method of claim 7, wherein The content providing server may include at least one of a mobile content providing server providing mobile content corresponding to a standard of a mobile communication terminal and a web content providing server providing web content corresponding to a standard of a user computer. Device for providing scrap services. delete A system for providing a mobile scrap service, comprising: a content providing server providing content to a mobile communication terminal or a user computer and receiving a scrap request from a user; And receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server, converting the scrap requested content into a preset multimedia message format, and generating a scrap message. And a scrap message transmission server for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier. The content providing server, A content transmitter for transmitting a page including a mobile scrap interface; An option determiner configured to determine an option designated by the user through mobile scrap interface selection; And And a scrap information extracting unit for extracting information about a medium included in the scrap requested content according to the option determined by the option determining unit. A system for providing a mobile scrap service, comprising: a content providing server providing content to a mobile communication terminal or a user computer and receiving a scrap request from a user; And receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server, converting the scrap requested content into a preset multimedia message format, and generating a scrap message. And a scrap message transmission server for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier. When the content providing server receives the scrap-requested content from the user computer, the scrap-requested content is at least one of a text and an image selected by the user in a drag and drop manner Scrap Service Provision System. A system for providing a mobile scrap service, comprising: a content providing server providing content to a mobile communication terminal or a user computer and receiving a scrap request from a user; And receiving a scrap message transmission request including a mobile communication terminal identifier and scrap requested content from the content providing server, converting the scrap requested content into a preset multimedia message format, and generating a scrap message. And a scrap message transmission server for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the mobile communication terminal identifier. The content providing server provides a mobile scrap service to the user computer to transmit a popup window for selecting a mobile scrap of text or an image selected by the user and an application for activating an edit window for editing the selected text or image. system.

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