KR100878355B1 - Mobile phone and method for transmitting private information and and record media recoded program realizing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal and method for transmitting private information and a recording medium thereof are provided to obtain the private information from a separate personal information receiving device by transmitting the private information stored in the mobile terminal to the receiving device. A personal information storage unit(120) stores personal information, and a controller(130) reads out personal information corresponding to a personal information transmission request message received through a communication network. A transmission message generating unit(140) produces a transmission message corresponding to the read personal information, and a message tranfer part transmits the transmission message with a personal information receiving device. The controller deletes the stored personal information in case transmission of the message is successful. The transmission message is at least one of a short message, a multimedia message and an e-mail, and the personal information is determined by identifiers added to information stored in a storage unit.

Description

Mobile phone and method for transmitting private information and and record media recoded program realizing the same}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a method for transmitting personal information, and a recording medium thereof, and more particularly, to transfer personal information stored in a lost mobile communication terminal to a personal information receiving device and to fail to transmit personal information. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a method for transmitting personal information for protecting personal information, and a recording medium thereof.

Recently, mobile communication terminals have provided various functions to users, such as TV broadcast reception, video playback, and mobile storage, beyond the functions of portable communication devices.

In the mobile communication terminal that provides such various functions, the function that has been steadily provided since the early days of the spread of the mobile communication terminal is a function of the notepad.

Prior to the spread of mobile communication terminals, people carried their own phone numbers, personal account numbers, card information, etc. in their personal notebooks.

However, with the spread of mobile communication terminals, important information can be memorized using the mobile communication terminal by using the keypad, which is an input means of the mobile communication terminal, and the memory built into the mobile communication terminal.

For example, if there is an urgent need to take notes during a meeting, or if you need to take note of ideas, etc., even if you do not have a separate notepad, you can always record them using a mobile terminal.

In particular, due to the activation of Internet banking, Internet shopping, etc., users often carry a bankbook number, a credit card number, an authorization number, etc., without carrying a bankbook or credit card separately. When the mobile communication terminal can perform the function of the mobile storage, information such as an accredited certificate may also be stored in the mobile communication terminal. In addition, as the camera function is added to the mobile communication terminal, the user can easily store an image of the accident scene when the traffic accident occurs in the mobile communication terminal.

Such various personal information is stored in the mobile communication terminal, but if the user cannot carry it on his / her body, personal information may be necessary.

In addition, as the mobile communication terminal becomes smaller and more expensive, the user often loses the mobile communication terminal. When a lot of personal information is stored in the lost mobile communication terminal, the user may be concerned about leakage of personal information and privacy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of obtaining personal information from a personal information receiving apparatus by transmitting personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal to a separate personal information receiving apparatus.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal which deletes stored personal information when it fails after attempting to transmit personal information to a separate personal information receiving apparatus.

Still other objects of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description for carrying out the invention described below.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a personal information transmission method is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmitting, by a mobile communication terminal, personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal to a receiving device, the method comprising: (a) receiving a personal information transmission request message; (b) reading the stored personal information to generate a corresponding transmission message; (c) attempting to transmit the transmission message using communication information of a reception apparatus previously stored or communication information of the reception apparatus included in the personal information transmission request message; And (d) deleting the stored personal information when the transmission message is successfully transmitted.

If transmission of the transmission message fails, retrying transmission of the transmission message up to a predetermined number of times; And deleting the stored personal information when the transmission of the transmission message fails up to a predetermined number of times.

The predetermined number of times may be included in the personal information transmission request message or may be pre-stored in the mobile communication terminal.

Deleting the personal information that cannot be transmitted among the personal information when the transmission message fails to be transmitted; Regenerating a transmission message corresponding to the personal information that can be transmitted among the personal information; And attempting to transmit the regenerated transmission message up to a predetermined number of times.

Before the step (b), reading the authentication information contained in the personal information transmission request message; And determining whether the read authentication information is valid using the pre-stored authentication information.

The communication information may include at least one of a telephone number and an e-mail address, and the transmission message may be generated to conform to the communication information.

The transmission message may be one or more of a short message, a multimedia message, and an e-mail.

The personal information may be stored in a distinct storage medium or storage area, or may be identified by an identifier added to each storage information stored in the storage unit.

The personal information transmission request message may include an identifier that designates a category of personal information to be read in order to read some or all of the stored personal information.

The personal information transmission request message may include an identifier for identifying a storage location of the personal information to be read.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal for transmitting personal information to a receiving apparatus, comprising: a storage unit in which the personal information is stored; A controller configured to read the personal information corresponding to the personal information transmission request message received through a communication network; A transmission message generation unit generating a transmission message corresponding to the read personal information; And a message transmission unit for transmitting the transmission message to the receiving device, wherein the control unit deletes the stored personal information when the transmission message is successfully transmitted.

The transmission message may be one or more of a short message, a multimedia message and an e-mail.

The personal information may be identified by an identifier added to each stored information stored in the storage.

The apparatus may further include a communication information storage unit in which communication information of the receiving apparatus is stored, and the message transmitting unit may transmit the transmission message to the receiving apparatus using the communication information.

When transmission of the transmission message fails, the transmission of the transmission message is retried up to a predetermined number of times, and when the transmission of the transmission message fails up to a predetermined number of times, the stored personal information may be deleted.

According to another aspect of the invention, a recording medium is provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium in which a program for implementing a method for transmitting a personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal to a receiving apparatus is recorded in a recording medium, comprising: (a) sending a personal information request message; Receiving; (b) reading the stored personal information to generate a corresponding transmission message; (c) attempting to transmit the transmission message using communication information of a reception apparatus previously stored or communication information of the reception apparatus included in the personal information transmission request message; And (d) deleting the stored personal information when the transmission message is successfully transmitted. There is provided a recording medium having a program recorded thereon for implementing the personal information transmission method.

If transmission of the transmission message fails, retrying transmission of the transmission message up to a predetermined number of times; And deleting the stored personal information when the transmission of the transmission message fails up to a predetermined number of times.

The predetermined number of times may be included in the personal information transmission request message or may be pre-stored in the mobile communication terminal.

Deleting the personal information that cannot be transmitted among the personal information when the transmission message fails to be transmitted; Regenerating a transmission message corresponding to the personal information that can be transmitted among the personal information; And attempting to transmit the regenerated transmission message up to a predetermined number of times.

Before the step (b), reading the authentication information contained in the personal information transmission request message; And determining whether the read authentication information is valid using the pre-stored authentication information.

The communication information may include at least one of a telephone number and an e-mail address, and the transmission message may be generated to conform to the communication information.

The transmission message may be one or more of a short message, a multimedia message, and an e-mail.

The personal information may be stored in a distinct storage medium or storage area, or may be identified by an identifier added to each storage information stored in the storage unit.

The personal information transmission request message may include an identifier that specifies a category of personal information to be read in order to read some or all of the stored personal information.

The personal information transmission request message may include an identifier for identifying a storage location of the personal information to be read.

According to the present invention, even when the mobile communication terminal is not carried, the personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal can be transmitted to a separate personal information receiving apparatus to receive and receive the personal information.

In addition, according to the present invention, if the mobile communication terminal is lost, personal information is secured by deleting personal information when the personal information transmission to the separate personal information receiver fails.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any of a plurality of related items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

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

1 is a view showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 100 includes a message receiver 110, a personal information storage 120, a controller 130, a transmission message generator 140, and a communication information storage 150. Although not shown in FIG. 1, it is obvious that the mobile communication terminal 100 may further include an input unit, a screen unit, a signal processor, a data transceiver, an antenna, a microphone, a speaker, and the like.

The message receiving unit 110 functions to receive a message (for example, a personal information request message, a short message, etc.) transmitted from the mobile communication network. The user receives a personal information transmission request message for instructing the user to transmit the personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal 100 to a receiving device (for example, another mobile communication terminal, a computer, a storage area of a web server, etc.) specified by the user. The device may be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100 or may be requested to a mobile communication service provider to be transmitted from the mobile communication service system to the mobile communication terminal 100.

The request message for transmitting personal information is, for example, a short message service center (SMSC) or a mobile switching center (MSC) included in a mobile communication network from another mobile communication terminal in the form of a short message written in another mobile communication terminal. And a base station (BTS: Base Transceiver Station or Node-B) may be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100 in a paging channel (Paging Channel).

However, the format of the personal information transmission request message received by the mobile communication terminal 100 of the present invention is not limited thereto, but is transmitted in the form of a multimedia message or inserted into a specific field of a call setup request message. May be sent). The personal information transmission request message includes a command to transmit personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal 100 to a separate personal information receiver.

The personal information storage unit 120 may store credit card information, ID, password, etc. input by the user of the mobile communication terminal 100. In addition, when the mobile communication terminal 100 includes a camera (not shown), an image taken by the camera may be further stored. The personal information storage unit 120 may be an area of a storage unit (not shown) included in the mobile communication terminal 100, or an SD (Secure Digital) memory card (not shown) inserted into the mobile communication terminal 100. It may also be an area of a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card (not shown).

In addition, the personal information storage unit 120 may store an identifier for identification with another storage unit to identify that the data read from the personal information storage unit when the control unit 130 to be described later read the data. . In the personal information storage unit 120, personal information may be divided into credit card information, ID, password, and pictures, and each personal information may be added with an identifier for identifying personal information.

For example, the personal information storage unit 120 may be classified into an identifier called PI (Private Information), and an ID of PI 1 may be inserted into credit card information, PI 2 may be inserted into ID and password, and PI 3 may be inserted into photo. .

As described above, the personal information storage unit 120 may be provided independently of another storage unit in which information other than personal information is stored, or may be implemented as one area of the storage unit. For example, when the personal information storage unit 120 is independently implemented, the controller 130 may store all the information stored in the personal information storage unit 120 or some selected information at the time when the personal information transmission request message is received. Can read them. However, if the personal information storage unit 120 is implemented as one area of the storage unit, the controller 130 should selectively read information corresponding to personal information from all the information stored in the storage unit. To this end, a region may be set such that personal information is stored only within a predetermined address range among the storage areas of the storage unit, or an identifier corresponding to the information category may be added to each data item stored in the storage unit to facilitate selective reading of the information. Of course, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various methods for storing and reading personal information may be applied.

The controller 130 receives the message received by the message receiver 110, interprets the received message, and if it is determined that the message is the personal information transmission request message, the controller 130 performs a command included in the personal information transmission request message. Here, it is apparent that the controller 130 may perform an authentication process using any information included in the message to determine whether the received personal information transmission request message is valid. The controller 130 may be, for example, a module that performs a logic operation function including a microprocessor and not only controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal 100 but also stores personal information in the mobile communication terminal 100 of the present invention. The unit 120 may read the personal information.

As described above, since the personal information storage unit 120 may include an independent storage medium or storage area or an identifier indicating that the personal information storage unit 120 is included, the controller 130 selectively selects only information recognized as personal information. You can read it. Of course, an identifier for whether the data is personal information is added to each data stored in the storage unit, and personal information may be selectively read using the identifier.

In addition, when an identifier for identifying a storage location of the personal information is inserted in the personal information transmission request message, the controller 130 uses the identifier for identifying a storage location of the personal information extracted from the personal information transmission request message. May read the personal information requested by the personal information storage unit 120.

The personal information read by the controller 130 is transferred to the transmission message generator 140. The transmission message generation unit 140 receiving the personal information generates a transmission message including the personal information. If the transmission message is in the form of a short message, the transmission message generation unit 140 will generate a short message using personal information. However, if the format of the transmission message is an e-mail, the transmission message generating unit 140 may generate an e-mail having the personal information to be transmitted or generate an e-mail to which the personal information is attached as an attachment. In addition, the transmission message generation unit may generate a transmission message by encrypting the personal information in order to prevent hacking when the personal information is transmitted to the receiving device. As such, the format in which the personal information is transmitted may vary, and the transmission message generator 140 generates a transmission message according to a format designated to transmit personal information.

However, some personal information, such as an accredited certificate, is also stored in this case.In this case, the accredited certificate is set so that it cannot be transmitted to other terminals. It is possible.

In FIG. 1, the transmission message generation unit 140 is illustrated as a separate configuration from the control unit 130, but the transmission message generation unit 140 is included as one component of the control unit 120, and the personal information read by the control unit 120. You can also create a transmission message directly.

The format of the transmission message may vary as described above. However, it will be described on the assumption that the transmission message is a personal information short message in the form of a short message. That is, the personal information short message may include a header including a phone number of the mobile communication terminal 100 and communication information (eg, a phone number, address information, protocol information, etc.) of the receiving device and main data into which personal information is inserted. Field, an additional data field into which additional information is inserted, and the like. In this case, the transmission message generator 140 may insert the personal information read by the controller 130 into the main data field to generate a personal information short message.

The generated transmission message is transmitted to the receiving apparatus by a message transmitter (not shown), which may include the above-described data transmitter and antenna.

However, communication information of the reception device may be stored in advance in the communication information storage unit 150. That is, the communication information storage unit 150 may store in advance an address of a receiving device that will receive personal information from the mobile communication terminal 100. In addition, a plurality of communication information (for example, an e-mail address and a phone number) may be stored in the communication information storage unit 150 in advance. In this case, the user may include any communication information or information for designating a medium of the receiving device in the personal information transmission request message in order to receive the personal information at any receiving device. The personal information receiving device may be a phone number of another mobile communication terminal.

That is, the controller 130 receives the telephone number of another mobile communication terminal to receive personal information from the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 in preparation for the loss of the mobile communication terminal 100 in advance, the communication information storage unit 150 Can be stored in

The phone number of another mobile communication terminal (ie, a kind of receiving device) to receive personal information may be stored together with the personal information in the personal information storage unit 120 instead of separately stored in the communication information storage unit 150.

However, if the mobile communication terminal 100 is lost in the state in which the communication information of the receiving apparatus is not stored in the communication information storage unit 150 in advance, the individual stored in the mobile communication terminal 100 using the designated receiving apparatus later. In order to receive the information, the password or authentication information may be stored in the communication information storage unit 150 or the personal information storage unit 120.

In this case, the user who has lost the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits a message including a password or authentication information and communication information (for example, a phone number or an e-mail address) of the receiving device through a communication network, and the mobile communication terminal. The 100 may verify the received password or the authentication information by using the previously stored information, so that authentication for transmitting personal information may be performed. If authentication is normally completed, the mobile communication terminal 100 reads the personal information, generates a transmission message, and then transmits the transmission message using the communication information of the reception apparatus included in the message.

Since the authentication processing method of the receiving apparatus using the message and the configuration of the message for authentication are obvious to those skilled in the art only by the above description, a separate description is omitted.

In addition, as described above, the type of the transmission message generated by the transmission message generator 140 is not limited to the short message. For example, the mobile communication terminal 100 may compose personal information into a multimedia message or e-mail, and transmit the personal information to an arbitrary receiving device (for example, a mobile communication terminal or a separate device such as a multimedia message center or an e-mail mailbox). have. In this case, as described above, the address of the multimedia message center (MMSC) or the address of the e-mail mailbox may be stored in the communication information storage unit 150 or included in the personal information transmission request message.

2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a personal information storage unit of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the personal information storage unit 120 may be a part of the storage unit 200 or an independent storage medium (for example, a separate memory, an SD card, or a USIM card). Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 2, it is assumed that the personal information storage unit 120 is a part of the storage unit 200, and the information stored in the storage unit is stored to correspond to the identifier for each category. Explain the structure.

In the storage unit 200, the personal information 210, the ringer 220, the content 230, the phone number 240, and the photo 250 are categorized and stored. Therefore, when the control unit 130 reads data from the storage unit 200, the node X 290 must first divide a category and it must be able to know which area is stored in the category. In this case, the controller 130 may classify categories using P1, Bell, CN, PN, and PH, which are metadata for identifying each category. Of course, if the area in which the data for each type is to be stored separately, the controller 130 may easily determine what data the data is based only on the storage location of the data. Similarly, if the personal information storage unit 120 is an independent storage medium, all information stored in the storage medium may be recognized as personal information.

When a request for transmission of data corresponding to a certain category of personal information is requested, an identifier for identifying a storage location in the personal information storage unit 120 should be provided to the controller 130 (see FIG. 6, etc.). As described above, if a storage area or a storage address range for storing personal information (or personal information for each category) is separately designated, the personal information can be easily read only by recognizing the corresponding address. In addition, if an identifier for identifying whether the data is personal information or what category of personal information is added for each data, it is possible to easily read the personal information only by recognizing the identifier.

That is, as assumed in the description of FIG. 1, since the credit card information PI 1, the ID and password PI 2, and the picture PI 3 are stored as metadata, the controller 130 may use node Y (295). ), Credit card information, ID and password or picture can be identified and read. The metadata may be directly input by the user, but it is obvious that the metadata may be automatically assigned to correspond to a menu item (eg, credit card number input, photo shooting, etc.) selected to input the data. .

In FIG. 2, although represented by PI 1, PI 2, and PI 3, the form and number of identifiers are not limited thereto, and the metadata stored for the purpose of identifying by the controller 130 corresponds to the identifier of the present invention.

The user enters personal information to be stored in PI 1, PI 2, and PI 3 before losing the mobile communication terminal 100, and when each personal information is stored in PI 1, PI 2, PI 3 Even if the terminal 100 is lost, the personal information transmission request message for selectively transmitting specific personal information may be transmitted from the lost mobile communication terminal 100. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 6.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting personal information of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the process of transmitting personal information with reference to FIG. 3, it is assumed that personal information for transmission is stored in the personal information storage unit 120.

Referring to FIG. 3, the message receiving unit 110 included in the mobile communication terminal 100 receives an arbitrary message from the mobile communication network, and the controller 130 interprets the received message to recognize the personal information transmission request message. (S300).

For example, when the user loses the mobile communication terminal 100, the user may purchase a new mobile communication terminal or borrow a mobile communication terminal of an acquaintance to create and transmit a personal information transmission request message in a short message format. The transmitted short message is stored in the short message center of the mobile communication network and wirelessly transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100 through the exchange and the base station, which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The controller 130 of the mobile communication terminal 100 analyzes the personal information transmission request message and searches for or reads the corresponding personal information from the personal information storage unit 120 (S305). The personal information transmission request message may include personal information selection information or an identifier for transmitting specific personal information or all personal information among personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal 110.

Therefore, the controller 130 retrieves the corresponding personal information from the personal information storage unit 120. The controller 130 may search all the personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 120 according to the personal information selection information or the identifier, or may search only a part of the personal information stored in a specific area of the personal information storage unit.

For example, the personal information storage unit 120 may be displayed as a personal information folder on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal 100, and as a subfolder of the personal information folder, a credit card number, an ID and a password, or a picture may be respectively. It may be stored in a separate subfolder, and before the mobile communication terminal 100 is lost, the user may also enter personal information by dividing each folder.

Therefore, even if a user loses or leaves the mobile communication terminal 100 at home, the user may want to transfer only the credit card number and the picture to the personal information receiving device because the ID and password may be newly changed.

The personal information transmission request message may include the identifiers PI 1 and PI 3 to distinguish the credit card number and the photo, which are the remaining personal information except for the ID and password. In this case, the controller 130 may obtain credit card information and a picture of the personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 120 using PI 1 and PI 3 obtained while interpreting the personal information transmission request message.

The obtained personal information is provided to the transmission message generation unit 140 under the control of the controller 130. As described above, the transmission message generation unit 140 may generate a transmission message to correspond to the communication information of the receiving device to transmit personal information. For example, when communication information is set as an e-mail address, the stored information may be generated as an attachment and attached to the e-mail. Alternatively, when the communication information is designated as a phone number of the mobile communication terminal and requested to transmit photo data among personal information, the transmission message may be generated in the form of a multimedia message.

In addition, when a control message for controlling the transmission of personal information in a short message or a multimedia message is included in the personal information transmission request message, the transmission message generator 140 transmits a corresponding format using personal information. You can also generate a message. Of course, it is apparent that the transmission message generator 140 may be implemented by being divided into a short message generator, a multimedia message generator, and an email generator. For example, when the personal information transmission request message includes a control message for transmitting the credit card information of the identifier PI 1 as a short message, the transmission message generating unit 140 or the short message generating unit communicates with the personal information and the personal information. Generates a personal information short message inserted in each field.

The generated transmission message is wirelessly transmitted to the base station included in the mobile communication network through the data transmitter and antenna included in the mobile communication terminal 110 (S320). For example, if the personal information does not include multimedia data and communication information of the receiving device is designated as a phone number, the personal information will be transmitted to the receiving device in the form of a short message. In addition, when the personal information includes multimedia data and the communication information of the receiving device is designated as a phone number, the personal information will be transmitted to the receiving device in the form of a multimedia message. In this case, the transmission message may be uploaded to the multimedia message service center included in the mobile communication service system without being directly received by the receiving device. In addition, when the communication information of the receiving device is designated as the e-mail address, personal information will be transmitted to the receiving device in the form of the contents of the e-mail or an attachment file. In this case, the transmission message may be received at the email receiving device corresponding to the email address.

As described above, the user may designate the format of the data to be transmitted in the personal information transmission request message and request the communication information. The communication information of the reception apparatus may be previously stored in the communication information storage unit 150 or the personal information storage unit 120. It may be.

In addition, when the user designates a plurality of communication information of the receiving apparatus or when a plurality of communication information for receiving personal information is specified in the personal information transmission request message, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits messages according to a plurality of designated forms, respectively. Obviously, it may be generated and transmitted to correspond to the designated communication information.

When the receiving device (or the multimedia message service center or the email receiving device, etc.) normally receives the transmission message, the receiving device may reply by transmitting an acknowledgment (ACK) message to the mobile communication terminal 100.

Thereafter, the mobile communication terminal 100 determines whether the transmission of the personal information is successful.

As a result of the determination, if the transmission of the transmission message is successful, the process proceeds to step S345 and the mobile communication terminal 100 deletes the personal information from the personal information storage unit 120. This is to prevent the leakage of personal information. In this case, it is obvious that the transmission message generated through step S310 can also be deleted.

For example, assuming that the category of the personal information requested to be transmitted is credit card information and photographed information, if only the credit card information is successfully transmitted, the credit card information is deleted and the photographed information is attempted to retransmit. The storage state can be maintained.

However, if it is determined in step S330 that the transmission message has failed, the flow proceeds to step S340. In step S340, the control unit 130 of the mobile communication terminal 100 determines whether the transmission has failed for the designated N (random natural number) times. The number of repetition attempts upon transmission failure may be designated as a default or set by a user (see FIG. 6).

If the transmission fails in N times as a result of the determination in step S340, the flow proceeds to step S320 to retry transmission of the generated transmission message.

If the transmission fails as many times as the determination result of step S340, the process proceeds to step S345 to delete the stored personal information. In this case, it is obvious that the transmission message generated through step S310 can also be deleted. This is to maintain personal information protection even when transmission of personal information is impossible. When the personal information is not transmitted, for example, when the data wireless transmission module is damaged or malfunctions during the loss process of the mobile communication terminal 100, the data transmission itself is impossible or the address of the personal information receiving device is incorrect. If not, there may be.

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 3, according to another embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the transmission message has failed as a result of the determination at S330, it is determined which personal information has failed to transmit before proceeding to step S340. For example, when the category of the personal information requested to be transmitted is a public certificate and a photo information, the public certificate may be blocked from being transmitted, and thus, personal information may not be transmitted due to the public certificate. Therefore, the personal information can be immediately deleted and re-created the transmission message using only the photo information to proceed to step S340 to transmit the regenerated transmission message.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a mobile communication terminal transmits personal information in a short message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in describing a process of transmitting personal information in the form of a short message, a mobile communication terminal 100 for transmitting personal information is referred to as a mobile equipment (ME) 1, and a receiving device is referred to as a ME2 410. It will be called.

Referring to FIG. 4, the ME 2 410 transmits a personal information transmission request message to the ME 1 100 (S420). The communication information of the ME 2 410 may be previously stored in the communication information storage unit 150 of the ME 1 100, or may be included in a personal information transmission request message instructing to transmit the stored personal information to the ME 2 410. Of course, the personal information transmission request message may be a short message written directly by the user's input in the ME 2 (410), as described above any device in the mobile communication service system (e.g., switchboard) at the request of the user. It may be transmitted from a separate personal information transmission request message service device linked to the 400, hereinafter referred to as a "service device."

As a method of requesting the transmission of the personal information transmission request message by the service device, the user may apply by visiting a dealer or applying from a web page corresponding to the mobile communication service system. Alternatively, when the ME 2 410 transmits a transmission command to the service device using a hard or soft hot key implemented in the ME 2 410, the message is a message transmitted from the service device to the ME 1 100 again. It may be.

As described above, the personal information transmission request message may include an identifier (for example, PI 1, PI2, PI 3) indicating which personal information to transmit, and an identifier (for example, PI) for all personal information. May be included. Therefore, in the case of the personal information transmission request message directly written in the ME 2 410 by the user's input, the ME 1 100 may interpret the personal information transmission command, the location of the personal information, the personal information receiving device address, etc. from the corresponding message. Short messages should be prepared in a predetermined format so that they can be sent to ME 1 (100).

If the power of the lost mobile communication terminal ME 1 (100) is OFF, the personal information transmission request message is a short message because the ME 1 (100) cannot receive the personal information transmission request message. When temporarily stored in the center, the power of the ME 1 (100) is turned on again (personal data transmission request message is wirelessly transmitted to the ME 1 (100) through the switch 400 and the base station.

Here, the switch 400 is a wired / wireless digital exchange that provides a wired communication function, a wireless communication function, and a mobile communication function as a network component that performs a pivotal function in a mobile communication network. It performs location registration procedure, handoff procedure processing and interworking function with other network.

ME 1 (100) receiving the personal information transmission request message may read the personal information from the personal information storage unit by the personal information identifier included in the personal information transmission request message (S425). The ME 1 100 may authenticate whether the personal information transmission request message is valid using authentication information or a password included in the personal information transmission request message.

The read personal information is generated as a personal information short message by the transmission message generating unit 140 (S430).

The personal information short message is transmitted to the ME 2 410 (S435). Since the personal information short message is transmitted to the ME 2 410 via the base station, the exchange 400, and the short message center, it is obvious in the mobile communication network, so a description thereof will be omitted.

When the ME 2 410 receives the personal information short message, the personal information short message acknowledgment (ACK) message is transmitted from the ME 2 410 to the ME 1 100 (S440). The acknowledgment message may be transmitted from the mobile communication service system to the ME 1 100, and step S440 may be omitted depending on the implementation method.

ME 1 (100) deletes the personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 120 of the ME 1 (100) because the transmission of personal information is completed (S445). In this case, only the transmitted personal information may be deleted or all personal information stored in the personal information storage unit may be deleted.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a mobile communication terminal transmits personal information in a multimedia message according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As in FIG. 5, a process of receiving a personal information transmission request message and a process of reading personal information are performed in the same manner.

However, unlike in FIG. 4, the ME 1 100 generates the read personal information as a multimedia message (S510). For example, when the personal information to be transmitted is a photograph, it may be impossible to create and transmit the personal information in a short message. Therefore, the ME 1 100 may generate and transmit a multimedia message with a picture inserted therein.

When the personal information multimedia message is generated, the ME 1 100 uploads the personal information multimedia message to the multimedia message center 500 (S515). When the multimedia message center 500 is in a state capable of receiving a multimedia message from the ME 2 410 while interworking with a home location register (HLR: Home Location Register), the multimedia message relay (not shown) (MMSR: A multimedia message is transmitted to the ME 2 410 via a Multimedia Message Service Relay.

The uploaded multimedia message is stored in the multimedia message storage device included in the multimedia message center 500 (S520).

The multimedia message center 500 transmits an ACK message confirming that the upload of the personal information multimedia message is completed to the ME 1 100 (S525). Depending on the implementation method, step S520 may be omitted.

Upon receiving the ACK message, the ME 1 100 deletes all the pictures or personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 120 (S530).

Although not shown in FIG. 5, the multimedia message center 500 links the short message center to the ME 2 410 from the short message center to notify the ME 2 410 that the personal information multimedia message has been stored in the multimedia storage device. You can ask.

The short message may include a callback number for accessing the multimedia message service center directly from the ME 2 410, and the ME 2 410 may use the call back number to the multimedia message service center 500. The personal information multimedia message download request may be transmitted (S535).

When the picture, which is personal information stored in the multimedia message service center 500, is transmitted to the ME 2 410, the user may store the picture on the ME 2 410 (S540), and the personal information stored on the lost ME 1 100. Can be deleted to improve the security of personal information.

6 is a diagram illustrating a screen for creating a personal information transmission request message transmitted to a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the personal information transmission request message creation screen is illustrated in the mobile communication terminal 410.

The mobile communication terminal 410 for creating a personal information transmission request message corresponds to the ME 2 410 in FIG. 4 or 5. That is, the ME 2 410 may be a mobile communication terminal 410 newly purchased or borrowed from an acquaintance when the user loses the ME 1 100. However, the ME 2 410 must be programmed in advance so that the ME 2 410 can create a personal information request message. Of course, the type of the receiving device is not limited to the mobile communication terminal as described above. In addition, as described above, by providing a plurality of communication information, one or more receiving apparatuses may receive various types of transmission messages (that is, transmission data corresponding to personal information).

That is, when a menu of creating a personal information transmission request message is selected by the user, the type of personal information 610, the address of the personal information receiver 620, the number of transmission attempts 630, and the deletion after transmission are displayed on the display screen. A user interface screen for inputting personal information 640 or the like is output. Of course, the content and type of each input item constituting the user interface screen may be variously modified.

Each input item can be directly input by the user. If the ME 1 (100) and the ME 2 (410) are mobile communication terminals of the same type, the personal information identifiers can be the same. This may be used.

That is, the mobile communication service provider may rent a mobile communication terminal such as the ME 2 410 to the user as a personal information receiver to receive the personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal 100 when the mobile communication terminal 100 is lost. In case of the same mobile communication terminal, the identifiers PI 1, PI 2, and PI 3 can be used as they are. In addition, even when a user who has lost the mobile communication terminal 100 purchases a new mobile communication terminal 410 of the same type, an identifier such as PI 1, PI 2, and PI 3 may be used as it is.

In addition, communication information 620 of the receiving device may be input. The communication information may be a phone number of the ME 2 410, or may be another mobile communication terminal or an e-mail mailbox address. The communication information of the receiving device may be configured to be input in plural.

In addition, a limit 640 of attempting to transmit personal information may be input. This is to delete personal information for security when personal information is not transmitted even after the input number of times. If the user does not input the number limit separately, the number limit set by default or the number limit previously stored in the mobile communication terminal 100 may be applied.

In addition, the personal information that the user wants to acquire is credit card information stored in PI 1, but in addition to the credit card information, an item may be added to select all personal information to be deleted if the user does not want the photo, ID and password to be disclosed.

Thereafter, the ME 2 410 receiving the confirmation input from the user wirelessly transmits the personal information transmission request message 650 to the base station 690. The personal information transmission request message 650 may include one or more of the type of personal information ME 2 410 receives from the user, communication information of the receiving device, the number of transmission attempts, and personal information to be deleted after transmission.

Therefore, the control unit 130 of the lost mobile communication terminal ME 1 (100) receiving the personal information request message 650 interprets the personal information request message 650 as described above, the personal information storage unit 120 Read the personal information and transmit the personal information to the receiving device.

In FIG. 6, a mobile communication terminal 410 is used as a terminal in which a personal information transmission request message 650 is written, but a terminal for transmitting a personal information transmission request message 650 to the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention is used for this. The present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the personal information transmission request message may be transmitted to the ME 1 100 through a web server.

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.).

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing the structure of a personal information storage unit of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting personal information by a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a mobile communication terminal transmits personal information in a short message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process in which a mobile communication terminal transmits personal information in a multimedia message according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a screen for creating a personal information transmission request message sent to a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (16)

In the method for transmitting a personal information stored in the mobile communication terminal to the receiving device, (a) receiving a personal information request message; (b) reading the stored personal information to generate a corresponding transmission message; (c) attempting to transmit the transmission message using communication information of a reception apparatus previously stored or communication information of the reception apparatus included in the personal information transmission request message; And (d) deleting the stored personal information if the transmission of the transmission message is successful. The method of claim 1, If transmission of the transmission message fails, retrying transmission of the transmission message up to a predetermined number of times; And And deleting the stored personal information when the transmission of the transmission message fails up to a predetermined number of times. The method of claim 2, And the predetermined number of times is included in the personal information transmission request message or stored in the mobile communication terminal in advance. The method of claim 1, Deleting the personal information that cannot be transmitted among the personal information when the transmission message fails to be transmitted; Regenerating a transmission message corresponding to the personal information that can be transmitted among the personal information; And And attempting to transmit the regenerated transmission message up to a predetermined number of times. The method of claim 1, Before step (b) above, Reading authentication information included in the personal information transmission request message; And And determining the validity of the read authentication information by using previously stored authentication information. The method of claim 1, The communication information includes at least one of a telephone number and an email address, The transmission message is a personal information transmission method, characterized in that generated in accordance with the communication information. The method of claim 6, The transmission message is a personal information transmission method, characterized in that at least one of a short message, a multimedia message and an email. The method of claim 1, The personal information is stored in a distinct storage medium or storage area, or personal information transmission method characterized in that it is identified by an identifier added to each storage information stored in the storage. The method of claim 8, The personal information transmission request message includes an identifier for designating a category of personal information to be read in order to read some or all of the stored personal information. The method of claim 8, The personal information transmission request message includes an identifier for identifying a storage location of the personal information to be read. In the mobile communication terminal for transmitting personal information to the receiving device, A personal information storage unit storing the personal information; A controller configured to read the personal information corresponding to the personal information transmission request message received through a communication network; A transmission message generation unit generating a transmission message corresponding to the read personal information; And Including a message transmission unit for transmitting the transmission message to the receiving device, The control unit deletes the stored personal information when the transmission of the transmission message is successful. The method of claim 11, The transmission message is a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that at least one of a short message, a multimedia message and an email. The method of claim 11, And wherein the personal information is identified by an identifier added to each stored information stored in the personal information storage unit. The method of claim 11, Further comprising a communication information storage unit for storing the communication information of the receiving device, And the message transmitting unit transmits the transmission message to the receiving apparatus using the communication information. The method of claim 11, And when the transmission message fails, retry transmission of the transmission message up to a predetermined number of times, and when transmission of the transmission message fails up to a predetermined number of times, the stored personal information is deleted. . In order to implement a method for transmitting personal information stored in a mobile communication terminal to a receiving device, in the mobile communication terminal, (a) receiving a personal information request message; (b) reading the stored personal information to generate a corresponding transmission message; (c) attempting to transmit the transmission message using communication information of a reception apparatus previously stored or communication information of the reception apparatus included in the personal information transmission request message; And (d) a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the step of deleting the stored personal information when the transmission of the transmission message is successful.

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