KR100989508B1 - Method and apparatus for controling calling service based on topics - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a topic-based call method and apparatus for making a call based on a topic set by the topic distributor. In this regard, the method of controlling the terminal of the topic distributor to make a call between the topic distributor and the topic receiver based on the topic set by the topic distributor of the present invention includes: receiving a topic from the topic distributor; Generating topic information including a topic and identification information of the topic distributor, and delivering the topic information to a terminal of the topic receiver through a direct communication between the terminal of the topic distributor and a terminal of the topic receiver; Include. According to the present invention, the user can assume a topic (topic, purpose) on the fly through his or her terminal, or the user can search for a call partner based on the topic by searching for a topic (topic, purpose) at the current location. From the perspective of the operator, it is possible to form a new profit structure by providing a topic-based currency by utilizing the infrastructure of the existing number-based monetary system with the lowest possible investment.

Topic, Subject, Purpose, Currency, Topic Based Currency, Distribution

Description

Topic based call control method and apparatus {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLING CALLING SERVICE BASED ON TOPICS}

The present invention relates to a topic-based call control method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a topic-based call control method and apparatus for making a call based on a topic set by the topic distributor.

Wired telephone systems using Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTNs) have been a big part of our lives. Recently, with the rapid development of wireless communication technology, mobile communication, that is, wireless telephone system has become widespread and becoming a necessity of life, and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) system using Internet Protocol (IP) has appeared. Telephone communication as a communication means continues to develop.

All of our wired and wireless phones and VoIP phones are currently based on a numbering system. The number system refers to a system for assigning a unique identifier, that is, a phone number, to each user's terminal and using the phone number to call a desired counterpart. In a telephone system based on a number system, a user who attempts to make a call recognizes a phone number of a counterpart in advance and dials the phone number through various input means to connect with the call counterpart.

Recently, due to the development of various communication means, it is natural to communicate based on a specific purpose, a topic, or a topic rather than a communication method of designating a communication counterpart. For example, Internet bulletin boards do not want to talk to a specific person, but post for the purpose of communicating on a specific topic, and those who are interested in the topic exchange comments with each other through replies or comments. This asynchronous communication concept has been widely applied to text messages of mobile phones, and needs to be sufficiently applied to telephone communication based on existing numbering systems.

However, in the current number system-based telephony, the phone number of the other party must be recognized before the call, so if the user wants to make a call for a specific purpose, subject or topic, the use of the call is limited. Of course, there are attempts to compensate for these limitations by using other means of communication, such as wired and wireless Internet, but in advance, the site where the user can express his or her purpose, topic, or topic, such as a site or bulletin board that meets the desired purpose, topic, or topic. This is a problem in that it must be aware of. In addition, even though they were aware of such sites and bulletin boards in advance, it is inconvenient to take a considerable amount of time to get the answer after posting their purpose, topic or topic on the bulletin board.

Therefore, the present invention allows a user to assume a topic (topic, purpose) on the fly through his or her terminal, or to search for a topic (topic, purpose) at the current location to search for a call counterpart based on the topic. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for forming a new profit structure by providing a topic-based currency by utilizing the infrastructure of the existing number-based monetary system with the lowest possible investment from the operator's point of view.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention, which are not mentioned above, can be understood by the following description, and more clearly by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method of controlling a terminal of a topic distributor to make a call between the topic distributor and a topic receiver based on a topic set by the topic distributor, the method comprising: receiving a topic from the topic distributor; And generating topic information including the received topic and identification information of the topic distributor, and transmitting the topic information through a direct communication between the topic distributor's terminal and the topic receiver's terminal. Delivering to.

The present invention also provides a method for controlling the terminal of the topic receiver to make a call between the topic distributor and the topic receiver based on the topic set by the topic distributor, receiving a command to start collecting the topic and the topic distributor. Collecting one or more topic information including identification information, selecting any one of the collected topic information, and performing a call connection with the topic distributor who distributed the selected topic information; It is another feature.

In addition, the present invention is a topic-based call device for making a call based on a topic set by the topic distributor, generating a topic information including the information acquisition unit for receiving the topic, and the identification information of the topic and the topic distributor received It further comprises a topic information generation unit and a delivery unit for delivering the topic information to the terminal of the topic recipient through direct communication between the terminal of the topic distributor and the terminal of the topic receiver.

In addition, the present invention is a topic-based call device for the call based on the topic set by the topic distributor, the topic information receiving the start command, collecting the one or more topic information including the identification information of the topic and the topic distributor If the collection unit and any one of the collected topic information is selected, it characterized in that it further comprises a call unit for performing a call connection with the topic distributor that delivered the selected topic information.

According to the configuration of the present invention as described above, the user can immediately assume the topic (topic, purpose) through the user's terminal, or the user searches for the topic (topic, purpose) at the current location to call the other party based on the topic You can shop and make calls.

In addition, operators can form a new profit structure by providing a topic-based currency by utilizing the infrastructure of the existing number-based monetary system while investing as little as possible.

The above objects, features, and advantages will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to indicate the same or similar components.

In the present invention, the terminal is a wireless terminal while carrying a personal portable device such as all types of wired terminals and personal digital assistants (PDAs), personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones, next-generation mobile communication terminals (IMT-2000), etc. using the PSTN. It is a term that includes a possible terminal and includes a VoIP terminal that is recently released.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a topic-based call process according to a topic-based call method and apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, topic distributor 10a is currently in talk with topic recipient 1 10e. However, in order for the topic-based call method according to the present invention to be performed, the topic distributor 10a does not necessarily have to talk to another person. That is, the topic distributor may perform the topic-based calling method according to the present invention if there is a topic (purpose or topic, hereinafter 'topic') that wants to make a call even before someone talks with another person.

First, the topic distributor 10a inputs a topic that was thought during a call or thought before the call to the terminal 10b that the topic distributor is using (100). Here, the topic may be input through various methods. For example, similar to the existing text message input method, the user may directly input a topic through Korean, English, special symbols, and the like. Alternatively, when a keyboard or a virtual keyboard input or handwriting recognition is possible, such as a PDA or a smart phone, the user may directly input a topic through Korean, English, special symbols, and the like. Alternatively, the terminal 10b may be divided into certain categories such as "politics, economy, travel, games", and if one category is selected, a topic list of a tree structure in which a detailed category appears accordingly is provided, and the user lists the topics. It may also be input by selecting a desired topic in. In the present invention, 'selecting' a topic is used to mean that the user has decided to speak with another person about the topic.

When the topic is input through the topic distributor 10a, the terminal 10b of the topic distributor generates the received topic as 'topic information' along with other data (102). Here, the other data may be, for example, a phone number of the topic distributor terminal 10b, a number of call persons, a topic delivery cycle, a topic delivery number, a topic delivery time, a service provider extension field, and a service provider terminal extension information. Such data may be input directly from the user through the above-mentioned methods of receiving the topic, or may be read using an API or an internal command or a memory address in the memory area of the terminal 10b. Table 1 shows an example of generated topic information.

issue Participant Restriction Information
(Provide this information to respond to 1: N calls) Terminal information
(Phone Number + Operator Terminal Extension Information) Operator service extension field

As shown in Table 1, the topic information may be composed of topic, participant restriction information, terminal information, operator service extension fields, and the terminal information is composed of the topic distributor's telephone number and operator terminal extension information. The participant restriction information, operator terminal extension information, operator service extension information, etc. may be added or deleted as necessary.

The topic distributor 10b which generated the topic information including the topic and the telephone number of the topic distributor terminal 10b transmits the generated topic information to the surroundings (104). One of the differences from the prior art of the present invention is that the terminal directly distributes or delivers topic information to the surroundings without passing through a server or other media. In this case, various communication means may be used as a means for distributing topic information. For example, Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Zigbee, Ultra Wide Band (UWB), Infrared Data Association (IRDA), Local Area Network (LAN), Wireless Lan (WLAN), or Wireless Personal Area (WPAN). Network).

Here, a more specific example of how to convey topic information will be described. First, a method of delivering topic information through a separate radio transceiver can be considered. This is a method of mounting a radio transceiver on a terminal and transmitting topic information through the device. Specifically, Ethernet or IEEE 802.3 is applied to share a specific frequency band through a CSMA / CD method, and a topic of its own. It's a way of delivering information. In other words, as the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) of Ethernet sends a request message to the local network to find the MAC address of a specific IP, the topic information may be transmitted without specifying a receiver. The specific frequency band used here is designated according to the laws of the area where the service is provided or the interest of the operator providing the service.

Or using Bluetooth technology. In the case of using the Bluetooth technology, it is difficult to simultaneously deliver topic information to an unspecified number according to the current standard, but since many mobile terminals are already equipped with Bluetooth, a method of providing a service using the same may be considered.

First, the existing Bluetooth session is connected as follows. The Bluetooth terminal scans or searches for other Bluetooth terminals that can be connected nearby. The Bluetooth terminal then attempts to connect with one of the other discovered terminals. Since the password input process is required for the connection, the password is entered in the terminal attempting to connect. When connected in this way, data communication is performed between both terminals.

In a communication using a Bluetooth terminal, it is difficult to simultaneously create a data channel with a plurality of other terminals. However, if the session continues to exchange topic information 1: 1 with other terminals, it is possible to distribute the topic information in the following process since it is possible to achieve the same effect as delivering the topic information to an unspecified majority.

① After generating topic information and starting transmission, it sets its own terminal to be able to scan from other terminals.

② If a connection request is received from another terminal, the connection is allowed regardless of the password transmitted from the other terminal.

③ Send topic information. Topic information can be sent in plain text or cipher text. At this time, the encrypted topic information is transmitted in accordance with the service provider so that a person who does not subscribe to the service cannot easily decrypt the topic information. The encryption algorithm, encryption key, encryption key management used for the encryption depends on the service configuration of the operator.

④ Automatically terminate the Bluetooth session after sending topic information.

The number or cycle of delivering the topic may be arbitrarily determined by the terminal 10b or may be determined by the user. In the present invention, the term 'distribution' or 'delivery' is used as the meaning of transmitting to one or more specific or unspecified person by wire or wireless communication means.

At this time, the topic information can be controlled through the control unit in the user or the terminal 10b, and can be controlled using the commands shown in Table 2.

Start command Collect topical information continuously until a stop order.
However, one or more of the following information can be used to control the start command



Additional Information Available for Start Commands
+ Delivery cycle  When delivering more than once, the ability for the next delivery to be delivered after the delivery cycle from the previous delivery + Forwards  Stop delivery automatically after delivering topic information as many times as delivered + Delivery time  Stop delivery automatically after delivering topic information for delivery time
+ Calls  Stops forwarding automatically after delivering topic information until the number of calls generated by topic information is reached. Stop command  Stop collecting topic information

Meanwhile, the topic receiver 2 10c who wants a topic-based call issues a topic information collection command to his terminal 10d (106). At this time, the topic information collection may be controlled through a control unit in the user or the terminal 10d, and may be controlled using the commands shown in Table 3 below.

Start command Collect topical information continuously until a stop order
However, one or more of the following information can be used to control the start command Additional Information Available for Start Commands + Collection cycle  Set how often topic information is collected + Collect quantity  Stop collecting automatically after collecting topic information as much as collected + Collection time  Stop collecting automatically after collecting topic information during collection time Stop command  Stop collecting topic information

The terminal 10d receiving the topic information collection command collects the topic delivered by the topic distributor 10a (108), and the collected topic information is received by the terminal (10d) (110). As mentioned above, the topic information includes the number of the callers, the topic delivery cycle, the number of topic delivery times, the topic delivery time, the operator, including the topic that the topic distributor 10a wants to call and the telephone number of the terminal 10b of the topic distributor 10a, as mentioned above. The service extension field and service provider terminal extension information are included. However, there may be cases where such topic information cannot be used as it is. Accordingly, in this case, the terminal 10d of the topic receiver 2 10c undergoes parsing the received topic information for each data (112). At this time, the topic information parsing may be controlled through a control unit in the user or the terminal 10d, and may be controlled using the commands shown in Table 4 below.

Start command Parse topic information continuously until a stop order
However, one or more of the following information can be used to control the start command Additional Information Available for Start Commands + Collect quantity  Automatically stop collection after parsing topic information for the collected quantity
+ Collection time  Stop collecting automatically after parsing topic information collected during collection time Stop command  Stop parsing topic information


Search command  Parsing continues only when the value of a specific field of topic information is the same as the search contents stored in the terminal memory. Otherwise, parsing is canceled and the next topic information parsing is prepared, and it can be used with a start command.


Search command + search content  Parsing continues only if the value of a particular field of topic information is the same as the search, otherwise cancels parsing and prepares for parsing the next topic information, and can be used with the start command


Filter command  If the value of a specific field of topic information is the same as the filter content stored in the terminal memory, the parsing is canceled and the next topic information parsing is prepared, and it can be used with a start command.

Filter command + filter content  If the value of a particular field of topic information is equal to the content of the filter, cancel parsing, prepare for parsing the next topic information, and can be used with the start command.

In Table 4, the search command may be useful when the topic recipient 10c needs specific topic information, and the filter command may include spam messages such as adult advertisements or loan advertisements that the topic distributed by the topic distributor 10a. This can be useful.

The terminal 10d that parsed the topic information displays the parsed data including the topic to the topic receiver 2 10c (114). The topic receiver 2 10c then checks the topics distributed by the topic distributor 10a through a display means such as a liquid crystal display of the terminal, selects the topics that are of interest or are well-known among them, and then talks with the topic distributor. A call command is issued to the terminal 10d (116).

The terminal 10d receiving the call command attempts to make a call using the identification information of the topic distributor who distributed the topic selected by the topic receiver 2 10c in the received topic information, for example, a phone number (118). . If the topic distributor 10a was not talking to anyone, the call with topic recipient 2 10c would be a one-to-one call, and the topic distributor 10a would talk with topic recipient 1 10e or another person. If so, the call to topic recipient 2 (10c) would be a conference call. In either case, this call attempt step 118 and the call step may be performed according to an existing one-to-one or multi-party call method.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal configuration of a topic distributor in a topic-based communication device according to the present invention.

The terminal 10b of the topic distributor 10b includes an information acquisition unit 200, a topic information generation unit 202, and a delivery unit 204. First, the information acquisition unit 200 is the topic distributor 10a wants to talk, including the phone number of the terminal 10b of the topic distributor 10a, the number of calls, the topic delivery cycle, the number of topic delivery, topic delivery It plays a role of acquiring time, operator service extension field, operator terminal extension information, and the like.

Next, the topic information generation unit 202 serves to generate the information obtained by the information acquisition unit 200 as topic information. Topic information may be generated in the form shown in Table 1 mentioned above. The delivery unit 204 distributes or delivers topic information generated by the topic information generation unit 202.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal configuration of a topic receiver in a topic-based communication device according to the present invention.

The terminal 10d of the topic receiver 10c includes a topic information collection unit 300, a parsing unit 302, and a call unit 304. First, the topic information collecting unit 300 collects topic information distributed according to a collection command in the user or terminal 10d.

The parsing unit 302 includes the number of the callers, the topic delivery cycle, the number of topic delivery, including the topic that the topic distributor 10a wants to call in the collected topic information, the telephone number of the terminal 10b of the topic distributor 10a, and the like. It parses data such as topic delivery time, operator service extension field, and operator terminal extension information.

The calling unit 304 attempts to make a call using the telephone number information of the topic distributor who distributed the topic selected by the topic receiver 10c to talk among the topics parsed by the parsing unit 302.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of distributing a topic at a terminal of a topic distributor in a topic-based call method according to the present invention.

First, the terminal receives a topic to be distributed from the topic distributor (400). In this case, the topic may be input through various methods such as a method of directly inputting by the user or selecting a topic desired by the user from a topic list of a tree structure provided by the terminal.

Next, a value to be included in the topic information (for example, the number of callers, a topic delivery period, terminal information, etc.) is received from the topic distributor or the storage (memory) (402). These values may be input directly from the user, as mentioned above, or may be read using APIs or internal commands or memory addresses in the memory area of the terminal.

Then, 404 generates topic information including the received topic, the telephone number of the topic distributor, and the values received in step 402. The generated topic information is received 406 to find the topic recipient who wishes to speak with the topic distributor.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a topic and performing a call connection in a topic receiver's terminal in the topic-based call method according to the present invention.

First, the terminal receives a topic information collection start command from the topic receiver (500). Then, according to the start command, the topic information delivered by the topic distributor is collected (502), and if the collected topic information is not available as it is, parsing the collected topic information (504). In step 502 and step 504, the collection time and quantity, the parsing time and quantity, filtering, and the like can be controlled through the control commands mentioned in Tables 2 and 3, which will be omitted.

Then, among the parsed topic information, the topic distributed by the topic distributor is displayed to the topic receiver (506) so that the topic receiver can select the topic that he or she wants to talk to. If the topic recipient chose to talk to the topic distributor for a topic at step 506, the topic receiver attempts to call the phone number of the topic caller who distributed the topic selected to talk (508). At this time, the form of the call may be a one-to-one call or a multi-party call as mentioned above, and the call method may be performed according to the prior art or other techniques.

According to the configuration of the present invention, the user can immediately assume a topic (topic, purpose) through the user's terminal, or the user searches the topic (topic, purpose) in the current location to search for a call partner based on the topic You can make a call.

In addition, operators can form a new profit structure by providing a topic-based currency by utilizing the infrastructure of the existing number-based monetary system while investing as little as possible.

The method of the present invention as described above can be written in a computer program. And the code and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the written program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (information storage medium), and read and executed by a computer to implement the method of the present invention. And the recording medium includes all types of recording media (intangible medium such as a carrier wave as well as tangible media such as CD and DVD) readable by a computer.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by.

1 is a flow chart showing a topic-based call process made in accordance with a topic-based call method and apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal configuration of a topic distributor in a topic-based communication device according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal configuration of a topic receiver in a topic-based communication apparatus according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of distributing a topic at a terminal of a topic distributor in a topic-based call method according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a topic and performing a call connection at a terminal of a topic receiver in a topic-based call method according to the present invention.

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In the method of controlling the terminal of the topic distributor to make a call between the topic distributor and the topic receiver based on the topic set by the topic distributor, Receiving a topic from the topic distributor; Generating topic information including the received topic and identification information of the topic distributor; Distributing the topic information to a terminal of the topic receiver by using a delivery start command including at least one of a delivery cycle, a delivery count, a delivery time, and a call count. Delivering the topic information to a terminal of the topic receiver through a direct communication between the terminal of the topic distributor and the terminal of the topic receiver; Terminal control method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The step of receiving the topic is And a topic to be delivered to the terminal of the topic receiver in a predetermined list of topics. The method of claim 1, The topic information is And at least one of a call head count, a topic delivery period, a topic delivery number, a topic delivery time, an operator service extension field, and an operator terminal extension information. The method of claim 1, The topic information is Terminal control method characterized in that it is input through at least one method of receiving directly from the topic distributor or a method of reading the value stored in the storage. The method of claim 1, Delivering the topic information is Terminal control method characterized in that the stop by the transfer stop command. delete In the method of controlling the terminal of the topic receiver to make a call between the topic distributor and the topic receiver based on the topic set by the topic distributor, Collecting one or more topic information including the topic and identification information of the topic distributor by receiving and using a collection start command including at least one of a collection cycle, a collection quantity, and a collection time; Selecting any one of the collected topic information; Performing a call connection with the topic distributor who distributed the selected topic information; Terminal control method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The topic information is And at least one of a call head count, a topic delivery period, a topic delivery number, a topic delivery time, an operator service extension field, and an operator terminal extension information. The method of claim 7, wherein The topic information collecting step Terminal control method characterized in that the stop by the collection stop command. delete The method of claim 7, wherein And after the collecting the topic information, parsing the collected topic information. The method of claim 11, The topic information parsing step And a terminal starting by the parsing start command and stopped by the parsing stop command. 13. The method of claim 12, The parsing start command Terminal control method characterized in that at least one of the collection quantity or collection time is included. The method of claim 11, The topic information parsing step And parsing the topic information only when any one of the parsed topic information is identical to the content included in a predetermined search list. The method of claim 11, The topic information parsing step Stopping any parsing topic information already in progress and parsing the next topic information if any one of the parsed topic information is identical to the content included in a predetermined filtering list. The method of claim 7, wherein Performing a call connection with the topic distributor is Terminal control method, characterized in that performed using the identification information of the topic distributor included in the topic information. In a topic-based call device that makes a call based on a topic set by a topic distributor, An information acquisition unit for receiving the topic; A topic information generation unit for generating topic information including the received topic and identification information of the topic distributor; A delivery start command including at least one of a delivery period, a number of times, a delivery time, or a number of calls for delivering the topic information to a terminal of the topic receiver through direct communication between the topic distributor's terminal and the topic receiver's terminal; Delivery unit for distributing the topic information to the terminal of the topic recipient by using Topic-based calling device comprising a. The method of claim 17, The information acquisition unit The topic-based call device, characterized in that for receiving a topic to be delivered to the terminal of the topic recipient from a list of topics. The method of claim 17, The topic information is A topic-based communication device comprising at least one of a call head count, a topic delivery period, a topic delivery number, a topic delivery time, an operator service extension field, or an operator terminal extension information. The method of claim 17, The topic information is The topic-based communication device, characterized in that the input via at least one method of receiving directly from the topic distributor or a method of reading the value stored in the storage. The method of claim 17, The delivery unit A topic-based communication device characterized by stopping delivery by a delivery stop command. delete In a topic-based call device that makes a call based on a topic set by a topic distributor, A topic information collection unit configured to collect one or more topic information including the topic and identification information of the topic distributor by receiving and using a collection start command including at least one of a collection cycle, a collection quantity, and a collection time; If any one of the collected topic information is selected, the call unit for performing a call connection with the topic distributor that delivered the selected topic information Topic-based calling device comprising a. The method of claim 23, The topic information is A topic-based communication device comprising at least one of a call head count, a topic delivery period, a topic delivery number, a topic delivery time, an operator service extension field, or an operator terminal extension information. The method of claim 23, The topic information collecting unit A topic-based communication device, characterized in that the collection is stopped by a collection stop command. delete The method of claim 23, The topic-based communication device further comprises a parser for parsing the collected topic information. 28. The method of claim 27, The parsing unit And start parsing by a parsing start command and stop parsing by a parsing stop command. 29. The method of claim 28, The parsing start command The topic-based call device, characterized in that at least one of the collection quantity or collection time is included. 28. The method of claim 27, The parsing unit And parsing the topic information only when any one of the parsed topic information is identical to the content included in a predetermined search list. 28. The method of claim 27, The parsing unit If one of the parsed topic information is the same as the content included in the predetermined filtering list, the topic information parsing, which is already in progress, parsing the next topic information. The method of claim 23, The call unit The topic-based call device, characterized in that for performing a call connection with the topic distributor using the identification information of the topic distributor included in the topic information.

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