KR101169644B1 - System and method for international telephone number automatically dialing service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for automatically providing an international telephone number calling service. The method for providing an international telephone number calling service according to the present invention includes the steps of downloading a program for uploading an address book from a download server to a first mobile communication terminal; Uploading the address book of the first mobile communication terminal to the address book server by executing the downloaded address book uploading program, downloading the address book downloading program from the download server to the second mobile communication terminal, and downloading the downloaded address book program And downloading the address book uploaded to the address book server to the second mobile communication terminal, and downloading the automatic international call program from the download server to the second mobile communication terminal. The international call automatic call program selects one of the phone numbers registered in the address book downloaded to the second mobile communication terminal, and combines the selected phone number with the international phone access number, the called country code, and the area code in a predetermined form. Generate a number. According to the present invention, a telephone number can be automatically sent to a domestic counterpart from abroad using an address book stored in a terminal without a cumbersome process of inputting an international telephone access number and a called country code.

International call, automatic call, program, mobile communication, address book

Description

System and method of providing international telephone number automatic call service {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE NUMBER AUTOMATICALLY DIALING SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram of an international telephone number automatic call service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which an automatic call program automatically sends an international phone number;

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen in which an auto-dial program is set to a country in which a user is located;

4 is a view showing an example of a list of telephone numbers displayed by an automatic call program;

5 is a block diagram of a system for automatically providing international telephone number calling service according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing international telephone number automatic call service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically providing an international telephone number dialing service. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for automatically providing an international telephone number calling service for automatically sending an international telephone number to a domestic receiver using a recipient telephone number registered in an address book of a mobile communication terminal in an international roaming state.

In general, the following two methods can be largely used as a method for a user to make a call from a specific counterpart in a mobile communication terminal. In the first method, a user inputs a phone number of a specific counterpart and presses a call key to send the corresponding phone number. The second method is to search the address book of the mobile communication terminal, select the phone number of the counterpart, and press the call key to send the corresponding phone number.

However, the second method of using the address book could not be used when receiving an international roaming service from abroad. First, in case of using the rental roaming service, it is not possible to use the address book stored in the user terminal because the rental terminal provided by the mobile communication service provider should be used instead of the user terminal used in Korea. On the other hand, in the case of using the automatic roaming service, the telephone number registered in the address book does not include the international dialing number and the called country code. Therefore, the user checks the telephone number of the other party in the address book and checks the international telephone access number, There was a hassle of having to re-enter the called country code and the other party's phone number in order.

Accordingly, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide an international telephone number automatic call service to automatically generate and send an international telephone number to a domestic receiver using a recipient phone number registered in an address book of a mobile communication terminal in an international roaming state. It is to provide a system and method.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an international telephone number automatic call service, which downloads an address book upload program from a download server to a first mobile terminal, and executes the downloaded address book upload program. Uploading an address book of the first mobile communication terminal to an address book server; downloading an address book downloading program from the download server to a second mobile communication terminal; executing the downloaded address book downloading program to the address book server Downloading the uploaded address book to the second mobile communication terminal, and downloading an international call automatic call program from the download server to the second mobile communication terminal. One of the telephone numbers registered in the address book downloaded to the second mobile communication terminal is selected, and an international telephone number is generated by combining an international telephone access number, a called country code, and an area code in a predetermined form.

Here, the international call automatic call program is preferably to automatically send the generated international phone number.

In addition, the international call automatic call program is set, the country where the second mobile communication terminal is currently being provided with the international roaming service, the international telephone access number is the international telephone access number of the set international roaming service provider country It is preferable.

The uploading the address book to the address book server may include converting the address book of the first mobile communication terminal into a predetermined reference format, and downloading the address book to the second mobile communication terminal may include: And converting the address book converted into a format into a format usable by the second mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the international call automatic call program, the address book upload program and the address book download program is preferably executed on a virtual machine.

On the other hand, the international telephone number automatic call service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the address book upload program, the address book download program and the international call automatic call program stored in, the first mobile communication terminal A download server for downloading the address book uploading program, a download server for downloading the address book downloading program and an international call automatic calling program to a second mobile communication terminal, and storing the address book uploaded from the first mobile communication terminal, And an address book server for downloading an address book to the second mobile communication terminal.

Here, the address book upload program is executed in the first mobile communication terminal to upload the address book of the first mobile communication terminal to the address book server, and the address book download program is executed in the second mobile communication terminal to execute the address book. Download the address book uploaded to the server.

In addition, the address book upload program converts and uploads the address book of the first mobile communication terminal into a predetermined reference format, and the address book download program downloads the address book converted to the reference format and transmits the data to the second mobile communication terminal. It is desirable to reconvert to an available format.

On the other hand, the international call automatic call service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a download server for storing the international call automatic call program and download the international call automatic call program to the mobile communication terminal; And the international telephone automatic call program includes setting a country where the mobile communication terminal is currently provided with an international roaming service, selecting one of phone numbers registered in an address book of the mobile communication terminal, and selecting the selected phone. An international telephone number in which the international telephone access number, the called country code and the area code of the international roaming service providing country set in the number is combined is generated in a predetermined form.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a system for automatically providing an international phone number call service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the international telephone number automatic call service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention WAP server (Wireless Application Protocol Server: 120), short message service center (Short Message Service Center: 110), operator terminal 130 and the download server 140. The international telephone number automatic call service providing system provides an international telephone number automatic call program (hereinafter, referred to as an 'automatic call program') to the mobile communication terminal 10.

Here, the WAP server 120, the download server 140, and the short message service center 110 are connected to the mobile communication terminal 10 through the mobile communication network 20. The short message service center 110 (hereinafter referred to as SMSC) and the operator terminal 130 may be connected through the Internet 30.

The mobile communication network 20 includes a base station (BTS: not shown), a mobile switching center (MSC: not shown), a visitor location register (not shown), a home location register (not shown), and a core. Network (not shown), and WAP gateway (not shown). The mobile communication network 20 may interface voice communication between the mobile communication terminal 10 and another mobile communication terminal (not shown) or a wired terminal (not shown). In addition, the mobile communication network 20 may interface data communication between the WAP server 120, the download server 140, and the mobile communication terminal 10.

The WAP server 120 provides a mobile communication terminal 10 with a WAP / ME (Mobile Explorer) page for setting a download for an automatic call program. In addition, when the WAP server 120 requests the download of the auto call program from the mobile communication terminal 10, the WAP server 120 performs mobile communication using a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) corresponding to the address of the download server 140 in which the auto call program is stored. Provided to the terminal 10. The automatic call program will be described in detail below.

The operator terminal 130 is a terminal used by the service provider for providing an automatic call program according to the present invention. The short message including the callback URL of the download server 140 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 through the SMSC 110. Can be provided to

The SMSC 110 transmits a short message including the callback URL of the download server 140 to the mobile communication terminal 10 according to a request from the operator terminal 130. In addition, the SMSC 110 includes a callback URL of the download server 140 according to a request of an intelligent network system (not shown) that processes a call attempt for a predetermined special number from the mobile communication terminal 10. The short message may be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 10.

The download server 140 stores the automatic calling program and downloads the automatic calling program in response to a request from the mobile communication terminal 10. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 10 may download the automatic call program from the download server 140 may include the following two methods.

In the first method, a short message including a callback uniform resource locator (URL) of the download server 140 storing the automatic calling program is transmitted, and the call server automatically accesses the download server 140 using the callback URL. There is a way to download the program. Here, in the method for receiving the short message including the callback URL, the operator terminal 130 transmits the short message including the address of the download server 140 as the callback uniform resource locator (URL) to the mobile communication terminal 10. And a predetermined special number (for example, ** 1234) given for the automatic calling program service on the mobile communication terminal 10 and selecting a call key, the intelligent network system (not shown) processes this. There is a method for transmitting a short message including the callback URL of the download server 140 to the mobile communication terminal (10).

As a second method, there is a method for requesting the download setting on the WAP / ME (Mobile Explorer) page in which the mobile communication terminal 10 accesses the WAP server 120 and sets the download for the automatic calling program. In this case, the WAP server 120 may transmit a uniform resource locator (URL) of the download server 140 to the mobile communication terminal 10 so as to download the automatic call program.

Hereinafter, an automatic call program and a mobile communication terminal downloading and executing the same will be described.

The mobile communication terminal 10 refers to all terminals capable of performing voice and data communication by accessing the mobile communication network 20 and supports an automatic roaming service. Here, the automatic roaming service is a service for allowing a user to use a mobile communication terminal and a telephone number as it is in another country and use the same frequency band with the same technology scheme (CDMA / GSM).

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 10 may execute a VM-based program written in C, C ++, Java, etc. by supporting a virtual machine (VM). Virtual machines include General Virtual Machine (GVM), eXtended Virtual Machine (XVM), Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW), the K Virtual Machine (KVM), Wireless Internet Terminal Open Platform (WITOP), Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability It may be implemented by a wireless Internet platform, such as).

The automatic calling program is selected from one of the telephone numbers registered in the address book of the mobile communication terminal 10 by the user, and the international telephone number combining the international telephone access number, the called country code and the area code in a predetermined form with the selected telephone number. It generates and performs the function of automatically sending the generated international phone number. The automatic call program is a VM-based application written in C, C ++, Java, etc. and may be installed and executed in the mobile communication terminal 10 supporting the virtual machine.

A process of automatically transmitting an international telephone number by an auto call program installed in the mobile communication terminal 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 below.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which an auto-call program automatically sends an international phone number, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen in which an auto-call program is set to a country where a user is located, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the telephone number list displayed by the calling program.

First, the automatic call program checks whether the country where the user is currently staying (roaming service country) is set (S210). If not set (S210: N), the user interface screen 310 as shown in FIG. 3 may be displayed to receive a roaming service country from the user of the mobile communication terminal 10 (S220). Of course, a specific country may be set as a roaming service country until it is set by the user. In this case, the step (S210) of checking whether the roaming service country is set may be omitted.

Next, the automatic call program displays the telephone numbers registered in the address book of the mobile communication terminal 10 in the form of a telephone number list 410 as shown in FIG. It may be (S230). On the other hand, by providing a function such as name search, phone number search, group search, the user inputs the name or part of the other party, the phone number or part of the other party, the group to which the other party belongs and correspond to A list of telephone numbers can also be selected as a search result.

Subsequently, when the call key is input from the user (S240), the automatic call program generates an international telephone number in which the international telephone access number, the called country code and the area code are combined in a predetermined form with the selected counterpart's phone number (S250).

In this step (S250), the automatic call program analyzes the other party's telephone number selected by the user to determine whether the area code is included. If the area code is included, the automatic dialing program generates the international phone number by removing the leading zero number of the selected party's phone number and adding the international dialing access number and the called country code of the currently set roaming service country. . For example, if the selected party's telephone number is '010-1234-5678' and the internationally set roaming service number of the currently set roaming service country is '011', the automatic call program is '011' (international call access number) + '82' ( Create an international phone number by combining the destination country number) + '1012345678' (party phone number).

If the area code is not included, the automatic dialing program selects the area code according to a predetermined criterion, and adds the international dialing number, called country code, and selected area code of the roaming service country currently set in the other party's phone number. Generate a phone number. Here, the area code selection may vary depending on whether the counterpart phone number is registered as a mobile phone or a landline phone in the address book. For example, when the counterpart phone number is registered as a mobile phone, '10' may be selected as the area code, and when it is registered as a landline phone, '2' may be selected as the area code. This may vary depending on the embodiment, and the automatic dialing program may be pre-set by the user with the area code to be added when generating the international telephone number.

Finally, the automatic call program allows the generated international telephone number to be sent (S260).

5 is a block diagram of a system for automatically providing international call number service in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 5, the international telephone number automatic call service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention SMSC 110, WAP server 120, WEB server 150, operator terminal 130, download server 140 ) And address book server 160. The international telephone number automatic call service providing system provides a program for uploading an address book to the first mobile communication terminal 11 and a program for downloading an address book and an automatic call program to the second mobile communication terminal 12.

Here, the first mobile communication terminal 11 means all terminals capable of transmitting and receiving data through the international telephone number automatic call service providing system and the mobile communication network 20. The second mobile communication terminal 12 is used by a user of the first mobile communication terminal 11 to use a rental roaming service in a country in which a mobile communication service is provided by a technology different from that of the first mobile communication terminal 11. Means a terminal. The first mobile communication terminal 11 and the second mobile communication terminal 12 may execute a VM-based program by supporting a virtual machine in the same manner as the mobile communication terminal 10 of FIG. 1.

First, after describing the programs described in the present embodiment will be described in more detail with respect to the international telephone number automatic call service providing system according to the present invention.

As described in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the auto call program generates an international phone number using a phone number selected from an address book and automatically transmits the call. The address book upload program performs a function of uploading an address book stored in the first mobile communication terminal 11 to the address book server 160. The program for downloading an address book performs a function of downloading an address book uploaded to the address book server 160 to the second mobile communication terminal 12. The automatic call program, the address book upload program, and the address book download program may be installed and executed in the first and second mobile communication terminals 11 and 12 that support virtual machines as VM-based applications written in C, C ++, Java, or the like. .

In general, the specification of the address book of the mobile communication terminal may be different for each manufacturer or terminal model as shown in Table 1 below.

In some mobile communication terminals, items of an input field of an address book are fixed, and in other mobile communication terminals, items of an input field of an address book are variably configured to be selected by a user. In addition, the size of an item of each field and the data for each item has a different structure for each manufacturer. Therefore, when the address book standard of the first mobile communication terminal 11 and the address book standard of the second mobile communication terminal 12 are different from each other, address book data is transferred from the first mobile communication terminal 11 to the second mobile communication terminal 12. It may be lost when moving data and may not be compatible.

In order to solve this problem, the address book upload program converts the address book of the first mobile communication terminal 11 into a predetermined reference format and uploads it to the address book server 12, and the address book download program is stored in the address book server 160. After the address book is downloaded, the format is converted back into the format of the second mobile communication terminal 12 and stored. Here, the standard format used may be a standard format such as a vCard, but is not limited thereto.

Referring back to FIG. 5, the WAP server 120, the download server 140, the address book server 160, and the SMSC 110 may be connected to the first mobile terminal 11 through the mobile communication network 20. The SMSC 110 and the operator terminal 130 may be connected through the Internet 30. Meanwhile, the WEB server 150, the download server 140, and the address book server 160 may be connected to the relay terminal 170 through the Internet 30. The mobile communication network 20 is the same as in the embodiment of FIG.

The WAP server 120 provides the first mobile communication terminal 11 with a WAP / ME (Mobile Explorer) page for setting a download for the address book upload program. In addition, when the WAP server 120 requests a download of the address book upload program from the first mobile communication terminal 11, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) corresponding to the address of the download server 140 in which the address book upload program is stored is stored. ) Is provided to the first mobile communication terminal 11.

The WEB server 150 provides the relay terminal 170 with a web page for setting the download for the address book download program and the automatic call program. In addition, the WEB server 150 provides the relay terminal 170 with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) corresponding to the address of the download server 140 in which the address book downloading program and the auto-calling program are stored from the relay terminal 170. do. A user or a service provider may request a download of an address book download program and an auto-call program on the relay terminal 170.

The operator terminal 130 is a terminal used by a service provider that provides a service according to the present invention. The short message including the callback URL of the download server 140 in which the address book upload program is stored is transmitted through the SMSC 110. It may be provided to the mobile communication terminal (11).

The SMSC 11 transmits a short message including the callback URL of the download server 140 in which the address book upload program is stored to the first mobile terminal 11 according to a request from the operator terminal 130. In addition, the SMSC 110 may call the URL of the download server 140 according to a request of an intelligent network system (not shown) that processes a call from the first mobile communication terminal 11 for a predetermined special number. The included short message may be transmitted to the first mobile communication terminal 11.

The download server 140 stores an automatic call program, an address book upload program, and an address book download program. The download server 140 downloads a program for uploading an address book to the first mobile communication terminal 11 through the mobile communication network 20, and the relay terminal 170 connected to the Internet 30 to the second mobile communication terminal 12. ) To download the address book download program and automatic call program.

Here, in the method of downloading the address book upload program from the download server 140 by the first mobile communication terminal 11, the mobile communication terminal 10 downloads the auto-sending program from the download server 140 in the embodiment of FIG. 1. It is the same as how to receive. Since the second mobile communication terminal 12 cannot directly transmit / receive data through the international telephone number automatic call service providing system and the mobile communication network 20, the program for downloading an address book and an automatic call program are downloaded through the relay terminal 170. Download from the server 140.

The relay terminal 170 is connected to the international telephone number automatic call service providing system and the Internet 30 and is connected to the second mobile communication terminal 12 and the cable 40 through an automatic international telephone number call service providing system. The data is transmitted and received between the second mobile communication terminal 12. Here, the cable 40 may be a USB cable, the relay terminal 170 and the second mobile communication terminal 12 is provided with a USB communication interface.

The relay terminal 170 provides the second mobile communication terminal 12 with a program for downloading an address book and an automatic calling program downloaded from the download server 140. In addition, the relay terminal 170 receives and downloads the address book from the address book server 160 according to a request of the address book download program of the second mobile communication terminal 12. The relay terminal 170 may be a computer, a laptop, or the like used by a user who is provided with a rental roaming service. Also, in some embodiments, the relay terminal 170 may be a computer, a laptop, or the like used by an operator providing the service.

The address book server 160 stores the address book uploaded from the first mobile communication terminal 11 and downloads the stored address book to the second mobile communication terminal 12 through the relay terminal 170.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing international telephone number automatic call service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 and 6, first, the first mobile communication terminal 11 downloads an address book upload program from the download server 140 (S610). Thereafter, the first mobile communication terminal 11 executes an address book upload program, converts the stored address book into a reference format, and uploads it to the address book server 160 (S620).

Next, the second mobile communication terminal 12 downloads the address book download program from the download server 140 through the relay terminal 170 (S630). Thereafter, the second mobile communication terminal 12 executes an address book download program and downloads the address book of the first mobile communication terminal 11 uploaded to the address book server 160 to be used in the second mobile communication terminal 12. Reconversion to a possible format (S640).

Finally, the second mobile communication terminal 12 downloads the automatic call program from the download server 140 through the relay terminal 170 (S650).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user using a mobile communication terminal supported by an automatic roaming service may use a contact address stored in the terminal as it is, without having to enter an international phone access number and a called country code without a cumbersome process in Korea. It has the advantage of being able to make a phone call to you.

In addition, the user using the rental roaming service can also use the address book of the mobile communication terminal used in the country by moving to the rental mobile terminal to use the same as when using the automatic roaming service to enter the international telephone access number and country code There is an advantage that you can make a phone call to a domestic counterpart from abroad without cumbersome process.

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Downloading an address book upload program from a download server to a first mobile communication terminal; Uploading the address book of the first mobile communication terminal to an address book server by executing the downloaded address book upload program; Downloading an address book download program from the download server to a second mobile communication terminal; Executing the downloaded address book downloading program and downloading the address book uploaded to the address book server to the second mobile communication terminal; And, Downloading an international call automatic calling program from the download server to the second mobile communication terminal; Including, The international call automatic call program is selected from one of the telephone numbers registered in the address book downloaded to the second mobile communication terminal, and combines the selected telephone number with an international telephone access number, called country code and area code in a predetermined form. How to provide automatic international call service to generate an international phone number. The method of claim 1, The international call automatic call program, International telephone automatic call service providing method, characterized in that for automatically sending the generated international telephone number. The method of claim 2, The international call automatic call program, Setting a country in which the second mobile communication terminal is currently provided with an international roaming service; The international telephone access number is an international telephone automatic call service providing method, characterized in that the international telephone access number of the set international roaming service providing country. The method of claim 1, Uploading the address book to the address book server, Converting the address book of the first mobile communication terminal into a predetermined reference format, Downloading the address book to the second mobile communication terminal, And reconverting the address book converted into the reference format into a format usable by the second mobile communication terminal. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The international call automatic calling program, the address book uploading program and the address book downloading program are executed on a virtual machine. Stores an address book upload program, an address book download program, and an international call automatic calling program, downloads the address book upload program to a first mobile communication terminal, and automatically sends the address book download program and an international call to a second mobile communication terminal. A download server to download the program; And, An address book server for storing an address book uploaded from the first mobile communication terminal and downloading the stored address book to the second mobile communication terminal; Including, The address book upload program is executed in the first mobile communication terminal to upload the address book of the first mobile communication terminal to the address book server, The address book download program is executed in the second mobile communication terminal to download the address book uploaded to the address book server, The international call automatic call program is executed in the second mobile communication terminal, and selects one of the phone numbers registered in the address book downloaded to the second mobile communication terminal, and the international phone access number and the called country are selected in the selected phone number. An international telephone automatic call service providing system, comprising generating an international telephone number combining a number and an area code in a predetermined form. The method of claim 6, The international call automatic call program, International telephone automatic call service providing system, characterized in that for automatically sending the generated international telephone number. The method of claim 7, wherein The international call automatic call program, Setting a country in which the second mobile communication terminal is currently provided with an international roaming service; The international telephone access number is an international telephone automatic dialing service providing system, characterized in that the international telephone access number of the set international roaming service providing country. The method of claim 6, The address book upload program converts and uploads the address book of the first mobile communication terminal into a predetermined reference format, And the address book download program downloads the address book converted into the reference format and converts the address book into a format usable by the second mobile communication terminal. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 9, The international call automatic call program, the address book upload program, and the address book download program are executed on the basis of a virtual machine. A download server for storing an international call automatic call program and downloading the international call automatic call program to a mobile communication terminal; Including, The international call automatic call program, The mobile communication terminal is currently set to a country where the international roaming service is provided, is selected one of the phone numbers registered in the address book of the mobile communication terminal, and the international roaming service provider country set to the selected phone number An international telephone automatic call service providing system, which generates an international telephone number combining a dial-up number, a called country code, and an area code in a predetermined form, and is executed on a virtual machine basis.

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