KR101408843B1 - bulk message transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mass message transmission system, and more particularly, it relates to a mass message transmission system, in which a corporate mass message is transmitted to a client application installed in a smart phone using an Internet network, instead of a SMSC and an MMSC of a mobile communication company, And a system in which the client application manages the received message.
To this end, the present invention receives a mobile directory number (hereinafter, MDN) of a text message to be sent (including SMS or MMS) from the messaging agent 120, The comparison result value is transmitted to the messaging agent 120 and the message converted from the text message transmitted from the message sending server 300 into the specific message format is sent to the sending destination The messaging server 140 and the comparison result value transmitted from the messaging server 140 to the client application 200 are received from the messaging server 140 and the corresponding sending destination text message of the receiving MDN belonging to the set of MDNs The sending server 300 to transmit to the messaging server 140, and to send the corresponding MDN of the receiving MDN not belonging to the MDN set The target text message includes a messaging agent 120, a message sent by the server to send a SMSC (Short Message Service Center) or (Multimedia Messaging Services Center) MMSC.
By utilizing the present invention, a company can reduce the burden of sending a mass message and utilize it as a method of corporate advertisement by delivering various contents by using a new form of message format. Smartphone users can use a company origination message and an unnecessary spam message Can be managed separately, and the message reception alarm setting can manage the message that needs immediate confirmation and the message to be detected when necessary.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for transmitting a mass message to a mobile terminal such as a smart phone and a system for transmitting a large number of short message service (SMS) and multimedia message service Among the methods of transmitting the multimedia message service (hereinafter referred to as " MMS ") including the Multimedia Message Service and the Long Message Service, the SMS and MMS are converted into a new type of message, The present invention relates to a mass message transmission system in which an application is classified and stored according to the business type and the nature of a message, and the message is received and displayed to an individual.

With the rapid development of the communication industry, the mobile communication terminal has become a necessity of the individual, and the SMS and MMS service using the mobile communication terminal become the most common service together with the voice communication.

Most companies also use SMS and MMS to communicate information to their customers.

However, since SMS and MMS for enterprise are activated and many companies use SMS and MMS, the costs of using SMS and MMS are increased. From the viewpoint of the individual, they are inconvenienced by receipt of SMS and MMS of SPAM Or even monetary damage.

If a registered company that intends to send a message using a mobile terminal installed with a client application that is actively popular recently can convert SMS and MMS into a new message and transmit the message to a mobile terminal installed with the client application, It is possible to solve the inconvenience and damage of the individual and transmit the message converted into the specific message format including the contents of the existing SMS and MMS, so that there is no need to separate the message into SMS and MMS, It is possible to reduce the transmission cost of MMS and to utilize it as a more effective advertising medium without inconveniencing the user of the portable terminal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for transmitting a message converted to a specific message format including SMS and MMS to an individual using a smart phone by a company that has transmitted a large amount of messages to a personal portable terminal using existing SMS and MMS, The client application categorizes and stores the received message according to the industry of the sending company, and rejects the message sent by the designated company according to the setting of the individual, notifies the message promptly by sound and screen, By managing the messages that have not been acknowledged, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience and disadvantages caused by the inconvenience of receiving SMS and MMS, and to reduce the message sending cost of enterprise, and to provide a more flexible new message including the message format of the existing SMS and MMS To increase the value added of enterprise messages. It provides a method to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mass message transmission system including a mobile directory number (SMS) of a Short Message Service (SMS) or a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) The comparison result value is transmitted to the messaging agent. The comparison result value is compared with the SMS or SMS message received from the messaging sending server. A messaging processing server for converting an MMS into a specific message format that can be received by the client application and transmitting the converted MMS to a client application to be transmitted through the Internet; And the comparison result value is received from the messaging processing server, and the corresponding sending SMS or MMS of the receiving MDN belonging to the set of MDNs is transmitted to the messaging server by the messaging sending server according to the comparison result value, And the messaging agent for allowing the messaging sending server to transmit the corresponding SMS or MMS of the receiving MDN not belonging to the messaging sending server to the portable terminal through the Short Message Service Center (SMSC) or the Multimedia Messaging Services Center (MMSC) The processing server inserts an enterprise identification code coinciding with the messaging sending server into the SMS or MMS received from the messaging sending server and transmits a message converted into the specific message format to the sending client application, , And business type.

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In addition, the specific message format may include a SMS component, such as a calling number, an incoming number, and 80 bytes text, an MMS component Korean text 1000 characters, a limited data size photograph, limited data size music, And a URL for accessing a web page for publicity.

In addition, the mass message transmission system of the present invention includes a Noti (Noti) system for receiving a message converted from the messaging processing server into the specific message format, applying a push alarm function to the received message, ) Server.

Also, the client application receives the message converted into the specific message format, extracts the enterprise identification code from the received message, and stores the message in the enterprise classification category that matches the extracted enterprise identification code.

The client application can set whether or not to receive a message for each enterprise classification category. For an enterprise classification category selected to receive, an alarm can be set upon reception of each message, and a new message And the number of the display is displayed.

In addition, when the enterprise classification category includes the subcategories, the client application can set whether or not to receive the message for each of the subcategories, and for the category selected to receive, the client application can set whether an alarm is received upon receipt of each message , And displays the number of new messages received for each sub-category.

The client application is characterized by displaying the corporate advertisement image set for each company identification code together with the company name when displaying the category in which the company name is displayed on the terminal screen.

The present invention can be utilized as a method of corporate advertisement by reducing the burden of sending mass messages (SMS, MMS) that have been paid in the past and delivering various contents using a new form of message format.

Since the company identification code is assigned according to the business type at the time of registering a company, a company sending a SPAM message with a randomly generated number can restrict the registration, thereby reducing the inconvenience and damage of the smartphone user due to the SPAM message.

Smartphone users can easily browse the contents of the message delivered by the company by managing messages for each categorized company.

In addition, a smartphone user can separately manage a message requiring immediate confirmation and a message desired to be searched through a message reception alarm setting, thereby eliminating the inconvenience caused by frequent message reception alarms.

The present invention can be used not only for corporate message transmission, but also for message transmission for various election campaigns of the country, so that messages can be classified according to election, party, region and candidate, and a voter can set a specific message reception rejection function, By using the setting function, messages can be checked selectively.

The present invention can be utilized as a disaster broadcast for a smartphone user, and when a messaging server manages location information of a smart phone, it is possible to broadcast a disaster by region using location information.

1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an initial screen of a smartphone client application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message classification screen of a smartphone client application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message display screen of a smartphone client application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention,
5 is a diagram illustrating a message reception alarm setting of a smartphone client application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for explaining a mass message transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for a method for converting and transmitting bulk SMS messages and MMS messages for a business and a message management method for a smartphone installed with an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a mass message transmission system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a messaging processing server 120, a messaging agent 140 installed in a messaging sending server 300, (Noti) server 160 and a client application 200 for message reception.

The messaging processing server 120 receives the mobile directory number (MDN) of the sending target text message from the messaging agent 140 and transmits the received receiving MDN to the client application 200 The comparison result value is transmitted to the messaging agent 140, and the message to be sent to the sending target client application 200 is converted into a specific message format by converting the text message transmitted from the message sending server 300, Lt; / RTI >

The receiving MDN means the telephone number of the portable terminal to be received, and is input from the manager in the messaging sending server 300 or automatically generated by a predetermined program or the like.

Here, the specific message format includes an SMS number, an originating number, an incoming number, and 80 byte text, an MMS component, 1000 characters of Korean text, a photograph, music, a moving picture, and a URL for accessing a company's promotional web page.

In addition, the messaging server 120 inserts an enterprise identification code corresponding to the messaging sending server 300 into the text message transmitted from the messaging sending server 300, and transmits a message converted into the specific message format to the sending destination To the client application (200).

Here, the company identification code is a code indicating the business type of the company, and it is made up of four numbers or letters arranged in order to be classified into four vertical steps, that is, the highest level, the upper level, the middle level and the lower level .

The messaging agent 140 receives the comparison result value from the messaging processing server 120 and compares the value of the comparison result value with the corresponding transmission destination character of the receiving MDN belonging to the MDN set of the portable terminal in which the client application 200 is installed Message is transmitted to the messaging server 120 from the messaging sending server 300 and the corresponding sending text message of the receiving MDN not belonging to the MDN set is sent to the messaging sending server 300 via the mobile communication network .

Here, the mobile communication network includes a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) or a Multimedia Messaging Services Center (MMSC).

The SMSC / MMSC is a server that transmits SMS / MMS messages to a wireless terminal and is currently used as a basic service platform for providing wireless data services for mobile phone subscribers provided by most carriers.

The noti server 160 receives the message converted from the messaging processing server 120 into a specific message format, applies the push alarm function to the received message, and transmits the message to the client client application 200 to be sent.

The client application 200 receives the message converted into the specific message format, extracts the enterprise identification code from the received message, and stores the message in the enterprise classification category matching the extracted enterprise identification code.

In addition, the client application 200 can set whether or not to receive a message according to the enterprise classification category. With respect to the enterprise classification category selected to receive, the client application 200 can set an alarm upon receiving each message, It is desirable to display the number of new messages.

In addition, when the enterprise classification category includes the sub-categories, the client application 200 can set whether or not to receive a message for each of the sub-categories. If the category is selected to be received, And can display the number of new messages received for each sub-category.

In addition, when the category displayed on the terminal screen is displayed on the terminal screen, the client application 200 can display the corporate advertisement image set for each company identification code together with the company name.

A method for sending, receiving, and managing a message using the mass message transmission system of the present invention is as follows. A mobile directory number (MDN) of a sending text message is transmitted to a mobile terminal A first step of searching for a message matching the MDN and classifying a message to be transmitted to a mobile communication network and a message to be transmitted to a mobile terminal in which the client application is installed; A second step of converting a text message to be transmitted to a portable terminal equipped with the client application into a specific message format given an enterprise identification code; Transmitting a message converted into the specific message format to the client application; A fourth step of notifying the reception of the received message and classifying and storing the received message; And a fifth step of displaying a message to the user of the portable terminal and receiving a setting of whether or not to receive the message and a message reception notification.

Hereinafter, the first to fifth steps will be described step by step.

Stage 1

The messaging agent 120 installed in the messaging sending server 300 transmits the receiving MDN of the text message to be sent to the messaging processing server 140.

The messaging server for smart phone 140 searches whether the received MDN of the transmitted text message belongs to the set of MDNs of the portable terminal in which the client application 200 is installed and transmits the resultant value to the messaging sending server 300.

The messaging sending server 300 transmits a text message to the messaging processing server 140 when the receiving MDN of the sending text message belongs to the set of MDN of the smart phone according to the result value, Is not included in the set of MDNs of the smartphone, the messaging sending server 300 sends a text message through the mobile communication network of the existing mobile communication company.

Step 2

The messaging processing server 140 converts a text message to be transmitted to the client application 300 into a new type specific message to which an enterprise identification code is assigned.

The new message type includes all existing SMS components: Calling Number, Calling Number, Text 80 bytes and MMS component, 1000 characters of Korean text, pictures with limited data size, music with limited data size, videos with limited data size, And a URL for accessing the web page for promotional purposes.

Step 3

The messaging processing server 140 transmits the converted message to the specific message format to the client application 200 through the Internet.

At this time, the messaging server 140 transmits a message converted into a specific message format to a notify server (APNS, C2DM, etc.) 160 for the push alarm function of the portable terminal so that the portable terminal can receive the push alarm.

Step 4

The client application 200 receiving the push alarm message from the nottie server 104 refers to the enterprise identification code assigned to the message in step 2 and transmits the message according to the reception determination value set in accordance with the enterprise identification code set in the client application 200 Or reject the reception, and the alarm can be sounded according to the audible alarm setting value, or only the message can be displayed on the screen without the alarm being sounded.

The client application 200 refers to the message transmitted from the messaging server for smartphone 140 by referring to the company identification code and determines whether the message is classified into four vertical stages (uppermost stage, upper stage, intermediate stage, lower stage) And stores it in the category of the last lower level.

As shown in FIG. 2, the client application 200 displays the number of messages not confirmed by the user of the mobile terminal at the top right of the category.

Step 5

The user of the mobile terminal activates the client application 200 and selects a desired item in the category of each step as shown in the example of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 to confirm the message as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the client application 200 displays an advertisement function by showing a company logo image and a banner advertisement set for each company code together with a company name.

As shown in FIG. 4, messages may be classified by company, and the received messages may be cumulatively stored in the time sequence, so that the user of the mobile terminal can inquire. Messages can include images and video, which can be used as corporate advertising.

The client application 200 provides a setting function capable of setting category-specific push alarm (i.e., audible setting) as shown in the example of FIG. That is, it provides a setting function that makes a sound or a sound when a message comes.

When the smartphone user sets the push alarm function, when the message including the enterprise identification code belonging to the category is received, the client application 200 alerts the reception of the message through the push alarm function, Is displayed. When the smartphone user sets an unsubscribe function, the client application 200 does not display a message including a company identification code belonging to the category, but leaves the unsubscribe history.

When the smartphone user releases the push alarm function, the client application 200 displays the number of new received messages at the upper right of the category without the push alarm function when a message including the enterprise identification code belonging to the category is received.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof are included in the scope of the present invention Should be interpreted.

120: messaging agent 140: messaging processing server
160: Notify server 200: Client application
300: messaging dispatch server

Claims (8)

A receiving mobile directory number (hereinafter referred to as MDN) of a Short Message Service (SMS) or a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) to be transmitted is received from the messaging agent, and the received MDN is transmitted to a mobile terminal Transmits the comparison result value to the messaging agent, converts the SMS or MMS received from the messaging sending server into a specific message format that can be received by the client application, and transmits the SMS or MMS to the sending client application via the Internet network A messaging processing server to send; And
Wherein the comparison result value is received from the messaging processing server and the corresponding SMS or MMS of the receiving MDN belonging to the set of MDNs is transmitted to the messaging server by the messaging server, Wherein the corresponding SMS or MMS of the receiving MDN of the non-belonging receiving MDN includes a messaging agent for causing the messaging sending server to transmit to the portable terminal through a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) or a Multimedia Messaging Services Center (MMSC)
The messaging server comprises:
And transmitting a message converted into the specific message format to a client application to be sent by inserting an enterprise identification code coinciding with the messaging sending server in an SMS or MMS received from the messaging sending server,
Wherein the enterprise identification code indicates an industry type of the enterprise.
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Bulk messaging system that includes the SMS component called number, incoming number and 80 byte text, 1000 characters of MMS component Korean text, and URL for accessing photos, music, videos and company's promotional web page.
The method according to claim 1,
A notify server for receiving a message converted from the messaging server into the specific message format, applying a push alarm function to the received message, and transmitting the message to the client application to be sent; Further comprising:
The method of claim 1,
Receiving a message converted into the specific message format, extracting an enterprise identification code from the received message, and storing the message in an enterprise classification category matching the extracted enterprise identification code.
6. The method according to claim 5,
It is possible to set whether or not a message is received for each enterprise classification category, and for an enterprise classification category selected to receive, an alarm can be set upon reception of each message, and the number of new messages received for each enterprise classification category is displayed A mass message transmission system.
7. The method of claim 6,
If the enterprise classification category includes the subcategories, it is also possible to set whether or not to receive messages for each of the subcategories. For the category selected as the receiving category, an alarm can be set upon reception of each message. And displays the number of new messages received.
8. The method of claim 7,
And displays the corporate advertisement image set for the company identification code together with the company name when displaying the category in which the company name is displayed on the terminal screen.

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