KR101441372B1 - Method for conducting a public opinion poll using mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A survey method using mobile is disclosed which can guarantee anonymity as much as possible. The method comprising: the mobile phone accessing the authentication server and transmitting a telephone number; Authenticating the mobile phone using the received phone number; If the authentication is valid, the authentication server issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number; The authentication server transmitting the random ID to the operation server and transmitting the random ID to the mobile phone; Connecting the mobile phone to the operation server through the received random ID; Determining, by the operating server, whether the connected random ID is valid, and, if valid, issuing and transmitting the electronic irradiation paper to the mobile phone; And a step in which the mobile phone receives the irradiation information on the received electronically irradiated paper sheet and transmits the irradiation information to the operation server.

Description

A method of polling using a mobile phone is disclosed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a survey method, and more particularly, to a survey method using a mobile phone in which anonymity can be surely guaranteed.

The public opinion survey system using conventional communication devices can be used to check the participant's personal information, such as gender, age, education level, occupation, etc., The survey is conducted by asking questions and answering the questionnaire, or by calling the mobile phone subscribers where they conduct the survey.

However, the conventional technology takes a long time to confirm whether the recipient will participate in the survey or to take time to examine the personal information of the participant when participating in the survey, and when a mobile phone subscriber is targeted, the subscriber directly inputs the telephone number There is a problem that you have to call the place where you conduct the survey and participate in the survey.

In order to solve this problem, a variety of survey methods have been proposed. However, there is a fatal problem in that anonymity is not guaranteed due to the inevitable exposure of personal information, such as a telephone number, of a participant in a survey.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-236776 Korean Patent Publication 2002-961 Korean Patent Publication No. 2008-40932

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a survey method that can ensure anonymity while using a mobile phone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a survey method that can improve the convenience of participants and save time and money by conducting a survey through a service application installed in a mobile phone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a poll survey method that saves the time and cost of surveying participants for survey by keeping participant information under the consent of the participant.

The above object is achieved by a mobile communication system in which a plurality of mobile phones each equipped with a public opinion application, an authentication server and an operation server are applied to a survey system connected to the Internet, and the mobile phone accesses the authentication server, ; Authenticating the mobile phone by the authentication server; If the authentication is valid, the authentication server issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number; The authentication server transmitting the random ID to the operation server and the mobile phone, respectively; Connecting the mobile phone to the operation server through the received random ID; Determining, by the operating server, whether the connected random ID is valid, and, if valid, issuing and transmitting the electronic irradiation paper to the mobile phone; And a step in which the mobile phone receives survey information from the received electronic papers and transmits the survey information to the operation server.

Preferably, the telephone number may be retrieved from a USIM of the mobile phone or received and stored when the application is installed.

Preferably, the step of connecting the mobile phone to the authentication server further comprises the step of comparing the telephone number input and stored when the public opinion application is installed and the telephone number stored in the USIM, Step < / RTI >

Preferably, in the step of connecting the mobile phone to the authentication server, basic information composed of the birth year, sex and residence of the participant who owns the mobile phone together with the telephone number is transmitted, and the authentication server transmits the random ID At the time of issuance, the random ID and the basic information are matched and stored.

Preferably, when the authentication server transmits the random ID to the operation server, the authentication server transmits the stored basic information together, and the authentication server stores the received basic information using the random ID as an index.

Preferably, the operation server stores the random ID received from the authentication server, and compares the random ID received from the mobile phone with the stored random ID to determine the validity.

Preferably, when the public opinion application is installed in the mobile phone, basic information such as birth year, sex, and place of residence can be input.

Preferably, when the public opinion application is installed in the mobile phone, a telephone number may be further input, and the inputted telephone number and basic information may be stored in the mobile phone as a DB file.

Preferably, if the input telephone number and the telephone number stored in the USIM of the mobile phone do not match, the DB file is not generated.

Preferably, the authentication server deletes the telephone number while receiving the random ID, receives the agreement from the mobile phone, and stores the agreement in the basic information database.

The above object is also achieved by a mobile communication terminal in which a plurality of mobile phones each equipped with a voting application, an authentication server and an operating server are applied to a voting system connected to the Internet, and the mobile phone accesses the authentication server and transmits authentication information including a telephone number ; Authenticating the mobile phone by the authentication server; If the authentication is valid, the authentication server issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number; The authentication server transmitting the random ID to the operation server and the mobile phone, respectively; Connecting the mobile phone to the operation server through the received random ID; Determining, if valid, the validity of the connected random ID by the operating server; and issuing a ballot to the mobile phone; And a step in which the mobile phone receives voting information on the received ballot and transmits the ballot information to the operating server.

Preferably, the authentication server authenticates the mobile phone using an authorized certificate, a resident registration number, or an I-PIN.

According to the above configuration, since the personal information including the telephone number of the participant is not exposed to the public inquiry agency as much as possible, there is an advantage that the anonymity of the vote is surely guaranteed.

In addition, since the authentication or voting is performed according to the predetermined order through the service application installed in the mobile phone of the participant, the convenience of the participant is greatly improved even when the user repeatedly participates in the voting.

Likewise, by conducting a poll or voting through a service application installed on a participant's mobile phone, participants can improve convenience and save time and money.

It also saves the time and expense of surveying the participants for the survey by keeping the participant information under the participant's consent.

1 is a network diagram for implementing a survey method using a mobile phone of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a data flow chart showing a survey method using the mobile phone of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a survey method using a mobile phone of the present invention.

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

The present invention will be described by taking the survey method as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this but applies to the voting method within the party, and there may be some changes in the authentication process for securing the confidentiality.

1 is a network diagram for implementing a survey method using a mobile phone of the present invention.

In the following explanations, the entity that participates in the survey or vote is called the 'participant' and the organization that conducts the survey or vote, such as the survey agency or political party, is called 'operator'. In addition, a mobile communication device possessed by a participant is referred to as a 'mobile phone', a server system constructed by an operator can be defined as a 'server', and an authentication server and an operation server can be distinguished according to their functions. Also, 'electronic survey paper' or 'electronic ballot paper' are digital contents having formats for survey and voting respectively.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile phones 100 and 110 provided by each participant and the servers 200 and 300 constructed by the operator are connected to each other through the Internet 150.

In this embodiment, the server is separately described as the authentication server 200 and the operation server 300. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is possible to configure the server as a functional module, , 300) can also be performed by one operator or can separate the operators.

The mobile phones 100 and 110 are provided with public opinion use applications 102 and 112 (hereinafter referred to as 'survey apps') received from the authentication server 200, And accesses the server 200 or the operation server 300.

Survey apps can be distinguished by voting and polling, allowing them to be configured from different applications or from the same application. Particularly, in the case of voting, authentication of personal information is required, so that an I-PIN authentication, an authorized authentication, or an authentication procedure using a resident registration number can be performed at the time of installation.

As will be described later, the authentication server 200 authenticates the installation of the survey application, confirms that the telephone numbers of the mobile phones 100 and 110 to be connected are valid, issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number, And transmits the random ID and the electronic irradiation paper to the operation server 300.

The authentication server 200 includes a basic information database 210 and may store or not store personal information of a participant, for example, a telephone number.

Specifically, if anonymity is an important factor, the participant's telephone number is not stored, but only the birth year, sex, and residence information matching the issued random ID are stored, thereby storing any information other than the basic information necessary for the survey analysis And it is possible to guarantee the anonymity of participants as much as possible.

On the other hand, the participant's phone number, birth year, gender, and residence information can be stored with the participant's consent and used as a pool of participants for future surveys or voting. In this case, it saves time and money in surveying participants for polls or voting.

The operation server 300 receives survey information from the mobile phones 100 and 110 based on the random ID, and stores the survey information in the survey information database 310.

As described above, personal information of the participant is not exposed at all between the authentication server 200 and the operation server 300 because the information is transmitted and received using the random ID guaranteed as an index.

FIG. 2 is a data flow chart showing a survey method using a mobile phone of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a survey method using a mobile phone of the present invention.

Before explaining the survey method, the installation of the survey application 102 that performs the survey will be described first.

The mobile phone 100 accesses the authentication server 200 and downloads and installs the survey application 102. [

When the surveying application 102 is installed, the user inputs the birth year, sex, and place of residence to be used as basic information for analyzing the survey results, and optionally inputs the telephone number. The input information is stored in the DB file generated by the surveying application 102.

At this time, the input phone number may be stored only when the input phone number matches the unique phone number of each mobile phone 100. That is, each mobile phone 100 has a universal subscriber identity module (USIM), and various subscriber information including a telephone number is stored in the USIM. Therefore, only when the input telephone number matches the telephone number extracted from the USIM, it is stored in the DB file.

By doing so, when the participant intends to participate in the survey by replacing the USIM, the telephone number stored in the DB file and the telephone number extracted from the currently installed USIM in the process of accessing the authentication server 200 from the mobile phone 100 By adding routines to compare the results of the comparison.

Each participant connects to the authentication server 200 through the mobile phone 100 (step S21).

Specifically, when the surveying application 102 installed in the mobile phone 100 is driven to select a menu provided by the surveying application 102, for example, "generate electronic surveying paper", the surveying application 102 uses the preset URL And connects to the authentication server 200.

At the time of connection, the telephone number can be extracted from the USIM or the telephone number stored in the DB file can be extracted. In any case, the basic information (birth year, sex, residence) stored in the DB file is extracted and transmitted.

At this time, the surveying application 102 may selectively compare the telephone number stored in the DB file and the telephone number stored in the USIM. That is, this process is performed while installing the surveying application 102. However, since the USIM can be replaced after the installation, the process is performed again in the connection step. As a result of comparison, the telephone number stored in the DB file and the telephone number The telephone number and the basic information can be transmitted only when they match.

The authentication server 200 receives the basic information and the telephone number and authenticates the mobile phone 100 using the received telephone number (step S22).

At this time, besides the telephone number authentication based on the authentication character using the received telephone number, the authentication using the official certificate, the resident registration number, or the I-PIN can be performed.

In other words, when conducting a poll or conducting an opinion poll, which is an important factor in anonymity, a separate authentication procedure can be performed differently from the phone number authentication, for example, using a universally recognized certificate or I-PIN or a resident registration number of the participant .

When authentication is completed, the authentication server 200 issues a random ID corresponding to the received telephone number (step S23).

At the same time, the authentication server 200 stores the basic information received from the mobile phone 100 in the basic information database 210 by matching with the issued random ID.

The authentication server 200 may selectively delete or store the participant's telephone number while issuing the random ID. That is, as described above, if anonymity is an important factor, the anonymity of the participant can be maximized by not storing the telephone number of the participant, or the participant's phone number, birth year, sex and residence information can be stored It can be used as a pool of participants for future surveys or polls to save time and money in surveying participants for polls or voting.

Then, the authentication server 200 transmits the issued random ID and basic information to the operation server 300, transmits the random ID to the mobile phone 100, and simultaneously transmits the random ID including the URL of the operation server 300 To the mobile phone 100 (step S24).

The operation server 300 matches the basic information with the received random ID as an index and stores it in the survey information database 310.

As such, the operation server 300, which directly conducts a survey or vote, is not aware of the participant's personal information, such as the telephone number at all, so that anonymity of the survey or poll is assured, Basic information for analysis can be obtained.

Then, the mobile phone 100 receiving the random ID accesses the operation server 300 through the received URL (step S25).

The operation server 300 compares the random ID provided by the connected mobile phone 100 with the random ID stored in the survey information database 310 to determine whether it is a valid random ID (step S26).

If the valid random ID is determined, the operation server 300 extracts the electronic irradiation paper and transmits it to the mobile phone 100 (step S27).

In the case of transmitting the electronically irradiated paper, the return URL is naturally included, and if necessary, the operating server 300 can attach a random ID to the electronically irradiated paper as a tag.

The participant inputs survey information using the electronic survey paper received in the mobile phone 100, and transmits the survey information to the operation server 300 (step S28).

The operation server 300 stores the survey information in the survey information database 310 by matching the survey information with the random ID to which the electronic survey paper is connected. As a result, the survey information database 310 stores the electronic ID sheet on which the random ID, basic information, and survey information are inputted.

In completing the survey using the mobile phone, the phone number of the mobile phone 100 is not stored at any stage, so that the anonymity of the participant can be maximally guaranteed.

On the other hand, if a participant's phone number, birth year, gender, and residence information are stored and used as a pool of participants for future surveys or voting, the time and cost of surveying participants for polls or voting You can save.

The participant can easily participate in the survey even if it is repeated many times by using the menu interface provided by the survey application according to the determined method.

On the other hand, the operation server 300 can analyze various survey results based on the survey information and basic information stored in the survey information database 310, that is, based on the year, year, and place of residence.

In the above example, the basic information includes the year of birth, the sex, and the place of residence. However, it is needless to say that various basic information can be added to the extent that anonymity is maximally guaranteed. In addition, although the telephone number is exemplified as the personal information for authenticating the mobile phone, the authentication information can be configured by adding a unique identifier of the mobile phone to the telephone number.

On the other hand, as described above, the survey method of the present invention can be equally applied to a voting method for selecting candidates from a party or an organization. In this case, the poll will be replaced by a vote and an electronic ballot will be provided instead of the electronic survey paper.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described above, but should be construed in accordance with the following claims.

100, 110: mobile phone
102, 112: Survey apps
200: authentication server
210: basic information database
300: Operational server
310: Survey information database

Claims (12)

A number of mobile phones, each with a public opinion application installed, and an authentication server and a production server, are applied to a survey system connected to the Internet,
The mobile phone accessing the authentication server and transmitting authentication information including a telephone number;
Authenticating the mobile phone by the authentication server;
If the authentication is valid, the authentication server issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number;
The authentication server transmitting the random ID to the operation server and the mobile phone, respectively;
Accessing the operation server through a random ID received by the mobile phone;
Determining, by the operating server, whether the connected random ID is valid, and, if valid, issuing and transmitting the electronic irradiation paper to the mobile phone; And
Receiving the survey information from the mobile terminal, and transmitting the survey information to the operation server,
Wherein the authentication server deletes the telephone number while receiving the random ID, receives the agreement from the mobile phone, and stores the received telephone number in the basic information database. A number of mobile phones, each with a public opinion application installed, and an authentication server and a production server, are applied to a survey system connected to the Internet,
The mobile phone accessing the authentication server and transmitting authentication information including a telephone number;
Authenticating the mobile phone by the authentication server;
If the authentication is valid, the authentication server issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number;
The authentication server transmitting the random ID to the operation server and the mobile phone, respectively;
Accessing the operation server through a random ID received by the mobile phone;
Determining, by the operating server, whether the connected random ID is valid, and, if valid, issuing and transmitting the electronic irradiation paper to the mobile phone; And
Receiving the survey information from the mobile terminal, and transmitting the survey information to the operation server,
In the step of connecting the mobile phone to the authentication server, the mobile phone compares the telephone number stored when the public opinion application is installed and the telephone number stored in the USIM, and allows the connection only when they match A survey method using a mobile phone. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the telephone number is input and stored when extracted from a USIM of the mobile phone or when the application is installed. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
In the step of the mobile phone accessing the authentication server,
The basic information including the birth year, sex, and residence of the participant who owns the mobile phone is transmitted together with the telephone number,
Wherein the authentication server matches and stores the random ID and the basic information when issuing the random ID. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the authentication server transmits together the stored basic information when transmitting the random ID to the operation server,
Wherein the authentication server stores basic information of the random ID received as an index. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the operation server stores the random ID received from the authentication server,
And comparing the random ID received from the mobile phone with the stored random ID to determine the validity. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein when the public opinion application is installed in the mobile phone, basic information such as birth year, sex, and place of residence is input. The method of claim 7,
Wherein when the public opinion application is installed in the mobile phone, a telephone number is further input, and the inputted telephone number and basic information are stored in the mobile phone as a DB file. . The method of claim 8,
Wherein the DB file is not generated when the inputted telephone number does not match the telephone number stored in the USIM of the mobile phone. delete Multiple mobile phones, each with voting applications, and an authentication server and an operating server are applied to the voting system connected to the Internet,
The mobile phone accessing the authentication server and transmitting authentication information including a telephone number;
Authenticating the mobile phone by the authentication server;
If the authentication is valid, the authentication server issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number;
The authentication server transmitting the random ID to the operation server and the mobile phone, respectively;
Accessing the operation server through a random ID received by the mobile phone;
Determining, if valid, the validity of the connected random ID by the operating server; and issuing a ballot to the mobile phone; And
Receiving the balloon information on the ballot paper received by the mobile phone, and transmitting the ballot information to the operation server,
Wherein the authentication server deletes the telephone number while receiving the random ID, receives the agreement from the mobile phone, and stores the received telephone number in the basic information database. Multiple mobile phones, each with voting applications, and an authentication server and an operating server are applied to the voting system connected to the Internet,
The mobile phone accessing the authentication server and transmitting authentication information including a telephone number;
Authenticating the mobile phone by the authentication server;
If the authentication is valid, the authentication server issues a random ID corresponding to the telephone number;
The authentication server transmitting the random ID to the operation server and the mobile phone, respectively;
Accessing the operation server through a random ID received by the mobile phone;
Determining, if valid, the validity of the connected random ID by the operating server; and issuing a ballot to the mobile phone; And
Receiving the balloon information on the ballot paper received by the mobile phone, and transmitting the ballot information to the operation server,
The mobile phone compares the telephone number stored at the time of installing the voting application with the telephone number stored in the USIM and permits the connection only when the comparison matches the telephone number stored in the USIM. A voting method using a mobile phone.

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