KR101564225B1 - Method for processing message apparatus therefor and recording medium therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a message processing method, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium therefor. When a terminal transmits a message, if a destination of the message is input in the form of a keyword, the communication network server searches for a communication network, The present invention also provides a message processing method, an apparatus for the same, and a recording medium therefor.

According to the present invention, even if the user of the originating terminal does not know the unique connection information of the receiving terminal and the unique connection information for the receiving terminal does not exist in the calling terminal, the communication network server searches the communication network, The unique connection information can be obtained. Therefore, even if the user does not have the information about the receiving terminal, it is easy to transmit the message to the desired receiving terminal.

Network server, terminal, message, keyword, unique connection information, extraction

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a message processing method, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium therefor. [0002]

The present invention relates to a message processing method, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium therefor. More specifically, when a terminal transmits a message, a destination of the message is input in the form of a keyword. The communication network server searches for a communication network, To a message processing method capable of extracting a destination corresponding to an input keyword and transmitting a message to thereby facilitate user's convenience, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium therefor.

Due to the spread of terminals that send and receive messages, the use of messages in service activities for cultural life is becoming increasingly common due to the development of various leisure culture and busy daily life. In particular, the use of wireless Internet and the combination of texts and e-mails with various media (wired Internet, broadcasting media) using terminals have become active. To this end, service providers are marketing their services using a number that can be easily memorized to the user (hereinafter referred to as a "specific number"). However, in order to use the service, the user must take the inconvenience of storing the specific number of each service or each company in the phone book of the terminal or storing it in the user's own memory.

Therefore, there is a need for a method that enables the user to conveniently use the service without storing the specific number in the telephone directory or memorizing it directly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a message to a mobile communication terminal by inputting a destination of the message in the form of a keyword when the mobile terminal transmits a message, A message processing method, an apparatus for the same, and a recording medium therefor.

The communication network server according to the present invention includes a wired / wireless communication unit for performing communication with a message server that receives a received keyword and a message from a calling terminal, and a receiving unit for receiving the receiving keyword from the message server via the wired / And requesting the message server to transmit the message to the connection target terminal having the unique connection information.

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The originating terminal according to the present invention includes a key input unit for receiving a key input from a user, a communication interface unit for communicating with a message server, and an input unit for receiving a message and a recipient information input from the user through the key input unit, Determining whether or not the information corresponds to at least one unique connection information previously stored, determining the recipient information as a reception keyword if the at least one unique connection information does not correspond to the at least one unique connection information, To the message server.

A message processing method of a communication network server according to the present invention includes: a keyword receiving step of receiving a received keyword from a message server which receives a received keyword and a message from the originating terminal; And a transmission request step of requesting, by the communication network server, the message server to transmit the message to the connection target terminal having the unique connection information.

The recording medium on which the program for message processing according to the present invention is recorded includes a message input step of receiving the receiver information and the message input from the user and a step of determining whether or not the receiver information corresponds to at least one of the previously stored unique connection information Determining a recipient information as a recipient keyword when the recipient information does not correspond to at least one of the stored unique connection information; and transmitting the received keyword and message to a message server, And a transmission request step of requesting the transmission network server to transmit the reception keyword to the communication network server.

According to the present invention, when a terminal transmits a message, if a destination of the message is input in the form of a keyword, the communication network server searches the communication network, extracts a destination corresponding to the keyword input through the terminal, A method for processing the message, an apparatus therefor, and a recording medium therefor.

Even if the user of the originating terminal does not know the unique connection information of the receiving terminal and the unique connection information for the receiving terminal does not exist in the calling terminal, the communication network server searches the communication network to find the unique connection information of the receiving terminal corresponding to the received keyword The user can easily transmit the message to the desired receiving terminal even if the user does not have the information on the receiving terminal.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be noted that the same components in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible. In the following description and drawings, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention unnecessarily obscure.

1 is a diagram illustrating a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The message processing system according to the present embodiment includes a communication network server 10, a message server 20, a calling terminal 30 and a receiving terminal 40. The communication network 50 is connected to the communication network server 10 and the message server 20. The calling terminal 30 and the receiving terminal 40 are connected through the communication network 50 and transmit / do.

The originating terminal 30 receives the recipient information and the message from the user and transmits the received message and the recipient information to the message server 20 to request the message server 20 to transmit the message to the receiving terminal 40 do. The originating terminal 30 according to the present embodiment may receive the received keyword instead of the receiver information. Even when the received keyword is input in this way, the originating terminal 30 transmits the received keyword and the message to the message server 20.

The message server 20 receives the recipient information and the message from the originating terminal 30, confirms the recipient information, and transmits the message to the recipient terminal 40 corresponding to the recipient information. The message server 20 according to the present embodiment transmits the received keyword to the communication network server 10 in order to find the receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the received keyword when the receiving keyword and the message are transmitted from the calling terminal 30 send. When the receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the receiving keyword is notified from the network server 10, the message server 20 transmits the message to the receiving terminal 40. [

The network server 10 receives the received keyword from the message server 20 and extracts unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword. The communication network server 10 also determines the terminal having the unique connection information as the receiving terminal 40 and informs the message server 20 of the terminal.

The originating terminal 30 may receive the receiver information as information on the receiving terminal 40 to receive the message of the originating terminal 30 after the message is created or before the message is created . The recipient information includes the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40. The unique connection information is inherent information such as a telephone number, a mail address, and an IP address that the calling terminal 30 or the receiving terminal 40 can have and data transmission / reception of the calling terminal 30, the receiving terminal 40, And may be information provided in order to make it possible.

The originating terminal 30 according to the present embodiment may store a keyword (hereinafter, referred to as a 'received keyword') for the terminal, that is, the receiving terminal 40, Can be input. When the originating terminal 20 transmits the message and the received keyword to the message server 20, the message server 20 transmits the received keyword to the communication network server 10. The network server 10 searches the communication network 50 for the unique connection information corresponding to the terminal corresponding to the received keyword.

The received keyword includes at least one of a character string including at least one character, a number or a special character, an image, an avatar, an emoticon, and a moving image. That is, if the data can be transmitted by wired or wireless transmission by the originating terminal 30, it can be a received keyword.

The network server 10 searches the communication network 50 and extracts unique connection information for at least one terminal corresponding to the received keyword. A terminal having unique connection information extracted corresponding to the received keyword is referred to as a 'connection target terminal'. In this embodiment, the receiving terminal 40 is a connection target terminal.

When the unique connection information corresponding to the receiving terminal 40 is extracted, the communication network server 10 transmits the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 to the receiving terminal 40 in order to transmit the message received from the calling terminal 30 To the server (20). When the user of the sending terminal 30 desires to transmit a message, the user of the calling terminal 30 memorizes the telephone number of the receiving terminal 40 or registers the telephone number of the receiving terminal 40 stored in the calling terminal 30, You can avoid the hassle of memorizing your name. Even if the user does not know the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 and the unique connection information for the receiving terminal 40 does not exist in the calling terminal 30, The receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the received keyword can be determined. Accordingly, the user can input a reception keyword to the calling terminal 30 and transmit the message to the desired receiving terminal 40 by transmitting the received keyword to the communication network server 10.

The message transmitted from the originating terminal 30 to the receiving terminal 40 through the message server 20 according to the present embodiment includes not only SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Image, video, or the like can be transmitted to the calling terminal 30 as long as it can be transmitted by wire or wireless.

In this embodiment, the communication network server 10 and the message server 20 are separately provided. However, in another embodiment, the communication network server 10 may include the message server 20.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a network server in a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The communication network server 10 according to the present embodiment includes a wire / wireless communication unit 12, a database 14, and a first control unit 16.

The wired / wireless communication unit 12 performs a wired / wireless communication function of the communication network server 10. The wired / wireless communication unit 12 according to the present embodiment receives the reception keyword transmitted from the originating terminal 30 under the control of the first control unit 16 to be described later, and transfers the received keyword to the first control unit 16. Also, under the control of the first control unit 16, the wired / wireless communication unit 12 notifies the message server 20 of the receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the received keyword, that is, the connection target terminal.

The database 14 may be constituted by a program memory and a data memory. The database 14 stores various kinds of information necessary for controlling the operation of the communication network server 10. In the database 14 according to the present embodiment, if at least one received keyword can be stored, unique connection information corresponding to each received keyword can be stored.

The first control unit 16 controls the overall operation of the communication network server 10. The first control unit 16 according to the present embodiment extracts the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the received keyword, i.e., the connection target terminal, when the receiving keyword is transmitted from the calling terminal 30. [ For this, the first control unit 16 may include a connection information extracting unit 18.

The connection information extracting unit 18 searches the database 14 or the communication network 50 for the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 under the control of the first control unit 16 and extracts the extraction result from the first control unit 16). If the unique connection information for the receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the received keyword is stored in the database 14, the connection information extracting unit 18 does not search the communication network 50 under the control of the first control unit 16 And can extract the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 from the database 14. If the unique connection information corresponding to the receiving terminal 40 can not be found in the database 14, the connection information extracting unit 18 searches the communication network 50 under the control of the first controlling unit 16, ) Can be extracted.

The connection information extracting unit 18 can extract any information related to the received keyword. For example, if the received keyword is a 'Chinese restaurant', the connection information extracting unit 18 searches the Internet network and stores the address of 'Homepage www.chinafood.kr' as the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 It may be extracted.

The first control unit 16 transmits the unique connection information of the connection target terminal having the unique connection information extracted by the connection information extraction unit 18, that is, the receiving terminal 40, to the message server 20, 20 to transmit the message received from the originating terminal 30 to the receiving terminal 40. [

3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an originating terminal in a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The calling terminal 30 includes a communication interface unit 31, a key input unit 33, a display unit 35, a memory 37, and a second control unit 39.

The communication interface unit 31 performs a wired or wireless communication function of the originating terminal 30. The communication interface unit 31 according to the present embodiment transmits the recipient information and the message to the message server 20. At this time, if the recipient information does not include unique connection information, the recipient information becomes a received keyword.

The key input unit 33 includes a key for inputting numbers and characters, and a key for setting various functions, and receives input from a user. The key input unit 33 of the originating terminal 30 according to the present embodiment may include at least one key to receive recipient information including a message or a received keyword from the user.

The display unit 35 may be an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and outputs various display data generated by the calling terminal 30. When the LCD is implemented by a touch screen method, the display unit 35 can operate as an input means. The display unit 35 according to the present embodiment may display a message input window or the like for the user to input a message.

The memory 37 may be constituted by a program memory and a data memory. The memory 37 stores various kinds of information necessary for controlling the operation of the calling terminal 30. The memory 37 according to the present embodiment may store at least one unique connection information. At this time, the unique connection information is stored in the form of a phone book, and can be stored corresponding to the abbreviated number, name, and the like.

The second control unit 39 controls the overall operation of the originating terminal 30.

The second controller 39 according to the present embodiment can determine whether the recipient information is a received keyword by determining whether the recipient information received through the key input unit 33 is unique connection information previously stored in the memory 37 . If the receiver information is not the unique connection information stored in the memory 37, the second controller 39 determines the receiver information as the reception keyword. On the other hand, if the receiver information is the unique connection information previously stored in the memory 37, the second controller 39 transmits the unique connection information and the message stored in the memory 37 to the message server 20 in response to the receiver information So that the message server 20 can transmit a message to the receiving terminal 40. [

The second control unit 39 according to another embodiment may display a pop-up window that asks the user whether the recipient information input by the user includes the received keyword by controlling the display unit 35. [ For example, if a pop-up window of "received keyword?" Is displayed on the display unit 35 and an OK key corresponding to "Yes" of "Yes" or "No" is inputted through the key input unit 33, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > received < / RTI >

The second controller 39 according to another embodiment may generate an indicator indicating that the received keyword is included in the receiver information when the receiver information includes the received keyword. The second control unit 39 may transmit the identifier and the receiver information and message to the message server 20 through the communication interface unit 31. [ Thus, the message server 20 can know through the identifier that the recipient information includes the received keyword.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a message processing method in a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The originating terminal 30 receives an input of a message and a received keyword from the user (S62). The second control unit 39 of the originating terminal 30 can receive the message and the received keyword through the key input unit 33. The message and the received keyword are input to the memory 37 ). ≪ / RTI >

The originating terminal 30 transmits the message and the received keyword to the message server 20 in step S64 and the message server 20 transmits the received keyword to the communication network server 10 in step S66. The network server 10 extracts unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword (S68). The first control unit 16 of the network server 10 determines the connection target terminal having the unique connection information, i.e., the receiving terminal 40 (S70). The first control unit 16 of the network server 10 requests the message server 20 to transmit a message to the receiving terminal 40 in step S72. At this time, the communication network server 10 can transmit a message transmission request by transmitting the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 extracted in step S68 to the message server 20. [ Thereafter, the message server 20 transmits a message to the receiving terminal 40 (S74).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a message processing method in a message processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The originating terminal 30 receives an input of a message and a received keyword from the user (S82). The second control unit 39 of the originating terminal 30 can receive the message and the recipient information through the key input unit 33. The second control unit 39 controls the memory 37 ). ≪ / RTI >

The second controller 39 of the calling terminal 30 determines whether the receiver information received in step S82 is pre-stored unique connection information (S84). In the case where the receiver information is pre-stored unique connection information, the receiver information may be a telephone number previously registered in the telephone directory of the originating terminal 30, or may be a shortcut number or a name stored in correspondence with the telephone number . That is, when the recipient information received in step S82 is not the telephone number, the shortcut number, or the name stored in the memory 37 of the originating terminal 30, the second control unit 39 determines that the recipient information is not unique connection information do.

If the receiver information is pre-stored unique connection information (S84: Yes), the second controller 39 transmits the message and the receiver information to the message server 20 (S86). Thus, the calling terminal 30 can request the message server 20 to transmit the message to the receiving terminal 40. Upon receiving the recipient information, that is, the unique connection information and the message from the originating terminal 30, the message server 20 transmits a message to the receiving terminal 40 using the recipient information transmitted in step S86 (S100).

If it is determined in step S84 that the receiver information is not the pre-stored unique connection information (S84: NO), the second controller 39 determines the receiver information as the reception keyword (S88). The originating terminal 30 transmits the message and the reception keyword to the message server 20, and the message server 20 transmits the reception keyword to the communication network server 10.

The network server 10 extracts unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword (S94), and determines the terminal having the unique connection information as the connection target terminal, that is, the receiving terminal 40 (S96). Then, the first controller 16 of the network server 10 requests the message server 20 to transmit the message to the receiving terminal 40 (S98). At this time, the communication network server 10 can transmit a message transmission request by transmitting the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 extracted in step S68 to the message server 20. [ The message server 20, which is requested to transmit a message from the network server 10, transmits a message to the receiving terminal 40 (S100).

6 is a diagram illustrating a message window for the originating terminal in the message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention to receive a received keyword and a message from a user.

Referring to FIG. 6, the message is composed of one chicken pizza set and one risotto 112, and the incoming phone number corresponding to the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 is 'pizza shop' 114 are created. In addition, a telephone number corresponding to the caller information of the calling terminal 30 is input in an area where the 'sending person' corresponding to the calling terminal 30 is created.

The originating terminal 30 receives a message from a user as 'one set of chicken pizza, one risotto 112' and recipient information called 'pizza shop' 114. The calling terminal 30 according to the present embodiment can receive the received keyword through the receiving telephone number input window of the receiving terminal 40. [ In general, the calling terminal 30 can receive the telephone number of the receiving terminal 40 as well as the address number or name corresponding to the telephone number in the receiving telephone number input window. The abbreviated numbers and names are stored in the calling terminal 30 in correspondence with the telephone numbers and are stored in the telephone directory or the like and the second control unit 39 of the calling terminal 30 stores the abbreviated numbers and names in the receiving terminal 30 40).

In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the 'pizza shop' 114 is a name that has not been stored in the originating terminal 30. The second control unit 39 of the originating terminal 30 transmits the pizza store 114 to the receiving shop 30 because the unique connection information corresponding to the pizza store 114 is not stored in the calling terminal 30, . At this time, the second control unit 39 may generate an identifier indicating that the 'pizza shop' 114 is a reception keyword, and may transmit the message and the received keyword when the message is transmitted to the message server 20.

The communication network server 10 receives the message 'one chicken pizza set and one risotto 112' and a received keyword 'pizza shop' 114 through the message server 20. At this time, the message server 20 may receive the location information of the originating terminal 30 from the originating terminal 30 and may transmit it to the communication network server 10 together. The network server 10 searches the communication network 50 and extracts unique connection information corresponding to the reception keyword 'pizza shop' 114. The communication network server 10 according to the present embodiment can extract the unique connection information corresponding to the 'pizza shop' 114 by referring to the location information of the calling terminal 30. For example, when searching for the communication network 50, the network server 10 transmits unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 corresponding to the 'pizza shop' 114 located closest to the location of the calling terminal 30 Can be extracted. The communication network server 10 transmits the unique connection information of the receiving terminal 40 determined as described above to the message server 20 so that the message server 20 transmits to the receiving terminal 40 one piece of chicken pizza, 1 " 112 ".

In the present embodiment, the number of received keywords is limited to one. However, the number of received keywords may be plural, and the network server 10 may apply a logic operation such as an AND operation or an OR operation to a plurality of received keywords, The unique connection information corresponding to the result value may be extracted. In this case as well, the calling terminal 30 can receive a plurality of received keywords through the receiving telephone number input window as in FIG.

As described above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the invention , And are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

The message processing method, the apparatus and the recording medium for the present invention can provide a variety of services to a user by extracting a connection target terminal according to a received keyword and transmitting a message in a communication network server even when a user inputs only a reception keyword And the user does not need to memorize the telephone number on the receiving side, so that the convenience of the user can be achieved.

1 illustrates a message processing system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a network server in a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a calling terminal in a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a message processing method in a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a message processing method in a message processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention, and

6 is a diagram illustrating a message window for the originating terminal in the message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention to receive a received keyword and a message from a user.

Claims (9)

delete A wired / wireless communication unit for communicating with a message server which receives a received keyword and a message from the calling terminal, A database in which unique connection information corresponding to a received keyword is stored; Receiving the received keyword from the message server through the wired / wireless communication unit, determining whether unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword is stored in the database, storing the unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword in the database Extracting unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword as unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword, searching the communication network to extract unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword, To the message server to transmit the message to the message server. delete A keyword receiving step of receiving a received keyword from a message server which receives a received keyword and a message from the originating terminal; The communication network server determines whether unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword is stored, extracts unique connection information previously stored if it is stored as unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword, A connection information extracting step of searching for a communication network and extracting unique connection information corresponding to the received keyword; And requesting the message server to transmit the message to the receiving terminal having the unique connection information. 5. The method of claim 4, Wherein the received keyword includes at least one of a character string, an image, an avatar, an emoticon, a nickname, and a moving image including at least one character, a number, or a special character. 5. The method of claim 4, Wherein the unique connection information includes at least one of a telephone number, an e-mail, and an IP (Internet Protocol) address of the receiving terminal. delete delete delete

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