KR101627353B1 - System and method for url sms transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

A short message system and a method for transmitting a short message are disclosed. The SMS message system comprises a calling terminal for transmitting a message entered by a caller on a message interface and an attached file attached to the message interface, and a message interface for providing the message and the attached file from the calling terminal through the message interface provided to the calling terminal. And a URL short message server for generating a URL of the attached file and a URL short message including the message and transmitting the message to one or more destination terminals requested by the sender.

Description

[0001] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR URL SMS TRANSMISSION [0002]

[0001] The present invention relates to a URL short message system and a method for transmitting a URL short message, and more particularly, to a URL short message attaching method in which a URL is attached to an attachment attached to a short message, To a technique for receiving an attachment via a short message rather than a multimedia message.

Recently, SMS (Short Message Service) using URL (Uniform Resource Locator) has been widely used as a marketing and marketing tool due to the development of mobile communication network and popularization of smartphone terminals.

The URL short message (SMS) has been developed to supplement the shortcoming of short messages (SMS) whose maximum size is limited to 80 bytes (byte).

Conventionally, a method of transmitting a URL short message is as follows.

That is, when the terminal A desires to send a short text message to the terminal B, the terminal A accesses the web server through the Internet network and uploads the attached file. Then, a short message is created to include the URL of the uploaded attachment file and transmitted to the terminal B.

When the terminal B selects the URL of the received short message, it connects to the URL where the file is stored, and then displays the contents of the attached file through the web browser.

As described above, conventionally, a cumbersome procedure is required in which a user directly inputs a file to a server, checks a route, and inputs a URL at the time of message creation.

Therefore, the communication cost is increased due to the connection to the web server for uploading the attachment file, and a time is wasted due to the direct input of the URL at the time of sending the message.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of transmitting a short message service and a short message service.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a UAL short message system and a UAL short message transmission method in cooperation with an instant messenger.

(It will be described if the claim scope is determined because it is described in the same manner as the claim scope of the patent)

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to create and send a message of the multimedia message standard using a short message in various device environments, and to send a short message in cooperation with the instant messenger, thereby providing an evolved form of an integrated messaging environment can do.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a ROAL SMS message system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a detailed diagram for explaining a transmission process of the ROAL SMS message system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the ROAL SMS message server of FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG.
4 is a block diagram of a message interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a configuration of a message interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 shows an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram for explaining an address book registration process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a called terminal outputs a ROAL SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a Korean SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a ROAL SMS message server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a process for transmitting a Korean SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention through an instant messenger.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering an instant messenger account according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Also, the terms of " part ", "... module" in the description mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

Hereinafter, a URL short message (SMS) system and a method for transmitting a URL short message according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a ROAL SMS message system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the ROI short message system is a system for transmitting a ROI short message, wherein a ROI short message is a messaging service capable of transmitting a message to a wireless terminal and directly connecting to a wireless Internet page. It inserts a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) address that can access the wireless Internet instead of a phone number in the reply number, and connects to the relevant page through a call button and a connection button.

The short message service system includes a calling terminal 100, a called terminal 200, a short message server 300, a web server 400, an instant messenger server 500 and a network 600.

At this time, the calling terminal 100, the called terminal 200, the UAL short message server 300, the web server 400, and the instant messenger server 500 are connected to each other through the network 600.

The calling terminal 100 and the receiving terminal 200 can be any device that can be installed in an application such as a personal computer (PC), a notebook, a smart phone, a tablet, or the like and can be connected to the Internet with a built-in web browser.

The calling terminal 100 is a terminal for inputting and transmitting a Korean Short Message, and the receiving terminal 200 is a terminal for receiving and displaying a Korean Short Message.

Here, the calling terminal 100 transmits a message input by the caller and an attached file attached to the message interface to the ROI message server 300 through the message interface provided from the ROI message server 300.

Here, the message interface may be implemented in two embodiments depending on the type of the calling terminal 100. [

According to one embodiment, when the calling terminal 100 is a wired terminal such as a PC or a notebook, the calling terminal 100 accesses a web site or downloads and installs a dedicated application. The message interface is provided through a web site or a dedicated application. The sender composes a message in these message interfaces and attaches the attachment.

According to another embodiment, when the calling terminal 100 is a portable terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, the calling terminal 100 accesses a mobile site or downloads and installs a mobile application. It then creates a message and attaches the attachment in the message interface provided by the mobile site or mobile application.

The short message service server 300 receives the message created from the message interface provided to the calling terminal 100 and the attached file attached from the message interface from the calling terminal 100. Then, the attached file is registered in the Web server 400, and the URL of the attached file is obtained from the Web server 400. (URL) short message including the URL of the attached file and the message and transmits the generated short message to one or more called terminals 200 requested by the calling terminal 100.

At this time, the ROAL SMS message may be generated in the form of a web page and transmitted to one or more destination terminals 200 through the instant messenger server 500.

2 is a detailed diagram for explaining a transmission process of the ROAL SMS message system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

2, the URL short message server 300 is connected to a plurality of different instant messenger servers 501, 503, and 505 and a message service center 700 of a mobile communication service provider.

Here, the instant messenger servers 501, 503, and 505 are servers that relay messages to enable two or more real-time conversations using a network including the Internet. For example, the instant messenger servers 501, 503, and 505 provide a chat- Server.

The calling terminal 100 displays the message interface received from the ROI message server 300 on the screen while being connected to the ROI message server 300. Of course, it can be provided in an unconnected state. And you can connect only when sending. When the telephone number of one or more destination terminals 200 is selected or inputted in the message interface, the calling terminal 100 matches the telephone number of the destination terminal 200 with the telephone number of the called terminal 200, ).

At this time, the address book is set for each telephone number of the called terminal, one of the short message transmission and the instant messenger transmission.

As described above, if the transmission method of the ROI short message to one or more destination terminals is designated in the message interface, the ROI short message service server 300 transmits the ROI short message to the message service center 700 according to the designated transmission method. Then, the message service center 700 transmits a short SMS message to the destination terminal 200 according to the short message standard. Here, the message service center 700 may be a short message service center (SMSC).

Also, the short message service server 300 converts the short message to a web page according to a designated transmission method, and transmits the short message to a plurality of instant messenger servers 501, 503, and 505 designated by the calling terminal 100. Then, the plurality of instant messenger servers (501, 503, 505) transmits a web page type SMS short message to each destination terminal (200).

Then, the destination terminal 200 accesses the URL included in the ROAL SMS message, downloads the attached file from the web server 400, and displays it on the screen.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the ROAL SMS message server of FIGS. 1 and 2, FIG. 4 is a configuration of a message interface according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 illustrates an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 illustrates an address book registration process according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in which a destination terminal according to the present invention outputs a ROAL SMS message.

3, the URL short message server 300 includes a message interface unit 301, a destination classification unit 303, a message generation unit 305, a URL generation unit 307, a security check unit 309, And includes a generating unit 311, an image generating unit 313, a short message transmitting unit 315, a messenger transmitting unit 317, a receiver authentication unit 319, a messenger account management unit 321, and a membership subscription unit 325 do.

In this case, each of the components 301 to 325 is implemented as a functional block in one server, but may be implemented as a separate server in a physically independent manner.

Also, the short message transmitting unit 315 and the messenger transmitting unit 317 may be implemented as servers separate from the message server 300.

The detailed configuration of the URL short message server 300 will be described below.

The message interface unit 301 transmits a message interface to the calling terminal 100 and receives input and attached data (message, attachment) in the message interface.

4 illustrates an example of a message interface provided when the calling terminal 100 is a wired terminal. The message interface includes a message input field P1 for inputting a message, a telephone number of the called terminal, A recipient entry field P3 for calling and selecting, and an attachment file entry field P5 for attaching the attachment file.

5 is an example of a message interface provided when the calling terminal 100 is a portable terminal. 5A, the message interface includes a recipient input field P7 for inputting a telephone number of a called terminal or selecting and calling an address book, a message input field P9 for inputting a message, And includes an attachment file entry field P11 for the attachment. Referring to FIG. 5 (b), a preview screen of the ROI short message generated by the ROI short message server 300 is shown. Referring to FIG. 5 (c), the ROAL SMS message is displayed on the outgoing call in the same manner as the general message transmission.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it can be seen that the method of transmitting a short SMS message is the same as the transmission of the multimedia message without the conventional process of uploading an attachment file to the server to acquire and input a URL.

6 (a), an instant messenger designated by default is specified in the address book of the calling terminal 100. [ If the address book is called in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, a screen for selecting the called terminal 200 is displayed on the calling terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 6 (b).

Referring to FIG. 7A, when the calling terminal 100 searches for a called party name, an address book screen of the called party name is displayed as shown in FIG. 7B. 7 (c), the messenger account can be registered or modified in the called address book.

Also, as shown in (a) of FIG. 8, the receiving terminal 200 can confirm that the ROAL SMS message is received in the unified message box. As shown in FIG. 8 (b), the ROI message may be received according to the short message standard or the ROI message may be received through the instant messenger program as shown in FIG. 8 (c).

3, the called party classification unit 303 classifies the called party according to the transmission mode set for each telephone number of the called terminal 200 received from the calling terminal 100. [

The message generation unit 305 generates a URL short message including a message and a URL of an attachment.

At this time, a partial size (40 to 50 bytes) of the maximum size (80 bytes) defined according to the specification of the short message is designated as a message area, and the remaining area (30 to 40 bytes) .

The URL generation unit 307 transmits the attached file to the web server 400 to acquire the URL of the attached file. Also, the web page generated by the web page generating unit 311 is transmitted to the web server 400 to acquire the URL of the web page. And acquires the acquired URLs of the attached file and the web page, respectively, and transmits the obtained URL to the message generation unit 305.

The security checking unit 309 performs a security check of the attached file. The message of the attached file that has passed the security check is stored together with the EV (Extended Validation) SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate in the UAL area by the message generating unit 305.

The web page creation unit 311 creates a web page including a message included in the message area and a message text merged with the URL contained in the UAL area. At this time, the web page includes HTML.

The image generating unit 313 converts the web page into an image file.

The short message transmitting unit 315 requests the message service center 700 to transmit the ROAL SMS message to one or more destination terminals 200 whose transmission mode is designated as the short message transmission according to the classification of the receiver classification unit 303. [

The messenger transmitter 317 transmits the web page type short message to one or more destination terminals 200 whose transmission mode is set to instant messenger transmission according to the classification of the recipient classifier 303 500). At this time, the messenger transmission unit 317 transmits the messenger using one or more messenger accounts of the calling terminal 100 provided from the messenger account management unit 321. [

In addition, the messenger transmitting unit 317 acquires an image file including the URL of the attached file from the image generating unit 313 and transmits the obtained image file to the server 500 of one or more instant messengers.

The receiver authentication unit 319 performs the authentication procedure of the receiver terminal 200 in conjunction with the server 500 of one or more instant messengers.

The messenger account management unit 321 automatically generates an authentication e-mail account and an authentication virtual phone number by using the member ID received from the member subscription unit 325. [ Then, the authentication code received in the authentication e-mail account, the authentication URL, and the authentication code received in the virtual phone number for authentication are automatically input to automatically generate the instant messenger account selected by the caller. And transmits the automatically generated messenger account or the messenger account registered by the sender to the messenger transmission unit 317.

The membership subscription unit 325 receives the ID input by the caller from the calling terminal 100 and performs the membership subscription procedure. That is, the user can perform the membership process of the short message service.

Hereinafter, a method for transmitting a URL short message according to the above-described configuration will be described.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a Korean SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the calling terminal 100 receives a message interface from the URL short message server 300 (S101). In step S105, the calling terminal 100 transmits the message created by the calling party, the attached file attached thereto, and the selected or entered recipient information in step S103 to the message short message server 300.

The short message service server 300 uploads the attached file to the web server 400 (S107) to acquire the goods (S109).

The short message service server 300 generates a short message including the message received in step S105 and the URL obtained in step S109 (S111). Then, the user is requested to transmit the Korean short SMS message to the message service center 700 (S113). Then, the message service center 700 transmits the ROAL SMS message to one or more destination terminals 200 (S115).

Also, the short message service server 300 generates a web page including the short message generated in step S111 (S117). At this time, the web page may be converted into an image file.

The short message service server 300 requests the one or more instant messenger server 500 to transmit the web page generated in step S117 (S119). Then, one or more instant messenger server 500 transmits a messenger message including a web page to one or more destination terminals 200 (S121).

FIG. 10 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the ROAL SMS message server according to the embodiment of the present invention, and shows the detailed operation of the ROAL SMS message server 300 after step S109 in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 10, the ROI message server 300 classifies the called terminal 200 according to a transmission mode set for each telephone number of the called terminal 200 registered in the address book of the calling terminal 100 (S201).

The short message service server 300 generates a short message service (S203) by storing a message in a message area of a predetermined size as described above, and storing a URL of an attached file in a remaining area of a real area (S203).

Next, the URL short message server 300 generates a web page composed of a message full of the message and the URL of the attached file (S205).

Next, the UAL SMS server 300 determines whether the transmission scheme classified in step S201 is a short message transmission or an instant messenger scheme (S207).

At this time, if the transmission method is classified as short message transmission, a short message including the URL of the attached file and the URL of the web page is generated (S209). Then, the message service center 700 requests transmission (S211).

On the other hand, if the transmission method is classified as the instant messenger method, the web page of the attached file is converted into the image file of the activated web page (S213). And requests the server 500 of one or more instant messengers for transmission (S215).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a ROAL SMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention through an instant messenger, and FIG. 10 is a detailed view of step S215 in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 11, the URL short message server 300 classifies messenger types (S301). Then, a Korean short message is encoded according to the classified messenger type (S303). Then, the encoded message is stored (S305).

The short message service server 300 transmits a messenger server authentication request to each instant messenger server 500 (S307, S317, S327). Then, an authentication response is received from each instant messenger server 500 (S309, S319, S329).

The short message service server 300 determines whether the authentication is successful or not (S311, S21, S331). If the authentication fails, the authentication server 300 transmits an authentication request again (S307, S317, S327).

On the other hand, if the authentication is successful, the message stored in step S305 is transmitted to each instant messenger server 500 (S313, S323, and S333).

Then, each instant messenger server 500 transmits a messenger message to the corresponding destination terminal 200 (S315, S325, and S335).

12 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering an instant messenger account according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12, the URL short message server 300 generates an ID according to the membership registration procedure (S401) and stores the ID in the member ID table (S403).

The SMS short message server 300 determines whether a messenger account is created based on whether the calling terminal 100 requests it or not (S405).

If messenger account creation is not selected, the messenger account is registered (S407) and the e-mail address is entered (S411) from the calling terminal 100. [

When the messenger account creation is selected, an email address and a virtual phone number are automatically generated (S411), and a messenger account is automatically created based on the generated email address and virtual phone number (S413).

In step S415, the registered messenger account or the messenger account generated in step S413 is registered in the messenger account table.

Here, the member ID table and the messenger account table are managed by the messenger account management unit 321.

Next, the approval information and authentication means are inputted or selected from the calling terminal 100 (S417).

Next, it is determined whether or not to apply the messenger account (S419), and if the messenger account is requested, the messenger account creation script is executed (S419).

Next, the newly created messenger account or the registered messenger account is activated through step S419 (S421). The SMS message is transmitted to the called terminal 200 in the form of an instant messenger using the thus activated messenger account.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only by the apparatus and method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

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, It belongs to the scope of right.

Claims (16)

A calling terminal for sending a message entered by the caller at the message interface and an attached file attached at the message interface, and
Receiving the message and the attached file from the calling terminal through the message interface provided to the calling terminal, generating a URL of the attached file automatically generated and a URL short message including the message, To the one or more called terminals,
Wherein the message interface comprises:
A message field for entering a message, and
And an attachment file input field for attaching the attachment file,
The URL short message,
A message area for storing a message input through the message input field, and
And a UAL area for storing the UAL of the attached file attached through the attachment file input field,
Wherein the message area comprises:
Wherein the UAL area is designated as a region of a first size defined from a maximum size defined according to a standard of a short message, and the UAL area is designated as a remaining area excluding the message area. The method according to claim 1,
The calling terminal,
Designating, as one or more instant messengers, a transmission mode of the ROAL SMS message for the one or more destination terminals in the message interface,
The short message server comprises:
Converts the ROAL SMS message into a web page and transmits the web page to the one or more destination terminals through the server of the one or more instant messengers designated by the originating terminal. 3. The method of claim 2,
The calling terminal,
Outputting the message interface received from the ROAL SMS message server in a state connected to the ROAL SMS message server and, when the phone number of one or more destination terminals is selected or input in the message interface, Transmits the specified transmission method of the ROAL SMS message to the ROAL SMS message server,
Wherein the message interface comprises:
Further comprising a recipient field for entering a telephone number of the called terminal or calling and selecting an address book,
The address book,
Wherein the short message transmission and the instant messenger transmission are set for each phone number of the called terminal. The method of claim 3,
The short message server comprises:
A calling party classifying unit for classifying the called party according to a transmission mode set for each telephone number of the called terminal,
A message generating unit for generating a message including the message and the URL of the attached file,
A short message transmission unit for requesting the message service center of the mobile communication provider to transmit the ROAL SMS message to one or more destination terminals whose transmission mode is designated as the short message transmission according to the classification of the called party classification unit;
A messenger transmission unit for requesting the one or more instant messenger servers to transmit a web page type SMS short message to one or more destination terminals whose transmission mode is set to the instant messenger transmission according to the classification of the called party classification unit,
/ RTI > 5. The method of claim 4,
The short message server comprises:
A member subscriber unit for receiving an ID input by a caller from the calling terminal and performing a membership subscription procedure, and
Automatically generates an authentication e-mail account and an authentication virtual telephone number by using the member ID transmitted from the member subscription unit, and transmits the authentication code and authentication authentication information received in the authentication e-mail account to the authentication virtual telephone number The instant messenger account created automatically by the sender by inputting the authentication code automatically inputted by the sender, or delivering the automatically generated messenger account or the messenger account registered by the sender to the instant messenger transmitting unit,
The short message system further comprising: delete 6. The method of claim 5,
The short message server comprises:
A web page generator for generating a web page including a message included in the message area and a message text merged with the URL contained in the UAL area,
Further comprising: a mail generation unit for transmitting the attachment file and the web page to a web server, acquiring the attachment of the attachment and the URL of each web page from the web server, and delivering the attachment to the message generation unit,
Wherein the message generator comprises:
And generating the ROI message containing the ROI of the attachment and the ROI of the web page in the ROI area and transmitting the ROI message to the ROI message delivery unit. 8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising an image generating unit for converting the web page into an image file,
Wherein the messenger transmitter comprises:
And sending the image file containing the URL of the attachment to the server of the one or more instant messengers. 8. The method of claim 7,
The short message server comprises:
Further comprising a security checker for performing a security check of the attachment file,
Wherein the message generator comprises:
And an EV (Extended Validation) SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate along with the URL of the attachment file that has passed the security check. A method for transmitting a URL short message service requested by a calling terminal to a calling terminal, which is connected to a calling terminal, a called terminal and a message service center of a mobile communication provider through a network,
Receiving from the calling terminal through the message interface provided to the calling terminal by the message input by the caller at the message interface and the attached file attached at the message interface,
Generating a URL of the attachment file and a URL short message including the message automatically generated by the foreign short message server;
Requesting the message service center to send the ROAL SMS message to one or more called terminals requested by the caller,
Wherein the message interface comprises:
A message field for entering a message, and
And an attachment file input field for attaching the attachment file,
The URL short message,
A message area for storing a message input through the message input field, and
And a UAL area for storing the UAL of the attached file attached through the attachment file input field,
Wherein the message area comprises:
Wherein the first size is defined as a predetermined size of the maximum size defined according to the standard of the short message, and the UAL area is designated as a remaining area excluding the message area. 11. The method of claim 10,
Between the receiving step and the generating step,
Further comprising the step of classifying the called terminal according to a transmission mode set for each telephone number of the called terminal registered in the address book of the calling terminal,
After the generating step,
Further comprising the step of requesting the one or more instant messenger servers to transmit the web short message in the form of a web page to one or more destination terminals classified by the instant messenger method,
Wherein the step of requesting the message service center comprises:
Wherein the transmission method requests the one or more destination terminals classified as SMS transmission to transmit the ROAL SMS message. delete 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the generating comprises:
Performing a security check of the attachment file,
Generating a URL of an attachment file that has passed the security check; and
Generating a URL short message containing an SSL (Extended Validation) SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate of the attached file that has passed the security check in the UAL area;
And transmitting the short message. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the generating comprises:
Generating a web page composed of the message and the message text including the URL of the attachment file, and
Creating a URL short message containing the URL of the attached file and the URL of the web page in the UAL area,
Further comprising the steps of: 15. The method of claim 14,
After generating the URL short message containing the URL of the web page,
Converting the web page into a URL-activated image file of the attachment file,
Wherein the requesting of the one or more instant messenger servers comprises:
And sending a request for transmission of the image file. 12. The method of claim 11,
Before the receiving step,
Automatically generating an authentication e-mail account and an authentication virtual telephone number using a member ID, and
Further comprising: automatically generating an instant messenger account selected by the sender by automatically inputting the authentication code and the authentication URL received in the authentication email account and the authentication code received in the authentication virtual phone number,
Wherein the requesting of the one or more instant messenger servers comprises:
And transmitting the ROAL SMS message using a messenger transmission method using the automatically generated IM account or a messenger account registered by the sender.

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