KR101629444B1 - Method and system for sharing phonebook data - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an address book sharing method. A method of sharing an address book in a terminal interworking with a server through a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes transmitting a contact information search request message including a search object input from a user to the server, Receiving a contact information search result message from the server and transmitting a contact information sharing request message including the search object to a terminal of an acquaintance included in the search result. Therefore, the present invention is advantageous in that the contact information not included in the terminal address book can be acquired by referring to the address book of an acquaintance shared with the server.

Description

Method and System for Sharing Phone Book Data

The present invention relates to a network-based address book sharing method, and more particularly, to a method of providing address book information in a server that maintains an address book synchronized with an address book of a terminal.

With the development of information and communication technologies, currently available mobile devices are configured to perform various functions as well as a simple call function. Examples of such various functions include web browsing, chatting, watching TV, navigating, playing games, shooting pictures or videos through cameras, audio storage, playing music files through a speaker system, and displaying images or video have.

To this end, mobile device manufacturers are working hard to develop hardware and software to provide more complex and diverse functions.

In addition, recently introduced smart phones are equipped with a variety of complex application software such as mobile banking, mobile coupons, transportation cards, games, and security.

In particular, currently available smart phones are equipped with high-quality processors and a high-resolution touch screen screen, thereby enabling various multimedia functions and applications to be used.

Accordingly, the recently introduced smart phone functions not only as a communication means but also as a mobile secretary for storing and managing personal information.

Accordingly, a smartphone recently provides an application for managing a schedule of a user, and a function of automatically notifying a user of the schedule information through a notification message or the like is provided according to a set schedule.

As described above, since various functions and applications are installed in a smart phone, the capacity of internal and external memories is increasing day by day.

In addition, as the use of smart phones is becoming commonplace, the amount of information stored in a phonebook or an address book is increasing, and a high-capacity and high-priced memory is required. In general, the information stored in the phonebook includes a name, a telephone number, an e-mail address, a home address, a business address, a photograph, a relationship information, and a birthday.

To solve this problem, recently released Google phone stores the address book of the terminal in the server through Google Sync, and when the user changes the terminal or the address book stored in the terminal is damaged, it acquires the address book by connecting to the server .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a network-based address book information sharing method and a system thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a network-based address book sharing service providing method which can provide various information by using an address book of an acquaintance synchronized with a server.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a network-based address book sharing service with enhanced security by performing an approval process for an acquaintance of information requested to be searched by a terminal.

It is another object of the present invention to provide devices supporting the address book sharing service.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

A network-based address book sharing method and apparatus are provided.

A method of sharing an address book in a terminal interworking with a server through a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes transmitting a contact information search request message including a search object input from a user to the server, Receiving a contact information search result message from the server and transmitting a contact information sharing request message including the search object to a terminal of an acquaintance included in the search result.

The method may further include receiving contact information corresponding to the search target from the terminal of the acquaintance.

The method may further include receiving a call setup request message including an originating telephone number, and if the caller information corresponding to the originating telephone number does not exist in the address book, transmitting a caller information search request message including the originating telephone number to the server And a step of receiving a caller information search result from the server.

The method may further include the step of displaying the caller information on the screen when caller information corresponding to the calling phone number exists in the caller information search result.

Here, the sender information may be obtained by searching an address book of an acquaintance included in the address book of the terminal.

In addition, if there is no caller information corresponding to the calling telephone number in the caller information search result, the calling telephone number may be displayed on the screen.

Also, the search target may be either a name or a mutual name.

The method may further include transmitting the address book stored in the terminal to the server to share the address book.

Here, when the address book of the terminal is changed, the method further includes transmitting the change history to the server, wherein the shared address book can be updated using the change history.

In addition, when the address book of the terminal is changed, the change history is transmitted to the server, and the transmitted address book may be updated using the change history.

In addition, the communication network may include at least one of a mobile communication network and an Internet network.

Also, when a plurality of the acquaintance information is included in the search result, an acquaintance to request sharing via the user interface screen may be selectable.

In addition, the contact information sharing request message may further include an acquaintance information, and the acquaintance's terminal may transmit a second contact information sharing message including the search object to a terminal corresponding to the acquaintance information.

A method of sharing an address book in a server linked to a terminal through a communication network according to another embodiment of the present invention includes receiving an address book stored in the terminal and storing the address book in a database, Searching for an address book of the contact information corresponding to the search target by referring to an address book of an acquaintance included in the received address book, and transmitting the search result to the terminal can do.

If the contact information corresponding to the search object does not exist in the address book of the acquaintance, searching the address book of an acquaintance included in the address book of the acquaintance may be performed.

The method may further include transmitting a shared invitation message requesting sharing of the address book stored in the terminal of the acquaintance to the terminal of the acquaintance included in the received address book, have.

In addition, the search result includes at least one identification information, and the identification information may have a hierarchical structure.

A terminal interworking with a server through a communication network according to another embodiment of the present invention

A means for transmitting a contact information search request message including a search object input from a user to the server, a means for receiving a contact information search result message including a search result from the server, Means for transmitting a contact information sharing request message including the search object and means for receiving contact information corresponding to the search object from the terminal of the acquaintance.

The method further comprises: receiving a call setup request message including an originating phone number; and, if the caller information corresponding to the originating phone number does not exist in the address book, transmitting a caller information search request message including the originating phone number to the server And means for receiving means for transmitting and a result of searching for sender information from the server.

In addition, when there is caller information corresponding to the calling phone number in the caller information search result, the caller information can be displayed on the screen.

The sender information may be obtained by searching an address book of an acquaintance included in the address book of the terminal.

The apparatus may further include means for transmitting the address book stored in the terminal to the server for sharing establishment.

Here, the shared address book may be updated using the change history, when the address book of the terminal is changed, to transmit the change history to the server.

In addition, when the address book of the terminal is changed, it further includes means for transmitting the change history to the server, wherein the transmitted address book can be updated using the change history.

In addition, the communication network may include at least one of a mobile communication network and an Internet network.

The mobile communication terminal may further include means for displaying the search result on a screen so that a user who wants to share can select the search result.

The server connected to the terminal through the communication network according to another embodiment of the present invention includes means for receiving the address book stored in the terminal and storing the address book in the database, means for receiving a contact information search request message including the search object from the terminal, Means for searching for an address book of the contact information corresponding to the search target by referring to an address book of an acquaintance included in the received address book, and means for transmitting the search result to the terminal.

If the contact information corresponding to the search target does not exist in the address book of the acquaintance, the means may further include means for searching the address book of an acquaintance included in the address book of the acquaintance.

The method further includes transmitting the shared invitation message requesting sharing of the address book stored in the terminal of the acquaintance to the terminal of the acquaintance included in the received address book, wherein the address book of the shared accepting acquirer is received and stored in the database have.

In addition, the search result includes at least one identification information, and the identification information may have a hierarchical structure.

The address book sharing service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention receives address book information stored in a terminal and maintains the address book information in a database, and when a contact information search request message including a search object is received, A server for transmitting the search result and the address book information to the server, transmitting a contact information search request message including the search object, searching based on the search result received from the server, And a terminal for acquiring the contact information corresponding to the search target by transmitting a contact information sharing request message to the terminal of the acquaintance.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. And can be understood and understood.

Effects of the method and apparatus according to the present invention will be described as follows.

First, the present invention provides an address book sharing method capable of sharing an address book of an acquaintance stored in the address book of a network based on the network.

Second, the present invention has an advantage of providing a security-enhanced network-based address book sharing method.

Third, the present invention has an advantage of providing a network-based address book sharing service providing method that can provide various information by using an address book of an acquaintance synchronized with a server.

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description will be.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that the technical features of the present invention are not limited to the specific drawings, and the features disclosed in the drawings may be combined with each other to constitute a new embodiment.
1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an internal configuration diagram of an address book sharing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an address book sharing service in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an address book sharing service in an address book sharing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an address book sharing service in a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a service flowchart illustrating an address book sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram for explaining a user interface screen in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a view for explaining a user interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a service flowchart illustrating an address book sharing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a caller information sharing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a view for explaining a user interface screen in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an apparatus and various methods to which embodiments of the present invention are applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

A mobile phone, a smart phone, a smart watch, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a personal digital assistant PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), navigation, and the like can be used. It should be noted, however, that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein can be applied to fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, and the like, except when applicable only to mobile terminals.

Generally, application software used in mobile devices is referred to as an " app ". Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the application software and the " app " or "application"

1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a system according to the present invention includes a plurality of terminals 100 to 130 connected to a mobile communication network 140 and an Internet network 160, an address book sharing server 170 connected to the Internet network 160, . The terminal may include a fixed terminal such as a desktop computer directly connected to the Internet network 160 via an Ethernet port and a mobile device capable of wireless connection to the mobile communication network 140.

Some terminals (e.g., the third terminal 120) can access the Internet network 160 via the wireless Internet router 150 and some terminals (e.g., the fourth terminal 130) It may be connected directly to the Internet.

The address book information of the terminals according to the present invention may be uploaded to the address book sharing server 170 through a predetermined control procedure (for example, a predetermined registration procedure for sharing the address book), and may be shared among the terminals . Here, the address book information includes information on name, title, company name, home / company / mobile phone number, e-mail address, home address, company address, photograph, relationship information, birthday, home page address, And the uploaded address book can be maintained in an internal database of the address book sharing server.

 In addition, when the address book stored in the terminal is changed, the present invention transmits the change history to the address book sharing server 170 in real time so that the address book information can be always matched between the corresponding terminal and the address book sharing server 170 . That is, synchronization between the terminal and the address book sharing server 170 can be maintained for the corresponding address book.

In addition, the terminal user according to the present invention can obtain the contact information of a person not included in the address book of the terminal by requesting the address book sharing server 170 through a predetermined control procedure.

For example, the address book sharing server 170 searches the internal database for the contact information of the object requested to be searched by the terminal (hereinafter referred to as a search object), and the contact information corresponding to the search object exists in the database , It is possible to confirm whether the corresponding contact information is included in the address book of an individual, and then transmit the confirmation result to the corresponding terminal through a predefined control message.

Assume, for example, that user A does not know the telephone number of a user B and user B is an acquaintance of user C included in the terminal address book of user A. Here, it is assumed that the user A and the user C share the address book stored in their terminal in advance with the address book sharing server 170.

The user A can request the address book sharing server 170 to search the contact information of the user B. [ The address book sharing server 170 can search the contact information of the user B by referring to the address book of the acquaintances included in the terminal address book of the user A. [

According to the above assumption, the contact information of the user B can be searched from the address book of the user C, which is the knowledge of the user A, and the address book server 170 transmits the contact information of the user B In the address book of the.

Subsequently, the user A can transmit a predetermined sharing request message for requesting sharing to the contact information of the user B to the terminal of the user C, and thereafter, the contact information of the user B is transmitted to the user C It can be acquired from the terminal.

Here, the contact information may include telephone number information including a mobile phone number, a home telephone number, and a business telephone number, an e-mail address, and the like.

In other words, the user A does not know the contact information of the user E - that is, the contact information of the user E is not included in the terminal address book of the user A, the user E is the user who is included in the terminal address book of the user A Let's say you are an acquaintance of C. Here, it is assumed that the user A and the user C share the address book stored in their terminal in advance with the address book sharing server 170.

If an incoming call is requested from the terminal of the user E, the terminal of the user A includes the caller's telephone number in the incoming call request signal. The terminal of the user A searches the internal address book to find the information corresponding to the calling telephone number You can check if it exists.

As a result of checking, if the user terminal A does not exist, the terminal of the user A can transmit a search request message including the caller's telephone number to the address book sharing server 170. The address book sharing server 170 may refer to the address book of the acquaintances included in the terminal address book of the user A to search which address book of the corresponding sender telephone number is included.

Thereafter, the address book sharing server 170 may transmit the search result to the terminal of the user A through a predetermined control signal. Therefore, the user A can confirm the information of the person not included in the address book of his / her own through the address book of the shared set destination, so that it is possible to prevent the case in which the user A does not receive the telephone by mistaking the telephone from the unknown person.

1, the address book sharing server 170 is connected to the Internet network 170. However, the address book sharing server 170 according to another embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, May be directly connected to the internal network of the mobile communication provider.

2 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the mobile device 200 includes a communication unit 210, a synchronization unit 220, an output unit 230, an A / V input unit 240, a memory unit 250, A module 260, an external interface unit 270, a control unit 280, a power supply unit 290, and the like. The components shown in FIG. 2 are not essential, and a mobile device having more or fewer components may be implemented.

The communication unit 210 may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication between the mobile device 200 and the mobile communication network or between the mobile device 200 and the network in which the mobile device 200 is located. For example, the communication unit 210 may include a mobile communication module 211, a wireless Internet module 213, a short distance communication module 215, and a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving module 217.

The mobile communication module 211 transmits / receives wireless signals to / from a base station, a repeater, a repeater, a femtocell, and the like through a wireless interface of a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data signals in response to voice and video call signals or text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 213 refers to a transmission / reception module for wireless Internet access. The wireless Internet module 213 may be embedded in the mobile device 200 or may be externally connected through a predetermined interface terminal. WLAN (Wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless Broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module 215 is a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), UltraWideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short distance communication technology.

The GPS receiving module 217 is a module for confirming or acquiring positional information of the mobile device 200 using a signal received through a positioning satellite.

For example, the mobile device 200 acquires or extracts traffic information, tourism information, weather information, map information, schedule information, and the like of the corresponding area in real time using the location information acquired by the GPS reception module 217, The acquired or extracted information can be displayed on one side of the screen.

When the internally stored address book information is changed according to the control signal of the control unit 280, the synchronization unit 220 transmits the changed details to the address book sharing server 170, so that the address book of the terminal and the database of the address book sharing server 170 The address book synchronization function controls the stored address books to be kept the same.

The synchronization unit 220 may perform a synchronization operation in real time every time the terminal address book is changed or may perform a synchronization operation at predetermined intervals.

The output unit 230 is for generating an output related to visual, auditory or tactile sense. The output unit 230 may include a display module 231, an audio output module 233, and an alarm unit 235.

The display module 231 displays and outputs information processed by the mobile device 200. For example, when the mobile device 200 is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with the call is displayed. When the mobile device 200 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received image or the UI and the GUI are displayed.

In particular, the display module 231 may generate and display a predetermined UI (User Interface) or GUI (Graphic User Interface) for performing the contact information search and sharing procedure according to the control signal of the controller 280 .

The display module 231 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display 3D display).

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This may be referred to as a transparent display. A typical example of the transparent display is a transparent LCD or the like. The rear structure of the display module 231 may also be of a light transmissive structure. With this structure, the user can view objects located in the back of the body of the mobile device 200 through the area occupied by the display module 231.

There may be more than one display module 231 depending on the implementation of the mobile device 200. [ For example, in the mobile device 200, a plurality of display modules 231 may be disposed on one surface or may be disposed integrally with each other, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

In a case where the display module 231 and a sensor (hereinafter, referred to as a 'touch sensor') for sensing a touch operation have a mutual layer structure (hereinafter referred to as a 'touch screen' It can also be used as an input device.

The touch sensor may have a laminated structure of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, or a touch pad.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display module 231 or a capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display module 231 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the control unit 280. Thus, the control unit 280 can know which area of the display module 231 is touched or the like.

The sound output module 233 may output audio data received from the communication unit 210 or stored in the memory unit 250 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode,

The sound output module 233 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like. In addition, the sound output module 233 can output sound through the earphone jack provided at one side of the mobile device 200. [

The alarm module 235 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile device 200. Here, examples of events generated in the mobile device 200 include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. Also, the alarm module 235 may output a signal for informing occurrence of an event in a form other than a video signal or an audio signal, for example, vibration. The video signal or the audio signal can also be output through the display module 231 or the sound output module 233. [

Referring to FIG. 1, an A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 240 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 241 and a microphone 243.

The camera 241 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display module 231. [

The image frame processed by the camera 241 may be stored in the memory unit 250 or may be transmitted to the outside through the communication unit 210. [ The camera 241 may be equipped with two or more cameras according to the configuration of the terminal.

The microphone 243 receives an external sound signal by a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and converts it into electrical voice data. The converted voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 211 and output when the voice data is in the call mode. On the other hand, in the case of the voice recognition mode, the received voice signal may be transmitted to a sensing unit (not shown) provided internally, and the sensing unit may recognize the voice signal received through the voice recognition means, To the control unit 280. At this time, the control unit 280 may control the operation of the mobile device 200 according to the voice recognition result.

The microphone 243 may be implemented with various noise reduction algorithms for eliminating noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The memory unit 250 may store a program for the operation of the controller 280 and may store data input / output (e.g., address book, received notification message, schedule information, alarm setting information, Application programs, and the like. Here, the application program may include an application for providing the address book sharing service according to the present invention.

In addition, the memory unit 250 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns outputted when a touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory unit 250 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory) (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk.

The input key module 260 generates input data for controlling the operation of the mobile device 200 by a user. The input key module 260 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The external interface unit 270 provides an interface with all external devices connected to the mobile device 200. The external interface unit 270 receives data from an external device or receives power from the external device and transmits the data to each component in the mobile device 200 or transmits data in the mobile device 200 to an external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video I / O (Input / Output) port, an earphone port, etc. are included in the mobile device 200

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Here, the identification module is a chip that stores various information for authenticating the usage right of the mobile device 200, and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identification module (SIM), a general user authentication A Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format.

Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the mobile device 200 through a predetermined port.

The control unit 280 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile device 200.

For example, the control unit 280 can control the installation and operation of application programs and widgets, as well as communication functions including voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like.

In addition, the control unit 280 can perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

In particular, the control unit 280 according to the present invention receives the contact information search target from the user and requests the contact information search server 170 to search for contact information, and the contact information search result received from the address book share server 170 And transmits a predetermined sharing request message to the corresponding terminal according to the user's selection on the contact information search result screen. Also, when the address book information stored in the terminal is changed, the synchronization unit 220 may be controlled to synchronize the changed address book information with the address book sharing server 170.

In addition, the control unit 280 may control input and output according to various control signals received from the lower module, and configure and provide a user interface screen accordingly. The lower module includes the communication unit 210, the synchronization unit 220, the output unit 230, the A / V input unit 240, the memory unit 250, the input key module 260, the external interface unit 270 And a power supply unit 290.

The power supply unit 290 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 280 and supplies power required for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing functions. In some cases, And may be implemented by the control unit 280. [

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that perform at least one function or operation. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. In addition, the software codes may be stored in the memory unit 250 and executed by the control unit 280. [

3 is an internal configuration diagram of an address book sharing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the address book sharing server 170 includes a communication module 310, a search module 320, a subscriber registration module 330, a synchronization module 340, an address book database 350, a message generation module 360, , And a control unit 380. [0040]

The communication module 310 provides communication means for sending and receiving control signals and data between the address book sharing server 170 and the terminal, wherein the data includes address book information.

The search module 320 may search the contact information of the search target by referring to the address book of the corresponding terminal stored in the address book database 350 according to the contact information search request received from the terminal.

In addition, the search module 320 may receive a caller information retrieval request message from the called terminal including an originating telephone number, where the originating telephone number may be included in an incoming call request message and received at the terminating terminal . At this time, the calling party's internal address book may not include caller information corresponding to the calling party telephone number. The search module 320 searches the address book of the acquaintance (s) included in the called party address book for the sender information corresponding to the outgoing phone number, and transmits the caller information obtained through the predetermined sender information search response message to the called terminal have.

The subscriber registration module 330 may register the terminal as a target terminal in response to the address book sharing request of the terminal, receive the address book from the registered terminal, and store the address book in the address book database 350.

In addition, the subscriber registration module 330 may generate a predetermined address book sharing invitation message for allowing the acquirers included in the address book of the corresponding terminal to share an address book, and transmit the address book sharing invitation message to the called terminals have.

When receiving an acceptance message for sharing invitation from the terminals of the acquaintances, the subscriber registration module 330 registers the terminal of the corresponding acquaintances with the shared terminal, receives the address book from the terminal of the registered acquaintances, Lt; / RTI >

Of course, when a request for withdrawal of the address book sharing service is received from a terminal registered to share an address book through a predetermined control procedure, the subscriber registration module 330 removes the address book corresponding to the terminal from the address book database 350 It is possible.

When the synchronization module 340 receives the address book change history from the terminal, the synchronization module 340 may apply the change history to the address book database 350 so that the address book of the terminal and the address book of the address book share server 170 can be synchronized with each other.

In addition, the synchronization module 340 can read the address book of the corresponding terminal from the address book database 350 according to the address book download request of the terminal, and transmit the address book to the corresponding terminal. For example, the address book stored in the terminal may be deleted according to the user's mistake or the device malfunction. At this time, the user of the terminal can download the address book corresponding to the corresponding terminal stored in the address book database 350 through a predetermined control procedure. In the address book database 350, the address book of the terminal requested to be shared is recorded, and synchronization of the address book information can be performed by the synchronization module 340.

The message generation module 360 may generate a response message according to the contact information search request received from the terminal according to the control of the controller 380 or may generate a response message according to the sender information search request. The generated response message can be transmitted to the corresponding terminal through the control unit 380 and the communication module 310.

The control unit 380 controls the overall operation of the address book sharing server 380.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an address book sharing service in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the terminal can share the address book stored in the terminal with the address book sharing server 170 through a predetermined control procedure (S401).

After that, the terminal transmits a predetermined contact information search request message including a search target inputted from the user through the predetermined user interface screen (here, the search target includes names, names, etc.) to the address book sharing server 170 (S401).

When the terminal receives the search result from the address book sharing server 170, the terminal sends a predetermined contact information sharing request message to the contact information sharing server 170 for sharing the contact information of the search target with the contact information included in the search result (S403 to S405). Here, the search result may be a search result referring to the address book of the acquaintance (s) included in the terminal address book.

If the contact information is accepted by the acquaintance, and the contact information corresponding to the search target is received from the terminal of the corresponding acquaintance, the terminal can display the received contact information on one side of the screen (S409).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an address book sharing service in an address book sharing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the address book sharing server 170 may receive the address book stored in the terminal through a predetermined address book sharing service registration procedure and store the address book in the address book database 350 (S501).

The address book sharing server 170 transmits a predetermined address book sharing invitation message to the acquaintances included in the address book of the terminal and receives the address book of the acquaintance (s) that accepted the sharing and stores the address book in the address book database 350 (S503).

Thereafter, when a predetermined contact information search request message including a search target is received from the terminal, the address book sharing server 170 refers to the address book of the contacts included in the address book of the corresponding terminal stored in the address book database 350, (S505 to S509) after searching the address book of the contact information corresponding to the corresponding contact information.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an address book sharing service in a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

More specifically, FIG. 6 illustrates a case where, when an incoming call request message is received at the terminal, the caller information corresponding to the originating phone number included in the incoming call request message, for example, the name may be stored in the terminal FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing caller information in cooperation with the address book sharing server 170 when the address book is not included in the address book. That is, FIG. 6 illustrates a method of searching for and providing caller information that is not included in the address book of the terminal upon receiving an incoming call, by referring to an address book stored in the address book sharing server 170. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, upon receiving an incoming call request message including an originating telephone number, the terminal determines whether an originating telephone number exists in an address book stored in the terminal (S601 to S603).

If the outgoing phone number exists in the address book, the terminal extracts the caller information corresponding to the outgoing phone number from the address book stored in the terminal and displays the extracted caller information on one side of the screen (S605 to S607).

If it is determined in step 603 that the originating phone number is not present in the terminal internal address book, the terminal may transmit a predetermined caller information search request message including the originating phone number to the address book sharing server 170 (S609).

Upon receiving the caller information search result from the address book sharing server 170, the terminal can check whether the caller information exists in the caller information search result (S611 to S613).

If it is determined that the sender information exists, the terminal can display the sender information on the screen (S615). At this time, the terminal may display the sender information and the calling telephone number together.

If it is determined in step 613 that the sender information does not exist, the terminal can display only the outgoing phone number on the screen (S617).

7 is a service flowchart illustrating an address book sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, reference numeral 700 denotes which terminal's contact information is stored in the address book of terminals A to F (701 to 711) stored in the address book sharing server 170.

For example, the contact information corresponding to the terminal B / C / E is stored in the terminal A 701, the contact information corresponding to the terminal C / D is stored in the terminal B 703, Information corresponding to the terminal C / E is stored in the terminal D 707, correspondence information corresponding to the terminal C / D is stored in the terminal E 709, and contact information corresponding to the terminal G / H is stored in the terminal F 711 Respectively. The address book information stored in the terminals may be transmitted to the address book sharing server 170 through a predetermined control procedure and maintained in the address book database 350. If the address book of the terminal is changed, the terminal may transmit the change history to the address book sharing server 170 through a predetermined control procedure. At this time, the address book sharing server 170 can update the address book database 350 using the transferred change history.

Hereinafter, a procedure for the terminal A 701 to acquire the contact information of the terminal D 703 that is not included in the address book of the terminal A 701 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The terminal A 701 may transmit a predetermined contact information search request message including the user name of the terminal D 707 to the address book sharing server 170.

The address book sharing server 170 refers to the address book stored in the terminal of the acquaintances included in the address book of the terminal A 701, where the terminals of the acquaintances are B / C / E, It can be searched whether it is included in the terminal address book of the acquaintance.

Referring to FIG. 7, the address book sharing server 170 can know that the contact information of the terminal D 707 is included in the address book of the terminal B 703 and the terminal E 709.

The address book sharing server 170 transmits a predetermined contact information search result message including the search result indicating that the terminal B 703 and the terminal E 709 have contact information of the terminal D 707 to the terminal A 701, respectively.

The terminal A 701 may display the received search result in the form of a pop-up notification message on one side of the screen as shown in the drawing 720. [ Here, the search result screen may include the link (s) for transmitting the sharing request message to the terminal having the contact information of the terminal D 707.

If the user of the terminal A 701 selects "Request sharing to B" 721, the terminal A 701 transmits predetermined contact information including the name of the user of the terminal D 707 to the terminal B 703 A sharing request message can be transmitted.

Subsequently, the terminal B 703 may display a pop-up notification message including a predetermined string for inquiring whether the terminal A 701 accepts the sharing request of the terminal A 701, as shown in FIG. 730, on one side of the screen .

If the contact information sharing request is accepted by the user of the terminal B 703, the terminal B 703 can transmit the contact information sharing acceptance message including the contact information of the terminal D 707 to the terminal A 701 .

Of course, when the contact information sharing request is not accepted by the user of the terminal B 703, the terminal A 701 can transmit a predetermined contact information sharing rejection message.

8 is a diagram for explaining a user interface screen in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a view for explaining a user interface screen in the terminal A 701 and the terminal B 703 according to the embodiment of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 8, following a predetermined menu selection by the user, the terminal A 701 constructs a search information input pop-up window 810 for searching for contact information not included in the internal address book and displays it on one side of the screen . Here, the search information input pop-up window 810 includes a character input area 811 for inputting a search target and a search request button 813 for requesting the address book sharing server 170 to search for contact information corresponding to the input search target ).

If the search request button 813 is selected, the search result pop-up window 820 can be displayed.

When the user of terminal A 701 selects "request sharing to B" 821 on the search result popup window 820, terminal B 703 receives contact information sharing " A predetermined sharing request reception notification popup window 830 indicating that the request message has been received can be configured and displayed on one side of the screen.

Here, the sharing request reception notification popup window 830 may include an accept button 831 and a reject button 831 for selecting whether to accept the sharing request.

The sharing request reception notification popup window 830 includes a means 835 for setting up a telephone call to the terminal requested to be shared, hereinafter simply referred to as "telephone call" Means 837 - hereinafter simply referred to as "chatting ".

9 is a view for explaining a user interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 shows a chat window displayed on the screen of the terminal B 703 when chatting (837) is selected in the sharing request reception notification popup window 830 of FIG.

10 is a service flowchart illustrating an address book sharing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

10, it is assumed that the address book information of the terminals shown at the reference numeral 700 of FIG. 7 is applied equally.

Referring to FIG. 10, the terminal A 701 transmits a contact information search request message including the search object G to the address book sharing server 170 (S100).

The address book sharing server 170 refers to the address book database 350 to search which terminal's address book the contact information of the search target G is included in, and transmits a contact information search result report message including the search result to the terminal A 701, (S1003).

Here, the search result may indicate that the contact information of the search object G exists in the address book of the terminal F (711) included in the address book of the terminal E (709). As an example, the search result may be simply indicated in the format "G = E / F ".

The terminal A 701 has a character string corresponding to the received search result - for example, the character string has the contact information "G" of E. And a pop-up notification window including an execution menu marked "Request sharing to E" may be displayed on one side of the screen (S1005).

If the user of the terminal A 701 selects "request sharing with E ", the terminal A 709 can transmit the contact information sharing request message including the acquaintance information and the sharing target information to the terminal E 709 (S1007). Here, the acquaintance information is F, the sharing object information is G, and the message can be simply indicated as "G = F ". Here, "G = F" means that the contact information of G is included in the address book of F. [

The terminal E 709 displays a pop-up notification window including a string " requesting sharing of the contact information of G that A has with his / her F "and an execution menu indicated by" (S1009).

If the user of the terminal E 709 selects "request sharing with F ", the terminal F 711 can transmit a contact information sharing request message including the sharing object information to the terminal F 711 (S 1011). However, the terminal F 711 no longer needs to transmit the sharing request message to the called terminal. Therefore, the contact information sharing request message received from the terminal E 709 does not include the acquaintance information.

The terminal F 711 sends a string "E requested sharing of contact information of G included in your address book" and "Send contact information to E" to send the contact information of G to terminal E 709, A pop-up notification window including an execution menu may be displayed on one side of the screen (S1013).

When the "send contact information to E" is selected by the user of the terminal F 711, the contact information of G is searched for and extracted from the address book stored in G, and the contact information sharing response message containing the contact information of the extracted G E 709 (S1015).

Subsequently, the terminal E 709 can transmit the received contact information sharing response message to the terminal A 701 (S1017).

The terminal A 701 can display a pop-up notification window including contact information of the received G as shown in step 1019 and display it on one side of the screen. The user of the terminal A 701 can select the contact information of G displayed on the screen and attempt to make a call connection with G. [

As described above, the search result received by the address book sharing server 170 may include at least one identification information. Here, the acquaintance information may include not only the acquaintance information included in the address book of the terminal that transmitted the initial contact information search request message, but also the acquaintance information of the address book included in the acquaintance's terminal.

That is, the address book sharing server 170 can hierarchically search the address book of the acquaintance sequentially until the contact information corresponding to the search object is searched, and can also display the search results in a hierarchical structure and transmit them to the terminal .

Accordingly, the terminal receiving the search result transmits the first contact information sharing request message including the friend information to the acquaintance included in the address book of its highest layer, and the contact who received the first contact information sharing message transmits the first contact information sharing request message to the next higher layer The second contact information sharing message can be transmitted to an acquaintance included in the address book of the user. The above-described manner can be repeatedly performed until no more contact information sharing request needs to be transmitted to the acquaintance.

For example, if the search result is denoted by G = A / F / D, F may be an acquaintance of A, D may be an acquaintance of F, and contact information of a search target G may be stored in a terminal of D .

11 is a flowchart illustrating a caller information sharing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 assumes that the address book information of the terminals shown at reference numeral 700 in FIG. 7 is applied equally.

Referring to FIG. 11, the terminal A 701 can receive a call setup request message including an originating telephone number through the mobile communication network 140 (S1101). Here, it is assumed that the calling terminal is terminal D (707). Referring to reference numeral 700, since the contact information of the terminal D 707 is not included in the address book information of the terminal A 701, the terminal A 701 displays the caller information corresponding to the received outgoing telephone number on the screen I can not.

If the information corresponding to the received outgoing telephone number does not exist in the internal address book, the terminal A 701 may transmit a predetermined sender information search request message including the outgoing telephone number to the address book sharing server 170 (S1103) .

The address book sharing server 170 searches the internal address book database 350 for the caller information corresponding to the calling telephone number and transmits a predetermined caller information search result message including the caller information search result to the terminal A 701 (S1105 to S1107). Here, the caller information search result may indicate that the incoming call is received from an acquaintance of E- (where E is included in the address book of the terminal A 701).

The terminal A 701 can display the received caller information search result on the screen.

12 is a view for explaining a user interface screen in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 shows a screen in which the caller information search result is displayed according to the caller information search request of the terminal. As shown in FIG. 12, the screen may include a character string indicating the caller's telephone number and who the caller's telephone number belongs to.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.

Accordingly, the above description should not be construed in a limiting sense in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by rational interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the scope of equivalents of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

170: address book sharing server 200: mobile device
220: synchronization unit 320: search module
330: subscriber registration module 340: synchronization module
350: Address Book Database 360: Message Generation Module

Claims (30)

1. A method of sharing an address book in a terminal interworking with a server that synchronously maintains address book information stored in a plurality of terminals,
Transmitting a contact information search request message including a search target input from a user to the server;
Receiving a contact information search result message including the search result from the server; And
If it is determined that the first contact holding the contact information corresponding to the search object is present based on the search result, the first contact information sharing request message including the search object ≪ / RTI >
Wherein it is determined that contact information corresponding to the search target is held in the terminal of the second acquaintance included in the address book of the first acquaintance based on the acquaintance information having the hierarchical structure included in the search result Wherein the terminal connected to the server via the communication network controls the terminal of the first contact to transmit the second contact information sharing request message to the terminal of the second acquaintance. The method according to claim 1,
And receiving the contact information corresponding to the search object from the terminal of the first acquaintance, wherein when the terminal of the first acquaintance transmits the second contact information sharing request message to the terminal of the second acquaintance And the terminal of the first acquirer obtains the contact information corresponding to the search target from the terminal of the second acquaintance. The method according to claim 1,
Receiving a call setup request message including an originating telephone number;
Transmitting a sender information search request message including the outgoing phone number to the server if the sender information corresponding to the outgoing phone number does not exist in the address book stored in the terminal interworking with the server via the communication network; And
Receiving a caller information search result from the server
Further comprising the steps of: The method of claim 3,
Further comprising displaying the caller information on the screen when caller information corresponding to the calling telephone number exists in the caller information search result. delete 5. The method of claim 4,
And if the caller information corresponding to the calling phone number does not exist in the caller information search result, the calling phone number is displayed on the screen. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the search target is a name or a mutual name. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of transmitting the address book stored in the terminal connected to the server through the communication network to the server so as to share the address book with the server. 9. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising the step of transmitting the change history to the server when the address book of the terminal linked to the server is changed through the communication network, wherein the shared address book is updated using the change history. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the communication network includes at least one of a mobile communication network and an Internet network. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein when a plurality of the acquaintance information is included in the search result, an acquaintance to request the sharing through the user interface screen is selectable. delete 1. A method of sharing an address book in a server interworking with a first terminal via a communication network,
Receiving an address book stored in the first terminal and synchronizing the address book with a database;
Receiving a predetermined contact information search request message including a search object from the first terminal;
Searching for a terminal storing contact information corresponding to the search target by referring to an address book stored in at least one terminal of the first contact included in the received address book; And
Transmitting the result of the search including the acquaintance information having the hierarchical structure to the first terminal
If the first terminal determines that the contact information corresponding to the search object is held in the terminal of the second acquaintance included in the address book stored in the terminal of the first acquaintance based on the result of the search, Wherein the first terminal controls the terminal of the first user to transmit a contact information sharing request message to the terminal of the second acquaintance. delete 14. The method of claim 13,
Further comprising transmitting a sharing invitation message requesting sharing of an address book stored in a terminal of the first acquaintance to a terminal of a first acquaintance included in the received address book, And storing the address book stored in the terminal in the database. delete A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, 6 to 11, 13 and 15. 1. A terminal connected to a server via a communication network,
Means for transmitting a contact information search request message including a search target input from a user to the server;
Means for receiving a contact information search result message including the search result from the server;
If it is determined that the first contact holding the contact information corresponding to the search object is present based on the search result, the first contact information sharing request message including the search object Means for transferring the data; And
Means for receiving contact information corresponding to the search object from the terminal of the first acquaintance
Wherein it is determined that the contact information corresponding to the search object is held in the terminal of the second acquaintance included in the address book of the first acquaintance based on the acquaintance information having the hierarchical structure included in the search result The terminal interworking with the server through the communication network controls the terminal of the first acquaintance to transmit the second contact information sharing request message to the terminal of the second acquaintance. 19. The method of claim 18,
Means for receiving a call setup request message including an originating telephone number;
Means for transmitting a sender information search request message including the outgoing phone number to the server if the sender information corresponding to the outgoing phone number does not exist in the address book of the terminal; And
Means for receiving a sender information search result from the server
Wherein the sender information is obtained based on the address book of the first address included in the address book of the terminal. delete delete 20. The method of claim 19,
Means for transmitting an address book of the terminal to the server to establish a share;
When the address book of the terminal is changed, means for transmitting the change history to the server
Wherein the address book of the shared terminal is updated by the server using the change history, delete 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the communication network includes at least one of a mobile communication network and an Internet network. delete 1. A server interworking with a first terminal through a communication network,
Means for receiving an address book stored in the first terminal and synchronizing the received address book to a database;
Means for receiving a contact information search request message including a search object from the first terminal;
Means for searching the address book of the terminal for the contact information corresponding to the search target by referring to the address book stored in the terminal of at least one first acquaintance included in the received address book; And
Means for transmitting the result of the search including the acquaintance information having the hierarchical structure to the first terminal
If the first terminal determines that the contact information corresponding to the search object is held in the terminal of the second acquaintance included in the address book stored in the terminal of the first acquaintance based on the result of the search, Wherein the first terminal controls the terminal of the first contact to transmit a contact information sharing request message to the terminal of the second acquaintance. delete 27. The method of claim 26,
Further comprising means for transmitting a sharing invitation message requesting sharing of an address book stored in a terminal of a first first acquaintance to at least one first acquaintance terminal included in the received address book, And stores the received address book in the database. delete A server for receiving address book information stored in a terminal and storing the address book information in a database, receiving a contact information search request message including a search object, searching for the contact information corresponding to the search object by referring to the database, and transmitting search results; And
Transmitting a contact information search request message including the search object to the server, transmitting a contact information sharing request message to a terminal of an acquaintance based on the search result received from the server, A terminal for acquiring contact information corresponding to an object from the terminal of the acquaintance
If the contact information corresponding to the search target does not exist in the address book of the acquaintance as a result of the search, the server refers to the address book of an acquaintance included in the address book of the acquaintance, When it is determined that the contact information corresponding to the search object is held in the terminal of the acquaintance included in the address book of the acquaintance based on the acquaintance information having the hierarchical structure included in the search result, Wherein the terminal controls the terminal of the acquaintance to transmit the contact information sharing request message to the terminal of the acquaintance, which is included in the address book of the acquaintance.

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