KR101914602B1 - Tablet telephone and telephoning system comprising the tablet telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

A memory for storing a telephone number list file and a text message file including a plurality of telephone numbers, and a memory for storing a plurality of programs, The telephone number list file of one of the telephone number list files is set as a recipient list to be used for transmission of a text message and the number of selected telephone numbers of the set recipient list And a processor for sending a first text message dispatch request via a communication interface for simultaneously sending selected text messages from a text message file to the telephone numbers within the text message file.

Description

[0001] TABLET TELEPHONE AND TELEPHONE SYSTEM CONTAINING THE SAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a tablet phone and a telephone system including the same, and more particularly, to a tablet phone capable of easily managing a plurality of recipients to receive a text message and automatically transmitting a text message to a plurality of recipients through a text transmission network To a tablet phone and a telephone system including the same.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Smart phones, tablet phones, and the like, which can perform not only a call function but also a designated arbitrary function according to the development of technology, are known.

Conventional smart phones, tablet phones, and the like are connected to a mobile communication network and use memory, which stores chip sets, programs, and data, which can transmit and receive wireless packets for mobile communication, A short range interface, a display, a touch panel, a button, and the like, to perform various functions.

Conventional smart phones, tablet phones, and the like can be connected to a mobile communication network to transmit and receive text messages as well as telephone calls.

In order to transmit a text message, a smart phone, a tablet phone, or the like specifies a character receiving telephone number through a touch panel or a button, inputs a text message through a touch panel or a button, and moves the inputted text message to a specified telephone number It can be transmitted through a communication network. The text message to be transmitted may be a short message (SMS), a long message (LMS), or a multimedia message (MMS) depending on its contents or capacity.

In order to transmit the same text message to a plurality of recipients, a user of a smart phone or a tablet phone can select a plurality of recipients and transmit a text message to a plurality of selected recipients.

There are various inconveniences when transmitting the same text message to a plurality of recipients using an existing smart phone, tablet phone or the like. This is especially the case when a text message is simultaneously transmitted to an unspecified number, such as an election character.

It is not easy to enter an unspecified number in an existing smartphone or tablet phone. For example, in order to input an address book into an existing smart phone or a tablet phone, a user must register a user in the address book, which is inappropriate for mass dispatch of election characters targeting an unspecified number of persons.

In addition, when a plurality of receivers are targeted, the reception characteristics of each receiver need to be reflected. For example, sending a text message to a recipient who has already registered a subscription is costly.

In addition, when a text message is transmitted to an unspecified number of persons, uniform management of the telephone numbers of the recipients is required, and in the case of the election letter, a text message should be sent so as to conform to the election law and the like.

There is a need for a tablet phone and a telephone system including the tablet phone that can solve various problems caused when a large number of characters are sent from an existing smart phone or a tablet phone.

10-2015-0078957A, July 8, 2015

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a tablet phone and a telephone system including the same, which enable automatic transmission of texts to a plurality of recipients through a tablet phone have.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a tablet phone capable of automatically setting an address book to be used for text transmission and filtering a telephone number of an address book, and a telephone system including the same.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a tablet phone and a telephone system including the tablet phone, which can automatically restrict the use of the character transmission function according to the present invention through authentication of the tablet phone.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a tablet phone and a telephone system including the same which enable character transmission to be controlled according to the previous reception characteristics of unspecified recipients.

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 tablet phone according to one aspect of the present invention includes a communication interface for transmitting and receiving communication packets wirelessly, an input interface for receiving user input, a plurality of programs, telephone number list files including a plurality of telephone numbers, The telephone number list file of one of the telephone number list files is set as a list of recipients to be used for transmission of a text message and a list of telephone numbers of the set recipient list And a processor for sending a first text message transmission request through the communication interface to simultaneously transmit the selected text message in the text message file to 20 or less telephone numbers selected through the interface.

The tablet phone further comprises a display for outputting an image visually recognizable by the user, and the processor performing the character transmission program included in the plurality of programs may transmit an authentication request including the telephone number of the tablet phone And transmits the message to the message management server through the communication interface. When the telephone number of the tablet phone is a registered telephone number in response to the authentication request, the transmission function of the text message is activated, and the charge The amount is displayed on the display.

The above-mentioned tablet telephone further includes a display for outputting an image visually recognizable by a user, wherein the processor is configured to display, through a character transmission program included in a plurality of programs, A first text message transmission request is transmitted to a message server by formatting a selected text message, which is a short message or a long message, with a telephone number of up to 20 selected from among telephone numbers through an input interface according to a multimedia text message format, 1 < / RTI > text message transmission request is deleted from the temporarily loaded list of recipients in the memory and the remaining 20 telephone numbers displayed on the display among the deleted list of recipients are selected again via the input interface 20 Within a phone number A statement messages or long message in the selected text message formatted according to a multimedia text message format Following the second text message forwarding request to a first text message transmission will be sent to the message server.

In the above-described tablet phone, the processor selects a series of phone numbers of up to 20 corresponding to the dragging input through the touch panel of the input interface in the display area of twenty telephone numbers displayed on the display, Transmits a first text message dispatch request to the message server, displaying a check on each display of each of the 20 telephone numbers to which the transmission will be made, and including a series of 20 or fewer telephone numbers marked with a check and a selected text message.

In the above-described tablet phone, after transmitting the first text message sending request, the processor displays 20 telephone numbers of the deleted list of recipients on the display and reselects the number of telephone numbers used in the first text message sending request Upon receipt of the input through the input interface, the user selects from the 20 phone numbers displayed on the display the same number of 20 phone numbers as the number of the first text message transmission request, and transmits the selected text message, which is a long message, to the multimedia message message format And transmits the second text message transmission request to the message server following the first text message transmission.

In the tablet phone described above, after the transmission of the first text message dispatch request, the processor displays the twenty telephone numbers of the deleted recipient list on the display and receives the selection input of the selection icon of all telephone numbers displayed on the display 20 full telephone numbers are selected to format a selected text message, which is a short message or a long text message, according to the multimedia text message format, so that the second text message transmission request is transmitted to the message server following the first text message transmission.

The telephone system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a message management server that manages the transmission of a text message through the tablet phone, the tablet phone, and the message management server receives an authentication request including a phone number of the tablet phone The message management server searches for the telephone number of the authentication request, displays the search result, and transmits an authentication response including the charge amount corresponding to the searched telephone number to the tablet telephone. The message management server transmits the text message transmitted from the tablet phone Updates the list of rejected persons and sends them to the tablet phone.

The tablet phone and the telephone system including the same according to the present invention have the effect of automating text transmission to a plurality of recipients through a tablet phone.

In addition, the tablet phone and the telephone system including the same according to the present invention can automatically set an address book to be used for text transmission and can filter a telephone number of an address book.

In addition, the tablet phone and the telephone system including the tablet phone according to the present invention can automatically restrict the use of the text transmission function according to the present invention through authentication of the tablet phone.

In addition, the tablet phone and the telephone system including the same according to the present invention have the effect of controlling the text transmission according to the previous reception characteristics of unspecified recipients.

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.

1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary inter-device connection of a telephone system in accordance with the present invention.
2 shows an exemplary block diagram of a tablet phone.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of setting a recipient list through an address book program.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of transmitting a text message to a recipient list through a text transmission program.
5 is a diagram showing an example of an output screen of the character transmission program.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: It can be easily carried out. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary inter-device connection of a telephone system in accordance with the present invention.

1, the telephone system according to the present invention includes a tablet phone 100, a local management device 200, a text receiving device 300, a message management server 400, and a message server 500, And / or the device is connected to the broadband communication network 600 or the local area network 700.

Referring to FIG. 1, the tablet phone 100 is a device capable of performing a telephone function and further executing an installed application program. In particular, the tablet phone 100 is provided with an address book program and a text transmission program, and can set a large number of text message recipients () through an address book program, and transmits the same text message At the same time.

The tablet phone 100 includes an operating system (OS) such as Android and iOS, and is configured to perform various application programs (apps) that can be executed on the OS, on the processor 115 do. The tablet phone 100 is configured to represent a so-called tablet PC or to perform the functions of the tablet PC.

The tablet phone 100 according to the present invention is configured to automatically or simply set a character destination through an address book program, and is configured to filter various destinations if necessary. In addition, the tablet phone 100 is configured to simultaneously transmit a text message to a destination of a selected character through a text transmission program, through a designated or selected text message transmission network. The tablet phone 100 is configured to be capable of sending a large number of text messages for election (a candidate advertisement, a candidate guide, an election guide, etc.), as well as receiving a telephone call.

The tablet phone 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The local management apparatus 200 is a device that can manage the tablet phone 100 through the local area network 700. [ The local management device 200 may be a personal computer, a notebook computer, or the like.

The local management device 200 may configure or store phone number lists to receive text messages via the tablet phone 100. [ The phone number list is stored as a file that can be accessed and edited by the file system. This file consists of a text file that can edit text, such as Word, HWP, Excel, Notepad, and so on. A telephone number list consists of (only) a series of telephone numbers. In addition, the local management apparatus 200 is configured to edit and store a text message into a text file.

The local management apparatus 200 can be connected to the tablet phone 100 through the local area network 700 and can transmit and store the stored phone number list and text message to the tablet phone 100 according to the user's selection. The local management device 200 may store the selected telephone number list (s) and text message (s) in the memory 111 of the tablet phone 100 via a file explorer or the like of the file system. A new directory may be created in the tablet phone 100 during the storing process.

Further, the local management apparatus 200 may store a list of rejectors including telephone numbers for rejecting the reception of a text message from the telephone system. This list of rejectors can consist of a text file and can only be composed of a series of telephone numbers. The local management apparatus 200 may transmit the rejection list selected according to the user's selection to the tablet phone 100 and store the rejection list.

The local area network 700 is a network that can transmit and receive various data by connecting the tablet phone 100 and the local management apparatus 200. [ The local area network 700 may be configured to enable one-to-one communication through a dedicated medium or to enable communication between various devices (devices) through a common medium. The local area network 700 may be a wired LAN, wireless LAN (WIFI), ZigBee, Bluetooth, USB, or the like. Preferably, the local area network 700 may be a USB, the local management device 200 may operate as a USB master, and the tablet phone 100 may operate as a USB slave.

The character receiving device 300 is a device capable of receiving a text message sent by the tablet phone 100. [ The character receiving device 300 may be, for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a wired telephone, or the like. The character receiving device 300 can display and confirm the received text message through the display and the user input. The character receiving device 300 may also be configured to reject the received text message. The rejection response may be delivered to the message server 500 that sent the text message.

The message management server 400 is a server that can manage the transmission of a text message through the tablet phone 100. The message management server 400 can manage the tablet phones 100 capable of sending a large amount of text messages by using built-in data. The message management server 400 is configured to be able to manage charging processing based on character transmission in each of the tablet phones 100 in the telephone system, success of transmission of a text message, a list of rejected persons who refused to receive a text message, and the like.

The message management server 400 includes a plurality of data entries capable of managing the tablet phone 100. The message management server 400 can configure the database through a plurality of data entries. Each data entry is assigned to a respective tablet phone 100 and is configured to manage each tablet phone 100.

Each data entry includes one or more identifiers of the tablet phone 100, an identifier of the subscriber and includes a charge amount available for text message transmission and / or a type of available text message transmission. The charged amount may be charged or changed through transfer to a designated account, card payment, etc., and may be received from the message server 500 and stored.

The text message transmission type indicates a transmission method of a text message that can be used in the tablet phone 100. For example, it is possible to transmit a text message through an Internet network (Internet phone) or transmit a text message through a mobile communication network . The transmission type through the Internet network is again divided into two types, and a text message transmission type is set. One transmission type of the Internet network indicates whether text message transmission is possible via the internet telephone interconnection network (Internet telephone), and another transmission type indicates whether a text message transmission (Biz sms) is possible through a web page. Accordingly, the tablet phone 100 can select one or more of the mobile communication network, the Internet phone interconnection network, and the Web to phone network as the text message transmission network according to the subscriber characteristic or function.

One or more identifiers of the tablet phone 100 may be used by the tablet phone 100 to identify the tablet phone 100 in a text transmission network or a telephone network (e.g., mobile communication network, Internet network, etc.) It can be a phone number. For example, one identifier may be a mobile phone number assigned to a mobile communication network of a mobile communication service provider, another identifier may be an Internet phone number of the Internet network, and another identifier may be a number assigned to the web tophone network. The identifier may further include a device identifier of the tablet phone 100 and may further include, for example, an IP address, a MAC address, a serial number assigned upon production of the tablet phone 100, and the like. The identifier of the subscriber may be the name and / or resident number of a person who opens, uses or manages the tablet phone 100.

The database may further include an opt-in list, which may include a text message from the corresponding tablet phone 100 or a text message from the tablet phones 100 (e.g., the tablet phone 100 of a particular subscriber or all tablets Phone numbers (e.g., telephone sets 100). The list of Responders may be allocated or stored for each subscriber or may be mapped to each tablet phone 100 and stored in a data entry. The list of rejected data entries or the list of subscribers can be sent to the tablet phone 100 in accordance with the connection of the corresponding tablet phone 100 (in accordance with the download request of the rejection list).

The data entry of each tablet phone 100 may further include usage statistics data. Usage statistics data can consist of several entries. Each entry may indicate a history associated with transmission of a text message at a particular point in time. One entry includes a usage date and time (e.g., transmission date and start time of a text message), a cost required for transmission of a text message, and a transmission result list. The transmission result list includes a telephone number to which the text message is transmitted at the time, a success of transmission of the text message to the telephone number, a failure reason data at the time of transmission failure, and a sub-entry by the number of telephone numbers to which the text message is transmitted . Failure reason data may indicate reasons such as, for example, missing phone numbers, phone offs, spam calls, and the like.

The subscriber and the like can access the data entry and confirm the usage statistical data by using the local management device 200 or the tablet phone 100 or the like. According to the usage statistic data, the subscriber can know whether the transmission of the text message to each telephone number is successful or not, and the reason for failure.

The message management server 400 can receive a text message transmitted from the message server 500, a rejection request rejecting a text message from the tablet telephone 100 that transmitted the text message, It is possible to update the reject list by inserting the identifier (telephone number) of the character receiving device 300 requesting rejection in the reject list of the data entry of the tablet phone 100 corresponding to the number.

The message server 500 is a server for transmitting a text message. The message server 500 may receive a request for transmitting a text message according to the MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service: MMS) format from the tablet phone 100. The message server 500 transmits a text message included in a transmission request according to its size and / or contents (moving picture, picture, etc.) to a short message service (SMS) (LMS)) text message, and multimedia (MMS) text message, and transmits each type of text message to each of the telephone numbers included in the transmission request.

The transmission request of the text message is made up of the contents of the text for composing the text message and the telephone numbers to receive the contents of the text message, and the telephone number of the tablet phone 100 (for example, an Internet telephone number, (Biz-SMS). The message server 500 sends a text message containing the textual content of the phone number of the tablet phone 100 as the caller to each telephone number of the transfer request.

The message server 500 generates a transmission result response to the transmission request according to the reception status or the status in the corresponding telephone number. The generated transmission result response includes the success or failure of transmission of the text message and the reason for failure failure data. Failure reason data may indicate reasons such as, for example, missing phone numbers, phone offs, spam calls, and the like. The generated transmission result response may be transmitted to the message management server 400 or to the tablet phone 100 via the message management server 400.

The message server 500 may receive a text message rejection request from the specific character receiving device 300. The message server 500 may configure a rejection request including the phone number of the tablet phone 100 and the phone number of the rejected character receiving device 300 and transmit the rejection request to the message management server 400.

The message server 500 may be a server for transmitting a text message through a mobile communication network or a server for transmitting a text message through the Internet.

The broadband communication network 600 is a communication network capable of transmitting and receiving communication packets in a certain area (for example, a trial, a country, or an entire world). The broadband communication network 600 includes a mobile communication network and / or an Internet network. The mobile communication network may be, for example, a 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile communication network. According to a design example, a part of the Internet network may be composed of a mobile communication network. Each device, device, and the like can transmit and receive telephone calls, text messages, and data through the broadband communication network 600.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary tablet phone 100. FIG.

2 shows a hardware block diagram of the tablet phone 100 preferably. 2, the tablet phone comprises a communication interface 101, a local device interface 103, an input interface 105, an output interface 107, a display 109, a memory 111, a system bus / control bus 113, And a processor 115.

Referring to FIG. 2, the hardware configuration of the tablet phone 100 will be briefly described. The communication interface 101 is connected to the broadband communication network 600 to wirelessly transmit and receive communication packets.

The communication interface 101 includes a communication chip set (e.g., a baseband chipset) and an antenna for connection to a wireless mobile communication network or wireless WiFi, and a communication packet (for example, a MAC layer packet A communication packet defined by a mobile communication network) is transmitted as a wireless signal through an antenna, a wireless signal in the air is captured, and a communication packet is formed through a reference carrier process and transmitted to the processor 115.

The communication interface 101 is configured to send and receive various data in a communication packet under the control of the processor 115.

The local device interface 103 is configured to be able to send and receive data to and from the local management device 200. The local device interface 103 is configured to transmit and receive data to and from the local management device 200 via the local area network 700.

The local device interface 103 further includes a communication chipset for connection to a wired LAN, a wireless LAN (WIFI), a ZigBee, a Bluetooth, a USB, etc., have. For example, in order for the tablet phone 100 to operate as a USB slave, the local device interface 103 may have a chipset for a USB interface and send and receive serial data over a serial line by wire.

Depending on the design example of the hardware, the local device interface 103 and the communication interface 101 may use the same communication technology. For example, the local device interface 103 and the communication interface 101 may be connected to the broadband communication network 600 or the local area network 700 using the same communication chipset and antenna capable of wireless LAN communication.

The input interface 105 receives user input. The input interface 105 includes a button, a touch panel, a microphone, and the like. The input interface 105 includes at least a touch panel coupled to the display 109 or the like and capable of recognizing the selection (pressing) of a specific position of the display 109.

Through the input interface 105, the user can start and end a specific program, input data, control programs, and the like.

The output interface 107 outputs a signal recognizable by the user. The output interface 107 may include a speaker, a buzzer, an LED, and the like, and may output an execution state, an execution result, an abnormal state, and the like of the tablet phone 100.

The display 109 outputs an image that the user can visually recognize. Display 109 may be an LED display module, an LCD display module, or any display module known or known.

The display 109 is configured to output various images, and can output image icons representing a program, an image constructed or outputted by a specific program, and the like. For example, the display 109 may output a background screen or a desktop screen and output an image icon representing a plurality of programs on the screen. One particular image icon may be an image icon representing an address book program and the other particular image icon may be an image icon representing a text transfer program.

The image icon may be selected by the input interface 105, such as a touch panel, and so a program corresponding to the image icon may be performed on the processor 115. [

Depending on the selection of the icon of the text transmission program, a text transmission program may be executed on the processor 115 and the processor 115 performing the text transmission program may cause the display 109 to display the telephone numbers of the list of recipients, Text messages, and the like.

The memory 111 is configured to include a volatile memory and / or a non-volatile memory. The memory 111 stores various data, programs, and the like. For example, the non-volatile memory may be set to a plurality of programs and an image icon representing the program, a background image outputted on the display 109, a phone number list file which can be set as a transmission destination of a text message, A text message file that can be stored.

The telephone number list file includes telephone numbers and preferably consists only of telephone numbers. Each phone number is separated by a separator (space or enter).

A text message file is a file that can be composed of the contents of a text message. The text message file may be composed of Korean or English text, or may include multimedia contents such as photographs, moving pictures and the like.

The phone number list file and the text message file can be received from the local management device 200 via the local device interface 103 and stored.

The memory 111 may further store the list of rejectors. The object list can be stored in any data structure or stored in a file. The rejector list may be received from the local management device 200 via the local device interface 103 and stored or received from the message management server 400 via the communication interface 101 and stored.

The system bus / control bus 113 may include one or more of a parallel bus, a serial bus, a memory bus, a general purpose input output (GPIO), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) And / or control signals.

The system bus / control bus 113 is controlled by the processor 115 and is configured to transmit and receive various data and control signals by the processor 115.

The processor 115 is configured to load a program stored in the memory 111 or the like to control various blocks in the tablet phone 100 through a program to perform a designated function.

The processor 115 is configured to execute instruction codes including one or more execution units capable of executing instruction codes of a program. The processor 115 may be a microcomputer, a microcontroller unit (MCU), a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor unit (MPU), an application processor (AP)

The processor 115 is configured to display, select, and execute various programs by an OS program (stored in the memory 111). For example, the processor 115 may receive a selection of an address book program icon output on the display 109 via the input interface 105 (e.g., a touch panel) and drive the address book program of the memory 111 . Processor 115 may set a list of recipients to receive a text message and store a list of established recipients in memory 111 upon execution of the address book program.

In addition, the processor 115 may receive a selection input for the icon of the character transmission program via the input interface 105 (e.g., a touch panel) and drive a character transmission program. The processor 115 may transmit a text message composed of text contents selected by the user to the message server 500 through the communication interface 101 to the recipients set by the address book program by driving the text transmission program.

The processor 115 also receives a list of telephone numbers (files), text messages (files), and an object list (files) from the local management device 200 via the local device interface 103, And stored in the memory 111 via the network.

The processor 115 uses one of the telephone number list files stored in the memory 111 via a program (for example, an address book program) stored in the memory 111 to transmit a text message Set to the recipient list to be sent. In addition, the processor 115 transmits the text message selected through the input interface 105 among the text message files to the telephone numbers of the set recipient list through the communication interface 101 through the program (text transmission program).

The address book program and the text transmission program used in the present invention are composed of a software package and stored together with an operating system program and other basic programs in a nonvolatile memory when the tablet phone 100 is manufactured. As such, the address book program and the text transmission program replace the basic address book setting program (contact management program) and the text message transmission program of the tablet PC or the smart phone and are stored in the software package at the time of production. According to a design variant, an address book program may be embedded in a text transmission program and configured as part of a menu or as part of a function.

Various specialized functions for transmitting a large number of text messages such as setting of a recipient list and transmission of a text message will be described with reference to FIG.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of setting a recipient list through an address book program. The process of FIG. 3 is performed by the processor 115 executing an address book program. The list of recipients set through the address book program includes telephone numbers set to receive text messages. The recipient list is stored in the memory 111 (non-volatile memory).

The processor 115 outputs a program icon such as an address book program or a character transmission program to the standby screen of the display 109 and displays a program icon corresponding to the address book program through the input interface 105 (for example, a touch panel) The processor 115 loads the address book program stored in the memory 111 and executes the program (S101).

The address book program provides a file search function to output a directory and file name in the memory 111 through a file browser configured in a pop-up window, and a user can select a specific file through the input interface 105. The address book program can output the names of various phone number list files through the file browser and select a specific phone number list file as a phone number file for the list of recipients (S103) by selecting through the input interface 105. [

All the telephone numbers of the selected telephone number list file may be stored in the memory 111 and may be set to the recipient list composed of telephone numbers to receive the same text message. Alternatively, a recipient list is set (S105 and / or S109) so as to filter various problems arising from the sending of a large number of text messages.

Specifically, the address book program (processor 115 of the address book) compares each telephone number (sequentially from the first telephone number) in the selected telephone number list file with the remaining telephone numbers to determine whether they overlap. If the telephone number is duplicated, the remaining duplicate telephone numbers are deleted (S105), and only one telephone number is selected and stored temporarily (for example, as a temporary file in the memory 111).

Accordingly, the telephone number list file temporarily stored is configured such that all telephone numbers are different from each other, so that only one text message is sent to the same telephone number when transmitting a text message. A telephone number list file temporarily stored and having duplicate telephone numbers deleted may be set directly to the recipient list and stored in the memory 111 of the designated location as a designated file (for example, a recipient list file).

Further, the address book program (processor 115) may (further) filter the selected phone number list file using the phone numbers that refused to receive the text message.

For example, the address book program (processor 115) determines an opt-in list file stored in memory 111, either by user selection through a file browser or automatically. (Processor 115 of the address book program) compares the telephone number list (file) and the rejection list (file) in which the selected telephone number list file or redundant telephone number is deleted and the telephone numbers of the reject list file in the selected telephone number list file (S107). Deletion and exclusion may be performed through a temporary file format through the file system or through data processing in the memory 111. [ Filtering of phone numbers through the list of rejected persons can also reduce unnecessary sending of text messages.

The reject list file used for filtering the telephone number is received from the local management device 200 via the local device interface 103 or from the message management server 400 via the communication interface 101. [

Thereafter, the processor 115 of the address book program sets the selected telephone number list file as a recipient list and stores it in the memory 111 (S109). The recipient list may be stored in a file or in any data structure. The list of recipients includes all phone numbers of the selected phone number list file or is configured with the phone numbers corresponding to the duplicate phone numbers and / or reject settings removed. The list of recipients can then be accessed by a character transmission program.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of transmitting a text message to a recipient list through a text transmission program. 4, the process proceeds by the processor 115 performing the character transmission program.

The processor 115 outputs a program icon such as an address book program or a character transmission program to a standby screen of the display 109 and displays a program corresponding to the character transmission program via the input interface 105 (for example, a touch panel) The processor 115 loads and executes the character transmission program stored in the memory 111 according to the selection of the icon (S201).

As shown in FIG. 5, the character transmission program provides menus, buttons, and the like to the user so as to provide various functions, and transmits various kinds of information related to transmission and setting of a text message according to user input through the input interface 105 And the like.

As the character transmission program is loaded, the processor 115, which performs the character transmission program, outputs a screen image (see FIG. 5) to the display 109 and authenticates the tablet phone 100 via the message management server 400, (Step S203). [0051] In step S203, the text message transmission function is activated.

Specifically, as the text transmission program is activated, the processor 115 executing the text transmission program stores the telephone number of the tablet telephone 100 (such as Internet telephone number and / or mobile telephone number) in the memory 111 And is configured or accessible by a character transmission program). The authentication request is constructed in accordance with the agreed format with the message management server 400. [ The processor 115 sends an authentication request to the message management server 400 via the communication interface 101. [

The message management server 400 receives the authentication request from the tablet phone 100 and retrieves the data entry of the database using the phone number of the tablet phone 100 of the received authentication request. If the data entry is found and is the telephone number of the registered tablet phone 100, it generates the response data indicating the authentication confirmation including the charged amount of the searched data entry. If not, the message management server 400 generates response data indicating that authentication is impossible.

The message management server 400 transmits the response data to the tablet phone 100 requesting authentication and the processor 115 of the tablet phone 100 receives the authentication response via the communication interface 101 and transmits the text message Activate the transmission function (for example, activating the 'text sending' icon in Fig. 5 ④). When the authentication response indicates authentication confirmation, the transmission function of this text message is activated and further the charge amount ('balance' in FIG. 5) may be displayed on the display 109.

In addition, the message management server 400 may send a specific type of transmission of a text message available in the tablet phone 100 according to an authentication request from the tablet phone 100 before transmission of a text message or a request for a separate transmission type selection Transfer type selection data representative of the selected and selected type may be communicated via the communication interface 101 to the processor 115 (text transfer program) of the tablet phone 100.

For example, the message management server 400 may use the identifier (telephone number) of the tablet phone 100 included in the authentication request or transmission type selection request (e.g., the setting menu, see 1 in FIG. 5) And determines the type of text message transmission available in that tablet phone 100 in the data entry.

The message management server 400 may select a particular one of the types of text message transmission available on the tablet phone 100 and transmit the text message transmission type selection data indicating the selected transmission type to the corresponding tablet phone 100 . The message management server 400 is responsible for the traffic (receivable from each type of message server 500) of each available text messaging network (mobile communication network, internet telephone interconnection network, web-to-phone network) And the transmission type can be selected by weighting the required cost.

In addition, the processor 115 executing the character transmission program sets the content of the text message according to the user input through the input interface 105 (S205). For example, the processor 115 may select an icon (see ③ in FIG. 5) through a touch panel or the like and select a specific one of the plurality of text message files in the file browser, The contents can be output to a text message window (see (2) in FIG. 5).

The processor 115 executing the character transmission program temporarily loads the set recipient list into a memory 111 or a register in the processor 115 or the like and sets a certain number of telephone numbers of the recipient list, For example, 20) to the display 109 (S207). The processor 115 loads the stored recipient list of the memory 111 into the memory 111 or the register at a separate location by the address book program and performs various processes such as transmission of a text message to the temporarily loaded recipient list .

For example, the processor 115 outputs 20 telephone numbers from the beginning of the list of recipients to the display 109 (see 5 in Fig. 5).

Then, the processor 115 selects 20 or less phone numbers to be simultaneously transmitted according to the user input through the input interface 105 in the telephone numbers displayed in the telephone number list window (see 5 in Fig. 5) (S209). The processor 115 displays up to 20 telephone numbers in the telephone number list window (20 if there are 20 or more untransmitted telephone numbers, the remaining number is less), and the user can select up to 20 telephone numbers have.

For example, the processor 115 selects the corresponding telephone numbers (see 8 in FIG. 5) or selects the icons (see 9 in FIG. 5) with the dragging input on the touch panel by the user in the telephone number list window And selects the telephone numbers of the input numbers among the telephone numbers displayed by the numeric input in the pop-up window thus generated. Alternatively, the processor 115 may select a selection icon (see 6 in FIG. 5) that allows selection of all phone numbers displayed in the phone number list window of the display 109, (Refer to Fig. 5, ⑦) for reselecting the same number as the number of telephone numbers used for transmission of the text message, and displays telephone numbers as many as the number used for transmission of the previous text message, .

In the process of selecting a telephone number, certain telephone numbers are limited in their selection and transmission of text messages may be restricted accordingly. For example, the processor 115 loads the rejector list stored in the memory 111 and compares the telephone numbers of the rejector list with the telephone number selected in the preceding process of the recipient list. The processor 115 informs the user of the tablet phone 100 that the telephone number registered in the rejection list of the selected telephone numbers is a telephone number registered in the rejection list by disabling the check or by using any known display technique Thereby limiting the transmission of text messages to the corresponding telephone numbers.

The processor 115 displays a check indicating that a specific series of phone numbers have been selected (see 10 in Fig. 5) and inputs a character dispatch request via the input interface 105 A text message is transmitted through the communication interface 101 to 20 or less phone numbers selected in accordance with the above-mentioned (4) of FIG.

Specifically, the processor 115 composes a text message transmission request including the selected telephone numbers, text message content according to the text message file, and the outgoing telephone number, and transmits the text message transmission request to the message server 500. The processor 115 may format a request for sending a text message through a designated Internet telephone interconnection network, a designated mobile communication network, or a designated web phone network and transmit the text message to the message server 500 corresponding to the network.

The processor 115 of the tablet phone 100 that performs the character transmission program can be configured to transmit a text message through any of several text message transmission networks. For example, the processor 115 may receive transmission type selection data from the message management server 400 according to an authentication request or according to a transmission type selection request (setting menu, see 1 in Fig. 5).

The transmission type selection data may represent a selection of a mobile communication network as a transmission network of text messages available on the tablet phone 100, a selection of an internet telephone interconnection network that is one of transmission over the Internet network, And the selection of the other one, the web-to-phone network.

When the mobile communication network is selected, the processor 115 formats the multimedia message transmission request including the telephone number available in the mobile communication network into the multimedia message message format, and transmits it to the message server 500 (for example, the MMS server) send. The processor 115 of the tablet phone 100 is configured to format all multimedia messages in the multimedia message format regardless of whether the SMS message is a short message or a long message according to the size of the contents of the SMS message and transmit the SMS message to the message server 500.

When the Internet telephone interconnection network is selected, the processor 115 transmits a text message dispatch request to the message server 500 of the Internet network including the available telephone number in the Internet network.

When the web tophone network is selected, the processor 115 accesses a specific web page of the internet network and transmits a text message transmission request including an identifier for identifying the tablet phone 100 to the specific web page.

In this way, the processor 115 can transmit the selected text message through the communication interface 101 according to the text message transmission type selection data. The user can set the transmission type to any transmission network through the setting menu or automatically set up in conjunction with the message management server 400. [

When the transmission of the text message is completed with respect to the selected telephone numbers, the processor 115 subtracts the charge amount from the charge amount according to the transmission of the text message and displays it ('balance' in FIG. 5). The deducted charge amount may be received from the message management server 400 or may be automatically calculated by a text transmission program. The required amount is calculated differently depending on the transmission network.

Meanwhile, the processor 115 is configured to automatically block (voice) call requests from the outside through the communication interface 101 during transmission of the text message (S211) through the character transmission program. Accordingly, the present tablet phone 100 can give a higher priority to transmission of a text message than a (voice) call. In response to the (voice) call request during text transmission, the processor 115 may send a response indicating the busy status to the telephone device (wired, wireless telephone, cellular phone, smart phone, etc.) that requested the call.

The message server 500 of the specific transmission network receiving the text message dispatch formats each text message as a text message by sending the telephone number of the dispatch request to each of the telephone numbers of the dispatch request, To the management server 400 and further to the requested tablet phone 100.

Upon receipt of the transmission result response, the message management server 400 may retrieve the data entry corresponding to the forwarding telephone number and generate an entry of the usage statistics data of the retrieved data entry to update the usage statistics data.

The message management server 400 receives a rejection request for rejecting the reception of the text message according to the text message forwarding request through the message server 500 and sends the telephone number included in the rejection request to the forwarding telephone number corresponding to the forwarding request, You can update the object list by adding it to the object list of data entries.

The reject list updated after the sending of the text message can be automatically sent to the tablet phone 100 after the download request by the tablet phone 100 or after the transmission of all recipient lists and the reject list reflecting the actual transmission of the text message Is stored in the memory 111 of the tablet phone 100 and used for transmission of a text message thereafter.

After completing the transmission of up to 20 text messages per unit, the processor 115 executing the text transmission program determines whether transmission of the selected text message to all telephone numbers of the recipient list is completed (S213).

For example, if all the telephone numbers of the temporarily loaded recipient list have been deleted, or if a transmission of a text message has been made to all telephone numbers, the processor 115 determines that transmission of the text message to the recipient list has been completed, .

If the text message is not yet transmitted to some telephone numbers, the processor 115 temporarily loads the selected telephone numbers (S209) of the displayed telephone numbers (S209) into the memory 111 or the like (S215) the remaining 20 phone numbers remaining after the deletion of the selected phone numbers from the list of deleted recipients in the phone number list window of the display 109. [ The processor 115 also initializes a check box (see 10 in Fig. 5) and the like of the newly displayed telephone number list window.

Thereafter, the processor 115 executing the character transmission program selects 20 telephone numbers again (S209) through the input interface 105 with respect to the displayed telephone numbers of the receiver list (S209). If the text message is a short message or a long message Formatted according to the multimedia message format and transmitted to the message server 500 (S211) regardless of whether the message is a multimedia message or a multimedia message.

This process is repeated until a text message is transmitted (attempted) to all telephone numbers of the recipient list.

When the character transmission to all the telephone numbers is completed, transmission of the text message set to the temporarily loaded list of recipients is completed (S217). The processor 115 may set a new text message content and reset the recipient list to transmit a new text message.

The character transmission program executed by the processor 115 may further provide various additional functions.

For example, the processor 115 can set a transmission network through which a text message is transmitted through the setting menu. The user of the tablet phone 100 may select or automatically set one of a mobile communication network, an internet telephone interconnection network through an Internet network, and a Web phone network (Biz sms) through the Internet network.

In the case of automatic setting, the processor 115 receives the automatically selected transmission type from the message management server 400 in response to the authentication request according to the loading of the character transmission program or the transmission type selection request before transmission of the text message according to the automatic setting selection And the text message can be transmitted using the corresponding transmission type.

In addition, the text transfer program can provide a real-time charge detail through a menu. The user can select the search period and output the required amount of the text message within the search period to the display 109. In this process, the text transmission program can calculate the required amount of text messages transmitted in a predetermined period in cooperation with the message management server 400.

The text transfer program may set or recognize one or more telephone numbers available on the tablet phone 100. [ The text transmission program recognizes the designated number in the Internet telephone number, the mobile telephone number, and the Web to the network, and can selectively transmit the text message by selecting the corresponding number according to the selected transmission network.

The character transmission program is further configured to test the sending of a text message. The processor 115 that executes the character transmission program searches for a destination (e.g., a mobile phone number, etc.) set for testing before sending the text message to the recipient list according to the selection of the image icon for testing ) To send a text message first. Accordingly, it is possible to confirm the appearance, shape and contents of the text message at the time of transmission of the text message before sending the text message.

By using such an address book program and a text transmission program, a text message can be effectively transmitted to a plurality of destinations using an economical transmission network.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings.

100: Tablet phone
101: Communication interface 103: Local device interface
105: input interface 107: output interface
109: Display 111: Memory
113: system bus / control bus 115: processor
200: local management apparatus 300: character receiving apparatus
400: message management server 500: message server
600: Broadband network 700: LAN

Claims (7)

A communication interface for transmitting and receiving a communication packet wirelessly;
An input interface for receiving user input;
A display for outputting an image that the user can visually recognize;
A memory for storing a plurality of programs, telephone number list files including a plurality of telephone numbers, and a text message file; And
A telephone number list file of one of telephone number list files is set as a list of recipients to be used for transmission of a text message according to a selection through the input interface, And a first text message transmission request for simultaneously sending a selected text message in a text message file to the selected 20 telephone numbers through the communication interface,
Wherein the processor is configured to transmit, via a character transmission program included in the plurality of programs, a telephone number of up to 20 telephone numbers selected through the input interface from twenty telephone numbers displayed on the display among telephone numbers of the set recipient list, The first text message transmission request is transmitted to the message server by formatting the selected text message, which is a message or a long text message, according to the multimedia text message format,
Wherein the processor is further configured to, after transmission of the first text message dispatch request, select, from among the telephone numbers of the remaining recipient list except for the 20 telephone numbers selected for the first text message dispatch request, A second text message transmission request is transmitted to the message server by formatting the selected text message, which is a short message or a long text message, according to the multimedia text message format with 20 or less telephone numbers selected again through the input interface,
Tablet phone. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the processor executing the character transmission program included in the plurality of programs transmits an authentication request including the telephone number of the tablet telephone to the message management server via the communication interface, Activating a transmission function of a text message when the telephone number of the text message is a registered telephone number and displaying on the display a charge amount included in the response and available for transmission of the text message,
Tablet phone. delete The method according to claim 1,
The processor selects 20 or fewer series of telephone numbers corresponding to the dragging input through the touch panel of the input interface in the display area of the twenty telephone numbers displayed on the display, And sending a first text message dispatch request to the message server, wherein the first text message dispatch request includes a set of up to 20 telephone numbers marked with a check and a selected text message,
Tablet phone. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the processor is configured to transmit, after transmission of the first text message dispatch request, twenty telephone numbers of telephone numbers of the remaining recipient list except for the telephone numbers of up to 20 selected for the first text message dispatch request, When receiving the reselection input of the number of telephone numbers used for the first text message forwarding request through the input interface, the number of 20 or less telephone numbers of the same number as the first text message forwarding request is displayed on the display And transmitting the second text message transmission request to the message server by formatting the selected text message according to the multimedia text message format,
Tablet phone. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the processor is configured to transmit, after transmission of the first text message dispatch request, twenty telephone numbers of telephone numbers of the remaining recipient list except for the telephone numbers of up to 20 selected for the first text message dispatch request, And when the selection input of the selection icon of all phone numbers displayed on the display is received, the selected 20 phone numbers are selected to format the selected text message, which is a short message or a long message, according to the multimedia text message format, Sending a message dispatch request to a message server,
Tablet phone. A tablet phone of claim 1; And
And a message management server for managing transmission of a text message through the tablet phone,
Wherein the message management server receives an authentication request including a phone number of the tablet phone, searches the phone number of the authentication request, displays an authentication result, and transmits an authentication response including a charging amount corresponding to the retrieved phone number to the tablet phone Lt; / RTI &
Wherein the message management server updates the reject list in response to transmission of the text message transmitted from the message server to the tablet phone,
Phone system.

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