KR102653486B1 - Method and system for managing schedule - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclose a schedule management method and system. Through the schedule management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the invitee is invited to the schedule using the invitee's phone number without the invitee's email address, which is essential for schedule invitation in the email address-based schedule management service. can do.

Description

Schedule management method and system {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SCHEDULE}

The explanation below is about schedule management technology. More specifically, in an email address-based schedule management service, the invitee is invited to the schedule using the invitee's phone number without the invitee's email address, which is essential for schedule invitations. It is about schedule management methods and systems that can be managed.

Scheduling technology enforces the use of users' email addresses. For example, a schedule management server that provides an online schedule management service basically identifies and manages users through email accounts (email addresses) registered for the users. At this time, if user A wants to invite user B to a schedule that he or she wants to register in the schedule management server or to a schedule that has already been registered in the schedule management server, the schedule management server identifies user B and sends a message corresponding to user B's email address. User A is forced to enter and/or select User B's email address so that the calendar invitation can be forwarded to the mail server. In this case, user B may be invited to user A's calendar through a calendar invitation delivered to the mail server.

However, there is a problem in this schedule management system that the schedule invitation function cannot be used if the user only knows the other person's phone number but does not know the email address. In this case, the user separately asks for the other person's email address through another method (for example, a phone call, SMS conversation, or messenger conversation, etc.), obtains the email address, and then invites the person to a schedule or registers only the user to the schedule and manages it. , there is a problem in that the contents of the schedule must be shared directly with the other party through other methods (for example, a phone call, SMS conversation, or messenger conversation, etc.). For example, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0073485 relates to a method for supporting schedule management, in which the user must directly find an empty time slot on the time table to create a new event, and Solving the problem that it takes a lot of time and effort for users to manage their schedules because they have to manually enter specific event information such as date, location, start time, end time, repeat status, and pre-event notification time. To this end, we are disclosing a technology that allows users to easily create events in which two or more users participate together using email. However, this prior art also discloses that the email address of the invited guest is required to invite a user.

In an email address-based schedule management service, a schedule management method that allows you to invite an invitee to a schedule using the invitee's phone number without the invitee's email address, which is essential for a schedule invitation, is a schedule management method that performs the above schedule management method. Provided is a computer device, a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium, and the recording medium combined with the computer device to execute the schedule management method on a computer.

An email-based schedule management method, comprising: receiving invitation information for an event of a first user from a terminal of the first user; extracting an email address or phone number of a second user as an invitee from the invitation information; When a phone number is extracted from the invitation information, obtaining an email address of the second user using the phone number; and transmitting invitation information for the first user's event to a mail server corresponding to the second user's email address using the second user's email address.

According to one side, the step of obtaining the email address of the second user using the phone number includes generating an instant message including a link for providing information on the first user's event and providing an email address input function. step; providing the generated instant message to the second user using the phone number; providing the email address input function when the second user accesses the link; and obtaining an email address input through the email address input function as the email address of the second user.

According to another aspect, when a phone number is extracted from the invitation information, the step of transmitting the invitation information to a mail server corresponding to the email address of the second user includes sending the phone number included in the invitation information to the phone number. An invitation containing the email address of the second user by replacing it with the email address of the second user obtained using or by adding the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number to the invitation information. Information may be transmitted to the mail server using the second user's email address.

According to another aspect, the schedule management method, when a phone number is extracted from the invitation information, is obtained by using the phone number in the email address item of the second user in the address book managed in association with the first user. The method may further include adding an email address of the second user.

An email-based schedule management method, comprising: providing a user interface for receiving invitation information for an event from a first user; Entering or selecting a phone number or email address of a second user as an invitee through the user interface; and transmitting invitation information including the input or selected phone number or email address to a schedule management server, wherein the schedule management server confirms the phone number of the second user from the invitation information, Obtain the second user's email address using the second user's phone number, and use the second user's email address to send invitation information to the first user's event to the second user's email address. Provides a schedule management method that is implemented to transmit to a mail server.

A computer program stored on a computer-readable recording medium is provided in combination with a computer device to execute the schedule management method on the computer device.

A computer-readable recording medium is provided, wherein a program for executing the schedule management method on a computer device is recorded thereon.

A computer device comprising: at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions, and receiving invitation information for an event of the first user from a terminal of the first user by the at least one processor; , extracting the email address or phone number of the second user who is the invitee from the invitation information, and if the phone number is extracted from the invitation information, obtaining the email address of the second user using the phone number, A computer device is provided that transmits invitation information for the first user's event to a mail server corresponding to the second user's email address using the second user's email address.

A computer device comprising: at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions; and providing a user interface for receiving invitation information for an event from a first user by the at least one processor, Characterized by inputting or selecting a phone number or email address of a second user as an invitee through the user interface, and transmitting invitation information including the inputted or selected phone number or email address to a schedule management server, When the second user's phone number is confirmed from the invitation information, the schedule management server obtains the second user's email address using the second user's phone number, and obtains the second user's email address. Provided is a computer device that is implemented to transmit invitation information for the first user's event to a mail server corresponding to the email address of the second user.

In an email address-based schedule management service, you can invite an invitee to a schedule using the inviter's phone number without the inviter's email address, which is required for schedule invitations.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a schedule management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for entering invitation information for an event, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an email address input function in one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a schedule management method of a schedule management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a client's schedule management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

The schedule management method according to embodiments of the present invention may be performed by a computer device that will be described later. For example, a computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed and driven in a computer device, and the computer device may perform a schedule management method according to an embodiment of the present invention under the control of the driven computer program. You can. The above-described computer program can be combined with a computer device and stored in a computer-readable recording medium to execute the schedule management method on the computer device. The computer program described here may be in the form of an independent program package, or may be pre-installed on the computer and linked to an operating system or other program packages.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment in FIG. 1 shows an example including a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140, a plurality of servers 150 and 160, and a network 170. Figure 1 is an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices or servers is not limited as in Figure 1. In addition, the network environment in FIG. 1 only explains one example of environments applicable to the present embodiments, and the environment applicable to the present embodiments is not limited to the network environment in FIG. 1.

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented as computer devices. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smart phones, mobile phones, navigation devices, computers, laptops, digital broadcasting terminals, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and Portable Multimedia Players (PMPs). ), tablet PC, etc. For example, in Figure 1, the shape of a smartphone is shown as an example of electronic device 1 (110). However, in embodiments of the present invention, electronic device 1 (110) actually connects the network 170 using a wireless or wired communication method. It may refer to one of various physical computer devices capable of communicating with other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and/or servers 150, 160.

The communication method is not limited, and may include not only a communication method utilizing a communication network that the network 170 may include (for example, a mobile communication network, wired Internet, wireless Internet, and a broadcast network), but also short-range wireless communication between devices. For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). , may include one or more arbitrary networks such as the Internet. Additionally, the network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including a bus network, star network, ring network, mesh network, star-bus network, tree or hierarchical network, etc. Not limited.

Each of the servers 150 and 160 is a computer device or a plurality of computers that communicate with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 and a network 170 to provide commands, codes, files, content, services, etc. It can be implemented with devices. For example, at least one of the servers 150 and 160 provides online services (e.g., financial services, payment services, social services) to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 connected through the network 170. It may be a system that provides network services, messaging services, search services, mail services, schedule management services, address book management services, content provision services, voice recognition services, navigation services, etc.).

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 described above or each of the servers 150 and 160 may be implemented by the computer device 200 shown in FIG. 2, according to one embodiment. A schedule management method may be performed by this computer device 200. For example, the computer device 200 implementing a schedule management server can provide a schedule management service to users under the control of a computer program, and the terminals of users who receive this schedule management service can also use the computer device 200. It can be implemented by .

As shown in FIG. 2, this computer device 200 may include a memory 210, a processor 220, a communication interface 230, and an input/output interface 240. The memory 210 is a computer-readable recording medium and may include a non-permanent mass storage device such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and a disk drive. Here, non-perishable large-capacity recording devices such as ROM and disk drives may be included in the computer device 200 as a separate permanent storage device that is distinct from the memory 210. Additionally, an operating system and at least one program code may be stored in the memory 210. These software components may be loaded into the memory 210 from a computer-readable recording medium separate from the memory 210. Such separate computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy drives, disks, tapes, DVD/CD-ROM drives, and memory cards. In another embodiment, software components may be loaded into the memory 210 through the communication interface 230 rather than a computer-readable recording medium. For example, software components may be loaded into memory 210 of computer device 200 based on computer programs installed by files received over network 170.

The processor 220 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Commands may be provided to the processor 220 by the memory 210 or the communication interface 230. For example, processor 220 may be configured to execute received instructions according to program code stored in a recording device such as memory 210.

The communication interface 230 may provide a function for the computer device 200 to communicate with other devices (eg, the storage devices described above) through the network 170. For example, a request, command, data, file, etc. generated by the processor 220 of the computer device 200 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as memory 210 is transmitted to the network ( 170) and can be transmitted to other devices. Conversely, signals, commands, data, files, etc. from other devices may be received by the computer device 200 through the communication interface 230 of the computer device 200 via the network 170. Signals, commands, data, etc. received through the communication interface 230 may be transmitted to the processor 220 or memory 210, and files, etc. may be stored in a storage medium (as described above) that the computer device 200 may further include. It can be stored as a permanent storage device).

The input/output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with the input/output device 250. For example, input devices may include devices such as a microphone, keyboard, or mouse, and output devices may include devices such as displays and speakers. As another example, the input/output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with a device that integrates input and output functions, such as a touch screen. The input/output device 250 may be configured as a single device with the computer device 200.

Additionally, in other embodiments, computer device 200 may include fewer or more components than those of FIG. 2 . However, there is no need to clearly show most prior art components. For example, the computer device 200 may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 250 described above, or may further include other components such as a transceiver, a database, etc.

Figure 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a schedule management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 shows user A (310), schedule management server 320, user B (330), and user B's mail server 340.

Here, user A (310) and user B (330) may actually refer to electronic devices used by user A (310) and user B (330), and each of these electronic devices is shown in FIG. 1 as an example. It may correspond to any one of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 described. Each of the schedule management server 320 and the mail server 340 of user B (330) may correspond to, for example, any one of the servers 150 and 160 described with reference to FIG. 1, and the mail server of user B (330) (340) may refer to a server that provides an email service that issued the email address of user B (330).

In this embodiment, it is assumed that user A (310) only knows the phone number of user B (330) but does not know the email address.

The first process 351 may be an example of a process in which user A 310 transmits a request to invite user B 330 to an event to the schedule management server 320. User A (310) can access the schedule management server 320 through a first application (for example, a schedule management app) installed on the terminal of User A (310), and an invitation is created through the user interface provided by the application. By transmitting information to the schedule management server 320, an invitation to an event of user B 330 can be requested. At this time, the invitation information should generally include the email address of user B (330), but as already explained, in this embodiment, since user A (310) does not know the email address of user B (330), the invitation information The information may include a phone number instead of User B's (330) email address. The phone number may be included in the invitation information by directly entered by User A (310) through the above-described user interface, but the first application is connected to the second application (for example, an address book management app) installed on the terminal of User A (310). In conjunction with this, it may be included in the invitation information by selecting a specific phone number from User A's (310) address book.

When invitation information is created through information entered through the user interface, user A (310) transmits the generated invitation information to the schedule management server 320, thereby sending a request to invite user B (330) to the event. You can. Information included in the invitation information includes an email address for identification of User A (310), a phone number (email address if the email address is known) for identification of User B (330), and event-related information (event identifier). , event title, content, etc.), etc., and a person skilled in the art will be able to easily understand that more diverse information may be included depending on the embodiment.

The second process 352 may be a process in which the schedule management server 320 delivers schedule information and a link to user B (330). Here, the schedule guidance may include the event-related information described above, and the link may include an address for access to the email address input function.

At this time, the guidance information and link may be delivered to User B (330) using the phone number of User B (330) included in the invitation information. For example, the schedule management server 320 can create an instant message containing guidance information and a link, and deliver the generated instant message to user B (330) using the phone number of user B (330). You can. The method of transmitting an instant message using a phone number can be one of various methods that can transmit instant messages, such as SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), or a messaging service using a messenger app. there is.

The third process 353 may be an example of a process in which user B 330 accesses the email address input function provided by the schedule management server 320 through a delivered link. For example, the schedule management server 320 can create and provide a web page including an email address input function, and create a link containing the address information of this web page and deliver it to user B (330). . In this case, user B (330) can be provided with an email address input function by accessing the web page through a link. In another embodiment, the email address input function may be provided through a schedule management application that provides a schedule management service in conjunction with the schedule management server 320. In this case, the link may include information for driving the schedule management application installed on the terminal of user B (330) and controlling the schedule management application to provide an email address input function. In this case, user B (330) can run the application through the link and be provided with an email address input function.

The fourth process 354 may be an example of a process in which the schedule management server 320 obtains the email address of user B 330 by allowing user B 330 to input an email address through the provided email address input function. In other words, even in a situation where user A (310) does not know the email address of user B (330) and only knows the phone number, the schedule management server 320 receives the phone number of user B (330) transmitted from user A (310). Through this, it is possible to obtain the email address of user B (330).

The fifth process 355 may be an example of a process in which the schedule management server 320 transmits an invitation request to the mail server 340 of user B (330) using the email address of user B (330). The invitation request delivered to the mail server 340 can be delivered to user B (330), and user B (330) can set approval or rejection of the invitation request through the mail server 340. To this end, the invitation request may be transmitted to the mail server 340 in the form of a file format preset for schedule sharing or invitation, such as the extension ".ics" or ".icalendar".

Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for entering invitation information for an event, according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 shows a screen 410 containing a portion of a web page for schedule registration. The screen 410 may include user interfaces for title, location, date and time, attendees, description, file attachment, etc. generally required for schedule registration. At this time, the first user interface 420 displayed on the screen 410 is a function for receiving participant input, and the user can specify the other party of the invitation to the event through not only an email address but also a phone number. Here, the name and ID can be used as keywords to search for the other person's email address or phone number. For example, when a user enters a specific name, the email address associated with that name may be displayed. When the save button 430 on the screen 410 is selected, the event information entered by the user can be registered as a schedule, and invitation information can be delivered to the participant.

Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an email address input function in one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 shows a screen 510 containing a portion of a web page for an email address input function. Screen 510 may include a user interface 520 that allows input of an email address. At this time, when the invited party is provided with an email address input function, enters his or her email address in the user interface 520 and selects the save button 530, the email address entered by the invited party is delivered to the schedule management server 320. It can be. As already described, the email address input function may be provided through a web page provided by the schedule management server 320 as in the embodiment of FIG. 5, but may also be provided through a schedule management application installed on the terminal of the inviter. there is.

Figure 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a schedule management method of a schedule management server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The schedule management method according to this embodiment may be executed by the computer device 200 that implements the schedule management server 320 described above. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be implemented to execute control instructions according to the code of an operating system or at least one program included in the memory 210. Here, the processor 220 causes the computer device 200 to perform steps 610 to 670 included in the method of FIG. 6 according to control instructions provided by code stored in the computer device 200. can be controlled.

In step 610, the computer device 200 may receive invitation information for the first user's event from the first user's terminal. For example, the first user may correspond to user A (310) described above with reference to FIG. 3, and the invitation information includes at least some of the information entered through the screen 410 described above with reference to FIG. 4 and the first user. 1 May include the user’s identifier. At this time, at least some of the information may include information for identifying the second user who is the invitee to the event (schedule) as attendee information, and the identifier of the first user may be the first user's email account. .

In step 620, the computer device 200 may extract the email address or phone number of the second user who is the invitee from the invitation information. As already described, in embodiments of the present invention, the second user is identified not only by the second user's email address, but also by using the phone number (later, the second user's email address is received using the phone number, and the second user is identified by using the phone number). Since the user can be identified, the computer device 200 can attempt to extract the second user's email address or phone number from the invitation information.

In step 630, the computer device 200 may check whether an email address has been extracted from the invitation information and perform step 640 if the email address has been extracted, and step 650 if the email address has not been extracted. can be performed.

In step 640, the computer device 200 may transmit invitation information for the first user's event to the mail server corresponding to the second user's email address using the second user's email address. In other words, when an email address is extracted from the invitation information in step 630, the computer device 200 can immediately transmit the invitation information to the corresponding mail server using the extracted email address.

In step 650, the computer device 200 may check whether the phone number has been extracted from the invitation information and perform step 660 if the phone number has been extracted, and if the phone number has not been extracted, step 670. can be performed. In other words, if the email address is not extracted in step 630, the computer device 200 may determine whether a phone number is extracted in step 650.

In step 660, the computer device 200 may obtain the second user's email address using the phone number. In this way, when the email address is not extracted but the phone number is extracted, the computer device 200 can obtain the second user's email address using the phone number. As already described, the computer device 200 may generate an instant message including a link for providing guidance on the first user's event and providing an email address input function in order to obtain an email address, and the generated instant message A message can be provided to a second user using a phone number. As already described, the generated instant message may be delivered to the second user through a messaging service using SMS, MMS, or a messenger app. When using a messaging service, an instant message may be delivered to the second user through the second user's messenger account identified corresponding to the phone number in the messaging service. Additionally, the computer device 200 may provide an email address input function when a second user accesses through the link, and may obtain the email address entered through the email address input function as the second user's email address. It becomes possible. This email address input function has also been explained with reference to FIG. 5.

After the second user's email address is obtained, invitation information can be transmitted to the second user by performing step 640 as shown in FIG. 6. At this time, the computer device 200 replaces the phone number included in the invitation information with the second user's email address obtained using the phone number or the second user's email address obtained using the phone number in the invitation information. By adding, invitation information including the second user's email address can be transmitted to the mail server using the second user's email address.

At step 670, computer device 200 may provide error information. If the invitation information does not include both an email address and a phone number, the second user who is the invitee cannot be identified, so the computer device 200 does not include the email address or phone number for the second user. Error information to inform that there is no error information may be provided to the first user. Depending on the embodiment, the error information may include information for requesting the first user to provide invitation information again. When entering attendees on the first user's terminal, if an email address or phone number is not entered, step 670 may be omitted because the invitation information itself may not be generated.

Additionally, depending on the embodiment, the computer device 200 may add the second user's email address obtained using the phone number to the second user's email address item in the address book managed in association with the first user. In this case, because the second user's email address has been added to the first user's address book, the first user can then invite the second user to an event (schedule) using the second user's email address added to the address book. There will be.

Figure 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a client's schedule management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The schedule management method according to this embodiment may be executed by the computer device 200 that implements the electronic device of user A 310 or the first user described above. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be implemented to execute control instructions according to the code of an operating system or at least one program included in the memory 210. Here, the processor 220 causes the computer device 200 to perform steps 710 to 730 included in the method of FIG. 7 according to control instructions provided by code stored in the computer device 200. can be controlled. Here, at least one program may include a schedule management application installed and run on the computer device 200 to provide a schedule management service to user A 310 or the first user in conjunction with the schedule management server 320. there is.

In step 710, the computer device 200 may provide a user interface for receiving invitation information for an event from the first user. For example, the user interface may include the first user interface 420 described with reference to FIG. 4 .

In step 720, the computer device 200 may input or select the phone number or email address of the second user who is the invitee through the user interface. Selection of a phone number or email address can be made through the address book. The address book may include a local address book of the second user stored in the computer device 200 and/or an address book of an address book management service that is linked to the schedule management service.

In step 730, the computer device 200 may transmit invitation information including the input or selected phone number or email address to the schedule management server. Here, the schedule management server may correspond to the schedule management server 320 described above, and the schedule management server 320 operates like the computer device 200 according to the embodiment of FIG. 6 described above to provide information through a phone number or email address. Invitation information can be delivered to the second user. For example, when the second user's phone number is confirmed from the invitation information, the schedule management server obtains the second user's email address using the second user's phone number, and uses the second user's email address to obtain the second user's email address. It may be implemented to transmit invitation information for the first user's event to a mail server corresponding to the second user's email address. At this time, the schedule management server sends an instant message containing a link for providing information on the first user's event and providing an email address input function in order to obtain the second user's email address using the second user's phone number. creates an instant message, provides the created instant message to a second user using a phone number, provides an email address input function when the second user accesses through a link, and provides an email address entered through the email address input function. may be implemented to obtain the email address of the second user. The schedule management server may be implemented to add the second user's email address obtained using the phone number to the second user's email address item in the address book managed in association with the first user. At this time, the user interface for receiving invitation information for an event from the first user may be implemented to select the invitee's phone number or email address from the address book.

Descriptions omitted in FIG. 7 may refer to FIGS. 1 to 6.

As such, according to embodiments of the present invention, in an email address-based schedule management service, an invitee can be invited to a schedule using the invitee's phone number without the invitee's email address, which is essentially required for a schedule invitation.

The system or device described above may be implemented with hardware components or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, devices and components described in embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc. , may be implemented using one or more general-purpose or special-purpose computers, such as a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. Additionally, a processing device may access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of software. For ease of understanding, a single processing device may be described as being used; however, those skilled in the art will understand that a processing device includes multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, a processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Additionally, other processing configurations, such as parallel processors, are possible.

Software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, which may configure a processing unit to operate as desired, or may be processed independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and/or data may be used on any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device to be interpreted by or to provide instructions or data to a processing device. It can be embodied in . Software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., singly or in combination. The medium may continuously store a computer-executable program, or may temporarily store it for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording or storage means in the form of a single or several pieces of hardware combined. It is not limited to a medium directly connected to a computer system and may be distributed over a network. Examples of media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, And there may be something configured to store program instructions, including ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc. Additionally, examples of other media include recording or storage media managed by app stores that distribute applications, sites or servers that supply or distribute various other software, etc. Examples of program instructions include machine language code, such as that produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with limited examples and drawings, various modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques are performed in a different order than the described method, and/or components of the described system, structure, device, circuit, etc. are combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components are used. Alternatively, appropriate results may be achieved even if substituted or substituted by an equivalent.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments and equivalents of the claims also fall within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (13)

In an email-based schedule management method executed on a schedule management server,
The schedule management server includes at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory,
The above schedule management method is,
Receiving invitation information for the first user's event from the first user's terminal, by the at least one processor;
extracting, by the at least one processor, an email address or phone number of a second user as an invitee from the invitation information;
When a phone number is extracted from the invitation information by the at least one processor, obtaining an email address of the second user using the phone number; and
transmitting, by the at least one processor, invitation information for the first user's event using the email address of the second user to a mail server corresponding to the email address of the second user
Including,
The step of obtaining the email address of the second user using the phone number is:
generating an instant message including guidance information about the first user's event and a link for providing an email address input function;
providing the generated instant message to the second user using the phone number;
providing the email address input function when the second user accesses the link; and
Obtaining an email address input through the email address input function as the email address of the second user.
A schedule management method comprising: delete According to paragraph 1,
If the phone number is extracted from the invitation information above,
The step of transmitting the invitation information to a mail server corresponding to the email address of the second user,
Replace the phone number included in the invitation information with the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number, or add the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number to the invitation information. , A schedule management method characterized by transmitting invitation information including the email address of the second user to the mail server using the email address of the second user. According to paragraph 1,
If the phone number is extracted from the invitation information above,
Adding the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number to the email address item of the second user in the address book managed in association with the first user.
A schedule management method further comprising: In an email-based schedule management method executed on an electronic device,
The electronic device includes at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions contained in a memory,
The above schedule management method is,
Entering or selecting, by the at least one processor, a phone number or email address of a second user as an invitee through a user interface for receiving invitation information for an event from a first user; and
Transmitting, by the at least one processor, invitation information including the input or selected phone number or email address to a schedule management server.
Including,
When the second user's phone number is confirmed from the invitation information, the schedule management server obtains the second user's email address using the second user's phone number, and obtains the second user's email address. Implemented to transmit invitation information for the first user's event to a mail server corresponding to the email address of the second user,
The schedule management server uses the phone number of the second user to obtain the email address of the second user,
Generate an instant message containing guidance information about the first user's event and a link for providing an email address input function,
Providing the generated instant message to the second user using the phone number,
When the second user accesses through the link, the email address input function is provided,
Implemented to obtain the email address entered through the email address input function as the email address of the second user
A schedule management method characterized by . delete According to clause 5,
The schedule management server is implemented to add the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number to the email address item of the second user in the address book managed in association with the first user,
The invitee's phone number or email address is selected through the address book.
A schedule management method characterized by . A computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium for executing the method of any one of claims 1, 3 to 5, and 7 on a computer device. A computer-readable recording medium, characterized in that a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1, 3 to 5, and 7 on a computer device is recorded thereon. In computer devices,
At least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions
Including,
By the at least one processor,
Receiving invitation information for the first user's event from the first user's terminal,
Extracting the email address or phone number of the second user who is the invitee from the invitation information,
When a phone number is extracted from the invitation information, the email address of the second user is obtained using the phone number,
Using the second user's email address, send invitation information for the first user's event to the mail server corresponding to the second user's email address,
By the at least one processor,
Generate an instant message containing guidance information about the first user's event and a link for providing an email address input function,
Providing the generated instant message to the second user using the phone number,
When the second user accesses through the link, the email address input function is provided,
Obtaining the email address entered through the email address input function as the email address of the second user
A computer device characterized by a. delete According to clause 10,
By the at least one processor,
Replace the phone number included in the invitation information with the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number, or add the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number to the invitation information. , transmitting invitation information including the email address of the second user to the mail server using the email address of the second user
A computer device characterized by a. According to clause 10,
By the at least one processor,
Adding the email address of the second user obtained using the phone number to the email address field of the second user in the address book managed in association with the first user.
A computer device characterized by a.

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