KR20000024243A - Communication service method using internet mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for communication services on the basis of e-mail is provided, so that a person who is not familiar with a computer or an internet or who can not use the computer in a certain environment can easily receive e-mail on the internet. CONSTITUTION: A method for communication services on the basis of e-mail comprises the steps of: making a message by using an e-mail program by a sender; selecting a receiver's specific number and the receiver's reception apparatus kinds by the sender; converting output information of a message by an internet service provider, to correspond to the reception apparatus kinds; and transmitting a message to the receiver's reception apparatus, through a communication network of a communication entrepreneur.

Description

Communication service method based on e-mail {Communication service method using internet mail}

The present invention relates to a communication service method for Internet mail, and more particularly, to a communication service method for Internet mail for converting a message made by a sender, which is a web client, into output information corresponding to a receiver of a receiver.

Currently, the use of the Internet is actively developed, but in order to receive information through an e-mail that can deliver a message through the Internet, an environment where the Internet is available, that is, a computer, an internet connection environment, and an e-mail. Software that can be identified is essential. As the environment for using the Internet is indispensable, the sending and receiving of e-mail through the Internet is limited to only those who can use the Internet.

Therefore, people who are unfamiliar with computers or have low computer literacy, for example, the so-called seniors, have a problem that they cannot receive e-mail on the Internet. In addition, there is a problem that even people in financial difficulties due to the cost burden can not receive the e-mail of the Internet.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an internet mail system that can easily receive e-mails from the Internet in an environment where a computer is not available or who is not familiar with computers or the Internet. It is to provide a communication service method.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication service apparatus for an Internet mail according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a communication service method for Internet mail according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

2: caller 4: caller's computer

6: internet network 8: internet service provider

10: receiving device 12: carrier

14: Phone 16: Facsimile

18: cell phone 20: pager

24: Recipient

In order to achieve the above object, a communication service method for an Internet mail according to the present invention includes a communication service method based on e-mail over the Internet, comprising: a message creating step in which a sender creates a message using an e-mail creating program; A receiver for selecting a receiver device type and a unique number of the receiver of the message receiver, and converting the output information of the message by the Internet service provider so as to correspond to the receiver device selected by the sender in the receiver device type selection step; And a message transmission step of transmitting, by the Internet service provider, the output information converted in the output information conversion step to a receiver's receiving device through a communication network of the Internet, a communication service provider, and the communication service provider. It is done.

In the present invention, the sender refers to a subject who composes a message and delivers it to an e-mail through an e-mail, and the receiver refers to a subject that receives a message transmitted from the sender. In addition, an e-mail writing program means a mail writing program embedded in a normal web browser or an e-mail only program.

The sender composes the message to be delivered using an e-mail writing program and then selects the type of receiving device which the recipient has-preferably desired in advance. The type of receiver may be, for example, a telephone, a facsimile, a mobile phone, a pager, a radio, etc., but the actual caller selects a call number unique to the device (for example, a telephone number, a facsimile number, etc.). As a specific selection method, the receiver may directly input a call number, or click a call number written in Hyper-Link or Hyper-Text in advance. However, the actual phone number and facsimile number are not identified by the unique number, so the caller can select them.

The written message is converted into digital or analogue according to the type of receiver selected. That is, if the receiver is a telephone, it is converted into voice information, and if it is a mobile phone, one of voice information or text information, a facsimile is image information, and a wireless pager is converted into voice information or and text information, respectively. In the present invention, since various methods have been disclosed and any of them can be selected and used, a detailed description of the detailed conversion method is omitted. However, it is desirable to allow the caller to select whether to switch to voice information or text information.

In the present invention, the method comprises: a receiving language selecting step of selecting a receiving language to be supplied to a receiver to which a sender receives a message written by the sender; And a message translation step of translating the message into a language selected by the sender.

In other words, if you want to deliver a message in English to the recipient, selecting the receiving language in English can be added to the step of automatically translating the message into English. Since an inter-language translation program (translator) is also conventionally disclosed, these can be utilized in the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only intended to describe the present invention in more detail, and thus the technical spirit of the present invention is not changed or reduced. In the embodiment, it is assumed that an automatic message translation step is added.

1 is a block diagram of a communication service apparatus for an Internet mail according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the 'Internet' refers to a large international computer network connected to millions of computers in more than 140 countries, and the sender (2) refers to a person who sends e-mail using the Internet. A web client that is a computer.

The caller computer 4 used by the caller 2 has a built-in Internet access program for using the Internet, and is provided with an Internet connection device such as a modem. The Internet program is a web browser program such as Microsoft's Explorer or Netscape's Navigator. The web browser has a mail writing function for writing a desired message.

The sender computer 4 is connected to an internet service provider 8, which is a web server, via an internet communication network 6.

The host computer of the Internet service provider 8 includes a language translation program for converting a message written by the sender 2 in a web browser of the sender computer 4 into a receiving language, which is a language of a country designated by the sender, and the message is sent to the sender. An information conversion program for converting the information into the information corresponding to the type of the reception device 10 designated by the user.

Information corresponding to the type of the reception device 10 is voice information and text information. The receiving device 10 is a telephone 14, a facsimile 16, a mobile phone 18 and a pager (aka, beep, 20) and the like. The telephone 14 means a regular telephone.

The communication provider 12 is a communication company that provides a communication service for the receiving device 10. The telecommunication operators for the telephone 14 are, for example, Korea Telecom, Dacom, and Onse Telecom. The carrier for the facsimile 16 is the same as the carrier for the telephone 14. The telecommunication operators for the mobile phone 18 are, for example, respective mobile telecommunication companies such as 011, 016, 017, 018 and 019. The carriers for the pager 20 are each wireless call service company, such as 012 and 015.

The communication service provider communication network 22 means a communication network corresponding to the telephone 14, the facsimile 16, the mobile phone 18, and the wireless pager 20. The carrier network 22 for the telephone 14 and the facsimile 16 is a wired telephone line. The carrier network 22 for the cellular phone 18 is a wireless communication network including a base station. The carrier network 22 for the pager 20 is also a wireless network including a base station.

The receiver 24 is a person who owns one of the receiving devices 10 of four kinds of receiving devices: the telephone 14, the facsimile 16, the mobile phone 18, and the pager 20.

A communication service method for Internet mail according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 in association with the communication service apparatus for Internet mail according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above.

In FIG. 2, S means Step.

First, in step S1, the caller 2 turns on the caller computer 4 and connects the computer to the Internet network. Subsequently, a predetermined e-mail creation program is executed, and the address of the desired recipient 24 is entered in the reception address column. In this case, the address of the receiver is a unique number corresponding to the receiving device 10. Next, the reception language to be received is selected. The receiving language to be received is, for example, one of English, Japanese and French. The receiving language selection step is not essential to the present invention, and the order of selection is not limited. Next, the type of the receiving device 10 is written. The sender 2 then composes a message of the e-mail to be sent to the receiver 24.

Next, in step S2, the sender 2 clicks on the transfer command. Messages and options from the sender computer 4 are then transmitted to the internet service provider 8 via an internet communication network 6 connected to the caller computer 4. The selection means a receiving language and a type of the receiving device 10.

In step S3, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 determines whether the received language is the same as the language of the message. If it is determined that the received language is the same as the language of the message, the process proceeds to step S4 (if YES). It is also possible to omit this step in the present invention.

In step S4, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 has a type of the receiving device 10 of a general telephone. Determine whether it is a facsimile, cell phone, or pager. If the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 determines that the type of the receiving device 10 is a normal telephone, the flow advances to step S5.

In step S5, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 converts a message, which is text information transmitted from the caller computer 4, into voice information. Next, in step S6, the voice information is output from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication service provider 12 corresponding to the telephone number of the recipient address field selected by the caller.

Subsequently, in step S7, voice information is transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication provider 12 via the Internet communication network 6. The service provider 12 then transmits the voice information transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the telephone 14 which is the receiver 10 of the receiver 24 via the service provider communication network 22. Send. Subsequently, the incoming call signal is output from the speaker of the telephone 14 in step S8 so that the receiver 24 listens to the caller's message by voice.

On the other hand, when the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 determines that the reception language is not the same as the language of the message in step S3, the flow proceeds to step S9. In step S9, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 translates the message into a reception language selected by the sender. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S4, and as described above, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 determines the type of the receiver 10 selected by the caller.

On the other hand, when the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 determines that the type of the receiving device 10 is a facsimile in step S4, the flow proceeds to step S10. In step S10, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 converts the message which is the text information transmitted from the sender computer 4, into image information by a predetermined method. In this case, the "predetermined method" may be a method of converting image information corresponding to the G2 standard information. The 'G2 standard information' means an international standard transmission method for transmitting images of the facsimile 16. In the future, the 'G2 standard information' will be changed to 'G4 standard information'. Next, the flow advances to step S6. In this case, in step S6, the image information is output from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication service provider 12 corresponding to the facsimile telephone number of the recipient address field selected by the caller 2.

Subsequently, in step S7, the image information corresponding to the G2 standard information is transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication provider 12 via the Internet communication network. The telecommunications provider 12 then transmits the image information transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the facsimile 16 which is the receiver 10 of the receiver 24 via the telecommunications provider communication network 22. Send. Subsequently, an image is output from the facsimile 16 in step S8 so that the receiver 24 confirms the message of the sender 2 by text.

On the other hand, when the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 determines that the type of the reception device 10 is a mobile phone in step S4, the flow proceeds to step S11. In step S11, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 converts the message, which is the text information transmitted from the caller computer 4, into one of voice information and text information according to the caller's selection. Next, the flow advances to step S6. In this case, in step S6, one of the voice information and the text information is transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication service provider 12 corresponding to the telephone number of the mobile phone in the recipient address field selected by the caller 2. Is output.

Subsequently, in step S7, one of voice information and text information is transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication service provider 12 via the Internet communication network 6. The telecommunications provider 12 then transmits one of the voice information and text information transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the mobile phone 18 which is the caller's receiving device via the telecommunications provider communication network 22. do. Subsequently, the incoming call signal is output from the mobile phone 18 in step S8 so that the receiver receives the message of the caller 2 by voice or as a text message.

On the other hand, when the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 determines that the type of the reception device 10 is the pager 20 in step S4, the flow advances to step S12. In step S12, the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 converts the message, which is the text information transmitted from the sender computer 4, into text information according to the caller's selection. Next, the flow advances to step S6. In this case, in step S6, the text information is output from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication service provider 12 corresponding to the telephone number of the wireless pager 20 in the recipient address field selected by the caller.

Subsequently, in step S7, text information is transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the communication service provider 12 via the Internet communication network 6. Next, the communication provider 12 transmits the text information transmitted from the host computer of the Internet service provider 8 to the radio pager 20 which is the caller's receiving device through the communication provider communication network 22. Subsequently, a call signal is output from the pager 20 in step S8 so that the receiver receives the caller's message as a text.

As described above, according to the communication service method for Internet mail according to the present invention, a message written by a sender who is a web client is converted into output information corresponding to a receiver of a receiver consisting of a general telephone, a facsimile, a mobile phone, and a pager. send. This makes it easy to send e-mails over the Internet to middle-aged people who have a feeling of rejection on their computers.

Therefore, middle-aged people who have a sense of rejection on the computer can be naturally approached to the Internet environment, thereby further promoting the spread of the Internet.

In addition, by using a conventional communication device to deliver the message of the sender to the receiver through a simple procedure, it is possible to reduce the time and cost required for information transmission. This saves the cost of communicating messages to recipients over the Internet.

Claims (3)

In the communication service method based on e-mail over the Internet, A message creating step of the sender composing a message using an e-mail creating program; A receiver selecting step of the sender selecting a receiving device type and a unique number of a message receiver; An output information converting step of converting the output information of the message by the Internet service provider so as to correspond to the type of the receiving device selected by the sender in the receiving device type selection step; A message transmission step of transmitting the output information converted in the output information conversion step to the receiver's receiving device through the internet, a communication service provider and the communication service provider's communication network; Based communication service method. According to claim 1, A reception language selection step of selecting a reception language to be supplied to a receiver to which a sender receives a message written by the sender; And And a message translation step of translating the message into a language selected by the sender. The method of claim 1, wherein when the type of the reception device selected by the caller in the reception device type selection step is a telephone, the message is converted into voice information in the output information conversion step. When the type of the reception device selected by the caller in the reception device type selection step is a mobile phone, the message is converted into one of voice information and text information in the output information conversion step. If the type of the receiving device selected by the sender in the receiving device type selection step is a facsimile, the message is converted into image information in the output information conversion step, And when the type of the receiving device selected by the caller in the receiving device type selection step is a wireless pager, converting the message into one of voice information and text information in the output information conversion step.