KR20000025628A - Device for transmitting/receiving e-mail using lifetime phone number and method the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for transmitting/receiving e-mail using a lifetime phone number is provided to transmit/receive e-mail, by converting the lifetime phone number given to a person into an e-mail address, and by utilizing the converted phone number. CONSTITUTION: A device for transmitting/receiving e-mail using a lifetime phone number comprises: at least one server of the lifetime phone number for registering and managing the lifetime phone number including an identification number, a telephone exchange number, a subordinate number, given to a person; and a server of the e-mail for registering an e-mail address corresponding to the lifetime phone number, for the e-mail address making the telephone exchange number and the subordinate number into a user's accounts, for the e-mail address making the identification number of the lifetime phone number as a server address, and for being corresponded to the identification number of the lifetime phone number. The server of e-mail has an index table for making the telephone exchange number as an index, and has a management table for making the subordinate number as an index. The device for transmitting/receiving e-mail searches and stores the e-mail, by using the telephone exchange number and the subordinate number stored in the index and the management table, respectively.

Description

E-mail sending and receiving device using lifetime telephone number and method thereof

The present invention relates to a device for transmitting and receiving an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number and a method thereof, and in particular, an e-mail transmitting and receiving device for transmitting and receiving an e-mail by converting a lifetime telephone number uniquely given to each person into an e-mail address and using the same. It is about a method.

Recently, with the development of communication hardware, the data communication population such as the Internet, PC communication, etc. has been rapidly increased due to the remarkable increase in transmission speed, and the utilization of data communication has become common and general. In particular, the use of electronic mail using data communication is gradually increasing for mutual communication. However, the use of electronic mail using such data communication is possible only between users using the same type of data communication, and the compatibility with other types of data communication is greatly reduced. In particular, it is not possible to send and receive electronic mail between PC communication services (Hitel, Cheon Lian, etc.), and Internet mail and PC communication mail can be partially converted, but are extremely limited. In addition, the other party's e-mail address is only for personal use, and it is not easy to know, and it is possible to send and receive e-mails with each other only if the other party uses data communication compatible with the other party. In particular, it was not possible to expect the mutual linkage between the telephone and the data communication which are most used as a communication medium.

As described above, in the related art, the e-mail addressing system is not personalized and generalized, so that compatibility between telephone and data communication is inferior, and e-mail cannot be transmitted and received between heterogeneous networks.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by converting the life-time telephone number uniquely given to the person to an e-mail address and using this to send and receive e-mail, it is possible to introduce a general and universal e-mail address system The present invention provides a device for transmitting / receiving an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number and a method thereof, by which an e-mail address can be shared among heterogeneous networks, thereby improving compatibility between mutual communication media, and allowing anyone to easily use e-mail. There is a purpose.

1 is a network diagram for explaining an electronic mail transmitting and receiving device according to the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining a process of converting a lifetime telephone number into an e-mail address according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering an e-mail address using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention.

4 is a database configuration diagram of an e-mail server according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart for explaining an e-mail retrieval method using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for receiving an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention.

* Description of the main parts of the drawing

2: phone 4: computer

6: Lifetime phone number server 8: E-mail server

12: PSTN / ISDN 14: Gateway (G / W)

16: PSDN 18: Internet Network

50: index table 60: management table

70: transmission and reception table

E-mail transmitting and receiving device using a lifetime telephone number of the present invention for achieving the above object, at least one lifetime for registering and managing a lifetime telephone number (uniquely assigned to each individual), including identification number, station number and sub-number Telephone number server; And registering an e-mail address corresponding to a lifetime telephone number registered in the lifetime telephone number server, wherein the e-mail address is a station number and a lower number of the lifetime telephone number as a user account, and identifies the identification number of the lifetime telephone number. At least one e-mail server corresponding to the identification number of the lifetime telephone number, the server address.

In particular, the e-mail server includes an index table for indexing the station number of the lifetime telephone number, a management table corresponding to the station number of the index table and indexing a lower number of the lifetime telephone number, and e-mail format information. And a retrieval table for retrieving and storing the e-mail using the station number and the sub-number of the lifetime telephone number stored in the index and the management table, respectively. It is desirable to send a mail.

In addition, an e-mail transmission and reception method using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention, the step of accessing the e-mail server corresponding to the identification number of the lifetime telephone number; Confirming whether a recipient corresponding to the station number and the lower number of the lifetime telephone number exists; Sending an e-mail to the e-mail server when the existence of the recipient is confirmed; And storing the received e-mail in the e-mail server using the station number and the low number of the lifetime telephone number as an index.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a network diagram for explaining an electronic mail transmitting and receiving device according to the present invention, 2 is a telephone, 4 is a personal computer (PC), 6 is a lifetime telephone number server, 8 is an e-mail server, 12 is Public telephone networks or integrated telecommunication networks (hereinafter referred to as PSTN / ISDN), 14 is the gateway (G / W), 16 is the public data network (hereinafter referred to as PSDN), 18 is the Internet network, and X.25 is Each of the X.25 data lines is shown.

In the network configuration diagram shown in FIG. 1, the lifetime telephone number server 6 is a server connected to the PSTN / ISDN 12 to register and manage lifetime telephone numbers according to a user's request using the telephone 2, The additional information related to the registered lifetime telephone number is transmitted to the e-mail server 8 via the data line (X.25). In addition, the e-mail server 8 is a server for transmitting and receiving e-mail using an e-mail address system using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention, receives a lifetime telephone number registered from the lifetime telephone number server 6, It converts it to an e-mail address, uses it as a primary key, and is connected to the PSTN / ISDN 12, PSDN 16, and the Internet 18, respectively, to respond to the user's e-mail transmission and reception request.

2 is a view for explaining the process of converting a lifetime telephone number to an e-mail address according to the present invention, T1 is a four-digit identification number, T2 is a three-digit station number, T3 is a four-digit lower number Respectively.

Lifetime phone numbers consist of a four-digit identification number (T1), a three-digit station number (T2), and a four-digit subnumber (T3). This is an 11-digit phone number that is uniquely assigned to an individual who can answer the other party's call.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering an e-mail address using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, an e-mail address registration method using a lifetime telephone number will be described below.

The user accesses the lifetime telephone number server 6 using the telephone 2 or the PC 4 to register an individual lifetime telephone number (310).

The registered lifetime telephone number is transmitted to the e-mail server 8 and first converts the station number T2 and the lower number T3 of the lifetime telephone number as a user account in order to utilize it as an e-mail address. The e-mail address usually consists of "user account @ server address". At this time, the station number-lower number is converted into a user account (320).

Subsequently, the identification number T1 of the lifetime telephone number is converted into a server address (330).

Using the user account and server address converted through the above steps, the e-mail address is generally registered as "station-lower @ identification number". For example, when the lifetime telephone number is "0502-258-0101", the e-mail address is converted into "2580101 @ 0502" through the above steps.

The e-mail address thus converted is stored as a database as shown in FIG. At this time, '-' may be added between the station number and the lower number so that the e-mail address is easily converted from the lifetime telephone number. That is, the conversion may be performed as shown in “258-0101 @ 0502” (340).

Fig. 4 illustrates a database configuration stored in the e-mail server 8 shown in Fig. 1, where 50 is an index table, 60 is a management table, and 70 is a transmission / reception table.

First, the index table 50 is composed of a station number field f1 storing a station number T2 of a lifetime telephone number and a point field f2 storing a pointer indicating a location of a management table 60 corresponding to each station number. do. The management table 60 is a plurality of tables in one-to-one correspondence with each row of the index table 50. The management table 60 includes a low number field f3 for storing the low number T3 of the lifetime telephone number, and a password field for confirming that the user is a legitimate user. (f4), an additional information field f5 for storing other related information, and a pointer field f6 for storing a pointer indicating a position of the transmission / reception table 70 corresponding to each lower number. The transmission / reception table 70 is a plurality of tables that correspond one-to-one with each row of the management table 60. The transmission / reception table 70 includes an account field f7 for storing a sender's account (e-mail address), an e-mail format (voice, PC communication, A format field f8 for storing information about the Internet, etc.) and an additional information field f9 for storing other related information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for searching an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number according to the present invention. The method for searching an e-mail in the database shown in FIG. 3 will now be described.

First, the server is searched as the identification number T1 of the lifetime telephone number. The e-mail server 8 shown in FIG. 1 corresponds one-to-one with the identification number T1 of the lifetime telephone number (510).

Subsequently, since the station number field f1 of the index table 50 corresponds to one of the management tables 60 one-to-one, the station number to be searched in the station number field f1 is searched for and then corresponded through the pointer field f2. The management table 60 to be searched. A subnumber to be searched for is searched for in the subnumber field f3 in any one of the searched management tables 60 (520).

Subsequently, one of the transmission and reception tables 70 corresponding to the searched lower number is searched through the pointer field f6 of the same row. Any one of the retrieved transmission tables 70 has information about all the e-mails received at the e-mail address " station-subnumber @ identification number ". At this time, the e-mail is stored as a separate field (not shown) in the transmission / reception table 70, or a pointer field (not shown) having the location information of the e-mail stored separately in the transmission / reception table 70 is stored. In addition, the e-mail may be searched through this field (530).

6 and 7 are flowcharts illustrating a method of transmitting an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number, respectively.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6, a method of transmitting an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number is as follows.

First, an e-mail server 8 is connected to send an e-mail. At this time, the connection method can be connected to the e-mail server 8 through three paths, such as telephone, PC communication, and the Internet. In the case of using a telephone, a voice e-mail is mainly transmitted. The user can connect to the e-mail server 40 through the PSTN / ISDN 12 by dialing a predetermined connection number using the telephone 2. On the other hand, in the case of using PC communication, mainly for transmitting PC communication e-mail, the user dials a predetermined connection number using a modem (not shown) of the PC 4, whereby the PSTN / ISDN 12? G / W) 14 → PSDN 16 can be used to access the e-mail server 8. Lastly, when using the Internet, mainly for sending Internet mail, the PC (4) → PSTN / ISDN (12) → Internet network (18) routes and PCs (4) are mainly used by a private line. → 610 may access the e-mail server 8 via the Internet network 18 path.

When the connection to the e-mail server 8 is completed, the sender and receiver are checked. First, when using the telephone 2, the user presses a telephone button corresponding to his or her lifetime telephone number and a password in turn, selects an e-mail sending function according to the message voice, and then dials the recipient's lifetime telephone number in turn. Press and the e-mail server 8 recognizes this. On the other hand, when using PC communication, the user enters his or her lifetime telephone number and password through the PC 4 to access the e-mail server 8, selects the e-mail sending function, and then receives the e-mail. Enter the recipient's lifetime telephone number as the address. In addition, when using the Internet network 18 is the same as the general Internet e-mail transmission process, but the transmission and reception e-mail address is used after converting the lifetime telephone number into an e-mail address as shown in FIG. . The e-mail server 8 receives a lifetime telephone number or e-mail address as described above, and searches the index table 50 and the management table 60 in the database to determine whether there is a user account. In this case, the sender confirmation process may be omitted if necessary (620).

If it is confirmed that the user is normal through the sender verification process, the e-mail is sent. In this case, the voice message is transmitted when the telephone 2 is used, the PC communication mail is used when the PC communication is used, and the Internet e-mail is transmitted when the Internet network 18 is used (630).

After the e-mail transmission is completed, the e-mail server 8 records the relevant information about the received e-mail, and stores the e-mail in a designated location. At this time, the sender e-mail address is displayed in the account field f3 in the transmission / reception table 70 corresponding to the receiver account, the information on the e-mail format is displayed in the format field f8, and the e-mail related information such as the transmission date and time. Are respectively recorded in the additional information field f9 (640).

At this time, the recipient registers several contacts (telephones, cellular phones, etc.) that have been given priority in advance, and the e-mail server 8 can notify the registered contacts of the arrival of the e-mail based on the priority. As described above, the e-mail transmission method using a lifetime telephone number can transmit various types of e-mails such as voice e-mail, PC communication or Internet mail.

Next, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 7, a method of receiving an e-mail using a lifetime telephone number is as follows.

First, an e-mail server 8 is connected to receive an e-mail. At this time, since the connection method is the same as the above-described e-mail transmission method, description thereof is omitted (710).

After accessing the e-mail server 8, when using the telephone 2, the user presses the telephone button corresponding to his or her lifetime telephone number and the password in order. User information (i.e., a lifetime telephone number or e-mail address and password) is entered by entering a password and entering an e-mail address and a password, respectively, converted in the manner shown in FIG. 2 when using the Internet. (8) to pass. At this time, the e-mail server 8 searches the database shown in FIG. 2 using the user information, and compares the password in the searched management table 60 with the input password to confirm whether the user is a normal user (720). ).

If it is confirmed as a normal user, an e-mail is searched through the above-described e-mail searching method (FIG. 5) (730).

As a result of the e-mail search, it is determined whether the format of the e-mail should be converted if there is a received e-mail. That is, it is determined whether the current e-mail is a receivable e-mail according to the format field f8 of the transmission / reception table 70 and the current server connection type. In more detail, when the phone 2 is connected to the e-mail server 8, only the voice e-mail can be received. When using the PC communication, only the PC communication mail is used and the Internet network 18 is used. In case of connection, only Internet mail can be received. Therefore, it is determined whether the current e-mail can be received or whether the format should be converted with reference to the connection type (740).

If it is determined that the format of the e-mail needs to be converted, it is converted into an acceptable e-mail format. The forms of e-mail can be broadly divided into voice, PC communication, and Internet e-mail. These e-mails are interchangeable. However, non-text based e-mails of PC communication and Internet e-mails cannot be converted into voice e-mails.

Since the above-described mutual conversion of the e-mail format corresponds to a general technology, a detailed description thereof will be omitted (750).

After being converted into a receivable e-mail format, the user receives the e-mail from the e-mail server 8 via the telephone 2 or the PC 4. However, if the reception is not possible, that is, the telephone connection and the current e-mail is non-text-based PC communication or Internet mail can not be received and informs the unreceivable message to the user. In this case, the user must receive an e-mail using PC communication or the Internet via the PC 4 (760).

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

The present invention made as described above is a method for converting a lifetime telephone number uniquely given to an individual to an e-mail address in order to solve the problem that transmission and reception of e-mails were difficult due to the incompatibility between communication media in the related art. By introducing the e-mail address system, it is possible to send and receive e-mail using a variety of communication media such as telephone, PC communication, the Internet, and in particular, anyone can easily use the e-mail.

Claims (8)

At least one lifetime telephone number server for registering and managing lifetime telephone numbers including identification numbers, station numbers, and sub-numbers uniquely assigned to each individual; And Register an e-mail address corresponding to a lifetime telephone number registered in the lifetime telephone number server, wherein the email address is a station number and a lower number of the lifetime telephone number as a user account, and the identification number of the lifetime telephone number is a server. At least one e-mail server, the address corresponding to the identification number of the lifetime telephone number E-mail transmitting and receiving device comprising a. The method of claim 1, The e-mail server, An index table for indexing the station number of the lifetime telephone number, a management table corresponding to the station number of the index table, and a lower number of the lifetime telephone number as an index; And searching and storing an e-mail using a station number and a lower number of the lifetime telephone number stored in the index and the management table, respectively. The method of claim 2, The e-mail server, It further has a sending / receiving table containing e-mail format information. And the electronic mail converts the format of the electronic mail according to the format information and transmits the electronic mail. The method of claim 1, The e-mail server, And an e-mail transmitting / receiving apparatus for notifying the arrival of the e-mail to the contact number of the lifetime telephone number set in advance. In the e-mail transmission and reception method using a lifetime telephone number including an identification number, a station number and a sub-number uniquely assigned to each individual, Accessing an e-mail server corresponding to the identification number of the lifetime telephone number; Confirming whether a recipient corresponding to the station number and the lower number of the lifetime telephone number exists; Sending an e-mail to the e-mail server when the existence of the recipient is confirmed; And Storing the received e-mail in the e-mail server using the station number and the sub-number of the lifetime telephone number as an index; E-mail transmission and reception method using a lifetime telephone number comprising a. The method of claim 5, Confirming whether the user is a legitimate user of the lifetime number; Retrieving an e-mail stored in an e-mail server using the station number and the sub-number of the lifetime telephone number as an index when the user is identified as a legitimate user; And Receiving a searched e-mail by a legitimate user of the lifetime number E-mail sending and receiving method using a lifetime telephone number further comprising. The method of claim 5, Converting a station number and a lower number of the lifetime telephone number into a user account; Converting the identification number of the lifetime telephone number into a server address; And Combining the user account with the server address and registering as an e-mail address E-mail sending and receiving method using a lifetime telephone number further comprising. In an email sending and receiving device having a processor, Accessing an e-mail server corresponding to the identification number of the lifetime telephone number; A function of checking whether a recipient corresponding to a station number and a lower number of the lifetime telephone number exists; Sending an e-mail to the e-mail server when the existence of the recipient is confirmed; And A function of storing the received e-mail in the e-mail server using the station number and the sub-number of the lifetime telephone number as an index. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.