KR20000063177A - Method and system for searching a human using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for searching man is provided to supply personal information by using collected information in data base. CONSTITUTION: A user is connected to a host server by a computer communication(S20). Information such as name, gender, age and question about a man whom the user wants to find is registered(S32). Searching is carried out by comparing the inputted information with that stored in data base(S34). When a correspondent is found, the registered information is transmitted to the correspondent via the host server. The correspondent upon receiving the registered information can confirm the information and returns a response to the host server(S40). The host server transmits the response to the user who registered the information(S44).

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING A HUMAN USING INTERNET}

The present invention relates to a method and system for finding a person using the Internet. The present invention relates to a method and a system for finding a person using the Internet to find a desired person by using collected information of users who use the Internet as a database.

Recently, the use of the Internet due to the development of computer communication including the Internet network has been exploding. Therefore, various services using the Internet are provided. Among these services, services such as finding a person using the Internet are also provided. That is, the service is provided based on the collected information of the user who uses the Internet.

The system for providing the person search service has been patented by the present applicant on August 23, 1999 under the name 'Internet service system'.

However, the patent application is merely an example of utilizing information on finding a general person, and acknowledges that it does not provide various methods. In other words, the system that implements the off-line method of finding people is replaced with the system that implements the on-line method using the Internet. Filed without providing discrimination.

It is a first object of the present invention to provide a method for finding a person using the Internet for accurately finding a person who wishes to find.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide a person search system using the Internet for implementing a method for accurately finding a person who wishes to search.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a person search system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a person searching method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: host server

12: Internet network

14; User server

101: database storage

103: search engine

105: email server

107: certification unit

109: Web-camera

In order to achieve the first object, a method of finding a person using the Internet according to the present invention may be performed by using computer communication including an internet network, and collecting information about a user who uses a specific or unspecified Internet as a database. A method for finding a person using the Internet including a host server having a database storage unit for storing, comprising: accessing the host server using the computer communication, and accessing the host server using a person finder registration information provided by the host server. Linking, registering information including the name, gender, age of the person wishing to find in the registration information, and a designated question specific to the desired person, and based on data stored in the database storage unit. The name of the person wishing to find out of the above registered information, Searching for a person who matches a star and age, and if there is a match, sending the registered information to the matched person's communication means through the host server; The person who has received the information checks the registration information including the designated question, and sends an answer to the registration information to the host server, and sends the returned response to the person who registered the registration information. And sending through the communication means of the registered person through.

The person who has registered the registration information checks the returned answer and intervenes in the site provided by the host server information including the contact information through the host server to the person who sent the answer based on the answer. It includes more.

At this time, the information including the contact provides a domain or the like linked to the site.

The host server is preferably operated as a member system by being authenticated and connected through a code including an ID and a password.

The information stored in the database storage unit is information published on the Internet, and the published information is periodically upgraded to provide a person search service based on the latest information.

The registration information may further include a character or a voice message including a picture for confirming the person who registers the information and / or the person who wishes to find the information, thereby further improving the matchability of the person seeking.

The person search system using the Internet of the present invention for achieving the second object is limited to the name, gender, age and the desired person of the person who is connected by using computer communication including an internet network and wishes to find. A host server for providing a site for registering information including a designated question, and a database for storing collected information about a user connected to the host server and using a particular or unspecified Internet as a database A storage engine, a search engine connected to the host server and searching for data stored in the database storage unit based on the registration information of the person wishing to find, and connected to the host server, the search server Registration through the host server to the person and / or the person who registered the information. Means for sending the beam to a communication means, specifically including an e-mail server capable of sending e-mail.

In order to operate the service on a membership basis, it is preferable to include an authentication unit which is connected to the host server and authenticates a person accessing the host server.

In addition, the character including the picture may be interposed by photographing with his web camera using a video loading program provided by the host server, or intervening a file photographed using a digital camera. In addition, it may be intervened by the photographing using the web-camera of the crew providing the host server, preferably, the crew providing the host server is photographed to interpose.

Accordingly, the present invention is not a method and system for providing a service for a simple person search using the Internet, but includes a designated question that can be recognized only by a person who wants to find and a person who wants to find the person. By sending and sending an e-mail through the host server and upgrading the information published on the Internet with the latest information, it is possible to provide a service that can accurately find a desired person continuously. In addition, by providing and managing information through a communication means including the e-mail, it is possible to prevent the information from being intervened on a site of the Internet, and thus, an additional aspect of privacy protection can be expected. And if you use a character that contains a picture as information, you can improve the consistency of people who wish to find more.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating a person search system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a host server 10 and a user server 14 are provided, and an internet network 12 for connecting the host server 10 and the user server 14 on-line is provided. It is. The Internet network 12 includes computer communication. The computer communication is not limited to communication using a computer, but refers to communication that can use the Internet as a whole.

The user servers 14 may comprise a multimedia computer comprising a controller capable of utilizing the Internet, for example, a general function of a network PC system (including a micro process), a monitor as a display means, a network service block ( LAN card, modem, etc. are connected to each other (including PC communication).

In addition, the user servers 14 may be provided with an operating system (O / S: operating system) for operating a system including the multimedia computer, for example, Windows or Unix-based O / S software and various kinds of Internet access. Protocols include, for example, transmission control protocol (TCP), point to point protocol (PPP), hyper text transmission protocol (HTTP), hyper text markup language (HTML), and the like.

In response to a user's operation signal, the user servers 14 boot themselves using O / S mounted on the system including the multimedia computer, and execute a network access program using a built-in modem. Uses the browser program to connect to the Internet and search for information on the web site. In this case, the web browser includes a Netscape Navigator or software plugged in thereto.

The host server 10 connects using computer communication including an internet network, and registers information including a name, gender, age of a person who wishes to find and a designated question that is limited to the desired person. To provide. In addition, it may include a story that only the person who desires the search can memorize, and the voice message can be registered as information when the voice is characterized.

The host server 10 is connected to a member including a database storage 101, a search engine 103, an e-mail server 105, an authentication unit 107, and a web-camera 109. Members connected to the host server 10 are not limited to the members, and may be variously connected to the host server 10 as needed.

The members 101, 103, 105, 107, and 109 will be described in detail as follows. The database storage unit 101 stores collected information about a user who uses a specific or unspecified Internet as a database, and the search engine 103 uses the registered information of the person who wishes to find the data. After retrieving the data stored in the database storage, the e-mail server 105 sends an e-mail through the host server 10 to the person wishing to find and / or the person who registered the information. Here, the e-mail server 105 is a server capable of receiving the e-mail as well as sending the e-mail. The authentication unit 107 authenticates a person connecting to the host server 10, and the authentication mainly consists of authentication of a code including an ID and a password. The web-camera 109 is managed by a crew providing the host server 10, and registers a character including a picture of a person desiring the find and / or a person who registered the information in the registration information. .

A person searching method using a person searching system having the above-described configuration is as follows.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a person searching method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, anyone using the Internet may access the host server 10. The host server 10 may be accessed and registered as a member. At this time, the registration as a member of the host server 10 is mainly based on the registration information provided by the host server 10 including the personal details of the user. In addition, when registering as a member of the host server 10, a code including an ID and password designated by the host server 10 or a code including an ID and password designated by the user is received. This member access does not go beyond the scope of servers providing general services. Accordingly, the host server 10 can also be operated in a membership system.

First, access is made using computer communication including an internet network (step S20). A code including an ID and a password is authenticated to link to the site of the host server 10. (step S24) The code is then authenticated. If is not authenticated, error processing is performed (step S26 and step S28). The code is then authenticated and linked to the site provided by the host server 10 (step S30). Based on the registered information, the information of the person who wishes to find is registered. (Step S32) At this time, the information includes the name, gender, and age of the person who wishes to find, and is assigned a question only to the desired person. It includes. The question specified is interposed by the person registering the information. The designated question is interposed to improve the correspondence of the person wishing to find such as, for example, a nickname in elementary school, the name of the homeroom teacher, and the like. In addition to the information, a character including a picture of the person desiring the search and / or the person registering the information may be further interposed to further improve the degree of agreement. This can further improve the match of the person wishing to find the above. Such agreement may also be provided as a percentage by the host server 10.

When the information is registered in this manner, the host server 10 searches for information based on the registration information using the search engine 103. (Step S34) At this time, the search uses a specific or unspecified Internet. It consists of collected information about the user. The collected information is stored and managed in a database, and as the information published on the Internet, the published information is periodically upgraded by the host server 10. The information is retrieved based on the name, gender, and age among the registered information. Accordingly, a plurality of people including the same name person can be searched.

If the search is made in this way and there is no person who matches the person who wishes to find the message, a message is sent to the person who registered the information that there is no person who wishes to find the person (step S36). The data is stored in the database storage unit 101, and continuous searching is performed by utilizing information through periodic up-grading.

If the matching person is found through the search, the registration information including the designated question is sent to the matching person through the email server 105 of the host server 10. In step S38), the person who has sent the e-mail confirms the registration information including the designated question, and returns an answer to the registration information to the e-mail server 105 of the host server 10. (Step S40) Subsequently, the returned answer is sent to the person who registered the registration information by e-mail via the host server 10 to confirm whether or not it is a person who wishes to find it. (Step S42)

If it is not the person who wishes to find it through the confirmation, the message is delivered to the person who sent the e-mail. (Step S46) The delivery of such a message is also performed through the e-mail server 105. Is delivered to. If the person matches the person who wishes to find the information, the host server 10 exchanges information including each other's contact information (step S44). At this time, the information exchange is performed through the host server 10. Is done. Although limited to the delivery of the e-mail through the e-mail server, the delivery of the registered information may include not only the e-mail but also a text server, a voice message or a fax that is initiated on a mobile phone.

In addition, the response to the registered information, and the confirmation of the response is made on the site provided by the host sub 10, and configured to be automatically linked to the site through a communication means including the e-mail. .

By such a configuration, the exchange of contact information of the person who desires the search and the person who has registered the information of the person who wishes to find the exchange can be made at the site, which can be easily understood by those skilled in the art. will be.

In this way, the host server 10 registers the information including the designated question, and finds a person based on the information, thereby accurately finding a person who desires continuous management and finding. In other words, when the information is continuously managed through the host server 10 and the members 101, 103, 105, 107, and 109 connected to the host server 10, the person who wishes to find is not found right away. This is because it can be found through information upgraded in the future.

In addition, by managing the information including the specified question by e-mail, because the unspecified many people can not browse, it provides a functional device that can protect the privacy of the individual on the Internet site.

In addition, the present applicant can also be utilized in connection with the Internet service system filed on August 23, 1999.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to continuously find a person who wishes to find using computer communication including the Internet network. This is because it is managed through the host server. And by using the information including the designated question and the character, it is possible to find a person who wishes to find the match more accurately. In other words, it ensures the best discernment of the person who wishes to find. In addition, since information is provided through e-mail, information can be prevented from being disclosed indiscriminately.

That is, the present invention can be expected to provide an effect of continuously providing the person search information through the host server rather than providing the information that is stopped once.

As described above, the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to the described embodiments, but it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes are possible within the technical scope of the present invention, and such modifications and modifications belong to the appended claims. will be.

Claims (8)

A method of finding people using the Internet comprising a host server having a database storage for accessing by using computer communication including an internet network and storing collected information about a user using a particular or unspecified internet into a database. To Connecting to the host server using the computer communication, and linking to a site intervening person finder registration information provided by the host server; Registering information in the registration information including a name, gender, age of a person who wishes to find it, and a designated question that is limited to the desired person; Searching for a person whose name, gender, and age match to be found in the registered information based on data stored in the database storage unit; Sending said registered information to said matching person's communication means through said host server if there is said matching person; A person receiving the registered information confirms the registration information including the designated question, and returns an answer to the registration information to the host server; And And sending the returned answer to the person who registered the registration information through the host server to the communication means of the registered person. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the person who registered the registration information further includes the step of confirming the returned answer and interposing information on the host server's site including a contact to the person who sent the answer based on the answer. How to find people using the Internet, characterized in that it comprises. The method of claim 1, wherein the host server authenticates and accesses through a code including an ID and a password. The method of claim 1, wherein the information stored in the database storage unit is information published on the Internet, and the published information is periodically upgraded. 2. The person finder using the Internet of claim 1, wherein the registration information further comprises a character and a voice message comprising a picture for identifying the person registering the information and / or the person wishing to find the information. Way. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said communication means comprises e-mail, text service, voice message or fax. A host server for connecting using computer communication including an internet network and providing a site for registering information including a name, gender, age of a person seeking to find and a designated question specific to said person; A database storage unit connected to the host server and storing collected information about a user who uses a specific or unspecified Internet as a database; A search engine connected to the host server and searching for data stored in the database storage unit based on registration information of a person wishing to find the device; And Means for sending registration information through the host server to the person who is connected to the host server and who desires to find the person and / or who has registered the information. 8. The system of claim 7, further comprising an authentication unit connected to the host server and configured to authenticate a person accessing the host server.