KR20010092203A - Internet phone system and connecting method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An internet phone system and a call connection method are provided to connect a client connected to an IP network to a general telephone network and a wireless mobile telephone communication network free using an Internet phone gateway and an RTP tunnel for performing a telephone conversation. CONSTITUTION: An RTP tunnel(130) designates an address to a packet received from a client or a gateway so that the packet is reached to a destination and performs a function for forwarding the packet. A user web interface includes a subscriber information management process module, an advertisement module, a service contents module, and an Internet phone program. A prepaid point management server(220) manages a prepaid point generated when an advertisement or service contents provided from the user web interface so that a subscriber connected through the user web interface performs an Internet telephone conversation. A subscriber directory server(210) stores a subscriber information profile of the subscriber and manages the stored subscriber information profile. An advertisement/contents management system server(290) manages the advertisement or service contents provided from the user web interface.

Description

Internet phone system and call connection method {INTERNET PHONE SYSTEM AND CONNECTING METHOD THEREOF}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an internet phone system and a telephone access method for making a phone call on the web. In particular, a general PC user performs a voice call with a mobile subscriber in real time as much as a bonus point earned on the internet web. An internet phone system and a call connection method are provided.

With the development of internet solutions, the number of users accessing the web has exploded, and various solutions for making phone calls from the web have been proposed. At present, a solution for making free calls on the Internet is exploding in popularity, and the technology for free calling is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1999-073134, and the technology for Internet phones is described in US Patent No. 5,862,339. have.

At present, a solution that provides a free telephone service on the Internet is being serviced by several companies in Korea, but the mobile phone subscribers do not provide services. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of a free Internet telephony solution for mobile subscribers, and the development of a profitable advertising system for the service provider.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a system and a call connection method for providing an Internet phone service on the web.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a free internet telephony solution for a mobile subscriber in addition to the first object.

It is a third object of the present invention to provide an internet phone system and a call connection method for increasing the effect of advertising to an Internet service provider in addition to the first object.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an Internet phone system according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram showing a web site hierarchy of an Internet phone system using prepaid points in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the process of the call connection is carried out using the Internet phone system according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an Internet phone system that provides a subscriber to access the web server to the Internet phone call using the prepaid points earned through the gateway relaying the IP network and the public public telephone network An RTP tunnel, comprising: an RTP tunnel configured to designate an address for a packet received from a client or the gateway to reach the packet to a destination, and to forward the packet; A user web interface including a subscriber information management process module, an advertisement module, a service content module, and an internet phone program; A prepaid point management server that manages a prepaid point generated when using an advertisement or service content provided by the user web interface so that subscribers connected through the user web interface can make an internet phone call; A subscriber directory database server for storing and managing a subscriber information profile of the subscriber; And an advertisement / content management system server that manages advertisements or service contents provided by the user web interface.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for making an Internet phone call through a gateway relaying an IP network and a public public telephone network, wherein a subscriber accesses a web server and inputs a subscriber ID and password to authenticate the subscriber. Receiving step; The subscriber accumulating prepaid points necessary for using an internet phone through a user web interface of the web server; The subscriber downloading and making an internet phone program through the user web interface; And the web server is connected to the gateway through an RTP tunnel for addressing a packet received from the subscriber station on the IP network to reach a destination, and connecting a voice trunk to an internet phone call. to provide.

Hereinafter, an Internet phone system and a call connection method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Internet phone system according to the present invention is a technology that implements the principles of voice over IP (VoIP) and computer telephony integration (CTI), the general telephone user as a prepaid point earned on the Internet (internet) web Provides a technology for making real-time voice calls with subscribers or mobile phone subscribers.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an Internet phone system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the Internet phone system according to the present invention includes an Internet phone gateway 120 and an RTP tunnel 130, thereby providing a mobile communication network or a public switched public telephone network (PSTN) 140 and an IP network. Connect 150 to transmit voice data to each other, and present a prepaid free call model that allows users to use not only a regular phone but also an internet phone as a receiver of a mobile communication.

The prepaid point according to the present invention is a prepaid point earned by a subscriber accessing a service providing web site and viewing advertisements provided by the web server 200 and the advertisement / content management server 210 or using contents. It is a concept that uses as many telephone call services. Internet phone technology according to the prepaid point according to the present invention discloses a technology that can simultaneously benefit subscribers, advertisers, and associated mobile operators using the service.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the Internet phone gateway 120 according to the present invention may transmit a voice or fax message in real time through a connection between the IP network 150 and the general public telephone network 140. Internet users can automatically download a client program from the web server 200 according to the present invention and connect a telephone to a destination to make a call.

Internet phone gateway according to the present invention can support the SS7 protocol (carrier) means, and can accommodate up to 120 ports through a 100 Base / T network. In addition, the Internet phone gateway according to the present invention may include a real-time failure handling and maintenance function using the H.110 protocol, it is possible to implement a voice compression technology using a packet transmission technology, including G.723.1 or GSM. .

The gateway system according to the present invention may include an ITU speech compression algorithm and a network signal processing technology supporting ANSI and ETSI call processing signals. On the other hand, due to security problems in the web, a direct point to point connection from the web browser to the gateway 120 is impossible. Therefore, the RTP tunnel 130 according to the present invention performs the function of point relay.

That is, the RTP tunnel 130 according to the present invention designates an address for a packet received from the client 190 or the gateway 120 to allow a packet to reach a destination and a packet forwarding function. (forwarding) function may be included. The Internet phone system web site using the prepaid point according to the present invention includes a web server 200, a subscriber directory database server 210, a prepaid point management server 220 for managing and storing a prepaid point of a subscriber, and an advertisement / content management server. 290.

2 is a diagram illustrating a web site hierarchy of an Internet phone system using prepaid points according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the hierarchical structure of the Internet phone service web site according to the present invention includes a user web interface 230, HTML / Java Script / Java Applet / CGI 240, a security system 250, and a web server 200. It may include a subscriber directory server 210, a prepaid point management server 220, an advertisement / content management server 290, a database 300, an RTP tunnel 130, and a telephone interface.

The user web interface 230 according to the present invention may provide a web page written in HTML, Java Script, CGI language, and Java Applet so that subscribers can conveniently use the services provided by the Internet web. Can be. The user web interface according to the present invention may include a subscriber information management process module, an advertisement module, a service content module, and an internet phone program.

The subscriber can create or change a list of profile information and phone numbers of new subscriptions and individuals through the user web interface according to the present invention. In addition, subscribers can access or use advertisements or content for earning prepaid point scores required for using an Internet phone through a user web interface according to the present invention.

In addition, the subscriber can download the Internet phone program written in Javascript and Java applet code through the user web interface according to the present invention and make a call to a general telephone user.

The subscriber directory server 210 according to the present invention has a database structure 300 for systematically managing subscribers, and can store and retrieve personal related data including a member number, a user ID, a password, a profile, and the like. It has a function and can manage subscriber information in conjunction with the prepaid point management server 220 according to the present invention.

Subscriber directory server 210 according to the present invention is a member number, user ID (ID), password, user name, social security number, e-mail address, telephone number, gender, occupation, other personal profile information, subscription date, corresponding prepaid card ID Data can be stored and managed.

The prepaid point management server 220 according to the present invention is a database system for systematically managing prepaid points generated when using a prepaid internet phone service, and the subscriber directory server 210 and the advertisement / content management server. In conjunction with 290, the prepaid points of subscribers may be managed.

The prepaid point management server according to the present invention can manage and store data such as membership number, prepaid ID, subscriber prepaid point, prepaid point acquisition history information and call history using prepaid point. The prepaid point acquisition history information according to the present invention may include data such as date and time, clicked advertisement or used content, acquisition point, and the like.

The prepaid point usage call history according to the present invention may include contents such as a use date and time, a use time, a destination telephone number, and the like. The advertisement / content management server 290 according to the present invention manages information related to content or advertisements, such as a game, a search engine, and an e-commerce provided on a prepaid internet phone web page, in association with a prepaid point management server 220.

As information necessary for advertisement management according to the present invention, advertisement related information including an advertiser, a prepaid point assigned to an advertisement, an advertisement time, an advertisement time band, an advertisement cost, and the like may be recorded and managed. In addition, the Internet phone interface 310 according to the present invention can be downloaded to an applet client, has a phone call and voice playback function, and can support the H.323 standard and the voice codec G.723.1 / GSM.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process of performing a call connection using the Internet phone system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the subscriber may access a web server according to the present invention and input his / her member ID and password to receive member authentication (step S410).

The web page according to the present invention may display the available prepaid point score of the subscriber, that is, the remaining available call time, and provide the prepaid point acquisition history or the call history for a certain period of time. In the case of a new subscriber, directory information of the new subscriber is generated and stored in the database according to the new subscription.

In addition, a basic prepaid point can be assigned to a new subscriber, and new subscriber prepaid information can be generated and stored in a database. On the other hand, the Internet phone system according to the present invention, if the subscriber clicks the button for using the Internet phone (step S420), it is determined whether the prepaid points of the subscriber is greater than the selected threshold (step S430).

As a result, when the prepaid point scores earned by the subscriber have been accumulated enough to make a mobile phone call, a general call or an international call, a program for a telephone interface may be downloaded to the subscriber's terminal. (Step S450). If the accumulated prepaid points accumulated by the subscriber is smaller than the threshold value, the prepaid points are accumulated by accessing the advertisement / content server and using the advertisement or the content (step S440).

The Internet phone system according to the present invention can be given a prepaid point in proportion to the reading time by the subscriber by clicking the advertisement provided by the advertisement / content server. In the Internet phone system according to the present invention, subscribers can earn prepaid points by using related contents such as games, search engines, and e-commerce provided by an advertisement / content server.

As still another embodiment of the present invention, a subscriber may purchase and earn prepaid points using his credit card. In the Internet phone system according to the present invention, the subscriber can add, delete, and change his / her phone book list, personal profile information, and the like at the login stage. Meanwhile, another advertisement / content management server according to the present invention posts an advertisement on a web page and provides content such as a game and a search engine.

In addition, it is possible to calculate the current status and statistical information of subscribers access to advertising and content. The advertisement / content management server according to the present invention includes a subscriber's prepaid point addition and storage function according to the use of advertisements and content access, and may include a function such as advertisement cost and advertisement posting time classification.

Referring back to FIG. 3, when the subscriber dials using the telephone interface, the RTP tunnel according to the present invention opens the voice trunk by connecting the subscriber point to the gateway (step S460).

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention to better understand the claims of the invention which will be described later. Additional features and advantages that make up the claims of the present invention will be described below. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiments of the invention disclosed may be readily used as a basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out similar purposes to the invention.

In addition, the inventive concepts and embodiments disclosed herein may be used by those skilled in the art as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. In addition, such modifications or altered equivalent structures by those skilled in the art may be variously changed, substituted, and changed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention described in the claims.

As described above, the present invention provides a solution in which a client connected to an IP network using an Internet phone gateway and an RTP tunnel can connect to a general telephone network, a wireless mobile telephone network, and the like for free.

The Internet phone system technology according to the present invention allows users to earn prepaid points by viewing advertisements provided by a web server or using contents, and enjoy free Internet calls using them.

As a result, subscribers can make phone calls to mobile subscribers as well as general subscribers free of charge, and advertisers can maximize the effectiveness of advertising.

Claims (14)

An internet phone system that provides a subscriber to a web server with a voice trunk created through a gateway that relays an IP network and a public public telephone network to perform an internet phone call using the prepaid points they have earned. The web server that provides the Internet phone service An RTP tunnel specifying an address for a packet received from a client or the gateway to reach the packet to a destination, and forwarding the packet; A user web interface including a subscriber information management process module, an advertisement module, a service content module, and an internet phone program; A prepaid point management server that manages a prepaid point generated when using an advertisement or service content provided by the user web interface so that subscribers connected through the user web interface can make an internet phone call; A subscriber directory database server for storing and managing a subscriber information profile of the subscriber; And An advertisement / content management system server that manages advertisements or service contents provided by the user web interface. Internet phone server system comprising a. 2. The subscriber information management process module of claim 1, wherein the subscriber information management process module constituting the user web interface generates or changes a user new subscription, subscriber profile information, telephone number list, and transmits the result to the subscriber directory server. An Internet Phone Server System. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscriber receives a prepaid point in proportion to the time of viewing the advertisement provided by the advertisement module of the user web interface, and the subscriber's prepaid point accumulation score is stored in the prepaid point management server. Internet phone server system. The Internet phone program of claim 1, wherein the Internet phone program constituting the user web interface is downloaded to the client computer of the subscriber when the prepaid score accumulated by the subscriber becomes a predetermined value or more, and the subscriber performs an Internet telephone call. Internet phone server system, characterized in that. The Internet phone server system of claim 1, wherein the prepaid point management server manages a subscriber member number and a prepaid ID, a subscriber prepaid point earning score, prepaid point acquisition history information, and prepaid point use call history data. The Internet phone server system of claim 1, wherein the Internet phone server system further comprises a telephone interface. The Internet of claim 1, wherein the subscriber receives a prepaid point using content provided by a service content module of the user web interface, and the subscriber's prepaid point accumulation score is stored in the prepaid point management server. Phone server system. The Internet phone system according to claim 1, wherein the gateway supports compact PC hardware and includes call control means, voice compression processing means, packetization means, and network connection means via a bus. In the method of making an Internet phone call through a gateway that relays an IP network and a public public telephone network, A subscriber accessing a web server and authenticating by inputting a subscriber ID and a password; Displaying, on the web interface of the subscriber, the web server, the prepaid point management server managing the subscriber's prepaid point score, and displaying the available prepaid point of the subscriber or a telephone call available time corresponding to the accumulated prepaid point on the subscriber's web interface; If the prepaid point accumulated by the subscriber is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value that enables a phone call, the subscriber accesses an advertisement / content management server linked to the web server, and browses an advertisement provided by the advertisement / content management server or displays contents. Earning prepaid points by using; Downloading a telephony interface for making an internet call to the terminal of the subscriber when the prepaid point accumulated by the subscriber is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value for making a telephone call; And The subscriber dials the telephone using the telephone interface, and the subscriber terminal is connected to the gateway through an RTP tunnel to connect a voice trunk. Internet phone call connection method comprising a. The method of claim 9, wherein the internet phone call connection method Generating directory information of the subscriber and storing the directory information in the subscriber directory server; And Allocating a basic prepaid point to the subscriber and storing the subscriber prepaid point information in a prepaid point management server Internet phone call access method further comprising. In the method of making an Internet telephone call through a gateway that relays an IP network and a public public telephone network, A subscriber accessing a web server and authenticating by inputting a subscriber ID and password; The subscriber accumulating prepaid points necessary for using an internet phone through a user web interface of the web server; The subscriber downloading and making an internet phone program through the user web interface; And The web server is connected to the gateway through the RTP tunnel to address the packet received from the subscriber station on the IP network to reach the destination step of connecting the voice trunk Internet phone call connection method comprising a. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of accumulating the prepaid points Clicking and viewing advertisements provided through the user web interface of the web server, and receiving prepaid points in proportion to the viewing time and storing the advertisements in the subscriber prepaid point management database. Internet phone call connection method comprising a. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of accumulating the prepaid points Receiving prepaid points and storing them in the subscriber prepaid point management database by using content including a game or a search engine provided through a user web interface of the web server. Internet phone call connection method comprising a. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of accumulating the prepaid points Receiving a prepaid point using a payment means including a credit card of the user of the web server and storing the prepaid point in the subscriber prepaid point management database Internet phone call connection method comprising a.