KR20020010956A - Method for providing a business card information using wireless internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A name card information service method is provided to enable a user to input and store name card data at a service site over the wireless internet, and enable the user to search for a name card information if necessary. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of accessing a name card data server system over the wireless internet(S100), selecting one among service menu(S102), displaying the number of memo and enabling the user input memo in the case that the user select a menu of inputting memo(S104), storing the memo at a personal database if the user clicks on a button of memo storage(S106), displaying the contents of the memo on a screen of a wireless terminal if the user clicks on a button of memo browsing(S108), allowing the user to delete or modify the memo(S110, S112, S114), offering a search window and enabling the user to search for a wanted name or company by using search commands(S116), performing a search operation in a name card management database according to search words and commands input by the user(S118), and enabling the user to select a value added menu, e,g, sending an e-mail, sending a fax, or transmitting name card information.

Description

Business card information service method using wireless internet {METHOD FOR PROVIDING A BUSINESS CARD INFORMATION USING WIRELESS INTERNET}

The present invention relates to a method for providing business card information service through the wireless Internet, and more particularly, to a business card information service method suitable for implementing efficient business card information management by providing a function of inputting, modifying, and searching business card information by accessing the wireless Internet. It is about.

In general, a business card is simply used as a means of contact through which the other person can contact him through contents printed with a contact name and a picture together with the person's name and business name.

In most cases, the person who receives the business card keeps the business card in the business card and keeps in touch with the business card whenever they need it. There is this.

Therefore, in order to alleviate this inconvenience, an electronic notebook or a computer has been used in recent years, but even when using this method, the process of directly inputting the contents of the business card is required, which causes inconvenience.

As such, business cards are not used at all except for the basic purpose of promoting personal information and there are storage problems.

Therefore, in addition to the basic purpose of promoting personal information, in accordance with the widespread use of wireless terminals, if you can input and store business card information through the wireless Internet from time to time, and search and modify the stored business card information, creating a new type of service Of course, business card information utilization efficiency can be greatly improved. However, at present, there is no suggestion of any proposal for the above service technique.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a business card information service capable of storing business card information and retrieving stored business card information through a wireless Internet.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a business card information service using the wireless Internet that can determine the location information of the other party using the stored business card information, and can realize the diversification of the use of the business card by sending a message such as email, fax, etc. Its purpose is to.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a business card information service method of a business card information server system having a business card information database, the method comprising: providing a screen for allowing a user connected through a communication network to input information of a counterpart; Searching and providing the business card information database with at least one counterpart information corresponding to the counterpart information input by the user; Providing business card information for one counterpart selected from the counterpart information; It provides a business card information service method using the wireless Internet comprising the step of providing an additional service linked to the business card information.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a business card information service system for explaining a method for providing a business card information service in the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a business card information service method according to the present invention.

3A to 3E are first exemplary diagrams of a business card information service provided by the present invention.

4A to 4G are second exemplary views of a business card information service provided by the present invention.

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100: wireless terminal 200: base station

300: wireless operator system 400: gateway unit

500: communication network 600: business card information server system

610: general server unit 620: database server unit

700: wired terminal 800: location server

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

The core technical gist of the present invention is that the wireless terminal can retrieve the business card information registered by the wireless terminal at any time by registering the information of the business card of the other party received in the social life using the wireless Internet on the server of the business card information service provider. By using the business card information to receive a variety of additional services (for example, business card address map search, business card owner location, business card address search, etc.), through such technical means can easily achieve the purpose of the present invention Can be.

In order to use the present invention, a user must first be registered in a service provider provided by the wireless Internet and be in a state in which a user can receive personal business card files and Internet information services provided therefrom.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a business card information service system for explaining a method for providing a business card information service in the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a business card information service system constructed in accordance with the present invention, the wireless terminal 100, the base station 200, the wireless operator system 300, the gateway unit 400, the Internet and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Communication network 500, a business card information server system 600 for storing data and processing input data, and a wired terminal 700 and a location server 800.

First, the terminal 100 having an input device is a mobile communication means for inputting a command desired by a user, converting the input command into an RF signal suitable for data service, and transmitting the received command. (Eg, cellular telephones, personal digital communications (PCS), PDAs, IMT-2000, etc.). The terminal 100 is connected to the communication network 500 through the base station 200, the wireless service system 300, the gateway unit 400 using a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) to the Internet from the business card information server system 600 You can get services.

Meanwhile, the base station 200 receives the RF signal transmitted from the wireless terminal 100 and demodulates it with a command, and performs mobile communication between the other wireless terminal and the wireless service system 300 in the service area (ie, cell) of the base station 200. To provide a service, the wireless operator system 300 includes a base station controller, a WAP gateway, a home location register (HLR), a visitor's location register (VRL), etc., each of which is responsible for a plurality of base stations. Providing various communication services performed in different wireless terminal periods in the service area of each base station, and managing the current registration status of the wireless terminals 100 in the service area of each base station 200, and also through the WAP gateway The communication network 500 and the wired terminal 700 are connected to provide a business card information service according to the present invention therebetween.

In the wireless operator system 300, when a location search request is made to a specific wireless terminal from the location server 800, the other wireless terminal that is requested to search for a location by searching for the home location register (HLR) and the visitor location register (VLR) is currently present. It searches for which base station is entered, and if the base station to which the other radio terminal is found is searched for, provides the location server 800 with the location value of the base station.

Next, the gateway unit 400 receives a signal suitable for a protocol for Internet service from the wireless operator system 300, and transmits the input signal to TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) / IP (Internet Protocol) or HDTP suitable for Internet connection. (Handheld Device Transport Protocol) is converted and output, and the communication network 500 arranges a connection between other networks for the operation corresponding to the command output from the gateway 400.

In the business card information server system 600, the general server unit 610 is a web server 611, FTP server 612 having a protocol for file transfer, traffic information server 613, map server 614, location server 615. The database server unit 620, which stores and manages data input from the web server 611 in the business card information server system 600, includes a map DB 621 which stores a peripheral map of an address on the business card information and an electronic map; Traffic information DB (622) that stores the traffic information, business card information DB (623) for storing the business card information stored by the user, personal information and the user's own business card information and the user entered memo is stored Personal information DB 624 is included.

Here, the web server 611 is to provide a business card information service to the user of the wireless terminal 100, the user of the wireless terminal 100 input and store the business card information through the wireless Internet, and search for various additional services ( For example, in order to receive a map search, navigation, business card owner search, etc.), the location processing server 615, the traffic information server 613, and the map server 614 are connected to provide a corresponding business card information service. .

In addition, the traffic information server 613 when the user of the wireless terminal 100 wants to receive the service to the location of the address of the business card information by searching the business card information, the web server 611 receives the current location from the user Provides traffic information (e.g., public transportation, time required when using public transportation) to reach the address on the business card information.

On the other hand, the map server 614 retrieves the stored map DB 621 when the electronic map data is constructed and stored when requesting the location data of the address on the card information input by the user when the user wants to receive an additional service using the card information. To provide to the user's wireless terminal (100).

The location server 800 requests the wireless operator system 300 to search for the location of the other party's wireless terminal when the user of the other terminal uses the mobile phone information on the business card information. When the location value of the base station that the corresponding wireless terminal is currently provided from the wireless operator system 300 is converted to a longitude coordinate value, it is transmitted to the location processing server 615 as the location information of the corresponding wireless terminal, the location processing server In 615, the latitude and longitude coordinate values received from the location server 800 are converted into a data format that the map server 614 can recognize and transmitted to the map server 614.

The landline telephone 700 is a telephone that is connected when the user wants to make a call by searching the business card information DB 624 in the business card information service system 600.

Next, the operation of the business card information service system of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described as follows with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the business card information service method of the present invention sequentially passes through the base station 200, the wireless operator system 300, the gateway 400, and the communication network 500 by using the wireless terminal 100 carried by the user himself. And the step S100 of accessing the business card information server system 600 which is a service provider of the wireless Internet. At this time, the business card information server system 600 provides an initial screen to the user's wireless terminal 100 as shown in Figure 3a.

The user selects one of the service menus, such as "Memo input", "Show memo", "Business card information search", "Creating own business card", etc. provided by the business card information server system 600 from the web page of FIG. S102).

If the user selects a memo input among the services provided by the business card information server system 600, the business card information server system 600, as shown in Figure 3b, the current personal on the screen of the user's wireless terminal 100 The number of memos in the information DB 624 and the number of memos can be displayed by the user, and the "Cancel" command to go to the main screen and the "Save" command to be saved after inputting the memo are displayed. At this time, when the user enters the memo (S104), and presses the save button is stored in the personal information DB (624) (S106). If the number of search results memos of the personal information DB 624 is greater than 10, a message for deleting the memos is displayed on the wireless terminal 100 of the user.

Then, when the user selects a memo view item in the web page of FIG. 3A, the business card information server system 600 retrieves the memo that the user has made from the personal information DB 112 as shown in FIG. 3C. The display is displayed on the wireless terminal 100 (S108). When the user selects the displayed memo (S110), the card information server system 600 displays the memo selected by the user and a command for modifying / deleting and "cancel" to move to the main screen on the user's wireless terminal 100. . When the user wants to delete the memo selected by pressing the "delete" button, the selected memo is deleted (S112), if you want to modify the memo by pressing the "edit" button (S114).

Then, when the user selects the "business card search" item, the business card information server system 600 provides a search box so that the user can input the name and the business name of the business card to be searched, as shown in FIG. 3D. The search command and the cancellation command to go to the main screen are displayed on the user's wireless terminal 100 (S116). In addition, according to the search word entered in the search box, the user searches in the business card information DB 623 (S118) and receives a "confirmation" command for receiving the corresponding business card information and additional services and a "cancel" command for moving to the search result. Display on the user's wireless terminal (100). At this time, when the user wants to receive the additional service according to the retrieved information, the user may select and move to the "confirmation" command (S120).

When the user wants to receive the additional service, the business card information server system 600 provides a web screen as shown in FIG. 4A.

The user selects one of additional services such as location information of the company provided by the business card information server system 600, an email, a phone call, a fax, a business card, and an item delivery from the web page of FIG. 4A (S122). .

When the user wants to receive the "location information of the company" service from the additional service menu provided by the business card information server system 600, the business card information server system 600 is the user wireless terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 4B. Two menus of "view map" and "go to" are displayed on the user's wireless terminal 100 (S124). When the user selects "Map View", the image of the map corresponding to the address of the searched business card information is searched on the map DB 621 and displayed on the user's wireless terminal 100 through the map server 614 (S126). ).

When the user selects "Go" from the additional service menu of FIG. 4A, a screen asking for the current location of the user is displayed (S128). At this time, if the user selects "OK" after inputting the location, the business card information server system 600 searches the traffic information DB 622 (S130), and the traffic information that the user can go to the address of the searched business card information, Geography and time required to display the surroundings on the user's wireless terminal (100) (S132).

If in the additional service menu provided by the business card information server system 600, in the case of a "send message" service such as an e-mail or a fax, as shown in FIGS. 4C to 4D, "send a voice mail (fax)" or " "Send" command and additional services to send a message (e-mail or fax) using the card information retrieved from the business card information DB (623) and the screen to select one of "Send text mail (fax)" "Cancel" command that can be moved to the menu screen of the user is displayed on the wireless terminal (100).

Accordingly, the user selects whether to send a message such as an e-mail or a fax by text or voice on the menu screen (S134). If the user selects "send as text", a text input window for inputting text is provided, and the user inputs text in the input window (S136) and transmits the input text (S140). In addition, when the user selects "send by voice", the message is recorded (S138) and then sent to the counterpart by using the searched business card information by clicking the send command (S140).

Next, when "Call Phone" is selected from the additional service menu provided by the card information server system 600, as shown in FIG. 4E, the work and mobile phone numbers are searched from the card information retrieved from the card information DB 623. It displays and displays on the user's wireless terminal 100 a "Call" command to call the selected phone number and a "Cancel" command to move to the additional service screen.

At this time, the user selects one of the workplace and the mobile phone number (S142), if the selected phone number is a landline phone is connected to the wired terminal 700 through the PSTN, if the mobile phone through the base station 102 It is connected to a wireless terminal (S144).

Next, when the user name card is selected from among the additional services provided by the business card information server system 600, as shown in FIG. 4F, the business card information DB 623 searches the personal information DB 624 based on the business card information retrieved. Displays a "send" command to send the user's own business card and a "cancel" command to move to the menu screen of the additional service on the user's wireless terminal 100.

At this time, the user may transmit his or her business card to the other party through the business card information retrieved from the business card information DB 623 using the "send" command displayed on the wireless terminal 100 (S146).

Then, when selecting the "business owner location search" service from the additional service menu provided by the business card information server system 600, as shown in Figure 4g, the owner of the business card based on the business card information retrieved from the business card information DB (623) A "find" command for locating a location and a "cancel" command for moving to an additional service menu are displayed on the user's wireless terminal 100.

At this time, if the user selects the "find" command, the business card information server system 600 determines whether or not the position of the other party to find in the business card information DB (623) (S148). If the other party does not disclose the location, the message indicating that the location was not disclosed to the user's wireless terminal 100 (S152), and if the other party disclosed the location of the other party's business card information and mobile phone number request When the signal is transmitted to the map server 614, and the map server 614 transmits the mobile phone number of the counterpart terminal together with the location search request signal to the location server 800 through the location processing server 615, the location is searched. The server 800 requests the wireless operator system 300 to receive the current location of the other party's terminal, that is, the location value of the base station 200 in the service area, and then converts it to a longitude coordinate value, thereby processing the location processing server 615. The location processing server 615 converts the data into a data format recognizable by the map server 614 and transfers the data to the map server. Subsequently, the map server 614 transmits the corresponding location to the user's wireless terminal 100 (S150).

When the user selects "Create own business card" from the service menu provided by the business card information service provider, the business card information server system 600 sends the user's own business card to the user's wireless terminal 100, as shown in FIG. 3E. It displays a menu of "Create Business Cards" that can be created, "Edit" that allows you to modify your business cards, and "View Cards" where you can view your business cards.

The business card information server system 600 provides an input window for the user to input the contents of the business card (S154), and transmits and stores the input content to the personal information DB 623 (S156).

At this time, the input contents of business card creation are name, work name, department, job title, zip code, address, phone number, fax number, mobile phone, e-mail, select picture to specify your character, and register your own business card. It consists of a registration.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user who is provided with a business card information service through the wireless Internet can always input and store business card information when he or she needs it, and can search the stored business card information. Because you can receive additional services, you can use the business card 100% based on the business card information service from the simple use of the means of contact to the existing business card.

That is, in the present invention, the user receives a variety of services provided by a member of a separate business card information service company and uses the existing business card for various purposes as well as a means of contact. Can be effectively satisfied.

Claims (10)

In the business card information service method using the wireless Internet of the business card information server system having a business card information database, Providing a screen for allowing a user connected through a communication network to input information of a counterpart; Searching and providing the business card information database with at least one counterpart information corresponding to the counterpart information input by the user; Providing business card information for one counterpart selected from the counterpart information; Business card information service method using the wireless Internet comprising the step of providing an additional service linked to the business card information. The method of claim 1, wherein the counterpart information is a name of the counterpart. The method of claim 1, wherein the counterpart information is a work name of the counterpart. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is: And inputting a memo to a user connected through a communication network, and providing a memo input service for storing and managing the input memo content in the database. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is: Using the wireless Internet, characterized in that it further comprises the step of providing a user to create a business card by inputting the user's business card information to the user connected through the communication network, and storing the created business card information in the database to manage Business card information service method. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional service comprises a location information service that provides a company location map information of the other party using the retrieved business card information. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional service comprises a business card sending service that allows a user to send his or her own business card using the searched business card information of the counterpart. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional service comprises a message service for transmitting an email, a phone call, a fax, and a voice to a counterpart by using the found counterpart's business card information. The method of claim 8, wherein the message service for sending an e-mail and a fax can be sent by voice and text. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional service comprises a location providing service that provides a location of the other party using the found business card information of the other party.