KR20020010964A - System for providing information and automatically selecting receivers for that information and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for automatically selecting an information receiver and providing information and a method therefor are provided to automatically select a plurality of information receivers and offer information to a plurality of the selected information receivers through a mobile communication terminal. CONSTITUTION: A database(60) stores identification data of a plurality of information receivers including portable communication terminals. A database management engine(50) classifies a plurality of information receivers on the basis of portable communication terminal number data to store the classified information receivers, and classifies an information receiving candidate which is selected at a certain frequency or more as a default information receiver. A messaging center(20) receives data from an information provider for designating the identification data and transmits the data to portable communication terminals of the selected information receivers among a plurality of the information receivers. A web server(30) provides a web service so that an information transmitter retrieves and designates an information receiver.

Description

System for providing information and automatically selecting receivers for that information and the method

The present invention relates to an information providing system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method for automatically selecting an information receiver and providing necessary information to a selected information receiver through a mobile communication terminal.

With the development of computer technology and information and communication technology, the distribution of information using computer networks such as the Internet is increasing rapidly. Depending on the type of information to be distributed, communication and tightness may be required between the sender who provides the information and the receiver who needs the information. For example, there is information that requires close communication only by the personal or social relationship between the sender and the receiver of the information. This information includes information related to the gradient of the information sender. On the other hand, the Internet information distribution based on the web technology is mainly focused on the information receiver, the accessibility of the information receiver to the information related to the landscape of the information sender mentioned above is inferior.

By using e-mail, it is possible for an information sender to send his or her personal information related to the survey to an information receiver individually, but in order to receive an e-mail, the information receiver must access the mail server via wired computer to check the contents. Therefore, it is difficult to match the lifestyle of many modern people. In particular, in the case of an investigation such as death, the transfer of information through e-mail is less efficient because the maneuverability of information must be delivered to the information receiver within at least several hours based on the tradition of three days.

In addition, since it is not only time-consuming and cumbersome for an information sender to designate an information receiver every time an incidence occurs, there is a risk of missing information receivers.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for automatically selecting a plurality of information recipients and providing them to information via a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to increase the information accessibility of the information receiver and to improve the communication of information requiring mobility and closeness.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a connection relationship between a system, an information sender, and an information receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a connection relationship between a system, an information sender, and an information receiver according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart showing the overall process of the method according to the invention.

4 shows an example of an initial screen of a web service provided when an information sender remotely accesses a server system according to the present invention.

5 shows an example of a screen of a web service for providing data of an information receiver according to the present invention.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

10: information sender or information requestor

18: Internet network

20: Messaging Center

30: Web server

40, 80: gateway

50: database management engine

60: database

70: portable communication terminal of information receiver

90: wireless network

Since the information providing system according to the present invention provides the information of the information sender through the portable communication terminal of the information receiver, it is possible to provide information quickly and greatly improve the information accessibility of the information receiver. In addition, since the information providing system according to the present invention automatically selects information receivers and classifies them according to the portable communication terminal number data, troubles and troubles of information transmitters are eliminated.

An information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes identification data of a plurality of information recipients including a portable communication terminal (the identification data includes the name, e-mail address, and number data of the portable communication terminal). A database management engine for classifying and storing a plurality of information receivers based on the portable communication terminal number data, classifying the information reception candidates selected more than a predetermined number as default information receivers, and specifying the identification data. A message center that receives data from an information provider and transmits the data to a mobile communication terminal of a predetermined information receiver selected from the plurality of information receivers, and a web that provides a web service so that the information sender can search for and designate the information receiver. Include a server.

The information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention further includes a gateway for transmitting data through a wireless communication network to a portable communication terminal of an information receiver in response to a request of an information sender from the web server and a message center.

The information providing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: accepting an information sender request of an information sender, receiving information receiver designation data input from the information sender, and matching the default information receiver and the information receiver designation data stored in a database. Selecting an information receiving candidate as an information receiving designator, and designating the information receiving designator as a default information receiver when the designated person is designated a predetermined number of times or more and automatically classifying the information receiving designator according to the mobile communication terminal number of the information receiver. And transmitting data to the sorted portable communication terminal.

Example

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described with reference to drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a connection relationship between a system, an information requester, and an information receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information sender or the information providing requester 10 requests the server system 100 to provide the information through the telephone 12, the mail 14, and the computer 16. The telephone 12 may be a landline telephone or a mobile telephone. Computer 16 is connected to server system 100 via, for example, the Internet 18. The request of the information sender 10 may include notification of the occurrence of the situation informing the user that the supervisor has occurred, and information reception selection designation data for selecting a person to receive the supervisory information among the information reception candidates. The Internet communication network 18 may be a computer network that may be interconnected using TCP / IP, and may be a local area network (LAN) connected by coaxial cable, optical fiber, an integrated service digital network (ISDN), a broadband integrated information network (B). It can be a wide area network (WAN) such as ISDN.

The server system 100 includes a messaging center 20, a web server 30, a gateway 40, a database management engine 50, and a database 60.

Messaging center 20 accepts requests via telephone 12 and mail 14 of information sender 10. The received request is sent to the web server 30. Meanwhile, the messaging center 20 may include, for example, a proxy server (not shown) to receive a request through the mobile communication terminal of the information provision requester 10. The proxy server translates the request of the portable communication terminal into a web request and submits it to the web server 30, and encodes the response of the web server 30 into data suitable for the portable communication terminal, for example, binary data. On the other hand, if the web server 30 provides wireless content (eg, WAP content such as Wireless Markup Language (WML)), the proxy server may retrieve it directly from the web server 30. However, if the web server 30 provides web content such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML), a separate filter (eg, an HTML filter, not shown) is used to convert the web content into WAP content.

The web server 30 provides a service using the world wide web technology of the Internet. The information provided by the web server 30 is reconstructed by a browser (for example, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, or a micro browser) installed on the information provision requester 10 side. The service provided by the web server 30 enables the information sender 10 to inform the situation that the supervisor has occurred, enables the information sender 10 to search for information reception candidates, and receives the information. It provides an interface, such as a web page, that lets you specify the action.

The gateway 40 is for interworking between the web server 30 and the wireless communication network 90. For example, communication is performed based on a wireless application protocol (WAP) protocol in the wireless network 90, and the web server 30 provides information based on a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). The gateway 40 receives the request of the information sender 10 from the messaging center 20 or the web server 30 and transmits the requested information to the portable communication terminal 70. Meanwhile, in addition to the WAP protocol, the communication network 90 may use Microsoft's mobile explorer (ME) method. In this case, a browser (eg, a micro browser) in the mobile communication terminal 70 serves as the gateway 40. You can do that.

The database management engine 50 automatically classifies a plurality of information receiving candidates according to the number of the portable communication terminal 70 based on the data stored in the database 60, and assigns the information receiver to a predetermined number of times, for example, 10 or more times. Classifies the specified character as the default recipient of information.

The database 60 includes data related to surveying (e.g., the type, date, place, notification content, etc.) of the survey, the name, e-mail address of the information receiver, data of the mobile communication terminal number of the information receiver, and the relationship between the information receiver and the information sender. Data and the like are stored. An information receiver is classified into an information reception candidate, an information reception selector, and a default information receiver. The information receiving candidate refers to all the information receivers input by the information sender, the information receiving selector indicates the receiver designated by the information sender for the specific lightening situation, and the default information recipient refers to the person receiving information automatically for all the lightening conditions. The database 60 may include data related to the survey of the information sender, data of the past information receiving selector, and data of past past generation.

The portable communication terminal 70 is connected to the server system 100 via a wireless network 90, for example, a packet switched network (PSTN). The portable communication terminal 70 is held by an information receiver and receives data transmitted from the server system 100 and notifies the information receiver by text or voice. The portable communication terminal 70 may send the acknowledgment data to the server system 100 confirming that the information has been received. This acknowledgment data is transmitted to the information sender 10 via the messaging center 20 and / or the web server 30 of the server system 100. The portable communication terminals 70A, 70B, 70C, ... 70N carried by the information receiver employ, for example, code division multiple access (CDMA), GSM (Group Special Mobile) or time division multiple access (TDMA). It may be configured as a digital cellular phone, or may be configured by a wireless communication device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA).

2 is a block diagram illustrating a connection relationship between a system, an information requester, and an information receiver according to another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

This embodiment applies to the same environment as the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, where the server system 100 does not include a gateway and transmits a signal to the external gateway 80 through the messaging center 20. The gateways 80A, 80B, 80C, ..., 80N represent, for example, a system of a mobile communication provider, and a plurality of gateways exist depending on the number of communication operators.

3 is a flow chart showing the overall process of the method according to the invention.

When a hard hit occurs (102), the information sender notifies the server system of the fact. Hardships can be divided into periodic and sudden situations. It may be determined whether or not the periodic situation is based on data previously registered by the information sender, for example, past landscape related data. If the generated police is not a periodic situation, the information sender's request for information provision is received (106), and the information receiver designation data is received (107). The information receiver designation data is data specified by the information sender.

The received information designation designator and the default information receiver stored in the database are selected as the information receiver (110). On the other hand, if the occurrence of the interception is a periodic situation, the process proceeds to the information receiver selection step 110 along the path 105. In this case, only the default information receiver may be selected as the information receiver, or the information sender is requested to specify the receiver. The person designated by the following information sender may be included in the information selection selector.

The number of times of selection is counted 112 for each information receiving selector. If the number of times of selection is a predetermined number N, for example 10 or more times, the corresponding information receiving selector is designated as the default information receiver (114).

The information receiving selector is classified according to the portable communication terminal number data associated therewith (120). In operation 130, the survey-related data is transmitted to the classified information receiving selector. After the data transmission, the transmission may be confirmed by the information receiving selector (132). If not confirmed, the data may be terminated through the step of transmitting data again along the path 133.

4 shows an example of an initial screen of a web service provided when an information sender remotely accesses a server system according to the present invention. This screen 150 is composed of a member number input window 152, a member name input window 154, a search button 156, and a DB call button 158. When the information sender inputs his / her membership number and name through the windows 152 and 154, and clicks the DB load button 158, the information receiver stored in the database as his information receiver is shown in FIG. As shown. When the search button 156 is clicked on, a screen (not shown) for searching for information recipients in various fields is executed. The information receiver search may be a keyword search using fields such as the name, relationship of the information receiver, the number of the mobile communication terminal, and whether or not the information is received.

5 shows an example of a screen of a web service for providing data of an information receiver according to the present invention. This screen 170 is composed of an item sender's member name, member number, mobile operator code, and file name 172, and the information receiver's sequence number, name, relationship, mobile phone number, status code, duplicate count, and remarks. A field 714 and data corresponding to each of these fields are displayed. Data with the same mobile operator code data shown in item 172 is displayed under one field 174.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, this is merely exemplary and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Therefore, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may easily modify the embodiments shown in the drawings, which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by automatically transmitting the gradient information of the information sender through the mobile communication terminal of the information receiver, it is possible to improve the communication between the information sender and the receiver and to provide information requiring mobility and closeness. Can transmit effectively.

Claims (8)

A system that automatically selects recipients of information and provides them with information. A database for storing identification data of a plurality of information receivers including a portable communication terminal, the identification data including a name, an e-mail address, and number data of the portable communication terminal; A database management engine that classifies and stores a plurality of information receivers based on the portable communication terminal number data, and classifies a predetermined number of information reception candidates as default information receivers; A message center receiving data from an information provider specifying the identification data and transmitting data to a portable communication terminal of a predetermined information receiver selected from the plurality of information receivers; A system comprising a web server that provides web services for information senders to retrieve and specify information recipients. A system that automatically selects recipients of information and provides them with information. A database for storing identification data of a plurality of information receivers including a portable communication terminal, the identification data including a name, an e-mail address, and number data of the portable communication terminal; A database management engine that classifies and stores a plurality of information receivers based on the portable communication terminal number data, and classifies a predetermined number of information reception candidates as default information receivers; A message center for receiving data from an information provider specifying the identification data and transmitting the data to a predetermined information receiver selected from the plurality of information receivers; A web server that provides web services for information senders to retrieve and specify information recipients; And a gateway for receiving data from the web server and the message center and transmitting the data to the portable communication terminal of the information receiver through a wireless communication network. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the database stores the name of the information sender, the type of congratulation, the date and time, the place, the notification content, and the relationship data between the information sender and the information receiver. 3. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the messaging center includes a proxy server that translates the request of the information sender into a web request and submits it to the web server. A method of automatically selecting recipients of information and providing them with information. Accepting a request for providing information by the information sender; Accepting information receiver specified data inputted from the information sender; Selecting a default information receiver stored in a database and an information receiving candidate that matches the information receiver designation data as an information receiving designator; If the designated person is designated more than a predetermined number of times in the selecting step, designating it as a default information receiver, and automatically classifying the information receiving designator according to the mobile communication terminal number of the information receiver; Transmitting data to the sorted portable communication terminal. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein after the data transmission step, a step of confirming whether or not the information receiver is to be transmitted is added. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information providing request receiving step receives the type, date, place, and notification content of the information sender. 8. The method of claim 5 or 7, wherein the step of accepting the information provision request is performed through a web service provided to the information sender.