KR20020043428A - Message service method via communication network and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A message service method and system through a communication network is provided so that a subscriber who has joined many groups can confirm all the messages or memos corresponding to the joined groups at one access. CONSTITUTION: A server computer(30) includes programs and databases for the operation of message service. Each user computer(10-1-10-n) has an Internet browser to display web contents in the form of an HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language). An HTML templet in the server computer(30) has webpages to be displayed to the users of user computers(10-1-10-n). The server computer(30) comprises the first storage part(30-1), the second storage part(30-2), and a control part(30-3). The first storage part(30-1) stores the personal information, membership ID and password of each user who has joined a site that provides message service. The second storage part(30-2) stores the name of a group registered by a member of a site and messages made by the member. If a group name inputted from a user is identical to an already registered group name, the control part(30-3) provides another group name. Also the control part(30-3) provides the messages corresponding to one group or more, which a user has joined, to him. If a user selects the name of a group, the control part(30-3) provides the number and names of subscribers who belong to the group.

Description

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The present invention relates to a message service method and apparatus over a communication network, and more particularly, to a message service method and apparatus for outputting a message corresponding to a group subscribed to by a user to a user who has joined one or more groups through a communication network. will be.

Various communication means are currently provided according to the development of communication means. In particular, due to the widespread use of the Internet, a number of sites that provide e-mail and message board functions have appeared and are being put to practical use. However, in the case of e-mail, the message can be sent only if the e-mail address of the other party is known. The message board provided by the Internet site is also provided only to members who belong to one group with a specific name. In case of subscription, there is a problem in that each user has to check the memo by accessing each group.

Therefore, in a situation where a person joins a large number of groups in general, it is necessary to provide a service that can check a memo or a message corresponding to a group joined by a single user.

An object of the present invention is to provide a message service method and apparatus through a communication network.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium recording a message service method through a communication network.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of a message service device via a communication network according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a flow of an embodiment of a message service method using a communication network according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a new group registration of a message service method using a communication network according to the present invention.

4 is an example of a message output form of a message service method using a communication network according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, a message service method through a communication network according to the present invention, (a) providing a name of a group registered to the user; (b) receiving input from a user the names of one or more groups the user wants to join; And (c) providing the user with a message corresponding to the user who has joined the one or more groups.

In order to achieve the above object, the message service device through the communication network according to the present invention, the first storage unit for storing the personal information including the user's name, phone number, age, social security number and member ID and password registered as a member ; A second storage unit which stores a name of a group registered by a user who is registered as a member and a message written by a user who is a member; And if the name of the group desired to be registered from the user is the same as the name of the group already registered, provide another group name, provide the user with a message corresponding to one or more groups that the user has joined, and Selecting the name of one or more groups, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for providing the number and name of subscribers joining the group.

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

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of a message service device via a communication network according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the server computer 30 is a computer provided in a company that manages a message service, and the user computers 10-1 to 10-n operate on the server computer 30 through the communication network 20. The computer of the person receiving the message service using the system. Herein, a computer is a representative example of an information processing device, and generally, it is to be interpreted as including all devices connected to a communication network to provide or receive information, and include, for example, a mobile phone that can communicate through the Internet. .

The server computer 30 is provided with a program and a database for operating the message service. User computers 10-1 to 10-n connected to the communication network 20 have Internet browsers (eg, Netscape, Internet Explorer) that can display web contents in the form of Hyper Text Makup Language (HTML). have. The web browser allows each computer to access and display the contents of HTML and templates in the server computer 30. The HTML template of server computer 30 has web (WWW) pages to display to the users of user computers 10-1 through 10-n.

The server computer 30 is a first storage unit 30-1 for storing personal information including a user's name, age, social security number, etc., a member ID and a password, and a member at a site that provides a message service. If the name of the group registered by the subscribing user and the second storage unit 30-2 for storing the message written by the user subscribed as a member and the name of the group desired to be registered from the user are the same as the name of the registered group Provide a different group name, provide the user with a message corresponding to one or more groups that the user has joined, and select the name of one or more groups the user has subscribed to, providing the number and name of subscribers who have joined the group It characterized in that it comprises a control unit (30-3).

2 is a diagram illustrating a flow of an embodiment of a message service method using a communication network according to the present invention.

When the user connects to the server computer 30 through a communication network such as the Internet using his computer 10-1 to 10-n (step 200), first, whether a member is registered or not is checked (step 210). If the member is not registered, the member registration process is performed in a predetermined manner (step 220). At this time, the server computer 30 inputs user information about the user's name, address, gender, age, etc., and a member ID and password. Receive it and store it in the first storage. Such a member confirmation procedure is not essential in using the message service according to the present invention, and may restrict message creation or group subscription to a user who does not subscribe as a member.

When the server computer 30 checks whether the connected user is a member and confirms that the user is a member, the server computer 30 outputs a message corresponding to one or more groups to which the user has subscribed to the user computers 10-1 to 10-n (step 230). . If the connected user is identified as a non-member, a message corresponding to the group name received from the user is output to the user computers 10-1 to 10-n. In outputting such a message, it is also possible to display only the subject of the message and click on the subject of the message to display the contents of the message.

In the output of the message, the default setting is to output the message in the order of creation date, but the user can be set to output in the order according to the group name or the member ID of the message creator. Also, when a message corresponding to one or more groups subscribed to by a user is output to the user computers 10-1 through 10-n, the number of subscribers of the group corresponding to the message is also checked. desirable. On the other hand, it is preferable that a user who has joined as a member can compose a message corresponding to one or more groups to which he has joined (step 240). In addition, regardless of whether or not the user can browse the message of the desired group through the search using the group name, of course.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a new group registration of a message service method using a communication network according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a user who has joined as a member may register a new group with the server computer 30. If the user inputs a group name to be newly registered (step 300), the server computer 30 checks whether the group name is the same as the name of a group already registered (step 310). May input another group name, and in this case, the user may be allowed to input a lower group name (step 320). On the other hand, it is preferable that the server computer 30 provides a unique group name that can be used by the user. In this case, the group name provided to the user preferably provides a name similar to the group name input by the user.

When a user registered as a member registers a new group, it is desirable to make the group open to only a part of the user. In this case, the user can set a password when registering the group so that only a user who has entered the password can join the group. Also, when registering a new group, the user may input one or more aliases in addition to the desired group name (step 330). If another user inputs an alias when searching for a group, the group corresponding to the alias is displayed.

A user connects to the server computer 30 to view a message corresponding to one or more groups he has joined, register a new group, or create a message for one or more groups he has subscribed to, in addition to joining an already registered group. May be step 340. It can also make it possible to modify or delete a message that has already been written.

When composing a message, it is preferable to allow a user to set a password in a portion of the message contents that he wants to be private (step 350). If the user sets a password, the content of the message selected to be private may be displayed as a predetermined character (for example? Or *) when the other user browses. Therefore, only users who know the password can view the entire message. The password setting in step 350 may also be applied to the message created in step 240. If you choose to print only the subject of the message, you can click on the subject of the message to display the password input field, and enter the password set by the author of the message to show the contents of the message.

In addition to the above-mentioned message, a member can click a message icon to send a message to a registered member or read a message sent to the member. The contents of such a message are not disclosed to the other party except for the other party's member. The other party of the message sender can access the server computer 30 and see a message window indicating that a new message has arrived. You can tell that a new note has arrived by, for example, flashing the note icon.

4 is an example of a screen output to the user computers 10-1 to 10-n in step 230. As shown in FIG. 4, the contents of a message corresponding to each of the one or more group names subscribed to by the user are output, and a predetermined "icon" is output in front of each group name, so that the user displays the "icon" in front of the group name. When clicked, it is desirable to provide the number of users joining the group and the name of each user. In addition, the part indicated by ??? in the output screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed in place of the content of the message selected as private, and the output screen of FIG. 4 is an example in which only the title of the message is output.

On the other hand, non-members cannot join a group, register a new group, or compose a message, and can only search for a registered group or view a written message. You can limit the number of groups you have. The membership level may be adjusted up or down according to the number of times of accessing the server computer 30 that provides the message service.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, and may be transmitted through the Internet.

Although the message service method and apparatus through the communication network according to the present invention have been described above through representative embodiments, those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs, the message service method and the same through the communication network according to the present invention It will be appreciated that the apparatus may also be carried out via a terminal (mobile phone, etc.) having an information processing function using another communication network, for example, a wireless or wireline telephone network.

As described above, according to the method and apparatus for a message service through a communication network according to the present invention, a message corresponding to one or more groups subscribed to the user by one or more groups is provided to a user who has subscribed to one or more groups with only one connection to transmit a message. There is no need to subscribe to a separate site providing a message service to receive. You can also send or receive simple messages between users who join the same group even if you don't know your email address.

Claims (10)

(a) providing a name of a registered group to a user; (b) receiving input from a user the names of one or more groups the user wants to join; And (c) providing a message corresponding to a user who has joined at least one group to the user. The method of claim 1, (d) receiving a message corresponding to one or more groups to which the user belongs, from the user. The method of claim 2, If a user has a word or sentence that you want to be private among the contents of the message, the message service method through a communication network, characterized in that for setting a password. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (b), (b1) receiving a name of a new group from a user who wants to register a new group in the web server; And (b2) if the name of the group input by the user is the same as the name of a group already registered in the web server, receiving a different group name or receiving a sub group name; Service method. The method of claim 4, wherein In step (b1), the message service method via a communication network, characterized in that further comprising the step of receiving a name of one or more separate group that refers to the same group as the new group to register from the user. The method of claim 4, wherein And in the step (b1), if a user wants to set up a group to be registered in the web server so that only a part of users can join, the user can receive a password from the user. The method of claim 4, wherein In step (b2), the message service method through a communication network, characterized in that to provide at least one group name unique to the user. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (c), Provides the number of subscribers in each group who saw messages corresponding to each of the one or more groups the user subscribed to, And selecting a name of at least one group to which the user has subscribed, providing a number and name of subscribers to the group. A first storage unit for storing personal information including a name, a phone number, an age, a social security number, and a member ID and a password of a user registered as a member; A second storage unit which stores a name of a group registered by a user who is registered as a member and a message written by a user who is a member; And If the name of the group you want to register from the user is the same as the name of an already registered group, provide another group name, provide the user with a message corresponding to one or more groups that the user has joined, and the user who has joined And a control unit for providing a number and a name of subscribers joining the group when the name of the group is selected. (a) providing a name of a registered group to a user; (b) receiving input from a user the names of one or more groups the user wants to join; And (c) a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to provide a message corresponding to a user who has joined one or more groups to the user.