KR20020074236A - System for providing Internet phone service by means for sending email including one click juncture icon and method there of - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An internet phone service system and method is provided to generate a one click image icon or an electronic name card for enabling a member to request an internet phone call, and to transmit the generated image icon and the electronic name card via an e-mail. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises an internet interface(105), a member registration device(110), an icon generator(115), an icon transmitter(120), a program provision device(125), a communication channel setter(130), a voice signal processor(135) and a member management database(140). The icon generator(115) generates a one click image icon by using name card data stored at the member management database(140). The icon generator(115) offers various image icons, for example, a phone image icon, a phone number image icon, or a character image icon, to a terminal of the member, then the user selects one image icon, and then the icon generator(115) stores the selected image icon at the member management database(140). The icon transmitter(120) attaches the selected image icon or electronic name card at an e-mail, and transmits the attached image icon to the member. The communication channel setter(130) receives an icon identifier, an authentication code and a URL if the member clicks on the one click image icon, and compares the transmitted authentication code with the authentication code stored at the member management database. If the compared authentication codes are identical, the communication channel setter(130) sets a communication channel between the terminal of the member and a phone of a call destination by connecting to a PSTN via the voice signal processor(135).

Description

System for providing Internet phone service by means for sending email including one click juncture icon and method there of}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an Internet phone service through email sending of a one-click connection icon, and more particularly, to generate and generate a one-click image icon or an electronic card requesting an Internet phone call to a member's phone. The present invention relates to an Internet phone service providing system and method for attaching an image icon or an electronic business card to an e-mail and transmitting the same to an e-mail.

At present, the population using the Internet's e-mail service is estimated at more than 400 million worldwide, and millions of e-mails are sent daily in Korea.

As the telecommunications market changes rapidly, communication service users have a desire to integrate and process various types of information provided to them. UMS (Unified Messaging) is a system that satisfies these user requirements as well as cost. System (Integrated Messaging System).

Currently, the Internet e-mail service provides more various services by introducing such a UMS. UMS is a system that stores and manages different types of messages such as voice, fax, and e-mail in a single logical mailbox. Messages can be accessed through various communication media such as telephones, faxes, and mobile phones as well as PCs. UMS has been developed based on different technologies between voice communication technology and 3W (World Wide Web) internet communication technology.However, voice data has been developed through the development of VoIP, a technology that can process voice signals as digital data and process them as text information. As the distinction between processing technology and text data processing technology is blurred, it has emerged.

On the other hand, the Internet phone market using VoIP technology is developing rapidly. The reason is that instead of establishing a communication channel covering the entire telephone network, the existing telephone network and the exchanger are replaced by some of the Internet, so that local and local telephone fees and internet usage fees can be used for long distance and This is because international phone call service can be provided.

Given this reality, it is expected that the linkage between the email service system and the Internet phone service system using UMS will provide a technical method for providing more efficient service.

As an example, a small program connected to an Internet phone service system is iconized and sent by e-mail, and an e-mail recipient can immediately receive an Internet phone service by clicking an icon. In connection with the UMS, if the service is provided not only for an internet phone but also for data such as fax data and image data, it may provide a lot of convenience to a communication service user.

Telephone information, fax information, address information, etc. of such a system can be applied and used on the Internet as a new electronic business card form if icons corresponding to each information are collected and managed as information on an existing business card.

Business Cards (Name Cards), which have been used for a long time in a standardized shape and size among millions of people around the world, have become an essential tool in social life. In addition, even in the current era where most of the business processes including electronic commerce are handled by electronic systems, business card transactions between operators remain unchanged.

These business cards can be managed by organizing them into a business card holder, collecting them by handwriting, organizing them in a word job, saving them to a computer, and using a scanner for business cards online. There are ways to send and receive business cards on the market, but business card scanners and voice recognition programs are not common because of their high price.

Accordingly, there is a demand for a management of an icon (electronic business card) connected to the UMS and an email transmission service.

The present invention was created in response to the above-described needs, and receives a business card information from the member via the Internet to generate a one-click image icon for requesting a UMS service including an Internet phone call, and an electronic business card including the same. Sends the created one-click image icon and e-business card to the member's customer via e-mail and provides a cyber space to display the icon management page and e-business card for each member to build a database of business card information. An object of the present invention is to provide an Internet phone service providing system and a method thereof by sending.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a first embodiment of an Internet phone service providing system through email sending of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

2 is an exemplary screen of an electronic business card created by a combination of business card information and an image icon by an icon generating means of an Internet phone service providing system through email sending of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

3 is an e-mail provided by the Internet phone service providing system through the e-mail sending of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention to the member's terminal in order for the member to send an e-mail with an image icon or an electronic business card to the member's customer. This is an example screen of the sending window.

4 is displayed on the terminal of the member customer when the email sending means of the Internet phone service providing system through the email sending of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention transmits the email with the electronic business card to the member customer's email address; Here is an example of an email confirmation screen.

5 is an exemplary view of a graphical user interface of a voice data processing program provided to a terminal of a member customer by an Internet phone service providing system through email sending of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a second embodiment of an Internet phone service providing system through email sending of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

7 is a screen illustrating an electronic business card inquiry list web page provided by the electronic business card sharing means of the Internet phone service providing system through email sending of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention to a member terminal.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an Internet phone service through email transmission of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

9 is a method for providing an Internet phone service through email transmission of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention, comprising: authenticating connection information with an authentication code, establishing a communication channel through an icon identifier, and processing and transmitting data; Is a flow chart illustrating in more detail.

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100: Internet phone service providing system

105: Internet interface 110: member registration means

115: icon generating means 120: email sending means

125: program providing means 130: communication channel setting means

135: voice signal processing means 140: member database

300: internet 400: telephone network

500: member computer and phone 600: member customer computer and phone

In order to achieve the above object, the Internet phone service providing system by sending an e-mail of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention receives member registration information including business card information from a person connected through the Internet and registers as a member. Member registration means; Icon generating means for presenting a plurality of image icons to a member and generating one or more one-click image icons by embedding a URL, an icon identifier, and an authentication code in the image icon selected by the member; An email sending means for providing an email sending window to the member's terminal and attaching the one-click image icon selected by the member to the email; By clicking on the image icon, the URL, icon identifier and authentication code are transmitted from the terminal of the email recipient, and the transmitted authentication code is compared with the member registration information registered by the member registration means for authentication, and the icon identifier transmitted from the member registration information. Communication channel setting means for extracting the corresponding information indicated by the communication channel and establishing a communication channel between the terminal of the email receiver and the member's telephone and exchanging voice data with the terminal of the email receiver; And converts the voice data transmitted from the communication channel setting means into a call tone signal and transmits it to the member's telephone through the telephone network, and converts the call sound signal transmitted from the telephone through the telephone network into voice data and transmits it to the communication channel setting means. Processing means.

In order to achieve the above another object, the method of providing an Internet phone service by sending an e-mail of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention includes (a) receiving member registration information including business card information from a user who is connected through the Internet and registering a member. Processing and building a member database; (b) presenting a plurality of image icons to a member, and generating one or more one-click image icons by embedding a URL, an icon identifier, and an authentication code in the image icon selected by the member; (c) sending the email to the email address of the email recipient by attaching the generated one-click icon; (d) receiving the communication channel setting request signal from the terminal of the email receiver and comparing the authentication code transmitted with the authentication code in the member registration information to authenticate the request signal by the one-click image icon provided by the member, and through the icon identifier. Establishing a communication channel, and processing and communicating data transmitted in real time; And (e) receiving the call connection time information from the communication channel setting means and calculating and paying the system usage fee added with the telephone network fee.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the Internet phone service providing system 100 by sending an email of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a first embodiment of an Internet phone service providing system 100 by sending an email of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

According to Figure 1, the first embodiment of the Internet phone service providing system 100 by sending e-mail of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention is the Internet interface 105, member registration means 110, icon generating means 115 ), Icon sending means 120, program providing means 125, communication channel setting means 130, voice signal processing means 135 and the member database 140.

The internet interface 105 is connected to the member's terminal 500 and the member's customer terminal 600 through the Internet 300 to process digital data communication and provide web document information to realize a web interface function.

Here, the member refers to a business operator registered in the Internet phone service providing system 100, the customer of the member may be a business partner of the member or a general customer of the member workplace.

The telephone network 400 includes a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a mobile communication network. Members and member customers are those who have a general telephone (500, 600) connected to a public telephone network or a mobile communication telephone (500, 600) connected to a mobile communication network and a terminal (500, 600) connected to the Internet 300. Terminals 500 and 600 provided by members and member customers should be equipped with a sound card, a speaker and a microphone capable of two-way communication.

The member registration means 110 displays a member registration information input window to a terminal of a person connected through the Internet 300 and receives member registration information including business card information. Member registration means 110 stores the transmitted data in the member database 140, and registers the visitor as a member. Member registration information includes business card information such as phone number (office phone number, home phone number and personal mobile phone number), fax number, e-mail address, homepage address, company and residence address, company logo, company name and rank, name and social security number. , Password, ID, gender, registration date, business card disclosure and communication network usage fee.

In the member registration information, the "company logo" is inputted through the member registration information input window as described above if the operator already has the logo image data in his terminal (attach the logo image file to the member registration information input window). . However, when a business card is scanned with a general image scanner, the operator transmits the card image data to the manager 700 separately from the member registration information input window, and if the business operator does not have the general image scanner, the business card is offline. Send to (700). The manager 700 inputs the company logo extracted from the scanned image into the member database 140 through the manager panel which will be described later.

The "public status" of the business card input at the time of membership registration is an item for selecting whether or not to allow the electronic business card to be displayed on the cyber space through the electronic business card inquiry list to be described later. The member enters customer information from a separate registration form (Text file) web page and stores the business card collected from the customer as an electronic business card or the electronic business card database (member database 140 of the Internet phone service providing system 100 according to the present invention). By utilizing the query and search function of the C), electronic business cards can be collected and stored in their icon management page.

Member registration data, icon management page, one-click image icon and electronic business card data to be described later, it will be desirable to be simultaneously established in the member database 140 along with the respective display connection information.

The icon generating unit 115 generates a one-click image icon using the card information of the member stored in the member database 140. The icon generating unit 115 displays various image icons including a phone image icon, a phone number image icon, a character image icon, and the like on a web page to a member terminal. When a member selects a desired image icon, the icon generating unit 115 stores the selected image icons in an icon storage space allocated for each member in the member database 140. The member uses the management page provided by the icon generating means 115 in managing his or her image icon. In other words, the icon management page provides an icon storage folder so that members can easily manage their own image icons.

The icon generating unit 115 assigns the service selection information to the image icon so as to determine the type of UMS service to which each image icon is clicked and connected before storing the image icon selected by the member. That is, the image icon (program) functions as a one-click connection icon by embedding a URL, an authentication code, and an icon identifier.

The URL is connected to the Internet phone service providing system 100 by the terminal 600 of the email recipient (member customer) who has received the icon via the email sending means 120, which will be described later, by clicking the one-click image icon. Information for

The icon identifier is a communication channel setting means by transferring a storage code of information corresponding to a communication service to which an icon is given among business card information and various program connection information established in the member database 140 to the communication channel setting means 130 to be described later. Information to allow 130 to access the necessary information to set the communication channel of the communication service to be provided by each icon. For example, the identifier of the image icon of the Internet phone is a communication channel setting means for storing the member's telephone number information (telephone number data and identification data for recognizing that the communication channel to be set is a telephone communication channel). Forward to 130. Internet phone icon identifiers are linked to a column of information recorded in the member database 140. The Internet phone request signal from the one-click image icon linked with the member database 140 receives the necessary information and executes each program for computing the information. For example, when the Internet phone one-click icon is clicked among the various icons described above, the communication channel setting unit 130 receives the Internet phone request signal transmitted from the terminal 500 of the member customer and receives phone number information from the member database 140. And receiving program connection information and establishing a communication channel to the member's phone via the voice signal processing means 135. Thus, a web page displaying an electronic business card may be produced, for example, in mixed code in which Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and Java applet code are used.

The authentication code is for confirming the integrity of information transmitted from the terminal of the member customer in the process of accessing the data of the member database 140 by the icon identifier, and the member database 140 in which the information corresponding to the icon identifier is stored. It is information for confirming that the data is error-free by simultaneously comparing other information unique to the members of the award with the icon identifier. That is, the signal transmitted from the terminal of the member customer through the one-click image icon includes an authentication code and an icon identifier, which are compared with the authentication code and the database storage code stored in the member database 140 and stored at one time. It verifies that there is no error in indicating the information by confirming that it exists in the realm. The member-specific other information that can be used as the authentication code may be, for example, a password set by the member at the time of membership registration, or may be a separate authentication code automatically assigned by the icon generating means 115 while generating an icon. .

The icon generating unit 115 combines the generated one-click image icon with the business card information stored in the member database 140 to produce the electronic business card of the member.

2 is an exemplary screen of an electronic business card created by combining the business card information and the image icon by the icon generating means 115 of the Internet phone service providing system 100 by sending an email of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

The electronic business card is formatted in various forms, and when the member 500 selects one electronic business card form among the standardized forms, the business card information of the above-described member database 140 is automatically written according to the selected electronic business card form. The input window provided to the member 500 to receive the member registration information includes a designation code and is automatically filled in the electronic business card form by a program for inputting the input business card information to the designated location on the electronic business card form. In other words, the business card information is automatically entered as a text image including the applet code in the electronic business card form selected by the members 500 by the automated writing program. Here, the applet code is a file in which a URL, an authentication code, and an icon identifier existing in the electronic card program for connecting an Internet phone call when the electronic card receiver clicks the telephone icon of the electronic card. In other words, in addition to the one-click image iconized information, the text area of the electronic card is given a click connection function.

Therefore, the Internet phone service providing system 100 according to the present invention does not require expensive business card scanner and text recognition software.

In addition, the electronic business card has an e-mail and a homepage connection function in addition to an internet phone connection function. The electronic business card contains the member's e-mail address and homepage address among business card information, and the e-mail address or homepage address area of the electronic business card displayed on the web page is clicked to link with the web browser provided by the terminal transmitting the click information. do. In the case of an e-mail address, it is linked to a mail editor and sender that is connected to a web browser. In the case of a homepage address, a web browser that receives address information is executed to access a member's homepage. The member's customer can send an e-mail to the member 500 through an e-mail editing / transmitter provided in his terminal 600 by clicking an e-mail address area or a corresponding icon.

As described above, when the Internet phone service providing system 100 receives the logo data of the member company through the member registration information input window, the logo data is automatically filled in the electronic business card, but if not, the logo data is stored in the manager ( After the data is processed by 700, it should be delivered to the member registration means (110). Accordingly, in order to receive the logo data extracted by the manager 700, the member registration means 110 further includes an administrator panel, and records the input logo data in a predetermined storage space of the member database 140. The logo data stored in this way is automatically filled in the electronic business card like other data when the icon generating unit 115 generates the electronic business card.

The email sending means 120 attaches the generated one-click image icon or electronic business card to the email and sends it to the email address of the member customer. The email sending means 120 provides a mail sending window to the terminal 500 of the member, and the mail sending window is produced in the form of a web page and displayed on the terminal 500 of the member. Enter your email address, text, and attach it by selecting a one-click image icon or electronic card. At this time, the mail sending window provides a sub window displaying the icon in conjunction with the icon management page so that the member can select the icon and attach it to the e-mail.

3 is an Internet phone service providing system 100 through email transmission of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention to a member terminal in order for a member to send an email with an image icon or a business card to a member's customer. This is an example screen of email sending window provided.

Figure 4 is a member when the email sending means 120 of the Internet phone service providing system 100 through the email sending of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention to the email address of the member customer when the email attached to the member customer An example of an email confirmation screen displayed on a customer's terminal is shown.

The communication channel setting unit 130 receives the icon identifier, the authentication code and the URL when the one-click icon is clicked, and compares the transmitted authentication code with the authentication code stored in the member database 140. If the comparison results match, a communication channel is established between the terminal of the person who attempts the telephone call and the telephone of the other party, and voice data is exchanged with the terminal having a voice data processing program. The communication channel setting means 130 is a voice signal processing means 135 for establishing a communication channel between the member terminal 500 and the member customer's phone or the member customer's terminal 600 and the member's phone 500. It is connected to the telephone network 400 through.

When the one-click icon is designated to set up an Internet phone communication channel of either the toll free Internet phone or the caller free internet phone, the icon identifier indicating the phone number information of the member database 140 is embedded as described above. .

The communication channel setting unit 130 includes a called party toll service service system connected to the voice signal processing unit 135 and the telephone network 400 in the communication channel when setting up the called party's Internet phone call path. The toll free telephone service providing system is a system provided by a telephone company.

The communication channel setting unit 130 receives a time information by providing a web page to a member to input time information capable of connecting a communication channel. When the member customer 600 attempts to connect to the communication channel setting means 130 by clicking the one-click icon, the communication channel setting means 130 compares the time at the time of connection with the time received from the member 500. If the comparison result does not match, the communication channel setting unit 130 does not set a communication channel, but provides time information available for communication with the member 500 to the terminal customer 600.

The program providing means 125 digitizes the voice signal of the person (member 500 or the customer 600 of the member who has requested an internet phone call) and transmits it through the Internet 300 and the voice data transmitted through the Internet 300. The voice data processing program converts the voice signal into a voice signal and outputs it to the terminal of the person requesting the call of the Internet phone. The voice data processing program is executed in the terminal of the person requesting the Internet phone call when the communication channel setting means detects the communication start signal transmitted by setting the communication channel.

The download of the voice data processing program is executed when the person requesting the internet phone call attempts the internet phone call for the first time, and the voice data processing program thereafter is stored in the terminal of the Internet phone call requester so that the communication channel setting means 130 is executed. It is executed automatically every time the communication channel setting signal is transmitted.

In addition, the program providing means 125 is a member customer terminal 600 remotely connected to the voice data processing program programmed to be executed through the virtual execution software of the web browser installed on the terminal customer terminal 600 via the Internet 300 Can also be provided remotely. That is, the voice data processing program is managed by the program providing means 125, but is executed by the central processing unit of the terminal 600 of the call member customer connected through the Internet 300.

5 is an exemplary screen of a graphical user interface of a voice data processing program provided to a terminal of a member customer by an Internet phone service providing system 100 through email sending of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

The voice signal processing means 135 exchanges voice data with the communication channel setting means 130, is connected through the telephone and the telephone network 400, and the voice signal and the communication channel setting means 130 are transmitted through the telephone network 400. The voice data transmitted from) is converted into data according to the voice transmission protocol.

The voice signal processing means 135 transmits and processes data using H.323. H.323 is an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) standard for transmitting multimedia videoconferencing data over packet-switched networks such as Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP). This includes the LAN standard for high quality video and the Internet standard for transmitting video in the low frequency band over slow lines as high as 28.8 Kbps.

Since H.323 supports multiple multimedia data transmission, if the voice signal processing means 135 is equipped with a Voice on Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway server to facilitate communication processing in hardware, group call targeting a large number of users is also possible. It will be possible.

Voice signal processing means 135 may be separated from the Internet phone service providing system 100 can be installed in a plurality of distributed so as to be connected to the telephone network 400 of the world, and thus can provide an international call as a local call rate. The plurality of voice signal processing means 135 is connected through the communication channel setting means 130 and the Internet 300 to receive voice data.

As described above, the member database 140 records member registration information data including business card information processed and stored in the member registration means 110 on a storage medium, and generates one-click image icon data and electronics. Stores business card data, icon management page data, and electronic business card inquiry list data and controls the input and output of stored data.

6 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the second embodiment of the Internet phone service providing system 200 through email transmission of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

According to Figure 6, the second embodiment of the Internet phone service providing system 200 by sending an e-mail of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention is the Internet interface 205, member registration means 210, icon generating means 215 E-mail sending means 220, electronic business card sharing means 225, program providing means 230, communication channel setting means 235, fax connection means 240, GIS information providing means 245, voice signal processing Means 250, a member database 255, and a call database 260. However, the Internet interface 205, member registration means 210, icon generation means 215, email sending means 220, program providing means 230, communication channel setting means 235, voice signal processing means 250 ) And the member database 255 have the same function as the first embodiment of the Internet phone service providing system 100 by sending an email of the one-click connection icon described above.

The electronic business card sharing means 225 registers the electronic business cards of a plurality of members and classifies them into classification criteria including a business type, a region, a name, and a company name to create an inquiry list. The electronic business card inquiry list is a cyberspace on the web where electronic business cards can be displayed. The member 500 registers his or her electronic business card in the electronic business card inquiry list is determined according to whether the electronic business card selected when the member registration information is input. As described above, the configuration data of the electronic business card and the icon management page simultaneously constructed in the member database 255 are also utilized with the same access information in the process of generating the electronic business card inquiry list.

The electronic business card inquiry list includes an electronic business card display icon so that the user can search the desired information and check the electronic business card. The electronic business card display icon displays an electronic business card with a one-click icon inserted to connect to the Internet phone as a separate web page when clicked.

The electronic business card inquiry list also includes an electronic business card storage icon. When the member 500 searches the electronic business card inquiry list and clicks the stored icon attached to the list, the selected electronic business card is stored in the icon management page of the member 500 (eg, the electronic business card folder in the icon management page) and displayed. Connection information is described in the member database 255.

7 is a screen illustrating an electronic business card inquiry list web page provided by the electronic business card sharing means of the Internet phone service providing system 200 through email sending of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

The electronic card sharing means 225 is provided with a search engine that receives a search word from the member 500 and searches and provides a business card corresponding to the search word from the business card database. Therefore, when the member 500 does not find the desired information on the inquiry list, the member 500 may use a search engine, and the search engine has a function of searching for the information and displaying the corresponding inquiry list.

The electronic business card includes a fax number in the business card information, and when the fax number area (fax image icon) of the electronic business card displayed on the web page is clicked, the member customer's terminal indicates an icon indicating the fax number information through the Internet 300. Sends an integrated message service request signal including an identifier, a URL, and an authentication code.

The fax connection means 240 receives the transmission signal and provides a text input web page to the terminal (member customer's terminal) who clicks the fax image icon, receives the text data, converts it into fax data, and then sets a communication channel. (235) Transmit the converted fax data to the member's fax machine by setting the called party's call path or the calling party's call path.

The electronic business card includes the business address of the business card provider in the business card information, and the terminal address of the business card of the electronic business card displayed on the web page is clicked so that the terminal of the member customer can receive the residential address information through the Internet 300. Sends a GIS service request signal including an indicating icon identifier, a URL, and an authentication code.

The GIS information providing means 245 receives the transmission signal and provides the terminal on the web page of the person who clicks the geographic information corresponding to the residence address obtained by using the GIS.

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer application system that collects, stores, analyzes, and outputs geographic data. The GIS information providing means 245 is preferably constructed as a separate GIS server. The GIS information providing means 245 is a GIS application software having a data processing structure in a vector format, which is capable of providing a phenomenological data structure, compressed data structure, phase interconnection, and modifying and generalizing figure and non-shape data. It has a geographic database. The geographic information database contains geographic information collected through satellites, and GIS application software maps them using automatic mapping technology.

Internet phone service providing system 200 by sending e-mail of the one-click connection icon according to the present invention records the communication channel setting information and voice data processed by the call channel setting means to the storage medium, and input and output of the stored data The call database 260 may be further controlled.

The Internet phone service providing system 200 may further include payment processing means in addition to the aforementioned various components. The payment processing means receives the call connection time information and the caller / caller communication channel setting information stored in the call database 260 and calculates and pays the system usage fee added to the basic call charge using the telephone network 400. The payment processing means is connected to the telephone company online so that the telephone bill can be confirmed.

Hereinafter, a method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an Internet phone service through email transmission of a one-click connection icon according to the present invention.

In describing the electronic business card management method in which a one-click icon for requesting an Internet phone call according to the present invention is inserted, the Internet phone service providing system 200 will be referred to as the second embodiment of FIG.

First, the member registration means 210 receives and registers member registration information including business card data read by a general image scanner from a person connected via the Internet, and establishes a member database 255 (S100).

The icon generating means 215 presents a plurality of image icons to the terminal of the member, and generates one or more one-click image icons by embedding a URL, an icon identifier, and an authentication code in the image icon selected by the member (S200). At this time, the icon generating means 215 produces the electronic business card and icon management page into which the one-click connection icon is inserted, and the electronic business card sharing means 225 generates a business card inquiry list by classifying the business card information and the electronic business card. Build a business card database.

At the request of the member 500, a one-click image icon or an electronic business card is transmitted to the customers of the member via e-mail, and the selected electronic business cards are selected through the inquiry of the electronic business card inquiry list and the search of the electronic business card. Save to the business card management page (S300).

The communication channel setting means 235 receives the communication channel setting request signal from the terminal of the e-mail receiver and compares the authentication code transmitted with the authentication code in the member registration information. As a result of the comparison, when it is authenticated that the request signal is provided by the one-click image icon provided by the member, the communication channel setting means 235 establishes a communication channel through the icon identifier and processes the data transmitted in real time to communicate with the terminal of the member customer. (S400).

Finally, the payment processing means calculates the system usage fee added with the telephone network 400 fee based on the call connection time information and the caller / caller communication channel setting information stored in the call database 260 to process the payment (S500). ).

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 9, the steps of authenticating the access information using the authentication code, establishing a communication channel through the icon identifier, and processing and transmitting the transmitted data will be described in more detail.

First, if the one-click connection icon is a phone number icon, the communication channel setting means 235 confirms the integrity of the phone number information transmitted from the terminal of the member customer by the authentication code (S410), and the called party is identified by the icon identifier. The member database 255 accesses telephone number information designated to establish an Internet phone communication channel of either the burdened Internet phone or the caller-borne Internet phone (S412). Next, the communication channel setting means 235 compares the access time to the communication channel setting means 235 with the available call time input by the member 500 and determines whether the communication channel can be set (S414).

The communication channel setting means 235 establishes a communication channel of any one of a caller paying Internet phone and a caller paying Internet phone, and finally, the voice signal processing means 250 converts the call sound signal and the voice data and performs data communication (S416). ).

On the other hand, if the one-click connection icon is a fax icon, the communication channel setting means 235 confirms the integrity of the fax information transmitted from the terminal of the member customer by the authentication code (S420).

Next, the communication channel setting means 235 accesses, from the member database 255, the fax number information designated to set the fax communication channel of either the toll free fax or the sender free fax by the icon identifier (S422). A text input web page window is provided to the terminal of the terminal to receive text data (S424).

The fax connection unit 240 converts the text data into fax data and transmits the text data to the fax terminal of the member 500 (S426).

Finally, if the one-click connection icon is the residence address icon, the communication channel setting means 235 confirms the integrity of the address information transmitted from the terminal of the member customer by the authentication code (S430), and the residence by the icon identifier. The address information is accessed from the member database 255 (S432).

The GIS information providing unit 245 acquires map information corresponding to the residence address information using the GIS, and displays the map information acquired by the terminal of the member customer on the web page (S434).

The above-described Internet phone service providing system and method provide an e-mail of a one-click connection icon when a member is provided with communication information that can be connected to the other party so that the other party mainly receives a communication service borne by the recipient (member). It relates to the Internet phone service through. However, there may be a case in which the member communicates with the electronic business card provider through the electronic business card collected in the cyber space (electronic business card inquiry list), and the description in this case is almost similar to that described above, and thus the description is omitted. The big difference is that when requesting a communication service, the member customer's terminal is connected via the Internet, so the request signal sent out should include the Internet access information and authentication code. Since all communication service procedures are executed on the service providing system 200, for example, data such as URLs and authentication codes and related procedures will not be required.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments, which are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains do not depart from the essential characteristics of the present invention. It will be appreciated that various modifications and applications are not possible that are not illustrated above. For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiment of the present invention can be modified. And differences relating to such modifications and applications will have to be construed as being included in the scope of the invention defined in the appended claims.

According to the present invention, the operator can be provided with the UMS service including the Internet phone through the one-click connection icon inserted in the email.

According to the present invention, an electronic business card creation and management service can be provided online using an existing general image scanner, and inquiry of a plurality of classified business cards and searched for necessary business card information can be performed.

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In the Internet phone service providing system by sending an email of one-click connection icon, Member registration means for receiving member registration information including business card information from a person connected through the Internet and registering and processing as a member; Icon generating means for presenting a plurality of image icons to the member and generating one or more one-click image icons by embedding a URL, an icon identifier, and an authentication code in the image icon selected by the member; An email sending means for providing an email sending window to the member's terminal and attaching the one-click image icon selected by the member to an email generated by the member to an email recipient's address; When the one-click image icon is clicked, the URL, the icon identifier and the authentication code are received from the terminal of the email recipient, and the authentication code is compared with the member registration information registered and processed by the member registration means. Communication channel setting means for extracting the corresponding information indicated by the transmitted icon identifier from the member registration information to establish a communication channel between the terminal of the email receiver and the member's telephone, and to exchange voice data with the terminal of the email receiver; And Voice data transmitted from the communication channel setting means is converted into a call tone signal and transmitted to the member's telephone through the telephone network, and voice signal is converted into voice data transmitted from the telephone through the telephone network and transmitted to the communication channel setting means. Internet phone service providing system by sending an email of the one-click connection icon, characterized in that it comprises a signal processing means. The method of claim 1, wherein the icon generating means Internet phone service providing system by sending an email of the one-click connection icon, characterized in that for generating an electronic business card by combining the business card information and the generated icon. The method of claim 2, Create a business card inquiry list by registering a business card from a plurality of members, and receive a search word from the business card sharing means and members that store and manage the electronic business card selected by the member. A system for providing an Internet phone service by sending an e-mail of a one-click connection icon further comprising a search engine for searching and providing an electronic business card in an electronic business card inquiry list. The method of claim 1, wherein the icon generating means Create a one-click fax image icon with an icon identifier, a URL, and an authentication code indicating the fax number information among member registration information. When the terminal of the e-mail receiver transmits a fax communication service request signal by clicking the fax image icon, the e-mail receiver receives the transmission signal, provides a text input window to the terminal of the e-mail receiver, receives the text data and converts it into fax data. And a fax connection means for transmitting the converted fax data to a fax machine corresponding to the fax number. The method of claim 1, The icon generating means generates a one-click address image icon containing an icon identifier, a URL, and an authentication code indicating address information among member registration information, When the terminal of the email receiver sends a GIS service request signal by clicking the address image icon, the transmission signal is received to obtain map information corresponding to the address information using a GIS, and the map information is sent to the terminal of the email receiver. Internet phone service providing system by sending an email of the one-click access icon, characterized in that it further comprises a GIS information providing means for transmitting. The method of claim 1, Download a voice data processing program that digitizes the voice signal of the e-mail recipient and transmits it through the Internet, converts the voice data transmitted through the internet into a voice signal, and then outputs the voice call to the terminal of the e-mail recipient for the first time. Internet phone service providing system through the email sending of the one-click connection icon, characterized in that it further comprises a program providing means for providing. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication channel setting means The web page is provided to the member to input the time information that can be connected to the communication channel, the time information is inputted, and when the e-mail recipient attempts to connect by clicking the one-click icon, the time at the time of connection and the input time are compared. And providing the input time information to the terminal of the e-mail recipient without setting a communication channel in case of mismatch. In the method of providing an Internet phone service by sending an email of a one-click connection icon, (a) receiving member registration information including business card information from a person who is connected through the Internet, and registering and processing a member database; (b) presenting a plurality of image icons to the member, and generating one or more one-click image icons by embedding a URL, an icon identifier, and an authentication code in the image icon selected by the member; (c) sending the email to the email address of the email recipient by attaching the generated one-click icon; (d) receiving a communication channel setting request signal from the terminal of the e-mail recipient and comparing the authentication code transmitted with the authentication code in the member registration information to authenticate the request signal by the one-click image icon provided by the member, and identifying the icon identifier. Establishing a communication channel through a communication channel and processing data transmitted in real time; And (e) Internet phone service connected to the one-click icon sent to the e-mail, characterized in that the step of receiving the call connection time information from the communication channel setting means calculates the system usage fee added with the telephone network fee and the payment processing; How to Provide. The method of claim 8, wherein step (c) (c1) providing a mail sending window to a member and receiving an email address and text of an email recipient; And (c2) presenting a one-click image icon stored in the member's icon storage space to the member, and attaching the one-click icon selected by the member to the e-mail and sending it to the e-mail address. How to provide Internet phone service connected to the transmitted one-click icon. The method of claim 8, wherein step (d) If the one-click icon attached to the email is a phone number image icon and the phone number image icon is clicked to send a communication channel setting request signal, (d1) comparing the transmitted authentication code with the authentication code in the member registration information to authenticate the request signal by the one-click image icon provided by the member; (d2) extracting telephone number information indicated by the icon identifier from the member registration information to establish an internet phone communication channel; (d3) determining whether the communication channel can be established by comparing the time that the email receiver accesses the communication channel setting means with the callable time input by the member; And and (d4) establishing an internet phone communication channel and converting a call tone signal and voice data to perform data communication. The method of claim 8, wherein step (d) If the one-click icon attached to the e-mail is a fax image icon and the fax image icon is clicked to send a communication channel setting request signal, (d1) comparing the transmitted authentication code with the authentication code in the member registration information to authenticate the request signal by the one-click image icon provided by the member; (d2) extracting, from the member registration information, the fax number information indicated by the icon identifier to set the fax communication channel; (d3) receiving text data by providing a text input web page window to the terminal of the email recipient; And (d4) A method of providing an Internet phone service connected to an e-mailed one-click icon, which is a step of converting text data into fax data and transmitting the same to fax members of the member. The method of claim 8, wherein step (d) If the one-click icon attached to the e-mail is a one-click address image icon and the address image icon is clicked to send a communication channel setting request signal, (d1) comparing the transmitted authentication code with the authentication code in the member registration information to authenticate the request signal by the one-click image icon provided by the member; (d2) extracting address information indicated by the icon identifier from the membership registration information; And (d3) obtaining map information corresponding to the address information using a GIS, and displaying map information acquired by a terminal of the email receiver on a web page, wherein the map information is connected to a one-click icon sent by an email. How to provide Internet phone service.