KR20020074304A - Service system and method for mobile messenger of mobile phone using wireless communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile messenger service system and method is provided to offer a messenger service for enabling a user to exchange a position information, a clip, a message, or an e-mail with other users over a wireless communication network. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of a user subscribing for a messenger server as a member by inputting personal data such as a name, an ID, a password, a mobile phone number and others, and requesting a mobile messenger service to the server(S201), the member searching for a friend by inputting the ID, the name and the phone number of the friend in a friend searching menu or to make friends by inputting a sex, a residence area, an occupation, an interest and others in a friend making menu(S202), the member registering the searched users as a friend group(S203), the messenger server periodically updating data on the registered friend group by using a periodic paging method(S204), the member checking a state or situation of the registered friend group(S205), the member designating one among the friend group(S206), the member selecting one among menus of an ID, a phone call, a memo, a message and a position(S207), the messenger server offering the selected menu to the member(S208).

Description

Service system and method for mobile messenger of mobile phone using wireless communication network}

The present invention allows a mobile terminal to receive a mobile messenger service using a wireless network, and in particular, a mobile messenger service system and method for a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network to provide a messenger service between mobile messengers installed in a mobile terminal. It is about.

Various services such as e-commerce, e-news, and e-mail have been provided through the internet network that has been distributed since the 1990s. However, the use of the Internet has only been used as a means of information transmission and communication.

However, the recent development of Internet communication technology has enabled the transmission of voice and video using the Internet, and the development of the Internet has also been applicable to wireless communication systems.

Simply look at the voice or video delivery network of the wired or wireless Internet.

The Internet is a data transmission system between a plurality of unit networks composed of Internet Protocol (IP) and addresses, and a plurality of hosts having individual IP addresses provided in each unit network. Therefore, in the Internet network, each host can communicate with each other via a computer having a communication modem and a communication network connected to the computer.

Meanwhile, in addition to the conventional personal computer, the Internet connection has recently become possible with a wireless communication device such as a PDA or a mobile phone, and the wireless network can demodulate a signal transmitted from the mobile terminal or the mobile phone. A gateway for receiving a protocol signal for an Internet service through a base station apparatus and a wireless network connected to the base station apparatus and converting the protocol signal into a protocol suitable for internet access, and a wireless Internet transmission service is enabled through the Internet connected through the gateway.

However, to date, such a wired or wireless Internet system has been used only for the transfer of information and two-way transmission as wireless data communication becomes possible, and a system for messenger service between unspecified multiple users connected in the same system has not been utilized. It was not.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, the mobile terminal provides a message service and location information such as messages, messages, e-mails, conversations between the terminals through a wireless network together with the registered friends It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile messenger service system and method for a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network which periodically updates the time-varying information and provides a service as update information, thereby enabling real-time friend status and messenger use.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile messenger service system of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile messenger service method of a portable terminal using a wireless communication network according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a view showing a friend search window in the mobile messenger of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a view showing a buddy state registered in the mobile messenger of the present invention.

5 is a view showing a message receiving state in the mobile messenger of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a paging state of a mobile terminal and a messenger server of the present invention.

7 is a view showing a state change and a message / chat menu in the mobile messenger of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating friend information retrieval using the present invention mobile messenger.

9 is a diagram illustrating message transmission and reception using the mobile messenger of the present invention.

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110,120,130,140 .... Mobile Terminals 210,220 ... Wireless Networks

211,212,221 Base station 213,222 Base station controller

300 ... IM Server 310 ... Database

400 ... GPS Service Center

Mobile messenger service system of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A mobile terminal using a mobile messenger service;

A database storing personal information of the portable terminal, whether the personal information is disclosed, and location information of the portable terminal;

And a messenger server that provides a service for checking a buddy state corresponding to the mobile terminal, exchanging messages, and chatting with buddy friends under desired conditions through periodic paging with the mobile terminal on the wireless network.

In detail, the messenger server updates information such as on / off status of the buddies on the wireless network, location information, user status, emotions, presence or absence of transmission messages and message types through periodic paging with the mobile terminal. When the terminal requesting confirmation of the buddy friend's information is connected to the messenger server, the terminal may check the availability of the buddy friend and then update the buddy friend information of the mobile messenger.

In detail, the messenger server may update the location information of the portable terminal in a database periodically in connection with a GPS service center and serve a specific buddy map information request from an arbitrary terminal.

Mobile messenger service method of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network according to the present invention,

A first operation step of a server network which collects information of a current state of a mobile terminal of each user input in a database; A third operation step of a server network continuously updating the collected information on a space corresponding to corresponding user information of the database; When a specific user accesses a server network using his mobile terminal and requests a search for information of another specific user, a server network that obtains current state information about the user from a database and provides the information requesting user to the server network. It is characterized by including three operating steps.

Preferably, the current state information for each user is at least one of information such as the current emotional state of each user, the current physical state of the user, the type of work that the user is currently performing, the current location of the user .

Preferably, acquiring information on the mobile terminal of the specific user in order to provide the information requesting user with location information about the other specific user; Confirming a current location of the user by checking a pilot signal transmitted through a mobile terminal corresponding to the acquired information; Obtaining map data for the identified location from a GPS service center; And displaying the coordinates of the identified location on the map data and transmitting the coordinates to the user's terminal.

In detail, if there is a current state information request for a user for each condition before performing the third operation step, displaying the list registered by the information request user for each condition on the display window of the user terminal; When there is a selection of a list corresponding to a specific condition among the displayed list for each condition, the user information registered in the list, the current status information of the user, and various data information transmitted from the user are acquired from the database. And displaying the display window on the display window of the user terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows.

1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile messenger service system of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile messenger service method of the mobile terminal of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a friend search in the mobile messenger of the present invention. 4 is a diagram illustrating a buddy state registered in the mobile messenger of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a message reception state in the mobile messenger of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a mobile terminal and a messenger server of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a paging state of the mobile messenger of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a status change and a message / chat menu of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a friend information search in the mobile messenger of the present invention. In the mobile messenger of the present invention, a message is shown.

Referring to Figure 1, a mobile messenger is installed and the mobile terminal (110-140) for using the buddy and messenger service of the desired conditions on the wireless network 210,220, and the mobile terminal (110-140) Current state information of the base stations 211, 212, 221 and the base station controllers 213, 222 connected to the wireless network 210, 220, and the mobile terminals 110-140 connected to the wireless network 210, 220. A messenger server 300 for providing a mobile messenger service through a server network operation, a database 310 storing personal information and current state information of users registered in the messenger server 300, and the messenger server ( And a GPS service center 400 for providing current location coordinates of the portable terminal as map information.

A mobile messenger service system and method for a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2, in order to use a mobile messenger, a user may use a mobile terminal 110 to 140 through a base station 211 and 212 and a base station controller 213 and 222 of a wireless network 210 and 220. The messenger server 300 is connected.

In addition, the user inputs his or her personal information such as ID, name, password, and phone number to register as a member in the messenger server 300 and then registers as a member to apply for using the mobile messenger service (S201).

Here, in order to apply for the mobile messenger service, the user enters personal information such as his / her mobile phone number, location information service, age, gender, and e-mail, and discloses his or her personal information among the items entered therein, Alternatively, the user can select which part or only to disclose to only a specific user. The user can also access the messenger server 300 while using a messenger to change his or her member information and change the disclosure item. When using the messenger, an icon matching with his image is selected.

In order to use the mobile messenger in the mobile terminals 110 to 140, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), a user may selectively search for a user's ID, name, and phone number after searching in a friend search menu. In operation S202, a buddy having a desired condition may be registered according to a search result (S203), or as shown in FIG. 3B, by gender, region, age, and occupation of users to be found in a friend making menu. , Items of interest, styles, and the like may be selectively filled out and searched (S202), and registered as a buddy according to the search result (S203).

Then, the registered buddy state and status are checked (S205), a buddy to be checked is designated (S206), and a menu is selected (S207). Information corresponding to the selected menu is provided (S208).

Here, referring to FIG. 4, friends to be registered may be registered in a group created by the user. In other words, registered friends can create a specific group (friend 1, chat friend, etc.) to manage them by group in mobile messenger, register and manage buddies in the group, and create, change, and delete such group names. Interface is available. Here, a list of buddy friends who have registered themselves is displayed on the friend list which has registered themselves.

Then, each buddy 501 registered as a friend in the mobile messenger window 500 has an icon 502 and ID 503 directly designated by the registered buddy user as shown in FIG. 504 and 505 are shown together. Here, the location information icon 504 may be an indication that the other party releases location information to him, and the location information icon 505 may be an icon requesting the other party to disclose location information to him or her.

Here, the list items of the buddy 501 may be set to be displayed in a different manner to the user himself. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, ID 503, call availability 506, memo 507, message (type) 508, and location information 504 and 505 may be displayed in this order.

At this time, when the user selects the buddy 501 that has released the location information 504 and presses OK, the buddy location information is displayed as graphical map information as shown in FIG. 4.

To this end, the mobile terminal and the messenger server 300 periodically page through the wireless networks 210 and 220, and by means of the paging, the messenger server 300 is configured to display a user's information such as phone number, location information, and on / off information of the mobile terminal. Collect information on current status and keep it updated. In addition, the messenger server 300 checks the pilot signal transmitted through the mobile terminal to confirm the current location of the user, converts the location information into map information by the GPS service center 400, and then stores the database (DB). ) 310 to be stored.

In addition, the messenger server 300 stores the map information together with a phone number, and if the other buddy user requests, the messenger server 300 verifies whether the user's location information is publicly requested by the buddy user and then discloses the information. In this case, the coordinates of the identified position are displayed on the map data and transmitted to the information user's portable terminal for display.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile messenger service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a messenger server periodically pages the mobile terminal A through a wireless network which is in charge of the mobile terminal A (S601), and the mobile terminal is turned on by paging. A transmits a phone number, location information, and on / off status information to a messenger server (S602).

The information received by the messenger server is provided through a wireless network for the mobile terminal B which has registered the buddy of the mobile terminal A. At this time, the information provided by the user of the mobile terminal A is provided by the user of the mobile terminal A or the information is disclosed to the mobile terminal B after the information is provided to the mobile terminal A (S606).

Thereafter, the information input by the user, that is, the situation in which they are currently present (for example, during class / call, etc.) or the current mood state (for example, welcome / depressed / sorrow, etc.) as shown in FIG. The mobile messenger icon state 520 is changed. After changing the user input information and selecting OK, the mobile terminal A accesses a messenger server and transmits the user input information (S604).

Then, the user input information (S604) of the mobile terminal A is updated by storing the buddy state in the messenger server, and when the mobile terminal B registered with the buddy corresponding to the mobile terminal A periodically connects to the messenger server (S605). The updated user input information is transmitted to the mobile terminal B to update the registered buddy state information (S606). In this case, the updated buddy state information may be updated to the buddy icon 501 as shown in FIG. 3, or the callable icon 506 illustrated in FIG. 5 may be changed.

This means that if the mobile terminal A changes its status information in class when the class is in class, this information is transmitted to the messenger server, and the messenger server transmits the change information to other terminals registered with the mobile terminal A. Tells you that you are in class.

In FIG. 1, when the user of the mobile terminal 4 140 has a meeting such as a group, after checking whether the current buddies are online, the current location information is checked, and the same base station 211 and the neighboring base station 212 are checked. Mobile terminal (110, 120, 130) that can not only send the meeting in the same message, but also specify the location of the meeting to inform the location information or link the location information to determine the detailed map and information associated with their current location You can do that.

In addition, certain buddies such as lovers, family, etc. may display the current location on the buddy list screen as a text ID, message information, call available, near Sinchon Hyundai Department Store.

7 (b) is provided to send a message, such as a message, email, video mail, voice mail, telephone iron, etc. to the buddy or group specified in the search menu, and (c) of FIG. One-on-one chats, group chats, video chats, and more.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for buddy information in a mobile messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention. A status confirmation buddy is designated (S801), and a menu to be checked is selected (S802). Here, the menu is a detailed information item of personal information (ID, name, gender, age, phone number, location information, etc.) of a specific buddy.

If it is determined that the buddy information search is selected and then the buddy information search is selected (S803), the terminal accesses the messenger server, and the messenger server checks whether the information requested by the user of the terminal is public information (S804). If the information is public, the request information is provided and displayed (S805 and S806). If the information is not public information, a message S807 indicating that the information is private is output.

On the other hand, Figure 9 is a flow chart illustrating a message transmission method in the mobile messenger, the user specified a specific buddy or group registered (S901), to send a message to the designated buddy as shown in Figure 7 (b) The message type to be sent is selected from among the service message types (note, e-mail, video mail, voice mail, and telephone ironing) (S902).

Here, when selecting a group, when there is a meeting, a plurality of buddies in the group are collectively designated and the same message may be sent in a batch.

After the step S902, the selected message window is displayed (S903). After writing the message contents (S904), if the message is selected for transmission, the message is transmitted through the wireless network (S905). The transmitted message is received at the messenger server 300 (S906), and after confirming the type of the received message (S907), the designated buddy is notified to the designated buddy, respectively, (S908).

The buddy user who receives the message (New e-mail, New message, New Audio, New Video) receives the message and connects to the messenger server through the wireless network with the designated terminal, and the messenger server checks whether the server of the designated buddy is connected. After (S909), if connected to the message to the terminal to confirm the transmission (S910).

And, when there is a meeting, the mobile messenger user checks the information of any buddy to find out the current network on / off status and current location information, and then checks the buddy existing in the same base station and the neighboring base station, and then checks the buddy in the designated area Will send a lightning bolt to the same message.

In addition, the meeting place is designated as location information, and the location information is linked so that a detailed map and information related to the current location of the user can be grasped.

On the other hand, if you check your network on / off status among the buddies registered by yourself, you can apply for one-on-one video chat and have one-on-one video chat, or you can connect to the instant messenger server and chat with other buddies. Will be.

In addition, when the buddy of the mobile terminal A in the online state requests a one-to-one conversation (or a video conversation) with the buddy of the mobile terminal B, the request signal is received by the messenger server through the wireless network, and the messenger server sends the request message. Transfer to mobile terminal B.

If the portable terminal B accepts, the messenger server provides a one-to-one conversation or an image chat service using a video camera through the wireless network. In addition, when the mobile terminal A opens a chat room, it is also possible to chat with the buddies who opened the room.

In a mobile terminal using such a mobile messenger, a communication fee is generated by inputting a state whenever a user changes his or her activity state. In other words, as you enter the class, the class icon is selected. In addition, since the communication fee increases the amount of data according to the information requested, the mobile operator can generate revenue.

On the other hand, it is also possible to use a real-time messenger service with a PC or PDA using the mobile messenger as described above, enabling real-time message exchange between a mobile messenger user who is personally and businessly active from the outside and another user or a visiting user. do.

As described above, according to the mobile messenger service system and method of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network according to the present invention, a buddy state and geospatial on a mobile network using a wireless network in a mobile terminal, message exchange and desired conditions By providing a messenger service that allows you to chat with people, you can always check the status between friends, lovers, and fellowship members to promote intimacy.

By providing a satisfactory service to corporate customers using a mobile messenger, it is possible to build a better mobile terminal service environment by helping users to quickly work and make real-time calls.

Claims (9)

A mobile terminal using a mobile messenger service; A database storing personal status information and personal information of the portable terminal and location information of the portable terminal; A wireless communication network comprising a messenger server that provides a service for checking a buddy status corresponding to a mobile terminal, exchanging messages, and chatting with buddy friends under desired conditions through periodic paging with a mobile terminal on a wireless network. Mobile messenger service system of a mobile terminal using a. The method of claim 1, The messenger server updates the on / off status of the buddies on the wireless network, location information, user status, emotions, presence or absence of transmission messages and message types through periodic paging with the mobile terminal. The mobile messenger service system of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network, characterized in that when the terminal requesting information confirmation accesses the messenger server, the buddy friend information of the mobile messenger is updated after checking whether it can be released. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The messenger server updates the location information of the mobile terminal periodically in a database in connection with a GPS service center and services the map information when a buddy confirmation request is made from a specific terminal. Messenger service system. A first operation step of a server network which collects information of a current state of a mobile terminal of each user input in a database; A third operation step of a server network continuously updating the collected information on a space corresponding to corresponding user information of the database; When a specific user accesses a server network using his mobile terminal and requests a search for information of another specific user, a server network that obtains current state information about the user from a database and provides the information requesting user to the server network. A mobile messenger service method of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network, characterized in that it comprises three operating steps. The method of claim 4, wherein Current status information for each user is a wireless communication network characterized in that at least one of the current emotional state of each user, the current physical state of the user, the type of work that the user is currently performing, the current location of the user. Mobile messenger service method of a mobile terminal using. The method of claim 5, The current status information for each user, the mobile messenger service method of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network, characterized in that provided by the image or video for each status. The method of claim 5, Acquiring information on a mobile terminal of the specific user in order to provide location information of the other specific user to the information requesting user; Confirming a current location of the user by checking a pilot signal transmitted through a mobile terminal corresponding to the acquired information; Obtaining map data for the identified location from a GPS service center; And displaying the coordinates of the identified location on the map data and transmitting the coordinates to the terminal of the user for requesting information. The method of claim 7, wherein Information request In the process of providing the location information of a specific user requested by the user, after confirming whether the authentication of the specific location of the specific user has been verified, the information on the location information is available only when the authentication of the self location disclosure is performed. A mobile messenger service method of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network, characterized by providing to a requesting user. The method of claim 4, wherein If there is a request for the current status information for the user for each condition before performing the third operation step, displaying a list registered by the information request user for each condition on a display window of the user terminal; When there is a selection of a list corresponding to a specific condition among the displayed list for each condition, the user information registered in the list, the current status information of the user, and various data information transmitted from the user are acquired from the database. The mobile messenger service method of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network, characterized in that it further comprises the step of displaying on the display window of the user terminal.