KR20030008385A - Location tracking system of mail receiver and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for tracking a position of a mail receiver are provided to track the position of the mail receiver in performing the mail confirmation at a web page on the Internet and confirming a received mail by using a mail confirmation program in a local computer. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a tool forcibly inserting a HTML(HyperText Markup Language) tag transferring the position of a sender to a receiver position tracking server into the sending e-mail, the tool forcibly inserting a Java applet into the sending e-mal, the tool receiving the position information of the sender, the tool informing a mail address or the sender of a return mail by confirming the mail of the receiver, the tool inserting the position information of the receiving into the informing mail, the tool connecting the position information in the informing mail with a WHOIS server and showing it to a user, and the tool linking a result from the WHOIS service with a map service.

Description

LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEM OF MAIL RECEIVER AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a mail receiver location tracking system and method for tracking a mail recipient's location when checking mail using a mail confirmation system in a local computer and a mail confirmation system on the Internet among communication fields on the Internet using a communication medium. .

Recently, the use of e-mail has been maximized by the rapid increase of Internet users and the information transmission method using the Internet. However, the use of e-mail allows the media to confirm that the offender is often used for criminal purposes, such as asking victims for money. At this point, the necessity of criminal arrest has led to the need for e-mail tracking. If the victim receives an e-mail and responds to the offender, the offender will check the e-mail. If the victim is able to pinpoint the offender, the criminal can be arrested.

For this reason, mail tracking systems and methods are needed, depending on the specific agency or purpose.

Conventional mail-related systems are mostly systems for acknowledgment after sending a mail. In addition, the use of proxy servers and virtual IPs used on the Internet makes it difficult for current acknowledgment mail systems to accurately locate recipients. The use of the proxy server was used to improve the download speed of websites accessed through a web browser in the early days of the Internet, but it is currently used as a hacking technique to deceive its location and access a website. In the case of the virtual IP, unlike the real IP which is shown to reduce the risk of hacking, the IP system is built on the inside of the network so that it cannot be seen in the external network. The WHOIS service does not tell which agency they belong to. In addition, if only the real IP of the organization to which the virtual IP belongs to extract the problem that the virtual IP can not determine the exact location of the computer.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when the mail recipient checks the mail, the mail receiver delivers the location information of the mail receiver to the specific mail address or the sender's mail address, and the virtual IP and the virtual IP are If you are using a proxy server, as well as the real IP of your organization, extract the location of the proxy server, and if the recipient is using a proxy server, or if you used a proxy server, which proxy server was used by the WHOIS service. And the WHOIS service's real IP result to find the location of the organization that the virtual IP belongs to, and the computer's WHOIS service result value of the real IP to find out the address of the computer using the virtual IP to receive the address. After grasping, map service using address and phone number Its purpose is to provide a system and method for tracking the location of the receiver in real time by linking the service.

1 is an exemplary view briefly showing the configuration of a system for applying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating components of each component system in FIG. 1; FIG.

3a, 3b, 3c is a flow chart showing the operation of the mail receiver location tracking system in FIG.

Figure 4 is an exemplary view showing a mail transmission active window displayed when sending a mail applied to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an illustration of mail sender information and recipient information recorded in a database according to the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view of setting a received mail location determiner according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is an exemplary view showing the location information of the recipient transmitted from the mail recipient location tracking system according to the mail confirmation of the recipient according to the present invention.

8 is an exemplary view of a WHOIS service connected from a receiving IP of FIG. 7.

9 is an exemplary diagram of result values obtained from the WHOIS service of FIG. 8;

10 is an exemplary view of receiving confirmation position on a map obtained using the address value obtained from the WHOIS service of FIG. 9;

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1: computer for sending mail

2: computer for receiving mail

3: internet

4: mail recipient location tracking system

5: Email sender and receiver information database

6: mail server

The present invention for achieving the above object will be more clearly understood through the following detailed description and embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings as well as the preferred embodiment.

The present invention provides means for forcibly inserting an HTML tag for delivering a sender's location to a recipient location tracking server in an e-mail to be sent, a means for forcing a Java applet in the e-mail to be sent, and a sender's location information. Means for receiving, confirming the recipient's mail confirmation, and notifying the specific mail address or sender of the return mail, means for including the recipient's location information in the notified mail, and location information in the notified mail to the WHOIS service. The present invention relates to a mail receiver location tracking system for tracking the location of a mail recipient, comprising a means for connecting and showing a user and a result of linking a result obtained from a WHOIS service to a map service.

In particular, the method further includes a means for forcing an HTML tag or a Java applet for transmitting the sender's position to a receiver location tracking server in an email to be sent, and using the means for forcing an HTML tag, the mail receiver location tracking system You can use the function to get a list of proxy servers in PHP by calling the PHP service in it to extract the presence or absence of the IP of the proxy server.

When using a Java applet, insert the Java applet into an outgoing mail, send the Java applet to the receiver location tracking system, and compare the IP of the receiver obtained from the Java applet with the receiver's location. If the IP address is wrong, the proxy server is used. If the IP address is the same, it further includes a comparison means that does not use the proxy server. In addition, by using a means of forcibly inserting an HTML tag, the PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking system is called to extract the virtual IP information using a function in PHP, and if there is virtual IP information, the virtual IP is used. Otherwise it further comprises a comparison means that does not use a virtual IP.

In the method, the method includes: forcibly inserting an HTML tag in the e-mail to be sent to the receiver location tracking server, forcibly inserting a Java applet in the e-mail to be sent; Receiving the location information, confirming the recipient's mail confirmation, and notifying the specific mail address or sender of the return mail, including the location information of the recipient in the notified mail, and the location information in the notified mail. It connects to the service and shows it to the user, and the result obtained from the WHOIS service is linked with the map service.

In particular, the method may further include forcibly inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet for delivering the sender's location to the receiver location tracking server in the email to be sent, and forcing the mail recipient location using the step of forcibly inserting the HTML tag. By calling the PHP service in the system, it is possible to extract the existence of the IP of the proxy server by using a function that extracts the list of proxy servers in PHP.In the case of using the Java applet, the Java applet is inserted into the outgoing mail and sent. After that, the Java applet calls the receiver location tracking system, and then compares the receiver's location sent from the Java applet with the IP obtained through HTTP protocol header analysis. If the two IP addresses are wrong, the proxy server is used. Rain not to use The step further comprises.

In addition, by using the step of forcibly inserting the HTML tag to call the PHP service in the mail recipient location tracking system to extract the information of the virtual IP using a function in PHP, if there is information of the virtual IP using the virtual IP Otherwise it further comprises a comparison step that does not use a virtual IP.

The overall system configuration of the present invention is configured as shown in Fig. 1, wherein reference numeral 1 is a user computer connected to a mail recipient location tracking system, reference numeral 2 is a recipient computer for checking received mail, and reference numeral 3 Is the Internet connecting the reference numbers 1 and 2, the reference number 4 is a mail receiver location tracking system, and the reference number 5 is the sender information of the reference number 1 and the receiver location information of the reference number 2, receiving and mail authentication number It is a database to be stored, reference numeral 6 is a mail server for transmitting mail, and a geographic information system (GIS) linked with reference numeral 4 is not shown.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating components of each component system in FIG. 1. The mail receiver may be connected to a mail receiver location tracking system from a mail sender computer using a web browser to send mail wherever the Internet is connected. You can also send mail from the sender's computer using a dedicated mail transfer program.

The mail receiver location tracking system stores a mail sender information storage unit for storing a mail sender, an insertion processor for inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet into the contents of a mail written by the sender, a processing unit for processing an acknowledgment mail, and information for sending and receiving mail. It consists of a database.

In addition, the mail receiver computer is not related to the mail receiving homepage of a web browser that can display the contents of mail documents in HTML format without the need for a dedicated browser for receiving mail, or any program capable of receiving mail. Any server that can send mail can be used.

3A, 3B, and 3C are flowcharts illustrating the operation of the mail receiver location tracking system. As shown in FIG. 3, FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C are diagrams illustrating operations of a mail receiver location tracking system. As shown in 4, the mail is written in the mail input screen.

The mail created above is forcibly inserted into the mail document created by the HTML tag or Java applet by the insertion processing unit after acknowledgment by the acknowledgment mail processing unit, and the sender information is sent to the mail recipient location tracking system by reference numeral 100 of FIG. It is then sent to the database and then sent to the mail server via the Internet.

FIG. 5 shows mail sender information and other mail recipient information according to the present invention. When a mail receiver checks a mail, the location information of the receiver shown in FIG. 5 is displayed by an HTML tag or Java applet that is forcibly inserted into the mail. The receiver is transmitted to the receiver location tracking system, and the receiver location information and the reception time are recorded in the database as shown in FIG. 4, and the reception flag of FIG. 4 is marked as 'y' to record the reception in the database. After this procedure, if a specific mail address is set by the administrator as shown in FIG. 6 before sending the location information for tracking the receiver to the sender, the location information of the receiver is transmitted to the set specific mail address. The reason for this is to allow the management of multiple recipient mails with a small staff.

If the specific mail address is not set, the location information of the receiver is delivered to the user who sent the mail. The recipient's location information is as shown in FIG. 7, who checked the mail of whom, what is the subject of the sent mail, the date and time sent, the received date and time, the mail receiving IP, the name of the computer, the IP of the proxy server, It consists of virtual IP and mail receiving key. The receiving IP is directly connected to a web page that can use the WHOIS service through an HTML hyperlink. When the user clicks the mouse, the WHOIS screen appears as shown in FIG. If you have a proxy IP, you can use which proxy server you use with the WHOIS service, just as with the WHOIS service of the receiving IP.

The basic principle of the WHOIS service is to have information about the institution corresponding to the IP of the Internet and return the information of the institution when a query is entered, and the band of the corresponding Internet address is set in each country. If the WHOIS information of the IP band is not obtained, WHOIS services of other countries can be used. The result obtained by using the WHOIS service is displayed as shown in FIG. 9, and the location of the user who receives the mail by querying the location and the map linking service at the top of FIG. 9 using the address obtained from the WHOIS information is identified as shown in FIG. 10. .

Although the present invention has been disclosed for purposes of illustration and description, it is not intended to be limited to the form of the foregoing embodiment. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that many variations and modifications are possible. While the present invention has been selected and disclosed with respect to the preferred embodiments described above in order to illustrate the best principles of the invention, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. .

As described above, the mail receiver location tracking system and method thereof of the present invention extract both the virtual IP and the real IP of the organization to which the virtual IP belongs, as well as the location of the proxy server when the proxy server is used, so that the mail recipient is a proxy server. If you are using a proxy server, and if you have a proxy server, you can find out which proxy server you are using, find the location of the organization that your virtual IP belongs to through real IP, and find out in real time which computer you have received mail from. It can be tracked, and also through the received IP information, you can find out which country the IP is used in. In this way, you can search WHOIS at the WHOIS service institution that corresponds to the IP. Address from a user's verified address As you type, you can search for a map of the address in real time, so that if you abuse the e-mail, you can make it easier for the offender to identify and arrest the offender in real time at the time of checking the message. There is a synergistic effect.

Claims (6)

Means for forcibly inserting an HTML tag in the email to be sent that conveys the sender's location to the recipient tracking server; Means for forcing a Java applet into the email to be sent; Means for receiving location information of the sender; Means for confirming the mail confirmation of the recipient and notifying the specific mail address or sender of the return mail; Means for including the recipient's location information in the notified mail; Means for linking the location information to the WHOIS service and showing it to the user in the notified mail; A mail receiver location tracking system that tracks the location of mail recipients as a means of linking results from WHOIS services to map services. The mail receiver location tracking system of claim 1, further comprising means for forcing a HTML tag or a Java applet to insert the sender's location in the email to be sent to the recipient location tracking server. The proxy server of claim 1 or 2, wherein the IP of the proxy server is generated by using a function of extracting a list of proxy servers in PHP by calling a PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking system by means of forcibly inserting an HTML tag. It is possible to extract the presence or absence of a Java applet.In the case of using a Java applet, after inserting the Java applet into an outgoing mail and sending it, the Java applet calls the receiver location tracking system. And comparing the IPs obtained through the header analysis, if the two IP addresses are wrong, using a proxy server, and, if the IP addresses are the same, further including a comparison means not using the proxy server. Forcibly inserting an HTML tag in the e-mail to be sent to the receiver location tracking server, Forcibly inserting a Java applet into the email to be sent; Receiving location information of the sender; Confirming the recipient's mail confirmation and notifying the specific mail address or sender of the return mail; Including the location information of the recipient in the notified mail; Linking location information to the WHOIS service and showing it to the user within the notified email; A method for tracking the location of mail recipients, which tracks the location of mail recipients, which comprises the steps of linking the results obtained from the WHOIS service to a map service. The method of claim 4, wherein And forcibly inserting an HTML tag or a Java applet that delivers the sender's location to the recipient location tracking server in the email to be sent. The method according to claim 4 or 5, By using the step of forcibly inserting an HTML tag, a PHP service in the mail receiver location tracking system can be called to extract a list of proxy servers in PHP. When using a Java applet, insert the Java applet into an outgoing mail, send the Java applet to the receiver location tracking system, and compare the IP of the receiver obtained from the Java applet with the receiver's location. If the IP address is wrong, the method further comprises the step of comparing the proxy server using the proxy server.