KR20030013086A - Method for cyber time capsule service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for an Internet time capsule service to user digital data is provided to supply corresponding digital data for a requested person through E-mail at a requested opening time by storing data of all patterns of a user in a time capsule database. CONSTITUTION: In a server computer system for endowing a user with a predetermined storage on the Internet and supplying a virtual time capsule service with respect to user digital data of all patterns, digital data being uploaded from a computer system of a user are stored in a database. An opening time of the digital data and information of a receiver E-mail address are received through a web page. The opening time and the information are matched with the stored digital data and stored in a database. It is judged whether an opening time of the digital data is reached or not(S200). If the opening time is reached(S202), E-mail including the digital data is transmitted to the receiver E-mail address(S206,S208).

Description

Internet time capsule service method for user digital data {Method for cyber time capsule service}

The present invention relates to an Internet service using data communication. More particularly, the present invention relates to an Internet time that stores digital data of a user in a time capsule database and sends the digital data by email to a requested recipient at the time of opening. It relates to a capsule service method.

In general, modern people plan events to share with those around them in order to enjoy a little happiness in the dry and dull life of busy daily life. One of these events is a time cache that allows you to check past memories for a long time. (time capsule) is also used.

Time Cashel is a method of preserving a cultural heritage that allows its descendants to take out after a certain period of time by placing objects representing the life of an age in a solid container, which can be applied to real life.

In other words, if the couple who enter into the boredom are sealed with time capsules of the wedding vows and the wedding scenes they exchanged during the wedding ceremony, and they are opened at the silver wedding ceremony, which is a long time passed, the opportunity to re-establish love, expectation, and hope for each other Will be.

Furthermore, as the use of the Internet has recently become more common, methods that have been implemented offline until now have been implemented on-line, and considering such a trend, if the concept of time capsule is also implemented by incorporating the Internet, the difference will be greatly highlighted.

In this regard, according to Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2000-58833, "Time gap service on the Internet website", when a user posts his or her post on the web, the time check server is activated to release the time. After that, you can enter the password on the website to view the password, and it is automatically delivered to the person who wants to deliver it.

However, this prior art incorporates the concept of a time capsule on the Internet, but has a limitation that it is similar to a general email reservation sending service by providing a time capsule service only for writing.

In other words, according to the development of various requirements such as improving the transmission speed of data communication network, we can easily use various multimedia data such as video, audio, etc. on the Internet. It is desirable to provide a time capsule service for all types of digital data to provide a variety of user choices.

The present invention was conceived in view of the above, an Internet time capsule which stores all types of digital data of the user in a time capsule database and sends the digital data as an e-mail to the requested recipient at the time of opening. The purpose is to provide a service method.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the appended claims.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a block diagram of a network system in which an Internet time capsule service method for user digital data according to the present invention is implemented.

2 is a functional diagram of a service server according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a data item configuration of a time capsule database in a service server according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of applying a user's virtual time capsule to a service server according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a virtual time capsule use request web page provided from a service server according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a service server extracts user digital data from a database at a requested opening time and sends the received digital data to a requested recipient by e-mail.

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10: user terminal 20: service server

30: network

Internet time capsule service method for user digital data according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, give a user a certain storage space on the Internet, virtual time capsule for all types of user digital data A server computer system providing a service, comprising: storing digital data uploaded from the user's computer system in a database; Receiving the information of the date and time of opening of the digital data and the recipient email address through a web page, matching the stored digital data, and storing the information in the database; Determining whether an opening date of the digital data has arrived; And sending an e-mail to which the digital data is attached to the recipient e-mail address when the opening date is reached. It includes.

And, the Internet time capsule service method for the user digital data according to the second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the self-generated digital data of the user on the Internet, the virtual time capsule for the generated digital data A server computer system providing a service, comprising: storing digital data of a user generated in a database; Receiving the information of the date and time of opening of the digital data and the recipient email address through a web page, matching the stored digital data, and storing the information in the database; Determining whether an opening date of the digital data has arrived; And sending an e-mail to which the digital data is attached to the recipient e-mail address when the opening date is reached. It includes.

Preferably, in the two aspects described above, the e-mail message for the recipient of the user is also received through a web page, matched against the digital data and stored in a database, and used as the content of the e-mail sent later, the opening It is characterized in that the recipient's email address is corrected and input into the database before the time point is updated.

Further, the Internet time capsule service method for user digital data according to the third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in conjunction with the associated server computer system for generating the digital data of the user to provide a virtual time capsule service A server computer system, comprising: matching digital data transmitted from the affiliated server computer system with information of opening date and recipient e-mail address for the digital data and storing the information in a database; Determining whether an opening date of the digital data has arrived; And sending an e-mail to which the digital data is attached to the recipient e-mail address when the opening date is reached. It includes.

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

Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a block diagram of a network system in which an Internet time capsule service method for user digital data according to the present invention is implemented.

The network system is composed of a plurality of user terminals 10, a service server 20 on the Internet, and a network 30 that mediates data communication therebetween.

The user terminal 10 is provided with a web browser for using the Internet, and access to the website of the service server 20 represented by a specific URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is available through the web browser.

The terminal 10 is preferably a personal computer (PC) or a notebook computer, but is not limited to this. Cellular phones, PCS, personal digital assistants capable of wireless Internet for realizing wireless communication with the service server 20. A mobile terminal such as PDA may be employed.

The service server 20 uploads and stores all types of digital data including text, sound, image, and video of the user to be accessed and extracts the request after opening for a long time. A computer system on the service provider's side, which is sent to the recipient and provided to the recipient, and is a web server that implements a website for wired and wireless Internet for the service.

Preferably, the service server 20 is a large computer system capable of smoothly executing a large amount of mathematical calculations in information processing or database search to perform a large amount of business processing.

Network 30 is to connect the terminal 10 and the server 20 in common to perform data communication between each other, wired / wireless Internet network, public telephone network (PSTN), wireless communication network, satellite communication network, etc. It includes everything.

However, hereinafter, for convenience of description, the network 30 is a wired Internet network based on the World Wide Web (WWW), and the terminal 10 is a personal computer (PC). Explain. However, it is a matter of course that the present invention is not necessarily limited to these examples.

2 shows a functional configuration of a service server according to the present invention.

The service server 20 includes a server engine 22, a plurality of web pages 24, a user registration module 26a, a time capsule use reception module 26b, a time check module 26c, and an email sending module ( 26d), user information DB 28a, virtual time capsule DB 28b, and the like.

The server engine 22 is responsible for the overall operation of the system and provides various web pages 24 for the user terminal 10 to access, and server-side such as the modules 26a to 26d. Provide a platform for your program.

Here, the web page 24 is preferably written in HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) format, but may be written in any format as long as it can be read by a computer system.

The user registration module 26a is a program for processing the member registration and login of a user to be connected. The user registration module 26a stores and manages identification information including an ID and a password of a user inputted during member registration in the user information DB 28a. .

The time capsule usage reception module 26b is a program that receives a request for the use of a virtual time capsule from a user who has registered as a member. The digital data of the uploaded user, the opening date of the digital data, the recipient e-mail address, and the e-mail to the recipient Information such as contents is obtained and stored in the virtual time capsule DB 38b for management.

Here, referring to FIG. 3 which shows the structure of the virtual time capsule DB 28b, it consists of data items, such as a user ID, a storage date and time, a digital data file, a file capacity, a user email content, an opening date, and a recipient email address.

The time check module 26c is a program for checking whether the opening date and time set for the digital data stored in the virtual time capsule DB 28b has arrived.

The e-mail sending module 26d is a program for generating an e-mail to which the digital data is attached when the opening date of the specific digital data arrives, and sending the generated e-mail to the requested recipient e-mail address.

Hereinafter, an Internet time capsule service method for user digital data according to the present invention will be described in detail.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a user's application for using a virtual time capsule with respect to a service server according to the present invention.

The user who wants to use the Internet time capsule service secures a data link by accessing the website of the service server 20 through the network 30 using the terminal 10 capable of internet access (S100).

That is, the user accesses the website of the service server 20 represented by the specific URL by using the web browser in the terminal 10, and the service server 20 transmits the web page corresponding to the URL, and the web The browser interprets the transmitted web page and displays it on the monitor.

Preferably, the user requests the use of the virtual time capsule by selecting a graphic menu such as a specific icon on the web page that is sent after login (S102) (S108), whereby the service server 30 requests the web for use application. The page is transmitted (S110).

If, in the login (S102), the service server 20 searches the user information DB (28a) to check whether the registered member (S104), if not a registered member, and outputs a member registration guide message, for membership registration The web page is transmitted to the user terminal 10 to obtain agreement on the terms and conditions from the user, and receives various identification information including an ID and a password, and stores it in the user information DB 28a and receives member registration (step S106).

Referring to FIG. 5, which shows an example of the configuration of the use application web page transmitted in step S110, the use application web page includes location information for uploading a digital data file that the user wishes to store in a time capsule for a predetermined period of time. There are at least one recipient email address for which digital data is desired to be sent, the time and date of opening the desired time capsule, and a separate entry window for entering the contents of the email being sent. There is a button.

Accordingly, the user creates a web page for use application and executes registration (S112), and the service server 20 obtains uploaded digital data and related information and stores it in the virtual time capsule DB 28b in its own state (S118). ).

Of course, if there is a user input error, the service server 20 outputs a rewrite request message (S116).

Thus, the process of storing the user digital data once in the virtual time capsule DB 28b on the service server 20 side is completed, and by repeating this process, the virtual time capsule DB 38b is constructed of multiple user digital data. Will be.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which user digital data stored in a database of a service server is emailed to a requested recipient at the time of opening according to the present invention.

The service server 20 checks whether the opening date of the digital data stored in the virtual time capsule DB 28b has arrived at a predetermined period (S200), and when the opening date of the specific digital data has arrived (S202), the virtual time capsule DB Extracting the digital data and the information of the e-mail contents and the recipient e-mail address stored and matched with the digital data (S204) by attaching the digital data and generating an e-mail containing the e-mail contents of the user (S206) The generated e-mail is then sent to the recipient e-mail address (S208).

Thus, the recipient receives an email with the user as the sender, verifies the email content and the attached digital data, thereby completing the process in which the present invention is implemented.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user can access the website of the service server 20 and modify the recipient email address before the date of release of the digital data arrives, which is typically used over time. This is to compensate for the fact that is likely to change.

Meanwhile, by extending the present invention, the above-described service server 20 may generate digital data for a user as a separate Internet service and provide an Internet time capsule service with respect to the generated user digital data.

That is, the service server 20 may generate user digital data of a photographic image by itself, and provide an internet time capsule service with respect to the generated digital data, as in a typical Internet photo studio.

In addition, the Internet time capsule service may be provided for the user digital data transmitted from the server in association with a server system of an affiliated relationship that provides an Internet photo studio service.

As such, the digital data of the user may be generated through various paths, and even in all such cases, the Internet time capsule service method of the present invention may be easily implemented through data communication.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalent claims.

According to the Internet time capsule service method for the user digital data of the present invention, the Internet time capsule service is enabled for all digital data capable of data communication, thereby increasing the convenience of the user, and ultimately providing the user with a small amount of daily pleasure. Provide happiness

Claims (5)

A server computer system that provides a user with a fixed storage space on the Internet and provides a virtual time capsule service for all types of user digital data, Storing digital data uploaded from the user's computer system in a database; Receiving the information of the date and time of opening of the digital data and the recipient email address through a web page, matching the stored digital data, and storing the information in the database; Determining whether an opening date of the digital data has arrived; And Sending an e-mail to which the digital data is attached to the recipient e-mail address when the opening date is reached as a result of the determination; Internet time capsule service method for user digital data comprising a. In the server computer system that generates a user's digital data on the Internet, and provides a virtual time capsule service for the generated digital data, Storing the digital data of the user generated in the database in a database; Receiving the information of the date and time of opening of the digital data and the recipient email address through a web page, matching the stored digital data, and storing the information in the database; Determining whether an opening date of the digital data has arrived; And Sending an e-mail to which the digital data is attached to the recipient e-mail address when the opening date is reached as a result of the determination; Internet time capsule service method for user digital data comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The Internet time capsule service for the digital data of the user, which receives the user's e-mail message through the web page, matches the digital data, stores it in a database, and uses the content as an e-mail sent later. Way. The method according to claim 1 or 2, An Internet time capsule service method for user digital data, characterized in that the recipient's e-mail address is corrected, updated and stored in a database before the opening time. A server computer system for providing a virtual time capsule service in association with an affiliated server computer system for generating digital data of a user, Matching the digital data transmitted from the affiliated server computer system with the information of the opening date and the recipient e-mail address for the digital data and storing the information in a database; Determining whether an opening date of the digital data has arrived; And Sending an e-mail to which the digital data is attached to the recipient e-mail address when the opening date is reached as a result of the determination; Internet time capsule service method for user digital data comprising a.