KR20030021502A - System for proving added information related to a memorial day using communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for proving added information related to a memorial day using communication network is provided to customize additional information suitable for a corresponding memorial day together with an E-mail for reminding the memorial day of a user using various communication network environment such as the Internet or a mobile communication network and offer additional information and the E-mail to the user. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal(30) connects to the Internet(20). An additional information providing web server(10) receives memorial day information from the user terminal(30) connected through the Internet(20), and sends an E-mail to an E-mail address of a user for reminding a corresponding memorial day on the basis of memorial day information. The E-mail has memorial day association additional information customized to the user on the basis of memorial day information, and additional information has a link connected to one or more web pages.

Description

Anniversary additional information system using communication network {SYSTEM FOR PROVING ADDED INFORMATION RELATED TO A MEMORIAL DAY USING COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for providing additional information through a communication network. Specifically, the present invention reminds users of anniversaries using various communication network environments such as the Internet or a mobile communication network. It relates to an additional information providing system for customizing and providing additional information suitable for the electronic mail and the anniversary.

The proliferation of personal computers and the development of computer communication network environment has led to a huge increase in Internet users and various changes in the activities of individuals and companies. For example, in the case of product purchase, there are many changes from the traditional direct transaction method to the online product purchase method according to the appearance of the online shopping mall. In addition, various additional information such as education information, local information, and technical information are provided online, and thus, a convenient online information acquisition method is introduced and used along with the traditional information acquisition method.

As such, as the Internet environment develops, electronic commerce sites or information provider sites having various forms and transactions / providing methods are operating on the web. One of them is a personal information management service that can edit and store personal information on the web. These personal information management services provide users with traditional diary-style web pages that can be edited and stored online.

Meanwhile, a mailing service has been developed that provides various types of information to an electronic mail address of a user through the Internet. The mailing service is used as a useful means of business deployment for operators using the Internet. That is, it is used as an active advertising public relations means that provides various additional information directly to each individual's e-mail address and provides information on sales products and promotional materials.

However, the additional information provided to each individual through the mailing service is due to the intention of the operator rather than the needs of the individual. Therefore, the effect that the product purchase can be generated by the additional information provided to each individual is small. Excessive mailing service may stress the user when checking mail, which may cause adverse effects different from the intention of the operator.

Therefore, if the additional information is provided through the mailing service at a time when a purchase desire can be generated, the effect may be increased. For example, if you provide an e-mail containing information to remind you of the anniversary and additional information that can be used for the anniversary, the individual's e-mail address, mobile phone, PDA, etc. It will be a more effective mailing service that can lead to the purchase of.

In addition, if such a mailing service is provided, each individual may solve the inconvenience of conventionally marking and checking the management of the anniversary associated with him by hand in a diary or a calendar.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems, and includes an e-mail for reminding users of anniversaries using various communication network environments such as the Internet or a mobile communication network. Together, the present invention provides an additional information providing system that provides customized information suitable for the anniversary.

1 is a view showing a connection relationship in a communication network of a system for providing additional information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the additional information providing web server of FIG. 1; FIG.

3 to 6 are views showing the structure of the region table, DCD table, mail list table, member table of the DCD database of FIG.

7 is a flowchart sequentially showing a mailing service processing procedure of the additional information providing system of the present invention;

8 is a diagram illustrating a main page provided to a user terminal after user access;

9 illustrates a login main page provided to a user terminal after user login;

10 illustrates a sub page for inputting an anniversary date;

11 is a view showing an example of an anniversary selectable by the anniversary selection menu shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a sub page provided to a user terminal when a date calculation item illustrated in FIG. 10 is selected;

13 is a diagram showing a sub page displaying an anniversary calculation result;

14 is a view showing a sub page displaying a result of meeting date calculation;

15 and 16 are diagrams showing examples that can be selected by the additional information selection item shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a subpage for previewing contents of an e-mail when an anniversary is selected in an anniversary list; FIG.

18 and 19 show examples of alarm mails and examples of alarm messages, respectively; And

20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page of a web server providing additional information.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: Web server providing additional information 20: Internet

30: user terminal 40: mail server

50: mobile communication network 60: base station

70: mobile communication terminal 80, 82, 84: web server

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention as described above, the additional information providing system for providing additional information using a communication network comprises: a user terminal capable of Internet access; And an additional information providing web server receiving anniversary information from the user terminal connected through the Internet and sending an e-mail (alarm mail) to the user's e-mail address for reminding the anniversary based on the anniversary information. And the e-mail includes additional information related to the anniversary personalized to the member based on the anniversary information, and the additional information has a link to one or more web pages.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the additional information web server transmits an alarm message for reminding the anniversary on the basis of the anniversary information to a user's wireless communication terminal through a mobile communication network, the alarm message is the anniversary information And additional information related to an anniversary customized for the member based on the additional information having a link to one or more web pages.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the additional information providing web server comprises: a server processor; A memory, which is executed by the server processor and includes a management program and a server operating program for performing overall processing for providing additional information related to an anniversary; A database managed by the management program and storing additional information related to an anniversary date; A storage medium storing the database; And a communication network interface for providing the additional information providing web server to the Internet and a wireless communication network.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the database comprises: an area table for storing area information; A temporary table (DCD table) used for storing temporary information when sending an e-mail; A mail list table for storing mail sending list information; And a member table for storing member information.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the additional information providing web server provides a main page according to a markup language for inputting anniversary information from the user terminal connected through the Internet, and the main page is a subpage for calculating an anniversary date. Additionally provides.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the additional information providing web server provides a main page according to a markup language for inputting anniversary information from the user terminal connected through the Internet, and the main page is a plurality of main pages for selecting additional information. And additional information selection items, wherein the additional information providing web server includes customized additional information based on the selected additional information item in an electronic mail (alarm mail) and an alarm message for reminding the anniversary date.

The embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described below. This embodiment is provided to explain more clearly the present invention to those skilled in the art.

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

The novel additional information providing system of the present invention uses various communication network environments such as the Internet or a mobile communication network to send an e-mail to remind the user of the anniversary. And additional information suitable for the day is customized.

1 is a diagram showing a connection relationship in a communication network of a system for providing additional information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the additional information providing system of the present invention includes a additional information providing web server 10. The user may access the additional information providing web server 10 using a user terminal 30 such as a personal computer accessible to the Internet 20 to register a user and request an additional information related to an anniversary. . In this process, the user registers his or her anniversary and provides his or her e-mail address and mobile phone number for receiving the anniversary confirmation mail and additional information.

The additional information providing web server 10 sends an alarm mail to the registered mail server 40 on the anniversary of the registered user, and additional information related to the anniversary (these additional information is one Including a link to the above website).

In addition, the additional information providing web server 10 transmits an alarm message to the user's wireless communication terminal 70 through the mobile communication network 50 and the base station 60. The wireless communication terminal is a communication device having a wireless communication function such as a mobile phone and a PDA. This alarm message contains additional information (including additional information and links to one or more websites) in the same content as the alarm mail. The alarm message provided to the wireless communication terminal 70 may use WML (Wireless Markup Language) according to WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), and may also use markup languages of various protocols available in the mobile communication terminal. Can be.

The user is reminded of an anniversary scheduled to access his mail server 40 and check the alarm mail provided from the additional information providing web server 10. In addition, through the alarm message transmitted to its wireless communication terminal 70 reminds of the scheduled anniversary. In addition, the additional information is linked to one or more websites. The additional information is a web server (80, 82, 84) for providing various services such as purchase of gifts related to anniversaries, meals, cultural performances, travel, etc. Linked to:

Therefore, the user is provided with an alarm mail and an alarm message for reminding the corresponding anniversary on the anniversary registered in the additional information providing web server 10, and various additional information that can be used for the anniversary.

Specifically, the configuration of the additional information providing web server 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of the additional information providing web server 10 of FIG. 1. Referring to the drawings, the additional information providing web server 10 includes a server processor 11, a memory 12, a communication network interface 15, and a mass storage medium 16.

The network interface 15 provides a connection to the Internet 20 and a mobile communication network 50. The memory 12 includes a server operating program 13 and a D-day count down management program 14. The DCD management program 14 is a program for performing overall processing for providing additional information related to the anniversary of the present invention.

The mass storage medium 16 is constructed with a DCD database 17, which is composed of a region table 17a, a DCD table 17b, a mail list table 17c, and a member table 17d. 3-6 show the structure of these tables 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d.

In the region table 17a, the structure of each region table is configured identically. The DCD table 17b is a table used when sending an e-mail and is automatically deleted after the e-mail is sent. The mail list table 17c stores idx, a unique ID of the DCD table, when an anniversary is selected in the anniversary registration process. And it displays the anniversary, the date of sending the mail, the user's mail, the user's name, whether the mail is sent and when it is received before the email is sent. The member table 17d stores various pieces of information of members and is updated every anniversary.

Next, the processing of the mailing service performed by the additional information providing web server will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7 to 19.

7 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a mailing service processing process of the additional information providing system of the present invention.

Referring to the drawing, in step S10, the user accesses the additional information providing web server 10 through the Internet 20 using the user terminal 30. In operation S12, the additional information providing web server 10 provides the main page 100 to the user terminal 30. In the accompanying drawings, the main page 100 provided to the user terminal 30 is illustrated. In step S14, the user enters his ID and password to log in. If the connected user is not registered as a member, log in using the ID and password given after registering as a member through the normal membership registration procedure.

In operation S16, the additional information providing web server 10 provides a login main page 110 to the logged in user terminal 30. 9 is a view showing a login main page 110 provided to the user terminal 30 after user login. The anniversary list 112 is displayed on the login main page 110, but is not displayed when there is no anniversary input. In the case of newly inputting an anniversary date, when the anniversary input button 114 located in the login main page 110 is selected in step S16, the subpage 120 for inputting an anniversary date is provided to the user terminal 30 in step S20. . In the accompanying drawings, a sub page 120 for inputting an anniversary is illustrated.

In step S22, the user inputs relevant information for each item of the provided anniversary input subpage 120. Anniversary information input items included in the sub page 120 include an anniversary type item 121, an anniversary date item 122, an anniversary subject name item 123, a target gender / age item 124, and an alarm mail receiving date item ( 125, a region item 126, and additional information selection item 127.

More specifically, the input method of each of the input items 121 to 127 of the sub page 120 will be described.

The anniversary type item 121 may select a preset anniversary using the anniversary selection menu bar 121a. 11 shows an example of an anniversary selectable by the anniversary selection menu bar 121a. In addition, the user can set a new anniversary.

In the anniversary date item 122, the date of the anniversary is entered. In particular, this item is provided with a separate date calculation function. When the date calculation button 122a is selected, a sub page 130 for calculating a date as shown in FIG. 12 is provided to the user terminal 30. . Using this, the user can easily calculate the dates that need to be calculated and designate the anniversary.

For example, when calculating an anniversary date such as 100 days, 200 days, ..., etc., the corresponding date is input to the input item 131 for inputting the date on the subpage 130, and the count selection menu bar 132 Enter the number of days to count using). When the anniversary calculation button 133 is selected, the calculation result is displayed on the sub page 134 as shown in FIG. 13. If the result displayed on the sub page 134 is to be applied to the anniversary, the apply button 134a may be selected. If not, the back button 134b may be selected. When the number of days to be met is to be calculated, a period to be counted is input to the period input item 135, and when the number of meeting days is calculated, the calculation result is displayed as shown in FIG. 14. Is indicated at 137. Entering the back button 137a switches to the previous screen.

Anniversary subject name item 123 enters the name of the subject of the anniversary, subject gender / age item 124 to enter the gender distinction and age. The alarm mail reception date item 125 may select a reception date to receive an alarm mail. For example, one or more desired items may be selected from an anniversary, a week ago, three days ago, and one day before.

The area item 126 is an item for selecting an area where an anniversary is to be sent. The additional information selection item 127 is a selection item for receiving additional information related to an anniversary, such as a gift, food, or event related to an anniversary, using a plurality of selection bars 127a, to select a desired gift, to select to eat, to enjoy to enjoy, etc. A variety of additional information may be selected, an example of which is shown in FIG. 15. The items selected in each item are moved to the additional information storage area 127 when the corresponding application button 127b is input. Then, using the estimated expense selection bar 127d and the meeting member selection bar 127e, as shown in FIG.

Anniversary information input through this process is completed by inputting the anniversary input button (128a), if you want to enter again can be initialized by entering the input button (128b) again. If you want to see the list of anniversary, if you enter the list view button 129, as shown in Figure 9 of the accompanying drawings, you can see the anniversary list 112 of the login main screen 110. When the corresponding anniversary is selected in the anniversary list 112, as shown in FIG. 17, a sub page 140 for displaying the contents to be provided in the alarm mail in advance is displayed. In this sub page 140, it is possible to delete or modify the corresponding anniversary information by inputting the correction button 142 and the delete button 144.

Referring back to FIG. 7, in step S24, the additional information providing web server 10 stores the anniversary information provided from the member in the DCD database 17. Through this process, the additional information providing web server 10 transmits an alarm mail and an alarm message in steps S26 and S28, respectively, on the anniversary of the registered members. The alarm mail is sent to the mail server 40 in which the member's e-mail address is registered, and the alarm message is sent to the member's wireless communication terminal 70.

In step S30 and step S32, the mail server 40 and the user wireless communication terminal 70 stores the alarm mail and the alarm message transmitted from the additional information web server 10, respectively. In step S34, when the user accesses the mail server 40 using the user terminal 30 and checks the alarm mail sent to the user, in step S36, the mail server 40 sends the stored alarm mail to the user terminal 30. So that the user will be reminded of the corresponding anniversary. In step S38, the user is reminded of the anniversary by checking the alarm message received by his wireless communication terminal 70. 18 and 19 show an example of an alarm mail and an example of an alarm message, respectively.

After receiving the alarm mail or the alarm message, if the desired additional information 200, 202 (these links are linked to different web pages) is selected, the linked web server 80, 82, 84, the corresponding web page 204 is directed to. 20 is a view showing an example of a web page 204 of a web server 80, 82, 84 for providing additional information.

Using the additional information provided with the alarm mail and the alarm message, the user can pre-book various events such as gifts, food, and cultural performances to be used for the anniversary. The additional information provided in the alarm mail and the alarm message is customized according to the characteristics of each member, and thus is likely to lead to product purchase.

As described above, the configuration and operation of the system for providing additional information related to the anniversary using the communication network according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention have been shown in accordance with the above description and the drawings. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

According to the present invention as described above, by providing an alarm mail and an alarm message to the corresponding member on the occasion of the registered anniversary with additional information, it is possible to reduce the inconvenience of conventionally displaying by hand in a diary or calendar and checking daily In addition, it is possible to prevent the case of missing the anniversary by not remembering it, and it may be useful to send the anniversary by using the additional information provided. In addition, by providing additional information through the mailing service at the appropriate time when the purchase desire can occur, effective corporate marketing activities can be performed.

Claims (6)

In an additional information providing system for providing additional information using a communication network: A user terminal capable of internet access; And And an additional information providing web server receiving anniversary information from the user terminal connected through the Internet and sending an e-mail (alarm mail) to the user's e-mail address based on the anniversary information. , And the e-mail includes additional information related to an anniversary customized to a member based on the anniversary information, wherein the additional information has a link to one or more web pages. The method of claim 1, The additional information web server transmits an alarm message for reminding the anniversary based on the anniversary information to a user's wireless communication terminal through a mobile communication network. The alarm message includes additional information related to an anniversary customized to a member based on the anniversary information, wherein the additional information has a link to one or more web pages. The method of claim 2, The additional information providing web server is: Server processor; A memory, which is executed by the server processor and includes a management program and a server operating program for performing overall processing for providing additional information related to an anniversary; A database managed by the management program and storing additional information related to an anniversary date; A storage medium storing the database; And And a communication network interface for providing access to the additional information providing web server to the Internet and a wireless communication network. The method of claim 3, wherein The database is A region table for storing region information; A temporary table (DCD table) used for storing temporary information when sending an e-mail; A mail list table for storing mailing list information; And And a member table for storing member information. The method of claim 1, The additional information providing web server Providing a main page according to a markup language for inputting anniversary information from the user terminal connected through the Internet; The main page additionally provides a sub page for calculating the anniversary. The method of claim 2, The additional information providing web server Providing a main page according to a markup language for inputting anniversary information from the user terminal connected through the Internet, the main page including a plurality of additional information selection items for selecting additional information, And the additional information providing web server includes additional customized information based on the selected additional information item in an electronic mail (alarm mail) and an alarm message for reminding the anniversary.