KR20030026371A - Phone Number Guiding System for Mobile Telecommunication Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A telephone number guiding system for a mobile communication terminal is provided to guide a telephone number as a text message instead of a voice message, thereby using a telephone number guiding service at a low cost and preventing service congestion. CONSTITUTION: A telephone number guiding server(20) supplies a telephone number text message service to a mobile communication terminal(11). The mobile communication terminal(11) has access to a wireless Internet. Telephone number guiding data is transmitted to the telephone number guiding server(20). A system applies for a telephone number guiding service. The system retrieves telephone number guiding information corresponding to the applied data from a database(31). The system transmits the retrieved telephone number guiding information to the mobile communication terminal(11) as text data.

Description

Phone Number Guiding System for Mobile Telecommunication Terminal

(Technology)

The present invention relates to a telephone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to overcome the inherent limitations of voice guidance by guiding a request for a telephone number guide via a mobile communication terminal by text instead of the existing voice guidance. It relates to a phone number guide system that allows you to conveniently guide your phone number.

(Background)

In general, a telephone user may receive a phone number that is not known, such as a method of searching a phone book book provided in a home, office, public telephone box, etc., or by dialing a telephone company (eg, Korea Telecom). (E.g., Korea Telecom Telephone Number Guide Service 114), or by entering a subscriber's name from a telephone number guide site through an Internet connection by a personal computer.

Among the telephone number guide services, a service by a telephone connection such as 114 telephone number guide service is widely used due to the convenience of being able to immediately receive a desired telephone number at any time and any place despite having to pay a small fee.

However, for the use of the existing 114 telephone number guide service, the first service fee should be paid, and the second usage is not much during the call, and the third voice guide is used, so the information may be unclear. There are many cases where you can check again by calling and confirming, and because of the instantaneous voice guidance, it is inconvenient to memorize or memo, and there is a service that provides information other than the fifth telephone number (eg, address corresponding to the telephone number). There are inconveniences such as difficulty.

On the other hand, wireless mobile communication terminals, such as mobile phones and PCS, have expanded to about 28 million subscribers over wired telephone subscribers, and have been used as a wireless Internet terminal as a simple communication means to replace wired telephones. Its use has expanded to provide a variety of services.

Wireless Internet is a technology and environment that allows users to receive Internet service through a wireless network, in contrast to wired Internet, which is connected to a wired terminal such as a telephone line or a dedicated line. As a result, most mobile communication terminals are expected to support the application of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) such as wireless Internet protocol within the next five years.

The technologies such as HTTP used in the wired Internet are difficult to apply to mobile communication terminals due to the low capacity processor, memory, small display and battery capacity, which are inherent limitations of mobile communication terminals with the motto of mobility and portability. Therefore, the above-described wireless communication protocols such as WAP have been developed for effective use in mobile communication terminals.

In general, the wireless network and the wired network are communicated by the WAP gateway. The communication between the mobile communication terminal and the gateway is performed using a protocol defined in the WAP, and the communication between the gateway and the wired network is HTTP, which is a conventional wired internet method. Is done. That is, when a user makes an Internet connection in a mobile communication terminal, the signal requests a service to a wired Internet network through a gateway, and the gateway receives a response from the wired Internet server and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, in order for a mobile communication terminal to receive such a service, a communication company must establish a WAP gateway, a mobile communication terminal must be equipped with a WAP browser, and a content provider must construct a service content in WML (Wireless Markup Language).

In relation to the mobile communication terminal, which has been established as a general internet communication terminal, phone number guide information is applied to the phone number service request requested from the mobile communication terminal, and text information, which is one of the basic functions of the Internet, is used instead of the traditional voice information. If provided, it is expected to overcome the problems of the above-mentioned voice telephone number guide service.

It is an object of the present invention to combine a telephone number of a telephone subscriber who requests through a wireless Internet, as well as a location of a telephone subscriber, which has a function as an internet terminal to a telephone number guide service by an existing telephone call, which has been serving by voice only. It is to provide a phone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal that can guide a variety of information, including information.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a phone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is an exemplary flowchart of a phone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

1: invention system

10: Carrier

11: mobile communication terminal

20: Phone number guide server

30: wired carrier

31: Telephone Directory Database

According to the present invention, there is provided a phone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal that provides phone number guide information as text data in response to a phone number guide request through a mobile communication terminal.

In the telephone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal of the present invention, a mobile communication company that provides a wireless Internet service for a mobile communication terminal, and a telephone that maintains a telephone number guide database and provides a text telephone number guide service to the mobile communication terminal. The number guide server is included by default.

The telephone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal of the present invention comprises the steps of: applying for a telephone number guide service by accessing a wireless Internet through the mobile communication terminal and transmitting telephone number guide application data of a telephone subscriber to the telephone number guide server; Retrieving telephone number guide information corresponding to the transmitted telephone number guide application data from the telephone number guide database; and transmitting the retrieved telephone number guide information as text data to the mobile communication terminal applying for telephone number guide. Through the steps, the telephone number guide service is provided as text data to the mobile communication terminal.

The phone number guide information provided to the mobile communication terminal is stored according to a user's selection by a storage function held by the mobile communication terminal, and can be effectively used later.

The telephone number guide application data input by the user includes the name of the telephone subscriber and the telephone subscriber's location in the province / state and / or county / district. The telephone number guide information provided to the user includes the name and telephone number of the telephone subscriber. The number and address are included by default, and preferably the directions of the subscriber.

The system of the present invention may further include a wired communication company to which the telephone subscribers are subscribed, wherein the telephone number guide database is preferably provided to the telephone number guide server from the wired communication company.

In addition, the application for the telephone number guide service can be applied by voice through the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, a phone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are merely illustrative of the telephone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a phone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exemplary flowchart of a phone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the phone number guide system 1 for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention basically includes a mobile communication company 10 having a mobile communication system and a phone number guide server 20. In addition, a wireline communication company 30 having a wireline communication system is preferably further included.

The mobile telecommunications company 10 is a general telecommunications company that establishes a system for providing a wireless Internet service to the subscribed mobile communication terminal 11, for example, in the case of the Republic of Korea, SK Telecom, KTF, This is the case with LG Telecom.

The telephone number guide server 20 maintains the telephone number guide database 31 by itself or is provided from the wired communication company 30 and is authorized to use the wireless Internet site for the mobile communication company 10. It is a wireless Internet server for managing a text telephone number guide service of a mobile communication terminal according to the invention.

The wired communication company 30 provides a telephone number guide database 31, which is established for a subscribed wireline, to the telephone number guide server 20 to cooperate with a text telephone number guide service of a mobile communication terminal. In the case of Korea, for example, Korea Telecom.

The telephone number guide database 31 is appropriately processed into WML or the like so as to provide a service on the wireless Internet.

As will be appreciated, the wireline carrier 30 is establishing a telephone directory database 31 that includes subscriber names, telephone numbers, addresses, directions, etc. for all subscribing telephones, either on their own or through partners. On the basis of such a telephone number database 31, voice telephone number guide service by telephone call (eg, 114 telephone number guide service of Korea Telecom) and text telephone number guide service through wired Internet (eg Korea Telecom www. phone number search service through .hanmir.com).

In the system 1 of the present invention, the telephone number guide server 20 itself does not exclude a telephone number guide database 31 for a text telephone number guide service to the mobile communication terminal 11, but the telephone number is not excluded. Since the guide database 31 has a huge capacity and is frequently updated according to the change in subscribers, the guide database 31 has been established in the wire carrier 30 and is continuously updated. It is desirable to process and use it so that it can be applied to the wireless Internet service.

In the system 1 of the present invention, the telephone number guide information provided through the mobile communication terminal 11 basically includes a telephone subscriber name, telephone number and address as text data.

These subscriber names, telephone numbers, and address information can be provided in the form of short text data. Therefore, in view of the limited processor and memory capacity of the mobile communication terminal 11 and the size of the display window, data transmission through the wireless Internet and user recognition are possible. There is no difficulty.

However, it is difficult to transmit and display the schematic data serviced by the existing wired Internet by the wireless Internet of the mobile communication terminal 11 due to the memory capacity and the screen size when it is displayed. Therefore, the conventional map data built in the existing telephone number guide service through the wired Internet is practically impossible to apply to the system (1) of the present invention.

According to this background, the map selectively provided in the phone number guide system 1 of the present invention is simply processed to a low capacity for wireless Internet communication of the mobile communication terminal 11, and the user through the mobile communication terminal 11 When there is a request for providing a map, the map data corresponding to the retrieved telephone number guide information is provided to the mobile communication terminal 11 to be displayed.

Hereinafter, an exemplary flow of a telephone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a user of the mobile communication terminal 11 connects to a mobile communication wireless Internet service (eg, N-TOP service of SK Telecom) in order to receive a phone number, and connects to the Internet. 11), the initial menu screen is displayed (see A of FIG. 2).

After the initial menu screen is displayed, when the user selects the telephone number guide and clicks OK, a wireless window is connected to the telephone number guide server 20 and a display window for inputting the telephone number guide application contents is displayed (FIG. 2). B).

When the display window for requesting the phone number application is opened, the user manipulates the dial of the mobile communication terminal 11 to call the user including the name of the subscriber (business name) and the address of the subscriber (the city / province and / or the county / district unit). The telephone number guide service is applied by entering the number guide application data and clicking OK to transmit (see FIG. 2C). At this time, it is desirable to input all of the city / province and the county / gu or only one of them.

According to the transmission of the telephone number guide application data, the telephone number guide server 20 retrieves the telephone number guide information corresponding to the application data from the telephone number guide database 31 through contact with the self-built or wired communication company 30. Then, the information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 11 applying for the telephone number guide through the wireless Internet communication network of the mobile communication company 10 (see FIG. 2D).

The transmitted phone number guide information is output in multiple stages as shown in FIGS. That is, first, the first telephone number guide display window lists all the telephone subscriber names (business names) meeting the conditions for which the user has applied for telephone number guide (D).

Next, when the user selects and clicks the desired subscriber name from the listed subscriber names, the telephone number and address of the corresponding subscriber are outputted on the display window (see FIG. 2E).

Finally, when the user clicks on the map service to know the location of the subscriber, the map data corresponding to the retrieved phone number guide information is displayed on the display window of the mobile communication terminal 11 (see FIG. 2F).

In all of the above processes, the user can terminate the telephone number guide service at any time by clicking End.

In addition, if the end is clicked in E of FIG. 2, the corresponding phone number guide information is stored in the mobile communication terminal 11, whether the call is made immediately to the corresponding phone number, or the call is made immediately to the corresponding phone number for the next call. A screen for selecting whether to save is displayed, and then the process proceeds according to the user's selection (see G of FIG. 2).

In addition, in FIG. 2F, when the end is clicked, the directions will be stored in the mobile communication terminal 11, so as to select whether to immediately call the corresponding phone number or to save the directions after immediately calling the corresponding phone number. The screen is displayed, and the process proceeds according to the user's selection (see FIG. 2H).

In the above description, it was described that the user inputs the telephone subscriber's name and the location of the mobile communication terminal 11 as a letter to apply for the telephone number guide service. In contrast, the user of the mobile terminal 11 requests the telephone number guide service by voice. Then, the telephone number guide agent of the jurisdiction of the wired communication company 30 retrieves the telephone number guide information corresponding to the telephone number guide application data from the telephone number guide database 31, and retrieves the retrieved telephone number guide information through the Internet. It is also possible to achieve the intended purpose of the present invention intended to be provided to the user's mobile communication terminal 11 as text data via the phone number guide server 20.

In addition, the above has described the subscriber name, telephone number, address, and the map as the telephone number guide information provided by the telephone number guide system for the mobile communication terminal. Of course, providing a variety of information such as e-mail address or Internet address in text or video is not excluded.

The phone number guide system 1 for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention described above has the following effects.

First, it is possible to use the telephone number guide service only with a relatively low wireless internet access fee compared to the service fee of the telephone number guide service by telephone call.

Second, it is possible to solve the problem of unavailability during the call due to congestion of services.

Third, since telephone call guide information by text is provided, there is no uncertainty in the information at all, and thus there is no inconvenience such as having to listen repeatedly or receive service again.

Fourth, you can make a call as it is without memorizing or memorizing the guided phone number or save it for future calls, so you can reduce the number of duplicated phone numbers and use the guided phone number more usefully. .

Fifth, in addition to the phone number can be provided with useful information such as address and directions.

Sixth, it is possible to reduce the costs associated with telephone number guidance by reducing the number of telephone number guide personnel, which is an essential element of the telephone number guide system by telephone call.

In addition, when applying the mobile phone number guide system 1 for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention as described above, the mobile communication company 10 can achieve sales growth by providing a high quality phone number guide service, the phone number The guide server 20 may generate a royalty fee for various types of information, including telephone number guide information, and the wired communication company 30 may provide income from the telephone number guide database 31 and call by existing telephone call. It is possible to reduce the burden related to the number guidance (eg, the burden related to 114 Telecommunications of the Korea Telecom), the user of the mobile communication terminal 11 can enjoy a good quality telephone number guide service having various advantages described above at a low price. The effect that can be expected is expected.

Claims (4)

A telephone number guide server for maintaining a mobile telecommunication company and a telephone number guide database for providing a wireless Internet service for the mobile telecommunication terminal and providing a text telephone number guide service to the mobile telecommunication terminal; Accessing the wireless Internet through the mobile communication terminal to transmit a telephone number guide application data of a telephone subscriber to the telephone number guide server to apply for a telephone number guide service, and a telephone number corresponding to the transmitted telephone number guide application data Retrieving guide information from the telephone number guide database, and transmitting the retrieved telephone number guide information as text data to the mobile communication terminal applying for telephone number guide; through, And providing a telephone number guide service with text data to the mobile terminal. The telephone number guide system of claim 1, wherein the telephone number guide information includes a name, a telephone number, an address, and a map of the subscriber. The mobile telephone terminal of claim 1, further comprising a wired communication company to which the telephone subscribers are subscribed, wherein the telephone number guide database is provided to the telephone number guide server from the wired communication company. Number guidance system. The mobile telephone application of claim 3, wherein the application for the telephone number guide service is a voice application to a wired communication company through the mobile communication terminal, and the telephone number guide information retrieved from the telephone number guide database is the mobile number applied for the telephone number guide. A telephone number guide system for a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that transmitted to the communication terminal as text data.