KR20030027515A - Method for information service in communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of servicing information in a communication system is provided to use a system of charging fees in proportion to access time or data amounts during data communication, thereby enabling users to receive various kinds of information from a server at low cost. CONSTITUTION: When a user selects automatic download service items, a web server sets the service items in an internal database with user log-on information of an information phone(300). The web server supplies a data communication service, reads the service items by using the user log-on information, and transmits updated information corresponding to the service items to the information phone(310). The information phone stores the updated information corresponding to the service items in an internal memory(320). A display displays that the updated information corresponding to the service items is downloaded(330). The display displays the updated information according to a set service item information display option(340).

Description

Information service method in communication system {METHOD FOR INFORMATION SERVICE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a communication system, and more particularly to an information service method of receiving information from a server desired by a user in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or a data amount during data communication. It is about.

In the case of data communication, the communication terminal such as a general telephone equipped with a display among the communication terminals that charges in proportion to the connection time or the amount of data mainly displays the current time and the initial name on the initial screen of the display. When the user operates the button, only the registered address book information can be read.

A communication terminal equipped with a display unit capable of data communication can receive desired information in a server connected state connected to a network and view the received information through the mounted display unit. Otherwise, information or a function that a user can receive through a communication terminal There are convenient functions such as registered address book information, memo information, and calculator.

Even in a communication terminal equipped with a display unit capable of data communication, the information or function that a user can receive through the terminal in the state of not connected to a server connected to the network is limited to pre-registered address book information, memo information, and calculator. That is, the information provided by the server cannot be obtained. Therefore, in order to obtain the information required by the user from the server connected to the network, the user of the communication terminal has a burden of paying the access fee corresponding to the access time.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a user with various information from a server connected to a network in a communication terminal using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or an amount of data. To provide a way to do this.

Another object of the present invention is to obtain information by only the server connection in the communication terminal using a method that is charged in proportion to the connection time or data amount during data communication, without the user's operation, and display the desired display method To provide a way to present information in a variety of ways.

1 is a configuration of a communication system network applied as an example for an information service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a detailed block diagram of each of the information telephones 100 of FIG.

3 and 4 are control flow diagrams for a user of a communication terminal in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or a data amount during data communication.

In accordance with the above object, the present invention provides an information service method in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or an amount of data during data communication. Setting up an automatic download service item required by the user when the terminal user subscribes to the server; and when the communication terminal user accesses the server for the data communication service, the server corresponds to the automatic download service item. And transmitting the content information to the communication terminal and providing a data communication service, and storing the content information corresponding to the automatic download service item.

The present invention also provides an information service method in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or an amount of data during data communication. Setting the automatic download service item required by a user to the server, requesting a service connection to the server at a time reserved by a communication terminal user, and requesting the service connection to the server; Transmitting content information corresponding to the automatic download service item to the communication terminal by accessing a service, and the communication terminal stores the content information of the automatic download service item transmitted by the server in a memory and accesses the server. Characterized in that the process to end.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a diagram illustrating a communication system network configuration using a method in which charges are proportional to an access time or an amount of data in a data communication, and FIG. 2 is a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or an amount of data in a data communication. 1 is a block diagram of the information telephone 100 of FIG. The information telephone 100 of FIG. 2 has a configuration for communicating data as well as voice, and also has a display unit.

Referring to FIG. 1, each of the information phones 100 is an example of a communication terminal applied to an embodiment of the present invention. Each of the information telephones 100 is connected to the trunk lines of the local exchange 102, and has a modem for data communication, a display device for displaying text and various states, and a keyboard for text input. It has general phone functions and email service functions. The information telephone 100 having an email service function may perform an email service with the Internet service terminal 110 and may also perform an email service with the mobile communication terminal 114. In addition, the information phone 100 may send and receive an email addressed to a phone number between each of the information phones 100 through the trunk line. A detailed block configuration of the information telephone 100 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

In order to accommodate the information telephone 100, an e-mail server 106 is provided in the communication system network of FIG. The email server 106 is connected to the Internet 108 and is connected to the local exchange 102 via a data communication network 104 and also to a mobile communication network 112. The email server 106 has a subscriber database of telephone numbers corresponding to each of the information phones 100. The subscriber database is mapped with an e-mail address corresponding to the telephone number. The e-mail server 106 receives the e-mail addressed to the telephone number from the Internet 108 or the information telephone 100 or receives the e-mail of the address including the telephone number and its own account from the Internet 108. The information phone 100 corresponding to the telephone number is called to transmit the received email. In addition, an e-mail to be delivered from the information telephone 100 through the Internet 108 is received and transmitted to the Internet 108. The Internet service terminal 110 connects to the Internet 108 and the Internet, and the mobile communication terminal 114 wirelessly connects to the mobile communication network 112. The Internet 108 is connected to a web server 109 providing a service.

2 is a detailed block diagram of each of the information telephones 100 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, the trunk line connecting unit 214 is connected to the trunk line of the local exchange 102 of FIG. 1, and the modem 201 performs data communication through the trunk line. A modem discrete analog access unit (DDA) 212 is connected between the modem 210 and the trunk line connecting unit 214 and provides an interface between the modem 210 and the trunk line. The Short Message Service (SMS) processing unit 216 is connected to the trunk line connecting unit 214 and performs Short Message Service (SMS) message communication through the trunk line. An audio DDA (Discrete Analog Access unit) 218 is connected to a trunk line connecting unit 214 and the SMS processing unit 216, and is connected to a microphone 222 and a speaker 220, which are voice input / output devices, and a telephone call through the trunk line. Is an audio interface for performing voice signal transmission / reception processing. The display unit 204 displays characters and various states under the control of the central processing unit (CPU) 200. The keyboard 206 has keys for text input, and the keypad 208 has numeric keys and various function keys for telephone call. The CPU 200 is connected to the modem 210, the SMS processing unit 216, the display device 204, the keyboard 206, and the keypad 208, and inputs the keys through the keyboard 206 and the keypad 208. It controls e-mail and SMS message communication and phone calls according to incoming calls. The memory 202 stores programs and data for operating the CPU 200.

3 and 4 are control flowcharts for a user of a communication terminal to receive an information service in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or an amount of data during data communication.

Hereinafter, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an operation for a user of a communication terminal in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or a data amount during data communication is provided with an information service. It will be described below with reference to. 3 and 4, the information telephone 100 of FIG. 1 may be applied as an example of a communication terminal.

First, an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The information telephone user can use the keyboard 206 of the information telephone 100 to sign up for service to a network to which the information telephone 100 can be connected, for example, to a web server 109 connected to the Internet 108 shown in FIG. Can be. Among the service items provided by the web server 109 and displayed on the display unit 204 when subscribing to the service, automatic download service items required by the user (eg, news, weather, news of interest, cooking, etc.). , Coordination, common sense, horoscope, etc.), the selected automatic download service item is set (registered) in the internal database along with the information telephone user logon information by the web server 109 (step 300 in FIG. 3). . Meanwhile, when the information telephone user wants to change the automatic download service item, the automatic download service item may be changed by modifying the server service membership information.

After setting the automatic download service item in the web server 109, when the information telephone user accesses the web server 109 to provide the data communication service, for example, when the server service is logged in, the web server 109 Provides a data communication service to the information telephone 100. Therefore, the user may be provided with the data communication service through the display unit 204. In addition, the web server 109 not only provides a data communication service but also reads an automatic download service item set in an internal database using information telephone user logon information, and updates updated content information corresponding to the automatic download service item. The information is transmitted to the telephone 100 (step 310 of FIG. 3). In the above operation, the user can download the necessary content information from the web server 109 without being connected to the web server 109. Therefore, the user is required to find the content information that the user needs. As there is no additional connection time devoted, there is an advantage that can save the communication fee.

The information telephone 100 stores the content information corresponding to the automatic download service item provided from the web server 109 in the internal memory 202 (step 320 of FIG. 3).

Thereafter, when the information telephone user terminates the data communication service connection, the information telephone 100 displays the content information corresponding to the automatic download service item through the display unit 204 (step 330 of FIG. 3).

In accordance with a preset automatic download service item information display option setting, content information corresponding to the automatic download service item information is displayed on the display unit 204 (step 340 of FIG. 3). For example, if the user has set the option setting to be automatically displayed after the data communication service connection is terminated, the information telephone 100 immediately displays the content information corresponding to the automatic download service item on the display unit 204 after the data communication service connection is terminated. do. If the user has set the option setting to be displayed manually after the data communication service connection is terminated, the information telephone 100 corresponds to the automatic download service item if there is a request for displaying the automatic download service item information from the user after the data communication service connection is terminated. The content information is displayed on the display unit 204.

The method of displaying the content information on the automatic download service item on the display unit 204 may be set to several options. For example, the display unit may be set to display option while always flowing on one side of the display unit, and may be set to be displayed at a predetermined time interval.

Next, an operation according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4. According to another embodiment of the present invention, an information telephone user in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to an access time or a data amount during data communication performs an operation for reservation setting and receiving of an information service. The reservation setting may be a reservation setting to be periodically performed according to a user's request, or may be a reservation setting to be performed temporarily or / and a fixed number of times.

Referring to FIG. 4, an information telephone user uses a keyboard 206 of the information telephone 100 to provide a service member to a network to which the information telephone 100 is connected, for example, to a web server 109 connected to the Internet 108 of FIG. 1. You can join. Among the service items provided by the web server 109 and displayed on the display unit 204 of the information telephone 100 when the service is signed up, the user needs automatic download service items (eg, news, weather, interest). When the news of the field, cooking, coordination, common sense, fortune, etc. is selected, the selected automatic download service item is set (registered) in the internal database along with the information telephone user logon information by the web server 109 (Fig. 4). 400 steps).

Thereafter, the information telephone 100 makes a service connection to the web server 109 when it is reserved by the information telephone user (step 410 of FIG. 4).

Accordingly, the web server 109 reads the automatic download service item set in the internal database by using the information phone user logon information, and transmits updated content information corresponding to the automatic download service item to the information phone 100. (Step 420 of FIG. 4). The above operation is convenient from the user's point of view, even if the user does not manually access the web server 109, necessary content information can be downloaded. And since there is no additional access time devoted to access the content information required by the user to access the web server 109, there is an advantage that can save the communication fee.

The information telephone 100 stores the content information corresponding to the automatic download service item provided from the web server 109 in the internal memory (202 of FIG. 2). Thereafter, when the information telephone 100 downloads all the contents information corresponding to the automatic download service item, the information telephone 100 terminates the service connection with the web server 109 (step 430 of FIG. 4).

Thereafter, the information telephone 100 displays on the display unit 204 that content information corresponding to the automatic download service item has been downloaded (step 440 of FIG. 4). Then, content information corresponding to the automatic download service item is displayed according to a preset automatic download service item information display option setting (step 450 of FIG. 4). For example, if the user has set the option setting to be displayed automatically after the connection with the server is terminated, the information telephone 100 immediately displays the content information corresponding to the automatic download service item on the display unit 204 after the connection with the server is terminated. If the user sets the option setting to be displayed manually after the connection with the server is terminated, the information telephone 100 responds to the automatic download service item when there is a request for displaying the automatic download service item information from the user after the connection with the server is terminated. The information is displayed on the display unit 204.

The method of displaying the content information on the automatic download service item on the display unit 204 may be set to several options. For example, an option may be set to be always displayed on one side of the display unit screen, and an option may be set to be displayed at a predetermined time interval.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention has the following advantages. (1) It is economical because it is possible to obtain necessary information without paying the access fee for the time of using the information. (2) You can get information only by accessing without user's operation. You can show various information on the screen by designating desired display method.

Claims (8)

An information service method in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to a connection time or an amount of data during data communication. Setting an automatic download service item required by the user when the user of the communication terminal joins the service to the server through a network capable of data communication with the communication terminal, and When the communication terminal user accesses the server for a data communication service, the server transmits content information corresponding to the automatic download service item to the communication terminal and provides a data communication service; And the communication terminal is configured to store content information corresponding to the automatic download service item. The information service method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying content information corresponding to an automatic download service item after the data communication service connection is terminated on a communication terminal display unit. The communication system according to claim 2, wherein the control for displaying the automatic download service item on the communication terminal display unit is performed based on a preset auto load service item information display option after the data communication service connection is terminated. Service method. The information service method of claim 2, wherein the automatic download service item is displayed on the display unit in a preset manner. The information system of claim 2, further comprising the step of modifying the automatic download service item by modifying the member registration information at the time of subscribing a server service when the information telephone user wants to change the automatic download service item. Service method. An information service method in a communication system using a method in which a fee is charged in proportion to a connection time or an amount of data during data communication. Setting an automatic download service item required by the user when the user of the communication terminal joins the service to the server through a network capable of data communication with the communication terminal, and Requesting the server to access the service at a time reserved by the communication terminal user; In response to the service connection request, connecting the service to the communication terminal by sending content information corresponding to the automatic download service item to the communication terminal; And the communication terminal stores the content information of the automatic download service item transmitted by the server in a memory and terminates the connection with the server. The communication system according to claim 6, further comprising the step of displaying the auto download service item on the communication terminal display unit based on a pre-set auto load service item information display option after the connection with the server is terminated. Information service method in 8. The information service method of claim 7, wherein the reserved time is set to one of a setting that is periodically performed according to a user's request, a time limit setting, and a setting whose number of times is determined.