KR20030035431A - Online business card service apparatus and method for mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic business card service apparatus of a mobile communication terminal and a method therefor are provided to manage information of an electronic business card easily by linking an XML language with a telephone number database. CONSTITUTION: An XML(eXtensible Makeup Language) parser(100) analyzes information on an electronic business card received through an SMS(Short Message Service). A document type change unit(200) changes information of the electronic business card type into information of telephone number type. A menu processing unit(300) processes a menu selection required for the business card information transmission and menu relating to a search and a revise. A telephone book(400) stores and outputs the electronic business card information changed through the document type change unit and performs searching and revising operations of the business card information. A database(500) stores information of the business card and the telephone number.

Description

Electronic business card service device and method of mobile communication terminal {ONLINE BUSINESS CARD SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for an electronic business card service of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, a mobile device that can systematically and easily manage transmission and reception electronic business card information by interworking an XML (eXtensible Makeup Language) language and a telephone number database. A business card service apparatus and method of a communication terminal.

Conventional paper business cards do not immediately reflect the latest (modified) information of an individual, and have the disadvantage of having a business card at all times.

In addition, since the management of business cards (search, correction, etc.) is not easy, various technologies related to electronic business cards have been proposed. Since the existing technologies transmit and receive electronic business cards through short-range wireless communication through an infrared port or Bluetooth, additional information is added to the terminal. Hardware devices are required and exchanges with mobile telephone terminals that do not include such devices are not possible.

On the other hand, when you want to inform the electronic business card information to a remote terminal, the contents are called by voice or the electronic business card information is created and sent to the terminal in the SMS (Short Message Service) transmission mode, the user of the terminal receives the SMS Looking at the electronic business card information received through, I had to re-enter in the electronic business card information input mode of his terminal again.

In other words, the conventional SMS used as the electronic card information transmission means is only to rewrite the electronic card information in a short message and send it, it may be useful for the transmission of one or two simple information on the business card, In the case of sending and receiving, the user has to change the format of SMS or electronic business card document directly, which is very inconvenient for both sender and receiver.

Accordingly, the present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, by interworking the XML (eXtensible Makeup Language) language and the telephone number database, so that the transmission and reception of the electronic card information can be managed systematically and easily. An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic card service apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an XML parser for analyzing electronic business card information (electronic business card.xml) received through SMS in transmitting / receiving electronic business card information using a short message service (SMS). )Wow; A document format converter for converting the electronic business card information format analyzed by the XML parser into a telephone number information format; A menu processing unit for processing menus for selecting, searching, and modifying menus necessary for transmitting business card information; A phone book which stores or outputs the electronic business card information converted through the document format converter in a database, and searches and corrects business card information; And a database for storing business card information and telephone number information.

1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a format (DTD) of electronic business card information according to the present invention.

2 is an exemplary view showing the configuration of the electronic business card information described by FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic business card service apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

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100: XML parser 200: document format conversion unit

300: menu processing unit 400: phone book

500: database

The present invention defines a format (grammar) for describing the electronic business card using XML (eXtensible Makeup Language), transmits the business card described by the defined format to the other party through SMS (Shortmessage service), and from the other party It automatically converts received electronic business card information into telephone number information, and stores and manages it in the telephone book database.

As described above, the electronic card information can be converted and stored in the phone book database and managed. The electronic card information stored in the phone book database can be searched by keyword search of the phone book. It can be modified immediately.

Since the electronic card information is stored in the phone book database in association with the phone book program, it is possible to collectively manage the phone number information and the electronic card information.

In addition, since the type of electronic business card is defined using XML, if only the same type of data type document (DTD) is included, not only the mobile communication terminal but also other types of terminals and applications can process all business card information as a standard. Can be characterized.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, in order to transmit and manage business card information by the method according to the present invention, a business card type (DTD: Document Type Definition) should be described using XML as shown in FIG.

In the structure, the tags (BusinessCard, Name, Company, ...) of each information field are defined first using keywords, and the tags (Department, Position, Address ...) of sub information fields belonging to each information field are defined first. ) And each data type (#PCDATA).

For reference, the '#PCDATA' and 'CDATA' means a string type, '#REQUIRED' means that it is an information field that must be included.

As shown in FIG. 2 showing the configuration of the electronic business card described by the DTD (Document Type Definition).

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic business card service apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and is configured to be used in connection with a phone book function provided in an existing mobile communication terminal.

As shown therein, an XML parser 100 for analyzing electronic business card information (electronic business card.xml) received through SMS; A document format converter 200 for converting the electronic business card information format analyzed by the XML parser 100 into a telephone number information format; A menu processing unit 300 for processing menus for selecting, retrieving, and modifying menus necessary for transmitting business card information; A phone book 400 for storing or outputting the electronic business card information converted through the document format conversion unit 200 in the database 500 and performing a search and correction operation of the business card information; And a database 500 for storing business card information and telephone number information.

Referring to the transmission and reception of the business card information by the device configured as described above are as follows.

When a user inputs a counterpart phone number or the like for transmitting business card information, the information is input to the menu processing unit 300.

Accordingly, the menu processing unit 300 outputs the telephone number to be transmitted to the SMS processing unit, and receives a search keyword (telephone number, name, etc.) from the user and searches through the phone book 400 for business card information to be transmitted.

The phone book 400 searches the database 500 for the keyword, and outputs the searched business card information to the document format converter 200.

The document format conversion unit 200 converts the phone number information into the electronic business card information format (electronic business card.xml), and outputs the converted business card information to the SMS processing unit.

Accordingly, the SMS processor transmits the electronic card information to the telephone number previously input.

On the contrary, when the electronic business card information is received through the SMS, the electronic business card information (electronic business card.xml) received in the SMS message is analyzed by the XML parser 100, and the analyzed business card information tree is converted into the document format converter 200. )

The document format converting unit 200 converts the information in the form of the business card tree into information of the format managed by the phone book 400 and stores it in the database 500.

As described above, the phone book 400 utilizes a database 500 for storing phone numbers to store electronic business card information, so that collective management of information is easy and there is no need to provide a separate processor for electronic business card management. The service can be implemented at a cost.

As described above, the electronic business card service apparatus and method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention describe the format of the electronic business card by using the XML language, and enable the electronic business card to be transmitted and received through SMS, thereby providing the type of application program or terminal Regardless of the business card information is compatible, it is possible to manage the sending and receiving electronic business card information systematically and easily by interworking the telephone number database.

Claims (5)

In transmitting / receiving electronic card information using Short Message Service (SMS), An XML parser for analyzing electronic business card information (electronic business card.xml) received through SMS; A document format converter for converting the electronic business card information format analyzed by the XML parser into a telephone number information format; A menu processing unit for processing menus for selecting, searching, and modifying menus necessary for transmitting business card information; A phone book which stores or outputs the electronic business card information converted through the document format converter in a database, and searches and corrects business card information; Electronic business card service device of a mobile communication terminal comprising a database for storing business card information and telephone number information. In receiving electronic business card information using a short message service (SMS), A first step of defining a format (DTD: Data Type Document) for describing electronic business card using XML (eXtensible Makeup Language); A second step of transmitting the electronic business card described by the above-defined format to the counterpart terminal through a short message service (SMS); And a third step of converting the electronic business card information format received from the other party into the telephone number information format and storing the electronic business card information format in the telephone directory database. In transmitting electronic business card information using a short message service (SMS), A first step of receiving a counterpart phone number and a search keyword (phone number, name, etc.) to transmit business card information; A second step of searching a database for the keyword and converting the retrieved telephone number information format into an electronic business card information format; And a third step of transmitting the format-converted electronic business card information to the received telephone number through SMS. The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the electronic card information stored in the telephone book database can be searched by the keyword search function of the telephone book, and the searched business card information can be directly modified by the modifying function of the telephone book. Electronic business card service method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that made. 4. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein a format (DTD: Data Type Document) structure for describing the electronic business card is a first step of defining tags (BusinessCard, Name, Company, ...) of each information field. Wow; A second step of defining a tag (Department, Position, Address ...) of the sub information field belonging to each information field; And a third step of defining a data type (#PCDATA) of each information field.