KR20030088839A - Method and System For Contacting Total-Solution Internet Server - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for easily connecting to an integrated Internet server are provided to facilitate the connection to the integrated Internet server by inserting a toolbar for automatically connecting to the integrated Internet server into the toolbar of a web browser. CONSTITUTION: A client program is downloaded from a server computer(S10). A toolbar component of the client program is registered and stored in a registry of an OS(Operating System) by responding to the execution of the client program(S14). When the web browser is executed, the toolbar information is loaded and inserted into the toolbar of a web browser window(S20). The client computer is automatically connected to the server computer by responding to an operation for selecting the toolbar(S26). The data transmitted from the server computer is output to the client computer.

Description

Method and System for Contacting Total-Solution Internet Server}

The present invention relates to a method and system for easily accessing a server providing a specific service on the Internet. The present invention includes a toolbar for accessing a server in a web browser toolbar, and directly accesses an internet server by selecting the toolbar to provide various services. A method and system that can be provided.

The Internet refers to an open network that can be accessed by anyone around the world based on the TCP / IP protocol. As the Internet access infrastructure is widely spread, the number of users is increasing rapidly.

With the spread of the internet network, things that were previously possible only offline have been done online. Moreover, online services are not subject to time and space constraints, so there are many things online that can't be expected offline.

Representative examples of such online services using the Internet include e-commerce, internet banking, community formation, mobile phone text messaging, and chat. In particular, with the recent spread of messenger programs, it has become possible to simply communicate with Internet users.

However, in the conventional Internet user environment, if a user wants to receive a different service while surfing desired information by accessing a certain site, there is a problem of accessing another site again. For example, if you access an e-commerce site and purchase something, and you want to send a text message (SMS) to another person, enter the URL (uniform resource locator) of the site that provides the text message service and access the text message service server. You must be provided with a text message service.

In addition, if you want to send a message (instant message) to other Internet users, you must enter the URL of the website that provides the message transfer service, and access the server to receive the message transfer service.

However, the above-mentioned text message transmission (SMS) or message transmission in the internet web surfing process occurs frequently and accidentally, so it is inconvenient to access the site each time to receive such a service.

In order to solve the above problems, according to Korean Patent Publication No. 2000-92415, a service is provided with a connection icon of a server that provides integrated Internet services such as e-mail, search, file transfer, remote file management, and chat on a desktop. A method of automatically accessing the server by selecting an icon on the background screen if desired is disclosed.

However, according to the present invention, a user action of selecting a desktop in order to select an icon existing on a desktop is required, which is not much different from registering a server URL in a bookmark of a web browser. Therefore, there is a need to construct a user user interface (GUI) that is more fundamental to Internet users.

The present invention is easy to integrate Internet server by inserting and placing a toolbar for automatic connection to the integrated Internet server in the web browser toolbar, and enabling the automatic connection to the server at the same time selecting the toolbar. To provide a method and system that can be connected easily.

In addition, if you want to send a message to another user registered to the server that provides the service, if the member is in the connected state to send a message, and if the member is not connected to the message content in the mobile phone SMS (SMS) An object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for transmitting the same.

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

1 is a block diagram of a network system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for easily connecting to a server system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a divided web browser screen according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4A is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a text message service (SMS) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4B is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a message transmission service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sending a message and sending a text message to a mobile phone according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: client system 110: operating system program (OS)

120: web browser 130: client program (130)

200: server system 210: web server

215: Website 220: User Authentication Server

230: message transmission server 240: SMS transmission server

250: chat server 260: billing server

270: database server 300: network

In order to achieve the above object, a method of easily accessing a server computer in the client computer aspect of the present invention includes: downloading a client program from the server computer; And registering and storing a toolbar component of the program in a client computer operating system registry in response to executing the client program, wherein the client computer loads the stored toolbar information when the web browser is executed, and stores the stored toolbar information in the web browser window toolbar. Inserting and arranging; and automatically connecting to the server computer in response to selecting the toolbar; and outputting data transmitted from the server computer to the client computer.

In addition, the storage device as a client computer to enable easy connection to the server computer; And a processing device connected with the storage device, wherein the storage device stores a registry for registering a program for controlling the processing device and a toolbar component of the program, wherein the processing device is configured to read from the registry when the web browser is executed. The toolbar information is loaded and inserted into the web browser toolbar, and the toolbar information is loaded. When the toolbar is selected, the toolbar is connected to the server computer, and the data is transmitted from the server computer to the client computer.

In addition, the present invention is mounted on the client computer to easily access the server computer, the present invention comprises the steps of registering and storing the toolbar component in the client computer operating system registry at the same time; and the web browser toolbar by loading the toolbar information when the web browser is running Recording the program to execute; and automatically connecting to the server computer in response to selecting the inserted toolbar; and outputting data transmitted from the server computer to the client computer. It includes a computer readable recording medium.

The data transmitted from the server computer includes a list of other clients connected to the server computer, and a plurality of menu bars for selecting message exchange, SMS transmission, MMS transmission, e-mail transmission, chat, and the like. And receiving the receiver and the transmission contents together with the bar selection information and transmitting the received contents and the transmission contents to the server computer, and transmitting the transmission contents to the receiver in the selected menu bar service format.

The server computer aspect of the present invention is a server computer that facilitates connection of client computers and provides Internet services such as message exchange, SMS transmission, MMS transmission, e-mail transmission, and chat between connected clients, and the server is connected to a client web browser. Inserting and placing a toolbar; Requesting user authentication information in response to the toolbar selection operation; Performing user authentication from the input user authentication information; Outputting a plurality of menu bars for selecting a list of clients in a connected state, a message exchange, an SMS transmission, an MMS transmission, an email transmission, and a chat service; Receiving the menu bar selection information, a plurality of recipients, and transmission contents; When the menu bar selection information is a message exchange, transmitting the transmission contents in a message form to a client in a connected state among the receivers, and transmitting the transmission contents in an SMS format to a client not in a connected state; It includes.

The method may further include outputting a message transmission history and an SMS transmission history to the client computer when the transmission is completed.

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 specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. 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.

First, FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network system that provides an integrated Internet service. Referring to the drawings, the entire system includes a client system 100, a server system 200, and a network 300.

The client system 100 is a computer on the Internet end user side connected to the server system 200 according to the present invention. Preferably, the client system 100 adopts a laptop computer or a handheld PC, but is not limited thereto. It should be interpreted as including all information and communication terminals that can transmit and receive. Accordingly, the cellular phone, the PCS, and the PDA may also be the client system 100.

In addition, the client system 100 is a typical system component, which loads a web page based on a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and interprets the HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) code and displays it on a monitor. ) An operating system (OS) program 110 that manages and controls the program 120 and the computer system as a whole.

In addition, the client system 100 includes a client program 130 that performs the role of the client of the present invention based on the operating system (OS) program 110 and the web browser program 120. The client program 130 will be described in detail later.

The server system 200 is a server that provides an integrated Internet service such as a message transmission, a mobile phone text message (SMS) transmission, and a chat to the connected client system 100.

The server system 200 is a large-scale computer system including a central processing unit, a RAM, a ROM, a terminal interface, a data storage device, and the like. Traditional personal computers or workstations with significant amounts of memory and processing power can be used as server computers. In addition, the server system 200 can perform a large amount of work processing by executing a considerable amount of mathematical calculations in information processing or database search. Pentium microprocessors, mainly from Intel, can be used as central processing units.

As shown in FIG. 1, the server system 200 includes servers having various functions. The servers include a web server 210, a user authentication server 220, a message transmission server 230, an SMS transmission server 240, a chat server 250, a billing server 260, a database server 270, and the like. do. Along with this, although not shown in the drawing, an MMS transmission server, a file transmission server, an e-mail server, etc. may be further added according to the function of the server system 200.

The web server 210 is a program that provides users with a file containing a plurality of web pages. In order to provide a service through the website 215, a web server 200 program should be installed. In general, Apache, an Internet Information Server, and an enterprise server may be used as the web server 210. The web server 210 receives a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for accessing a web page identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and provides the web page to the client system 100.

Here, the web page is preferably written in HTML format, but may be written in any format as long as it can be read by a computer system. In particular, when the client system 100 is a mobile device, the web server 210 may display a wireless mark such as wireless markup language (WML), extended hypertext markup language (XHTML), compact hypertext markup language (CHTML), or the like for these terminals. Provide a swap document written in the language.

The user authentication server 220 is a server that functions to authenticate whether the connected client is a registered member. The registered user information is stored in the database server 270.

The message transfer server 230 is a server that transmits a message between clients in a connected state. A message refers to a message of a small capacity and refers to a message transmission service that can be exchanged between clients registered in the server system 200 similarly to e-mail. In addition, it is also possible to provide a storage space of a message box for each client in the database server 270 to store the message in the message box when the client is not connected.

The SMS transmission server 240 is a server that provides a mobile phone text transmission service (SMS) to the client and is connected with a mobile service provider to transmit text data that the client wants to transmit to the mobile service provider, and the mobile service provider transmits the text to the receiver mobile phone. Send the data.

Chat server 250 is a server that functions to send and receive messages between the client in the connected state provides an environment that can chat with the desired party in the website (215).

The billing server 260 is linked with a bank or credit card payment server (not shown) as a server that charges a client in providing the service described above. Therefore, when the client presents payment information, the client accesses the payment server and charges a fee corresponding to the service. If the above service is provided free of charge, the charging server 260 may not be required.

The database server 270 is a server that stores and manages client information necessary to provide the above-described service. The database server 270 stores client authentication information, client mobile phone terminal number, payment information, and updates new client information.

Network 300 is to connect the client system 100 and the server system 200 in common to perform data communication between each other, wired / wireless Internet network, public telephone network (PSTN), mobile communication network, etc. Can be used. However, hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the present invention will be described by taking the case where the network 400 is a wired Internet network based on the World Wide Web and the client computer 300 is a personal computer. . However, it is a matter of course that the present invention is not necessarily limited to these examples.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a series of processes for connecting the server system 200 to the client system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the client performs various operations on the server system 200 through the network 300 using the client system 100 of the client, but for convenience of description, the client directly operates on the server system 200. There are cases where it is described as if to perform However, even in this case, it should be understood that the client performs a specific operation via a computer system equipped with data communication means.

Referring to the drawings, in order for the client system 100 to easily access the server system 200 according to the present invention, a client program 130 installed and operated in the client system 100 should exist. Therefore, the client must download the client program 130 in order to use the message, text transmission, MMS transmission, e-mail, chat service provided by the server system 200.

Therefore, the client first connects to the website providing the client program 130 by using a general Internet connection method (method of accessing the web browser by inputting a URL) and downloads the client program 130 (step S10). ). Of course, the client program 130 may be obtained from a recording medium such as a compact disk (CD).

When the client program 130 is stored in the client system 100, the installation program of the program is installed (step S12). In the case of installing at the same time as the download in the download process (S10), this process can be omitted.

When the client program 130 is installed in the client system 100, the toolbar component of the client program 130 is registered in the operating system program (OS) registry of the client system 100 (step S14).

When the client program 130 is installed in the client system 100 through the above-described process, the preparation procedure for easily accessing the server system 200 of the present invention is completed.

In the next process, the client executes a web browser 120 that reads a web page to use the World Wide Web (step S16). Simultaneously with the execution of the web browser, the client program 130 loads the toolbar information stored in the operating system program 110 registry (step S18) and inserts the server system 200 connection toolbar into the upper toolbar of the web browser to arrange the toolbar. (Step S20).

When the toolbar is placed in the web browser, the client may access the server system 200 by selecting the toolbar while surfing the web. In other words, when using Internet services such as e-commerce or Internet banking, and wants to send a message or SMS to another client, the server system is selected by selecting the server system connection 200 toolbar arranged on the upper toolbar of the web browser. Automatically connect to the web server 210 of (200).

The process of connecting to the web server 210 will be described in more detail, and the client selects the server connection toolbar arranged on the web browser toolbar during the web surfing (step S22).

When the toolbar is selected, the window of the web browser is divided into two upper and lower windows by the client program 130, and the client system 100 accesses the web server 210 and requests an initial screen (steps S24 and S26).

When the initial screen including the login window is transmitted from the web server 210, the web browser of the client system 100 outputs the web page on the top of the divided window.

3 illustrates an initial screen in which the web browser is divided and connected to the web server 210. Referring to the drawing, the web site that the client previously surfed the web is displayed at the bottom of the divided window as it is, and at the top of the divided window, a web page for the interface with the server system 200 is displayed.

When the initial screen web page including the user login window is output, the client inputs his own authentication information to log in (step S28). First time visitors or non-users need to register for user login. Through user registration, user authentication information (ID and password) is given for each client. The registration procedure is well known in the art, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When user authentication information is input from the client, the user authentication server 220 checks whether the authentication information is registered and stored in the database server 270.

If the user is successfully logged in, another client list and service provision menu registered by the client are output (step S30). That is, by displaying a list of other clients registered as their friends and the login status of the client, it is possible to send a message, send a text, or chat to another client. Preferably, it is preferable to register a mobile phone number of another client together in the client list so that the mobile phone number is not entered during text transmission.

In the next step, the client selects a desired service, i.e., a message, a text message, a chat, etc., inputs a receiver and contents, and selects a transmission command. Then, the client transmits the contents of the transmission to the receiver in a service format selected by the client ( Step S32). For example, if the message menu is selected in the above step, the message is sent to the receiver. If the receiver is not logged in, the receiver is stored in the recipient's note in the database server 270 and is output to the receiver client system 100 when the receiver later logs in.

4A is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a text transmission service (SMS) among services provided by the server system 200. Referring to the drawing, first, a client who wants to send a text selects a text transmission menu (step S40).

In the next step, it is also possible to enter the recipient's mobile number manually in order to enter the recipient to receive the text, but preferably, the mobile number is automatically entered by selecting the recipient from a list of clients in which the mobile phone number is registered (step S42). ). In addition, a plurality of recipients may be input.

When the receiver is input, the transmission contents to be transmitted are input (step S44). If the transmission command is selected afterwards, the SMS transmission server 240 transmits the transmission contents to the mobile communication service provider (not shown), and the mobile communication service provider transmits the transmission contents to the receiver mobile phone (step S46). SMS service transmission technology is well known in the art, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The order of steps S40 to S44 described above may be changed. For example, you may want to enter the delivery first and then select the recipient later.

4B is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a message among services provided by the server system 200. Referring to the drawing, first, a client who wants to send a message selects a message transmission menu (step S50).

In the next step, it is preferable to input the recipient by selecting the recipient from a list of clients registered for inputting the recipient to receive the message (step S52). In this case, a plurality of recipients may be input.

If the receiver is selected, the transmission contents to be transmitted are input (step S54). Afterwards, if a transmission command is received, the message transmission server 230 transmits the transmission contents to the receiver. At this time, if the receiver is in the login state, it is immediately output to the receiver client system 100, and if not, the receiver is stored in the recipient's note of the database server 270 and the next time the receiver logs in, the receiver is extracted and the receiver client system ( It is preferable to output to 100).

On the other hand, similarly to the SMS, the order of steps S50 to S56 described above may also be changed in the message transmission service.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a message transmission service and a text transmission service (SMS) as another embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, if the client selects a message transmission but the receiver is not logged in, the message is not stored in the recipient's message box but is transmitted to the mobile terminal of the receiver through SMS.

Referring to the figure, the client first selects the message menu (step S60). If the message menu is selected, the message recipient and the message contents are inputted and transmitted as described in FIG. 4B (steps S62, S64, and S66). Of course, the message recipient may be input with a plurality of recipients.

If a message transmission command is input, the message transmission server 230 checks whether the input recipient is a login state (step S68). If the receiver is logged in, the transmission is sent to the recipient in the form of a message (step S70), and if the receiver is not logged in, the SMS transmission server 230 extracts the receiver cellular phone number from the database server 270. The transmission is transmitted to a text transmission service (SMS) (step S72).

At this time, when a plurality of recipients are input, the transmission status is transmitted to a message or a text message service by checking the login status for each recipient.

When the transmission is completed, the message transmission history and the SMS transmission history are output to the client system 100 (step S74).

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and is intended by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalent claims. For example, in the present embodiment, the divided web browser window is used as the output means of the server system 200, and the output means uses a mark-up language. It is not limited. That is, the data transmitted from the server system 200 may interface with a separate output means, not a web browser environment.

In addition, although the service provided by the server system 200 has been described in the above-described embodiment as limited to a message transmission and a text message transmission of a mobile phone, a chat service for communicating between clients in a logged-in state may be provided. Various services such as mail transmission, remote file transmission, MMS transmission and mobile phone ringtone download are also available.

According to the method and system of the present invention, by inserting a server connection toolbar into a web browser toolbar, it is possible to easily connect to the integrated Internet service providing server by selecting the toolbar while surfing another website, and not connecting to the server in sending a message. Internet users do not have to use a separate SMS transmission service as the SMS transmission is made, there is a hassle advantage.

Claims (9)

As a method of easily connecting to a server computer from a client computer, Downloading a client program from the server computer; And Registering and storing a toolbar component of the program in a client computer operating system registry in response to executing the client program; Loading, by the client computer, the stored toolbar information when the web browser is executed, and inserting the stored toolbar information into the web browser window toolbar; and Automatically connecting to the server computer in response to selecting the toolbar; and Outputting data transmitted from a server computer to the client computer. The method of claim 1, The data transmitted from the server computer A list of other clients connected to the server computer, A plurality of menu bars for selecting message exchange, SMS transmission, MMS transmission, email transmission, chat, etc. Receiving the receiver and the transmission contents together with the menu bar selection information from a client and transmitting the contents to the server computer and transmitting the contents to the receiver in the selected menu bar service format; Connection method. A client computer for easily connecting to a server computer, Memory; And A processing device connected with the storage device; The storage device stores a registry for registering a program for controlling the processing device and a toolbar component of the program, The processing device, When the web browser is executed, the toolbar information is loaded from the registry, inserted into the web browser toolbar, and arranged. If the toolbar is selected, access the server computer, And a program for outputting data transmitted from the server computer to the client computer. The method of claim 3, wherein The data transmitted from the server computer A list of other clients connected to the server computer, A plurality of menu bars for selecting message exchange, SMS transmission, MMS transmission, email transmission, chat, etc. And receiving the receiver and the transmission contents together with the menu bar selection information from a client and transmitting the received contents and the transmission contents to the server computer, and transmitting the transmission contents to the receiver in the selected menu bar service format. It is attached to the client computer so that the server computer can be easily connected. Registering and storing a toolbar component in a client computer operating system registry at the same time; and Loading the toolbar information when the web browser is executed and inserting the toolbar information into the web browser toolbar; and Automatically connecting to the server computer in response to selecting the inserted toolbar; and And outputting data transmitted from the server computer to the client computer. The computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the program. The method of claim 5, The data transmitted from the server computer A list of other clients connected to the server computer, A plurality of menu bars for selecting message exchange, SMS transmission, MMS transmission, email transmission, chat, etc. And receiving the receiver and the transmission contents together with the menu bar selection information from the client and transmitting the received contents and the transmission contents to the server computer, and transmitting the transmission contents to the receiver in the selected menu bar service format. A computer-readable recording medium that records the data. A server computer that facilitates access to client computers and provides Internet services such as message exchange, SMS transmission, and chat between connected clients. Inserting and placing a server connection toolbar into a client web browser toolbar; Requesting user authentication information in response to the toolbar selection operation; Performing user authentication from the input user authentication information; Outputting a plurality of menu bars for selecting another client list and a message exchange, SMS transmission, MMS transmission, e-mail transmission, chat, etc. in a connected state; Receiving the receiver and the transmission contents and transmitting the contents to the receiver in the service format of the selected menu bar; Integrated Internet service system comprising a. A server computer that facilitates connection of client computers and provides Internet services such as message exchange, SMS transmission, MMS transmission, e-mail transmission, and chat between connected clients. Inserting and placing a server connection toolbar into a client web browser; Requesting user authentication information in response to the toolbar selection operation; Performing user authentication from the input user authentication information; Outputting a plurality of menu bars for selecting a client list and message exchange, SMS transmission, and chat service in a connected state; Receiving the menu bar selection information, a plurality of recipients, and transmission contents; When the menu bar selection information is a message exchange, transmitting the transmission contents in a message form to a client in a connected state among the receivers, and transmitting the transmission contents in an SMS format to a client not in a connected state; Integrated Internet service system comprising a. The method of claim 8, Outputting a message transmission history and SMS transmission history to the client computer when the transmission is completed.