KR20040024967A - System and Method for Intermediation of Community Service Using Wireless Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for arranging a community service using a wireless terminal are provided to use the community service used for exchanging information between individuals including in the same profession group and processing a main business of an individual. CONSTITUTION: A community service provider management tool(302) stores/manages the information related to the community service providers, and transmits the community service to the wireless terminal by control of a controller(314). A user management tool(304) stores/manages the personal information of a user wanting to use the service provided from the community service provider through the wireless terminal. Data format conversion tools(306,307) convert a community service providing software, a community service providing web document, and the related data provided from the community service provider into a format fit to a wireless communication environment, and transmit it to the wireless terminal. The data format conversion tools convert the data transmitted from the wireless terminal into the format fit to a wired communication environment, and transmit it to the community service provider.

Description

System and Method for Intermediation of Community Service Using Wireless Terminal}

The present invention relates to a community service, and more particularly, to a community service intermediation system and method using a wireless terminal capable of managing an individual's schedule, work, etc., regardless of time and place, and sharing information among people belonging to the same occupational group. It is about.

Software leasing (Application Service Provider, hereinafter referred to as ASP ') service is an online service of lease concept that provides business application services required by customers such as companies or individuals online and is managed by professional personnel on behalf of customers. .

The use of ASP services ensures that customers can continue to use the latest technologies they need without the risks and costs associated with building IT infrastructures, while allowing their customers to focus on their core businesses rather than building computer systems. In addition, it is possible to quickly implement new application programs and technologies, and to easily expand application programs.

Among these ASP services, in particular, community services are not only their own schedule management, address book management, and file management, but also a service that allows users to join a desired group to share and exchange useful information with group members. In particular, by exchanging information with people in their industry, they can improve their skills and gain greater knowledge. Accordingly, community services are usefully used for used car dealers, multilevel dealers, individual business owners, Christian pastors, self-employed and professional workers.

However, the current community service is provided through wired internet or made by a specific software so that it can be shared through a communication network. Therefore, in order to use the community service, it is necessary to access a community service providing system built on a wired environment. As a result, there are difficulties in using the system due to time and space constraints. Accordingly, it is difficult for a community service user to input and check his / her work progress in real time or to obtain useful information quickly in the same industry.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a community service intermediation system and method for enabling a community service to be used through a wireless terminal for use in processing a main work of an individual and exchanging information between people belonging to the same occupational group. There is a technical challenge.

1 is an exemplary diagram of a communication network to which a community service mediation system according to the present invention is applied;

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the community service mediation system shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a community service mediation method according to the present invention.

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

10: wireless terminal 20: wireless network operators

30: community service brokerage system

40: community service provider 302: community service provider management means

304: user management means 306: application data format conversion means

307: Web program data format conversion means

308: encryption means 310: billing processing means

312: communication network interface 314: control unit

316: database 318: community service provider DB

320: user DB322: billing information DB

The present invention for achieving the above-described technical problem is connected to a wireless terminal through a wireless network operator and connected to at least one community service provider via the Internet, a community service for providing a community service according to the characteristics of the user of the wireless terminal An intermediary system, comprising: storing and managing information related to at least one community service provider in a database, and transmitting the community service to the wireless terminal under control of a controller according to a request of the wireless terminal user. ; User management means for storing and managing personal information of a user who wants to use a service provided by the community service provider by accessing through the wireless terminal in a database; And converting community service providing software and related data, or community service providing web document and related data, transmitted from the community service provider to the wireless terminal by converting the data according to a wireless communication environment, and transmitting the data transmitted from the wireless terminal. And a data format converting means for converting the data according to a wired communication environment and transmitting it to the community service provider.

In addition, the present invention provides a community service intermediary method in a system for providing a community service that is connected to a wireless terminal through a wireless network operator and connected to at least one or more community service providers through the Internet to match the characteristics of the wireless network operator. Receiving a corresponding community service related data from the community service provider as a user intends to use the community service by accessing the community service mediation system using the wireless terminal; Converting the format of the data into a wireless communication environment and transmitting the converted data to the wireless terminal; And converting the format of the data input by the user into a wired communication environment and transmitting the data to the community service provider as the wireless terminal user inputs and transmits data while using the community service transmitted to the wireless terminal. It includes.

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

1 is an exemplary diagram of a communication network to which a community service intermediation system according to the present invention is applied. As shown, the community service intermediation system 30 of the present invention is a wireless terminal 10 through a wireless network operator 20. It is equipped with the environment which can communicate with the community service, and is connected with the community service provider 40 by the communication network, such as the internet and a private line.

The community service brokerage system 30 divides individual jobs into a plurality of job groups, and provides community services in accordance with the characteristics of each job group in a web-based language and provides them via wired Internet or as a piece of software in a client server environment. do. The community service is built by the community service provider 40, the community service intermediary system 30 for the present invention converts the community service and software provided on the web by the community service provider 40 to fit the wireless communication environment To the wireless terminal 10 of the user. As a result, users can form a group with people in the same industry as themselves and use community services together. That is, the user can enter the data related to his or her main task while exchanging information with people belonging to the same occupational group while watching his wireless terminal 10, and the data input by the user is a community The service intermediary system 30 is converted to suit the wired communication environment and transmitted to the community service provider 40 for storage.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the community service mediation system shown in FIG. 1.

As shown, the community service mediation system includes community service provider management means 302, user management means 304, application data format conversion means 306, web program data format conversion means 307, encryption means 308. ), A billing processing unit 310, a communication network interface 312, a control unit 314 and a database 316. Here, the database 314 may include a community service provider DB 318, a user DB 320, and a billing information DB 322, which may be configured as one table or as separate tables. .

The community service provider management means 302 divides an individual's occupation into a plurality of occupation groups and provides information related to the community service provider 40 which provides community services in a wired environment or produced by a specific program that provides the characteristics of each occupation group. Store and manage the community service provider DB 318.

The user management means 304 accesses the community service intermediation system 30 using the wireless terminal 10 to store and manage information of a user who wants to use the service in the user DB 320, and the wireless network operator 20 To perform a user authentication request to the user, the user DB 320 is preferably used to share with the community service provider (40).

The application data format converting means 306 converts the community service providing software and the data related thereto, which are designed according to the characteristics of a specific occupation group among the community services provided from the community service provider 40, to the wireless communication environment, and the wireless terminal. Convert the data transmitted from (10) to the wired communication environment. That is, when the user of the wireless terminal 10 wants to use the community service, the user receives the software from the community service provider 40 and undergoes a conversion process such as size conversion and menu optimization so that the user can browse the wireless terminal 10. Transmit to wireless terminal 10. Accordingly, the user can input data through the wireless terminal 10, the data input by the user is converted in accordance with the wired communication environment in the data format conversion means 306 and transmitted to the community service provider 40 Can be stored.

The web program data format converting means 307 converts the community service providing web document and the related data provided from the community service provider 40 into a wireless communication environment, and converts the data transmitted from the wireless terminal 10 into a wired communication environment. Convert to fit. That is, when the user of the wireless terminal 10 wants to use the community service, the user receives a document produced in the web-based language from the community service provider 40 and changes the size, optimizes the menu, etc. so that the wireless terminal 10 can view the document. After the conversion process is transmitted to the wireless terminal 10. Accordingly, the user can input data through the wireless terminal 10, the data input by the user is converted in accordance with the wired communication environment in the data format conversion means 306 and transmitted to the community service provider 40 Can be stored.

The encryption means 308 is used for encrypting data to secure the data transmitted from the community service provider 40 to the wireless terminal 10 and the data transmitted from the wireless terminal 10 to the community service provider 40. By providing an encryption decryption key for each wireless terminal 10 to decrypt the data transmitted in an encrypted state, the decryption key for authenticating each wireless terminal 10 to the community service provider 40 is also provided. It is desirable to.

The billing processing means 310 sets a fee according to the user's community service usage history and usage time, stores it in the billing information DB 322, and periodically informs the community service provider 40 of the billing history to provide services from the user. Allows you to charge for use. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the billing processing means 310 and the billing DB 322 may share with the community service provider 40.

The communication network interface 312 converts a protocol of data to enable wireless communication with the wireless terminal 10 and wired communication with each community service provider 40, and the controller 314 controls the overall operation of each function means described above. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a community service mediation method using a wireless terminal according to the present invention.

If the user wants to use the service by accessing the community service mediation system 30 using the wireless terminal 10 (S101), the user management means 308 checks whether the user is a legitimate user (S102). If it is determined that the user is a legitimate user, the community service provider managing unit 302 requests the community service provider 40 to provide data that the user wants to use, that is, community service providing software and data related thereto (S103). . In this case, the community service that the user wants to use may be a program produced in a document format produced in a web-based language or a software produced according to the characteristics of a specific occupation group.

As a result, when the community service program is transmitted from the community service provider 40 (S104), the community service mediation system 30 converts the received data according to the wireless communication environment (S105) and transmits it to the wireless terminal 10 (S106). ). When converting the data format, program size change, menu optimization, and the like are performed. The user inputs the desired data while watching his or her wireless terminal 10 (S107), and the community service intermediation system 30 converts the data input by the user to suit the wired communication environment (S108). (S109). The community service provider 40 extracts user information from the received data, stores the received data for each corresponding user (S110), transmits the data storage result to the community service brokerage system 30 (S111), and mediates the community service. The system 30 transmits the data storage result to the user's wireless terminal 10 (S112).

Although not shown, converting the format of the data transmitted from the community service provider 40 (S107), encrypting the data before transmitting to the wireless terminal, and after converting the format of the data input by the user The method may further include encrypting the data before transmitting to the service provider 40.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing a community service provided in a wired communication environment using a wireless terminal, a desired service can be used without time and space constraints. In addition, by integrating and managing community service-related programs built and provided by each occupational group, it is easy to upgrade, add, and modify the system, and to analyze the industry trends by the same occupational group to prevent waste of resources. It is effective to establish a more systematic work progress policy.

Claims (8)

A community service brokerage system for connecting to a wireless terminal through a wireless network provider and at least one community service provider through any possible communication network including the Internet, to provide a community service suitable for the characteristics of the user of the wireless terminal. Community service provider management means for storing and managing information related to at least one community service provider in a database, and transmitting the community service to the wireless terminal under control of a controller according to a request of the wireless terminal user; User management means for storing and managing personal information of a user who wants to use a service provided by the community service provider by accessing through the wireless terminal in a database; And Community service providing software and related data, or community service providing web document and data related thereto, transmitted from the community service provider, are converted to a wireless communication environment and transmitted to the wireless terminal, and the data transmitted from the wireless terminal is wired. Data format conversion means for converting to a communication environment for transmission to the community service provider; Community service intermediary system using a wireless terminal having a. According to claim 1, And the community service intermediation system further comprises encryption means for encrypting data transmitted from the community service provider to the wireless terminal and data transmitted from the wireless terminal to the community service provider. According to claim 1, The community service brokerage system is a community service brokerage system using a wireless terminal further comprising a billing processing means for setting a fee according to the software usage history and usage time of the wireless terminal user and stored in a database. A community service intermediary method in a system for connecting a wireless terminal through a wireless network operator and at least one community service provider through the Internet to provide a community service suitable for the characteristics of the wireless network operator, Receiving a corresponding community service related data from the community service provider as a user accesses the community service mediation system using the wireless terminal to use community service; Converting the format of the data into a wireless communication environment and transmitting the converted data to the wireless terminal; And As the wireless terminal user inputs and transmits data while using the community service transmitted to the wireless terminal, converting the format of the data input by the user according to a wired communication environment and transmitting the data to the community service provider; Community service brokering method using a wireless terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein And authenticating whether the user is a legitimate user after the user accesses the community service mediation system and before providing the community service. The method of claim 4, wherein After the step of transmitting the data input by the user to the community service provider, extracting the user information from the data transmitted from the user and storing the data for each user further comprising the step of using a wireless terminal . The method of claim 4, wherein And after converting the format of the data transmitted from the community service provider, encrypting the data before transmitting the converted format data to the wireless terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein And after the format conversion of the data input by the user, encrypting the data before transmitting the format converted data to the community service provider.