KR20040050253A - Apparatus and method of information search using SMS - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for retrieving information by using a text message is provided to include a retrieval word and receiving/originating information in a text message, and to distinguish the text message into the retrieval word and the receiving/transmitting information, then to store the distinguished message in a database, thereby receiving necessary information at low price by using the text message. CONSTITUTION: An SRIS(Short message service data Real-time Input System)(104c) receives a text message in binary file using the TCP/IP protocol from an SMS server(102) in real time, or transmits a text message to the SMS server(102). When a retrieval word is received, an MIF(Mouthpiece include Intelligence Feedback) unit(104d) retrieves information identical with the retrieval word from the second database(104b), and transmits retrieved results to the SRIS(104c). The SMS server(102) detects message information and receiving/originating information from the text message, and transmits the message information to a receiving place according to the detected originating information.

Description

Apparatus and method of information search using SMS}

The present invention relates to an information retrieval apparatus and method using a text message.

Currently, when necessary information is accessed, a web site is searched by entering a search word. However, to obtain information in this way, a computer, PDA, etc., which is the Internet, is required to access a web site.

However, because the computer is installed only in a place with a certain environment, it can be used only in a specific place. PDAs, mobile phones, etc. are mobile terminals, which are more mobile than computers, but require a high fee for using the wireless Internet.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a retrieval apparatus and method using a text message that can be obtained by using a text message can obtain the necessary information, regardless of location.

1 is a diagram illustrating a search apparatus using a text message according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information search method using a text message according to the present invention in order.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

100: mobile communication terminal 102: SMS server

104: information retrieval device

An information retrieval apparatus using a text message according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a database for storing information, an automatic response module for searching the database to extract information about the requested search word, receiving a text message And a data transfer module for extracting a search word from the message, requesting a search from the answering machine module, and receiving and sending information on the search word searched and transmitted by the answering machine module.

And an SMS server for receiving a text message from the mobile communication terminal, transmitting the text message to the data transfer module, and receiving and transmitting information on a search word sent by the data transfer module to the mobile communication terminal.

Here, the text message includes a search word and incoming / outgoing information, and the data transfer module divides the text message into a search word and incoming / outgoing information and stores the text message in a database.

In an information retrieval method using an information retrieval apparatus using a text message, the SMS server receives a text message including a search word received and transmitted from a terminal, extracts incoming / outgoing information and a search word included in the received text message, Searching for information that needs to be searched through a search word, and transmitting the search result to the SMS server in a text message including the search result so that the SMS server can transmit the search result to the terminal.

And storing the incoming / outgoing information, the search word, and the search result included in the text message in its own database.

Reference will now be made in detail to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a diagram illustrating an information retrieval system using a text message according to the present invention.

As shown, the information retrieval system according to the present invention includes an information retrieval apparatus 104, a mobile communication terminal 100, and an SMS server 102 using a text message.

The information retrieval apparatus 104 using the text message includes the databases 104a and 104b, the answering machine 104d, and the data transfer module 104c. The short message service data real-time input system (SRIS) 104c receives a text message from the SMS server 102 in the form of a binary file using the TCP / IP protocol in real time or receives an SMS server ( Text message 102). In addition, the origination information and the search word are detected from the received text message and stored in the first database 104a, and the search word extracted from the text message is transmitted to the automatic response module 104d.

The mouthpiece include intelligence feedback (MIF) 104d retrieves information (or answers) that match the search term from the second database 104b when the search term is passed from the data delivery module 104c, and retrieves the searched result. Deliver to delivery module 104c. Searching for the search word analyzes the transmitted search word in morpheme, and the analyzed result is compared with the information stored in the second database 104b to search for the results in the order of highest agreement.

The information retrieval apparatus using such a text message further includes management means (not shown) capable of managing information of the first or second databases 104a and 104b. The management means is for updating new information in the database 104b or for selectively extracting already stored data. For example, the management means may use a website. Through a management means such as a web site, the service user and the administrator of the search system 104 may monitor in real time the search terms already stored and the search results according to each search term.

The database is divided into first and second databases 104a and 104b for better understanding of the operation of a module implemented according to the present invention, but the first and second databases 104a and 104b are stored in one database. ) Can be stored.

The mobile communication terminal 100 is a device capable of transmitting and receiving text messages, and includes a keypad for creating a text message and a display unit for displaying text messages received and received.

The SMS server 102 is a device for managing text message transmission and reception between mobile communication terminals, and detects message information and incoming / outgoing information from a text message transmitted from the terminal and delivers the message information to the destination according to the originating information. The incoming / outgoing information includes an incoming and outgoing terminal identification number, and the message information includes a search word for searching. In the present invention, since the destination information is designated to the retrieval system 104, a text message of a user who wants to retrieve specific information is transmitted to the information retrieval apparatus 104 according to the present invention. In addition, according to the incoming / outgoing information transmitted from the information retrieval device 104 transmits a text message containing the search results to the caller terminal 100.

The operation of such an information retrieval system is as follows. The text message transmitted from the terminal is transmitted to the information retrieval device 104 via the SMS server 102. The text message is delivered via data delivery module 104c. The data transmission module 104c divides the transmitted text message into originating information and a search word and stores the text message in the first database 104a, and the search word is transmitted to the answering machine 104d.

The answering machine 104d retrieves the information matching the search term from the second database 104b and delivers it to the data transfer module 104c. Then, the data transfer module 104c transmits the search result to the SMS server 102 in a text message to transmit the search result to the caller terminal 100 according to previously stored call information.

The search method using the search system according to the present invention described above will be described in detail through the embodiment. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an information retrieval process in order.

1 and 2, a user (hereinafter referred to as a caller) having a mobile communication terminal 100 wants to know a postal code of Yeoksam-dong. The sender composes a message (hereinafter referred to as a search term) using the mobile communication terminal 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a "postal code of Yeoksam-dong"). The search word created through the keypad of the terminal 100 may be checked through the display unit of the terminal 100.

Thereafter, the search word is transmitted to a designated number, for example, a telephone number such as 011-700-1234. The search word is transmitted to the SMS server 102 of the communication service company in which the identification number of the caller terminal 100 is registered in a text message (S2). In this case, the text message transmitted to the SMS server 102 includes a terminal identification number (for example, 011-9923-1234), a receiving terminal identification number (for example, 011-700-1234), and a search word (in the example, 'Yeoksam-dong'). Search term is delivered along with the incoming / outgoing information including the number ").

The SMS server 102 transmits the text message to the receiving terminal corresponding to the receiving terminal identification number 011-700-1234 (S3). In this case, if the mobile communication terminal and the retrieval system are registered in the same communication service provider, the SMS server 102 directly transfers the text message to the retrieval system 104. However, if the same communication company is not used, the retrieval system is transferred back to the registered SMS server and then to the information retrieval device 104.

The text message transmitted to the information retrieval apparatus 104 is divided into incoming / outgoing information and a search word by the data transfer module 104c and stored in the first database 104a (S4). The search word 'Yeoksam-dong's postal code' is delivered to the automatic search module 104d (S5). The storage (S4) and delivery (S5) steps may be reversed.

The automatic retrieval module 104d searches for information required to be searched from the second database 104b according to the search word (S6). The retrieved information is processed according to the display unit of the caller terminal 100 and transmitted to the data transfer module 104c (S7). The retrieved information is stored in the second database 104b (S8).

Currently, the maximum size of search results allowed by telecommunications service providers is 80 bytes, so it is desirable to process the response within 80 bytes. Since the searched content of the present invention 'Yeoksam-dong 135-082' is 80 bytes or less, it is directly transmitted to the data transfer module 104c. However, if it exceeds 80 bytes, the caller can be asked whether or not to receive more than 80 bytes of information. That is, with 80 bytes of contents, the sender can select the searched information such as '1 for more contents' and '2 for termination'. If '1 for more information' is selected, more information may be provided in the form of a text message, or in the case of a wireless communication terminal, more information may be provided by connecting to the Internet.

If it is not possible to search for a matched answer, the content of "no search result" is transmitted to the data delivery module 104c, and the search word is transmitted to the management means (S11). The search word delivered to the management means may be manually searched by the administrator to store the search result in the second database 104b (S12) or forwarded to the data delivery module 104c (S13) and transmitted to the caller terminal.

The search result delivered to the data delivery module 104c is transmitted to the SMS server 102 together with the terminal identification number of the caller previously stored (S9). Thereafter, the SMS server 102 transmits the text message to the caller terminal identification number 011-9823-1234 (S10).

The foregoing has described the process of retrieving information through the mobile communication terminal in order. Information stored in the database can be updated or processed. Therefore, a method of using the information stored in the database through the management means will be described.

The manager of the information retrieval apparatus 104 is a Yumi department store. The database 104d of the information retrieval apparatus stores information related to a Yumi department store, and a user (hereinafter referred to as a customer) wants to know the sales period of the Yumi department store. First, as described above, the customer transmits the search term 'Yumi Department Store Sale Period' to the telephone number 011-700-4567 designated by the Yumi Department Store (S1). Then, the SMS server 102 of the communication service company in which the customer's terminal is registered transmits the transmitted text message to the information retrieval device of the Yumi Department Store (hereinafter referred to as Yumi Server) corresponding to 011-700-4567 (S2).

Thereafter, as described above, the automatic retrieval module 104d retrieves the sale period from the second database 104b (S6). Already November 11, 2002 If the information of the sale at 20 was stored in the second database 104b, the 'sale period 2002. 11. 10 ~ 11. The search result of 20 'is delivered to the SMS server 102 (S9) and delivered to the customer terminal (S10). However, if the sale information is not stored, the SMS server 102 transmits a message including the content of 'no search results', etc. (S9), and the Yumi server 104 transmits the search word to the management means (S11). . The search word transmitted to the management means is manually retrieved by a user who has access to the management means and stored in the second database 104b (S12). Manually searching includes not only searching for the information stored in the second database 104b but also creating new information corresponding to the search word and storing it in the second database 104b.

There are many other search terms for Yumi Department Store. In other words, as there are a large number of users, such as 'limited sales items' and 'price of imported Korean cattle', the search terms also vary. These various search terms are continuously stored in the second database 104b. Ubi department store can organize the search terms stored in the database (104b) according to the frequency, the customer can know the search terms that the most. Therefore, frequently searched words can be arranged through the website like F & Q. It can also be used to improve department store services by analyzing search terms to know what customers want.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements using the basic concept of the present invention as defined in the following claims are also within the scope of the present invention. It belongs to.

As described above, if the information is searched using a text message, the necessary information can be provided at a low cost regardless of the place.

Claims (5)

Receiving a text message including a search word received and transmitted from a terminal by an SMS server, Extracting incoming / outgoing information and a search word included in the received text message, and searching for information required to be searched through the search word; And transmitting the search result to the SMS server in a text message including the search result so that the SMS server can transmit the search result to the terminal. In claim 1, And storing the incoming / outgoing information, the search word, and the search result included in the text message in its own database. A database for storing information, An automatic response module for searching the database and extracting information on the requested search word, Receiving a text message, extracts the search word from the text message to request the search to the answering machine module, and a data transmission module for receiving and sending information about the search word searched and sent by the answering machine module Information retrieval device using a message. In claim 3, Receiving an SMS from a mobile communication terminal, transmitting the text message to the data transfer module, and receiving an SMS message for the search word sent by the data transfer module and transmitting the received SMS message to the mobile communication terminal; Information retrieval device using text message. The method of claim 3 or 4, The text message includes a search word and incoming / outgoing information. And the data transfer module divides the text message into a search word and incoming / outgoing information and stores the text message in the database.