KR20060027849A - Method and system for offering service of mail-bulletin board - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a mail bulletin board service and a system thereof, and more particularly, to a method for providing a mail bulletin board which is generated by adding a classification code at the end of an email address and setting a sender's access authority and whether to open a mail. The e-mail related to the system, which is delivered through the wired / wireless communication network, further includes a classification code defining a classification of the contents of the e-mail at the end of the e-mail address, so that the e-mail recipient generates a mail message board for the specific classification code. In this case, according to the classification definition of the mail bulletin board is stored in the server of the mail service provider, characterized in that the e-mail recipient can check the contents of the stored mail, the receiver receives only the mail having the subject of the desired You can easily gather information about a specific topic. In addition, the collected contents can be disclosed to a large number of users, and senders who want to send promotional mails have a useful effect of sending promotional mails at low cost without obtaining information of customers through illegal methods as before. .

Email, bulletin board, spam mail, newsgroup, classification code

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFERING SERVICE OF MAIL-BULLETIN BOARD}

1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart showing a mail bulletin generating process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating an e-mail receiving process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart showing a charging method when sending a whole mail according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a charging method when sending an entire mail according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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100: server 110: user authentication unit

120: central processing unit 130: database unit

131: user information DB 132: mail board information DB

133: mail board DB

200: receiver terminal 300: caller terminal

The present invention relates to a method for providing a mail bulletin board service and a system thereof, and more particularly, to a method for providing a mail bulletin board which is generated by adding a classification code at the end of an email address and setting a sender's access authority and whether to open a mail. It is related to the system.

As informatization accelerated for many years, the Internet has become an indispensable communication channel and a source of information for modern people. In particular, e-mail is a person who can access the Internet because it maintains the privacy of the user and can generally send and receive information in near real time regardless of the amount of content, geographical distance to the recipient, border, etc. Although most of them are widely used to have one or more e-mail addresses, recently, various problems are caused by spam mails, such as promotional mails that are received even if the recipient does not want. Various problems caused by spam mail have already been publicized, and many people are trying to suggest ways to solve them.

However, if a spam message contains information that may be useful to the recipient, it may be worthwhile for that recipient, but because someone sends a message to his or her mailbox that the recipient has never made public. Due to the negative image of the spam mail amplified by the discomfort of the receiver, the net function of the spam mail could not be utilized smoothly, and there was a problem that it was disadvantageous to both the mail receiver and the sender.

In such an environment, those who wish to advertise online to a large number of potential customers can illegally purchase and utilize personal information, or create a company's homepage at a high cost, and then provide advertising information only through membership recruitment. Netizens receiving such promotional mails spend a considerable amount of time checking whether the mail is spam based on the sender or the subject of the mail. When you open the contents, you can check whether it is spam mail. If a virus, spyware, adware, etc. is inserted in the spam mail, it may paralyze the computer or cause a hacking accident. There was a problem.

Various efforts are being made to prevent closure due to the spam mail. For example, in order to solve the illegal leakage of personal information, some portal service companies that provide free mail service are members of the portal service companies. If you want to send promotional mails to netizens who sign up as a member of the website, you can receive a certain fee (for example, the online stamp system of "Daum") and send out promotional mails of specific companies to all or some members. Edo netizens receive promotional mail that they do not want, so if you want to stop it, access the sender's site and unsubscribe, or specify the address of a specific spam sender to the mail service provider and send the mail. Was a hassle to block Because the situation is that many are angry that the service itself to sending a promotional email for a fee yumyeongmusil if they remove without checking the mail.

In addition, most mail service providers have recently developed and provided tools for filtering spam mails.

In addition, the mail service can be classified into a paid service targeting a company and a free service targeting a general individual. A free mail service provider provides a portal service based on members who subscribe to use the mail service. In addition, since it is generating revenue by using a separate means such as online advertising and online commerce, and in the mail service sector, it is not generating any profits, so the necessity of generating a profit model using the mail service has emerged.

Meanwhile, on the Internet, such as blogs and mini-homepages, individuals are posting popular information about themselves and other information and communicating with the public. It took a lot of effort to constantly update their pages, which often decreased interest over time since the initial production.

In addition, the contents of most promotional materials are not private but should be disclosed only to specific individuals, so there are many things that can be shared with others. It would be more beneficial if other users could view the post in the same way as the post of a general bulletin board and write a comment, but there was no such type of service in the conventional mail related service.

Meanwhile, RSS (Rich Site Summary) service, which is a service that easily delivers updated information to users whose sites are frequently updated such as news or blogs, is widely used. The user continuously updates using the RSS service. However, in order to use the RSS service, there is a problem in that the user needs to provide a desired information through an Internet search, and to separately find and register a site that provides the RSS service in order to use the RSS service.

The mail bulletin board service providing method and the system according to the present invention created to solve the above problems is a classification code corresponding to the classification according to the content of the email that the recipient wants to receive and the sender who can send mail to the recipient It is an object of the present invention to provide a mail bulletin board that is generated by designating access rights and contents disclosure, and to allow only mail that meets the setting conditions of the mail bulletin board to be received.

The term "mail board" to be used below is a term introduced for the first time in the present invention, and is obtained by separately obtaining an e-mail added with a unique classification code at the end of an e-mail address according to the contents. It refers to a mail service that provides a bulletin board form that is open to the public.

The mail bulletin board service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is, as an e-mail delivered through a wired or wireless communication network, adding a classification code defining a classification for the content of the e-mail at the end of the e-mail address; When the e-mail recipient generates a mail board for a specific classification code, the e-mail recipient is stored in the server of the mail service provider according to the classification definition of the mail board so that the e-mail receiver can check the contents of the stored mail. It consists of.

In addition, the process of generating the mail bulletin board, the step of the recipient accessing the server and receiving member authentication; Requesting the mail board to be created by designating the classification, access right, and contents disclosure of the mail board; And storing, by the server receiving the request, setting information such as classification, access right, and content disclosure designated by the receiver in a database unit, and allocating a space for storing an e-mail matching the setting information to generate a mail message board. It is configured to include, the process of receiving an email in the mail bulletin board, (a) receiving a mail with a classification code written on the back of the email address at the server; (b) determining whether to be a recipient member through the ID of the email address; (c) determining whether or not the message board of the receiver exists; (d) determining whether the sender of the e-mail has access authority among the setting items of the mail bulletin board; And (e) storing all the e-mails in the database unit of the server when all of the steps (b) to (d) have been passed. It is desirable to be able to confirm.

In addition, when the sender sends a mail by specifying a specific directive (for example, "allmember", etc.) in the ID portion of the e-mail address and designates a specific classification code, among the mail bulletins having the specific classification code, the sender accesses. It is desirable to include the ability to forward all mail to all authorized mail boards.

The full mail function may include: (a) a sender writing a specific directive in an ID portion of an e-mail address and specifying a specific classification code to schedule a full mail transmission; (b) searching the mail bulletin board information DB in the central processing unit of the server and extracting a mail bulletin board list matching the specific classification code; (c) extracting a mail bulletin board list to which a sender has access authority from the mail bulletin board list extracted in step (b); (d) calculating and outputting the number of the mail board to which the sender has access and the billing information corresponding to the mail board list extracted in step (c) to the sender terminal;

(e) a caller paying the billed fee; (f) It is preferable to perform the step including the step of confirming the payment at the server and storing the sent mail in the mail bulletin DB.

On the other hand, (a) when the entire mail specifying the specific classification code is sent from the server to check whether the whole mail is read and to calculate and store the number and average value of the readers; (b) the sender writing a specific directive in the ID portion of the e-mail address and specifying a specific classification code to schedule the entire mail transmission; (c) calculating an average value of the total number of e-mail readers of the specific classification code and preliminary charging information corresponding thereto and outputting the calculated value to the sender terminal; (d) a caller depositing the preliminary charging fee;

(e) searching the mail bulletin board information DB in the central processing unit of the server and extracting a mail bulletin board list matching the specific classification code; (f) extracting a mail bulletin board list to which the sender has access authority from the mail bulletin board list extracted in step (e); (g) storing the mail in a mail board DB of the mail board corresponding to the mail board list extracted in step (f); (h) identifying and storing the number of readers who have viewed the mail within a certain period (for example, one week or one month); (i) calculating billing information according to the number of viewers stored in step (h) and comparing the preliminary charging fee deposited in step (d).

On the other hand, the mail bulletin board service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a service providing system for delivering an e-mail through a wired or wireless communication network, the receiver having an authentication means connected to the system To determine whether or not to be a member, and to set the classification, access rights and content disclosure, the mail board can be created to check the email received on the mail board, and the sender writes the classification code at the end of the email address. A server for determining whether or not there is a mail board corresponding to a recipient address and a classification code of the email, and determining whether the sender has access authority in the setting information of the mail board; A receiver terminal for allowing the receiver to access a wired / wireless communication network so as to generate a mail board or check an e-mail received on the generated mail board; And a sender terminal which allows the sender to connect through a wired / wireless communication network and send a mail having a classification code defined therein.

In addition, the server. It is determined whether the user connected through the receiver terminal is a member, and if the user is not a member, the user is registered through the membership registration procedure. If the user connected through the receiver terminal is a member, user authentication is granted. Wealth; In response to an input of the connected recipient, a mail bulletin board is generated or a setting of the mail bulletin board is changed, an e-mail stored in the mail bulletin board is output, and an e-mail having a classification code written after the e-mail address is received. A central processing unit for determining whether a receiver specified by the user has a mail board corresponding to the classification code, determining the access authority of the sender, and determining whether to open the contents of the mail board; And a database unit for recording and storing the information performed by the user authentication unit and the central processing unit or providing a database containing the stored information, wherein the database unit is a member who accesses the server through the receiver terminal. A user information DB for storing authentication information for determining the authentication information; A mail bulletin board information DB for storing the settings of the mail bulletin board generated by the receiver and whether the access rights and contents are disclosed; And it is preferable to include a mail board DB for storing the received email in the mail board.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail the configuration and process of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the receiver terminal 200 and the caller terminal 300 are connected to the server 100 through a wired or wireless communication network.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state consisting of a user authentication unit 110, the central processing unit 120 and the database unit 130 The database unit 130 includes a user information DB 131, a mail board information DB 132, and a mail board DB 133.

The user authentication unit 110 compares the ID and password input by the recipient to the information stored in the user information DB (131) to determine whether the member, if not a member, the member registration guide screen without approving the access Outputs

On the other hand, if the member is moved to the service initial screen, the central processing unit 120 and the database unit 130 is connected to be able to check the mail, create a mail bulletin board and change the setting information, check the mail bulletin board. At this time, the setting information of the mail bulletin board is stored in the mail bulletin board information DB 132, the mail bulletin DB DB 133 is assigned a storage according to the mail bulletin board owner and category classification, the setting stored in the mail bulletin board information DB 132 Save mails that match

3 is a flowchart illustrating a mail bulletin generating process according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a receiver accessing the server 100 accesses a mail bulletin board service through a member authentication process (S400) and includes contents of a specific field. The following shows a procedure for creating a mail board to receive mail.

The recipient should set the classification, access authority, and content disclosure of the mail board when the mail board is created.

First, the classification code should be determined according to the title of the mail board and the contents of the email to be received. Recently, the amount of information is increasing, and various classifications are used to process such a large amount of information more quickly and quickly. In general portal sites (daum, naver, yahoo, google, etc.), "Health / Technology / Recreation / After deciding major classifications such as "life / region and place / management and finance / news / social humanities / art and entertainment / computers", and then entering into a specific major category, the classification is divided into more specific mid-classes and more detailed sub-classes. have. On the other hand, each one of the discussion groups provided in Usenet, a discussion space on the Internet, is called a "news group". The news groups are comp. (Computer related topics), news. (Topics related to the news group itself), and sci. Related topics), rec. (Entertainment, leisure, hobby topics), soc. (Social science or society, religion, culture, history topics), talk (topics of active debate such as religion or politics), humanities (literature) Based on eight major categories, including misc. (Subjects related to philosophy, humanities) and misc. (Subjects not belonging to other groups), there are currently more than 1,300 newsgroups in the classical sense alone, either "alt" or " Considering derivative groups such as "zer", there are over 10,000 newsgroups. The newsgroups are determined by the original creator of a particular newsgroup with a name that best represents the content under the principle of assembling, hierarchical, categorical, and non-limiting. It may be determined in a similar manner to how the name is determined.

On the other hand, when the classification is determined, a name to represent the classification is determined, and the name is associated with the classification. For example, when expressed in English, a person who wants to collect information for a trip to Seoul is " travel.asia.korea.seoul ", and the like, and the classification criteria of the service provider should be established in advance by the service provider with reference to the newsgroup. You can determine your mailing board classification code by referring to the classification table provided by.

Next, you need to set the authority to distinguish who can post on the mail board. (1) Everyone (members joining the service provider's site that provides the mail board service, etc.) / (2) To a specific group Registered people (friends registered in related groups or messengers) / (3) Restricted to the person you specify (such as a user with a directly entered email address) / (4) Restricted to the owner of the mail board (for personal bulletin board use) , Etc.), the service provider establishes and presents the access authority setting criteria in advance, and the receiver can select among the criteria.

Next, the recipients can see the posts stored in the mail board alone, but if you want to share the content publicly, you can determine the level of content disclosure. The scope of disclosure may also be established and selected in the same manner as in the above access rights.

When all of the above settings are determined, the central processing unit 120 records the settings in the mail message board information DB 132, allocates and stores a separate storage space in the mail message board DB 133, and creates a mail board. It ends (S420).

The sender who wants to send the mail to the mail board created as above should separate the boundary with a specific symbol such as a colon or semicolon at the end of the recipient's email address (angel@hanmail.net, etc.) and additionally write the classification code (angel @ hanmail.net: travel.asia.korea.seoul

At this time, when receiving the email with the classification code at the end of the email address as described above in the server 100 through the process shown in Figure 4 the email is stored in the server 100 can be confirmed by the recipient.

First, upon receiving an e-mail (S510), it is determined whether the ID of the e-mail address matches the ID stored in the user information DB 131 to determine whether the recipient is a member (S520).

Next, the mail bulletin board information DB 132 checks whether or not the corresponding recipient has a mail board corresponding to the listed classification code (S530).

Next, the access authority is read from the settings of the mail bulletin board recorded on the mail bulletin board information DB 132, and it is determined whether the sender has access permission (S540).

If it is not approved in each step, the mail is not stored in the mail board DB 133, it is preferable to notify the sender of the reason for the disapproval at each step, and to inform the point that the mail was not delivered and the reason. Do.

If all the above steps are passed, the mail board DB 133 is stored in the mail board. Then, the receiver, who is the owner of the mail board, accesses the server 100 to check the contents of the received mail.

On the other hand, the sender is " allmember @ hanmail.net: travel.asia.korea.seoul " In the form of an e-mail address in the form, it is possible to implement a function to send a mail to all the recipients who have selected the classification code. This type of mail sending is similar to the function of sending a whole mail such as the "daum cafe", but the mail board service provider Unlike in the past, people can receive a certain fee from those who want to use these functions, and the fee rate can be determined in various ways. In addition, since it is sent to a plurality of recipients but may be deleted without confirmation, in this case, a fee may not be charged. However, unlike the conventional spam mail, even if the recipient's email address is not known, it is obvious that if the mail is sent to everyone interested in a specific field, the discomfort felt in the previous spam mail will be significantly lower. It can be easily expected that this can be improved. The billing for the entire mail is described above with respect to the billing method according to the total number of mail recipients and the billing process according to the number of readers, and each charge can be determined by a contract between the service provider and the whole mail sender. On the other hand, in order to improve the rate of reception of the paid promotional mail all, when you view the paid promotional mail all, you can use a method of paying the reverse payment, such as cyber money to the recipient.

In addition, the mail bulletin board service provider may create a revenue model by limiting the number of mail bulletin boards that the receiver can create free of charge, and extracting the monthly fee in order to generate a mail board exceeding the limited number.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various modifications, changes, and substitutions may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention and the accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. . The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

The mail bulletin board service providing method and the system according to the present invention configured as described above can reduce the recipient's rejection of the promotional mail by receiving only the e-mail of the content desired to be received by the sender desired by the receiver. Improve the rate of confirmation of promotional mail, and senders pay a considerable amount of money to create their own sites, and furthermore, through the mass media to promote the site to encourage membership, or illegally obtain personal information Even if you do not do this, you can send mail to a large number of recipients who want to receive mails related to a specific field, and solve the problem that your promotional mail is mistaken for spam and deleted without confirmation. In addition to getting a mail service Providers should provide useful effect of being able to make a profit by generating new revenue models in the mail.

On the other hand, when the contents of the mail bulletin board is set to be public, it becomes a personal media similar to the previous blog. Unlike the past, it is possible to post without accessing the corresponding blog page, thereby ensuring convenience, It can be easily collected and posted on the mail bulletin without having to search for the owner's desired information, thus providing a useful effect of promoting communication.

In addition, if you place mail boards on personal blogs or personal homepages, the contents of your blog or homepage are automatically updated and the contents are more faithful, so more people access your personal blogs or homepages. It provides the effect that homepage owners can generate continuous interest.

In addition, compared to the conventional RSS services, users can actively search the Internet to find a site that continuously provides the desired content, and there is no need to make an effort to register the RSS service on the site. You can easily receive the content simply by creating a mail board that defines the classification code included, it is easier to secure the content.

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In the service providing system for delivering an email through a wired or wireless communication network, It is provided with an authentication means to determine whether the recipient accessing the system is a member, and to set the classification, access rights and content disclosure whether the recipient can create a mail bulletin board to check the email received in the mail bulletin board, If the sender sends an email with a classification code at the end of the email address, it is determined whether the mail board corresponding to the recipient address and the classification code of the email is present, and whether the sender has access to the setting information of the mail board. A server for determining and storing the; A receiver terminal for allowing the receiver to access a wired / wireless communication network so as to generate a mail board or to check an e-mail received on the generated mail board; And Sender terminal to allow the sender to access the wire through a wired or wireless communication network to send a mail defined a classification code Mail bulletin board service providing system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The server is. A user who judges whether a user connected through a receiver terminal is a member, and if the user is not a member, registers the user through a membership registration procedure, and approves the connection when the user connected through the receiver terminal is a member. An authentication unit; In response to an input of the connected recipient, a mail bulletin board is generated or a setting of the mail bulletin board is changed, an e-mail stored in the mail bulletin board is output, and an e-mail having a classification code written after the e-mail address is received. A central processing unit for determining whether a receiver specified by the user has a mail board corresponding to the classification code, determining the access authority of the sender, and determining whether to open the contents of the mail board; And Database unit for recording and storing the information performed by the user authentication unit and the central processing unit or providing a database containing the stored information Including, The database unit, A user information DB for storing authentication information for determining whether a user who accesses the server through the receiver terminal is a member; A mail bulletin board information DB for storing the settings of the mail bulletin board generated by the receiver and whether the access rights and contents are disclosed; And Mail board DB for storing the received email in the mail board Mail bulletin board service providing system, comprising a An email delivered through a wired / wireless communication network, further including a classification code defining a classification of contents of an email at the end of the email address, and when the email recipient generates a mail bulletin for a specific classification code. The mail bulletin board service providing method, characterized in that stored in the server of the mail service provider according to the classification definition of the e-mail recipient to check the contents of the stored mail. The method of claim 3, wherein The process of generating the mail bulletin board, The receiver accessing the server and receiving member authentication; Requesting the mail board to be created by designating the classification, access right, and contents disclosure of the mail board; And Generating, by the server receiving the request, setting information such as classification, access authority, and content disclosure designated by the receiver in a database unit, and allocating a space for storing an e-mail corresponding to the setting information to generate a mail message board; It is configured to include, The process of receiving an email in the mail bulletin board, (a) receiving an e-mail containing a classification code after the e-mail address at the server; (b) determining whether to be a recipient member through the ID of the email address; (c) determining whether or not the message board of the receiver exists; (d) determining whether the sender of the e-mail has access authority among the setting items of the mail bulletin board; And (e) storing all the e-mails in the database unit of the server when all of the steps (b) to (d) are passed; It is configured to include, The mail bulletin board service providing method, characterized in that the recipient can check the email stored in the mail bulletin board by accessing the server. The method according to claim 3 or 4, When the sender sends a mail by specifying a specific directive (for example, "allmember", etc.) in the ID portion of the e-mail address, and designates a specific classification code, among the message boards having the specific classification code, the sender grants access rights. Method for providing a mail bulletin board service, characterized in that the entire mail is delivered to all mail bulletin having. The method of claim 5, wherein (a) by the sender, specifying a specific directive in the ID portion of the email address and specifying a specific classification code to schedule the entire mailing; (b) searching the mail bulletin board information DB in the central processing unit of the server and extracting a mail bulletin board list matching the specific classification code; (c) extracting a mail bulletin board list to which a sender has access authority from the mail bulletin board list extracted in step (b); (d) calculating and outputting the number of the mail board to which the sender has access and the billing information corresponding to the mail board list extracted in step (c) to the sender terminal; (e) a caller paying the billed fee; (f) checking the payment at the server and storing the sent mail in a mail bulletin DB; Mail bulletin board service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein (a) checking whether or not the entire mail is read when the entire mail specifying a specific classification code is sent from the server, calculating and storing the number of the readers and an average value thereof; (b) the sender writing a specific directive in the ID portion of the e-mail address and specifying a specific classification code to schedule the entire mail transmission; (c) calculating an average value of the total number of mail readers of the specific classification code and preliminary charging information corresponding thereto and outputting the calculated value to the sender terminal; (d) a caller depositing the preliminary charging fee; (e) searching the mail bulletin board information DB in the central processing unit of the server and extracting a mail bulletin board list matching the specific classification code; (f) extracting a mail bulletin board list to which the sender has access authority from the mail bulletin board list extracted in step (e); (g) storing the mail in a mail board DB of the mail board corresponding to the mail board list extracted in step (f); (h) identifying and storing the number of readers who have viewed the mail within a certain period (for example, one week or one month); (i) calculating billing information according to the number of viewers stored in step (h) and calculating the billing information in comparison with the preliminary charge rate deposited in step (d). Mail bulletin board service providing method comprising a.

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