KR20060035932A - Method for providing schedule report service of personal portable device and system of enabling the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a schedule notification service by transmitting a schedule message to a receiver when a transmission time arrives after designating a transmission time and a receiver for a schedule message in a personal portable terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a schedule notification service in a message service system connected to a user's personal mobile terminal through a mobile communication network. Receiving a registration request, the registration request including a schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information; Registering a schedule notification service for the user with a schedule management server in response to the received registration request; Querying transmission time information by referring to the schedule management server; And transmitting the schedule message to the receiver when a corresponding transmission time arrives as a result of the inquiry.

According to the present invention, a schedule registration request including a schedule message, a transmission time, and recipient information according to a schedule notification service is received from a personal mobile terminal and registered in a schedule management server, and then the schedule is automatically sent to the receiver when the transmission time arrives in the message center. You can easily send a message.

Personal digital assistant, calendar, reminders

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING SCHEDULE REPORT SERVICE OF PERSONAL PORTABLE DEVICE AND SYSTEM OF ENABLING THE METHOD}

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication network to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for providing a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a personal portable terminal for providing a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a personal portable terminal for providing a schedule reminding service according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a schedule notification service in a schedule management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a schedule notification service in a personal portable terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

7A illustrates an example of a screen for selecting a menu in a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7B is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule message storage screen in a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7C is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule message transmission screen in a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reply message creation screen in a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: personal mobile terminal

120: base station

130: base station controller / mobile switching center

140: Message Service Center

150: Message Service Center Server

210, 330, 440: message transceiver

220, 320, 430: control unit

230: calendar database

310, 410: user interface unit

420: storage

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a schedule notification service in a personal portable terminal, and more particularly, to specify a transmission time and a recipient for a schedule message in a personal portable terminal, and when the transmission time arrives, the schedule message is transmitted to the receiver. The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a schedule notification service by transmitting.

In general, a personal portable terminal registers a schedule or an anniversary corresponding to a predetermined time in advance, and provides a schedule management service for notifying a user of the schedule or anniversary when the registered time arrives.

However, the conventional schedule management service merely notifies the user with a predetermined alarm or a message that the registered time has been registered according to a schedule or an anniversary, and there is no method of notifying the other person related to the schedule or anniversary.

Therefore, when the conventional personal portable terminal reaches the time notified according to the conventional schedule management service, the user notifies the schedule and the user confirms this, composes and transmits a message informing the counterpart of the schedule or the anniversary, and sends a call directly to the counterpart. There is an inconvenience to be informed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and receives a schedule registration request including a schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information according to the schedule notification service from the personal portable terminal to register in the schedule management server and then in the message center It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing a schedule notification service for automatically transmitting a schedule message to a receiver when a transmission time arrives.                         

In addition, an object of the present invention, the schedule notification service for registering a message for the schedule or anniversary, the transmission time information and message recipient information in the personal mobile terminal, and automatically transmits the message for the schedule or anniversary to the recipient when the transmission time arrives. A method and a system thereof are provided.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a schedule notification service method and system for receiving a schedule message associated with a schedule or an anniversary from a personal portable terminal, and then easily creating a schedule reply message corresponding to the schedule message and transmitting the same to a counterpart. have.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a schedule notification service in a message service system connected to a user's personal mobile terminal through a mobile communication network. Receiving a registration request, the registration request including a schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information; Registering a schedule notification service for the user with a schedule management server in response to the received registration request; Querying transmission time information by referring to the schedule management server; And transmitting the schedule message to the receiver when a corresponding transmission time arrives as a result of the inquiry.

The method for providing a schedule notification service in a personal mobile terminal connected to a message service center and a mobile communication network according to another embodiment of the present invention includes receiving the schedule notification message from a user. Positive messages, transmission times, and recipient information; Transmitting the input schedule notification message to the message service center, wherein the message service center registers a schedule notification message sent from the user; And transmitting the registered schedule notification message to the receiver when the corresponding transmission time arrives based on the transmission time.

In addition, as a technical configuration for achieving the above object, a schedule notification service system for providing a schedule notification service connected to a personal mobile terminal through a communication network receives a registration request for a schedule notification service from a user-the registration request is A schedule message, transmission time information, and receiver information, the message transmitting / receiving unit transmitting the schedule message to the receiver; A schedule management database that stores a schedule notification service for the user in response to the received registration request; And a control unit for referring to the transmission time information with reference to the schedule management database, and controlling the transmission of the schedule message when the transmission time arrives.

In addition, as a configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention, a personal portable terminal for providing a schedule notification service connected to a message service center through a mobile communication network provides a menu according to a message service to a user, and schedule notification from the user. A user interface configured to receive a message or a schedule reply message, wherein the menu includes a menu for selecting one or more of a boilerplate text, an emoticon, a picture, a music, and a video corresponding to the schedule notification message or the schedule reply message; A control unit which controls the schedule notification message to be registered in the message service center, wherein the schedule notification message includes schedule, transmission time, and recipient information; And a message transmission / reception unit configured to transmit the schedule notification message or the schedule reply message to a predetermined message service center and to receive a schedule notification message or a schedule reply message transmitted from the message service center, wherein the message service center is the user. The schedule notification message transmitted from the personal portable terminal of the, and when the transmission time included in the registered schedule notification message arrives, characterized in that for transmitting the schedule notification message to the recipient.

In addition, as a configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention, a personal portable terminal for providing a schedule reminding service through a mobile communication network provides a menu according to the schedule reminding service to a user, from the user to the schedule reminding service; A user interface for receiving a schedule message, a transmission time, and recipient information according to an exemplary embodiment, wherein the menu includes a menu for selecting one or more of boilerplate text, an emoticon, a picture, music, and a video; A storage unit which stores the schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information; A message transmitting / receiving unit which transmits a predetermined schedule message to the receiver and receives a schedule message from a predetermined sender; And a control unit which inquires the transmission time information and controls the message transceiver to transmit the predetermined message to the receiver when the transmission time arrives.

The personal digital assistant used in the present invention is a PDA (Code Division Multiplexing Access) module, a Bluetooth module, an infrared ray, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a handheld PC, a mobile phone, an MP3 player, or the like. A predetermined communication module such as a communication module (IrDA) or a wired / wireless LAN card may be provided, and a terminal having a predetermined computing power may be collectively provided by mounting a predetermined microprocessor that performs a multimedia playback function.

The schedule notification service according to the present invention refers to a service for transmitting a schedule message corresponding to a predetermined schedule to a predetermined receiver at a predetermined transmission time.

Hereinafter, a method and a system for providing a schedule notification service in a personal mobile terminal will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication network to which the present invention is applied, the mobile communication network comprising a personal portable terminal 110, a base station 120, a base station controller / mobile switching station 130, a message service center 140, and Message service center server 150 is included.

Referring to FIG. 1, the personal portable terminal 110 receives a schedule message, a transmission time of the schedule message, and recipient information of the schedule message from a user in order to receive a schedule notification service. The schedule message is a message for informing detailed information about a schedule, the transmission time includes a date and time to transmit the schedule message, and the receiver is a target to which the schedule message is to be received. The schedule message may be implemented as a short or long message, for example, a specific content of a schedule such as a birthday, a wedding anniversary, a work schedule, or a multimedia message such as music or video. For example, if the event is a friend's birthday, the user may designate himself as a recipient to notify the friend in advance of the friend's birthday, and if the user wants to notify other friends that the friend's birthday is the recipient, Can also be specified as a group. In addition, when the schedule is a meeting schedule, all persons who should attend the meeting may be designated as recipients. The personal mobile terminal 110 transmits the schedule message, the transmission time, and the receiver information to the base station 120.

The base station 120 receives the schedule message, the transmission time, and the receiver information from the personal mobile terminal 110 and transmits the received information to the base station controller / mobile switching center 130.

The base station controller / mobile switching center 130 receives the schedule message, transmission time, and receiver information from the base station 120 and transmits the message to the message service center 140.

The message service center 140 receives the schedule message, transmission time, and receiver information from the base station controller / mobile switching center 130 and registers with the message service center server 150. The message service center 140 provides a schedule reminding service, and the schedule in a variety of message forms such as a short message service, a long message service, a multimedia message service, and the like. Notification service can be provided.

The message service center server 150 receives the schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information transmitted from the message service center 140 and stores the schedule message, the transmission time, and the receiver information in a predetermined storage unit or a predetermined schedule management database.

The message service center 140 transmits the schedule message to the receiver when a transmission time according to the schedule notification service arrives with reference to the storage unit or the schedule management database of the message service center server 150.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system for providing a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the schedule notification service system is a message transmitting and receiving unit 210, the control unit 220, and the schedule management database 230 ).

Referring to FIG. 2, the schedule notification service system is connected to a predetermined personal portable terminal through a communication network to provide a schedule notification service to the personal portable terminal. The message transceiver 210 receives a registration request for a schedule notification service from the personal mobile terminal. The registration request includes a schedule message, a transmission time of the schedule message, and recipient information of the schedule message. The recipient information may include all persons (persons and others) associated with a predetermined schedule as a target of receiving the schedule message. The message transceiver 210 transmits the schedule message to the receiver.

The controller 220 controls the message transceiver 210 according to message transmission or reception, and controls the schedule message, transmission time, and receiver information to be stored in a schedule management database 230 when the registration request is received. The controller 220 refers to the schedule management database 230 and inquires about the transmission time information, and controls the message transceiver 210 to transmit the schedule message to the receiver when the transmission time arrives.

The schedule management database 230 stores the schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information according to the schedule notification service for the user in response to the received registration request under the control of the controller 220.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a personal portable terminal for providing a schedule reminding service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus for providing a schedule reminding service in a personal portable terminal includes a user interface unit 310 and a controller ( 320, and a message transceiver 330.

Referring to FIG. 3, the personal portable terminal is connected to the message service center 140 through a mobile communication network as shown in FIG. 1 to provide a schedule notification service. The user interface 310 provides a menu screen according to a message service as shown in FIGS. 7A to 8 to the user, and receives a schedule notification message or a schedule reply message from the user. The menu may include a menu for selecting any one or more of a boilerplate text, an emoticon, an image, a music, or a video corresponding to the schedule notification message or the schedule reply message, and the schedule notification message includes schedule, transmission time, and recipient information. It includes. The user interface 310 may include display means for displaying a menu according to the message service on a predetermined screen and input means for receiving a schedule notification message or a schedule reply message from the user.

The controller 320 controls the message transceiver 330 to transmit a registration request for the schedule notification message to the message service center 140 so that the schedule notification message is registered in the message service center 140.

The message transceiver 330 transmits the schedule notification message or the schedule reply message to the message service center 140 under the control of the controller 320, and receives the message transmitted from the message service center 140.

The message service center 140 registers the schedule notification message in the message service center server 150 according to a registration request for the schedule notification message transmitted from the user's personal portable terminal. The message service center 140 transmits the registered schedule notification message to the receiver when the corresponding transmission time arrives based on the transmission time included in the registered schedule notification message.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a personal portable terminal for providing a schedule reminding service according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus for providing a schedule reminding service in a personal portable terminal includes a user interface unit 410 and a storage unit 420. ), A controller 430, and a message transceiver 440.

Referring to FIG. 4, a personal portable terminal provides a schedule notification service through a mobile communication network. The user interface unit 410 provides a menu according to the schedule notification service to the user, and receives a message, a transmission time, and recipient information according to the schedule notification service from the user. The menu according to the schedule notification service includes a menu for selecting any one or more of boilerplate text, an emoticon, a picture, music, or a video corresponding to the schedule notification message or the schedule reply message as illustrated in FIGS. 7A to 8. .

The storage unit 420 stores a schedule message, transmission time, and receiver information according to the schedule notification service input through the user interface unit 410 under the control of the controller 430.

The controller 430 inquires the transmission time information and controls the message transceiver 440 to transmit the schedule message to the receiver when the transmission time arrives.

The message transceiver 440 transmits the schedule message to the receiver, and receives the schedule message from a predetermined sender.

5 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a schedule notification service in a schedule management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in step 511, the personal portable terminal receives a registration request for a schedule notification service from a user and transmits a registration request for the schedule notification service to a message service system. The registration request includes a schedule message, transmission time and recipient information.

In step 521, the message service system receives a registration request for the schedule notification service from the personal mobile terminal. In step 522, the message service system registers a schedule notification service according to the registration request. In step 531, the schedule management database stores schedule notification service information according to a schedule notification service registration request from the message service system. The schedule notification service information includes a schedule message, a transmission time, and recipient information. In step 523, the message service system queries the transmission time information with reference to the schedule management database. In step 524, when the transmission time according to the schedule notification message arrives, the message service system transmits the schedule message to the receiver.

In step 512, the personal mobile terminal receives a schedule message transmitted from the message service system. In step 513, if the reply message is input in response to the received schedule message, the personal portable terminal transmits the reply message request to the message service system. The reply message request includes a predetermined reply message and replyee information. The replyee may be a sender who transmits the schedule notification message or a receiver to which a response message to the schedule notification message should be received.

In step 525, the message service system receives the reply message request from the personal mobile terminal. In step 526, the message service system transmits the reply message to the replyee in response to receiving the reply message request.

6 is a diagram illustrating a method for providing a schedule notification service in a personal portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, in step 611, the personal portable terminal receives a schedule notification message from the user. The schedule reminding message includes a schedule message, a transmission time, and recipient information. In step 612, the personal portable terminal transmits the schedule notification message to the message service center.

In step 621, the message service center receives the schedule notification message from the personal portable terminal and registers the received schedule notification message. In step 622, the message service center determines whether the transmission time included in the registered schedule notification message has been reached. If it is the transmission time, in step 623, the message service center transmits the registered schedule notification message to the recipient's personal portable terminal.

In step 613, the personal portable terminal receives a schedule notification message transmitted from the message service center. In step 614, the personal portable terminal receives a request for creating a reply message from the receiver in response to receiving the schedule notification message. In step 615, the personal portable terminal provides a reply message menu corresponding to the schedule notification message to the user according to the request for preparing the reply message. The reply message menu includes a menu for selecting any one or more of boilerplate text, emoticons, pictures, and music corresponding to the type of reply message. In step 616, the personal mobile terminal receives a schedule reply message from the receiver according to the reply message menu. In step 617, the personal portable terminal transmits the input schedule reply message to the message service center.

In step 624, the message service center receives the schedule reply message from the personal mobile terminal. In step 625, the message service center sends the received calendar reply message to the user.

FIG. 7A illustrates an example of a screen for selecting a menu in a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a date corresponding to a schedule according to the schedule notification service may be selected from a calendar.

Referring to FIG. 7A, a menu for selecting a schedule according to a schedule reminding service may select a calendar of a previous month or a next month by operating a cursor shown at the top left and right of the calendar indicating the date. In addition, the calendar may select a date that the user wants to register as a schedule. The calendar also displays lunar dates corresponding to the lunar calendar of the selected date.

FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule message storage screen in a schedule reminder service according to an embodiment of the present invention. When a user adds an anniversary, the user may select or input an anniversary title, anniversaries, contents, and the like. Screen.

Referring to FIG. 7B, the personal mobile terminal selects a date to be registered as a schedule from a schedule selection menu as shown in FIG. 7A and inputs a title (eg, 100 days) of the anniversary as the schedule message storage screen. can do. In addition, it is possible to display whether the anniversary is the solar or lunar calendar, and the year to be checked by the year or year, etc. can be displayed. For example, when the anniversary is the same date as each year, such as a birthday, the year may be displayed. When the anniversary is applied only to the year, for example, 100 days, the year may be displayed. In addition, the information on the anniversary may include information that you want to inform the recipient about the anniversary, for example, "100 days with a girlfriend .. Congratulations. ^^ *" as shown in Figure 7b. have.

7C is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule message transmission screen in a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a user may select a transmission time for an anniversary, a person / group to be delivered, and contents to be transmitted. Screen.

Referring to FIG. 7C, the delivery time indicates time information to which a message for the anniversary is to be transmitted, and the person / group to forward includes a predetermined group when there are several people who will receive the message or the person who will receive the message for the anniversary. Can be classified as The group is a group of people having a common point designated by the user, such as a friend, a senior or a junior. As shown in FIG. 7C, when a user inputs a delivery time, a person / group, and contents for the anniversary in his personal portable terminal, the user may select a transmission menu when the message for the entered anniversary is to be transmitted. have.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reply message creation screen in a schedule notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the personal mobile terminal may use a commonly used sentence (eg, congratulations, reduce) for an event reminder message or a reply message according to a user's request, an emoticon (^^ *), a picture, and a music. , Or register the video in advance. The personal mobile terminal may provide the registered usage sentence (commercial phrase), an emoticon, a picture, music, or a video when the message is written according to the reply message service.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, and flash memory. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the present invention, a schedule registration request including a schedule message, a transmission time, and recipient information according to a schedule notification service is received from a personal portable terminal and registered in a schedule management server, and then, at a message center. When the delivery time arrives, you can easily send a schedule message automatically to the recipient.

In addition, according to the present invention, a schedule notification service method of registering a message, transmission time information and message recipient information for a schedule or an anniversary in a personal mobile terminal, and automatically transmits a message for the schedule or anniversary to the recipient when the transmission time arrives. And the system.

In addition, according to the present invention, a schedule notification service method and system for receiving a schedule message associated with a schedule or an anniversary from a personal portable terminal and easily creating a schedule reply message corresponding to the schedule message and transmitting the same to a counterpart may be provided.

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A method for providing a schedule notification service in a message service system connected to a user's personal portable terminal through a mobile communication network, Receiving a registration request for a schedule reminding service from the user's personal portable terminal, the registration request including a schedule message, a transmission time, and recipient information; Registering a schedule notification service for the user with a schedule management server in response to the received registration request; Querying transmission time information by referring to the schedule management server; And Transmitting the schedule message to the receiver when a corresponding transmission time arrives as a result of the inquiry; Calendar notification service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Receiving a reply message request according to the schedule service from the recipient, the reply message request including a predetermined reply message and replyee information; And Transmitting the reply message to the replyee in response to receiving the reply message request. Schedule notification service providing method further comprising. A method for providing a schedule notification service in a personal mobile terminal connected via a message service center and a mobile communication network. Receiving the schedule notification message from a user, wherein the schedule notification message includes a schedule message, a transmission time, and recipient information; Transmitting the input schedule notification message to the message service center; Including, The message service center Registering a schedule notification message sent from the user; And Transmitting the registered schedule notification message to the receiver when the corresponding transmission time arrives based on the transmission time; Calendar notification service providing method, characterized in that for performing. The method of claim 3, Receiving the schedule notification message from the message service center; In response to receiving the schedule notification message, receiving a request for creating a reply message from the receiver; Providing a reply message menu corresponding to the reply message to the user according to a request for preparing the reply message, wherein the reply message menu is any one of boilerplate text, an emoticon, a picture, or music corresponding to a type of the notification message; Includes a menu for selecting more than one; Receiving a schedule reply message from the receiver according to the reply message menu; And Transmitting the input schedule reply message to a predetermined reply person through the message service center; Schedule notification service providing method further comprising. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 4 on a computer. In the schedule notification service system for providing a schedule notification service connected to a personal mobile terminal through a communication network, Receiving a registration request for a schedule notification service from a user, the registration request including a schedule message, transmission time information, and recipient information; a message transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting the schedule message to the receiver; A schedule management database that stores a schedule notification service for the user in response to the received registration request; And A control unit for referring to the transmission time information with reference to the schedule management database and controlling to transmit the schedule message when the transmission time arrives Calendar reminder service system comprising a. A personal portable terminal for providing a calendar notification service connected to a message service center through a mobile communication network. A user interface unit which provides a menu according to a message service and receives a schedule notification message or a schedule reply message from the user-The menu is a boilerplate text, an emoticon, a picture, or a music corresponding to the schedule notification message or the schedule reply message. , Or a menu for selecting any one or more of the videos; A control unit which controls the schedule notification message to be registered in the message service center, wherein the schedule notification message includes schedule, transmission time, and recipient information; And A message transmission / reception unit for transmitting the schedule notification message or the schedule reply message to a predetermined message service center and receiving the schedule notification message or schedule reply message transmitted from the message service center Including, The message service center Registering a schedule notification message transmitted from the personal portable terminal of the user, and when the transmission time included in the registered schedule notification message arrives, transmitting the schedule notification message to the receiver. Gong personal mobile terminal. A personal terminal for providing a schedule reminder service through a mobile communication network. A user interface unit which provides a menu according to the schedule notification service and receives a schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information according to the schedule notification service from the user-The menu may be a boilerplate, an emoticon, a picture, music, or Includes a menu for selecting any one or more of the videos; A storage unit which stores the schedule message, transmission time, and recipient information; A message transmitting / receiving unit which transmits a predetermined schedule message to the receiver and receives a schedule message from a predetermined sender; And And a control unit for inquiring the transmission time information and controlling the message transmission / reception unit to transmit the schedule message to the receiver when the transmission time arrives.

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