KR20060065242A - Method and system for providing group telecommunication service using group key number - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a group communication service using a group representative number. The present invention relates to generating and storing member information about a group having a group representative number necessary for a group communication service and storing and managing the group information. A web server; When receiving information requesting a group communication service from one member of the group members through the group representative number, the received group representative number is analyzed to select a corresponding group, and the phone numbers of members of the selected group. A group representative application server for extracting a list and transmitting the information requesting the group communication service to the group members; One member of the group members transmits information for requesting a group communication service to the group representative number application server through the group representative number, and requests the group communication service information according to a request of the group representative number application server. A broadband integrated network for transmitting to the terminals of the group members; And an open service gateway connected to the broadband integrated network and providing an interface for the group representative number application server to use the communication resources of the broadband integrated network. Therefore, any group member can deliver the same contents to all group members at the same time in a predetermined message form, thereby improving convenience of the online / offline group.

Description

Method and system for providing group telecommunication service using group representative number

1 is a block diagram of a group communication service providing system using a group representative number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for creating a group having a group representative number in the group management function unit of FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of joining a group member in the group member management function of FIG. 1.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a group communication service in the group representative number application server of FIG. 1.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a group communication service using a group representative number, and more particularly, a group representative number representing a group by one member of an online / offline group such as alumni association, fan club, early soccer club, fan club, etc. The present invention relates to a group communication service providing method and a system for simultaneously delivering the same contents to all members of a group in various forms such as a short message, a multimedia message, an e-mail, a group call, and a voice message. .

As the Internet develops, people who pursue the same hobbies or purposes are actively forming groups for information exchange. In general, the information exchange method between group members is most commonly used to connect to a web server via a PC (Personal Computer) to guide through the announcement of the bulletin board. In addition, when there is no PC, there is an increasing demand for a group communication service that simultaneously transmits multimedia messages such as voice calls, short messages and photos to all group members in real time using a wired or wireless communication terminal. In this case, it is more convenient to use the group representative number in such a way that information can be sent to all group members at the same time, rather than individually conveying the same contents to each member.

For example, the sender who wants to send the information uses the group representative number representing the group as the called number, and the group communication service system converts the received group representative number into the actual telephone number used by the group member to designate the called number. And send the information to the group members. Therefore, the general manager as well as the group manager can transmit information to multiple group members at the same time using the group representative number. Here, the group representative number is a virtual telephone number indicating a specific group, not an actual telephone number necessary for establishing an information transmission path in a communication network.

Currently, services provided by using a virtual phone number include a lifetime number service and a virtual phone number service.

Lifetime number service is a service that registers several real phone numbers under one permanent number to receive calls. Each service provider is assigned a service such as 0502 (Korea Telecom), 0504 (Onse Telecom), 0505 (Dacom), 0506 (Hanaro Telecom), and leases a portion of the number to additional service providers.

On the other hand, the virtual phone number service is not a phone number uniquely attached to the terminal, but is a phone number that can be added to a conventional phone as a subscriber, by adding a separate phone number for each use and for each person. It is becoming. The virtual phone number service is mainly used to protect their privacy or privacy (anti-spam, anti-marketing), separate phone numbers for one person, internet homepage registration and bulletin board, flea market, auction when selling things It is a personal communication service used by individuals who need multiple phone numbers and those who need to answer or not receive calls for each purpose separately. That is, using the same number identifier, the main telecommunication service provider provides lifetime number service and the additional telecommunication service provider provides weather phone number service.

As described above, the service using the virtual phone number is provided only as a personal communication service for the purpose of personal convenience and privacy.

Meanwhile, as a conventional group communication service technology, there are a national representative number service and a group communication service.

The National Representative Number Service is a service that automatically connects to the nearest branch or agency when a customer makes a phone call.The service is 1588/1577 (Korea Telecom), 1677 (Onse Telecom), 1544/1644 (Dacom), 1566 (Hanaro) Communication) is assigned and serviced. The National Representative Number Service is a service suitable for large-scale businesses that do business nationwide, and once a number is set, it is difficult to change the number again. Therefore, providing a national representative number service to small groups or ad hoc meetings is not appropriate.

Some mobile service providers can simultaneously send message calls and text messages to group members of an address book stored in a portable terminal, and provide a group communication service that can be connected to a multi-party call at once. Group communication service is a service that can be used very conveniently when it is necessary to transmit the same content to multiple recipients. However, this service does not transmit information to group members by using the group representative number, but transmits information by using individual phone numbers of members in the phone numbers of group members in the portable terminal. Therefore, the owner of the portable terminal adds a group member as the group operator. At this time, the owner of the portable terminal may start the group communication service to the group member, but cannot receive the group communication service from the group member. In order to be a group communication service capable of both transmitting and receiving, the address book of the portable terminal of all group members can be the same, but it is very complicated and difficult for multiple members to always match the address book information. Therefore, this type of group communication service has a problem in that the portable terminal owner can only transmit and group members can only receive.

The present invention is to overcome the problems of the prior art described above, by combining the group representative number management technology and open application service program interface (API) technology, such as multimedia messages, people pursuing the same hobby or purpose exchange information Allocate a group representative number representing a group to a group formed by using a virtual phone number, and when all group members as well as the group operator require group communication service using the group representative number, the group representative number is assigned to the group member. The present invention provides a method and system for providing a group communication service using a group representative number that transmits an announcement to group members by converting the phone number into actual telephone numbers.

The group communication service system using the group representative number according to the present invention for solving the above technical problem, receives the generation information for the group to have the group representative number necessary for the group communication service and the member information for the group A web server for storing and managing; When receiving information requesting a group communication service from one member of the group members through the group representative number, the received group representative number is analyzed to select a corresponding group, and the phone numbers of members of the selected group. A group representative application server for extracting a list and transmitting the information requesting the group communication service to the group members; One member of the group members transmits information for requesting a group communication service to the group representative number application server through the group representative number, and requests the group communication service information according to a request of the group representative number application server. A broadband integrated network transmitting to the terminals of the group members; And an open service gateway connected to the broadband integrated network and providing an interface for the group representative number application server to use the communication resources of the broadband integrated network.

In addition, the method for providing a group communication service using the group representative number according to the present invention for solving the above technical problem, (a) generating a group having a group representative number required for the group communication service through a web server; (b) the web server performing member subscription to the group created in step (a); (c) receiving information for requesting the group communication service from one member of the group members through the group representative number through an open service gateway through a communication resource of an integrated broadband network; (d) analyzing the group representative number received in step (c) to select a corresponding group and extracting a telephone number list of the selected group members; And (e) transmitting the information for requesting the group communication service to the phone number list of the corresponding group members extracted in step (d) to the terminals of the group members through the open communication gateway through the communication resource of the broadband integrated network. To be transmitted.

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

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a group communication service system using a group representative number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a group communication service system using a group representative number is a broadband integrated network 120 including wired / wireless terminals 100, wired voice and data networks, wireless voice and data networks, Internet networks, and broadcasting networks of group members. A group representative application server 160 for controlling group communication service logic, an open service gateway 140 providing an interface function between the broadband integrated network and the group representative application server, and a web server managing group communication service information; And 180.

The broadband integrated network 120 includes a short message server 121, a multimedia message server 122, a conference call server 123, and a media server 124.

The group representative application server 160 provides a group communication service for simultaneously delivering group announcements to the wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group member in association with the open service gateway 140.

Here, the open service gateway 140 is a group representative application server 120 is a broadband integrated network (such as short message server 121, multimedia message server 122, conference call server 123 and media server 124) It serves as an interface to use the communication resources of 120). The open service gateway 140 may be implemented as a parlay gateway for a parlay API, which is an open service standard API for a next generation network (NGN).

The short message server 121 and the multimedia message server 122 transmit the short message and the multimedia message transmitted from the wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group member to the group representative application server 160 via the open service gateway 140. Then, the short message and the multimedia message transmitted from the group representative application server 160 is transmitted to the wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group member via the open service gateway 140. Here, the short message server 121, the multimedia message server 122, and the open service gateway 140 use an open service API for transmitting and receiving a short message and a multimedia message.

The conference call server 123 processes call control for making a conference call connection between group members, copies the voice call to the media server 124, and transmits the voice call to the wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group member. Here, the conference call server 123 and the open service gateway 140 use an open service API to handle call control.

The media server 124 provides a voice mail function that enables the group member to listen to the recorded voice through the wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group member that receives the voice message. Here, the media server 124 and the open service gateway 140 use an open service API to provide a voice mailbox function so that group members can listen to the recorded voice.

The web server 180 includes a group management function unit 181 and a group member management function unit 182.

The group operator accesses the web server 180 through a network to perform group management and group member management.

The group management function unit 181 generates a group and defines group information, group address and member characteristics, etc. of creating a new group, a group deleting function of deleting a previously created group, and displays information on a group. It performs the function of changing the information about the function and the group.

The group member management function unit 182 is a member joining function for joining a new member to a group and registering information about the member, a member withdrawal function for withdrawing a previously joined member from a group, a function for displaying information about a member, and a member. Performs a function to change the information about.

Here, group creation and deletion is a function that can be used only by the group communication service operator, and the use of general members is limited. Subsequently, group membership can be handled at the request of the group communication service operator and the general member.

Group creation and group membership will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively.

When the group representative application server 160 receives a message requesting a short message, a multimedia message service, a voice message service from a member of a group for group communication, or receives a call control signal requesting a conference call, The group representative number is analyzed from the message or call control signal received through the group / group member search function unit 162 to select the group and extract the actual phone number list of the group member.

The group representative application server 160 delivers the received message to the group members using the extracted member's actual phone number list or through the open service API unit 161 to process a call control signal necessary for a conference call. It will call the open service API.

Here, the group representative application server 160 may send the message to all group members except the sender of the message. In addition, all group members including the sender of the message can be sent.

In addition, the group representative application server 160, through the group management function 181 and the group member management function 182, preference information of group information and group member information and information of group members requesting service. With reference to, the group communication service may be further refined and provided in combination with additional functions such as subgroups, location-based and member status information according to information conditions. That is, when a small group is formed in a group, a person who is joined to a small group may use it when he wants to deliver a message only to the small group members. Furthermore, you can use this if you want to deliver your message only to people who live close to you (for example, 5km).

The wired / wireless terminal 100 of a group member is a communication terminal device connected by wire or wirelessly capable of a voice call, a short message (SMS), a multimedia message (MMS), and an internet connection. Specifically, for example, the wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group member may be a wireless terminal 101, a mobile phone 102, a personal digital assistant 103, or the like, capable of wireless internet.

As described above, the system of the present invention provides a group communication service that converts group representative numbers into actual phone numbers of group members and reaches the group members. At this time, the group representative number represented by the virtual phone number may be newly assigned or changed according to the formation and dissolution of the group.

An example of a method of actually providing a group communication service using FIG. 1 is as follows.

First, a case in which 50 members are subscribed to a group called 'forward forward detour' in which the group representative number 'A' is assigned to the group representative number application server 160 will be described.

Daejeon Incense Club decided to hold year-end party at 7 pm on December 30, 2004. Hong Gil-dong, vice president of Daejeon Hyangwoo Association, decided to hold a year-end party meeting in front of Daejeon Station on December 20, 2004 at 7:00 pm. Please attend a lot 'short message to your wired and wireless terminal 100 to write a group representative' A 'to the destination number.

The group representative number application server 160 extracts a list of actual phone numbers of members who have joined the group using the group representative number as a key through the short message server 121 and the open service gateway 140. Done. The group representative application server 160 calls the short message transmission API to transmit the short message to the group members in the form of a short message.

The short message is transmitted to the wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group members by a short message transmission API call of the group representative application server 3.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a group generation method having a group representative number in the group management function unit 181 of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, a group operator who wants to create a new group requests the allocation of a group representative number in the form of a virtual phone number by accessing a web server 180 (S200). Here, the group operator defines the information of the group to create a new group.

Next, the group management function unit 181 of the web server 180 determines whether or not the group representative number requested for assignment in step S200 is a valid number (S210). Here, whether or not the group representative number which is requested to be assigned and the valid number is determined based on whether the requested group representative number is actually used by another group and whether the group representative number is actually a number that can be used. When the group representative number is a number that can be actually used and is not used by another group, a valid group representative number is assigned to the group.

As a result of the determination in step S210, if it is determined that a valid group representative number cannot be assigned, the process returns to step S200. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S210 that a valid group representative number can be assigned, the flow proceeds to step S220.

In step S220, the web server 140 generates a new group by storing the group representative number requested for assignment in step S200 in the group management function unit 181.

Here, the group representative application server 160 to provide a group communication service through a group representative number to a small group or a temporary group that is not suitable to join the national representative number service. In addition, the group representative number application server 160 makes it possible to use a virtual group number that is rich in number resources and anonymity as a group representative number to more easily select and use the group representative number in the corresponding group.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for joining a group member in the group member management function unit 182 of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, the web server 180 receives a phone number of a member to be subscribed to from a group operator and adds a phone number of a member to be subscribed to the group member management function 182 (S300). .

Next, the web server 180 notifies the member about the group member subscription to the phone number for a short message (SMS) for confirmation of subscription (S310).

Next, the web server 180 determines whether there is a willingness to join the group from the member who has received the short message for confirming the subscription, that is, whether there is a positive response (S320).

If it is determined in step S320 that there is no positive response, the phone number of the member is deleted from the group member management function 182 (S330). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S320 that there is a positive response, information related to the member is stored in the group member management function unit 182 (S340). In this case, the information related to the member may store additional functions such as an address of the group member, characteristics of the member, preference information, small group information, location information, and current status information of the members.

The group manager repeats the process of FIG. 3 until the member joins the group.

As described above, the method and the system for providing a group communication service using the group representative number of the present invention facilitate the privacy protection such as spam prevention by joining the member to the group communication service after approval of the group member to be added.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a group communication service in the group representative application server 160 of FIG. 1. Here, the procedure of using the group communication service using the short message (SMS) will be described.

Referring to Figure 4, first, the group representative application server 120 receives a short message (SMS) from the wired and wireless terminal 100 of the group member (S400). The wired / wireless terminal 100 of the group member sends a short message (SMS) using the group representative number as the called number. Here, the short message (SMS) is a short message (SMS) including the content to be sent to all members of the group except itself.

Next, the group representative number application server 120 searches for the corresponding group number to determine whether the group representative number received in step S400 is a valid group number, and if the corresponding group number is a valid group number, a short message (SMS). It is determined whether the transmitting member is a member of the corresponding group (S510). Here, the group representative application server 120 performs this through the group management function unit 181, the group member management function unit 182 of the web server 180. As such, since the group communication service is provided only when the sender of the message is a group member, it is easy to protect privacy such as spam prevention.

If it is determined in step S410 that it is not a valid group number or that the sender of the short message SMS is not a member of the group, the flow proceeds to step S415 and discards the short message SMS received in step S400. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S410 that the valid group number and the sender of the short message SMS is a member of the group, the flow proceeds to step S420.

In step S420, the group representative number is converted into a real number list of all the members of the group.

In step S420, a short message transmission API for transmitting a short message (SMS) is called to input a list of actual phone numbers of all members of the group converted to a called number in step S420 (S430).

Next, a short message (SMS) to be sent to all members of the group is simultaneously transmitted (S440). Herein, all the group members except the person who sends the short message SMS may be sent to the group message, and furthermore, the group message is sent to all group members including the person who sent the short message SMS. You can send a short message (SMS).

In FIG. 4, a short message (SMS) has been described. However, in another embodiment of the present invention, the present invention can be applied to a method for providing a group communication service through a multimedia message (MMS), a voice message, and a call control processing signal.

As described above, optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

 The method and system for providing a group communication service using the group representative number according to the present invention, by combining the group representative number management technology and open application program interface (API) technology, any group member can simultaneously send the same content to all group members. In addition, multimedia messages, voice messages, e-mails, and conference calls can be delivered using the online / offline group to improve convenience.

In addition, the method and system for providing a group communication service using the group representative number of the present invention can provide a group communication service to a small group or a temporary group that is not suitable for subscribing to the national representative number service. To increase communication usage.

In addition, the method and system for providing a group communication service using the group representative number of the present invention freely assigns and returns a group representative number by using a virtual phone number having abundant number resources and ensuring anonymity as the group representative number. The representative number can be selected and used.

In addition, the method and system for providing a group communication service using the group representative number of the present invention, after the approval of the group member to be added to join the member to the group communication service, and provides a group communication service only if the sender is a group member This makes it easy to create and dismantle new groups and to protect privacy such as spam.

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A web server for receiving, storing, and managing generation information about a group having a group representative number required for a group communication service and member information about the group; When receiving information requesting a group communication service from one member of the group members through the group representative number, the received group representative number is analyzed to select a corresponding group, and the phone numbers of members of the selected group. A group representative application server for extracting a list and transmitting the information requesting the group communication service to the group members; One member of the group members transmits information for requesting a group communication service to the group representative number application server through the group representative number, and requests the group communication service information according to a request of the group representative number application server. A broadband integrated network for transmitting to the terminals of the group members; And And an open service gateway connected to the broadband integrated network and providing an interface for the group representative number application server to use the communication resources of the broadband integrated network. The method of claim 1, wherein the web server, A group management function unit for generating a group having a group representative number necessary for the group communication service, changing information on the group, displaying information on the group, and deleting the group; And And a group member management function for allowing a member to join a group created through the group management function, changing information about the member, displaying information about the member, and withdrawing the member from the group. Group communication service system using a group representative number. The method of claim 1, wherein the group representative number application server, A group / group member search function for analyzing the received group representative number, selecting a corresponding group, and extracting a phone number list of members of the selected group; And Open service API unit; Group communication service system using a group representative number comprising a. According to claim 1, The broadband integrated network, A short message server using an open service API for transmitting and receiving short messages; A multimedia server using an open service API for transmitting and receiving multimedia messages; A media server using an open service API for transmitting and receiving recorded voice messages; And And a conference call server using an open service API for transmitting and receiving a call control processing signal to be a conference call connection. Group communication service system using a group representative number, characterized in that it comprises at least one. According to claim 4, The form of information requesting the group communication service through the group representative number from one member of the group members, Short message in which the group member performs group communication by short message, multimedia message in which the group member performs group communication by multimedia message, voice message in which the group member performs group communication by voice message, and the group member meet. A group communication service system using a group representative number, characterized in that at least one of the call control processing signal for the group communication by the call control processing signal of the call. The method of claim 1, The open service gateway is a group communication service system using a group representative number, characterized in that configured as a parlay gateway. The method of claim 1, wherein the group representative number application server, Group communication service system using a group representative number characterized in that the information requested for the group communication service is transmitted to all group members except the one member that transmits the information requesting the group communication service among the group members. (a) generating a group having a group representative number necessary for a group communication service through a web server; (b) the web server performing member subscription to the group created in step (a); (c) receiving information for requesting the group communication service from one member of the group members through the group representative number through an open service gateway through a communication resource of an integrated broadband network; (d) analyzing the group representative number received in step (c) to select a corresponding group and extracting a telephone number list of the selected group members; And (e) transmitting the information for requesting the group communication service to the telephone number list of the corresponding group members extracted in step (d) to the terminals of the group members through the open communication gateway through the communication resource of the broadband integrated network; Method of providing a group communication service using a group representative number comprising the step of. The method of claim 8, wherein step (a) (a-1) requesting a group operator to create a new group by accessing a web server and assigning a group representative number in the form of a virtual telephone number; (a-2) the web server determining whether the group representative number assigned in step (a-1) is valid; And (a-3) the web server generating and storing a group having a group representative number necessary for a group communication service when it is determined that the group representative number is valid in the step (a-2). Group communication service providing method using a group representative number characterized in that. The method of claim 9, wherein step (b) (b-1) the group operator inputting member management information including a phone number of the member to join the member to the group created in step (a); (b-2) sending a confirmation message to the member's phone number of the member to be subscribed to; (b-3) step (b-1) for the group created in step (a) when a positive answer is input to the message for step (b-2) from the member to join And storing the member management information inputted from the group representative service number. The method of claim 8, wherein in step (e), The group communication service providing method using a group representative number, characterized in that the information requested for the group communication service is transmitted to all group members except the one member that transmits the information requesting the group communication service among the group members.

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