KR20060072629A - Method and apparatus for caller's detailed identification display - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for displaying caller detail information. The method for displaying caller detail information according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a call setup request signal from a caller terminal, extracting a caller ID included in the call setup request signal, and extracting caller detail information previously stored according to the caller ID. Wherein the sender details are input from a user or received and stored from a service providing server and outputting the sender details.

Caller information display, CID, user terminal, interworking

Description

Method and apparatus for displaying caller detail information {Method and apparatus for caller's detailed identification display}             

1 is an exemplary view schematically showing a method of using a conventional caller information display service.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying caller details in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the internal configuration of a service providing server for providing a caller detailed information display service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a module configuration of a service providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process of installing a VM in a user terminal in order to use a method for displaying sender details in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flow chart schematically showing that the sender detailed information is linked according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating that the modified sender detailed information is interworked between user terminals when the sender detailed information is modified according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of using a caller detailed information display service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

9 is an exemplary view schematically showing a caller detailed information display method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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105, 107. Enter caller details 109, 111. Save caller details

605, 709... Sender information transmission 117, 811. Send caller details

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for displaying caller detail information.

Recently, with the development of communication technology, information communication devices for transmitting data and the like have been widely used. The information communication devices are connected to a communication network to enable sharing and communication of resources between homogeneous or heterogeneous communication devices or information devices. Information and communication devices provide a variety of services, and particularly, wired and wireless telephone systems display caller information so that the called party can recognize the caller's information, that is, the caller's phone number or call time. : CID service) is disclosed. Hereinafter, a conventional caller information display service will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is an exemplary view schematically showing a method of using a conventional caller information display service. Referring to FIG. 1, a user inputs caller information using a user terminal. The user inputs the caller's phone number by using the user terminal, inputs the save button, enters the caller information, or inputs the caller information by entering the phone book registration in the menu list of the user terminal. When a user wants to edit and store caller information using a character or an emoticon, the user can edit using a character stored in the user's terminal or download a character, picture, photo, or emoticon through an internet connection. It can be saved in and used as the sender information.

When the user stores the caller's information through the caller information input screen 101 and the caller calls the user, the user terminal extracts the corresponding caller from the stored caller information and outputs it to the caller information display screen 103. do.

The prior art has the effect of providing caller information to the user but has some problems that must be solved. That is, the conventional technology has a problem in that the user selects and inputs various detailed information of the caller to be stored in the point of editing and storing the caller's information using the user terminal. In addition, in the point of inputting the caller's information using the user terminal, it is not possible to directly input various figures, pictures, pictures, emoticons, etc., in that it is necessary to download and edit pictures, pictures, emoji, etc. by connecting to the Internet. There is a problem that it is inconvenient. In addition, when storing the caller's information using the Internet address book, etc., there is a problem in that the information must be stored, edited and managed separately for each user terminal such as a PC or a mobile terminal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to overcome the above-mentioned problems of the related arts, and provides a method and apparatus for displaying detailed caller information, which enables a user to input detailed caller details.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for displaying detailed caller information, which can directly input and modify sender detailed information using various figures, pictures, photos, and emoticons by accessing the web.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for displaying detailed caller information, which is capable of storing, editing, and managing caller information by interworking between user terminals such as a PC and a mobile terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention to achieve the above object, in the method for displaying caller details performed by a receiving terminal coupled with a calling terminal and a service providing server through a communication network, receiving a call setup request signal from the calling terminal. The method may include: extracting an originating terminal identifier included in the call establishment request signal, and extracting caller detailed information stored in advance corresponding to the originating terminal identifier; wherein the originator detailed information is input from a user or the service And receiving and storing information from the providing server, and outputting the sender detailed information.

In a preferred embodiment, the receiving terminal is characterized in that for receiving the sender detailed information from the service providing server through a virtual machine (Virtual Machine (VM)) provided therein. The method may be modified in common through the virtual machine when at least one modification is made to the caller detailed information stored in common in the service providing server and the receiving terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a service providing server for performing a method for displaying caller details by combining with a receiving terminal through a communication network, the user input unit for receiving caller detailed information corresponding to the caller terminal identifier from the user, the user input And a transmitter / receiver for transmitting the caller detail information obtained from the receiver, or a receiver for receiving the caller detail information from the receiver terminal, and a storage for storing the caller detail information, wherein the receiver terminal has a virtual machine therein Based on this, the sender detailed information may be transmitted to the transceiver, or the service providing server may be stored and received therein by receiving the sender detailed information from the transceiver.

In a preferred embodiment, if the service providing server is modified in at least one of the caller detailed information stored in common in the service providing server and the receiving terminal, it is characterized in that the common modification through the virtual machine.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a receiving terminal performing a method for displaying caller detail information in combination with a calling terminal and a service providing server through a communication network, a memory in which a program is stored, coupled to the memory, and executing the program And a processor, wherein the processor receives, by the program, a call setup request signal from the originating terminal, extracting an originating terminal identifier included in the call setup request signal, and corresponding to the originating terminal identifier. Extracting pre-stored caller detail information, wherein the caller detail information is input from a user or received from the service providing server and stored; and outputting the caller detail information can be provided. have.

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

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying caller detail information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user accesses a service providing server that provides a service of the present invention through a wired or wireless internet network using a user terminal. As a user terminal, a PC, a laptop, a landline phone, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, a VOLP dedicated phone, etc. may be used. To use the present invention. After connecting to the service provision server, apply for the service and register as a member. The service providing server stores and manages user information in the server's database (step 203). The user requests a VM (Virtual Machine) to use a caller detailed information display service from a service providing server. The service providing server transmits the VM to the user terminal in response to the user's request. The user terminal downloads and installs a VM from the service providing server (step 201). The user inputs sender detailed information using the VM installed in the user terminal (step 205). The VM sets a caller information item and provides it to the user so that the user can input various caller information. The user inputs the detailed information of the sender by specifying the desired item among various items provided by the VM. In addition, you can assign ringtones to specific music for each caller. The user terminal stores the sender detailed information input by the user in the user terminal (step 209).

The user may access the service providing server using a PC or a notebook and input caller detailed information (step 207). The service providing server stores the sender detailed information entered by the user in the web server (step 211). The user terminal and the service providing server transmit and receive sender detailed information through a VM provided in the user terminal to synchronize with each other.

When the caller transmits a signal for requesting call setup to the user, the user terminal receives an incoming signal (step 213). The user terminal extracts the caller terminal identifier included in the call setup request signal. The user terminal extracts caller detail information stored in advance in the user terminal corresponding to the caller terminal identifier. At this time, the sender detailed information is input by the user using the user terminal, or the information input to the service providing server is transmitted to the user terminal and stored. The user terminal outputs the extracted caller detail information to the user terminal (steps 215 and 217).

3 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a service providing server for providing a caller detailed information display service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service providing server may include a memory system 350, at least one central processing unit (CPU) 360 connected to the memory system 350 to perform high-speed operation, an input device 370, and a communication device ( 380).

The central processing unit 360 includes an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) 362 for performing calculations, a register 364 for temporary storage of data and instructions, and a controller 366 for controlling the operation of the service providing server. . The central processing unit 360 includes Digital, Alpha, MIPS Technologies, MIPS, such as NEC, IDT, Siemens, Intel and Cyrix, AMD, and Nexgen. It could be a processor with a variety of architectures, such as the company's x86 and IBM's and Powerola's PowerPC. The memory system 350 generally includes a high speed main memory 352 in a form of a storage medium such as random access memory (RAM) or read only memory (ROM), a floppy disk, a hard disk, a tape, a CD-ROM, a flash memory, or the like. A secondary memory 354 in the form of a long-term storage medium and a device for storing data using electrical, magnetic, optical or other storage media. In addition, the main memory 352 may include a video display memory for displaying an image through the display device.

The input device 370 may include a physical transducer such as a keyboard, a hotkey, a mouse, a touch screen, or a microphone. The communication device 380 may be a network interface or an RF transceiver, a wireless LAN, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. for performing communication with the user terminal.

4 is a diagram illustrating a module configuration of a service providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the service providing server includes a transmission / reception processing module 462 for communicating caller detailed information with a user terminal, a database management module 464 for managing input, modification, editing, and storage of caller detailed information, and the like. It may include a user authentication processing module 466 that determines whether a user who wishes to use the invention is valid and processes payment. Looking at the overall configuration of the service providing server through these application modules are as follows.

The service providing server may use various operating systems (OS) as the OS of the system. The OS provides a high level command to an application program interface (402) to control the operation of each application module 460.

The service providing server includes a high level instruction processing unit 404 for identifying each corresponding application module 460 according to a high level instruction provided from the API 402, and decoding the high level instruction to provide it to a corresponding place. . The application module controller 450 controls the operation of the application module 460 according to the command provided from the high level command processor 404. That is, the high level instruction processing unit 404 identifies whether there is an application module 460 corresponding thereto according to the high level instruction provided through the API 402, and corresponds to the case where the corresponding application module 460 exists. The decoded command is recognized by the application module 460 and transmitted to the corresponding mapping unit or the message transmission is controlled. Accordingly, the application module controller 450 may include a mapping unit 451, 453, 455, an interface unit 452, 454, for the transmission / reception processing module 462, the payment information processing module 464, and the user interface module 466. 456), respectively.

The transmission / reception processing module mapping unit 451 receives a high-level command for performing communication with the user terminal from the high-level command processing unit 404 and maps the device level to be processed by the transmission / reception processing module 462. The transmission / reception processing module 462 is provided to the transmission / reception processing module 462.

The database management module mapping unit 453 and the database management module interface unit 454 manage a sender detailed information input by a user using a user terminal or a service providing server. That is, the database management module mapping unit 453 receives a high level command for using the database management module 464 from the high level command processing unit 404 and maps it to a device level command, and the database management module interface unit ( Through 454 to the database management module 464.

The user authentication processing module 466 is a part for determining whether a user who wants to use the present invention has a right to use a service and processing a payment. The user authentication processing module mapping unit 455 receives a high level command authorized through the high level command processing unit 404 and maps the device level command to a device level command that can be recognized by the user authentication processing module 466. The device level command is provided to the user authentication processing module 466 through the user authentication processing module interface 456.

5 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process of installing a VM in a user terminal in order to use a method for displaying sender details in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a user accesses a service providing server that provides a caller detail information display service using a user terminal. A user joins a service providing server and inputs user information. The user requests the service providing server to install a VM for using the present invention (step 501). The service provision server determines whether the user has the authority to use the service by checking whether the user has made a payment. If the user has the authority to use the service, the service providing server transmits the VM information to the user terminal in accordance with the user's request. The user receives the VM information from the service providing server (step 503). The user terminal installs the received VM information in the user terminal (step 505). The user extracts the VM installed in the user terminal to use the present invention (step 507). The user inputs detailed information of the sender by designating a desired item among the sender information items provided by the VM using the extracted VM (step 509). The user may access the service providing server and input caller detailed information. The user terminal and the service providing server store caller detailed information input by the user (step 511). The user terminal and the service providing server interwork by transmitting and receiving the sender detailed information while storing the sender detailed information.

6 is a flowchart schematically showing that the sender detailed information is interworked according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the first user terminal receives detailed caller details input by the user using the user terminal (step 601). The first user terminal stores the received caller detail information (step 603). The first user terminal transmits the stored caller information to the second user terminal in which the VM is installed to use the present invention through the VM (step 605). The second user terminal receives and stores caller information from the first user terminal (step 607). In the case where there are N user terminals in which the VM is installed to use the present invention, all N user terminals operate as described above. The same is true of the service providing server. That is, when the user accesses the service providing server and inputs the sender detailed information, the service providing server transmits the sender detailed information input and stored by the user to the N user terminals in which the VM is installed, and the sender detailed information from the N user terminals. Receive information and interlock.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a modified caller detailed information interworking between user terminals when modifying caller detailed information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the first user terminal and the second user terminal have stored caller detailed information in advance (step 701). The user extracts the VM using the first user terminal to modify the sender detailed information or accesses the service providing server to modify the detailed information. In this case, both the service providing server and the user terminal on which the VM is installed are commonly modified with detailed caller details. That is, the user modifies the sender detailed information by using the VM installed in the first user terminal. The first user terminal receives the modified sender detailed information (step 703). The first user terminal stores the received modified sender detailed information (step 705). The first user terminal transmits the modified sender detailed information to the second user terminal and the service providing server in which the VM is installed to use the present invention (step 709). The method for transmitting information between the first user terminal, the second user terminal, and the service providing server may be performed by a wireless signal transmission / reception method or a method of interworking by connecting a USB port. The second user terminal and the service providing server receive and store the modified sender detailed information from the first user terminal (step 709).

8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of using a sender detailed information display service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, when a caller calls a user, the user terminal receives an incoming signal (steps 801 and 803). The user terminal receiving the incoming signal may be a wired telephone, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a PDA, a VOLP dedicated phone, or the like. In order to use the present invention, the user terminal downloads and installs a VM from the service providing server in advance, receives and stores the sender detailed information using the installed VM, or receives the sender detailed information input by the user to the service providing server. Saved state. The user terminal receiving the incoming signal extracts an originating terminal identifier included in the incoming signal (step 805). The user terminal determines whether the extracted calling terminal identifier corresponds to caller information stored in the user terminal (step 807). If the corresponding caller information exists, the user terminal extracts the corresponding caller detail information (step 809). The user terminal outputs the extracted caller detail information along with the incoming signal to the user terminal (811, 813).

9 is an exemplary view schematically showing a caller detailed information display method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, a user inputs sender detailed information by designating a desired item among caller information items provided by a VM or a service providing server (step 901). The sender detailed information may include the caller's name and phone number as well as the caller's face or picture, emoticon, character, and other details related to the caller. The user may access and input the service providing server in addition to the user terminal, and the user terminal and the service providing server do not need to be downloaded to the user terminal again because they are interoperable.

When the caller calls the user, the user terminal extracts the caller information corresponding to the incoming call signal from the stored caller detail information and outputs it to the user terminal (step 903).

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and apparatus for displaying detailed caller information, which enables a user to input detailed caller details.

In addition, according to the present invention it is possible to provide a method and apparatus for displaying detailed caller information by inputting and modifying detailed caller information using various figures, pictures, photographs, and emoticons by accessing the web.

In addition, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for displaying detailed caller information, which is capable of storing, editing, and managing caller information by interworking between user terminals, which does not require separate caller information management.

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In the caller detailed information display method performed by the caller terminal and the receiver terminal coupled with the service providing server through a communication network, Receiving a call setup request signal from the calling terminal; Extracting an originating terminal identifier included in the call establishment request signal; Extracting caller detail information stored in advance corresponding to the calling terminal identifier, wherein the caller detail information is input from a user or received and stored from the service providing server; And Outputting the sender detailed information Caller details display method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The receiving terminal Receiving the sender detailed information from the service providing server through a virtual machine (VM) provided therein Method for displaying detailed information, characterized in that. The method of claim 2, If the caller detailed information stored in common in the service providing server and the receiving terminal is modified in at least one, it is commonly modified through the virtual machine. Method for displaying detailed information, characterized in that. A service providing server which performs a method of displaying caller details by combining with a receiving terminal through a communication network. A user input unit for receiving caller detailed information corresponding to an originating terminal identifier from a user; A transmitter / receiver for transmitting caller detail information obtained from the user input unit to the receiving terminal or receiving caller detail information from the receiving terminal; And Storage unit for storing the sender detailed information Including but not limited to: The receiving terminal has a virtual machine therein and transmits the sender detailed information to the transceiver based on the received information, or receives the sender detailed information from the transceiver and stores the information therein. Service providing server, characterized in that. The method of claim 4, wherein If the caller detailed information stored in common in the service providing server and the receiving terminal is modified in at least one, it is commonly modified through the virtual machine. Service providing server, characterized in that. In the receiving terminal to perform the method of displaying the sender details in combination with the calling terminal and the service providing server through a communication network, A memory in which a program is stored; A processor coupled to the memory to execute the program; The processor by the program, Receiving a call setup request signal from the calling terminal; Extracting an originating terminal identifier included in the call establishment request signal; Extracting caller detail information stored in advance corresponding to the calling terminal identifier, wherein the caller detail information is input from a user or received and stored from the service providing server; And Outputting the sender detailed information Receiving terminal to run.

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