KR20060076475A - Spam message intercept method for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for blocking spam messages for a mobile communication terminal, wherein the entire contents of the spam messages reported by the mobile communication company from the mobile communication terminal are stored in the spam message blocking list, and the same contents as those stored in the spam message blocking list thereafter. The present invention relates to a spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal that can block a spam message by discarding a request for delivery.

The spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal of the present invention is connected to a message server and a message server managing a text message for each subscriber, and includes a spam message database including a spam message blocking list for blocking spam messages. (A) receiving a message from the outside; (b) determining whether the received message is a spam report message; (c) when the spam report message is determined as the result of step (b), updating the spam message block list by storing the entire contents of the spam message included in the spam report message in a spam message database, and not the spam report message. Comparing the entire contents of the received message with the contents of the spam message in the spam message blocking list; and (d) in step (c), as a result of the comparison, the entire contents of the received message are compared with the contents of the spam message in the spam message blocking list. Discarding the received message if there is a match, and forwarding the received message to the mobile communication terminal if the entire content of the received message does not match the spam message content of the spam message block list.

Mobile Phone, Cell Phone, Mobile Phone, Spam, Harmful, Short Message, SMS, Block

Description

Spam message intercept method for mobile terminal {spam message intercept method for mobile phone}

1A and 1B are front and rear views showing the appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively;

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal that can be applied to the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile communication company according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100: mobile communication terminal 110: main body

112: numeric / character key buttons 113: microphone hole

114: Volume button 115: Report spam message button

116: Standard terminal slot 117: Camera lens

118: flash 120: slider

121: Function key button 122: Flat panel indicator

123: speaker hole 125: infrared communication element

130: antenna 140: battery pack                 

143: charging terminal

210: control unit 220: radio frequency transmitting and receiving unit

222: antenna 230: key input unit

232: Function key 234: Numeric / character keys

240: memory 242: program storage unit

244: data storage unit 250: voice signal processing unit

252: microphone 254: speaker

260: flat panel display driver 262: flat panel display

270: vibration generator 272: vibration motor

274: LED driver 276: LED

280: camera driver 282: CCD camera

284: Image Processing Unit 286: Infrared Transmitter / Receiver

288: GPS processing unit 400: mobile carrier

410: Send / Receive Server 420: Message Server

430: spam message database

The present invention relates to a spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal to allow a subscriber to block spam messages containing unwanted information.

The mobile communication terminal, which is a necessity for modern people, is not only compact and lightweight due to steady development, but also is emerging as a complex communication terminal having various functions such as mp3, camera and navigation. In addition to the above functions, such a mobile terminal has a voice mail service (called a voice mail service) that allows a sender to leave a message in a recipient's voice mailbox or a fax mailbox when the receiver cannot answer a call. Voice Activated Dialing Service, a mobile communication terminal screen that allows you to make a voice call without having to dial a phone number. You can receive numbers and text messages (about 40 ~ 50 letters in English, about 80 letters in English) or various life information as texts. If you use the voice mail service, you will be notified by mobile phone when a message arrives at the voice mail. Various features and services, including support for Short Message Service (SMS) It provides.

In particular, the short message service can be useful in situations where voice calls are difficult. Write a sentence within 80 bytes (40 Korean characters) including Korean, English, numbers, and special symbols. It's a way to deliver. Recently, a service for sending and receiving a long message (1000 characters) based on pictures, sounds, and colors, such as a multimedia messaging service (MMS) or a color message, is also provided.

On the other hand, such a message service can also be used as an advertising medium, the advertising message sender sends a customer care and product advertising message with the consent of the recipient. However, spam advertisement messages that are sent to an unspecified number are frequently received without the recipient's consent. To protect the recipients from these harmful messages, a harmful word is set on the mobile terminal to send spam messages. A method of blocking is disclosed in Patent Registration No. 450722 in 2004, and Patent Publication No. 16609 in 2004 discloses a blocking method using a spam keyword in the mobile communication company.

As described above, according to the conventional method for blocking spam messages for a mobile terminal, the user or mobile operator has an advantage of blocking a spam message by setting a keyword that is included in the spam message, while the user sets a spam keyword to block a spam message. And there is a hassle to check the spam inbox from time to time, even if you set the keyword there was a problem that even a non-spam message can be blocked.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the recipient receiving the spam message reports the entire contents of the spam message to the mobile carrier, after which the message of the same content as the content of the spam message reported by the mobile carrier side It is an object of the present invention to provide a spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal to discard a received message when a is received.

Spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object is connected to a message server and a message server that manages a text message for each subscriber, a spam message stored in the spam message block list for blocking spam messages Performed by a mobile communication company including a database, the method comprising: (a) receiving a message from the outside; (b) determining whether the received message is a spam report message; (c) when the spam report message is determined as the result of step (b), updating the spam message block list by storing the entire contents of the spam message included in the spam report message in a spam message database, and not the spam report message. Comparing the entire contents of the received message with the contents of the spam message in the spam message blocking list; and (d) in step (c), as a result of the comparison, the entire contents of the received message are compared with the contents of the spam message in the spam message blocking list. Discarding the received message if it matches, and forwarding the received message to the mobile communication terminal if the entire content of the received message does not match the spam message content of the spam message blocking list. Provides a way to block spam messages.

Hereinafter, a spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

1A and 1B are a front view and a rear view showing an appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively, illustrating a slide type mobile communication terminal. Of course, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the terminal of this manner and structure. As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, also referred to as a "terminal") 100 to which the present invention can be applied includes a main body 110 and a flat panel display 122 having a main circuit built therein. It may be made to include a slider 120 that slides up and down in the main body 110 while mounting.

In the above-described configuration, the front of the main body 110 has a number / letter key button 112 is used to receive the numbers and letters, the upper surface to perform infrared communication (IrDA) with the antenna and other external communication devices The infrared communication element 125 to be used is disposed, and a microphone hole 113 communicating with an internal microphone (not shown) is drilled in a lower portion of the bottom. The main body 110 is also provided with a rear surface in place, for example, a camera lens 117 and a flash 118 for illumination at night, and a battery pack 140 is detachable at the bottom thereof. The lower surface of the main body 110 is provided with a standard connection terminal slot 116 through which power for transmitting / receiving data with other terminals or charging the battery pack 140 coupled to the main body 110 is transmitted. .

On the other hand, the front surface of the slider 120 is provided with a flat panel display 122 for displaying various characters or graphic elements indicating the operation and operation state of the mobile communication terminal 100 and still images and moving pictures, and below the terminal ( A function key button 121 used to select or receive various functions provided in 100 is disposed. Further, a speaker hole 123 communicating with an internal speaker (not shown) is drilled in place of the slider 120, for example, the flat display 122. In the drawing, reference numeral 114 denotes a volume button, 115 denotes a spam message report button, and 143 denotes a charging terminal exposed to a lower portion of the battery pack 140.

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the electrical configuration of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied includes a radio frequency transmitter / receiver 220 and a number / character that transmit / receive a radio frequency signal with a base station through an antenna 222. Key input unit 230, including a function key input unit 232 and a numeric / character key input unit 234 for generating a corresponding key signal when the key button 112 and the function key button 121 are operated, a message display A program storage unit 242 for storing various application programs such as a program and a spam message reporting program, and a data storage unit 244 for temporarily storing data generated during a received message or a calculation process or storing data set by a user. Memory 240, the microphone 252 for converting an external sound wave into a corresponding analog form of a voice signal, the analog form of the voice signal generated inside the terminal Converts the analog voice signal input from the speaker 254 and the microphone 252 into a corresponding digital voice signal and converts the digital voice signal into a corresponding analog voice signal and outputs the same to the speaker 254. The voice signal processor 250, the flat panel display 262, the flat panel display driver 260 driving the same, the vibration motor 272 and the drive unit 270 that generate vibrations when the terminal 100 operates in a vibration mode. LED 276 that visually displays when an event such as a call or a message is received, its driver 274, an infrared transmitter / receiver 286 which emits infrared rays as a short-range communication means and receives infrared rays emitted from the outside, and these are collectively It may be made to include a control unit 210 to control.

In addition to the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied, a camera driver 280 for driving the CCD camera 282 under the control of the control unit 210 and the CCD camera 282 installed in place of the main body 110 or the slider 120. ), An image processing unit 284 for processing image data output from the CCD camera 282 and a GPS processing unit 288 for receiving absolute radio signals emitted from GPS satellites and generating absolute position data of the terminal. Could be.

In the above-described configuration, the spam message reporting program is configured to report a spam including the contents of the selected message and a spam message report confirmation bit when the user presses a spam message report key button 115 to input a spam message report command for the selected message. Create a message and send it to the mobile carrier.

3 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile communication company according to the present invention.

The mobile communication company 400 according to the present invention receives a call from the transmitting terminal and transmits it to the receiving terminal, and when the call is a voice call, a transmission / reception server 410 and a transmission / reception server 410 for determining a communication line. Connected to the message server 420 and message server 420, which manages text and voice messages on a subscriber-by-subscriber basis, and the call is a text and voice message, and a spam message containing a spam message block list for blocking spam messages. Database 430.

In the above-described configuration, the message server 420 checks the spam message report confirmation bit and the message content when the message is checked to block the spam message. When the spam report message is received from the recipient, the message server 420 checks the spam message included in the spam message. The spam message block list is updated by storing the entire contents in the spam message database 430.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, step S11 is a step in which the mobile communication company 400 receives a message. In step S15, it is determined whether the received message is a spam report message including a spam report confirmation bit. If it is determined in step S15 that the message is not a spam report, the process proceeds to step S17 to check the contents of the received message.

Next, step S19 is a step of determining whether the content of the message identified in step S17 is the same as the content of the spam message existing in the spam message block list. As a result of the determination in step S19, the content of the received message is the spam message block list. If the content is the same as the content of the spam message in step S21, the received message is discarded. If the content of the received message is not the same as the content of the spam message in the spam message block list, the operation proceeds to step S23. To transmit a message to the mobile communication terminal (100).

Thereafter, the mobile communication terminal 100 displays the contents of the message delivered in step S25 on the flat panel display 262 by the user's command. In step S27, it is determined whether there is a key input. As a result of the determination in step S27, if there is no key input, step S27 is repeated until there is a key input, and if there is a key input, it is determined in step S29 whether it is a spam message report command. As a result of the determination in step S29, if it is not a spam message report command, the process proceeds to step S31 to perform a command corresponding to a key input. In the case of a spam message report command, the process proceeds to step S33 to report a spam message to the mobile carrier 400. Send a spam report containing the confirmation bit and the full text of the spam message.

On the other hand, the mobile service provider 400 checks the entire contents of the spam message included in the spam report message in step S35, in the case of a spam report message in step S15, and in step S37, the entire spam message identified in step S35. After the contents are stored in the spam message database 430, the spam message block list is updated.

Meanwhile, if a spam message having the same content is reported from a plurality of spam message recipients, when the same content as that of the spam message previously stored in the spam message report list is confirmed in the spam message content checking step (S 35), the content of the reported spam message is displayed. By not storing in the spam message database 430, the capacity of the spam message database 430 may be maximized.

The spam message blocking method for the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the range allowed by the technical idea of the present invention.

 According to the spam message blocking method for a mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, the mobile carrier stores the entire contents of the spam message reported from the mobile communication terminal in the spam message block list and later stored in the spam message block list If a request is made to deliver a message with the same content as the contents of a spam message, only the spam message can be blocked by discarding the requested message, and there is no need for users to check the spam message blocking keyword setting and the spam mailbox from time to time. Do.

Claims (3)

It is associated with a message server and message server that manages text messages for each subscriber, and is performed by a mobile carrier that includes a spam message database that stores a spam message block list to block spam messages. (a) receiving a message from the outside; (b) determining whether the received message is a spam report message; (c) when the spam report message is determined as the result of step (b), updating the spam message block list by storing the entire contents of the spam message included in the spam report message in a spam message database, and not the spam report message. Comparing the entire contents of the received message with the contents of the spam message in the spam message block list; and (d) In step (c), if the result of the comparison matches the contents of the spam message of the spam message blocking list, the received message is discarded, and the entire contents of the received message are blocked from the spam message. If the message does not match the contents of the spam message, the method comprising the step of forwarding the received message to the mobile terminal, the spam message blocking method for the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, The spam report message includes a spam message report confirmation bit generated by a key button assigned to the spam message report command from the mobile communication terminal and a spam message for the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the entire contents of the spam message. How to block. The method of claim 2, As a result of the determination in step (c), before storing the entire contents of the spam message included in the spam report message in a spam message database, the entire contents of the spam message are included in the spam message block list. Compared with, if the entire contents of the spam message are identical to the contents of the spam message of the spam message block list, the entire spam message is discarded without being stored in the spam message database. How to block.

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