KR20060088925A - Method of managing a phone number and apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a telephone number management method and an apparatus thereof.

The telephone number management method according to the present invention comprises the steps of (a) the telephone number management device receiving a predetermined registration telephone number and authentication information from the user telephone device, (b) the telephone number management device based on the authentication information; And (c) the telephone number management device storing the user's telephone number in association with the registered telephone number.

According to the present invention, the telephone users can conveniently register and manage the telephone numbers to be managed by means of which there is no fear of losing them. In addition, when the other party registers his or her phone number on the mobile phone, since the registration information is automatically sent to the user, he or she also has the advantage of registering the other person's phone number.

Phone number, mobile phone

Description

Method of managing a phone number and apparatus thereof

1 is a reference diagram illustrating the overall system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the telephone number management method according to the present invention.

3A and 3B are flowcharts of another preferred embodiment of the telephone number management method according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the telephone number management apparatus according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a telephone number management method and an apparatus thereof.

Conventionally, in order to manage a telephone number, a method of registering and managing a mobile phone or separately inputting and managing a personal computer and a method described in a notebook and the like has been used. However, there is a problem in that the method of registering and managing the mobile phone loses all the phone number information registered in the mobile phone when the mobile phone is lost or the mobile phone is broken. The method of managing by using or writing in a notebook or the like has a problem of having to write or modify a new number each time in order to meet a new person or manage a new phone number such as a new business card.

And nowadays, there are places where individual phonebooks can be managed in Internet portal sites, etc., but there is also a problem that inevitably is inconvenient in that they must be input every day.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for managing a telephone number.

The telephone number management method according to the present invention for solving the above problems is (a) a telephone number management device for managing a predetermined telephone number provided from a user telephone device which is a wired / wireless telephone device of a predetermined user through a wired / wireless communication network; Receiving from the device a registered telephone number, which is a predetermined telephone number, and predetermined authentication information used to confirm that the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus, (b) the telephone number management apparatus recalling the telephone number of the user; Extracting authentication information pre-stored based on the extracted from the user's telephone apparatus and comparing the authentication information with the received authentication information to determine whether the user is a legitimate user; and (c) the telephone number management apparatus authenticates the user. If the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, And storing the user's telephone number in association with the registered telephone number.

In addition, the telephone number management method (d) if the telephone number management device is provided with the request information and the authentication information requesting to provide the registered telephone number from the user telephone device, performing the step (b) again And (e) if the telephone number management device determines that the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus as a result of the authentication in step (d), read the registered telephone number based on the telephone number of the user. The method may further include transmitting to the user telephone apparatus.

In the step (a) of the telephone number management method, the telephone number management device registers the registered telephone number, the predetermined telephone number based on the registration telephone number from the user telephone apparatus, and the user registers. Receiving the registration reference telephone number authentication information used to authenticate the legitimate user of the telephone apparatus corresponding to the reference telephone number, the step (b) is that the telephone number management device was previously stored based on the registration reference telephone number After reading the authentication information, it is checked whether the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus corresponding to the registration criterion telephone number by comparing with the registration criterion telephone number authentication information, and the step (c) is performed by the telephone number management apparatus. If the verification result is that the user is a legitimate user of the registration standard telephone apparatus, the registration The reference telephone number may be stored in association with the registered telephone number.

The phone number management method is (f) the phone number management device by changing the user's past phone number, the past phone number from the user phone device to the current phone number of the user which is the phone number of the user phone device (B) receiving the telephone number change request information and the authentication information requesting to give, and (g) the telephone number management device performing step (b) again to confirm whether the user is a legitimate user of the user's telephone apparatus. And if the user is a legitimate user of the user's telephone apparatus, reading the registered telephone number, which is a telephone number stored in association with the past telephone number, and storing the registered telephone number again in association with the current telephone number of the user. It may be characterized in that it further comprises, (h) the phone number management device is the user The method may further include changing and storing the past telephone number registered in the telephone number of another user to the current telephone number of the user.

In addition, the telephone number management method further comprises the steps of: (i) the telephone number management device is provided in connection with the telephone number of the user to provide the registration result information that the registered telephone number is registered to the telephone apparatus corresponding to the registered telephone number; The user's telephone number or the current telephone number of the user may be provided from the user telephone apparatus in addition to being extracted from the user telephone apparatus.

In addition, the step (a) of the telephone number management method may include (a1) authentication information including an ID and password of the user from a user computer or the user telephone apparatus of which the telephone number management device is the user's computer, and (A2) the telephone number management device being provided with the ID and password and the registered telephone number from the user computer or the user telephone device; and (b) In step), the phone number management device compares the ID and password with authentication information on a member database to determine whether the user is a legitimate user, and in step (c), the phone number management device determines that the user is the result of the verification. If is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, In that it comprises the step of storing by linking a registration number and the party's phone number it may also be characterized.

The telephone number management device according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a registered telephone number of a predetermined telephone number and the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus from a user telephone apparatus which is a wired / wireless telephone apparatus of a predetermined user through a wired / wireless communication network. After receiving predetermined authentication information used to extract the phone number of the user's telephone apparatus, based on the read out authentication information stored in advance, and compared with the provided authentication information whether the user is a legitimate user If the user is a legitimate user of the user's telephone apparatus, the authentication unit for confirming the authentication unit and the authentication unit, characterized in that it comprises a registration unit for storing the extracted phone number and the registered phone number in association.

In addition, the phone number management device, if the authentication unit receives the phone number request information requesting to provide the authentication information and the registered phone number from the user phone device, based on the extracted phone number of the user phone device; After reading the authentication information stored in advance, it is compared with the provided authentication information again to check whether the user is a legitimate user, and as a result of the verification of the authentication unit, the user is determined to be a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus. If it is, the telephone number providing unit for reading the registered telephone number based on the extracted telephone number and transmits to the user telephone device may be characterized in that it further comprises.

In addition, the authentication unit of the telephone number management device of the registered telephone number, a predetermined registration reference telephone number as a reference for registering the registered telephone number from the user telephone apparatus, and the user of the telephone apparatus corresponding to the registration standard telephone number The user receives the registration reference telephone number authentication information used to authenticate the legitimate user, reads out the authentication information previously stored based on the registration reference telephone number, and compares it with the registration reference telephone number authentication information to register the user. Confirm whether the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus corresponding to the reference telephone number; and, if the telephone number management apparatus is the verification result, the user is a legitimate user of the registration standard telephone apparatus. It stores by linking the registered phone number You can also do

In addition, the authentication unit of the telephone number management device, the telephone number change request information and the authentication requesting to change the user's past telephone number, the user's telephone number from the user telephone apparatus to the telephone number of the user telephone apparatus; Receiving information, and confirming whether the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, and if the user confirms that the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, the registration unit stores the information in association with the past telephone number. And re-storing the previously stored phone number in association with the telephone number of the user's telephone apparatus, wherein the register is registered in the telephone numbers of users other than the user. Call your phone number from the phone It may be characterized in that it further performs the function of saving changes to the arcs.

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

1 is a reference diagram illustrating the overall system to which the present invention is applied.

The user telephone apparatus 101 refers to any electronic apparatus that performs a telephone function, such as a cellular phone, a landline telephone, or a PDA. The user telephone apparatus 101 receives a telephone number to be registered in the telephone number management apparatus 104 from the user and transmits the telephone number to the telephone number management apparatus 104 to transmit the telephone number of the user or the member information of the user. (It may include ID, password, phone number, etc.).

The user computer 102 registers, inquires, and corrects a phone number to which the user wants to be registered after a user using the user's telephone apparatus 101 accesses the phone number management device 104 through the Internet and registers and authenticates. And so on.

The telephone apparatus 103 of another user means a telephone apparatus corresponding to a telephone number registered in the telephone number management apparatus 104 through the user telephone apparatus 101 or the user computer 102. (This is referred to herein. It is used to explain the operation of the invention.)

The phone number management device 104 receives a predetermined telephone number from a user, registers and manages it, and provides a registered phone number to the user telephone apparatus 101 or the user computer 102 according to a request of the user. Do this.

2 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the telephone number management method according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, it is assumed that the user has previously registered authentication information (such as a secret code) in the phone number management device for authenticating that he is a legitimate user with respect to his phone number. The time to register such authentication information can usually be registered at the time of subscription to landline or wireless telephone.If necessary, the same authentication information (secret code, etc.) can be given to all users, and then the authentication information can be changed afterwards. have.

First, the user's telephone device is registered with the telephone number to be registered in association with the telephone number of the user, the user's name, address, fax number, company name, department name, etc. of the telephone number to be registered, and the user It receives the authentication information (which may include ID, password, etc.) for authenticating that the user is a legitimate user 201 and transmits it to the telephone number management device. In this case, the authentication information may be stored and used in the user's telephone apparatus without being input by the user each time.

The telephone number management server checks whether the user is a legitimate user of the user's telephone apparatus by comparing the authentication information provided above, the telephone number extracted from the user's telephone apparatus with the authentication information on the authentication DB for each pre-established telephone number. Authentication (202).

Thereafter, the phone number management device stores the stored phone number in association with the extracted phone number (203). Thereafter, in step 203, the registration result is provided to the user telephone apparatus. In this case, if necessary, the registration result may be provided in the form of a text message to the telephone device corresponding to the registered telephone number in addition to the user telephone apparatus.

Thereafter, the user's telephone apparatus inputs telephone number download request information that requests the user to download a registered telephone number associated with the telephone number of his / her telephone apparatus to the user's telephone apparatus (the authentication information described in step 201 above). (204) When received, it is provided to the telephone number management device with the authentication information.

The phone number management device performs the authentication performed in step 202 above (not shown in the drawing), and if authentication is successful, reads the registered phone number associated with the phone number extracted from the user's phone device (206) and calls the user's phone. Send to the device.

The user telephone apparatus stores 207 the telephone number received above.

In FIG. 2, the user registers and downloads a phone number of another phone device by using his / her own phone device. However, if necessary, the user uses his / her own phone device or his / her computer to use his / her phone number. You can also register or download someone else's phone number at. In this case, in step 201, the user's telephone apparatus or the user's computer receives the user's telephone number further and provides it to the telephone number management apparatus along with the registration information. In step 202, the telephone number management apparatus receives the telephone number of the user provided above. Authentication is performed based on a reference. In step 203, registration information is stored based on the phone number of the user provided above.

In addition, in step 204, the user's telephone apparatus or the computer receives the user's telephone number from the user and provides the telephone number management apparatus to the telephone number management apparatus. The registered phone number is read out and provided to the user's telephone apparatus or the user's computer.

On the other hand, if the user's phone number is changed, the user's phone number device in step 201 is based on the user's past phone number, if necessary, the current phone number based on the registered phone number based on the user's current phone number and the previous phone number. Receives the information and authentication information requesting to re-register to provide the phone number management device, and in step 202 the phone number management device based on the phone number extracted from the user's phone device or the current phone number and authentication information Whether the user is a valid user of the extracted phone number or the current phone number, and in step 203, the registered phone number based on the past phone number based on the extracted phone number or the current phone number Register again. At this time, if necessary, a message indicating that the telephone number of the user has been changed from the previous telephone number to the current telephone number may be provided to the telephone apparatus corresponding to the telephone number registered based on the current telephone number in the form of a text message.

3A and 3B are flowcharts of another preferred embodiment of the telephone number management method according to the present invention. 3A and 3B illustrate a process in which a user registers and registers a phone number and downloads the registered phone number using his / her own phone device (a phone device corresponding to his / her phone number).

First, the user accesses the phone number management device using the user's telephone device and proceeds with the membership registration process. At this time, the phone number management device receives the member information from the user's phone device to build a member database by using it, and generates a phone number database corresponding to the user registered as the member. The member information may include information such as a user ID, a password, a name, a mobile phone number (new / old), a work (mutual name), an address, a position / title, a work phone number, and an e-mail address.

Thereafter, the user's telephone apparatus receives and stores a predetermined telephone number (303), and stores a message indicating that the telephone number stored in the telephone number is stored in the telephone apparatus corresponding to the stored telephone number in the form of a text message. It can transmit to the telephone apparatus corresponding to the number.

After that, the user's telephone apparatus inputs registration request information and user's member information (this member information may be inputted from the user, or previously stored authentication information may be used) requesting to register the stored phone number. (305) receives and provides it to the telephone number management device.

The phone number management device authenticates the user by comparing the received member information with the member information stored in the member database. If authentication is successful, the phone number for each member is based on the phone number received above. It is stored in the number database and registered (306). In this case, the user's telephone number may be stored in the member database in advance, or may be extracted from the user's telephone apparatus or provided from the user's telephone apparatus in step 305.

In this case, the phone number management device may provide the phone number registration result information of step 306 to the phone device corresponding to the registered phone number in the form of a text message.

When the phone apparatus of another user who has received the phone number registration message or the phone number registration result information from the above, outputs the message provided above to the other user and provides it to another user, and receives input from the other user to store the phone number of the user. The user's phone number can be stored (308).

On the other hand, step 308 corresponds to step 303, and steps 304 and 305 may also be performed in the same manner as above in other user terminals, and correspondingly, step 306 may be performed in the same manner as above in the phone number management apparatus.

For example, in steps 303 to 308, a mobile subscriber A stores his mobile phone number of another subscriber B in his mobile phone, and then B stores the mobile phone number of B in his mobile phone. When you press the "Y" button (for example) on a mobile phone screen that asks if you want to send an informing message, A's mobile phone sends the above message to B's mobile phone. After the transmission of the above message, A presses the special button of the mobile phone to register B's phone number in his / her phonebook on the member number database of the phone number management device. Send the phone number to the phone number management device so that B's mobile phone number is registered in A's phone book (on the member phone number database).

Subscriber B checks the message received from A and saves A's phone number to his cell phone by pressing the "Y" button (for example) on his cell phone screen asking if he wants to register his cell number. Let's do it. B then presses a special button on his cell phone in order to register A's phone number in his phone book on the member phone number database of the phone number management device. Registers the mobile phone number of A in the telephone book of B by transmitting to the telephone number management device.

Hereinafter, a process of registering the user's telephone number with the telephone number management device will be described.

When the user's telephone apparatus receives a telephone number change registration request (309) requesting the telephone number management device to change the telephone number of the user as the telephone number of the user is changed from the user, the user telephone device receives member information necessary for authentication. The phone number change registration request is transmitted to the phone number management device by receiving more input or reading previously stored member information.

The phone number management device performs authentication based on the received member information, and stores the changed phone number of the user in the member database and the member phone number database (310) to process the phone number change registration. Here, the telephone number change registration processing means updating the telephone number before the change to the telephone number after the change.

Thereafter, the phone number management device generates a phone number change registration message indicating that the phone number of the user has been changed and transmits it to the phone apparatus corresponding to the phone number registered to the phone number of the user (311).

For example, a process of steps 309 to 311 is described above. A subscriber A sends his / her new phone number to the phone number management device to update A's phone number in his / her phone book. Thereafter, the phone number management device searches for a phone book of other phone subscribers B and C, and if there is a previous phone number of A, updates it to a new phone number and transmits the update information to B and C using SMS. B and C check A's new phone number and update A's phone number stored in their cell phone.

Hereinafter, a process in which a user downloads a phone number registered to his / her phone number from his / her own phone device from the phone number management device will be described.

The user's telephone apparatus receives 312 information and authentication information for requesting to provide a registered telephone number to the user's telephone number from the user and provides it to the telephone number management apparatus. It can be stored and used in advance on the phone.)

Thereafter, the phone number management device performs member authentication based on the above member information, and reads the registered phone number based on the user's phone number (313) and transmits it to the user's phone device. In this case, the user telephone number may be provided from the user telephone apparatus, the user telephone number stored in the member database may be used, or may be extracted from the user telephone apparatus.

The user's telephone apparatus stores the received telephone number (314).

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the telephone number management apparatus according to the present invention. The phone number management apparatus according to the present invention includes an authentication unit 402, a registration unit 403, a phone number providing unit 404, and may further include a member management unit 401.

The member manager 401 receives the user's member information (ID, password, phone number, etc.) from the user's telephone apparatus or the user's computer, and stores the information in a member database to register the user. On the other hand, if the user's telephone number is changed, this information can be provided and reflected in the member database.

The authenticator 402 performs a function of authenticating whether or not the user is a legitimate user based on the member database or any other authentication information (phone number and password) stored in advance.

The registration unit 403 receives a predetermined telephone number from a user telephone apparatus or a user computer, and stores the registered telephone number in the telephone directory of the user. In addition, if the user's telephone device or the user's computer receives the information that the user's telephone number has been changed, it is reflected in the user's phone book and stored, and the user's phone number of another user registered in the user's phone number The phone number can also be used to change the phone number of the new user. On the other hand, if a phone number of another user is registered in the phone book of the user or the phone number of the user is changed, the function of providing the above message in the form of a text message to the other user's phone device You can do more.

When the telephone number providing unit 404 is requested to provide a telephone number registered in the telephone directory of the user from the user's telephone apparatus or the user's computer, the telephone number providing unit 404 reads it and provides the telephone number or the user's computer to the telephone apparatus. Do.

So far we looked at the preferred embodiment according to the present invention in detail. The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-exemplified embodiments, and if the technical spirit of the present invention is applied, all will be said to belong to the scope of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the methods of the present invention can be written as a computer program that can be executed by a computer, and the above programs can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

According to the present invention, the telephone users can conveniently register and manage the telephone numbers to be managed by means of which there is no fear of losing them. In addition, when the other party registers his or her phone number on the mobile phone, since the registration information is automatically sent to the user, he or she also has the advantage of registering the other person's phone number.

In addition, according to the present invention, users are automatically notified of new phone numbers even when their phone numbers are changed, so there is no need to inform them one by one.

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(a) a telephone number management device for managing a predetermined telephone number provided from a user telephone apparatus which is a wired / wireless telephone apparatus of a predetermined user through a wired / wireless communication network, a registered telephone number which is a predetermined telephone number from the user telephone apparatus, and the user Receiving predetermined authentication information used to confirm that the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus; (b) the telephone number management device extracts the user's telephone number from the user's telephone apparatus, reads out authentication information stored in advance based on the user's telephone apparatus, and compares the authentication information with the provided authentication information to determine whether the user is a legitimate user. Confirming whether or not; And (c) when the telephone number management device is authenticated and the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, storing the telephone number and the registered telephone number in association with the telephone number management. Way. The method of claim 1, (d) if the telephone number management device receives the request information and the authentication information requesting to provide the registered telephone number from the user telephone apparatus, performing step (b) again; And (e) If the telephone number management device determines that the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus as a result of the authentication in step (d), the telephone number is read out based on the telephone number of the user. And transmitting to the device. The method of claim 1, Step (a) is The telephone number management device authenticates that the registered telephone number, a predetermined registration reference telephone number that is a reference to register the registered telephone number, and the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus corresponding to the registration standard telephone number from the user telephone apparatus. Provided with the registration criteria phone number authentication information, Step (b) is After the phone number management device reads out the authentication information previously stored based on the registration standard phone number, and compares it with the registration standard phone number authentication information, the user is valid of the telephone device corresponding to the registration standard phone number. Check whether you're a user, Step (c) is And when the user is a legitimate user of the registration standard telephone apparatus as the result of the check, the phone number management device associates and stores the registration standard telephone number with the registration telephone number. The method of claim 1, (f) change the telephone number requesting the telephone number management device to change the user's past telephone number and the past telephone number from the user telephone apparatus to the current telephone number of the user which is the telephone number of the user telephone apparatus; Receiving request information and the authentication information; And (g) the telephone number management device performs step (b) again to confirm whether the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, and if the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, And reading out a registered phone number which is a phone number stored in association with a past phone number, and storing the phone number again in association with the current phone number of the user. The method of claim 4, wherein (h) The phone number management device further comprises the step of storing the old telephone number registered in the phone number of the user other than the user by changing to the current phone number of the user and storing the phone number. Way. The method of claim 5, wherein and (i) providing, by the telephone number management device, the registration result information indicating that the registered telephone number is registered in association with the telephone number of the user to the telephone apparatus corresponding to the registered telephone number. Number management method. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, And the telephone number of the user or the current telephone number of the user is extracted from the user telephone apparatus and received from the user telephone apparatus. The method of claim 1, Step (a) is (a1) establishing a member database by receiving, by the telephone number management apparatus, authentication information including the ID and password of the user and the telephone number of the user from a user computer or the user telephone apparatus of the user; And (a2) receiving, by the telephone number management apparatus, the ID, password, and registered telephone number from the user computer or the user telephone apparatus; Step (b) is The telephone number management device compares the ID and password with the authentication information on the member database to confirm whether the user is a legitimate user, Step (c) is And storing the phone number of the user by associating the registered phone number with the registered phone number when the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus. . The user telephone apparatus receives a registration telephone number, which is a predetermined telephone number, and predetermined authentication information used to confirm that the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus, from a user telephone apparatus, a wired / wireless telephone apparatus of a predetermined user, through a wired / wireless communication network. An authentication unit for extracting a phone number of the mobile terminal, reading out authentication information stored in advance on the basis of the phone number, and checking whether the user is a legitimate user by comparing with the provided authentication information; And And a confirmation unit for storing the extracted telephone number in association with the registered telephone number if the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus. The method of claim 9, When the authentication unit receives the telephone number request information for requesting to provide the authentication information and the registered telephone number from the user telephone apparatus, the authentication information is extracted in advance based on the extracted telephone number of the user telephone apparatus. Read the, and again check whether the user is a legitimate user by comparing with the provided authentication information, If it is determined that the user is determined to be a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, the authentication unit may further include a telephone number providing unit configured to read the registered telephone number based on the extracted telephone number and to transmit the registered telephone number to the user telephone apparatus. Phone number management device characterized in that. The method of claim 9, The authentication unit A registration reference telephone number used to authenticate the registration telephone number, a predetermined registration reference telephone number as a reference for registering the registration telephone number from the user telephone apparatus, and that the user is a legitimate user of the telephone apparatus corresponding to the registration reference telephone number; After receiving the number authentication information, and reading out the authentication information previously stored based on the registration standard phone number, and comparing it with the registration standard phone number authentication information, the user is valid of the telephone apparatus corresponding to the registration standard phone number. Check whether you're a user, The register And when the user is a legitimate user of the registration standard telephone apparatus, the phone number management apparatus storing the registration standard telephone number and the registration telephone number in association with the phone number management apparatus. The method of claim 9,  The authentication unit receives the telephone number change request information and the authentication information requesting to change the user's past telephone number, the user's telephone number to the telephone number of the user telephone apparatus, from the user telephone apparatus, Determine whether the user is a legitimate user of the user telephone apparatus, If the user is a legitimate user of the user's telephone apparatus as a result of the verification of the authentication unit, the registration unit reads the telephone number stored in association with the previous telephone number and stores the link in association with the telephone number of the user's telephone apparatus. Phone number management device, characterized in that to further perform. The method of claim 12, And the registering unit further performs a function of changing and storing the past telephone number registered in the telephone number of the user other than the user to the telephone number of the user telephone apparatus. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program capable of executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.

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