KR20060105152A - Method for providing communication information about talkers on line - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing communication information with a call counterpart using a service providing server which is connected to a mobile communication network through a WAP gateway and provides communication or / and call history information between callers. Receive a service request message including identification information of the first caller and the second caller from the first caller terminal through a special connection in a busy state between the first caller and the second caller, and the service. Request and obtain communication information related to the first caller and the second caller from the mobile communication system by using identification information of the first caller and the second caller included in the request message, and obtain each communication information After generating a swap page containing a short message providing a URL of the swap page as a callback URL to the terminal of the first caller.

Callback URL, busy service, call history, caller related information

Description

Method for providing communication information with the other party and a service providing server {Method for providing communication information about talkers on line}

1 is a network diagram showing a network environment to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing communication information with a call counterpart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a data flow diagram illustrating a method for providing communication information with a call counterpart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the main parts of the drawings *

10, 60: mobile terminal 20, 30: exchanger

40: Home Location Register (HLR) 50: Call Recorder

70: service providing server 71: terminal interface unit

72: subject confirmation unit 73: information collecting unit

74, 75: external interface 76: swap page generation unit

77: content provider

The present invention relates to an additional service of mobile communication, and in particular, when requesting communication information (call history, transmission mail, received mail, reservation mail, friend search service, etc.) related to itself and a call party during a call, The present invention relates to a method and a service providing server for providing communication information with a call counterpart to enable receiving and confirming communication information through a CallBack Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Due to the development of mobile communication technology and increasing user demand, mobile communication supplementary services provided through mobile terminals are increasing day by day. However, despite the increasing number of mobile services, users are demanding more convenient calls and more information.

In one such request, a user can quickly and easily call or communicate information related to a particular person (call history with the other party, amount of mail sent and received, type of service related to the person and the other party, multimedia information sent to the other party, and multimedia received from the other party). Information, etc.). These demands are not only monetary confirmations, but also intended to confirm the interests of others.

For such a request, a service providing server for providing the communication and call information may be established, and the corresponding information may be confirmed by providing a mobile phone number and a mobile phone number of a specific person using a mobile terminal or a computer. The method has a problem that a lot of user input is required and it cannot be provided immediately when a user request occurs.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to meet the needs of the user, it is possible to confirm the communication or call information with a simple user input in accordance with the user's request in the busy state that the communication or call information confirmation to the other party is likely to occur For the purpose of

The present invention for achieving the above object, a method for providing communication information with the other party in the call using a service providing server that provides communication and / or call history information between the callers connected to the mobile communication network through a swap gateway; Receiving a service request message including identification information of the first caller and the second caller from the first caller terminal in a call state between the first caller and the second caller through a special connection. A first step of doing; A second step of requesting and obtaining communication information related to the first caller and the second caller from the mobile communication system using identification information of the first caller and the second caller included in the service request message; Generating a swap page containing the obtained communication information; And providing a short message including the URL of the swap page as a callback URL to the terminal of the first caller.

The communication information related to the first caller and the second caller may include voice call history information between the first caller and the second caller, short message transmission / reception information, multimedia transmission / reception information, and the first caller. At least one of service type information set between the second callers is preferable.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal interface unit for performing data transmission / reception with a user terminal through a swap gateway; A subject identification unit which reads a service request message which is received specially through the terminal interface unit and identifies identification information of a service requester and a service requester and a caller; An information collecting unit which receives identification information of the service requester and the target person from the target person identification unit, and requests and obtains communication information related to the service requester and the target person from the mobile communication system accordingly; Receiving the communication information and the identification information of the service requester from the information collecting unit, generating a swap page including the communication information, matching and storing the identification information of the service requester and the URL of the swap page as a callback URL A swap page generation unit for transmitting a short message to the terminal of the service requester; A content DB storing swap page information generated by the swap page generator; And a content providing unit receiving identification information of a visitor through a callback URL from the target person identification unit, and reading a swap page matched with the identification information of the visitor from the contents DB and providing the terminal to the visitor's terminal. to provide.

The present invention also provides a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be changed according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a network diagram showing a network environment to which the present invention is applied. As shown in Figure 1, the network of the present invention, the calling terminal 10, the originating MSC (Mobile Switching Center, 20), the destination MSC (30), HLR (home location register, 40), call recorder 50 , The receiving terminal 60, the service providing server 70, and the content DB (80).

The calling terminal 10 and the called terminal 60 are mobile phones or PDAs that can be connected to a mobile communication network, and a special number (for example, '*', '#') and a special input made of a number or a combination thereof during a call. Or corresponding to a separate hot key (key) for entering the service number of the present invention is provided with an application program for transmitting a service request message including the telephone number of the calling and destination terminal to the service providing server 70.

The calling MSC 30 and the called MSC 40 transmit a call of the calling terminal 10 to the called terminal 60 to enable a voice call, and call detail recording (CDR: Call Detail Recording) between the calling party and the called party. Produce it and provide it to the call log storage (50). The call history record includes information such as a transmission / reception time of a voice call, a text call, a multimedia transmission, and the like.

The HLR 40 stores the subscriber's current location information and the subscriber's profile information. The profile information includes service information, coloring ring information, etc. registered by the subscriber.

The call log storage 50 receives and keeps a call history record (CDR) provided by all MSCs including the originating and receiving MSCs 30 and 40.

The service providing server 70 is connected to the mobile communication network through a swap gateway, and operates in response to the service request message received from the subscriber terminal connected to the special number. The service providing server 70 may identify identification information (ie, mobile phone number) of the sender and receiver included in the service request message, collect communication and call history information between the sender and the receiver, collect service type information set between the sender and the receiver, and A WAP page including the collected communication and call history information and the service type information is generated, and a callback URL transmission request for the WAP page is performed. The swap page is a swap page manufactured for a mobile terminal.

The content DB 80 stores communication and call history information collected by the service providing server 70, the service type information, and swap page information including the information.

As described above, for the present invention, an SMSC (Short Message Service Center) for transmitting the callback URL to a service requester as a short message service (SMS) is required, but in the present mobile communication network, the SMSC is an essential device. Not mentioned in one drawing.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described schematically with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing communication information with a call counterpart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the first caller (sender) and the second caller (receiver) are in a voice call through the originating MSC 20 and the terminating MSC 30 (S210), the first caller is an example of a special input of '*' and ' After inputting * 'and pressing the transmit button or pressing the service request button provided for the present invention, the first caller terminal 10 provides a service of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as a' caller information providing service '). Request to the server 70 (S220).

The service providing server 70 identifies the first and second callers according to the call information providing service request (S230), and communicates the communication and call information between the first and second callers with the HLR 40 and the call recorder 50. (S230), and creates a swap page containing the communication and call information so that the first caller as a service requester can check the obtained communication and call information (S250).

The swap page includes communication information items, i.e., the number and time of the first caller sending mail (multimedia information) to the second caller, and the number of times the first caller received mail (or multimedia information) from the second caller. It has an item such as a time, and has a call information item, i.e., the number and time of the first caller calling the second caller, the number and time of the second caller calling the first caller. Accordingly, the first caller can check the details of the corresponding item by selecting the item (or item number) in the swap page.

After the S250, the service providing server 70 provides the URL of the swap page and the identification information of the first caller to the SMSC in order to enable the user to exist and access the swap page, and call the URL of the swap page to the callback URL. The SMSC sends a short message SMS to the first caller terminal 10 using the URL of the swap page as a callback URL (S260).

Hereinafter, a method of providing communication information with a call counterpart according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a data flow diagram illustrating a method for providing communication information with a call counterpart according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the first caller (caller) and the second caller (caller) are in a call, when the first caller inputs a special number to his terminal (sending terminal, 10) or presses a button for special number (S301), The caller terminal 10 creates a service request message including its mobile phone number and the mobile phone number of the second caller terminal 60 and transmits it to the service providing server 70 to request the caller information providing service. (S302).

When the service providing server 70 receives the service request message from the first caller terminal 10, the service providing server 70 extracts the mobile phone numbers of the callers included in the service request message (S303). Then, the service providing server 70 provides the mobile phone numbers of the first and second callers to the call log storage 50, the call history record (CDR) and mail transmission / reception history related to the first and second callers. In operation S304, the multimedia transmission / reception history is requested. At the same time, the service providing server 70 provides the mobile phone numbers of the first and second callers to the HLR (Home Location Register) 40 and requests the service type information registered in relation to the callers (S305).

The service providing server 70 obtains the corresponding information from the call log storage 50 and the HLR 40 (S306, S307), generates a swap page including the obtained information, and generates the swap page with the contents DB ( 80) (S308).

When the swap page is generated, the service providing server 70 requests the SMSC to transmit the callback URL by providing the mobile phone number of the first caller and the URL of the swap page to the SMSC, and thus, the first caller terminal 10. SMS of the callback URL is transmitted (S309).

When the first caller receives the SMS of the callback URL, the first caller selects the callback URL and the first caller terminal 10 accesses the service providing server 70 (S310). When the first caller connects to the callback URL, the service providing server 70 determines the first caller's mobile phone number, and then reads a swap page matched with the mobile phone number from the content DB 80 to the first caller terminal. Provided to (10) (S311).

Thus, the first caller can check the call and communication information with the second caller through the swap page (S312).

Hereinafter, the service providing server of the present invention performing the above operation will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4. 4 is a block diagram of a service providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the service providing server 70 of the present invention includes a terminal interface unit 71, a target person identifying unit 72, an information collecting unit 73, and first and second external interfaces 74 and 75. ), A swap page generator 76, and a content provider 77.

The terminal interface 71 receives data received from the user terminal through the swap gateway and is responsible for transmitting data to be transmitted to the user terminal. The subject confirming unit 72 receives the data received through the terminal interface unit 72 and identifies the connected user terminal and the service subject, which is the basic data obtained by collecting service information from the service request message received when the service is requested. First and second callers).

The information collecting unit 73 receives the mobile phone numbers of the subjects identified by the subject identifying unit 72, and collects call and communication information related to the service subjects. The information collecting unit 73 uses the first external interface 74 and the second external interface 75 to collect information. The first external interface 74 is responsible for the interface with the HLR 40 and the second external interface 75 is responsible for the interface with the call log 50.

The information collecting unit 73 transmits the mobile phone numbers of the first and second callers to the HLR 40 through the first external interface 74 and causes the HLR 40 to store the first and second information. All callers request and obtain relevant voice, mail and multimedia usage information. The information collecting unit 74 transmits the mobile phone numbers of the first and second callers to the call recorder 50 through the second external interface 75 and causes the call recorder 50 to store the stored information. Both the first and second callers request and obtain relevant service type information.

The information collecting unit 73 obtains the information from the HLR 40 and the call recorder 50, and provides the acquired information to the swap page generation unit 76 and the content DB 80.

The swap page generation unit 76 generates a swap page including the call and communication information from the information collection unit 73 and stores the swap page information in the content DB 80. Require sending a callback URL to SMSC.

When the visitor via the callback URL is generated from the terminal interface 71, the content providing unit 77 identifies the accessor's mobile phone number and reads the swappage information matched with the mobile phone number from the content DB 80 to the terminal interface. The unit 71 is provided to the visitor terminal.

On the other hand, the present invention may have a subscriber authentication procedure in the case of providing only to the service subscriber, this service subscriber authentication procedure is performed in the service providing server.

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this is by way of example only and not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

The present invention allows a user in a call to receive communication and call records for a call recipient by receiving a URL information on which the corresponding information is recorded with a simple button operation and accessing the URL.

Claims (6)

In the method for providing communication information with the other party on the call using a service providing server which is connected to the mobile communication network through a swap gateway and provides communication or / and call history information between the callers, While in a call between the first caller and the second caller, A first step of receiving, via a special number, a service request message including identification information of the first caller and the second caller from the first caller terminal; A second step of requesting and obtaining communication information related to the first caller and the second caller from the mobile communication system using identification information of the first caller and the second caller included in the service request message; Generating a swap page containing the obtained communication information; And And providing a short message to the terminal of the first caller, wherein the short message using the URL of the swap page as a callback URL is provided. The method of claim 1, The communication information related to the first caller and the second caller may include voice call history information between the first caller and the second caller, short message transmission / reception information, multimedia transmission / reception history information, and the first caller. Method for providing communication information with the other party, characterized in that at least one of the service type information set between the second caller. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The service providing server further comprises the step of performing subscriber authentication for the first caller who has been specially connected before performing the second step, and proceeding to the second step only if the subscriber is a subscriber. Method of providing communication information with the other party in a call. A terminal interface unit performing data transmission and reception with a user terminal through a swap gateway; A subject identification unit which reads a service request message which is received specially through the terminal interface unit and identifies identification information of a service requester and a service requester and a caller; An information collecting unit which receives identification information of the service requester and the target person from the target person identification unit, and requests and obtains communication information related to the service requester and the target person from the mobile communication system accordingly; Receiving the communication information and the identification information of the service requester from the information collecting unit, generating a swap page including the communication information, matching and storing the identification information of the service requester and the URL of the swap page as a callback URL A swap page generation unit for transmitting a short message to the terminal of the service requester; A content DB storing swap page information generated by the swap page generator; And Receiving the identification information of the visitor through the callback URL from the target person identification unit, Service providing server comprising a content providing unit for reading the swap page matched with the visitor identification information from the content DB to provide to the terminal of the visitor. The method of claim 4, wherein And the user terminal generates and transmits the service request message when the user terminal is busy. On your computer, A first step of receiving, via a special number, a service request message including identification information of the first caller and a second caller in a call from the first caller terminal; Requesting and obtaining communication information related to the first caller and the second caller from the mobile communication system using identification information of the first caller and the second caller included in the service request message; Generating a swap page containing the obtained communication information; And A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a fourth step of providing a short message with the URL of the swap page as a callback URL to the terminal of the first caller.

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