KR20060127676A - Call number-representative image providing system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for providing an image corresponding to a phone number are provided to publicize companies to a caller who makes a call to phone numbers of companies by making data, including an image or a phrase for company PR(Public Relation), correspond to the phone numbers of the companies. A phone number corresponding image providing server(400) is connected with user terminals(200), a communication service providing server(500) that provides a communication service, and the Internet(300), and registers a phone number corresponding image of a user who has subscribed as a member for using a phone number corresponding image service and has purchased the phone number corresponding image through the user terminal(200) in the communication service providing server(500). The communication service providing server(500) stores the phone number corresponding image of the user in a user management DB(510). When a message for requesting a call is transferred to an arbitrary user, the communication service providing server(500) searches the pertinent phone number corresponding image and provides it to a caller who has generated the call request message.

Description

Phone number image providing system and method thereof {CALL NUMBER-REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD}

1 is a conceptual diagram of a phone number corresponding image providing service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a system for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary diagram of an image management database structure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary view of a member management database structure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is an exemplary diagram of a user management database structure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a diagram illustrating a phone number corresponding image registration procedure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an image transmission service, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for providing an image corresponding to a counterpart phone number to a calling terminal and a receiving terminal waiting for a call.

When a call channel is established between a calling terminal and a called terminal by a communication protocol in a wired telephone network interworking with a public switched telephone network (PSTN), the exchange sends a ring tone signal (eg, ring signal, 75Vrms, 16Hz) to the called terminal. Transmits a call ring tone (eg, ringback tone signal, 75Vrms, 400Hz) to the caller. At this time, the ring back tone (RBT) signal is output through the handset speaker of the calling terminal, and the ring tone signal is output through the ringer of the called terminal. Ringers typically provide a variety of ring tones (such as simple music such as melodies) to allow the called party to select the desired ring tone on the phone.

In addition, the mobile communication network which is widely used is similar to the wired telephone communication network described above. That is, when a communication channel is established between the calling terminal and the called terminal in the mobile communication network, the called base station transmits an information alert (eg, ringing) message to the called terminal so that the music set on the terminal can be played. On the other hand, the calling base station transmits a dial tone which is an audible frequency to the calling terminal so that the calling tone set in the conventional tone standard is provided to the speaker as it is. Therefore, regardless of the type of mobile communication service provider or mobile communication terminal, the ring tone (eg, ringback tone) is inevitably provided.

Recently, a service (for example, SK Telecom's 'coloring service') is designed to transmit the music selected by the called party to the calling terminal instead of the same ring tone (e.g., ringback tone). To make it possible. The service is also used as a way to express the personality of users with the effect that can reduce the boredom of the caller.

Recently, due to the development of data communication technology, it is possible to transmit high speed multimedia data through wired / wireless communication networks. Therefore, if the multimedia data is transmitted during the call waiting time, the caller may more efficiently utilize the call waiting time waiting for the called party after the call request. It will also be able to express the personality of users effectively.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described needs, and the present invention provides an apparatus and method for utilizing call waiting time using multimedia data.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method that can effectively express the personality of users by using multimedia data.

In another aspect, the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing an image corresponding to the other party's phone number to the calling terminal and the receiving terminal waiting for a call.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for providing a phone number corresponding image provided by the present invention matches the image selected by the subscriber to the telephone number of the subscriber in response to a request of subscribers who have subscribed to the telephone number corresponding image providing service. Registering a number corresponding image; In response to a call request from a first subscriber subscribed to the communication service to a second subscriber subscribed to the communication service, retrieving a phone number corresponding image of the first subscriber and the second subscriber from the registered information; 2 courses; Transmitting a phone number corresponding image of the second subscriber to the first subscriber terminal and delivering a phone number corresponding image of the first subscriber to the second subscriber terminal; And a fourth process of displaying the transferred image by the first subscriber station and the second subscriber station, respectively.

In this case, the first process may include calculating a cost for providing an image based on image selection information of a subscriber who has subscribed as a member to an image server for providing a phone number corresponding image; Providing the calculated cost to a subscriber and receiving payment information according to a purchase confirmation from the subscriber and matching the selected image to the telephone number of the subscriber; And registering the matching information with a communication server providing a communication service.

In the calculating step, it is preferable to calculate the cost of providing the produced image based on the image production request of the subscriber.

Alternatively, in the calculating step, it is preferable to calculate the cost for the telephone number corresponding service using the image input by the subscriber.

In addition, the fourth process is preferably performed during call waiting and call connection between the first subscriber station and the second subscriber station.

On the other hand, the telephone number corresponding image providing system provided by the present invention to achieve the above object is a phone number corresponding image providing system for providing a phone number corresponding image to a subscriber subscribed as a member in order to use the telephone number corresponding image providing service. A storage means for storing an operation program of the telephone number corresponding image providing system; And a processor coupled to the storage means for executing an operation program stored in the storage means, the operation program comprising: a module for calculating a cost for providing an image based on image selection information of the subscriber; A module for providing the calculated cost to a subscriber and receiving payment information according to a purchase confirmation from the subscriber and matching the selected image to the telephone number of the subscriber; And a module for registering the matching information in a communication server providing a communication service.

At this time, the storage means is an image management database for storing the image provided by the system; And a member management database storing information of subscribers registered as members to use a phone number corresponding image providing service, wherein the member management database includes a member management number storage field; A phone number storage field registered by the member; And an image storage field to correspond to the fraudulent phone number.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this case, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a phone number corresponding image providing service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an image providing service corresponding to a phone number according to an embodiment of the present invention forms a predetermined agreement with a communication service provider 140 providing a communication service and provides a service provider 130 corresponding image by phone number. Is implemented by In this case, a telecommunication company refers to a provider of wired / wireless communication services, for example, Korea Telecom and SK Telecom. Meanwhile, the 'phone number corresponding image' refers to image information matched for each phone number, and is image information to be provided to a caller calling the corresponding phone number.

First, the user 1 (110) who wants to use a phone number corresponding image providing service requests a purchase of a phone number corresponding image from a phone number corresponding image provider (130) (S101). To this end, the user 1 (110) is preferably provided with image information from the telephone number corresponding image provider 130, selects one of the images and performs a series of processes to pay for the image. .

Then, the phone number corresponding image provider 130 determines the image selected by the user 1 110 as the phone number corresponding image of the user 1 110 in response to the purchase request of the user 1 110, and then the user 1 110. The result is notified (S103). At this time, it is preferable that the telephone number corresponding image providing service provider 130 notifies the user 1110 of the telephone number corresponding image determination result and the cost processing result together.

In addition, the phone number corresponding image provider 130 transmits the image information in order to register the image information purchased by the user 1 (110) to the communication company (140) (S105). This is to provide the image to the caller who later called the user 1 (110). In this case, it is preferable that the telephone number corresponding image provider 130 delivers the phone number of the user 1110 and image information corresponding thereto.

The communication service provider 140 having received the telephone number of the user 1110 and the image corresponding thereto from the telephone number corresponding image provider 130 registers the telephone number corresponding image (S107). At this time, the communication company 140 preferably stores the phone number corresponding image together with the phone number of the user 1110.

As such, when the registration of the image corresponding to the telephone number of the user 1110 is completed, when the user 2 120 tries to call the user 1 110 (S109), that is, the user 2 120 communicates with the carrier 140 When the user requests a call connection with the user 1110, the communication service provider 140 searches for a phone number corresponding image of the user 1110 registered in the step S107 and uses the image as the user2 120. Provided to (S111). The call request information of the user 2 120 is transferred to the user 1 110 (S113). In this case, if the user 2 120 is a user who registered a phone number corresponding image, the communication service provider 140 searches for an image corresponding to the telephone number of the user 2 120 and transmits the image to the user 1 110. .

In this way, each user can provide an image of the caller with an image of his or her personality, and companies can match the phone number of the business by matching data, including images and text for the company's advertising. You can promote the company to callers who call you.

2 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a system for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a system for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention may include databases (eg, an image management database (DB) 410, a member management database (DB)) necessary for providing a phone number corresponding image. 420) and a phone number corresponding image providing server 400.

The telephone number corresponding image providing server 400 is connected to the unspecified number of user terminals (eg, mobile communication terminals, etc.) 200 and the communication service providing server 500 that provides a communication service to the Internet 300, thereby providing a telephone number. After registering as a member to use the corresponding image service, the telephone number corresponding image of the user who purchased the telephone number corresponding image through the user terminal 200 is registered in the communication service providing server 500.

The communication service providing server 500 stores the telephone number corresponding image of the user in the user management DB 510. When a message requesting a call is transmitted to any user, the user image is retrieved from the user management DB 510, and the searched image is provided to the caller who generated the call request message.

3 is an exemplary diagram of an image management database structure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the image management DB 410 includes an image_management number 411 / image_information 412 field.

At this time, the image_information field 412 includes an image previously stored in the phone number corresponding image providing server ('400' of FIG. 2), an image specially produced by a user request, and an image input by the user (for example, a photo). It is preferred that either is stored.

4 is an exemplary view of a member management database structure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 4, the member management DB 420 is a member management number 421 / name 422 / login _ information 423 / contact 424 / purchase record information 425 / registration phone number 426 / Phone number_correspondence_image information 427 field.

In this case, the "member" refers to a user who has registered as a member to use a phone number corresponding image service provided by a phone number corresponding image providing server ('400' of FIG. 2).

The purchase record information field 425 preferably stores the purchase record information of the corresponding member (eg, the total purchase amount, the number of purchases, the purchase propensity, etc.).

The registration telephone number field 426 preferably stores a registered telephone number to match the image information purchased by the corresponding member. In this case, the phone number is preferably a phone number to be used by the member, and may be a phone number of a person who will present image information.

The telephone number corresponding image information field 427 stores image information to be associated with the telephone number stored in the registered telephone number field 426. In this case, it is preferable to store a value stored in the image management number field 411 of the image management DB 410 illustrated in FIG. 3 in the telephone number corresponding image information field 427. That is, it is preferable to store the image management number corresponding to the image selected by the user.

5 is an exemplary diagram of a user management database structure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the user management DB 510 includes a user management number 511 / phone number 512 / name 513 / image information 514 / fee information 515 fields.

In this case, the term 'user' refers to a person using a communication service, and refers to a person using a communication service through a mobile communication terminal or a landline telephone.

The image information field 514 stores the telephone number corresponding image information that the user purchased through the telephone number corresponding image providing server 400. At this time, the phone number corresponding image information is preferably the actual image information received through the phone number corresponding image providing server 400. If the management information (that is, the management number registered in the image management DB 410) is stored in the image information field 514, not the actual image information, the communication service providing server 500 is a user for the user 1 Upon receiving the call request of 2, the communication service providing server 500 detects an image management number corresponding to the telephone number of the user 1 from the image information field 514 and then corresponds to the telephone number through the Internet 300 or a dedicated line. Connect to the image providing server 400 to receive the actual image information corresponding to the image management number.

The fee information field 515 stores communication fee information of the corresponding user.

6 is a diagram illustrating a phone number corresponding image registration procedure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, registration of a phone number corresponding image is performed between a phone number corresponding image providing server 400 and a communication service providing server 500 and a user terminal (user terminal 1 210 and user terminal 2 220). Is performed by interaction. In this case, the user terminal is preferably one of a mobile communication terminal (eg, a mobile phone) and a landline telephone.

In the example of FIG. 6, the user terminal 1 210 logs in to the telephone number corresponding image providing server 400 to purchase an image corresponding to the telephone number of the terminal 1 210 (S201).

Then, the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 provides the pre-stored image information to the user terminal 1 (210) (S203), the user terminal 1 (210) corresponding to the phone number image selection information based on the user's selection information The image providing server 400 is transferred (S205).

After receiving the image selection information, the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 calculates the cost of providing the image based on the selection information and transmits the cost information to the user terminal 1 210 (S207). Then, after confirming the cost information, the user terminal 1 210 transmits the payment information to the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 to confirm the purchase of the image (S209). In order to register the purchased image to the communication service providing server 500, the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 to apply for image registration (S211).

To this end, the user terminal 1 210 preferably transmits an image registration request message, a phone number of the user terminal 1 210, and the selected image information to the phone number corresponding image providing server 400. However, if the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 stores the allocation information (for example, image information and a phone number corresponding to the image) of the purchased image, the user terminal 1 210 in the process (S211). Only passes the image registration request message and phone number. At this time, if the telephone number corresponding image providing server 400 stores the telephone number of the user terminal 1 210 as user information of the user terminal 1 210, the user terminal 1 210 is an image in the process (S211). Only the registration request message is delivered.

On the other hand, if the user terminal 1 (210) wants to present the purchased image to someone other than itself, the user terminal 1 (210) with the image registration request message in the process (S211) must be a corresponding phone number (that is, The phone number of the target terminal to be presented).

The telephone number corresponding image providing server 400 receiving the image registration request message transmits a telephone number (eg, a telephone number of the user terminal 1) corresponding to the image and corresponding image information in response to the request. Transfer to (S213). At this time, the phone number corresponding image providing server 500 preferably transmits actual image information of the corresponding image.

Then, the communication service providing server 500 registers the phone number corresponding image of the user terminal 1 (S215).

The processes S201 to S215 select one of the images provided by the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 to the user's terminal 1 210 or the user's terminal 1 210 to present the telephone number. This is an example of a process of registering as a corresponding image.

However, the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 does not provide only pre-stored image information. For example, a special image may be produced and provided at the request of the user, or the image information input by the user may be registered as a phone number corresponding image.

The following steps S217 to S233 show an example of the case where the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 generates a special image and registers the phone number corresponding image at the request of the user.

First, the user terminal 2 220 logs in to the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 (S217) and requests an image production from the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 (S219). At this time, the user terminal 2 (220) using the GUI (Graphic User Interface) with the phone number corresponding image providing server 400, the preliminary information (for example, color, Shape and size information).

Then, the phone number corresponding image providing server 400 generates a phone number corresponding image of the user terminal 2 in response (S221) and delivers the produced image information and cost information about the image to the user terminal 2 (220). (S223). In addition, the user terminal 2 (220) receives the payment information for the cost information (S225) and downloads the produced image (S227). In addition, in response to the image registration request request message of the user terminal 2 (220) (S229) and transmits the telephone number and the produced image information of the user terminal 2 to the communication service providing server 500 (S231). Then, the communication service providing server 500 registers the transmitted phone number corresponding image of the user terminal 2 (S233).

In this case, the processes S229, S231, and S233 are similar to the above-described processes S211, S213, and S215. Therefore, detailed description of the processes (S229, S231 and S233) will be omitted. That is, the detailed description of the processes S229, S231, and S233 is replaced with the description of the processes S211, S213, and S215.

When the telephone number corresponding image is registered in the communication service providing server 500 in this manner, the communication service providing server 500 responds to the telephone number using the registered corresponding image information in response to a call request from an unspecified number of terminals. Provide image service.

As described above, a process for the phone number corresponding image providing service is illustrated in FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for providing a phone number corresponding image according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, a communication service providing server 500 and a calling terminal (user terminal 1) are provided for providing a phone number corresponding image. 210) and the interaction between the receiving terminal (user terminal 2 (220)). In this case, the user terminal 1 210 and the user terminal 2 220 may be any one of a mobile communication terminal (eg, a mobile phone) and a landline phone. In addition, the user terminal 1 (210) and the user terminal 2 (220) is a terminal for registering the phone number corresponding image in the communication service providing server 500.

First, the user terminal 1 210 transmits a message requesting a call with the user terminal 2 220 to the communication service providing server 500 (S301). At this time, the user terminal 1 210 preferably transmits the telephone number of the user terminal 1, which is the calling terminal, and the telephone number of the user terminal 2, 220, which is the receiving terminal.

Then, in response to the request, the communication service providing server 500 retrieves an image corresponding to each of the calling terminal number and the receiving terminal number from a pre-stored database as illustrated in FIG. 5 (S303). Then, the user terminal 1 (210), which is the calling terminal, transmits an image and a dial tone corresponding to the receiving terminal number (S305), and the image and call request signal that corresponds to the calling terminal number is transmitted to the user terminal 2 (220), the receiving terminal. (S307).

The user terminal 1 (210) receiving the image corresponding to the receiving terminal number and the dialing tone temporarily stores the image corresponding to the receiving terminal number (S309) and outputs the received dial tone and the image corresponding to the receiving terminal number. Is displayed (S311).

Meanwhile, the user terminal 2 (220) receiving the image corresponding to the calling terminal number and the call request signal temporarily stores the image corresponding to the calling terminal number (S313) and outputs the received call request signal at the same time. The image corresponding to the terminal number is displayed (S315).

In this state, when the user terminal 2 220 receiving the call request signal transmits a response signal to the call request to the communication service providing server 500 (S317), the communication service providing server 500 responds to the user terminal. 1 (210) and the user terminal 2 (220) by connecting a call (S319) maintains a call state between the user terminal 1 (210) and the user terminal 2 (220). When the user terminal 1 210 or the user terminal 2 220 transmits the call termination signal, the communication service providing server 500 terminates the call in response to the call (S321).

Then, the user terminal 1 210 deletes the reception terminal number corresponding image stored in the step S309 (S323), and the user terminal 2 220 deletes the calling terminal number corresponding image stored in the step S313 ( S325). That is, the user terminal 1 (210) and the user terminal 2 (220) respectively display the phone number corresponding image of the other party during the call, and when the call is terminated stops displaying the image and deletes the image.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention can effectively utilize the call waiting time by providing an image corresponding to the other party's phone number to the calling terminal and the receiving terminal waiting for a call, and can effectively express the personality of users. In addition, in the case of a corporation, the data including the image and the text for the advertisement of the corporation can be mapped to the telephone number of the corporation, so that the corporation can be promoted to the caller calling the telephone number.

Claims (8)

A first step of registering a phone number corresponding image for each subscriber by matching an image selected by the subscriber to a phone number of the subscriber in response to a request of subscribers subscribed to a phone number corresponding image providing service; In response to a call request from a first subscriber subscribed to the communication service to a second subscriber subscribed to the communication service, retrieving a phone number corresponding image of the first subscriber and the second subscriber from the registered information; 2 courses; Transmitting a phone number corresponding image of the second subscriber to the first subscriber terminal and delivering a phone number corresponding image of the first subscriber to the second subscriber terminal; And And a fourth step of displaying the transferred images by the first subscriber station and the second subscriber station, respectively. The method of claim 1, wherein the first process is Calculating a cost for providing the image based on the image selection information of the subscriber who has registered as a member in the image server for providing the telephone number corresponding image; Providing the calculated cost to a subscriber and receiving payment information according to a purchase confirmation from the subscriber and matching the selected image to the telephone number of the subscriber; And And registering the matching information with a communication server providing a communication service. The method of claim 2, wherein the calculating step And calculating a cost for providing the produced image based on the image production request of the subscriber. The method of claim 2, wherein the calculating step And calculating a cost for a telephone number corresponding service using the image input by the subscriber. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth process The method of claim 1, wherein the first subscriber station and the second subscriber station are performed during call waiting and call connection. A phone number corresponding image providing system for providing a phone number corresponding image to a subscriber who has registered as a member to use a phone number corresponding image providing service, Storage means for storing an operation program of the telephone number corresponding image providing system; And A processor coupled to the storage means, the processor executing the operation program stored in the storage means, The operation program A module for calculating a cost for providing an image based on the subscriber's image selection information; A module for providing the calculated cost to a subscriber and receiving payment information according to a purchase confirmation from the subscriber and matching the selected image to the telephone number of the subscriber; And And a module for registering the matching information in a communication server providing a communication service. The method of claim 6, wherein the storage means An image management database for storing images provided by the system; And And a member management database storing information of subscribers registered as members in order to use the telephone number corresponding image providing service. The method of claim 7, wherein the member management database is A membership management number storage field; A phone number storage field registered by the member; And And an image storage field corresponding to the fraudulent telephone number.

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