KR20070000184U - Mobile Invitation - Google Patents

Abstract

When requesting to attend a specific event for a large number of people, the event organizer sends a text message with a wireless Internet access URL to the mobile terminal of the attending person. After accessing the wireless internet page prepared by the event organizer, check the information on the overall event and decide whether to attend the event. The event is automatically recorded by the operation server to provide the event organizer with a list of participants and attendees in real time or at regular intervals. It is a system.

The invitation sender generates a WML type invitation, which is a wireless Internet browser document writing language, by inputting general information about the held event through a WEB application, that is, an event venue, an event date, an attendee, event contents, and an attendance confirmation; Automatically converting the WML invitation generated in a form desired by the event organizer (hereinafter referred to as "mobile invitation") to meet the specifications of various mobile terminals; And if the prospective attendees enter the confirmation of the attendance and writes it to the operation server includes the step of allowing the event organizer to accurately check the number of attendees to more thoroughly prepare for the event.

Mobile Invitations, Mobile Wedding Invitations, Mobile Obits, Wireless Internet, SMS Invitations, SMS Wedding Invitations

Description

Mobile Invitation {Mobile Invitation}

1 is a network diagram of a mobile invitation service system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a service request procedure showing the procedure of the service request for the mobile invitation service.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile invitation card generation module of the mobile invitation service system according to the present invention;

to be.

4 is a detail of the mobile invitation automatic conversion module of the mobile invitation service system according to the present invention

It is a block diagram.

Figure 5 is a detailed block diagram of the automatic attendance and notification module attendance event of the mobile invitation service system according to the present invention.

The following is a description of the main parts of the drawings.

11,12,13: Wireless terminal where the user connects to create, manage and view invitations

14: PC to which the user connects to create and manage invitations

15,16,17: Wireless gateway where user's wireless terminal comes out to internet

18: wired gateway from your PC to the Internet

19: firewall for security of WEB / WAP / DB / SMS server for service

20: WEB / WAP / DB / SMS Server

22: database to store member information

27: Database where invitation templates are stored

32: Database that stores photos for organizing albums

37: Database that stores phone numbers of visitors

42: SMS management database for sending invitations

43: Server program for sending SMS

1: Apply for service subscription offline

4: Fill out a paper application for offline subscription

6: Collect all the application forms for offline application

2: Sign up for service on WEB page

3: Application for subscription on the wireless Internet

5: Fill out the online application form to subscribe to the service online (WEB, wireless internet)

7: Charge for information usage fee after online application

8: Approve service use for subscription application

9: Notify the applicant of subscription of the service use approval result through SMS

10: activation of customer's service

21: Module to authenticate and process whether the customer is approved for subscription

23: WEB / WAP module for creating invitation

28: WEB / WAP module for managing photo album to be attached to invitation

33: module for managing the destination mobile number to which the invitation is sent

38: Module to send a Callback URL SMS to a destination mobile phone number by attaching a stored template, album, phone number, etc.

53: upload module for organizing albums by storing user images on the server

57: CALLBACK URL Module designed to view the image supported by analyzing visitor's wireless terminal information through SMS

65: SMS message including URL path to access invitation sent by authorized user

The present invention is a system that can immediately notify the information of the event to a large number of people who are going to participate in a specific event and at the same time immediately return whether to attend the event, more specifically, the wireless Internet access URL is inserted into the mobile terminal of the prospective participants The event organizer can send an SMS (text message) and have the attendees access the pre-made Wi-Fi page (mobile invitation) to check the overall information and reply immediately. The present invention relates to a system and a method for preventing a wasteful event caused by an uncertainty of the attendees or a rush event due to excessive attendance.

In general, depending on the nature of the event, you can announce and invite events, including traditional methods of sending a wedding invitation, such as a wedding, to the address of the person you are attending, by direct telephone call, or by e-mail informing you about the event. There have been methods such as SMS, which are widely used in.

In order for the event to be successful, it is important to inform all potential candidates, followed by the correct attendance. Although the methods listed above are currently widely used, they are both inconvenient and uncertain.

The method of sending out printed materials has the most inconvenience and difficulty in determining the address of attendees, producing printed materials, sending and confirming attendance. However, since the wedding ceremony is traditionally performed, the part used as a formality is large and the target audience stays in the elderly.

The telephone call method is the most obvious notification method, but has the inconvenience of having to call each other. It is also easy to convey information throughout the event, but it is difficult for the prospective attendee to remember it.

E-mail has seen a lot of use lately, but there is a blind spot to have the e-mail address of the prospective attendee. In addition, if the event information is not printed in advance, it is difficult to check the e-mail again on the date of the event.

Currently, the method of SMS notification that shows the most usage can easily convey information about the event only if the mobile terminal number of the attendee is known. However, since the SMS sending capacity provided by the mobile carrier is currently limited to 40 characters, it is difficult to fully transmit information about the event. In addition, the SMS receiver sends an SMS again to indicate whether or not he / she is attending, and the event organizer has a inconvenience of having to check and record the attendance by hand.

As such, the invitation method currently being used has various inconveniences in the notification method itself of the event. Moreover, there is no system to automatically record whether or not the event will be attended and immediately be confirmed by the event organizer.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system that can prevent the cost loss and rush events that can occur due to the uncertainty of the attendees by confirming in real time the effective event information delivery and attendance attendance for a large number of people It is.

Other objects and features of the present invention will be clearly understood through the embodiments described below.

As a technical means for achieving the above object of the present invention,

In the mobile invitation production system that can conveniently produce a non-specialist event organizer (WML document) that informs the information of the event, the user connected to the WEB page serviced by the present invention configures the menu of the mobile invitation A module for automatically generating a mobile invitation by entering contents of a menu; The mobile invitation generation application program is configured by including a module capable of automatically converting a mobile invitation prepared for each mobile terminal equipped with a wireless Internet access modem.

In addition, in the system where the prospective participant who received the SMS can notify the attendee immediately and the event organizer can check in real time, the SMS receiver accesses the mobile invitation prepared through the mobile terminal and attends through a specific menu. A module for recording this in the operation server if it is determined; And the operation server configures the mobile invitation participant confirmation application, including a module that automatically informs the event organizer whether the attendees will attend in real time or within a specific period.

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

1 is not limited to the platform of the mobile terminal (11, 12, 13) can be utilized through a mobile terminal (PDA, WiBro phone, HSDPA phone, general mobile phone, etc.) supporting the wireless Internet, HTML, WML, It can be used in devices with browsers that support XML markup language.

In addition, according to the present invention to reach the firewall (19) outside the invitation system 20 through the corresponding gateway (15.16.17) for each mobile terminal (11, 12, 13) or the Internet web browser application of the PC (14) It is preferable in terms of the effect of the present invention to build a wired / wireless integrated system that reaches the firewall 19 of the system 20 by the wired gateway 18.

In addition, according to the present invention, the packet passing through the firewall 19 is a WAP server 20 in the case of a wireless terminal and communicates with individual system modules through the WEB server 20 in the case of a PC, and the databases 22, 27, 32, 37, 42) and the SMS module 43 is preferably linked to the individual services for each wired / wireless terminal.

In addition, according to the present invention, visitors who received the mobile invitation CALLBACK URL SMS sent through the mobile terminal access the wireless Internet page guided by the callback URL to view the organizer's information, photo albums, directions, etc. It is advisable to configure the system to help you prepare for the event.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a mobile invitation service system according to the present invention, and has described the network configuration for sending invitations through CALLBACK URL SMS and viewing invitations of visitors.

Figure 2 is a service request procedure showing the procedure of the service application of the present invention is a block diagram of the online and offline subscription method and until the system utilization.

According to the present invention, both of the subscription methods are performed in parallel, and one of them is the offline subscription application through the organizer (1), which prepares a separate space application for the service subscription application (4) and submits it to the organizer. The application is processed by collecting the application form from the organizer (6) and approving them collectively (8). In addition, a user who wants to register by the subscription method through a web page or a wireless Internet page as a second method, fills out an online application through the corresponding web page or a wireless Internet page (5), and receives and pays the operator. After approving the billing, it approves and processes the application (8). Both of these subscription methods are preferred for effectively operating the present invention.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile invitation generation module of the service system of the present invention, and a description of a method of creating and sending an invitation by accessing a web or WAP page by a user approved for subscription in a previous step.

According to the present invention, there are two ways of using the system, one of which is through the wireless gateway (15.16.17) of the individual carrier through the mobile terminal (11, 12, 13) that is approved (8) in the previous step. A method of accessing the firewall of the system of the present invention, and the second method is a firewall of the system of the present invention via a wired gateway 18 of an individual carrier through the PC 14 by a user who has been approved (8 in Fig. 1). It is desirable to operate a wired / wireless integrated system by using two approaches (connections) in parallel.

According to the present invention, after accessing the WEB or WAP server 20 through the firewall of the present invention, the customer authentication module determines whether the customer is subscribed (21), if the customer is a subscription customer, moves to the invitation writing module of the present invention (S23) and subscribes. If not, the customer sends back to the customer authentication module asking for customer authentication (S21).

In addition, a separate member DB is configured for authentication of the registered customer, and whether or not the registered customer is sent to the customer authentication module through the correspondence between the input information of the user who requested the customer authentication and the input information on the member DB (22).

The present invention uses customer information for customer authentication, and customer information is authenticated through the ID and password specified by the requester for registration in the application creation step (4, 5) in the registration application procedure, through a part of the social security number.

In addition, according to the present invention, only users who are confirmed to be registered customers are designed to go to the invitation creation module 23 to perform preliminary work for creating an invitation, and to perform a separate five-step sequential operation to the user for creating an invitation. It is desirable to.

Step 5 above is the user who performed steps 1 to 5 by writing the 1st stage event guide, 2nd event schedule, 3rd stage location / map, 4th organizer's greeting, 5th stage save In order to save the basic frame of the invitation and the above five steps can be easily created through the template, the visitor system provides the template at every step, and the user can easily create and select a template (24) to modify some of the contents (25). The user's own invitation template is stored in the template DB through a set of operations (26) of saving the user's template (27). The stored template is then used in the template DB until the end of the event.

In addition, the present invention after creating the invitation through the invitation creation module 23 to go to the album management module 28 to generate a photo album to configure the invitation WAP page with the invitation, the album management module consists of the following three steps It is preferable to be utilized.

Step 3 above is divided into a step 1 album generation 29, step 2 photo input 30, step 3 album storage (31) and step 1 album creation is the invitation of the user (organizer) to inform through the present invention The album creation 29 is started by filling in the name of the album to be displayed on the invitation as a step of attaching a picture or image suitable for the content to the invitation WAP page. After the album creation (29) is finished, the user uploads a photo or image necessary for the event to a designated input form (30), and the number cannot exceed a certain amount, and the user who accesses the web page (20) through the PC (14) A user who uploads a photo or image to the above-described photo / image input form and accesses the WAP page through the mobile terminals 11, 12, and 13 transmits the photo / image in the mobile phone to a specific mobile number written on the WAP page or the PC. Upload the photo / image stored in the web page through the specific web page. After the second step photo input portion 30 is over, the album configured through the album management module is stored in the album DB through the third level album storage (31, 32). The stored album remains in the album DB until the end of the event. Are utilized.

In addition, the present invention, after creating the album through the album management module 28, the phone number management module 33 moves to add, change, delete and group the destination phone number to broadcast the invitation to manage the phone number for the above functions It is desirable to configure all four modules.

Step 4 above is divided into step 1 group generation (34), step 2 phone number input (35), step 3 phone number storage (36). In step 34, a group is created by creating a group by creating a group and creating a space for inputting a belonging phone number below the group. When the group generation 34 is completed, the phone number for each group is inputted (35) In this case, the phone number is added to the corresponding input box to add or change the phone number and access the web page 20 through the PC 14. It is desirable for the user to provide a function (DTS) for inputting a large number of phone numbers in bulk through an Excel file or a text file according to the format, and store the phone number generated in the above step in the phone number DB (36). The stored phone number will remain in the form number database until the end of the event.

In addition, the present invention generates a phone number to be sent through the phone number management module 33 and then go to the SMS sending module 38 to manage the template and album stored in the template DB through the invitation generation module 23 to the corresponding phone number The album stored in the album DB through the module 28, the phone number by group selected in the phone number DB through the phone number management module 33 sends a callback URL SMS to the unique URL of the user (organizer) and the above operation Is made through a three-step SMS sending module and the final delivery is preferably sent through the SMS server 43.

Step 3 of the SMS sending module 38 is divided into a step 1 template selection (39), a step 2 album selection (40), and a step 3 phone number selection (41). In step 3, select one of the templates stored in the template DB 27, and the step 2 album selection 40 selects one of the albums stored in the album DB 32 in step 3 of the previous album management module 28, and Step phone number selection 41 selects the group phone number stored in the phone number DB 37 in step 3 of the previous phone number management module 33 to create the contents of the final invitation unique to the SMS sending DB 42 The URL is stored and transmitted to the SMS server 43 and the callback URL SMS is sent to the destination phone through the SMS sending module 44 at the time desired by the user.

In addition, according to the present invention, a unique URL is given to each user who is approved to subscribe, and a unique serial number is assigned to each user's event to utilize SMS as a CALLBACK URL when sending SMS to the callback URL through the URL included in the SMS. It's a good idea to design for the exchange of information by allowing an invitation to be viewed with a click of a button and by providing a mobile bulletin board to the visitor or organizer's community space.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile invitation card generation module of the mobile invitation service system according to the present invention, and the procedure and method for sending an event invitation by the user who has been approved for subscription have been described.

FIG. 4 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile invitation auto conversion module of the mobile invitation service system according to the present invention, and is a description of a technique and a processing method for implementing an image suitable for an individual mobile terminal in a wired / wireless integrated system.

According to the present invention, the automatic conversion of photos and images input through the album management module of FIG. This is preferred.

The present invention selects the format of the picture and the image to be input through the album management module (28 in FIG. 3) of the previous step, and the extension of the image file input to the image input form 54 is BMP, WBMP, NBMP, JPG, Check if it is GIF, TIF, PNG, or SIS (55). If the previous format is correct, save it to the user's disk space (56). If not, return to the image input form (54) to inform the image format support. The image upload method 53 of a user returning to an input standby state is adopted.

The images stored by the image upload are stored in a separate storage space of each user (organizer), and when the visitor approaches, the image of the host (user) is automatically optimized and converted according to the characteristics of the visitor's mobile device. .

According to the present invention, the image viewing method of the visitor who accesses the WAP server by receiving the CALLBACK URL SMS sent by the user (organizer) is implemented in five steps as follows, and each step is a one-step HTTP header analysis (59), 2 It is preferable to define and process the terminal terminal platform information 60, stage 3 terminal LCD size 61, stage 4 terminal support image format 62, and stage 5 appropriate image transfer 63 of the terminal.

Above is a detailed block diagram of the mobile invitation module automatic conversion module of the mobile invitation service system according to the present invention has been described for the automatic conversion method of the image for each mobile terminal of the user (organizer) and the visitor.

5 is a detailed block diagram of an event attendance automatic confirmation and notification module of a mobile invitation service system according to the present invention, a method of checking invitations and a method of community visitor accessing a WAP server receiving a callback URL SMS sent by a user (organizer), Explain the functions of attendance and album viewing.

According to the present invention, the visitor who accesses the WAP server by receiving the CALLBACK URL SMS sent by the user (organizer) moves to the initial invitation screen, viewing the greeting (45), viewing the photo album (47), viewing the event map (48), and utilizing the bulletin board. (50), it is desirable to use functions such as attendance determination (51) to maximize the effect of the present invention.

In addition, the greeting view 45 of the present invention allows the user (organizer) to view the greetings and events of the organizer created / saved in the invitation creation module (23 of Figure 3) and through the photo album view 47 (user) Can view albums created / saved in the album management module (28 in FIG. 3) and event-related directions created / saved by the user (organizer) in the invitation creation module (23 in FIG. 3) through the event map view 48 The community bulletin board (50) can be used as a community between the event organizer and the visitor, which can be used to help advance the event and prepare for the event.

According to the present invention, the visitor who accesses the WAP server by receiving the CALLBACK URL SMS sent by the user (organizer) utilizes the attendance decision function 51 to determine whether to attend the event and notify the user (organizer). desirable.

In addition, the log of all the visitors who access the system of the present invention is stored in the log DB 46 is provided to the user (organizer) side can be useful for future use of the event is preferable.

The present invention as described above, in the event of attracting a large number of people, there is an effect that can easily notify the event attendees at low cost.

In addition, the present invention can produce a mobile invitation in the form desired by the user has the effect of allowing the attendees to conveniently check the information of the overall event.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of determining whether to attend the event as soon as the attendees receive the mobile invitation and notify the organizer.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of automatically outputting a list of attendees or not to attend, notify the event organizer to the event organizer to anticipate the cost of the event to take a successful event.

Claims (1)

In the system for producing and sending mobile invitations through WEB Application, A first step of automatically constructing a menu of the mobile invitation as desired by the user and inputting contents, automatically generating a mobile invitation of the WML standard; Step 2 for automatically converting the generated mobile invitation to meet the specifications of the various mobile terminals; Mobile invitation method using the wireless Internet, characterized in that when the access to the mobile invitation to determine whether to attend the event recorded in the operation server automatically notify the event organizer

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