KR20070047894A - Method for the management of letter-based telephone number information and dialing service coupled to call receiver's phonepage service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of operating a text-based telephone number guide and telephone call service associated with a user phone page service, and a system therefor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for operating a telephone number guide and telephone call service based on a text value associated with a user phone page service by exchanging data between a mobile terminal and a text-based service center interconnected through a mobile communication network. The method comprises the steps of: a) receiving callee identification information consisting of texts from a user using a mobile terminal having a telephone call function; b) in response to a user's request for transmission, through the mobile communication network, the called party identification information. And transmitting the mobile terminal identification information to the text-based service center, c) transferring the called phone page linked to the called party identification information and the user's telephone number linked to the called phone page from the text-based service center. And d) when the call button is pressed while the phone page is activated. And performing a telephone call to the interlocked telephone number. Character-based telephone call service operating method and system for the user associated with the user's phone page service according to the present invention by the caller specified by the specific person of the mobile terminal, by operating the phone page of the specific person, avoided by the caller It is advantageous in that both easy access to the caller's phone page, easy provision of various information by the called party, and easy telephone call to the called party can be achieved.

Description

METHODS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF LETTER-BASED TELEPHONE NUMBER INFORMATION AND DIALING SERVICE COUPLED TO CALL RECEIVER'S PHONEPAGE SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram showing a representative example of a conventional text-based telephone number guide and call service.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the text-based phone number guide and call service operating system associated with the user phone page service according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a database operated in a text-based service center according to the present invention.

4 shows a user interface generated by the service application 201, where (A) is the user interface shown on the display 203 while the service application is active, and (B) is the service application. After being activated, it is a user interface showing a character input window 202 for inputting a string, (C) is a user interface displayed while the string is being input by the user, and (D) is a connection to a character-based service center. The user interface displayed while performing.

5 is a diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a user interface displayed on a display of a mobile terminal under the control of the service application after a connection is made to a text-based service center.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method of operating a text-based telephone call service associated with a user's phone page service according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method of operating a telephone number guide and a telephone call service based on a text value, and more particularly, to a method of operating a telephone number guide and a telephone call service based on a text value associated with a user phone page service.

A representative example of a conventional telephone number guide service is a "114" service. Pressing the call button after entering the number "114" through the wired or wireless telephone is connected to the information center, and through the interchange of voice information with the guide of the information center, the desired callee's telephone number is guided. On the other hand, a typical example of the conventional telephone call service is to call the other party by pressing the call button after inputting the callee's telephone number using a wired or wireless telephone. However, the telephone call by the method of inputting the telephone number of the called person is severely limited by the limitation of the memory of the user.

Instead of inputting a telephone number, a telephone number guide and telephone call service using text values that can be easily memorized by a user has recently been in the spotlight. Examples of telephone number guidance and telephone call services using character values include Korean Patent No. 469,810, Korean Patent Publication No. 2005-94707, Korean Patent Publication No. 2004-47705, and Korean Patent Publication No. 2004-47500 , Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2005-86307, WO 2000/73998 and Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2001-112795. The contents described in the above patent documents and their citations are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

1 is a block diagram showing a representative example of the text-based telephone number guide and call service. As shown in FIG. 1, the text-based telephone number guide and telephone call service operating system includes a service center for maintaining user identification information 11 consisting of text values and a user telephone number 12 linked to the character string. (Hereinafter, "character based service center") 10; A service application 21 having a connection function to the character-based service center 10, a letter / number / call control button 22, a display 23, and a data processing module 24 provided inside the portable terminal. A mobile terminal 20 comprising a; It comprises a mobile communication network 30 that mediates the text-based service center 10 and the mobile terminal 20. First, when the user activates the service application 21 provided in the form of a menu of the mobile terminal 20, a text input window is generated on the display 23 of the mobile terminal by the service application 21 and provided to the user. . By inputting a character string into a character input window by a user and clicking a transmission button among subsequent call control buttons, the character string is transmitted through the mobile communication network 30 together with the mobile terminal identification information. Is delivered. The text-based service center 10 extracts the telephone number of the called party linked to the string based on the received string, and transfers the extracted telephone number to the mobile terminal 20. The mobile terminal 20 performs a telephone call to the called party using the transferred telephone number. The character-based telephone number guide and telephone call service has an advantage of improving accessibility to the called party by using a string that the user can easily remember, such as a user name and a company name.

On the other hand, homepages of individuals / entrepreneurs through the Internet are widely used. These homepages are widely used for the purpose of providing various information. In particular, the homepage is widely used by commercial companies or companies to promote their products or services. Although it is currently technically possible to access the homepage using a mobile terminal, its utilization is considerably low due to the limitation of the display provided in the mobile terminal and the capacity and speed of information transmission through the wireless network. However, it is believed that PR of an individual or a company through such a homepage will be realized soon through a mobile terminal. However, it is believed that simply connecting a person or company to a homepage via a mobile terminal will not satisfy patentability, for example novelty and inventiveness.

The inventors of the present invention provide a homepage service for providing information and sales promotion, and when the text-based telephone number guide and calling service are linked with each other, easy access to the callee homepage, and easy access to the callee, which is a function of a mobile terminal. It was confirmed that one approach could be satisfied at the same time. In other words, the telephone number guide and telephone call service based on a string uses a string that can be easily memorized by the user, such as a user name or a business name, and uses the string to guide the callee's telephone number to the character-based service center. When receiving, the mobile terminal is operated by linking not only the called party's telephone number, but also the called homepage (hereinafter referred to as "phone page" because the homepage is provided through the portable terminal) in conjunction with the identification information made up of the string. It was confirmed that both objectives and synergism can be achieved simultaneously, with easy access to the callee's original function and easy access to the callee's phone page. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of operating a text-based phone number guide and call service associated with a user phone page service and a system therefor.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when a user accesses a text-based service center after inputting a string by using a mobile phone, the text-based service center, together with the callee's phone page corresponding to the string, is connected to the phone. The phone number of the called party linked to the page is delivered together with each other. When the call button is pressed by the user while the phone page is activated, the call is performed to the called party's phone number linked to the phone page. Character-based phone number guidance and telephone call service operating method associated with the user phone page service is provided. Specifically, a) using a mobile terminal having a telephone call function, receiving callee identification information composed of texts from a user; b) in response to a user's request for transmission, through the mobile communication network, the called party identification information. And transmitting the mobile terminal identification information to the text-based service center, c) transferring the called phone page linked to the called party identification information and the user's telephone number linked to the called phone page from the text-based service center. Receiving a call button when the call button is pressed while the phone page is activated; and performing a phone call to a phone number linked to the phone page. Guide and telephone call service operations are provided. At this time, the called phone page and the called phone number transmitted from the text-based service center to the mobile terminal are simultaneously provided to the user through the display of the mobile terminal, or the called phone page is displayed through the display of the mobile terminal. The called phone number provided to the user and linked to the called phone page may be provided as embedded in the called phone page.

According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, A) i) alphanumeric / call control buttons, ii) a display for showing data to a user, iii) a data processing module for processing data, and iv) In conjunction with the data processing module, a function of accessing the text-based service center, providing a user with a text input window prompting the user to input text values through the display, and data to the text-based service center A function of transmitting, a function of transmitting data transmitted from the text-based service center to the user through the display, and a call of a user connected to the user's phone page when a call button is pressed while a specific user's phone page is activated. Use a mobile terminal that contains a service application that has the ability to make telephone calls to numbers. Activating the service application by the user at the portable terminal, successively inputting a text value corresponding to specific user identification information using the text input window, and responding to a request for transmitting a text value corresponding to the specific user identification information. Transmitting the request information including the text value and the mobile terminal identification information to the text-based service center through a mobile communication network, b) i) user identification information consisting of text values, and ii) the user identification information. Iii) a text-based service center that maintains a user phone page that is linked with the user identification information and is created and updated by the user, and confirms the text value from the request information from the mobile terminal; Extract the called user's phone page corresponding to the character value, and Transmitting the user's phone number linked to the user's phone page to the mobile terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information, and c) at the mobile terminal, using the service application. Providing a user phone page to the user through the display of the mobile terminal, and if the call button is pressed while the user phone page is activated, performing a call to the phone number linked to the user phone page, Provided are a method of operating a text-based telephone number guide and a telephone call service associated with a user's phone page service.

According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, A) i) alphanumeric / call control buttons, ii) a display for showing data to a user, iii) a data processing module for processing data, and iv) In conjunction with the data processing module, a function of accessing the text-based service center, providing a user with a text input window prompting the user to input text values through the display, and data to the text-based service center A function of transmitting a data, a function of transmitting data transmitted from the text-based service center to the user through the display, and a call button pressed when a specific user's phone page is activated, the user linked to the user's phone page. A mobile terminal comprising a service application having a function of performing a telephone call to a telephone number; A character-based service center for maintaining user identification information consisting of self-valued values, ii) a user telephone number linked to the user identification information, and iii) a user phone page linked to the user identification information and created and updated by the user. In the portable terminal, activation of the service application by the user, subsequent input of a text value corresponding to the specific callee identification information using the text input window, and corresponding to the specific callee identification information In response to the transmission of the text value, the text-based service center extracts the called phone page corresponding to the text value, and carries the telephone number linked to the called phone page together with the called phone page. It is delivered to the mobile terminal corresponding to the terminal identification information, the called phone page is activated When the call button is pressed, characterized in that the call to the phone number linked to the called phone page, a text-based phone number guidance and telephone call service operating system associated with the user phone page service is provided.

According to a more preferred embodiment of the present invention, the character-based phone number guide associated with the user's phone page service, characterized in that the service application embedded in the mobile terminal further comprises the function of performing the update of its own phone page And a telephone call service operating system.

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

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the text-based phone number guide and call service operating system associated with the user phone page service according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the system according to the present invention includes a text-based service center 100 and a mobile terminal 200 that exchanges data with the text-based service center through a mobile communication network 300. Is done.

According to the present invention, the text-based service center (the inventors named this "CALLID ^TM service center") 100 is linked to the user identification information 101 composed of text values and the user identification information 101. The user phone number 102 and iii) the user phone information 103 which is linked with the user identification information 101 and created and updated by the user. 3 shows an example of a database operated in the text-based service center. As shown in FIG. 3, identification information 101 composed of text values is assigned to a user registered in the text-based service center 100. In association with the user identification information 101 composed of such text values, a telephone number 102 capable of calling a registered user is registered by the user. This is the same as the conventional character-based service center. According to the present invention, in addition to the user identification information 101 and the user's telephone number 102 composed of the above-described text value, the user phone page 103 is created and updated by the user. The phone page 103 is maintained in association with the user identification information 103 and the user telephone number 102. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the user "MICHAEL LION" has "MICHAEL" as the user identification information 101 and has "927-XXX-XXXX" as the user telephone number 102. And in conjunction with this, it has a phone page named "lion.cal". The creation and updating of the phone page 103 is not necessarily performed through the mobile communication network 300. Using various user terminals (computers, laptops, DMB portable terminals, etc.) to access the text-based service center 100 through a wired or wireless network, and through the user authentication process, to register and update their own phone page It may be.

The portable terminal 200 includes an alphanumeric / call control button 202, a display 202, a data processing module 203, and a service application 201. The service application (the inventor named this "CALLID ^TM application") 201 has a function of connecting to the text-based service center 100 in conjunction with the data processing module 203, and from a user. A function of providing a text input window prompting the user to input a value to the user through the display, a function of transmitting data to the text-based service center 100, and data transmitted from the text-based service center 100. It has the function of delivering to the user via the display. In addition, the service application 201 according to the present invention, in conjunction with the data processing module 203, when a call button is pressed while a specific user phone page 203 is activated, the user phone page 202 It additionally includes a function to perform a phone call to the user phone number 102 linked to). Preferably, the service application 201 according to the present invention further includes a function of updating its phone page. As used herein, the term "update of a phone page" includes a series of processing operations on a phone page such as newly registering, modifying, changing, supplementing, adding content, and / or a combination thereof. 4 shows a user interface generated by the service application 201, where (A) is the user interface shown on the display 203 while the service application is active, and (B) is the service application. After being activated, it is a user interface showing a character input window 202 for inputting a string, (C) is a user interface displayed while the string is being input by the user, and (D) is a connection to a character-based service center. The user interface displayed while performing. As used herein, the term "string or character value" refers to a series of characters including alphabets, numbers, special symbols, and / or combinations thereof, such as English, Korean, and Japanese. For example, a specific user may register his or her personal name, company name, etc. as the string (or text value).

5 shows a preferred implementation of a user interface displayed on a display of a mobile terminal under the control of the service application after a connection is made to a text-based service center. As shown in FIG. 5, the information received from the text-based service center 100 is the called user's phone page 103 corresponding to the character string input by the user and the user's telephone number 102 linked thereto. . In FIG. 5, user phone page 103 and user phone number 102 are presented together, but this is exemplary. Only the user phone page 103 may be presented. In this case, the user phone page 103 is embedded with the user phone number 102. In this case, the user telephone number 102 is recorded in the memory of the data processing module 203.

The user phone page 103 may include a greeting 1031 of the called party, a picture or video 1032 of the called party, and / or an event guide 1033. These are all maintained by the callee as described above. The content and format included in the user phone page 103 are not particularly limited. The information presented in FIG. 5 should be construed as illustrative. As the called user, the user can implement his / her phone page in various forms in consideration of capacity and data processing speed supported by the text-based service center 100.

The user phone page 103 may include various menu functions (for example, call menu 1034, guestbook menu 1035, friend registration menu 1036, etc.), and the user accesses his / her phone page. In this case, a menu function necessary for newly registering and updating the phone page may be further provided.

On the other hand, the user as a caller may perform callee identification and / or information acquisition from the callee's phone page 103 of FIG. 5, and if the user wants to perform a telephone call with the callee, the user's phonepage Press the call button while the 103 is activated. When the call button is pressed from the caller, the service application 201 interworks with the data processing module 203 to make a call to the called party's phone number linked to the phone page. In this specification, "caller's telephone number" means not only a telephone number where the called party can directly receive the caller's call, but also a phone number that can forward the call by the caller to the called mobile terminal. It includes.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method of operating a text-based telephone call service associated with a user's phone page service according to the present invention. In response to the activation of the service application from the user, the service application is provided with a user interface including a text input window (S100). In response to the input of the character string by the user and the subsequent transmission request, request information including the input character string and the mobile terminal identification information of the user is transmitted to the character-based service center (or Callid ^TM service center) (S200). The text-based service center (or Callid ^TM service center) checks a string from the received request information, extracts a user phone page corresponding to the string and a user's telephone number associated with the string from a predetermined database, and then receives the received mobile terminal. The terminal transmits the identification information to the mobile terminal (S300). The mobile terminal provides the user with a received telephone number and the user's phone page through the display in a form in which the called telephone number is embedded in the user's phone page (S400). At this time, when the call button is pressed from the user in the state where the user phone page is activated (S500), the call to the caller's phone number linked to the user phone page is performed (S500). In this case, the call button may be a button provided as one of call control buttons of the mobile terminal, or a button to which a call menu (1044 in FIG. 4) provided as a menu of the service application is assigned.

According to the present invention, the text-based service center (100 in FIG. 2) maintains the user identification information consisting of the text value, the user's phone number and the user's phone page linked thereto, and transmits it to the mobile terminal. It may further comprise a means necessary for. For example, a data transmission and reception unit through a mobile communication network; A data processing unit for processing data to be transmitted and received; A storage unit for storing user identification information consisting of the text value, a user telephone number and a user phone page linked thereto; And a data extraction unit for extracting the user identification information consisting of the text value, the user's telephone number and the user's phone page linked thereto, based on the character string received from the mobile terminal. .

If necessary, the text-based service center 100 may transmit advertising content to the mobile terminal together with the user phone page 103, and use the "CALLID ^TM service" through viewing the advertising content by the user. Some or all of the may be reduced. For this purpose, the text-based service center 100 may further include an advertising content storage unit.

The mobile terminal (reference numeral 200 of FIG. 2) according to the present invention may further include a voice recognizer, and the use of the voice recognizer converts a user's voice input into a corresponding character, and based on this, the called phone Enables delivery of the page and the called party's telephone number associated with it.

Character-based phone number guidance and telephone call service operating method and system for the same associated with the user phone page service according to the present invention provides the following advantages.

(1) The calling user receives not only the called party's telephone number but also the called party's phone page based on the easy-to-remember text value. Therefore, only the text values that are easy to remember as the callee identification information are stored, and the callee's telephone number can be easily obtained, and the callee's phone page can be easily accessed. Therefore, not only easy identification of the called party can be obtained from the phone page, but also various information about the called party can be obtained.

(2) The user as the called party has the opportunity to promote himself through the phone page. The promotion of homepages using the Internet has recently been in the spotlight. Phone pages displayed on mobile terminals through mobile communication networks are also expected to expand gradually. Therefore, the called party can achieve the sales promotion in a simple way by linking the phone page service with the telephone number guide and the telephone call service.

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a) receiving a specific callee identification information consisting of texts from a user using a mobile terminal having a telephone call and data exchange function through a mobile communication network, b) in response to a user's request for transmission, through a mobile communication network, Transmitting the called party identification information and the mobile terminal identification information to a text-based service center; c) calling the called party phone page linked to the called party identification information and the called party phone number linked to the called party phone page. Receiving from a text-based service center, and d) performing a phone call to a phone number linked to the phone page when the call button is pressed while the phone page is activated. How to operate linked text-based phone number guide and call service. The method of claim 1, wherein the called phone page and the called phone number linked thereto are provided to the user through a display of a mobile terminal. How the call service operates. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the called phone page is provided to the user through the display of the mobile terminal, and the called phone number linked to the called phone page is provided embedded in the called phone page. Characterized phone number guidance and telephone call service operation method associated with the user phone page service. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the called phone page is provided to the user through the display of the mobile terminal, and the called phone number linked to the called phone page is provided embedded in the called phone page. Characterized phone number guidance and phone call service operation method associated with the user phone page service. A) i) alpha / numeric / call control buttons, ii) a display for showing data to the user, iii) a data processing module for processing data, and iv) in conjunction with the data processing module, the character-based A function of connecting to a service center, providing a user with a text input window prompting the user to input a text value through the display, transmitting data to the text-based service center, and the text-based service center. And a function of transferring data transmitted from the user to the user through the display, and calling a user's phone number linked to the user's phone page when a call button is pressed while a specific user's phone page is activated. By a user at the portable terminal side using a portable terminal including a service application In response to the activation of the existing service application, subsequent input of a text value corresponding to specific callee identification information using the text input window, and a request for transmission of a text value corresponding to the specific callee identification information, Transmitting request information including mobile terminal identification information to the text-based service center through a mobile communication network; b) i) user identification information consisting of text values, and ii) user telephone numbers linked to the user identification information. And iii) a text-based service center which is linked with the user identification information and maintains a user phone page created and updated by the user, checking the text value from the request information from the mobile terminal, Extracts the called phone page corresponding to and opens the called phone page together with the called phone page; Delivering the same phone number to the mobile terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information, and c) at the mobile terminal, using the service application, the received called phone page to the user through the display of the mobile terminal. And if the call button is pressed while the called phone page is activated, performing a call to a phone number linked to the called phone page. How to Call and Call Numbers. A) i) alpha / numeric / call control buttons, ii) a display for showing data to the user, iii) a data processing module for processing data, and iv) in conjunction with the data processing module, the character-based A function of connecting to a service center, providing a user with a text input window prompting the user to input a text value through the display, transmitting data to the text-based service center, and the text-based service center. A function of transferring data transmitted from the user to the user through the display, and a call to a user's phone number linked to the user's phone page when a call button is pressed while a specific user's phone page is activated. A mobile terminal including a service application, B) i) user identification information consisting of text values, ii) user telephone numbers linked to the user identification information, and iii) user phone pages linked to the user identification information and created and updated by the user. Including a character-based service center, On the portable terminal side, activation of the service application by a user, subsequent input of a text value corresponding to specific called party identification information using the text input window, and transmission of a text value corresponding to the specific called party identification information In response, At the text-based service center, the called phone page corresponding to the text value is extracted, and the mobile terminal corresponding to the mobile terminal identification information is a phone number linked to the called phone page together with the called phone page. Forward to When the call button is pressed while the called phone page is activated, a call is made based on a text-based telephone number guide and a call associated with a user phone page service, characterized in that a call is made to a phone number linked to the called phone page. Call service operating system. 7. The character-based telephone number guide associated with the user's phone page service according to claim 6, wherein the service application embedded in the mobile terminal further includes a function of newly registering and updating its own phone page. And telephone call service operating system. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the text-based service center comprises: a data transmission / reception unit via a mobile communication network; A data processing unit for processing data to be transmitted and received; A storage unit for storing user identification information consisting of the text value, a user telephone number and a user phone page linked thereto; And a data extracting unit for extracting the user identification information consisting of the text value, the user's telephone number and the user's phone page linked thereto, based on the character string received from the mobile terminal. Based phone number guidance and telephone service management system. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the text-based service center further includes an advertisement content storage unit, through which the advertisement content is additionally provided to the mobile terminal in addition to the called phone page. Text-based phone number guide and telephone call service operating system. i) user identification information consisting of text values, ii) user telephone numbers linked to the user identification information, iii) user phone pages linked to the user identification information and created and updated by the user, and maintaining In response to receiving a text value corresponding to the specific called party identification information from the mobile terminal, providing the called phone page corresponding to the text value and the called party's telephone number linked thereto to the mobile terminal through the mobile communication network; Based service center.

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