KR20070071855A - Authentication method of wires data communication by mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of authenticating a mobile communication terminal is provided to prevent a minor from accessing a paying service by authenticating a user only when authentication data transmitted to different terminals are matched with the previously registered data. A wireless frequency transceiver(220) transmits and receives a wireless signal to and from a base station. A key input unit(230) includes a key button and a function key. A memory(240) includes a program storage and a data storage. Various application programs are stored on the program storage. A voice signal processor(250) converts an analog voice signal to a digital voice signal and converts the digital voice signal to the analog voice signal. A flat panel driver(260) drives a flat panel display device. A controller(210) controls a vibration motor(272). When a user tries to access a paying service, authentication data is requested in a predetermined different communication terminal. When the authentication data from the communication terminal is matched with predetermined authentication data, the user is allowed to access to the paying service.

Description

Authentication method of wires data communication by mobile phone}

1A and 1B are front and rear views showing the appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively;

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal that can be applied to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100 and 200: mobile communication terminal 110: main body

112: numeric / character key buttons 113: microphone hole

114: Volume button 115: Wireless data communication connection button

116: Standard terminal slot 117: Camera lens

118: flash 119: infrared communication element

120: slider 121: function key button

122: flat panel indicator 123: speaker hole

130: antenna 140: battery pack

143: charging terminal 210: control unit

220: radio frequency transmitting and receiving unit 222: antenna

230: key input unit 232: function keys

234: numeric / character keys 240: memory

242: program storage unit 244: data storage unit

250: voice signal processor 252: microphone

254: speaker 260: flat panel display driver

262: flat panel indicator 270: vibration generating unit

272: vibration motor 274: LED drive unit

276: LED 280: camera driver

282: camera 284: image processing unit

286: infrared transmitting and receiving unit 288: GPS processing unit

The present invention relates to an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal capable of blocking access depending on a situation when a mobile communication terminal is used to access a paid voice communication service or a wireless data communication service. .

Mobile communication terminals, which are a necessity for modern people, have been increasing as the use of mobile communication terminals has increased, not only for adults but also for minors, ie, elementary, middle and high school students. It will be opened under the student's name with parental consent or parental consent, and will be used mostly for student protection.

On the other hand, the mobile communication terminal has not only achieved miniaturization and light weight through steady development, but also has emerged as a composite communication terminal having various functions such as mp3, camera and navigation. In addition to the above functions, such a mobile terminal has a voice mail service (also known as a voice mail service) that allows a sender to leave a message in the recipient's voice mailbox or a fax mailbox when the receiver cannot answer a call. Voice Activated Dialing Service, which uses numbers and letters to connect / recognize devices to memorize / register subscriber's voice and to make voice calls without dialing the phone number when subscribers call Short message service (SMS) and short message service that can send and receive messages about 80 bytes, that is, 40 ~ 50 characters in Korean and 80 characters in English, can make a sentence longer and can add sound, video, etc. It provides various functions and services such as Multimedia Message Service (MMS).

In particular, in recent years, most mobile communication terminals are equipped with a program capable of performing wireless data communication such as a WAP browser or a web browser, and anytime, anywhere, in accordance with the ubiquitous era, the Internet (internet) The connection is now possible.

Therefore, a user with a mobile communication terminal can easily access not only the general web or the swap site, but also the adult site and various paid sites, and in most cases, the subscriber of the mobile communication terminal determines that the subscriber is an adult so that the adult can be accessed without any special procedure. do.

However, the above-described method for providing wireless data communication has a problem in that a minor or another person using a mobile communication terminal opened in the name of a parent can access an adult site or a paid site without any preparation.

Therefore, in order to improve the above-mentioned problem, when accessing an adult site using a mobile communication terminal, a subscriber social security number of a mobile communication terminal must be input.

However, the method of accessing the adult site or the paid site by entering the above-mentioned social security number has the advantage of effectively formulating access to the adult site or the paid site because other people cannot know the social security number of the opening person unless they are close friends. The student who knows the parent's social security number has a problem that the adult's or paid site's access cannot be effectively formulated because the parent's social security number can be accessed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when a mobile data terminal is used to access a wireless data communication service, for example, an adult site or a paid site, it is received after requesting authentication data to another predetermined mobile communication terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal which performs access only when authentication data is identical to previously registered authentication data.

Another object of the present invention is to request for authentication data to another mobile communication terminal in advance if the user wants to access a paid voice communication service, for example, 060 service using the mobile communication terminal when the authentication data received is the same as the authentication data registered in advance An object of the present invention is to provide an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal to perform access only.

An authentication method of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: requesting authentication data to another mobile communication terminal registered in advance when there is an access command to a service requiring authentication; When the authentication data is received from the other mobile communication terminal, determining whether the received authentication data matches the pre-registered authentication data; and when the received authentication data matches the pre-registered authentication data, It provides an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal comprising the step of allowing the access of.

Hereinafter, an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

1A and 1B are a front view and a rear view showing an appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively, illustrating a slide type mobile communication terminal. Of course, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the terminal of this manner and structure. As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, also referred to as a "terminal") 100 to which the present invention can be applied includes a main body 110 and a flat panel display 122 having a main circuit built therein. It may be made to include a slider 120 that slides up and down in the main body 110 while mounting.

In the above-described configuration, the front of the main body 110 has a number / letter key button 112 is used to receive the numbers and letters, the upper surface to perform infrared communication (IrDA) with the antenna and other external communication devices The infrared communication element 119 to be used is disposed, and a microphone hole 113 communicating with an internal microphone (not shown) is punctured at a lower position. The main body 110 is also provided with a rear surface in place, for example, a camera lens 117 and a flash 118 for illumination at night, and a battery pack 140 is detachable at the bottom thereof. The lower surface of the main body 110 is provided with a standard connection terminal slot 116 through which power for transmitting / receiving data with other terminals or charging the battery pack 140 coupled to the main body 110 is transmitted. .

On the other hand, the front surface of the slider 120 is provided with a flat panel display 122 for displaying various characters or graphic elements indicating the operation and operation state of the mobile communication terminal 100 and still images and moving pictures, and below the terminal ( A function key button 121 used to select or receive various functions included in 100 is disposed. Further, a speaker hole 123 communicating with an internal speaker (not shown) is drilled in place of the slider 120, for example, the flat display 122. In the drawing, reference numeral 114 denotes a volume button, 115 denotes a wireless data communication connection button for performing wireless data communication, and 143 denotes a charging terminal exposed to the lower part of the battery pack 140.

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the electrical configuration of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied includes a radio frequency transmitter / receiver 220 and a number / character that transmit / receive a radio frequency signal with a base station through an antenna 222. Key input unit 230 and authentication program including a function key input unit 232 and a numeric / character key input unit 234 for generating a corresponding key signal when the key button 112 and the function key button 121 are operated. And a program storage unit 242 for storing various application programs, such as a wireless data communication program, and a data storage unit 244 for storing data set by the subscriber such as a mobile communication terminal telephone number and authentication data to request authentication data. The memory 240 made up, the microphone 252 for converting the external sound wave into a corresponding analog form of the voice signal, the analog form of the audio signal generated inside the terminal to the sound wave The voice signal processor converts the analog voice signal input from the speaker 254 and the microphone 252 into a corresponding digital voice signal, converts the digital voice signal into a corresponding analog voice signal, and outputs the analog voice signal to the speaker 254. 250, the flat panel display 262 and the flat panel display driver 260 driving the vibrating motor 272 and the driving unit 270 to generate a vibration when the terminal 100 operates in a vibration mode, and receives a call or message. LED 276 and the driver 274 for visually displaying the event when the event occurs, and the infrared transmission and reception unit 286 that emits infrared rays as a short-range communication means and receives the infrared rays emitted from the outside and controls them collectively. The control unit 210 may be included.

In addition to the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied, a camera driver 280 for driving the camera 282 under the control of the camera 282 installed in the place of the main body 110 or the slider 120, the control unit 210, An image processor 284 for processing image data output from the camera 282 and a GPS processor 288 for receiving absolute radio signals emitted from GPS satellites and generating absolute position data of the terminal may be further provided as necessary. will be.

In the above-described configuration, the authentication program receives the authentication data necessary for accessing a pay voice communication service such as 060 service or a wireless data communication service such as an adult site from a user and then requests authentication data to be compared with the registered authentication data. For example, the unique number of the phone number, etc. is input from the user and stored. After that, the authentication program executes necessary application programs such as a pre-installed web browser or a swap browser when a user inputs a pay voice communication service or a wireless data communication service access command from the user, and the phone number of another mobile communication terminal to perform the authentication process. If there is no pre-registered mobile phone number, request a predetermined password, for example, subscriber resident registration number or real user resident registration number, and if there is a pre-registered mobile phone number, authenticate with the corresponding phone number. This is accomplished by requesting data.

In this case, the above-described authentication data may be achieved by a combination of a plurality of numbers or letters, and may also be achieved by some form of data such as an electronic certificate required for electronic commerce.

Meanwhile, when the call transmission command is input, the recognition of the pay voice service described above may be achieved by checking whether a call includes a pay service access character such as "**" or "060". Recognition of data communication services may include certain characters in the content or address of a web page or a swap page, such as "sex", "adult", "nude" or "payment" or a page rating of 19 years. It is achieved by judging whether or not the above is indicated.

On the other hand, the authentication process using the predetermined password described above can be achieved by confirming that the same password as the pre-registered authentication password is input from the user in the state of requesting the predetermined authentication password through the display of the flat panel display, in addition to fingerprint recognition, voice It can also be achieved by various biometric methods such as recognition or iris recognition. In addition, when authentication is performed by requesting authentication data to a phone number of the previously registered mobile communication terminal, authentication data included in the received text message is transmitted by forwarding a text message requesting authentication data to the previously registered mobile communication terminal. It may be achieved by verifying, in addition to it may be achieved by receiving authentication data necessary for authentication using a connection via infrared communication Bluetooth (blue tooth) or wireless data communication.

On the other hand, the text message requesting the authentication data described above is achieved by including a site name to be accessed, a mobile phone terminal number to attempt to access the phone number, and a status guide. The authentication data is an example of a character that allows predetermined authentication. For example, by including characters such as "permission" or "&&".

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the authentication method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention, the wireless data communication, that is, the phone number and authentication data registration of the other mobile communication terminal to request the authentication data required for access to the adult site or paid site is completed On the premise.

As shown in FIG. 3, the authentication method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention first determines whether there is a key input in step S11. However, if there is no key input as a result of the determination in S11, the step S11 is repeated until there is a key input. If there is a key input, the process proceeds to step S13 to determine whether the command is a wireless data communication connection.

As a result of the determination in step S13, if it is not the wireless data communication connection, the flow proceeds to step S33 to perform a command corresponding to the key input. In the case of the wireless data communication connection command, the flow proceeds to step S15 to connect to the wireless data communication. The flow advances to step S17 to determine whether there is a key input.

As a result of the determination in step S17, if there is no key input, step S17 is repeated until there is a key input, and if there is a key input, the process proceeds to step S19 to determine whether it is an adult site or a paid site connection command.

As a result of the determination in step S19, if it is not an adult site or paid site access command, the process proceeds to step S33. In the case of an adult site or pay site access command, the process proceeds to step S21 and requests the authentication data. It is determined whether is registered.

As a result of the determination in step S21, if there is no phone number of another mobile communication terminal to request authentication data, the flow proceeds to step S23 to request authentication data such as a predetermined password, and the phone number of another mobile communication terminal requesting authentication data is registered. If yes, the flow proceeds to step S31 to request authentication data from the mobile communication terminal.

Subsequently, in step S24, the authentication data inputted or transmitted is checked to determine whether the authentication data permitting the connection, i.e., the same as the previously registered authentication data or the content permitting the connection, is determined. If the authentication data to allow proceeds to step S25 to access the adult site or paid site, if not the authentication data to permit access proceeds to step S27 to block the access to the adult site or paid site and proceed to step S29 Displays an authentication failure message.

In FIG. 3, the wireless data communication service is described as a reference, but wired voice service may be equally applied.

The authentication method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the authentication method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, if you want to use the mobile communication terminal to access the paid voice communication service or the paid data communication service after requesting authentication data to another mobile communication terminal in advance and registered in advance By allowing access only when the same authentication data as the received authentication data is received, it is possible to effectively formulate the indiscriminately paid service access of the minor, thereby reducing the financial damages.

Claims (8)

Requesting authentication data from another mobile communication terminal registered in advance when there is an access command to a service requiring authentication; When the authentication data is received from the other mobile communication terminal, determining whether the received authentication data matches the previously registered authentication data; and And authorizing access to the service if the received authentication data matches the pre-registered authentication data. The method of claim 1, The authentication required service is an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the paid voice communication service. The method of claim 2, The method of authenticating a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the access command to the service requiring authentication can be determined by checking whether a preset special character or station number is included in the outgoing call. The method of claim 1, The authentication required service is an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the paid data communication service. The method of claim 4, wherein And the access command to the service requiring authentication can be determined by checking whether the received data includes a preset character. The method of claim 5, The preset character is an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the character included in any adult site. The method of claim 5, The preset character is an authentication method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the character included in any paid site. The method according to any one of claims 3, 6 or 7, And the authentication data is transmitted / received through a text message.

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