KR20070090315A - Method and device for phone number renewal noticing service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for providing a phone number update announcement service are provided to automatically update previously stored phone number information when a terminal receives a phone number update announcement message which indicates that the phone number of another terminal has been changed. An apparatus for providing a phone number update announcement service comprises a storage part(52), a message creation part(56), and a transceiving part(51). The storage part(52) stores the call history information of each subscriber terminal. The message creation part(56) creates a phone number update announcement message containing the previous phone number and new phone number of a subscriber terminal according to a phone number update announcement service request from the subscriber terminal. The transceiving part(51) transmits the phone number update announcement message to one or more called terminals related to call history information of the subscriber terminal. The phone number update announcement message contains a command code so that each called terminal can decode the command code and change a previously stored phone number, or previous phone number of the subscriber terminal, into the new phone number.

Description

Method and device for phone number renewal noticing service

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall system for providing a phone number update notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of a notification service providing apparatus for providing a phone number update notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a call history information table stored in the notification service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a format of a number update notification message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing a phone number update notification service in a notification service providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a called terminal for receiving and processing a number update notification message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a process of processing a number update notification message received by a called terminal according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

8 and 9 illustrate a user interface (UI) screen according to a process of processing a number update notification message received by a called terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: subscription terminal

30: communication network

50: device for providing notification service

51: transceiver

52: storage unit

53: control unit

54: transmission and reception control unit

55: call history information filtering unit

56: message generator

70: called terminal

The present invention relates to a phone number update notification service, and more particularly, to a phone number update notification service method and apparatus for notifying another terminal that a phone number of a terminal has been updated.

In general, unique telephone numbers are set in mobile communication terminals and landline telephones. This phone number is also used as an ID that tells who you are when you call someone, but most of all, it is used by someone to choose the terminal you want to call.

Recently, terminal users frequently change their phone numbers due to replacement of terminals, prevention of stalkers, and change of residence. Therefore, it is necessary to inform everyone who knows the changed phone number. It is not easy to inform people of the changed phone number.

As a conventional method for solving this problem, there is a method of registering for a phone number change notification service. The phone number change notification service means that when you change your current phone number to a new phone number, you can register for the phone number change notification service. A service that informs you or automatically connects a call to a changed phone number.

However, this conventional method has a problem that it is not possible to assign a previously used phone number to anyone in the period for providing a change notification service. In addition, there is a problem in that the user cannot notify the changed phone number to other terminals which have attempted to call after the service providing period has passed. In addition, when recognizing that the telephone number of the calling party has been changed according to the existing telephone number change notification service, the user may have to change the stored telephone number directly.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, telephone number update notification service method and device that does not need to notify the user directly to other people or terminals information about the changed phone number according to the change of the telephone number The purpose is to provide.

In addition, the present invention provides a phone number update notification service method and apparatus that can inform the information on the updated phone number by using call history information including information on the counterpart terminals that are called before the phone number is changed. There is another purpose.

In addition, the present invention provides a phone number update notification service method and apparatus that the terminal can automatically update the pre-stored phone number information in response to receiving a phone number update notification message containing the change of the phone number of the other terminal. There is another purpose.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described below.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method for providing a phone number update notification service in the notification service providing apparatus, the pre-stored according to the phone number update notification service request corresponding to any subscription terminal Recognizing at least one called terminal corresponding to call history information of a subscribing terminal, wherein the call history information includes a telephone number of the called terminal; And transmitting a number update notification message including a previous number and an update number of the subscribing terminal to the called terminal through a communication network.

The number update notification message may further include a command code, wherein the called terminal interprets the command code and changes the previous phone number of prestored phone number information to the update number.

The method may further include receiving call information according to a call between the subscribing terminal and the called terminal through the communication network, and generating or updating the call history information using the call information. In addition, the history according to the call information may be stored only for a predetermined period.

In addition, the number update notification message may be transmitted through a message service device of the communication network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for providing a phone number update notification service, comprising: a storage unit for storing call history information corresponding to a subscription terminal; A message generation unit for generating a number update notification message including a previous number and a renewal number of the subscription terminal according to a telephone number update notification service request corresponding to the subscriber terminal; And a transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting the number update notification message through a communication network to one or more called terminals corresponding to the call history information stored in the storage unit, wherein the call history information includes a telephone number of the called terminal. An apparatus for providing a phone number update notification service is provided.

The number update notification message may further include a command code, wherein the called terminal interprets the command code and changes the previous phone number of prestored phone number information to the update number.

The transceiver may further include a call history information filtering unit configured to receive call information corresponding to a call between the subscriber station and the called terminal from the communication network and to generate or update the call history information using the call information. .

In addition, the call history information filtering unit may store the history according to the call information only for a predetermined period.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal coupled with a notification service providing apparatus through a communication network, the mobile terminal comprising: a memory for storing telephone number information; A communication unit for receiving a number update notification message including a previous number and an update number from the notification service providing apparatus; And a processor unit for extracting, from the memory, phone number information having the same phone number as the previous number included in the number update notification message, and updating the phone number information to correspond to the update number. A mobile communication terminal providing a service is provided.

The apparatus may further include a display unit displaying a user interface screen for selecting whether to update the phone number information.

The number update notification message may further include an instruction code that the processor unit can interpret to cause the processor unit to update the telephone number information.

Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for updating a phone number update notification service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in describing with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components regardless of reference numerals. Denotes the same reference numerals and duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the entire system for providing a phone number update notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the entire system includes a subscription terminal 10, a communication network 30, a notification service providing device 50, and a destination terminal 70a, 70b,.

Subscriber terminal 10 and destination terminal 70 according to the present invention is a PCS (Personal Communication Service) terminal, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), smart phone, next generation mobile communication (IMT-2000) terminal, wireless LAN terminal, etc. It refers to a communication terminal such as a general landline telephone, as well as a portable mobile communication terminal as shown in the figure capable of transmitting / receiving voice, text, and video data with the communication network 30 through wireless communication.

In particular, the subscription terminal 10 is a terminal subscribed to the phone number update notification service according to the present invention, and when the phone number of the subscription terminal 10 is renewed, a new phone number updated according to the phone number update notification service is a called terminal. Provided by 70. The called terminal 70 is a terminal that receives the updated telephone number of the subscription terminal 10. That is, the receiving terminal 70 has a history of making a call with the subscribing terminal before the telephone number of the subscribing terminal 10 is changed, and accordingly, when the telephone number of the subscribing terminal 10 is changed, the updated terminal number is updated. The phone number information of the subscription terminal 10 received and stored in advance may be updated. The method in which the called terminal 70 receiving the updated telephone number of the subscribing terminal 10 is set will be described later.

The communication network 30 may be a mobile communication network such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) network including a base station, a switch, etc., a wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) network, or a general wired telephone network. The communication network 30 according to the present invention provides the notification service providing apparatus 50 with call information including the phone number of the other terminal when the subscriber terminal 10 calls with another terminal. That is, any one of a base station, a switchboard, or a specific service device provided separately of the communication network 30 obtains information of the other terminal according to the call of the subscription terminal 10 and provides the notification service providing device 50.

The notification service providing device 50 receives the call information of the subscription terminal 10 subscribed in advance from the communication network 30 and stores it as a call history, and when the phone number of the subscription terminal 10 is changed (that is, the phone number update). When a request for the notification service is received), the destination terminals 70 corresponding to the call history are notified that the number of the subscription terminal 10 has been updated. Although not shown in the drawing, the notification service providing apparatus 50 may generate a message (hereinafter referred to as a "number update notification message") indicating that the telephone number of the subscription terminal 10 has been updated through the message service device of the communication network 30. It can transmit to the called terminal 70. The message service device of the communication network 30 may be, for example, a short message service center (SMSC) providing a short message transmission service, a multimedia message service center (MMSC) providing a multimedia message transmission service, or the like.

When the user of the subscription terminal 10 changes the phone number, the corresponding agency requests a phone number update notification service from the dealer, or accesses the notification service providing device 50 through the wireless Internet using the subscription terminal 10 to renew the phone number. You can request a notification service. Of course, it is natural that the notification service providing apparatus 50 may access and request a service through a personal computer (PC). Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the notification service providing apparatus 50 will be described with an example of receiving a phone number update notification service request from the subscription terminal 10 as an example.

Hereinafter, the configuration and function of the notification service providing apparatus 50 will be described with reference to the drawings.

2 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a notification service providing apparatus for providing a phone number update notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a notification service providing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention 4 is a diagram illustrating a stored call history information table, and FIG. 4 illustrates a format of a number update notification message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the notification service providing apparatus 50 includes a transceiver 51, a storage 52, and a controller 53.

The transceiver 51 performs a function of receiving call information of the subscriber station 10 from the communication network 30. In addition, the transmission and reception unit 51 transmits a number update notification message corresponding to the telephone number update notification service request according to the present invention received from the subscription terminal 10 to the called terminal 70 through the communication network 30. Here, the number update notification message may be transmitted in the form of a message provided by the SMSC, MMSC, etc. of the communication network 30 as described above, or may also be transmitted in a general data format transmitted and received between the server and the terminal.

The storage unit 52 stores the call history information according to the call information of the subscriber station 10 received from the communication network 30 through the transceiver unit 51.

Referring to FIG. 3, the call history information table according to reference numeral 310 may include a call time (which may include a year, date, and time), a phone number of a counterpart terminal talking with the subscriber terminal 10, and whether the call is received or not. It may include information about.

The call information recorded in the call history information table may be stored only for a predetermined period for the efficiency of the storage space. That is, call information that has elapsed for a certain period (for example, one week) may be deleted. For example, call information recorded at 13:00 on January 1, 2006 may be deleted at 13:00 on January 11, 2006 when a certain period is 10 days. Alternatively, only the latest call information of a predetermined number (for example, 200) may be stored as the call history.

In addition, as shown by reference numeral 320, the notification service providing apparatus 50 may remove a call history such as an advertisement phone by using the counterpart terminal number among the call information recorded in the call history information table. For example, if the counterpart terminal number starts with 060, 700, 0303, 1566, etc., which are frequently used for advertisement, this may be recognized as an advertisement phone.

In addition, as shown in the call history information table according to reference number 320, the duplicate call history among the call information may be integrated. For example, one call information having the most recent call time among a plurality of call information including the same counterpart terminal number may be recorded and stored as a call history. In this case, priority may be set according to the number of duplicates by counting the number of duplicates of duplicate call information including the same counterpart terminal number.

Here, although shown in the figure to store all other call history information in the call history and incoming history of the subscription terminal 10, it is natural that only the call history according to any one of the call history and the incoming history may be stored.

The control unit 53 receives the call information of the at least one subscriber terminal 10 from the communication network 30, stores and manages the call information as the call history information in the storage unit 52, and provides a phone number update notification service from the subscriber terminal 10. In response to the request, the transceiver 51 and the storage unit 52 are controlled to transmit the number update notification message including the updated phone number to the one or more destination terminals 70 corresponding to the call history information. Looking at the configuration according to the function of the control unit 53, the control unit 53 may include a transmission and reception control unit 54, call history information filtering unit 55, message generating unit 56.

The call history information filtering unit 55 manages call history information stored in the storage unit 52. That is, the call history information filtering unit 55 generates call history information or stores the call history information according to the call information according to the call between the subscriber station 10 and the called terminal 70 received from the communication network 30. Update call history information. In addition, as described above, the call history information filtering unit 55 removes call information according to an advertisement call from the call history information stored in the storage unit 52 or filters call information having a duplicate counterpart terminal number. do.

The message generating unit 56 is an updated telephone for transmitting to at least one called terminal 70 corresponding to the call history information stored in the storage unit 52 according to the telephone number update notification service request received from the subscription terminal 10. Performs a function of generating a number update notification message including a number.

The format of the number update notification message according to an embodiment of the present invention, including the command code, the previous number and the changed update number, is shown in FIG. The command code is for the destination terminal 70 receiving the number update notification message to recognize this and change the previous number registered in advance in the phone book to the update number. That is, the receiving terminal 70 receiving the number update notification message interprets the command code of the number update notification message, and receives phone number information including the same phone number as the previous number of the number update notification message among the prestored phone number information. Extract and change the phone number of the corresponding phone number information to the update number of the number update notification message. Here, if the same pre-stored phone number information as the previous number is not stored in the called terminal 70, the called terminal 70 is the information according to the received number update notification message (for example, "number update notification message) Has been registered. Do you want to register a new phone number? ") On the display unit (for example, liquid crystal) so that the renewal number, which is the changed phone number of the subscriber terminal 10, can be registered as the phone number information according to the user's selection. have. Of course, even if the previous number is registered in the phone number information, the destination terminal 70 can display the information on the number update notification message through the display unit.

Therefore, the notification service providing apparatus 50 transmits a number update notification message to the called terminal 70 according to the counterpart terminal number of the stored call history information in response to a request for the telephone number update notification service from the subscription terminal 10, The terminating terminal 70 can update the updated new telephone number of the subscribing terminal 10 as the telephone number information.

Hereinafter, the notification service providing device 50 receives the call information according to the subscription terminal 10 from the communication network 30, and receives the number update notification message according to the request for the phone number update notification service from the subscription terminal 10. The process provided by 70 will be described.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing a phone number update notification service in a notification service providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in operation 510, the notification service providing apparatus 50 receives call information of the subscription terminal 10 from the communication network 30. The call information may include a talk time, subscription terminal 10 information (for example, a phone number or ID), a counterpart terminal phone number, and the like.

The notification service providing apparatus 50 recognizes the subscription terminal 10 according to the call information in step 520 and generates call history information according to the call information in step 530 or updates the call history information if there is previously stored call information. Since managing call history information has been described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In operation 540, the notification service providing apparatus 50 determines whether a telephone number update notification service request is received from any subscription terminal 10. If, upon receiving a telephone number update notification service request including information on the updated telephone number from any subscription terminal 10, the notification service providing apparatus 50, the call of the subscriber terminal 10 in step 550 By extracting the history information, the terminal 70 recognizes the destination terminal 70 to which the number update notification message is to be sent, according to a predetermined rule. The rule may be a priority, the number of repetitions, and the like. That is, the number update notification message may be sent only to the called terminal 70 according to a call history having a predetermined priority or more than a predetermined level or the number of repetitions of call information having the same counterpart terminal number. Here, it is preferable that the notification service providing device 50 provides a user interface through a webpage or the like so that the subscriber terminal 10 user can directly set a recognition rule of the called terminal 70. . Of course, the number update notification message may be transmitted to all the called terminals 70 according to the counterpart terminal numbers recorded in the call history information table.

In operation 560, the notification service providing device 50 uses the new phone number (that is, the renewal number) and the previous phone number (that is, the previous number) of the subscriber terminal 10 included in the phone number update notification service request. An update notification message is generated, and the generated number update notification message is transmitted to the corresponding destination terminals 70 using a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), or the like through the communication network 30.

Here, steps 510 to 530 and steps 540 to 560 may be separately performed. That is, the process of transmitting the number update notification message according to the reception of the telephone number update notification service request from any subscriber terminal 10 and the call history information by receiving the call information of the same or another subscriber terminal 10 from the communication network 30. The process of generating or updating may be performed independently of each other.

6 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a called terminal for receiving and processing a number update notification message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows a number update notification received by a called terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 8 and 9 illustrate a user interface (UI) screen according to a process of processing a number update notification message received by a called terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. to be.

Referring to FIG. 6, the destination terminal 70 includes a communication unit 71, a memory 73, a display unit 75, and a processor unit 77.

The communication unit 71 is a means for transmitting / receiving data with the communication network 30, and the called terminal 70 may perform a call, message transmission, etc. with another terminal using the communication network 30 through the communication unit 71. . Therefore, the called terminal 70 may make a call with the subscription terminal 10 through the communication unit 71 and may also receive a number update notification message from the notification service providing apparatus 50. Since the communication through the communication network 30 of the mobile communication terminal, such as the destination terminal 70 is a well-known technology, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The memory 73 performs a function of storing telephone number information which may include a name, a telephone number, etc. managed through an application such as a telephone book. Of course, it will be apparent that data necessary for the operation of each function may also be stored in the memory 73 so that the called terminal 70 may perform data communication through the communication network 30.

The display unit 75 may be, for example, a liquid crystal, and may display information (see FIGS. 8 and 9) according to the number update notification message received from the notification service providing apparatus 50.

The processor unit 77 extracts the phone number information corresponding to the previous number from the number update notification message received from the notification service providing device 50 through the communication network 30, and stores the phone number information. The communication unit 71 and the memory 73 are controlled so that the telephone number can be changed and stored as the update number of the number update notification message. In addition, the processor unit 77 controls the display unit 75 to display the user interface screen for changing the information according to the received number update notification message or the stored phone number. That is, the processor unit 77 interprets the command code of the number update notification message and updates the prestored telephone number information by using the previous number and the update number. Of course, if the same phone number as the previous number does not exist in the phone number information, it is processed according to a predetermined procedure. For example, the number update notification message may be deleted or the related information may be displayed on the display unit 75 so that the user can recognize it.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 7, the receiving terminal 70 processes the received number update notification message. In operation 710, the called terminal 70 receives the number update notification message from the notification service providing apparatus 50. . As described above, the number update notification message may include a command code, a previous number and an update number. Of course, the relevant information may be displayed using the display unit 75 so that the user can recognize that the number update notification message has been received (see reference numeral 810 of FIG. 8).

In step 720, the destination terminal 70 searches whether the phone number information according to the previous number is stored as the command code of the number update notification message is interpreted, and in step 730, determines the result.

As a result of the determination, when the phone number information according to the previous number is found, in step 740, the called terminal 70 updates the phone number information with the update number of the number update notification message. Of course, before updating the phone number information, the related information (see reference numeral 820 of FIG. 8) may be displayed on the display unit 75 so that the user can determine whether to update the phone number information.

If the phone number information corresponding to the previous number is not stored as a result of the determination, in step 750, the called terminal 70 displays the information (refer to reference numeral 920 of FIG. 9) through the display unit 75. The user may determine whether to store new phone number information according to the update number of the subscription terminal 10. Therefore, in step 760, the called terminal 70 determines whether to register the new phone number information according to the update number of the number update notification message, and if the user selects registration, in step 770, registers the new phone number information to the phone book or the like. And save.

Referring to FIG. 8 showing a user interface screen of the called terminal 70, by searching for a screen according to the arrival of the number update notification message (reference number 810) and phone number information according to the previous number included in the number update notification message, A screen (reference number 820) is shown in which a user including specific information of the retrieved telephone number information (for example, a name as shown in the figure) can select whether or not to update. In addition, the called terminal 70 may display a screen (reference number 830) according to the result of updating the telephone number information.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the phone number information according to the previous number is not stored, the called terminal 70 displays a screen similar to the reference number 920, and whether the user stores the phone number of the changed subscription terminal 10. Can be selected.

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect of providing a method and a device for notifying the renewal of a telephone number, which does not require the user to directly inform the other terminal about the changed telephone number according to the telephone number change. have.

In addition, the present invention by using the call history information including the information on the other party terminal to the call before the telephone number is changed, the terminal for which the phone number is changed to the information about the receiving terminal for transmitting the telephone number update notification message There is also an effect that can provide the user's convenience because the user does not need to provide.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that the terminal can automatically update the pre-stored phone number information by receiving a phone number update notification message containing the change of the phone number of the other terminal.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

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A method for providing a phone number update notification service in a notification service providing device, Recognizing at least one called terminal corresponding to call history information of the subscribed terminal previously stored according to a phone number update notification service request corresponding to any subscribed terminal; Includes; And And transmitting a number update notification message including a previous number and an update number of the subscribing terminal to the called terminal through a communication network. The method of claim 1, The number update notification message further includes a command code, wherein the called terminal interprets the command code to provide a phone number update notification service, characterized in that for changing the previous phone number of previously stored phone number information to the update number. Way. The method of claim 1, Providing call information according to a call between the subscribing terminal and the called terminal through the communication network, wherein the call history update service is generated or updated using the call information. Way. The method of claim 3, wherein The call history update service providing method, characterized in that the history of the call information is stored only for a predetermined period. The method of claim 1, And the number update notification message is transmitted through the message service device of the communication network. In the device for providing a phone number update notification service, A storage unit which stores call history information corresponding to the subscription terminal; A message generation unit for generating a number update notification message including a previous number and an update number of the subscription terminal in response to a phone number update notification service request corresponding to the subscription terminal; And Transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting the number update notification message via the communication network to one or more destination terminal corresponding to the call history information stored in the storage unit, wherein the call history information includes the telephone number of the destination terminal- Telephone number update notification service providing device comprising a. The method of claim 6, The number update notification message further includes a command code, wherein the called terminal interprets the command code to provide a phone number update notification service, characterized in that for changing the previous phone number of previously stored phone number information to the update number. Device. The method of claim 6, The transmission and reception unit further includes a call history information filtering unit for receiving call information corresponding to a call between the subscriber station and the called terminal from the communication network, and generating or updating the call history information using the call information. Service provision device. The method of claim 8, The call history information filtering unit provides a phone number update notification service, characterized in that for storing only the history according to the call information for a predetermined period. In the mobile communication terminal combined with a notification service providing device and a communication network, A memory for storing telephone number information; A communication unit for receiving a number update notification message including a previous number and an update number from the notification service providing apparatus; And A processor unit for extracting telephone number information having the same telephone number as the previous number included in the number update notification message from the memory and updating the telephone number information to correspond to the update number; Mobile communication terminal providing a phone number update notification service comprising a. The method of claim 10, And a display unit for displaying a user interface screen for selecting whether to update the phone number information. The method of claim 10, And the number update notification message further includes a command code interpretable by the processor to cause the processor to update the telephone number information.

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