KR20080054134A - Apparatus and method for filtering spam message in portable communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for blocking a spam message in a mobile communication system are provided to enable a message server to make a spam message list by using spam information received from plural portable terminals and block the transmission of messages transmitted by a portable terminal existing in the made list, thereby enabling the user of the portable terminal to block the reception of the spam message. A method for registering calling information received from a portable terminal in a spam blocking list in a message server comprises the following steps of: checking whether spam information is received from the portable terminal(301); performing a corresponding function when the spam information is not received(309); registering the received spam information in a spam registration waiting list when the spam information is received(303); checking whether the spam information registered in the spam registration waiting list is registered more than a predetermined threshold value(305); registering the spam information in the spam blocking list when the spam information registered in the spam registration waiting list is registered more than the predetermined threshold value(307).

Description

Apparatus and method for blocking spam messages in mobile communication systems {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILTERING SPAM MESSAGE IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a portable terminal and a message server for blocking spam messages according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for registering a source number of a spam message received by a portable terminal according to the present invention to a message server;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering outgoing information received from a portable terminal as a spam block list in a message server according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process for checking a spam message in a message server according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for blocking spam messages in a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for blocking reception of spam messages by registering outgoing information to be registered as spam messages in a portable terminal in a message server. It is about.

Recently, portable terminals are indispensable for modern people, regardless of age or gender, and service providers and terminal manufacturers are competitively developing products (or services) to differentiate themselves from other companies.

For example, the portable terminal may include a phone book, a game, a short message, an e-mail, a morning call, an MP 3 layer, a digital camera, It develops into a multimedia device capable of wireless internet service and provides various services.

Among the functions of the portable terminal, the short message function is used by many users because of the advantage that it is relatively inexpensive compared to voice calls.

In addition, the short message is not a simple text message, but a multimedia message system (MMS: Multimedia Message System), which is a message service to which video, pictures, music files, etc. are added, is a representative wire / wireless that combines the advantages of the short message service and the mail service. As an integrated service, the use of portable terminal users is high in Korea as well as abroad.

However, in recent years, inconvenience has been provided to the user due to the spam message using the text message function as described above.

The spam message refers to a message that unilaterally and indiscriminately transmits an advertising message, an obscene message, etc. to an unspecified number, by taking advantage of the text message service advantage of the portable terminal.

When a user of the portable terminal receives the spam message, the user may feel many inconveniences such as aversion and waste of time.

Accordingly, there is a need for an apparatus and method for receiving or blocking the spam message at the portable terminal according to a user's selection.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for blocking spam messages in a mobile communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for transmitting origination information of a received message to a message server when receiving a spam message in a portable terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for registering outgoing information that is requested to register a spam message of a threshold value or more in a message server to a spam block list.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a mobile communication system for blocking a spam message, when receiving a spam message, transmits the originating information of the spam message to a message server to register the spam message And a message server that registers the received outgoing information on the spam message blocking list when receiving the outgoing information of the spam message from the portable terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the method for registering the originating information of the spam message to be blocked in the portable terminal, if it is confirmed that the received message is a spam message, the originating information of the received message And confirming and transmitting the checked outgoing information to the message server.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, the method for registering the originating information of the spam message requested to be blocked in the message server, when receiving the originating information of the spam message from the portable terminal, To determine whether the caller received the registration request of the predetermined threshold value or more, and if the received caller information is the calling party number that receives the registration request of the predetermined threshold or more, determining the caller number as the calling number of the spam message. It characterized in that it comprises a process.

Hereinafter, the operating principle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, when it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be changed according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

In the following description, an apparatus and method for blocking reception of a spam message by registering origination information of a spam message in a message server in a mobile communication system will be described.

In addition, the spam message is an advertisement message distributed to an unspecified number using a randomly extracted mobile terminal number of a user, a short message service (SMS), an e-mail, and a multimedia message (MMS). It means to include all advertisement messages using System.

1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a portable terminal and a message server for blocking spam messages according to the present invention. In the following description, the portable terminal includes a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), an international mobile telecommunication-2000 (IMT-2000), and a fourth generation. It may include all mobile communication terminals such as a broadband system, the following description will be described with the general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, the portable terminal 100 includes a control unit 102, a memory unit 104, an input unit 106, a display unit 108, and a communication unit 110.

The controller 102 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 100. For example, performing processing and control for voice call and data communication, and in accordance with the present invention, when receiving the spam message, confirm the spam information (e.g., origination information of the received message). Process to transmit to the message server 110.

The memory unit 104 includes a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a flash ROM. The ROM stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the control unit 102.

The RAM is a working memory of the controller 102, and stores temporary data generated while executing various programs. In addition, the flash ROM stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book, an outgoing message, and an incoming message.

The input unit 106 includes 0 to 9 numeric key buttons, a menu button (menu), a cancel button (clear), an OK button, a call button (TALK), an end button (END), an internet access button, a navigation key ( Or a plurality of function keys, such as direction keys) and text input keys, and provides the controller 102 with key input data (eg, spam message blocking request) corresponding to a key pressed by the user.

The display unit 108 displays status information generated during the operation of the portable terminal 100, limited number of characters, a large amount of moving images and still images, and the like. The display unit 108 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The communication unit 110 performs a function of transmitting and receiving a radio signal of data input and output through an antenna (not shown). For example, in the case of transmission, after performing channel coding and spreading on the data to be transmitted, RF processing is performed to transmit the data. In the case of reception, the received RF signal is converted into a baseband signal. The baseband signal is de-spreaded and channel decoded to restore data.

The message server 110 may include a server controller 112, a communication unit 114, and a spam message database 116.

The server controller 112 of the message server 110 controls the overall operation of the message server 110, and when receiving spam information from the portable terminal 100 according to the present invention, the received spam information Instructs to register to spam message database 116. Then, when the control unit 112 confirms that the spam information more than a predetermined threshold is received, the control unit 112 instructs to register the received spam information in the spam block list.

In addition, when receiving the message transmission request, the control unit 112 checks the calling number that requested the message transmission and checks whether the calling number is registered in the spam blocking list.

The spam message database 116 includes a spam registration waiting list and a spam blocking list, and the communication unit 114 receives spam information from the portable terminal 100.

Although the spam message database 116 of the message server 110 has been described as being included in one message server 110, the spam message database 116 may be configured as a spam message server in a configuration independent of the message server 110.

The foregoing has described an apparatus for blocking spam messages in a mobile communication system, and in the following description, blocking the reception of a spam message by registering an originating number of a received spam message in a message server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for registering a source number of a spam message received by a portable terminal according to the present invention to a message server.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 102 of the portable terminal 100 first checks whether a message reception event occurs. If the message reception event does not occur, the controller 102 proceeds to step 211 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

If the message reception event occurs, the controller 102 proceeds to step 203 to receive the message, and proceeds to step 205 to output the received message to the display unit 108.

In step 207, the controller 102 checks whether the user senses a request to register the received message as a spam message. Here, registration as the spam message may be requested by selecting a specific key or a specific menu on the screen on which the received message is output.

If the request is not detected, the controller 102 proceeds to step 211 to perform a corresponding function (eg, a received message storage).

On the other hand, when detecting the request, the control unit 102 proceeds to step 209 to obtain the outgoing information transmitting the message and transmits it to the message server 110, thereby performing the spam message registration.

Thereafter, the controller 102 ends the present algorithm.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering an outgoing information received from a portable terminal as a spam blocking list in a message server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the control unit 112 of the message server 110 first checks whether spam information is received from the portable terminal 100 in step 301. Here, the spam information includes the caller ID of the terminal that has sent the spam message to the portable terminal 100.

If the spam information is not received, the controller 112 proceeds to step 309 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

On the other hand, when receiving the spam information, the control unit 112 proceeds to step 303 to register the received information in the spam registration waiting list, the control unit 112 proceeds to step 305 and waits for the spam registration. It checks whether spam information registered in the list is registered above a predetermined threshold.

Here, the process of registering the spam information on the spam registration waiting list is a process for checking whether the spam information received from the portable terminals 100 is the outgoing information for transmitting the actual spam message, and the spam registration waiting list is actually A list of the outgoing information that is not confirmed as the outgoing information for sending a spam message.

If the spam information registered in the spam registration waiting list is registered above a predetermined threshold value, the controller 112 proceeds to step 307 and determines that the received spam information satisfies a condition for registering in the spam block list. The spam information is registered in the spam block list.

For example, when receiving spam information "000-0000", the control unit 112 registers the received spam information in a spam registration waiting list. If the spam information is received 100 times, the controller 112 registers the spam information in a spam block list.

Here, since the spam information is received from a plurality of portable terminals 100, the message server 110 can easily create a spam block list by receiving a plurality of spam information.

 Thereafter, the controller 112 ends the present algorithm.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process for checking a spam message in a message server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the control unit 112 of the message server 110 first checks whether a message transmission event occurs in step 401. If the message transmission event does not occur, the controller 112 proceeds to step 413 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

On the other hand, when the message transmission event occurs, the control unit 112 proceeds to step 403 to check the origination information of the user who requested the message transmission.

In step 405, the control unit 112 searches the spam message database 106, and then checks whether the checked outgoing information exists in the spam block list. If it is not present in the spam block list, the controller 112 proceeds to step 413 to perform a corresponding function (eg, sending a text message).

On the other hand, if it is confirmed that the origination information exists in the spam block list, the controller 112 proceeds to step 407 and checks the information of the receiving terminal to which the message is to be transmitted. Here, the checking of the information of the receiving terminal is a process for confirming whether the receiving terminal is a terminal permitted to receive a message existing in the spam blocking list.

In step 409, the controller 112 checks the received information to check whether the receiver has allowed the reception of the spam message.

If the user is not allowed to receive the spam message, the controller 112 proceeds to step 415 to delete the received message and then terminates the present algorithm.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, by managing a spam message in the message server according to the present invention, a spam message list is created using spam information received from a plurality of portable terminals, and a message transmitted by the portable terminal existing in the created list. By blocking the transmission of the user of the portable terminal can block the reception of spam messages.

In addition, the users send spam information to one message server, so that the message server can easily and quickly create the spam message list.

Claims (15)

In the mobile communication system for blocking spam messages, When receiving a spam message, the portable terminal for transmitting the spam message origination information to the message server to perform a request for registration of the spam message, And a message server that registers the received outgoing information on the spam message blocking list when receiving the outgoing information of the spam message from the portable terminal. The method of claim 1, The portable terminal, A communication unit which receives the spam message and transmits outgoing information of the spam message received at all times to the message server; And receiving the spam message, and including a control unit which checks the transmission number of the received message and transmits it to the message server. The method of claim 1, The message server, A communication unit which communicates with the portable terminal and receives outgoing information of the spam message; A spam message database for registering the received outgoing information; And a controller configured to register the received outgoing information in the spam message database when the outgoing information is received. The method of claim 3, wherein The spam message database, And a spam message blocking list for storing outgoing information identified as a source number of a spam message and a spam registration waiting list for storing the outgoing information not identified as a source number of a spam message. The method of claim 3, wherein The control unit, And when the caller information confirms that the caller ID is a spam message registration request from a portable terminal having a predetermined threshold value or more, the caller information is registered to the spam message blocking list. The method of claim 5, The predetermined threshold is The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the received number is determined as the originating number of the spam message when the request is greater than the predetermined threshold. The method of claim 1, The spam message, A mobile communication system characterized in that the advertisement message using at least one of a short message service (SMS), e-mail (e-mail), multimedia message (MMS). In the method for registering the originating information of the spam message to be blocked in the portable terminal, If it is determined that the received message is a spam message, checking the sending information of the received message; Transmitting the checked outgoing information to a message server. The method of claim 8, The spam message, A method of claim 1, wherein the message is an advertisement message using at least one of a short message service (SMS), an e-mail, and a multimedia message system (MMS). In the method for registering the originating information of the spam message requested to be blocked in the message server, When receiving the outgoing information of the spam message from the portable terminal, checking whether the received outgoing information is the outgoing information that has received a registration request of a predetermined threshold or more; And determining the caller number as the caller ID of the spam message if the received caller information is a caller number that has received a registration request of a predetermined threshold or more. The method of claim 10, If the calling number is identified as a calling number of the spam message, further comprising registering the calling number on a spam message blocking list. The method of claim 10, The predetermined threshold is The spam message registration request is a criterion for determining whether the request information is a spam message, when the request is greater than the predetermined threshold, the method characterized in that the received number is determined to be the source number of the spam message. The method of claim 10, The spam message, A method of advertising by using at least one of a short message service (SMS), an e-mail, and a multimedia message system (MMS). In the method for blocking spam messages in the message server, When the message transmission event occurs, checking the information of the sender of the message; Checking whether the checked sender information is present in an anti-spam list; If it is confirmed that the message is transmitted from a sender existing in the spam block list, the method comprising the step of deleting the message. The method of claim 14, The spam message, A method of claim 1, wherein the message is an advertisement message using at least one of a short message service (SMS), an e-mail, and a multimedia message system (MMS).

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