KR20080060202A - Automatic update method of address book in mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for updating an address book automatically in a mobile communication terminal is provided to update the address book conveniently without upgrading software from a point of view of a mobile terminal user, and enable the mobile terminal user to update the address book with a changed telephone number conveniently from a point of view of a mobile communication provider, thereby reducing the frequency of a changed telephone notification service and a call forwarding service to reduce maintenance cost. A method for updating an address book automatically in a mobile communication terminal comprises the following steps of: allowing an input device to provide telephone change data including a user name, a previous telephone number, a changed telephone number, and the telephone number of a receiver to a callback SMS(Short Message Service) transmitting server(20) using wire/wireless networks; allowing the callback SMS transmitting server receiving the telephone change data to provide the telephone change data to an address book updating server(30) and store the telephone change data in the address book updating server; allowing the callback SMS transmitting server to notify a called mobile communication terminal(13) corresponding to the telephone number of the receiver of the telephone number change of a user and transmit a callback SMS message inquiring automatic address book updating; allowing the called mobile communication terminal to connect with the address book updating server using a callback URL(Uniform Resource Locator) if the receiver reading the callback SMS message on the called mobile communication terminal selects the automatic updating of the address book; and allowing the address book updating server to update the address book of the called mobile communication terminal.

Description

How to automatically update the address book of the mobile terminal {Automatic Update Method of Address Book in Mobile Terminal}

The present invention relates to a technology for notifying the other party of the change of the phone number in the mobile terminal and updating the address book of the other party, and in particular, the fact that his or her phone number is changed to the other party through a call back short message, It is related with the address book update method of a mobile terminal characterized by automatically updating an address book of a counterpart with consent.

In recent years, mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs are rapidly spreading, and recently, due to various promotion activities of each mobile communication company, integration of 010 numbers, and launch of 3G service, mobile phone users change service carriers or 3G service. When subscribing to, the existing telephone number cannot be held, and the mobile terminal telephone number of the subscriber is frequently changed.

Accordingly, the mobile carrier provides a service for transferring a call received to the previous phone number to the changed phone number or a service for guiding the changed phone number to voice or SMS when calling the previous phone number.

In addition, the subscriber notifies the acquaintance (the other party) that the telephone number has been changed by voice call or SMS, or the SMS is transmitted through a service provider (provider) that provides a phone book on the Internet.

Therefore, when calling the previous phone number when the other party is informed of the changed phone number by voice or SMS, or when the other party is notified of the change by SMS, the other party can call the existing phone from the address book in his mobile terminal. In order to update the number, it is necessary to perform an inconvenient process of updating the address book by manually operating its mobile terminal.

In order to alleviate this inconvenience, the prior art Korean Registration No. 10-575772 (name of the invention: a method for changing the telephone number of a mobile phone), prior to a predetermined indicator indicating the telephone number changing guidance service, the previous telephone This particular SMS is sent to the mobile terminal of the other party by using the specific SMS which adds a number.

Then, the other party (recipient) mobile terminal decomposes this particular SMS, and recognizes that the specific phone number is a phone number change guide service, so that the previous phone number existing after this particular indicator is the caller's phone number (modified) A message indicating that the phone number has been changed is displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal to inform the user of whether to change the corresponding phone number in the address book with the changed phone number. If present, the process of changing the previous telephone number in the address book with the changed telephone number (caller number) is performed.

Of course, if such a specific indicator does not exist, the normal SMS reception process is performed.

By the way, when the specific indicator is added in this way, the receiver's mobile terminal is loaded with specific software for discriminating the specific indicator, or when it cannot be included at the time of launch, the user can download the indicator discrimination software in advance. Should receive

However, the case of including at the time of release requires the unification of indicators of each manufacturer and the unification of a method of writing a specific SMS, so it is difficult to apply when considering the propensity of manufacturers to adhere to different methods as currently.

In addition, since the existing mobile terminal is not installed at the time of release, the user needs to download and upgrade the latest version of the software including the software, so that the user of the normal mobile terminal does not download the latest version of the software at all. Given the fact that there is a low possibility of realization.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the problems of the prior art as described above, the present invention provides a method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, which is applicable to all mobile terminals of various manufacturers using different methods and which does not require a software upgrade.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, this invention,

In the method for automatically updating the address book of the mobile communication terminal,

Providing, by the input device (10, 11, 12), the telephone number change data including the user name, the previous telephone number, the changed telephone number and the recipient telephone number to the callback SMS sending server 20 by using a wired or wireless communication network; Receiving, by the callback SMS sending server 20, the phone number change data, providing the phone number change data to the address book updater server 30 and storing the received phone number change data; The callback SMS sending server 20 receiving the phone number change data sends a callback SMS to the receiving mobile communication terminal 13 corresponding to the recipient phone number to guide the user to change the phone number and to ask for an automatic address book update. Shipping; When the recipient who has seen the callback SMS in the receiving mobile terminal 13 selects to automatically update his / her address book, the receiving mobile terminal 13 uses the callback URL to send the address book updater server 30 to the address book updater server 30. Connecting; And updating the address book of the receiving mobile communication terminal by the address book update server 30.

Using the present invention as described above, it is possible to conveniently update the address book without the need to upgrade the software from the user's point of view of the mobile terminal, convenient for the mobile operator, the user updates the address book with the phone number conveniently changed This can reduce the associated maintenance costs by lowering the frequency of alerts and call forwards that were previously provided.

Now, a process of automatically changing the address book of the receiver's mobile terminal to the changed phone number will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The user whose phone number of the mobile terminal 10 is changed is connected to the Callback SMS sending server 20 through the wireless communication network using his mobile terminal 10 or through the wired communication network using his PC 11. Access to the callback SMS sending server 20, and inputs the phone number change data (user name, existing phone number, change phone number, recipient number) on the screen provided by the Callback SMS sending server 20 (S10).

On the other hand, since the mobile carrier also recognizes the user name, the existing telephone number, and the changed telephone number, the user directly inputs the receiver number to the mobile terminal 10 to provide the receiver telephone number to the server system 12 of the mobile carrier side. When the user provides the mobile terminal 10 with a list of recipient numbers to the server system 12 of the mobile communication company side, the server system 12 changes the phone number change data (user name, existing phone number, change phone number, recipient phone number). Provide the number (s) to the Callback SMS sending server 20 (S10).

Now, when the Callback SMS sending server 20 forwards this phone number change data to the address book update server 30, the address book update server 30 has the phone number change data corresponding to a plurality of users in the format as shown in FIG. Is stored in the phone number change data area (S20). As shown in Fig. 3, the number of recipients may be one or plural.

In addition, the callback SMS sending server 20 reads the recipient number (s) from the phone number change data and sends the callback SMS to the specific mobile terminal (s) 13 corresponding to the recipient number (s) (S30). . The Callback SMS includes a connection URL for accessing the address book update server 30 together with a guide word indicating that the telephone number change service is available. For example, the Callback SMS “Hong Gil-dong (011-9874-9048) 's phone number has been changed to 010-7125-7856. If you do not want to update your address book, please select 1, if you do not want to select 2. Callback URL: addressbookupdate.skt.com ”.

Recipients who receive this Callback SMS report Callback SMS messages, and select 1 if they want to update their address book automatically, and 2 if they do not.

If you do not want to update, the guide SMS service is terminated. If you want to automatically update the address book, this specific receiver accesses the address book update server 30 with the callback URL through the mobile terminal 13 and changes the existing phone number and the changed phone number. Provides the phone number (S40). At this time, the mobile terminal 13 of the specific receiver automatically checks whether the software (plugin) for updating the address book is installed, and if not installed, it is installed.

Now, the address book update server 30 receiving the existing phone number and the changed phone number is connected with the address book update software installed in the mobile terminal 13 to determine whether the received existing phone number exists in the address book of the mobile terminal 13. If there is a search, the address book update server 30 performs a process of changing the existing phone number in the address book of the mobile terminal 13 to the changed phone number (S50).

If the existing phone number does not exist in the address book of the mobile terminal 13, the address book update server 30 searches for a corresponding user name in the phone number change data area based on the existing phone number and the changed phone number. In step S50, the user name and the changed phone number are added to the address book.

As a result, by using the above method, the address book can be updated by using the callback SMS function that is possible in all mobile terminals, and thus the address book can be automatically updated even in a mobile terminal that is not currently equipped with automatic address book update software.

In addition, a mobile communication service provider can conveniently update the address book with a changed phone number, thereby reducing the related maintenance costs by lowering the frequency of providing a change phone number notification service and a call forwarding service.

On the other hand, while the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, but various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the above description, the Callback SMS includes the user name, the previous phone number, the changed phone number, and the Callback URL. A simple Callback SMS that includes only a username, such as "Hong Gil-dong's phone number has been changed, press 1 for automatic updates or 2 for no updates" is possible.

1 is a system configuration for automatically updating the address book in the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic address book update procedure in the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing a structure of telephone number change data stored in an address book update server;

Claims (7)

In the method for automatically updating the address book of the mobile communication terminal, Providing, by the input device (10, 11, 12), the telephone number change data including the user name, the previous telephone number, the changed telephone number and the recipient telephone number to the callback SMS sending server 20 by using a wired or wireless communication network; Receiving, by the callback SMS sending server 20, the phone number change data, providing the phone number change data to the address book updater server 30 and storing the received phone number change data; The callback SMS sending server 20 receiving the phone number change data sends a callback SMS to the receiving mobile communication terminal 13 corresponding to the recipient phone number to guide the user to change the phone number and to ask for an automatic address book update. Shipping; When the recipient who has seen the callback SMS in the receiving mobile terminal 13 selects to automatically update his / her address book, the receiving mobile terminal 13 uses the callback URL to send the address book updater server 30 to the address book updater server 30. Connecting; And updating the address book of the receiving mobile communication terminal by the address book updating server 30. The method of claim 1, The updating step may include: searching, by the address book update server 30, whether the previous telephone number exists in an address book of a receiving mobile communication terminal; As a result of the search, the address book update server 30 changes the previous phone number in the address book of the receiving mobile communication terminal 13 to the changed phone number if it exists, and if not, the address book update server 30 And adding the user name and the changed telephone number to the address book of the receiving mobile communication terminal (13). The method of claim 1, And the input device (10, 11, 12) is a user mobile communication terminal (10). The method of claim 1, And the input device (10, 11, 12) is a user PC (11). The method of claim 1, And the input device (10, 11, 12) is a server system (12) on the side of the mobile communication company. The method of claim 1, And the user name is displayed on the callback SMS. The method of claim 6, And the previous phone number and the changed phone number are displayed on the callback SMS.

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