KR20090072693A - Instant messenger system of providing service using input information from portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

An instant messenger system of providing a service by using input information from a portable terminal is provided to supply visual communication service to a mobile terminal by being connected to the mobile terminal that includes an image acquirement device. Clients(20a,20b,20c) receive input data from a portable terminal by being connected to the portable terminal. An IM server(30) receive input data of the portable terminal from the clients through a network and provides an instant messenger service to the client that are in a login state.

Description

INSTANT MESSENGER SYSTEM OF PROVIDING SERVICE USING INPUT INFORMATION FROM PORTABLE TERMINAL}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an instant messenger system, and more particularly to an instant messenger system that provides a service using input information from a portable terminal.

Instant messenger (IM) is a service that can send messages, files, and data in real time through the Internet. In order to use the instant messenger service, an instant messenger program must be installed in each subscriber station, and the application program is client software that enables mutual communication with at least one of the call parties preset by the subscriber.

IM, which can provide text messages, voice calls, and video calls between subscribers regardless of location or time, is also used as a corporate communication system as a total communication soluyion. In other words, IM can be used to send and receive instant messages, check presence, manage personal schedules, and collaborate to improve work convenience and efficiency for employees, as well as to collaborate more systematically. can do.

Conventional IM system includes a server for providing collaboration / video call / voice call / text transmission and reception to the user terminal, that is, the client (Client) and the client connected thereto. In order to execute a video call in a conventional IM system, a camera must be installed or connected to each client.

In addition, the conventional IM system provides a list of contacts stored by each subscriber in advance, and designates a call partner each time each subscriber logs in. Each subscriber stores his / her phone book or address book separately in his or her own mobile phone and personal digital assistance (PDA), but it is inconvenient to store a separate phone book or address book for use with a conventional IM system.

The present invention provides an instant messenger system that provides a service using input information from a mobile terminal.

In addition, the present invention provides an instant messenger system connected to a mobile terminal including an image capturing apparatus to provide a video call.

The present invention also provides an instant messenger system that can utilize personal information stored in a portable terminal such as a phone book and a personal address book.

The present invention is a mobile terminal; A client connected with the portable terminal and receiving input information of the portable terminal; An instant messenger system including a server providing an instant messenger service to the client using input information of the mobile terminal received from the client through a network is provided.

The instant messenger service includes collaboration, video call, voice call, text transmission, transmission, file sharing, call list update and download service.

The portable terminal includes a mobile communication telephone and a personal digital assistance (PDA).

The portable terminal may include a video acquisition device to form real-time video data, and the server may provide the video call based on the real-time video data.

The server may include a data communication unit for performing network communication with the client; A data converter converting any one of real-time image data and call target list data input from the portable terminal according to a data format for performing an instant messenger; A messenger processor for providing an instant messenger service in response to a request of the client; A storage unit for storing status information of subscribers through each client under the control of the messenger processor; A presence processor that is activated at the same time as the messenger processor to display the state of the call recipients by referring to the subscriber state information storage unit; And a subscriber information storage unit for storing the call destination list data converted by the data conversion unit under the control of the messenger processor.

The present invention can use the real-time video obtained from the camera of the mobile terminal for video calls of the instant messenger.

In addition, the instant messenger system of the present invention can reduce the inconvenience of having to individually set and store the call target list by allowing the portable terminal and the call target list to be exchanged with each other.

Hereinafter, a configuration and a function of an instant messenger system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an IM system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The IM system includes portable terminals 10a, 10b and 10c, clients 20a, 20b and 20c connected to the portable terminal to receive input data from the portable terminal, clients 20a and 20b which are subscriber terminals via the network. And an IM server 30 that receives input data of the mobile terminal from 20c and provides an instant messenger service to the clients 20a, 20b, and 20c in a logged in state. Instant messenger services include collaboration, video calls, voice calls, text messaging, file transfers, file sharing, call destination list (telephone number, IP address, email address) update and download services.

The portable terminals 10a, 10b and 10c include a mobile communication telephone and a personal digital assistance (PDA). Preferably, the portable terminals 10a, 10b, 10c are provided with an image acquisition device, that is, a camera. The mobile terminal 10a, 10b, 10c may store a telephone number, an IP address, or an email address of a callee, and may form real-time image data using an image acquisition device.

The clients 20a, 20b, and 20c may be implemented as personal computers (PCs), and may communicate with a USB port (Universal Serial Bus port) and the server 30 connected to the mobile terminals 10a, 10b, and 10c. It includes a data communication unit. The clients 20a, 20b, and 20c receive input data of the mobile terminal, i.e., real-time video data or a call target list.

Referring to FIG. 2, the data communication unit 31 of the server 30 performs network communication with the clients 20a, 20b, and 20c. The data converter 32 converts the format of the input data of the portable terminals 10a, 10b, and 10c, that is, the real-time video data or the call target list data, according to the data format for performing the instant messenger.

The messenger processor 33 provides an instant messenger service in response to a request from the clients 20a, 20b, and 20c. When the IM (instant messenger) program is executed in the client and the subscriber receives login information from the data communication unit 31, the messenger processor 33 is activated to perform text transmission, voice call, and video call function between the logged in subscribers. It becomes the state that I can. In particular, when performing a video call, the messenger processor 33 uses real-time image data of the mobile terminals 10a, 10b, and 10c converted by the data converter 32.

Subscriber status information storage unit 34 is a subscriber (call party) log-in through each client (20a, 20b, 20c) under the control of the messenger processor 33, whether to receive a message or call or not, seat Stores status information such as empty. The presence server 35 is activated simultaneously with the activation of the messenger processor 33 to display the status of subscribers and call parties with reference to the subscriber status information storage 34. The subscriber information storage unit 36 stores the call destination list converted by the data conversion unit 32 under the control of the messenger processor 33.

Hereinafter, an instant messenger service using an IM system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

When the mobile terminal 10a is connected to the client 20a (S10) and a subscriber login through the client 20a is received from the data communication unit 31 of the IM server 30, the messenger processor 33 and the presence processor 35 are received. ) Is activated. When the data communication unit 31 of the IM server 30 receives the instant messenger execution request from the client 20a, the messenger processor 33 executes the execution request menu (video call request, phone book updater, phone book) of the client 20a. Download request) (S11).

When the client 20a requests a video call with a subscriber logged in through the client 20b, the messenger processor 33 sends a video call start signal to the client 20a and the client 20b through the data communication unit 31. In operation S20, the data communication unit 31 receives image data input from the mobile terminals 10a and 10b connected to both clients 20a and 20b (S21). The data converting unit 32 converts the format of the input image data (S22) and transmits the converted image data to the counterpart clients 20a and 20b.

When the client 20a requests the phone book update, the messenger processor 33 transmits a phone number update start signal to the client 20a via the data communication unit 31 (S30), and the data communication unit 31 sends the client ( The telephone number data inputted from the mobile terminals 10a connected to 20a are received (S31). The data conversion unit 32 converts the format of the input telephone number data (S32), and updates the telephone directory of the subscriber information storage unit with the converted telephone number data (S33).

When the client 20a requests down load of the phone book, the messenger processor 33 retrieves the phone book of the subscriber (the corresponding subscriber) logged in via the client 20a in the subscriber information storage 36 ( S40), the format of the retrieved telephone number data is converted into a format applicable to the portable terminal (S41). The messenger processor 33 transmits the converted telephone number data to the client 20a through the data communication unit 31 (S42), and the mobile terminal 10a connected to the client 20a receives the telephone number data and makes a phone call. The phone book is updated (S43).

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without setting the technical spirit or essential features. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all settings or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an IM system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an IM server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart showing an IM service provision according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (5)

As an instant messenger system, A mobile terminal; A client connected with the portable terminal and receiving input information of the portable terminal; And a server providing an instant messenger service to the client by using input information of the mobile terminal received from the client through a network. The method of claim 1, The instant messenger service includes a collaboration, video call, voice call, text transmission and reception, file transfer, file sharing, a contact list update and download service, and an instant messenger system. The method of claim 2, The portable terminal comprises a mobile communication telephone, personal digital assistance (PDA). The method of claim 3, The mobile terminal includes an image acquisition device to form real-time image data, And the server provides the video call based on the real-time video data. The method of claim 4, wherein The server, A data communication unit for performing network communication with the client; A data converter converting any one of real-time image data and call target list data input from the portable terminal according to a data format for performing an instant messenger; A messenger processor for providing an instant messenger service in response to a request of the client; A storage unit for storing status information of subscribers through each client under the control of the messenger processor; A presence processor that is activated at the same time as the messenger processor to display the state of the call recipients by referring to the subscriber state information storage unit; And And a subscriber information storage unit for storing the call destination list data converted by the data conversion unit under the control of the messenger processor.

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