KR20090116207A - System and method for providing mobile messenger service using birdy-list - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A service providing system and a method thereof using a buddy list of a mobile messenger for directly registering a service company server are provided to maximize the effect of survey or advertisement by performing interaction through the mobile messenger. CONSTITUTION: A mobile communication terminal(100) communicates with one buddy through a mobile messenger. A service server(400) performs prestored conversation through the mobile communication terminal and the mobile messenger. A buddy list management server(200) manages the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal. The buddy list management server registers the service server on the buddy list. A conversation session processing server(300) processes the registered communication with the buddy.

Description

Service provision system using buddy list of mobile messenger and method thereof {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE MESSENGER SERVICE USING BIRDY-LIST}

The present invention relates to a service providing system and method using a buddy list of IMS-based mobile messenger.

The messenger service provided between personal computers connected to a conventional network was able to use various additional services, advertisement banners, advertisement pop-ups, as well as basic functions to communicate with others in the form of text.

On the other hand, the concept of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) was raised by the 3GPP group that develops international standards for wireless communication. The main motivation for introducing AII IP-based networks through IMS is the rich content and new services through packet services. It is to accept the ability as a net in one step. With the introduction of this IMS, mobile messenger becomes the main service.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal is connected to an IMS network via an access network (AN) and a packet data serving node (PDSN), and can receive a mobile messenger service using an IMS network including a CSCF and an HSS. Will be.

In the mobile messenger implemented on the mobile communication terminal through the IMS infrastructure, there are limitations such as the size of the screen and the limitation of the input means, which is a completely different environment from the personal computer. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find a new methodology that overcomes hardware limitations in the implementation of mobile messengers.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by directly registering the service provider server for performing an advertisement or event in the mobile messenger buddy list of the mobile communication terminal, meets the characteristics of the hardware resources of the mobile communication terminal It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a service using a buddy list of a mobile messenger that induces interaction between a user and a service company server.

The service providing system using the buddy list of the mobile messenger of the present invention for achieving the above object is a mobile communication terminal using a mobile messenger to communicate with one or more of the buddy list registered in the buddy list management server;

A service server performing communication using previously stored conversation contents through the mobile communication terminal and a mobile messenger, and notifying the charging server when the communication is successfully performed;

A buddy list management server which manages a buddy list of the mobile communication terminal and registers and manages the service server in the buddy list;

A conversation session processing server for processing communication between the mobile communication terminal and at least one buddy registered in a buddy list; And

And a charging server that charges a call charge of the mobile communication terminal and reduces the charge of the mobile communication terminal upon recognizing that the communication between the service server and the mobile communication terminal has been successfully performed.

On the other hand, one aspect of the service providing method using the buddy list of the mobile messenger of the present invention for achieving the above object is the step of the mobile communication terminal attempts to add a buddy by inputting an identification number for identifying the buddy on the mobile messenger ; And

The buddy list management server that receives the identification number input by the mobile communication terminal determines whether the identification number is an identification number of another mobile communication terminal or an identification number of a service server, and determines a buddy list of the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal. Adding to; characterized in that it includes,

Another aspect of the service providing method using the buddy list of the mobile messenger of the present invention comprises the steps of determining whether a service request for adding a service server to the buddy list from the user of the mobile communication terminal; And

And managing, by a buddy list management server, a buddy list of the mobile communication terminal by adding a service server as a buddy.

On the other hand, another aspect of the service providing method using the buddy list of the mobile messenger of the present invention is the step of connecting the mobile messenger conversation session between the mobile communication terminal and the service server registered in the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal; And

Transmitting, by the service server, the conversation contents stored in advance to the mobile messenger, and if there is an input of the conversation contents from the mobile communication terminal, transmitting a corresponding process or corresponding conversation contents;

When the mobile messenger conversation session between the mobile communication terminal and the service server is terminated, determining whether the communication is successfully performed and notifying the charging server if the communication is successful; And

The billing server further comprises the step of reducing the call charge of the mobile communication terminal.

According to the present invention as described above, by maximizing the effect of advertisement or survey by inducing the user to perform active interaction through mobile messenger, instead of simply displaying information such as advertisement to the customer unilaterally according to the related art. Has the effect of being able to

As a result, economic satisfaction, such as reduction of call charges, is generated from the user's point of view, and a new profit model is created from the mobile operator's point of view.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 2 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of a service providing system using a buddy list of a mobile messenger according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an exemplary view illustrating a process of performing communication with a buddy registered in a buddy list.

2, a service providing system using a buddy list of a mobile messenger of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal 100, a buddy list management server 200, a conversation session processing server 300, a service server 400 and billing It can be seen that the server 500 is made.

In this case, the mobile communication terminal 100 is provided with a mobile messenger service through an IMS network as shown in FIG. 1, and may communicate with one or more buddies registered in their buddy list using a mobile messenger.

The buddy refers to a conversation partner registered in a buddy list, but refers to another mobile communication terminal registered by the user of the mobile communication terminal, but the present invention may include not only another mobile communication terminal but also a service server described below.

On the other hand, communication using a mobile messenger mainly means a chat made by inputting text, but it is not necessarily a text-based communication.

Meanwhile, the buddy list management server 200 performs buddy list management such as registering or deleting the mobile messenger buddy list of the mobile communication terminal. Typically, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 attempts to add a buddy by inputting an identification number for identifying another mobile communication terminal or a service server, the buddy list management server 200 determines a target indicated by the input identification number. This is added to the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal 100. Meanwhile, when a user of the mobile communication terminal 100 requests a service using a buddy list of a mobile messenger according to the present invention, a predetermined service server may be added to the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal 100. The buddy list management server 200 may be an XML Document Management Server (XDMS) that manages the buddy list in XML format.

Meanwhile, the identification number may be a phone number of another mobile communication terminal or a special number for identifying a service server. A special number for identifying a service server is a combination of special characters and numbers (for example, ** 114). It may be made of.

When the mobile communication terminal 100 accesses the mobile messenger, the buddy list is read from the buddy list management server 200 and displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 3 (a). The mobile communication terminal 100 When the user selects a conversation with the service server 400 included in his buddy list, the conversation session processing server 300 connects a conversation session between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the service server 400. When the chat session is connected, communication takes place as exemplarily shown in FIG. 3 (b).

On the other hand, even if the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 does not select a conversation with the service server 400, the conversation session processing server 300 waits for the mobile messenger connection of the mobile communication terminal 100 to automatically service the server 400. You can also connect a chat session with.

The service server 400 communicates with the mobile communication terminal 100 by transmitting previously stored conversation contents through a mobile messenger. In this case, the service server 400 may transmit an advertisement or a survey as conversation contents, or may transmit contents of a prize entry as conversation contents. When the content of the conversation regarding the prize entry is transmitted, the mobile communication terminal 100 may receive information on the prize entry and process the automatic prize entry.

On the other hand, the service server 400 determines whether the communication was successfully performed when the conversation session with the mobile communication terminal 100 is notified to the billing server 500. Whether or not the communication was successfully performed may be determined based on whether a conversation content such as an advertisement, a survey, a prize entry, etc. has been sufficiently delivered or whether there is an appropriate conversation input from the mobile communication terminal 100.

The billing server 500 charges a call fee to the mobile communication terminal 100, but reduces the call charge by a predetermined amount when it recognizes that the communication between the service server 400 and the mobile communication terminal 100 was successfully performed. This may be used as an incentive for the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 to actively participate in the communication with the service server 400.

Hereinafter, a process in which the service server 100 is registered in the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. However, the description of the contents overlapping with the above description will be omitted.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of adding a buddy to a buddy list by inputting an identification number by a mobile communication terminal user. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of adding a service server to a buddy list when a mobile communication terminal user applies for service. A flowchart describing the process.

 Referring to FIG. 5, if the mobile communication terminal 100 attempts to add a buddy by inputting an identification number for identifying a buddy on a mobile messenger (S110),

A buddy list management server 200 receives the identification number input by the mobile communication terminal 100 and determines whether the identification number is an identification number of another mobile communication terminal or an identification number of a service server. Meanwhile, the determined other mobile communication terminal or service server is added to the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal 100 (S120).

In this case, the identification number is typically a phone number of another mobile communication terminal when identifying another mobile communication terminal, or the identification number for identifying a service server in the present invention may be a special number consisting of a combination of numbers and special characters.

Meanwhile, according to FIG. 6, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 requests a service using the buddy list of the mobile messenger according to the present invention by adding the service server to the buddy list (S210), the buddy list management server 200 is provided. The service server 400 is added as a buddy to the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal 100 and managed (S220).

Meanwhile, the following describes the conversation session processing between the service server 400 and the mobile communication terminal 100 with reference to FIGS. 4 and 7.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process in which a service server transmits a conversation content in response to a conversation content input from a mobile communication terminal, and FIG. 7 is a conversation between a service server registered in a buddy list and a mobile communication terminal period conversation. This is a flowchart describing the processing of the session.

The mobile communication terminal 100 accesses a mobile messenger, reads its buddy list from the buddy list management server 200 and displays it on the screen. When the user selects the service server 400 from the buddy list, the conversation session processing server 300 ) Connects a conversation session between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the service server 400. Meanwhile, waiting for a mobile messenger connection of the mobile communication terminal 100, the chat session processing server 300 may automatically connect a chat session between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the service server 400.

On the other hand, when the mobile messenger conversation session between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the service server 400 is connected (S310), the service server 400 transmits the previously stored conversation contents on the mobile messenger. On the other hand, if there is a conversation content input from the mobile communication terminal 100 and transmits the corresponding process or corresponding conversation content (S320). At this time, the content of the conversation sent by the service server 400 may be an advertisement, a survey, or a prize entry. In the case of a prize entry, the mobile terminal 100 receives information necessary for the prize entry from the mobile communication terminal 100. Prizes will be automatically processed.

The service server 400 programs the contents of the conversation and determines which conversation contents are to be transmitted according to the conversation contents received from the mobile communication terminal 100. Referring to the example of FIG. 4, the service server 400 moves. The process of transmitting the conversation content corresponding to the conversation content input from the communication terminal 100 can be seen. Referring to FIG. 4, when the mobile communication terminal 100 inputs a conversation content of “1”, the service server 400 selects a conversation content such as “You have selected Lancome torejo”, and a conversation content of “1”. If it is entered, it can be seen that the service server 400 transmits a conversation such as "You have selected Chanel No. 5.".

On the other hand, after the conversation session between the service server 400 and the mobile communication terminal 100 is connected, the conversation contents are transmitted and received through a message based on the Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) protocol.

Subsequently, when the mobile messenger conversation session between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the service server 400 ends, it is determined whether the communication was successfully performed, and if it is successfully performed, the charging server 500 notifies it of this (S330).

Recognizing that the communication was successfully performed, the billing server 500 reduces the call charge of the mobile communication terminal 100 by a certain amount (S340).

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to a number of embodiments, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these examples and should not be interpreted, and the present invention may be variously modified within the scope of the technical spirit described in the claims. Modifications may be made.

1 is a network diagram for an IMS-based mobile messenger operation,

2 is a network diagram of a service providing system using a buddy list of a mobile messenger according to the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view illustrating a process of performing communication with a buddy registered in a buddy list by way of example.

4 is an exemplary view illustrating a process in which a service server transmits a conversation content in response to a conversation content input from a mobile communication terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of adding a buddy to the buddy list by the user of the mobile communication terminal by entering an identification number,

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of adding a service server to a buddy list when a mobile communication terminal user applies for service.

7 is a flowchart for explaining a processing process of a conversation session with a service server registered in a buddy list.

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100: mobile communication terminal 200: buddy list management server

300: conversation session processing server 400: service server

500: billing server

Claims (14)

A mobile communication terminal for communicating with one or more buddies of a buddy list using a mobile messenger; A service server for performing communication using previously stored conversation contents through the mobile communication terminal and a mobile messenger; A buddy list management server which manages a buddy list of the mobile communication terminal and registers and manages the service server in the buddy list; And And a conversation session processing server configured to process communication between the mobile communication terminal and at least one buddy registered in the buddy list. The method of claim 1, The billing server charges the call charge of the mobile communication terminal, and if the service server and the mobile communication terminal has successfully communicated with the billing server to reduce the charge of the mobile communication terminal; The service server performs a communication using a previously stored conversation contents through a mobile communication terminal and a mobile messenger, but when the communication is successfully performed, the service providing system using the buddy list of the mobile messenger, which is notified to the billing server. . The method according to claim 1 or 2, The buddy list management server is a service provider system using a buddy list of a mobile messenger, characterized in that the XML Document Management Server (XDMS) to manage the buddy list in an XML-based format. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The mobile messenger is a service providing system using a buddy list of a mobile messenger, which is operated based on an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The service server transmits previously stored conversation contents when the mobile communication terminal and the mobile messenger conversation session are connected, wherein the conversation contents are advertisements or surveys. The method according to claim 1 or 2, When the mobile communication terminal and the mobile messenger conversation session are connected, the service server transmits a pre-stored conversation content, and the conversation content relates to a prize entry and receives information necessary for prize entry from the mobile communication terminal to process a prize entry. Service providing system using a buddy list of the mobile messenger, characterized in that. Inputting, by the mobile communication terminal, an identification number for identifying a buddy on the mobile messenger; Determining whether the identification number is an identification number of another mobile communication terminal or an identification number of a service server by a buddy list management server receiving the identification number input by the mobile communication terminal; And And if the identification number is an identification number of the service server, adding the service server as a buddy to the buddy list of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein The mobile communication terminal receives the identification number consisting of a combination of numbers and special characters when identifying the service server, the telephone number of the other mobile communication terminal as an identification number for identifying the other mobile communication terminal. Service providing method using a buddy list of the mobile messenger. Connecting a mobile messenger conversation session between a mobile communication terminal and a service server registered in a buddy list of the mobile communication terminal; And Transmitting, by the service server, the conversation contents stored in advance to the mobile messenger, and if there is an input of the conversation contents from the mobile communication terminal, transmitting a corresponding process or corresponding conversation contents; And when the mobile messenger conversation session between the mobile communication terminal and the service server is terminated, determining whether the communication was successfully performed and reducing the call charge of the mobile communication terminal when the communication is successfully performed. Service providing method using the buddy list of the mobile messenger. The method of claim 9, Method of providing a service using a buddy list of a mobile messenger characterized in that the contents of the conversation in the conversation session connected between the mobile communication terminal and the service server are transmitted through an MRSP message. The method of claim 9, The mobile messenger conversation session connection between the mobile communication terminal and the service server is triggered by the user of the mobile communication terminal selecting the conversation session connection with the service server registered in his buddy list. How to Provide. The method of claim 9, The mobile messenger conversation session connection between the mobile communication terminal and the service server provides a service using the buddy list of the mobile messenger, wherein the conversation session processing server automatically connects the conversation session with the service server when the mobile messenger accesses the mobile messenger. Way. The method of claim 9, A service providing method using a buddy list of a mobile messenger, wherein the service server performs an advertisement or a survey by transmitting a conversation content about an advertisement or a survey. The method of claim 9, Transmitting, by the service server, a conversation about the prize entry, and receiving information necessary for the prize entry from the mobile communication terminal; And And processing the prize entry of the mobile communication terminal by using the received information. The service providing method of claim 1, further comprising a buddy list of the mobile messenger.

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