KR20110097527A - System and method for providing multimedia by using phone network, program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and system for providing multimedia information using a telephone network. (a) allocating a phone number for providing multimedia information to a person or a tangible object, and (b) storing the multimedia information for the person or tangible product on a storage medium in association with the assigned multimedia information providing phone number. (C) checking the telephone number corresponding to the caller terminal and the telephone number requested by the caller terminal when the connection request is made from the caller terminal using the telephone network; and (d) receiving the caller from the caller terminal. Providing an information selection interface for selecting (or entering) multimedia information; and (e) when the multimedia information to be provided by the caller is selected (or input) through the information selection interface, the selected (or input) Identifying (or extracting) multimedia information from the storage medium; and (f) identifying (or extracting) the multimedia information. According to the multimedia information providing method using a telephone network including providing information to the caller terminal or a communication means designated by the caller, the telephone network can be utilized as various multimedia information providing infrastructures.

Description

Method and system for providing multimedia information using telephone network and program recording medium therefor {System and Method for Providing Multimedia by Using Phone Network, Program Recording Medium}

The present invention assigns a telephone number for providing multimedia information to a person or a tangible object, and provides a telephone network with multimedia information related to the person or tangible thing to a caller connecting the telephone to the telephone number.

The conventional ARS system was a unidirectional service in which a caller unilaterally obtains information when a subscriber creates and registers a voice or video through a service provider, and it is not easy to update or change a registered voice or video.

In addition, the existing ARS system was only able to provide simple information such as voice.

The present invention for solving the above problems is provided in the server connected to the caller terminal and the telephone number assignment service subscriber terminal, in a system for providing multimedia information about a person or a tangible thing through a telephone network, multimedia to the person or tangible thing A number resource allocating means for allocating an information providing telephone number, content registration means for storing multimedia information on the person or tangible goods in a storage medium in association with the allocated multimedia information providing telephone number, and a telephone network from a caller terminal. When requesting a connection using the terminal, a number confirmation means for confirming the telephone number corresponding to the caller terminal and the telephone number requested by the caller terminal, and information for selecting (or entering) multimedia information to be provided by the caller to the caller terminal. Inn providing optional interface Information checking means for confirming (or extracting) the selected (or input) multimedia information from the storage medium when the multimedia information to be provided by the caller is selected (or input) through an interface providing means and the information selection interface. And an information providing means for providing the checked (or extracted) multimedia information to the caller terminal or a communication means designated by the caller.

The multimedia information providing system using the telephone network according to the present invention for solving the above problems is provided in the server connected to the calling party terminal and the telephone number assignment service subscriber terminal, a number for assigning a telephone number for providing multimedia information to people or objects Resource registration means, content registration means for storing multimedia information on the person or tangible goods in a storage medium in association with the allocated multimedia information providing phone number, and a caller terminal upon connection request using a telephone network from the caller terminal. Interface providing means for providing a corresponding telephone number and a number checking means for confirming a telephone number requested by the caller terminal to connect, and an information selecting interface for selecting (or entering) multimedia information to be provided by the caller to the caller terminal; , Select the above information When the multimedia information to be provided by the caller is selected (or input) through an interface, information confirmation means for confirming (or extracting) the selected (or input) multimedia information from the storage medium and the confirmed (or extracted) multimedia. Information providing means for providing information to the caller terminal or a communication means designated by the caller;

According to the present invention, a system for providing multimedia information using a telephone network includes caller interface configuration information including a menu configuration (or order) to be output corresponding to a specific caller's telephone number or multimedia information to be provided corresponding to a telephone number, and Interface providing condition information including one or more conditions such as a specific time zone, weather, day of the week, number of telephone calls, telephone dialing location, etc., which can change the interface or the order of providing the interface, is stored in a storage medium in association with the assigned multimedia information providing phone number. Further comprising the additional information registration means for storing.

According to the present invention, the multimedia information providing system using the telephone network, to retrieve the telephone number assigned to a specific person or tangible thing or to manage the content corresponding to the assigned telephone number for the purpose of providing information to the caller or service subscriber terminal. It is characterized in that it further comprises a program providing means for downloading the telephone number search and management program for remote mounting.

According to the present invention, the multimedia information providing system using the telephone network, check the caller's multimedia information providing history and store in the storage medium in association with the caller's telephone number, when the caller terminal is connected, the multimedia information stored in association with the caller's number The apparatus may further include information reconstruction means for changing the configuration of the information selection interface so as to correspond to the provision details.

According to the present invention, a multimedia information providing system using a telephone network includes conversion processing means for converting voice data provided from a caller terminal or a service subscriber terminal into a voice format usable on the web, or converting it into a text format and registering it in a designated web server. It characterized in that it further comprises.

According to the present invention, the conversion processing means is characterized in that the subscriber converts the text registered in the designated web server into a voice format that can be used in the telephone network and stores it in a storage medium in association with the assigned multimedia information providing phone number. .

According to the present invention, the information selection interface may further include an interface for inputting (or selecting) specific customer information to which the sender selects (or inputs) multimedia information.

On the other hand, the present invention provides a method for providing multimedia information using a telephone network, the method comprising: (a) assigning a telephone number for providing multimedia information to a person or a typeless object in a server connected to a calling party terminal and a telephone number assignment service subscriber terminal; b) storing the multimedia information on the person or tangible goods in a storage medium in association with the allocated multimedia information providing phone number, and (c) when requesting a connection from the calling terminal using a telephone network, corresponding to the calling terminal. Checking a phone number and a phone number requested by the caller terminal to connect; (d) providing an information selection interface for selecting (or entering) multimedia information to be provided by the caller to a caller terminal; The multimedia information to be provided by the caller is selected through the information selection interface (or And (f) confirming (or extracting) the selected (or input) multimedia information from the storage medium, and (f) providing the confirmed (or extracted) multimedia information to the caller terminal or the communication means designated by the caller. It includes a step.

According to the present invention, after the step (b), the caller-specific interface configuration information including the menu configuration (or order) or multimedia information to be provided corresponding to the telephone number, which is output in response to the specific caller's telephone number, and the specific interface or Storing the interface providing condition information including one or more conditions such as a specific time zone, weather, day of the week, number of dialed calls, and dialed locations that can change the order of providing the interface in a storage medium in association with the assigned multimedia information providing phone number; It further comprises a step.

On the other hand, the present invention includes a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method for providing multimedia information using the telephone network described above.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that can be utilized as an information providing infrastructure capable of providing a variety of multimedia information by further developing from the conventional use of a telephone call or ARS system as a service using a telephone network.

In addition, there is an effect that anyone can easily and cheaply configure the information service over the phone.

1 is a diagram illustrating a phone number assignment system for allocating a phone number to a person or a tangible thing according to one embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a process of allocating a phone number to a specific assignment target according to a phone number assignment request according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a content information registration system for registering one or more pieces of content information to be provided to a customer terminal making a call connection to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible thing according to one embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering one or more pieces of content information to be provided to a client terminal making a call connection to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an additional information registration system for registering additional information for providing a differentiated menu or information through an assigned phone number by an administrator for an assigned phone number according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering additional information for providing a differentiated menu (or information) for each customer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a customer-customized information registration system for selectively configuring a menu (or information) provided when a customer accesses a call with a phone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object according to one embodiment of the present invention. .
8 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering additional information for providing a differentiated menu (or information) for each customer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a phone number search and management for searching for a phone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object or for managing contents corresponding to the assigned phone number for the purpose of providing information to a customer wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 shows the configuration of a program providing system for downloading and remotely mounting a program.
10A and 10B illustrate a phone number search for searching a phone number assigned to a specific person or an intangible object or managing a content corresponding to the assigned phone number for the purpose of providing information to a customer wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. And a process of downloading and remotely mounting the management program.
11 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.
14 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.
17 is a diagram illustrating a process of searching for a telephone number assigned to a person or a tangible object by using a caller wireless terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a diagram illustrating a process of changing multimedia information or a menu provided through a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object using a caller wireless terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, the same reference numerals will be used for the same means regardless of the reference numerals in order to facilitate the overall understanding.

1 is a diagram illustrating a phone number assignment system for allocating a phone number to a person or a tangible thing according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, Figure 1 is a customer (or service subscriber) who wants to be assigned a phone number for providing information on a person or tangible thing, the phone number assignment request customer information for allocation of a phone number to the phone number assignment system, the information to be assigned If the phone number assignment request information is included, the phone number assignment system refers to the provided phone number assignment request information and relates to a system configuration for allocating a phone number to the assignment target (for example, a person or an intangible object). .

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to infer various implementation methods for the configuration of the telephone number assignment system shown in FIG. It includes, and is not limited to the implementation method shown in FIG.

According to the method of the present invention, the tangible and intangible objects may include a building, a cultural property, an exhibition, a consumer goods, an internet service, a broadcast program, and a computer program.

Hereinafter, using the phone number assignment request information provided from the phone number assignment request customer terminal through a predetermined information registration interface on the phone number assignment system shown in FIG. Components corresponding to at least one means or function configuration for allocating telephone numbers are referred to as " number resource allocation server 100 " for convenience.

Referring to Figure 1, the telephone number assignment system comprises a customer terminal including at least one wired terminal or a wireless terminal used by the telephone number assignment request customer, the customer terminal is assigned a telephone number through a predetermined network means The communication channel is connected to the number resource allocation server 100 provided on the system.

The telephone number assignment request customer accesses the number resource allocation server 100 through at least one or more customer terminals of a wired terminal connected to a predetermined wired communication network or a wireless terminal connected to a predetermined wireless communication network, and the number resource allocation server 100 Inputs (or selects) phone number assignment request information for allocating a phone number for an assignment target including a person or a tangible object through at least one user interface provided by the user, It transmits to the number resource allocation server 100 provided on the number assignment system.

Here, the wired terminal connected to the wired communication network is a generic term for all terminal devices connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) -based and a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP) -based communication network, and a wired telephone connected to the PSTN-based communication network , A desktop computer or notebook connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or a home appliance terminal (eg, a set-top-box) connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or TCP / IP. At least one kiosk (KIOSK) connected to the base communication network, or an Internet telephone (VoIP phone) and the like connected to the TCP / IP-based communication network.

In addition, the wireless terminal connected to the wireless communication network is any terminal device connected to a mobile communication network based on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), or all terminal devices connected to the portable Internet based on IEEE 802.16x, Motorola's DataTAC method or Erricson's Mobitex A generic term for all terminal devices connected to a wireless data communication network, which is a Personal Communication System (PCS) or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) terminal or a Personal Digital Cellular terminal connected to the CDMA-based mobile communication network. A PDC or PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or a smart phone or telematics, or a portable Internet terminal connected to the IEEE 802.16x based mobile Internet, or Wireless connected to the DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data communication network It comprises at least one data communication terminal or the like.

In addition, the client terminal outputs at least one or more user interfaces provided by the number resource allocation server 100, and inputs or selects at least one or more information through the user interface to transmit the number resource allocation server 100 to the number resource allocation server 100. A function configuration (eg, a browser program and a communication function, or a predetermined communication program and a communication function for communicating with the number resource allocation server 100, etc.) may be provided.

The storage medium 140 provided on the number resource allocation system according to the present invention includes a phone number assignment request customer information included in the phone number assignment request information provided from a customer terminal in the number resource allocation server 100, and an assignment target. Using the information, one or more pieces of information generated, extracted or verified in the process of allocating a phone number for the allocation target are linked and stored.

The telephone number assignment request customer information may include a name (or name), address, contact number, or social security number (or name) of a customer (individual or corporation) requesting an allocation of a telephone number for providing information to an allocation target including a specific person or tangible object. Business registration number), and a member ID / PW.

In addition, the phone number assignment request customer information may further include manager information for management of the assigned phone number and management of a menu provided through the assigned phone number.

Here, the manager information may be a manager wired or wireless telephone number or a specific ID / PW.

The allocation target information may include a name (or name) of a specific person or a tangible object to which a phone number for providing predetermined information is assigned.

The storage medium 140 may be provided in a DBMS provided on the phone number assignment system (or associated with the phone number assignment system), and the storage medium 140 may be a predetermined database associated with the DBMS. .

The number resource allocation server 100 provided on the telephone number assignment system is a generic term for the components of the telephone number assignment system connected to the customer terminal through a predetermined network means, and includes at least one server (or device). Or at least one program recorded on a recording medium provided in a predetermined server (or apparatus).

The number resource allocation server 100 is provided with an interface unit 105 (or interface means) for connecting and managing a predetermined communication channel with a customer terminal through a network means.

When the customer terminal includes a wired terminal connected to a wired communication network, the interface unit 105 connects a communication channel with a customer terminal based on a protocol stack defined in a wired communication network or a wireless communication network, and communication provided in the customer terminal. A communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) may be provided using a communication protocol defined in a program.

For example, when the client terminal is provided with a browser program corresponding to the HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) protocol, the interface unit 105 connects the communication channel with the client terminal based on the TCP / IP protocol and defines the browser program. By using the HTTP protocol, a web page (eg, Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML) compatible web page) or a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information is provided.

Alternatively, when the customer terminal includes a wireless terminal connected to a wireless communication network, the interface unit 105 connects a communication channel with the customer terminal based on a protocol stack defined in the wireless communication network, and connects to the communication program provided in the customer terminal. Using a defined communication protocol may provide a communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data).

For example, when the client terminal is equipped with a browser program corresponding to a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or ME (Mobile Explorer) protocol, the interface unit 105 connects a communication channel with the client terminal based on the CDMA protocol and connects the browser. A WAP / ME protocol defined in a program is used to provide a web page (eg, a WML (Wireless Markup Language) compliant web page or an HTML compliant web page) or a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information.

Referring to FIG. 1, the number resource allocation server 100 connects a communication channel with the number resource allocation server 100 through an interface unit 105, and then works in conjunction with the interface unit 105. An interface providing unit 110 (or interface providing means) for generating (or extracting) a predetermined user interface for inputting (or selecting) and transmitting predetermined telephone number allocation request information from the terminal to the user terminal; An information receiving unit 115 (or information receiving means) for receiving predetermined telephone number assignment request information which is input (or selected) and transmitted from the customer terminal through the user interface in association with the interface unit 105; Number resource allocation for allocating a phone number for the allocation target by using the telephone number allocation request customer information and the allocation target information included in the received telephone number allocation request information Information storage unit 130 (or number) (or number resource allocation means), the information storage unit 130 (or stored) in a predetermined storage medium 140 by linking the assigned number resources, telephone number assignment request customer information, allocation target information Information storage means).

The interface provider 110 connects a communication channel with the number resource allocation server 100 through the interface unit 105 through a predetermined customer terminal, and then corresponds to the telephone number corresponding to the functional configuration provided in the customer terminal. Input (or select) the allocation request information to generate a predetermined user interface that can be transmitted to the number resource allocation server 100 through a network means, or to extract from a predetermined database (not shown), the interface unit 105 The user interface is generated through the network means.

Thereafter, the client terminal inputs (or selects) the phone number assignment request information including the phone number assignment request customer information and the assignment target information based on the user interface, and network the inputted phone number assignment request information. It transmits to the number resource allocation server 100 through the means.

The information receiving unit 115 inputs (or selects) telephone number allocation request information including the telephone number allocation request customer information and allocation target information through the user interface and transmits the information through the network means. In connection with 105, the phone number assignment request information is received, and the received phone number assignment request information is provided to the validity confirming unit 120 (or validity confirming means).

The validity confirming unit 120 checks the validity of the phone number assignment request customer information and the assignment target information, which is not possible to assign a phone number based on the phone number assignment request information received from the customer terminal.

Validation of the telephone number assignment request information is whether at least one or more information matching the telephone number assignment request information is registered in a storage medium (or D / B) associated with (or provided) the telephone number assignment system. It is preferable to include checking.

For example, the validity verification of the telephone number assignment request information may include a storage medium (or D / B) in which the telephone number assignment request customer information included in the telephone number assignment request information is associated with (or provided with) the telephone number assignment system. It is preferable to include a check that matches the information stored in).

Alternatively, the validity verification of the telephone number assignment request information includes information stored in a storage medium (or D / B) in which the allocation target information included in the telephone number assignment request information is associated with (or provided) with the telephone number assignment system. It is desirable to include checking that the match with.

When the validity of the phone number assignment request information is confirmed, the number resource assignment unit 125 checks the assignment target information included in the phone number assignment request information and sets the phone number to be assigned to the assignment target number resource D / B. Extracted (or confirmed) from the mobile station, and the telephone number extracted (or confirmed) is assigned to the assignment target.

Thereafter, the information storage unit 130 processes the allocated telephone number, the telephone number allocation request customer information and the allocation target information included in the telephone number allocation request information, and stores them in the storage medium 140.

2 is a diagram illustrating a process of allocating a phone number to a specific assignment target according to a phone number assignment request according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 2 illustrates a case in which the number resource allocation server 100 on the telephone number assignment system shown in FIG. 1 has a web server function to which a customer terminal can be connected through a predetermined network means. Accessing the number resource allocation server 100 and transmitting the phone number assignment request information for requesting the telephone number assignment for a specific person or tangible thing, based on the transmitted phone number assignment request information of the specific person or tangible A method of assigning a telephone number to a thing.

Hereinafter, the customer terminal shown in FIG. 1 in FIG. 2 is referred to as "terminal" for convenience, the number resource allocation server shown in FIG. 1 is referred to as "server" for convenience, and the number resource allocation server 100 in the client terminal. The telephone number assignment request customer information and the assignment target information transmitted to the terminal are referred to as "phone number assignment request information" for convenience.

2, the customer terminal shown in Figure 1 is a predetermined network means (e.g., if the customer terminal is a wired terminal, TCP / IP based wired communication network, if the customer terminal is a wireless terminal, CDMA based mobile communication network, or After connecting to a server through IEEE 802.16x-based portable Internet, etc., connecting a predetermined communication channel for registering phone number assignment request information, and requesting a phone number assignment for the phone number assignment target (200), the server Generates (or extracts) a web page corresponding to a predetermined information registration interface for registering the phone number assignment request information (205), and transmits and outputs the generated (or extracted) web page to a terminal through a communication channel. (210).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the information registration interface may include a user interface for inputting (or selecting) telephone number assignment request information including at least one of the telephone number assignment request customer information and allocation target information in the terminal. Can be.

In addition, the web page transmission or output process may be performed at least once according to the telephone number assignment request information registration procedure.

Thereafter, the terminal inputs (or selects) phone number assignment request information including phone number assignment request customer information and assignment target information through the information registration interface (215).

If the terminal allocates (or selects) the telephone number assignment request information including the telephone number assignment request customer information and the assignment target information through the information registration interface (220), the terminal inputs (or selects) the communication channel through the communication channel. The phone number assignment request customer information and assignment target information are transmitted to the server (225).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the telephone number assignment request customer information and the allocation target information input (or selected) through the communication channel are input (or selected) through the information registration interface. The electronic device may further include transmitting the phone number assignment request information to the server through an electronic signature or encryption through a security module provided in the terminal.

Thereafter, the server receives and reads the telephone number assignment request customer information and allocation target information through a communication channel to check the validity of the telephone number assignment request information (230).

Here, confirming the validity of the telephone number assignment request information, if the telephone number assignment request information is electronically signed or encrypted through a security module provided in the terminal, decrypts the telephone number assignment request information, or the telephone number assignment. The method may further include decrypting the request information.

If the validity of the phone number assignment request information is not authenticated (235), the server generates a web page including the predetermined phone number assignment error information and transmits it to the terminal (240), corresponding to the phone number assignment request information. Do not perform the telephone number assignment procedure.

On the other hand, if the validity of the phone number assignment request information is authenticated (235), the server checks the assignment target information included in the phone number assignment request information, and allocates a phone number to the assignment target (person or intangible thing) (245). ).

When the phone number for the allocation target is allocated, the server associates the allocated telephone number with the telephone number assignment request customer information and the allocation target information and stores the data in the storage medium (250).

Thereafter, the server generates a web page including the phone number assignment history information for the assignment object and transmits it to the terminal (255), thereby completing a phone number assignment procedure corresponding to the phone number assignment request information transmitted from the terminal.

Hereinafter, the content registration server on the content registration system described above and the additional information registration server on the additional information registration system may be the same server as the number resource allocation server shown in FIG. 1 or may be a server built in the same system.

3 is a diagram illustrating a content information registration system for registering one or more pieces of content information to be provided to a customer terminal making a call connection to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible thing according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, Figure 3 provides a customer (service subscriber or manager or a content provider) to a customer terminal that makes a call to a phone number assigned to the person or tangible thing to a content information registration system through a predetermined information registration interface. If the content registration request information including at least one or more of a telephone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu is allocated for registering the contents information, the contents information registration system allocates the assigned telephone number included in the provided contents registration request information. The present invention relates to a system configuration for cooperatively processing one or more contents and a content providing menu and storing them in a predetermined storage medium.

Hereinafter, at least one or more means or function for storing content registration request information provided from the customer (manager or content provider) on the storage medium 330 through a predetermined information registration interface on the content information registration system shown in FIG. 3. The component corresponding to the configuration is referred to as " content information registration server 300 " for convenience.

Referring to FIG. 3, a content information registration system for registering one or more pieces of content information to be provided to a terminal of a customer (or caller) making a call connection to a phone number assigned to a person or tangible object is a customer (manager or content provider). And an information registration terminal including at least one wired terminal or a wireless terminal to be used, wherein the information registration terminal comprises a content information registration server 300 provided on a content information registration system through a predetermined network means. And communication channel are connected.

The customer (service subscriber or manager or content provider) accesses the content information registration server 300 through a wired terminal connected to a predetermined wired communication network or a wireless terminal connected to a predetermined wireless communication network, and at least one provided by the content information registration server. If the user inputs (or selects) content registration request information for registering one or more pieces of content information to be provided to a client terminal making a call connection to the phone number assigned to the person or the intangible thing through the above user interface, the information registration terminal may have a predetermined value. It transmits to the information registration server provided on the content information registration system via a network means.

Here, the wired terminal connected to the wired communication network is a generic term for all terminal devices connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) -based and a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP) -based communication network, and a wired telephone connected to the PSTN-based communication network , A desktop computer or notebook connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or a home appliance terminal (eg, a set-top-box) connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or TCP / IP. At least one kiosk (KIOSK) connected to the base communication network, or an Internet telephone (VoIP phone) and the like connected to the TCP / IP-based communication network.

In addition, the wireless terminal connected to the wireless communication network is any terminal device connected to a mobile communication network based on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), or all terminal devices connected to the portable Internet based on IEEE 802.16x, Motorola's DataTAC method or Erricson's Mobitex A generic term for all terminal devices connected to a wireless data communication network, which is a Personal Communication System (PCS) or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) terminal or a Personal Digital Cellular terminal connected to the CDMA-based mobile communication network. A PDC or PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or a smart phone or telematics, or a portable Internet terminal connected to the IEEE 802.16x based mobile Internet, or Wireless connected to the DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data communication network A data communication terminal such as may include at least one.

In addition, the wireless terminal is connected to a wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network to connect a call path based on a voice call protocol defined in the wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network, and a call terminal for transmitting and receiving the information (or data) based on the voice call. It may include.

The storage medium 330 provided on the content information registration system of FIG. 3 associates the assigned telephone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu included in the content registration request information provided from the information registration terminal to a predetermined content. And at least one of the assigned phone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu stored in the storage medium 330. The person or the intangible thing. It is used to register one or more pieces of content information to be provided to a client terminal making a call connection to a phone number assigned to the terminal.

The content includes text, voice, image, and video content.

The content providing menu includes an order of outputting registered content and configuration information (tree structure information).

The storage medium may be provided in a DBMS provided on the content information registration system (or associated with the content information registration system).

The content information registration server 300 is a generic term for a component of a content information registration system side connected to an information registration terminal through a predetermined network means, and includes at least one server (or device), or a predetermined server ( Or at least one program recorded on a recording medium provided in the device).

According to FIG. 3, the content information registration server 300 includes an interface unit 310 for connecting and managing a predetermined communication channel with the information registration terminal through network means.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the information registration terminal is a client terminal including a wired terminal connected to a predetermined wired communication network, the interface unit 310 is based on a protocol stack defined in the wired communication network or a wireless communication network. It connects a predetermined communication channel with the client terminal, and provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in the client terminal.

For example, when a browser program corresponding to a Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) protocol is provided in the client terminal, the interface unit 310 connects a communication channel with the client terminal based on the TCP / IP protocol, Provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving a web page (eg, a Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML) compatible web page) or information using the HTTP protocol defined in the browser program.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the information registration terminal is a client terminal including a wireless terminal connected to a predetermined wireless communication network, the interface unit 310 is based on the protocol stack defined in the wireless communication network. A communication interface is provided for connecting at least one communication channel with a terminal and transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in the client terminal.

For example, when a browser program corresponding to a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or ME (Mobile Explorer) protocol is provided in the client terminal, the interface unit 310 connects a communication channel with the client terminal based on the CDMA protocol. In addition, a communication interface for transmitting and receiving a web page (eg, a WML (Wireless Markup Language) compatible web page, or an HTML compatible web page) or information is provided using a WAP / ME protocol defined in the browser program.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, if the information registration terminal is a call terminal (not shown) connected to a wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network, the interface unit 310 is a voice call protocol defined in the wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network. It connects the call terminal (not shown) and a predetermined call path based on the, and provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving the information (or data) based on the voice call.

For example, the interface unit 310 provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information based on Dual Tone MultiFrequency (DTMF) through the call terminal and the communication path, or provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information based on voice recognition. .

Referring to FIG. 3, the content information registration server 300 transmits a predetermined information registration terminal from the information registration terminal after connecting a communication channel with the content information registration server 300 through the interface unit 310. The authentication confirmation unit 305 (or authentication confirmation means) for performing authentication on the administrator information and the assigned phone number and the interface unit 310 inputs (or selects) predetermined content registration request information from the information registration terminal. Interface providing unit 315 (or interface providing means) for generating (or extracting) a predetermined user interface to be transmitted to the information registration terminal, and interworking with the interface unit 310 in the information registration terminal. An information receiving unit 320 (or information receiving means) for receiving predetermined content registration request information to be input (or selected) and transmitted through the user interface; And an information storage unit 325 (or information storage means) for cooperatively processing the assigned phone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu included in the received content registration request information and storing the same in a predetermined storage medium 330. It can be done by.

The authentication confirmation unit 305 authenticates the administrator information and the assigned telephone number provided from the information registration terminal in association with the storage medium 330, whereby the connected customer (administrator or content provider) has authority for content registration. Verify that you are a customer.

The interface provider 315 connects a communication channel with the content information registration server 300 through the interface 310 through a predetermined information registration terminal, and then requests content registration in response to the functional configuration of the information registration terminal. To generate (or select) a user interface that can be transmitted to the content information registration server 300 through a network means, or extract from a predetermined database (not shown), and interwork with the interface unit 310 By providing the generated (or extracted) user interface to the information registration terminal through the network means.

Thereafter, the information registration terminal inputs (or selects) content registration request information including at least one of the assigned phone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu based on the user interface, and the input (or selection) The content registration request information is transmitted to the content information registration server 300 through the network means.

When the information receiving unit 320 inputs (or selects) content registration request information including at least one or more of a telephone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu assigned through the user interface, the information receiving unit 320 transmits the information through the network means. In cooperation with the interface unit 310, the content registration request information is received.

The information storage unit 325 processes the allocated phone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu in association with the content registration request information and stores the same in the storage medium 330.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering one or more pieces of content information to be provided to a client terminal making a call connection to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object according to one embodiment of the present invention.

More specifically, FIG. 4 is a request for the information registration terminal operated by a customer (service subscriber or administrator or content provider) shown in FIG. 3 connected to a content information registration server 300 on a content information registration system through a predetermined network means. The present invention relates to an implementation method of storing content information in a storage medium.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 4, the information registration terminal illustrated in FIG. 3 is referred to as a “terminal” for convenience, and the content information registration server 300 illustrated in FIG. 3 is referred to as a “server” for convenience and is transmitted from the terminal to the content information registration server. The assigned telephone number, one or more contents, and a contents providing menu are referred to as "content registration request information" for convenience.

Referring to FIG. 4, the terminal illustrated in FIG. 3 is a predetermined network means (eg, when the client terminal is a wired terminal, a TCP / IP based wired communication network, when the client terminal is a wireless terminal, a CDMA based mobile communication network, Or to connect to a server through the IEEE 802.16x-based portable Internet, etc., to connect a predetermined communication channel for registering the additional information, and to provide a call to a telephone number assigned to a person or tangible object. Request registration of the above content (400).

Then, the server receives the administrator information (ID / PW) and the assigned telephone number from the terminal to confirm that the administrator has the authority for content registration (405), the administrator information and the telephone number received in association with the storage medium Validate (410).

If the validity of the administrator is authenticated (415), the server generates (or extracts) a web page corresponding to a predetermined information registration interface for content information registration (420), and the generated (or extracted) through the communication channel The web page is transmitted to the terminal and output (425).

The information registration interface may include a user interface for inputting (or selecting) content registration request information including at least one or more of a telephone number assigned to the terminal, one or more contents, and a content providing menu.

In addition, the web page transmission or output process may be performed at least once according to the content registration request information registration procedure.

Thereafter, the terminal inputs (or selects) content registration request information including at least one or more of an assigned telephone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu through the information registration interface (430).

When the terminal registers (or selects) content registration request information including at least one of a telephone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu allocated through the information registration interface (435), the terminal inputs (or The selected menu configuration information for each customer and the menu providing option information are transmitted to the server (640).

Thereafter, the server receives and reads the allocated telephone number, one or more contents, and a content providing menu through the communication channel, and stores the stored information in a storage medium by performing cooperative processing with manager information or allocation target information.

In addition, the server generates a web page including the content information registration history information and transmits the generated web page to the terminal (450), thereby completing the procedure of registering the additional information transmitted from the terminal.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an additional information registration system for registering additional information for providing a differentiated menu or information through an assigned phone number by an administrator for an assigned phone number according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 5 is assigned a phone number for a specific person or tangible object through the number resource allocation system of FIG. 1, and the content registered through the content registration system of FIG. 3 through the assigned phone number (the specific person or In providing a variety of information on the tangible and intangible things, the administrator is to configure a system for registering one or more additional information for providing differentiated information for each customer.

Hereinafter, at least one component or function corresponding to a functional configuration for storing additional information provided from the manager terminal in the storage medium 530 through a predetermined information registration interface shown in FIG. 5 is provided. For convenience, it is referred to as "additional information registration server 500".

Referring to FIG. 5, the additional information registration system includes an information registration terminal including at least one wired terminal or a wireless terminal used by an administrator, and the information registration terminal is provided on the additional information registration system through a predetermined network means. The additional information registration server 500 and the communication channel are connected.

The manager accesses the additional information registration server 500 through a wired terminal connected to a predetermined wired communication network or a wireless terminal connected to a predetermined wireless communication network, and through the at least one user interface provided by the additional information registration server 500. When the additional information for providing differentiated information for each customer is input (or selected), the information registration terminal transmits the additional information to the additional information registration server 500 provided on the additional information registration system through a predetermined network means.

Here, the wired terminal connected to the wired communication network is a generic term for all terminal devices connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) -based and a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP) -based communication network, and a wired telephone connected to the PSTN-based communication network , A desktop computer or notebook connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or a home appliance terminal (eg, a set-top-box) connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or TCP / IP. At least one kiosk (KIOSK) connected to the base communication network, or an Internet telephone (VoIP phone) and the like connected to the TCP / IP-based communication network.

In addition, a wireless terminal connected to a wireless communication network may include all terminal devices connected to a CDMA-based mobile communication network, all terminal devices connected to an IEEE 802.16x-based mobile Internet, a Motorola DataTAC method or an Erricson Mobitex method. A generic term for all terminal devices connected to a wireless data communication network of a personal communication terminal (PCS) or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) terminal or a personal digital cellular terminal connected to the CDMA-based mobile communication network; PDC) or PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or Smart Phone or Telematics, or a portable Internet terminal connected to the IEEE 802.16x based mobile Internet, or Wireless data connected to DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data network At least one communication terminal or the like.

The storage medium 530 provided on the additional information registration system stores one or more menu configuration information and menu provision condition information for each customer included in the additional information provided from the information registration terminal, and stores the information for each customer stored in the storage medium 530. The menu configuration information and the menu provision condition information are used to control the menu (or information) provided to the customer calling the assigned telephone number.

The customer-specific menu configuration information includes a menu configuration (or order) to be output in correspondence with a customer's telephone number and a telephone number or information to be provided corresponding to the telephone number.

For example, if a phone number is assigned to a specific cafe, among the registered members of the cafe, if a specific member (for example, the executive calls, the phone number is checked to provide a separate menu (for example, the official notice). It is possible to do

Alternatively, when a phone number is assigned for personal promotion, general customers may provide a general menu such as a profile when a call is made, and when an acquaintance makes a call, a differentiated menu may be provided such as a recent status or a current location.

The menu provision condition information includes one or more conditions such as a specific time zone, weather, day of the week, number of phone calls, location of a phone call, etc., which may change a particular menu or a menu order.

The storage medium may be provided in a DBMS provided on the additional information registration system (or associated with the additional information registration system).

The additional information registration server 500 provided on the additional information registration system is a general term for the additional information registration system-side components connected to the information registration terminal through a predetermined network means, and includes at least one server (or device). It may be implemented or at least one or more programs recorded on a recording medium provided in a predetermined server (or device).

The additional information registration server 500 is characterized by comprising an interface unit 510 for connecting and managing a predetermined communication channel with the information registration terminal through a network means.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the information registration terminal includes a wired terminal connected to a predetermined wired communication network, the interface unit 510 may be an information registration terminal based on a protocol stack defined in the wired communication network or a wireless communication network. And a predetermined communication channel, and may provide a communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in the information registration terminal.

Alternatively, when the information registration terminal includes a wireless terminal connected to a predetermined wireless communication network, the interface unit 510 connects the information registration terminal and a predetermined communication channel based on a protocol stack defined in the wireless communication network, A communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) may be provided using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in the information registration terminal.

For example, when a browser program corresponding to a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or ME (Mobile Explorer) protocol is provided in the client terminal, the interface unit 510 connects a communication channel with the client terminal based on the CDMA protocol. In addition, a communication interface for transmitting and receiving a web page (eg, a WML (Wireless Markup Language) compatible web page, or an HTML compatible web page) or information is provided using a WAP / ME protocol defined in the browser program.

Or, if the information registration terminal is a call terminal (not shown) connected to a wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network, the interface unit 510 is based on the voice call protocol defined in a wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network (not shown) ) And a predetermined call path, and may provide a communication interface for transmitting and receiving voice call-based information (or data).

Here, the interface unit 510 provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving DTMF (Dual Tone MultiFrequency) based information through a call terminal and a call path, or provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information based on voice recognition.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the additional information registration server 500, a predetermined information registration terminal connects a communication channel with the additional information registration server 500 through the interface unit 510, and then the interface unit 510. Interface providing unit 515 (or interface providing means) for generating (or extracting) a predetermined user interface for inputting (or selecting) and transmitting predetermined additional information from the information registration terminal to the information registration terminal. ), An information receiving unit 520 (or information receiving means) for receiving predetermined additional information input (or selected) and transmitted from the information registration terminal through the user interface in association with the interface unit 510, and the received additional information. The menu configuration information and menu providing option information for each customer included in the information are processed in association with the administrator information or the assignment target information or the assigned telephone number information and stored in a predetermined storage medium. It is provided with an information storage unit 525 (or information storage medium).

The interface providing unit 515 connects a communication channel with the additional information registration server 500 through the interface unit 510 through the interface unit 510, and then corresponds to the functional configuration provided in the information registration terminal. To generate (or select) a predetermined user interface that can be transmitted to the additional information registration server 500 through a network means, or extract from a predetermined database (not shown), and interwork with the interface unit 510. By using the network means to provide the generated (or extracted) user interface to the information registration terminal.

Subsequently, the information registration terminal inputs (or selects) additional information including at least one of menu configuration information and menu providing option information for each customer based on the user interface, and inputs the input (or selected) additional information to the network. It transmits to the additional information registration server 500 through the means.

The information receiving unit 520 inputs (or selects) additional information including at least one of menu configuration information and menu providing option information for each customer through the user interface at the information registration terminal and transmits the additional information through a network means. In operation 510, the additional information is received.

The information storage unit 525 processes the customer-specific menu configuration information and menu providing option information included in the additional information in association with the manager information or the assignment target information or the assigned telephone number information and stores them in the storage medium.

In addition, the additional information registration server 500 may include an administrator authentication unit 505 (administrator authentication means) for authenticating the administrator connected through the information registration terminal.

The manager authentication unit 505 checks whether the manager ID / PW and the assigned telephone number transmitted through the information registration terminal are valid information previously stored in the storage medium.

6 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering additional information for providing a differentiated menu (or information) for each customer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 6 illustrates that an information registration terminal used by an administrator is connected to the additional information registration server 500 on the additional information registration system illustrated in FIG. 5 and requests for providing a differentiated menu (or information) for each customer. It relates to an implementation method of registering additional information.

Hereinafter, the information registration terminal used by the administrator shown in FIG. 5 in FIG. 6 is referred to as a "terminal" for convenience, and the additional information registration server 500 shown in FIG. 5 is referred to as a "server" for convenience.

Referring to FIG. 6, the terminal illustrated in FIG. 5 is a predetermined network means (eg, when the client terminal is a wired terminal, a TCP / IP based wired communication network, when the client terminal is a wireless terminal, a CDMA based mobile communication network, Or a predetermined communication channel for registering the additional information by connecting to a server through an IEEE 802.16x-based portable Internet, etc., and requesting additional information registration for providing a differentiated menu (or information) for each customer ( 600).

Then, the server receives the administrator information (ID / PW) and the assigned telephone number from the terminal to confirm that the administrator has the authority for registration of additional information (605), the administrator information and the telephone number received in association with the storage medium Validate at 610.

When the validity of the administrator is authenticated (615), the server generates (or extracts) a web page corresponding to a predetermined information registration interface for registering additional information (620), and the generated (or extracted) through the communication channel The web page is transmitted to the terminal and output (625).

The information registration interface may include a user interface for inputting (or selecting) additional information including at least one of menu configuration information for each customer and menu providing option information in the terminal.

In addition, the web page transmission or output process may be performed at least once according to the additional information registration procedure.

Thereafter, the terminal inputs (or selects) additional information including at least one or more menu configuration information for each customer and menu providing option information through the information registration interface (630).

When additional information including at least one of menu configuration information and menu providing option information for each customer is input (or selected) through the information registration interface (635), the terminal inputs (or selects) the customer through the communication channel. Each menu configuration information, menu providing option information is transmitted to the server (640).

Subsequently, the server receives and reads the menu configuration information and menu providing option information for each customer through the communication channel, and stores the stored information in a storage medium in association with manager information or allocation target information or assigned phone number information. ).

In addition, the server generates a web page including the additional information registration history information and transmits it to the terminal (650), thereby completing the procedure of registering the additional information transmitted from the terminal.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a customer-customized information registration system for selectively configuring a menu (or information) provided when a customer accesses a call with a phone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object according to one embodiment of the present invention. .

In more detail, FIG. 7 is a phone number assigned to a specific person or tangible thing through the number resource allocation system of FIG. 1, and the content registered through the content registration system of FIG. 3 through the assigned phone number (the specific person or In providing various kinds of information about tangible and intangible objects, the system is configured to register one or more pieces of customized information for a customer to receive a customized menu (or information).

Hereinafter, the components corresponding to at least one or more means or functional configuration for storing the customized information provided from the customer on the storage medium through a predetermined information registration interface on the customized information registration system shown in FIG. Information registration server 700 ".

Referring to FIG. 7, the customized information registration system includes an information registration terminal including at least one wired terminal or a wireless terminal used by a customer, and the information registration terminal is provided on the customized information registration system through a predetermined network means. The customized information registration server 700 and the communication channel is connected.

The customer accesses the customized information registration server 700 through a wired terminal connected to a predetermined wired communication network or a wireless terminal connected to a predetermined wireless communication network, and through the at least one user interface provided by the customized information registration server 700. When the customer selection information for receiving the customized information is input (or selected), the information registration terminal transmits the customized information registration server 700 provided on the customized information registration system through a predetermined network means.

Here, the wired terminal connected to the wired communication network is a generic term for all terminal devices connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) -based and a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP) -based communication network, and a wired telephone connected to the PSTN-based communication network , A desktop computer or notebook connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or a home appliance terminal (eg, a set-top-box) connected to the TCP / IP-based network, or TCP / IP. At least one kiosk (KIOSK) connected to the base communication network, or an Internet telephone (VoIP phone) and the like connected to the TCP / IP-based communication network.

In addition, a wireless terminal connected to a wireless communication network may include all terminal devices connected to a CDMA-based mobile communication network, all terminal devices connected to an IEEE 802.16x-based mobile Internet, a Motorola DataTAC method or an Erricson Mobitex method. A generic term for all terminal devices connected to a wireless data communication network of a personal communication terminal (PCS) or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) terminal or a personal digital cellular terminal connected to the CDMA-based mobile communication network; PDC) or PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or Smart Phone or Telematics, or a portable Internet terminal connected to the IEEE 802.16x based mobile Internet, or Wireless data connected to DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data network At least one communication terminal or the like.

The storage medium 725 provided on the customized information registration system stores a phone number, a customer phone number, and menu providing selection information assigned to a target to provide customized information included in the customer selection information provided from the information registration terminal. , The telephone number assigned to the target to provide the customized information stored in the storage medium 725, the customer telephone number, the menu providing selection information, the menu (or information) provided to the customer calling the assigned telephone number It is used to control and manage.

The menu providing selection information may include a menu or information order, or a specific menu (or information), to be provided by a customer among menus or information provided when the call is connected to a phone number assigned to a target to provide personalized information. Provide menu configuration by condition (date, day of the week, time, etc.).

The storage medium may be provided in a DBMS provided on the customized information registration system (or associated with the customized information registration system).

The customized information registration server 700 provided on the customized information registration system is a generic term for the components of the customized information registration system connected to the information registration terminal through a predetermined network means, and includes at least one server (or device). It may be implemented or at least one or more programs recorded on a recording medium provided in a predetermined server (or device).

The customized information registration server 700 is characterized by comprising an interface unit 705 (or interface means) for connecting and managing a predetermined communication channel with the information registration terminal through a network means.

When the information registration terminal includes a wired terminal connected to a predetermined wired communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention, the interface unit 705 may be configured to include an information registration terminal based on a protocol stack defined in the wired communication network or a wireless communication network. A communication interface may be provided for connecting at least one communication channel and transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in the information registration terminal.

Alternatively, when the information registration terminal includes a wireless terminal connected to a predetermined wireless communication network, the interface unit 705 connects the information registration terminal and a predetermined communication channel based on the protocol stack defined in the wireless communication network, A communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) may be provided using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in a registration terminal.

For example, when a browser program corresponding to WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or ME (Mobile Explorer) protocol is provided in the client terminal, the interface unit connects a communication channel with the client terminal based on the CDMA protocol, and the browser A WAP / ME protocol defined in a program is used to provide a web page (eg, a WML (Wireless Markup Language) compliant web page or an HTML compliant web page) or a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information.

Or, if the information registration terminal is a call terminal (not shown) connected to a wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network, the interface unit 705 is based on the voice call protocol defined in a wired telephone network or a wireless telephone network (not shown) ) And a predetermined call path, and may provide a communication interface for transmitting and receiving voice call-based information (or data).

Here, the interface unit 705 provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving DTMF (Dual Tone MultiFrequency) based information through a call terminal and a call path, or provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information based on voice recognition.

Referring to FIG. 7, in the customized information registration server 700, a predetermined information registration terminal connects a communication channel with the customized information registration server 700 through the interface unit 705, and then interworks with the interface unit 705. Interface providing unit 710 (or interface providing means) for generating (or extracting) a predetermined user interface for inputting (or selecting) and transmitting predetermined customer selection information to the information registration terminal. And an information receiving unit 715 (or information receiving means) for receiving predetermined customer selection information that is input (or selected) and transmitted from the information registration terminal through the user interface in conjunction with the interface unit 705, and the received head selection. The phone number, customer phone number, and menu providing selection information assigned to the target to provide the customized information included in the information are processed in association with the predetermined information and stored in the predetermined storage medium 725. Has a data storage unit 720 (or information storage medium).

The interface providing unit 710 selects the customer according to the functional configuration provided in the information registration terminal after a predetermined information registration terminal connects the communication channel with the customized information registration server 700 through the interface unit 705. Generate a predetermined user interface that can input (or select) information and transmit it to the customized information registration server 700 through a network means, or extract from a predetermined database (not shown), and the interface unit 705 By interlocking, the generated (or extracted) user interface is provided to the information registration terminal through a network means.

Thereafter, the information registration terminal inputs (or selects) customer selection information including a phone number, a customer phone number, and menu providing selection information assigned to a target to provide customized information based on the user interface. Or the selected additional information is transmitted to the customized information registration server 700 through the network means.

The information receiving unit 715 inputs (or selects) customer selection information including at least one of a phone number, a customer phone number, and menu providing selection information allocated to a target to provide customized information through the user interface in the information registration terminal. In this case, the customer selection information is received in cooperation with the interface unit 705.

The information storage unit 720 processes and stores the telephone number, the customer's telephone number, and the menu providing selection information allocated to the target to provide the customized information included in the customer selection information in the storage medium.

8 is a diagram illustrating a process of registering additional information for providing a differentiated menu (or information) for each customer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 8 is a phone number assigned to a target to which a customer wants to provide customized information by accessing an information registration terminal used by a customer to a customized information registration server 700 on the customized information registration system shown in FIG. 7. When a call connection is made, the method of registering customer selection information for configuring a menu (or information) that can be provided to the customer can be provided.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 8, the information registration terminal used by the customer illustrated in FIG. 7 is referred to as a “terminal” for convenience, and the customized information registration server illustrated in FIG. 7 is referred to as a “server” for convenience.

Referring to FIG. 8, the terminal illustrated in FIG. 7 is a predetermined network means (eg, when the terminal is a wired terminal, a TCP / IP based wired communication network, when the terminal is a wireless terminal, a CDMA based mobile communication network, or IEEE). Accessing a server through an 802.16x-based mobile Internet, etc.) connects a predetermined communication channel for registering the customer selection information, and requests registration of customer selection information for receiving the customized information (800).

Then, the server generates (or extracts) a web page corresponding to a predetermined information registration interface for registering customer selection information (805), and transmits and outputs the generated (or extracted) web page to the terminal through a communication channel. (810)

The information registration interface may include a user interface for inputting (or selecting) customer selection information including at least one of a phone number, a customer phone number, and menu providing selection information assigned to a target to provide customized information in a terminal. have.

In addition, the web page transmission or output process may be performed at least once according to the customer selection information registration procedure.

Thereafter, the terminal inputs (or selects) customer selection information including a telephone number, a customer telephone number, and menu providing selection information allocated to a target to provide at least one or more customized information through the information registration interface (815).

When the customer selection information is input (or selected) including a phone number, a customer phone number, and menu providing selection information assigned to a target to which the terminal provides customized information through the information registration interface (820), the terminal establishes a communication channel. In operation 825, a phone number, a customer phone number, and menu providing selection information allocated to a target to provide the customized information inputted (or selected) are transmitted to a server.

Thereafter, the server receives and reads a phone number, a customer phone number, and menu providing selection information assigned to a target to provide the personalized information through the communication channel (830) and stores them in a storage medium.

In addition, the server generates a web page including the customer selection information registration history information and transmits it to the terminal (835), thereby completing the procedure of registering the customer selection information for receiving the customized information transmitted from the terminal.

9 is a phone number search and management for searching for a phone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object or for managing contents corresponding to the assigned phone number for the purpose of providing information to a customer wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 shows the configuration of a program providing system for downloading and remotely mounting a program.

In more detail, FIG. 9 searches for a telephone number assigned to a specific person or a tangible object or corresponds to the assigned telephone number for the purpose of providing information according to the present invention to a client wireless terminal in a server 900 provided on a wireless communication network. The present invention relates to a program providing system for downloading and remotely mounting a telephone number search and management program for managing contents.

Hereinafter, in FIG. 9, a server for searching for a phone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object or for downloading a phone number search and management program for managing content corresponding to the assigned phone number for remote information is provided for convenience. This is referred to as "program providing server 900".

Here, the customer radio terminal includes a service subscriber radio terminal assigned a telephone number or a caller radio terminal using the telephone number.

Referring to FIG. 9, the program providing system connects to the program providing server 900 through a wireless communication network, searches for a telephone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object for the purpose of providing information, or retrieves content corresponding to the assigned telephone number. Downloading a telephone number search and management program for management and connected to the customer wireless terminal through a predetermined wireless communication network and the customer wireless terminal to record the predetermined recording medium, and provides the telephone number search and management program to the customer wireless terminal It includes a program providing server 900.

The customer wireless terminal is connected to a mobile communication terminal connected to a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) based mobile communication network, a portable Internet terminal connected to an IEEE 802.16x based high speed wireless Internet, or a DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data communication network. And at least one wireless terminal including at least one wireless data communication terminal, wherein the customer wireless terminal outputs at least one or more interface screens provided by the program providing server 900 and through the interface screen. A function configuration (eg, a browser program and a communication function) for inputting or selecting predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information for downloading and remotely mounting a telephone number search program and transmitting the program information to the program providing server 900 may be provided. .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless communication network may include at least one CDMA-based mobile communication network, IEEE 802.16x-based high-speed wireless Internet, or DataTAC / Mobitex-based wireless data communication network.

According to the present invention, the program providing server 900 is an interface unit 905 for connecting and managing a predetermined communication channel with a customer wireless terminal through a wireless communication network in order to provide a web interface corresponding to the customer wireless terminal and the wireless communication network. In this regard, the program providing server 900 may have a function of a web server that communicates with a customer wireless terminal through a wired network or a wireless network.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a customer wireless terminal is connected to a communication channel through a CDMA-based wireless network, the interface unit 905 may be based on a wireless application protocol (WAP) or a mobile explorer (ME) protocol. Connects a predetermined communication channel, transmits and outputs an interface screen or an information providing screen in the form of a WML (Wireless Markup Language) or HTML compatible document to the customer wireless terminal through the communication channel, and corresponds to the interface screen from the customer wireless terminal. It performs a function of receiving and processing predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when a customer wireless terminal is connected to a communication channel through an IEEE 802.16x based wireless network, the interface unit 905 is based on a wireless protocol corresponding to the IEEE 802.16x standard with a customer wireless terminal. Connects a predetermined communication channel, transmits and outputs a predetermined interface screen or information providing screen to a customer wireless terminal through the communication channel, and receives predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information corresponding to the interface screen from the customer wireless terminal. It is possible to perform a processing function, or when the customer wireless terminal is connected to the communication channel through a DataTAC / Mobitex-based wireless network, the interface unit 905 is a wireless protocol corresponding to the customer wireless terminal and DataTAC / Mobitex standard Connect a predetermined communication channel based on the network, and predetermined interface to the customer wireless terminal through the communication channel. Transmission and outputting a screen or informational display, and can perform the function of receiving the predetermined processing of the customer information and mobile terminal information corresponding to the customer interface screen from the wireless terminal.

According to the present invention, when the predetermined customer wireless terminal is connected to the program providing server 900 through the interface unit 905, the program providing server 900 in conjunction with the interface unit 905, the predetermined customer in the customer wireless terminal And an interface providing unit 910 for generating (or extracting) a predetermined interface screen for inputting (or selecting) and transmitting information and wireless terminal information.

The interface providing unit 910 has a function configuration (for example, a browser program provided in the customer wireless terminal) provided in the customer wireless terminal when a predetermined wireless client terminal is connected to the program providing server 900 through the interface unit 905. Correspondingly, a predetermined interface screen capable of inputting (or selecting) predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information to be transmitted to the program providing server 900 through a wireless communication network, or extracting from a predetermined database (not shown) In addition, it is possible to provide the interface screen generated (or extracted) in cooperation with the interface unit 905 to the customer wireless terminal through the wireless communication network.

Thereafter, the customer wireless terminal inputs (or selects) predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information based on the interface screen, and provides the program information server 900 through the wireless communication network with the input (or selected) customer information and wireless terminal information. To send.

According to the present invention, the program providing server 900 includes a phone number search and management program D / B for storing at least one or more phone number search and management program sources or phone number search and management program files to be provided to a customer wireless terminal; When a phone number search and management program is requested from the customer's wireless terminal, an interface unit may be extracted or dynamically generated from the phone number search and management program D / B to extract a predetermined phone number search and management program corresponding to the customer information and the wireless terminal information. A program providing unit 915 is provided to the customer wireless terminal through 905.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the telephone number darkening program D / B stores a predetermined wireless terminal program file capable of operating in an operating system (or terminal platform) provided in the customer wireless terminal. When a phone number search and management program request information including customer information and wireless terminal information is received from the terminal, the program provider 915 corresponds to the customer information or wireless terminal information from the phone number search and management program D / B. Extract a predetermined telephone number search and management program file.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the telephone number retrieval program D / B stores a predetermined telephone number retrieval and management program source capable of operating in an operating system (or terminal platform) provided in a customer wireless terminal. And, if the telephone number search and management program request information including the customer information and wireless terminal information is received from the customer wireless terminal, the program provider 915 is the customer information or wireless terminal from the telephone number search and management program D / B A predetermined telephone number search and management program source corresponding to the information may be extracted, and the extracted telephone number search and management program source may be compiled to dynamically generate a telephone number search and management program to be provided to the customer wireless terminal. .

The phone number search and management program extracted from the phone number search and management program D / B by the program provider 915 or the phone number search and management program source extracted from the phone number search and management program D / B. The management program includes a function of searching for a telephone number assigned to a specific person or a tangible thing or managing contents corresponding to the assigned telephone number for the purpose of providing information on the customer wireless terminal.

Thereafter, the program providing unit 915 remotely mounts the phone number search and management program extracted (or dynamically generated) in association with the interface unit 905 to the customer wireless terminal through the wireless communication network.

Those skilled in the art to the present invention, how to remotely mount the telephone number search and management program (for example, remotely mounted to a customer wireless terminal with a program provider certificate, etc.) Since there will be, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for convenience.

When the phone number search and management program is downloaded and remotely mounted to the customer wireless terminal as described above, the customer wireless terminal executes the phone number search and management program for the first time, thereby verifying the phone number search and authentication of the phone number search and management program. The management program diagnosis mode may be initiated. For this purpose, the program providing server 900 may interoperate with a phone number search and management program provided by a customer wireless terminal to diagnose a validity of the phone number search and management program. 920 may be further provided.

According to the implementation method of the present invention, the telephone number search and management program diagnosis mode checks whether the telephone number search and management program provided in the customer's wireless terminal can retrieve the phone number by category from the phone number DB stored in the customer's wireless terminal. Check whether it is possible to search for a telephone number matching (or partial matching) the input word, and if the telephone number DB is provided in the server 900, access the server 900 through a wireless communication network, Check whether it is possible to receive a phone number requested or input from the server, and if the phone number DB is provided in the wireless terminal, whether it is possible to periodically update the phone number DB, the server 900 through the wireless communication network To change the content for the assigned phone number or to register a new one. And editing one or more content.

According to the present invention, the program providing server 900 includes an information storage unit 925 which is downloaded to a customer wireless terminal and processes the wirelessly mounted telephone number search and management program information and the wireless terminal information in a storage medium. .

10A and 10B illustrate a phone number search for searching a phone number assigned to a specific person or an intangible object or managing a content corresponding to the assigned phone number for the purpose of providing information to a customer wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. And a process of downloading and remotely mounting the management program.

10A and 10B search for a phone number assigned to a specific person or intangible thing for the purpose of providing information from the program providing server 900 to the customer wireless terminal through the system for providing the phone number search and management program shown in FIG. 9. Or a process of downloading and remotely mounting a phone number search and management program for managing contents corresponding to an assigned phone number.

10A and 10B, the customer wireless terminal illustrated in FIG. 9 is referred to as a “terminal” for convenience, and the program providing server 900 illustrated in FIG. 9 is referred to as a “server” for convenience.

10A and 10B, a terminal accesses a server through a wireless communication network, searches for a phone number assigned to a specific person or an intangible thing or manages content corresponding to the assigned phone number for the purpose of providing information to the server. If the user requests to download and remotely mount a phone number search and management program (1000), the server correspondingly inputs a predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information input interface screen to provide the phone number search and management program to the customer wireless terminal. It extracts (or generates) and provides it to the terminal (1005).

Thereafter, the terminal inputs (or selects) predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information through the customer information and wireless terminal information input interface screen (1010), and inputs (or selects) the inputted customer information and wireless terminal information to the wireless communication network. The server transmits the information to the server (1015), and in response, the server checks whether the customer wireless terminal is a wireless terminal for which the telephone number search and management program can be downloaded through the wireless terminal information (1020).

If the customer wireless terminal is a wireless terminal that can not download the phone number search and management program (1025), the server generates the phone number search and management program download error information and transmits to the terminal through the wireless communication network (1030), The process of searching for a phone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object or downloading a phone number search and management program for managing contents corresponding to the assigned phone number for remote information is terminated for the purpose of providing information to the terminal.

On the other hand, if the customer wireless terminal is a wireless terminal capable of downloading the phone number search and management program (1025), the server extracts a phone number search and management program matching the wireless terminal information from the phone number search and management program D / B (or Dynamic generation) (1035).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal server extracts a VM-based phone number search and management program from a phone number search and management program D / B, or a VM-based phone extracted from a phone number search and management program D / B. Number retrieval and management program source can be compiled to dynamically create VM-based phone number retrieval and management program.

Thereafter, the server provides the extracted (or dynamically generated) telephone number search and management program to the terminal through a wireless communication network and remotely mounts the terminal 1040.

If the phone number search and management program is normally remotely mounted on the terminal (1045), the terminal may start the diagnostic mode for the phone number search and management program by executing the phone number search and management program (1050), and correspondingly The terminal generates predetermined validity diagnostic information through a telephone number search and management program (1055), transmits the generated validity diagnostic information to a server through a wireless communication network (1060), and the server receives the received validity diagnostic information. And read to verify the validity of the phone number search and management program (1065).

If the validity of the telephone number search and management program is not confirmed (1070), the server generates a predetermined telephone number search and management program diagnostic error information and transmits it to the terminal through a wireless communication network (1075). Provides information and wireless terminal information interface screen to receive predetermined customer information and wireless terminal information, and extracts (or dynamically generates) a predetermined phone number search and management program corresponding to the received customer information and wireless terminal information. Repeat the remote mount process.

On the other hand, when the validity of the phone number search and management program is confirmed (1070), the server processes the phone number search and management program information mounted on the terminal and the predetermined radio terminal information in association with the storage device in the storage medium (1080).

11 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 11 shows a caller calling various contents registered by a customer (subscriber) who has been assigned a communication number for providing information through the number resource allocation system of FIG. 1 through the content registration system of FIG. It is about the configuration of the information providing system to provide to the.

The information providing system includes an information providing server 1100 connected through at least one caller terminal and at least one subscriber call terminal with a network.

The information providing server 1100 includes one or more function components to implement the present invention, and each function component is provided in the information providing server 1100 as shown in FIG. 11, or one or more function components are separate servers. It is possible to configure the connection with the information providing server 1100.

In addition, the information providing server 1100 is the number resource allocation server 100, the content registration server 300, the additional information registration server 500, the customized information registration server 700, the program providing server 900 and the network Is connected through.

The caller accesses (calls) the information providing server 1100 using the telephone number assigned by the service subscriber through the call terminal, and receives the contents registered by the service subscriber or requests the third party to provide the content.

Here, the caller used by the caller may be any terminal device connected to a CDMA-based mobile communication network, or all terminal devices connected to an IEEE 802.16x-based mobile Internet, a Motorola DataTAC method or an Erricson Mobitex. A generic term for all terminal devices connected to a wireless data communication network, which is a Personal Communication System (PCS) or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) terminal or a Personal Digital Cellular terminal connected to the CDMA-based mobile communication network. A PDC or PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or a smart phone or telematics, or a portable Internet terminal connected to the IEEE 802.16x based mobile Internet, or A wireless device connected to the DataTAC / Mobitex based wireless data communication network At least one data communication terminal or the like.

The service subscriber may access the information providing server by using a phone number and a subscriber unique number (ID / PW) assigned through the terminal, change a preset content menu item, or register new content.

The information providing server 1100 provided on the information providing system is a generic term for the information providing system side component connected to the calling party terminal and the subscriber terminal through a predetermined network means, and includes at least one server (or device). Or at least one program recorded on a recording medium provided in a predetermined server (or apparatus).

The information providing server 1100 includes an interface unit 1105 (or interface means) for connecting and managing a predetermined communication channel with a caller terminal and a subscriber terminal through network means.

When the caller terminal and the subscriber terminal includes a wired terminal connected to a wired communication network, the interface unit 1105 connects a communication channel with the caller terminal and the subscriber terminal based on a protocol stack defined in a wired communication network or a wireless communication network, A communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one or more information (or data) may be provided using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in a calling party terminal and a subscriber terminal.

For example, when the sender terminal and the subscriber terminal are equipped with a browser program corresponding to the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) protocol, the interface unit 1105 connects a communication channel with the caller terminal and the subscriber terminal based on the TCP / IP protocol. In addition, a communication interface for transmitting and receiving a web page (eg, a Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML) compatible web page) or information is provided using an HTTP protocol defined in a browser program.

Alternatively, when the caller terminal and the subscriber terminal includes a wireless terminal connected to a wireless communication network, the interface unit 1105 connects a communication channel with the caller terminal and the subscriber terminal based on a protocol stack defined in the wireless communication network, and the caller terminal. And a communication interface for transmitting and receiving at least one information (or data) using a communication protocol defined in a communication program provided in the subscriber station.

For example, when a caller terminal and a subscriber terminal are provided with a browser program corresponding to a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) or ME (Mobile Explorer) protocol, the interface unit 1105 communicates with the caller terminal and the subscriber terminal based on the CDMA protocol. It connects channels and provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving web pages (eg, WML (Wireless Markup Language) compatible web pages, or HTML compatible web pages) or information using the WAP / ME protocol defined in a browser program.

Referring to FIG. 11, the information providing server 1100 may include a number checking unit 1110 (or a number checking unit), an interface providing unit 1130 (or an interface providing unit), and an information receiving unit 1115 (or information receiving unit). Means), an information checking unit 1120 (or information checking means), and an information providing unit 1125 (or information providing means).

The number checking unit 1110 checks the telephone number (or outgoing telephone number) corresponding to the calling party terminal and the telephone number (or incoming telephone number) requested by the calling terminal when the connection request is made from the calling terminal using the telephone network. Here, the telephone number requested by the caller terminal is a telephone number assigned to a person or an intangible thing according to the present invention.

When the caller phone number and the receiver phone number are confirmed through the number checking unit 1110, the interface providing unit 1130 corresponds to the multimedia information (or multimedia information) to be provided by the caller in response to the receiver phone number. Provides an information selection interface for selecting (or entering) a unique code).

Here, the information selection interface may be provided in the form of a voice menu.

In addition, the interface providing unit 1130 may further include an interface for inputting (or selecting) third party information to be provided with the multimedia information when the caller wishes to provide the multimedia information to the third party.

According to another exemplary embodiment, the interface providing unit 1130 may further include an interface for resetting a menu when a service subscriber requests resetting of a menu for providing multimedia information.

The information receiver 1115 receives multimedia information (or a unique code corresponding to the multimedia information) that is input (or selected) and transmitted from the caller terminal through the information selection interface.

When the multimedia information (or a unique code corresponding to the multimedia information) is received, the information checking unit 1120 confirms (or extracts) the received multimedia information from the storage medium 725.

When a unique code corresponding to the multimedia information is received, the information checking unit 1120 may check (or extract) multimedia information corresponding to the unique code from the storage medium.

Meanwhile, the information checking unit 1120 may check whether the caller's phone number identified through the number checking unit 1110 is a phone number set to provide a specific information selection interface or to provide specific multimedia information by the service subscriber.

In addition, the information checking unit 1120 may check whether the caller's phone number confirmed through the number checking unit 1110 is a service subscriber (or an administrator number).

The information providing unit 1125 provides the multimedia information checked (or extracted) through the information checking unit 1120 to the caller terminal or a third party terminal designated by the caller.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 11, the information providing server 1100 includes an information reconstruction unit 1135 (or information reconstruction means), or a conversion processing unit 1140 (or a conversion processing means), a VM interlocking unit 1140 ( Or VM interlocking means).

The information reconstruction unit 1135 stores the multimedia information or the used menu information provided by the caller in association with the caller's telephone number to provide multimedia information or menu information last used by the caller when the caller reconnects.

The conversion processing unit 1140 converts the voice data provided from the caller terminal or the subscriber terminal into a voice format usable on the web, or converts the voice data into a text format and registers it in a designated web server.

The conversion processing unit 1140 converts the text registered by the service subscriber into the designated web server into a voice format available in the telephone network and stores the text in a storage medium in association with the allocated multimedia information providing phone number.

The conversion processing unit 1140 may convert the voice data provided from the caller terminal or the service subscriber terminal into a voice format usable on the web, or convert the voice data into a text format and send it to a designated mail address.

The VM interlocking unit 1140 interoperates with a VM (eg, a phone number search and management program, etc.) installed in the caller terminal or the service subscriber terminal to update a program, provide a search result of the searched phone number, and provide a menu from the service subscriber terminal. Handles reconstruction or registration of multimedia information.

12 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In detail, FIG. 12 is a caller terminal connected to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object according to the present invention on the information providing system shown in FIG. 11, and then receiving multimedia information corresponding to the phone number. It is about the implementation method.

Referring to FIG. 12, when the caller terminal requests a telephone connection using the telephone network according to the present invention from the caller terminal to the server (1200), the server checks the caller telephone number and the receiver telephone number (1205).

When the receiver's telephone number is confirmed, the server generates (or extracts) an information selection interface for providing multimedia information corresponding to the received telephone number (1210), and transmits the generated information selection interface to the caller terminal through the telephone network (or Output) (1215).

If the caller terminal inputs (or selects) multimedia information (or menu) to be provided (1220), the input multimedia information (or menu) is transmitted to the server through the telephone network (1225).

Thereafter, the server confirms (or extracts) multimedia information corresponding to the selection information (multimedia information (or menu)) transmitted from the calling party terminal from the storage medium (1230), and sends the confirmed (or extracted) multimedia information to the calling party terminal. Transmit (1235).

13 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 13 illustrates that the caller terminal connects to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object according to the present invention on the information providing system shown in FIG. 11, and receives multimedia information corresponding to the phone number. The present invention relates to a method of providing differentiated information (or menu) corresponding to a caller's phone number in a process.

Referring to FIG. 13, when a call connection request using a telephone network according to the present invention is requested from a caller terminal to a server (1300), the server checks the caller's telephone number and a receiver's telephone number (1305).

Here, the server checks whether the caller's telephone number is a specific number set by the service subscriber (1310). If the caller's telephone number is a specific number set by the service subscriber (1315), the server generates (or extracts) an information selection interface set to be provided to the caller in response to the received telephone number (1320), and the caller terminal through the telephone network. In step 1325, the generated information selection interface is transmitted (or output).

If the caller terminal inputs (or selects) multimedia information (or menu) to be provided (1330), the input multimedia information (or menu) is transmitted to the server through the telephone network (1335).

Thereafter, the server checks (or extracts) multimedia information corresponding to the selection information (multimedia information (or menu)) transmitted from the caller terminal from the storage medium (1340), and sends the checked (or extracted) multimedia information to the caller terminal. Transmit (1345).

14 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

More specifically, FIG. 14 shows information on the caller terminal when a caller terminal requesting a call connection to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object according to the present invention on the information providing system shown in FIG. Or a menu).

Referring to FIG. 14, when the caller terminal requests a telephone connection using the telephone network according to the present invention from the caller terminal to the server (1400), the server checks the caller's telephone number (1405).

The server checks if the calling party number is a service subscriber number (1410). If the calling party number is a service subscriber number (1415), the server generates (or extracts) a service subscriber information management interface (1420), and the telephone network The generated information management interface is transmitted (or output) to the caller terminal (service subscriber terminal) through 1414.

When management information (or menu) to be changed (or added or deleted) is input (or selected) from the caller terminal (service subscriber terminal) (1430), the input information (or menu) is transmitted to the server through the telephone network ( 1435).

Thereafter, the server updates the multimedia information (or menu) stored in the existing storage medium with reference to the selection information transmitted from the caller terminal (service subscriber terminal) (1440).

15 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, Figure 15 is a caller terminal on the information providing system shown in Figure 11 after receiving a call to a telephone number assigned to a person or a tangible object according to the present invention, receiving the multimedia information corresponding to the telephone number The present invention relates to an implementation method for providing the multimedia information to a third party in the process.

Referring to FIG. 15, when the caller terminal requests a telephone connection using the telephone network according to the present invention from the caller terminal (1500), the server checks the caller's telephone number and the receiver's telephone number (1505).

When the receiver's telephone number is confirmed, the server generates (or extracts) an information selection interface for providing multimedia information corresponding to the received telephone number (1510), and transmits the generated information selection interface to the caller terminal through the telephone network (or Output) (1515).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the information selection interface may include a third party information input interface for the caller to transmit information to a third party.

When the caller terminal inputs (or selects) third party information (eg, a telephone number, a homepage (or a bulletin board, a blog, a homepage) address, etc.) and multimedia information (or a menu) to be delivered to the third party (1520) The input third party information and the multimedia information (or menu) are transmitted to the server through the telephone network (1525).

Thereafter, the server verifies (or extracts) the multimedia information corresponding to the selection information (multimedia information (or menu)) transmitted from the calling party terminal from the storage medium (1530), and verifies the verified (or extracted) multimedia information to the third party. Transmission to the terminal (1535).

16 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing multimedia information using a telephone network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 16 is a caller terminal connected to a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object according to the present invention on the information providing system shown in FIG. 11 to receive multimedia information corresponding to the phone number and to connect to a call. When the call is terminated, the information providing history or the menu usage history of the caller terminal is stored, and when the caller terminal connects to the call again later, the method of implementing the changed interface according to the last use history is provided.

Referring to FIG. 16, the server stores the caller's phone number and the multimedia information providing history (or menu usage history) provided to the caller in a storage medium in operation 1600.

Thereafter, when the caller terminal requests a telephone connection using the telephone network according to the present invention from the caller terminal (1605), the server checks the caller's telephone number and the receiver's telephone number (1610).

The server checks the information usage history (or menu usage history) corresponding to the confirmed caller's telephone number from the storage medium (1615).

If there is an information usage history (or menu usage history) (1620), the server generates (or extracts) an information selection interface adapted to correspond to the information usage history (or menu usage history) (1625), and the caller through the telephone network. The generated information selection interface is transmitted (or output) to the terminal (1630).

If the caller terminal inputs (or selects) multimedia information (or menu) to be provided (1635), the input multimedia information (or menu) is transmitted to the server through the telephone network (1640).

Thereafter, the server confirms (or extracts) multimedia information corresponding to the selection information (multimedia information (or menu)) transmitted from the calling party terminal from the storage medium (1645), and sends the confirmed (or extracted) multimedia information to the calling party terminal. Transmit (1650).

In operation 1655, the server stores the multimedia information providing history (or menu usage history) in association with the caller phone number and the receiver phone number in a storage medium.

17 is a diagram illustrating a process of searching for a telephone number assigned to a person or a tangible object by using a caller wireless terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 17 illustrates a server for requesting a search for a phone number assigned to a person or an intangible object through the program after a phone number search and management program is downloaded to a user wireless terminal through the program providing system shown in FIG. And a search result corresponding to the search request in a server.

Referring to FIG. 17, a wireless terminal drives a VM for searching a phone number (1700), and provides a phone number search interface through the driven VM (1705).

When the search target information is input (or selected) through the phone number search interface (1710), the wireless terminal connects the communication channel with the server (1715), and transmits the input (or selected) search target information to the server for searching. Request (1720).

The server checks the search result by searching the phone number corresponding to the search request information requested (1725), and provides the checked search result to the wireless terminal and outputs it through the VM (1730).

18 is a diagram illustrating a process of changing multimedia information or a menu provided through a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object using a caller wireless terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, Fig. 18 shows a phone number search and management program downloaded to a user's wireless terminal through the program providing system shown in Fig. 9, and then accesses a server through the program to a phone number assigned to a person or an intangible object. The present invention relates to a method of changing a corresponding multimedia information or menu.

Referring to FIG. 18, a wireless terminal runs a VM for changing a multimedia information or a menu provided through a phone number assigned to a person or a tangible object, and then connects a communication channel with a server (1800).

When the server requests service subscriber authentication from the wireless terminal, the service subscriber authentication information is transmitted to the server, and the server authenticates whether the service subscriber has authority to change information based on the transmitted service subscriber authentication information (1805).

Here, the service subscriber authentication information includes a registered ID / PW or service subscriber identification number (resident registration number, telephone number, terminal serial number, etc.) or a certificate provided in a wireless terminal.

When the service subscriber authentication is completed, the wireless terminal outputs an information change interface through the VM (1810), and if a change (or an addition (new)) is input through the interface (1815), the entered change ( Or additions (new)) are sent to the server (1820).

Thereafter, the server updates the stored information in the storage medium in association with the telephone number (1825) by referring to the transmitted change (or addition (new item)), and provides the update processing details to the wireless terminal. Output via the VM (1830).

1100: information server 1105: interface unit
1110: number confirmation unit 1115: information receiving unit
1120: information confirmation unit 1125: information provider
1130: interface providing unit 1135: information reconstruction unit
1140: conversion processing unit 1145: VM interlocking unit

Claims (11)

Claims [1] A system provided in a server connected to a caller terminal and a phone number assignment service subscriber terminal and providing multimedia information about a person or a tangible object through a telephone network.
Number resource allocation means for allocating a telephone number for providing multimedia information to a person or a tangible object;
Content registration means for storing the multimedia information on the person or the intangible goods in a storage medium in association with the allocated multimedia information providing phone number;
Number confirmation means for confirming a telephone number corresponding to the caller terminal and a telephone number requested by the caller terminal when the connection request is made from the caller terminal using the telephone network;
Interface providing means for providing an information selection interface for selecting (or inputting) multimedia information to be provided by the caller to a caller terminal;
Information checking means for checking (or extracting) the selected (or input) multimedia information from the storage medium when the multimedia information to be provided by the caller is selected (or input) through the information selecting interface; And
And information providing means for providing the checked (or extracted) multimedia information to the caller terminal or a communication means designated by the caller.
The method of claim 1,
Caller-specific interface configuration information including a menu configuration (or order) to be output corresponding to a specific caller's telephone number or multimedia information to be provided corresponding to the telephone number, and a specific time zone, weather, and And additional information registration means for storing the interface providing condition information including one or more conditions such as the day of the week, the number of phone calls, the location of the phone call, etc. in a storage medium in association with the assigned multimedia information providing phone number. Multimedia information providing system using a telephone network.
The method of claim 1,
A program for remotely downloading and retrieving a telephone number search and management program for retrieving a telephone number assigned to a specific person or tangible object or for managing contents corresponding to the assigned telephone number for the purpose of providing information to the caller or service subscriber terminal. Multimedia information providing system using a telephone network, characterized in that it further comprises a providing means.
The method of claim 1,
Check the caller's multimedia information providing history and store the information in the storage medium in association with the caller's telephone number, and when changing the caller terminal, the information selection interface configuration is changed to correspond to the stored multimedia information providing history associated with the caller's number Multimedia information providing system using a telephone network, characterized in that it further comprises information reconstruction means.
The method of claim 1,
Provides multimedia information using a telephone network, characterized in that the conversion processing means for converting the voice data provided from the caller terminal or the service subscriber terminal into a voice format available on the web, or converts the voice data into a text format and registers it in a designated web server. system.
6. The method of claim 5,
Multimedia information using a telephone network, characterized in that the conversion processing means for converting the voice data provided from the caller terminal or the service subscriber terminal to a voice format available on the web, or converted to a text format and sent to a designated mail address Provide system.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the conversion processing means,
And converting text registered by a subscriber into a designated web server into a voice format usable in a telephone network and storing the text in a storage medium in association with the allocated multimedia information providing telephone number.
The method of claim 1, wherein the information selection interface,
And an interface for inputting (or selecting) specific customer information to which the caller selects (or inputs) the multimedia information.
Claims [1] A method for providing multimedia information about a person or an intangible object through a telephone network in a server connected to a caller terminal and a phone number assignment service subscriber terminal.
(a) assigning a telephone number for providing multimedia information to a person or an intangible object;
(b) storing multimedia information about the person or the intangible goods on a storage medium in association with the allocated multimedia information providing phone number;
(c) checking the telephone number corresponding to the calling terminal and the telephone number requested by the calling terminal when the calling request is made from the calling terminal using the telephone network;
(d) providing an information selection interface to select (or input) multimedia information to be provided by the caller to a caller terminal;
(e) checking (or extracting) the selected (or input) multimedia information from the storage medium when the multimedia information to be provided by the caller is selected (or input) through the information selection interface; And
(f) providing the checked (or extracted) multimedia information to the caller terminal or the communication means designated by the caller.
The method of claim 9,
After the step (b), change the caller interface configuration information including the menu configuration (or order) to be output corresponding to the specific caller telephone number or the multimedia information to be provided corresponding to the telephone number, and the specific interface or the order of providing the interface. And storing the interface providing condition information including one or more conditions such as a specific time zone, weather, day of the week, number of telephone calls, and telephone dialing location in association with the assigned multimedia information providing phone number. Multimedia information providing method using a telephone network, characterized in that.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 9.

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