KR20130092369A - Apparatus and method for providing conference call in mobile communication - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and method for providing a conference call service in a mobile communication system are provided to simply use the conference call service by reserving the conference call service in a portable terminal and inducing conference call participation of a conference call participant in a conference server. CONSTITUTION: An input unit (110) generates input data which selects an identifier and response data for a conference call connection request. A reservation information generator (104) senses the input data for the identifier and checks a participant and transmits information for the participant to a conference server (120) through a communication unit (114). The reservation information generator receives schedule information of the participant from the conference server through the communication unit and produces conference call reservation information. A controller (102) obtains the identifier and registers the produced conference call reservation information in the conference server. [Reference numerals] (100) Mobile terminal; (102) Control unit; (104) Reservation information generator; (106) Reservation information registration unit; (108) Memory unit; (110) Input unit; (112) Display unit; (114) Communication unit; (120) Conference server; (122) Server control unit; (124) Reservation management unit; (126) Communication unit

Description

Apparatus and method for providing a conference call service in a mobile communication system {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONFERENCE CALL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system for providing a conference call service.

In recent years, portable terminals have been used indispensably for modern people regardless of whether they are male or female, and service providers and terminal manufacturers are developing products (or services) competitively in order to differentiate them from other companies.

For example, portable terminals have evolved into multimedia devices capable of providing phone books, games, short messages, e-mails, wake-up calls, MP3s, schedule management functions, digital cameras, multimedia messages, and wireless Internet services.

Recently, conference call services have been provided to allow members of the company or the general public to gather and exchange opinions or discuss through portable terminals.

This allows attendees (participants) who want to conduct a meeting to proceed with the meeting via telephone or video, without gathering in one place.

In general, in order to conduct a conference call, a user of the mobile terminal directly contacts a participant, schedules a conference call, and registers a conference call schedule with a conference server.

Accordingly, the conference server sends the service route and code to the attendee by e-mail of the attendee, and the attendees of the conference call should attempt to connect the conference call directly on the corresponding date.

In the above method, the user who prepares the conference call by checking the schedule by calling the attendees directly and scheduling the conference call can take a lot of time and effort, which may reduce the utilization of the conference call. This happens.

Accordingly, in order to solve the above problems, an apparatus and method for simplifying a conference call process in a portable terminal are required.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for improving the quality of a conference call service in a mobile communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for scheduling a conference call in a portable terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for setting a conference call reservation schedule using attendee schedule information in a portable terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for inducing conference call participants to conference call participants in a conference server.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, an apparatus for providing a conference call service in a portable terminal, the identifier of the participant, attendee schedule information, conference to communicate with the conference server to attend the conference call A communication unit for transmitting and receiving call reservation information, a display unit for outputting the identifier, the schedule information, the conference call reservation information, an input unit for selecting the identifier, an input unit for generating response data for a conference call connection request, and Detect the attendee who will participate in the conference call by detecting the input data for the identifier, and send the information about the attendee to the conference server, and receive a conference call schedule from the conference server to receive the attendee's schedule information. A reservation information generation unit for generating information; And a control unit for acquiring an existing identifier and processing to register conference call reservation information generated by the reservation information generation unit in a conference server, wherein the identifier is stored in a portable terminal, an identifier registered on a web, and a cloud system. And at least one of the stored identifiers.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, when the apparatus for providing a conference call service in the conference server receives the attendee information for the conference call from the host terminal leading the conference call, each attendee The server control unit receives the schedule information of the attendees by requesting the schedule information from the terminal, transmits the received schedule information of the attendees to the organizer terminal, and the reservation management unit that receives and registers conference call reservation information from the organizer terminal. It includes, but the server controller transmits the conference call reservation information received from the organizer terminal to the attendant terminal, characterized in that to process the conference call connection request to the organizer terminal and the attendee terminal when the conference call is performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, a method for providing a conference call service in a portable terminal includes a process of obtaining an identifier for a user and sensing input data for the identifier to participate in a conference call. After confirming the attendees to be confirmed, the process of transmitting the information about the attendees to the conference server, the process of generating the conference call reservation information including the schedule of the conference call by receiving the schedule information of the attendees from the conference server, and the generated conference And registering call reservation information in the conference server, wherein the identifier includes at least one of an identifier stored in a portable terminal, an identifier registered on a web, and an identifier stored in a cloud system.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, a method for providing a conference call service in a conference server, each attendee when receiving the attendee information for the conference call from the host terminal leading the conference call Requesting schedule information from the terminal, receiving schedule information from the attendees and transmitting it to the host terminal, receiving and registering conference call reservation information from the host terminal, and scheduling conference call received from the host terminal. And transmitting a conference call connection request to the organizer terminal and the attendee terminal when the conference call is performed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, an electronic device providing a conference call function is stored in at least one processor, a memory, and the memory, and configured to be executable by the at least one processor. Wherein the program displays a menu requesting that at least one of the schedule registration of the conference call, the attendee registration, the execution of the conference call, the control of the conference call is performed, and the displayed menu. And a command for processing to perform an operation corresponding to the program, wherein the program includes a command for processing to register an identifier selected by the user among the identifiers of the participants registered in the memory and the network in the participant list.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, an electronic device providing a conference call function is stored in at least one processor, a memory, and the memory, and configured to be executable by the at least one processor. And at least one of the programs, wherein the program displays an area for displaying a list of participants of a conference call, an area for searching conference call participants, an area for displaying a list of participants selected as conference call members, and an execution menu of a conference call. Displays a main screen including at least one of the displayed areas, adds a user selected at the same time a user is selected from the displayed list of participants to the list of selected attendees, and adds the user to the list of selected attendees. Contains instructions for processing a conference call.

As described above, the present invention is to improve the quality of a conference call service in a mobile communication system. A conference call can be easily used by scheduling a conference call in a mobile terminal and inducing a conference call participant to a conference call participant in a conference server. Make sure

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system for providing a conference call service according to the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reserving a conference call in a portable terminal according to the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reserving a conference call in a conference server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering reservation information of a conference call in a portable terminal according to the present invention;
5 is a diagram illustrating a process of reserving a conference call in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a diagram illustrating a process of changing conference call reservation information in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 illustrates a process of performing a conference call in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a diagram illustrating a process of performing a conference call in a mobile communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention;
9 is a diagram illustrating a process of stopping participation in a conference call in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
10 is a diagram illustrating a process of conducting a conference call in a mobile communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention;
11 illustrates a mobile communication system for reserving a conference call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
12 is a diagram illustrating a process of reserving a conference call in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal executing a conference call function according to the present invention; FIG.
14 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal for performing a process of performing a conference call according to the present invention;
15 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a mobile terminal for performing a conference call performing process according to the present invention;
16 illustrates a screen of a portable terminal for registering attendees of a conference call according to the present invention;
17 illustrates a screen of a portable terminal for controlling a conference call according to the present invention;
18 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal for modifying a conference call connection number of an organizer according to the present invention;
19 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal receiving a message requesting to participate in a conference call according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The present invention is to improve the quality of the conference call service in a mobile communication system, the following description is to schedule a conference call in a mobile terminal according to the present invention, the conference server to process the process to send a conference call connection request to the conference call attendees The mobile communication system will be described.

The portable terminal according to the present invention schedules a conference call by using the identifier of the attendee, and the identifier of the attendee means information for distinguishing the receiving user, and the phonebook information and the recent call list registered in the portable terminal. , A phone number of a user registered in a bookmark, information of a number / outgoing message, a user's email information, a user's ID, an account, a recent conference record, and the like. In addition, the identifier for the participant may include address book information registered on the web, information stored in the cloud system, and information of a user registered in the groupware, in addition to the information stored in the portable terminal.

In addition, a portable terminal may be an electronic device such as a mobile terminal, a media player, a tablet computer, a handheld computer, or a personal digital assistant. Can be. It may also be any portable electronic device including a device that combines two or more of these devices.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system for providing a conference call service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication system may include a portable terminal 100 and a conference server 120.

First, the portable terminal 100 includes a control unit 102, a reservation information generation unit 104, a reservation information registration unit 106, a memory unit 108, an input unit 110, a display unit 112, and a communication unit 114. Can be configured.

The controller 102 of the portable terminal 100 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 100. For example, processing and control for voice call and data communication are carried out, and in addition to the usual functions, the control unit 102 checks the conference call schedule and reserves the conference call according to the present invention.

In addition, when receiving the conference call connection request from the conference server 120, the controller 102 accepts the conference call connection request and processes the conference call connection request.

In detail, the operation of the control unit 102 may be classified according to the operation of the portable terminal leading the conference call and the portable terminal participating in the conference call.

The controller 102 of the portable terminal leading the conference call provides the conference server 120 with information (identifier information) about the attendees to participate in the conference call and receives the attendee's schedule information through the conference server 120. Thereafter, the controller 102 processes to provide conference call reservation information (a date and a time zone where a conference call is available) to the user by using the received attendee's schedule information.

In this case, the control unit 102 may provide a conference call menu to a dial screen for receiving a telephone number for performing a call connection. Accordingly. The controller 102 may obtain an identifier for a pre-stored participant and an identifier for a participant registered in a web or cloud system using a menu displayed on a dial screen, and then select a user to attend a conference call.

When the conference call function is executed, the control unit 102 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure displays an area for displaying a list of the subjects of the conference call, an area for searching conference call participants, and a list of attendees selected as conference call members. Displays the main screen, which consists of an area and an area for displaying the conference call execution menu.

In this case, the controller 102 displays a list of the subjects who may be members of the conference call in an area displaying the list of the subjects, and adds a user selected from the displayed list of the subjects to the area displaying the list of selected participants. Display.

In this case, the control unit 102 stores previously stored contacts (phonebook information, recent call list, phone number of the user registered in favorites, information of number / outgoing message, user's email information, user's ID, account, recent Information of the user included in the conference record, etc.) and information registered in the network database (groupware, cloud system, web address book), etc. are displayed as the target list, and the conference call attendee list is displayed as soon as the user's gesture of selecting the attendee is detected. Update In addition, the controller 102 processes to exclude the participant selected on the selected participant list from the conference call participant list.

In addition, the control unit 102 detects a user's gesture on the execution menu of the conference call and immediately executes the conference call with the selected participant at the present time, allowing the conference call with the selected participant to proceed on a predetermined date, You can manage the history of conference calls. Here, managing the history of the conference call means managing not only the scheduled conference call list but also the completed / cancelled conference call list. In this case, the controller 102 may register the conference call attendees and information on the schedule to the conference server in order to reserve the conference call. As another example, the controller 102 may store information on the attendees and schedules of the conference call and transmit the information to the conference server on a predetermined date so that the conference call can proceed.

In addition, the control unit 102 only engages in the control of the conference call execution (attendee selection, schedule selection, etc.), and allows the actual conference call connection to be received from another device (e.g., a general telephone not providing conference call function). .

That is, the controller 102 changes the conference connection number of the organizer or the attendee so that the conference call can be connected to the changed connection number.

In addition, the control unit 102 of the mobile terminal participating in the conference call processes the conference server 120 to provide schedule information (eg, schedule information available for a conference call) to the mobile terminal that drives the conference call. When receiving reservation information indicating a conference call schedule from 120, the conference call schedule is processed in association with a schedule function and an alarm function.

The reservation information generation unit 104 generates information on attendees and conference call reservations to participate in the conference call as a module that operates when the portable terminal drives the conference call.

For example, the reservation information generation unit 104 detects a participant who wants to join the conference call by detecting the selection of an identifier for the participant, and then transmits the information to the conference server 120 to schedule information about the participant. Process to receive

In addition, the reservation information generation unit 104 analyzes the schedule information of the attendees received from the conference server 120 to extract a conference call schedule that all attendees can attend, and the conference server reservation information, which is the schedule selected by the user, to the conference server. Send to 120 to process the conference call reservation.

At this time, the reservation information generating unit 104 may load the identifier for the attendee stored in the portable terminal to check the attendee to join the conference call, and request and receive the identifier for the attendee registered in the web or cloud system. You can then check the attendees who want to join the conference call.

The reservation information registration unit 106 is a module that operates when the portable terminal is selected as an attendee of the conference call, and processes the conference information when the conference call reservation information is received from the conference server 120. For example, the reservation information registration unit 106 may register the received conference call reservation information in an alarm to notify the user before the conference call starts.

The memory unit 108 stores the microcode of the program for processing and control of the control unit 102, the reservation information generation unit 104, and the reservation information registration unit 106, various reference data, and temporary data generated during execution of various programs. do. In addition, the memory unit 108 stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book, alarm information, schedule information, outgoing message and received message, and wants to join a conference call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Store identifiers for attendees, store conference call reservation information, and store information of scheduled conference calls (attendees, reservation dates, etc.).

The input unit 110 provides the control unit 100 with input data generated by a user's selection. For example, the input unit 110 may be configured as a keypad for receiving input data from a user. For another example, when the display unit 112 is configured as a touch screen, the input unit 110 may include an object (eg, a soft key) of a user interface output on the display unit 112. According to the present invention, the input unit 110 provides the control unit 102 with key input data for selecting a user to attend a conference call and response data for a conference call connection request.

The display unit 112 displays status information, texts, a large amount of moving images, and still images generated during the operation of the portable terminal 100. The display unit 112 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD), an AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), and the like. The display unit 112 may include a touch input device to be applied to a touch input type portable terminal. Can be used as a device. In addition, the display unit 112 outputs an identifier of a user who wants to join a conference call, schedule information of a participant, conference call reservation information, and the like according to the present invention.

The communication unit 114 performs a function of transmitting and receiving a radio signal of data input and output through an antenna (not shown). For example, in the case of transmission, after performing channel coding and spreading on the data to be transmitted, RF processing is performed to transmit the data. In the case of reception, the received RF signal is converted into a baseband signal. The baseband signal is despreaded and channel decoded to restore data. In addition, according to the present invention, the communication unit 114 communicates with the conference server 120 to transmit and receive information necessary for conference call reservation. In this case, the information required for conference call reservation includes information (identifier information) of attendees participating in the conference call, schedule information of attendees, conference call reservation information, and the like. In addition, the communication unit 114 connects with a web or cloud system and transmits and receives an identifier for registered participants.

The role of the reservation information generation unit 102 and the reservation information registration unit 104 may be performed by the control unit 102 of the portable terminal 100. However, the configuration of the reservation information separately in the present invention is illustrated for convenience of description. It is an exemplary configuration and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modification configurations are possible within the scope of the present invention. For example, the controller 102 may be configured to process all of them.

In addition, operations of the control unit 102, the reservation information generation unit 104, and the reservation information registration unit 106 of the portable terminal may be operated by a program stored in the memory unit 108. The program may be represented as an instruction set as a set of instructions.

The conference server 120 may include a server controller 122, a reservation manager 124, and a communication unit 126.

The server control unit 122 of the conference server 120 performs an overall operation for performing a conference call, performs a reservation for a conference call according to the present invention, and gives a conference call to a participant of a conference call at a time when the conference call proceeds. Process to send a connection request.

In addition, the server controller 122 processes the conference call reservation information received from the organizer (the terminal leading the conference call) to be transmitted to each participant.

In addition, the server controller 122 may receive schedule information from the attendees and the organizer as needed to generate reservation information that is a schedule capable of a conference call, and provide it to the organizer and the attendee.

In addition, the server controller 122 sends a message to all attendees including the organizer that the conference call will be received before the conference call proceeds.

In addition, when the conference call is edited (scheduled, canceled, etc.) by the organizer, the server controller 122 transmits a message regarding the edited conference call to each participant.

In addition, the server controller 122 provides connection information of the conference call to all attendees including the organizer. This is to allow attendees who do not attend the conference call to attend the conference call directly, and the attendee who disconnects the conference call in an unintended situation may participate in the conference call using the direct connection information.

When the reservation management unit 124 of the conference server 120 receives the identifier of the participant for the conference call from the organizer under the control of the server control unit 122, the conference manager 120 obtains schedule information of the conference call participants and provides the organizer as an organizer. Register the conference call reservation information provided from the conference and provide the conference call reservation information to each participant.

In addition, the reservation manager 124 analyzes the previously registered conference call reservation information and checks whether there is a conference call to be performed at the present time.

In addition, the reservation manager 124 generates conference call reservation information by receiving schedule information of conference call attendees and organizers. That is, the reservation manager 124 receives the schedules of the attendees and the organizer to check the schedule of the conference call and can be provided to the attendees and the organizer, and the conference call reservation information may be generated in the portable terminal or the conference server. It means that there is.

The communication unit 126 communicates with the portable terminal 100 to transmit and receive information necessary for conference call reservation. Here, the information required for conference call reservation includes information on attendees participating in the conference call, schedule information of attendees, conference call reservation information, and the like.

In addition, the operations of the server controller 122 and the reservation manager 124 of the conference server may be operated by a program represented by a set of instructions.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reserving a conference call in a portable terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the portable terminal refers to the portable terminal of the organizer who reserves the conference call.

The portable terminal for scheduling a conference call first loads an identifier for an attendee in step 201 and then proceeds to step 203 to select an attendee who is a member of the conference call through the loaded identifier.

This means that the user of the mobile terminal can identify the user corresponding to the phonebook information registered in the mobile terminal, the recent call list, the telephone number of the user registered in the bookmark, the information of the number / outgoing message, the user's e-mail information, the user's ID, the account, etc. It can be a process of choice.

In addition, the portable terminal may be connected to a web or cloud system to receive identifier information, and then select a participant to join the conference call.

Thereafter, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 205 and transmits the identifier information of the selected participant to the conference server for the conference call, and proceeds to step 207 to receive the schedule information of the participant selected in step 201. This means that the conference server, which has received the identifier information about the attendees, requests and receives the schedule information from each attendee, and transmits it to the portable terminal.

In addition, the portable terminal according to the present invention may directly communicate with a participant's terminal by using a P2P scheme instead of a conference server, and then receive the attendee's schedule information. This refers to the conference server as an example of connecting participants to the host, which means that the application installed in the portable terminal can act as the conference server.

Thereafter, the portable terminal proceeds to step 209 to analyze the schedule information of the attendees received and analyzes the schedule for conference call, and then proceeds to step 211 to process to output the schedule for conference call.

In this case, the portable terminal may receive a date, time, and the like from which the conference call is available from the attendees, and then analyze a schedule in which all the attendees are available for the conference call.

In addition, the portable terminal may receive a date, time, and the like from which the other schedule is set, from the attendee, and then analyze a schedule in which all attendees can make a conference call.

Thereafter, the portable terminal proceeds to step 213 and receives a date, time, etc. to select a conference call from the user and generates conference call reservation information including the same. Here, the conference call reservation information means information on the date and time that the host wants to conduct the conference call.

Thereafter, the mobile station proceeds to step 215 and transmits the conference call reservation information to the conference server and ends the present algorithm.

In the above description, the portable terminal for scheduling a conference call using the attendee's schedule information has been described. However, the portable terminal according to the present invention may perform a conference call using information identifying a user regardless of the schedule of the attendee. .

This allows the mobile terminal to immediately perform a conference call by using the information representing the user, which may be a method in which steps 207 to 211 of FIG. 2 are omitted. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 12.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reserving a conference call in a conference server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 301, the conference server checks whether an identifier for an attendee is received from the organizer's portable terminal. Here, the identifier for the participant refers to the member information of the conference call selected by the user hosting the conference call.

If in step 301 receives an identifier for the participant from the organizer's portable terminal, the conference server proceeds to step 303 and requests the participant for schedule information, and then proceeds to step 305 to return the participant's schedule information in response to the request. Receive.

Thereafter, the conference server proceeds to step 307 to transmit the schedule information received from the attendees to the user hosting the conference call. For this reason, the terminal of the user hosting the conference call may check the schedule of the conference call using the attendee's schedule information.

Thereafter, the conference server proceeds to step 309 and checks whether the conference call reservation information including the conference call scheduled date and time information is received from the organizer's portable terminal.

In addition, in step 301, if the identifier for the participant is not received from the organizer's portable terminal, the conference server proceeds to step 309 and checks whether the conference call reservation information is received from the organizer's portable terminal.

If the conference call reservation information is received from the organizer's portable terminal in step 309, the conference server proceeds to step 311 and reserves (registers) the conference call of the organizer using the conference call reservation information, and then proceeds to step 313. Send conference call reservation information to each participant.

Thereafter, the conference server proceeds to step 315 and checks previously stored conference call reservation information to determine whether there is a conference call to be performed. In addition, when the conference call reservation information is not received in step 309, the conference server may perform step 315.

Here, in step 315, the conference server compares the current date and time with the reservation information of the registered conference call and checks whether there is a conference call to be performed at the present time.

If there is no conference call to be performed in step 315, the conference server proceeds to step 301 and determines whether to make a conference call reservation process or a conference call to another organizer.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step 315 that there is a conference call to be performed, the conference server proceeds to step 317 to confirm the attendees of the conference call to be performed at the present time, and then proceeds to step 319 to the conference call participants. Perform a connection request. That is, the conference server may call each user at the start of the scheduled conference call to process the conference call.

Thereafter, the conference server proceeds to step 321 to make a conference call to the host and the attendees, and then ends the present algorithm.

Here, the conference server is an element connecting the conference call attendees and the host, and the role of the conference server can be performed through the application.

In addition, the conference server mentioned in FIG. 3 may generate conference call reservation information by receiving schedule information of the organizer and attendees, and then confirming a schedule in which a conference call is possible directly. Accordingly, the conference server may transmit the conference call reservation information generated directly to the organizer and the attendees.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering reservation information of a conference call in a portable terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a portable terminal refers to a portable terminal of attendees participating in a conference call.

The portable terminal for registering the reservation information of the conference call first checks whether a schedule information request is received from the conference server in step 401.

If the schedule information request is received in step 401, the portable terminal proceeds to step 403 to execute and output a schedule management function such as a schedule function and an alarm function, and then proceeds to step 405 in which a schedule or schedule can be registered. Generates schedule information for the day when this is registered.

In this case, the portable terminal may prevent the leakage of personal information by processing to display that the schedule is set on the corresponding date without publishing the set schedule contents when providing the information on the day on which the schedule is set.

In step 407, the portable terminal transmits the schedule information generated in step 405 to the conference server. In step 409, the portable terminal receives the conference call reservation information set by the organizer from the conference server.

After that, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 411 to register and manage the received conference call reservation information in a schedule management function (such as a schedule function and an alarm function). Check if it is received.

Here, the conference call connection request means that the conference server checks the registered conference reservation information and attempts to send a call connection or a message for joining the conference call to each participant at the time when the conference call starts. .

If the conference call connection request is not received from the conference server in step 413, the portable terminal waits for the conference call connection request to be received and then performs the process of step 413.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 413 that the conference call connection request is received from the conference server, the portable terminal proceeds to step 415 and transmits an acceptance message for the received conference call connection request and processes the conference call.

In addition, if the schedule information request is not received in step 401, the portable terminal can receive the conference call reservation information set by the organizer from the conference server in step 409. The above process may be a situation of receiving conference call reservation information reserved by the organizer regardless of schedule information of the portable terminal.

The portable terminal then terminates this algorithm.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process of reserving a conference call in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the mobile communication system may include a terminal 500 of an organizer, a conference server 502, a terminal 504 of a participant A and a terminal 506 of a participant B.

First, the organizer's terminal 500 selects 510 attendees A 504 and B 506 that are attendees to participate in the conference call using the identifiers of the attendees, and provides information (identifier information) about the selected attendees. Transfer 512 to conference server 502.

Accordingly, the conference server 502 may identify the attendees who will participate in the conference call and request 514 schedule information from the attendees A 504 and B 506. This is to generate conference call reservation information, which is a schedule for performing a conference call. The conference call reservation information may be generated by a host or a conference server of the host. In the following description, content of generating conference call reservation information in a terminal of an organizer is described.

Accordingly, after receiving the schedule information request, the attendees grasp their schedule setting situation, and then generate schedule information on the day when the schedule can be set or the day on which the schedule is set (516, 518), and the conference server ( 502, and transmit 520.

Accordingly, the conference server 502 receives the schedule information of each participant, and processes it to be delivered to the organizer 500 (521).

Upon receiving the schedule information of each attendee, the organizer 500 analyzes the received schedule information to determine a schedule for making a conference call, and selects a date for all attendees to join the conference call. Create 522.

Thereafter, the organizer 500 transmits the generated conference call reservation information to the conference server 502 and processes the conference call to the conference server 502.

The conference server 502 that schedules the conference call of the organizer 500 (526) transmits the conference call reservation information to each participant (528) to process the host 500 to confirm the information on the selected conference call execution date. .

If the organizer 500 cancels the conference call reservation, the organizer 500 sends a cancellation request to the conference server 502, and the conference server 502 deletes the conference call reservation corresponding to the cancellation request and then reserves the reservation. Participants 504 and 506 corresponding to the conference call will be notified that the conference call reservation is cancelled.

6 is a diagram illustrating a process of changing conference call reservation information in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the mobile communication system may include a terminal 600 of an organizer, a conference server 602, a terminal 604 of a participant A and a terminal 606 of a participant B.

First, the conference server 602 schedules a conference call using the conference call reservation information received from the organizer 600 (610), and then a conference call to each participant (attendant A (604), B (606)) The reservation information is transmitted 612 to process confirmation of the information on the date of the conference call selected by the organizer.

Accordingly, the terminal of each attendee may register the conference call schedule selected by the organizer through the schedule function.

In addition, each attendee's terminal can register the conference call schedule selected by the organizer through the alarm function.

That is, as illustrated, the host 600 and the terminal 604 of the attendant A may register 616 conference call reservation information, which is a conference call schedule selected by the organizer.

If the attendee B's terminal 606 cannot register the conference call schedule selected by the organizer (618), the conference server 602 transmits a message indicating that the conference call schedule cannot be registered (620). The conference server 602 receiving the disallowed message notifies each attendee that there is an attendee who failed to register the conference call schedule (622).

In this case, the conference server 602 may transmit a message informing the organizer of the conference call and the attendee selected by the organizer of the inability to register the schedule.

Thereafter, the conference server 602 requests and receives 624 schedule information from each participant so that the organizer 600 reregisters the conference call reservation, and then transmits the information to the organizer 600.

In addition, when the conference server 602 notifies each participant that the conference call reservation is canceled, the terminal 600 of the organizer and the terminals 604 and 606 of the attendees have a conference call schedule registered in a schedule function, an alarm function, or the like. Can be deleted.

7 is a diagram illustrating a process of performing a conference call in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the mobile communication system may include a terminal 700 of an organizer, a conference server 702, a terminal 704 of an attendee A, and a terminal 706 of an attendee B.

First, the organizer 700 reserves a conference call in the conference server 702, the conference server 702 checks the conference call schedule, and then compares the current date and time with the reservation information of the registered conference call. Check whether there is a conference call to be performed at this point (710).

At this time, if it is confirmed that there is a conference call to be performed at the present time, the conference server 702 will request the conference call connection to the organizer 700 and the participants terminal 704, 706 (712).

In this case, the conference call connection request may be a call connection for inducing conference call participation to terminals of each participant including the organizer.

In addition, the conference call connection request may be a message transmission (eg, short message, IM message, etc.) to induce conference call participation to each participant's terminal including the organizer.

This allows the host and attendee's terminal to join the conference call by accepting the conference call connection request.

That is, as shown, when the organizer 700 and the attendant A 704 approve the conference call connection request (714, 716), the two accepted terminals send a conference call join request message to the conference server 702. The transmission 718 causes the organizer 700 and attendee A 704 to proceed with the conference call 720.

However, if attendee B 706 does not accept the conference call connection request, conference server 702 will not receive the conference call join request message from attendee B 706.

As a result, conference server 702 sends 722 conference call connection information to attendee B 706 who did not accept the conference call. Here, the conference call connection information may be information including a method in which a user who does not participate in the conference call at this time joins the conference call later.

Then, when attendee B 706 wants to join the conference call, attendee B 706 sends 724 a join request to conference server 702 using the conference call connection information, and the conference that received the join request. Server 702 notifies 726 that the participant B wants to join the conference call to the user currently participating in the conference call. This provides information about a newly attending user to attendees participating in the conference call, but the conference server 702 may not provide such notification to attendees already attending.

The conference server 702 then proceeds 728 a conference call consisting of the organizer 700, participant A 704 and participant B 706.

8 is a diagram illustrating a process of performing a conference call in a mobile communication system according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the mobile communication system includes a conference server and a terminal of attendee A. The conference call described in the following description is performed by a terminal that fails to participate at a time when the conference server transmits a connection request. This can be a process of participating in a call.

First, as shown by reference numeral (a), the conference server 800 transmits a conference call connection request to attendee A 802 (810), and then checks whether a participation request is received from attendee A (802).

If it is determined that the participation request is not received 812 from the participant A 802, the conference server 800 transmits 814 connection information to the participant A 802 that has not sent the participation request. Accordingly, the participant A (802) may participate in the conference call using the connection information when the conference call participation is possible.

For example, attendee A 802 may request a connection request 816 by sending a short message, an instant message, or the like to the conference server 800.

As a result, the conference server 800 having received the connection request re-request request 818 to call the conference call by attempting to connect the call to the attendee A 802 terminal to participate in the conference call.

Accordingly, Participant A 802 accepts 820 the conference call connection request by receiving a call connection for joining the conference call, and sends 822 the join request to conference server 800.

As a result, the conference server 800 proceeds 824 with the conference call between the organizer and attendee A 800.

In addition, the conference server 830 transmits a conference call connection request to the participant A 832 as shown by reference numeral b, 840, and then checks whether the participant A 832 receives the participation request.

If it is confirmed from the attendee A 832 that the join request is not received 842, the conference server 830 transmits 844 connection information to the attendee A 832 who did not send the join request. Accordingly, the participant A 844 may join the conference call using the connection information when the conference call participation is possible.

For example, the participant A 832 may participate in the conference call by performing a direct call connection (846) using the conference call connection information included in the connection information.

Accordingly, the conference server 830 proceeds 848 with the conference call between the organizer and attendee A 832.

9 is a diagram illustrating a process of stopping participation in a conference call in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, a mobile communication system may include a terminal 900 of an organizer, a conference server 902, a terminal 904 of an attendee A, and a terminal 906 of an attendee B.

First, the conference server 902 conducts a conference call 910 between the organizer 900, attendee A 904, and attendee B 906.

As shown, if participant B 906 ends the conference call during the conference call, the participant B's terminal 906 notifies the conference server 902 of the end of the conference call 914. The conference call server 902 processes the conference call between the organizer 900 and the attendant A 904 to proceed 916.

Subsequently, when the organizer 900 conducting the conference call ends the conference call (918), the terminal 900 of the organizer notifies the conference call end to the conference server 902 (920), the conference call server ( 902 processes 922 to end the conference call between organizer 900 and attendee A 904.

10 is a diagram illustrating a process of conducting a conference call in a mobile communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, the mobile communication system may include the organizer's smartphone 1000, the conference server 1002, the attendant A's PC 1004, and the attendee B's normal telephone 1006.

First, the organizer's smartphone 1000 is in a state of scheduling a conference call to the conference server 1002, and the conference server 1002 checks the conference call schedule, and then reserves information on the current date and time and previously registered conference call. Comparing with (1010) checks whether there is a conference call to be performed at this time.

At this time, if it is confirmed that there is a conference call to be performed at the present time, the conference server 1002 connects the conference call to the organizer's smartphone 1000, attendee A's PC 1004, and attendee B's normal phone 1006. Will request 1012.

At this time, the conference server 1002 will determine the network format supported by the organizer and the attendee terminal, and then request a conference call connection using a message suitable for each terminal.

For example, the conference server 1002 may request a conference call connection using a short message to the organizer's smartphone 1000 and request a conference call connection using an instant message to the attendee A's PC 1004. . In addition, the conference server 1002 may request a conference call connection through the call connection to the attendant B's general telephone 1006.

This allows the host and attendee's terminal to join the conference call by accepting the conference call connection request.

That is, as shown, when the host 1000, the attendee A 1004, and the attendee B 1006 accept the conference call connection request 1014, 1016, 1018, each terminal is a conference server 1002. In step 1020, the conference call participation request message is transmitted to the conference call joining party 1010, and thus, a conference call with the organizer 1000, the attendee A 1004, and the attendee B 1006 can be performed 1022.

11 illustrates a mobile communication system for reserving a conference call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, the mobile communication system may include a terminal 1101 of an organizer, a conference server 1103, and terminals 1105 of attendees participating in a conference call.

First, the organizer is a user who leads the conference call and selects a member of the conference call using an identifier of an attendee stored in a terminal, a web, a cloud system, and transmits it to the conference server.

That is, when the organizer's terminal 1101 selects a conference call participant among the user A through the user E as shown, the user A, C, and D are selected by selecting the user A, C, and D from the registered identifier 1110. It classifies as a member of the call and sends 1112 information about the member to conference server 1103.

Accordingly, the conference server 1103 requests (1114) the schedule information from the terminals of the attendees A 1105, C 1105, and D 1109, and receives the schedule information from the terminals of each attendee (1116). Send to the organizer terminal 1101.

Thereafter, the terminal 1101 of the organizer receiving the attendee's schedule information analyzes the received schedule information to determine a schedule for conference call. At this time, the schedule that can be a conference call may be a schedule that all attendees can participate at the same time. In addition, the conference call schedule may be a schedule in which a maximum number of users may conduct a conference call in addition to a schedule in which all attendees may join at the same time.

That is, the host terminal 1101 of the organizer grasps the schedule of the conference call of the attendees A, C, and D as shown in the figure, outputs a schedule that all users can attend, and then displays the schedule selected by the user. The conference call is reserved by sending to the server 1103. When analyzing the output schedule, attendees A, C, and D can make a conference call from 10 am to 11 am, and only attendee C can make a conference call from 11 am to 12 pm. In addition, only attendee A is available for conference call from 12:00 to 13:00, so the organizer can select the conference call schedule from 10:00 to 11:00, which is available for attendees A, C, and D.

In this case, when the attendant and the host are located in different countries as illustrated, the terminal 1101 of the organizer may provide local time characteristics such as GMT and summer time of each country (1120).

In FIG. 11, the conference call schedule is determined by analyzing the schedule information of the attendees in the host 1101 of the organizer, but the conference call schedule may be determined by the conference server 1103. That is, the conference server 1103 may receive schedule information of the organizer and attendees, analyze the schedule information, determine a schedule capable of a conference call, and transmit the schedule information to the organizer and attendees.

12 is a diagram illustrating a process of executing a conference call in a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12, first, a portable terminal may output a conference call menu for detecting a user's input for scheduling a conference call.

For example, the portable terminal may include the conference call menu 1202 in the dial screen 1200 as shown by reference numeral (a) and output the same. In general, the dial screen 1200 is a screen for attempting to connect a call by inputting a phone number of a counterpart to be connected. The dial screen 1200 may provide a recent call history through a call button and attempt to connect a call through a dial input. can do. In addition, the conference call menu 1202 of the dial screen 1200 according to the present invention may output a screen for selecting an attendee of the conference call.

In this case, the portable terminal may output a screen for selecting the attendees of the conference call based on the pre-stored contacts as shown by reference numeral (b). In addition, the portable terminal may output a screen for selecting an attendee of the conference call based on a group classified by the user as shown by reference numeral (c). The illustrated reference symbol (c) is a screen showing information on grouping conference call members by grouping them.

In addition, the screen for selecting an attendee of the conference call may include a check box for selecting a user, such as reference numeral 1204.

Accordingly, the portable terminal may set a user who detects a user's input as a conference call participant and indicate that the user is set as a conference call participant using a check box.

That is, as shown by reference numeral d, the portable terminal may display a user set as the conference call participant by activating a check box of the conference call participant 1206.

In addition, when the mobile terminal detects a user input for the conference call menu 1208 while setting the conference call participant as shown by reference numeral (e), the portable terminal processes to execute the conference call.

Here, executing the conference call may be to register the attendee's information selected by the user with the conference server to schedule the conference call.

In addition, executing a conference call may be to send the attendee's information selected by the user to the conference server, causing the conference server to perform a conference call join request to all attendees.

In addition, executing a conference call may be that the organizer's portable terminal connects with the conference server to provide the attendee's information and transmits it to the conference server so that the conference server can make a request for attendees to attend the conference call except for the host. have.

13 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal executing a conference call function according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 13, when a conference call function is executed by a user, the portable terminal displays a screen as shown in the figure.

The illustrated figure illustrates a main screen of the conference call function, and includes an area 1301 for displaying a list of participants of a conference call, an area 1303 for searching conference call participants, and a list of attendees selected as conference call members. It may include an area 1305 for displaying and an area 1307 for displaying an execution menu of a conference call.

Herein, the area 1305 for displaying the target person list is an area for displaying a list of target persons who can be members of a conference call. Registered user's phone number, number of incoming / outgoing messages, user's email information, user's ID, account, user's information in recent conference record, etc.) and registration in network database (groupware, cloud system, web address book) Mean information.

In addition, the area 1303 for searching for the conference call participant is an area for searching for a specific user (a user who wants to join a conference call) in the target list, and the user of the portable terminal can identify information (name, Phone number, etc.) can be entered in the area to search for attendees to join the conference call.

In addition, the area 1301 for displaying the list of the selected participant refers to an area in which the information of the participant selected by the user of the portable terminal is displayed.

For example, when at least one conference call participant is selected from the displayed participant list, the selected participant information is added to an area 1301 for displaying the list of the selected participant.

As another example, when the retrieved participant is selected as the conference call participant, the information of the selected participant is added to the area 1301 for displaying the list of the selected participant.

At this time, when the organizer selects an attendee, the organizer's information is also added to the area 1301 for displaying the selected attendee list.

Participant information added to the area is provided in the form of an icon, and the selected participant may be excluded from the conference call. That is, when the information of the attendees displayed in the area 1301 is selected, the information of the selected attendees disappears from the area 1301. This means that the user is excluded from the conference call.

If necessary, the attendee's information added to the area 1301 may display detailed information of the attendee. That is, when the information of the attendees displayed in the area 1301 is selected, the selected attendees' phonebooks may be linked.

In addition, the portable terminal may allow the selected participant to be added to the area 1301 when the participant is selected by the user (organizer). This is to allow the attendees to register attendees more quickly and conveniently than conventional terminals, which must generate a command to finally configure attendees after selecting the attendees.

The area 1307 displaying the execution menu of the conference call includes a menu for allowing a conference call with a selected participant to be immediately executed at the present time, a menu for allowing a conference call with the selected participant to proceed on a predetermined date, and a history of conference calls. It includes a menu to manage (query). Managing the history of the conference call may be to display not only the scheduled conference call list but also the completed / canceled conference call list.

14 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal for performing a conference call execution process according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 14, the portable terminal executes a conference call function and simultaneously displays a main screen as shown in FIG. 14 (a). The main screen displays information for selecting an attendee so that the portable terminal adds an attendee selected by the user to the attendee list while immediately including the attendee selected in the attendee list. At this time, the user of the portable terminal is automatically added to the attendee list.

That is, FIG. 14A illustrates a screen displaying information for selecting an attendee such as phonebook information while the user of the portable terminal as the host is included in the attendee list. In the screen shown in the figure, an area 1400 for displaying a list of attendees selected as conference call members is allocated, but information indicating that the assigned area is an area where a list of selected attendees is provided and information of a user selected as an attendee are also provided. Not displayed. This may be a situation where there is no attendee currently selected by the organizer. Of course, the portable terminal may display information indicating that the allocated area is an area where a list of attendees is provided before the attendee is selected. For example, a title of “participant list” may be displayed in the assigned area to inform the user that the selected participant information is displayed in the area.

If the user Andrew is selected as an attendee 1401 on the screen as described above, the selected Andrew is included in the attendee list as shown in FIG. 14 (b) (1405). In this case, when at least one participant is selected, the portable terminal may display information indicating that the list of the selected participant is provided, and then add the selected participant to the area where the list of the selected participant is provided.

In addition, when at least one participant is selected, the portable terminal may automatically add a user hosting a conference call to an area where a list of the selected participant is provided.

That is, when the attendee (eg, Andrew) is added while the information indicating that the list of the attendees who select the area is provided as shown in FIG. 14A is not displayed, the attendee list is shown in FIG. 14B. Display the organizer “I” and the selected attendee “Andrew”.

After the conference call participant is registered in this manner, if a menu for requesting to start the conference call is input, the electronic device performs a conference call with the participant.

That is, as shown in FIG. 14C, the portable terminal detects an input 1407 of the conference start menu while the host and Andrew attendees are registered to perform a conference call. Here, performing the conference call may be to immediately perform the conference call at the current time of registering the attendees.

In addition, the screen shown in FIG. 14 includes a menu (conference start menu) for executing a conference call with the selected participant immediately at the present time and a menu for allowing a conference call with the selected participant to proceed on a predetermined date (meeting reservation menu). ), A menu for managing the history of the conference call (internal meeting menu), and a menu for changing the telephone number for receiving the conference call (number change menu) are displayed as the execution menu of the conference call.

The menu for changing the telephone number for receiving the conference call is to change the receiving number of the organizer or the attendee. The menu allows the user's terminal to control the conference call (conference call reservation, request, etc.). It can be used in a situation where it is impossible to change to a phone number of a terminal capable of receiving a call.

In addition, the subject list may include a user who uses a plurality of terminals. For example, when a home phone number is set as a main number and an office phone number and a mobile phone number are set as a participant, and a user is added as an attendee, a conference call is set as a main number by default. Conference call to the sub number.

15 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal for performing a conference call execution process according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 15, it is assumed that the portable terminal selects an attendee at the present time and performs a reservation process (reservation execution) to allow a conference call to proceed on a predetermined date.

Even in this case, as shown in FIG. 14, the portable terminal can register attendees while simultaneously selecting an attendee from information in which the user of the portable terminal can select an attendee such as phonebook information.

However, in the case of reservation execution, as the conference call should proceed on a predetermined date instead of the present time, the portable terminal performs a process of registering a conference call schedule in addition to registering an attendee.

That is, as shown in the drawing, the portable terminal displays a conference call reservation screen including a conference call title, a date, and items for registering attendees.

The user selects a title item of the conference call reservation screen and inputs a title of the conference call. In this case, the portable terminal may display a virtual keypad on a screen to input a title of a conference call.

In addition, the user may select a date item and input information on a date and time for which to conduct a conference call. In this case, as described above with reference to FIG. 2, the portable terminal can display a date that can be set by analyzing the schedule of the participant. Of course, the portable terminal can display the screen for setting the date and time without analyzing the schedule of the attendees, so that the organizer can select the desired date and time.

In addition, the user can select an item to register an attendee to register attendees of the conference call. Here, registering an attendee can be adding a new attendee to the attendee list and removing the attendee from an already registered attendee list. If the user adds a new participant, the portable terminal may apply a specific effect to the newly added participant to distinguish the previously registered participant from the newly added participant. For example, the portable terminal may shade a previously registered participant to distinguish a previously registered participant from a newly registered participant.

The information of such an item may be used for a function of managing conference call history. That is, the information of the item may be displayed as summary information of the completed / cancelled conference call list as well as the reserved conference call list.

In addition, when detecting a user's input to reserve the conference call, the input information of the item is transmitted to a conference server so that the conference call is reserved.

In this case, the portable terminal may register the input information with a conference server to proceed with a conference call on a predetermined date. This means that the conference server manages conference call reservations. As another example, the portable terminal may store the input information and transmit the information to a conference server at a predetermined date so that the conference call can be processed. This means that the mobile terminal manages conference call reservations.

16 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal for registering an attendee of a conference call according to the present invention.

FIG. 16A illustrates a screen of a portable terminal for obtaining attendee information from information stored by the user according to the present invention.

The information stored by the user includes phone book information registered in the portable terminal, a recent call list, a phone number of a user registered in a bookmark, information of number / outgoing message, user's e-mail information, user's ID, account, and recent information. Conference records, etc.

First, the portable terminal displays a list 1601 of information stored therein, and receives a name 1603 of an attendee to register from a user.

Thereafter, the portable terminal acquires information (1605) of attendees corresponding to the name input from the user from the displayed list and processes the attendee information to be added to the attendee list. In the figure, the host (B) and the user KIM are registered as attendees of the conference call.

Figure 16 (b) shows a screen of the portable terminal for obtaining the attendee information from the information registered in the network in accordance with the present invention.

The information registered in the network may be web address book information, information stored in a cloud system, and information of a user registered in groupware.

First, the portable terminal displays a list of information stored in the mobile terminal, and receives a name 1607 of a participant to register from a user.

If the name of the attendee input from the user does not exist in the displayed list, the information 1608 indicating that the attendee's information does not exist is displayed.

In addition, the portable terminal may obtain the attendee's information from the information registered in the network in addition to the information stored therein. Accordingly, when the menu 1610 is selected to allow the user to search for the information of the attendees from the information registered in the network, the portable terminal corresponds to the attendee corresponding to the name of the attendee input from the user in the information registered in the network. Process information to obtain and add 1612 to the attendee list. The illustrated figure shows a situation in which a user PARK obtained from network information is added to an attendee list registered with an organizer (B) and a user KIM.

16 (c) shows a screen of a portable terminal for obtaining attendee information according to the present invention.

As described above, the portable terminal can obtain the participant information from the information stored in the mobile terminal and the information registered in the network.

16 (a) to 16 (b), the participant information is obtained by the name of the participant, but the portable terminal according to the present invention may obtain the participant information by the telephone number.

That is, the portable terminal displays a list of information stored by the user, receives the name of the participant 1607 to register from the user, and inputs the information from the user from the information stored in the user and the information registered in the network. Using the received participant's phone number 1614 as a search word, the participant's information corresponding to the telephone number is obtained and added to the participant list.

The illustrated figure shows a situation in which the participant AHN searched by phone number is added to the attendee list registered by the organizer (B), the user KIM, and the PARK.

In addition, the portable terminal according to the present invention may display the name, telephone number, and the like of a participant found as a result of acquiring the participant information, and may also display a list of conference calls including the found participant.

17 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal for controlling a conference call according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 17, when a conference call function is started, the portable terminal includes a conference call attendance status (participant user list and non-participant user list) 1701 and a control menu 1703 including a control function of the conference call. Is displayed.

In the drawing, a menu for managing the history of the conference call (internal meeting menu), a menu for preventing his voice from being transmitted to the other party (blocking sound menu), and a menu for allowing the conference call to be performed as a speaker call (Korean call) ), A menu to end the conference call (end conference), a menu to block the participant's voice (lecture mode), and a menu to add a new participant to the current conference call (add participant) are displayed as a control menu. The function of managing the conference call history may be included in the main screen as described above.

In addition, the type of the aforementioned control menu is defined according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may be changed by an operator or a user.

In addition, the portable terminal may perform an operation such as leaving the attending user or inviting a non-participant user while the attendance status of the conference call is displayed. That is, by selecting the exit icon 1705 of the participant list of FIG. 17 (a), the corresponding participant may be removed from the conference call, and by selecting the invite icon 1707 of the non-attendee, the corresponding participant may join the conference call. do.

If the mobile terminal detects a request to execute the function of managing the conference call history while the control menu including the control function of the conference call is displayed as shown in FIG. 17 (a), the portable terminal reserves the reservation as shown in 17 (b). In addition to the completed conference call list 1709, the completed / canceled conference call lists 1711 and 1713 are displayed.

In addition, the electronic device may edit the list of displayed conference calls. That is, the electronic device may add a new conference call schedule by changing or deleting a conference call schedule or changing a schedule to an attendee included in a completed conference according to a user input.

This is illustrated in FIG. 17C, which shows a screen for editing a completed conference call (weekly meeting).

In addition, when the schedule of the conference call is changed, deleted, or a new schedule is added by the user, the portable terminal may guide the editing contents to the attendees of the conference call by using a text message, an instant message, or an email.

In addition, when the control menu including the control function of the conference call is displayed as shown in FIG. 17 (a), when detecting a request for executing the function of adding an attendee, the portable terminal identifies the attendee as shown in 17 (d). Information 1715 is displayed.

In this case, the displayed information may include phonebook information, recent call list, phone number of the user registered in the favorite, information of number / outgoing message, user's email information, user's ID, account, recent conference record, information registered in groupware. The information may be at least one of information registered in a cloud system and information registered in a web address book.

18 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal for modifying a conference call connection number of an organizer according to the present invention.

The portable terminal may only be configured to control the conference call execution (attendee selection, schedule selection, etc.), and the actual conference call connection may be set to be received from another device (eg, a general telephone that does not provide a conference call function).

In general, when a conference call is requested while a list of conference call attendees is registered, the portable terminal transmits information on the participants (participants including the host) participating in the conference call to the conference server so that the conference call is sent to each participant. To be received.

However, when an input 1801 for requesting a number change is detected as shown in FIG. 18 (a) because the organizer of the conference call wants to receive a conference call using another phone, the portable terminal is connected to FIG. 18 (b). As shown, a new phone number 1805 is registered to receive the conference call.

As a result, the organizer receives the conference call on the telephone of the newly registered telephone number.

In the drawing, the case of changing the organizer's connection number has been described, but the portable terminal according to the present invention may change the connection number of the attendee.

For example, the connection number of the participant may be changed in a situation in which the participant does not have a portable terminal and needs to connect to another number or in a situation in which the participant uses a plurality of terminals.

19 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a portable terminal receiving a message requesting to participate in a conference call according to the present invention.

If the conference call is executed by the organizer, the attendees of the conference call receive the message as shown in FIG.

This tells the attendee (ander Anderw) that the conference call will be received before the conference call proceeds.

If the organizer has scheduled a conference call, the conference call reservation information will be sent to each attendee, and if a connection or scheduled conference call is imminent, a message will be sent that the conference call will be started.

In addition, if a conference call is edited (scheduled, canceled, etc.) by the organizer, a message will be sent to each participant about the edited conference call.

Such a message may be sent to each participant via text message, email, or the like.

If the attendee fails to attend the ongoing conference call, he / she receives a message as shown in FIG. 19 (b).

This provides the conference call's connection information so that the non-attendee (Anderw) attends the conference call directly, and the non-attendee (Anderw) who receives the message clicks the information contained in the message to the conference server. Cause a conference call request to be received.

In addition, according to the present invention, a user attending a conference call may also receive a message including connection information of the conference call. This is to allow attendees who are disconnected from a conference call in an unintended situation to participate in the conference call using direct connection information.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

Claims (29)

An apparatus for providing a conference call service in a portable terminal,
A communication unit which communicates with a conference server to transmit and receive an identifier of an attendee, attendee's schedule information, and conference call reservation information to communicate with the conference server;
A display unit for outputting the identifier, the schedule information, and the conference call reservation information;
An input unit for generating input data for selecting the identifier and response data for a conference call connection request;
After detecting the input data for the identifier to confirm the participant to participate in the conference call, and transmits the information about the participant to the conference server, a conference call including a schedule that can be called by receiving the attendee's schedule information from the conference server A reservation information generation unit for generating reservation information;
And a controller for obtaining the identifier and processing the conference call reservation information generated by the reservation information generator to register with the conference server.
The identifier is
And at least one of an identifier stored in the portable terminal, an identifier registered on the web, an identifier stored in the cloud system, and an identifier registered in the groupware.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
And registering the conference call reservation information, when receiving a conference call connection request from the conference server, processing the conference call connection request to participate in the conference call.
The method of claim 1,
The identifier is
And at least one of a phone book, an address book registered on the web, recent number / outgoing information, message number / outgoing information, user's email information, and user's ID.
The method of claim 1,
The reservation information generation unit,
The apparatus characterized in that for extracting and outputting the schedule of the conference call by analyzing the schedule information of the attendees.
The method of claim 1,
An apparatus for providing a conference call service in a portable terminal,
And registering conference call reservation information received from the conference server in a schedule management function.
An apparatus for providing a conference call service in a conference server, the apparatus comprising:
When receiving attendee information on the conference call from the organizer terminal leading the conference call, request the schedule information from each attendee terminal to receive the attendee's schedule information, and send the received attendee's schedule information to the organizer terminal. A server control unit
It includes a reservation management unit for receiving and registering conference call reservation information from the organizer terminal,
The server control unit
And transmitting conference call reservation information received from the host terminal to the attendee terminal and transmitting a conference call connection request to the host terminal and the attendee terminal when the conference call is performed.
The method according to claim 6,
The server control unit
Providing a conference call service to terminals that accept a conference call connection request, and retransmitting the connection information to a terminal that does not accept the conference call connection request,
The server control unit
And when the connection request is received from the non-attendee, inviting the non-attendee to the conference call service being provided.
The method according to claim 6,
The server control unit
And upon receiving information indicating that conference call reservation information cannot be registered from at least one participant, processing to regenerate the conference call reservation information.
The method according to claim 6,
The server control unit
And after receiving the schedule information from the attendee and the organizer, generating conference call reservation information and processing to transmit the generated conference call reservation information to the attendee and the organizer.
In the method for providing a conference call service in a portable terminal,
Obtaining an identifier for the user,
Detecting the input data for the identifier to identify the attendees to participate in the conference call, and transmitting information about the attendees to the conference server;
Receiving conference schedule information from the conference server to generate conference call reservation information including schedules for conference calls;
Including registering the created conference call reservation information with the conference server,
The identifier is
And at least one of an identifier stored in the portable terminal, an identifier registered on the web, an identifier stored in the cloud system, and an identifier registered in the groupware.
The method of claim 10,
Method for providing a conference call service in a mobile terminal,
And registering the conference call reservation information and, if receiving a conference call connection request from the conference server, accepting the conference call connection request and joining the conference call.
The method of claim 10,
The identifier is
And at least one of a phone book, an address book registered on the web, recent number / outgoing information, message number / outgoing information, user's email information, and user's ID.
The method of claim 10,
The process of generating conference call reservation information is
And extracting and outputting a schedule capable of a conference call by analyzing schedule information of the attendee.
The method of claim 10,
Method for providing a conference call service in a mobile terminal,
And registering the conference call reservation information received from the conference server with a schedule management function.
In the method for providing a conference call service in a conference server,
When receiving attendee information on the conference call from the organizer terminal leading the conference call, requesting schedule information from each attendee terminal;
Receiving schedule information from the attendees and transmitting the schedule information to the host terminal;
Receiving, registering and managing conference call reservation information from the host terminal;
Transmitting the conference call reservation information received from the organizer terminal to the attendee terminal;
And transmitting a conference call connection request to the organizer terminal and the attendee terminal when the conference call is performed.
16. The method of claim 15,
The method for providing the conference call service in the conference server,
Providing a conference call service to terminals that accept the conference call connection request;
Retransmitting the connection information to the terminal that does not accept the conference call connection request;
When the connection request is received from the non-attendee, inviting the non-attendee to the pre-provided conference call service.
16. The method of claim 15,
The method for providing the conference call service in the conference server,
Receiving information informing that the conference call reservation information cannot be registered from at least one participant, the method comprising: regenerating the conference call reservation information.
16. The method of claim 15,
The method for providing the conference call service in the conference server,
Receiving schedule information from attendees and hosts,
Generating conference call reservation information by analyzing schedule information from attendees and hosts;
Transmitting the generated conference call reservation information to attendees and hosts.
An electronic device providing a conference call function,
At least one processor,
Memory, and
At least one program stored in the memory and configured to be executable by the at least one processor,
The program includes:
And a command for displaying a menu requesting at least one of the schedule call registration, attendee registration, conference call execution, and control of the conference call, and performing an operation corresponding to the displayed menu. ,
The program includes:
And processing to register, in the attendee list, an identifier selected by the user among an identifier of the attendee registered in the memory and the network.
20. The method of claim 19,
The program includes:
And registering the conference call at the present time or selecting the attendee at the present time and processing the conference call on a predetermined date after the attendee is registered.
20. The method of claim 19,
The program includes:
And instructions for changing the information of the device receiving the conference call to process receiving the conference call with the changed device.
20. The method of claim 19,
The program includes:
And a command for processing to perform at least one control operation of history inquiry of conference call, exiting participant, and adding participant.
23. The method of claim 22,
The history inquiry of the conference call includes at least one of a scheduled conference call, a canceled conference call, and a completed conference call.
The program includes:
And a command for processing at least one of editing a scheduled conference call, scheduling and executing a new conference call using the completed conference call, and deleting at least one of the scheduled conference call.
20. The method of claim 19,
The program includes:
And a command for processing a conference call to display at least one of an execution notification, a conference notification of a conference call, and an editing notification of a conference call.
An electronic device providing a conference call function,
At least one processor,
Memory, and
At least one program stored in the memory and configured to be executable by the at least one processor,
The program includes:
A main area including at least one of an area for displaying a list of participants of a conference call, an area for searching conference call participants, an area for displaying a list of participants selected as conference call members, and an area for displaying a call menu of a conference call. And displaying a screen, adding the selected user to the selected participant list at the same time the user is selected from the displayed participant list, and performing a conference call with the user added to the selected participant list.
26. The method of claim 25,
The program includes:
And executing the conference call with the selected participant immediately at the present time or processing the conference call with the selected participant to proceed on a predetermined date.
26. The method of claim 25,
The program includes:
And a command for processing to display at least one of a menu for starting a conference call, a menu for scheduling a conference call, and a menu for querying a history of the conference call in an area displaying the execution menu of the conference call. .
26. The method of claim 25,
The program includes:
And instructions for processing to change the conference call connection number for the attendees of the conference call.
26. The method of claim 25,
The program includes:
When the conference call is executed, it processes to display at least one of a menu for viewing the history of the conference call, a menu for selecting a call mode, a menu for ending the conference call, a menu for adding attendees, and a conference call attendance status. Device containing instructions.

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