KR20140036674A - The method and device to manage many phone numbers from many services - Google Patents

Abstract

Currently, various communications means such as a mobile phone, a standard telephone, and an Internet phone are existed, and the calling fees for the various communications means are all different. These days, Internet phones with cheap calling fees are substantially disseminated, and people can use an Internet phone outside as well by installing an application program in a smartphone. Furthermore, in many cases, a person has many phone numbers including his or her mobile phone number and home phone number. However, it is difficult to remember such many phone numbers when making a call to the person, and finding a route for a cheap calling fee is inconvenient. Also, calculating calling fees accurately is difficult because calling fees can be changed due to number portability. The present invention relates to a method and a device for automatically searching a route in which the cheapest calling fee is charged to a caller and a receiver, and connecting the caller to the route when the caller makes a call. According to the present invention, though a caller who makes a plurality of calls sometimes has to pay minimum fees for the respective calls, but the caller can pay calling fees less as the technology enables the caller to make a call free of charge or to pay cheap calling fees. [Reference numerals] (AA) Central server; (BB) Storage unit; (CC) Search unit; (DD,FF) Transceiving unit; (EE) Input unit; (GG) Connecting unit; (HH) Client; (II) Telephone

Description

The method and device to manage many phone numbers from many services}

Mobile Phone, Internet Phone, Server

At present, there are various means of calling such as mobile phone, regular phone and internet phone, and call charges are different.

Recently, a lot of low-cost Internet calls are spreading, and if you install the app on your smartphone, you can also make calls using the Internet from the outside.

In addition, one person has many phone numbers such as mobile phone and home phone.

However, it is difficult to remember a number of phone numbers of the other party, and it is very cumbersome to find a way to make inexpensive calls.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatically searching and connecting a route in which a cheapest call rate is charged between a sender and a receiver when a user makes a phone call.

According to the present invention, a user may use a plurality of telephone services and pay a basic fee for each service, but the cost can be reduced because the user can make a call with a free or low cost.

1 is an illustration of a system configuration for the present invention.
2 is an illustration of a flowchart for the present invention.

The present invention will be described in detail step by step taking an example of installing each phone service application on a smartphone.

In order to implement the present invention, the user registers a telephone number, accesses a central server and a central server that calculates a call charge for each connection, transmits the telephone number, and shows the returned result to the user or automatically makes a call. It is composed of integrated application.

In this case the central server

userid1,02-111-1111, SK mobile phone

userid2,02-222-2222, LG Internet Phone

userid3,02-333-3333, Samsung Internet Phone

As described above, the user ID of the service according to the present invention (expressed as "user ID" separately from the member ID of each telephone service), the telephone number, and the service name are registered for all telephone numbers of all users.

In the case of Internet phone service by member ID such as My People and Skype,

userid4, skypeid1, skype

You can register the member ID of each Internet phone service instead of the phone number and search for the sender and receiver by phone number. If both sender and receiver are using Skype, you can connect to Skype.

However, the current phone number is a unique number, and there is no duplicate phone number between services. However, since the member ID of a specific telephone service may be the ID of another person in another service, it is difficult to search for a precisely desired recipient with only the member ID. To search using, it is correct to specify the service name together.

After that, unless otherwise indicated, the telephone number means “phone number or member ID of each telephone service”.

That is, "collect phone number" means "collect phone number or member ID for each phone service."

The service name may be a server URL in addition to the above name.

For example, My People can be expressed as mypeople.daum.net or daum.net in addition to My People, and SK mobile phones can be expressed as a server URL such as sktelecom.com.

One user ID can be assigned to one user and classified into groups such as work and personal, or several user IDs can be given according to the purpose.

In addition, the user may select or assign a user number consisting of numbers to distinguish a user or a group of user's telephone numbers separately from the user ID, or use the user number as a user ID.

You can also use one of your phone numbers as your user number or user ID.

After that, unless otherwise indicated, user ID means “user ID or user number”.

For the present invention, the above information must be collected first. There are various methods of collecting information as follows, and one or more methods are used to collect telephone numbers.

First, a telephone number may be obtained through affiliation with each telephone service company or collected by accessing a server of the telephone service company.

Secondly, it reads the settings of the phone app and collects them automatically.

Third, register your phone number and service name when you sign up for membership, and modify it whenever it is added or changed.

If the phone application supports a text service, the authentication number can be sent to the registered phone number of the user so that the authentication number can be entered.

Alternatively, you can log in to the server and confirm by entering the member ID and password of the telephone service.

In addition, it is possible to access and check each Internet phone server according to a predetermined rule.

Fourth, when registering as a member to register their phone number and service name, and to be added or changed whenever you change it.

If you search the phone number and the service name registered incorrectly, the wrong connection path is displayed and it is inconvenient to select, and the call fee may be charged, so you need to register correctly in order to eliminate the inconvenience and reduce the cost. Without this, it is possible to induce accurate information input.

If there is a dispute over the ownership of the telephone number in the future, you can change the ownership through the documentation.

Here, the user registration method will be described as an example.

First, in order to use the present invention, the user installs an integrated application.

Subscribe to the service according to the invention as a member and register their telephone number.

Step 1, Register Member ID, Password and Other Personal Information.

Step 2, register your phone number.

You can add group and plan information as follows:

Group 1,010-111-1111, SK mobile phone, Price 1

Group 1,02-111-2222, LG Internet Phone, LG Plan 1

Group 1,02-111-3333, Samsung Internet Phone, Samsung Rate 2

You can specify multiple groups, such as a company or an individual, to search within a group, or the same phone number can belong to more than one group.

In this case, specify a user number for each group as described above, and separate them into user numbers.For example, people in the work group are notified of a user number consisting of a work phone or a mobile phone. To do this, you can expose only your work or mobile phone number, but not your home phone number.

In addition, as described above, the member ID and password for each telephone service must be entered, and the central server or integrated application can automatically access each telephone service server to check the phone number, search for a plan, and automatically set You can also update.

Next, organize the phone book.

In the first step, the application can be registered by automatically reading an existing phonebook when the app is first run.

In the second step, if there is a special plan such as a couple plan between the sender and the receiver as well as the name and phone number in the phone book, the plan is designated.

In addition, the plan based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver may be automatically set or renewed after accessing and searching each phone service server with a member ID and password for each phone service from a central server or integrated application.

Also, when making a call by designating a group for the other party, the user can make a call using a phone number belonging to the same group so that the home phone number is not exposed to the person in the business group.

How to make a call using the present invention will be described in detail step by step.

First, launch the app and automatically log in to the central server.

Step 1, enter the other party's telephone number or user ID and press the call button.

In the second step, the integrated application connects to the central server and transmits the other party's telephone number or user ID.

In this case, most of the counterparts, such as the couple plan, will be registered in the phone book.

In the third step, the server searches for the cheapest route.

In step 3-1, the telephone number list of the sender is retrieved.

In step 3-2, the recipient's telephone number list is retrieved.

In the case of entering the recipient's telephone number, first, the recipient's user ID is retrieved from the telephone number, and the recipient's telephone number list is retrieved from the recipient's user ID.

If the user ID of the recipient is entered, the recipient's telephone number list is immediately retrieved.

If the receiver does not subscribe to the service according to the present invention and the receiver is not searched, there is no verified telephone number. Therefore, the receiver's telephone number is identified as a telephone number using a service as follows.

First, the central server or integrated application can automatically access each telephone service company server and search for a service using the telephone number entered.

Second, when the search is not possible as described above, it can be classified into mobile communication, general telephone, and internet telephone according to the telephone number, and it can be arbitrarily assumed.

At this time, it may be calculated probabilisticly in consideration of the number of members of each service.

Step 3-3, calculate the call charge for each connection between sender and receiver.

If the sender uses three phone numbers and the receiver uses two phone numbers, there can be a total of six connection paths, and the call charge is calculated for each connection.

Currently, the same Internet phone service subscribers can make free calls, so if they are subscribed to the Internet phone service, the phone number using the same Internet phone service is searched by comparing the Internet phone service used by the receiver and the sender.

If a special plan is applied between the sender and the receiver, the calculation is taken into account.

If the phone number is different depending on the conditions, such as the number of the phone number subscribed to the plan with the free call time, the remaining time is taken into account.

However, if you have a free call time plan, but the call charges vary depending on the conditions such as the remaining time is not known, you can calculate for each condition if the current state of the condition is not known.

In step 3-4, the operation results are returned in a sorted order in the order in which the call charges are in the lowest order in the form of a connection path, a call charge, and a charging unit as follows.

LG Internet Phone 010-111-1111-> LG Internet Phone 010-222-2222, Free, 0s

SK Mobile Phone 010-111-1111-> LG Mobile Phone 010-222-2222, 10 won, 10 seconds

In the fourth step, the application can show a list to the user and let the user make a selection, or connect automatically if a call is available.

First, in the case of manual processing, the integrated application shows the list to the sender, and the sender enters the receiver's phone number after calling the service application.

Second, in the case of automatic processing, the integrated application shows the list to the sender. When the sender selects from the list, the integrated application automatically executes the selected service application and automatically enters the recipient's phone number in the application.

Third, if the call function of the telephone service is integrated in the integrated application, the integrated application automatically makes a call.

In this case, you can display the list to the user and make a call automatically using the service you selected, or make a call automatically at random or according to a predetermined priority.

Step 5, if you are not connected or you are on a call, go to step 4 to select a different phone number.

According to the present invention, the call can be made using the cheapest telephone connection method, and free calls can be made between Internet phones subscribed to the same service.

When users register their mobile phone, landline phone or internet phone, they do not have to calculate the plan, but simply search for mobile phone, landline phone and internet phone. When calling from a landline phone or an Internet phone to a mobile phone, the caller and receiver can search the phone number of the caller and the recipient's landline or Internet phone so that the call can be made with a low-cost landline phone or an Internet phone instead of a high-cost mobile phone. .

In addition, by comparing the Internet phone service used by the receiver and the sender to search for a phone number using the same Internet phone service, the call fee can be greatly reduced.

Even if many people don't sign up and the other party is not searched, the sender can automatically call the low-cost phone number on their phone without having to select and execute the mobile phone or internet phone application according to the phone number. Call costs can be reduced.

In addition, when the phone is busy or not connected, you can talk using another connection.

The central server can retrieve and return the user's telephone number and coordinate the roles of the central server and the integrated application, such as the integrated application calculating the call charge.

The foregoing is merely an example of the present invention, and various modifications and modifications are possible.

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Claims (10)

Integrated management method and device, characterized in that to calculate the call charge for each connection of a plurality of telephone numbers of the sender or the receiver to make a call at a low call rate
In paragraph 1
A central server that retrieves the user's phone number and returns results
Client program that requests a phone number retrieval from a central server
Integrated management device comprising a
The central server again
Store user ID, phone number and service name
Search unit that searches the telephone number and service name of sender and receiver, and retrieves the telephone number that can be called at low cost from sender telephone number and service name, receiver telephone number and service name.
Transceiver that accepts requests from client programs and returns results
Integrated management device comprising a
The client program in paragraph 2 is
Input section to receive the user's phone number
Transmitter / receiver requesting telephone number search from central server and returning result
Integrated management device comprising a
The central server again
Store user ID, phone number and service name
Search unit for retrieving the recipient's telephone number and service name from the recipient information
Transceiver that accepts requests from client programs and returns results
Integrated management device comprising a
The client program in paragraph 2 is
Input section to receive the user's phone number
Transmitter / receiver requesting telephone number search from central server and returning result
Computing unit that retrieves low-cost phone number from sender's phone number and service name, receiver's phone number and service name
Integrated management device comprising a
In paragraph 1
Transmitting the telephone number of the receiver to the central server;
Searching the telephone numbers and service names of the sender and the receiver, and retrieving the telephone numbers at which the call can be made at a low cost from the sender telephone number and the service name, the receiver telephone number and the service name;
Integrated management method comprising a
In paragraph 1
Transmitting the telephone number of the receiver to the central server;
Retrieving and returning the telephone number and service name from the recipient information;
The client program searches for a low-cost telephone number from the calling telephone number and the service name, the called telephone number and the service name;
Integrated management method comprising a
In paragraph 1
Integrated management device that integrates each Internet phone application function and automatically makes a call according to the searched contents
In paragraph 1
Integrated management method characterized by automatically launching each Internet phone application and automatically entering a phone number

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