KR20140046959A - Server and method for managing invalid phone number and, device included agent for managing phone number - Google Patents

Abstract

A server for managing invalid phone number information includes an information receiving unit receiving information on a terminal transmitting a call requesting a text message for a message service center, a phone number of a terminal receiving the call, and invalid phone number information indicating that phone number of a terminal receiving the call is invalid; a number management agent call unit calling a number management agent of the terminal transmitting the call based on the information of the terminal transmitting the call; and a deletion request message transmitting unit transmitting the phone number of the terminal receiving the call and a deletion request message requesting the deletion of the phone number of the terminal receiving the call to a called number management agent. [Reference numerals] (11) Information receiving unit; (12) Number management agent call unit; (13) Deletion request message transmitting unit; (14) Deletion notifying message reception unit; (15) Database; (20) Terminal; (30) Message service center

Description

Server and method for managing number information and terminal including number management agent {SERVER AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INVALID PHONE NUMBER AND, DEVICE INCLUDED AGENT FOR MANAGING PHONE NUMBER}

A server and method for managing number information and a terminal including a number management agent.

Recently, as the number of mobile phone and internet phone subscribers increase, interest in phone number resources is increasing, and subscribers who change their phone number are increasing, so that they receive messages or calls from strangers, or even minor subscribers. Increasingly, adult and advertising messages are sent. In addition, many users often do not update the changed telephone number.

To solve this problem, the telecommunications company has an 'aging' period in which the number is suspended for a certain period of time until the revoked number is recovered and given to another subscriber. However, there is a shortage of available telephone numbers due to frequent number porting and termination of subscribers, and narrowing the selection of new subscribers' telephone numbers. Therefore, there is a need for a method that can effectively manage the phone numbers that have been revoked to secure scarce phone number resources. Regarding a method for managing a revoked phone number, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2007-0090315 discloses a configuration for a phone number update notification service method.

By using the confirmation information received during the process of providing a message service to delete the missing phone number of the phone number stored in the user terminal. It is to be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

As a means for achieving the above-described technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention is a fault indicating that the information of the calling terminal requesting the transmission of a text message from the message service center, the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal are missing. Request for the deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal to the information receiving unit for receiving information, the call management agent calling unit calling the number management agent of the calling terminal based on the information of the calling terminal, and the called number management agent. It is possible to provide a missing information management server including a deletion request message transmission unit for transmitting a deletion request message.

Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of receiving the information of the calling terminal requesting a text message transmission from the message service center, the phone number of the called terminal and the missing information indicating that the called number is missing, the calling terminal Calling the number management agent of the calling terminal on the basis of the information of the fault information, comprising sending a deletion request message requesting the deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal to the called number management agent; It can provide a management method.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the deletion request message receiving unit for receiving the deletion request message requesting the deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal from the missing information management server, based on the received deletion request message It is possible to provide a terminal including a phone number search unit for searching for a phone number corresponding to the received phone number of the called terminal among the phone numbers registered in the terminal and a phone number deletion unit for deleting the searched phone number based on the search result. have.

According to one of the problem solving means of the present invention described above, by using the missing information received on the network during the process of the existing message transmission deletes the telephone number corresponding to the missing telephone number of the telephone number stored in the subscriber terminal Can be. In addition, by continuously managing the number resources, it is possible to secure the phone number resources, and to prevent unnecessary transmission of messages to the user.

1 is a block diagram of a missing information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a configuration diagram of a missing information management server shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting missing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3B is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting missing information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a process of deleting a phone number of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a terminal shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an operation flowchart showing a missing information management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a block diagram of a missing information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the number information management system includes a number information management server 10, a terminal 20, a message service center 30, a home location register (HLR) including subscriber information, and a number portability database ( NPDB: Number Portability Database.

The terminal 20 can be implemented as a portable terminal that can access a remote server through a network. Here, the portable terminal is a mobile communication device that is guaranteed to be portable and mobility. For example, a portable communication terminal such as a PCS (Personal Communication System), a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), a PHS (Personal Digital Assistant), IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-CDMA (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) , A smart pad, a tablet PC, and the like. However, since the form of the terminal 20 disclosed in FIG. 1 is merely illustrated for convenience of description, the type and form of the terminal 20 described herein are not limited to the illustrated in FIG. 1.

The network refers to a connection structure in which information can be exchanged between each node such as a plurality of terminals and servers. The network includes an Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a Wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network) Area Network (PAN), Personal Area Network (PAN), Mobile Radio Communication Network, and the like.

The message service center 30 may transmit a text message to the terminal 20 through a network. For example, the message service center 30 may transmit a text message regardless of whether the recipient of the text message is a subscriber, a third party subscriber, or a number portable subscriber.

When the message service center 30 receives the missing information as a result of the transmission of the text message, the message service center 30 may transmit the missing information to the missing information management server 10. The turn information may be received through a home location register (HLR) in the originating network, a number portability database (NPDB), or a home location register in the called network. The home location register may store information of a user using a network by subscribing to any one carrier, and the number portability database may store information of a user using a carrier's network through number portability.

The number information management server 10 may receive the information of the calling terminal requesting the transmission of the text message, the phone number of the called terminal, and the missing number indicating that the called number of the called terminal is missing from the message service center 30. At this time, the information of the calling terminal may include a phone number of the calling terminal. For example, the message service center 30 may receive the missing information indicating that the telephone number of the called terminal is missing from the home location register in the process of transmitting the text message. When the message service center 30 receives the missing information, the missing information management server 10 may receive the telephone number of the calling terminal, the telephone number of the called terminal, and the missing information from the message service center 30.

The determination information management server 10 may call the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 based on the information of the calling terminal 20. For example, the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 may be a predetermined application included in the smartphone or a predetermined application of the smartphone, the number information management server 10 is received from the message service center 30 The number management agent may be called based on the telephone number information of the calling terminal 20.

The determination information management server 10 may transmit a deletion request message requesting the deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal to the called number management agent. For example, the number information management server 10 may transmit the telephone number of the called terminal to the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 and request the deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal registered in the calling terminal 20.

The operation of the missing information management server 10 will be described in detail below.

2 is a block diagram of a missing information management server 10 shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the number information management server 10 may include an information receiver 11, a number management agent call unit 12, a deletion request message transmitter 13, a deletion notification message receiver 14, and a database 15. It includes. However, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made based on the components shown in FIG. 2, which are well known to those skilled in the art.

The information receiving unit 11 may receive the information of the calling terminal requesting the transmission of the text message, the phone number of the called terminal, and the missing information indicating that the called number of the called terminal is missing from the message service center 30. The text message may include a short message service (SMS) and a multimedia message service (MMS). For example, the information receiving unit 11 receives predetermined information including the telephone number of the calling terminal 20 from the message service center 30, missing information indicating that the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal are missing. Can be received.

In this case, the telephone number of the called terminal may include at least one or more of a telephone number of a mobile communication telephone, a home telephone and an internet telephone, and a user who uses a network of any one communication operator or a network of another communication operator. It may include at least one or more of the phone number of the user using the network operator of the user and the number through the mobile number transfer. For example, the telephone number of the called terminal may be a mobile communication telephone starting with '010' or an internet telephone starting with '070'. The telephone number of the called terminal may be a telephone number of a user who uses a network of a communication service provider or a user who uses a network of a service provider through number portability.

The turn information may be received by the message service center 30 through a home location register of a communication service provider in a calling network, a number portability database, or a home location register of another communication service provider in a called network.

The number management agent call unit 12 may call the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 based on the information of the calling terminal 20. For example, when receiving the missing information from the information receiving unit 11, the number management agent call unit 12 may call the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 based on the telephone number of the calling terminal 20. have.

For another example, the number management agent call unit 12 may call the number management agent of the originating terminal 20 through a communication method using a Short Message Service (SMS) or a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Push. If the calling terminal 20 is a terminal on which IOS (Iphone OS) is driven, the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 may be called through Apple's Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) communication method, or the calling terminal If the 20 is a terminal running an Android OS, the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 may be called through a communication method using a push service such as C2DM (Cloud to Device Message) or GCM (Google Cloud Messaging). Can be.

The deletion request message transmission unit 13 may transmit a deletion request message for requesting deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal to the called number management agent. For example, the deletion request message transmission unit 13 may transmit a deletion request message requesting the deletion of the corresponding phone number together with the telephone number of the called terminal to the number management agent of the smartphone that sent the message.

The deletion notification message receiving unit 14 may receive a deletion notification message indicating that the telephone number of the called terminal registered in the calling terminal 20 has been deleted from the number management agent of the calling terminal 20. For example, the deletion notification message receiving unit 14 may receive a notification message indicating that the phone number corresponding to the incoming phone number received from the deletion request message transmitting unit 13 is deleted from the number management agent of the smartphone. .

The database 15 may store the telephone number of the called terminal based on the telephone number and missing information of the called terminal received from the message service center 30. For example, the database 15 may store a telephone number corresponding to a mobile communication telephone, a home telephone, and an internet telephone based on the missing information, and establish a communication network through a telephone number and a number movement of a user using the communication network. The user's telephone number and the telephone number information of the user using a third party communication network can be stored.

3A is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting missing information according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3A, the calling terminal 20 requests transmission of a message to any one of the called terminals through the message service center 30 in the calling network (S301). The message service center 30 in the calling network requests the transmission of a message to the message service center of the called network using the communication network of another telecommunication company based on the telephone number of the called terminal (S302). The message service center in the called network requests confirmation of whether the telephone number of the called terminal is stored in the home location register (S303), and confirms that there is no subscriber using the corresponding phone number through the home location register (S304). And the phone number receives the missing information called the missing number. The message service center 30 in the calling network receives a response from the message service center in the called network indicating that the message transmission failed with the missing information indicating that the called terminal is missing (S305), and sends a message to the calling terminal 20. The transmission failure response is transmitted (S306). Then, the message service center 30 transmits the information including the telephone number information of the calling terminal 20, the telephone number of the called terminal, and the missing information to the calling information management server 10 (S307).

However, the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3A merely illustrates a process of acquiring missing information through one of various embodiments of the present invention, and there may be various other embodiments.

3B is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting missing information according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the calling terminal 20 requests transmission of a message to any one called terminal through the message service center 30 in the calling network (S311). The message service center 30 in the calling network requests an inquiry of the calling telephone number corresponding to the telephone number of the called terminal from the calling information management server 10 based on the telephone number of the called terminal (S312). The phone number information management server 10 inquires the phone number corresponding to the phone number of the called terminal among the plurality of stored phone numbers (S313), and informs the outgoing message service center 30 that the phone number of the corresponding call terminal is missing. The inquiry result is transmitted (S314). The outgoing message service center 30 transmits a message transmission failure response to the originating terminal 20 based on the received inquiry result.

However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3B, and various embodiments may exist.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of deleting a phone number of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, the phone number information management server 10 receives from the message service center 30 information of the calling terminal 20, phone number of the called terminal and phone number of the called terminal indicating that the phone number is missing ( S401), and determines whether or not to notify the originating terminal 20 of the received missing information (S402). The missing information management server 10 may determine whether to notify missing information according to whether the calling terminal 20 subscribes to a predetermined service. The determination information management server 10 calls the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 according to the determination result (S403). The calling terminal 20 receives a message to delete the telephone number of the called terminal and the corresponding telephone number from the number information management server 10, and whether to delete the telephone number corresponding to the telephone number of the called terminal according to the setting of the calling terminal. In operation S404, the phone number corresponding to the called terminal is searched for among the phone numbers registered in the calling terminal 20 and the corresponding phone number is deleted in step S405. Then, the calling terminal 20 transmits a message indicating that the phone number has been deleted to the number information management server 10 (S406).

However, the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is only one of various embodiments of the present invention, and is not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4.

5 is a configuration diagram of any one terminal 20 shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 20 illustrated in FIG. 5 may perform an operation through data transmission and reception with the defect information management server 10 and the message transmission / reception center 30 illustrated in FIG. 1. Therefore, although omitted below, the contents described above with respect to the terminal 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 also apply to the terminal illustrated in FIG. 5. In other words, matters that are not described with respect to the terminal 20 of FIG. 5 are the same as those described for the terminal 20 through FIGS. 1 to 4, or can be easily inferred by those skilled in the art from the contents described below. do.

Referring to FIG. 5, the terminal 20 includes a deletion request message receiving unit 21, a phone number searching unit 22, a phone number deleting unit 23, a deletion notification message transmitting unit 24, and a confirmation message output unit 25. ).

The deletion request message receiving unit 21 may receive a deletion request message requesting the deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal from the number information management server 10. The phone number of the called terminal received from the phone number information management server 10 is a phone number that is not used, and the deletion request message receiving unit 21 deletes the phone number and the phone number from the phone number information management server 10. A request for deletion request may be received.

The phone number search unit 22 may search for a phone number corresponding to the received phone number of the called terminal among the phone numbers registered in the terminal 20 based on the received deletion request message. For example, the phone number search unit 22 may search for a phone number of the called terminal, which is the last phone number, among the phone numbers registered in the terminal 20.

The phone number deleting unit 23 may delete the searched phone number based on the search result. For example, the phone number deleting unit 23 may delete a phone number corresponding to the number phone number of the called terminal searched by the phone number search unit 22. In another example, the telephone number deleting unit 23 may automatically delete the telephone number corresponding to the last telephone number according to the setting of the calling terminal 20.

The deletion notification message transmission unit 24 may transmit a deletion notification message indicating that the phone number corresponding to the telephone number of the called terminal has been deleted to the number information management server 10. For example, the deletion notification message transmitter 24 may transmit an acknowledgment (ACK) indicating that the telephone number has been deleted to the failure information management server.

 The confirmation message output unit 25 may output a confirmation message confirming whether or not to delete the retrieved telephone number based on the search result of the telephone number. The confirmation message may be output in the form of a pop-up. For example, the confirmation message may output a message, 'Do you want to delete the retrieved phone number?'. However, the confirmation message may be output in various phrases in addition to the phrases as an example. In addition, the confirmation message may be selectively designated depending on the setting.

6 is an operation flowchart showing a missing information management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for managing number information according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 includes steps processed in time series by the number information management server 10 shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, even if omitted below, the contents described above with respect to the missing information management server 10 shown in FIG. 2 also apply to the missing information management method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, the phone number information management server 10 provides information on the calling terminal requesting the transmission of a text message from the message service center 30, phone number of the called terminal, and missing information indicating that the phone number of the called terminal is missing. Receive (S601). At this time, the telephone number of the called terminal may be stored based on the received telephone number and the missing information of the called terminal. Thereafter, the number management agent of the calling terminal 20 is called based on the information of the calling terminal (S602), and the deletion request message requesting the called number management agent to delete the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal. It transmits (S603). The number information management server 10 may receive a deletion notification message indicating that the telephone number of the called terminal registered in the calling terminal 20 has been deleted from the number management agent of the calling terminal 20.

The method for managing number information according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 6 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention .

10: missing information management server
13: delete request message transmission unit
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23: delete phone number
30: Message Service Center

Claims (14)

An information receiving unit for receiving information of the calling terminal requesting the transmission of a text message from the message service center, a phone number of the called terminal, and missing information indicating that the called terminal is missing;
A number management agent calling unit for calling the number management agent of the calling terminal based on the information of the calling terminal; And
And a deletion request message transmitting unit which transmits a deletion request message for requesting deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal to the called number management agent.
The method according to claim 1,
And a database for storing the telephone number of the called terminal based on the received telephone number of the called terminal and the missing information.
The method according to claim 1,
And a deletion notification message receiving unit configured to receive a deletion notification message indicating that the telephone number of the called terminal registered in the calling terminal has been deleted from the number management agent of the calling terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
The message service center receives the missing information through a home location register (HLR) and a number portability database (NPDB) of any one carrier, the missing information management server.
The method according to claim 1,
The telephone number of the called terminal includes at least one or more of the telephone number of the mobile communication telephone, home telephone and Internet telephone, the missing information management server.
The method according to claim 1,
The telephone number of the called terminal is at least one of a user using a network of any one carrier, a user using a network of another carrier and a telephone number of a user using the network of the carrier through number porting. The missing information management server which includes the above.
The method according to claim 1,
The text message includes a short message service (SMS) and a multimedia message service (MMS), a missing information management server.
Receiving information of the calling terminal requesting the transmission of a text message from a message service center, a phone number of the called terminal, and missing information indicating that the called number is missing;
Calling a number management agent of the calling terminal based on the information of the calling terminal: and
And transmitting a deletion request message requesting deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal to the called number management agent.
The method of claim 8,
And storing the telephone number of the called terminal based on the received telephone number of the called terminal and the missing information.
The method of claim 8,
And receiving a deletion notification message indicating that the telephone number of the called terminal registered to the calling terminal has been deleted from the number management agent of the calling terminal.
A deletion request message receiving unit which receives a deletion request message for requesting deletion of the telephone number of the called terminal and the telephone number of the called terminal from the number information management server;
A phone number searcher for searching for a phone number corresponding to the received phone number of the called terminal among the phone numbers registered to the terminal based on the received deletion request message; And
And a phone number deleting unit for deleting the searched phone number based on the search result.
The method of claim 11,
The terminal further comprises a deletion notification message transmission unit which transmits a deletion notification message indicating that the telephone number corresponding to the telephone number of the called terminal has been deleted to the number information management server.
The method of claim 11,
The terminal further comprises a confirmation message output unit for outputting a message confirming whether or not to delete the retrieved telephone number based on the search result of the telephone number.
14. The method of claim 13,
The confirmation message output unit outputs the confirmation message in the form of a pop-up.

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