KR20140090327A - Server and Method for Calling Name Presentation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a server and a method for displaying caller information in order to display the caller information which is a combination of text, a photo, a video, etc. on a receiving terminal without delay. The server for displaying the caller information according to an embodiment of the present invention can comprise: an information query unit for retrieving CNAP information when a receiving terminal requests the CNAP information of a caller based on URL information for a CNAP information query; and an information transmission unit for transmitting the CNAP information retrieved by the information query unit to the receiving terminal according to a streaming method.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a server and a method for displaying caller information,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a caller information display technology, and more particularly, to a server and a method for displaying caller information for displaying caller information combined with text, pictures, moving pictures, etc. without delay to a receiver.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] Generally, mobile phone use is rapidly increasing due to the development of mobile communication technology. Accordingly, in order to provide users with higher quality of service, have.

Typical supplementary services released by mobile communication providers include a Calling Number Identity Presentation (CNIP) service and a Calling NAme Presentation (CNAP) service.

The CNIP service described above is a general caller ID display service, which can not be set by the caller, and simply displays a telephone number or displays the caller's name when the corresponding number is stored in the address book of the receiving terminal.

Also, the above-mentioned CNAP service downloads and provides multimedia CNAP information such as a name, a logo, and an image stored in the server by the caller of the voice call to the receiver terminal, thereby displaying the caller's information on the receiver (or called receiver) .

However, according to the conventional CNAP service, as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and (b), when the multimedia CNAP is provided, image information such as a photograph among the multimedia CNAP information is displayed And the multimedia CNAP information including the image information is displayed only after a certain period of time has elapsed after receiving the call as shown in FIG. 1 (c).

That is, according to the existing CNAP service, a delay occurs in the communication network until an image or the like is displayed on the screen of the receiver terminal when the multimedia CNAP is provided. The receiver recognizes that the call is received due to the delay (see (see FIG. 1 (a)), there is a problem that the multimedia CNAP information can not be viewed even after determining the caller name stored in the address book (see FIG.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a server and method for displaying caller information for displaying multimedia CNAP information of a sender combined with text, pictures, moving pictures, etc. without delay to a receiver .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server for displaying caller information, the CNAP server comprising: a receiver for receiving CNAP information of a sender based on URL information for CNAP inquiry inquiry from a receiver terminal, part; And an information transmitting unit for transmitting the CNAP information inquired by the information inquiring unit to the receiving terminal according to a streaming method. The URL information may be transmitted from the calling terminal to the receiving terminal, The terminal may obtain the URL information by inquiring from a separate server when the call connection request signal transmitted to the reception terminal or the reception terminal receives a call connection request signal, Can be scheduled to be displayed in a predetermined pattern on the screen of the receiving terminal in real time and transmitted.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying caller information in a CNAP server, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving caller's CNAP information from a receiving terminal based on URL information for CNAP information inquiry; Querying the CNAP information if requested; And (b) transmitting the inquired CNAP information to the receiving terminal according to a streaming method, wherein the URL information is transmitted from the calling terminal to the receiving terminal, The method may further include receiving the call connection request signal transmitted to the receiving terminal or acquiring the URL information by inquiring of the receiving terminal from a separate server when receiving the call connection request signal, The image data of the CNAP information transmitted to the terminal can be scheduled and displayed in real time in a predetermined pattern on the screen of the receiving terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for displaying caller information.

As described above, according to various aspects of the present invention, since the multimedia CNAP information at the receiver terminal is improved in the exposing speed, that is, the receiving terminal downloads all the data of the CNAP information, It is possible to expose the multidimensional CNAP information of the sender combined with text, pictures, moving pictures, etc. to the receiver without delay.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a process of displaying a multimedia CNAP according to an existing CNAP service on a screen of a receiver terminal;
2 is a configuration diagram of a system for displaying caller information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a configuration diagram of a server for displaying caller information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a method for displaying caller information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of displaying a multimedia CNAP according to the CNAP service of the present invention on a screen of a receiver terminal;
6 is a view illustrating another example of a process of displaying a multimedia CNAP according to the CNAP service of the present invention on a screen of a receiver terminal;
7 is a diagram illustrating another example of a process of displaying a multimedia CNAP according to the CNAP service of the present invention on a screen of a receiver terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used to denote like elements in the drawings, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

2 is a block diagram of a system for displaying caller information according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, a communication network 10, a CNAP server 30, a calling terminal 50, and a receiving terminal 70 ).

The communication network 10 may be a single network or a composite network that enables communication between the CNAP server 30, the calling terminal 50, and the receiving terminal 70 by wire, wireless, and / or internet.

The CNAP server 30 may have the CNAP information of the subscriber in a database. In this embodiment, the CNAP information includes multi-dimer information including at least one of text, photo (image), moving picture, URL, Lt; / RTI >

The calling terminal 50 and the receiving terminal 70 are a terminal of a calling user and a terminal of a receiving user, respectively. The terminal 50 may be a mobile communication terminal capable of voice communication, data communication, and Internet communication, a PDA, Tablet PC or the like.

FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of the CNAP server 30 of FIG. 2 as a configuration of a server for displaying caller information according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the information inquiry unit 31 and information And a transfer unit 33. [

The information inquiry unit 31 is for inquiring the CNAP information of the sender who is the user of the calling terminal 50 on the basis of the CNAP information inquiry URL information from the receiving terminal 70 in the database, The communication network 10 recognizes the origination call and transmits a call connection request signal to the receiving terminal 70. At this time, the communication network 10 transmits the call connection request signal to the receiving terminal 70, The CNAP information inquiry URL information of the sender is transmitted to the reception terminal 70 or the reception terminal 70 receives the call connection request signal from the communication network 10, Can be obtained and retrieved. Also, the receiving terminal 70 requests the CNAP server 30 of the sender's CNAP information based on the received URL information. According to the request, the information inquiry unit 31 of the CNAP server 30 transmits the corresponding CNAP information Query from the database.

The information transmitting unit 33 is for transmitting the CNAP information inquired by the information inquiry unit 31 to the receiving terminal 70 according to a streaming method. For example, the information transmitting unit 33 may transmit the CNAP information, (Photograph, etc.) data of the CNAP information transmitted to the receiving terminal 70 is scheduled to be displayed in real time along a predetermined pattern as shown in one of Figs. 5 to 7 on the screen of the receiving terminal 70, The data of the CNAP information in which the data transmission order of the CNAP information is scheduled can be sequentially transmitted in a streaming manner.

Accordingly, the receiving terminal 70 displays the data of the CNAP information transmitted from the information transmitting unit 33 of the CNAP server 30 on a real-time screen in the order received in accordance with a predetermined pattern as shown in one of Figs. 5 to 7 Thus, the receiver can quickly check the CNAP image of the sender without delay.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for displaying caller information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

First, the calling terminal 50 sets up the CNAP information of the user (sender) according to the user's selection (S401) and transmits the CNAP information to the CNAP server 30 (S402) The CNAP information received from the terminal 50 is stored in the database (S403).

Thereafter, when a call transmission from the calling terminal 50 to the receiving terminal 70 is attempted (S404), the communication network 10 transmits a call connection request signal for connecting the corresponding calling call to the receiving terminal 70, At this time, the call connection request signal transmitted to the receiving terminal 70 includes the CNAP information inquiry URL information of the sender (S405).

Then, the receiving terminal 70 checks the CNAP information inquiry URL information of the sender included in the call connection request signal received in step S405 (S406), and connects to the CNAP server 30 based on the confirmed URL information And requests the CNAP information of the sender (S407).

In another example of steps S405 to S407, when the receiving terminal 70 receives a call connection request signal from the communication network 10 (S405), the receiving terminal 70 transmits the CNAP information inquiry URL information of the sender to a separate server (S406), and can access the CNAP server 30 based on the obtained URL information and request the CNAP information of the sender (S407).

As another example of steps S405 to S407, when the receiving terminal 70 receives the call connection request signal from the communication network 10 (S405), the receiving terminal 70 transmits the text (TEXT) included in the received call connection request signal ) (S406), and connects to the CNAP server 30 based on the URL information received or included in the call connection request signal or retrieved from a separate server as described above, CNAP information (S407).

In step S408, the CNAP server 30 inquires the CNAP information of the corresponding sender requested by the receiving terminal 70 in step S407. The CNAP server 30 then transmits the CNAP information of the inquired caller to the receiving terminal 70 in accordance with a streaming method, (S409). At the same time, the receiving terminal 70 starts displaying data of the CNAP information received in step S409 on the screen in real time (S410).

The CNAP server 30 continues streaming the data of the CNAP information started in step S409 to complete the streaming transmission of all the corresponding data in step S411. At the same time, the receiving terminal 70 transmits the data of the CNAP information Real-time reception and display are continued to complete reception and display of all corresponding data (S412).

On the other hand, the CNAP server 30 transmits the image (photograph and the like) data of the CNAP information transmitted to the receiving terminal 70 in real time along a predetermined pattern as shown in one of Figs. 5 to 7 on the screen of the receiving terminal 70 (S409, S411), and transmits the streaming information

The receiving terminal 70 displays the data of the CNAP information transmitted from the CNAP server 30 in steps S409 to S411 on a real time screen in the order in which they are received along a preset pattern as shown in one of Figs. 5 to 7, The CNAP image of the sender can be quickly checked without delay (S410, S412).

For reference, the sender display information of the text (TEXT) format displayed in step S406 and the multimedia CNAP information displayed in steps S409 to S412 may be displayed on the screen of the receiving terminal 70 or may be overlapped with each other.

5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating various examples of a process of displaying a multimedia CNAP according to a CNAP service according to a preset pattern on a screen of a receiver terminal, FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C illustrate a method of sequentially displaying images of CNAP information according to a grid pattern. FIGS. 6A, 6B, FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C illustrate a method of sequentially displaying images of CNAP information along a pattern of a horizontal blind shape. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and data of CNAP information The pattern of the displayed pattern according to the transmission scheduling method may be variously changed.

As described above, the method for displaying caller information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium including program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer-readable recording medium may include a program command, a local data file, a local data structure, or the like, alone or in combination. The recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the embodiments of the present invention or may be those known to those skilled in the computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROMs, And hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions. The recording medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal line, a wave guide, or the like, including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a local data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

10: Network
30: CNAP server
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Claims (6)

An information inquiry unit for inquiring CNAP information of the sender when the CNAP information of the sender is requested based on the CNAP information inquiry URL information from the receiving terminal; And
And an information transmission unit transmitting the CNAP information inquired by the information inquiry unit to the reception terminal according to a streaming method. The method according to claim 1,
The URL information may be included in a call connection request signal transmitted from the calling terminal to the receiving terminal from the communication network upon transmission from the calling terminal to the receiving terminal or from a separate server when the receiving terminal receives the call connection request signal And obtains the URL information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the information transmitting unit schedules and transmits image data of CNAP information transmitted to the receiving terminal in real time in a predetermined pattern on the screen of the receiving terminal. A method performed by a CNAP server,
(a) inquiring CNAP information of a sender when CNAP information of a sender is requested based on CNAP information inquiry URL information from a receiving terminal; And
(b) transmitting the inquired CNAP information to the receiving terminal according to a streaming method. 5. The method of claim 4,
The URL information may be included in a call connection request signal transmitted from the calling terminal to the receiving terminal from the communication network upon transmission from the calling terminal to the receiving terminal or from a separate server when the receiving terminal receives the call connection request signal To obtain the URL information. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 20 > 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the step (b) comprises scheduling and transmitting image data of CNAP information transmitted to the receiving terminal in real time in a predetermined pattern on the screen of the receiving terminal.

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