KR20140095345A - Mobile terminal with an instant messenger, method and apparatus for providing phonepage using the same mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal in which an instant messenger is installed, and an apparatus and a method to provide a phone page using the same. According to the present invention, the mobile terminal in which an instant messenger is installed comprises: a contact examining unit which examines whether designated special characters exist in a contact data inputted by a user when the mobile terminal commands to connect a call; and an instant messenger activating unit which activates the instant messenger if the designated special characters exist in the contact data. If the instant messenger is activated, a request for an instant messenger service asking the contact data as a conversation partner is transmitted to an instant messenger server, and a temporary conversation window with the conversation partner related to the contact data is opened by relay of the instant messenger server.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger and a device and method for providing a phone page using the same,

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger and an apparatus and method for providing a phone page using the mobile terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger, And a method and apparatus for providing a phone page of the other party through a dialog window.

In an environment in which a user can access a wired / wireless Internet, a user can search for a product or a vendor that he is interested in. However, in some cases, the user may know only a phone number of a company in a flyer advertisement, a leaflet or a street sign. In this case, it is troublesome to make a direct call to a company through a telephone number, and in the case where the other company's telephone is an ARS, the inconvenience is increased until it is directly connected to an agent. In addition, there is a limit to the amount of information that can be obtained from a voice call.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for enabling the instant messenger to be easily activated by using a call function instead of making a call using the telephone number of the other party, and establishing a temporary chat window to obtain necessary information from the other party.

A mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger according to an aspect of the present invention includes a contact checking unit for checking whether there is a predetermined special character in contact data input from a user at a call connection command of the mobile terminal, And an instant messenger activating unit activating the instant messenger when the predetermined special character exists, wherein, when the instant messenger is activated, an instant messenger service request for requesting the contact data as a conversation is transmitted to the instant messenger server, A temporary chat window with a chat partner associated with the contact data is established by relaying the instant messenger server.

According to an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for providing a phone page to a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger includes a phone page database for storing phone page data related to a company's wired / wireless phone number or product identification number, A phone page request reception unit for receiving a phone page request message for a conversation partner of the instant messenger from the phone page; And a phone page converting unit for converting the retrieved phone page data into a data format that can be displayed through the instant messenger of the mobile terminal, wherein the converted phone page data is transmitted to the mobile terminal through the instant messenger server And transmitted to the terminal.

 According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a phone page in an instant messaging system including a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger and an instant messenger server managing the instant messenger, Checking whether or not a predetermined special character exists in the contact data input from the contact data; and activating the instant messenger when the selected special character exists in the contact data. The instant messenger service method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of: sending an instant messenger service request, in which the instant messenger activated by the mobile terminal requests the contact data as a conversation, to the instant messenger server; The instant messenger server searches for phone page data associated with the conversation partner and transmits the phone book data to the instant messenger server when the instant message server receives the phone page request message from the mobile terminal, Converting the data into a displayable data format through an instant messenger of the mobile terminal, and transmitting the data format to the mobile terminal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method of easily transmitting a voice message through a mobile phone using an instant messenger using a telephone number used only as a voice message and a text message.

By providing a temporary corporate information channel platform to the existing text-oriented instant messenger function, it is possible to secure a sales and marketing channel for the B2B2C business model of the enterprise and to conveniently provide information to the user to provide. While existing app ads are randomly distributed to a large number of unspecified number of people, their interest is considerably low. However, the advantage of being able to receive information through the phone number of a signboard while they are offline is to go to a web page in a separate search engine or browser, It is possible to eliminate the hassle to find.

It is also possible to provide phone page information to the customer through the landline telephone number. Even if it is not a real time call, it helps to acquire necessary information, and the store side is advantageous for securing the customer contact point.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an instant messaging system to which the present invention is applied.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows an example screen in which a user inputs contact data using a call menu.
FIG. 4 illustrates an example screen in which a phone page is displayed through a chat window of an instant messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a phone page to a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow performed between an MS and an instant messenger server to provide a phone page in an instant messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and similarities. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms first, second, etc. used in the description of the present specification are merely an identifier for distinguishing one component from another.

Also, in this specification, when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" with another element, the element may be directly connected or directly connected to the other element, It should be understood that, unless an opposite description is present, it may be connected or connected via another element in the middle.

In addition, the singular phrases used in the present specification and claims should be interpreted generally to mean "one or more " unless otherwise stated.

Also, the terms "module," "part," " interface ", and the like used in the present specification generally mean a computer-related object and may mean, for example, hardware, software and combinations thereof.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an instant messaging system to which the present invention is applied.

1, the instant messaging system includes a mobile terminal 110 on which an instant messenger is mounted and an instant messenger server 120 for relaying instant messages, and the mobile terminal 110 and the instant messenger server 120 / Wireless communication network (mobile communication network, Internet network, etc.).

The mobile terminal 110 is connected to a mobile communication network using a wireless communication function and transmits and receives wireless signals including voice call and text / multimedia data to a base station, an external terminal, etc., Or it is possible to access the Internet through an Internet access function supported by a mobile communication company. The mobile terminal 110 may request the instant messenger server 120 through the Internet for an instant messenger service. Various types of mobile phones or smart phones may be applicable to the mobile terminal 110, and the types and types of electronic devices having wireless communication and wireless Internet functions are not limited.

The instant messenger server 120 may provide an instant messenger service to a plurality of users. Although only the mobile terminal 110 is shown in the figure for the sake of convenience, the users can use the instant messenger service using various electronic devices (e.g., PC) having a wired / wireless Internet access function as well as the mobile terminal 110 .

 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 200 includes various hardware components such as a processor, a memory, a wireless communication unit, an A / V (audio / video) input unit, a user input unit, a sensing unit and an output unit, can do. However, since these components are well known to those skilled in the art as a known component, a detailed description thereof will be omitted herein, and Fig. 2 shows only the components necessary for the implementation of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 200 may include a contact checking unit 210, an instant messenger activation unit 220, and an instant messenger 230. In one embodiment, the contact checking unit 210, the instant messenger activation unit 220, and the instant messenger 230 may be implemented in the form of software modules, stored in a memory, and executed under the control of the processor.

The instant messenger 230 may be installed in the mobile terminal 200 in the form of an applet to provide an instant messenger service to the user. The instant messenger 230 may send an instant messenger service request including the contact information desired by the user to the instant messenger server 120 and may transmit the instant messenger service request to the instant messenger server 120 via the dialog window opened by the instant messenger server 120 Messages can be sent and received.

Various types of instant messenger applets have already been commercialized. Recently, RCS (Rich Communication Suite), a next generation communication service developed jointly by telecommunication companies, is expected to be commercialized. RCS is based on the standards approved by the Global Mobile Telecommunications Operators Association (GSMA), so that mobile telecommunication companies around the world can link services regardless of the type of terminal, carrier, and wireless. The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a specific type of instant messenger.

The contact checking unit 210 can check whether or not a predetermined special character exists in the contact data input from the user at the call connection command of the mobile terminal 200. [ The user selects the call menu for the call connection with the other party using the mobile terminal 200, inputs the contact data through the contact or the keypad, and presses the call button. At this time, the contact checking unit 210 checks whether there is a special character specified in the contact data input from the user.

In one embodiment, contact data entered from a user may include a numeric string and at least one of the special characters "#" and "*" (E.g., "# 1588-3391 *"). Referring to FIG. 3, an example screen is shown in which a user inputs contact data using a call menu.

In one embodiment, the numeric string may be a business wireline number, a wireless telephone number, or a product identification number for which the user desires to obtain information.

The instant messenger activation unit 220 drives the instant messenger 230 in the case where a special character designated in the contact check result of the contact checking unit 210 exists. When the instant messenger 230 is activated, a dialog with a conversation partner associated with the numeric string is opened and displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal.

In one embodiment, when the user selects long clicking (long press) of the buddy icon displayed in the chat window, the instant messenger requests the instant messenger server 120 for the other's phone page, and in response to the phone page request, The phone page received from the server 120 can be displayed in the dialog window. The phone page may include one or more function icons, which may also request and receive instant messages from the instant messenger server 120 in response to the user selecting the function icon. Alternatively, the mobile terminal 200 may receive the phone page data related to the other party at a time, store the phone page data in the memory, and display the corresponding phone page in the dialogue window according to the selection of the icon of the user.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example screen in which a phone page is displayed through a chat window of an instant messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, after the user inputs "# 1588-0000 *" using the call menu, the instant messenger is activated by pressing and holding the call button, and the "KT online shopping mall" corresponding to the 1588-0000 contact is activated. A dialog window 410 is opened and displayed on the screen. In the dialog window 410, the user long-presses the icon (KT online shopping mall) displayed on the left side to display the conversation partner, and a dialog window 420 for notifying the phone page connection of 1588-0000 is displayed. Of the function icons displayed in the dialog window 420, when the user presses and holds the icon of "event ", the associated phone page is displayed in the dialog window 430. [ Function icons such as "Company Information "," Product Information ", "Purchase ", and the like are further displayed as shown in the dialog window 420. When the user selects the" To purchase and settle the product. In addition, since the instant messenger can be equipped with a webviw API function, the phone page displayed in the chat window 420 may include various types of multimedia data.

5 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a phone page to a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger according to an embodiment of the present invention. The phone page providing apparatus 500 may be implemented by software, hardware, or a combination thereof, and may be implemented as a server mounted on the instant messenger server 110 or a server separate from the instant messenger server 110. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these various implementations do not depart from the scope of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the phone page providing apparatus 500 may include a phone page DB 510, a phone page request receiving unit 520, a phone page searching unit 530, and a phone page converting unit 540.

The phone page DB 510 stores phone page data related to a company's wired / wireless phone number or product identification number. In one embodiment, when a business subscribes to a phone page service of a carrier and uploads its phone page data over the Internet, the phone page data is stored in the phone page DB 510 in association with a product identification number, Will be. Vendor-specific phone page data can have various data formats such as HTML, XML, and XHTML.

The phone page request receiving unit 520 receives the phone page request message for the conversation partner of the instant messenger from the mobile terminal. In one embodiment, a phone page request may be made by the user selecting a buddy icon in a chat window of an instant messenger running on a mobile terminal.

The phone page retrieval unit 530 retrieves the phone page data of the conversation partner from the phone page DB 510 using the contact data of the conversation partner included in the phone page request message.

The phone page converting unit 540 converts the phone page data retrieved by the phone page retrieving unit 530 into a data format that can be displayed through the instant messenger of the mobile terminal. The converted phone page data will be transmitted to the mobile terminal by the instant messenger server 110.

6 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow performed between an MS and an instant messenger server in order to provide a phone page in an instant messaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal checks whether there is a special character designated in the contact data input from the user at the time of the call connection command (602).

If the special character designated in the contact exists as a result of the examination, the instant messenger installed in the mobile terminal is activated (604).

The instant messenger activated in the mobile terminal transmits an instant messenger service request for requesting the contact data to the instant messenger server (606).

The instant messenger server receiving the instant messenger service request starts the message relay service with the conversation partner included in the instant messenger service request (608). Thereby, a dialog window with the conversation partner can be displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal.

If a phone page for a conversation partner is requested from the mobile terminal (610), the instant messenger server retrieves the phone page data associated with the conversation partner and converts the phone page data to a data format that can be displayed through the instant messenger of the mobile terminal (612) (614).

The mobile terminal receives the phone page data (616) and displays it on a dialog (618).

A variety of user requests may be received 620, such as requesting a subsequent phone page or requesting a real-time chat with a vendor by selecting a function icon displayed in a dialog box in a dialog window displaying a phone page 620. The instant messenger server And transmits a conversation participation request message to the electronic device (computer, server, mobile terminal, etc.) of the corresponding company connected via the wired / wireless Internet. When the conversation acceptance message is received, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 622 < / RTI > On the other hand, when the company is in conversation with another customer, the company may be notified of a delayable message such as "approval "," approval after one minute, "

The method of providing a phone page according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination.

Program instructions to be recorded on a computer-readable medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Includes hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The above-mentioned medium may also be a transmission medium such as a light or metal wire, wave guide, etc., including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a data structure and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

Claims (11)

A mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger,
A contact checking unit for checking whether or not a predetermined special character exists in contact data input from a user at the time of a call connection command of the mobile terminal,
And an instant messenger activation unit activating the instant messenger when the selected special character exists in the contact data,
Wherein when an instant messenger is activated, an instant messenger service request for requesting the contact data as a conversation is transmitted to the instant messenger server, and a temporary chat window with the conversation partner associated with the contact data is opened by relaying the instant messenger server, A mobile terminal equipped with a messenger. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the contact data includes at least one of a numeral column and special characters "#" and "*" The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the numeric string is a business wire telephone number, a wireless telephone number, or a product identification number. 4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the instant messenger is equipped with an instant messenger that does not store the company as a buddy list. The instant mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the instant messenger requests the instant messenger server for the phone page of the other party when the conversation partner icon displayed on the dialog is selected by the user. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the phone page includes one or more feature icons, and wherein the instant messenger further for transmitting to the mobile terminal a phone page corresponding to the selected feature icon in response to the user selecting the feature icon Mounted mobile terminal. An apparatus for providing a phone page to a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger,
A phone page database for storing phone page data related to a company's wired / wireless phone number or product identification number,
A phone page request receiving unit for receiving a phone page request message for a conversation partner of the instant messenger from the mobile terminal;
A phone page retrieval unit for retrieving the phone page data of the conversation partner from the phone page database using the contact data of the conversation partner included in the phone page request message;
And a phone page converting unit for converting the retrieved phone page data into a data format that can be displayed through an instant messenger of the mobile terminal,
And the converted phone page data is transmitted to the mobile terminal by the instant messenger server. A method for providing a phone page in an instant messaging system including a mobile terminal equipped with an instant messenger and an instant messenger server managing the instant messenger,
Checking whether a predetermined special character exists in the contact data input from the user at the time of the call connection command by the mobile terminal;
Activating the instant messenger when the selected special character exists in the contact data;
Transmitting an instant messenger service request to the instant messenger server, the instant messenger service request being requested by the instant messenger activated by the mobile terminal as the conversation data of the contact data;
The instant messenger server receiving the instant messenger service request starts relaying a message with a conversation partner included in the instant messenger service request;
When the instant messenger server receives the phone page request message from the mobile terminal, the instant messenger server searches the phone page data associated with the conversation partner and converts the phone page data into a data format that can be displayed through the instant messenger of the mobile terminal, Transmitting to the terminal,
The method comprising the steps of: 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the contact data comprises a number column and at least one of the special characters "#" and "*" before and after the number column. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the numeric string is a business wireline telephone number, a wireless telephone number, or a product identification number. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the phone page further comprises one or more function icons, and the method further comprises transmitting to the mobile terminal a phone page corresponding to the selected function icon in response to the user selecting the function icon , A method of providing a phone page in an instant messaging system.

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