KR20180021769A - Method for providing mail delivery information using server - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing mail shipping information to a recipient by using a server includes: (a) a step in which the server receives and registers the member′s name, email address, and mobile phone number transmitted from a communication terminal to a database; (b) a step in which the server receives an email including the sender′s information, recipient′s information, and content identical to that of the mail from communication devices and storing the received email in the database; (c) a step in which the server extracts the email information from the email and determines whether the extracted email information and the address of the email stored in the database are identical; and (d) a step in which the server transmits the email shipping information to a mobile phone when the extracted email information and the email address matches in step (c).

Description

[0001] METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAIL DELIVERY INFORMATION USING SERVER [0002]

Embodiments according to the concept of the present invention relate to a method of providing mail delivery information, and more particularly, to a method of providing mail delivery information in real time using an information providing system based on a recipient rather than a sender.

In general, postal mail is collected at the receiving post office by posting the address of the recipient of the mail in a mailbox or by receiving it directly from the nearest post office.

Mail collected at the receiving post office will be grouped by region into the larger post office or dispatch center that has jurisdiction over the area. Mail classified by region is carried to an arrival center station near the destination of the mail, and if the destination is far from the center, it is conveyed through the exchange center in the middle.

The mailed items are sorted once more at the destination station and then arrive at the delivery post office. Finally, the postman delivers the mail to the recipient address.

In the case of regular mail such as direct mail between a current individual or a bulk mail sent between an enterprise and a customer, the recipient of the mail should send a mail (e.g., DM) to the person who receives the mail, Can not be known.

In addition, it is difficult for the recipient to know when the mail arrives, and there is a risk of the mail being left unidentified, damaged or lost because the mailer only puts the mail in the addressee mailbox. The sender must directly check whether the mail arrives at the recipient through the recipient. If the mail is lost, the sender has to send the mail again to the recipient.

Recently, e-commerce through the Internet is activated, and the courier delivery system provides delivery information according to movement of the courier to the courier. At this time, the sender can receive the waybill number for the delivery package when sending the package, and can inquire about the delivery information of the package using the waybill number.

Since the courier delivery system operates as a sender-oriented information providing system, it is rare that the recipient knows the delivery number of the delivery. Even if the delivery number is known, the delivery number must be inputted to the courier delivery system every time, Information is available.

1. Patent Publication No. 10-1341848 (Dec. 10, 2013) 2. Registration Patent Publication No. 10-0738253 (July 16, 2007)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing mail information by using a recipient-oriented information providing system, And to provide the delivery information to the recipient in real time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is a technical object of the present invention to provide a method for automatically providing delivery completion information of a mail using a location based service (LBS).

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method by which a server can integrally manage and provide the same e-mail items as actual mail items received from an individual as well as an individual.

A method for providing mail delivery information to a recipient of a mail using mailer recognition devices and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: Each time the recognition information is received from each of the mail recognition apparatuses, receiving, from the mail recognition apparatuses, recognition information from each of the mail recognition apparatuses each time the recipient information is recognized; Extracting address information from the server; reading the mobile phone number of the recipient from the database each time the server extracts the address information; Corresponding to the location information of each of the mail recognition devices, And pushing the transmission information to the recipient's mobile telephone corresponding to the portable telephone number.

A method for providing postal delivery information using a server according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: (a) receiving a name, an address, and a phone number of a mobile phone transmitted from a communication terminal of a member, (B) receiving, by the server, the first identification information of the mail item recognized by the reception post office mail identification apparatus when the mail item is received at the reception post office; and (C) extracting the mailer information, the recipient name information of the mailer, and the recipient address information of the mailer; and the server extracting recipient address information extracted in the step (c) (D) determining whether or not the addresses stored in the received address information match with each other; and (d) (E) the server transmits the first reception information of the mail to the mobile telephone corresponding to the telephone number.

The server further determines whether the recipient name information matches the name stored in the database in step (d), and if the extracted recipient address information and the address match in the step (d) When the name information matches the name, the server can transmit the first reception information of the mail to the mobile telephone corresponding to the telephone number.

The server further determines whether the recipient name information matches the name stored in the database in the step (d), and if the received recipient address information matches only the extracted recipient address information in the step (d) The server may transmit the first reception information of the mail item to the mobile telephone corresponding to the telephone number even when the name information and the name do not match.

The first reception information of the mail item may include sender information of the mail item.

The first reception information of the postal matter may further include position information of the reception post office.

The server receiving (f) receiving second identification information of the mail item recognized by the delivery post office mail recognition device when the mail item is received at the delivery post office, and (f) (G) extracting the recipient information, the recipient name information, and the recipient address information from the recipient address information extracted in the step (g) (H), and when the extracted recipient address information matches the address in step (h), the server transmits the second reception information of the mail item to the mobile phone corresponding to the telephone number (I) transmitting the data.

The server further determines whether the recipient name information matches the name stored in the database in step (h), and if the extracted recipient address information matches the address in step (h) When the name information matches the name, the server can transmit the first reception information of the mail to the mobile telephone corresponding to the telephone number.

The server further determines whether the recipient name information matches the name stored in the database in step (h), and the server matches the extracted recipient address information with the extracted address in step (h) The server may transmit the first reception information of the mail item to the mobile telephone corresponding to the telephone number even when the name information and the name do not match.

The second reception information of the mail item may include a communication number of the communication terminal of the post office to deliver the mail item.

The second reception information of the mail item may further include at least one of the location information of the delivery post office and the name of the post office.

(J) receiving, from the server, delivery information transmitted from a communication terminal of a post office to deliver the mail; and transmitting the delivery completion information to the mobile phone corresponding to the telephone number in response to the delivery information (K).

The application installed in the communication terminal of the postman can generate the delivery information and transmit the delivery information to the server upon receiving the identification information from the recognition device related to the recipient address information of the mail.

(F) receiving, from the communication device, an e-mail item containing the same content as the contents of the mail, and storing the e-mail item in the database; and an application installed in the mobile phone of the recipient, (G) receiving location information of the mobile phone and transmitting the location information to the server when the mobile terminal receives the identification information from the associated recognition device; (H) determining whether the location information matches the sender address stored in the database, and when the location information matches the sender address stored in the database, the server transmits the e-mail item stored in the database to the mobile phone As shown in FIG.

The application installed in the mobile phone of the recipient can recognize the barcode printed on the mail, extract the point information from the recognized barcode, and transmit the extracted point information to the server.

A method for providing mail delivery information to a recipient of a mail using a server according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the server sends the name of the member, the e-mail address, and the telephone number of the mobile telephone (A) receiving, from the communication device, an e-mail message containing the same information as the sender information of the mailer, the recipient information of the mailer, and the contents of the mailer (B) storing the received e-mail in the database, and (b) extracting the e-mail information from the e-mail and determining whether the extracted e-mail information matches the e-mail address stored in the database (C) determining whether the electronic mail information extracted in the step (c) When the addresses match, and a step (d) in which the server sends the shipment information of the electronic mail to the mobile phone.

Wherein the server further determines whether the e-mail information extracted in step (c) matches the name stored in the database, and if the extracted e-mail information matches the e-mail address in step (c) When the extracted e-mail information and the name coincide with each other, the server can transmit the dispatch information of the e-mail to the mobile telephone.

The server may further include (e) transmitting, in response to a request for transmission of an electronic mail transmitted from the mobile telephone, the electronic mail stored in the database to the mobile telephone. (F) receiving, from a communication device, an e-mail item having a content identical to the content of the mail item, and storing the e-mail item in the database; and in response to the request for transferring the e-mail item sent from the mobile phone, And (g) transmitting the electronic mail stored in the database to the mobile phone.

The server may further include (g-1) performing an authentication procedure with the mobile phone to authenticate the member before transmitting the e-mail to the mobile phone.

The method of providing mail information for delivering mail according to embodiments of the present invention is a method for providing mail information of mail to the recipient in real time using a mail information providing system based on the recipient rather than the sender, It is possible to provide a two-way mail information service between people.

That is, the method of providing the mail delivery information can systematically manage the delivery information for all the mail items sent to the recipient for each recipient who is a member.

The method of providing the mail delivery information can provide the delivery information of the mail item automatically to the recipient by using the location-based service, so that the delivery completion information of the mail item can be quickly and accurately provided to the recipient have.

The method for providing the mail delivery information may be such that the same electronic mail item as the actual mail item is integrally managed for each recipient and is provided to the recipient so that the recipient can confirm the contents of the mail item even before receiving the mail item, It is possible to easily confirm the contents of the mail even after receiving the mail.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to more fully understand the drawings recited in the detailed description of the present invention, a detailed description of each drawing is provided.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a postal item delivery information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows an embodiment of a database for storing membership information.
3 shows an embodiment of a database for storing recognition information.
4 shows an embodiment of a database for storing reception information.
FIG. 5 shows a data flow for explaining a method of providing postal delivery information according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 6 shows a data flow for explaining a mail delivery information providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a mail delivery completion information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 shows a push notification message for providing mail delivery information in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 9 shows a detail mailing information screen of mailer information of a mailer receiving mail according to embodiments of the present invention. FIG.
10 is a block diagram illustrating a data flow and a system for providing an electronic mail according to embodiments of the present invention.
11 is a block diagram illustrating a data flow and a system for providing an electronic mail according to another embodiment of the present invention.
12 shows an embodiment of a database for storing electronic mail.
13 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic mail delivery system according to embodiments of the present invention.
14 shows an embodiment of a database for storing card issuer information.
FIG. 15 shows a data flow for explaining a method of providing an electronic mail according to embodiments of the present invention.
16 shows a push notification message for providing e-mail information in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 17 shows a detailed screen for displaying e-mail information in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.
18 shows a screen for explaining a map information providing method in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 19 shows a route screen for providing a route on a map in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 20 shows a screen for briefly providing e-mail information on a map in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.

It is to be understood that the specific structural or functional descriptions of embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein are only for the purpose of illustrating embodiments of the inventive concept, But may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

Embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention are capable of various modifications and may take various forms, so that the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all modifications, equivalents, or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, or the like may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are intended to distinguish one element from another, for example, without departing from the scope of the invention in accordance with the concepts of the present invention, the first element may be termed the second element, The second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises ", or" having ", and the like, specify that the presence of stated features, integers, , Steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, as a matter of principle.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning of the context in the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined herein, are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal Do not.

In this specification, a database (DB) may mean a functional and / or structural combination of hardware and software that stores information in each DB. Each of the DBs may be implemented as at least one table, and each of the DBs may further include a separate device for storing, searching, and / or managing stored information such as a database management system (DBMS) You may. Also, each DB can be implemented in various ways such as a linked-list, a tree, or a relational DB, and each DB can store all the data Storage media and / or data structures.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a mail delivery information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of a database 700-1 for storing member information. Fig. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the database 700-3 storing the reception information. FIG.

1, the mail delivery information providing system 10 includes a plurality of mail recognition devices 200-1 to 200-5 capable of recognizing information included in the mail item 100, A mobile phone 400 of a mail recipient, a network 500, a server 600, and a plurality of databases 700-1 to 700-3.

In this specification, the meaning of delivery includes the meaning of delivery and the meaning of delivery. The delivery means bringing the goods to a relatively short distance, and the delivery can mean bringing the item to a location far from the delivery.

In this specification, the mail item 100 includes a general mail item (for example, a standard mail item and a non-standard item item), a register, a postcard, a parcel mail, and a courier mail. It can also mean all kinds of mail that can be sorted by recipient.

The mail item 100 includes information (for example, name, address, and postal code) of a mailer (hereinafter referred to as a sender) and a recipient of a mailer , Name, address, and zip code).

Letter postal is often called ordinary postal mail, and is the most common postal service. Parcel Post usually includes parcels and registration parcels. The normal mail and the ordinary parcel can not be checked because the delivery information can not be inquired, and the recipient is not able to confirm the receipt of the mail. The present invention can guarantee accurate delivery by automatically providing mail delivery information to a person who receives a unique identification code for a normal mail item and a normal mail item for which delivery information can not be inquired.

A plurality of mail recognition devices 200-1 to 200-5, a communication terminal 300 of a post office, and a mobile phone 400 of a recipient can communicate with the server 600 through the network 500. [ For example, the network 500 may be implemented as a wired network, a wireless network, or a wired / wireless hybrid network.

The application program APP1 installed in the mobile phone 400 can be downloaded from the app store to the mobile phone 400 via the wired network or wireless network and can be executed by the CPU of the mobile phone 400. [ The application program APP1 is referred to as a web application or a web app and the web application or the web application refers to application software available in a web browser via the Internet or an intranet.

The recipient can execute the application program APP1 installed in the mobile phone 400 and perform the authentication procedure for the recipient himself / herself using the server 600 and the application program APP1. When the authentication procedure is completed, the recipient can register the member information (ID) in the server 600 through the membership registration procedure. Therefore, the member can use the service provided by the mail delivery information providing system 10.

2, the member information DB 700-1 includes a plurality of fields for managing member information (ID), and each of the plurality of fields includes a name, an address, a telephone number (for example, (E.g., a phone number of the mobile phone 400), date of birth, gender, and an e-mail address (e.g., e-mail).

The server 600 can manage the member information DB 700-1 storing member information (ID) of a recipient who has joined as a member.

According to the embodiments, each mail recognition device 200-1 to 200-5 recognizes a unique identification code 110 included in the mail item 100, for example, a bar code, a two-dimensional code, a unique identification number, Or < / RTI > readable device.

According to embodiments, each mailer recognition device 200-1 through 200-5 may include sender information (e. G., Name < / RTI > name) such as a barcode reader, an optical character reader (OCR) Address, and zip code) and recipient information (e.g., name, address, and zip code).

The unique identification code 110 is used when the postal information (for example, postal code, reception post office, sender information, and recipient information) described on the front side of the mail item 100 is converted into digital postal information by the scanner or the recognizing device , And a code corresponding to digitized postal information.

The unique identification code 110 may be printed on the front surface of the mail item 100 when the sender stores the postal matter, applied with the electronic ink, or attached in the form of a sticker marked with the unique identification code 110, but is not limited thereto.

The server 600 recognizes the postal information (for example, the information described in the postal matter 100) containing recipient information at different times and different places by each of the mail recognizing devices 200-1 to 200-5 It is possible to receive the recognition information RI1 to RI5 from the mailer recognition devices 200-1 to 200-5 via the network 500. [ For example, each of the identification information RI1 to RI5 may be information related to the postal information or information derived from the postal information. The server 600 may receive the recognition information RI1 to RI5 transmitted from the mail recognition devices 200-1 to 200-5 and store the recognition information RI1 to RI5 in the recognition information DB 700-2.

3, the recognition information DB 700-2 may include a plurality of fields for managing each of the recognition information RI1 to RI5, and the plurality of fields may include a unique identification code, a sender name , A sender address, a recipient name, a recipient address, and a receiving post office. Accordingly, the server 600 can manage the recognition information DB 700-2 that stores the identification information RI1 to RI5. Each recognition information RI1 to RI5 may include a unique identification code, a sender name, a sender address, a recipient name, a recipient address, and a reception post office.

Each time the recognition information RI1 to RI5 is received from each of the mail recognition apparatuses 200-1 to 200-5, the server 600 acquires the recipient address information included in each recognition information RI1 to RI5 Or recipient address). The server 600 can read the recipient's telephone number from the member information DB 700-1 whenever the recipient address information is extracted.

The server 600 can determine whether the extracted recipient address information matches the address of the member stored in the member information DB 700-1. When the extracted recipient address information and the address previously registered in the member information DB 700-1 are identical to each other, the server 600 converts the telephone number of the recipient corresponding to the telephone number of the member into member information It can be read from the DB 700-1.

Each time the recognition information RI1 to RI5 is received from each of the mail recognition apparatuses 200-1 to 200-5, the server 600 acquires the position of each of the mail recognition apparatuses 200-1 to 200-5 (MI1 to MI5) corresponding to the information (for example, the reception post office name, the sending center name, the exchange center name, the arrival center name, and the delivery post office name, or their respective addresses) (Or transmit) to the mobile phone 400 of the corresponding recipient.

The server 600 may store the pieces of mail delivery information MI1 to MI5 in the reception information DB 700-3. 4, the reception information DB 700-3 includes a plurality of fields for managing mail item delivery information MI1 to MI5, and the plurality of fields include sender information, recipient information, The date and time of processing, the current location, the delivery status, the name of the mailer, and the post office telephone number. Each piece of mail delivery information MI1 to MI5 may include sender information, recipient information, date and time of processing, current position, delivery status, name of postman, and mailing telephone number.

The server 600 can manage the reception information DB 700-3 storing the pieces of mail delivery information MI1 to MI5. Each of the databases 700-1, 700-2, and 700-3 may be implemented as a single database, but is not limited thereto.

FIG. 5 shows a data flow for explaining a method of providing mailing item delivery information according to embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 6 illustrates a data flow for explaining a method of providing mailing item delivery information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 5, the recipient executes the application program APP1 installed in the mobile phone 400 (S110), and can perform the authentication process through the server 600 and the network 500 . When the user authentication process is completed, the recipient registers the name, address, telephone number (e.g., phone number of the mobile phone), date of birth, sex, and e-mail address of the member described with reference to FIG. (ID) including the member information (ID) to the server 600 through the network 500 (S120).

The server 600 receives the member information (ID), registers the member information (ID) in the member information DB 700-1, and manages the member information (ID) (S130).

The server 600 transmits the first recognition information RI1 of the postal matter 100 recognized through the reception postal mail receiving apparatus 200-1 to the network 500 when the postal matter 100 is received at the reception post office (S140).

The server 600 can receive the first recognition information RI1 and store the first recognition information RI1 in the recognition information DB 700-2 and manage the first recognition information RI1.

The server 600 extracts sender name information (e.g., sender's name or name), recipient name information (e.g., recipient's name or name), and recipient address information from the first identification information RI1 (S150).

The server 600 may determine whether the extracted recipient address information matches the address of the member stored in the member information DB 700-1 (S160).

When the extracted recipient address information matches the address of the member (YES in S160), the server 600 transmits the first reception information MI1 of the mail item 100 to the telephone number of the member (for example, To the recipient's mobile phone 400 (S180). The server 600 can store and manage the first reception information MI1 in the reception information DB 700-3.

According to the embodiments, the server 600 may further determine whether the extracted recipient name information matches the name of the member stored in the member information DB 700-1 as shown in FIG. 6 (S170).

If the extracted recipient address information matches the address of the member (YES in S160), and the extracted recipient name information matches the name of the member (YES in S170), the server 600 The first reception information MI1 of the mail item 100 may be transmitted to the recipient's mobile phone 400 corresponding to the telephone number at step S180.

In the case of a mass mailing, the server 600 may receive the first receipt of the mail item 100 even if the extracted recipient address information matches only the address of the member and the extracted recipient name information does not match the name of the member Information MI1 to the mobile phone 400 of the recipient corresponding to the telephone number. For mass mailings, the name of the recipient may be described as "nephew" or "resident".

As described with reference to FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, the first reception information MI1 of the mail item 100 may include sender information, recipient information, processing date and time, current position, delivery status, and the like. According to the embodiments, the first reception information MI1 of the mail item 100 may further include location information of the reception post office (e.g., name and / or address of the reception post office).

Referring again to FIG. 5, when the mail item 100 is received at the delivery post office, the server 600 acquires the fifth identification information RI5 of the mail item 100 recognized by the delivery post office mail item recognition device 200-5 (S190). The server 600 can store and manage the fifth identification information RI5 in the recognition information DB 700-2.

The server 600 may extract sender name information, recipient name information, and recipient address information from the fifth recognition information RI5 (S200). The server 600 may determine whether the extracted recipient address information matches the address of the member stored in the member information DB 700-1 (S210).

When the extracted recipient address information matches the address of the member (YES in S210), the server 600 transmits the fifth reception information MI5 of the mail item 100 to the recipient's mobile phone 400) (S230). The server 600 can store and manage the fifth reception information MI5 in the reception information DB 700-3.

According to the embodiments, the server 600 may further determine whether the extracted recipient name information matches the name of the member stored in the member information DB 700-1 as shown in FIG. 6 (S220) .

When the extracted recipient address information matches the address of the member (YES in S210), and the extracted recipient name information matches the name of the member (YES in S220) The fifth reception information MI5 of the mail item 100 may be transmitted to the recipient's mobile phone 400 corresponding to the telephone number at step S230.

In the case of mass mailing, the server 600 receives the fifth receipt of the mail item 100 even when the extracted recipient address information matches only the address of the member and the extracted recipient name information does not match the name of the member Information MI5 to the mobile phone 400 of the recipient corresponding to the telephone number.

The fifth reception information MI5 of the mail item 100 includes information on recipient information, a date and time of processing (e.g., the date and time of receiving the mail item), a delivery status, sender information, And the like. According to the embodiments, the fifth reception information MI5 of the mail item 100 may further include at least one of the location information of the delivery post office and the name of the post office.

7 is a block diagram illustrating a mail delivery completion information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, the method for recognizing the location information of the recipient address to provide delivery completion information indicating that the mail item 100 has arrived at the recipient can be classified into the following four methods.

(1) The communication terminal 300 of the postman recognizes a unique identification code (for example, a unique identification code or an address name plate stored in the NFC tag) attached to a home or office corresponding to a recipient address, If

(2) When the communication terminal 300 of the postman receives a radio signal from a near-field communication device (for example, a beacon device, a near field communication device, a bluetooth device, a radio- frequency identification) device, or a Wi-Fi device) and recognizes the location information of the recipient address

(3) When the server 600 receives a communication from a post office transmitted from a location tracking system (e.g., Global Positioning System (GPS), geographic information system (GIS), Wi-Fi, or geo-fence) When the location information of the terminal 300 is matched with the location information of the recipient address and the location information of the recipient address is recognized

(4) When mixing (2) and (3)

In this specification, a method of providing mail delivery completion information using a beacon will be exemplarily shown and explained. However, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the method of recognizing the location information of the recipient address.

In this specification, the beacon 800 collectively refers to hardware that provides information to the communication terminal 300 by way of broadcasting using various communication technologies including Bluetooth, or software that performs the same function as the hardware.

Also, the beacon 800 may mean a device for data communication using BLE (bluetooth low energy). For example, the beacon 800 may transmit data to the communication terminal 300 even if the communication terminal 300 passes through the beacon 800 without the necessity of bringing the communication terminal 300 close to the NFC module like the NFC, Lt; / RTI >

For example, beacon 800 refers to a hardware or hardware module for communication using a wireless personal area network (WPAN), or IrDA (Infrared Data Association). For example, a WPAN may include Bluetooth, Zigbee, or Ultra Wide Band (UWB).

According to an embodiment, the communication terminal 300 or the mobile phone 400 may be a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an enterprise digital assistant (EDA), a mobile internet device (MID) (IOT) device or an internet of everything (IOE) device.

The communication terminal 300 may be a beacon 800 and a wireless communication terminal capable of receiving or receiving data. Each of the at least one beacon 800 and the communication terminal 300 may include a wireless transmission / reception module for communication.

The application program APP2 installed in the communication terminal 300 can be downloaded from the app store to the communication terminal 300 via the wired network or the wireless network and executed by the CPU of the communication terminal 300. [

Except for the beacon 800, the structure and operation of the mail item delivery completion information providing system 10A of FIG. 7 are substantially the same as or similar to the structure and operation of the mail item delivery information providing system 10 of FIG. 1, It will be omitted.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 7, a postmanager executes an application program APP2 installed in the communication terminal 300 (S310), and enters a recognition area AR for managing a recipient address. The recognition area AR may mean the reach distance of a beacon signal (e.g., a beacon message) SG output from a beacon 800 installed in a building (e.g., a home or office) of a recipient address.

When the application program APP2 receives the beacon signal SG output from the beacon 800 in step S320, the application program APP2 recognizes that the communication terminal 300 has arrived at or near the receiver address, The information DI can be automatically generated at step S330 and the generated delivery information DI can be automatically transmitted to the server 600 through the network 500 at step S340.

The server 600 receives the delivery information DI transmitted from the communication terminal 300 of the post office and reads the recipient's telephone number corresponding to the delivery information DI from the member information DB 700-1 (S350).

The server 600 generates delivery completion information DCI in response to the delivery information DI in step S355 and transmits the delivery completion information DCI to the recipient's mobile phone (S360). The server 600 may store and manage delivery completion information (DCI) in the reception information DB 700-3 (S370).

As shown in Fig. 1, a unique identification code 120 for point or postal stamp authentication may be printed or output on the envelope of the mail item 100. [ The unique identification code 120 may be implemented as a barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, or a three-dimensional barcode, but is not limited thereto.

In accordance with embodiments, the unique identification code 120 for point or postal stamp authentication may be printed or output on the front and / or back of the contents of the mail.

The application program APP1 installed in the mobile phone 400 can recognize the unique identification code 120 and extract the point information or the postal stamp information from the recognized unique identification code 120. [

(1) a method of recognizing a unique identification code printed on an envelope of mail, (2) a method of recognizing a unique identification code printed on the contents of the mail, (3) The point information or the postal stamp information can be extracted through a method of matching the unique identification code.

The server 600 receives the point information or the postal stamp information transmitted from the mobile phone 400 and stores the point information or the postal stamp information for each member in the member information DB 700-1 or a separate database And manage it.

Accordingly, the mail item delivery information providing system according to the embodiments of the present invention allows the recipient to voluntarily browse the mail items and improves the usage rate of the mail item delivery information providing system of the sender, so that the sender, recipient, post office, There is an effect that the mutual benefit between the provider system providers can be increased.

FIG. 8 shows a push notification message for providing mail delivery information in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a mail notification message in a mobile phone of a recipient of a mail according to embodiments of the present invention. It shows the detail view of the shipping information.

According to the embodiments of the present invention, when the mail item 100 is received at the reception post office, the server 600 extracts, from the sender based on the first recognition information RI1 sent from the mailer recognition device 200-1, To the recipient's mobile phone 400, a push notification message indicating that the recipient 100 has been dispatched to the recipient.

8A, the application program APP1 installed in the mobile phone 400 automatically transmits a push notification window 420 to the display 410 of the mobile phone 400 upon receiving the push notification message The recipient can know when the mail item 100 has been sent (for example, YYYY-MM-DD) from whom (for example, YiYY-MM-DD) 430, the application program APP1 can perform detailed inquiry 490 of the corresponding information as shown in FIG. 9 through communication with the server 600. [ Referring to FIG. 9, the server 600 may include a recipient, a sender, each processing date, each current position, and each delivery status, as shown in FIG. 9, installed in the mobile phone 400 through the network 500 It can be provided in real time to the application program APP1.

In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, when the mail item 100 is received at the delivery post office 200-5, the server 600, along with the telephone number of the post office of the delivery post office 200-5, The push notification message informing that the post office 200-5 has departed can be transmitted to the mobile phone 400 of the receiver.

As shown in FIG. 8B, the application program APP1 executed in the mobile phone 400 generates the push notification window 420 upon receiving the push notification message, and stores the name of the post office (for example, And a push notification window 420 including a telephone number (e.g., 010-1234-5678) on the display 410 of the mobile phone 400. [ Thus, the recipient can know where the postal item 100 to be delivered to is to be delivered by the post office.

As the recipient clicks or selects the detailed view 430, the detailed inquiry 420 is displayed on the display 410 by the application program APP1 executed on the mobile phone 400 as shown in FIG. 9 . The application program APP1 requests the server 600 for detailed inquiry based on the detailed view 430 and the server 600 transmits the fifth reception information MI5 to the application program APP1 in response to the request . The application program APP1 may display the detailed inquiry 420 corresponding to the fifth reception information MI5 on the display 410 of the mobile phone 400. [

In this specification, the application program sends and receives a signal may mean exchanging the signal with an external device (e.g., server 600) through a communication module of the mobile phone 400. [ An application program executed in the CPU of the mobile phone 400 can control the communication module so as to be able to communicate with an external device (e.g., the server 600).

According to embodiments of the present invention, when the mail item 100 arrives at a home or office corresponding to a recipient address, the server 600 receives a push notification message informing that the mail item 100 has been delivered, 400).

As shown in FIG. 8 (c), the application program APP1 executed in the CPU of the mobile phone 400 can pop-up or activate the push notification window 420 upon receiving the push notification message. The application program APP1 can notify the recipient of the arrival of the mail through the push notification window 420. [ As the recipient clicks or selects the detailed view 430, the detailed view 420 may be displayed on the display 410 of the mobile phone 400 as shown in FIG.

The application program requests detailed inquiry to the server 600 based on the detailed view 430 clicked by the recipient and the server 600 can transmit the reception information to the application program APP1 in response to the request . The application program APP1 may display the detailed inquiry 420 corresponding to the reception information on the display 410 of the mobile phone 400. [

9, when the recipient selects the details view 430, the name of the recipient, the name of the sender, the date and time of processing, the current position, and the delivery status are provided in real time through the application program APP1 Can receive.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a data flow and a system for providing an electronic mail according to embodiments of the present invention.

The structure and operation of the mail item delivery system 10B of Fig. 10, except for the communication device 200-6 and mail item DB 700-4, are identical to the structure and operation of the mail item delivery information providing system 10 of Fig. They are substantially the same or similar, and a duplicate description will be omitted.

10, the server 600 receives an electronic mail POST including the same contents as the contents of the mail item 100 from the communication apparatus 200-6 via the network 500 (S410) The mail POST can be stored in the mail DB 700-4 (S410).

For example, the communication device 200-6 may be a scanner (or a recognizing device) for scanning (or recognizing) the contents of the mail item 100, and the mail item POST may be the same content as the mail item 100 But may include, but is not limited to, event information, and / or coupon information.

The server 600 can perform the authentication procedure for authenticating the member with the application program APP1 installed in the mobile phone 400. [ For example, the server 600 transmits authentication information (CER) such as name, address, and telephone number of a member corresponding to a person receiving the application program APP1 installed in the mobile phone 400 to the network 500 through the network 500 (S420).

According to the embodiments, the server 600 determines whether the combination of the address and the name matches a combination of the address stored in the member information DB 700-1 and the name stored in the member information DB 700-1 (S430). According to the embodiments, the server 600 determines whether the combination of the address and the telephone number matches a combination of the address stored in the member information DB 700-1 and the telephone number stored in the member information DB 700-1 (S430). Here, the combination of the address and the name, and the combination of the address and the telephone number represent an example of a unique value for identifying the member.

According to the embodiments, the server 600 may further receive the personal identification number from the application program APP1 installed in the mobile telephone 400. [

The fact that the application program APP1 transmits the authentication number to the server 600 may mean that the member performs the authentication process again through the application program APP1.

The recipient may transmit the REQ message via the application program APP1 to the server 600 via the network 500 (S440). The server 600 transmits the e-mail item POST stored in the mail item DB 700-4 to the mobile phone 400 (400) via the network 500 in response to the e-mail item transmission request (REQ) (S450).

11 is a block diagram illustrating a data flow and a system for providing an electronic mail according to another embodiment of the present invention. The structure and operation of the mail item delivery system 10C of FIG. 11 are the same as the structure and operation of the mail item delivery information providing system 10 of FIG. 1 except for the mail DB 700-4 and the recognition device 900, So that duplicate descriptions will be omitted.

11, a recipient can execute an application program APP1 installed in the mobile terminal 400 and enter a recognition area for controlling the address of the sender. According to embodiments, the recognition area may refer to a location recognition range previously registered by the sender.

The recognition device 900 may be a GPS, a GIS, or a Wi-Fi, and the recognition area may mean a reaching distance of the signal SG output from the recognition device 900. [

The application program APP1 installed in the recipient's mobile telephone 400 receives the signal SG from the recognition device (e.g., Wi-Fi 900) related to the address information of the sender (S510) The location information SPI may be transmitted to the server 600 through the network 500 in operation S520.

The server 600 reads out the sender address information from the recognition information DB 700-2 (S525) and checks whether the position information (SPI) matches the sender address information stored in the recognition information DB 700-2 (S530).

When the location information SPI matches the sender address information, the server 600 can transmit the e-mail POST stored in the mail DB 700-4 to the mobile phone 400 via the network 500 (S540). Therefore, the system for providing e-mail in FIG. 11 can integrally manage the same POST as the actual postal item 100 and can easily provide the POST to the recipient without limitation, The contents of the mail 100 can be confirmed in advance even before the mail 100 is received through the mail POST and even when the mail 100 is received (for example, when the mail 100 is lost) (POST) containing the same contents as the content of the mail server 100 can be provided from the server 600. [

12 shows an embodiment of a database for storing electronic mail. 1 and 12, the server 600 can store and manage the event information 130 and the coupon information 140 included in the electronic mail POST in the mail database 700-4.

12, event information 130 including an event name, an event period, an event place, an event content, and a coupon name, a coupon validity period, a coupon use place, and a coupon content The coupon information 140 can be stored and managed.

According to the embodiments, the server 600 checks the expiration period and coupon valid period included in the electronic mail POST and notifies the recipient's mobile phone 400 of the expiration period and the coupon validity period to be imminent And automatically transmit or push an alarm message to the recipient ' s mobile phone 400. [

Accordingly, the sender can achieve the purpose of sending the mail item 100, for example, announcement of the event, increase in new sales, and the recipient can be automatically notified of the event period and coupon validity period. In addition, the recipient can easily receive the electronic mail POST and the electronic coupon from the server 600 without having the mail item 100 or the real coupon.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a system for providing an electronic mail according to embodiments of the present invention, FIG. 14 shows an embodiment of a database storing card company information, and FIG. 15 shows a method of providing an electronic mail according to embodiments of the present invention It represents the data flow for explanation.

Except for the communication devices 610-1 to 610-m and the card issuer information DB 700-5, the structure and operation of the mail item provision system 10D of FIG. 13 is identical to that of the mail item delivery information providing system 10 And therefore the description thereof will not be repeated.

For example, the communication devices 610-1 through 610-m may be servers installed in one or more credit card companies, and the POST may include card statements, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

13 to 15, the server 600 transmits member information (ID) including the name of the member, the e-mail address, and the telephone number of the mobile phone transmitted from the member's mobile phone 400 to the network (S610), and the member information (ID) can be registered in the member information DB 700-1 (S620).

The server 600 sends information (or data) including the sender information, the recipient information, the recipient's e-mail address, and an e-mail (POST) containing the same contents as the contents of the mail to the network 500 Mail in the form of an e-mail from each of the communication devices 610-1 to 610-m (S630).

The server 600 extracts sender information, recipient information, e-mail address, and e-mail POST from each received e-mail CI1 to CIm, The recipient information, the e-mail address, and the postal mail (POST) may be stored in the card company information DB 700-5 (S640).

The server 600 can extract the e-mail information (e.g., e-mail address) from the e-mail and determine whether the extracted e-mail information matches the e-mail address stored in the member information DB 700-1 (S650).

When the extracted e-mail information matches the e-mail address stored in the member information DB 700-1 (YES in S650), the server 600 transmits the forwarding information FI indicating that the e-mail has been sent to the network 500 To the mobile phone 400 (S670).

According to the embodiments, the server 600 may further determine whether the extracted e-mail information (e.g., name) matches the name stored in the member information DB 700-1 (S660).

If the extracted e-mail information matches the e-mail address stored in the member information DB 700-1 (YES in S650), the name contained in the extracted e-mail information and the name stored in the member information DB 700-1 The server 600 can transmit the dispatch information FI of the e-mail to the mobile phone 400 via the network 500 (S670).

The server 600 responds to the e-mail message transmission request (REQ) transmitted from the mobile phone 400 via the network 500 in step S680 and transmits the e-mail item POST stored in the card company information DB 700-5 To the mobile phone 400 through the network 500 (S690).

FIG. 16 illustrates a push notification message for providing electronic mail information in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 17 shows an electronic mail It shows mail information detail view screen.

13 to 16, when the server 600 transmits the e-mail sending information FI to the mobile phone 400, the application program APP1 executed in the mobile phone 400 transmits the e-mail sending information FI FI), and notify the recipient that the e-mail (e.g., card statement POST) has been sent to the recipient in the form of a message. When the recipient clicks or selects the detailed view 430 in the push notification window 420 displayed on the display 410 of the mobile phone 400, the detailed inquiry 420 is displayed on the server 600).

As shown in FIG. 17, when the recipient selects the detailed view 430 using the application program APP1, the application program APP1 transmits the details of the details 420 to the server 600 in response to the selection. Request transmission. The server 600 reads the details 420 from the database 700-5 and transmits the read details 420 to the mobile phone 400 in response to the request. Accordingly, the application program APP1 may provide details to the recipient via the display 410 of the mobile phone 400, for example, details shown in FIG. The details 420 may be the same as the content of the electronic mail POST.

18 shows a screen for explaining a map information providing method in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.

1 and 18, when a receiver executes an application program APP1 installed in the mobile terminal 400, the application program APP1 transmits the application program APP1 to the mobile terminal 400 using a position tracking system (e.g., GPS) And transmits the confirmed current position to the server 600. [0050] FIG. The application program APP1 can request the server 600 to the map 420 including the current position and the surrounding information of the mobile terminal 400. [

For example, the peripheral information may include location information corresponding to the address of the sender of the mail to the recipient.

According to the embodiments, the server 600 can read the sender information (e.g., address) corresponding to the combination of the recipient address and the recipient telephone number from the reception information DB 700-3.

According to the embodiments, the server 600 can read the sender information (e.g., address) corresponding to the combination of the recipient address and the recipient name from the reception information DB 700-3.

The application program APP1 may receive the map 420 from the server 600 via the network 500 and provide the received map 420 to the recipient via the display 410 of the mobile telephone 400 have.

As shown in FIG. 18, the current position 440 of the recipient and the locations 450-1 to 450-7 corresponding to the sender address may be displayed on the map 420. FIG.

FIG. 19 shows a route screen for providing a route on a map in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 19, an application program APP1 displays a map 420 displayed through a display 410 of a mobile phone 400, at a position corresponding to a sender's address (e.g., G The server 450 may request the server 600 to move from the current recipient location 400 to the location 450-1 corresponding to the address of the sender . When the application program APP1 receives the travel route from the server 600, the application program APP1 can provide the received travel route to the receiver through the display 410. [

As shown in FIG. 19, in the map 420, possible paths from the current recipient location 400 to a location 450-1 corresponding to the address of the sender, for example, the first path 460 and the second path 460, Path 470 may be displayed.

According to embodiments, the application program APP1 may determine a start location, an intermediate location, or an end location based on a subway station, an intersection, a government office, etc. adjacent to a location corresponding to a receiver location and / or a sender's address.

FIG. 20 shows a screen for briefly providing e-mail information on a map in a mobile phone of a mail recipient according to embodiments of the present invention.

1, 10, and 20, when the recipient selects the icon 450-6 using the application program APP1, the application program APP1 sends the application program APP1 to the server 600 in response to the selection And requests transmission of the e-mail information. In response to the request, the server 600 reads the e-mail information from the mail database 700-4 or a separate database and transmits the read e-mail information to the mobile phone 400. [

The application program APP1 receives the e-mail information (e. G., Event coupon, event guide) 480 shown in FIG. 20 through the map 420 displayed on the display 410 of the mobile phone 400 Can be provided to a person. The electronic mail information may be a brief summary of the contents of the electronic mail (POST).

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

10; Mail delivery information providing system
100; mail
110; Unique Identification Code
200-1 to 200-5; Mail recognition devices
300; Mail recipient's mobile phone
400; The communication terminal of the postman
500; network
600; server
700-1 ~ 700-4; Databases

Claims (1)

A method for providing mail delivery information to a recipient of a mail using a server,
(A) receiving, by the server, the name of the member, the e-mail address, and the telephone number of the mobile telephone transmitted from the communication terminal of the member and registering the same in the database;
The server receives e-mail from the communication devices via the e-mail, the e-mail including the sender information of the mail, the recipient information of the mail, and the contents of the mail, and stores the received e-mail in the database (b);
(C) extracting e-mail information from the e-mail, and determining whether the extracted e-mail information matches the e-mail address stored in the database; And
And (d) when the extracted e-mail information and the e-mail address match in the step (c), the server transmits the dispatch information of the e-mail to the mobile phone, How to provide mailing information to the recipient.

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