WO2014148744A1

WO2014148744A1 - Method for sharing caller information

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Publication number: WO2014148744A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/001588
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박지훈; 문성수; 김종율; 정윤서; 최가을; 김평진
Original assignee: 씰렛 주식회사
Priority date: 2013-03-21
Filing date: 2014-02-26
Publication date: 2014-09-25
Also published as: KR20140115518A; KR101483211B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for sharing caller information, which is description information for callers, received from a plurality of different terminals by communicating with a service server for storing the caller information on the basis of telephone number information of originating terminals, comprising: an information extraction step for extracting telephone number information of an originating terminal, which is included in a call connection signal, when the call connection signal is received by an receiving terminal; an information request step for requesting for caller information corresponding to the telephone number information of the originating terminal by transmitting the extracted telephone number information of the originating terminal and telephone number information of the receiving terminal to the service server; and an information output step for outputting the received caller information to a screen of the receiving terminal when receiving the caller information from the service server.

Description

How to share caller information

The present invention relates to a method of receiving or sharing information on a call counterpart in a call process, and more particularly, when a voice call is performed using a smart phone, driving of an app (application) mounted on the smart phone is performed. The present invention relates to a method for sharing caller information through which a call party and others can easily check or share information provided to a call counterpart without going through an artificial action or operation of the user.

As a voice call through a smartphone is generally made, various services have been disclosed for the convenience of a user. One of them is a service for displaying caller information on a receiver terminal during a call connection signal reception process.

This service provides the stored information when the caller transmits the call connection signal to the receiving terminal through the exchange when the caller uploads the information (telephone number, caller name, introduction information, etc.) introducing themselves to the carrier server in advance. Together with the receiving terminal, the receiving terminal outputs this information to the screen display means.

However, since the information provided by these services is unilaterally uploaded by the sender itself for the purpose of providing it to an unspecified number of recipients, the information that accurately describes or guides the sender has inherent limitations. Difficult to accurately and objectively judge, as well as the problem of not being able to check the caller's current situation or related information before the call is still not solved.

In particular, since this method consists of processing in which the information about the caller is conveyed in one direction, the information about the caller cannot be expanded, and can also be effectively shared or fused with other people's opinions or information about the caller. There is no limit as information.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems in the background, it is possible to receive information on the call counterpart before the call performing process, in particular, before the call connection with the call counterpart more smoothly with the call counterpart In addition to inducing a conversation, a caller can easily share and provide more reliable information to a user by allowing a variety of information about a call partner generated by another user, including the user, to be easily expanded and screened. The purpose is to provide information sharing methods.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be appreciated by the embodiments of the present invention. In addition, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by the configuration shown in the claims and combinations thereof.

The method for providing caller information according to the present invention for achieving the above object communicates with a service server that stores caller information, which is description information on a caller received from a plurality of different terminals, based on the phone number information of the caller terminal. A method of sharing information, comprising: an information extraction step of extracting telephone number information of a calling terminal included in the call connecting signal when a call connecting signal is received by a receiving terminal; An information request step of transmitting the extracted telephone number information of the calling terminal and the telephone number information of the receiving terminal to a service server and requesting caller information corresponding to the telephone number information of the calling terminal; And an information output step of outputting the received caller information on the screen of the receiving terminal when the caller information is received from the service server.

In addition, the present invention, the input environment output step of outputting the input interface environment for the input of the caller information on the screen of the receiving terminal, when the call termination signal with the calling terminal is input; And an information transmitting step of transmitting the caller information input to the input interface environment to the service server together with the telephone number information of the calling terminal and the telephone number information of the receiving terminal.

Here, the information output step of the present invention comprises: an information receiving step of receiving a plurality of caller information and telephone number information of each terminal inputting corresponding caller information from the service server; An information selection step of selecting telephone number information previously stored in the receiving terminal from among telephone number information of each terminal; And a screening information outputting step of outputting caller information input through the screening phone number information to the screen of the receiving terminal.

In order to implement a more preferred embodiment, the information selection step may include: a first selection step of selecting group information to which telephone number information of the calling terminal belongs from among group information previously designated to the receiving terminal; And a second sorting step of sorting the phone number information belonging to the same group as the group selected in the first sorting step among the phone number information of each of the received terminals. In this case, the sorting information output of the present invention. The step is configured to output the caller information input through the telephone number information selected in the second selection step to the screen of the receiving terminal.

In addition, the information receiving step of the present invention may further receive from the service server the sender self information stored in the service server transmitted from the calling terminal as information on the caller itself, in this case the screening information output of the present invention The step may be configured to separately output the caller information input through the caller self information and the selected phone number information in a screen output environment in which an area is divided.

Caller information sharing method of the present invention for achieving the object according to another aspect of the present invention is a caller information that is description information about the caller received from a plurality of different terminals based on the phone number information of the caller terminal A method of sharing caller information by communicating with a stored service server, comprising: an information extraction step of extracting telephone number information of a caller terminal included in the call connection request signal when a call connection request signal is transmitted from a calling terminal; An information request step of transmitting the extracted telephone number information of the caller terminal and the telephone number information of the calling terminal to a service server and requesting caller information corresponding to the telephone number information of the caller terminal; And outputting the received caller information on a screen of the calling terminal when the caller information is received from the service server.

The present invention can be effectively provided with information on the call counterpart provided from other people without staying on the information provided by the call counterpart itself can be shared more reliable information about the call counterpart, and when the call is performed Can lead to a smooth and effective dialogue.

The present invention can easily share a variety of information about the call counterpart provided by other users, including the caller himself, so that the social network service (SNS) is naturally converged in the voice (video) call process Can provide infrastructure.

Since the present invention can be implemented by driving an app (application) mounted on a smartphone, additional operations or actions are minimized from the user to receive and share information of the caller, thereby creating an effect of further improving user convenience. Can be.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention, serve to more effectively understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be construed as limited to matters.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall related configuration for performing a caller information sharing method according to the present invention,

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information sharing apparatus for performing a caller information sharing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a method for sharing caller information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a specific embodiment of outputting caller or caller information illustrated in FIG. 3 to a screen of a terminal;

5 and 6 illustrate a preferred embodiment of an interface environment for outputting caller or caller information to a screen of a terminal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a diagram generally showing a related configuration for performing a caller information sharing method of the present invention.

The caller information sharing method according to the present invention can be implemented by driving an app (application) that is mounted and executed in a portable communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as a terminal) such as a smartphone. The app may be automatically executed by a specific event made in the terminal, and is configured to receive necessary information through data communication with the service server 30 as described below.

In the following description, a terminal in which a caller information sharing method according to the present invention is implemented is referred to as a receiving terminal 100, which receives a call connection signal from an external terminal, and requests a voice (video) call to the receiving terminal. This is called the calling terminal 50.

In addition, the terminal 20 is not the terminal to which the current call is made, but may potentially be a receiving or originating terminal at any time, and the terminal 20 may transmit a plurality of unspecified portable communication terminals that may transmit or receive information on the caller to the service server 30. It is referred to as separated.

The subject of action on the receiving terminal 100, the calling terminal 50, and the terminal 20 can be changed at any time according to the viewpoint of whether a call is made or the like. It should be understood that this corresponds to a logical division to increase the efficiency of the system.

The voice call is connected between the originating terminal 50 and the receiving terminal 100 through a configuration of a base station, a switch, and the like, and a circuit-switching network 13, and the like. It is made through a packet switched network 11 for data communication, which is a communication network independent of the circuit switched network 13 for a call.

When the call is terminated, the interface environment for inputting information is automatically popped up by the processing according to the present invention to the general terminals 20-1, 20-2, and 20-n, and the user can make a call through the input interface environment. Information about the other party can be entered.

The person who actually made the call knows who the other party is, what happened recently, and whether the contents of the call with the other party are reliable, so that the input environment is automatically output when the call ends. Information input by the caller is transmitted through the packet-switching network 11 to the service server 30 of the present invention.

At this time, the service server 30 DB the information on the call counterpart transmitted from the various terminals 20 based on the phone number information of the counterpart terminal. Information on the other party and the like can be directly input to the service server 30 of the present invention through a process such as wired and wireless Internet access and login.

When a call connection signal is transmitted from the calling terminal 50 to the receiving terminal 100 through the circuit-switching network 13, the receiving terminal 100 extracts the calling telephone number information included in the call connecting signal, and extracts the calling telephone call. A signal for requesting caller information together with the number is transmitted to the service server 30 through the packet communication network 11.

The service server 30 checks the caller phone number information included in the caller information request signal, selects the caller information for the confirmed phone number information, and returns the information to the receiving terminal 100 that has transmitted the information request signal. When the information is returned to the receiving terminal 100, the app according to the present invention outputs the returned information to the screen display means of the receiving terminal 100 through a predetermined output interface environment.

Through this processing, the receiver can know various information about the caller, for example, who is the caller, what is the main purpose of the caller, how is the caller's status, etc. before the voice call with the caller's terminal is made. Will be.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings to describe a detailed description of the caller information sharing method of the present invention.

Prior to the description, each component of the caller information sharing apparatus 100 implementing the caller information sharing method of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 is understood as a logically divided component rather than a physically divided component. Should be.

That is, since each configuration corresponds to a logical component for realizing the technical idea of the present invention, even if each component is integrated or separated, the function performed by the logical configuration of the present invention can be realized. It is to be construed as being within the scope, and any component that performs the same or similar function should be construed as being within the scope of the present invention regardless of whether or not there is correspondence in the name.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the caller information sharing apparatus 100 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the caller information sharing apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a call connection signal checking unit 110, an information extracting unit 120, a control unit 130, a transmitting unit 140, and a receiving unit 150. And an output unit 160. Since the caller information sharing apparatus 100 refers to a portable communication terminal and may be implemented in the receiving terminal as described below, the receiving terminal in the following description refers to a device in which the method for sharing caller information of the present invention is realized.

The present invention can be implemented not only when a call is received from an originating terminal on the basis of a call terminal but also when a call is made to a specific receiving terminal on the basis of a calling terminal.

In order to increase the efficiency of the description, an embodiment in which a call connection signal is received from the outside to the receiving terminal will be described in detail first, and an opposite embodiment, that is, an embodiment of transmitting a call connection request signal from the calling terminal to the outside will be described later.

The call connection signal checking unit 110 of the present invention monitors whether a call connection signal is received at the receiving terminal 100 (S300), and when a call connection signal is received at the receiving terminal 100, extracting information of the present invention. The unit 120 extracts the phone number information of the calling terminal included in the call connection signal (S310).

When the phone number information of the calling terminal is extracted, the controller 130 of the present invention generates a signal for requesting information on the caller together with the phone number information of the receiving terminal 100 and requests this information through the transmitting unit 140. The signal is transmitted to the service server 30 of the present invention (S320).

When the information request signal is received by the service server 30, the service server 30 of the present invention is information about the caller corresponding to the telephone number information of the calling terminal as input or received from a plurality of different terminals for the stored caller The sender information, which is the description information, is extracted (S330), and the extracted sender information is transmitted to the receiving terminal 100 which has transmitted the information request signal (S340).

When the caller information is received, the controller 130 of the present invention outputs the outputted caller information such that the received caller information is output to the screen (LCD, etc.) of the receiving terminal 100 through a predetermined output interface environment as shown in the example screen of FIG. 5. 160 to control (S350).

According to an embodiment, when a call initiation signal is input by a specific gesture or input button selection, caller information may be smoothly interfaced so that execution of other events performed by the OS, the launcher program, etc. of the smart phone is performed in connection with the voice call. It is preferable to configure the output interface window to be closed.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the caller information of the caller may be output in the region C, and the information uploaded by the caller himself may be output in the region A. FIG. In the region B, various caller related information received from other terminals may be output. The service server 30 arranges caller information transmitted from a plurality of terminals over various time zones in chronological order so that the latest information is available. ), It is desirable to provide up-to-date information about the sender.

In order to avoid indiscriminate information provision and to increase communication speed, only sender information selected by a specific priority (time, etc.) is output, and additional information on caller information when the receiver requests additional information through the input environment (D) Is preferably configured to be transmitted. From a similar point of view, the most frequently uploaded or highly recommended sender information can be output first through text analysis, and a predetermined mark symbolizing priority related information can be output to concentrate the attention of the receiver. have.

On the other hand, when the call end signal is input by the end button selection, the end gesture (S360), the control unit 130 of the present invention controls the output unit 160 to input the information on the caller by the user of the receiving terminal 100 The input interface environment may be output on the screen of the receiving terminal 100 (S370).

When the user inputs caller information through this input interface environment, the input caller information is transmitted to the service server 30 together with the phone number information of the receiving terminal (S380) and the caller information based on the phone number information of the calling terminal. Is updated. (S390).

In order to implement a more preferred embodiment, it is preferable that the phone number information of the terminal 20 that transmits the caller information is stored together in a process of storing the caller information.

When the phone number information of the terminal 20 providing the caller information is stored together, when the information request signal for the caller is transmitted from the receiving terminal 100 to the service server 30, the service server 30 may be configured in plurality. In addition to the caller information, the phone number information of each terminal 20 providing the caller information is transmitted to the receiving terminal 100 together.

When the caller information and the telephone number information of each terminal inputting the information are received (S351), the controller 130 of the present invention stores the telephone number already stored in the address book of the receiving terminal 100 among the telephone number information of each terminal. The phone number information corresponding to the number information is selected (S353).

This sorting processing allows the user to easily and accurately extract caller information uploaded through the selected phone number information, that is, uploaded by the user corresponding to the selected phone number information to the caller. It may be configured to output (S355) to the screen of the receiving terminal 100.

Since the caller information provided through this configuration is provided by the recipients directly listed in his / her address book, etc., the user can be provided with information with relatively high reliability and accuracy. Can be shared.

In addition to ensuring the objectivity and reliability of the information, the information selection step S353 may be performed in more detail in order to more broadly share information by those who are more closely related to the user of the receiving terminal.

As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 130 of the present invention first analyzes the group information of the phone number address book previously stored in the receiving terminal 100 by using the telephone number information of the calling terminal, and among the group information, the calling terminal ( 50) screening and checking the group information to which it belongs (S3531).

When the belonging group information, which is the group information to which the calling terminal 50 belongs, is selected, the phone number information corresponding to the same group as the belonging group information is selected from among the phone number information of each terminal providing the caller information (S3533).

When the screening processing is completed, the caller information provided through the final screened telephone number information, that is, the user's information provided through the user of the terminal corresponding to the final screened telephone number, is output on the screen of the reception terminal 100.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, since information by those listed in the phone number of the receiving terminal 100 is uploaded, name (nickname, etc.) information of those who provide the corresponding caller information may be output together in the area B. Since the information provided by those belonging to a specific group (friends) can be selectively provided, the direct relevance of information to the sender can be further improved, and the information of only those formed by a specific personal relationship can be shared more effectively. .

As briefly described above, the sender can also send information about itself to the service server 30, etc., so that the information is different from the information posted directly by the caller as shown in A of FIG. Information provided by may be configured to be output separately.

The information screening process and screening information output described above may be implemented in the service server 30 through a process such as user setting, group information input, and the like, and transmits information to the receiving terminal 100 through a user setting environment. When performing the necessary data processing and processing can be configured to provide the selected information data to the receiving terminal 100, of course.

According to the exemplary embodiment, the color or skin of the interface environment in which the caller information is output may be implemented differently according to the caller or provided by the caller information, so as to increase user awareness or attention.

In this regard, assuming that the call is from the same caller, the caller information if the caller information transmitted during the previous call process and the currently transmitted caller information are the same or the call interval is within the reference time (for example, 24 hours). May be configured not to be output to the screen of the receiving terminal 100.

In addition, even if it is within the reference time, if the currently transmitted caller information is not the same as the caller information transmitted in the previous call process, the changed caller information may be given priority to output the changed caller information in the top window.

If the above-described embodiment of the present invention is an embodiment in which a voice call signal is received on the basis of a receiving terminal, the call is made from a corresponding point of view, that is, the call request signal is transmitted from the calling terminal to the caller terminal, which is a call counterpart terminal. The method according to the present invention can also be implemented.

In this case, the call connection signal checking unit 110 of the present invention monitors whether a call connection request signal is transmitted from the calling terminal, and when the call connection signal is transmitted, the information extracting unit 120 of the present invention responds to the call connection request signal. Extract phone number information of a caller terminal that is an included counterpart terminal.

The information request signal including the phone number information of the extracted caller terminal is transmitted to the service server, and when the caller information corresponding to the phone number information of the caller terminal is received through the processing corresponding to the above-described contents, the call is received. Information is output on the screen of the calling terminal.

At the level of a person skilled in the art, the embodiments of the present invention described above with reference to the above-described receiving terminal only change the terms indicating the target information and the acting subject relatively, and the embodiment for the calling terminal may be changed without any special configuration. As it is applicable, the detailed description of the embodiment on the basis of the originating terminal is replaced with the above description.

Although the present invention has been described above by means of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described below by the person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the claims.

The accompanying drawings for the purpose of describing the present invention and the embodiments thereof may be shown in somewhat exaggerated form in order to emphasize or highlight the technical contents of the present invention. It is to be understood that various forms of modification application may be possible at the level of ordinary skill in the art in consideration.

In addition, in the description of the present invention, expressions such as first and second are terms of a tool concept used to relatively distinguish each component (element) from each other, and indicate a specific order, priority, and the like. Obviously, it is not a term used for the purpose of a term or used to physically distinguish each component (element) from an absolute standard.

The method of sharing caller information according to the present invention described above may be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include any type of recording device (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, magnetic disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) that stores data that can be read by the computer. It also includes a server for transport.

Claims

A method of sharing caller information by communicating with a service server that stores caller information, which is description information of callers received from a plurality of different terminals, based on phone number information of a caller terminal.

An information extraction step of extracting telephone number information of a calling terminal included in the call connecting signal when a call connecting signal is received at a receiving terminal;

An information request step of transmitting the extracted telephone number information of the calling terminal and the telephone number information of the receiving terminal to a service server and requesting caller information corresponding to the telephone number information of the calling terminal; And

And outputting the received caller information on the screen of the receiving terminal when the caller information is received from the service server.
The method of claim 1,

An input environment output step of outputting, on a screen of the receiving terminal, an input interface environment for inputting the caller information when the call termination signal with the calling terminal is input; And

And transmitting the caller information input to the input interface environment to the service server together with the phone number information of the calling terminal and the phone number information of the receiving terminal.
The method of claim 1, wherein the information output step,

An information receiving step of receiving a plurality of caller information and telephone number information of each terminal in which the caller information is input from the service server;

An information selection step of selecting telephone number information previously stored in the receiving terminal from among telephone number information of each terminal; And

And a screening information outputting step of outputting caller information input through the screening phone number information to the screen of the receiving terminal.
The method of claim 3, wherein the information selection step,

A first screening step of selecting group information to which the telephone number information of the calling terminal belongs among the group information previously designated to the receiving terminal; And

And a second sorting step of sorting the phone number information belonging to the same group as the group selected in the first sorting step among the phone number information of each terminal,

The screening information output step,

Caller information sharing method characterized in that for outputting the caller information input through the phone number information selected in the second selection step on the screen of the receiving terminal.
The method of claim 3, wherein the information receiving step,

Receive caller self information transmitted from the calling terminal as information about the caller itself and stored in the service server from the service server,

The screening information output step,

Caller information sharing method characterized in that for outputting the divided screened caller information input by the caller self information and the selected phone number information in a divided screen output environment.
A method of sharing caller information by communicating with a service server that stores caller information, which is description information of a caller, received from a plurality of different terminals, based on phone number information of a caller terminal.

An information extraction step of extracting telephone number information of a caller terminal included in the call connection request signal when a call connection request signal is transmitted from the calling terminal;

An information request step of transmitting the extracted telephone number information of the caller terminal and the telephone number information of the calling terminal to a service server and requesting caller information corresponding to the telephone number information of the caller terminal; And

And outputting the received caller information on a screen of the calling terminal when the caller information is received from the service server.
The method of claim 6,

An input environment output step of outputting an input interface environment for inputting the caller information on a screen of the calling terminal when the call termination signal with the caller terminal is input; And

And a caller information sharing step of transmitting caller information input to the input interface environment to the service server together with the phone number information of the caller terminal and the phone number information of the calling terminal. .
The method of claim 6, wherein the information output step,

An information receiving step of receiving a plurality of caller information and telephone number information of each terminal inputting corresponding caller information from the service server;

An information selection step of selecting telephone number information previously stored in the calling terminal from among telephone number information of each terminal;

And a screening information output step of outputting caller information input through the screening phone number information to the screen of the calling terminal.
The method of claim 8, wherein the information selection step,

A first selection step of selecting group information to which the telephone number of the caller terminal belongs among group information previously designated to the calling terminal; And

And a second sorting step of sorting the phone number information belonging to the same group as the group selected in the first sorting step among the phone number information of each terminal,

The screening information output step,

Caller information sharing method characterized in that for outputting the caller information input through the phone number information selected in the second selection step on the screen of the calling terminal.
The method of claim 8, wherein the information receiving step,

Receive caller self information transmitted from the caller terminal as information on the caller itself and stored in the service server from the service server,

The screening information output step,

Caller information sharing method characterized in that to output the divided caller information through the caller self information and the selected phone number information to the screen output environment divided area.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.