KR0147328B1 - Communication service method for using service control table structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information provider service control method for providing information to an information user in a communication processing system service network. The present invention relates to various personal computer communication functions provided by a conventional service system while accepting an information provider protocol provided by a communication processing system. In order to provide an information provider service control method that can be provided without a hitch, MenuName (MenuName); A menu identifier (MenuId); Service type; Menu item number (MenuItemNumber); Directory; A menu selector; Privilege which is a Field; An upper menu identifier (ParrentMenuId); Counter start address (CounterStartAddress); Item code (ItemCode); ChargeType; Charging unit (ChargeAmount); Option; And by providing the information provider service using the information provider service control table having a comment (comment), it is possible to improve the service function or change the menu without reconfiguration of the program.

Description

Information Provider Service Control Method for Accepting Information Provider Protocol

1 is a block diagram of a communication processing system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is an operation procedure diagram of a communication processing system and an information provider (IP) protocol.

3 is a structural diagram of an information provider (IP) service to which the present invention is applied.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for controlling an information provider service according to the present invention.

5 is a structural diagram of an information provider (IP) service control table according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

4: public telephone network 5: communication processing system

9: Public data network 10: Information provider

The present invention relates to an information provider service control method for an information provider (IP) to provide information to an information user in a service network (01410 Hitel service network, etc.) of a domestic communication processing system to be provided in the future.

Recently, as the use rate of information service has increased rapidly and the user's desire for information has increased, the number of information providers who want to provide information services has increased. Also, the desire to create value for information has diversified information providers. have.

However, until now, the information service providing method has been independently performed by each information provider without any standard or framework. This method is not only disadvantageous in creating a uniform shape of the information provider, but also bears another disadvantage of providing the information provider with the various efforts necessary to manage the service individually.

In the conventional service system, there was no standard for providing such an information provider service, but now it is necessary to prepare a new standard by accommodating the information provider protocol provided by the communication processing system.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information provider service control method capable of providing various personal computer communication functions provided by a conventional service system without disrupting the information provider protocol provided by a communication processing system.

That is, an information provider that supports the information provider protocol, which is a communication protocol between the user and the information provider, provides the information provided by the information provider to the user according to the information provider protocol, and can service various inputs of the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a service control method.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for controlling an information provider service applied to an information providing device, and before the service access primitive is received, the information providing device transmits an initial screen indicating that the service has been started. Transitioning to a standby state to receive a service connection primitive from a communication processing system; After analyzing the service provider primitive transmitted from the communication processing system according to the information provider protocol or the information provider connection or product code connection, the information provider service control table is used to load the information provider service control table. A second step of constructing a service providing menu by classifying or distinguishing whether a service is provided by an information provider; And a third step of transitioning to a user input standby state after outputting an information data screen according to the information provider protocol, wherein the information provider service control table includes a menu which is a destination of a menu go command. Name (MenuName); A menu identifier (MenuId) which is a unique number of the menu of the service; A service type defining a type of a service provided; A menu item number (MenuItemNumber) indicating the number of items (ITEM) of a service menu to be provided; A directory for specifying a menu or home directory of a provided service or a command for performing a service command; A Menuselector for specifying a number selector selectable from the service menu; Privilege, which is a field for guaranteeing security of a user; A parent menu identifier (ParrentMenuId) that designates a parent menu of the current service; A counter start address (CounterStartAddress), which is a coordinate value of a column indicating the total number of data and the latest data in the menu file; A product code (ItemCode) defining a product code of a provided service; A charge type (ChargeType) defining a charge type of a provided service; A charging unit (ChargeAmount) that defines the charging unit of the service provided; Option which is a command option value; And a comment indicating a description of the provided service control record.

The present invention provides a service control table in a service program and assigns a unique role to the service table, thereby supporting the information provider protocol, providing menu screens and information data for the service provider, and providing various information providers to the communication processing system. Protocol primitives can be processed.

According to this method, since service control is automatically performed by inputting various parameters using only the service code corresponding to the information provider service, the service function can be improved or the menu can be changed without reconfiguring the program.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment according to the present invention;

1 is a block diagram of a communication processing system to which the present invention is applied and shows how the communication processing system 5 is located between the information provider 10 and the user 1 in the public communication networks 4 and 9.

From the perspective of the user 1 using the service, the communication processing system 5 connects the user terminals 2 and 3 of the subscriber network 4 and the information provider 10 of the public data communication network 9 to perform information communication. It acts as a gateway system to provide services.

Here, the subscriber network is based on a general public telephone network (4), the user terminal (2, 3) is for a variety of terminals capable of transmitting and receiving information, the connection function for the various terminals in the communication processing system (5) Providing.

In order for the information user 1 to freely use the information of the information provider 10 through the communication processing system 5, an information provider (IP) providing the information is faster than the public data communication network (9). It is connected to the communication processing system 5 through, and a guidance broadcasting system (GDS: Guidance System) 6 for service guidance is connected. The information provider 10 using the information provider (IP) protocol of the communication processing system 5 has an application that satisfies the information provider protocol between the protocol type information provider 10 and the subscriber access device (ISAP) 8. It should be implemented in the protocol type information provider (10).

At this time, the information on the information provider (IP) such as product code for supporting the information provider (IP) protocol is registered in the announcement system (GDS) (6), for the information provider registered in the announcement system (6) When the service use request is generated by the user 1, the information provider 10 requests authentication for service use through the subscriber access device (ISAP) (8).

2 is an operation procedure diagram of a communication processing system and an information provider (IP) protocol. A network operator operating a communication processing system manages a user on behalf of an information provider and provides a user with an information service fee. It shows the operation procedure relationship of the information provider (IP) protocol.

At present, domestic communication service does not accept protocol for information collection agency, but in communication processing system 5 for this function, P1 ~ P4 (28,29, ⓑ) for protocol interconnection between each system component. , Ⓒ) four types of protocols are defined, and the subscriber management function, detailed billing information generation function, and information charge processing function are implemented using this.

The four types of protocols are the P1 protocol 28 between the subscriber access unit (ISAP) 21 and the information provider (IP) 22, and the P2 protocol 29 between the subscriber access unit 21 and the announcement system 23. P3 protocol ⓒ between subscriber access unit 21 and operation and maintenance unit (OAM / AM) 27 P4 protocol ⓑ between subscriber access unit 21 and operation and maintenance unit (OAM / AM) 27 Consists of

3 is a structural diagram of an information provider (IP) service to which the present invention is applied and shows a configuration form of an information provider protocol service.

As shown in the figure, a user's input is input via an information provider protocol manager 35 and a user interface 34 which extract an information provider protocol via an interface 36 with a public communication network 37 for service provision. And a service control unit 32 and a data control unit 33 for processing. Various tables 3a, 3b and 3c for processing the service and data are defined, and these tables call the service control data 3d, and the various information 38 connected thereto is output to the user's terminal. Before being output to the user's terminal, the protocol converter of the information provider protocol manager 35 goes through, and the service manager 31 manages the information provider protocol service system itself. At this time, various data 3e related to service provision are generated and stored in various logs through a log process of the log manager 39.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an information provider service according to the present invention.

When the service is started (41), after initializing the service control table used by the service manager for processing the environment variables and services required by each user (42), the information user at the information provider side before receiving the service access primitive In operation 43, an initial screen indicating that the service is started is output. When it is ready to start the next service, it is waiting to receive the service connection primitive from the communication processing system (44) and the service connection primitive transmitted from the communication processing system according to the information provider protocol is connected to the information provider connection. After the service control table is loaded by analyzing whether the product code is accessed or not, the service provider provides a service provider menu by using the service control table or by distinguishing whether the service provider can provide the service (45 to 4d). To this end, data to be outputted after performing the movement command processing 47, the termination command processing 48, the additional function processing 49, the information retrieval 4a, the information input 4b, and the help providing 4c are performed. Assemble to provider protocol (4d). After the configured data screen is output (4e), the state transitions back to the user input standby state (44). At this time, from (45) to (4d) to use the service control table of Figure 5 to be described later for processing the data, command analysis and the like.

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of an information provider (IP) service control table according to the present invention. The service control table of FIG. 3 is used by the service manager 31 of FIG. 3 to implement and service an information provider protocol. Structure.

The MenuName 51 serves as a destination of a Go Command, and is displayed at the top of the menu screen. The menu identifier (MenuId) 52 is a unique number of the corresponding menu of the service, which is given by a separate numbering scheme, and has a unique scheme for improving service efficiency. That is, the menu identifier 52 is composed of 8 bytes and named b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8 according to the order of the configuration of the byte, and the upper two bytes (b1, b2) are information providers. The next two bytes (b3, b4) are used to separate the menus within the product, and the next two bytes (b5, b6) are used to expand the menu of the product. The lowest two bytes (b7, b8) have the property of being used as a product selection code on a menu screen, and only the next two bytes of the current menu identifier are used for classification when moving a menu or selecting a product. Determine whether the provider has a product code.

The service type 53 defines the type of service provided. According to this value, the purpose of the following two table values is different. If this value is M, it indicates that the directory 55 is a directory for service configuration, and the menu item number 54 indicates the number of items of the menu item. When this value is non-B, the directory 55 represents a directory for providing one BBS type service. At this time, the menu item number (MenuItemNumber) 54 is not used. In addition, when this value is P, the directory 55 indicates a directory for providing a single PDS type service. At this time, the menu item number (MenuItemNumber) 54 is not used. If this value is C, it indicates that Directory 55 is a Service Call Command for providing special services, so MenuItemNumber 54 is an option for the above command. The number of option parameters is indicated, and option fields _1 (OptionField_1) 63 to option fields _4 (OptionField_4) 64, 65 and 66 are used as options of the above command. If this value is a jet Z, the directory 55 is used as the jump code for the service jump.

The menu item number (MenuItemNumber) 54 indicates the number of items (ITEM) of the service menu to be provided.

The directory 55 includes a menu of a provided service or a command for designating a home directory of a PDS or BBS type service or performing a service command. In the case of a jump command, it has a menu identifier (MenuId) of a control record to be jumped.

Menu selector 56 specifies a number selector that can be selected from the service menu. The format used at this time is n [, m [, N-M]].

Here, the menu item number 54 and the menu selector 56 are used as valid values when the value of the service type 53 is ratio (B) or blood (P). If the value is ratio (B) or blood (P), the menu item number 54 indicates the number of detail information that can be selected among the current products, and the menu selector 56 selects an item on the menu screen provided to the user at this time. To be used as a ruler.

Privilege 57 is a field to guarantee the security of the user, and parent menu identifier 58 is a parent menu identifier of the current service. This is useful at the end of.

The counter start address 59 is a coordinate value in units of X and Y bytes of a column indicating the total number of data and the latest number of data in the menu file.

The item code (ItemCode) 60 defines the product code of the service provided. That is, the commodity code 60 is composed of 10 bytes and is named b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8, b9 according to the order of configuration of the byte, and the upper five bytes (b0, b1, b2, b3, b4) is used as a delimiter to distinguish information providers, and the lower 5 bytes (b5, b6, b7, b8, b9) are used as delimiters to distinguish service products. If there is no commodity code 60, it is a method of determining which commodity is to be put in, characterized in that it compares only the upper two bytes of the menu identifier 52 and classifies the commodity with the upper two bytes of the commodity number. In addition, this product code is used to provide separate services to the information user and to charge a fee for each product code.

ChargeType 61 defines the charge type of the service provided, and ChargeAmount 62 defines the charge unit of the service provided.

Option (63), 64, 65, 66 is used as the value of the command option required when executing the service call command when the service type (C) is C. . At this time, when the value of the field is a question mark (?), The value input by the user is used as an option value by using the value of the next reserved field (Reserved_field) as a prompt for the user.

Finally, the comment 67 may describe a service control record provided by the information provider (IP).

Herein, the identifier of the information provider service menu is fixed to 8 bytes, and all other fields are variable to increase flexibility.

The present invention as described above, by using only the corresponding service code at the start of the information provider service, by inputting various parameters to automatically perform the service control, the service function can be improved or the menu can be changed without reconfiguration of the program There is.

Claims (6)

An information provider service control method applied to an information providing apparatus, wherein the information providing apparatus sends an initial screen indicating that the service is started to the information user before receiving a service connection primitive, and accesses a service from a communication processing system. Transitioning to a standby state to receive a dragon primitive; After analyzing the service provider primitive transmitted from the communication processing system according to the information provider protocol or the information provider connection or product code connection, the information provider service control table is used to load the information provider service control table. A second step of constructing a service providing menu by classifying or distinguishing whether a service is provided by an information provider; And a third step of transitioning to a user input standby state after outputting an information data screen according to the information provider protocol, wherein the information provider service control table includes a menu which is a destination of a menu go command. Name (MenuName); A menu identifier (MenuId) which is a unique number of the menu of the service; A service type defining a type of a service provided; A menu item number (MenuItemNumber) indicating the number of items (ITEM) of a service menu to be provided; A directory for specifying a menu or home directory of a provided service or a command for performing a service command; A Menuselector for specifying a number selector selectable from the service menu; Privilege, which is a field for guaranteeing security of a user; A parent menu identifier (ParrentMenuId) that designates a parent menu of the current service; A counter start address (CounterStartAddress), which is a coordinate value of a column indicating the total number of data and the latest data in the menu file; A product code (ItemCode) defining a product code of a provided service; A charge type (ChargeType) defining a charge type of a provided service; A charging unit (ChargeAmount) that defines the charging unit of the service provided; Option which is a command option value; And a comment indicating a description of a service control record provided. The method of claim 1, wherein the service type (ServiceType) indicates that when the service type value is M, the directory is a directory for service configuration, and the menu item number MenuItemNumber is a menu item. ITEM) number, and if the service type value is non- (B), it indicates that the directory is a directory for providing one BBS type service and does not use a menu item number (MenuItemNumber). If the service type value is P, this indicates that the directory is a directory for providing a PDS type service, and a menu item number (MenuItemNumber) is not used. If the value is C, it indicates that the directory is a service call command for providing a special service. Number) indicates the number of option parameters of the service call command, option fields are used as options of the service call command, and the service type value is jet Z. In the case of the information provider service control method, characterized in that the directory (Directory) is configured to be used as a jump code (Zump Code) for the service (Zump). The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the option is a value of a command option required when performing a service call command when the service type (C) is C. When the value of the field is a question mark (?), The information provider service control method characterized by using the value of the next reserved field (Reserved_field) as a prompt for the user. The method according to claim 1, wherein the menu identifier is composed of 8 bytes, and the upper two bytes (b1, b2) are used as delimiters for distinguishing the service providers of the information provider according to the order of construction of the bytes. b3, b4) is used to classify the menus within the product, the next two bytes (b5, b6) are used to expand the menu of the product, and the lowest two bytes (b7, b8) are used to select the product on the menu screen. An information provider service control method, characterized in that it is used as a code, and configured to use only the next two bytes of the current menu identifier for classification when moving a menu or selecting a product, and to determine whether the information provider has a product code. The product code of claim 1 or 4, wherein the commodity code is composed of 10 bytes, and the upper five bytes (b0, b1, b2, b3, b4) are used as a delimiter for distinguishing information providers according to the order of constructing the bytes. The lower 5 bytes (b5, b6, b7, b8, b9) are used as delimiters for distinguishing service products. When the product code does not exist in the information provider service control table, only the upper 2 bytes of the menu identifier are compared. The information provider service control method characterized in that the product number of the upper two bytes are classified as a matching product, using the product code to provide a separate service to the information user, and to charge the usage fee for each product code. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the menu item number and the menu selector are used as valid values when the value of the service type is non-B or P, and the value of the service type. In the case of the ratio (B) or blood (P), the menu item number indicates the number of detailed information that can be selected from the current product, and the menu selector is used as an item selector on the menu screen provided to the user. How to control an informant service.