KR100845603B1 - Apparatus and method for providing request information using message service of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing request information using a message service in a mobile communication network that enables a user to perform information retrieval by two-way communication with a communication network using an SMS message. ,

The present invention for achieving the above object is a server side corresponding to the access number when the mobile terminal user transmits an SMS having a designated access number, request information, and received message form for server access for information provision Is configured to search for user request information in the form of a received message requested by the user and transmit the same to a user mobile communication terminal so that the user can be provided with a search service for various information using an SMS message. do.

Description

An apparatus for answering client requesting information using messaging service of the mobile communication terminal and the method

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system including a request information providing apparatus using a message service of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an interface screen of a mobile communication terminal for generating a request information SMS message;

3 is a detailed block diagram of the request analysis server of FIG. 1;

4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of stored data stored in the content information DB of FIG. 1;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a request information providing method using a message service of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

Description of the main symbols in the drawings

10: mobile communication terminal

20: request analysis server

21: analysis unit 22: search unit

23: User DB Management Department

30: Content DB

31: Stock Information DB 32: Price Information DB

33: Traffic information DB 34: Government information DB

40: User Information DB

50: message server

51: MMS generation unit 52: Push SMS generation unit

53: E-mail generator

100: network

110: SMS receiving server

120: Mobile Originated (MO) service server

130: sms / sms originating server

140: swap server

The present invention relates to the provision of information in a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to retrieve information requested by a mobile terminal user using SMS in a mobile communication network, and then move the information request user by a message service. An apparatus and method for providing request information using a message service in a mobile communication network which can be provided to a communication terminal.

Text messages (SMS messages) enable message communication between mobile communication terminals such as GSM (Grobal System for Mobile communication), CDMA, PCS, etc., or accumulate messages from fixed networks into processing devices within mobile networks and then digitally The service converts the message and transmits it to the mobile terminal.

The text message described above has a limitation in that it is a one-way communication service that allows the sender to unilaterally receive and output the sender.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, when the mobile communication terminal user transmits an SMS having an access number, request information, and a received message type designated for accessing a server for providing information, Apparatus and method for providing request information using a message service in a mobile communication network for retrieving user request information from a server corresponding to an access number and transmitting the received request message to a user mobile communication terminal. Its purpose is to provide.

The request information providing apparatus using the message service of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object, the access number input window 11, the request information input window 12, the received message type input window 13 Request information sms (SMS) message output function for outputting the interface screen with a request information SM having a specific access number (eg, # 7114) allocated for providing information request service and request information and reception type A mobile communication terminal for generating and outputting an SMS message; A mobile originated (MO) service server for transmitting the request information to the request analysis server for providing a service to which the sender is subscribed by identifying the caller's subscription service of the request information SMS message of the mobile communication terminal; After parsing the request information of the sender transmitted from the Mobile Originated (MO) service server, the database is searched to search for and output search information corresponding to the request information, and the user information included in the request information is updated. A request analysis server for managing a user DB according to the request; A content DB for storing search target information of the request information; A content collection server which searches for and collects another server configured in the communication network and stores and stores the data stored in the content DB and updates the registered content in the content DB; A user DB for storing the user information; And a message server converting the search information output from the request analysis server into a message having a sender as a receiver and outputting the message to an SMS / MMS originating server of a communication network.

The message server includes: an MMS generating unit for generating and outputting search data received from the request analysis server as an MMS message; A push sms generation unit configured to generate and output a push sms message for accessing the corresponding baffle server when the search data received from the request analysis server is URL information; And an e-mail generator for transmitting the search data received from the request analysis server to an e-mail.

The request information includes a user search information including stock information, traffic information, price information, store information, and public office information, and a user DB update and management for user DB including service registration / cancellation and SMS reception agreement / cancellation. And at least one of keyword information.

Method for providing request information using a message service of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object, the request information SMS message information service subscriber has the function of generating the request information SMS message (SMS) A request information SMS message transmission process of generating and transmitting a request information SMS message having access number, request information, and received message type information using a mobile communication terminal; Request information SMS message information providing service Receive request information SMS message for receiving request information SMS message including user information, request information, and received message type information from a mobile communication terminal of a subscriber Process; Analyzing the request information SMS message which extracts user information, request information and received message form by analyzing the received request information SMS message by the request analysis server receiving the request information SMS message. Process; A request information analysis process of analyzing the request information to determine whether the request information includes a specific keyword for user DB management; A user DB management process of updating a user DB when the analysis result of the request information analysis process includes the specific keyword; Generating search data by extracting the request information from the content data and outputting the search data to the message server together with the received message type information; The search data output in the process of generating the search data is generated according to the received message type information, SMS, MMS, and PUSH SMS messages, and transmitted, or e-mail. Generating and transmitting a message; And a message output process of outputting the message by the mobile communication terminal receiving the message transmitted by the message transmission process.

The search data is a guide page for content corresponding to the request information of the user.

The search data may be price information of the product and store information of the product when the request information is product information.

In the message transmission process, when the search data is URL information of a swap server having content information corresponding to the request information of the user, a push SMS message for connecting to a swap server having the URL information is transmitted. Characterized in that the process.

In the message transmission process, when the search data is URL information of a swap server having content information corresponding to the request information of the user, the message is transmitted to a swap server having the URL information, and then the request information related data is downloaded. It is characterized in that the process of transmitting a push SMS (PUSH SMS) message.

The present invention as described above is characterized in that the content collection server further comprises a content DB update process of registering and storing the data collected through the communication network to the content DB.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system including an apparatus for providing request information using a message service in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus for providing request information using a message service in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a request with a specific access number (eg, # 7114) allocated to provide an information providing request service. The mobile communication terminal 10 having a request information SMS message generating function having information and a reception type, and a specific number after receiving the request information SMS message of the mobile communication terminal An SMS receiving server 110 for transmitting to a Mobile Originated (MO) service server 120 which provides a number corresponding Mobile Originated (MO) service; Request information sent from the SMS receiving server 110 After receiving the SMS message, the sender's subscription service is identified, and the request information is sent to the request analysis server 20 providing the subscribed service. A mobile originated (MO) service server 120 for transmitting the MO; A request analysis server 20 for parsing the request information of the sender transmitted from the mobile originated service server 120 and searching a database to output search information corresponding to the request information; A content DB 30 for storing search target information of the request information; A user DB 40 for storing user information; And a message server 50 for converting the search information output from the request analysis server 20 into a message for the sender as a receiver and outputting the message to the SMS / MMS sender server of the communication network. In addition, the present invention retrieves and collects the server data configured in the communication network 100, collects the stored data of the content DB 30 and updates the content DB 30 to perform content DB 30 update and management functions, such as It may be configured to further include a collection server (60).

Referring to the configuration of the present invention described above in more detail as follows.

In the above-described configuration, the SMS receiving server 110, the MOS service server 120, and the SMS / MMS originating server 130 are communication networks as one configuration of the communication network 100. (100). The communication network 100 includes a mobile communication network, an internet network, a PSTN network, and the like. In addition, the request analysis server 20 may generate and output URL information for searching for user request information. In this case, the communication network 100 uses the received URL information of the mobile terminal 10. It can be configured to further include a WAP (WAP) server 140 is connected to retrieve the corresponding information through.

The mobile communication terminal 10 has a function of generating request information SMS message. That is, the mobile communication terminal 10 has a request information generation function for requesting a search for information desired by a user to the request analysis server 20 in addition to the general SMS and MMS message transmission and reception functions. . The above-described request information SMS message generation function may designate a specific number indicating that the transmitted SMS message is for an information search request, request information for requesting information search request, and a reception type for the request information. If the user designates all of them, it is configured to packetize it as an SMS type message and transmit it through a communication network.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an interface screen for creating a request information SMS message configured in the mobile communication terminal 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 10 outputs an interface screen 10 'for creating a request information SMS message, so that a user can create a request information SMS message. To this end, the interface screen 10 ′ for creating a request information SMS message includes an access number input window 11, a request information input window 12, and a received message type input window 13. At this time, the request information may input user necessary information such as stock information, transportation information, price information on products, store information, and government office information. In addition, the request information may input a specific keyword for updating and managing the user DB 40, such as service registration / cancellation of the user and consent / cancellation of SMS reception. At this time, the specific keyword is specified by the request analysis server 20.

The received message may be set to SMS, MMS, push SMS, e-mail, or the like.

The information entered in the access number input window 11, the request information input window 12, and the received message type input window 13 is converted into an SMS message format and converted into an SMS message of a mobile communication network. Via the originating server 110 is transmitted to the (MO) service server 120.

Next, the MO (Mobile Originated) service server 120 is configured such that the mobile communication terminal 10 can receive an additional service by transmitting a text message (SMS message) through the communication network 100 in the mobile communication terminal. After receiving the request information SMS message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 10, the access number is checked, the request analysis server 20 having the access number is searched, and the search request analysis server 20 is searched. Redirecting the request information SMS message to the M. To this end, the MO service server 120 performs service registration authentication and member authentication, and each request analysis server 20 for M.O. service. ) It stores information, CP information, etc. as a database, and collects and charges statistical data.

Next, the request analysis server 20, the content DB 30 and the user DB 40 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the fairy analysis server 20 of FIG. 1. The request analysis server 20 as shown in FIG. 3 performs parsing to analyze data of request information. A parsor 21, a retrieval unit 22 for retrieving the request information parsed by the analyzer 21 from the content DB 30, and an update of the user DB 40 in response to specific keyword information. And a user DB manager 23 for performing management to search the content DB 30 for request information corresponding information transmitted by the user, and then to retrieve the data and the received message type information desired by the user. Will output The request analysis server 20 updates and manages the user DB 40 such as service registration / cancellation and SMS reception agreement / cancellation when a specific keyword is included in the request information SMS message.

Next, the content DB 30 is a database for storing request information target search data, and the user DB 40 is a database for storing user information.

The content DB 30 stores all information such as stock information, traffic information, product information, store information, government office information, music, art, books, and the like. 4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the content DB 40 of FIG. 1 and includes a stock information DB 51, a product information DB 32, a traffic information DB 33, a government office information DB 34, and the like. It can be seen that the configuration. Data stored in the content DB 30 may be registered and updated by an administrator or may be registered and updated by a content collection server 60 equipped with a search engine.

The user DB 40 stores personal identification information such as a user's name, address, mobile communication terminal number, authentication information, address, and related field information of the user.

Next, the message server 20 receives the request information target search data and the received message type information from the request analysis server 20, converts the search data into the corresponding received message, and then applies the SM / MS of the communication network 100. (SMS / MMS) Send to the sending server 130. In this case, the received message may be in the form of SMS, SMS, or PUSH SMS as described in the description of the mobile communication terminal 10. Accordingly, the message server 20 generates each message and transmits each message, as shown in FIG. 1, an SMS generator 51, an SMS generator 52, and a push SMS. ) A generation unit 53 and an e-mail generation unit 54.

An apparatus for providing request information using a message service of a mobile communication terminal having the above-described configuration enables a user to perform a bidirectional search service for desired information from a communication network by using an SMS message, and FIG. A flowchart illustrating a process of providing a request information providing method using a message service in a mobile communication network is shown.

Hereinafter, the processing of the request information providing method using the message service of the mobile communication terminal will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

For the request information providing service using the message service of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, first, the user performs a user registration procedure for receiving the service of the request analysis server 20 through the (MO) service server 120 do. At this time, the user registers user information such as his / her personal identification information, information necessary for authentication, and interest field information.

Thereafter, the user uses the interface screen 10 'for generating the request information SMS message as shown in FIG. 2 to access the request analysis server 20, the search target request information, and the received message. After generating the request information SMS message by inputting the form information, it is transmitted to the MO service server 120 through the SMS receiving server 110 of the communication network 100 ( S1).

The mobile originated (MO) service server 120 receiving the request information SMS message by the S1 process checks the access number of the request information SMS message and requests analysis server having the corresponding access number. Search 20 and redirect the request information SMS message to the retrieved request analysis server 20. In addition, the MO service server 120 performs service registration authentication and membership authentication, and stores each request analysis server 20 information, CP information, etc. for the MOH service as a database, and collects and charges statistical data. Performing is as described above (S2).

The request analysis server 20, which has received the request information by the process S2, analyzes the received request information SMS message and extracts user information, request information, and a received message form (S3).

When authentication is performed by authenticating a user using the user information and the user information stored in the user DB 40, it is determined whether the request information includes a specific keyword for updating the user DB (S4).

As a result of the determination in step S4, if a specific keyword for updating the user DB is included, the user DB update is performed after the user DB update is performed (S5).

Next, when the determination result of the process S4 does not include a specific keyword or after the process S5 is finished, it is determined whether the request information to be searched exists (S6).

As a result of the determination in step S6, if the request information does not exist, the process is terminated. If the request information exists, the request information is retrieved from the content DB 30, and the user extracts the request information related data (search data). The desired received message type information is transmitted to the message server 50. In this case, the extracted search data may be an image, a video, a music, a text file, or the like as the request information-related content data, and additionally, may be URL information having data corresponding to the request information (S7).

The message server 50 receiving the data retrieved from the request analysis server 20 and the user's received message type information by the process S7 is based on the received message type information designated by the user (SMS), MMS. (MMS) and generates a message in the form of PUSH MMS (PUSH MMS) and transmits to the SMS / MMS (SMS / MMS) origination server 140 of the communication network 100 to the user's mobile communication terminal (10) send. In this case, when the search information related to the request information to be transmitted to the user's mobile terminal is URL information, the message server 50 immediately goes to the swap server 140 having the corresponding URL information when the user's mobile terminal outputs the received message. A PUSH SMS message is generated and transmitted to be connected (S8).

The message transmitted by the message server 50 by the S8 process is received and output by the user's mobile communication terminal 10 so that the user can check the request information. At this time, if the message transmitted from the message server 50 is a Push SMS message having a URL information (PUSH SMS) message, the user's mobile communication terminal 10 at the point of confirming the message (WAP) having the corresponding URL information The server 140 may be connected to search for desired information (S9).

The present invention described above provides an effect of remarkably improving the information retrieval ability of a moving user by allowing a user to search for information by accessing a server that analyzes, retrieves and provides content information using an SMS message. do.

Claims (6)

Request for information provision with a request information SMS message generating function for outputting an interface screen including an access number input window 11, a request information input window 12, and a received message type input window 13; A mobile communication terminal for generating and outputting a request information SMS message having a specific access number (eg, # 7114) allocated to provide a service, request information, and a reception type; A mobile originated (MO) service server for transmitting the request information to the request analysis server for providing a service to which the sender is subscribed by identifying the caller's subscription service of the request information SMS message of the mobile communication terminal; After parsing the request information of the sender transmitted from the Mobile Originated (MO) service server, the database is searched to search for and output search information corresponding to the request information, and the user information included in the request information is updated. A request analysis server for managing a user DB according to the request; A content DB for storing search target information of the request information; A content collection server which searches for and collects another server configured in the communication network and stores and stores the data stored in the content DB and updates the registered content in the content DB; A user DB for storing the user information; The search information output from the request analysis server is converted into a message of a sender as a receiver and output to an SMS / MMS sending server of the communication network, and the search data received from the request analysis server MMS (MMS) generating unit for generating and outputting the MMS message: and generates a push SMS message to connect to the URL corresponding swap server when the search data received from the request analysis server is URL information A push server for outputting; and a message server including: an e-mail generating unit for transmitting the search data received from the request analysis server to an e-mail. Apparatus for providing request information using a message service of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the configuration. The method of claim 1, wherein the request information includes user search information including stock information, traffic information, product price information, store information, and government office information, and user DB including service registration / cancellation and SMS reception agreement / cancellation. And requesting at least one of specific keyword information for management using a message service of a mobile communication terminal. Request information SMS service information providing service subscribers request information SMS having access number, request information and received message type information using a mobile communication terminal having the request information SMS message generating function. Transmitting a request information SMS message to generate and transmit a message; Request information SMS message information providing service Request information SMS message for receiving request information SMS message including user information, request information, and received message type information from a mobile terminal of a subscriber. Receiving process; Analyzing the request information SMS message which extracts user information, request information and received message form by analyzing the received request information SMS message by the request analysis server receiving the request information SMS message. Process; A request information analysis process of analyzing the request information to determine whether the request information includes a specific keyword for user DB management; A user DB management process of updating a user DB when the analysis result of the request information analysis process includes the specific keyword; Generating search data by extracting the request information from the content data and outputting the search data to the message server together with the received message type information; The search data output in the process of generating the search data is generated according to the received message type information, SMS, MMS, and PUSH SMS messages, and transmitted, or e-mail. Generating and transmitting a message; And a message output process of outputting the message by the mobile communication terminal receiving the message transmitted by the message transmission process. The method of claim 3, wherein the search data is a guide page for content corresponding to the request information of the user, and when the request information is product information, the search data is price information of the product and store information of the product. Method for providing request information using a message service of a mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 3, wherein the message transmission process, if the search data is URL information of a swap server having content information corresponding to the request information of the user, the request information related data after connecting to the swap server having the URL information Method for providing request information using a message service of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the process of transmitting a push SMS (PUSH SMS) message to download. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the content collecting server further comprises a content DB updating process of registering and storing the data collected through the communication network in the content DB. How to Provide Information.

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