KR101085161B1 - Electronic name transmission / reception method using short message of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting / receiving an electronic card using a short message of a mobile communication terminal, which enables an electronic card to be transmitted / received using a short message (SMS) between all terminals. In the electronic business card transmission method, a short message transmission menu is additionally provided, and when the electronic business card sending menu is selected, information can be input in the order specified in the electronic business card format. If the output format is output, and the information input is completed after the input format is transmitted, the 'electronic business card' information other than the input format further includes information indicating 'business card', and is transmitted in a short message format. Analyzing the contents and searching for a description (word, delimiter) that can be recognized as a business card; Determining that the message is an electronic business card when the content of the short message includes an explanation (word, delimiter) indicating that the business card is 'business card'; When the received message is determined to be a 'electronic business card' message, it may be achieved by including the step of separating each information field of the message content in each field of the telephone directory database corresponding thereto.

Description

Electronic business card transmission / reception method using short message of mobile communication terminal {ONLINE BUSINESS CARD TRANSMISSION AND RECEIVE METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION USING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE}

1 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a 'electronic business card' transmission method according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view for explaining a 'electronic business card' receiving method according to the present invention.

3 is a flow chart showing an algorithm for receiving a 'business card' short message according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting / receiving an electronic card using a short message of a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting / receiving an electronic card using a short message (SMS) between all terminals regardless of a model. The present invention relates to an electronic business card transmission / reception method using a short message.

Recently, as the performance of the mobile communication terminal is improved and various additional functions are provided, various additional services that can use the additional functions in addition to the original call function are being developed. Electronic business card is one of such technologies, and some terminals currently include a function for transmitting and receiving electronic business cards.                         

On the other hand, the conventional paper business card does not immediately reflect the latest (changed) information of the individual, has the disadvantage that you must always have a business card, and also the business card management (search, correction, etc.) was not easy.

Therefore, various technologies related to electronic business cards using mobile communication terminals have been proposed. Since the existing technologies transmit and receive electronic business cards through short-range wireless communication through infrared ports or Bluetooth, additional hardware devices are required for the terminals. Exchange with a mobile phone terminal that does not include a device was not possible.

On the other hand, when you want to inform the electronic business card information to a remote terminal, the contents are called by voice or the electronic business card information is created and sent to the terminal in the SMS (Short Message Service) transmission mode, the user of the terminal receives the SMS Looking at the electronic business card information received through, I had to re-enter in the electronic business card information input mode of his terminal again.

In other words, the conventional SMS used as the electronic card information transmission means is only to rewrite the electronic card information in a short message and send it, it may be useful for the transmission of one or two simple information on the business card, In case of sending / receiving, the user has to change the format of SMS or e-business card directly, which is very inconvenient for both sender and receiver.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the recently developed terminal allows direct transmission / reception in the form of electronic business card, but there is a restriction that only the terminals supporting the function can exchange business cards. Only the terminals of the company can transmit / receive, and cannot be transmitted to the terminals of other manufacturers, and there is a problem in that the developer must separately configure the UI and rebuild the database.

Accordingly, the present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and a short message of a mobile communication terminal that enables the transmission and reception of an electronic card using a short message (SMS) between all terminals regardless of the model. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for transmitting / receiving electronic business cards.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for transmitting an electronic card using a short message, further comprising a 'send electronic card' menu in a short message transmission menu, and selecting the 'send electronic card' menu. If it is outputted, an input format for inputting information in the order specified in the electronic business card format is outputted, and after the information input is completed in the input format, the electronic business card information other than the input format is referred to as 'business card'. Transmitting the information in a short message format, and analyzing the contents of the short message to search for a description (word, delimiter) that can be recognized as a business card; Determining that the message is an electronic business card when the content of the short message includes an explanation (word, delimiter) indicating that the business card is 'business card'; If it is determined that the received message is a 'electronic business card' message, it is characterized in that it comprises a step of storing each information field of the contents of the message in each field of the phone book database corresponding thereto.

The present invention is to enable the transmission of the electronic business card by using the SMS function that can be implemented in all terminals without using a separate protocol format or database. There are possible features.

However, for the present invention, if the order of the electronic business card information field to be transmitted in SMS format is determined through consultation between the operators, and the information is entered and transmitted according to the order, the receiving side calls the information according to the order. It is stored in the database of books.

To this end, the short message transmission menu has a 'send electronic card' menu in addition to the existing menus such as 'send new sentence', 'send archive', 'send emoticon', 'call', and 'outbox management'. In addition, if the 'send electronic business card' menu is selected, the input format (skin) is outputted so that information can be entered in the order negotiated between the operators. In this case, the input format may be arbitrarily configured including a graphic according to the operator, but the order should be able to be entered in a negotiated order, and the receiving side inputs information indicating 'electronic business card' to the highest information field. It can be distinguished from a general short message.

In this case, the information indicating that the 'electronic card' is to write a special symbol or a simple description (for example, <business card>) to be analyzed by the receiving side.

Accordingly, the terminal receiving the 'electronic business card' SMS distinguishes it from a general short message (SMS) and stores the received contents (item of business card) directly into a database of the phone book. Thus, the information that can be entered in the 'electronic card' is equal to or less than the field (name, phone number, e-mail, address, avatar, picture, etc.) that can be entered in the database of the 'phone book'.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an exemplary view for explaining the 'electronic business card' transmission method according to the present invention, after selecting the 'send a business card' menu of the 'send short message' menu, 'electronic business card' for friends and 'electronic business card for customers' 'To be transmitted separately.

The distinction between friends and accounts is used to control the information fields included in it, and information fields that do not need to be entered are excluded from the input form at all. However, since there is a predetermined order internally, 'blank' is automatically inserted and transmitted.

For example, in the 'business card' format for a friend, a name, a phone number, an e-mail, an avatar, etc. can be input. In the 'business card' format for a business account, a name, a phone number, an address, an e-mail, a photo, etc. It allows you to enter and automatically inserts a 'blank' in an information field that is not in the format.

On the other hand, as described above, the 'electronic business card' format can be configured in various ways for each operator, but the data actually transmitted is only SMS (or LMS: Long Message Service) data input by the user as shown in FIG. Is sent to.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view for explaining a 'electronic business card' receiving method according to the present invention, the content of the received short message includes the same content as the short message content of the 'electronic business card' transmitted in FIG.

Its contents, however, include an explanation (<business card>) indicating that this short message is a 'electronic business card' short message. Therefore, the short message receiving algorithm analyzes whether the received short message includes a delimiter (or description) indicating 'electronic card', and when such a delimiter is included, separates information of each field in a general short message processing process. And storing the data in the phone book database.

In other words, in the present invention, a short message (SMS, LMS) processing algorithm is changed, and when a short message is received, the content is analyzed to find a description (word, delimiter) that can be known as 'business card', and indicates 'business card'. If there is no description (word, delimiter), it is stored in the short message inbox as in the normal short message processing process, but if there is a description (word, delimiter) indicating 'business card', each information field of the message content is separated. And store it in the database of the corresponding phone book.

Since each of the information fields can be distinguished by the order already negotiated, the corresponding telephone book database can be known by referring to the order.

Therefore, in FIG. 2 (a), since the message content includes a description (<business card>) indicating that the name is' business card ', each information is represented by' name ',' phone number ',' 'Mail', which is stored in each database.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an algorithm for receiving a 'business card' short message according to the present invention. First, when a short message is received, the content is analyzed to find a description (word, delimiter) that can be known as a 'business card'.

If there is no explanation (word, delimiter) indicating 'business card', the content of the message is displayed on the screen and stored in the short message inbox in the same manner as the general short message processing process.

However, if there is a description (word, delimiter) indicating that it is a business card, each information field of the message content is classified and stored in a database corresponding to the telephone directory.

As described above, the electronic card transmitting / receiving method using the short message of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention has the effect of transmitting / receiving the electronic card using the short message (SMS) between all terminals regardless of the model. have.

Claims (5)

Displaying a plurality of menu items including an e-mail sending menu when a short message sending menu is selected by a user; Displaying an electronic business card input format for inputting business card information when the electronic business card sending menu is selected among the menu items; If a transmission is selected after the business card information is input in the displayed electronic business card input format, transmitting a short message including the input electronic business card information to the counterpart user; The electronic business card input format An upper information field for inputting a delimiter indicating an electronic business card; It contains sub information field for entering business card information. Upon receiving the short message, the counterpart user side terminal separates the business card information included in the information fields below the short message when the short message includes the electronic name, and then, in each field of the telephone directory database. Electronic card transmission method using a short message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for storing. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicating the electronic business card is A method for transmitting an electronic card using a short message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized by including a special word or a simple word such as a business card. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic business card sending menu Including friend's and business card, The friend's electronic business card and the customer's business card, the information field is different from each other, the non-input information field is a digital message transmission method using a short message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the blank is automatically inserted and transmitted. The method of claim 1, wherein the lower information field is An information field that can be entered in a database of a telephone book, the method comprising: a name, a telephone number, an e-mail, an address, an avatar, and a picture. Receiving a short message; Determining whether the message is a general message or an electronic business card message based on a delimiter included in an upper information field of the received short message; Storing the message in a short message inbox when the received short message is a general message; If the received short message is an electronic business card message, separating business card information included in information fields below the short message, and storing the card information in each field of the telephone directory database corresponding thereto. The sub information field is An information field that can be entered in a database of a telephone book, the method comprising: a name, a telephone number, an e-mail, an address, an avatar, and a picture.

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