KR20140061943A - System and method for advertisement message integrated management - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for transmitting content by selecting one of a mobile message format and a push message format according to a state of a message receiving terminal by checking whether a server has installed an application of a message receiving terminal, The message integration management system includes a plurality of content providing terminals for providing content and requesting a message transmission, receiving content from the plurality of content providing terminals, confirming whether or not an application of the message receiving terminal is installed using the pre- And a message integration management server for transmitting the content as a push message when the application is installed and transmitting the content as a mobile message when the application is not installed.

Description

 [0001] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MESSAGE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT [0002]

The present invention relates to a message integration management system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method for integrated message management. More particularly, the present invention relates to a message integration management system and method, Format, and a method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile terminals (e.g., notebooks, netbooks, smart phones, PDAs, PMPs, mobile phones, etc.) have evolved into multimedia devices that implement various functions according to the development of hybrid / convergence technology. A plurality of applications may be loaded and executed according to a user interface for providing services.

As described above, the applications installed in the portable terminal can be purchased by downloading from an app marketplace (e.g., Apple's App Store, etc.) providing web services to mobile terminals.

Meanwhile, a communication technique between a company and a customer is being gradually expanded in a wireless on-line environment, which is caused by expansion of the infrastructure of a wireless communication network and the spread of a mobile terminal (or a mobile terminal). In the conventional communication technique, A method of sending (downloading) contents to an unspecified number of portable terminals by using an LMS or an MMS, or a method of regularly or irregularly sending contents to a mobile terminal registered as a member of a site at a specific site.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a message in the form of a push message in the case of a terminal installed with an application by checking whether the message integration management server is a terminal equipped with a message management dedicated application.

To this end, according to a first aspect of the present invention, a message integration management system according to the present invention includes a plurality of content providing terminals for providing a content and requesting a message transmission; A message integrating management server for transmitting the contents to a mobile message when the application is installed, if the application is installed, if the application is installed, And a control unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a message integration management server according to the present invention transmits an API call signal to a message reception terminal using previously stored terminal information, and determines whether an application is installed or not according to a result value received from the message reception terminal An application management unit for transmitting a message including a content to the message receiving terminal in the form of a push message in accordance with the determination result of the control unit; And transmitting the message to the message receiving terminal in the form of a mobile message.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing messages integrated according to the present invention, comprising the steps of: registering contents by receiving a content from a message integration management server; Determining whether or not an application of a message receiving terminal is installed; and transmitting the message including the content to the message receiving terminal in a push message or a mobile message according to a result of the determination whether the application is installed or not by the message integration management server .

According to the present invention, since the requesting company can transmit the mobile contents in a push message format through the application, the message transfer fee can be reduced. In addition, enterprises can freely use letters, images, and HTML to transmit and receive messages through push message transmission.

According to the present invention, since it is possible to check whether or not a message receiving terminal is installing the application, the content can be selected and transmitted from a push message or a mobile message. Therefore, it is necessary to separately manage a database There is no effect.

In addition, according to the present invention, a client receiving a message including a content using an API call in the server transmits an activity of the user to the application to the server, thereby enabling the server to easily respond to the user's reaction have.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that it is easy to manage a message using a UI provided by a message management dedicated application in a terminal receiving the content.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a message integration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a message integration management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a message transmission through a message integration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen through which an application is installed in a message receiving terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention and undergoes an initial authentication procedure.
5 (a) to 5 (c) are diagrams illustrating an example of a UI of a message receiving terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a database structure of a message integration management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for confirming whether or not an application integration management server has installed an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a push message format content to a message receiving terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The configuration of the present invention and the operation and effect thereof will be clearly understood through the following detailed description. Before describing the present invention in detail, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In the case where it is judged that the gist of the present invention may be blurred to a known configuration, do.

The message receiving terminal, which is referred to in the embodiment of the present invention, is a terminal possessed by each user, and is constructed as an open platform such as an Android operating system (Operating System), and various software An application may be embedded, or an application may be downloaded and installed from any one of an online marketplace and a message integration management server. Such a message receiving terminal 50 is preferably a smart phone, but is not limited thereto.

The application, which is referred to in the embodiment of the present invention, is driven by the platform on the message receiving terminal 50 and means a message management dedicated application capable of providing a message integrated management service.

An application capable of providing a message integrated management service may, for example, integrally manage contents received from a plurality of companies (companies), and the application may arrange the lists in the order in which messages are received or in reverse order, And it is possible to conveniently block the reception of a specific company message or delete a message received from a specific company through the UI provided by the application.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a message integration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the message integration management system includes a plurality of content providing terminals 10, a message integration management server 20, a message service server 30, and a message receiving terminal 50.

Each content providing terminal among the plurality of content providing terminals 10 is, for example, a computer or a server used in an enterprise, and the content providing terminal users (enterprises) access the message integration management server 20, And can register in the integrated management server 20. At this time, the content is a content for providing advertisement contents or information that the user wants to advertise using the application of the portable terminal.

To this end, each content providing terminal transmits information on the message receiving terminal 50 together with the content information to the message integrated management server 20, and registers it in the advertisement DB.

When the content providing terminal 10 registers a message including content in its own server through the content providing application, the content providing application calls the message integration management server 20 to transmit the message to the corresponding message receiving terminal 50 Push message format.

When the message integration management server 20 receives a content from the content providing terminal 10 or receives a message registration call from a content providing application installed in the content providing terminal 10, If the application is installed, the content is transmitted as a push message through a push service providing server (not shown). If the application is not installed, the content is transmitted through the message service server 30 SMS message, LMS message, or MMS message. When a content is transmitted in a push message format through a push service providing server, it is possible to construct a message by freely using the number of characters, images, and HTML without restriction.

The message receiving terminal 50 is a terminal receiving the contents. The message receiving terminal 50 may be subscribed to the company providing the content, or may have previously agreed to receive the message.

The communication network 40 includes a communication via an application such as a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), a Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) or a Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI), and a wireless communication system such as a WiBRO.

The mobile message described in an embodiment of the present invention includes all types of messages (e.g., SMS, Long Message Service (LMS), and Multimedia Message Service (MMS) .

The message service server 30 may include a BTS (Base Station Transceiver), a BSC (Base Station Controller), and a MSC (Mobile Switching Center). The BSC controls the BTS In addition, the BTS handles the base station call processing, and the BTS includes wireless transmitting / receiving equipment and performs communication with the mobile terminal under the control of the BSC. The MSC is interworking with the exchange function and other MSCs and is responsible for connection to other networks. In particular, the message service server 30 transmits a message from the message integration management server 20 to the message receiving terminal 50.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a message integration management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The message integration management server 20 includes a content registration unit 200, a control unit 220, an application management unit 240, a mobile message management unit 260, and a database unit 280.

The content registration unit 200 registers the content provided from the content providing terminal (10 of FIG. 1) and stores the received content when receiving the message receiving terminal information.

When the content is received from the registered content providing terminal 10, the content registering unit 200 assigns a message identifier to the received content, stores it in the database unit 280, and informs the control unit 220 of the stored content.

The control unit 220 checks whether the application 100 is installed in the message receiving terminal 50 in order to transmit the received content to the message receiving terminal 50. [

The control unit 220 sends an API call signal to the message receiving terminal 50 in order to check whether the application is installed or not, and receives the result of the feedback from the message receiving terminal 50. At this time, the result of the installation is received in the form of 'success' or 'failure'. The control unit 220 determines that the application is installed for the terminal transmitting the 'success' result value and is in a state capable of receiving the push message. It determines that the application is not installed or can not receive a message for the terminal transmitting the 'failure' value.

The controller 220 determines that the UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) of the message receiving terminal 50 and the UUID of the message receiving terminal 50 are identical to each other, To the application management unit 240. The message management unit 240 receives the message identifier to be transmitted to the application management unit 240. [ Here, UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) is a 128-bit number used to identify an object or entity on the Internet. It is an identifier configured through a combination of space and time, and is applied to a network access system using an IEEE 802 address.

The application management unit 240 transmits a push message containing the content stored in the database unit 280 to the message receiving terminal having the received UUID using the received content identifier.

Upon receiving the message reception confirmation message from the message reception terminal (50 in FIG. 1) receiving the push message, the message reception confirmation message is displayed on the database unit 280.

The control unit 220 transmits the mobile communication number of the message receiving terminal determined to be the terminal not having installed the application and the message identifier to be transmitted to the message receiving terminal to the mobile message managing unit 260.

Also, the control unit 220 may transmit a content in a mobile message format according to a request from the content providing terminal 20, even in the case of a message receiving terminal determined that an application is installed. In this regard, when the content providing terminal 20 inquires the message receiving history of the message receiving terminal of the member member from the database unit 280 and the message receiving terminal 50 has no message receiving history for a predetermined period, And can request the change of the message format of the receiving terminal 50 to the mobile message format. The period may be designated or changed according to the circumstances of the enterprise. The mobile message management unit 260 delivers the mobile message containing the mobile communication number and the content of the received message receiving terminal to the message service server (30 of FIG. 1) and transmits the content of the mobile message format to the message service server To the receiving terminal.

The database unit 280 may include an individual message DB (A), a user DB (b), and an enterprise DB (C), as shown in FIG.

The individual message DB A includes a message identifier assigned to each message, a mobile communication number to which the message is transmitted, an identifier of the transmitting company, whether or not the transmitted message has been read, and the like. A user identifier that the individual user has subscribed to or blocked from the user terminal, and a number that has been read or unread by the received message. Also, in the enterprise DB (C), login information including a company ID, a company name, an ID registered in the message integrated management server and a password, and an API authentication key provided to the message integrated management server .

6, id is an ID assigned to each message, phone is a terminal identification ID to which the corresponding message is transmitted, and company_id is a corresponding ID The alert is a notification message provided when the message arrives, for example, "[Pushbox] message has arrived ". The Message is HTML formatted data of the message contents, and summary is the text formatted data of the message contents. Read is information on whether or not a message has been read, and date is a date and time when a message is sent.

6, id is the identification ID assigned to each user, phone is the terminal identification ID of the user, active indicates the current status of the user such as whether or not the phone number is authenticated, sms_code: phone number This is the authentication number assigned at the time of authentication. Subscriptions refers to the list of customers that the user is subscribed to, blocked is the list of customers blocked by the user, unread_msg_count represents the number of unread messages received by the user, and unread_comp_count is the number of users Indicates the number of customers not listed in the list. Data represents user statistical data, and date represents the service use start date.

Finally, in [C] of FIG. 6, id is a customer identification ID assigned to each customer company, username is an ID used by the customer at the time of login, and password is a password used by the customer at the time of login. The logo is the representative image file registered by the customer, display_name is the brand or company name shown in the service, and api_key is API key issued for each customer. Current_usge is the total number of messages transmitted (cumulative), uage is the number of daily message transmissions, and opens is the daily number of messages Means the number of messages read and date is the start date of the customer's use.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a message transmission through a message integration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the message integration management server registers the contents provided from the contents providing terminal (S100). In order to register the content, the content providing terminal provides the content and message receiving terminal information to the message integrated management server. The message integrated management server assigns the identifier to the provided content, and stores the content and the message receiving terminal information in the database. In the database, an enterprise identifier and a content identifier are stored together so that data can be linked with each other. Alternatively, the message integration management server receives and receives content from a connected content providing terminal when receiving a content registration call request signal of a content providing application running on the content providing terminal.

In step S110, the message integration management server determines whether the terminal to receive the content is installing the application using the message reception terminal information. Whether or not the application is installed can be verified through information stored in the database or can be confirmed by API call as needed.

7, the mobile communication number is inquired to the message receiving terminal DB of the database (S700, S710). When the UUID is inquired, it is judged that the terminal is installed with the application (S720), and the UUID The terminal S730 determines that the application is not installed.

In the method using the API call, when the message integration management server calls the API to check whether the application is installed and the success result value returns from the message reception terminal, the message reception terminal determines that the application is installed, When returning, the message receiving terminal determines that the application is not installed.

The message integration management server transmits the content to the message receiving terminal determined to have installed the application in a push message format (S120). At this time, the UUID of the message receiving terminal is used to transmit in the push message format. This is included in the message receiving terminal information received from the contents providing terminal.

The message integration management server transmits the message to the message receiving terminal determined not to install the application in the content mobile message format (S130). At this time, the mobile communication number of the message receiving terminal is used for transmission in the mobile message format. This is included in the message receiving terminal information received from the contents providing terminal.

When the receiving terminal receiving the push message including the content displays the content according to a signal received from the user, the user determines that the user has read the content, and automatically transmits a read confirmation message to the message integration management server . The message integration management server stores the read confirmation message in the database, and if the read confirmation message is not received a predetermined number of times or a predetermined period of time, it determines that the application of the corresponding message reception terminal is not operating normally, Can be configured to transmit in a mobile message format.

4, an operation of receiving a content push message by a message receiving terminal installed with an application according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Once the application is installed, it can go through the authentication process with the server at the first time. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the message receiving terminal selects the receiving of the authentication number after executing the application, receives the authentication number from the server, and the message receiving terminal transmits its UUID. The server receiving the UUID and the mobile communication number from the message receiving terminal stores the UUID and the mobile communication number in association with each other.

The message receiving terminal having the application receives the content push message and displays the received alarm on the screen. Alternatively, an application is driven by a user's operation to display a received content push message on the screen.

8, when the content of the push message format is received in the message receiving terminal (S800), the application of the message receiving terminal checks whether it is the first reception of the company to the enterprise (S810) It is added to the subscription list of the user (S820), and it can be indicated that it is a new subscription for a predetermined period. If it is not the initial reception, step S820 is skipped.

Thereafter, the application can sort the list in order of the latest received (S830).

5A is a view showing a screen in which a list is arranged and displayed in the order in which push messages are recently received when an application is executed. The unread message number 501 and the subscription list sorting UI 502 can be displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 5A and the UI 503 for editing and the UI 504 for user setting are displayed can do. When one push message is selected by a user operation among the list 505 arranged as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the content is displayed on the message receiving terminal as shown in FIG. 5 (b).

5B, since the message integration management server displays the content screen using the open API of the enterprise, the screen of the content displayed when the user selects to read the push message is directly transmitted from the server of the enterprise And when the messages are received through the integrated management server are the same.

On the other hand, FIG. 5C is a screen illustrating the user editing function provided by the application, in which a received push message is deleted (506), a user setting (504), and the like are displayed. The application may select the alert function user settings 504 to allow selection of vibration, sound, or silence during message reception alarms.

In the meantime, the present invention can be applied to various devices by implementing the integrated message management method in the user terminal described above as a software program and recording it on a computer-readable recording medium.

For example, the recording medium may be a hard disk, a flash memory, a RAM, a ROM, or the like embedded in each reproduction apparatus, or an external optical disk such as a CD-R or a CD-RW, a compact flash card, a smart media, a memory stick, have.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all the techniques within the scope of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: Content providing terminal
20: Message integration management server
30: Message service server
50: message receiving terminal

Claims (11)

A plurality of contents providing terminals for providing contents and requesting message transmission;
A message receiving terminal for receiving a message including the content and managing a received message; And
Receiving a content from the plurality of content providing terminals, confirming whether or not an application of the message receiving terminal is installed using the pre-stored database, transmitting the content to the message receiving terminal in a push message when the application is installed, A message integration management server for transmitting the content to the message receiving terminal in the form of a mobile message,
The message management system comprising:
A control unit for transmitting an API call signal to the message receiving terminal using the stored terminal information and determining whether an application is installed according to a result value received from the message receiving terminal;
An application management unit for transmitting a message including a content to the message receiving terminal in the form of a push message according to the determination result of the controller;
A mobile message manager for transmitting a message including the content to the message receiving terminal in the form of a mobile message,
And a message management server for managing the message.
3. The method of claim 2,
The control unit transmits to the application management unit a UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) of the message receiving terminal and a content identifier to be transmitted to the message receiving terminal when it is determined that the application is installed, Message management server.
3. The method of claim 2,
When the application is determined not to be installed, transmits the mobile communication number of the message receiving terminal and an identifier assigned to the content to be transmitted to the message receiving terminal to the mobile message managing unit, The message management server comprising:
3. The method of claim 2,
Even if the application is installed, the control unit determines whether or not the mobile communication number of the message receiving terminal, which is stored in advance so as to transmit a message including a content according to a predetermined reference based on the message reception history of the message receiving terminal, Wherein the controller instructs the mobile message manager to transmit an identifier assigned to the content to be transmitted to the message receiver terminal.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the control unit receives a signal for confirming that the message receiving terminal having received the push message has received the push message, and creates the message receiving history based on the received signal.
The message integrated management server receiving the content and registering the content;
Determining whether the message integration management server has installed an application of a message receiving terminal to receive a message including a registered content; And
Transmitting the message including the content to the message receiving terminal in the form of a push message or a mobile message according to a result of the message integration management server determining whether the application is installed
The method comprising:
8. The method of claim 7,
In the step of determining whether or not the application is installed,
Transmitting an API call signal to the message receiving terminal to determine whether the application is installed in the message receiving terminal;
Receiving a result value from a message receiving terminal receiving the API call signal; And
Determining that the application is installed if the result is a success, and determining that the application is not installed if the result is a failure
Wherein the message integration management method comprises:
8. The method of claim 7,
In the step of transmitting to the message receiving terminal,
In order to transmit a message including the content as a push message, a database is searched to extract a Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) of the message receiving terminal, and a message including the content is transmitted to the extracted UUID,
In order to transmit a message including the content as a mobile message, a database is searched to extract a mobile communication number of the message receiving terminal, and a mobile message including the content is transmitted to the extracted mobile communication number
The message management method comprising:
9. The method of claim 8,
In the step of determining whether or not the application is installed,
When the API call signal is transmitted and a success result value is received from the message receiving terminal,
Confirming a message reception history of the message reception terminal;
Transmitting a message including the content as a mobile message according to a predefined criterion as a result of the message reception history
Further comprising the steps of:
11. The method of claim 10,
In the step of transmitting a message including the content as a mobile message,
Searching the database, extracting a mobile communication number of the message receiving terminal, and transmitting the mobile message including the content to the extracted mobile communication number.

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