KR20030047364A - Method for providing abbreviated number corresponding to business information and storage medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a personal portable terminal shortcut number which can store business information of each operator in a personal portable terminal more conveniently using a shortcut number, and a storage medium in which the method is recorded. In more detail, the sales information corresponding to the speed dial number entered by the user is transmitted to the user's personal portable terminal, and the user's personal portable terminal stores the received sales information so that the user immediately wants the user to input the saved speed number. The present invention relates to a method of making a phone call with a storage medium and a method for recording the same.

Description

Method for providing a shortcut number and a recording medium recording the method {METHOD FOR PROVIDING ABBREVIATED NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO BUSINESS INFORMATION AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a personal portable terminal shortcut number that can store business information of each operator in a personal portable terminal more conveniently using a shortcut number, and a recording medium on which the method is recorded. In more detail, the sales information corresponding to the speed dial number entered by the user is transmitted to the user's personal portable terminal, and the user's personal portable terminal stores the received sales information so that the user immediately wants the user to input the saved speed number. The present invention relates to a method of making a phone call with a recording medium and a method for recording the same.

The method of providing a company's name, phone number, or homepage URL information through a conventional advertising medium has low utilization due to inconvenience of having to write a writing tool in a notebook when each individual needs it. As a result, the business has not been very helpful in providing information through such conventional advertising media to achieve its sales objectives.

For example, a person's memory is not enough to write down the event information of a business through radio broadcasting that is frequently heard while driving, or the name and phone number of the advertisement signboard or placard that you see as you cross the street. Due to the large crowds will follow.

Accordingly, a user of a personal portable terminal can easily obtain desired information with minimal information input, and at the same time, there is an urgent need for a method for an operator to effectively advertise using an existing advertising medium.

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a shortcut number for storing business information including the business name and the telephone number of the operator in the phone book of the personal portable terminal using a shortcut number assigned to each operator and The method is to provide a recorded recording medium.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to reduce the inconvenience that the user has to write down the sales information of a particular operator in his or her handbook or find a booklet or similar medium in which the sales information of the business is recorded. There is provided a method of providing a number and a method for recording the recorded medium.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a condition that each operator can use the sales information more conveniently to customers by using a shortcut number in the advertising media such as signboards, banners or broadcasts for sales and specific purposes. The present invention provides a method for providing a shortcut number that can maximize an advertisement effect and a recording medium in which the method is recorded.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a shortcut number that can provide business information of a business operator according to the location of a user requesting business information and a recording medium on which the method is recorded.

1 is an exemplary view showing a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a unified short number database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a business information registration process between a plurality of operators and a speed dial server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a speed dialing process between a plurality of users and a speed dialing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

1: Integrated short number database

2: speed dial server

3: internet

4: mobile network

10, 11: advertising media

20, 21: personal portable terminal

30, 31: abbreviated number

40, 41: recording medium of personal portable terminal

50: personal computer

In order to achieve the above object, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the method for providing a shortcut number to be executed in the terminal number of multiple operators, the speed dial server coupled to the terminal of the plurality of users through a communication network Receiving sales information and / or additional information from the operator's terminal; Assigning a shortcut number to the sales information and / or additional information; Storing the shortcut number and the business information in an integrated shortcut number database; Receiving a request for providing business information from a plurality of terminals; Retrieving sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request from the integrated short number database; And transmitting the retrieved business information to the terminal of the user, and a recording medium on which the method is recorded.

In a preferred embodiment, the terminal is at least one of a personal computer and a personal portable terminal, wherein the business information includes any one of a business name, a telephone number, and a homepage URL of a business operator, and the additional information includes regional restriction information and / or It may include any one of the restriction information provided. Here, the step of assigning a shortcut number to the sales information and / or additional information may include, in advance, designating an area in which the user to be provided with the sales information of the operator is located using the additional information, and then designating a shortcut number included in the area. It may be a step of assigning to the sales information of the operator.

The integrated short number database may include at least one of a mutual field, a telephone number field, and a homepage URL field.

The searching of the sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request in the integrated short number database may include searching sales information of a local operator corresponding to the location information of the user in the integrated short number database. A local operator is a business that operates only in a certain region, and a business operator wishes to provide sales information to a plurality of users located in a certain region.

In addition, retrieving sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request from the integrated short number database may include: retrieving the shortcut number from the integrated short number database; And when two or more pieces of sales information are searched for, using the location information of the user, selecting sales information of a local operator existing in a region where the user is located.

In addition, retrieving sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request from the integrated short number database may include: retrieving the shortcut number from the integrated short number database; And when two or more pieces of sales information are searched for, using the location information of the user, selecting both sales information of a local operator existing in the region where the user is located and sales information of a wide area operator.

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

1 is an exemplary view showing a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a speed dial number providing system according to the present invention includes an integrated speed dial number database 1, a speed dial number server 2, the Internet 3, a mobile communication network 4, and a plurality of personal portable terminals 20. 21) and a plurality of personal computers 50.

In addition, referring to FIG. 1, each operator receives a shortcut number corresponding to sales information (including at least one of a business name, a telephone number, and a homepage URL of a business operator) through the advertisement media 10 and 11 to a plurality of users. Can provide.

The integrated shortcut number database 1 may store business information of a plurality of users and corresponding shortcut numbers. The configuration of the integrated short number database 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The speed dial number server (2) receives business information from a plurality of operators and stores it in the integrated speed dial number database (1), and assigns an arbitrary speed dial number for each of the plurality of providers. Further, when the speed dial number server 2 receives a request for providing business information from a plurality of users, that is, a speed dial number registered in the integrated speed dial number database 1, the speed dial number server 2 stores the corresponding sales information as a personal portable device of the plurality of users. Transmit to terminal 20, 21.

In addition, the speed dial number providing server 2 may store information about a plurality of users provided with the sales information of each operator in order to change the sales information provided to the user already provided according to the sales information update request of the operator. . When a sales information update request is received from an arbitrary operator, information about a plurality of users who have received the sales information of the corresponding operator is retrieved, and when the plurality of users access the speed dial server 2, the sales information update request is received. The business information of an operator may be transmitted to the user's personal portable terminals 21 and 21 together with the business information requested by the user. In addition, if any user requests to update the changed sales information, the updated sales information may be retrieved from the sales information received by the user and transmitted to the personal portable terminals 20 and 21 of the user.

In order to provide desired sales information even when the user connects using wireless data communication or the wired / wireless Internet, the speed dial server 2 supports various protocols (TCP / IP, WAP, etc.). desirable.

The Internet 3 and the mobile communication network 4 are responsible for data transmission and reception between the personal computer 50 of the plurality of operators, the personal portable terminals 20 and 21 of the plurality of users, and the speed dial server 2. Although not shown, a network interworking device (IWF) or a gateway (GATEWAY) is connected between the Internet 3 and the mobile communication network 4.

The plurality of personal portable terminals 20 and 21 include a mobile phone, a PDA and a notebook, and transmit the speed dial number to the speed dial server 2 and receive personal information about the plurality of operators in response thereto. Stores the terminal storage media (40, 41), built-in speed dial program that can register the stored business information in the personal information management program (PIM, phone book) built in the personal portable terminal (20, 21) basically do. In addition, the personal portable terminals 20 and 21 may automatically connect to the shortcut server 2 every time a connection is made to the shortcut number server 2 or at regular intervals according to a user's selection to update the changed business information. Can be.

After a plurality of operators access the speed dial number server 2 through the plurality of personal computers 50, they can register their business information in the integrated speed dial number database 1. In addition, the plurality of users may also be provided with necessary business information by accessing the shortcut number server 2 through the plurality of personal computers 50. The business information transmitted to the personal computer 50 may be retransmitted to the user's personal portable terminal 20 or 21 or may be used through a dedicated program in the personal computer 50.

The operation of the shortcut number providing system shown in FIG. 1 will be briefly described.

A plurality of operators use the personal computer 50 to access the speed dial server 2 and then obtain a use certificate through a login process. The licensed business operator transmits his business information to the speed dial server 2.

The speed dial server 2 stores the sales information received from the authorized operator in the integrated speed dial database 1, and assigns new speed dial numbers 30 and 31 to the sales information. The assigned shortcut numbers 30 and 31 are stored in the integrated shortcut number database 1 and then transmitted to the operator's personal computer 50.

Operators assigned shortcut numbers 30 and 31 may include advertising media (including cross signage, advertising signage, advertising banners, leaflets, pamphlets, media for advertising or trade names, or similar purposes) (10, 11) ), Abbreviated numbers 30 and 31 are indicated.

A plurality of users who have obtained the shortcut numbers 30 and 31 from the advertising mediums 10 and 11 of the business operator input the shortcut numbers 30 and 31 acquired into their personal portable terminals 20 and 21. The personal portable terminals 20 and 21 determine whether the input shortcut numbers 30 and 31 are shortcut numbers designated by the operation programs unique to the personal portable terminals 20 and 21 (hereinafter referred to as 'unique numbers'). After that, the business information providing request corresponding to the speed dial numbers 30 and 31 inputted to the speed dial number server 2 is transmitted.

When the speed dial server 2 receives a request for providing business information from the personal portable terminals 20 and 21 of a plurality of users, the speed dial server 2 searches for corresponding business information and transmits the corresponding business information to the requested personal portable terminals 20 and 21.

The personal portable terminals 20 and 21 that have received the sales information corresponding to the input speed dial number are stored in the personal portable terminal storage media 40 and 41, and the stored business information is basically stored in the personal portable terminals 20 and 21. Registered in the personal information management program (PIM, phone book) built in (hereinafter referred to as 'registered shortcut number').

Thereafter, the user may check the sales information of the operator embedded in the personal portable terminals 20 and 21 through a shortcut number or a registered shortcut number. In addition, it is possible to make a call or access a homepage with a business operator.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a unified short number database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the integrated speed dial number database includes a section field 70, a speed dial number field 72, a business name field 74, a business telephone number field 76 and a homepage URL field 78.

The interval field 70 is a field necessary for distinguishing several regions. That is, the section field 70 allows the same short number to be allocated to the operators of various regions. That is, by using the location information of the user, by providing the sales information corresponding to the shortcut number belonging to the section field 70 of the region where the user is located, even if there is a business operator assigned the same shortcut number in another region, it overlaps with the sales information provision Or confusion does not occur. In addition, the section field 70 may distinguish a regional operator having a nationwide business network and operating in a representative telephone number and a local operator operating only in a specific region.

The speed dial number field 72 is a field relating to a speed dial number assigned to a plurality of carriers in a plurality of regions, the business name field 74 is a field relating to the trade name of the carrier, and the telephone number field 76 is a telephone number of the carrier. Field is a field relating to the homepage URL of the service provider.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a business information registration process between a plurality of operators and a speed dial server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 100, a plurality of operators access the speed dial server using a personal computer or a personal portable terminal and transmit login information.

In step 110, the speed dial server receives login information from the operator's personal computer or personal portable terminal, and in step 120, the received login information is validated and authenticated.

In step 130, the speed dial server generates an authentication screen and corresponding information to be displayed on the personal computer or personal portable terminal of the authorized operator and transmits the generated information to the personal computer or portable terminal.

In step 140, the operator's personal computer or personal portable terminal outputs the received authentication screen and corresponding information to a display device (eg, a monitor).

In step 150, the operator inputs the sales information through a personal computer or a personal portable terminal. Examples of business information to be entered include business name, telephone number, and homepage URL. In addition, the operator also inputs information about the area where the operator is located.

In addition to the sales information, the operator may input additional information such as regional restriction information and / or provision restriction information. That is, when the operator is a regional operator or a local operator who wishes to provide his / her business information regardless of region, the operator may additionally input regional restriction information requesting not to limit the region. In addition, the operator may further input the provision of the restriction information about the terminal and the transmission protocol restriction that can receive its business information. That is, his or her sales information may be provided only to users connected to the wired / wireless Internet or only to mobile phone users.

In step 160, the speed dial server accesses the integrated speed dial database after receiving the business information and / or additional information from the operator.

In step 170, the speed dial server accessing the integrated speed dial number database extracts information that can confirm whether the user has already registered from the sales information, and then generates a query using the extracted information. The generated query is sent to the unified short number database. As a result of the search, if it is not a registered operator, it is searched whether an unassigned shortcut number remains in the area to which the operator applies. If an unassigned shortcut number remains as a result of the search, an arbitrary shortcut number is assigned to the service provider.

In step 180, the speed dial server transmits the speed dial number newly assigned to the service provider to the personal computer or personal portable terminal of the service provider.

In step 190, the operator confirms the sales information and / or additional information to be stored in the speed dial number assigned to him and the integrated speed dial number database.

In step 200, the speed dial server generates a field in the integrated speed dial number database to store the operator's sales information and / or additional information, and then, when the field generation is completed, the speed dial number database stores the sales information and / or additional information. To send. The integrated speed dial database stores the received sales information and / or additional information.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a speed dial registration process between a plurality of users and a speed dial server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In steps 300 and 310, the plurality of users runs a speed dial program installed in a personal computer or a personal portable terminal. The speed dial program may be driven by the user's selection. Preferably, the speed dial program may be added to an operation program unique to the personal portable terminal. .

The process of checking whether the number inputted from the user is a speed dial number includes (1) checking whether the phone number is available for direct call, and (2) checking whether it is a unique number or a registered speed dial number if the call is not available for direct call. It consists of steps.

In general, in order to use a unique number or a registered speed dial number in a personal portable terminal, a method of long pressing the last number is used. There are many other methods, but the method described above is most widely used due to the convenience of the user's operation. In the present invention, even if the user does not run the speed dial program in advance, when the user makes a phone call / wireless Internet access or a request for providing business information using a unique number or a registered speed dial through the above-described method, the speed dial program is Can be driven.

In step 320, the personal computer or the personal portable terminal searches the built-in recording medium (including all of the semiconductor memory, hard disk, or similar storage device) and checks whether the input shortcut number exists. If there is no shortcut number input from the user, the flow proceeds to step 330. If there is a shortcut number input from the user, the flow proceeds to step 340.

In step 330, the personal computer or the portable terminal transmits a request for providing business information corresponding to the input speed dial number to the speed dial server.

In step 340, the personal computer or the personal portable terminal displays business information corresponding to the input speed dial number, and executes a voice call or internet homepage connection by the user's selection.

In step 350, the speed dial server receives a request for providing business information from the personal computer or a personal portable terminal.

In step 360, the speed number server generates a query corresponding to the received sales information providing request, and transmits the generated query to the integrated speed dial number database. At this time, using the location information of the user received together, the section corresponding to the business operator corresponding to the sales information providing request may be included in the query. As a result, the search speed can be increased, and a result of searching for sales information of a plurality of operators assigned the same short number can be prevented in advance.

However, if the business operator is a wide-area business operator or has already assigned a speed dial number identical to the speed dial number assigned to a plurality of local business operators to a local business operator that wishes to provide his sales information regardless of the region, the user's location information is queried. It is preferable not to include in. The processing method in this case is described in step 370 below.

In step 370, the unified short number database searches whether the corresponding sales information exists by the received query. As a result of the search, if the corresponding sales information exists, the sales information is transmitted to the speed dial server. If the corresponding sales information does not exist, an error message is sent to the speed dial server.

If the user's location information is included in the query, the search result is one hit or zero. Therefore, the retrieved business information can be transmitted to the user's personal computer or personal portable terminal as it is. In this case, the sales information may be variously configured and transmitted according to the type and / or transmission protocol of the user's personal computer or personal portable terminal.

When searching without including the user's location information in the query, the search result may be at least one hit. That is, if this case is analyzed again, it can be divided into (1) a plurality of local operators assigned the same shortcut number, (2) one local operator assigned the same shortcut number and a plurality of local operators.

In the case of (1), the sales information of the local operator corresponding to the region where the user is located is transmitted to the user's personal computer or personal portable terminal by using the user's location information.

In the case of (2), the user's location information transmits both the sales information of the local operator corresponding to the region where the user is located and the sales information of the wide area operator to the user's personal computer or personal portable terminal, thereby selecting the user. Do it.

In operation 380, the user's personal computer or personal digital assistant receives business information from the speed dial server and outputs the business information to the display device. Thereafter, the personal computer or the personal portable terminal may wait until the registration confirmation information for confirming registration from the user is input or automatically register without inputting the registration confirmation information of the user. However, as in the case of (2) described above, when two pieces of business information are received for one shortcut number, the personal computer or personal portable terminal waits until additional selection information is input from the user.

In step 390, the user's personal computer or personal portable terminal stores the sales information on a recording medium, and basically registers the speed dial number and the corresponding sales information in the built-in personal information management program.

As described above, the present invention relates to a method for providing business information using a shortcut number. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.

As described above, the present invention has an excellent effect in achieving a desired sales purpose by easily remembering sales information such as business name and business name of a person having a business name and similar number to a customer. In addition, in the conventional inconvenience of using writing instruments in each individual's notebook until now, using his portable terminal or personal computer anytime, anywhere on the road or listening to the radio or TV in a mobile medium such as a car, or advertising In addition, it is convenient to store business information such as business name, business telephone number, Internet homepage, etc. that you want to remember very easily while quickly passing the banner.

Claims (9)

In the method of providing a shortcut number to be executed in a terminal of multiple operators, a shortcut number server coupled to the terminal of multiple users via a communication network, Receiving sales information and / or additional information from the operator's terminal; Assigning a shortcut number to the sales information and / or additional information; Storing the shortcut number and the business information in an integrated shortcut number database; Receiving a request for providing business information from a plurality of terminals; Retrieving sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request from the integrated short number database; And And transmitting the retrieved business information to the terminal of the user. The method of claim 1, And said terminal is at least one of a personal computer and a personal portable terminal. The method of claim 1, The sales information includes any one of a business name, a telephone number, and a homepage URL of a business operator. And the additional information includes any one of regional restriction information and / or provision restriction information. The method of claim 1, Assigning a shortcut number to the sales information and / or additional information, And specifying an area in which the user to be provided with the sales information of the operator is located using the additional information, and then assigning a shortcut number included in the region to the sales information of the operator. The method of claim 1, The integrated speed dial number database includes at least one of a mutual field, a telephone number field, and a homepage URL field. The method of claim 1, Searching for the sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request in the integrated short number database, Retrieving sales information of a local operator corresponding to the location information of the user from the integrated short number database; The local operator is a business that operates only in a certain region, and a short-number providing method that is a business that wishes to provide sales information to a plurality of users located in a certain region. The method of claim 1, Searching for the sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request in the integrated short number database, Retrieving the shortcut number from the unified shortcut number database; And And if more than one sales information is found, selecting sales information of a local operator existing in the region where the user is located by using the location information of the user. The method of claim 1, Searching for the sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request in the integrated short number database, Retrieving the shortcut number from the unified shortcut number database; And When two or more pieces of sales information are found, using the location information of the user, selecting both sales information of a local operator existing in the region where the user is located and sales information of a wide area operator, The wide area service provider is a service provider operating in a unit of a nationwide unit or more, and the operator wants to provide business information to a plurality of users located in a nationwide unit or more area shortened number providing method. In order to process the business information registration request of the multiple operators and the request for providing the sales information of the multiple users in the terminal of multiple operators, the speed dial server coupled with the terminal of the multiple users, and the request for providing the sales information of the multiple users, In a recording medium in which a program is tangentially spherical and can be read by a digital processing apparatus, The method for processing the sales information registration request and sales information provision request of a plurality of users, Receiving sales information and / or additional information from the operator's terminal; Assigning a shortcut number to the sales information and / or additional information; Storing the shortcut number and the business information in an integrated shortcut number database; Receiving a request for providing business information from a plurality of terminals; Retrieving sales information corresponding to the sales information providing request from the integrated short number database; And And transmitting the retrieved business information to the terminal of the user.