KR20010067571A - Method and Apparatus of e-mail connection for mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for sending a mail transmitted and received from a mail server to a mobile communication terminal, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for sending mail to a mobile terminal through a bidirectional communication between the mail server and the mobile terminal. A mail server 100 connected to the Internet network 300, a push server 400 connected to the Internet network 300, and a swap gateway 500 connected to the push server 400 and the swap gate. The way is connected to the wireless network 600 and the wireless network 600 is configured to be connected to the mobile communication terminal 700, when a new mail is received in the mail server is notified to the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal of the notification If you need to receive the whole contents by looking at the simple subject and decide to receive all the contents of the mail, the mobile terminal makes a request to send the mail to the mail server. The entire mail can be selectively received, and unnecessary communication charges can be reduced by not periodically checking whether the mail is received.

Description

Method and Apparatus of e-mail connection for mobile device

The present invention relates to an electronic mail delivery device and method, and more particularly to a mail connection device and method of a mobile communication mobile terminal.

The electronic mail can transmit the contents of the mail as text data to the mobile communication terminal through the mail server. This transmission method is introduced in Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2000-0009757 (2000. 2.15). The mail server which receives the mail from the mail transmission network to receive the mail from the mail transmission network in order not to need periodic retrieval from the mobile communication terminal, to notify the mobile terminal only when a new mail is received, and to reduce unnecessary charges. A communication method between a system having a mail client receiving a mail and a mobile terminal, comprising: a first step of determining whether a newly received E-mail letter exists in a mail server; A second step of moving or copying the received letter to a mail client when the newly received E-mail letter exists in the first step; And a third step of notifying the mobile terminal of the e-mail letter moved or copied to the mail client. However, SMS (Short) is a system for delivering the contents of the mail to the mobile communication terminal in one direction. Massage Service), which is limited to 80 characters in Korean or 160 characters in order to enable short message service among mobile operators, is insufficient to send the contents or attachments of the received e-mail to the mobile terminal. have. In addition, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-0050061 (August 5, 2000) also discloses a method of sending and receiving mail to and from a mail server to a mobile communication mobile terminal, but it is a one-way communication method and has the disadvantages mentioned above.

The present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides an apparatus and method for transmitting a mail to the mobile communication terminal through the two-way communication between the mobile communication terminal in the mail server to achieve this object For the purpose of When a new mail is received by the mail server, a notification is sent to the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal determines whether to receive the full message by looking at the simple title of the notified mail and, if necessary, receives the full message. The terminal makes a request for sending a mail to the mail server, receives the mail, and optionally receives a full text message. It is therefore another object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for reducing unnecessary charge burden. Receives mail received through the Internet from the mail server, generates a specific mail identification key corresponding to the mail, saves it as an incoming mail record along with the received mail, and sends the mail server IP address and mail identification key as URL information. Thus, another object is to enable bidirectional communication.

1 is an overall block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the mail sending apparatus shown in FIG.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing a mail sending method of the mail sending apparatus according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a mail receiving method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

100: mail server 110: LAN card

120, 740: control unit 130, 720: storage device

131: push server IP address 132: user information record

133: incoming mail record 134: mail server IP address

200: mail information 300, 600: Internet network

400: push server 500: swap gateway

700: mobile communication terminal 710: wireless module

730: key input device 750: display device driver

760 display device

1 is an overall block diagram of the present invention. The present invention for achieving the above object is configured to the mail server 100 connected to the Internet network 300, the push server 400 connected to the Internet network 300, the swap connected to the push server 400 The mail sending device configured as a gateway 500 and the swap gateway are connected to a wireless network 600, and the wireless network 600 includes a configuration connected to a mobile communication wireless terminal 700. The mail server 100 includes a LAN card 110, a controller 120, and a storage device 130. The mobile communication terminal 700 includes a wireless modem 710, a storage device 720, and a key input device. 730, the controller 740, the display device driver 750, and the display device 760. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the mail sending apparatus shown in FIG. The operation description of the mail transmission device will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2, and the mail is received by the mail server 100 through the Internet network using the TCP / IP protocol. The received information includes a sender ID, a receiver ID, and a mail subject. And the content is configured as the mail information 200, and is received via the LAN card 110 configured in the mail server 100 via the Internet network 300. The LAN card 110 has a memory buffer (not shown), and the controller 120 which checks the arrival of the mail by checking the memory buffer every predetermined time by a resident program stored in a program memory is the LAN card 110. The contents of the buffer are read and stored in the storage device 130 as a received mail record. Meanwhile, the storage device of the mail server 100 includes a push server IP address 131, a user information record 132 including a pre-registered user ID, a mobile terminal number of the user ID, mail push request presence information, and the like. It is stored. The received mail is stored in the storage device 130 as a received mail record, and the controller 120 detects a recipient ID in the mail information 200 read from the LAN card 110 and stores the user information record of the storage device 130. If the receiver ID matches the stored user ID as compared with the previously stored user ID, the registration of the receiver ID is confirmed, and the received mail subject, mail content, and mail identification in association with the user information record 132 are identified. Store the incoming mail record 133 composed of the keys. The mail identification key generates a mail identification key by using the time information when the mail is received. The control unit generates a mail identification key using a time counter (not shown) that manages the current time of the system, and generates and assigns a unique mail identification key for each received mail. When there is a mail push request by detecting mail push request presence information in the user information record 132, the control unit 120 connects the push server IP address 131 and the mobile communication terminal number to the Internet connected to the LAN card 110. URL (Uniform Resource Locator) consisting of a mail server IP address 134 and a mail identification key, which are sent to the push server 400 via the network 300, and are included in an Internet web site, web page or web page. Address used to indicate the same location) and mail subject. The mail subject may further include a sender name or ID. The push server 400 is designated as a push server IP address received through the Internet network 300, and the push server 400 uses the mail server IP address in the received URL information to the mail server 100. After determining whether the subscriber can request a legitimate service, the push server 400 using the received mobile terminal phone number URL information and mail consisting of a call signal, a mail server IP address, a mail identification key to the mobile terminal 700 The title is transmitted via the swap gateway 500. The swap gateway 500 changes and outputs a protocol of the TCP / IP standard, which is the standard of the Internet network 300, to be outputted by changing a wireless application protocol (WAP), which is a communication protocol of the wireless network 600, and follows the push message specification of the swap, Message specifications are divided into headers and bodies. It is described in detail in the RFC 822 standard, and constitutes an X-Wap-Content-URI in the swap header of the standard. Therefore, the URL received from the push server 400 is included in the header and transmitted. Through this, the mobile communication terminal notifies the reception of the mail with a simple content such as a mail title. The mail server 100 transmits the full text of the corresponding mail when the mail text message is requested by the mobile communication terminal by using the URL information sent when the mail is notified. As shown in FIG. 1, the mail server 100 may register a plurality of mail servers 100 by a user and notify a mobile communication mobile terminal through the Internet network 300, and the mail in the URL information received by the mobile terminal. Each mail server can be designated by a mail server IP address of each of the servers 100, and the mail contents stored in the mail server can be received by the mobile communication terminal.

4 is a flowchart showing a mail sending method of the mail sending apparatus according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the mail transmission method will be described in detail. A mail monitoring step of checking whether a mail has arrived by a program stored in a program memory connected to the control unit 120 in the mail server 100 through the Internet network 300 ( S11), and if the mail arrival is confirmed in the mail monitoring step, the receiver ID of the received mail is detected (S12), and the registration is confirmed by comparing the member ID registered in the mail server with the receiver ID. When the authentication step (S13) and the registration of the recipient ID is confirmed in the authentication step (S13), and generates a mail identification key of the received mail (S14), the generated mail identification key and the recipient ID, the mail title A storage step of storing mail contents (S15), and determining whether the wireless Internet notification request is a registered recipient in a user information record of the member whose registration has been confirmed; (S16) and if the notification request is a registered user, sending a push server IP, the mobile terminal phone number of the corresponding recipient ID (S17), and sending a URL and a mail subject composed of a mail server IP address and a mail identification key ( S18) sends the mail to the mobile communication mobile terminal through the Internet network 300, the push server 400, the swap gateway 500 and the wireless network 600.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG.

When the operation of the mobile communication terminal is described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, the wireless RF signal received through the mobile communication wireless network 600 is de-modulated by receiving the RF signal from the wireless module 710. The de-modulated mail information is stored in the storage device 720 via the control unit 740. The information stored in the storage device 720 is divided into a URL 721 consisting of a mail server IP address and a mail identification key and a mail subject 722 and stored as reception notification information. The control unit 740 stores the mail notification. When the signal is received, the URL and the mail subject are stored in the storage device 720, and the mail driver and the user selection signal among the mail notification signals are output to the display driver 750. The user selection signal is pre-stored in the storage device 720, and the content displayed on the display device 760 by outputting the user selection signal is the same as the user selection 770. The display device 760 is preferably made of LCD considering that the mobile communication terminal 700 is a convenient weight to carry. The user option 770 is guided to the display device 760 to select whether the mail subject and the user's mail contents are received. The mail subject may further include a mail sender name or ID, as mentioned in the mail sending apparatus. The user selects the choice of receiving or canceling mail contents using the key input device 730 according to the guidance of the display device 760. The result of the selection is that the key input device 730 generates an input signal to The key input device 730 outputs a key input signal to the controller 740. The key input device 730 is preferably a key input device 730 having a touch screen for directly selecting a user option 770 displayed on the display device 760. In addition, a separate key input device 730 may be separated from the display device 760, and the controller 740 receives a key input signal. If the key input signal is a mail content reception request as a result of the reception, the URL information stored in the storage device 740 is read and transmitted to the wireless module 710. The wireless module 710 transmits the URL information through the wireless network 600 to receive mail contents from the mail server 100 corresponding to the URL information. The received mail is similar to the method of storing received notification information in the storage device 720 and displaying on the display device 760 as described above.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a mail receiving method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

The e-mail receiving method of the mobile terminal will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5. To judge. If there is a mail reception notification in the mail reception notification determining step (S21), the URL is stored for storing the mail and the mail subject (S22), and the mail subject and the arrival guide message are displayed on the display device (S23). The mail content receiving option of the user is displayed on the display device together with the mail subject (S24) to guide the user to select whether to receive the mail content. It is determined whether the user selects the reception menu (S25). If the user selects the reception of the mail as a result of the determination, the mobile terminal 700 transmits the URL information of the corresponding mail through the wireless network 600 ( S26), and receives the mail contents from the mail server 100 (S27) and displays them on the display device to achieve the object of the present invention.

With the development of wireless Internet technology, the amount of information sent / received with a mobile communication terminal is increasing, and in the case of sending / receiving mail, the contents of an e-mail are immediately received by the mobile communication terminal, or when the reception of the mail is confirmed only by simple information such as a mail subject. Various mail transmission / reception methods are required.

By providing a device and a method for sending a mail to a mobile communication terminal through a two-way communication between the mobile communication terminal in the mail server, when the new mail is received in the mail server is notified to the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal Decides whether to receive all the contents of the e-mail by looking at the simple subject of the notified e-mail. Can be received, and unnecessary charges can be reduced by not searching the mail periodically. In addition, by simply operating the key input device of the mobile communication portable terminal, the URL information can be transmitted to the mail server to receive the mail contents.

Claims (13)

In the sending method for sending the mail received by the mail server to the mobile communication terminal, A mail monitoring step of checking whether the mail received by the mail server has arrived; A confirmation step of detecting a recipient ID of the confirmed mail and confirming whether or not the recipient ID is registered when the mail arrival is confirmed in the mail monitoring step; A mail identification key generation step of generating a mail identification key of the received mail when the registration of the receiver ID is confirmed in the verification step; And a sending step of sending the URL information including the mail identification key generated in the mail identification key generation step to a mobile communication mobile terminal. The mail sending method according to claim 1, further comprising a storing step of storing a sender and contents of the received mail in a storage device when registration of the receiver ID is confirmed in the checking step. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting step further includes a push server IP address and a recipient's mobile communication terminal via a push server connected to the Internet. The method of claim 1, wherein the URL information comprises a mail server IP address and a mail identification key. The mail sending method according to claim 1, wherein the sending step includes sending URL information and a mail subject or sender name. The mail sending method according to claim 2, wherein the storing step stores the sender and the contents of the received mail as a record together with the receiver ID, the recipient telephone number, and the URL. In the sending device for sending the mail received by the mail server to the mobile communication terminal, An internet network connected to the mail server to form a channel for transmitting and receiving mail; A LAN card connected to the Internet network to transmit and receive mail; A storage device for storing a user information record and an incoming mail record; Check whether the mail received through the LAN card has arrived, compare the user information record with the recipient ID of the received mail, check whether the recipient ID has been registered, and generate a mail identification key of the received mail. And a control unit for outputting URL information including a mail identification key to the mobile communication wireless terminal through the LAN card. The mail sending device according to claim 7, wherein the control unit stores the sender and contents of the received mail as a received mail record in a storage device when the registration of the recipient ID is confirmed. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the user information record comprises a user ID, a mobile terminal number, and information on whether a mail push request is required. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the received mail record comprises a mail identification key, a mail title, and mail content information. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the URL information comprises a mail server IP address and a mail identification key. The mail sending neglect of claim 7, wherein the control unit outputs URL information, a mail subject, or a sender name. 8. The mail delivery window according to claim 7, further comprising a push server and a swap gateway in the Internet network.