KR20010086883A - Method for condition-based communication service between service subscribers - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing a communication service between service subscribers based on conditions is provided to supply information and the communication service between subscribers according to designated conditions of a subscriber independently with the existing telephone number. CONSTITUTION: A service providing server(106) waits for a subscriber to log in, transmits the affected screen to the subscriber, and receives data from the subscriber. The service providing server(106) processes a subscriber request according to the data of the subscriber and manages subscriber information and status. The service providing server(106) selects one subscriber in an assemblage of subscribers decided by a predetermined method, searches other subscribers according to designated conditions of the selected subscriber, transmits information to the affected subscribers, and supplies a communication service between subscribers after receiving confirmation for connection from the subscribers.

Description

Method for providing communication service between condition subscribers {Method for condition-based communication service between service subscribers}

The present invention relates to a method of providing information and a communication service using a communication terminal having a data communication function and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the method.

As the modern society has evolved into a highly information society, mobile wireless communication services capable of data communication have emerged, and voice over internet protocol (VoIP), which enables the provision of voice call services using data communication networks such as the Internet, has emerged. As data communication technologies are developed, the demand for communication services using them is exploding. In addition, advances in wireless communication technology have enabled direct wireless mobile communication between location services and near users who do not use a base station. Accordingly, there is a need for developing technologies for providing newer communication services.

In the past, the communication of a communication user was basically a connection-based communication service, and the communication connection was made only through the exchange of the service provider. Accordingly, in this conventional method, a data communication or voice call service is provided based on a number assigned to a communication terminal. That is, there is a problem in that communication with the user is not possible without knowing the telephone number previously assigned to the user's terminal, and there is a problem in that an independent communication method cannot be provided to the user or the communication terminal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a method for providing information and communication service to another service subscriber that satisfies a specified condition of a service subscriber independently of an existing telephone number. Its purpose is to provide a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a data communication network for providing a service according to the present invention.

2 is a service providing model according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of state transition and state group configuration of a service subscriber for providing a service according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a service providing method in a service providing server according to the present invention;

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

101: mobile terminal, 102: wireless network,

103: base station, 104: mobile communication network,

105: internet gateway, 106: service providing server,

107: Internet.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the server connected to the data communication network, the first step of waiting for the login (Login) of the subscriber to the screen corresponding to the subscriber, and receiving data from the subscriber; A second step of processing a subscriber request such as changing subscriber status, changing search condition, changing information, or logging out according to data from the subscriber, and managing subscriber related information; Simultaneously with the first and second steps, one subscriber is selected by a predetermined method from the set of subscribers determined by a predetermined method among the logged-in subscribers, and other subscribers are searched according to the designated condition of the selected subscriber. And a third step of transmitting information based on the retrieved information to the corresponding subscribers, and receiving communication confirmation from the subscribers, thereby communicating with the subscribers to provide a communication service.

The present invention also provides a computer system having a large capacity processor, comprising: a first function of waiting for a login of a subscriber, transmitting a screen corresponding to the subscriber, and receiving data from the subscriber; A second function of processing a subscriber request such as changing a subscriber state, changing a search condition, changing an information, or logging out according to data from a subscriber, and managing subscriber related information; Simultaneously with the first function and the second function, a subscriber is selected from a set of subscribers determined by a predetermined method among the logged-in subscribers by a predetermined method, and other subscribers are searched according to a specified condition of the selected subscriber. The present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium recording a program including a third function of transmitting information based on the retrieved information to corresponding subscribers, and receiving communication confirmation from the subscribers, and then connecting the subscribers to provide communication services. Characterized in that.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above objects and methods and apparatuses for achieving the objects will become more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present embodiment provides information to another service subscriber using a mobile wireless communication service that satisfies a specified condition of a service subscriber to a service subscriber using a mobile wireless communication service having a data communication function such as IMT-2000. It is for providing a communication connection service between subscribers. In the present embodiment, the service means information provision and communication service between subscribers according to the condition of the service subscriber using the mobile communication service according to the present invention.

1 is an exemplary configuration of a data communication network for providing a service according to the present invention.

FIG. 1A is a network configuration for providing a service using the Internet. In general, a service subscriber using wireless communication may use a wireless network through a mobile terminal 101 having a data communication function and a web browser. The base station (103) connected through the network (102) requests data to the service providing server (Server, 106), and the request is performed through a gateway (Gateway, 105) through the mobile core network (Mobile Core Network, 104). Subscriber request such as subscriber login, status change, condition change, information change or logout to the service providing server 106 having a Web server connected to the Internet (Internet 107) and connected to the Internet. The data is transmitted to the mobile terminal 101 through the data processing of the service providing server 106.

FIG. 1B is a network configuration for providing a service using a direct connection with a mobile communication network without using the Internet. In this case, a service subscriber using wireless communication may also use a wireless network through a mobile terminal 101 having a data communication function. A request is made to the service providing server 106 via a base station 103 connected via 102, and the request is a service having a data communication server function directly across the gateway 105 via the mobile communication network 104. Subscriber requests such as subscriber login, status change, condition change, information change, or logout are sent to the providing server 106, and the corresponding data is transmitted to the mobile terminal 101 through data processing of the service providing server 106. do.

2 is a service providing model diagram according to the present invention using the Internet. The service according to the present invention searches for other subscriber information based on the conditions specified by the subscriber for the service request in the service request 207 and the service providing server 106 through the subscriber terminal 101 of the service subscriber, and the search result. Can be modeled as a response 208 that provides information based or a communication connection with another subscriber. In FIG. 2, a service subscriber using wireless communication transmits data to a service providing server 106 through a base station 103 connected to a wireless network 102 through a mobile terminal 101 having a data communication function and a web browser 201. The request is sent to the Internet 107 via the gateway 105 via the mobile communication network 104, and the subscriber login to the service providing server 106 having the web server 204 connected to the Internet, the state change Subscriber requests such as condition change, information change, or logout are transmitted, and the service providing server 106 processes the subscriber's request using a technology such as CGI (Common Gateway Interface) or Script 205, and if necessary, Update or retrieve information in the database 206 and transmit the corresponding data and the web document to the mobile terminal 101. The base station 103 connecting the wireless network 102 and the mobile communication network 104 and the gateway 105 connecting the mobile communication network 104 and the Internet 107 perform communication protocol conversions 202 and 203 as necessary. The communication between the subscriber's wireless terminal 101 and the service providing server 106 is enabled.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a state group configuration determined according to a state transition of a service subscriber and a state of a subscriber for providing a service according to the present invention. The state of the subscriber is divided into a logout state 300, a standby state 301, an active state 302, a preliminary connection state 303, and a connection state 304, and a subscriber may not have multiple states at the same time. Subscribers are included in the logout state group 322, the standby state group 326, the active state group 325, the spare connection state group 324, and the connection state group 323, respectively, according to their current state.

In FIG. 3, the subscriber's state starts with the logout state 300 through the subscription application 310 and belongs to the logout state group 322, and becomes the standby state 301 as the subscriber logs in 311 and waits. Included in state group 326. When a subscriber requests a state change to an active state, the subscriber becomes an active state 302 and is included in the active state group 325, and the specified conditions for each subscriber belonging to the active state group 325 by a predetermined method. If other subscriber information is found that satisfies the request, and no result is found for the subscriber, the subscriber remains active (302), and the active group (325) satisfies the conditions of the subscriber in accordance with a predetermined method. Repeatedly search for other subscribers. If there is another subscriber that satisfies the conditions of the subscriber, the corresponding subscriber and the retrieved subscriber are transitioned to the preliminary connection state 303 and included in the preliminary connection state group 324, and the two subscribers are confirmed in advance about the connection. Receive. If both subscribers agree (316), both subscribers are in the connected state 304 and included in the connected state group 323, and a connection between the two subscribers is made. If all of the connections are not agreed (315), then the active state 302 is again found in the active state group 325 to see if there are other subscribers that satisfy the conditions of that subscriber. When the connection between connected subscribers is released 317, the subscriber transitions from the connected state 304 to the standby state 301 and is included in the standby state group 326. The subscriber can log out 318 and 319 only in the standby state 301 or the active state 302, and the logged out subscriber transitions to the logout state 300 and is included in the logout state group 322. .

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment for providing a service according to the present invention.

4 shows a service providing method in a server for providing information providing and communication services based on specified conditions to subscribers. In the server for providing a service, the operation of the flowchart 4a and the operation of the flowchart 4b are performed at the same time to provide a service according to the present invention, and the operation of FIG. 4a and the operation of FIG. More than one task can be performed at the same time using multi-process or multi-thread.

The service providing server 106 connected to the data communication network waits for the subscriber to log in, transmits a screen corresponding to the subscriber, receives data from the subscriber, and changes the subscriber status, changes conditions, and changes information according to the data from the subscriber. Simultaneously log out, select a subscriber to be processed first by a predetermined method from the set of active subscribers among the logged in subscribers, search for other subscribers according to the designated conditions of the selected subscribers, and simultaneously satisfy the mutual conditions. If a subscriber exists, information about the other subscriber is transmitted to each subscriber, and after receiving a connection confirmation from the corresponding subscribers, the two parties are communicatively connected to provide data communication or call service.

This will be described according to the flow of the drawings. In the flowchart of FIG. 4A, the service providing server 106 waits until the initial screen request from the subscriber is received through the web server 204 (S01). When receiving the initial screen request from the subscriber, the service providing server transmits the initial screen to the subscriber terminal and waits for data transmission from the subscriber (S02). If it is determined that the received information is not a login request or the account or password is not valid, the subscription application is processed (S05), and it is repeated from the initial screen request reception step from the subscriber (S01). The service providing server registers and manages new subscriber information through the subscription application processing step (S05), and generates content for the new subscriber in the database 206 connected to the service providing server.

If the data received from the subscriber is determined to be a login request and the account and password are valid, the screen is transmitted to the subscriber and data is received from the subscriber (S04). It is determined whether the data transmitted by the subscriber is a state change request (S06). If the data from the subscriber is a state change request, the state change processing is performed (S07), and then the screen is transmitted to the subscriber again. The process is repeated from the step of receiving data (S04). The service providing server changes the state of the subscriber through the state change processing step (S07) and includes the subscriber in the corresponding state group.

As a result of determining whether the data transmitted by the subscriber is a state change request, if it is not a state change request, it is determined whether the data transmitted by the subscriber is a condition change request (S08), and when the data from the subscriber is a condition change request, After performing the change process (S09), the screen is again transmitted to the subscriber, and the data is repeatedly performed from step S04 of receiving data from the subscriber. The service providing server changes the designated condition of the subscriber through the condition change processing step S09 and updates the content of the connected database 206 if necessary.

As a result of determining whether the data transmitted by the subscriber is a condition change request, if it is not a condition change request, it is determined whether the data transmitted by the subscriber is a request for changing the subscriber information (S10), and the data from the subscriber is a request for changing the subscriber information. In this case, after the subscriber information change processing is performed (S11), the screen is transmitted to the subscriber again, and the data is repeatedly performed from the step of receiving data from the subscriber (S04). The service providing server changes the subscriber information through the subscriber information change processing step (S11) and updates the contents of the connected database 206 if necessary.

As a result of determining whether the data transmitted by the subscriber is a request for changing the subscriber information, if it is not the request for changing the subscriber information, it is determined whether the data transmitted by the subscriber is a logout request (S12), and the data from the subscriber is a logout request. If the logout process is performed (S13), the corresponding subscriber is deleted from the current state group and included in the logout state group, and the service for the corresponding subscriber is terminated.

In the flowchart of FIG. 4B, the service providing server 106 determines whether there is an active subscriber state (S21), and if it is determined that there is no active subscriber, determining whether there is an active subscriber ( Repeat from S21).

As a result of determining whether the active subscriber exists, when the active subscriber exists, the subscriber having the highest priority is designated as the selected subscriber in the active subscriber group (S22), and the selected subscriber transitions to the pre-connected state. In operation S23, the subscribers satisfying the selection condition of the selected subscriber are searched for in the active state group, and it is determined whether there is a subscriber that satisfies the search condition of the selection subscriber. As a result of the determination, when there is no subscriber that satisfies the specified condition of the selected subscriber, it is repeated from the step S21 of determining whether there is an active subscriber.

As a result of determining whether there is a subscriber that satisfies the specified condition of the selected subscriber, when there is a subscriber that satisfies the specified condition of the selected subscriber, the subscriber having the most suitable condition value for the specified condition of the selected subscriber among the subscribers satisfying the condition Designates the selected subscriber, transitions to a preliminary connection state (S25), transmits information on the other party to the selected subscriber and the selected subscriber, and waits for connection confirmation from both sides (S26). It is determined whether both sides have received the connection confirmation (S27), and if the result of the determination does not receive the connection confirmation from both sides, that is, even if one of the subscribers do not agree on the connection, checking whether there is an active subscriber again. Repeated from (S21).

As a result of determining whether both sides have received the connection confirmation, when both sides have received the connection confirmation, the selected subscriber and the selected subscriber are transitioned to the connected state, and when the selected subscriber and the selected subscriber are connected, Wait until (S28) and after disconnection to change the state of the corresponding two subscribers to the standby state (S29), and checks again whether there is an active subscriber state (S21) is repeatedly performed.

Each subscriber is assigned a service priority based on a predetermined criterion, and searches for the subscriber's specified conditions in order according to the priority of active subscribers. In the absence of a subscriber, the priority has a lower priority than the original priority for a predetermined time.

The designated condition item may be all of subscriber information or a subset of subscriber information. The subscriber information is fixed by subscribers, such as fixed subscriber information that is changed only by the subscriber's request to change subscriber information, such as the subscriber's mobile phone number, and the current location of the subscriber provided by the wireless service provider, depending on the nature of the change in the information. It is divided into dynamic subscriber information which is automatically changed according to the current state of the subscriber without request for information change. In the case of dynamic subscriber information, when the dynamic subscriber information is frequently changed or when there is a cost for the subscriber information, it can be specified to be changed automatically only when the subscriber is active.

According to the characteristics of the condition, the specified condition is divided into a good minimum preference condition with a smaller value, a good maximum preference condition with a larger value, and a close proximity condition with a closer value to the specified value. The subscriber having the best condition for the ranking condition may be selected, or all the conditions may be made into one equation as in Equation 1 below to determine the subscriber having the more optimal condition.

O.C = ((M * C.Max) / (C.Min * Dist (S, C))) + K

In Equation 1, the O.C value serves as a criterion for determining whether the optimum condition is set, and the larger the O.C value is, the subscriber having the optimum condition. In Equation 1, K and M are constants, C. Max is a function defined as the sum or product of the maximum preferred condition values, C. Min is a function defined as the sum or product of the minimum preferred condition values, and S is a specified proximity. The preference condition values, C, are proximate preference condition values of the subscribers to be searched, and Dist (S, C) is a function defined as the sum or product of the difference between the specified condition value and the subscriber's condition value for the corresponding condition.

The condition-based inter-subscriber communication service according to the present invention may be a data communication and voice or video call service, and the data communication service may include a text, video or video-based chat service between subscribers.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary knowledge.

As described above, the present invention establishes a server for providing a service by using a data communication network, searches for service subscribers corresponding to a specified condition for each service subscriber, and if there is a subscriber that satisfies the condition, information on the corresponding service subscribers. Or by providing a data communication or Internet phone service through a service providing server to enable connection between subscribers, independent of existing telephone numbers, and providing information and communication service methods between subscribers according to the subscriber's specified conditions. It can work.

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A condition-based communication service that searches for information on other subscribers using a communication service according to a specified condition of a subscriber using a communication service and provides information based on the searched results or communication service between subscribers. By using the service providing server connected to the data communication network, the information about other subscribers using the communication service satisfying the condition is searched according to the designated condition of the subscriber using the communication service and the information is provided based on the searched result. Condition-based inter-subscriber communication service method for providing a communication service between the two. The method of claim 2, In a service providing server connected to a data communication network, a first step of waiting for a login of a subscriber, transmitting a screen corresponding to the subscriber, and receiving data from the subscriber; A second step of processing a subscriber request according to data from the subscriber and managing subscriber information and status; And Simultaneously with the first and second steps, one subscriber is selected by a predetermined method from the set of subscribers determined by a predetermined method among the logged-in subscribers, and other subscribers are searched according to the designated condition of the selected subscriber. A third step of providing information based on the retrieved information or providing a communication service between subscribers Condition-based inter-subscriber communication service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 2 or 3, The condition management of the subscriber is a condition-based inter-subscribe communication service providing method comprising a method for managing the status of the subscriber divided into one of a logout state, a standby state, an active state, a preliminary connection state and a connection state. . The method of claim 2 or 3, The subscriber information management includes fixed subscriber information that is changed only by a subscriber request for changing the subscriber information according to characteristics of information change, and dynamic subscriber information that is automatically changed according to the current state of the subscriber without a request for a subscriber information change by the subscriber. Condition-based inter-subscriber communication service providing method comprising a method of managing by dividing. The method according to any one of claims 2, 3 and 5, The subscriber information management provides a smoother and lower price by specifying that the subscriber information is automatically changed only when the subscriber is active when dynamic subscriber information is frequently changed or when there is a cost for changing the subscriber information. Condition-based inter-subscriber communication service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 2 or 3, The subscriber information and the specified condition, the condition-based inter-subscribe communication service providing method comprising the current location of the subscriber provided by the wireless communication service provider. The method of claim 3, wherein In the third step, for managing the subscriber state, the subscriber state is divided into one of a logout state, a standby state, an active state, a preliminary connection state, and a connection state. A first step of designating, by the service server, whether there is an active subscriber, and designating one subscriber as a selected subscriber in an active subscriber group by a predetermined method only when there is an active subscriber; Translating the selected subscriber to a pre-connected state and searching for active subscribers in the active state group to determine whether there are subscribers that satisfy the specified subscriber's specified conditions; As a result of determining whether there is a subscriber that satisfies the specified condition of the selected subscriber, when there is a subscriber that satisfies the specified condition of the selected subscriber, the subscriber has an optimal condition value for the specified condition of the selected subscriber among the subscribers satisfying the condition. A third step of designating a subscriber as a selected subscriber and transitioning to a pre-connected state; A fourth step of repeating from the first step if there is no subscriber that satisfies the specified condition of the selected subscriber as a result of determining whether there is a subscriber that satisfies the specified condition of the selected subscriber; When the information about the other subscriber is transmitted to the selected subscriber and the selected subscriber and the connection confirmation is received from both sides, the selected subscriber and the selected subscriber are transferred to the connected state, and the selected subscriber and the selected subscriber are connected. A fifth step of waiting for the release to change the state of two corresponding subscribers to a standby state after the connection is released; And Although the information about the other subscriber is transmitted to the selected subscriber and the selected subscriber. If the connection confirmation of both sides is not received, the sixth process is repeated from the first step Condition-based inter-subscriber communication service providing method comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 2, 3 and 8, The service providing server first searches for a predetermined condition of the active subscriber having the highest priority according to the service priority of each subscriber determined by a predetermined criterion. As a result of the search for the designated condition, if there is no subscriber that satisfies the condition of the subscriber, the priority of the subscriber has a lower priority than the original priority for a predetermined time. How to Provide. The method according to any one of claims 2, 3 and 8, In the service providing server, the condition-based communication is managed by managing the designated condition as a good minimum preferred condition with a smaller value according to the characteristics of the condition, a good maximum preferred condition with a larger value, and a close preferred condition closer to the specified value. A condition-based inter-subscriber communication service providing method comprising a method for providing a service. The method according to any one of claims 2, 3 and 8, In the service providing server, a subscriber having a better condition value for a higher priority condition by giving priority to each designated condition is determined to be a subscriber having a more optimal condition, and thus an optimal condition among subscribers satisfying the specified condition. A condition-based inter-subscribe communication service providing method comprising a method of determining a subscriber having a service providing a service. The method according to any one of claims 2, 3 and 8, In the service providing server, in order to search for subscribers with optimal conditions among subscribers satisfying the specified conditions, the smaller the value of the specified condition for providing the communication service according to the characteristics of the condition is, the better the minimum preferred condition and the value thereof are. The larger the better maximum preference condition, the closer to the specified value, the better the proximity preference condition, including the method of determining the subscriber with the optimal condition using a single formula including all the conditions To provide a communication service between subscribers. The method according to any one of claims 2, 3, 8 and 12, In the service providing server, a method for providing a condition-based inter-subscriber communication service, comprising a method of determining a subscriber having an optimal condition by including all conditions in one equation using Equation 1 . The method according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, The condition-based inter-subscriber communication service according to the present invention includes data communication and voice or video call service, and the data communication service includes a text, video or video-based chat service between subscribers. Inter-subscriber communication service. In a computer system having a high capacity processor and a communication device, A first function of waiting for a login of a subscriber, transmitting a screen corresponding to the subscriber, and receiving data from the subscriber; A second function of processing a subscriber request according to data from the subscriber and managing subscriber information and status; And Simultaneously with the first function and the second function, one subscriber is selected by a predetermined method from a set of subscribers determined by a predetermined method among the logged-in subscribers, and other subscribers are searched according to the designated condition of the selected subscriber. A third function of providing information based on the retrieved information or providing a communication service between subscribers A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a communication service between service subscribers according to conditions.