KR20010067570A - Method and Apparatus of e-mail connection for mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for transmitting an e-mail to a portable mobile communication terminal equipment are provided to enable a mail server to transmit an e-mail to a portable mobile communication terminal by a two-way communication. CONSTITUTION: A mail receiving device(700) of the portable mobile communication terminal has a radio module(710) for receiving a radio RF signal sent through a radio network(600) and outputting mail data by demodulating the radio RF signal. A memory device(720) stores the mail data output from the radio module. A display device(760) displays the mail data which the user can recognize. A control unit(740) controls the storing of the mail data onto the memory unit and the displaying of the data on the display device. A key input device(730) inputs a selection signal of the user in the control unit according to the display of mail data. The mail data are divided into mail receipt notification data(721,722) and mail data(723). The display device is operated by a display device operating unit. The display device displays the mail notification contents and user selection column(770).

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 or 160 characters for short message service among mobile operators, is insufficient to send the contents or attachments of received e-mails to mobile terminals. have. In addition, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-0050061 (2000. 8.5) 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, stores 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 configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is a mail server 100 connected to the Internet network 300, a push server 400 connected to the Internet network 300, and a swap connected to the push server 400 The mail sending device including the gateway 500 and the swap gateway are connected to the wireless network 600, and the wireless network 600 is connected to the mobile communication wireless terminal 700. 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. And a controller 740, a display device driver 750, and a 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 apparatus for transmitting a mail 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. On the other hand, in the storage device of the mail server 100, a user information record 132 including a push server IP address 131, a pre-registered user ID, a mobile terminal number of the user ID, mail push request presence information, etc. It is stored. The received mail is stored in the storage device 130 as a received mail record, and the control unit 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 deciding whether the subscriber can request a legitimate service, the push server 400 uses the received mobile terminal phone number, URL information and mail composed of a call signal, a mail server IP address, and 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 (S15) of storing mail contents, 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 when the notification request is a registered user, transmitting the push server IP and the mobile terminal phone number of the corresponding recipient ID (S17), and transmitting the URL and the mail subject including the mail server IP address and the mail identification key (S18). The mail is transmitted 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 control unit 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. As a result of the reception, when the key input signal is a request for receiving mail content, URL information stored in the storage device 740 is read and transmitted to the wireless modules 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. In the e-mail receiving notification determining step (S21) of determining whether there is an e-mail receiving notification, when a URL is included in the header of the received signal, the e-mail receiving notification is received. To judge. If there is a mail reception notification in the mail reception notification determining step (S21), the storage of the URL and the mail title of the received mail is stored (S22), the mail title and the arrival guide message are displayed on the display device (S23), and 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 based on the simple subject of the notified e-mail, and if it is necessary to receive all the e-mails, the mobile communication terminal makes a request to send a mail to the e-mail server, receives the 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 terminal, URL information can be transmitted to a mail server to receive mail contents.

Claims (13)

Claims [1] A method of receiving mail contents of a mail server in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: a mail notification monitoring step of checking whether mail is received from a mail server; A storage step of storing the mail notification contents in a storage device of the mobile communication terminal in the mail notification monitoring step; A display step of displaying the stored mail notification contents on a display device of the mobile communication terminal; A detection step of detecting whether the mail notification contents are selected from a user of the mobile communication portable terminal; And a request step of requesting a mail server to send the contents of the notification mail to the detection result of the detection step. The method of claim 1, wherein the mail notification content includes a sender ID or a subject and a URL of the received notification mail. The mail receiving method according to claim 1, further comprising a confirmation step of confirming whether the mail received in the mail notification monitoring step is a mail reception notification or content reception. The mail receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying step includes the mail notification contents and the user's selection on the display device. The mail receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the requesting step outputs a URL of a received notification mail. The mail receiving method according to claim 2, wherein the reception notification URL is composed of the mail server IP address and a mail identification key. In the mail receiving device of a mobile communication mobile terminal, A wireless module for receiving a wireless RF signal, demodulating the wireless RF signal, and outputting mail information; A storage device for storing mail information output from the wireless module; A display device for displaying the mail information so that a user can recognize the mail information; A control unit for storing the mail information in a storage device and controlling the output of the mail information to a display device; A key input device for inputting a user's selection signal to the controller in accordance with the mail information display; And the control unit requests to transmit the mail information by retransmitting a part of the mail information through a wireless module in response to the selection signal. The mail receiving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the mail information is divided into mail reception notification information and mail information. The mail receiving device according to claim 7, wherein the display device is driven by a display device driver. 8. The mail reception device according to claim 7, wherein the display device displays the mail notification content and the user selection on the display device. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the reception notification URL is composed of the mail server IP address and a mail identification key. The mail receiving device according to claim 7, wherein the request for sending the mail information is URL information in the mail information. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the reception notification URL comprises the mail server IP address and a mail identification key.