KR20170103399A

KR20170103399A - Computer-executable method of message phone and server performing the same

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Publication number: KR20170103399A
Application number: KR1020160026247A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 송준헌; 오승환; 경동현
Original assignee: 경동현
Priority date: 2016-03-04
Filing date: 2016-03-04
Publication date: 2017-09-13

Abstract

A computer-executable text phone method is performed in a text telephone server connected to a text telephone call terminal and a text telephone call terminal. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving unique text and a unique called number from a called terminal associated with a text telephone and pre-registering the unique text and the unique called number in a text telephone database; (b) receiving text from a text telephone calling terminal; Searching the text phone database for a unique destination number that matches the received text and providing the text phone call terminal with a temporary destination number derived from the unique destination number; and (d) And dialing the character telephone calling terminal with the telephone number.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer-

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a text phone technology, and more particularly, to a computer-executable text phone method capable of calling a calling party using a called party name or a service name without a telephone number, and a server performing the same.

Generally, a telephone call can be performed by inputting the telephone number of the other party in a cellular phone or a general telephone. The telephone call can also be performed without searching for a pre-stored number from the phone book of the mobile phone and using the method of calling the retrieved number into the calling application. However, the conventional methods are only available when the telephone number of the person to be called is known, and the telephone call is fundamentally impossible if the telephone number of the other person is unknown.

Korean Patent No. 10-0851583 discloses a method and apparatus for inputting a telephone number using simultaneous input of numbers and characters. This technique includes inputting characters and numbers set in a key when an arbitrary key is operated by a user, searching phone number information corresponding to a character in a phone book, and inputting a phone number information, If the telephone number information is searched, the telephone number corresponding to the telephone number information is referred to as a called number, or if the telephone number information is not searched, an attempt is made to establish a telephone connection with the inputted number as the called number. According to this technique, a number and a character corresponding to the same key input are displayed at the same time so that the user directly inputs a telephone number by using a number in the initial screen or inputs a character to search telephone number information, It is possible to provide convenience in use.

Korean Patent No. 10-0681181 discloses a technique for providing a telephone number search key of a mobile communication terminal. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal, comprising: an operation searching step of determining whether an operation state of a mobile communication terminal is performing an operation of searching for a telephone number; A step of counting the number of key operations performed to calculate the number of times of operation of the operation command input key to which the toggle function is assigned, And a search step switching step of switching the phone number searching step of the mobile communication terminal to another phone number searching step according to the result of the operation count counting step.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0851583 (2008.08.05 registered) Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0681181 (Registered on May 2, 2007)

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a computer-executable text telephone method and a server for performing the same, which can call a calling party using a called name or a service name without a telephone number.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a computer-executable text phone method capable of maintaining a security of a unique telephone number by providing a temporary number valid for a caller within a specific time range according to a selection of a called party, and a server performing the same .

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a computer-executable text telephone method capable of providing a temporary call destination number of a place closest to a caller's location, and a server for performing the method.

Among the embodiments, a computer-executable text phone method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving unique text and a unique called number from a called party registration terminal associated with a text telephone caller, and registering the unique text and the unique called number in advance in the text telephone database; (b) (C) retrieving a unique destination number that matches the received text in the text phone database and providing the text phone call terminal with a temporary destination number derived from the unique destination number; and d) causing the text phone call terminal to dial the text phone call incoming terminal to the temporary call destination number.

The step (a) includes registering whether the unique calling number is disclosed from the called terminal.

The step (b) may include determining whether the received text corresponds to a receiver name or a service name.

The step (c) may further include searching for a text phone call receiving terminal based on a predetermined priority when the text corresponds to a service name. The step (c) may further include searching for a text phone call destination terminal located closest to the current location of the text phone call terminal and providing the unique call reception number of the retrieved text phone call terminal. The step (c) includes searching for a text phone call destination terminal that provides the highest advertising cost among the text phone call terminals located within a certain radius around the text phone call terminal and providing the unique call destination number of the retrieved text phone call terminal As shown in FIG. The step (c) may include checking whether the searched unique call number is disclosed and if so, providing the text phone call terminal with the unique call number as the temporary call number. Wherein the step (c) comprises using the station number of the temporary call destination number as a predefined station number, setting the intermediate number as a hash function according to a specific time, storing the last four digits of the number in the temporary number database And setting the number to a number. The step (c) may further comprise the step of determining an intermediate number of the temporary called number according to the following equation.

[Equation 1]

Here, num corresponds to the middle number 4 digits of the unique called number, t corresponds to the time at which the called number is requested, and y corresponds to the 4 digits of the intermediate number of the temporary called number determined according to the unique called number and time .

Among the embodiments, the text telephone server can be connected to the text telephone call terminal, the caller registration terminal and the text telephone call receiving terminal. The server includes a caller information registration unit for receiving the unique text and the unique call reception number from the caller registration terminal associated with the text telephone call receiver and registering the unique text and the unique call reception number in the text telephone database in advance, a text receiving unit for receiving text from the text telephone call reception terminal, A provisional destination number providing unit for searching for a unique destination number matching the received text and providing a temporary destination number derived from the unique destination number to the character telephone calling terminal; And a character telephone connection unit for allowing the character telephone calling terminal to establish a telephone connection.

The disclosed technique may have the following effects. It is to be understood, however, that the scope of the disclosed technology is not to be construed as limited thereby, as it is not meant to imply that a particular embodiment should include all of the following effects or only the following effects.

A computer-executable method for text messaging according to an embodiment of the present invention allows a user to make a telephone call using only a name of a place or a service name to be called without a telephone number.

The computer-executable text phone method according to an embodiment of the present invention can maintain a security of a unique telephone number by providing a temporary number usable only at a specific time to a caller according to a selection of a called party.

A computer-executable method for text messaging according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide a telephone number of a location closest to a location of a caller.

1 is a diagram illustrating a text phone system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the text phone server shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a text phone method performed by the text telephone server shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a process of receiving a unique text in a text phone call terminal shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a process of dialing a text phone call terminal to a text phone call terminal in FIG. 1. FIG.

The description of the present invention is merely an example for structural or functional explanation, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments are to be construed as being variously embodied and having various forms, so that the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing technical ideas. Also, the purpose or effect of the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, since it does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effect.

Meanwhile, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

The terms "first "," second ", and the like are intended to distinguish one element from another, and the scope of the right should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but there may be other elements in between. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. On the other hand, other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

It is to be understood that the singular " include " or "have" are to be construed as including the stated feature, number, step, operation, It is to be understood that the combination is intended to specify that it does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

In each step, the identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of explanation, the identification code does not describe the order of each step, Unless otherwise stated, it may occur differently from the stated order. That is, each step may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices for storing data that can be read by a computer system . Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used predefined terms should be interpreted to be consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and can not be interpreted as having ideal or overly formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.

1 is a diagram illustrating a text phone system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the text telephone system 100 includes a text telephone server 110, a text telephone call terminal 120, a caller registration terminal 130 and a text telephone call terminal 140, Can be connected.

The text telephone server 110 includes a text telephone database 112 and a temporary number database 114. The text telephone server 110 includes a text telephone database 112 and a temporary number database 114. The text telephone server 110 is a computing device capable of making a call connection between a caller and a caller using characters. The text phone server 110 may also be connected to the text phone call terminal 120, the caller registration terminal 130, and the text phone call terminal 140.

The text telephone server 110 receives the text corresponding to the recipient name or the service name to which the text telephone call terminal 120 is to connect, searches for the text telephone call receiving terminal 140 matching the text, It is possible to provide the temporary call destination number of the call destination terminal 140 and cause the text telephone call terminal 120 to dial the text call destination terminal 140 to the temporary call destination number.

The text phone database 112 can store and manage the unique text and the unique call reception number received from the receiver registration terminal 130 associated with the text telephone receiver. In one embodiment, the text phone database 112 may store and manage the called party's disclosure or non-disclosure of the called party registration terminal 130.

Temporary number database 114 may store and manage combinations of numbers for determining a temporary called number.

The text phone call terminal 120 corresponds to a computing device connected to the text phone server 110, and may be implemented, for example, as a smart phone. The text phone call terminal 120 can receive the unique text of the text phone call terminal 140 to which the caller wants to connect. In one embodiment, the text phone call terminal 120 can receive the text of the text phone call terminal 140 via the voice of the caller. The text phone call terminal 120 can receive the unique text from the voice of the caller by analyzing the voice information and converting it into text, command, and various types of information using STT (Speech-to-text) technology. For example, the text phone calling terminal 120 can analyze the received information and output the analyzed text " hamburger " to the display when receiving the voice of "hamburger" from the sender using the built-in speaker. In one embodiment, the text-phone calling terminal 120 may include a process of selecting a type of text input from a caller.

The caller registration terminal 130 corresponds to a computing device connected to the text phone server 110, and may be implemented by, for example, a smart phone, a PC, and a notebook computer. The called party registration terminal 130 can create and transmit the unique text and unique called number associated with the text telephone call recipient to the text telephone server 110. [ In one embodiment, the called party registration terminal 130 may include a text telephone call receiving terminal 140. [ More specifically, when the text phone receiving terminal 140 is implemented as a communication device capable of receiving a unique text and a unique called number, that is, a smart phone, the text phone call receiving terminal 140 can be used as the receiver registration terminal 130 Can play a role.

The text phone call receiving terminal 140 corresponds to a device connected to the text phone server 110 and may be implemented as a smart phone or a wired telephone, for example. The text phone call receiving terminal 140 can receive the telephone call made from the text phone calling terminal 120. [

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the text phone server shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

2, the text telephone server 110 may include a recipient information registration unit 210, a text receiving unit 220, a temporary call number provisioning unit 230, a text telephone connection unit 240, and a control unit 250 have.

The called party information registration unit 210 can receive unique text, a unique called number, and a service name associated with the text phone call recipient from the called party registration terminal 130. In one embodiment, the called party information registration unit 210 can receive whether or not the unique calling number is disclosed from the called party registration terminal 130. [ The called party information registration unit 210 can store in the text telephone database 112 whether or not the unique text, the unique calling party number, the service name, and the unique calling number received from the called party registration terminal 130 are disclosed.

The text receiving unit 220 can receive the text input from the text phone calling terminal 120. In one embodiment, the text receiving unit 220 can determine whether the received text corresponds to a service name or a recipient name. The text receiving unit 220 can receive the name search request together with the unique text from the text phone call terminal 120. [ For example, the text receiving unit 220 can receive a message such as " coffee-service " or " The text that follows can be identified by the type of name.

The provisional destination number providing unit 230 searches the text phone database 112 for the text of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 that matches the text received from the text phone calling terminal 120 and searches the text phone call receiving terminal 140 ) Can be identified.

In one embodiment, the provisional termination number providing unit 230 can determine the retrieval method of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 according to the type of text received from the text phone calling terminal 120. More specifically, when the type of the received text corresponds to the service name, the provisional termination number providing unit 230 can search for the unique text of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 based on the predetermined priority. For example, the provisional termination number providing unit 230 searches for the text telephone call receiving terminal 140 located closest to the current position of the text telephone calling terminal 120, It is possible to search the text phone call receiving terminal 140 that provides the highest advertising cost among the text phone call receiving terminals 140 located within a certain radius. When the unique text of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 is retrieved, the provisional termination number providing unit 230 can receive a unique incoming number corresponding to the text phone call receiving terminal 140 from the text telephone database 112. [

When the type of the received text corresponds to the called name, the provisional destination number providing unit 230 can search the text phone receiving terminal 140 that matches the received unique text, When the unique text is retrieved, the unique telephone number corresponding to the character telephone call receiving terminal 140 can be received from the text telephone database 112.

The provisional destination number providing unit 230 may provide the provisional destination number derived from the unique destination number to the text phone calling terminal 120. In one embodiment, the temporary destination number providing unit 230 can check whether the unique destination number of the retrieved text phone call receiving terminal 140 is disclosed. The provisional termination number providing unit 230 can directly provide the unique calling number to the text phone calling terminal 120 as the temporary called number when the unique calling number of the retrieved text phone call receiving terminal 140 is set to be open. The provisional destination number providing unit 230 may generate a temporary destination number according to a predefined rule when the unique destination number of the retrieved text phone call receiving terminal 140 is set to private. Here, the temporary called number can be implemented in the form of a commonly used " 000-0000-0000 ". In one embodiment, provisional termination number provider 230 uses the station number of the temporary called number as a predetermined constant station number, sets the intermediate number as a hash function according to a specific time, And may be set to a number pre-stored in the temporary number database. More specifically, the provisional termination number providing unit 230 can set the prefix number of the temporary termination number to a predetermined prefix number regardless of the unique termination number of the text phone call receiving terminal 140. The provisional termination number providing unit 230 may determine the middle 4-digit number according to the following equation.

[Equation 1]

Here, num corresponds to the middle number 4 digits of the unique called number, t corresponds to the time at which the called number is requested, and y corresponds to the 4 digits of the intermediate number of the temporary called number determined according to the unique called number and time . In one embodiment, provisional termination number provider 230 may determine the middle four digits of the temporary termination number using a hash function. A hash function compresses an input message of arbitrary length into a fixed length output value, and can be used for data integrity verification and message authentication.

The provisional destination number providing unit 230 may set the last 4 digits to the number stored in the temporary number database 114. [ In one embodiment, provisional termination number provider 230 may set the last four digits using a counter. More specifically, provisional termination number providing unit 230 may increment the counter by one each time it creates a temporary called number. For example, when the current counter is set to 4, the provisional termination number providing unit 230 may set the 4 digits corresponding to the position of 4 to the last 4 digits of the temporary called number. The provisional termination number providing unit 230 increments the counter by 1 after setting the number. Here, the counter is set to 5, and the 4 digits of the temporary called number to be set later can be 4 digits corresponding to the 5 position.

The text phone connection unit 240 can allow the text phone call terminal 120 to connect the text phone call terminal 140 to the temporary call destination number.

The control unit 250 controls the overall operation of the text phone server 110 and controls the control flow between the caller information registration unit 210, the text receiving unit 220, the temporary call number providing unit 230 and the text telephone connection unit 240, Data flow can be controlled.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a text phone method performed by the text telephone server shown in FIG.

3, the process of receiving the information of the called party from the called party registration terminal 130 is described in step S310, and the connection process of the text phone call terminal 120 and the text phone call terminal 140 is described in step S320.

In step S310, the text phone server 110 receives whether or not the unique text, the unique calling number, and the unique calling number are disclosed from the calling party registration terminal 130 (step S912). In one embodiment, the called party registration terminal 130 may include a text telephone call receiving terminal 140. [ More specifically, when the text phone receiving terminal 140 is implemented as a communication device capable of receiving a unique text and a unique called number, that is, a smart phone, the text phone call receiving terminal 140 can be used as the receiver registration terminal 130 Can play a role.

The text phone server 110 stores in the text phone database 112 whether or not the received unique text, unique calling number, and unique calling number are disclosed (step S913).

In step S320, the character telephone server 110 receives the unique text input from the character telephone calling terminal 120 (step S321). In one embodiment, the text phone server 110 may determine whether the received text corresponds to a service name or a recipient name.

The text telephone server 110 searches the text phone database 112 for the text of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 that matches the text received from the text phone call terminal 120, The unique called number can be grasped (step S322). In one embodiment, the text phone server 110 can determine the search method of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 according to the type of text received from the text phone call terminal 120. More specifically, when the type of the received text corresponds to the service name, the text telephone server 110 can search for the unique text of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 based on the predetermined priority. For example, the character telephone server 110 searches for the character telephone call receiving terminal 140 located closest to the character telephone calling terminal 120 based on the current position of the character telephone calling terminal 120, It is possible to search for the text phone call receiving terminal 140 that provides the highest advertising cost among the text phone call receiving terminals 140 located within the radius. When the unique text of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 is retrieved, the provisional termination number providing unit 230 can receive a unique incoming number corresponding to the text phone call receiving terminal 140 from the text telephone database 112. [ When the type of the received text corresponds to the called name, the text telephone server 110 can search for the text phone call receiving terminal 140 that matches the received unique text, The unique telephone number corresponding to the character telephone call receiving terminal 140 can be received from the text telephone database 112. [

The text telephone server 110 confirms whether the unique call number of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 is disclosed and sets a temporary call number (step S323). The text telephone server 110 can directly provide the unique call destination number as the temporary call destination number to the text phone call terminal 120 when the unique call destination number of the text call incoming terminal 140 is set to be open. The text telephone server 110 can generate a temporary call destination number according to a predetermined rule when the unique call destination number of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 is set to be private. Here, the temporary called number can be implemented in the form of a commonly used " 000-0000-0000 ". In one embodiment, the text phone server 110 uses the station number of the temporary destination number as a predetermined constant station number, sets the intermediate number as a hash function according to a specific time, The number can be set to the number pre-stored in the database.

The text telephone server 110 provides the generated temporary call destination number to the text phone call terminal 120 (step S324).

The text telephone server 110 can cause the text telephone call terminal 120 to dial the text telephone call receiving terminal 140 to the temporary call reception number (step S325).

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a process of receiving a unique text in a text phone call terminal shown in FIG. 1;

In FIG. 4, the text phone call terminal 120 can receive the unique text of the text phone call receiving terminal 140 to be transmitted from the caller via the text input box, and can select the type of text from the caller. For example, when receiving the service name search request from the caller, the text phone call terminal 120 determines the type of the received unique text as the service name, and transmits the unique text to the text phone server 110 . When receiving the called party name search request from the calling party, the text phone calling terminal 120 determines the type of the received unique text as the name of the text phone call receiving terminal 140, and transmits the corresponding unique text to the text telephone server 110 Lt; / RTI > More specifically, the text phone calling terminal 120 can transmit text corresponding to the name type of the unique text and the unique text to the text phone server 110. For example, the text phone call terminal 120 can send a message such as " coffee-service " or "

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a process of dialing a text phone call terminal to a text phone call terminal in FIG. 1. FIG.

In FIG. 5, the text telephone call terminal 120 can receive a temporary call number from the text telephone server 110. The text phone call terminal 120 may display the unique text of the text phone call terminal 140 and the received temporary caller number on the screen when the text phone server 110 receives the temporary caller number. The text phone calling terminal 120 can perform a telephone connection with the text phone call receiving terminal 140 using the received temporary calling number.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

100: Text phone system
110: Text phone server
112: Text phone database 114: Temporary number database
120: a text phone calling terminal 130: a caller registration terminal
140:
210: called party information registering unit 220: text receiving unit
230: temporary called number provisioning 240: text telephone connection
250:

Claims

(a) receiving unique text and a unique called number from a called party registration terminal associated with a text telephone call recipient and registering the unique text and the unique called party number in advance in the text telephone database;
(b) receiving text from a text telephone call terminal;
(c) retrieving a unique call number matching the received text in the text telephone database and providing the text telephone call terminal with a temporary call number derived from the unique call number; And
(d) causing the text telephone calling terminal to dial the text telephone call receiving terminal to the temporary called number.

The method of claim 1, wherein step (a)
And registering whether or not the unique calling number is disclosed from the called terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b)
And determining whether the received text corresponds to a called party name or a service name.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein step (c)
If the text corresponds to a service name, searching for a text phone call terminal based on a predetermined priority.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein step (c)
Further comprising the step of searching for a text phone call destination terminal located closest to the present location of the text phone call terminal and providing the unique call destination number of the retrieved text phone call terminal .

5. The method of claim 4, wherein step (c)
The method further comprises the step of searching for a text phone call destination terminal that provides the highest advertising cost among the text phone call terminals located within a certain radius centering on the text phone call terminal and providing the unique call reception number of the retrieved text phone call terminal &Lt; / RTI >

2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c)
Checking whether the searched unique call number is disclosed, and if so, providing the text phone call terminal with the unique call number as the temporary call number.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c)
Setting an intermediate number as a hash function according to a specific time, and setting a last four-digit number as a number pre-stored in the temporary number database based on a counter, using the station number of the temporary called number as a predetermined constant station number, Further comprising the steps of:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein step (c)
Further comprising the step of determining an intermediate number of the temporary called number according to the following equation: < EMI ID = 14.0 >
[Equation 1]

(y: middle temporary number 4 digits, num: middle 4 digits, t: time)

A character telephone server connected to a text telephone calling terminal, a called party registration terminal and a text telephone receiving terminal,
A recipient information registration unit for receiving the unique text and the unique call reception number from the receiver registration terminal associated with the character telephone receiver and registering the unique text and the unique reception number in the character telephone database in advance;
A text receiving unit for receiving text from a text telephone calling terminal;
A provisional destination number providing unit for retrieving a unique destination number matching the received text in the text telephone database and providing the text telephone call terminal with a temporary destination number derived from the unique destination number; And
And a character telephone connection unit for allowing the character telephone calling terminal to call the character telephone calling terminal to the temporary call destination number.