KR100596393B1 - Method and system for providing user preference information using open API - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing user preference information using an open API, and the user corresponding to the user information to use a customized service providing the user preference information to the user and the notification condition and the notification method of the user preference information. A web server for receiving setting information from a client terminal; A database for storing and managing various contents and the user information and user setting information transmitted from the web server, and generating a content notification generation signal when a notification condition occurs for the content; Receiving a content notification signal from the database to determine whether there is a part corresponding to the user setting information among the content that the notification condition occurs, if there is a corresponding part of the user preference information that is the content of the notification condition is the notification method Customized service notification application server for calling the open API corresponding to the notification method to provide to the client terminal; And an open service gateway for providing the open API to be used in the customized notification service application server, and transmitting the user preference information converted into the notification method form through the open API to the client terminal through a communication network. It is composed. Therefore, using an open API, the user can be provided with the information he / she wants through the desired means.

Description

Method and system for providing user preference information using open API {Method and system for providing information based on user preference using open API}

1 illustrates a user preference information providing system using an open API according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the web server and the customized notification service application server of FIG. 1 in more detail.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of setting user setting information regarding a notification condition and a method for the user's preferred information in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 illustrates another example of setting user setting information on a notification condition and a method for the user's preferred information in FIG. 1.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user preference information using an open API according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing user preference information using an open API, and more particularly, to a user preference information using an open API that can be provided by a user using desired means using the open API. A method and a system thereof are provided.

Open API technology provides open APIs for wired / wireless communication network capabilities such as wired / wireless telephone connection, short messages, and location information, providing services that have been developed depending on ease of service development, convenience of service management, and specific communication networks. It is a technology that provides an environment that operators can develop through a consistent interface.

Currently, open API technology is being established through the Parlay Group, which is a Third-Generation Partnership Project through the Joint Working Group (JWG) activity with members of 3GPP, the de facto standard body of third-generation mobile communications. (W-CDMA), the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI), and Third-Generation Partnership Project 2 (cdma2000) (3GPP2).

The network capabilities available through open APIs include wired and wireless telephony and additional call processing capabilities, short message (SMS) / multimedia message (MMS) transmission, location information provision, charging capability, and presence and availability (PAM). It is information and it is still expanding.

However, conventionally, the information provided through the Internet is a method in which the users directly hold the corresponding information, and users have a problem in that they have to visit various internet sites to obtain information.

In recent years, there has also been a problem of being exposed to malicious environments such as advertisements, automatic URL registration, and spyware installation.

Furthermore, even though there is information needed in a timely manner, it may occur in an environment where Internet access is not possible. For example, if a user is willing to hold or buy stocks in a particular stock, it is very important to have timely information such as stock prices, trading volume, etc. If you miss timeliness.

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, it is possible to set user preference information on information of interest to the user, and based on this, information providing means using various open APIs to the user when notification conditions are satisfied. Provides a user preference information providing method and system using an open API that can transmit user preference information through.

The user preference information providing system using the open API of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, corresponds to the user information and the notification conditions and notification method of the user preference information to use a customized service that provides the user preference information to the user A web server for receiving user setting information from a client terminal; A database for storing and managing various contents and the user information and user setting information transmitted from the web server, and generating a content notification generation signal when a notification condition occurs for the content; Receiving a content notification signal from the database to determine whether there is a part corresponding to the user setting information among the content that the notification condition occurs, if there is a corresponding part of the user preference information that is the content of the notification condition is the notification method Customized service notification application server for calling the open API corresponding to the notification method to provide to the client terminal; And an open service gateway providing the open API to be used in the customized notification service application server, and transmitting the user preference information converted into the notification method form through the open API to the client terminal through a communication network. It is characterized by including.

A method of providing user preference information using an open API according to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem is a method of providing a user with information corresponding to a user setting condition among contents in which a notification condition occurs among contents while storing various contents. The method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving user information using a customized service for providing user preference information to a user, and user setting information corresponding to a notification condition and a notification method of the user preference information; (b) storing and managing the user information, user setting information, and various contents input in the step (a) in a database; (c) determining whether a notification condition for the content stored in the database is generated and generating a content notification generation signal when the notification condition occurs; (d) receiving the content notification generation signal in step (b) to determine whether the content having the notification condition matches the notification condition of the user preference information; (e) invoking an open API to provide the user preference information to the user according to the notification method when it is determined to match in step (c); And (f) transmitting the user preference information converted into the notification method form through the step (e) to the client terminal through a communication network.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing user preference information using an open API, which is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a web server and a customized notification service application server of FIG. 1 in more detail.

1 and 2, a user may use a client terminal including a wired terminal 100 (specifically, a computer) or a wireless terminal 110 (specifically, a portable terminal) that he or she has. It accesses the web server 130 via the network 120 by using.

The network 120 is a type of a network for connecting a client terminal to the web server 130 and may use, for example, a wired or wireless Internet network.

The web server 130 performs a user interface function to provide a customized service capable of setting notification for each user of various contents. That is, the user interface unit 131 of FIG. 2 of the web server 130 provides a user with a web interface function for registering / changing / cancelling user preferences and registering / changing / cancelling user preference information.

That is, the user may subscribe / change / cancel the customized service through access to the web server 130 and register / change / cancel user preference information. Here, at the time of registering / changing user preference information, the user sets and registers or changes the information on the notification condition, the notification timing, and the notification method for the user preference information.

2 (200 of FIG. 2) includes a subscriber database (201) storing basic user information, a preference database (202) for storing preferences through user preference information provided, and a content database (203) for the information itself. It includes a content management function unit 204 for updating the content in the content database and an external interworking function unit 205 serving as an interface between the external content and the content management function. In addition, the content management function unit 204 is a content notification generation signal when a notification condition for notifying that the notification condition has occurred to the customized service notification application server 140 for the content stored in the content database 203 Create Here, the content notification generation signal more specifically generates a content update notification signal for notifying that the content has been updated to the customized service notification application server 140 when new content is generated and updated.

In more detail, the subscriber database 210 and the preference condition database 220 store user information and user preference information input through the user interface 131 of the web server 130, respectively. The content database 230 stores various contents such as personal schedules, stock information, sports information, and the like. The content stored in the content database 203 through the content management function unit 204 is composed of internal content that is produced and inputted through the web server 130 and external content that is input from an external system.

The database 200 of FIG. 2 may be implemented as a storage unit stored in the web server 130. Furthermore, the database 200 of FIG. 2 may be implemented to be formed outside the web server 130.

The customized service notification application server 140 is a service application device which is responsible for performing and processing a customized service because there are various service applications using an open API as one of the open service application servers. The customized service notification application server 140 is to be able to combine the resources of the Internet area and the resources of the communication network area.

More specifically, the customized service notification application server 140 is divided into a preference information processing function unit 141 and a gateway interworking function unit 142.

The gateway interworking function unit 142 of FIG. 2 is responsible for opening an API call to the open service gateway 150, which is a Web Services Definition Language (WSDL) defined in a related Parlay specification. Implemented according to

The preference information processing unit 141 of FIG. 2 searches for the subscriber database, the preference condition database, and the content database stored in the database 200 when the content update notification signal is input from the content management function unit 204 of the database 200. do.

First, the preference information processing unit (142 of FIG. 2) of the customized service notification application server 140 determines whether the updated content is the type of subscriber preference information selected by the subscriber through the subscriber data search.

When the updated content is the type of subscriber preference information selected by the subscriber, the subscriber preference information and the content are fetched, and the condition check between the subscriber preference information and the content is performed.

Here, the condition check is to perform a text match check or a time match check related to the notification condition for the subscriber preference information. If it is determined that the condition check does not match, the condition check is terminated, and when it is determined that the condition check is matched, the condition check is interworked with the open service gateway 150 to inform the user of the updated content.

Interworking with the open service gateway 150 is performed by the gateway interworking function unit 142.

The gateway interworking function unit 142 calls an open API related to inform the user of the updated content as described above through a reception method selected by the user. In FIG. 2, the gateway interworking function unit 142 includes a short message interworking function unit 142a, a multimedia message interworking function unit 142b, and a TPC interworking function unit 142c.

Short message interworking function unit 142a, multimedia message interworking function unit 142b, and TPC interworking function unit 142c are short messaging services (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS: Multimedia Messaging). Short message service capability (SCF) 151 of open service gateway 150 and multimedia message service capability (SCF) 152 to inform the information by service and text-to-speech transmission. And calling the open API through the TPC Service Capability Feature (SCF) 153.

The Open Service Gateway 150 not only provides an open application program interface (API) for use in the customized notification service application server 140, but also connects the open API and network capability to the lower portion of the network. It performs a gateway function that converts protocols with resources. Subnetwork resources and connection processing in the open service gateway 150 are defined in the Parlay standard and related standards in 3GPP. Furthermore, in another embodiment of the present invention, other standards may be used.

In the open service gateway 150, there are various Service Capability Features (SCFs) for processing the request through interworking with the underlying network resources to perform the function for a specific API call. In FIG. 1 and FIG. Message SCF 151, multimedia message SCF 152, and TPC SCF 153.

In the case of the short message SCF 151, the short message having the updated contents is delivered to the mobile communication network 160, which is the lower network, and the short message is transmitted to the wireless terminal 180 carried by the user.

In the case of the multimedia message SCF 152, the multimedia message having the updated contents is delivered to the mobile communication network 160, which is the lower network, and the multimedia message is delivered to the wireless terminal 180 carried by the user.

In the case of the TPC SCF 153, the updated content is processed through a text-to-speech (TTS) to deliver the TTS-processed TTS message to the wired network 170, which is a lower network, and the TTS message is owned by the user. Process the call with).

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of setting user setting information regarding a notification condition and a method for the user's preferred information in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, a user accesses a web server 130 through a network 120 and sets user setting information on a notification timing and a method of his / her preferred information.

In FIG. 3, the case of stock information notification is shown. The user intends to look for a specific item (Samsung Electronics in FIG. 3) with respect to the notification item.

The user has previously set an upper limit price (400,000 won in FIG. 3) and a lower limit price (350,000 won in FIG. 3). If the content of the stock information input in real time is more than the upper limit for the specific item (Samsung Electronics in FIG. 3) or lower than the lower limit is set as a notification condition to notify them.

In addition, the user has set the fluctuation rate (5% up and down in FIG. 3) with respect to the previous day's closing price. If the real-time price fluctuation rate for a specific item (Samsung Electronics in Fig. 3) deviates by 5% above and below the content of the stock information input in real time, it is set as a notification condition to notify the user.

When the above notification condition occurs, the user sets the multimedia message (MMS) form as the notification method. If the above notification condition occurs, the user is informed about the stock information in the form of a multimedia message (MMS). Through such a multimedia message form, the stock price trend graph can be transmitted to the user.

FIG. 4 illustrates another example of setting user setting information on a notification condition and a method for the user's preferred information in FIG. 1. In FIG. 4, the case of personal schedule notification is shown.

Referring to FIG. 4, a user accesses a web server 130 through a network 120 to set user setting information on a notification time and a method for information on a user's preferred information.

The user connects to the web server 130 and selects his or her contact information (010-1111 in FIG. 4) that occurs at a predetermined date and time (0 December 24, 2004 in FIG. 4). 1111), the notification period (12 hours before in FIG. 4) is set as the user setting information. In addition, the user sets the notification method (short message SMS in FIG. 4) as to user setting information on how to receive the predetermined schedule.

The user will receive a short message in the form of a short message to his or her contact number 010-1111-1111 at 12 noon on December 23, 2004 at 12:00 noon on December 23, 2004.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing user setting information using an open API according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, a case in which external content or internal content, which is an embodiment of the present invention, is input to the content management function unit 204 will be described.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, the preference information processing function unit 141 receives a content notification generation signal indicating that the content has been updated from the content management function unit 204 of the database 200 (S500). Here, the content notification generation signal does not contain the updated content itself but has the characteristics of the content (for example, service type, subcategory, etc.). The content management function unit 204 generates a content notification generation signal when external content is input through the external interworking function unit 205 or its own content is input.

Next, the preference information processing unit 141 receiving the content notification generation signal in step S500 searches for subscriber data in the subscriber database 201 (S510). It is determined whether the content updated through the subscriber data search is the type of user preference information selected by the subscriber. In this case, retrieval of subscriber data may already have a corresponding process for each user, and a new process may be newly created in case of change or new subscription of subscriber information.

Next, the preference information processing unit 141 determines whether the user is subscribed to the customized service for the updated content through the subscriber data search in step S510 (S520).

If it is determined in step S520 that the user is not subscribed to the customized service for the updated content, the process returns to step S510 to search for other subscriber data. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S520 that the user is subscribed to the customized service for the updated content, the flow proceeds to step S530.

In step S530, the preference information processing unit 141 receives the subscriber preference information and the content from the content database 203 from the preference information database 202 (S530).

Next, the preference information processing function unit 141 performs a condition check between the user preference information and the contents respectively obtained from the preference information database 202 and the content database 203 (S540). Here, the condition check refers to a text match check or a time match check with the content in relation to the setting condition of the user preference information.

Next, it is determined whether the user preference information and the content match in step S540 through the condition check (S550). That is, specifically, for example, it is determined whether the text matches or whether the time matches.

As a result of the determination in step S550, if the conditions match as a result of the condition check in step S540, the flow advances to step S560. On the other hand, if the result of the condition inspection as a result of the determination in step S550 does not match, the process ends.

In step S560, a message conforming to the format is configured according to the notification method specified in the subscriber preference information condition. Specifically, for example, the message is classified into a short message (SMS), a multimedia message (MMS), and a text-to-speech (TTS) message.

Next, the preference information processing unit 141 transmits the message corresponding to the format to the gateway interworking function unit 142 in step S560 (S570). Here, the gateway interworking function unit 142 is composed of a short message interworking function unit 142a, a multimedia message interworking function unit 142b, and a TPC interworking function unit 142c, respectively, for a short message. The message is sent to the short message SCF 151, the multimedia SCF 152 and the TPC SCF 153 of the open service gateway 150.

In FIG. 5, a method of informing user preference information when content is updated through the content management function unit 204 of the database 200 has been described. Furthermore, in the case of informing a personal schedule set by a user, FIG. Applicable with reference to 1-5.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD_ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, and optical data storage, and may also include those implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet). . The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

As described above, optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing user preference information using an open API, and has the following effects.

The present invention enables the user to provide information based on user preferences so that the user can be provided with the information he / she wants by using an open API, which is unnecessary and malicious in the information flood era. It provides a means of excluding the environment and making timely access to the information desired by the user, thereby providing the user with time efficiency and convenience. In other words, the user can be provided with information when the user needs the information about the preference information, thereby reducing the time and cost required to retrieve the pull-type information, advertisements, automatic URL registration or This can help prevent spyware infections that can secretly install programs on your PC.

In addition, since the present invention uses an open API, various possible communication means, such as a wired telephone, a mobile terminal, and an e-mail, which can be contacted by the user, can be selected according to user setting information, thereby providing convenience.

Claims (10)

A web server receiving user information to use a customized service for providing user preference information to the user, and user setting information corresponding to a notification condition and a notification method of the user preference information; A database for storing and managing various contents and the user information and user setting information transmitted from the web server, and generating a content notification generation signal when a notification condition occurs for the content; Receiving a content notification signal from the database to determine whether there is a part corresponding to the user setting information among the content that the notification condition occurs, if there is a corresponding part of the user preference information that is the content of the notification condition is the notification method Customized service notification application server for calling the open API corresponding to the notification method to provide to the client terminal; And An open service gateway for providing the open API to be used in the customized notification service application server and transmitting the user preference information converted into the notification method form through the open API to the client terminal through a communication network; User preference information providing system using an open API, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the database, A subscriber database storing user information subscribed to the customized service; A preference condition database for storing the user setting information; A content database for storing the various contents; And And a content management function to generate the content notification generation signal when a notification condition for the content stored in the content database occurs. The method of claim 2, The notification condition for the content stored in the content database is when external content for updating the content stored in the content database is transmitted to the content management function or internal content produced from the web server is transmitted. And the content management function unit updates the corresponding content stored in the content database when any one of the external content and the internal content is transmitted. The method of claim 2, The notification condition for the content stored in the content database is determined that the notification time matches the current time and user setting information stored in the preference condition database in the content management function that searches the preference condition database in real time. User preference information providing system using an open API, characterized in that the case. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized service notification application server, A preference information processing unit configured to receive a content notification generation signal from the database and determine whether there is a portion of the content in which the notification condition occurs matches the notification condition of the user setting information; And And a gateway interworking function unit responsible for calling the API to the open service gateway so that the user preference information is transmitted through the notification method among the user setting information. The method of claim 5, wherein the gateway interworking function unit, Short message interworking function for transmitting the user preference information to the short message (SMS) that is a notification method of the user setting information; A multimedia message interworking function unit for transmitting the user preference information to a multimedia message (MMS) that is a notification method among the user setting information; And TPC interworking function unit for transmitting the user preference information in the TTS message that is a notification method of the user setting information; User preference information providing system using an open API, characterized in that it comprises at least one. The method of claim 6, wherein the open service gateway, A short message SCF for providing a short message transmission API to the short message interworking function so that user preference information transmitted through the short message interworking function is transmitted to the client terminal through a communication network in the form of a short message; A multimedia message SCF for providing a multimedia transmission API to the multimedia message interworking function unit so that user preference information transmitted through the multimedia message interworking function unit is transmitted to the client terminal through a communication network in the form of a multimedia message; And At least one of: a TPC SCF for providing a TTS message transmission API to the TPC interworking function so that user preference information transmitted through the TPC interworking function is transmitted to the client terminal through a communication network in the form of a TTS message; User preference information providing system using an open API, characterized in that comprises a. In the method for storing a variety of content and providing the user with information corresponding to a user setting condition among the content that the notification condition occurs in the content, (a) receiving user information using a customized service for providing user preference information to a user, and user setting information corresponding to a notification condition and a notification method of the user preference information; (b) storing and managing the user information, user setting information, and various contents input in the step (a) in a database; (c) determining whether a notification condition for the content stored in the database is generated and generating a content notification generation signal when the notification condition occurs; (d) receiving the content notification generation signal in step (b) to determine whether the content having the notification condition matches the notification condition of the user preference information; (e) invoking an open API to provide the user preference information to the user according to the notification method when it is determined to match in step (c); And (f) transmitting the user preference information converted into the notification method form through the communication network to the client terminal through the step (e); and providing user preference information using an open API. The method of claim 8, In the step (c), the notification condition for the content stored in the database is characterized in that the external content for updating the content stored in the database is transmitted or the internal content produced by the web server is transmitted. How to provide user preference information using open API. The method of claim 8, In the step (c), the notification condition for the content stored in the database is an open API, characterized in that the case corresponding to the time corresponding to the notification time of the current time and the user setting information stored in the database. How to provide user preference information.

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