Method for displaying advertisement using short message service in a portable mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A method for reducing a call fee by improving the efficiency of mobile communication by utilizing a short message service (SMS) in a portable mobile terminal to display an advertisement, comprising the steps of:
- receiving and storing advertisement data and advertisement schedule data from an SMS-based advertisement service provider; and
displaying on a portable mobile terminal the advertisement data according to the advertisement schedule data.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for displaying an advertisement using an SMS service in a portable mobile terminal. The method comprises accessing a web site server of an SMS-based advertisement service provider, to select a desired advertisement and a desired advertisement time and to input a phone number of the portable mobile terminal; receiving advertisement data of the selected advertisement and associated advertisement schedule from the web site server, through an SMS message; storing the received advertisement data in a memory in a predetermined advertisement data format; storing the received advertisement schedule data in the memory in a predetermined advertisement schedule data format; and displaying on a display of the portable mobile terminal the advertisement data according to the advertisement schedule data. Further, the portable mobile terminal returns to an initial screen after displaying the advertisement data for a time specified in the advertisement schedule data.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for reducing a call fee by improving the efficiency of mobile communication by utilizing a short message service (SMS) in a portable mobile terminal to display an advertisement, comprising the steps of:
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receiving and storing advertisement data and advertisement schedule data from an SMS-based advertisement service provider; and
displaying on a portable mobile terminal the advertisement data according to the advertisement schedule data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for providing an advertisement using an SMS service in a portable mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:
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accessing a server of an SMS-based advertisement service provider to select at least one desired advertisement and at least one desired advertisement time and to input a phone number of the portable mobile terminal for receiving data related to a selected advertisement;
receiving the selected advertisement data and an associated advertisement schedule from the server;
storing the received advertisement data in a memory of the portable mobile terminal in a predetermined advertisement data format; and
storing the received advertisement schedule data in the memory in a predetermined advertisement schedule data format. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for displaying an advertisement using an SMS service in a portable mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:
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(a) checking an advertisement identifier (Ad ID) of a received message to determine whether the received message is an advertisement message;
(b) parsing, if the received message is found to be an advertisement message, advertisement data from advertisement schedule data and storing the parsed advertisement data and advertisement schedule data in a memory;
(c) utilizing the stored advertisement schedule data to determine whether to insert scheduled advertisement data into a display list;
(d) checking the advertisement schedule data to determine whether to delete expired advertisement data from the display list; and
(e) determining and displaying the advertisement data in the display list according to the advertisement schedule data.
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