System and method for providing web content provision service using subscriber terminal in exchange system

• US 20030091016A1
• Filed: 11/15/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ji-Sook, Ko, Chae-Ho, Kwon, Jun-Young
• Granted Patent: US 7,277,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

System and method for providing a Web content provision service using a subscriber terminal in an exchange system. The Web content provision service system comprises the subscriber terminal generating content request information containing user information in response to a content request, receiving content information according to the content request information, and displaying the received content information on a display, a Web server for collecting the content information from at least one predetermined Web site at intervals of a certain time, storing the collected content information, accessing the stored content information in response to a message requesting transmission of the content information and sending the accessed content information to the subscriber terminal, and the exchange system having identification information corresponding to the subscriber terminal and port information corresponding to the identification information, being connected to an Internet protocol (IP) network via a local area network (LAN) and being connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) via a trunk card, sending the content transmission request message to the Web server over the Internet protocol network in response to the content request information from the subscriber terminal, receiving the content information according to the content request information from the Web server, and sending the received content information to the subscriber terminal.

Claims

1. An apparatus providing a Web content provision service using at least one subscriber terminal of an exchange system, the apparatus comprising:

at least one subscriber terminal generating content request information in response to a content request, receiving content information in response to the generating of the content request information, and displaying the received content information on a display, the content request information containing information identifying a user;

a Web server collecting the content information from at least one predetermined Web site at predetermined intervals of time, storing the collected content information, accessing the stored content information in response to a first request message requesting transmission of the content information, and sending the accessed content information to said at least one subscriber terminal, the first request message corresponding to the content request information; and

an exchange system having identification information corresponding to said at least one subscriber terminal, having port information corresponding to the identification information, being connected to an Internet protocol network through a local area network, being connected to a public switched telephone network through a trunk card, and sending the first request message to said Web server over the Internet protocol network in response to the content request information received from said at least one subscriber terminal, receiving the accessed content information from said Web server, and sending the received content information to said at least one subscriber terminal.

2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, said at least one subscriber terminal being an Internet protocol telephone including the display, being connected to the Internet protocol network through the local area network, and being registered in said exchange system as an extension subscriber.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, the information identifying the user including at least one selected from among a unique telephone number and a port number corresponding to said at least one subscriber terminal.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver being connected to the Internet protocol network, said driver receiving the first request message from said exchange system, converting the received first request message into an American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code message of a hypertext markup language format, sending the converted ASCII code message to said Web server, receiving the accessed content information from said Web server in response to the converted ASCII code message, converting the received content information into a first computer and telephony integration (CTI) message, and sending the first CTI message to said exchange system.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, said exchange system converting the first message into a second computer and telephony integration (CTI) message and sending the second CTI message to the telephone application program interface driver.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, said Web server accessing the content information from an internal storage area in response to the first request message, dividing the accessed content information by a predetermined size and sending the divided content information to the telephone application program interface driver.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, said at least one subscriber terminal being a digital telephone connected to a digital subscriber module of said exchange system, and being registered in said exchange system as an extension subscriber, the digital telephone having the display.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver connected to the Internet protocol network, said driver receiving the first request message from said exchange system, converting the first request message into an American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code message of a hypertext markup language format, sending the converted ASCII code message to said Web server, receiving the accessed content information from said Web server in response to the converted ASCII code message, converting the received content information into a first computer and telephony integration (CTI) message, and sending the first CTI message to said exchange system.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, said exchange system converting the first message into a second computer and telephony integration (CTI) message and sending the second CTI message to the telephone application program interface driver.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, said Web server accessing the content information from an internal storage area in response to the first request message, dividing the accessed content information by a predetermined size and sending the divided content information to the telephone application program interface driver.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one wireless terminal generating content request information containing user information in response to a content request, receiving content information according to the content request information, and displaying the received content information on a display;

a Web server collecting the content information from at least one predetermined World Wide Web site at intervals of a certain time, storing the collected content information, accessing the stored content information in response to a first request message requesting to transmit the stored content information, and sending the accessed content information to said at least one wireless terminal, the first request message being in response to the generated content request information;

an exchange system having identification information corresponding to said at least one wireless terminal and having port information corresponding to the identification information, said exchange system being connected to an Internet protocol network through a local area network, said exchange system sending the first request message to said Web server over the Internet protocol network in response to the content request information inputted through a trunk card, receiving the content information according to the content request information from the Web server, and outputting the received content information through the trunk card; and

an infomobile system establishing traffic channels between said at least one wireless terminal and a plurality of other wireless terminals, receiving the content request information from said at least one wireless terminal, sending the received content request information to said exchange system through the trunk card, receiving the content information from said exchange system, and sending the received content information to said at least one wireless terminal.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, said at least one wireless terminal corresponding to at least one wireless telephone.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, the user information including at least one selected from among a unique identification code used to identify said at least one wireless terminal and a telephone number.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver being connected to the Internet protocol network, said driver receiving the first request message from said exchange system, converting the received first request message into an American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code message of a hypertext markup language format, sending the converted ASCII code message to said Web server, receiving the content information sent from said Web server in response to the first request message, converting the received content information into a first computer and telephony integration (CTI) message, and sending the first CTI message to said exchange system.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, said exchange system converting the first request message into a second computer and telephony integration (CTI) message and sending the second CTI message to said driver.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, said Web server accessing the content information from an internal storage area in response to the first request message, dividing the accessed content information by a predetermined size, and sending the divided content information to said driver.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, said at least one wireless terminal corresponding to at least one wireless telephone.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver being connected to the Internet protocol network, said driver receiving the first request message from said exchange system, converting the received first request message into an American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code message of a hypertext markup language format, sending the converted ASCII code message to said Web server, receiving the content information sent from said Web server in response to the first request message, converting the received content information into a first computer and telephony integration (CTI) message, and sending the first CTI message to said exchange system.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, said exchange system converting the first request message into a second computer and telephony integration (CTI) message and sending the second CTI message to said driver.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, said Web server accessing the content information from an internal storage area in response to the first request message, dividing the accessed content information by a predetermined size, and sending the divided content information to said driver.

21. A method of providing a Web content delivery service, comprising:

providing a Web content delivery service with at least one subscriber terminal of a Web content delivery service apparatus, the apparatus including at least one digital telephone and an exchange system and a Web server and a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver, the at least one digital telephone being in communication with a subscriber module and generating content request information in response to a content request, the content request information containing user information including at least a port number of the digital telephone, the exchange system being connected to an Internet protocol network through a local area network, the exchange system providing a call control service to the at least one digital telephone using the user information, the Web server being connected to the exchange system through the local area network, the Web server sending the content information in response to a first request message requesting transmission of the content information, the first request message corresponding to the generated content request information, the driver being connected to the exchange system and to the Web server through the local area network, the driver converting messages to be exchanged between the exchange system and the Web server, and the driver conveying the converted messages between the exchange system and the Web server, the Web content delivery service comprising;

sending the first request message to the Web server through the driver in response to the content request information received from the at least one digital telephone;

sending the content information from the Web server in response to the first request message;

receiving the content information from the Web server through the driver; and

sending the received content information to the at least one digital telephone.