System and method for providing internet value-added service

• US 20060168004A1
• Filed: 11/25/2003
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Park, Jung Ho, Na, Kwan Sang, Park, Jeong Tae, Park, Jin Sik, Kwon, Sun Jong, Choe, Chang Suk, Han, Eun Young, Kim, Chul Woo
• Application Number:
  US10/536,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20060168004A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to an Internet value-added service system and method for providing a conventional value-added service which has been provided in a web site with a message transmission medium of the Internet. More specifically, when an advertiser puts an advertisement through the message transmission medium of the Internet, the value-added service is also provided with the advertisement to improve advertising effects of the advertiser. Instead, SMS (short message service) is provided together in transmission of email to solve inconvenience of email reception, which results in replacement of email reception with the SMS.

Claims

1. A system for providing internet value-added service, comprising:

a first message transfer server for providing service to transmit a message transfer medium in Internet, for providing a value-added service usage ticket attached to the message transfer medium to a value-added service provider, for administering information of the service provider and the value-added service usage ticket, and for transmitting the message transfer medium accompanying with the value-added service usage ticket if the service provider transmits the value-added service usage ticket attached to the message transfer medium;

a second message transfer server for receiving the message transfer medium accompanying with the value-added service usage ticket which the service provider transmits to an internet user who logs in with a user terminal; and

a value-added service server for providing value-added service in the Internet, and for providing the value-added service to the user terminal by using the information of the service provider and the value-added service usage ticket transmitted from the first message transfer server if usage of the value-added service usage ticket is required from the internet user.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second message transfer server transmits a message transfer medium accompanying with the value-added service usage ticket received from the first message transfer server to a different internet user by request of the internet user, and

the value-added service server provides the value-added service to a terminal of the different internet user if usage of the value-added service usage ticket is requested from the different internet user.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the service provider is an advertiser who transmits advertisement to the internet user with the message transfer medium, and the internet user permits reception of the advertisement from the advertiser.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the first message transfer server and the second message transfer server are email service servers, and the message transfer medium is an email.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein the first message transfer server and the second message transfer server are MMS servers, and the message transfer medium is a multi-media message.

6. The system according to claim 3, wherein the first message transfer server and the second message transfer server are instant messenger service servers, and the message transfer medium is an instant messenger-type node.

7. The system according to claim 3, wherein the value-added service includes internet phone service, movie viewer service, VOD service, AOD service, SMS, internet cartoon service and internet game service.

8. The system according to claim 3, wherein information of the value-added service usage ticket includes an administration encoding key of the value-added service usage ticket, an available period of the value-added service usage ticket, kinds of the value-added service which can be used with the value-added service usage ticket, a price of the value-added service usage ticket and available number information of the value-added service usage ticket.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the value-added service server charges for the value-added service by using the value-added service usage ticket to the service provider through the first message transfer server.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the value-added service server administers the charge information including the administration encoding key of the value-added service usage ticket, an IP address of the internet user by using the value-added service usage ticket, date when the value-added service usage ticket is used and usage time.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first message transfer server and the second message transfer server are email servers, and the value-added service server is a SMS server.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the internet user transmits a short message as an reply on the message transfer medium received from the service provider by using the value-added service usage ticket.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein information of the value-added service usage ticket includes an administration encoding key of the value-added service usage ticket, an available period of the value-added service usage ticket, calling line number and connected line number of the short message, content of the short message and available number information of the value-added service usage ticket.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the calling line number and the connected line number of the short message, and the content of the short message are set by the internet user using the value-added service usage ticket.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the value-added service server converts the content of the short message into sound when the calling line number of the short message is a number of a wired terminal, and the wired terminal does not comprise a screen display device.

16. A method for providing internet value-added service, comprising:

a first process for setting the value-added service usage ticket information in an internet message transfer server if an internet value-added service provider purchases the value-added service usage ticket on the value-added service to be provided;

a second process for providing information of the set value-added service usage ticket to a value-added service server for providing the value-added service in the internet message transfer server;

a third process for transmitting the set value-added service usage ticket attached to a message transfer medium in the internet message transfer server if the value-added service provider requires transmission of the message transfer medium accompanying with the value-added service usage ticket; and

a fourth process for providing the value-added service in the value-added service server contracted on the value-added service usage ticket with the internet message transfer server if an internet user receiving the message transfer medium accompanying with the value-added service usage ticket requires usage of the value-added service usage ticket.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

a fifth process, in an internet message transfer server of an internet user received the message transfer medium accompanied with the value-added service usage ticket, for transmitting the message transfer medium accompanied with the value-added service usage ticket received to a different internet user;

a sixth process for providing the value-added service in the value-added service server if the different internet user requires usage of the value-added service usage ticket.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein a person who transmits the message transfer medium accompanied with the value-added service usage ticket is an advertiser, and the advertiser transmits advertisement accompanying with the value-added service usage ticket by using the message transfer medium.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the internet message transfer server is an email service server, and the message transfer medium is an email.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the internet message transfer server is a MMS server, and the message transfer medium is a multimedia message.

21. The method according to claim 18, wherein the internet message transfer server is an instant messenger service server, and the message transfer medium is an instant messenger type note.

22. The method according to claim 18, wherein the value-added service includes internet phone service, movie viewer service, VOD service, AOD service, SMS, internet cartoon service and internet game service.

23. The method according to claim 18, wherein information of the value-added service usage ticket includes an administration encoding key of the value-added service usage ticket, an available period of the value-added service usage ticket, kinds of the value-added service which can be used with the value-added service usage ticket, a price of the value-added service usage ticket and available number information of the value-added service usage ticket.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the value-added service server charges for the value-added service using the value-added service usage ticket to the service provider through the first message transfer server.

25. The method according to claim 23, wherein the value-added service server administrates the charge information including the administration encoding key of the value-added service usage ticket, an IP address of the internet user using the value-added service usage ticket, date when the value-added service usage ticket is used and usage time.

26. The method according to claim 16, wherein the internet message transfer server is an email server, and the value-added service server is a SMS server.

27. The method according to claim 16, wherein the internet user transmits a short message as a reply of a message transfer medium received from the service provider by using the value-added service usage ticket.

28. The method according to claim 27, wherein information of the value-added service usage ticket includes an administration encoding key of the value-added service usage ticket, an available period of the value-added service usage ticket, calling line number and connected line number of the short message, content of the short message and available number information of the value-added service usage ticket.

29. The method according to claim 28, wherein the calling line number and the connected line number of the short message, and the content of the short message are set by the internet user using the value-added service usage ticket.

30. The method according to claim 29, wherein the value-added service server converts the content of the short message into sound when the calling line number of the short message is a number of a wired terminal, and the wired terminal does not comprise a screen display device.