Control System Method for Internet Communication

• US 20090006224A1
• Filed: 11/18/2004
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kwang-Ik Kim
• Original Assignee: Kwang-Ik Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Kwang-Ik
• Application Number:
  US11/718,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20090006224A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system that enables an Internet call between a provider and a customer by using the Internet, and particularly, to an Internet call controlling system and a method thereof for making a call between the customer and the corresponding provider over the Internet or with the use of a PSTN free of charge through an execution of a click program associated with an icon once the customer clicks the icon, by comprising the click program associated with the icon capable of conducting free calls on a web page or e-mail of the provider or a web page of a system operator, and for enabling the provider to more closely manage the customer by recognizing received customer information.

Claims

1-108. -108. (canceled)

109. An Internet call controlling system using the Internet, comprising:

a DB server for storing information on registered members;

a web server of a provider for containing a click program that delivers unique information including an ID of the provider to a user agent having a sending function once an icon is clicked, and for including a web page on which the icon is displayed;

a customer PC for containing a user agent having a sending function of delivering the unique information, which includes the ID of the provider delivered by the click program, as a paging signal together with a customer ID, once the icon is clicked;

a call processing server configured to inquire about an IP address of a provider PC stored in the DB server, by receiving the paging signal;

the provider PC comprising a user agent having a receiving function of storing the customer ID by receiving the paging signal and connecting the call with the customer PC; and

an icon generator for extracting the provider'"'"'s unique information from the DB server when the provider'"'"'s member registration is authenticated, and automatically generating the click program,

wherein said provider and said customer are registered members of said DB server, said sending function of user agent of customer PC is functional when said customer PC is logged-in using information of said registered members, and said receiving function of user agent of provider PC is functional when said provider PC is logged-in using information of said registered members.

110. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein the provider'"'"'s web server is equipped with the icon and the plural separate click programs associated with the icon, respectively.

111. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein the user agents of the customer PC and the provider PC are configured to include both receiving/sending functions, respectively.

112. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein the user agent having the sending function automatically registers the provider information delivered by the click program in a buddy list DB.

113. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein the user agent having the sending function adds an icon web page address registered by the provider to the provider information, and detects and compares a web page address (U.R.L) of the clicked icon, then stops the sending function if the web page address of the clicked icon is not identical to the web page address registered by the provider.

114. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein a service validity period of the provider is added to the provider information, and the user agent having the sending function compares the service validity period with the day appointed, and stops the sending function if the service validity period expires.

115. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein the click program is provided with a function of encoding and decoding the provider information.

116. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein the customer ID or the provider ID is an e-mail address of the customer or the provider, respectively.

117. The Internet call controlling system of claim 109, wherein a function of delivering a busy signal to the call processing server, if the provider PC is in busy state, is additionally provided, and the call processing server additionally consists of a busy message delivery function, a voice message recording function, and a delivery function for the recorded message with an e-mail.

118. An Internet call controlling system using the Internet, comprising:

a DB server for storing information on registered members;

a member management server having a click program which senses that an icon is clicked and delivers unique information of a provider to a user agent having a sending function;

an e-mail server for storing the provider'"'"'s e-mail in which the icon is displayed;

a customer PC having a user agent that delivers the provider'"'"'s unique information delivered by the click program, as a paging signal together with a customer ID, once the icon is clicked;

a call processing server configured to inquire about an IP address of a provider PC stored in the DB server, by receiving the paging signal;

the provider PC comprising a user agent having a receiving function of storing the customer ID by receiving the paging signal and connecting the call with the customer PC; and

an icon generator for extracting the provider'"'"'s unique information from the DB server when the provider member registration is authenticated, and automatically generating the click program,

wherein said provider and said customer are registered members of said DB server, and said receiving function of user agent of provider PC is functional when said provider PC is logged-in using information of said registered members.

119. The Internet call controlling system of claim 118, wherein the user agents of the customer PC and the provider PC are configured to include both receiving/sending functions, respectively.

120. The Internet call controlling system of claim 118, wherein the user agent having the sending function automatically registers the provider information delivered by the click program in a buddy list DB.

121. The Internet call controlling system of claim 118, wherein the user agent having the sending function adds an icon web page address registered by the provider to the provider information, and detects and compares a web page address (U.R.L) of the clicked icon, then stops the sending function if the web page address of the clicked icon is not identical to the web page address registered by the provider.

122. The Internet call controlling system of claim 118, wherein a service validity period of the provider is added to the provider information, and the user agent having the sending function compares the validity period with the day appointed, and stops the sending function if the service validity period expires.

123. The Internet call controlling system of claim 118, wherein the click program is provided with a function of encoding and decoding the provider information.

124. The Internet call controlling system of claim 118, wherein the customer ID or the provider ID is an e-mail address of the customer or the provider, respectively.

125. The Internet call controlling system of claim 118, wherein a function of delivering a busy signal to the call processing server, if the provider PC is in busy state, is additionally provided, and the call processing server additionally consists of a busy message delivery function, a voice message recording function, and a delivery function for the recorded message with an e-mail.

126. An Internet call controlling system using the Internet, comprising:

a DB server for storing provider information;

a provider information processor for searching provider information corresponding to a search keyword inputted from a customer PC in the DB server, and providing the searched provider information to an icon generator for generating a click program which delivers unique information including IDs of each provider to a user agent having a sending function, once an icon associated with the unique information is clicked;

a member management server having the web server of a system operator, being equipped with the provider information and the click program in a predetermined location, by receiving the information and the program from the provider information processor and associating the received information and program with the icon, respectively;

a customer PC for containing a user agent having a sending function of delivering the provider'"'"'s unique information delivered by the associated click program, as a paging signal together with a customer ID, once the icon is clicked;

a call processing server configured to inquire about an IP address of a provider PC stored in the DB server, by receiving the paging signal; and

the provider PC for containing a user agent having a receiving function of storing the customer ID by receiving the paging signal and connecting the call with the customer PC,

wherein said provider and said customer are registered members of said DB server, said sending function of user agent of customer PC is functional when said customer PC is logged-in using information of said registered members, and said receiving function of user agent of provider PC is functional when said provider PC is logged-in using information of said registered members.

127. The Internet call controlling system of claim 126, wherein the user agents of the customer PC and the provider PC are configured by including both receiving/sending functions, respectively.

128. The Internet call controlling system of claim 126, wherein the user agent having the sending function automatically registers the provider information delivered by the click program in a buddy list DB.

129. The Internet call controlling system of claim 126, wherein a service validity period of the provider is added to the provider information, and the user agent having the sending function compares the service validity period with the day appointed, and stops the sending function if the validity period expires.

130. The Internet call controlling system of claim 126, wherein the click program is provided with a function of encoding and decoding the provider information.

131. The Internet call controlling system of claim 126, wherein the customer ID or the provider ID is an e-mail address of the customer or the provider, respectively.

132. The Internet call controlling system of claim 126, wherein a function of delivering a busy signal to the call processing server, if the provider PC is in busy state, is additionally provided, and the call processing server additionally consists of a busy message delivery function, a voice message recording function, and a delivery function for the recorded message with an e-mail.

133. An Internet call controlling method using the Internet, comprising the steps of:

delivering information including the provider'"'"'s ID by a click program when a customer clicks the icon displayed in the provider web server, the click program being included in a provider web server and associated with the clicked icon;

a user agent having a sending function, which is installed in a customer PC, receiving unique information including the provider'"'"'s ID, and delivering the unique information as a paging signal together with a customer ID;

when the paging signal is received, inquiring about an IP address of a provider PC corresponding to the provider'"'"'s ID included in the paging signal from a DB server where the provider'"'"'s information is stored, by the call processing server, and delivering the paging signal together with the customer ID to the inquired IP address;

when the provider PC receives the paging signal, delivering a response message to the customer PC by a user agent having a receiving function; and

when the provider demands generation of a click program after being registered as a member in a member management server, an icon generator, extracting unique information containing the provider'"'"'s ID stored in the DB server, and automatically generating the click program for delivering the unique information containing the provider'"'"'s ID associated with an icon to a user agent having a sending function, once the icon is clicked,

wherein said provider and said customer are registered members of DB server, said sending function of user agent of customer PC is functional when said customer PC is logged-in using information of said registered members, and said receiving function of user agent of provider PC is functional when said provider PC is logged-in using information of said registered members.

134. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein an additional process is performed as follows:

the provider copies the click program and puts the copied program in a predetermined position of a web page of the provider.

135. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein if the provider exists in plural, a process of individually generating the click program for each provider is carried out to separately put the generated plural click programs in web servers of the specific providers.

136. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein the user agents of the customer PC and the provider PC having the sending/receiving functions include both sending/receiving functions, respectively.

137. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein the user agent having the sending function has a process of automatically registering the provider information delivered by the click program in a buddy list DB.

138. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein a process is performed as follows:

a web page address of the icon registered by the provider is added to the provider information, and the user agent having the sending function detects and compares a web page address (U.R.L) of the clicked icon and does not carry out the sending function if the web page address of the clicked icon is not identical to the web page address registered by the provider.

139. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein a process is performed as follows:

a service validity period of the provider is added to the provider information, and the user agent having the sending function compares the service validity period with the day appointed and does not carry out the sending function if the service validity period expires.

140. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein the click program additionally has a provider information encoding and decoding function.

141. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein the customer ID or the provider ID is an e-mail address of the customer or the provider, respectively.

142. The Internet call controlling method of claim 133, wherein if a paging signal is additionally received in the provider PC which is in busy state, the receiving/sending user agents carry out a process of delivering a busy message, and the call processing server which has received the message delivers a busy announcement message and records a message of a PC of the sender to transmit the recorded message to a sender'"'"'s e-mail server in the form of e-mail.

143. An Internet call controlling method using the Internet, comprising the steps of:

when a provider inputs the text of e-mail and a customer ID in a member management server and clicks a send button, an icon generator, extracting unique information containing the provider'"'"'s ID from a DB server, and generating a click program for delivering the unique information containing the provider'"'"'s ID associated with an icon to a user agent having a sending function, once the icon is clicked, then inserting the generated program into the e-mail to send the e-mail to a customer'"'"'s e-mail server;

a customer PC, delivering the unique information including the provider'"'"'s ID as a paging signal together with an ID of a customer PC by a user agent having a receiving function, when a displayed icon is clicked by receiving the e-mail from the e-mail server;

when the paging signal is received, inquiring about an IP address of a provider PC corresponding to the provider'"'"'s ID included in the paging signal from the DB server where provider information is stored, by a call processing server, and delivering the paging signal together with the customer ID to the inquired IP address; and

when the provider PC receives the paging signal, delivering a response message to the customer PC by a user agent having a receiving function,

wherein said provider and said customer are registered members of said DB server, and said receiving function of user agent of provider PC is functional when said provider PC is logged-in using information of said registered members.

144. The Internet call controlling method of claim 143, wherein the user agents of the customer PC and the provider PC having the sending/receiving functions include both sending/receiving functions, respectively.

145. The Internet call controlling method of claim 143, wherein the user agent having the sending function has a process of automatically registering the provider information delivered by the click program in a buddy list DB.

146. The Internet call controlling method of claim 143, wherein a process is performed as follows:

a service validity period of the provider is added to the provider information, and the user agent having the sending function compares the service validity period with the day appointed and does not carry out the sending function if the service validity period expires.

147. The Internet call controlling method of claim 143, wherein the click program additionally has a function of encoding and decoding the provider information.

148. The Internet call controlling method of claim 143, wherein the user agent having the receiving function has a process of automatically recording reception information including the received ID of the customer PC.

149. The Internet call controlling method of claim 143, wherein the customer ID or the provider ID is an e-mail address of the customer or the provider, respectively.

150. The Internet call controlling method of claim 143, wherein if a paging signal is additionally received in the provider PC which is in busy state, the receiving/sending user agents carry out a process of delivering a busy message, and the call processing server which has received the message delivers a busy announcement message and records a message of a PC of the sender to transmit the recorded message to a sender'"'"'s e-mail server in the form of e-mail.

151. An Internet call controlling method using the Internet, comprising the steps of:

if a customer clicks a particular one of plural icons displayed in a web server of a system operator, decoding encoded information including a provider ID by a click program which is included in the web server of the system operator and associated with the clicked icon;

a user agent having a sending function, which is installed in the customer PC, receiving the provider information, and delivering a paging signal together with a customer ID;

when the paging signal is received, inquiring about an IP address of a provider PC corresponding to the provider'"'"'s ID included in the paging signal from a DB server where the provider information is stored, by the call processing server, and delivering the paging signal together with the customer ID to the inquired IP address;

when the provider PC receives the paging signal, delivering a response message to the customer PC by a user agent having a receiving function; and

when the provider is registered as a member, an icon generator, extracting unique information including the provider'"'"'s ID stored in the DB server, and automatically generating a click program for delivering the unique information including the provider'"'"'s ID associated with an icon to the user agent, once the icon is clicked, then displaying the icon on a web page of the system operator,

wherein said provider and said customer are registered members of said DB server, said sending function of user agent of customer PC is functional when said customer PC is logged-in using information of said registered members, and said receiving function of user agent of provider PC is functional when said provider PC is logged-in using information of said registered members.

152. The Internet call controlling method of claim 151, wherein the user agents of the customer PC and the provider PC having the sending/receiving functions include both sending/receiving functions, respectively.

153. The Internet call controlling method of claim 151, wherein the user agent having the sending function has a process of automatically registering the provider information delivered by the click program in a buddy list DB.

154. The Internet call controlling method of claim 151, wherein a process is performed as follows:

a service validity period of the provider is added to the provider information, and the user agent having the sending function compares the service validity period with the day appointed and does not carry out the sending function if the service validity period expires.

155. The Internet call controlling method of claim 151, wherein the click program additionally has a provider information encoding and decoding function.

156. The Internet call controlling method of claim 151, wherein the customer ID or the provider ID is an e-mail address of the customer or the provider, respectively.

157. The Internet call controlling method of claim 151, wherein if a paging signal is additionally received in the provider PC which is in busy state, the receiving/sending user agents carry out a process of delivering a busy message, and the call processing server which has received the voice message delivers a busy announcement message and records a message of a PC of the sender to transmit the recorded message to a sender'"'"'s e-mail server in the form of e-mail.