SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING ABUSE OF EMERGENCY CALLS PLACED USING SMARTPHONE

• US 20140370838A1
• Filed: 01/25/2013
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Han Seok Kim
• Original Assignee: Han Seok Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Han Seok, Kim, Seong Soo
• Application Number:
  US14/375,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20140370838A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for preventing the abuse of emergency calls placed using a smartphone. When emergency information is transmitted to a preset guardian terminal by pressing a plurality of emergency buttons, a guardian terminal verifies whether or not there is an emergency and transmits an emergency situation experienced by a smartphone user to a server of an organization, and an officer from the organization having the server is sent to the coordinates of the location of the smartphone user which were received from the mobile communication service provider, thus enabling an organization such as a police department or a fire department to react to an emergency in the shortest possible amount of time when the smartphone user experiences said emergency. An Internet bank account of the smartphone user is converted to a preset virtual Internet bank account so as to be provided with a virtual Internet banking procedure. A bank account connected to a debit card or check card corresponding to a smartphone identification number is converted to a preset virtual bank account so as to enable an offline banking service, thus preventing additional damage to the smartphone user as a result of a cash withdrawal using the smartphone. The credit card information of the smartphone user is registered as information on a lost card, thus preventing additional damage to the smartphone user resulting from a payment by a credit card or from a card loan being taken out.

Claims

1. A system for preventing abuse of an emergency call using a smartphone, comprising:

a smartphone configured to transmit emergency rescue request information and financial service stop request information, generated by pressing of an emergency button, to a mobile communication service provider server, and to, when an Internet banking application is executed, perform control in order to convert an Internet banking connection URL into a preset virtual connection URL and then allow an Internet banking service to be conducted in a virtual Internet banking URL page;

the mobile communication service provider server configured to receive emergency rescue request information and financial service stop request information from the smartphone and then transmit a generated authentication number, together with the financial service stop request information, to a guardian terminal, to receive an authentication response number from the guardian terminal and transmit location coordinates of the smartphone, received through a connection to a GPS satellite, and the emergency rescue request information to an organization server, and to control a telephone call connection between the smartphone and the guardian terminal in response to a call connection request signal received from the guardian terminal;

the guardian terminal configured to receive the emergency rescue request information, the financial service stop request information and the authentication number from the mobile communication service provider server and then transmit the authentication response number, received through manipulation of a guardian, to the mobile communication service provider server, to transmit the emergency rescue request information and the financial service stop request information to the organization server, and to transmit a call connection request signal for a three-party conference call with the smartphone and the organization server to the mobile communication service provider server; and

the organization server configured to receive the location coordinates of the smartphone and the emergency rescue request information from the mobile communication service provider server, to transmit dispatch information generated for a purpose of rescuing a smartphone user to a police department or a fire department located within a radius around the location coordinates of the smartphone, to generate bank transaction stop information adapted to allow a financial service, related to the account number included in the financial service stop request information received from the guardian terminal, to be conducted via a virtual account and then transmit the bank transaction stop information, together with the emergency rescue request information, to a bank server, and to generate credit card theft information related to the credit card identification number received from the guardian terminal and then transmit the credit card theft information to a credit card company server.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the bank server configured to receive the emergency rescue request information and the bank transaction stop information from the organization server, to, when detecting use of an offline banking service including any one of a debit card and a check card linked to a bank account corresponding to the smartphone identification number included in the emergency rescue request information, perform control in order to convert a bank account corresponding to the smartphone identification number into a preset virtual bank account and then conduct the offline banking service, to receive the emergency rescue request information and the bank transaction stop information from the organization server, and to, when detecting the of an Internet banking service corresponding the smartphone identification number included in the emergency rescue request information, perform control so that the smartphone converts an Internet banking connection URL into a preset virtual connection URL and then conducts the Internet banking service in a virtual Internet banking URL page; and

the credit card company server configured to receive credit card theft information from the organization server and register a credit card identification number included in the credit card theft information as the information of a stolen card, and to, when receiving credit card payment request information corresponding to the credit card identification number from a POS terminal or an Internet shopping mall server, transmit stolen card payment prohibition information to the POS terminal or the Internet shopping mall server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the smartphone comprises:

an emergency call detection module configured to transmit emergency rescue request information, generated by detecting a signal received through the pressing of a plurality of emergency buttons and including a smartphone identification number and a preset guardian terminal identification number in the information, and financial service stop request information, adapted to include an account number and a credit card identification number previously stored in storage, to the mobile communication service provider server (200) connected over an information and communication network;

an application control module configured to, when a previously installed Internet banking application is executed after the emergency rescue request information has been received from the emergency call detection module, perform control in order to convert an Internet banking connection URL into a preset virtual connection URL and then conduct an Internet banking service in a virtual Internet banking URL page;

a call connection module configured to, after receiving the emergency rescue request information from the emergency call detection module, detect a call connection request signal received from the mobile communication service provider server and then connect a telephone call to the guardian terminal, the call connection module performing control so that ring sound output or vibrations are prevented from being generated when detecting a call connection request signal, the call connection module controlling a contained speaker and microphone so that a telephone call is connected to the guardian terminal without requiring separate key input for call connection at the same time that the call connection request signal is detected, and the call connection module performing control in order to suppress voice output from the guardian terminal via the speaker and to transmit voices input to the microphone to the guardian terminal with which the call connection has been established.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication service provider server comprises:

an authentication number generation module configured to extract the guardian terminal identification number from the emergency rescue request information received from the smartphone, to convert an authentication number randomly generated by a random number generator into an SMS message form, and to transmit the authentication number, together with the emergency rescue request information and the financial service stop request information, to the guardian terminal;

an authentication number matching module configured to generate authentication completion information when the authentication response number received from the guardian terminal corresponds to the authentication number received from the authentication number generation module;

a GPS satellite connection module configured to receive the authentication completion information from the authentication number matching module, and to transmit the location coordinates of the smartphone connected to the GPS satellite and the emergency rescue request information to the organization server; and

a telephone call relay module configured to, when receiving a call connection request signal for connecting with the smartphone from the guardian terminal, relay a telephone call between the smartphone and the guardian terminal.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the guardian terminal comprises:

an emergency information checking module configured to receive the emergency rescue request information, the financial service stop request information and the authentication number from the mobile communication service provider server, and to transmit the authentication response number, received through manipulation of the guardian, to the mobile communication service provider server;

an emergency information transmission module configured to transmit the emergency rescue request information and the financial service stop request information, received from the emergency information checking module, to the organization server, connected over the information and communication network, in response to execution of a previously installed emergency rescue application; and

an emergency call connection module configured to transmit a call connection request signal for a three-party conference call with smartphone and the organization server, corresponding to the emergency rescue request information received from the emergency information checking module, to the mobile communication service provider server, thereby controlling a telephone call with the smartphone and the organization server.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the bank server comprises:

a banking service detection module configured to generate offline banking transaction detection information when receiving the emergency rescue request information and the bank transaction stop information from the organization server and then receiving a connection signal of a debit card or a check card linked to a bank account corresponding to the smartphone identification number from an ATM provided in an bank, and to generate online banking transaction detection information when detecting use of an Internet banking service corresponding to the smartphone identification number over the information and communication network;

an offline banking conversion module configured to, when receiving the offline banking transaction detection information from the banking service detection module, perform control in order to transmit conversion-into-virtual account information adapted to convert a bank account corresponding to the smartphone identification number into a preset virtual bank account to an ATM, so that the ATM conducts an offline banking service in a virtual account environment; and

an online banking conversion module configured to, when receiving the online banking transaction detection information from the banking service detection module, perform control in order to convert an Internet banking URL linked to the smartphone into a preset virtual Internet banking URL, thereby allowing an Internet banking service to be conducted in a virtual Internet banking URL page.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the conversion into the virtual Internet banking URL performs control so that, when connecting to an Internet banking service over a wireless Internet based on the execution of an Internet banking application of the smartphone, the smartphone moves to a URL page having an Internet banking environment identical to that of an original Internet banking service and then conducts an Internet banking service; and

when the smartphone conducts an account transfer service, control is performed such that a transfer-requested amount of money that belongs to a specific amount of money deposited in the account corresponding to the smartphone identification number is transferred to a desired target account, in which case, as the Internet banking service is conducted in the virtual account corresponding to the smartphone identification number, the transfer-requested amount of money is not actually transferred to the desired target account, but the transfer-requested amount of money is displayed on the screen of the smartphone as being transferred to the desired target account.

8. A method of preventing abuse of an emergency call using a smartphone, comprising:

(a) transmitting, by a smartphone, emergency rescue request information and financial service stop request information, received through pressing of an emergency button, to a mobile communication service provider server;

(b) receiving, by the mobile communication service provider server, the emergency rescue request information and transmitting, by the mobile communication service provider server, a generated authentication number and financial service stop request information to a guardian terminal included in the emergency rescue request information;

(c) when an authentication response number received from the guardian terminal corresponds to the authentication number, transmitting, by the mobile communication service provider server, location coordinates of the smartphone connected to a GPS satellite and the emergency rescue request information to an organization server;

(d) transmitting, by the organization server, dispatch information to a police department or a fire department located within a radius around the location coordinates of the smartphone;

(e) transmitting, by the guardian terminal, the financial service stop request information, received from the mobile communication service provider server, to the organization server;

(f) generating, by the organization server, bank transaction stop information corresponding to the financial service stop request information received from the guardian terminal and then transmitting, by the organization server, the bank transaction stop information, together with the emergency rescue request information, to a bank server, and generating, by the organization server, credit card theft information related to the a credit card identification number received from the guardian terminal and then transmitting, by the organization server, the credit card theft information to the credit card company server;

(g) when detecting a banking service corresponding to a smartphone identification number included in the emergency rescue request information, determining, by the bank server, whether the detected banking service is an offline banking service or an online banking service;

(h) if, as a result of the determination at step (g), it is determined that the bank server has detected use of an offline banking service, performing control in order to convert a bank account corresponding to the smartphone identification number into a preset virtual bank account and then allow the offline banking service to be conducted;

(i) receiving, by a credit card company server, credit card theft information from the organization server, and registering, by the credit card company server, a credit card identification number included in the credit card theft information as information of the stolen card; and

(j) when receiving credit card payment request information corresponding to the credit card identification number from a POS terminal or an Internet shopping mall server, transmitting, by the credit card company server stolen card payment prohibition information to the POS terminal or the Internet shopping mall server.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising, if, as a result of the determination at step (g), it is determined that the bank server has detected use of an online banking service, performing control such that the smartphone converts an Internet banking connection URL into a preset virtual connection URL and conducts the Internet banking service in a virtual Internet banking URL page.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein pressing is performed for a plurality of emergency buttons in step (a), and step (c) comprises:

(c-1) when the generated authentication number corresponds to the authentication response number received from the guardian terminal, generating, by the mobile communication service provider server, authentication completion information; and

(c-2) transmitting, by the mobile communication service provider server, the location coordinates of the smartphone, received through connection to a GPS satellite, and the emergency rescue request information to the organization server in response to the generation of the authentication completion information.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising, after step (e):

(l) transmitting, by the guardian terminal, a call connection request signal for a three-party conference call with the smartphone and the organization server to the mobile communication service provider server;

(m) receiving, by the mobile communication service provider server, the call connection request signal related to the smartphone from the guardian terminal, and then transmitting, by the mobile communication service provider server, the call connection request signal to the smartphone;

(n) receiving, by the smartphone, the call connection request signal from the mobile communication service provider server, performing, by the smartphone, control in order to prevent ring sound output or vibrations from being generated, and connecting, by the smartphone, a telephone call to the guardian terminal; and

(o) performing control such that the smartphone suppresses voice output from the guardian terminal, with which the call connection has been established, via a speaker and transmits voices input via a microphone to the guardian terminal with which the call connection has been established, and proceeding to step (f).