SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTACT NUMBER INFORMATION HAVING ADDED SEARCH FUNCTION, AND METHOD FOR SAME

• US 20150156322A1
• Filed: 07/09/2013
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TW Mobile Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: TW Mobile Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nam, Ki-won, Lee, Se-yong, Hong, Kyo-sik, Song, Hyun-jong
• Application Number:
  US14/414,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156322A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels protocols for multimedia information services per se H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5191 interacting with the Internet

Abstract

Disclosed are a representative telephone information providing system having a search function and a method thereof. The system includes: a user terminal having a ring data search function to receive ring data which include business information or information on an ARS service or a telephone number of a person in charge for a specific department so as to release a session for a data communication network, and extract and output screen data depending on a key operation signal of a user with the session being released; and a ring data management server which receives the ring data including the business information or the information on the ARS service from a seller and upload the received ring data to be searched, extract the ring data corresponding to search words transmitted from the user terminal, and transmit the extracted ring data to the user terminal.

Claims

1. A system for providing representative telephone information, comprising:

a user terminal having a ring data search function to receive ring data which include business information or information on an ARS service or a telephone number of a person in charge for a specific department so as to release a session for a data communication network, and extract and output screen data depending on a key operation signal of a user with the session being released; and

a ring data management server configured to receive the ring data which include the business information or the information on the ARS service or the telephone number of a person in charge for a specific department from a seller and upload the received ring data to be searched, extract the ring data corresponding to search words transmitted from the user terminal, and transmit the extracted ring data to the user terminal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal is equipped with applications which extract predefined screen data depending on a specific key signal input by a user and output the extracted data on a screen.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the screen data, which is output depending on the key selection information posted on the screen data which is exposed on the current screen, has a unique identification code allocated thereto.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the ring data include a plurality of ARS screen data packets which are output on the screen depending on a key selection with the user terminal being connected to the ARS telephone numbers of each business.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the ring data include product information or advertising information of the business.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the ring data are hyperlinked to generate a call signal at the time of selecting a telephone number included therein.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the ring data include at least one of the business information, and information on the ARS service or the telephone number of a person in charge for a specific department.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal comprises:

a communication module connected to a voice communication network or a data communication network in the user terminal to perform communications;

a ring data output application manager configured to manage a driving of a ring data output application;

a ring data receiver configured to receive ring data of a searched business;

a search word transmitter configured to transmit the search words input by the user to the ring data management server;

a button operation signal analyzer configured to analyze button signals input by the user;

a matching screen extractor configured to extract the screen data matched to the button signals input by the user;

a voice data output unit configured to output voice data output by being call connected to a telephone number;

a screen data output unit configured to output the pre-matched screen data on a screen depending on the button selection;

a data storage unit configured to store the ring data including the screen data packet, and store key operation information matched so as to output each screen data and identification codes for each screen data; and

a controller configured to perform a control to transmit the input search words to the ring data management server by driving the ring data output application, and receive the ring data corresponding to the result so as to selectively output the plurality of screen data included in the ring data on the screen, corresponding to the key operation signal input by the user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein when selecting the ARS telephone number of the ring data, the controller performs a control to extract the screen data by matching the button selection of the user at the time of ARS voice communication and output the extracted screen data on the screen.

10. A method for providing representative telephone information, comprising:

a first step of driving a ring data output application equipped in a user terminal;

a second step of determining whether search words are input to a search input window of the ring data output application;

a third step of transmitting, by the ring data output application of the user terminal, the search word to a ring data management server;

a fourth step of searching for, by the ring data management server, the search word in a database;

a fifth step of extracting, by the ring data management server, ring data matched to the search word and transmitting the extracted ring data to the user terminal;

a sixth step of releasing, by the ring data management server, session setting;

a seventh step of determining, by the ring data output application of the user terminal, whether a key selection signal is input;

a eighth step of extracting screen data matched to the key selection signal through the ring data output application and outputting the matched screen data, when the specific key selection signal is input;

a ninth step of determining, by the user terminal, whether a telephone number selection signal included in the screen data is applied; and

a tenth step of generating a call signal to the telephone number.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the ring data are a packet including a plurality of screen data.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein each screen data included in the ring data is allocated with a unique identification code for each key signal so as to output the screen data depending on the key operation signal selected by a user.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

Prior to the first step, a step of receiving, by the ring data management server, the ring data including business information and telephone number information from a plurality of businesses; and

a step of matching the ring data with a searchable search word tip.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the telephone number is at least one of a business representative telephone number, a business ARS telephone number, a department telephone number, and telephone numbers of persons in charge for each department.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

when the telephone number is an ARS telephone number in the tenth step, after the tenth step, an eleventh step of executing, by the user terminal, a call connection to the ARS number;

a twelfth step of outputting screen data having the same content as a ARS voice content;

a thirteenth step of determining whether a key selection signal is applied;

a fourteenth step of extracting and outputting the screen data matched to the key selection signal; and

a fifteenth step of determining whether a call ending signal is applied.