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

• US 7,277,733 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2002
• Issued: 10/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Chae-Ho, Kwon, Jun-Young, Kim, Ji-Sook
• Primary Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US10/294,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20030091016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,782 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4144, 455/555, 455/566, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 4555561-5562, 455557-559, 455560-561, 455/554.1, 455/554.2, 455/403, 455/415, 455/433, 455465-466, 455/432.1, 455/551, 455/517, 455/524, 455/432.2, 455/432.3, 455410-411, 455/41.2, 3703955-39553, 370327-328, 370335-338, 370/340, 370/349, 370/356, 370352-353, 370/313, 370/389, 370/396, 370/398, 709228-229, 709218-219, 709202-203, 709/249, 379196-199, 379224-234, 379/900, 379/88.25, 379/242, 379/245
• US Class Current: 455/566
• 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 into an integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system, the apparatus comprising:

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

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

integrated access platform (IAP) 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 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; and

a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver connected to the Internet protocol network, for converting a content transmission request message provided from the into the integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system into a Web format, for sending the converted message to the Web server, and for sending content information to the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system, the content information provided from said Web server corresponding to the content transmission request message.

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, and being registered in said integrated access platform (IAP) 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 1, wherein the telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver is connected to the Internet protocol network, converts a content transmission request message into an American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code message of a hypertext markup language (HTML) format, sends the converted ASCII code message to said Web server, converts content information, provided by said Web server in response to the content transmission request message, into a first computer and telephony integration (CTI) message, and sends the first into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system CTI message to said.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, said into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system converting the first CTI message into a second computer and telephony integration (CTI) message and sending the second CTI message to the telephone application program interface (TAPI) 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 (TAPI) 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 into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system, and being registered in said into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system as an extension subscriber, the digital telephone having the display.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, said integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system converting a content transmission message into a computer and telephony integration (CTI) message and sending the CTI message to the telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, 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 A and sending the divided content information to the telephone application program interface driver.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

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

a Web server for collecting the content information from at least one predetermined World Wide Web site at intervals of a certain time for storing the collected content information, for accessing the stored content information in response to a first request message requesting to transmit the stored content information, and for 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 into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system having identification information corresponding to said at least one wireless terminal and having port information corresponding to the identification information, said being connected to an Internet protocol network, said into integrated access platform (IAP) 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;

a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver connected to the Internet protocol network for converting a content transmission request message provided from the exchange system into a Web format, for sending the converted message to said Web server, and for sending content information to the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system, the content information provided from said Web server corresponding to the content transmission request message; and

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

11. The apparatus of claim 10, said at least one wireless terminal comprising at least one wireless telephone.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, the user information including at least one of a unique identification code used to identify said at least one wireless terminal and a telephone number.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver is connected to the Internet protocol network, converts a content transmission request message into an American National Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code message of a hypertext markup language (HTML) format, sends the converted ASCII code message to said Web server, converts content information, provided by said Web server in response to the content transmission request message, into a first computer and telephony integration (CTI) message, and sends the first CTI message to said into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, said into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system converting the first request message into a second computer and telephony integration (CTI) messages, and sending the second CTI message to said TAPI driver.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, 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 TAPI driver.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, said at least one wireless terminal comprising at least one wireless telephone.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, said into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system converting the first request message into a computer and telephony integration (CTI) message and sending the CTI message to said TAPI driver.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, 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 TAPI driver.

19. 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 telephones an into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system, a Web server and a telephone application program interface (TAPI) driver, 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 said at least one digital telephone, the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system being connected to an Internet protocol network, the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system providing a call control service to said at least one digital telephone using the user information such as port numbers for the digital telephone connected to a subscriber module, the Web server being connected to the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system 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 TAPI driver being connected to the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system and to the Web server, the TAPI driver converting messages to be exchanged between the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system and the Web server, and the TAPI driver conveying the converted messages between the exchange system and the Web server;

the Web content delivery service comprising the steps of;

converting content request information from said at least one digital telephone into a converted content transmission message in a Web format. and sending the converted content transmission message to the Web server

receiving the content information in response to the converted content transmission message;

receiving the content information through the TAPI driver; and

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

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

converting a content transmission request message into an ASCII code message in a telephone application program, and sending the ASCII code message to said Web server; and

converting the content information into a computer and telephone integration (CTI) message, the content information being provided by the Web server in response to the content transmission request message, and sending the CTI message to the into integrated access platform (IAP) exchange system.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the Web server accesses the content information from an internal storage area in response to the content transmission request message, divides the accessed content information by a predetermined size, and sends the divided content information to the TAPI driver.