TERMINAL, SERVICE METHOD AND INTEGRATED IDENTIFIER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED IDENTIFIER AND USER INTERFACE

Abstract

A method of intuitively recognizing and using an integrated identification function by users by additionally displaying -a variable URI access menus on the existing user screen of the integrated identifier, and this is accomplished through an integrated identifier management system and a service method, which include: address servers for storing, managing and processing URIs (address) mapped to an integrated identifier and related information; a terminal for variably displaying a plurality of URI access menus on an integrated identifier user screen according to an address status (integrated identifier information, URI information, display information, and matching information) registered in the address servers; and a process for processing an integrated identification service through communication between the terminal and the address servers.

Claims

1. An integrated identifier management system comprising: address servers for storing, managing and processing user's basic information, integrated identifier information, mapping address (URI) information, display information and other attribute and setting information; a terminal for additionally displaying a plurality URI access menus and related information, in addition to display of existing addresses or access menus, on a current user interface (UI) screen unique to the integrated identifier according to information transferred from the address servers; and a service handling process for displaying latest address (URI) mapping information, display information and other related information on a service screen of the terminal through communication between the address servers and the terminal, and initiating a service interface corresponding to a URI access menu according to selection of the user.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the integrated identifier is one of identifiers including a phone number, an e-mail address, a homepage address and an SNS account and maps one or more URIs (addresses) under the integrated identifier.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the address servers includes: an address management server for storing, managing and processing subscriber's basic information, integrated identifier information, address information, display information and other attribute and setting information; and an address mapping server positioned under the address management server to manage a mapping address by the type of each integrated identifier.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the address servers further include an address matching server for extracting and providing an optimal matching counterpart address list on the basis of matching information of the address management server and search and log information of the address mapping server.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein a user interface screen unique to the integrated identifier is a contact information (address book) screen or a call preparation screen (or a dial pad screen) of the terminal in the case of a phone number, and a screen for providing a service in the case of an e-mail, a homepage or an SNS.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is a terminal capable of accessing one of wired and wireless communications and Internet and having a unique identification number, and the terminal includes a smart phone, a PC, a tablet PC, an AI speaker, a kiosk and a transportation means.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein an integrated identifier service method may be implemented in the terminal in a form of an application, and the application displays URI access menus and related information according to an address registration status registered in the address servers through communication with the address servers, and connects access to a service user interface or a service corresponding to a selected specific URI access menu.

8. A terminal comprising: a display unit, a voice output unit and a voice input unit, wherein a communication mode screen (contact information/address book screen or call preparation screen) of the display unit displays a plurality of URI access menus and related information according to an address (URI) mapping status and display information of the address servers, and other attribute and setting information, in addition to (voice) call, video call and text message access menus.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein a matching book (matching address book), which categorizes and displays addresses extracted and transferred by the address matching server, is additionally displayed on the display unit.

10. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the URI access menu includes at least one among types of address or resource access menus, such as a phone number, a facsimile number, a webpage address, an e-mail address, a banking account, a messenger account, an SNS account, an image media channel, a vehicle/thing and a camera, and geographical address, and folding/unfolding and sharing of the URI access menus, shortcut to a wallpaper screen, and general editing and setting are possible on the display unit.

11. A service method comprising the steps of: receiving a specific integrated identifier and an address (URI) registration status mapped to the integrated identifier from an address mapping server, by a terminal; displaying URI access menus and related information corresponding to the integrated identifier and the address registration status transferred from the address mapping server on a user interface (UI) screen unique to the integrated identifier of a display unit, by the terminal; selecting a specific integrated identifier and a specific URI access menu mapped under the specific integrated identifier from a UI screen unique to the integrated identifier of the display unit of the terminal; and displaying a service user interface or a service page corresponding to the selected URI access menu on the terminal.

12. The service method according to claim 11, wherein the URI access menu includes at least one among types of address or resource access menus, such as a phone number, a facsimile number, a webpage address, an e-mail address, a banking account, a messenger account, an SNS account, an image media channel, a vehicle/thing and a camera, and geographical address, and is a single layer or multi-layer menu structure.

13. The service method according to claim 11, wherein the URI access menu is a URI access menu which abstracts an address of all kinds ranged from a lowest layer up to a highest layer and displays the abstract address, and individually configures independent services or configures part of an entire service.

14. The service method according to claim 11, wherein the step of selecting a specific integrated identifier and a specific URI access menu at the display unit of the terminal is performed by selecting a specific integrated identifier and a specific URI access menu in a method of recognizing a voice inputted through a voice input unit, in addition to a touch or a click.

15. The service method according to claim 11, wherein the service method selectively processes exposure and non-exposure of an address displayed on the display unit of the terminal according to setting of an address management server, displays different mapping URI access menus and related information under the same integrated identifier according to counterpart, time and location information, and specifies, in the case of an integrated identifier of a phone number, whether or not to display, a name and an arrangement position, including even voice call, video call and text message access menus, which are conventional access menus under the phone number.

16. The service method according to claim 11, wherein the step of selecting a specific integrated identifier and a specific URI access menu at the display unit of the terminal is accomplished in a method of launching a service by simultaneously or sequentially selecting a plurality of specific URI access menus.

17. The service method according to claim 11, wherein the related information is information including attribute information (a name, a company, a position and an image) of an integrated identifier registrant, an image or text expressing a name of a URI, and a short announcement message or an advertisement/public relation message.

18. An address mapping server for storing and managing display information which defines information to be displayed on a terminal, search information and log information to be used for matching, and setting information for controlling a mapping address, in addition to storing general URIs (address) mapped to an integrated identifier.

19. The address mapping server according to claim 18, wherein the address mapping server has a server layer and a routing system corresponding in parallel to a layer structure and a routing system of a phone number or an identifier account management server which manages an existing phone number or service identifier used as an integrated identifier.

20. The address mapping server according to claim 18, wherein the address mapping server may prevent hacking or secure validity of an address by adopting a distributed structure of a block chain form and storing address mapping information in terminals of users or distributed servers.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0070] FIG. 1 is a view showing the concept of the entire configuration of an integrated identifier system according to the present invention.

[0071] FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a terminal, in which an integrated identifier service according to the present invention is implemented.

[0072] FIG. 3 is a view comparing an example of a contact point address book of a terminal according to the present invention with that of an existing terminal.

[0073] FIG. 4 is a view comparing an example of a call preparation screen of a terminal according to the present invention with that of an existing terminal.

[0074] FIG. 5 is a view comparing an example of an e-mail screen according to the present invention with an existing e-mail screen.

[0075] FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a matching book (matching address book) according to the present invention.

[0076] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of registering an integrated identifier and an address (URI) according to the present invention.

[0077] FIG. 8 is a view showing example screens of an address management server according to the present invention.

[0078] FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of the database (DB) configuration of an address mapping server according to the present invention.

[0079] FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example process of synchronization between a terminal and an address mapping server according to the present invention.

[0080] FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an integrated identification service method according to the present invention.

[0081] FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process of handling a service on a call preparation screen (or a dial pad screen) of a terminal according to the present invention.

[0082] FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a method of simultaneously processing a plurality of URI access menus in a terminal according to the present invention.

[0083] FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a method of extracting an optimal matching address list and displaying the matching address list in a matching book (matching address book) of a terminal, by an address matching server according to the present invention.

[0084] FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of a layer structure of a phone number address mapping server.

TABLE-US-00001 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101: Terminal 1011: Smart phone 1012: Tablet PC 1013: PC 1014: Vehicle 1015: AI speaker 111: Address management server 121, 122, 123: Phone number mapping server 131, 132, 133: E-mail/Homepage/SNS account mapping server 141: Address matching server 151, 152, 153: Service server 201: Housing of terminal 202: Display unit of terminal 203: Voice output unit of terminal 204: Voice input unit of terminal 205: First communication module of terminal 206: Second communication module of terminal 207: Control unit of terminal 300: Conventional terminal 500: Conventional e-mail screen 510: E-mail screen of the invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0085] Those skilled in the art may easily embody the spirit of the present invention according to the detailed description described below. In describing the embodiments of the present invention, related known techniques will not be described here in detail unless it is required in describing the embodiments of the present invention.

[0086] Hereinafter, the preferred embodiments of the present invention which can specifically realize the above objects will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0087] In describing the embodiments, when an element is disclosed as being formed on or under each element, on or under includes both directly contacting the two elements with each other and indirectly forming the element by disposing one or more elements between the two elements. In addition, when it is expressed as on or under, it may include a downward direction, as well as an upward direction, from an element.

[0088] In addition, relational terms such as first and second, top/upper/above, bottom/lower/under and the like used below may be used solely to distinguish one substance or element from another substance or element without necessarily requiring or implying any physical or logical relation or order between the substances or elements. In addition, like reference numerals refer to the same elements throughout the description of drawings.

[0089] In addition, the terms such as includes, comprises or has should be interpreted not to exclude other elements but to further include such other elements since the corresponding elements may be inherent unless mentioned otherwise. In addition, the term corresponding may include at least one among the meanings of interacting and relating under a special rule.

[0090] In addition, from the aspect that in a strict sense, a banking account or a general geographical address, not an information resource identifier on an Internet network, may also be expressed on the Internet and subsequent services can be processed, the banking account and the general geographical address are expressed as URI in a unified way, and the URI and the address are interchangeably used.

[0091] FIG. 1 is a view showing the concept of the entire system configuration in which an integrated identifier of the present invention operates.

[0092] A terminal 101 of the present invention is a smart phone 1011, a tablet PC 1012, a PC 1013, a vehicle 1014, an AI speaker 1015, a terminal capable of performing a touching or clicking function such as an Internet phone, a PC soft phone, a PMP, a PDA or the like, or a terminal controlled by a voice command. In addition, the terminal 101 is capable of Internet access and particularly includes all terminals (including feature phones) located under (inside) a display unit, in which an application for processing a service user interface (UI) and a service access launcher is mounted. The terminals may be synchronized with or interconnected to each other when they belong to the same owner or manager.

[0093] The address servers which process services of the present invention have a configuration of an address management server 111, address mapping servers 121 to 123 and 131 to 133, and an address matching server 141. However, the servers are classified for conceptual understanding, and logically and physically, they may be integrated or partly omitted or separated without a limit according to implementation environments and conditions.

[0094] The address management server communicates with a terminal of an address registrant to store and manage basic information, integrated identifier information, address information, display information and attribute information of the registrant and place and manage the address mapping server at a lower level.

[0095] The address mapping server has a layer structure corresponding to a server which manages an integrated identifier account/subscriber (a phone number, an e-mail address, an SNS account, etc.) and communicates with a corresponding account management server to transfer URIs mapped to the identifier of the account/subscriber and related information and display the URIs and the information on a service screen, which is a user interface of the identifier. At this point, information on the address mapping server is updated on the basis of the information on the address management server.

[0096] The address matching server collects static information related to the attributes of a registrant registered in the address management server, dynamic information collected by the address mapping server, integrally analyzes the collected information and log information, matches and extracts addresses of best matching counterparts after integrally analyzing the collected information, and displays the addresses on the user terminal.

[0097] The address matching server may be omitted from the address server configuration if it does not provide a matching service.

[0098] If a user using the terminal according to the present invention selects on the display unit of the terminal a URI access menu under the integrated identifier displayed on the basis of the transferred information from the address mapping server, a service corresponding to each URI is accessed, or a UI is launched, and subsequence services are processed by the servers 151, 152 and 153 in charge of each service. Meanwhile, a unique application supporting the URI displayed on the terminal is included in an integrated identifier terminal application as a basic package to be automatically provided/installed, or each terminal user may install the application by himself/herself.

[0099] FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a terminal, in which an integrated identifier service according to the present invention is implemented.

[0100] The terminal 100 according to the present invention may initiate various services such as access to the Internet on a contact point address book screen, a call preparation screen or each service screen in addition to voice call, video call and text message transfer, by mapping various URIs such as an e-mail address, a homepage address, a banking account number, an SNS account and the like, by means of a wired or wireless phone number or a service identifier stored or inputted in the terminal. At this point, the functions described above may be implemented through an application installed in each terminal.

[0101] The terminal 101 may be configured to include a housing 201, a display unit 202, a voice output unit 203, a voice input unit 204, a first communication module 205, a second communication module 206 and a control unit 207, as shown in FIG. 2.

[0102] The housing 201 may be a body for receiving various constituents of the terminal 101.

[0103] The display unit 202 may be a display unit of the terminal, may be an area for displaying a contact point address book screen, a call preparation screen or an e-mail screen described below, and may be an input unit where a user touches or clicks the terminal.

[0104] The voice output unit 203 may be a speaker of the terminal 101, and the voice input unit 204 may be a microphone of the terminal.

[0105] The first communication module 205, the second communication module 206 and the control unit 207 may be provided inside the housing not to be exposed to the outside, and in FIG. 2, they are shown as dotted lines.

[0106] The first communication module 205 transmits and receives signals for voice communication of the terminal 101 and may be a module which exchange signals with wired and wireless base stations.

[0107] The second communication module 206 may be a module which transmits and receives signals for Internet access or the like of the terminal 101. According to terminals, only the second communication module may be provided.

[0108] The control unit 207 may control operation of the constituents in the terminals 101. The shape and arrangement of the housing, the display unit and the constituents of the terminal may vary depending on terminal type.

[0109] FIG. 3 is a view comparing an example of a contact point address book screen of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention with a conventional screen of a terminal. Here, the essential factor is that the screen according to the present invention does not configure a separate client or a separate screen like ENUM or the like, does not request a configuration or a use method completely different from the screen of an existing terminal, and adds only additional functions of a natural version-up style to an existing use screen, and thus, natural accommodation, intuitive identification and learning how to use it are possible. That is, a user screen of the present invention is always integrated with an existing user screen. This is equally applied to the call preparation screen shown in FIG. 4 or the e-mail screen shown in FIG. 5. Here, integration with an existing use screen means that although another terminal application is installed, it has a form integrated with an existing user screen from the aspect of screen or functionally. That is, it means that even in a terminal to which the present invention is applied, the functions shown in FIG. 3 can be additionally used while existing services are used in the existing method, on a screen the same as that one used in an existing terminal. Needless to say, an application of the same screen as that of a smart phone may be installed in a PC or a tablet PC for synchronization between the smart phone and the PC or the tablet PC. When the service according to the present invention becomes general, a separate service screen different from an existing service screen may be newly configured as a large upgrade is needed.

[0110] A plurality of URI access menus, in addition to a voice call menu, a video call menu and a text message menu 301 of the conventional terminal 300, may be displayed 311 in the display area of the address book according to a mapping address registration status (basic information, address information, display information) transferred from the phone number mapping server 121, 122 and 123. Here, although URI access menus divided into an e-mail access menu, a homepage access menu, a SNS access menu, a banking access menu and the like are displayed, it is not necessarily limited thereto, and the names of the URI access menus may also be freely set and displayed.

[0111] In addition, each access menu may have a multi-layer configuration including sub-access menus under the access menu. Practical URI information of each access menu and an application capable of launching a service UI corresponding to a URI or driving a service access exist under an access menu display area. In addition, a simple announcement message 312, in addition to the URI access menus, may be displayed in the display area, and according to display information setting of the address mapping server, an existing access menu and the URI access menu may be arranged in an arbitrary form that the service provider wants to display, and advertisement/public relation information which combines images and text may be displayed 321. As described above, the service provider may configure an access menu in a simple mapping form 311 in which each access menu has a character of independent service or may configure the access menu in a form 321 in which each access menu is an element of the entire service configuration.

[0112] Meanwhile, the contact point address book having a display area 311 as shown in FIG. 3 may be combined with an address book of a form like an e-mail address book, a friend list of an SNS, or the like to be implemented on an e-mail screen or an SNS service screen.

[0113] FIG. 4 is a view comparing call preparation screens of an existing terminal 300 and the terminal 101 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A search window 401 and 411 and a phone number input window 401 and 412 are displayed on both of the two types of terminals. If a phone number is inputted in a phone number input window 402 and the phone call is selected from an access menu display unit 403 in the existing terminal 300, the user may make a voice communication. If the user touches the query button displayed on the phone number input window 412 after inputting a phone number at the terminal 101 of the present invention, a plurality of URI access menus is displayed on an access menu display unit 413 according to address (URI) and display information setting of the address mapping server, in addition to the voice call, video call and text message access menus. In addition, the URI access menus may be displayed in a different form 423 according to setting.

[0114] In the case of search, search of an existing terminal 300 is limited to phone numbers registered in the terminal or to the recently used phone numbers. However, the terminal 101 of the present invention searches for phone numbers from the address mapping server, in addition to the phone numbers stored inside the terminal, and displays the phone numbers on the call preparation screen (or a dial pad screen) or a separate screen, together with the basic information of the phone number owner and a plurality of mapping URI access menus. Various methods may be adopted according to screen configuration, in addition to a query button method, to call display of the URI access menus. In addition, the search may be divided into a general phone number search and an App mapping phone number by classifying the search button.

[0115] FIG. 5 is a view comparing an existing e-mail service screen with an e-mail service screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0116] In the case of an existing e-mail service screen 500, it is formed in an array 501 in which a counterpart, a brief title or content of an e-mail and a transmitting or receiving date are displayed.

[0117] In the e-mail service screen 510 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of URI access menus matching to an e-mail address of a corresponding counterpart may be displayed 511 and 512 on the display unit of the counterpart on the basis of information on the e-mail address mapping server 131. This figure shows only an example of a display method and is not limited thereto, and the URI access menus may be displayed in a variety of ways according to screen configuration of an e-mail browser. A user may process services such as a phone call, a facsimile, home page access and the like, in addition to transmission and reception of e-mails on the e-mail screen. If a CTI function is used when a terminal of a PC or the like does not provide a communication or text message service, the communication or text message service may be processed through synchronization with another terminal of the user.

[0118] Like this, mapped URI access menus are displayed on the screen of the display unit showing a homepage address in the case of a home page screen and on the screen of the display unit showing a counterpart in the case of an SNS account, and a service corresponding thereto may be initiated.

[0119] FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a matching book displayed on a display unit of a terminal by the address matching server of the present invention.

[0120] An icon of a matching book (matching address book) 600 may be displayed on the display unit 202 of the terminal 101, in addition to contact information, i.e., an existing address book. If the matching book 600 is touched, matching address information extracted and created by the address matching server 141 is displayed 601 by category, and a user may select an appropriate counterpart at the display unit and communicate with a desired counterpart using a URI access menu in a method like the contact point address book 311.

[0121] The mapping address book may also be displayed in the form of a list/menu, which is separate from an existing friend list or address book, even on an e-mail or SNS screen.

[0122] To display a plurality of URI access menus, in addition to an existing access menu or an address/URI of a counterpart, on the display unit of the terminal according to the present invention as described above, it needs to provide an address server for storing phone numbers or service identifiersfunctioning as an integrated identifier and an e-mail or homepage address mapped to the phone numbers or the service identifiers, or storing a banking account number and various service addresses (URIs), and managing related information.

[0123] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of registering an integrated identifier and an address in the address management server.

[0124] A registered user may access an address management screen through an access UI of the address management server 111 displayed on the display unit 202, on a contact point address book screen, or on a call preparation screen of the terminal 101, in the form of a function key or an icon. The user may register addresses that the user desires to register on a screen provided by the address management server. First, it is determined whether a user having a valid right for registration accesses by performing a subscribe authentication process on a user who desires to register (S701). If the user does not have a valid right to register, the registration is refused, and if the user is a valid user, a registration screen of the address management server is opened (S702). If the user inputs a phone number, an e-mail address or a service identifier as an integrated identifier desired to be registered, the address management server authenticates whether the user is a valid owner or manager (S703). If the user is a valid manager, the user may register a corresponding phone number or identifier as an integrated identifier and may register addresses to be mapped under the integrated identifier, together with related edit information, setting information, and display information (S704). If service connection URIs or addresses are inputted, the address management server inspects validity of the inputted addresses (S705), and the address management server refuses registration if the addresses are invalid and allows registration of only valid addresses. If the user inputs valid addresses and finally confirms registration (S706), registration of the addresses is finished. If an important address like a banking account number is included when the addresses are registered, the above procedure may add a step of separately performing a special authentication procedure. The above procedure does not necessarily need to be performed with temporal continuity, and since it is a procedure for displaying the most fundamental authentication element of registration, it can be modified without a limit.

[0125] FIG. 8 is a view showing examples of management screen of the address management server.

[0126] Subscribers registered in the address management server have an invariant account, and subscriber information is registered and managed under the same account.

[0127] If a user having a valid access right accesses his or her address management screen, the user may access a screen capable of registering subscriber's basic information 800, address information 810, display information 820 and matching information 830. The user may register, modify and delete corresponding information on each screen according to the registration/input procedure of FIG. 7 and perform a work of editing or setting various information. It is possible on this screen to register and manage integrated identifiers 811, 8111 and 8112, register and set addresses 812, and edit and set various display information according to the integrated identifier, a counterpart, a location, a time or the like 821 and 822. In addition, a matching keyword may be registered 831 as basic information for searching for an optimal counterpart. In addition, the address management server provides a preview function for inspecting and modifying in advance a display form to be arranged on a counterpart terminal, provides a URI market where service resources which provide various functions and information can be found, and provides an integrated interface capable of performing editing and setting, such as registration, modification, deletion and the like, of various information on a service screen linked to a URI registered by a registrant. Furthermore, related information may be transmitted to a server of another service site through an open API to be utilized for updating an address or providing an integrated identification service. The screen of the address management server of FIG. 8 may be divided into a brief configuration for general users, a high-class configuration for premium users, and a high-level configuration for providing high level services.

[0128] FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of the basic configuration of a database of an address mapping server created according to information on the address management server of FIG. 8. Information on the address mapping server is controlled on the basis of information on the address management server, and all the information including the integrated identifier may be changed. According to the integrated identifiers registered in the address management server of FIG. 8, related addresses and information are transferred to and stored in an address mapping server of a corresponding identifier, and an integrated identifier, URI access menus mapped under the integrated identifier, and related information are displayed on the user terminal on the basis of information on the address mapping server. For example, if a wireless phone number 8111 and an e-mail address 8112 are registered in the integrated identifier registration 811 field of the address management server, an address mapping database 901 of the wireless phone number 8111 is configured in the address mapping server 121 in charge of the corresponding wireless phone number, and in addition, an address mapping database 902 of the e-mail address 8112 is configured in the address mapping server 131 in charge of the corresponding e-mail address 8112. In addition, search information and log information created by users may also be stored in the database, and search and log information of non-registered users may also be stored and managed in the address mapping servers in the form of a separate DB, respectively. For example, search and log information of non-registered users who have searched for addresses of wireless phone number mapping servers or who have used URI access menus under the integrated identifier of the wireless phone may also be stored and managed 9012. In addition, each of the address mapping servers possesses all the information on the terminals or accounts which should synchronize or update address mapping information. Meanwhile, all the phone numbers under a single country domain have a country number as the top identification code, regardless of whether a subscriber inputs a country number.

[0129] In a way the same as described above, an address mapping server using a homepage address or an SNS account as an integrated identifier may be configured.

[0130] The terminal 101 and the address mapping servers 121 to 123 and 131 to 133 according to an embodiment of the present invention have a synchronization process there between by a periodic or non-periodic request.

[0131] FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a synchronization method between a terminal and an address mapping server according to the present invention. All counterparts of a terminal user according to an embodiment cannot be a subscriber who registers his or her integrated identifier or URI in the address management server according to an embodiment. Although a user is a subscriber, he or she may not register or activate all the URIs that can be displayed on the screen, and display information or other attribute information and setting information may vary at any time. Accordingly, the terminal should display the integrated identifier that can be selected, together with URI access menus and information under the integrated identifier, after updating to the latest state.

[0132] If the terminal of the embodiment queries the address mapping server about the status of an address (URI) mapped to a specific phone number or identifier (S1001), the address mapping server searches for addresses mapped to the specific phone number or identifier (S1002) and informs the terminal of a mapping address status (address information, display information, attributes, setting information, etc.) (S1003). The terminal may receive the mapping address status (S1004), display only an access menu corresponding to the mapped address in an access menu display area of the contact point address book screen of the terminal or each integrated identifier use screen as text/icon (S1005), and mark, if access control is set, an activation indication according to whether or not the access menu is activated. Meanwhile, if the registrant changes information in the address management server, the information is also updated in the address mapping server, and the address mapping server informs the terminal of the changed information without a request of the terminal (S1011), and thus the information is updated and display in the latest state. The synchronization process as described above may be equally applied to contact information according to recent use records, contact information of a matching address book and the like, as well as a general address book.

[0133] FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating a method of processing an integrated identification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0134] First, as shown in FIG. 11, the terminal receives a specific phone number or identifier and an address registration status (basic information, integrated identifier information, URI information and display information) mapped under the phone number or the identifier from the address mapping server (S1102), and the terminal displays URI access menus corresponding to each address (URI) mapped to the specific phone number or identifier on the UI of a corresponding phone number/identifier supporting display unit (e.g., a phone call related screen in the case of a phone call or an e-mail screen in the case of an e-mail) of the terminal (S1103). If the user selects a desired access menu from the displayed URI access menus (S1104), a user interface (UI) corresponding to the access menu is opened (S1105), and in the case of an access menu like a homepage access, the service access is immediately processed (S1106). Then, in a case like an e-mail where an editing work is needed, an e-mail window is opened, and a service such as transmission or the like is processed after an editing work is processed on the same screen (S1107). The address displayed on the address window of a service user's screen is displayed in a state of exposing the whole address of the counterpart or in a state of masking the address (e.g., Gildong Hong/kilxxxx@xxxx.com) except the minimum information for identifying the counterpart, according to setting.

[0135] When a specific URI access menu is selected at the display unit, it may be selected in a method of touching or clicking, and when it is difficult to use a touching method like when the user is driving, voice recognition may be used. For example, if the user calls a geographical address (map) access menu by voice, together with a name or a phone number of a specific counterpart (e.g., Connect to the map address of Gildong Hong or Connect to the map address of 010-1234-5678), the geographical address of a corresponding counterpart is immediately displayed on the UI through the method like the signal processing step shown in FIG. 11, and subsequence services such as navigation and the like can be easily processed.

[0136] FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a method of processing a service on a call preparation screen (or a dial pad screen) of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0137] The user may query a selectable access menu from the address mapping server before initiating a service by selecting an access menu query button after inputting a specific phone number. If the user marks the end of input or presses a query icon separately displayed on the call preparation screen (or dial pad screen) after inputting a specific phone number on the call preparation screen (or dial pad screen) (S1201), a query request signal is transferred to the address mapping server. The address mapping server searches for a mapping address status registered under the requested phone number (S1202) and informs the terminal of the registration status (S1203). The terminal receives the registration status and displays only access menus corresponding to the mapped address (URI) in an access menu area (S1204). If the user selects a specific access menu item from the displayed access menu (S1205), an application operating under a call preparation screen of the terminal may call and display a corresponding UI of the selected access menu item (S1206) and process subsequent services (S1207 and S1208).

[0138] FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a method of simultaneously processing a plurality of services in a terminal according to the present invention. Service combinations such as various wire and wireless composite services, voice/data integration services, CTI services and the like may be created by utilizing the same function.

[0139] For example, if a receiver sets a menu for simultaneously accessing a phone call and an automated teller machine (ATM) in the address management server, a call/ATM simultaneous access menu is transferred to the terminal through the address mapping server (S1301) and displayed on the terminal (S1302). If the receiver selects the call/ATM simultaneous access menu on the call preparation screen or the contact point address book screen of the terminal (S1303), the terminal requests a general call connection and opens an ATM menu screen at the same time (S1304), and the user may access the ATM menu screen and use the service together with voice guidance. If this process is used, a hacking-free voice-guided payment/money transfer service, a voice-guided customer center screen or the like may be provided through a multi-channel method, and users may use the service very conveniently. An icon for selecting the simultaneous access menu may be displayed in a composite form of individual icons (e.g., call/banking, ) or may be implemented by selection of a multi-service access menu shaped in a single icon or a sequential access menu. In the method as described above, the user may simultaneously use multiple services as is needed for a business with a counterpart.

[0140] FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram illustrating a process of displaying matching addresses in a matching book (matching address book) of a terminal. Basic information for optimal matching is attribute information and keywords registered in the address management server by a user (S1401), information on addresses searched from the address mapping server by the user (S1402), and log information of a URI access menu selected from the display unit of the terminal and used by the user (S1403). A search/matching engine of the address matching server extracts an optimal matching address list(S1407) referring to user matching information stored and managed by the address management server (S1404) and user's search information and log information collected and managed by the address mapping server (steps S1405 and S1406). Next, in the case of a registered user (S1408), the matching addresses are displayed in the matching book of the account registrant terminal (S1412) by way of the address management server (S1409), and in the case of a non-registered user (S1410), the matching addresses are transferred (S1411) to the terminal of the user stored in the address mapping server as log information and displayed in the matching book (S1412). The matching process like this is only an example, and solutions for more efficient and correct matching may be used on the basis of the present invention.

[0141] The address servers according to the present invention (the address management server and the address mapping server) are general address database servers which do not have the structure of an Internet domain server, do not need a complicated address conversion and extraction process, use a phone number or an identifier as a key value, and do not require a specific layer structure as far as it is possible to find out an address mapping server in which information on an integrated identifier requested by a specific terminal exists. However, in the case of the address mapping server, generally, it can be efficient to have a layer structure and a routing system corresponding in parallel to the subscriber management server of an existing phone number or service identifier.

[0142] FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of a layer structure of an address mapping server using a phone number as an integrated identifier.

[0143] Since the address mapping server using a phone number as an integrated identifier is closely related to the phone number, it may have a layer structure the same as the layer structure of a network which processes the phone number. Communication networks managing their own phone numbers have an address mapping server corresponding to their hierarchies. For example, communication network A in a country is provided with an address mapping server 1501 of communication network A, and an address mapping server 1502 of communication network B of the same communication network level may exist. A network of a higher level exists to connect communication networks of the same communication network level, and a top level exists in a single country. To this end, an address mapping sever corresponding to each higher level exists, and an address mapping server 1503 of country A as shown in the example exists in a country. The address mapping servers of each country, such as address mapping servers of country B 1504, country C 1507, country D 1508, country E 1509 and country F 1510, are interconnected with each other as shown in the figure and may be globally interconnected under a layer structure like those of the address mapping server 1505 of communication network C and the address mapping server 1506 of communication network D belonging to a lower level of country B shown in the figure. An individual address mapping server may be a simple call routing server or a server simultaneously performing management of call routing and an address mapping database according to the function performed at each level. In addition, since integration and distribution of server functions for efficient management and stable service process of the address mapping server (e.g., split of the call routing server and the data management server), adoption of block chain techniques or the like for protection of data, and the like can be implemented by adopting an optimal method through an open technique according to an environment for implementing a service and a form of using the service, detailed description thereof will be omitted herein. In addition, since the role of the address mapping server of the embodiment is not processing a general service call, but transferring registered address status mapped under a specific communication number or service identifier, the address mapping server may be designed in a simple structure different from the hierarchy of a general communication network or a service identifier, not a distributed layer structure of a complicated hierarchy, as long as simultaneous call processing loads can be endured.

[0144] Although the present invention has been described focusing on the embodiments, this is only an example and does not limit the present invention, and it is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and applications not shown above without departing from the fundamental characteristics of the embodiments. For example, if basic URI access menus are displayed and marked as inactivated at the same time even under a phone number of a user who does not subscribe the integrated identification service of the present invention, this may be helpful in improving recognition of a user on the integrated identification service and inducing non-members to subscribe the integrated identification service. In addition, information security or the like may be added to the steps of the service processing method if needed for a special purpose. For example, information excluding only the practical address information of the address mapping server is sent to the terminal and displayed as an access menu, and an address corresponding to a corresponding access menu may be sent to the terminal after going through a step of extracting an address corresponding to the access menu from the address mapping server only when the processing is actually performed. In addition, the address management servers of the present invention may provide an open API that can be associated with external servers, and accordingly, various service associations are possible. That is, each constitutional component specifically appearing in the service embodiments may be diversely modified and embodied according to a practical application environment. In addition, differences related to these modifications and applications should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention defined by the appended claims.