JP2010016760A - Spam warning information sharing method, program and system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a SPAM warning information sharing method, system and program. <P>SOLUTION: A server device or the like for networking a group constituted of a plurality of members whose reliable relationship is explicitly confirmed, as a user is used to constitute a user group identification information storage section, a SPAM information receiving section, a SPAM terminal identification information accumulation and storage section and a SPAM warning information transmitting section and to appropriately connect with a SPAM telephone number database. The member who receives contents of a SPAM telephone call, accumulates SPAM terminal identification information in the server device and shares the information with other members as SPAM warning information. When an arrival of a telephone call calling, each of members is generated from a terminal corresponding to SPAM terminal identification information stored already, warning information containing a count number or the like as a SPAM telephone call is transmitted to the member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method, a program, and a system for sharing spam warning information. In particular, the present invention relates to a method, a program, and a system for accumulating information such as nuisance calls among users who mutually recognize a trust relationship and sharing information for warning when a call is received by a user.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a so-called telephone call for solicitation and sales that is called unilaterally regardless of the situation and intention of a receiver, which is called a spam telephone, is known (Non-Patent Document 1). It is known that such spam calls are made by assigning a personal name without giving a company name, etc., and the subject of the telephone act illegally or personally obtains personal information from a directory operator etc. It may be in violation of the purpose of using personal information. Even if the recipient indicates the intention of refusal to the subject of the telephone, it may be repeated several times by changing the sender, which is one of the nuisances for the receiver and gives discomfort. sell.
As a countermeasure against such annoying acts, a technique is known in which a caller identification signal is registered in advance, and an automatic response is made to an unregistered caller to the effect that an automatic response unit cannot be used ( Patent Document 1). In addition, the technology that identifies the caller by accumulating the voice of the incoming call in the telephone exchange (Patent Document 2), the telephone exchange is equipped with a call warning function, and a warning is issued for a call operation that meets the call regulation conditions. A sending technique (Patent Document 3) is known.
Conventionally, a social network built on a computer network, which is called a social networking service (abbreviated as SNS), is known (Non-patent Document 2). In order to construct this social network, there are systems such as an introduction system and a registration system for applicants, and each participant registers personal information in a service system or the like. Participants can appropriately set up groups in the SNS based on their own preferences or the like, or can be members of the groups as appropriate. Members of the same group can contact each other by means of e-mail or the like included in the SNS service.
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However, in the prior art or a combination thereof, it is possible to eliminate even useful incoming calls of unspecified subscribers whose identification information is not registered, or because the exchange apparatus becomes complicated and a large number of judgment functions are required, There was a problem of increasing complexity. For this reason, it has been difficult to prevent only spam calls without blocking or changing the telephone line itself.
Further, in the prior art or a combination thereof, although an operation such as blocking an incoming call can be set for each reception line, a telephone subscriber list is circulating or a personal information of an SNS member is leaked There is a problem that there is no effective preventive measure against chained spam telephones, etc., or reception of spam telephones that repeatedly occur while changing the person in charge of transmission. Therefore, after each telephone subscriber actually receives the contents of the telephone and makes a call while suffering a loss of time and labor, the call rejection is set individually based on the contents of the telephone call. For this reason, there is a problem that time and labor are lost.

The present invention accumulates terminal identification information of spam telephones in a server device among users who explicitly recognize a trust relationship such as SNS, and this information is shared by a plurality of members as spam warning information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, a system, and a program for a member to pay attention to warning information when a spam phone call is received and to prevent the reception of the spam phone.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method, a system, and a program for preventing incoming spam calls with less labor and less equipment.

  The present invention provides the following solutions. Note that the term “incoming” used in the present specification refers to a telephone line call notification with terminal identification information, and the term “received” means that the terminal is in a state in which communication can be performed in two directions such as a state in which communication is possible in addition to the incoming call. Transition of the operation and reception of contents such as a telephone including a call as appropriate. That is, the incoming call stage means that the receiver does not reach the two-way communication stage such as a call and the caller is waiting in a line calling state. It is well known in the art that terminal identification information, such as the caller's telephone number, can be displayed on the recipient terminal in the incoming state. Further, the term “member” used in the present specification refers to a member of a group in SNS or the like, and the term “user” refers to a computer system user or a user of the present invention without limitation.

(1) A method of sharing information of a terminal that has made a spam call as warning information using a server device that is communicably connected to a terminal operated by each of a plurality of users. User group identification information for identifying a user group configured by confirming that the user has a trust relationship, and storing the user group identification information in association with member terminal identification information for identifying a terminal of a user who is a member constituting the user group Spam information for receiving spam terminal identification information for identifying a terminal that originated a spam call, which is transmitted by the terminal of the one user in response to a predetermined operation from one of the plurality of users and transmitted by the terminal of the one user And receiving the received spam terminal identification information into registered terminal identification information for identifying the terminal of the one user. Spam terminal identification information accumulation and storage step for accumulating and storing in association, and identification for identifying a terminal that originated the call when a terminal of another user other than the one user among the plurality of users receives the call If the information matches the spam terminal identification information stored and stored in association with the terminal identification information of the terminal of the user who is another member of the user group that the other user constitutes as a member, A spam warning information transmitting step of transmitting data for causing the user's terminal to output warning information together with an incoming call.

  In the user group identification information storing step according to the present invention, the user group identification information is specifically user group identification information in the SNS. In the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention, the user group identification information and its own terminal identification information that can be appropriately selected by individual members can be stored in association with each other. Thereby, the range of members sharing the spam warning information can be set.

  The terminal identification information may be, for example, a caller's telephone line subscriber number (telephone number), but is not limited to this, for example, an arbitrary terminal for identifying a telephone terminal connected via an Internet telephone line Or a MAC (Media Access Control) address that can identify an Internet terminal device, or an IP address that can identify a communication line of a caller.

In the spam information receiving step and the subsequent spam information receiving step according to the present invention, the user receives the content of the call from the caller as a call, and shares the spam warning information according to the present invention based on the received content. By transmitting the spam terminal identification information to the apparatus for carrying out the method, it is possible to transmit information that the caller is a spam caller. The implementation apparatus of the method for sharing spam warning information according to the present invention receives this information in the spam information receiving step.
In one embodiment, when a caller initiates a call to a user for sales incentive talk or the like, the user's recipient terminal or the like may receive a line call and display, for example, the caller's phone number on the screen. When the user receives the contents of the telephone and transmits information indicating that the telephone is a spam telephone based on the contents of the reception to the implementation apparatus of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention, the user's recipient terminal, etc. The terminal identification information including the caller's telephone number or telephone number displayed on the screen is sent as spam terminal identification information to the implementation apparatus or the like of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention.

  In the spam terminal identification information storing and storing step according to the present invention, the implementation device of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention stores the received spam terminal identification information in association with the registered terminal identification information of the user. I can remember. At this time, an ID for identifying a spam telephone, an ID of the user, an ID of a group to which the user belongs, and the like may be stored in association with each other as appropriate. In these operations, registered terminal identification information of a plurality of users can be associated with one spam terminal identification information. Accordingly, in the present invention, information that a telephone call based on specific spam terminal identification information is a spam telephone can be accumulated by a plurality of users or a plurality of groups.

  Next, in the spam warning information transmission step according to the present invention, the apparatus or the like for carrying out the method for sharing spam warning information according to the present invention determines whether or not a telephone incoming by another member is stored as spam terminal identification information. Can be received, and it can be determined whether or not the stored information includes terminal identification information that is the subject of the inquiry. Next, the apparatus or the like for executing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention provides warning information to the other member's terminal when the inquired terminal identification information matches the accumulated spam terminal identification information. Information for output can be transmitted.

By operating in this way, in the method of sharing spam warning information according to the present invention, terminal identification included in spam telephone information already accumulated among users who have recognized a trust relationship such as a group in the SNS. A warning can be sent to the member at the incoming stage of the line call for the information. Therefore, a user who is a member of the group can obtain information that can determine whether or not the content can be received before the call is made.
In addition, in the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention, it is not necessary to add or change a large-scale facility to a telephone exchange or the like. Accumulation and determination result transmission can be performed.

(2) The method according to (1), wherein, in the spam warning information transmission step, data for outputting the warning information is transmitted only when a predetermined number or more of the spam terminal identification information is accumulated and stored. .

As a result, the apparatus for executing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention accumulates information of spam telephones that are repeatedly transmitted, and is a member of a group that records that specific terminal identification information has been repeatedly transmitted. Can be provided to the user. The user can obtain a judgment material regarding whether or not the telephone is a spam telephone or the maliciousness or the like as a spam telephone based on information such as the number of times the same terminal identification information is repeatedly transmitted to the user and other members. It becomes possible. In addition, information on erroneous registrations less than a predetermined number is not presented to other members.
The form of accumulating and storing a predetermined number or more may be stored, for example, as the number of times the same terminal identification information is received by the spam information receiving step. In addition, for example, the spam information receiving step stores the terminal identification information received from the user as independent data at each time, and in response to an inquiry as to whether or not it is a spam phone, the same terminal identification information each time You may count how many are stored.

(3) The method according to (1) or (2), wherein in the spam warning information transmission step, data for further outputting the registered terminal identification information to the terminal of the other user is transmitted.

  As a result, the registered terminal identification information is added to the spam telephone information stored in the apparatus for executing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention. The other user may determine the reliability of the spam warning information based on the reliability of the member who transmitted the information.

  In one embodiment, the registered terminal identification information is information such as a security manager in charge of storing a spam telephone database or the like, and the other user receives an incoming call based on the reliability of the security manager or the like. It is possible to obtain a judgment material that the terminal identification information is likely to be the originator of the spam phone.

  In the method for sharing spam warning information according to the present invention, by associating the spam telephone information with the registered terminal identification information of the member, the other user can obtain a judgment material having higher reliability.

(4) In the spam warning information transmission step, the warning information includes a count of the spam terminal identification information accumulated and stored in the spam terminal identification information accumulation and storage step, according to any one of (1) to (3) Method.

  The count of the spam terminal identification information may be obtained by updating and storing the number of times or the number of transmitted persons each time when the spam information receiving step receives the same terminal identification information a plurality of times. Alternatively, in the spam information receiving step, the spam terminal identification information is counted by storing the terminal identification information of the spam telephone received from the user as independent data at each time, and responding to an inquiry as to whether the telephone is a spam telephone. Then, each time, it is possible to count how many pieces of the same terminal identification information are stored or how many users have registered. That is, the timing of counting may be the time when the terminal identification information of the spam telephone is stored and stored using the spam terminal identification information storage and storage step, and the inquiry is made from the terminal identification information stored using the spam terminal identification information storage and storage step. It may be the time of searching for the terminal identification information that has received. Not limited to these, the timing for counting the spam terminal identification information can be designed as appropriate.

  In one embodiment, a spam phone having specific terminal identification information is repeated among a plurality of users belonging to a group based on specific interests such as SNS (Social Network System), and the present invention is repeated. When the spam warning information sharing method implementing apparatus or the like stores and stores information indicating that it is a spam phone by a plurality of members, a user belonging to the group can send spam phone calls to members of a specific group. It can be presumed that the message is repeatedly transmitted and that the group name list is used by the sender of the spam phone.

As a result, the spam telephone information stored in the apparatus for executing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention stores and stores the number of counts of the number of persons registered as spam telephones. Can be done. Alternatively, in the determination for the inquiry, the number of pieces of information indicating how many of the terminal identification information stored and stored are the same as the inquiry can be counted. By referring to the number of counts such as the number of persons or the number of information, the other member who receives a call can obtain a judgment material or the like that further supports the spam call.
In the method of sharing spam warning information according to the present invention, by further counting the spam terminal identification information as the number of people or the number of information, information that further supports the spam telephone can be provided to another member.

(5) A computer program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of (1) to (4).

  Thus, the steps of the method for sharing spam alert information according to the present invention can be performed automatically using a computer. In one embodiment, the computer is a server device configured to be connected to a plurality of recipient terminals through a network.

(6) A device that shares information of a terminal that has made a spam call as warning information using a server device that is communicably connected to a terminal operated by each of a plurality of users. User group identification information for identifying a user group configured by confirming that the user has a trust relationship, and storing the user group identification information in association with member terminal identification information for identifying a terminal of a user who is a member constituting the user group Spam information for receiving spam terminal identification information for identifying a terminal that originated a spam call, which is transmitted by the terminal of the one user in response to a predetermined operation from one of the plurality of users and the information storage unit The receiving unit and the received spam terminal identification information are stored in association with registered terminal identification information for identifying the terminal of the one user. A spam terminal identification information storage unit for storing, and identification information for identifying a terminal that has made a call when a terminal of another user other than the one user among the plurality of users receives a call, When it matches the spam terminal identification information stored and stored in association with the terminal identification information of the terminal of the user who is another member of the user group that constitutes the user group as another member, the terminal of the other user And a spam warning information transmission unit for transmitting data for outputting warning information together with the incoming call.

  In a preferred embodiment, the device is a server device that can be connected to a plurality of recipient terminals through a network. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the spam according to the present invention is used using any computer device such as a personal computer. A warning information sharing apparatus can be configured.

By operating in this way, the spam warning information sharing apparatus according to the present invention is a member of a group at the stage of incoming line call with respect to terminal identification information included in the accumulated spam telephone information. An alert can be sent to the user. Therefore, the user can obtain information that can determine whether or not the content can be received before the call is made.
These operations can be configured by connecting a terminal device such as a user's mobile phone and a server device via a network, and are independent of the internal operation of the telephone exchange. Therefore, in the present invention, it is possible to prevent the contents of spam telephones from being received without blocking or changing the telephone line itself without complicating the exchange device or the like.

(7) A system for sharing information on a terminal that has made a spam call as warning information using a server device that is communicably connected to a terminal operated by each of a plurality of users. User group identification information for identifying a user group configured by confirming that the user has a trust relationship, and storing the user group identification information in association with member terminal identification information for identifying a terminal of a user who is a member constituting the user group Spam information for receiving spam terminal identification information for identifying a terminal that has made a spam call, which is received by a terminal of the one user in response to a predetermined operation from one of the plurality of users and transmitted by the terminal of the one user Receiving means and the received spam terminal identification information related to registered terminal identification information for identifying the terminal of the one user Spam terminal identification information storage and storage means for storing and storing, and identification information for identifying a terminal that has made a call when a terminal of another user other than the one user among the plurality of users receives a call Is matched with the spam terminal identification information stored and stored in association with the terminal identification information of the terminal of a user who is another member of the user group that the other user constitutes as a member. And a spam warning information transmitting means for transmitting data for outputting warning information to the terminal of the telephone together with an incoming call.

By operating in this way, the spam warning information sharing system according to the present invention can be configured by connecting a terminal device such as a user's mobile phone and a server device via a network. The form of the server device may be a general-purpose server device, a personal computer or the like may be configured as the server device, or a portable computer device such as a notebook personal computer or a mobile phone may be configured by incorporating the server function. It may be designed as appropriate.
Therefore, in the present invention, it is possible to constitute a system capable of preventing the reception of the contents of spam telephones without blocking or changing the telephone line itself, avoiding complication of the telephone line system or the switching device.

According to the present invention, terminal identification information of spam telephones is stored using a database device or the like, and this is shared by a plurality of members as spam warning information, so that individual members are warned when a line call of spam telephones arrives. Pay attention to information and prevent spam phone calls from being received. As a result, for the terminal identification information that has already been stored, the receiver does not receive the contents of the phone call and does not reach the call with the caller, from the means for implementing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention. Thus, it is possible to prevent the reception of the contents of the spam phone with less effort.
In addition, according to the present invention, determination is made by transmitting information on the number of persons registered as spam telephones or information on registrants to a user who wishes to determine whether the incoming telephone is a spam telephone. The user who wants to obtain the judgment material for setting the call rejection.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent the contents of the spam telephone from being received without interrupting or changing the telephone line itself without complicating the exchange device or the like.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This is merely an example, and does not limit the scope of the present invention.

[Configuration of devices that share spam warning information]
FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of an apparatus for sharing spam warning information according to an embodiment of the present invention. The spam warning information sharing server 10 includes a user group identification unit 11, a spam information reception unit 12, a spam information storage unit 14, a spam telephone reception unit 16, a spam telephone determination unit 18, a warning information transmission unit 20, and the like. Further, the user group identification unit 11 is connected to a user group database (user group DB) 28, and the spam information storage unit 14 and the spam telephone determination unit 18 are connected to a spam incoming number database (spam incoming number DB) 30.
Each mode of the user group DB 28 and the spam incoming number DB 30 may be a single database device independent of the spam warning information sharing server 10 as shown in FIG. You may incorporate in the same housing | casing.

First, when a solicitation sale to the unspecified majority is transmitted from the sender terminal 200 of the spam phone to the receiver terminal 210, the receiver terminal 210 calls the line including the terminal identification information from the sender terminal 200. Incoming call. The aspect of the terminal identification information can be, for example, a subscriber number (telephone number) of the caller. The user of the recipient terminal 210 can receive the contents of the spam phone and operate the recipient terminal 210 to send the terminal identification information of the spam phone to the spam warning information sharing server 10.
When receiving information from the recipient terminal 210, the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention can extract a specific user group associated with the recipient terminal 210 using the user group identification unit 11. Next, the terminal identification information transmitted by the recipient terminal 210 is received using the spam information receiving means 12.
Next, the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention stores the terminal identification information received by the spam information receiving unit 12 in the spam incoming number DB 30 using the spam information storage unit 14. By the operation so far, the terminal identification information related to the sender terminal 200 received by the receiver terminal 210 is stored in the spam incoming number DB 30 as the spam incoming number together with the information of the user group associated with the receiver terminal 210. .
When receiving spam information from a plurality of users for the terminal identification information of one caller terminal 200, the spam information accumulating means 14 adds spam telephone information in each reception and stores it in the spam incoming number DB 30. Alternatively, the number of times the terminal identification information is accepted may be stored in the spam incoming number DB 30.

Next, when a solicitation sale to the unspecified majority is transmitted from the sender terminal 200 of the spam telephone to the receiver terminal 220 different from the above, the receiver terminal 220 is the same as described above. A line call including terminal identification information from 200 is received. The recipient terminal 220 can connect to the spam warning information sharing server 10 and send an inquiry to the spam warning information sharing server 10 as to whether or not this terminal identification information is already stored as a spam phone.
When the information from the recipient terminal 220 is received, the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention can extract a specific user group associated with the recipient terminal 220 using the user group identification unit 11. Next, the spam warning information sharing server 10 accepts the inquiry transmitted by the recipient terminal 210 using the spam telephone receiving means 16, and uses the spam telephone determination means 18 to identify the terminal whose spam incoming number DB 30 is included in the inquiry. Search whether information is stored.
Furthermore, the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention has received the warning information based on the search result using the warning information transmitting means 20 as information on the user group associated with the terminal identification information and the spam telephone. It can be transmitted to the receiver terminal 220 together with the number of times.

  The spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention searches the user group information associated with each of the receiver terminal 210 and the receiver terminal 220 using the user group DB, and receives and receives spam calls. Can be associated. Further, the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention uses a common spam incoming number for each of the terminal identification information of the spam telephone received from the receiver terminal 210 and the inquiry of the terminal identification information received from the receiver terminal 220. Processing can be performed using the DB 30.

  The recipient terminal that can transmit the terminal identification information is not limited to the recipient terminal 210 but may be the recipient terminal 220. The receiver terminal that can transmit the inquiry is not limited to the receiver terminal 220 but may be the receiver terminal 210. The inquiry may be performed manually by the user, may be set in advance to be automatically transmitted, and may be designed as appropriate. In the operation of the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention, terminal identification information from any connectable recipient terminal can be received and the alert information can be transmitted to any connectable recipient terminal.

In this way, the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention identifies a user group associated with an arbitrary recipient terminal and also sends the spam from the arbitrary recipient terminal that has received the contents of the spam phone. Accepts terminal identification information related to the caller of the telephone, accumulates it together with user group information, and uses the accumulated terminal identification information to store the terminal identification information included in the incoming line call of the subsequent telephone as a spam telephone. It is possible to transmit the warning information together with the user group information and the number of times received as a spam phone.
Therefore, in the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention, information is stored using a server device or the like without adding a special function to a telephone exchange or the like, the stored information is searched, and the search result is obtained. Based warning information can be used to determine spam phone calls. The warning information can appropriately include user group information. Individual users of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention share the terminal identification information of spam telephones and use a warning at the stage of receiving a line call, so that each person is disjointly set to reject reception. Compared with the case of performing spam, it is possible to prevent the reception of the contents of the spam phone with less effort. Since the warning information can include information on the user group and the number of times received as a spam call, each user can also obtain materials for determining the reliability of the warning information at the same time.

[System configuration for sharing spam warning information]
FIG. 2 illustrates the configuration of a spam warning information sharing system 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The spam warning information sharing system 50 includes a spam warning information sharing server 10, a user group DB 28, a spam incoming number DB 30, a network 38, and the like, and is connected to the receiver terminal 210, the receiver terminal 220, and the like. The network 38 is preferably the Internet.

First, when the receiver terminal 210 receives the contents of a spam telephone such as solicitation sales to an unspecified number of people and the terminal identification information of the spam telephone is transmitted to the spam warning information sharing server 10, the spam warning information sharing server 10 uses the user group DB 28 to identify the user group to which the recipient terminal 210 is associated and extracts information, and further uses the spam incoming number DB 30 to extract the terminal identification information from the extracted user group information. Can be remembered with. When receiving spam information from a plurality of users for the terminal identification information of the sender terminal of one spam phone, the spam warning information sharing server 10 adds the spam phone information in each reception and adds the spam incoming number DB 30. The number of times the terminal identification information is accepted may be stored in the spam incoming number DB 30.
Then, another receiver terminal 220 receives a spam telephone line call such as solicitation sale to an unspecified majority, and an inquiry as to whether or not the terminal identification information of this spam telephone has already been stored. When sent to the spam warning information sharing server 10, the spam warning information sharing server 10 searches the terminal identification information using the spam incoming number DB 30, and stores the user group information and the number of times received as a spam telephone. Or the like can be sent to the recipient terminal 220.

In FIG. 2, the configuration in which the user group DB 28 and the spam incoming number DB 30 are connected to the spam warning information sharing server 10 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and each of the user group DB 28 and the spam incoming number DB 30 is independently connected to the network 38. It may be a connectable database server device or the like, or may be built in the spam warning information sharing server 10 and can be designed as appropriate.
The recipient terminal that can transmit the terminal identification information is not limited to the recipient terminal 210 but may be the recipient terminal 220. The receiver terminal that can transmit the inquiry is not limited to the receiver terminal 220 but may be the receiver terminal 210.

In FIG. 2, the receiver terminals 210 and 220 are illustrated as mobile phone devices. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the receiver terminals may be IP telephones connected to the network using the Internet protocol (IP). The receiver terminal may be a telephone or the like capable of communicating with the spam warning information sharing server 10 alone, or may be a combination of a telephone having a function only for voice calls and a personal computer connected to the network.
Furthermore, the spam warning information sharing server 10 is not limited to a single server device, and may be configured by incorporating a server function in a portable computer including a mobile phone device. The spam incoming number DB 30 may be a single database server device or may be incorporated in each portable computer or the like and can be synchronized with each other.

  In this manner, the spam warning information sharing system 50 uses the user group DB 28 to extract user group information associated with an arbitrary recipient terminal, and uses the spam incoming number DB 30 to spam along with the user group information. The terminal identification information from which a call is made can be accumulated, and warning information for an inquiry can be transmitted together with information on the user group and the number of times received as a spam call.

[Flow of spam warning information sharing method]
FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the spam warning information sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The flowchart of FIG. 3A shows that the spam call determination can be performed based on the accumulated spam information in the embodiment of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention.
The flowchart of FIG. 3 (b) shows that in the embodiment of the method for sharing spam warning information according to the present invention, information accumulation or information determination can be performed based on terminal identification information.

In the embodiment of the spam warning information sharing method shown in FIG. 3A, information indicating that the user of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention has received the contents of the spam telephone is used as the spam warning according to the present invention. When transmitted to the information sharing method implementation device, etc., the spam warning information sharing method implementation device according to the present invention performs the user group identification step (S100) shown in FIG. The user group DB 28 shown in FIG. 2 can be used to search for and extract a specific user group associated with the recipient terminal of the user.
Next, in the spam information receiving step (S110), the apparatus for executing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention receives the spam telephone information from the recipient terminal. The form of the spam telephone information is, for example, the telephone number of the caller, and can be used as information for identifying the spam telephone caller.
Next, in the spam information storage step (S120), the apparatus for executing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention uses the spam incoming number DB 30 shown in FIGS. At the same time, the information of the spam telephone is stored and accumulated. If spam information is received from a plurality of users for the terminal identification information of one spam telephone, step S120 may add the spam telephone information in each reception and store it in the spam incoming number DB 30. The number of times the terminal identification information has been accepted may be stored in the spam incoming number DB 30.

When any user including the user receives a line call of a telephone suspected of being a spam telephone and sends an inquiry as to whether or not the telephone is stored in the spam incoming number DB 30 or the like, the present invention relates to the present invention. The implementation device or the like of the spam warning information sharing method accepts the inquiry including the terminal identification information in the spam incoming call step (S130). At this time, a user group associated with the recipient terminal of the user who made the inquiry can be searched and extracted.
Next, the apparatus for performing the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention searches the spam incoming number DB 30 in the spam telephone determination step (S140).
Further, the apparatus or the like for carrying out the method for sharing spam warning information according to the present invention determines whether or not the terminal identification information is included in the warning information transmission step (S150). The information, the user group information associated with the terminal identification information as appropriate, the number of times received as a spam call, and the like can be returned.

  By operating in this way, in the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention, the information that the user who received the content is a spam phone is registered together with the information of the user group, and based on the registered information, As a result of determining whether or not the terminal identification information of the incoming call is included in the spam incoming number DB 30 for a user who has received a telephone line call of a telephone suspected of being a spam telephone, The group information, the number of times received as a spam call, etc. can be transmitted. Therefore, the user who transmitted the inquiry can know the warning information indicating that the telephone is a spam telephone at the incoming stage without receiving the contents of the telephone, and the information of the user group associated with the warning information and the spam telephone. It is possible to determine the reliability of the warning information by referring to the number of times received as.

In the embodiment of the spam warning information sharing method shown in FIG. 3B, the implementation device of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention uses the user group identification step (S200) shown in FIG. It is possible to wait for information or an inquiry from the user. When the user of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention transmits information indicating that the content of the spam telephone is received to the implementation device of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention, the present invention In response to the transmission, the implementation device or the like of the spam warning information sharing method uses the user group DB 28 or the like shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and uses a specific user group associated with the recipient terminal of the user. Can be searched and extracted.
Next, the apparatus for executing the method for sharing spam warning information according to the present invention includes the information or inquiry from the user in the terminal identification information receiving step (S210) in response to the information or inquiry from the user. The terminal identification information of the caller is accepted.
Next, in the step (S220) of determining whether or not the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention is unregistered terminal identification information, the terminal identification information received in step S210 is the incoming spam message. It is determined whether it is already stored in the storage means such as the number DB 30 or the like. If the determination result is true, the process proceeds to step S240, and if it is false, the process proceeds to step S230.
In the spam information accumulation step (S230), the terminal identification information received in step S210 is associated with the user group information extracted in step S200 and stored in the storage means such as the spam incoming number DB 30 as new terminal identification information. To do.
In the spam telephone determination step (S240), information indicating that the terminal identification information received in step S210 has already been stored in the storage means such as the spam incoming number DB 30 as a spam telephone, and stored information as a spam telephone. The information of the user group associated with and the information such as the number of times received as a spam phone can be extracted from the spam incoming number DB 30. For example, a fixed phrase such as “This phone number has been registered as a spam phone” or “This phone number has been registered as spam phone N times by user group A” is selected for transmission to the user. sell. In a warning information transmission step (S250) subsequent to step S240, information for displaying these fixed phrases on the user terminal device or the like is transmitted.
Next, in the spam incoming DB update step (S260), the implementation device or the like of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention indicates that new information has been accumulated in step S230 or has been stored in steps S240 to S250. The use of spam telephone information, etc., is stored in the storage means (not shown) provided in the spam incoming number DB 30 or the apparatus for executing the spam warning information sharing method, etc., as appropriate, and the process returns to step S200 to return information from the user. Or wait for an inquiry.

  By operating in this way, in the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention, information is accumulated or determined based on whether or not the terminal identification information of the sender of the spam telephone is new information. A result transmission may be performed. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3B as well, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3A, the terminal identification information of the spam telephone from which the user has received the content is stored, and based on this stored information. When a line call is received, information that the call is a spam phone, information on the user group associated with the spam phone information, information on the number of times it was accepted as a spam phone, etc. It can be transmitted to a terminal device or the like.

[Group Registration User Table]
FIG. 4 shows the data structure of the group registration user table according to an embodiment of the present invention. The group registration user table 300 can be used to implement a method for classifying a plurality of users for each group and sharing spam warning information according to the present invention for each group. The group registration user table 300 may have a data structure in the user group DB 28 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but is not limited to this, and storage means (not shown) of the spam warning information sharing server 10 shown in FIG. Or may be stored in the spam incoming number DB 30 or the like.

The group registration user table 300 includes a group ID 301, a belonging group 302, a registered user ID 303, and the like.
In one embodiment, the group ID 301 is used as information for identifying a group, and the belonging group 302 includes a character string such as a group name. For example, the group ID 301 is set based on administrator authority of a system or the like that implements the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention, and the group 302 can be configured to include a character string that can be edited by the user. The registered user ID 303 can be information for identifying a user belonging to an arbitrary group.
In the example shown in FIG. 4, all the users whose registered user IDs 303 are “user A”, “user C”, and “user G” have the group 302 belonging to “group A”. “001”. By using the group registered user table 300, it is indicated that all users having these registered user IDs belong to the same group.

In the group registration user table 300 shown in FIG. 4, the spam warning information sharing method shown in FIG. 3A or 3B may be implemented for users belonging to the same group. By operating in this way, in the present invention, it becomes possible to share spam warning information within a specific group.
Furthermore, the group registration user table 300 is used for the receiver terminal that has transmitted the inquiry when the inquiry about the same terminal identification information as the terminal identification information of the spam telephone registered by the user belonging to another group occurs. Thus, it may be used to send information that spam phone information has already been registered in another user group. By operating in this way, in the present invention, it becomes possible to share spam warning information among a plurality of groups.

[Spam incoming number table]
FIG. 5 shows a data structure of a spam incoming number table according to an embodiment of the present invention. Spam incoming number table 320 includes spam ID 321, group ID 322, affiliation group 323, registered user ID 324, spam telephone number 325, and the like. The spam incoming number table 320 may have a data structure in the spam incoming number DB 30 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but is not limited to this, and is used as a storage means (not shown) of the spam warning information sharing server 10. Also good.

In one embodiment, when a user who has received the contents of a sales invitation dielectric talk or the like to an unspecified number of people transmits terminal identification information such as the sales invitation dielectric talk to the spam warning information sharing server 10 or the like according to the present invention, a spam warning The information sharing server 10 or the like determines whether or not the terminal identification information is stored in the spam incoming number DB 30 or the like. Specifically, the telephone number of the sender of the spam phone is treated as terminal identification information, and it is determined whether or not a telephone number that matches the transmitted terminal identification information exists in the spam incoming number DB 30. The result of the determination can be generated as, for example, the truth value of a logical value. For example, the determination result when it exists is a true logical value, and false when it does not exist.
If the determination result is false, the transmitted terminal identification information can be stored in the spam incoming number DB 30 as new information. Specifically, in order to store the new information, the spam incoming number DB 30 generates a unique identifier as the spam ID 321, and the received user group ID 322, affiliation group 323, and registered user ID 324 are referred to as the spam ID 321. The spam telephone number 325 can be stored as one data set in association with the spam ID 321.
When the result of the determination is true, the transmitted terminal identification information can be further accumulated by the spam incoming number DB 30 as already stored information. Specifically, in order to further accumulate the already stored information, the spam incoming number DB 30 generates a data set including the same information as the stored spam ID 321 and the spam telephone number 325 associated therewith, The group ID 322, the affiliation group 323, and the registered user ID 324 of the received user are stored in association with the received sales advice.
Therefore, spam telephones that are repeatedly transmitted can be accumulated and stored as a plurality of data sets having the same spam ID 321 and spam telephone number 325 and different registered user IDs 324 in the spam incoming number table 320 according to the present invention.

  By operating in this way, the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention uses the spam incoming number table 320 for the terminal identification information newly stored as a spam phone, and uses this as a new data set. Information can be stored. Also, terminal identification information repeatedly stored as a spam phone can be stored and stored as a plurality of data sets using the spam incoming number table 320.

In one embodiment, a method for sharing spam alert information according to the present invention is performed by searching a plurality of data sets included in the spam incoming number table 320 and having the same spam ID 321 and spam telephone number 325, and extracting the data sets. Can be stored. This number of data sets may be included in sending alert information to a user who wishes to determine spam phone calls.
In another embodiment, the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention stores the membership group 302 included in the extracted data set and includes it in the warning information transmission to a user who wants to make a spam phone call determination. Can be sent.
In yet another embodiment, the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention stores a registered user ID 303 included in the extracted data set, and as individual user information or as the number of users. , It can be included in the transmission of warning information to a user who wishes to determine spam phone calls.
These embodiments may be used alone or in combination. By combining these embodiments, in the warning information transmitted to the user desiring to make a spam phone determination, the terminal identification information of the spam phone to be determined is repeatedly registered as a spam phone in the past. It may include information, number of registrations, number of people registered, information of registered groups or users, etc. Therefore, the user who desires the determination uses the determination result transmitted by the spam warning information sharing server 10 or the like according to the present invention, information indicating that it is a spam phone call for users belonging to a specific group, and more users It becomes possible to obtain the judgment material related to the reliability of the judgment result based on the registration or the maliciousness as a spam phone.

[Example of notification display]
FIG. 6 shows an example of notification display of spam warning information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  When the line call including the terminal identification information is transmitted from the sender terminal 200 to the receiver terminal 220, the receiver terminal 220 transmits the terminal identification related to the incoming of the line call to the spam warning information sharing server 10 according to the present invention. Queries whether the information is registered as a spam phone. The spam warning information sharing server 10 or the like according to the present invention searches the terminal identification information using the spam incoming number DB 30 or the like, and transmits the determination result to the recipient terminal 220 using the extracted information.

  In one embodiment, the spam warning information 330 is determined based on the fact that the terminal identification information to be inquired is included in the spam incoming number DB 30, and the information for displaying a warning or warning for the terminal identification information is desired to be determined. To the user 61 who wants to The user 61 who desires the determination can know this warning as the character information displayed on the screen of the recipient terminal 220.

  In another embodiment, the spam warning information 330 is the number of times the terminal identification information is registered as a spam phone using the spam incoming number DB 30, the user ID, group ID, etc. that received the content of the spam phone in each registration Is extracted and transmitted to the user 61 who desires the determination. The user 61 who desires the determination displays on the screen of the receiver terminal 220, for example, “This terminal identification information is registered as 12 spam telephones in group A and 35 spam telephones in group B”. As the character information, the history of the terminal identification information can be known.

  In yet another embodiment, the spam alert information 330 may display an inquiry on the recipient terminal 220 as to whether or not the user 61 desiring to determine will receive the contents of the telephone call associated with the incoming line call. In this display, an option of whether or not to receive the content may be prepared, and by default, the user 61 who desires determination may be able to select the operation in which the content of the telephone is not received with priority. The display on the receiver terminal 210 can be designed as appropriate.

By operating in this way, the means for implementing the method for sharing spam warning information according to the present invention, for example, when a line call is received for a user who wishes to make an inquiry as to whether or not it is a spam call. , Information on the number of registrations of terminal identification information, history information such as group names, options for whether or not to receive contents, and the like can be displayed as appropriate.
As a result, the user or the like of the spam warning information sharing method according to the present invention can obtain information for determining whether or not to receive the content when the line call is received.

[Spam alert information sharing device hardware]
FIG. 7 illustrates hardware of a spam warning information sharing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The spam warning information sharing server 10 may be a server device, and basically the same applies when a portable computer device such as a mobile phone or a notebook personal computer is used as the spam warning information sharing server 10.

  The spam warning information sharing server 10 includes a CPU 110 constituting the control unit 108 (in the multiprocessor configuration, a plurality of CPUs such as a CPU 120 may be added), a bus line 107, a communication I / F 140, a main memory 150, a BIOS (Basic Input). An output system 160, a USB port 190, an I / O controller 170, an input unit such as a keyboard and mouse 180, and a display device 122. The I / O controller 170 can be connected to a storage unit 109 such as a tape drive 172, a hard disk 174, an optical disk drive 176, and a semiconductor memory 178. The BIOS 160 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 110 when the server is started, a program depending on the server hardware, and the like. The hard disk 174 stores various programs for functioning as a server and programs for executing the functions of the present invention. As the optical disk drive 176, for example, a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, a CD-RAM drive, or the like can be used. In this case, the optical disk 177 corresponding to each drive is used. A program or data can be read from the optical disk 177 by the optical disk drive 176 and provided to the main memory 150 or the hard disk 174 via the I / O controller 170. Similarly, the tape medium 171 corresponding to the tape drive 172 can be used mainly for backup.

  The program provided to the server is provided by being stored in a recording medium such as the hard disk 174, the optical disk 177, or a memory card. This program may be installed in the server and executed by being read from the recording medium via the I / O controller 170 or downloaded via the communication I / F 140.

  The above-described program may be stored in an internal or external storage medium. Here, examples of the storage medium include, but are not limited to, a magnetic recording medium, a magneto-optical recording medium, an optical recording medium, and an electronic medium. The magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic tape, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk 174, a magnetic random access memory (MRAM), etc., and the magneto-optical recording medium includes a magneto-optical disk (MO and MD), etc. Recording media include write-once compact discs (CDs), write-once digital multipurpose discs (DVDs), write-once Blu-ray discs, write-once holographic discs, etc., and electronic media are electrically writable read-only memory, random access memory , Flash memory, silicon storage disk, etc. In addition, a storage device such as a hard disk 174 or an optical disk library provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication line or a communication line such as the Internet may be used as a recording medium, and the program may be provided to the server via the communication line. .

  Here, the display device 122 displays a screen for accepting data input by the server administrator, or displays a screen of calculation processing results. The display device 122 is a cathode ray tube display device (CRT) or a liquid crystal display device (LCD). Display devices. The input means accepts input by the user, and may be configured with a keyboard and mouse 180 or the like. The communication I / F 140 is a network adapter for enabling the server to be connected to a terminal via a dedicated network or a public network. The communication I / F 140 may include a modem, a cable modem, and an Ethernet (registered trademark) adapter.

  In the above example, the hardware configuration of the spam warning information sharing server 10 has been mainly described. However, the function described above by installing a program in a computer and operating the computer as the spam warning information sharing server 10. Can be realized. Therefore, the function realized by the spam warning information sharing server 10 described as an embodiment in the present invention is executed by executing the above method by the computer or by introducing the above program into the computer. Can also be realized.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the apparatus which shares spam alert information based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the spam warning information sharing system 50 based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the spam warning information sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the group registration user table based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the spam incoming number table based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the notification display of spam warning information based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the hardware of the sharing apparatus of the spam warning information based on one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Spam warning information sharing server 11 User group identification means 12 Spam information reception means 14 Spam information storage means 16 Spam telephone incoming means 18 Spam telephone determination means 20 Warning information transmission means 28 User group DB
30 Spam incoming number DB
38 Network 50 Spam Warning Information Sharing System 60 User Terminal 61 User Who Wants to Determine 200 Caller Terminal 210, 220 Receiver Terminal 300 Group Registered User Table 320 Spam Called Number Table 330 Spam Warning Information 330

Claims (7)

A method of sharing information of a terminal that has made a spam call as warning information using a server device that is communicably connected to a terminal operated by each of a plurality of users,
User group identification information for identifying a user group configured by confirming that the plurality of users have a predetermined trust relationship is used as member terminal identification information for identifying a terminal of a user who is a member constituting the user group. Storing user group identification information in association with each other;
A spam information receiving step for receiving a spam terminal identification information for identifying a terminal that originated a spam call, which is transmitted by the terminal of the one user in response to a predetermined operation from one user among the plurality of users;
A spam terminal identification information storage step for storing and storing the received spam terminal identification information in association with registered terminal identification information for identifying the terminal of the one user;
When the terminal of another user other than the one user among the plurality of users receives a call, identification information for identifying the terminal that has made the call includes the user group that the other user constitutes as a member To match the spam terminal identification information stored and stored in association with the terminal identification information of the terminal of the user who is another member of the system, the warning information is output together with the incoming call to the other user terminal. Sending spam alert information to send data,
Including methods.   The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the spam warning information transmission step, data for outputting the warning information is transmitted only when a predetermined number or more of the spam terminal identification information is accumulated and stored.   The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, in the spam warning information transmission step, data for further outputting the registered terminal identification information to the terminal of another user is transmitted.   4. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the spam warning information transmission step, the warning information includes a count of the spam terminal identification information accumulated and stored in the spam terminal identification information accumulation and storage step.   A computer program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 1. A device that shares information of a terminal that has made a spam call as warning information using a server device that is communicably connected to a terminal operated by each of a plurality of users,
User group identification information for identifying a user group configured by confirming that the plurality of users have a predetermined trust relationship is used as member terminal identification information for identifying a terminal of a user who is a member constituting the user group. A user group identification information storage unit for storing the association;
A spam information receiving unit that receives a predetermined operation from one of the plurality of users and that is transmitted by the terminal of the one user, and receives spam terminal identification information that identifies a terminal that has originated a spam call;
A spam terminal identification information storage unit that stores and stores the received spam terminal identification information in association with registered terminal identification information that identifies the terminal of the one user;
When the terminal of another user other than the one user among the plurality of users receives a call, identification information for identifying the terminal that has made the call includes the user group that the other user constitutes as a member To match the spam terminal identification information stored and stored in association with the terminal identification information of the terminal of the user who is another member of the system, the warning information is output together with the incoming call to the other user terminal. A spam warning information transmitter that transmits the data of
Including the device. A system that shares information of a terminal that has made a spam call as warning information using a server device that is communicably connected to terminals operated by a plurality of users,
User group identification information for identifying a user group configured by confirming that the plurality of users have a predetermined trust relationship is used as member terminal identification information for identifying a terminal of a user who is a member constituting the user group. User group identification information storage means for storing in association;
Spam information receiving means for receiving a spam terminal identification information for identifying a terminal that originated a spam call, which is transmitted by the terminal of the one user in response to a predetermined operation from one user among the plurality of users;
Spam terminal identification information storage means for storing and storing the received spam terminal identification information in association with registered terminal identification information for identifying the terminal of the one user;
When the terminal of another user other than the one user among the plurality of users receives a call, identification information for identifying the terminal that has made the call includes the user group that the other user constitutes as a member To match the spam terminal identification information stored and stored in association with the terminal identification information of the terminal of the user who is another member of the system, the warning information is output together with the incoming call to the other user terminal. Spam alert information sending means for sending the data,
Including system.

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