US 11,991,140 B2
Apparatus, method, and recording medium for transmitting election campaign messages in manner of displaying phone number of acquaintance of recipient
Dongha Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Dongha Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,760.
Application 18/458,760 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/000136, filed on Jan. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0027257 (KR), filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0412555 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 51/48 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/48 (2022.05) [H04L 51/52 (2022.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for transmitting election campaign messages in a manner of displaying a phone number of an acquaintance of a recipient, comprising:
a database storing a name and a mobile phone number of at least one election campaigner who acts for an election candidate using an election campaign message transmission service, and a mobile phone number of at least one voter linked as an acquaintance to each election campaigner;
a communication unit communicating with a terminal of the election candidate, a terminal of the election campaigner, and a terminal of the voter; and
a processor which, upon receiving an election campaign message transmission request from a specific election candidate's terminal, sends an election campaign message to the terminal of the voter linked to the specific election candidate, sets a phone number of a sender, who sends the message to each voter, as a mobile phone number of the election campaigner linked to each voter as an acquaintance, and then sends the message,
wherein when receiving at least one acquaintance's mobile phone number from the election campaigner's terminal, the processor sends a request message for election campaign message reception consent to the received mobile phone number, and stores the mobile phone number, which agreed to receive the election campaign message, as a voter.