KR100591895B1 - Service system and service method for image message of non-vedeo-phone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video message service system and a service method of a non-video phone terminal for listening to a video message using a non-video phone terminal. Such a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal, when a caller sends a video message to a video telephone terminal of a called party, when the called party accesses the video mailbox where the video message is stored, the type of terminal used by the called party is determined. In the case of the non-video phone terminal, the voice data is extracted from the video message selected by the called party connected to the video mailbox and transmitted to the non-video phone terminal used by the called party. In this way, even when the called party cannot use the video telephone terminal, the video message can be confirmed using the non-video telephone terminal.

Non-Video Phone, Video Phone, Video Message, Voice Message, Listening, Codec

Description

SERVICE SYSTEM AND SERVICE METHOD FOR IMAGE MESSAGE OF NON-VEDEO-PHONE TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the video message server shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a configuration diagram of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the entire network to which the video message service system shown in FIG. 3 is applied.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a video message service apparatus and method thereof of a non-video telephone terminal, and more particularly, to a video message service apparatus and a method for listening to a voice message in a video message stored in a video mailbox using a non-video telephone terminal. will be.

In general, a video telephone terminal is a terminal capable of transmitting a video together with a function for exchanging voices like a general telephone. Video telephone terminals start from wired video telephone terminals used in connection with a general telephone network, and have been developed into wireless video telephone terminals connected to a wireless network.

In particular, the wireless video phone terminal is capable of voice, data and video communication, and compared to the wired video phone terminal, there is an advantage in that the terminal is easy to manage and carry and the terminal is free to move.

In such a wireless videophone terminal, a videomail service is provided such as a voicemail service that can leave a calling phone number and / or a voice message in a voicemail box for a call or abandonment call that fails to access a call in a general mobile phone system. have.

The video mailbox service of such a wireless videophone terminal is known from Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-0069136. This technology allows the called party to leave a video message for the called party in the videomail box when the called party's wireless videophone terminal is turned off, or during a call or has been disconnected from the available area. It allows you to search and process it.

However, the video mailbox service of the wireless videophone terminal is available only when both the called party and the caller have a wireless videophone terminal. Therefore, the service for the videomail box is very limited. If it is not possible, there is a problem in that it is impossible to check whether the video message is received and cannot listen to the video message even when the video message is received.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above problems, and provides a video message service system and service method of a non-video phone terminal capable of checking and listening to a video message stored in a video mailbox using a non-video phone terminal. It is to provide.

In addition, another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a video message service system and a service method of a non-video telephone terminal to widen the service range of a video telephone terminal user.

A video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a video mailbox storing a video message sent by a caller when a caller sends a video message to a video telephone terminal of a called party; An authentication unit for authenticating the called party connected to the video mailbox to listen to the video message sent by the caller; A terminal checking unit for checking a type of a terminal used by the authenticated called party; And a signal processor that reads a voice message from a video message selected by the called party in the video mailbox and transmits the voice message to the called party's non-video telephone terminal when the called party's terminal is a non-video telephone terminal.

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A video message service method of a non-video telephone terminal according to an aspect of the present invention includes the steps of: a) storing a video message sent by the caller in a video mailbox when the caller sends a video message to the video telephone terminal of the called party; ; b) when the called party accesses the video mailbox to listen to the video message, checking the type of the terminal used by the called party; And c) if the terminal used by the called party is a non-video telephone terminal, reading a voice message from the video message selected by the called party in the video mailbox and transmitting the voice message to the non-video telephone terminal.

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The present invention also provides a recording medium on which a program having a function of allowing a user to listen to a video message stored in a video mailbox of a user using a non-video telephone terminal is provided.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention. Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Now, a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a block diagram of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a base station transceiver subsystem (BTS) 100 and a base station controller (BSC) 200. ), An integrated mobile eXchange (IMX) 300, a Home Location Register / Visitor Location Register (HLR / VLR) 400, and a Video Messaging Server 500.

The base station 100 is wirelessly connected to the video phone terminal and the non-video phone terminal 10 to perform functions such as transmission and reception of radio signals, channel modulation and demodulation, power control, and protocol conversion.

The base station controller 200 is located between the base station 100 and the exchange 300 to manage the connection between them, manages the base station 100 and controls the transmission of information between the base station 100 and the exchange 300.

The exchange 300 is connected to the base station controller 200 to perform a call control function for mobile call processing for setting up or releasing voice, data, and video communications with the video phone terminal and the non-video phone terminal 10. That is, the exchange 300 receives the call sent by the calling user and determines whether the called user subscribes to the video message server 500 when the call is impossible based on the location information of the called user. Connect to the video message server 500. Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, even if the called user is in a state where the call is impossible, even if the called user is a non-video phone terminal, the called user is subscribed to the video message server 500. By connecting the outgoing call of the video message server 500 allows the video phone terminal user to leave a video message to the non-video phone terminal user.

The HLR / VLR 400 is connected to the exchange 300, and the HLR is a DB (Data Base) that stores the subscriber's information. When the subscriber attempts to make a call, whether the subscriber is a valid subscriber or not, and what service is used. It also serves to provide information such as where it is currently located. In addition, there is a VLR (Visitor Location Register) to process the visitor's information. The VLR registers and manages the location where the subscriber is currently moving by temporarily storing the subscriber information of the terminal registered in the area in charge of the visitor from the HLR. do.

The video message server 500 is connected to the exchange 300 to determine whether the originating call is a request for listening to a video message stored in a video mailbox or for storing a video message of a calling user. The video message server 500 checks the terminal type of the called user according to the outgoing call so that the video message can be stored in the video mailbox from the calling user even in the case of the non-video calling terminal. You can also use) to listen to stored video messages. At this time, the video message server 500 reads only the voice message from the video message and transmits it to the non-video phone terminal 10. In this way, a calling user having a video phone terminal can leave a video message regardless of the terminal type of the called user, and the called user can confirm whether the video message is received in the video mailbox using the non-video phone terminal 10. Can listen to the incoming video message.

Next, a video message server 500 of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a video message server of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the video message server 500 includes an authentication unit 510, a terminal identification unit 520, a signal processing unit 530, and an information storage unit 540.

The authenticator 510 determines whether a user accessing the video message server 500 is subscribed to the video message server and performs user authentication. The terminal identification unit 520 confirms the call type and the type of the terminal for the authenticated user. In FIG. 2, the authentication unit 510 confirms whether the video message server 500 is subscribed to the video message server 500, and the terminal confirmation unit 520 confirms the terminal type. All of the terminal confirmation function may be performed. That is, the switch 300 may determine whether the called subscriber has joined the video message server 500 according to the outgoing call, check the terminal type, and then connect the call to the video message server 500. In this case, the authentication unit 510 and the terminal identification unit 520 may be omitted from the video message server 500.

The signal processing unit 530 includes a list notification unit 532, a voice extracting unit 534, and a codec converting unit 536, and the video processing unit 20 and the non-video telephone terminal 10. Performs video signal and non-video signal processing function for communication. The signal processor 530 reads a voice message from the video message and transmits it to the non-video phone terminal 10 when the user wants to listen to the video message using the non-video phone terminal 10.

If the type of the terminal is a non-video telephone terminal 10, the list notification unit 532 lists the video messages stored in the video mailbox and informs the user by using a function such as ARS.

When the user checks the list of video messages and selects a video message to listen to, the voice extractor 534 extracts the selected video message and extracts audio data from the extracted video message.

The codec converter 536 performs voice codec conversion of the extracted voice data. That is, the codec converter 536 changes the codec so that the extracted audio data can be listened to by a terminal such as a mobile phone or a wired phone that does not support the video phone function. In addition, the codec-converted voice data is transmitted to the non-video telephone terminal so that the user can listen to the voice message.

The information storage unit 540 includes a video mailbox 542 and a user DB 544.

The video mailbox 5520 stores and manages the video message left by the caller when the caller's video telephone terminal 20 is turned off, or when the call connection for the call cannot be made due to a departure from the call or the available area. Mailboxes can be stored separately from audio and video data in video messages, or can be integrated and stored using formats such as K3G.

The user DB 544 stores and manages user related information subscribed to the video message server 500.

In addition, in the video message service system of the non-video telephone terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention, other components may be added in addition to the components shown in FIG. 1. This embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3. However, the description of the overlapping components as in FIG. 1 will be omitted.

3 is a configuration diagram of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the components shown in the first embodiment of the present invention, the video message service system of the non-video telephone terminal according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a customer care and billing system (CCBS) 700; The server may further include a streaming server 800 and a network management system (NMS) 900.

The CCBS 700 directly connects through the Internet network 600 to provide subscriber management and call charge service, and the streaming server 800 directly connects through the Internet network 600 to provide a streaming service to a user. In addition, the NMS 900 performs a function of network failure management, configuration management, account management, performance management, and security management to provide an efficient service to subscribers because the network operates stably.

Here, the CCBS 700, the streaming server 800 and the NMS 900 has been briefly described to those skilled in the art.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the entire network to which a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention is applied.

As shown in Fig. 4, the video message service system of the caller-side non-video telephone terminal includes the caller-side base station 102, the caller-side base station controller 202, the caller-side exchanger 302, the HLR / VLR 402, and the caller-side. The video message service system of the called party's non-video telephone terminal includes a video message server 502, a called party's base station 100, a called party's base station controller 200, a called party's switch 300, and an HLR / VLR 400. And the called party's video message server 500. And the calling party side base station controller 202 and the calling party side exchange 302 and the called party side base station controller 200 and the called party side exchange 300 are connected to each other, and the calling party and the called party video message server 502, 500 are connected to the Internet network. The connection is made through 600 so that the caller and the called party can perform communication using the video phone terminal 11 or the non-video phone terminal 10. According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, when the called party is in a state where the video telephone terminal 12 is unavailable, the called party can listen to the video message stored in the video mailbox in advance.

In addition, although not shown in Figure 4, according to an embodiment of the present invention, even if the caller's call connection is unsuccessful even if the receiver's terminal is a non-video phone terminal, if the receiver is subscribed to the video message server 500 A caller with telephone terminal 11 can leave a video message to the called party.

Next, the operation of the video message service system of the non-video telephone terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a caller attempts to make a call using the video telephone terminal 11 to the called party's video telephone terminal 12 or the called party's non-video telephone terminal 10, the called party's video telephone terminal 12 or the non-video telephone terminal 10 Is in an impossible state for the call connection for the call, the exchange 300 connects the call originated from the caller to the video message server 500. Then, the video message server 500 determines whether the outgoing call is a request according to the sender's video message storage.

The video message server 500 accesses the video mailbox and stores the video message left by the caller in the video mailbox 542 of the called party's video message server 500 when the calling call is a request for storing the video message of the caller. At this time, the authentication unit 510 of the video message server 500 checks whether the called party is subscribed to the video message server 500, and if the called party is subscribed to the video message server 500, the terminal checking unit 520 is subscribed. Check the type of the called party's terminal. And even if the called party's terminal type is the non-video phone terminal 10, if the called party is subscribed to the video message server 500, the video message left by the caller is sent to the video mailbox 542 of the called party's video message server 500. Stored.

As described above, in order to listen to the video message stored in the video mailbox, the called party sends a call to the video message server 500 (S500). At this time, the video message server 500 determines whether the originating call is a request for listening to a video message stored in the video mailbox 542. In addition, when the originating call is a request for listening to the video message stored in the video mailbox, the authentication unit 510 of the video message server 500 checks whether the called party connected to the video message server 500 is subscribed to the video message server (S510). ). At this time, if the subscriber is not subscribed to the video message server 500, the called party cannot use the video message listening service of the non-video telephone terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention (S520).

On the other hand, if the called party is subscribed to the video message server 500, the terminal identification unit 520 checks the call type and the type of the terminal the caller is connected to the video message server 500 (S530).

As a result of confirming the terminal type of the called party by the terminal checking unit 520, when the type of the terminal connected to the call is the video phone terminal 11, the video message server 500 provides the video message to the called party according to the scenario of the video inbox. The procedure for doing is developed (S540).

In contrast, when the terminal type is the non-video phone terminal 10, the video message server 500 performs general call processing for connecting a call to the non-video phone terminal 10 (S550).

Referring to the general call processing of the non-video phone terminal 10 in detail, the list notification unit 532 of the video message server 500 accesses the video mailbox of the called party and outputs a video message stored in the video mailbox. The video message list is created and the created video message list is transmitted to the user (S552). In this case, the video message list may be transmitted by voice through ARS or the like, but the list of video messages may be transmitted in the form of a text message.

Then, the called party checks the video message list transmitted from the video message server 500 and selects a video message to be listened to. When the user selects a video message to be listened to, the voice extractor 534 extracts the video message selected by the user from the video mailbox, extracts the audio data from the extracted video message, and outputs it to the codec converter 536. Here, the called party may use a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) method of selecting a video message to be listened to by pressing a button of the non-video telephone terminal 10, and the called party selects a video message to be listened using the DTMF method. If so, the exchange 300 collects the DTMF signal input by the user and transmits the DTMF signal to the video message server 500. The voice extractor 534 of the video message server 500 analyzes the DTMF signal input from the user and extracts the video message selected by the user from the video mailbox.

The codec converter 536 performs voice codec conversion so that the extracted audio data can be listened to at the non-video phone terminal used by the user (S554), and transmits the voice codec converted voice data to the non-video phone terminal by the user. Only the audio message can be listened to from the video message (S556).

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the called party uses the video telephone terminal 12 such as when the video telephone terminal 12 is lost or the battery power is insufficient to prevent the use of the video telephone terminal 12. Even when the video message cannot be heard, the called party can listen to the video message by using the non-video phone terminal 10 that does not support the video phone. In addition, even between the caller's videophone terminal 11 and the caller's non-videophone terminal 10, if the called party is subscribed to the video message server 500, the caller may leave the video message to the called party.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 5, the authenticator 510 of the video message server 500 determines whether the called party joins the video message server 500 and the terminal checker 520 confirms the terminal type of the called party. You can also perform these two functions instead. That is, the exchange 300 may determine whether the called party joins the video message server 500 according to the outgoing call, check the type of the called party's terminal, and then connect the call to the video message server 500. Then, the video message server 500 may determine whether the outgoing call is a request for listening to a video message stored in a video mailbox or a request for storing a video message of a caller, and then perform the corresponding functions.

The function of the video message service system of the non-video telephone terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as a program, and can be recorded in a computer-readable form (CD-ROM, RAM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.). ) Can be stored.

The above embodiments are intended to illustrate the present invention, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, it can be modified or modified by those skilled in the art within the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims. .

According to the present invention, a video telephone terminal user can leave a video message to a non-video telephone terminal user, and a video telephone terminal user and a non-video telephone terminal user can confirm whether or not a video message is received by using a non-video telephone. It is possible to listen to the message, thereby improving the service competitiveness.

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A video mailbox storing a video message sent by the caller when the caller sends a video message to the called party's video telephone terminal; An authentication unit for authenticating the called party connected to the video mailbox to listen to the video message sent by the caller; A terminal checking unit for checking a type of a terminal used by the authenticated called party; And When the called party's terminal is a non-video telephone terminal, a signal processor for reading a voice message from a video message selected by the called party in the video mailbox and transmitting the voice message to the called party's non-video telephone terminal. Video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The signal processing unit, And when the called party's terminal is a video telephone terminal, transmitting the video message selected by the called party to the video telephone terminal of the called party. delete delete The method of claim 2, The signal processing unit, A list notification unit for providing a list of video messages stored in the video mailbox by voice when the called party's terminal is a non-video telephone terminal; A voice extractor configured to extract voice data from a video message selected by the called party from the list of video messages; And A codec converter for converting the audio codec of the extracted audio data and transmitting to the non-video telephone terminal Video message service system of a non-video telephone terminal comprising a. delete The method according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 5, The video message includes audio data and video data. The video message service system of the non-video telephone terminal, wherein the audio data and the video data are combined and stored in the video mailbox, or the audio data and the video data are separately stored. delete a) storing the video message sent by the caller in the video mailbox when the caller sends the video message to the called party's videophone terminal; b) when the called party accesses the video mailbox to listen to the video message, checking the type of the terminal used by the called party; And c) if the terminal used by the called party is a non-video telephone terminal, reading a voice message from a video message selected by the called party in the video mailbox and transmitting the voice message to the non-video telephone terminal; Video message service method of a non-video telephone terminal comprising a. The method of claim 9, Step c) is Providing a list of video messages stored in the video mailbox; Extracting audio data from the video message selected by the called party from the list of video messages; And Converting the codec of the extracted audio data and transmitting the converted codec to the non-video telephone terminal Video message service method of a non-video telephone terminal comprising a. delete The method of claim 10, The video message list is a video message service method of a non-video telephone terminal transmitted through a voice or text message. delete delete The method according to any one of claims 9, 10 or 12, If the called party's terminal is a video telephone terminal, providing a video message selected by the called party to the video telephone terminal in the video mailbox; Video message service method of a non-video telephone terminal further comprising. a) storing a video message sent by the caller in a video mailbox when the caller sends a video message to the called party's videophone terminal; b) when the called party accesses the video mailbox to listen to the video message, checking the type of the terminal used by the called party; And c) when the terminal used by the called party is a non-video telephone terminal, a function of reading audio data from a video message selected by the called party from the video mailbox and transmitting the audio data to the non-video telephone terminal; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program.

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