KR100620700B1 - Digital cellular phone and server for forwarding short message to terminals and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to mobile communication technology, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal, a system and a method thereof capable of transmitting the same short message to a plurality of recipients through the wireless Internet.

A mobile communication terminal according to an aspect of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal capable of data communication via a broadcast message service server and a wireless Internet, wherein the terminal includes a broadcast transmission including a plurality of message receiver information and message contents from a terminal user. When a message is input, it is transmitted to the broadcast message service server through the wireless Internet.

Short Message, Broadcast Message, Mobile Communication Terminal, Wireless Internet, Data Channel

Description

A mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting a short message to a plurality of recipients and a server and a method thereof [Digital cellular phone and server for forwarding short message to terminals and method}

1 schematically shows the overall configuration of the present conventional mobile communication service system.

2 illustrates a short message transmission flow in a mobile communication service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a short message transmission operation of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to mobile communication technology, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal, a server, and a method thereof capable of transmitting the same short message to a plurality of recipients through a wireless Internet data channel.

Recently, due to the development of mobile communication technology, domestic mobile communication terminal manufacturers (Pantech & Curitel, Samsung, LG, KTF) can receive web service by accessing the internet by themselves by simply sending and receiving voice or short messages, Furthermore, it is releasing wireless terminals that can download and store color pictures, animations, videos, music, and text, so-called multimedia data. To this end, each mobile carrier is constructing a communication network supporting HTTP and TCP / IP communication protocols for internet connection between a terminal and a web server.

1 schematically shows the overall configuration of the present conventional mobile communication service system. As shown, the conventional mobile communication service system includes a mobile communication network and a short message service station 50 including a mobile communication terminal 20-1, 20-2, ... 20-n, a base station 30, and a switch 40. And a multimedia service station 60.

The mobile communication terminals 20-1, 20-2, ... 20-n provide wireless Internet services by WAP or ME or I-mode protocols as well as voice and short messages. It is equipped with a function to receive. At present, each mobile communication terminal manufacturer provides a terminal for supporting a wireless Internet service.

The mobile communication network connects communication channels between the mobile communication terminals 20-1, 20-2, ... 20-n, and tracks the location of the mobile communication terminals 20-1, 20-2, ... 20-n. It performs the function of setting base station to connect communication line and setting line. Currently, the mobile communication network includes a circuit switching network and a packet switching network, so that voice calls and short messages are circuit switched networks, and multimedia data is serviced through packet switched networks. The packet switching network has a function of handling error control and compressed transmission of the input packet data, so that the packet data can be transmitted accurately.

The short message service station 50 typically includes a short message server and a database connected to the exchange 40 to transmit and receive a short message through a traffic channel or a paging channel, and to control the entire system. .

The multimedia service station 60 typically includes a variety of content servers and a variety of content servers so that various text, music, video, and all other types of media data stored in the web server 70 or the swap server are available to the mobile terminal user. Include a database.

On the other hand, the existing mobile communication terminal provides a so-called broadcast transmission function that can send the same short message to multiple terminals. For example, the terminal receives a short message with a specific group or a plurality of recipients stored in the phonebook from the user, and when a transmission request signal is received, the terminal transmits a message using a traffic channel or a paging channel using a data burst message. Will be sent to.

However, such a short message transmission method transmits a short message to a plurality of recipients continuously. For example, when a short message is sent to ten recipients, the short message is occupied by ten traffic channels or paging channels. Therefore, there is a disadvantage in that the number of message transmissions and the transmission time become long. In addition, if a short message transmission error occurs, there was a problem in retransmission thereof. That is, the existing terminal informs the sender about the error of short message transmission and requests to select whether or not to retransmit. Accordingly, the terminal user should make an effort to check whether the short message is properly transmitted, and there is an inconvenience of inputting a retransmission signal when a retransmission request selection message appears. Furthermore, in this case, the user has to bear additional transmission costs, and the terminal has to be allocated a new channel from the mobile communication network.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in the above background, and an object thereof is to provide a mobile communication terminal, a server, and a method for transmitting the same short message to a plurality of recipients through a wireless Internet data channel.

A mobile communication terminal according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is capable of data communication with a broadcast message service server through the wireless Internet, and broadcast transmission including a plurality of message receiver information and message contents from a terminal user. When a message is input, it is transmitted to the broadcast message service server through the wireless Internet.

In one embodiment, the broadcast message service server may be implemented as one of various content servers implemented in the conventional multimedia message service station, it may be implemented as a separate content server. The broadcast message service server is equipped with a message broadcast transmission function, it is preferable that the server to the mobile communication terminal connected through the wireless Internet is implemented to give down the information including the message broadcast menu.

The mobile communication terminal according to this aspect is implemented to request a wireless Internet connection to the mobile communication network according to the operation signal of the terminal user, in response to receive the connection information for communication with the broadcast message service server from the mobile communication network. Thereafter, the terminal receives a broadcast message including a plurality of message receiver information and message contents from the terminal user and transmits the broadcast message to the broadcast message service server. Here, since the wireless Internet access technology is already well known technology, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal includes an operation unit receiving a user operation command, a wireless communication unit transmitting and receiving a data signal with a mobile communication network through an antenna, and message receiver information and a short message are inputted from the operation unit. A message detection unit for analyzing whether the short message is a broadcast message sent to a plurality of recipients by analyzing the input message receiver information; and when the broadcast message detection signal is input from the message detection unit, the input message recipient information and the short message are input. And a message packet processing unit for processing a message in a wireless internet data format and transmitting the packet to a broadcast message service server through the wireless communication unit.

The mobile communication terminal according to this aspect is implemented to include software processing means for determining whether the short message is a broadcast message in addition to the conventional short message processing means. This is particularly advantageous when a terminal user wants to send a short message written to a number of people after creating a short message according to a conventional procedure. Detailed description of the software processing means will be described later.

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 can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

In describing the present embodiment, a short message sent to a plurality of recipients will be described as a broadcast message. It is also assumed that the multimedia message service station 60 includes a broadcast message service server.

2 illustrates a short message transmission flow in a mobile communication service system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the description of the present embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 20 distinguishes between the called terminal receiving the message and the calling terminal transmitting the message.

First, the calling terminal connects a communication channel with a mobile communication network including a base station 30 and a switch 40 according to a conventional mobile communication call processing protocol (1). Here, the connected communication channel may be a paging channel or a traffic channel and may be a wireless internet data channel. In one embodiment, if the connected communication channel is a wireless Internet data channel, the terminal user sends a broadcast message through a packet communication with a broadcast message service server of a multimedia message service station 60 connected through the wireless Internet data channel. Can transmit

In another embodiment, when the connected communication channel is a paging channel and a traffic channel, the calling terminal displays corresponding screen information according to a message originating menu selection signal input from a user. In this case, when a screen for requesting message recipient information is displayed, the user may select or input one or more recipient information to be sent to the short message, for example, from information stored in the phonebook, or directly input a plurality of recipient information. In one embodiment, the recipient information may be a mobile communication terminal telephone number or an e-mail address.

When the receiver information input is completed, the calling terminal displays a screen for inputting message contents. In this case, the user may input a desired short message content. Here, the message may include a character, a symbol, a figure, and the like. When the input of the message is completed, the terminal determines whether the short message is a normal short message or a broadcast message. In an embodiment, the message determining method may determine the short message as a broadcast message when the message receiver information is plural by analyzing the input message receiver information. In another embodiment, the short message may be determined to be a broadcast message if it is activated by checking the broadcast transmission setting information set in addition to the information for recognizing completion of the short message.

Thereafter, if the short message is a broadcast message, the calling terminal processes the packet in a wireless Internet data format. Thereafter, the calling terminal sends a broadcast message to the mobile communication network including the base station 30 and the switch 40 using the wireless Internet data channel (②). The mobile communication network transmits the broadcast message to the broadcast message server of the multimedia message service station 60 (③).

The broadcast message service server of the multimedia message service station 60 detects whether data input from the mobile communication network is a broadcast message. As a result, if the currently input data is a broadcast message, the broadcast message service server divides the broadcast message into message recipient information and message content, and then converts the broadcast message into a plurality of short messages including one recipient information and message content. A plurality of parsed short messages are transmitted to the short message service station 50 (④). The plurality of short messages then transmits a short message arrival information and a short message to each recipient through a mobile communication network according to a normal procedure of the short message service station 50. In one embodiment, since the message recipient may be an e-mail, the broadcast message service server may also send a short message to the corresponding e-mail server (80 in FIG. 1).

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 27 and its subcircuits, which are largely common to existing mobile communication terminals.

The accessory circuits include a wireless communication unit 21 for extracting a data signal from a radio signal transmitted and received through an antenna, an operation unit 23 for receiving a user operation command, and a display unit 25 for displaying operation contents from the operation unit 23. ).

The wireless communication unit 21 includes an antenna and an RF circuit for communication with the base station. In the present specification, the wireless communication unit 21 is interpreted to cover not only various versions of CDMA but also existing methods such as cellular, GSM, and W-CDMA, as well as mobile communication.

The operation unit 23 is implemented as a means for inputting a user's operation command, and may be a keypad, a side key, a touch panel, a handwriting input unit, a voice recognition unit, etc., which are composed of numeric keys and function keys. The display unit 25, which is usually a liquid crystal display, displays the progress of operation in the terminal, a menu selection screen of the user, and the like.

The baseband circuit of the wireless communication unit 21 and most of the circuits of the control unit 27 are commercially provided as a single integrated circuit. This integrated circuit, commonly referred to as an MSM chip, includes internally dedicated hardware for processing communications, a digital signal processor and a general purpose microprocessor. Logically, these include a data communication control unit 271 for controlling data communication and a message processing unit 273 for processing data input and output through the wireless communication unit 21 according to a control signal input from the data communication control unit 271. .

The data communication control unit 271 controls data communication with a short message server station, a voice mail service station, and a multimedia data service station through a mobile communication network including a base station and an exchange station.

According to a characteristic aspect of the present invention, when the message receiver information and the short message are input from the operation unit 23, the message processing unit 273 detects whether the input short message is a broadcast message, and the message; When the short message is detected from the detector as a broadcast message, a message packet processor for processing the input message receiver information and the short message into a wireless Internet data format and transmitting the packet to the broadcast message service server through the wireless communication unit 21. It includes.

The message detector may be configured to analyze the input message receiver information and determine the short message as a broadcast message when the message receiver information is plural.

In another embodiment, the message detector may be implemented to determine the short message as a broadcast message if the message detection unit is activated by checking the broadcast transmission setting information set in addition to the information for recognizing completion of the short message.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a short message transmission operation of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a message origination menu selection signal is received (S201), the terminal receives a short message including message receiver information and message content (S202, S203). That is, the terminal may display a screen for requesting message recipient information, and may receive one or more recipient information to be sent to the short message, for example, from among information stored in the phonebook or directly receive a plurality of recipient information. In one embodiment, the recipient information may be a mobile communication terminal telephone number or an e-mail address. When the receiver information input is completed, the terminal displays a screen for inputting message contents. In this case, the user may input a desired short message content. Here, the message may include a character, a symbol, a figure, and the like.

When the input to the message content is completed, the terminal analyzes the receiver information to determine whether the short message is a normal short message or a broadcast message (S204). At this time, if the short message is a broadcast message, the packet is processed in a wireless Internet data format (S205).

Thereafter, the terminal transmits the packet-processed broadcast message to the mobile communication network including the base station 30 and the switch 40 by using the wireless Internet data channel (S206).

On the other hand, if the short message is not a broadcast message, the short message is usually sent according to a known short message transmission procedure (S207).

As described above, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is useful for transmitting the same short message to multiple recipients at once through one wireless Internet data channel, rather than continuously transmitting a short message to multiple recipients. It works.

In addition, according to the present invention, a mobile communication terminal has an advantage of eliminating the inconvenience of allowing the user to retransmit data even if a packet transmission error occurs due to a poor communication environment.

Further, according to the present invention, there is an advantage in that the terminal user writes a short message according to a conventional procedure and then transmits the created short message to several people.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many various obvious modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention from this description. Therefore, it should be interpreted by the claims described to include many such variations.

Claims (11)

In a mobile communication terminal capable of data communication with a broadcast message service server through the wireless Internet, when a broadcast message including a plurality of message receiver information and message contents is input from a terminal user, the terminal receives the broadcast message through a wireless Internet data channel. And transmitting to the broadcast message service server. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal is: An operation unit which receives a user operation command; A wireless communication unit transmitting and receiving a data signal with a mobile communication network through an antenna; A message detector that detects whether the input short message is a broadcast message when message receiver information and a short message are input from the operation unit; A message packet processing unit for processing the input message receiver information and the short message into a wireless Internet data format and transmitting the packet to the broadcast message service server through the wireless communication unit when the short message is detected as the broadcast message from the message detector; Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 2, wherein the message detection unit: And analyzing the input message receiver information to determine the short message as a broadcast message when the message receiver information is plural. The method of claim 2, wherein the message detection unit: And checking the broadcast transmission setting information to determine that the short message is a broadcast message. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the message recipient information is: A mobile communication terminal comprising a mobile phone number or an e-mail address. In a method for transmitting a short message to a plurality of recipients performed in a broadcast message service server and a mobile communication terminal capable of data communication through a wireless Internet, the short message transmission method includes: Receiving a short message including message recipient information and message content; Detecting whether the short message is a broadcast message sent to a plurality of recipients; If the short message is a broadcast message as a result of the detection, packet processing the broadcast message in a wireless Internet data format; Transmitting the packet-processed broadcast message to the broadcast message service server through wireless Internet; Short message transmission method comprising a. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein said message detecting step is: And analyzing the input message receiver information and determining that the short message is a broadcast message when the message receiver information is plural. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein said message detecting step is: And checking the broadcast transmission setting information to determine the short message as a broadcast message. The method of claim 6, wherein the short message input step comprises: A method for transmitting a short message, characterized in that it includes a mobile communication terminal telephone number or an e-mail address as recipient information. The broadcast transmission message service server in a mobile communication service system including a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication network for outputting data input from the mobile communication terminal to a broadcast message service server or a short message service server, includes: A message detector which detects whether data input from the mobile communication network is a broadcast transmission message; A message conversion unit for converting the broadcast transmission message into a plurality of short message formats including one recipient information and message contents by dividing the input broadcast message into message recipient information and message contents when the broadcast transmission message detection signal is input from the message detection unit; ; A message output unit configured to output a plurality of short messages input from the message conversion unit to the short message service server; Broadcast message service server comprising a. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile communication service system further comprises an e-mail server connected to a network with the broadcast message service server, And a message output unit of the broadcast message service server outputs a plurality of short messages input from the message conversion unit to the mail server.

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