KR100622319B1 - Method and apparatus for providing a short message reading confirmation service using multimedia message service center - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center. The present invention provides a method for providing a short message read confirmation service in a multimedia message service center coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register, and a short message service center through a mobile communication network. Receiving, wherein the short message information is generated by the calling terminal and includes at least the calling terminal identifier, the called terminal identifier, and the read acknowledgment service feature code; collecting the called terminal position information in association with the home location register; Transmitting multimedia message information corresponding to the short message information to the called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal position information, receiving multimedia message read confirmation information from the called terminal, and interworking with the short message service center Sound transmitting a read confirmation message corresponding to the confirmation information to the calling terminal.

Short message, multimedia message, read receipt

Description

Method and apparatus for providing a short message reading confirmation service using multimedia message service center

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of short message information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a screen flow diagram schematically illustrating a process of inputting a short message and service selection information by a calling terminal user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a screen flow diagram schematically illustrating a process of a recipient terminal user confirming a transmitted multimedia message and inputting read confirmation information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view schematically illustrating a read confirmation message screen output by a calling terminal through a display unit in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a signal flow diagram for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a signal flow diagram for providing a short message reception confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a signal flow diagram for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a signal flow diagram for providing a short message reception confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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103: Short Message Service Center 105: Multimedia Message Service Center

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center.

Recently, with the development of mobile communication technology, a multimedia message transmission service for transmitting a multimedia message including a long text, an image, a sound, a video, and the like as well as a short message is provided. The multimedia message transmission service may provide a multimedia message read confirmation service through a multimedia message service center.

However, the short message service could not provide a read confirmation function as in the multimedia message service. Therefore, the conventional short message service could not satisfy the desire to check whether the called terminal user read the message well.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for providing a short message read confirmation service through a multimedia message service center with little modification to an existing mobile communication system.

In order to achieve the above objects, according to an aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a short message read confirmation service in a multimedia message service center coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register and a short message service center through a mobile communication network; Receiving short message information from the short message service center, wherein the short message information is generated by the calling terminal and transmitted to the short message service center, and includes at least the calling terminal identifier, the called terminal identifier, and the read. Including a confirmation service feature code, transmitting a called terminal location request signal to the home location register and receiving a corresponding called terminal location information signal to collect called terminal location information; corresponding to the received short message information Multimedia messages Generating information and transmitting the generated multimedia message information to a called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal position information; receiving multimedia message read confirmation information from the called terminal—wherein the multimedia message read confirmation information The receiving terminal user is generated by the selection of the read confirmation selection screen included in the multimedia message and transmitted from the receiving terminal-and transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to the short message service center, The short message service center may provide a method for providing a short message read acknowledgment service, characterized in that a read acknowledgment message corresponding to the multimedia message read acknowledgment information is transmitted to the calling terminal.

In a preferred embodiment, the short message information is generated based on a short message input by the calling terminal user through the calling terminal. The called terminal may receive a multimedia message corresponding to the short message generated by the calling terminal and output the received multimedia message through at least one of the display unit and the speaker unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a short message read confirmation service in a multimedia message service center coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register and a short message service center through a mobile communication network, the short message service Receiving short message information from a center, wherein the short message information is generated by the calling terminal and transmitted to the short message service center, and includes at least the calling terminal identifier, the called terminal identifier, and the read acknowledgment service feature code. Transmitting the called terminal location request signal to the home location register and receiving the corresponding called terminal location information signal to collect the called terminal location information; generating multimedia message information corresponding to the received short message information; , The short paragraph Transmitting the multimedia message arrival notification information corresponding to the message information to the called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal position information, receiving a multimedia message request from the called terminal, in response to the multimedia message request, Transmitting multimedia message information generated according to the message information to the called terminal, receiving multimedia message read confirmation information from the called terminal, wherein the multimedia message read confirmation information is included in the multimedia message by the called terminal user. And transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to a short message service center by generating a selected read confirmation selection screen, and transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to the short message service center. A media message read confirmation message to read corresponding to the verification information may provide SMS message read receipts, a service providing method characterized in that the transmission to the calling terminal.

In a preferred embodiment, the short message information is generated based on a short message input by the calling terminal user through the calling terminal. The called terminal may receive a multimedia message corresponding to the short message generated by the calling terminal and output the received multimedia message through at least one of the display unit and the speaker unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a multimedia message service center coupled to at least one mobile terminal, a home location register, and a short message service center through a mobile communication network and providing a short message read confirmation service, the short message service center comprising: Means for receiving short message information, wherein the short message information is generated by the calling terminal and transmitted to the short message service center, the short message information comprising at least a calling terminal identifier, a called terminal identifier and a read acknowledgment service feature code; Means for transmitting a called terminal location request signal to the home location register and receiving a corresponding called terminal location information signal to collect called terminal location information, generating and generating multimedia message information corresponding to the received short message information; Multimedia Means for transmitting message information to a called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal position information, and means for receiving multimedia message read acknowledgment information from the called terminal, wherein the multimedia message read acknowledgment information is transmitted to the multimedia message by the called terminal user. And means for transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to a short message service center by the selection of an included read confirmation selection screen and transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to the short message service center. The multimedia message service center may be configured to transmit a read confirmation message corresponding to read confirmation information to the calling terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for providing a short message read confirmation service coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register, and a short message service center through a mobile communication network, the memory in which a program is stored, the memory A processor coupled to the processor to execute the program, wherein the processor receives, by the program, the short message information from the short message service center, wherein the short message information is generated by an originating terminal to generate the short message. Transmitted to a service center and includes at least an originating terminal identifier, a terminating terminal identifier, and a read acknowledgment service feature code; transmitting a terminating terminal location request signal to the home location register and receiving a corresponding terminating terminal location information signal; Collect terminal location information And generating the multimedia message information corresponding to the received short message information to transmit the generated multimedia message information to the called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal location information, and confirming the reading of the multimedia message from the called terminal. Receive information, wherein the multimedia message read confirmation information is transmitted from the called terminal when the called terminal user reads the short message; and transmits the received multimedia message read confirmation information to the short message service center, wherein the short message is received. The message service center may provide a short message read confirmation service providing system, characterized in that for transmitting a read confirmation message corresponding to the multimedia message read confirmation information to the calling terminal.

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing a short message reading confirmation service using a multimedia message service center includes at least one calling terminal 101, a short message service center 103, a multimedia message service center 105, and at least one called terminal. 107 may include.

Referring to the above configuration, a brief description will be given of a method for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to the present invention.

When the calling terminal user inputs the short message and the read confirmation service selection key according to the present invention through the calling terminal 101, the calling terminal 101 transmits the short message information based on the input short message and the read confirmation service selection information. Can be generated. Thereafter, the calling terminal 101 may transmit the generated short message information to the short message service center 103 through the mobile communication network.

In this case, the short message service center 103 may transmit the short message included in the short message information to the multimedia message service center 105 in response to the read confirmation service selection information included in the transmitted short message information. have.

Accordingly, the multimedia message service center 105 may transmit a multimedia message corresponding to the transmitted short message to the called terminal 107 through a mobile communication network.

2 is a diagram schematically showing short message information according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the short message information 201 transmitted by the calling terminal to the short message service center may include a short message, a service feature code, a calling terminal identifier, and a called terminal identifier.

Here, the short message may correspond to a text message input by the calling terminal user through the calling terminal. In addition, the service feature code may correspond to the short message read confirmation service selection key inputted by the calling terminal user through the calling terminal.

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the calling terminal may transmit the short message information generated based on the short message input by the calling terminal user and the short message reading confirmation service selection information to the short message service center (step 301). Thereafter, the short message service center may transmit the received short message information to the multimedia message service center in response to the received short message information (step 303). Thereafter, the multimedia message service center may transmit a multimedia message corresponding to the short message information received through the mobile communication network to the called terminal (step 305). Thereafter, when the called terminal user confirms the transmitted multimedia message, the called terminal may transmit a read confirmation signal to the multimedia message service center (step 307). The multimedia message service center may then send the transmitted read confirmation signal to the short message service center (step 309). Accordingly, the short message service center may transmit a read confirmation message generated based on the received read confirmation signal to the calling terminal (step 311).

4 is a screen flowchart schematically illustrating a process of inputting a short message and service selection information by a calling terminal user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the calling terminal user may input, for example, a short message “hello” using the calling terminal. In this case, the calling terminal may output the short message screen 401 through the display unit. Thereafter, when the calling terminal user inputs all the short messages and selects the confirmation menu of the short message screen 401, the calling terminal may output the called number input screen 403 through the display unit. Accordingly, the calling terminal user can input the called terminal number (eg, "0101002000") and the read confirmation service identification key (eg, "#") through the calling terminal.

5 is a screen flowchart schematically illustrating a process of a receiving terminal user confirming a transmitted multimedia message and inputting read confirmation information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the called terminal may receive a multimedia message corresponding to the short message information transmitted by the calling terminal from the multimedia message service center. In this case, the called terminal may output the multimedia message screen 501 through the display unit. Here, the multimedia message screen 501 may display a multimedia message (for example, "hello") corresponding to the short message transmitted by the calling terminal. In this case, when the called terminal user selects the confirmation menu, the called terminal may output the read confirmation selection screen 503 through the display unit. In this case, when the called terminal user selects the confirmation menu of the read confirmation selection screen 503, the called terminal may transmit the read confirmation information to the multimedia message service center.

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a read confirmation message screen output by a calling terminal through a display unit in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the calling terminal may receive a read confirmation message from the short message service center. Accordingly, the calling terminal may output the read confirmation message screen 601 through the display unit. Here, the read confirmation message screen 601 may display a read confirmation message corresponding to, for example, "0162003000 Customer has confirmed the message." Here, "0162003000" may correspond to the called terminal number.

7 is a signal flow diagram for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the calling terminal user inputs the short message and the read confirmation service information through the calling terminal, the calling terminal generates the short message information based on the input short message and the read confirmation service information and then short message. It can be sent to the service center (step 701). Accordingly, the short message service center may transmit the transmitted short message information to the multimedia message service center (step 703). The multimedia message service center may then send the called terminal location request to the home location registrar (step 705). Thereafter, the home location register may transmit the destination terminal location information to the multimedia message service center (step 707). Thereafter, the multimedia message service center may transmit the multimedia message information corresponding to the short message information to the called terminal corresponding to the called terminal location information (step 709). Thereafter, when the called terminal user reads the transmitted multimedia message and selects a read confirmation item (step 711), the called terminal may transmit read confirmation information to the multimedia message service center (step 713). Accordingly, the multimedia message service center may transmit the transmitted read confirmation information to the short message service center (step 715). Thereafter, the short message service center may transmit a read confirmation message corresponding to the read confirmation information to the calling terminal (step 717).

8 is a signal flowchart for providing a short message reception acknowledgment service using a multimedia message service center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, when the calling terminal user inputs the short message and the acknowledgment service information through the calling terminal, the calling terminal generates the short message information based on the input short message and the acknowledgment service information. It may be sent to the service center (step 801). Accordingly, the short message service center may transmit the transmitted short message information to the multimedia message service center (step 803). The multimedia message service center may then send the terminating terminal location request to the home location registrar (step 805). The home location register may then send the destination terminal location information to the multimedia message service center (step 807). Thereafter, the multimedia message service center may transmit the multimedia message information corresponding to the short message information to the called terminal corresponding to the called terminal location information (step 809). Thereafter, when the multimedia message information is transmitted to the called terminal (step 811), the called terminal may transmit acknowledgment information to the multimedia message service center (step 813). Accordingly, the multimedia message service center may transmit the received acknowledgment information to the short message service center (step 815). Thereafter, the short message service center may transmit an acknowledgment message corresponding to the acknowledgment information to the calling terminal (step 817).

9 is a signal flowchart for providing a short message read confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the calling terminal user inputs the short message and the read confirmation service information through the calling terminal, the calling terminal generates the short message information based on the input short message and the read confirmation service information and then short message. It can be sent to the service center (step 901). Accordingly, the short message service center may transmit the transmitted short message information to the multimedia message service center (step 903). The multimedia message service center may then send the called terminal location request to the home location registrar (step 905). The home location register may then send the destination terminal location information to the multimedia message service center (step 907). Thereafter, the multimedia message service center may transmit the multimedia message arrival notification information to the called terminal corresponding to the called terminal location information (step 909). Thereafter, when the called terminal transmits a multimedia message request to the multimedia message service center (step 911), the multimedia message service center may transmit multimedia message information corresponding to the short message information to the called terminal (step 913). Thereafter, when the called terminal user reads the transmitted multimedia message and selects a read confirmation item (step 915), the called terminal may transmit read confirmation information to the multimedia message service center (step 917). Accordingly, the multimedia message service center may transmit the transmitted read confirmation information to the short message service center (step 919). Thereafter, the short message service center may transmit a read confirmation message corresponding to the read confirmation information to the calling terminal (step 921).

10 is a signal flow diagram for providing a short message reception confirmation service using a multimedia message service center according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, when the calling terminal user inputs the short message and the acknowledgment service information through the calling terminal, the calling terminal generates the short message information based on the input short message and the acknowledgment service information. The message can be sent to the service center (step 1001). Accordingly, the short message service center may transmit the transmitted short message information to the multimedia message service center (step 1003). The multimedia message service center may then send the called terminal location request to the home location registrar (step 1005). The home location register may then send the destination terminal location information to the multimedia message service center (step 1007). Thereafter, the multimedia message service center may transmit the multimedia message arrival notification information to the called terminal corresponding to the called terminal location information (step 1009). Thereafter, when the called terminal transmits the multimedia message request to the multimedia message service center (step 1011), the multimedia message service center may transmit multimedia message information corresponding to the short message information to the called terminal (step 1013). Thereafter, the multimedia message service center may transmit the acknowledgment information to the short message service center (step 1015). Thereafter, the short message service center may transmit an acknowledgment message corresponding to the acknowledgment information to the calling terminal (step 1017).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and apparatus for providing a short message read confirmation service through a multimedia message service center without changing the existing mobile communication system.

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A method for providing a short message read confirmation service in a multimedia message service center coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register and a short message service center through a mobile communication network, Receiving short message information from the short message service center, wherein the short message information is generated by the calling terminal and transmitted to the short message service center, and includes at least the calling terminal identifier, the called terminal identifier and the read acknowledgment service feature. Contains code; Transmitting the called terminal location request signal to the home location register and receiving the called terminal location information signal corresponding thereto to collect the called terminal location information; Generating multimedia message information corresponding to the received short message information and transmitting the generated multimedia message information to a called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal location information; Receiving multimedia message read confirmation information from the called terminal, wherein the multimedia message read confirmation information is generated by selection of a read confirmation selection screen included in the multimedia message and transmitted from the called terminal; And Transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to a short message service center Including but not limited to: The short message service center transmits a read confirmation message corresponding to the multimedia message read confirmation information to the calling terminal. Method of providing a short message read confirmation service, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The short message information is generated based on a short message input by the calling terminal user through the calling terminal. Method of providing a short message read confirmation service, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The called terminal receives a multimedia message corresponding to the short message generated by the calling terminal and outputs it through at least one of the display unit and the speaker unit. Method of providing a short message read confirmation service, characterized in that. A method for providing a short message read confirmation service in a multimedia message service center coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register and a short message service center through a mobile communication network, Receiving short message information from the short message service center, wherein the short message information is generated by the calling terminal and transmitted to the short message service center, and includes at least the calling terminal identifier, the called terminal identifier and the read acknowledgment service feature. Contains code; Transmitting the called terminal location request signal to the home location register and receiving the called terminal location information signal corresponding thereto to collect the called terminal location information; Generating multimedia message information corresponding to the received short message information and transmitting multimedia message arrival notification information corresponding to the short message information to a called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal location information; Receiving a multimedia message request from the called terminal; In response to the multimedia message request, transmitting the multimedia message information generated corresponding to the short message information to the called terminal; Receiving multimedia message read confirmation information from the called terminal, wherein the multimedia message read confirmation information is generated by selection of a read confirmation selection screen included in the multimedia message and transmitted from the called terminal; And Transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to a short message service center Including but not limited to: The short message service center transmits a read confirmation message corresponding to the multimedia message read confirmation information to the calling terminal. Method of providing a short message read confirmation service, characterized in that. The method of claim 4, wherein The short message information is generated based on a short message input by the calling terminal user through the calling terminal. Method of providing a short message read confirmation service, characterized in that. The method of claim 4, wherein The called terminal receives a multimedia message corresponding to the short message generated by the calling terminal and outputs it through at least one of the display unit and the speaker unit. Method of providing a short message read confirmation service, characterized in that. A multimedia message service center coupled with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register, and a short message service center through a mobile communication network and providing a short message read confirmation service, Means for receiving short message information from the short message service center, wherein the short message information is generated by the calling terminal and transmitted to the short message service center, and includes at least the calling terminal identifier, the called terminal identifier and the read acknowledgment service feature. Contains code; Means for transmitting the called terminal location request signal to the home location register and receiving the called terminal location information signal corresponding thereto to collect the called terminal location information; Means for generating multimedia message information corresponding to the received short message information and transmitting the generated multimedia message information to a called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal position information; Means for receiving multimedia message read confirmation information from the called terminal, wherein the multimedia message read confirmation information is generated by the receiving terminal user by selecting a read confirmation selection screen included in the multimedia message and transmitted from the called terminal; And Means for transmitting the received multimedia message read confirmation information to a short message service center Including, The short message service center transmits a read confirmation message corresponding to the multimedia message read confirmation information to the calling terminal. Multimedia message service center, characterized in that. Claims [1] A system for providing a short message read confirmation service in combination with at least one mobile terminal, a home location register and a short message service center through a mobile communication network. A memory in which a program is stored; A processor coupled to the memory to execute the program; The processor by the program, Receive short message information from the short message service center, wherein the short message information is generated by the originating terminal and transmitted to the short message service center and includes at least the originating terminal identifier, the called terminal identifier and the read acknowledgment service feature code. Includes, to transmit the destination terminal location request signal to the home location register and to receive the corresponding destination terminal location information signal to collect the destination terminal location information, and the received short message information corresponding to the multimedia message information Generate and transmit the generated multimedia message information to a called terminal corresponding to the collected called terminal position information, and receives multimedia message read confirmation information from the called terminal, wherein the multimedia message read confirmation information is a called terminal. User short If the message is read, it is transmitted from the called terminal, and transmits the received multimedia message read confirmation information to the short message service center, The short message service center transmits a read confirmation message corresponding to the multimedia message read confirmation information to the calling terminal. Short message read confirmation service providing system, characterized in that.

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