KR100680301B1 - Method and Device for Multimedia Ring Back Tone service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ring back tone service for providing various contents, and more particularly, to a method and system for transmitting image data to a calling terminal together with a sound source ring back tone. According to the present invention, a method for providing a service for transmitting multimedia data preset by a called terminal to a calling terminal in response to a call request of a calling terminal in a multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus, corresponds to a voice call connection request from the calling terminal. Receiving a multimedia ringback tone service request, wherein the multimedia ringback tone service request includes information on a calling terminal and a called terminal; extracting preset multimedia data corresponding to the called terminal in response to the multimedia ringback tone service request; And pushing the extracted multimedia data and the calling terminal information to the data transmitting apparatus, wherein the data transmitting apparatus transmits the multimedia data through the data call with the calling terminal set up using the calling terminal information. The present invention provides a method and apparatus.

Multimedia, Ringback Tone, Image, Audio Ringback Tone, Data Network

Description

Method and device for providing multimedia ring back tone service {Method and Device for Multimedia Ring Back Tone service}             

1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall system configuration for performing a method for providing a multimedia ring back tone service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a multimedia ringback tone service providing procedure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for providing a sound source ringback tone and image data together in a multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a multimedia ring back tone providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process of extracting and transmitting image data corresponding to state information of a called terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10: calling terminal 12: called terminal

24, 26: exchange 28: PSTN network

30: sound source ringback tone providing device 32: multimedia ringback tone providing device

34: data network 36: PDSN

The present invention relates to a ring back tone service for providing various contents, and more particularly, to a method and system for transmitting multimedia data to a calling terminal in response to a voice call connection request of the calling terminal.

Currently, the ringback tone service is provided with a so-called coloring service, such as a sound source ringback tone, so that music is output, rather than an electric ringtone. As a result, there are disadvantages in that various contents are not provided.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia ringback tone service method and apparatus for providing various contents such as a sound source, an image, an avatar, and the like, to solve the above problems.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia ring back tone service method and apparatus for pushing multimedia data to a calling terminal through a data network in response to a voice call connection request of the calling terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia ring back tone service method and apparatus for extracting an image and a sound source corresponding to a current state of a subscriber station and transmitting the same to a caller, and other objects are described below. It will be clearer through the preferred embodiment.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method for providing a service for transmitting the multimedia data preset by the called terminal to the calling terminal in response to a call request of the calling terminal in the multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus; And sending a multimedia ringback tone service request corresponding to the voice call connection request from the originating terminal, wherein the multimedia ringback tone service request includes the calling terminal and the called terminal information. And correspondingly extracting the preset multimedia data corresponding to the called terminal and pushing the extracted multimedia data and the calling terminal information to a data transmitting device, wherein the data transmitting device uses the calling terminal information. Set by A multimedia RBT service providing method and apparatus for transmitting the multimedia data via a data call with the calling terminal is provided.

Here, the multimedia ringback tone service request may be generated by the exchange that confirms whether the terminating terminal subscribes to the multimedia ringback tone service. The multimedia ringback tone providing device is combined with a sound source ringback tone providing device through a network. The multimedia ringback tone service request may be generated by the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus confirming whether or not the called terminal subscribes to the multimedia ringback tone service. In addition, the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus transmits a sound source ringback tone preset in correspondence with the called terminal to the exchange, and the exchange may transmit the sound source ringback tone through the voice call set up with the originating terminal, The terminal information may include at least one of a terminal number (MIN), an ESN, and a subscriber ID. The terminal information may further include state information preset by a subscriber of the called terminal, and extracting preset multimedia data corresponding to the called terminal in response to the multimedia ringback tone service request. The method may include extracting multimedia data corresponding to the state information from a plurality of linked multimedia data.

Hereinafter, a method and apparatus for providing a multimedia ringback tone service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding to the reference numerals. Components to which the same reference numerals are given and duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram schematically showing an overall system configuration for performing a method for providing a multimedia ring back tone service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The overall system for providing a multimedia ringback tone service according to FIG. 1 includes an originating terminal 10, an originating base station 20, an originating exchange 24, a PSTN 28, a destination exchange 26, and a telephone station 23. ), The called base station 22, the called terminal 12, the sound source ringback tone providing device 30, the multimedia ringback tone providing device 32, the data network 34, PDSN (Public Subscriber Data Network) 36 It is configured to include.

The calling terminal 10 and the called terminal 12 include both a mobile communication terminal including a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook, as well as a wired terminal such as a telephone capable of displaying an image and the like. The terminal, particularly the calling terminal 10 according to the present invention, must support SVD (Simultaneous Voice & Data). SVD refers to a function capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving voice data according to voice call connection and general data through the data network 34. According to the SVD function, the calling terminal 10 may simultaneously receive a sound source ringback tone and multimedia data when a voice call connection request is made for a voice call.

The public subscriber telephone network (PSTN) 28 is a communication network capable of transmitting and receiving voice data, and performs a function of transmitting a sound source ringback tone transmitted from the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus 30 to the calling terminal 10. In addition, the switch 24 includes a home location register (HLR) that performs a function of storing and managing information about the calling terminal 10 and the called terminal 12, so that the switch 24 provides a sound source ringback tone providing device 30 with multimedia. When requesting a ringback tone service, it performs a function of providing information on the originating terminal 10 and the terminating terminal 12 from the HLR to the exchange 24.

The data network 34 transmits image data transmitted from the multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus 32 to the calling terminal 10 through the PDSN 36.

The sound source ringback tone providing apparatus 30 stores information of a terminal subscribed to a service, stores and manages sound source ringback tone data corresponding to the terminal information, and transmits the sound source ringback tone through a communication network according to a service request signal ( 10) to transmit the function. In addition, the multimedia ringback tone service request signal is received and transmits the service request signal including the terminal information to the multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus 32 for image data transmission.

The multimedia ring back tone providing apparatus 32 performs a function of transmitting the multimedia data corresponding to the terminal subscribed to the service to the calling terminal 10 according to the service request message. Here, the multimedia data according to the present invention is not only general image data, but also a concept including various static images and dynamic images such as advertisement messages, emoticons, avatars, and moving characters. That is, it may include all data that can be displayed on the screen. Hereinafter, an image is taken as an example among the multimedia data.

 In addition, the multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus 32 may extract and set an image corresponding to the state information of the subscriber (called terminal) from the plurality of images.

The multimedia ring back tone providing apparatus 32 receives state information such as the out of a call right, a terminal off state, a call availability state, and location information of the called terminal 12 when receiving the called terminal 12 information stored in the HLR. . Accordingly, by extracting and sending an image corresponding to the state information, the calling terminal 10 can receive an image corresponding to the state information from the plurality of images.

Hereinafter, a procedure of providing a multimedia ringback tone service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

According to FIG. 2, in step S210, the calling terminal 10 requests the switch 24 to call a connection with the called terminal 12. Here, the call request of the calling terminal 10 is a voice call connection request for a voice call. The present invention transmits not only the sound source ringback tone but also the image through the data network 34 rather than the voice call to the calling party for the voice call connection request from the calling party.

In step S220, the switch 24 receives the location information of the called terminal 12 and the information according to the multimedia ringback tone subscription status of the called terminal 12 from the HLR.

In step S230, the switch 24 transmits the multimedia ringback tone service request signal including the information of the called terminal 12 to the sound source ringback tone providing device 30. The information of the terminal may be at least one of a telephone number, a subscriber name, and a subscriber number. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the switch 24 may transmit the multimedia ringback tone service request signal to the multimedia ringback tone providing device 32 without passing through the sound source ringback tone providing device 30. That is, the service request may be made to the multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus 32 including information on a terminal that subscribes to the multimedia ringback tone service regardless of whether the sound source ringback tone service is subscribed.

In operation S240, the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus 30 checks the reception status of the received terminal 12, and extracts the corresponding sound source ringback tone.

In step S250, the extracted sound source ringback tone is transmitted to the calling terminal 10 through the mobile communication network (PSTN).

In step S260, the service request signal including the information on the terminal whose subscription status is confirmed is transmitted to the multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus 32.

In operation S270, the multimedia ring back tone providing apparatus 32 extracts an image corresponding to the information of the called terminal 12. An extraction procedure of an image corresponding to state information of the called terminal 12 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

In operation S280, the extracted image is transmitted to the calling terminal 10 through the data network 34. Here, the originating terminal 10 information may be transmitted from the originating exchange 24 through the sound source ringback tone providing device 30. In addition, the image transmission method may transmit the image after setting the data call path, but for faster transmission, it is preferably transmitted in the form of a push (push) to the data network (34). That is, it is combined with a data transmission device that performs a function of transmitting data, and pushes an image to the data transmission device. The data transmission device sends the image to the calling terminal.

Here, the sound source ringback tone providing device 30 and the multimedia ringback tone providing device 32 may be combined through a communication network, and may also be configured as one device to provide a sound source ringback tone and an image together. . It demonstrates with reference to FIG.

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for providing a sound source ringback tone and image data together in a multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus.

In step S310 according to FIG. 3, a service request signal including information on a terminal subscribed to a service is received.

In step S320, the sound source ringback tone corresponding to the terminal information is extracted. Here, the authentication procedure of the subscribed terminal may be included.

In step S330, the extracted sound source ringback tone is transmitted to the calling terminal 10 through the mobile communication network.

In step S340, it is determined whether to subscribe to the multimedia ringback tone (image providing) service through the terminal information.

In operation S350, an image corresponding to the service-subscribed terminal information is extracted.

In operation S360, the extracted image is transmitted to the calling terminal 10 through the data network 34.

4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 4, the multimedia ring back tone providing apparatus 32 includes a receiver 410, a storage 420, a data extractor 430, and an image transmitter 440.

The receiver 410 performs a function of receiving a service request message including information of a terminal subscribed to a service. It is coupled with the voice network to receive the service request message generated from the switch 24.

The storage unit 420 stores the terminal information and the corresponding image data. Here, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the state information of various subscribers such as sadness, busyness, joy, drowsiness, excitement, class, etc. may be stored, and image data corresponding to the state information may be set and stored.

The data extractor 430 extracts an image corresponding to the terminal information. Here, when the multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus 32 provides a service according to the state information, the data extracting unit 430 may perform image data according to the state information of the called terminal stored in the HLR according to the state of the called terminal 12. You can also search for and extract.

The data transmitter 440 transmits the extracted image combined with the data network 34 to the calling terminal 10 through the data network 34.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process of extracting and transmitting image data corresponding to state information of a called terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In step S510 of FIG. 5, the service request signal including the information of the called party 12 subscribed to the service is received. Here, the destination terminal 12 information includes the state information of the destination terminal 12. The HLR includes state information such as off state, on state, and position information of the called terminal. When the calling side exchange 24 receives the called terminal 12 information from the HLR, the HLR receives information including the state information. . Therefore, the switch 24 transmits the information of the destination terminal 12 including the status information when the multimedia ringback tone service is requested, so that the multimedia ringback tone device receives the status information.

In operation S520, the change of the status information is checked by comparing the preset status information with the received status information. This is a method of presetting the status information, and data corresponding to the status information is also preset. However, a method of searching for and extracting data corresponding to the state information received at the service request may be used without setting the state information in advance. That is, the data is extracted using the newly received status information immediately without comparing the existing status information with the newly received status information. Rather than extracting data corresponding to the received status information every time, it is preferable to extract new data only when the changed status information is changed by comparing the preset status information with the received status information when the service request is received. It is preferable that data corresponding to state information indicating a call availability state is usually set.

In step S530, if there is no change in the state information, the preset data is extracted.

If there is a change in the state information in step S540, the data corresponding to the new state information is retrieved. In step S550, the retrieved data is extracted, and the extracted data is set as data corresponding to the destination terminal 12 information.

In operation S560, the extracted ringtone is transmitted to the calling terminal 10 through the switch 24, and the image is transmitted through the data network 34.

Here, it is preferable that the sound source ringback tone providing device 30 also provides a sound source ringback tone corresponding to the state information of the called terminal 12 with respect to a service for extracting and providing image data corresponding to the state information. By extracting and providing a sound source ringback tone corresponding to the subscriber's status information from among a plurality of sound source ringback tones set in advance by the subscriber, it is possible to provide various sound source ringback tones suitable for the mood of the subscriber.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method and apparatus for providing a multimedia ringback tone service for providing various contents such as a sound source, an image, an avatar, and the like.

In addition, there is an effect that can provide a multimedia ringback tone service method and apparatus for extracting an image and a sound source corresponding to the current state of the service subscriber station to transmit to the caller.

Therefore, the multimedia ringback tone service according to the present invention can provide pleasure to the customer, and the operator is provided with a great effect to promote the activity of the radio.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

Claims (9)

A method for providing a service in which a multimedia ringback tone providing apparatus coupled to a sound source ringback tone providing apparatus through a network transmits multimedia data preset by a called terminal to the calling terminal according to a call request of the calling terminal. Receiving a multimedia ringback tone service request corresponding to a voice call connection request from the calling terminal from the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus, wherein the multimedia ringback tone service request includes calling terminal information and called terminal information; Extracting preset multimedia data corresponding to the called terminal; And Pushing the extracted multimedia data and the calling terminal information to a data transmission device, The multimedia data is transmitted by the data transmission device through a data call with the calling terminal set by using the calling terminal information, and the sound source ringback tone is set in correspondence with the called terminal by the sound source ringback tone providing device. Multimedia ring back tone service providing method characterized in that the transmission via the voice call set to the calling terminal. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus checks whether the terminating terminal subscribes to the multimedia ringback tone service. The apparatus of claim 1 or 3, wherein the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus transmits a predetermined sound source ringback tone corresponding to the called terminal to the exchange, and the exchange exchanges the sound source ringback tone through a voice call set up with the originating terminal. Multimedia ring back tone service providing method characterized in that for transmitting. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal information includes at least one of a terminal number (MIN), an ESN, and a subscriber ID. The method of claim 5, wherein the called terminal information further comprises state information preset by a subscriber of the called terminal. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein multimedia data corresponding to the state information is extracted from a plurality of multimedia data associated with the called terminal subscriber. In the device coupled to the sound source ringback tone providing device through a network, providing a service for transmitting the multimedia data preset by the called terminal to the calling terminal in response to a call request of the calling terminal, A storage unit which stores preset multimedia data corresponding to the called terminal; A receiving unit for receiving a multimedia ringback tone service request corresponding to a voice call connection request from the calling terminal from the sound source ringback tone providing apparatus, wherein the multimedia ringback tone service request includes calling terminal information and called terminal information; A data extracting unit for extracting, in the storage unit, multimedia data preset in correspondence with the called terminal in response to the multimedia ring back tone service request; And Including a data transmission unit for pushing the extracted multimedia data and the calling terminal information to a data transmission device, The extracted multimedia data is transmitted by the data transmitting apparatus through a data call with the calling terminal set using the calling terminal information, and the sound source ring preset in correspondence with the called terminal by the sound source ring back tone providing apparatus. And a back tone is transmitted through a voice call set to the calling terminal. The method of claim 8, wherein the called terminal information further includes state information of the called terminal, And the data extracting unit extracts, from the storage unit, multimedia data corresponding to the state information among a plurality of multimedia data corresponding to the called terminal.

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