KR100857147B1 - Method and system for multi messaging service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a multi-party messaging service that can send and receive messages between the multi-party, knowing the information of the other called party who has received the same content in addition to the called party receiving the incoming message, when sending the response message to the incoming message, It is possible to send a response message by using the information of the other called party, and it is possible to deliver a message to multiple users by writing and sending a message once, so that multiple users can conveniently use it as a chat function. And it relates to a multi-party messaging service system and a method for providing a more efficient communication with the other called party.

Messaging service, multi-party, MMS, SMS, mobile terminal

Description

Multi-party messaging service system and method of providing {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI MESSAGING SERVICE}

1 is a conceptual diagram of a multiparty messaging service system according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a multi-party messaging service system according to an example of the present invention.

3A is a diagram illustrating an example in which a caller creates a message according to the present invention.

3B illustrates an example of a message received by a first called party according to the present invention.

3C illustrates an example of a message received by a second called party according to the present invention.

3D illustrates an example of a message received by a third called party according to the present invention.

4A is a diagram illustrating an example in which a first called party according to the present invention creates a response message.

4B is a diagram illustrating an example in which a caller receives a response message according to the present invention.

4C is a diagram illustrating an example in which a second called party according to the present invention receives a response message.

4D is a diagram illustrating an example in which a third called party according to the present invention receives a response message.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving an incoming message and a response message according to an example of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a multiparty messaging service system according to an example of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a multi-party messaging service system according to another example of the present invention.

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200: multiparty messaging service system

210: message receiving unit

220: control unit

230: message transmission unit

The present invention relates to a multi-party messaging service system, and more particularly, to a system capable of receiving multi-party caller information for transmitting and receiving a message of the same content to enable more efficient transmission and reception of messages.

As the mobile communication terminal is widely used, a short message service (SMS) that can exchange sentences in proportion to this is widely used. The text message service is firmly established as one of the communication means because the message can be delivered in real time. In particular, the text message service is basically provided with a function of transmitting a call number and a message between the mobile communication terminal, in particular, for the convenience of the user can be easily used because anyone can send and receive messages and information interactively. In addition, recently, a multimedia messaging system (MMS: Multimedia Messaging System) capable of transmitting a message including various types of data such as still images, music, voice, and video, as well as existing text messages, has been used. have.

The messaging service system can transmit a text message and a multimedia message to a plurality of users instead of one user through a mobile communication terminal, so that a message can be delivered to a plurality of users by creating and transmitting a single message. Therefore, it is possible to communicate with multiple users at the same time, so it is very convenient to communicate by delivering a message to a specific group of users.

However, the conventional messaging service system has limitations in communication with other message receivers because the message receiver cannot know whether or not another receiver has received the message together. A response message is sent only to the sender, making it impossible to communicate with other recipients.

Therefore, the present invention enables a more efficient communication with the caller and the other recipients by enabling the other party to know the information of the other recipient who has received the same content in addition to the corresponding recipient who has received the incoming message in the multi-party messaging service. The present invention provides a multi-party messaging service system and a method for providing a message to a plurality of users by using a message of another called party, which is also received by another called party, by sending and receiving a response message.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, in the case of a multi-party messaging service, so that the information of the other called party that has received the same content in addition to the called party receiving the incoming message, so as to know the sender and other It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-party messaging service system and method capable of more efficient communication with a called party.

In addition, according to the present invention, when transmitting a response message to the sender, it is possible to transmit a response message using the information of the other called party also received to the other called party, so that the message is sent to a plurality of users in one message creation and transmission. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-party messaging service system and method which enables a plurality of users to be conveniently used as a chat function by a plurality of users.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, to achieve the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, a distributed flow control system according to one aspect of the present invention, from the sender's mobile communication terminal A message receiving unit for receiving an incoming message transmitted to a plurality of recipients, a message controller for controlling the transmission of the incoming message, and movement of the first called party among the plurality of recipients under the control of the message controller. And a message transmitter for transmitting to a communication terminal, wherein the message controller includes both the second called party information and the remaining called party information in the received incoming message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the message receiving unit receives a response message from the mobile communication terminal of the first called party, the message control unit in response to receiving the response message, the message transmitter is the mobile communication terminal of the sender And transmitting all the response messages to the mobile communication terminal of the remaining called party.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the first called party information is located first among the plurality of called party information, and the message controller includes both the caller information and the remaining called party information in the received response message.

According to another aspect of the invention, the message or the response message is a multimedia message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, receiving an incoming message transmitted from a sender's mobile terminal to a plurality of called parties, the received incoming message includes all of the second called party information and the remaining called party information of the plurality of called parties; And transmitting the received incoming message to the mobile communication terminal of the first called party.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in response to receiving the response message from the mobile communication terminal of the first called party and in response to receiving the response message, the message transmitting unit of the mobile communication terminal of the caller and the other called party And transmitting all of the response messages to the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited to the embodiments. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 illustrates a network configuration of a multiparty messaging service system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the multi-party messaging service system according to the present invention enables the transmission and reception of messages between a plurality of mobile communication terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140. The multiparty messaging service system receives an incoming message from a specific mobile communication terminal among a plurality of mobile communication terminals. Thereafter, the received incoming message is transmitted to the plurality of mobile communication terminals. In particular, the received incoming message includes information of the plurality of mobile communication terminals, and then the incoming message is transmitted to the plurality of mobile communication terminals. For example, when the sender's mobile communication terminal 110 transmits a message to a plurality of called mobile communication terminals 120, 130 and 140, the multi-party messaging service system 100 is the sender's mobile communication terminal 110. Receive incoming messages transmitted to the plurality of called mobile communication terminals (120, 130, 140) from the receiver, and the incoming message including the information of the second called mobile communication terminal 130 and the third called mobile communication terminal 140 The first called party transmits the message to the mobile communication terminal 130. Also, an incoming message including information on the first called mobile communication terminal 130 and the third called mobile communication terminal 140 is transmitted to the second called mobile communication terminal 130. In addition, an incoming message including the first receiver mobile communication terminal 130 information and the second receiver mobile communication terminal 140 information is transmitted to the third receiver mobile communication terminal 130. Accordingly, each called party mobile communication terminal 120, 130, 140 receives information from the called party mobile communication terminal 120, 130, 140 that received the same incoming message at the same time from the caller mobile communication terminal 110, in addition to each called party itself. In this case, it is possible to know which recipient mobile communication terminals 120, 130, and 140 simultaneously receive the same message.

In addition, in the multi-party messaging service system according to the present invention, each of the mobile communication terminals receiving the incoming message among the plurality of mobile communication terminals 110, 120, 130, 140 may transmit a response message to the incoming message, Similarly, the response message includes information on a plurality of mobile communication terminals corresponding to a receiving mobile communication terminal receiving the response message. For example, when the mobile communication terminal 120 of the first called party transmits a response message to the incoming message among the plurality of mobile communication terminals 110, 120, 130, and 140, the multi-party messaging service system 110 may Receive a response message from the first called mobile communication terminal 120, and transmits the response message to the caller's mobile communication terminal 110, the second called mobile communication terminal 130 and the fourth called mobile communication terminal 140. do. At this time, the multiparty messaging service system 110 transmits a response message including the information of the second called mobile communication terminal 130 and the third called mobile communication terminal 140 to the caller mobile communication terminal 110. 2 Sends a response message including the caller mobile communication terminal 110 information and the third caller mobile communication terminal 140 information to the called party mobile communication terminal 130, and the caller mobile communication to the third called mobile communication terminal 140 side The response message including the terminal 110 information and the information of the second called party mobile terminal 130 is transmitted. That is, when the first recipient mobile communication terminal 120 transmits a response message to the message received from the caller mobile communication terminal 110, the caller mobile communication terminal 120 transmits a response message. On the mobile communication terminal (110, 130, 140) side, at the same time receiving information of the called mobile communication terminal (110, 130, 140) receiving a response message, any mobile communication terminal (110, 130, 140) other than the called party itself It can be seen whether the simultaneous reception of the response message of the same content.

2 is a block diagram of a multi-party messaging service system according to an example of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the multi-party messaging service system 200 according to the present invention includes a message receiver 210, a message controller 220, and a message transmitter 230.

The message receiving unit 210 receives an incoming message transmitted to the plurality of called parties from the sender's mobile communication terminal. In addition, the message receiving unit 210 may receive a response message to the incoming message from the called party. The message receiver 210 transmits the received incoming message or the response message to the message controller 220.

The message controller 220 controls the transmission of the incoming message received from the message receiver 210. In particular, the message controller 220 includes information of the plurality of called parties receiving the incoming message in the incoming message. In addition, the message controller 220 allows the called party information to be configured by placing the called party information corresponding to each called party first among the plurality of called party information included in the incoming message. Through this configuration, the multiparty messaging service system can distinguish to which recipients incoming messages to be sent to a plurality of called parties.

In addition, the response message received from the message receiver 210 controls the sender's mobile communication terminal 110 and the other called party's mobile communication terminal to transmit the response message through the message transmitter 230, in which case the sender responds to the sender. The response message may be generated by including the information and the information of the other recipients except for the recipient who transmitted the response message, and the message transmitter 230 may control the transmission of the response message.

In this case, the above message or response message may be a multimedia message, or may also be applied to a general short message. In addition, the information of the called party and the information of the caller may include the number or name of the mobile communication terminal.

The message transmitter 230 transmits the received incoming message to the terminals of the plurality of called parties under the control of the message controller 220.

An example in which the sender mobile communication terminal 110 and the plurality of called mobile communication terminals 120, 130, and 140 transmit and receive an incoming message or a response message using the multi-party messaging service will be described below.

3A is a diagram illustrating an example in which a caller creates a message according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the sender mobile communication terminal 110 creates a new message to transmit a message to the plurality of called mobile communication terminals 120, 130, and 140. The new message created by the sender mobile communication terminal 110 is inputted by the user's own sender information 305 to the origination 301 and the number 306 of the called mobile communication terminal to which the created message is received at the reception 302. , 307, 308 are input. In addition, the content 303 writes content 309 to be received by the recipient mobile communication terminals 120, 130, and 140. In addition, in the case of a multimedia message, the attachment 304 may attach a file 310 of a photo, a sound source, or videos.

3B illustrates an example of an incoming message received by the first called party according to the present invention.

When the mobile communication terminal 120 of the first called party receives an incoming message from the mobile communication terminal 110 of the first called party, information of the calling mobile communication terminal transmitting the incoming message is sent to the origination 311 of the incoming message. That is, the caller information 315 of the caller mobile communication terminal 110 is displayed, and the reception 312 displays information 316 of the first caller 120 who has received the incoming message, and the caller mobile communication. The other recipient mobile communication terminals information 317 and 318 that received the incoming message together from the terminal 110 are displayed together. The content 313 displays the content 319 to which the caller wishes to convey, and the attachment 314 displays the attached multimedia file.

In this way, the information 316 and 317 of the other called mobile communication terminal which received the incoming message displayed on the reception 312 can be checked. In particular, the incoming message received by the mobile communication terminal 120 of the first called party may be configured such that the information 316 of the first called mobile communication terminal is first located at the reception 312. In addition, the first called party may transmit a response message to the incoming message by using the information 315, 317, and 318 of the mobile communication terminal included in the origination 311 and the reception 312.

3C is a diagram illustrating an example of an incoming message received by a second called party according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the incoming message received by the mobile communication terminal 130 of the second called party is the same as the incoming message received by the mobile communication terminal 120 of the first called party. ) Displays the information 325 of the caller mobile communication terminal that transmitted the incoming message, that is, the caller information 325 of the caller mobile communication terminal 110, and the second caller 120 receiving the incoming message 120 in the reception 322. The own information 326 is displayed, and the information of other called mobile communication terminals 327 and 328 which have received the incoming message together from the caller mobile communication terminal 110 are displayed together. The content 323 displays the content 329 to which the caller wishes to convey, and the attachment 324 displays the attached multimedia file. In particular, the incoming message received by the mobile communication terminal 130 of the second called party may be configured such that the information 326 of the second called mobile communication terminal is first located at the reception 322.

3d is a diagram illustrating an example of an incoming message received by a third called party according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3D, the incoming message received by the mobile communication terminal 130 of the third called party is the same as the incoming message received by the mobile communication terminal 120 of the first called party. ), Information 335 of the caller mobile communication terminal that transmitted the incoming message, that is, caller information 335 of the caller mobile communication terminal 110 is displayed, and the reception 332 is the second called party 120 that received the incoming message. The information 336 of the user is displayed, and the information of other called mobile communication terminals 337 and 338 which together receive the incoming message from the caller mobile communication terminal 110 is displayed together. The content 333 displays the content 339 to which the caller wishes to convey, and the attachment 334 displays the attached multimedia file. In particular, the incoming message received by the mobile communication terminal 140 of the third called party may be configured such that the information 336 of the third called mobile communication terminal is first located at the reception 332.

Mobile communication terminal 120 of the first called party is called party information (317, 318) of the other recipient mobile communication terminals displayed on the reception 312 of the incoming message, and caller information 315 of the caller mobile communication terminal of the originating call (311) Using may transmit a response message to the incoming message.

4A is a diagram illustrating an example in which a first called party according to the present invention creates a response message.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the response message generated by the first called party includes information 405 of the mobile communication terminal that transmits the response message to the caller 401, that is, the mobile communication terminal caller information 405 of the first called party. The number 406 of the sender mobile communication terminal 110 and the number 407 and 408 of the called mobile communication terminals 130 and 140 are input to the reception 402. The input of the origination 401 and the reception 402 as described above may be automatically input through an operation of the menu button 404 on the screen on which the incoming message is received. In addition, in the content 403, a response content 409 to be received by the calling party mobile terminal 110 and the called mobile communication terminals 130 and 140 is written.

4B is a diagram illustrating an example in which a caller receives a response message according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the caller mobile communication terminal receiving the response message displays caller information 415 of the first called mobile communication terminal transmitting the response message to the caller 411 and receives the call 412. The caller information 416 of the caller mobile communication terminal 415 receiving the response message and the caller information 416 and 417 of the other caller mobile communication terminals 130 and 140 receiving the response message together are displayed. In addition, the content 503 displays the response message content 419 to the incoming message. In particular, the incoming message received by the sender's mobile communication terminal 110 may be configured such that the information 416 of the third called mobile communication terminal is initially located at the reception 412.

4C illustrates an example in which a second called party according to the present invention receives a response message, and FIG. 4D illustrates an example in which a third called party according to the present invention receives a response message.

As shown in FIGS. 4C and 4D, the mobile communication terminals 130 and 140 of the second called party and the third called party receive a message having the same contents as the response message received by the calling party mobile communication terminal 110. .

As shown in FIG. 4C, the second called party mobile communication terminal 130 may receive a response message in which the called party information 422 is located first at the reception 421. As shown in FIG. 4D, the third called party The mobile communication terminal 140 may receive a response message in which the called party information 432 is located first at the reception 431.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving an incoming message and a response message according to an example of the present invention.

The multiparty messaging service system 500 transmits and receives a message and a response message when the caller information of the sender is A, the caller information of the first called party is B, the caller information of the second called party is C, and the caller information of the third called party is D. The method is as follows.

When the caller 510 has the caller information A, the caller information B; C; D, and composes and transmits an incoming message with contents and photos attached thereto, the multiparty messaging service system 500 receives the incoming message.

The multiparty messaging service system 500 transmits an incoming message with contents and photos attached to the first called party 520 in the order of the sender information A, the called party information B; C; D, and the second called party 530. ), The sender information is A, the recipient information is C; B; D in the order of sending the incoming message with the contents and photos attached, and the third party is the caller information A, and the recipient information is D; B; C Send an incoming message with the contents and photos attached in order. Each called party 520, 530, 540 receives an incoming message from the multiparty messaging service system 500 with its called number first.

When the first called party 520 composes a sender information of B, and the called party information is A; C; D, and composes and transmits a response message with the contents and photos attached thereto, the multiparty messaging service system 500 receives the response message. .

The multiparty messaging service system 500 transmits an incoming message with contents and photos attached to the caller 510 in the order of caller information B, and the recipient information A; C; D, and to the second caller 530. Caller information consists of B, called party information is C; A; D in order to send an incoming message with the contents and photos attached.For the third party, caller information is B, called party information is D; A; C It is configured to send an incoming message with content and photos attached. Each called party 530, 540 and the calling party 510 receive a response message from the multiparty messaging service system 500 with their called number first.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a multiparty messaging service system according to an example of the present invention.

The multi-party messaging service system 600 receives an incoming message from the caller 610 and describes a method of transmitting an incoming message to a plurality of called parties 620, 630, and 640.

When the sender 610 composes and transmits a message to the plurality of called parties 620, 630, and 640 (S610), the multiparty messaging service system 600 receives an incoming message from the initiator 610 (S620), A plurality of called party information is included in the received incoming message (S630). At this time, the multiparty messaging service system 600 is the incoming message to be transmitted to the first called party 620, the information of the mobile communication terminal of the first called party 620, that is, the call number or name of the mobile communication terminal, etc. 630 and 640 are located first than the information of the mobile communication terminal. Similarly, the multiparty messaging service system 600 also allows the incoming message to be received by the second called party 630 and the incoming message to be received by the third called party 640 to be located at the beginning of each recipient's information.

The multiparty messaging service system 600 transmits the incoming message to the first called party 620, the second called party 630, and the third called party 640, respectively (S640). In this case, the multiparty messaging service system 600 may simultaneously transmit the incoming message to each called party 620, 630, and 640, or may transmit the received message in a predetermined order.

The first called party 620 receives an incoming message including information of the other called person, that is, the second called party 630 and the third called party 640, from the multiparty messaging service system 600 (S650). In this case, the incoming message received by the first called party 620 includes information of the first called party 620 among the first called party 620 information, the second called party 630 information, and the third called party 640 information. The second called party 630 information and the third called party 640 information are then sequentially located and displayed. Accordingly, the first called party 620 may check a list of a plurality of called parties 630 and 640 who have received an incoming message other than the first called party 620 from the caller 610. In addition, similarly to the first called party 620, the second called party 630 and the third called party 640 have their own information on the first recipient 630 or the third called party 640. The information of the other called party receives the incoming message sequentially located next (S660 and S670).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a multi-party messaging service according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

The multi-party messaging service system 700 receives a response message from a specific recipient among a plurality of recipients who have received the incoming message, and describes a method of transmitting a response message to the caller and each recipient as follows.

When the first called party 720 creates and transmits a response message to the received message (S710), the multiparty messaging service system 700 receives the response message (S720).

The multiparty messaging service system 700 includes the sender information and the plurality of called party information in the received response message (S730).

At this time, the multi-party messaging service system 700 is a response message to be transmitted to the caller 710, the information of the mobile communication terminal of the caller 710, that is, the call number or name of the mobile communication terminal, the other called party 730, 740 ) To be located first than the information of the mobile communication terminal. Similarly, the multiparty messaging service system 700 also allows each recipient's information to be placed first in the incoming message that the second called party 730 will receive and the response message that the third called party 740 will receive.

The multiparty messaging service system 700 transmits the response message as described above to the sender 710, the second called party 730, and the third called party 740, respectively (S740). In this case, the multiparty messaging service system 700 may simultaneously transmit the incoming message to the caller 710 and each called party 730 and 740, or may transmit the call in a predetermined order.

The caller 710 receives a response message including information of other called parties, that is, the second called party 730 and the third called party 740, from the multiparty messaging service system 700 (S750). In this case, among the caller 710 information, the second called party 730 information, and the third called party 740 information, the information of the caller 710 is located first in the response message received by the caller 710. The second called party 730 information and the third called party 740 information that received the message together are then sequentially displayed and displayed. Accordingly, the caller 710 may check the list of the plurality of callers 730 and 740 who have received a response message from the first caller 720 in addition to the caller 710 itself. In addition, similarly to the caller 710, the second called party 730 and the third called party 740 have their own information on the first called party 730 or the third called party 740, and the caller or plurality The other called party's information receives a response message sequentially located next (S760, S770).

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the present invention, in the multi-party messaging service, since the information of the other called party who has received the same contents other than the called party that has received the incoming message can be known, more efficient communication with the caller and the other called party is possible.

In addition, according to the present invention, when transmitting a response message to the sender, it is possible to transmit a response message using the information of the other called party also received to the other called party, so that the message is sent to a plurality of users in one message creation and transmission. Since transfer is possible, a plurality of users can conveniently use it as a chat function.

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A message receiving unit which receives an incoming message transmitted from a sender's mobile communication terminal to a plurality of called parties; A message controller which controls the transmission of the incoming message; Under the control of the message control unit, a message transmitting unit for transmitting the received incoming message to a mobile communication terminal of a first called party of the plurality of called parties Including, And the message controller includes both of the first called party information and the remaining called party information in the received incoming message. The method of claim 1, The message receiving unit receives a response message from the mobile communication terminal of the first called party, And in response to receiving the response message, the message controller controls the message transmitter to transmit both the response message to the sender's mobile communication terminal and the other called mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The first called party information is located first among the plurality of called party information. The method of claim 2, And the message controller includes both the sender information and the remaining called party information in the received response message. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4. And wherein said message or said response message is a multimedia message. Receiving an incoming message transmitted from a calling party's mobile terminal to a plurality of called parties; Including both the first called party information and the remaining called party information of the plurality of called parties in the received incoming message; And Transmitting the received incoming message to a mobile communication terminal of the first called party; Multi-party messaging service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 6, Receiving a response message from the mobile communication terminal of the first called party; And In response to receiving the response message, transmitting, by the message transmitter, both the response message to the sender's mobile communication terminal and the other called mobile communication terminal; The multi-party messaging service providing method further comprises a

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