KR100863052B1 - System for providing a supplementary service of message service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a message supplementary service.

According to the present invention, a sender who subscribes to a message supplementary service may request termination of the message supplementary service when sending a message.

The message supplementary service providing system checks whether an additional service cancellation request is included in the message requested for processing additional service. At this time, if the request for termination of the additional service is included, a message not processed for the additional service is transmitted to the message receiver. If the request for canceling the supplementary service is not included, the message sender sends the message to the message receiver.

Mobile communication network, message service, message supplementary service

Description

System for providing a supplementary service and a method thereof

1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic network structure for providing a message supplementary service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for providing a message additional service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a message format according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a message additional service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a message additional service processing procedure of a message service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a message supplementary service. More specifically, the present invention relates to a message supplementary service of a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a system and a method for implementing a message supplementary service which is additionally provided in addition to a basic message service.

Message service through mobile communication network is developed from simple text-oriented short message service (SMS), and the use of multimedia message service (MMS) that can transmit images, sound, video, animation, etc. The trend is increasing.

Recently, the message service through the mobile communication network has provided a message additional service with an additional function in addition to the basic function of the message service. This message supplementary service is delivered to the message receiver by performing the supplementary service processing that is collectively subscribed when using the message service.

A message supplementary service is generally a subscription supplementary service, and a subscription supplementary service is provided for a corresponding period of time after the user's subscription and before an application for termination. Therefore, even if you do not want to temporarily process the additional service when using the message service, you must perform a procedure for canceling the message additional service itself, and if you want to use the message additional service again, you must repeat the sign-up procedure, causing inconvenience to the user. There is this.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a message supplementary service capable of canceling a message supplementary service in a message service origination process of a mobile communication network.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing a message additional service capable of temporarily canceling a message additional service when using a message service of a mobile communication network.

In order to achieve the problems described above, the message added service providing system according to the characteristics of the present invention,
Claims [1] A system for providing a message supplementary service attaching an additional function to a message service of a mobile communication network, the system comprising: a receiving unit which receives a message sent by a subscriber of the message supplementary service; By analyzing the called number field of the message received through the receiving unit to determine whether the cancellation indicator requesting the temporary additional service cancellation for the message, and if the cancellation indicator is included by removing the cancellation indicator from the message A message controller which transmits a message not processed by the message supplementary service to a called party; If the cancellation indicator is not included in the message, the message includes an additional service processing unit for processing the message additional service of the message additional service subscriber.

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Method for providing a message additional service according to a feature of the present invention,
A method for providing a message supplementary service attaching an additional function to a message service of a mobile communication network, the method comprising: interpreting a called party number field of a message sent by a subscriber of the message supplementary service and temporarily canceling the supplementary supplementary service for the sent message. Checking whether the requesting termination indicator is included; If the termination indicator is included, removing the termination indicator from the sent message and transmitting a message that has not been processed by the message additional service to the called party; And if the cancellation indicator is not included, performing the message supplementary service processing of the message supplementary service subscriber in the message and transmitting the message supplementary service to the corresponding called party.

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

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, “block”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. It can be implemented as.

Now, a system and a method for providing a message additional service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic network structure for providing a message supplementary service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to Figure 1, the structure of a mobile communication network for providing a message additional service that can be temporarily terminated according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal (100a, 100b), mobile telephone base station 200, mobile telephone switching station 300 , A home location register (HLR) 400, a message service center 500, a subscriber management server 600, and a message additional service providing system 700. Brief description of each configuration is as follows.

The mobile communication terminals 100a and 100b are terminals that a user can carry and communicate with, and can transmit and receive messages through a mobile communication network. Here, the message includes a message provided through a short message service (SMS) or a multimedia message service (MMS).

At this time, the mobile communication terminals (100a, 100b) are divided into a message sender (100a) and a message receiver (100b).

Here, the message originating mobile terminal 100a is a terminal of a message supplementary service subscriber attaching an additional function to a message service of a mobile communication network, and may request termination of a message supplementary service when a message service is sent. In this case, the termination request may be made by including a termination indicator requesting termination in the message.

The mobile phone base station 200 is a network termination device that is directly coupled to the mobile communication terminals 100a and 100b through a wireless channel by performing baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and wireless signal transmission / reception. Although not shown in the figure, the mobile telephone base station 200 is managed and controlled by a base station controller. The base station controller controls and manages one or more mobile telephone base stations, and performs traffic, signaling, and mobility management related to call processing.

The mobile switching center 300 performs call processing, basic and additional service processing, location registration procedure and handoff procedure processing, interworking with other networks, etc. of subscribers originated and received at the mobile telephone base station 200.

Home Location Register (HLR) 400 provides various information such as subscriber's origination, incoming status, additional services and subscriber location information. And interact with a non-shown visitor location register (VLR) that temporarily stores member information related to mobile communication terminals 100a and 100b mounted in mobile switching centers 300a and 300b. It supports various functions related to service.

The message service center 500 collectively shows a configuration of providing a message service in a mobile communication network, and includes a short message service center (SMSC) or a multimedia message service center (MMSC). .

The subscriber management server 600 includes a subscriber information DB 620 for storing personal information of the mobile communication service subscriber, terminal information, and additional service information, and manages subscriber information stored in the subscriber information DB 620. At this time, the subscriber information DB 620 stores detailed information about the subscription of the supplementary service, including whether the message supplementary service is subscribed and the supplementary service processing.

The message supplementary service providing system 700 performs a message supplementary service process of attaching an additional function to a message transmitted by the message originating mobile terminal 100a. Here, the embodiments of the message supplementary service are listed for clarity as follows. In other words, as a message supplementary service, a message supplementary service sends a text message, and text-type emoticons suitable for text message contents are automatically combined and delivered in SMS form, and a nickname to be attached at the end of the message is set in advance. If you send a message, the nickname is automatically attached to the SMS nickname service, sending a message, as well as the existing simple text, my character in the form of an avatar is sent along with the character text service to express my status in a fun way instead of characters. .

At this time, the message additional service providing system 700 checks whether the message sent by the originating mobile terminal 100a includes a request for canceling the message additional service, and thereby processes the message additional service or terminates the message additional service. Perform

That is, the message supplementary service providing system 700 adds a message according to whether or not a 'cancellation indicator' indicating a termination request is included in a message transmitted by a message supplementary service subscriber terminal (same as the message originating mobile terminal 100a). You can control the termination of services.

In this case, the termination may be a temporary request for a message supplementary service for a message transmitted by a subscriber station.

Next, an embodiment in the case of a temporary cancellation request will be described below.

Now, a detailed configuration of the message adding service providing system 700 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for providing a message additional service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 2, the configuration of the message added service providing system (700 of FIG. 1) includes a receiver 710, a message controller 720, an additional service processor 730, a transmitter 740, and a charging processor 750. do.

The receiving unit 710 is connected to the message service center 500 and performs all functions of an incoming call for processing a message additional service received from the message service center 500.

Here, the receiver 710 receives a message transmitted from the message originating mobile terminal 100a from the message service center 500.

In this case, the format of the received message may have a configuration as shown in FIG. 3. 3 illustrates a message format according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 3, the message format 800 includes a message header field 810 in which header information is included, a calling number field 820 in which number information of a message sender is stored, and a called number in which number information of a message called party is stored. Field 830, an additional service processing indicator field 840 in which additional service information subscribed to by a message sender is included, and a message body field 850 in which message content is stored.

Here, the additional service processing indicator field 840 contains a value provided from the subscriber DB 620 for the subscriber type additional service processing of the subscriber of the message originating mobile terminal 100a.

Meanwhile, the message controller 720 analyzes the destination number of the message received from the receiver 710 and checks whether the 'temporary termination indicator' is included to request the temporary termination of the message additional service.

In this case, the message controller 720 removes the 'temporary termination indicator' from the called number if the called number includes the 'temporary termination indicator'. Then, the message 're-constructed indicator' is reconstructed to the destination number from which it was removed, and transmits to the transmitter 740.

In addition, the message controller 720 transmits the message to the additional service processor 730 when the called number does not include the 'pause indicator'.

The additional service processor 730 interprets the additional service processing indicator field (840 in FIG. 3) of the message received from the message controller 720. The receiver 710 performs the processing of the additional service interpreted in the received message.

The transmitter 740 is connected to the message service center 500 and is responsible for all functions of an outgoing call for processing a message additional service transmitted to the message service center 500.

Here, the transmitter 740 transmits the message received from the message controller 720 or the additional service processor 730 to the message service center 500. That is, the message controller 720 receives the message reconstructed with the called number from which the 'temporary termination indicator' is removed and transmits it. Alternatively, the additional service processor 730 receives the additional service processed message by the additional service processing indicator field 840 and transmits it.

The charging processing unit 750 generates charging information according to whether the message additional service is used when the message reception response according to the normal reception of the message by the message destination side mobile communication terminal 100b is received through the reception unit 710. Here, the message reception response may be received by the message service center 500 from the message destination side mobile communication terminal 100b and transmitted to the reception unit 710.

At this time, the generated billing information is transmitted to a separate device (not shown in the figure) that processes the billing information of the subscriber of the message sending side mobile communication terminal (100b).

A method of providing a message supplementary service in a mobile communication network will be described based on the above-described configuration.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a message additional service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 4, when the message originating mobile terminal 100a of FIG. 1 transmits a message (S101), the message service center 500 of FIG. 1 receives the message.

The message service center 500 checks whether the sender of the received message is a subscriber of the message additional service (S103). In this case, whether to subscribe to the message additional service may be confirmed through subscriber information registered in the home location register 400 of FIG. 1 using the caller ID field of the received message.

If the sender of the received message is not a message supplementary service subscriber as a result of checking in step S103, the message service center 500 transmits the received message to the corresponding message destination side mobile communication terminal (100b of FIG. 1) (S105).

Alternatively, if the sender of the received message is the subscriber of the message supplementary service as a result of checking in step S013, the message service center 500 transmits the received message to the message supplementary service providing system 700 of FIG. 1 to process the message supplementary service. Request (S107).

The message service providing system 700 checks whether the message additional service is requested to be temporarily suspended for the message received in step S107 (S109).

If there is no request for the temporary termination of the message additional service (S109) as a result, the additional service process is performed on the message received in step S107 (S111) and transmitted to the message service center 500 (S113). The message service center 500 transmits the additional service processed message received in step S113 to the message destination side mobile communication terminal 100b of FIG. 1 (S115).

Alternatively, if there is a request for the temporary termination of the message additional service (S109), the non-processed message of the additional service is transmitted to the message service center 500 (S117). The message service center 500 transmits the received message to the message destination side mobile communication terminal 100b of FIG. 1 (S119).

Next, a detailed embodiment of the temporary termination processing of the message additional service of the message service providing system 700 will be described.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a message additional service processing procedure of a message service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 5, when the message service providing system 700 of FIG. 1 receives a message additional service request (S201), the called party number field 830 of FIG. 3 is interpreted (S203).

In this case, it is checked whether the called number field 830 includes a "temporary termination indicator" for requesting temporary termination of the message additional service (S205).

If it is not included in the result of the confirmation (S205), the additional service processing indicator field (840 in FIG. 1) of the message is interpreted (S207) and the corresponding additional service processing (S209) is performed.

If the result of the check (S205) includes the pause indicator in the destination number field 830 of the message (S211). At this time, the interpretation of the additional service processing indicator field 840 of the message is not performed.

Next, the message processed by the additional service in step S209 or the message from which the temporary stop indicator is deleted in step S211 is transmitted to the message destination side mobile communication terminal 100b of FIG. 1 through the message service center 500 ( S213).

In step S215, if the response is received from the message destination side mobile communication terminal 100b, whether or not the response is normally received, the charging information is generated (S217) and the additional service processing is terminated. That is, according to whether the additional service processing is performed on the message transmitted in step S213, charging information for the additional service processing or the charging information without charging the additional service fee may be generated.

Embodiments of the present invention are not implemented only through the above-described apparatus and / or method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiments of the present invention, a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and the like. Such implementations may be readily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the temporary message additional service can be temporarily canceled according to the message sender's selection, thereby eliminating the troublesome procedure of having to perform the re-subscription procedure after canceling the service.

In addition, the message sender can express the intention to temporarily terminate the additional message service in the process of entering the destination number when sending the message can further facilitate the use of the subscriber.

Claims (15)

In the system for providing a message added service that attaches an additional function to the message service of the mobile communication network, Receiving unit for receiving a message sent by the subscriber of the message supplementary service; By analyzing the called number field of the message received through the receiving unit to determine whether the cancellation indicator requesting the temporary additional service cancellation for the message, and if the cancellation indicator is included by removing the cancellation indicator from the message A message controller which transmits a message not processed by the message supplementary service to a called party; When the message does not include the cancellation indicator, the additional service processing unit for processing the message additional service of the message additional service subscriber in the message Message additional service providing system comprising a. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, The termination indicator, Message addition service providing system comprising a special character that is input in addition to the called party number of the message. The method of claim 5, The format of the message is And an additional service processing indicator field in which a called party number field containing the called party information and the termination indicator of the message, and an additional service processing indicator interpreted for processing the message additional service are stored. delete The method of claim 6, The additional service processing unit, Message added service providing system to check the additional service processing indicator included in the message, and performs the message additional service processing according to the transmission to the called party. Claims [1] A method for providing a message added service attaching an additional function to a message service of a mobile communication network. Parsing a called number field of a message sent by a subscriber of the message supplementary service and checking whether a cancellation indicator is requested to temporarily cancel the supplementary service for the sent message; If the termination indicator is included, removing the termination indicator from the sent message and transmitting a message that has not been processed by the message additional service to the called party; And If the cancellation indicator is not included, performing the message supplementary service processing of the message supplementary service subscriber in the message and transmitting the message supplementary service to the called party; Message additional service providing method comprising a. delete delete delete The method of claim 9, The checking step, Method for providing a message additional service to check whether or not including the special characters entered in addition to the destination number of the message. The method of claim 13, The format of the message is And an additional service processing indicator field containing an incoming call number field containing the called party information of the message, the termination indicator, and an additional service processing indicator interpreted for processing the message additional service. The method according to any one of claims 9, 13 or 14, The transmitting step, Message addition service providing method for checking the additional service processing indicator included in the message and performs the message additional service processing accordingly.

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