KR20040040549A - The Method for Sound Emoticon Service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A sound emoticon service method for a mobile communication text message is provided to allow a sender to send a sound-signifying symbol-inserted message and enable a sound emoticon to be automatically played when a recipient checks the text message. CONSTITUTION: A user executes an origination message(S302) and creates a text message(S304). The user selects entry into a sound emoticon input mode and the controller determines whether it is the sound emoticon input mode(S306). A mobile terminal outputs previously stored sound emoticons in order(S308). When the user selects one of the sound emoticons(S310), the controller inserts it in the text message being created(S312). The controller determines whether the text message is completed(S314). The controller transmits the created text message to a mobile terminal of the other party(S316).

Description

Sound emoticon service for mobile text messages {The Method for Sound Emoticon Service}

The present invention relates to a sound emoticon service method for a mobile communication text message, and more particularly, when a text message is inserted by inserting a symbol representing a sound and a sound emoticon is automatically played when a text message is viewed at a receiving side. It relates to an emoticon service method.

The mobile communication terminal may perform various additional functions such as a short message service (SMS) function in addition to a simple telephone call function.

Short message service is a service that allows you to transfer a relatively short text sentence between devices (or to a computer). It is widely used instead.

When the mobile communication terminal transmits a short message, the user manipulates a key to create a sentence to be transmitted and transmits the prepared sentence when the sentence is completed.

The short message function as described above can transmit and receive only about 40 characters of Korean characters.

In addition, it was very complicated to input and transmit many characters because only small and extremely limited keys were used to input the contents.

Therefore, it took a lot of time and effort to input a short article with a lot of contents, and the contents became dry and meaningless.

In other words, the short message is to communicate mainly on the text, it was unreasonable to express the expression of the speaker, etc. necessary for the transmission of everyday words.

In order to overcome this limitation, the use of emoticons has been activated.

The emoticon acts as an emotional icon as a new word derived from Emotion + Icon, and its origin can be found in the smiley used by the network users of the UNIX system.

The emoticon is defined as a pictogram consisting of a combination of a plurality of general characters or special characters in order to display the emotion of the user.

The emoticon is a cyber sign language that is a unique language of cyber space that delivers the fine emotions and symbols of a person, the meaning of a specific person, a job, an object, etc. by appropriately combining letters, symbols, and numbers of a computer keyboard.

These emoticons are widely used in cyberspace because they can be understood by anyone and are easy to express the subtle emotions of users, and various facial expressions have been developed centering on chat users. ) According to the expression, about 90 emoticons are currently stored.

As an example of the emoticon, ^ _ ^ is a general laugh, ^^; is a nice laugh, and T.T is a tearful figure.

Like this, emoticons convey their emotions by using symbols, but not only CDMA terminals, but also additional terminals such as PDAs with excellent multimedia functions, and evolving handsets, sound that can effectively convey emotions with a simple sound output. There is no emoticon.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, when writing a text message sent by inserting a symbol (sound emoticon), which means sound, the receiving side of the emotions by automatically playing the sound emoticon when viewing the text message The present invention provides a sound emoticon service method in a mobile communication text message that can be delivered to a counterpart using a simple and effective sound and symbol.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for transmitting and receiving text messages between mobile communication terminals;

A first process of storing an icon for transmitting his or her feelings to the other party using a symbol and a sound in the memory of the mobile communication terminal, and the sound emoticon stored in the memory when the text message is written in the sending mobile communication terminal to the text message; Inserting, the second process of sending a text message to the receiving mobile terminal, and the receiving mobile communication terminal receives the text message, and detects the sound emoticon inserted in the text message automatically detects the sound corresponding to the detected emoticon It is intended to provide a sound emoticon service method for a mobile communication text message, characterized in that the third process for outputting.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a terminal equipped with a sound emoticon according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a transmitting side of the sound emoticon service method according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of the receiving side of the sound emoticon service method according to the present invention.

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10 transmitter 20 receiver

30 control unit 40 display unit

50: key input unit 60: memory

62: EEPROM64: RAM

70: microphone 80: speaker

100: mobile communication terminal

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The sound emoticon applied to the present invention is an icon that can transmit its emotion to the other party using a symbol and a sound.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a CDMA terminal among mobile communication terminals to which the present invention is applied.

The mobile communication terminal 100 transmits and receives a signal to and from a mobile communication system including a base station, a mobile switching center, and a short message center, and includes a transmitter 10 including a modulator and a transmission amplifier, a receive amplifier, and a demodulator. It includes a receiver 20 comprising a.

The display unit 40 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like and outputs various display data and text messages generated from the mobile communication terminal.

The key input unit 50 may include a keypad or the like, and includes a plurality of numeric / character input keys, a function key for interfacing with a user, a key for a call, and the like.

The control unit 30 includes a digital signal processor (DSP), a microprocessor, and other circuits, and controls the transmitter 10 and the receiver 20 so that the user of the mobile communication terminal can use the speaker 80 and the microphone 70. Allows you to make voice calls with other users.

In particular, the sound emoticon input operation is performed when the text message is written according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The memory 60 includes an EEPROM 62 and a RAM 64 for storing a plurality of programs and data. In particular, the EEPROM 62 includes an operation program for performing a sound emoticon input operation according to an embodiment of the present invention. Pre-store a plurality of sound emoticons in the form of a bit map + sound.

Other flash memories are constructed, but newer terminals generally use EEPROM as part of flash memory.

The EEPROM 62 is a memory that can be electrically erased or re-stored. In addition to the NAM parameter, other EEPROM 62 stores other storage data such as a phone book and a text message, and is a nonvolatile memory.

As described above, the sound emoticon of the present invention is stored using the EEPROM 62, and when the text message is checked, the sound emoticon is automatically played and output according to whether the mobile communication terminal 100 is set.

In the present invention, the sound emoticon is composed of about twenty clear characteristics and is used as an emoji, so the average sound length is about 0.2 seconds.

2 is an exemplary view of a display unit (screen) of the terminal in which the sound emoticon is stored.

In this case, for example, when a phone is selected as a sound emoticon and inserted into a text message, the receiver receives a sound such as 'following' in the text message part where the phone is inserted due to the sound emoticon of the phone when the text message is received.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a transmitting side of the sound emoticon service method according to the present invention.

A user who wants to write a text message in which a sound emoticon is stored in the memory 60 of the mobile communication terminal 100 selects an outgoing message mode entry by operating a key of the mobile communication terminal 100 to execute an outgoing message (S302). In operation S304, a text message is created in the outgoing message state by using a character and a numeric key provided in the key input unit 50.

While composing the text message, the user who wants to input the sound emoticon selects the entry of the sound emoticon input mode by adjusting the key of the mobile communication terminal, and the controller 30 analyzes the pressed key signal to determine whether it is the sound emoticon input mode. It is determined (S306).

The mobile communication terminal which enters the sound emoticon input mode outputs the pre-stored sound emoticons in order as shown in FIG. 2 (S308).

When one of the sound emoticons displayed on the screen is selected using a moving key and a confirmation key provided in the key input unit 50 (S310), the controller 30 recognizes this and inserts the selected sound emoticon into a text message to be created ( S312).

When the sound emoticon is selected, the sound emoticon output on the display unit 40 disappears and the outgoing message execution screen is output.

For example, in the text message creation step (S304), enter the message "today", and in the sound emoticon input mode to select and insert the sound emoticon (draft beer) output on the upper right of the screen of Figure 2, the display unit ( In 40), the output sound emoticon disappears and the message appears on the screen. 'Is displayed.

If it is determined that writing of the next text message is completed (S314), if the writing is completed, the text message written to the counterpart mobile communication terminal is transmitted (S316). If the writing is not completed, the text message writing step is executed (S304).

In the sound emoticon input mode determination step (S306), if it is not the sound emoticon input mode, it is determined whether a text message is completed (S314).

For example, as in the example above, If the writing of the text message is not completed, the text message creation step (S304) is executed after inputting 'What?', And the sound emoticon input mode determination step (S306) is not the sound emoticon input mode in the writing completion judgment In step S314, it is determined that creation is complete.

Through the above steps, the content of the text message to be sent to the other party is How about? '

In the text message transmitting step (S316), directly input the phone number of the other party's mobile communication terminal or select a phone number stored in the memory, and send a text message to the phone number to send a text message with the sound emoticon inserted to the other mobile terminal. do.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of the receiving side of the sound emoticon service method according to the present invention.

The counterpart mobile communication terminal, that is, the receiving side mobile communication terminal receives a text message with a sound emoticon inserted (S402).

The controller 30 of the received mobile communication terminal detects whether there is a sound emoticon stored in the memory in the received text message content (S404), and outputs the content of the text message to the display unit 40 if there is a detected sound emoticon. At the same time, the sound corresponding to the detected sound emoticon is output through the speaker 80 (S406).

For example, the above-mentioned transmission text message is output so that it can be seen and listened to using a sound emoticon such as 'How do you hear today'?

As a result, the receiving side user confirms the text message content and the sound output to the speaker with eyes and ears (S408).

If the sound emoticon is not detected in the sound emoticon detection step (S404), the controller 30 outputs the content of the text message to the display unit 40 (S410), and the user outputs the text message output to the display unit. Only the eye is checked (S408).

As described above, the present invention inserts a sound emoticon into a text message and transmits it, and the receiving side checks the contents of the text message with his eyes and ears, thereby expressing his feelings more appealingly than conveying his feelings only with conventional symbols. You can forward it to the other party.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a text message is written and sent by inserting a symbol (sound emoticon), which means sound, the receiving side sounds a simple yet effective sound of his emotions by automatically playing the sound emoticon when viewing the text message. You can use the and symbol to tell the other party.

Claims (4)

A method for transmitting and receiving text messages between mobile communication terminals; A first process of storing an icon (hereinafter referred to as a sound emoticon) for transmitting his or her emotion to the other party using a symbol and a sound in a memory of the mobile communication terminal; A second process of inserting a sound emoticon stored in the memory into a text message and sending a text message to the receiving mobile communication terminal when the text message is written by the transmitting mobile terminal; Sound emoticon service for mobile communication text message comprising a third step of receiving a text message at the receiving mobile communication terminal, and detects the sound emoticon inserted in the text message and automatically outputs a sound corresponding to the detected emoticon Way. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message is written in the second process, Creating a text message using letters, numeric keys, etc., Determining whether or not the sound emoticon input mode is analyzed by analyzing key signals pressed while composing a text message; Outputting a pre-stored sound emoticon to the screen in the sound emoticon input mode; Selecting one of the sound emoticons displayed on the screen; Inserting the selected sound emoticon into a text message to be created; Sound emoticon service method for a mobile communication text message, characterized in that the step consisting of determining whether the text message is completed. The method of claim 1, wherein the third process, Receiving a text message at a receiving mobile communication terminal; Detecting whether there is a sound emoticon stored in a memory in the received text message content; If there is a detected sound emoticon, outputting a text message and outputting a sound corresponding to the detected sound emoticon; If the sound emoticon is not detected in the sound emoticon detection step, the sound emoticon service method for a mobile communication text message comprising the step of outputting only the content of the text message on the display. The method of claim 1, wherein the sound emoticon is stored in an EEPROM capable of being electrically erased or stored in the memory in the first step.