KR20040064854A - method for providing message by use of a feature code and storage medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for supplying a receiving confirm message by using a specific code and a recording medium where a method thereof is recorded is provided to enable an originating subscriber to confirm whether a message is transmitted to a receiving subscriber, through a specific code usable by being added to a mobile communication terminal number of the receiving subscriber, thereby confirming whether the message is normally received, without changing a messaging program. CONSTITUTION: A system receives a transmission request for a message including originating subscriber identification information, receiving subscriber identification information, and message contents from a terminal of an originating subscriber(100). The system obtains position information on a terminal of a receiving subscriber by using the receiving subscriber identification information. The system checks whether a specific code for requesting to supply a receiving confirm message is combined with one piece of the originating subscriber identification information or the receiving subscriber identification information(110). If so, the system transmits the message to the terminal of the receiving subscriber(120). If a receiving confirm signal is received relating to the message, the system supplies the receiving confirm message relative to the specific code to the terminal of the originating subscriber(130).

Description

Method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code, and a recording medium recording the method {method for providing message by use of a feature code and storage medium}

The present invention relates to a message providing service method of a mobile communication system and a recording medium on which the method is recorded. More specifically, the present invention provides a method and method for providing a call confirmation message that allows a calling subscriber to check whether a message is sent to a called subscriber through a specific code available in addition to the called subscriber's mobile terminal number. It is about.

Short Message Service (Short Message Service) is a service that can send and receive a text message of an average size of 110 bytes through a short message service center (SMSC) coupled to a mobile communication network, it is widely used for simple information exchange. However, the conventional short message service center only confirms whether the short message transmitted from the calling subscriber's mobile terminal is normally transmitted to the short message service center, and whether the receiving terminal's mobile communication terminal has received the short message normally I didn't tell you. Because of this, when the called subscriber's mobile communication terminal is turned off or located in an unreachable area, the calling subscriber has no way of checking whether the short message has arrived normally. In order to solve the problem of the conventional short message service, methods to be described below have been proposed.

1A and 1B are flowcharts illustrating a method of confirming receipt of a conventional short message service.

FIG. 1A illustrates that when a short message including a signal requesting a response is sent from a mobile terminal of a calling subscriber, the mobile terminal of the receiving subscriber checks the response request signal and composes and transmits a response message with a simple key operation. A flowchart of the method.

The mobile subscriber station of the calling party inputs the response request signal, the mobile subscriber station number of the calling party, and the mobile subscriber station number of the receiving subscriber into the short message and transmits the message to the short message service center. At this time, a bit for a reply request (SMS Reply Request Bit) is required, and when this value is 1, a reply request signal is sent.

The mobile subscriber station of the receiving subscriber sends a response signal to the short message received by the short message service center, and composes a response message according to the response request signal included in the message and sends it to the short message service center. At this time, when the receiving subscriber attempts to check the message, the receiving subscriber's mobile communication terminal informs the receiving subscriber of the response request signal in response to the response request signal and induces the sending of the response message. However, it is required to add a menu for response on the mobile communication terminal. The response message is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the calling subscriber together with the short message.

Problems of the response method of the short message service shown in FIG. 1A are as follows. (1) Since a response request signal should be added to the data format of the short message itself, a change of the SMS program provided in the subscriber's mobile terminal is required, and (2) the incoming confirmation is desired even though the calling subscriber wants to. There is a problem in that the subscriber bears the charge for the response message, and (3) there is inconvenience in that the receiving subscriber must directly input the content of the response message.

Meanwhile, FIG. 1B is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a short message transmission result when transmitting a short message to a mobile terminal in a premises in a private switching system implemented to enable a private mobile communication service. Although the method shown in FIG. 1B is limited to the application to the private switching system, when a caller's terminal accesses a short message service center through the Internet, a service capable of transmitting a short message to a called subscriber is currently provided. Hereinafter, the description will be made without placing a specific limitation.

A sender can send a short message by accessing a CGI program through a web screen for short message transmission of a terminal connected to a mobile switching system (here, the terminal includes a PC, PDA, etc., which can be connected to the Internet) through a TCP / IP network. . That is, the SME / CGI program of the web server transmits an HTML code for displaying a web screen to the web browser of the caller terminal so that the caller can input a short message. Accordingly, the caller inputs the short message to be transmitted from the web screen for transmitting the displayed short message and the counterpart phone number. When the sender requests to send a short message, the SME / CGI program starts a timer. At the same time, the web server transmits the short message input from the sender to the short message service center and waits until a response message for the short message transmission result is received from the short message service center. Then, the short message service center requests and acquires the information on the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber from the HLR / VLR, and then transmits the short message to the mobile switching system. The mobile switching system transmits the short message to the receiving subscriber's mobile communication terminal and transmits to the short message service center that the transmission is completed. When the short message service center receives the transmission completion signal, it transmits it to the caller's terminal through the web server. The SME / CGI program of the caller terminal in which the timer is running indicates that the receiver has normally received the short message when the transmission completion signal is received within a predetermined time. If the transmission completion message is not received within a certain time, the SME / CGI program of the calling terminal indicates that the short message transmission has failed.

Problems of the response method of the short message service shown in FIG. 1B are as follows. (1) The SME / CGI program of the calling terminal should be newly installed. (2) If the calling party is away from the terminal, it cannot confirm whether the transmission is completed. (3) The terminal connected to the Internet is inconvenient.

As described above, when a new message related service is developed, a change and development of a mobile communication terminal and other systems have been required. Here, the message includes a short message, a long message, a multimedia message, and the like. In particular, this structure required a lot of development time and capital, and these burdens were left to mobile operators and subscribers. In addition, there is a growing need for a variety of message service demands and a simple service without a separate registration process.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is an acknowledgment message using a specific code that can confirm the normal incoming of the message without changing the messaging program already installed in the subscriber's mobile communication terminal A provision method and a recording medium on which the method is recorded are provided.

Another object of the present invention is a method and method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code that can provide a message receipt confirmation service whenever the need of the calling subscriber without having to apply for the service in advance to confirm whether the message is sent or not To provide a recording medium.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a service corresponding to a specific code by checking a specific code added to a calling party number or a called party number when the calling subscriber requests the use of a specific service that is not registered in advance. The present invention provides a method for providing a call confirmation message using a specific code capable of performing billing for a charge, and a recording medium on which the method is recorded.

Another object of the present invention is to use a specific code that allows a calling party who wants to confirm receipt to pay for the message transmission and the receipt confirmation message, so that the called party does not bear the charges caused by the unsolicited sending of the unacknowledged message. A method of providing an incoming confirmation message and a recording medium on which the method is recorded are provided. To this end, the short message service center, the long message service center, the multimedia message service center, etc., which relay message transmission and reception, are responsible for the generation and transmission of the acknowledgment message, thereby enabling the integrated billing to the calling subscriber. Is the purpose.

1A and 1B are flowcharts illustrating a method of confirming receipt of a conventional short message service.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exemplary diagram sequentially illustrating a process of a subscriber operating a mobile communication terminal to use a call receipt message providing service using a specific code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4A is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4B is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4C is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram for explaining a specific code and corresponding function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above objects, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in a method for providing a call confirmation message using a specific code executed in a mobile communication system, caller ID information, caller ID information and a message from a calling party's terminal; Receiving a transmission request for a message including the content, using the called party identification information to obtain the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal required for message transmission to the called subscriber terminal, and requesting to provide a confirmation message It is checked whether a code is coupled to either the calling party identification information or the called party identification information, and when a specific code is included, mobile communication of the called subscriber using the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal. Terminal registered The message is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through a new mobile switching system, and when an incoming confirmation signal for the message is received from the called mobile switching system, an incoming confirmation message corresponding to the specific code is sent to the calling subscriber. Provided is a method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code, the method including providing to a terminal. In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a program of instructions that can be executed by a digital processing apparatus is tangibly implemented to perform a method of providing a call receipt message using a specific code executed in a mobile communication system. A recording medium that can be read by is provided. Here, the terminal of the calling subscriber can be any one of a mobile communication terminal and an information processing apparatus connected to a communication network, wherein the message is any one of a short message, a long message and a multimedia message. It can be one.

The specific code may be any one of a number, a letter, a special symbol, and a combination thereof, that is postfixed or transposed to the calling party identification information or the called party identification information. One of a mobile identification number (MIN) and a telephone number, and the called party identification information may be any one of a MIN and a telephone number of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the call receipt message is a call forwarding confirmation short message to the calling party's mobile communication terminal, the call forwarding confirmation email to the caller's e-mail account, the voice message to the caller subscriber, the instant message to the caller subscriber It may be any one of a transmission and a combination thereof. In addition, when it fails to acquire the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal, it is impossible to transmit a message through an incoming confirmation message corresponding to the specific code. Can also be sent.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, in the method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code that is executed in an outgoing message service center combined with an incoming message service center, the outgoing subscriber identification information and the destination subscriber identification transmitted by the terminal of the calling party are identified. Receives a request for transmission of a message including information and message content through a terminating message service center, and uses the terminating subscriber identification information to determine the location information of the terminating subscriber mobile communication terminal necessary for transmitting the message to the mobile terminal. Obtain a specific code and check whether a specific code for requesting an incoming confirmation message is included in either the calling party identification information or the called party identification information, and when the specific code is included, the called subscriber mobile communication terminal Use location information of When the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber transmits the message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through a registered mobile switching system, and when an incoming confirmation signal is received from the called mobile switching system, the message corresponds to the specific code. Provided is a method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code, the method comprising providing an acknowledgment message to a terminal of the calling subscriber. According to another embodiment of the present invention, in the method for providing a call confirmation message using a specific code that is executed in the call confirmation service providing apparatus coupled to a plurality of message service centers, the calling party identification information transmitted from the terminal of the calling subscriber, Receive an incoming confirmation message request from an incoming message service center that has received a request for transmission of a message comprising called party identification information and message content, wherein the specific code is any one of the calling party identification information and the called party identification information; Combined with one, using a specific code for providing a call receipt message corresponding to the specific code to the terminal of the calling subscriber when the incoming response corresponding to the message transmission is received from the originating message service center transmitting the message; Call Forwarding Room The law is provided. Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a program of instructions that can be executed by a digital processing device to perform a method for providing a call receipt message using a specific code executed in a call receipt service providing device coupled to a plurality of message service centers. There is provided a recording medium which is tangibly embodied and can be read by a digital processing apparatus.

Here, the method may further include performing a billing process for the call confirmation message provided to the calling subscriber.

Further, the incoming message service center checks whether the specific code is combined with either the outgoing subscriber identification information or the incoming subscriber identification information, and if the specific code exists, the message as the incoming confirmation message request. May be transmitted to the incoming call confirmation service providing device, and the message transmission request may be transmitted to the calling message service center. The incoming message service center may be configured to either the calling party identification information or the called party identification information. Checking whether the specific code is combined; if the specific code exists, extracting at least one of an outgoing subscriber identification information, a called party identification information, and a specific code from the message, and transmitting the extracted specific identification code to the call reception service providing apparatus; Outgoing message Each can be sent to a service center.

Further, the outgoing message service center checks whether the specific code is coupled to either the outgoing subscriber identification information or the called party identification information, and sends the message to the mobile subscriber station of the called subscriber through the called mobile switching system. And a call receipt signal corresponding to the message transmission from the call forwarding exchange system, and if the specific code is present, send the call answer corresponding to the call receipt signal to the call receipt service providing device. have.

Further, the outgoing message service center transmits the message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through the incoming mobile switching system, and provides the incoming confirmation service corresponding to the incoming confirmation signal received from the incoming mobile switching system. You can also send to the device.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is applicable to both Short Message Service Center (SMSC), Long Message Service Center (LMSC) and Multimedia Message Service Center, but for convenience of explanation. Hereinafter, a case in which the present invention is applied to a short message service center will be described in detail. However, the description of the short message service center as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as described above, is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to the short message service center.

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process of providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 100, the short message service center transmits outgoing subscriber identification information, called subscriber identification information, and message content from a terminal of a calling subscriber through a calling mobile switching system (MSC) in which the calling subscriber is registered. Receives a request (hereinafter referred to as a short message transmission request) for transmitting a short message including a to a mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber. Here, the calling party identification information is information for identifying the calling party, the called party identification information is information for identifying the called party, and the content of the message is textual information directly input by the calling party. However, in the case of a multimedia message, the message may further include a picture, sound, and video information in addition to the information in the text format.

When the calling subscriber transmits the short message transmission request through the mobile communication terminal, the calling subscriber identification information is either the phone number of the calling subscriber mobile terminal or the mobile identification number (MIN) of the calling terminal's mobile terminal. In addition, when the mobile subscriber terminal of the calling subscriber is connected to the short message service center through an information processing device connected to the wired / wireless communication network, the calling subscriber identification information is input by the calling subscriber to receive the indication or confirmation of the called party. As the identification information, for example, it may be any telephone number or e-mail address. The called party identification information is information necessary for identifying a destination to which a short message is to be sent, and is either a phone number or a MIN of the called party mobile terminal.

The calling party identification information and the called party identification information include a specific code inputted by the calling party, and the specific code is pre- or post-coupled to any one of the calling party identification information and the called party identification information. The specific code can be any of numbers, letters, special symbols, and combinations thereof. Numbers are Arabic numerals represented by 0 ~ 9, letters are uppercase letters A ~ Z and lowercase letters a ~ z for English characters, consonants a ~ ㅎ, vowels ㅏ ~ ㅣ for Hangul, and combinations of consonants and vowels. Is!, @, #, $,%, ^, *, (,),-, =, \,?, <,>, ~, / And so on. The combination of numbers, letters, and special symbols can be # 0 or 0 @. That is, the specific code may be variously combined with the called party identification information or the calling party identification information as follows.

[Called party number] + [specific code] [Specific code] + [called party number] [Caller number] + [specific code] [Specific code] + [caller number]

However, in the preferred embodiment, it is preferable that the specific code is coupled to the front end or the rear end of the called party identification information rather than the calling party identification information. In addition, since a collision with a service using a feature code used in the existing mobile communication system may occur, the feature code is preferably coupled to the back end of the called party identification information.

In step 110, the short message service center checks whether there is a specific code coupled to the calling party identification information or the called party identification information included in the received short message transmission request. In a predetermined manner, the specific code is combined at the front end or the end of the calling party identification information or the called party identification information, so the short message service center inspects the specific location of the calling party identification information or the called party identification information according to a predetermined method. By doing so, you can check for the presence of specific code.

If a specific code according to a predetermined method exists, the short message service center recognizes that the short message transmission request is a short message requested for confirmation of receipt, and sends the outgoing subscriber identification information and the incoming call to the reception confirmation processing target list provided in the storage area. Record subscriber identification information and specific codes. In another embodiment, the short message itself requesting the confirmation message may be stored. In another embodiment, the short message requesting the call receipt message may be processed after being stored in a separate call receipt service providing apparatus.

If a specific code according to a predetermined method does not exist, the short message service center recognizes it as a general short message and performs a corresponding procedure.

In step 120, the short message service center acquires the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal required for message transmission to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber using the called subscriber identification information, and then transmits the corresponding message to the called subscriber's mobile communication terminal. To send. The short message service center may acquire the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal by querying the called subscriber identification information to the home location register (HLR) or the visitor location register (VLR), and obtains the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal. Includes information on the currently registered destination mobile switching system and the like. The short message service center transmits a message with the MIN of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal to the called mobile switching system.

The receiving mobile switching system that receives the MIN of the receiving subscriber's mobile communication terminal and the message from the short message service center transmits the message to the mobile communication terminal of the receiving subscriber through the base station, and if the incoming call is received normally, the receiving confirmation signal is received. To send. The acknowledgment signal is a response signal indicating that the message received from the short message service center was processed normally, or when the message was not processed normally due to special circumstances, the acknowledgment signal indicates an error indicating that the message was not received normally. It may also be code.

In another embodiment, when it is impossible to transmit a message to the called subscriber mobile communication terminal as a result of the location information inquiry of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal, the short message service center may not transmit the message through an incoming confirmation message corresponding to a specific code. Can be notified. A representative example of the case where the message transmission is impossible is when the mobile terminal of the called subscriber is turned off or located outside the service area.

In step 130, when an acknowledgment signal is received from the destination mobile switching system, the short message service center retrieves the calling party identification information or the called party identification information corresponding to the call confirmation signal from the call receipt processing target list, A corresponding call receipt message is provided to the calling subscriber. Short Message Service Center uses the calling party identification information to generate an acknowledgment short message to be sent to the calling subscriber's mobile terminal. The message is delivered to the called party's terminal number. And so on. If the call receipt signal is an error code, the short message service center generates a call receipt short message to be transmitted to the calling subscriber's mobile terminal by using the calling party identification information, and the content of the message is referred to [terminal number of called party]. The message was not received. When the provision of the incoming confirmation message for the message including the specific code ends, the outgoing subscriber identification information, the called party identification information and the specific code are deleted from the incoming confirmation processing target list, and the corresponding billing processing step is performed. Is performed.

3 is an exemplary diagram sequentially illustrating a process of a subscriber operating a mobile communication terminal to use a call receipt providing service using a specific code according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 200, the calling subscriber selects a messaging program provided in his mobile terminal, and then inputs contents of a message to be sent to the called subscriber. In the case of a short message, a message that can be input by the calling subscriber is about 110 bytes of text information, and in the case of a long message, about 110 bytes or more text information. In the case of a multimedia message, the calling subscriber may further input information in the form of pictures, sounds, and videos in addition to the information in the text format.

In step 210, the calling party continuously inputs the telephone number of the called party's mobile communication terminal and the specific code to receive the message. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, a specific code is coupled to the back end of the phone number, but in other embodiments it may be located in front of the phone number. Here, the calling subscriber should know in advance the contents of the call confirmation message corresponding to the specific code. This is because, when requesting an acknowledgment message to be provided by e-mail, a short message service center should be able to obtain its e-mail account. To this end, when both the calling subscriber and the called subscriber subscribe to the same mobile communication system, the short message service center may provide an incoming confirmation message by searching the email account of the calling subscriber registered in advance in the subscriber information management system. If the calling subscriber has not already registered an email account, or if the short message service center is unable to retrieve the calling subscriber's email account (i.e., the mobile communication system subscribed to and the mobile communication system subscribed to) Other cases will be described later.

In step 220, when the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber is finished, the calling subscriber inputs a contact to be provided with an incoming confirmation message. In general, the contact information entered in step 220 is included in the short message and is a part of the content of the short message displayed on the mobile terminal of the called party. Accordingly, step 220 may be omitted, depending on the selection of the calling subscriber. On the other hand, although the calling subscriber entered a specific code to receive an incoming confirmation message by e-mail, the calling subscriber did not register the e-mail account in advance or the short message. If the service center is unable to retrieve the sending subscriber's email account, it may enter the email account as a contact. In this case, the short message service center checks whether the incoming confirmation message for the specific code is an email notification before sending the short message to the mobile terminal of the called party. Then, if the search is not possible by searching the e-mail account of the calling subscriber, the short message service center checks whether the e-mail account is included in the short message. If an e-mail account is included, the short message service center records the outgoing subscriber's e-mail account in the call receipt processing target list and then provides a corresponding call receipt message. If the originating subscriber requests the confirmation message via e-mail, but the e-mail account is not included in the message, it is recorded as a specific code corresponding to the receipt confirmation message through the short message in the destination confirmation processing target list.

4A is a flowchart illustrating signaling between mobile communication systems for executing an acknowledgment message providing process using a specific code according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4A, in step 300, the originating subscriber moves. The communication terminal sends a short message to the originating mobile switching system. Here, it is assumed that the calling subscriber inputs a specific code at the end of the called party identification information and requests a call confirmation message through a short message.

In step 305, the originating mobile switching system that receives the short message from the calling subscriber's mobile terminal transmits a point-to-point short message including the MIN of the calling subscriber's mobile terminal and the called party's identification information combined with a specific code (SMDPP; ShortMessage). Send a Delivery Point-to-Point (SMDPP (MIN, DA + #)) signal to the short message service center.

In step 310, the short message service center receives the point-to-point short message delivery signal from the originating mobile switching system, and sends a response signal (smdpp) thereto to the originating mobile switching system. In step 320, upon receiving the response signal, the originating mobile switching system transmits it to the calling subscriber's mobile communication terminal. Thereby, the mobile communication terminal of the calling subscriber indicates that the short message is normally transmitted.

In step 325, the short message service center checks whether a specific code is combined at the end of the called party identification information according to a predetermined method. If a specific code exists, the calling party identification information, the called party identification information, and the specific code are recorded in the incoming confirmation processing target list. In other embodiments, the short message itself may be stored. If a specific code does not exist, the following steps are performed without recording in the incoming confirmation processing target list.

In step 330, the short message service center inquires the called party identification information to the HLR / VLR to obtain route information on the MIN of the called subscriber's mobile communication terminal and the currently registered called mobile switching system.

In step 335, the short message service center transmits a point-to-point short message transfer signal (SMDPP (MIN)) including the MIN of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal to the called mobile switching system.

In step 340, the called mobile switching system transmits a short message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber corresponding to the MIN, and receives the incoming result from the called subscriber mobile communication terminal. Here, the called subscriber mobile communication terminal may transmit the incoming call result immediately when the short message is normally received from the called mobile switching system, or may transmit the incoming call result when the called subscriber operates the input key immediately after the reception.

In step 345, the incoming mobile switching system transmits an acknowledgment signal (smdpp (result)) containing the incoming result to the short message service center in response to the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 335. The acknowledgment signal is a response signal indicating that the message received from the short message service center was processed normally, or when the message was not processed normally due to special circumstances, the acknowledgment signal indicates an error indicating that the message was not received normally. It may also be code.

In step 350, upon receiving an incoming confirmation signal from the incoming mobile switching system, the short message service center searches for an outgoing subscriber identification information or incoming subscriber identification information corresponding to the incoming confirmation signal in the incoming confirmation processing target list. As a result of the search, if the corresponding calling party identification information or called party identification information exists, an incoming confirmation message to be sent to the mobile terminal of the calling party corresponding to the calling party identification information is generated. Here, the content of the call confirmation message varies depending on the call confirmation signal. In other words, if the short message is successfully delivered to the called party's mobile terminal, the message to the called party's terminal number is normally received. And so on. If the call confirmation signal is an error code, the message is not sent to [called subscriber's terminal number]. And so on.

In step 355, the short message service center sends a point-to-point short message delivery signal (SMDPP (MIN, result)) including the calling party identification information to send the call receipt message generated in step 350 to the calling mobile switching system. .

In step 360, the originating mobile switching system transmits the incoming confirmation message generated in step 350 to the mobile subscriber station of the calling party, and receives an incoming result of the incoming confirmation message from the mobile subscriber station of the calling party. Here, the originating subscriber mobile communication terminal may transmit the incoming result immediately when the short message is normally received from the originating mobile switching system, or may transmit the incoming result when the calling subscriber operates the input key immediately after the reception.

In step 365, the originating mobile switching system transmits an acknowledgment signal (smdpp) including an incoming result to the short message service center in response to the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 355.

In step 370, the short message service center terminates the incoming confirmation message requested by the calling subscriber, and processes the charging for the calling subscriber.

4B is a flowchart illustrating signaling between a mobile communication system for executing a call receipt message providing process using a specific code in another preferred embodiment of the present invention. 4B illustrates an embodiment in which a plurality of short message service centers exist, wherein the short message service center is a short message service center that receives a short message from a mobile communication terminal of the calling subscriber, and a short message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber. It is divided into outgoing short message service center for sending messages.

When the short message service center is divided into the incoming short message service center and the outgoing short message service center, as shown in FIG. 4B, the message providing process using a specific code is executed by the incoming short message service center or the outgoing short message service center, respectively. Can be done. In the present specification, an embodiment executed by the originating short message service center will be mainly described.

In step 400, upon receiving the short message from the mobile subscriber station's mobile communication terminal, the originating mobile switching system transmits a point-to-point short message transfer signal (SMDPP) including the MIN of the calling subscriber mobile communication terminal and the called party identification information combined with a specific code. (MIN, DA + #)) to the incoming short message service center.

In step 405, upon receiving the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 400, the incoming short message service center sends a response signal smdpp to the calling mobile switching system.

In step 410, the incoming short message service center sends a point-to-point short message delivery signal (SMDPP (MIN, DA + #)) including the MIN of the calling subscriber mobile communication terminal and the called party identification information combined with a specific code. Transfer to the center. Here, the outgoing short message service center may be determined by the called party identification information.

In step 415, upon receiving the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 410, the originating short message service center transmits a response signal smdpp to the incoming short message service center. The originating short message service center then inquires the called party identification information to the HLR / VLR to obtain location information of the called party mobile communication terminal. In addition, the calling short message service center checks whether a specific code is combined with the called party identification information. If the test result contains a specific code, the outgoing short message service center stores the short message. If the test result does not include a specific code, it is sent to the destination mobile switching system without storing.

In step 420, the calling short message service center transmits a point-to-point short message delivery signal (SMDPP (MIN)) including the MIN of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal to the called mobile switching system by referring to the location information of the calling subscriber mobile communication terminal. do.

In step 425, the incoming mobile switching system performs a short message transmission to the called subscriber mobile communication terminal and transmits an incoming confirmation signal (smdpp (result)) corresponding to the transmission result to the calling short message service center.

In step 430, upon receipt of an incoming confirmation signal, the originating short message service center searches for a corresponding short message among the stored short messages. The calling short message service center generates a corresponding call receipt message according to a specific code coupled to the called party identification information of the retrieved short message, and then uses a point-to-point short message forwarding signal (SMDPP (MIN) (Step 2), the resultant) is transmitted to the originating mobile switching system. In step 435, when the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 430 is received, the originating mobile switching system transmits an incoming confirmation message to the mobile terminal of the calling subscriber. Subsequently, upon receiving an incoming result of the incoming confirmation message from the mobile communication terminal of the calling subscriber, the outgoing mobile switching system sends an incoming confirmation signal (smdpp) including the incoming result in response to the point-to-point short message transmission signal of step 430. Send short message to service center. Upon receipt of the incoming confirmation signal, the outgoing short message service center terminates the incoming confirmation message requested by the calling subscriber and processes the charging for the calling subscriber.

4C is a flowchart illustrating signaling between a mobile communication system for executing a call receipt message providing process using a specific code in another preferred embodiment of the present invention. 4C is an embodiment in which the call confirmation service providing apparatus is combined with a plurality of short message service centers, and the call receiving service providing apparatus executes a message providing process using a specific code according to the present invention (ie, , Message platform).

In step 500, upon receiving the short message from the mobile subscriber station's mobile terminal, the originating mobile switching system transmits a point-to-point short message transfer signal (SMDPP) including the MIN of the calling subscriber mobile terminal and the called party identification information combined with a specific code. (MIN, DA + #)) to the incoming short message service center.

In step 505, upon receiving the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 500, the incoming short message service center sends a response signal smdpp to the calling mobile switching system.

In step 510, the incoming short message service center checks whether a specific code is combined with the originating subscriber identification information. If a specific code is combined with the originating subscriber identification information as a result of the check, the incoming short message service center transmits an incoming confirmation message request (SM Invoke) to the incoming confirmation service providing device. That is, the incoming short message service center transmits the short message detection signal requesting the incoming confirmation message to the incoming confirmation service providing apparatus, and receives a response signal thereto. Thereafter, the short message is transmitted to the call confirmation service providing apparatus, and is stored until the call confirmation message ends. In another embodiment, the called short message service center may extract at least one of an outgoing subscriber identification information, a called subscriber identification information, and a specific code from the short message and transmit the extracted short message to a call confirmation service providing apparatus.

In step 515, the incoming short message service center transmits a point-to-point short message delivery signal (SMDPP (MIN, DA + #)) including the MIN of the calling subscriber mobile communication terminal and the called party identification information combined with a specific code. Transfer to the center. Here, the outgoing short message service center may be determined by the called party identification information.

In step 520, upon receiving the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 515, the originating short message service center sends a response signal smdpp to the incoming short message service center. The originating short message service center then inquires the called party identification information to the HLR / VLR to obtain location information of the called party mobile communication terminal.

In step 525, the calling short message service center transmits a point-to-point short message delivery signal (SMDPP (MIN)) including the MIN of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal to the called mobile switching system by referring to the location information of the calling subscriber mobile communication terminal. do.

In step 530, the incoming mobile switching system performs a short message transmission to the called subscriber mobile communication terminal, and transmits an incoming confirmation signal (smdpp) corresponding to the transmission result to the calling short message service center.

In step 535, when the incoming confirmation signal is received, the outgoing short message service center transmits an incoming response signal (SM Result) including the incoming result to the incoming confirmation service providing apparatus.

In operation 540, when the incoming response is received, the incoming confirmation service providing apparatus searches for the short message corresponding to the incoming response from the stored short message. The apparatus for providing an acknowledgment service generates a corresponding acknowledgment message according to a specific code combined with the called party identification information of the retrieved short message, and then uses a point-to-point short message transfer signal (SMDPP (MIN) , Result)) to the calling mobile switching system. In this case, the call confirmation service providing apparatus can know the calling mobile switching system currently registered by the calling subscriber mobile communication terminal through the stored calling subscriber identification information. You can send it directly.

In step 545, when the point-to-point short message delivery signal of step 540 is received, the originating mobile switching system transmits an incoming confirmation message to the calling terminal's mobile communication terminal. Subsequently, upon receiving an incoming result of the incoming confirmation message from the mobile communication terminal of the calling subscriber, the outgoing mobile switching system sends an incoming confirmation signal (smdpp) including the incoming result in response to the point-to-point short message transmission signal of step 540. Transmission to the call confirmation service providing device.

In operation 550, when the reception confirmation signal is received, the reception confirmation service providing device terminates the reception confirmation message requested by the calling subscriber and processes the charging for the calling subscriber.

5 is a diagram for explaining a specific code and corresponding function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Each subject providing the message service using the specific code described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4C examines a specific code coupled to the end of the called party identification information and provides a predetermined call confirmation message to the calling subscriber according to the specific code. . The call confirmation message according to a predetermined specific code may be composed of a call receipt confirmation short message transmission, call receipt confirmation email transmission, call receipt confirmation voice message transmission, call receipt confirmation message via instant messenger and the like and combinations thereof. Here, the type of the call confirmation message described above is merely an example, and the call receipt message that can be provided may vary depending on the mobile communication system.

When using the call receipt message, it is preferable that the calling subscriber knows the kind of call confirmation message corresponding to the specific code in advance. However, if it is not possible to provide an acknowledgment message for a specific code specified by the originating subscriber (for example, if an originating subscriber with unknown email account requested a confirmation message via email) The subjects of may change the specific code requested by the calling subscriber to a specific code corresponding to the call receipt short message and then provide the call receipt message.

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

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm the normal reception of a message without changing the messaging program already installed in the subscriber's mobile communication terminal.

And, in order to check whether the message is sent, a message receipt confirmation message may be provided whenever necessary by the calling subscriber without applying for the corresponding service in advance. For this reason, when the calling subscriber requests the use of a specific service that is not registered in advance, by checking a specific code added to the calling party number or the called party number, the service corresponding to the specific code is provided and the billing for the service provision result is performed. I can do it.

In addition, by having the calling subscriber who wants to confirm receipt pays for the message transmission and the receipt confirmation message, the recipient does not have to pay the charge due to the unsolicited sending of the confirmation confirmation message.

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In the method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code executed in a mobile communication system, Receiving a request for transmission of a message including calling party identification information, called party identification information, and message content from a terminal of the calling subscriber; Obtaining location information of a called subscriber mobile communication terminal necessary for transmitting a message to a terminal of a called subscriber using the called subscriber identification information; Checking whether a specific code for requesting an incoming confirmation message is coupled to either the calling party identification information or the called party identification information; When a specific code is combined, transmitting the message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through the registered mobile switching system registered by the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber using the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal; ; And And when an acknowledgment signal for the message is received from the incoming mobile switching system, providing an acknowledgment message corresponding to the specific code to the terminal of the calling subscriber. The method of claim 1, And the terminal is one of a mobile communication terminal and an information processing apparatus connected to a communication network. The method of claim 1, And the message is one of a short message, a long message and a multimedia message. The method of claim 1, The specific code may be any one of numbers, letters, special symbols, and a combination thereof, post- or transposed to the calling party identification information or the called party identification information. The calling party identification information is any one of a mobile identification number (MIN) and a phone number of the calling party mobile terminal, And the called party identification information is any one of a MIN and a telephone number of a called subscriber mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The incoming confirmation message may include: an incoming confirmation short message sent to the calling subscriber's mobile terminal, an incoming confirmation email sent to the calling subscriber's email account, a voice message sent to the calling subscriber, an instant message sent to the calling subscriber, and A method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code, characterized in that any one of these combinations. The method of claim 1, And transmitting to the terminal of the calling subscriber that it is impossible to transmit a message through an incoming confirmation message corresponding to the specific code when it fails to acquire the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal. Method of providing an acknowledgment message using the. In the method for providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code that is executed in the outgoing message service center combined with the incoming message service center, Receiving a request for transmission of a message including the outgoing subscriber identification information, the called party identification information and the message contents transmitted by the terminal of the calling subscriber through the incoming message service center; Acquiring location information of a called subscriber mobile communication terminal necessary for transmitting a message to a mobile communication terminal of a called subscriber using the called subscriber identification information; Checking whether a specific code for requesting an incoming confirmation message is included in either the calling party identification information or the called party identification information; When a specific code is combined, transmitting the message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through the registered mobile switching system registered by the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber using the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal; ; And And receiving an acknowledgment message corresponding to the specific code to the terminal of the originating subscriber when receiving an acknowledgment signal from the incoming mobile switching system. In the method of providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code that is executed in the call confirmation service providing apparatus coupled to a plurality of message service centers, Receiving an incoming confirmation message request from an incoming message service center that has received a request for transmission of a message including outgoing subscriber identification information, called party identification information, and message content transmitted from the terminal of the calling subscriber, wherein the specific code is Is coupled to any one of the calling party identification information and the called party identification information; And when an incoming response corresponding to the message transmission is received from the outgoing message service center that has transmitted the message, providing an incoming confirmation message corresponding to the specific code to the terminal of the outgoing subscriber. How to provide a confirmation message. The method of claim 8, And performing a charging process for the call receipt message provided to the calling subscriber. The method of claim 8, The incoming message service center, Check whether the specific code is combined with either the outgoing subscriber identification information or the called subscriber identification information; If the specific code exists, the message is transmitted to the call receipt checking service providing device by the call receipt request message, And receiving the message transmission request to the originating message service center. The method of claim 8, The incoming message service center, Check whether the specific code is combined with either the outgoing subscriber identification information or the called subscriber identification information; If the specific code exists, at least one of the outgoing subscriber identification information, the called party identification information, and the specific code is extracted from the message and transmitted to the apparatus for providing a call confirmation service, Method for providing a confirmation message using a specific code, characterized in that for transmitting the message to the originating message service center, respectively. The method of claim 8, The outgoing message service center, Check whether the specific code is combined with either the outgoing subscriber identification information or the called subscriber identification information; Transmitting the message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through the called mobile switching system; Receiving an acknowledgment signal corresponding to the message transmission from the terminating mobile switching system; And if the specific code is present, transmitting the call response corresponding to the call confirmation signal to the call receipt service providing device. The method of claim 8, The outgoing message service center, Transmitting the message to the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through the called mobile switching system; And a reception response corresponding to the reception confirmation signal received from the destination mobile switching system, to the reception confirmation service providing device. In the recording medium which is tangibly embodied and can be read by the digital processing device, the program of instructions that can be executed by the digital processing device in order to perform the method of providing a call confirmation message using a specific code executed in the mobile communication system, The digital processing apparatus uses a program recorded on the recording medium, Receiving a request for transmission of a message including calling party identification information, called party identification information, and message content from a terminal of the calling subscriber, Obtaining location information of a called subscriber terminal necessary for transmitting a message to a mobile communication terminal of a called subscriber using the called subscriber identification information; Check whether a specific code for requesting an incoming confirmation message is coupled to either the calling party identification information or the called party identification information, When a specific code is included, the message is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber through the called mobile switching system in which the mobile communication terminal of the called subscriber is registered using the location information of the called subscriber mobile communication terminal. And when an incoming confirmation signal for the message is received from the incoming mobile switching system, providing a reception confirmation message corresponding to the specific code to the terminal of the calling subscriber. In order to perform the method of providing an acknowledgment message using a specific code executed in a call confirmation service providing device coupled to a plurality of message service centers, a program of instructions that can be executed by the digital processing device is tangibly implemented. A recording medium that can be read by, The digital processing apparatus uses a program recorded on the recording medium, Receive an incoming confirmation message request from an incoming message service center that has received a request for transmission of a message comprising outgoing subscriber identification information, called party identification information, and message content transmitted from the terminal of the calling subscriber, wherein the specific code is Is coupled to either the calling party identification information or the called party identification information-, And when an incoming response corresponding to the message transmission is received from the outgoing message service center that has transmitted the message, providing a reception confirmation message corresponding to the specific code to the terminal of the outgoing subscriber. .