KR20050090885A - System and method for extended short message service using by tag character - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a specific character or symbol is set as a tag, and various types of character attributes such as color, blinking, and underlining, connected messages such as voice, URL, and e-mail, and interactive messages such as short answer / selection are provided. The present invention relates to an extended short message service system and method using a tag character that provides an extended form of a short message service to a mobile terminal to create and transmit various types of messages.

The extended short message service system 200 according to the present invention may be referred to as an information provider server (hereinafter referred to as an "IP server") 210, an extended short message service server (hereinafter referred to as an "XMS server"). 220), the extended message database 222, the SMS center 140, a wireless integrated network 230, and an extended terminal 240, and the like,

According to the present invention, it is possible to specify text attributes such as color and font on a message or to transmit various types of text messages, such as a connected message and an interactive message, in accordance with a communication environment of young users. .

Description

System and Method for Extended Short Message Service Using by Tag Character}

The present invention relates to an extended short message service system and method using a tag character, and more particularly, by setting a specific character or symbol as a tag, specifying various types of character attributes such as color, blinking, and underscore, or voice. Short message service using tag text that provides extended short message service to mobile terminal to create and send various types of messages such as connection type message such as URL, email, and interactive message such as short answer / select System and method.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a mobile communication system for transmitting a conventional short message service (SMS) message.

The conventional mobile communication system 100 includes a mobile terminal 110, a wireless base station 120, a mobile switching center 130, a home location register (HLR) 132, a visitor location register. (VLR: Visitor Location Register, hereinafter referred to as 'VLR') 134, SMS center 140 and the like.

The mobile terminal 110 is a terminal that not only performs a phone call in a wireless communication with a counterpart via a mobile communication network but also receives additional services such as an SMS text service.

The wireless base station 120 includes a base station transmission system (BTS) 122 and a base station controller (BSC) 124, and the base station transmitter 122 is connected to the mobile terminal 110. Transmitting / receiving a radio signal, converting / encrypting / decrypting a communication protocol, and the like, and the base station controller 124 manages a plurality of base station transmitters, and performs functions such as allocation control of a communication channel to the mobile terminal 110.

Mobile switching center 130 processes the call request requested by base station transmitter 122 via base station controller 124. The SMS center 140 converts a text message created by a user and requesting SMS transmission into an SMS message.

The location registers 132 and 134 manage information of mobile subscribers registered in the area controlled by the wireless base station 120, and mobile subscribers registered in other areas enter the service area controlled by the wireless base station 120. This is a database that temporarily stores the information of the mobile subscriber when the service is provided. Here, the HLR 132 is a database that stores a service profile regarding subscriber information of a user of the mobile terminal 110. The HLR 132 includes a subscriber's telephone call and a mobile identification number (MIN) of the mobile terminal 110. It has information about the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and the type of service. The HLR 132 stores a subscriber information including information of the wireless base station 120 and the mobile switching center 130 where the mobile terminal 110 is located. Techniques for this are well known to those skilled in the art, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

In the conventional mobile communication system 100 configured as described above, if the caller creates a text message to be delivered to the called party by operating the mobile terminal 110, and then enters the telephone number of the called terminal to be received, the text message is transmitted to the wireless base station. Via 120 is passed to mobile switching center 130. The mobile switching center 130 transmits the text message to the SMS center 140, and the SMS center 140 converts the text message into an SMS message and transmits the text message to the mobile switching center 130. Therefore, the mobile switching center 130 transmits the SMS message to the terminating terminal 112.

However, the mobile communication system 100 provides only the SMS message and the caller's phone number when the caller transmits the SMS message to the called party using the mobile terminal 110. At this time, when the sender writes the SMS message through the mobile terminal 110, a text message composed of a simple string is transmitted. Thus, the recipient simply receives and confirms the SMS message in black text.

Meanwhile, among young people who use mobile terminals most frequently, the transmission of multimedia data through mobile terminals is frequently performed. In such a communication environment, transmitting SMS messages in simple strings does not correspond to multimedia communication. Therefore, a technology capable of specifying text attributes such as color and font on a message or transmitting various types of text messages, such as a connected message or an interactive message, is suitable for a communication environment of young users. It is required.

The present invention for solving the above problems, by setting a specific character or symbol as a tag (tag), various types of character properties such as color, blinking, underlining, connected messages such as voice, URL, email, short answer / selection An object of the present invention is to provide an extended short message service system and method using a tag character that provides an extended short message service to a mobile terminal to create and transmit various types of messages such as an interactive message.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, by setting a specific character or symbol as a tag, an extended short message providing a short message service of an extended form to specify various types of character attributes or to create and send various types of messages. A service system, comprising: an information providing server for providing type information of an extended short message using a mobile communication network from the outside; Analyze the type of the extended short message being transmitted and received, determine whether the receiving terminal can receive the extended short message, and if so, transmit the extended short message to the receiving terminal, and if not, the extended short message. An extended short message server for converting and transmitting a message into a general short message; An extended message database that stores information of a subscriber who has subscribed to an extended short message service and stores data on whether the extended short message of the mobile terminal used by the subscriber can be received; And an extended terminal for creating or receiving the extended short message and requesting the extended short message to be transmitted to the receiving terminal.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, by setting a specific character or symbol as a tag, an extended short message providing a short message service of an extended form to specify various types of character attributes or to create and send various types of messages. A service method, comprising: a first step of receiving a request for transmission of a short message via a mobile communication network; A second step of analyzing the type of the short message to determine whether the extended short message; A third step of determining whether the receiver terminal can receive the extended short message by looking up subscriber information in the case of the extended short message; And if the receiver terminal can receive the extended short message, converting the extended short message into an SMS message and transmitting the converted short message to the recipient terminal. 4. To provide.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings.

In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an extended short message service system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The extended short message service system 200 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2 is an information provider server (hereinafter referred to as an "IP server") 210, an extended short message service server (eXtended short message service server), hereinafter. 220), an extended message database 222, an SMS center 140, an integrated wireless network 230, an extended terminal 240, and the like.

The IP server 210 is a server that provides information of an extended message type using a mobile communication network from the outside.

The XMS server 220 analyzes the type of the extended short message, determines whether the extended short message of the receiving terminal can be received, and converts the short message into a general SMS message (tag deletion processing) to send and receive a short message if necessary. In charge of function. The XMS server 220 performs a password text service, a confirmation request service, a blinking service, a multi URL service, an icon service, a telephone connection service, an email connection service, and the like.

Table 1 shows details of the functions of the XMS service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

service Character Function definition Server Tag Use P2P Bee Number X1234 Receiving password (ex: 1234) The receiving terminal shows the contents only when the passwords match. ㅇ ㅇ Confirmation request R "Confirm" the destination string and reply using SMS to the sender ㅇ ㅇ flicker B String blinking (explicit) ㅇ ㅇ Multiple choice # (1,2, .., 9) Reply the target string (multiple expression) to SMS using SMS / Target string: ① <string> ㅇ ㅇ Short answer S Enter a character string of up to 16 characters and reply to the sender by SMS when the <OK> button is selected. ㅇ ㅇ icon I abcd Icon (displaying screen and text, displaying tag function) ㅇ ㅇ Telephone connection T Place a voice call to the number where the destination string appears ㅇ ㅇ E-mail connection E Select to connect to Nate E-mail editing menu ㅇ ㅇ URL association U Internet call connection to the URL indicated by the destination string ㅇ × Avatar A Avatar SMS Service Connection (Send to Avatar Server) ㅇ ㅇ Font size F abcd Display size attribute of string ㅇ × underscore L Underline (highlight and box configuration) Color letters C abcd Display the color of the string / abcd uses the specified Tag Color Code ㅇ × Run VM V VM_ID Run VM pointed to by ID ㅇ ×

The extended message database 222 stores information of a subscriber who has subscribed to the extended short message service, and also stores data on whether the extended short message of the mobile terminal 240 used by the subscriber can be received.

The wireless integrated network 230 includes a base station transmitter 122, a base station controller 124, a mobile switching center 130, an HLR 132, a VLR 134, and the like, which constitute a mobile communication network, from the IP server 210. The extended short message requested to be transmitted is converted into a wireless signal of a mobile communication network and transmitted to the extended terminal 240, or the request for an extended short message transmitted from the extended terminal 240 is converted into an SMS message through the SMS center 140. The other mobile terminal or the IP server 210 transmits to the mobile terminal of another communication network.

The extended terminal 240 is a terminal capable of receiving or writing an extended short message, and using a tag defined with a specific character or symbol, creating a short message with various types of text attributes such as color, blinking, and underlining, or using a voice or URL. Create a connected message that combines e-mail, or create an interactive message such as short answer or selection, and request transmission of an extended short message wirelessly.

In addition, the extended terminal 240 may include a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a global system for mobile (GSM) phone, a wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) phone, a CDMA-2000 phone, and an MBS. (Mobile Broadband System) phone.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an extended short message service method using tag characters according to the present invention.

First, a subscriber creates an extended text message by using a key button to deliver a text message to a counterpart by operating the extended terminal 240. At this time, the subscriber operates a plurality of key buttons to create a short message using various types of text attributes such as password, color, blinking, and underlining using a tag defined with a specific character or symbol, or a voice, URL, or email. By creating a combined connection type message, or creating an interactive message such as a short answer or selection, and requesting the transmission of the created extended text message by pressing a call button (Send) (S302). At this time, when the subscriber wants to use the secure text message service (Secure SMS), the encrypted text service is requested by writing an extended text message and inputting a password as shown in FIG. Therefore, when the receiving side receives the extended text message, the content of the encrypted text can be confirmed by inputting the password set by the subscriber as shown in FIG. This is useful when the sending subscriber and the receiver know each other's password.

The extended text message transmitted from the extended terminal 240 is transmitted to the wireless integrated network 230 as a wireless signal, and is converted into binary data of the mobile communication network in the wireless integrated network 120 through the mobile switching center 130 through the XMS server ( 220).

The XMS server 220 interoperates with the wireless integrated network 230 and simultaneously receives the request for the extended text message with the mobile switching center 130 of the wireless integrated network 230 or requests to transmit the extended text message from the IP server 210. It receives (S304). Of course, the IP server 210 may have a request for transmission of an extended text message written by another subscriber.

The XMS server 220 analyzes the type of received extended text message, that is, message information such as a message format, TID, and determines the type of the message in order to determine whether it is a normal extended text message (S306).

If the transmission request message is a normal extended text message (S308), the XMS server 220 queries the subscriber information from the extended message database 222 to determine whether the receiver's mobile terminal can receive the extended message (S310).

If it is determined that the receiver's mobile terminal can receive the extended text message like the extended terminal 240 (S312), the XMS server 220 converts the extended text message to the SMS message via the SMS center 140 as an SMS. It converts and transmits it to the receiver's mobile terminal (S314).

On the other hand, if the transmission request target message is not a normal extended text message in step S308, the XMS server 220 transmits an error message to the IP server 210 or the extended terminal 240 requesting the transmission of the extended text message; Processing is terminated by processing as a transmission error (S320).

In addition, when it is determined in step S312 that the mobile terminal of the receiver is not capable of receiving the extended text message, the XMS server 220 deletes the tag portion from the extended text message of the transmission request target and converts it into a general short message form. After changing the type of the message, it displays a general short message on the TID converts the text message to be sent to the SMS message via the SMS center 140 and transmits it to the receiver's mobile terminal (S330).

On the other hand, when the extended text message received by the receiver's mobile terminal is a cipher text, as shown in FIG. 4C, the receiver inputs a password to check the contents of the extended text message.

As described above, according to the present invention, by setting a specific character or symbol as a tag, various types of character attributes such as color, blinking, and underlining, connected messages such as voice, URL, and e-mail, short answer / selection, etc. An extended short message service system and method using a tag character that provides an extended form of a short message service to a mobile terminal to create and transmit various types of messages such as an interactive message may be realized.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments.

The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, a text attribute such as color and font may be designated on a message to suit a communication environment of a young user, or various types of characters such as a connected message or an interactive message. You can send a message. In addition, it is possible to increase the display effect of the text message by providing information in a variety of messages using the extended short message (XMS) service.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of a mobile communication system for transmitting a conventional SMS message;

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an extended short message service system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an extended short message service method using tag characters according to the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen for transmitting or confirming a cipher character by inputting a cipher in the cipher character service.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

100: mobile communication system 110: mobile terminal

120: wireless base station 122: base station transmitter

124: base station controller 130: mobile switching center

140: SMS center 200: XMS system

210: IP server 220: XMS server

230: integrated wireless network 240: extended terminal

Claims (12)

An extended short message service system that provides a short message service of an extended form by setting a specific character or symbol as a tag, specifying various types of character attributes, or creating and sending various types of messages. An information provider server (IP: Information Provider Server) for providing type information of an extended short message using a mobile communication network from the outside; Analyze the type of the extended short message being transmitted and received, determine whether the receiving terminal can receive the extended short message, and if so, transmit the extended short message to the receiving terminal, and if not, the extended short message. An eXtended short message service server (XMS) for converting and sending a message into a general short message; An extended message database that stores information of a subscriber who has subscribed to an extended short message service and stores data on whether the extended short message of the mobile terminal used by the subscriber can be received; And And an extended terminal for creating or receiving the extended short message and requesting the extended short message to be sent to the receiving terminal. The method of claim 1, An SMS center for converting the extended short message requested to be transmitted into the Short Message Service (SMS) message; And The extended short message requested to be transmitted from the information providing server is converted into a wireless signal of a mobile communication network and transmitted to the extended terminal, or the extended short message requested to be transmitted from the extended terminal is converted into an SMS message to another mobile terminal or the An extended short message service system using a tag character, further comprising a wireless integrated network for transmitting to a mobile terminal of another communication network through an information providing server. The method of claim 1, The extended terminal may use the tag defined by a specific character or symbol to create the extended short message using various types of text attributes including color, blinking, and underlining, or create a linked message combining voice, URL, and email. Or, create an interactive message including a short answer or a selection and request to transmit the interactive short message to the extended short message. The method of claim 2, The wireless integrated network may include: a mobile switching center that performs a switching function for a mobile communication network and an exchange function for a call request of the extended terminal; A base station transmitter arranged in units of cells and configured to transmit the call request generated from the extended terminal to the mobile switching center or to locate a location of the extended terminal existing in a cell area under its control; And Tag base station characterized in that it comprises a base station controller for controlling and managing a plurality of base stations to perform all functions necessary for wireless call processing, including hand-off, and to transmit subscriber information of the location-registered extended terminal to the mobile switching center. Short message service system using The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4, The extended terminal may include a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a global system for mobile (GSM) phone, a wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) phone, a CDMA-2000 phone, and a mobile broadband (MBS). System) Extended short message service system using a tag character characterized in that it comprises a phone. An extended short message service method of providing a short message service of an extended form by setting a specific character or symbol as a tag, specifying various types of character attributes, or creating and sending various types of messages. Receiving a request for transmitting a short message through a mobile communication network; A second step of analyzing the type of the short message to determine whether the extended short message; A third step of determining whether the receiver terminal can receive the extended short message by looking up subscriber information in the case of the extended short message; And And a fourth step of converting the extended short message into a short message service (SMS) message and transmitting the converted short message to the receiver terminal if the receiver terminal can receive the extended short message. Short message service method. The method of claim 6, In the first step, the request for transmitting the short message may be a request for transmitting the extended short message created by an extended terminal, or a request for transmission transmitted through an information provider server (IP) from another communication network. Extended short message service method using a tag character. The method of claim 6, In the second step, the type of the short message is an extended short message service method using a tag character, characterized in that the information including the format (Format) or TID of the message. The method of claim 6, In the second step, the extended short message service method using a tag character, characterized in that the processing is terminated by error processing if it is not a normal short message. The method of claim 6, In the third step, if the receiver terminal is a terminal that can not receive the extended short message, after changing the type of the message by deleting the tag portion in the extended short message to form a general short message, An extended short message service method using a tag character, wherein the message is displayed on a TID, converted into an SMS message, and transmitted to the receiver terminal. The method of claim 6, In the second step, the extended short message service method using a tag character, characterized in that a password is included if the extended short message is a password character. The method of claim 6, After the fourth step, if the extended short message received by the receiver terminal is a cipher character, the extended short message service using a tag character is characterized by inputting and confirming a password input when the extended short message is created. Way.