KR20070013520A - Apparatus and method for message receiving alarm of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for announcing the reception of a message in a mobile terminal are provided to identify the kind of a received message through the type and TID(Teleservice ID) of the received message and to execute voice conversion for a string matched with the identified kind using a TTS function so that a user can know what kind of message has been received without confirming the received message. If a message is received, a message reception announcement processing part in a mobile terminal checks the type and TID of the received message, identifies the kind of the message, and stores an index allocated to the identified message kind in an appointed memory area(S10-S14). If it is judged that the mobile terminal is in a message reception announcement processing enable state(S16), the message reception announcement processing part judges whether the sound to announce message reception has been set as a generic alarm sound or a user TTS(Text-To-Speech) sound(S18,S22). If it is confirmed that a user TTS sound has been established, the message reception announcement processing part detects a selected user TTS sound announcement string among a set of user TTS sound announcements stored in the memory(S24) and reedits the detected string into a string to indicate the identified message kind(S26). The message reception announcement processing part executes voice conversion for the reedited string, outputs it through an audio part, and notifies the user that the message has been received(S28).

Description

Apparatus and method for notifying message reception of a mobile terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE RECEIVING ALARM OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal including a message receiving notification device according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a type of a message classified based on a message type and a TID according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing an example of a set of message TTS by message type applied to the present invention.

4 is a view showing an example of a user TTS comment set applied to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a message reception notification method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

10. key input, 20. RF transceiver, 30. display,

40. Memory unit, 50. Speech synthesizer, 60. Audio unit,

70. Control unit, 80. Message reception notification processing unit

The present invention relates to a message reception notification device and method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a message reception notification device and method of a mobile communication terminal to notify the reception of messages with different notification sounds based on the type of received message. will be.

With the development of mobile communication technology, as a mobile communication terminal becomes multimedia, the mobile communication terminal transmits and receives various types of messages, for example, SMS messages, LMS messages, MMS messages, and voice messages.

Meanwhile, when a message is received, the mobile communication terminal stores the received messages in the message inbox in chronological order, and notifies the terminal user that a new message has arrived by using a notification sound (for example, a ringtone or a melody). Upon receipt of the message, the terminal user confirms the newly arrived message through key manipulation, and saves or deletes the contents of the message or dials the telephone number received with the message.

As described above, when the mobile terminal receives the message, the mobile terminal rings a ring tone (or melody) to notify the terminal user that the message is received. Conventionally, only one ring tone (or melody) set for all received messages is used. It is uniformized to inform reception.

That is, conventionally, the number of ringtones (or melodies) for notifying a message reception due to a memory problem is limited, and the reception notification for all received messages is performed using only the ringtones (or melodies) set by the terminal user.

Accordingly, conventionally, when a message is received, there is a problem in that it is not possible to know what kind of message is received until the terminal user confirms the message.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and distinguishes the type of message through the message type and the TID (Teleservice ID) of the received message, and the TTS (Text to Speech) It is an object of the present invention to provide a message reception notification method of a mobile communication terminal that can notify the reception of a message by using the same after the voice conversion.

The message receiving notification device of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, by converting an RF signal containing a variety of messages, voice and image data from the transmitting and receiving terminal of the terminal to a wireless signal to the antenna An RF transceiver for transmitting to the base station through the base station or receiving an RF signal including various messages, voice, and image data from the base station; It stores the message and various data received through the RF transceiver, and according to the type of the received message, the set of TTS messages for each message type to be provided by voice conversion to the terminal user, and the user TTS received from the terminal user to inform the reception of the message A memory unit for storing a set of comments; A speech synthesizer for synthesizing and converting a string into speech; An audio unit for amplifying the speech converted by the speech synthesizer and converting the speech into a mechanical audio signal that can be heard by a terminal user; After confirming the message type based on the message type and the TID (Teleservice ID) of the message received through the RF transceiver, if the alarm tone notifying the reception of the message is set to TTS (Text to Speech) by message type, A message reception notification processing unit for retrieving a message to a terminal user by retrieving a character string matching the identified message type from a set of TTS comments, converting and outputting the searched character string into voice through the voice synthesis unit and the audio unit; It is preferable to make.

If the alarm tone is set to a user TTS tone, the message reception notification processing unit searches for a user TTS tone string selected from the user TTS tone set and based on the found message type. It is preferable to re-edit the received message so as to indicate the type of the received message, and to notify the terminal user of the message by converting and outputting the re-edited character string into the voice through the voice synthesizer and the audio unit.

In addition, the TTS comment set for each message type is preferably matched to each index assigned to each message type by a character string that is to be voice-converted and provided to the terminal user through the TTS function for each message type.

Meanwhile, in the message receiving notification method of the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a message is received, the message type of the received message is checked by checking the message type and the TID of the received message, and assigned to the identified message type. Storing the index in a memory area; Searching for a character string matching the index in the TTS tone set for each message type if the notification sound for notifying the user of the message is set to the TTS tone for each message type; Preferably, the searched string is converted into a voice using a text to speech (TTS) function, and then outputted through an audio unit to notify the terminal user of receiving a message.

Furthermore, if the notification sound is set to a user TTS tone, searching for a user TTS tone string selected from the user TTS tone set; Re-editing the searched string into a string that can indicate the type of the received message based on the identified message type; The method may further include converting the re-edited character string into a voice using the TTS function and outputting the voice message through the audio unit to notify the terminal user of receiving a message.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the message receiving notification device and method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, prior to describing the message reception notification method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the message type and TID (Teleservice ID) of the message applied to the present invention will be described.

The message types are divided according to the delivery method of the message. The message types are divided into a point-to-point type and a broadcasting type. Many additional services related to the message are developed based on the two services described above. It is becoming. In other words, the message is divided into a general message to which a text is transmitted to a specific address (number) and a broadcast message to a plurality of terminals in a certain area.

On the other hand, the TID is a delimiter that knows which upper layer message service should be delivered or has been delivered. The processing of the general message and the calling message is also handled through the separation of the TID.

1 is a road, a key input unit 10, an RF transceiver 20, a display unit 30, and a memory unit schematically showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal including a message receiving notification device according to the present invention. 40, a speech synthesis unit 50, an audio unit 60, a control unit 70, and a message reception notification processing unit 80.

In such a configuration, the key input unit 10 generates various key codes for inputting telephone numbers and various setting values required for dialing.

The RF transceiver 20 converts an RF signal including various messages, voice, and image data from a transmitting and receiving end of the terminal into a wireless signal and transmits the signal to a base station through an antenna, or transmits various messages, voice, and image data from the base station. Receive the included RF signal.

The display unit 30 displays various states of the mobile communication terminal that can be seen when the terminal user needs them, information provided by the mobile communication terminal, various messages transmitted through the mobile communication network, and letters and numbers received through the key input unit 10. And so on.

The memory unit 40 stores a system operation program, a program for implementing a message receiving notification method according to the present invention, a phone number, a message received through the RF transceiver 20 and various data, and stores the received message. According to the type, the TTS voice set for each message type to be provided by voice conversion is provided to the terminal user (see FIG. 3), and the user TTS comment set input from the terminal user to inform the reception of the message is stored (see FIG. 4).

The voice synthesizer 50 synthesizes and converts the character string selected by the memory unit 40 to the voice through the message reception notification processor 80.

The audio unit 60 amplifies the voice converted by the voice synthesizer 50 and converts the voice into a mechanical audio signal that can be heard by the user.

The controller 70 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal, and when the message reception notification processor 80 receives the message through the RF transceiver 20, the message type is based on the message type and the TID of the received message. After checking, if the alarm tone is set to the user TTS tone, the user TTS tone string selected from the user TTS tone set stored in the memory unit 40 is searched, and the searched string is based on the identified message type. Re-edit the character string to indicate the type of the received message, and converts the re-edited character string into the voice through the speech synthesis unit 50 and the audio unit 60 and outputs it to notify the terminal user of the message reception, alarm If the tone is set to the TTS tone for each message type, the TTS tone set for each message type stored in the memory unit 40 based on the confirmed message type. Standing search for a string to be provided to the user terminal, and outputs the retrieved character string after converting into voice via the voice synthesizing unit 50 and the audio unit 60 informs the message received to the terminal user.

2 is a road showing an example of a message type classified based on a message type and a TID according to the present invention, and a message type is divided into a point-to-point message and a broadcasting message, and a point-to-point The message is again called by TID value, general text message, voice message, WAP message, monotone service message, broadcast channel registration / deletion message, melody download service message, data download service message, platform driven message, DMB open / release It is divided into service message and DMB viewership survey message.

3 is a road showing an example of a set of TTS tone for each message type applied to the present invention, the TTS tone for each message type is to be used when the notification sound for notifying the user of the message is set to the TTS tone for each message type For each message type, a character string to be converted and provided to the terminal user through the TTS function is matched to each index.

As described above, the index is used to search for a string to be provided to the terminal user according to the received message type, and a unique index value is assigned for each message type.

4 is a road showing an example of a user TTS tone set applied to the present invention, the user TTS tone is used when the notification sound is set to the user TTS tone, the user TTS tone is a message reception notification sound The user can directly edit, add, and delete the TTS comment, which is done through the configuration menu.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a message reception notification method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when receiving a message (S10), the message receiving notification processing unit 80 checks the message type of the received message by checking the message type and the TID of the received message (S12), the character string corresponding to the identified message type The index allocated to the identified message type is stored in a predetermined memory area so as to read the data (S14).

Subsequently, it is determined whether the operation mode of the mobile communication terminal is in a state in which message reception notification processing is not possible, for example, a manner mode or a call state (S16).

As a result of the determination in step S16, when the operation mode of the mobile communication terminal is in a state where message reception notification processing is not possible, the message reception notification processing is omitted.

On the other hand, when the determination result of step S16, when the operation mode of the mobile communication terminal is a state capable of message reception notification processing, it is determined whether the notification sound for notifying the terminal user of the message reception is set to the general notification sound (S18). .

When the determination result of the process S18 is set to the general notification sound, the terminal user is uniformly used by using the notification sound set regardless of the type of the message identified in the process S12 as in the prior art. Notify the reception of the message (S20).

On the other hand, if the determination result of the above-described step S18 is not set to the general notification sound, it is determined whether the notification sound is set to the user TTS sound (S22).

If the determination result of the above-described step S22 is set to the user TTS sound, after searching the user TTS tone string selected from the user TTS tone set stored in the memory 40 (S24) In operation S26, the searched string is re-edited into a string that may indicate the type of the received message based on the message type identified in step S12.

For example, the string searched in the above process S24 is' Ah! Message ", and if the incoming message is a voice message, the string is Voice message has been re-edited, and if the received message is a broadcast message, the string is'! Broadcast message has been re-edited, and if the received message is a data download service message, the string is' Ah! Data download service message has been re-edited.

Thereafter, the character string re-edited in the above-described process S26 is converted into speech through the speech synthesis unit 50, and then output through the audio unit 60 to notify the terminal user of the message reception (S28).

On the other hand, when the determination result notification of step S22 is not set to the TTS tone, but is set to the TTS tone for each message type, the set of TTS tone for each message type as an index stored in a predetermined memory area in step S14. Search for a string matching the index (S30), converts the searched string into a voice through the voice synthesizer 50, and then outputs through the audio unit 60 to receive a message to the terminal user Notify (S32).

The message receiving notification device and method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the message receiving notification device and method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, the message type and the TID of the received message is classified into a message type, and the TTS function to match the type of the classified message type After converting the voice using, it is possible to inform the reception of the message by using the terminal user can see what kind of message has been received without checking the received message.

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RF transmission / reception for converting an RF signal including various messages, voice and image data from a transmitting and receiving end of the terminal into a wireless signal and transmitting the signal to a base station through an antenna, or receiving an RF signal including various messages, voice and image data from a base station Wealth; It stores the message and various data received through the RF transceiver, and according to the type of the received message, the set of TTS messages for each message type to be provided by voice conversion to the terminal user, and the user TTS received from the terminal user to inform the reception of the message A memory unit for storing a set of comments; A speech synthesizer for synthesizing and converting a string into speech; An audio unit for amplifying the speech converted by the speech synthesizer and converting the speech into a mechanical audio signal that can be heard by a terminal user; After confirming the message type based on the message type and the TID (Teleservice ID) of the message received through the RF transceiver, if the alarm tone notifying the reception of the message is set to TTS (Text to Speech) by message type, A message reception notification processing unit for retrieving a message to a terminal user by retrieving a character string matching the identified message type from a set of TTS comments, converting and outputting the searched character string into voice through the voice synthesis unit and the audio unit; Message receiving notification device of the mobile communication terminal made. The method of claim 1, wherein the message reception notification processing unit, If the alarm tone is set to a user TTS tone, the user TTS tone string selected from the user TTS tone set is searched, and the searched string may indicate the type of the received message based on the identified message type. And re-editing and converting and re-editing the re-edited character string into a voice through the voice synthesizer and the audio unit to notify the terminal user of the message reception. The method of claim 1, wherein the TTS comment set for each message type is: The message reception notification device of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the character strings to be provided by voice conversion through the TTS function for each message type are matched to respective indices assigned for each message type. The method of claim 1, wherein the user TTS comment set, Message receiving notification device of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the set of characters directly input from the terminal user for use as a message reception notification sound, edit, add, delete. Receiving a message, checking a message type and a TID of the received message to determine a message type of the received message, and storing an index assigned to the identified message type in a memory area; Searching for a character string matching the index in the TTS tone set for each message type if the notification sound for notifying the user of the message is set to the TTS tone for each message type; And converting the searched string into a voice using a text to speech (TTS) function, and outputting it through an audio unit to notify the terminal user of receiving a message. The method of claim 5, wherein if the notification sound is set to a user TTS tone, Retrieving a user TTS comment string selected from the user TTS comment set; Re-editing the searched string into a string that can indicate the type of the received message based on the identified message type; And converting the re-edited character string into a voice by using the TTS function and outputting the voice through the audio unit to notify the terminal user of the message reception.

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