KR20090013262A

KR20090013262A - Method for receiving message, and terminal thereof

Info

Publication number: KR20090013262A
Application number: KR20060132660A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 정무경
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2006-12-22
Filing date: 2006-12-22
Publication date: 2009-02-05

Abstract

A method for receiving messages and a terminal thereof are provided to register contents to be delivered to a subscribed community in an SMS message and select and receive only the SMS message of the subscribed community, thereby not receiving a spam SMS message and reducing cost according to receiving the SMS message only when the user desires the reception of the SMS message. A mobile terminal(110~114) connects to an SMS(Short Message Service) server(130) through a communications network(120). The mobile terminal registers in a community and registers SMS messages about an advertisement or information in the community registered. The mobile terminal provides the subscribed community joining to an SMS received menu as a list. The communications network provides a transmission path so that the mobile terminal transmits and receives data with the other terminal. When the community is designated from the mobile terminal and there is the origination request of the SMS message from the mobile terminal, the SMS server stores the SMS message of sending contents in the designated community. A communications server(140) produces and holds a plurality of communities.

Description

Method for receiving message and terminal thereof

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of a mobile communication system to which a message receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a mobile terminal to which a message receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a message receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

100: mobile communication system 110 to 114: mobile terminal

120: communication network 130: SMS server

132: SMS Information Database 140: Community Server

142: community database 210: communication

220: input unit 230: control unit

240: display unit 250: storage unit

260 program part

The present invention relates to a message receiving method and a terminal thereof.

In general, a mobile terminal has a function of writing a short short message (SMS) of 80 bytes to transmit to a counterpart terminal.

In the case of using such a function personally, the sender designates a plurality of recipients and transmits the contents of the short message, and the receivers receive them unilaterally through the mobile terminal.

On the other hand, such a function to send a short message to the customer, such as advertising content from a specific company, customers receive a short message such as weather, traffic, securities, card charges from the company every day.

However, since the existing information providing service through the short message as described above unilaterally provides information to the user, there is a problem in that an unnecessary short message is received even when the user is not required.

In addition, when transmitting a short message about the date information that members can most participate in a community such as reunions and clubs, members who are not interested in or have trouble receiving the unwanted information have had a problem.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, a user to join a community operated by the message server, so that the user can receive the message about the delivery contents of the community by selecting the corresponding information on the desired date or time, message An object of the present invention is to provide a receiving method and a terminal thereof.

The message receiving method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of selecting a menu for receiving a message; Designating a community to request receipt of the message; And receiving the message from the community.

The method may further include registering the community by accessing a server providing information as a message before the selecting.

In addition, the step of designating a community may select one or more of a plurality of communities and designate a real time or a specific date.

The step of designating the community may specify a specific amount including a day amount or a week amount for the message.

On the other hand, the message receiving request terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object, an input unit for selecting a menu for receiving a message, and designating a community to request the reception of the message; A communication unit which receives the message from the designated community through a communication network; And a controller for requesting reception of the message from the community and controlling the communication unit to receive the message from the community.

The controller may request to receive the message after accessing a server providing information as a message through the communication unit to register the community.

The input unit may select one or more of a plurality of communities and designate a real time or a specific date when designating the community as a reception request target of the message.

The input unit may designate a specific amount including a day amount or a week amount for the message when the community is designated.

On the other hand, the message registration method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of connecting to a community server through a communication network; And registering a message for a community with the community server.

Hereinafter, preferred 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.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of a mobile communication system to which a message receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

The mobile communication system 100 to which the present invention is applied includes a plurality of mobile terminals 110 to 114, a communication network 120, an SMS server 130, an SMS information database 132, a community server 140, and a community database 142. ), And the like.

The mobile terminals 110 to 114 access the SMS server 130 through the communication network 120, for example, register with the community regarding weather, broadcasting, movies, and the like, and register short messages regarding advertisements or information with the registered community. .

In addition, the mobile terminals 110 to 114 basically include an SMS receiving menu in a plurality of menus provided, and designate one or more communities among a plurality of communities when an SMS receiving request is requested. To this end, the mobile terminals 110 to 114 provide the subscribed communities as a list in the SMS receiving menu.

In addition, the mobile terminals 110 to 114 may set when receiving the SMS, including the time and date when the SMS request is received, and may set a specific amount including a day amount or a week amount.

The communication network 120 provides a transmission path for allowing the mobile terminals 110 to 114 to transmit and receive data as well as phone calls with other terminals, and includes, for example, a mobile communication network. In addition, the communication network 120 may include an IP (Internet Protocol) network so that a user may access the community server 140 interworking with the SMS server 130 through a computer.

When the community is designated from the mobile terminals 110 to 114 and there is a request for sending a short message, the SMS server 130 stores the short message of the originating content in the designated community. In addition, when there is a request for receiving a short message from each of the mobile terminals 110 to 114, the SMS server 130 receives the short message from the corresponding community and transmits the short message to the mobile terminal which requested the reception.

The SMS information database 132 classifies and stores short messages received from mobile terminals 110 to 114 for each subscriber.

The community server 140 creates and holds a plurality of communities registered from subscribers, broadcasters, content providers, cultural companies, etc. of the mobile terminals 110 to 114. In addition, when there is a request for receiving a short message from the mobile terminals 110 to 114, the community server 140 obtains a short message about an advertisement or information provided by the corresponding community through the community server 140, and then the corresponding mobile terminal ( 110 ~ 114).

The community database 142 classifies and stores short message data about advertisements or information provided by each community.

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a mobile terminal to which a message receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

The mobile terminal to which the present invention is applied includes a communication unit 210, an input unit 220, a control unit 230, a display unit 240, a storage unit 250, and a program unit 260.

The communication unit 210 wirelessly connects to the SMS server 130 through the communication network 120. In addition, the communication unit 210 transmits data regarding a request for receiving a short message to the SMS server 130 through the communication network 120. In addition, the communication unit 210 receives an SMS message from the SMS server 130 through the communication network 120.

The input unit 220 inputs a user's operation command and transmits it to the controller 230. That is, the input unit 220 is used to select an SMS receiving menu from a plurality of menus or to create a short message to register in a community.

The controller 230 requests the creation or registration of the community to the SMS server 130 according to the user's input. In addition, the control unit 230 controls to transmit the data relating to the request for receiving the short message wirelessly in accordance with the user input. The controller 230 controls the short message to be received from the communication network 120 through the communication unit 210.

The display unit 240 displays an operation state of the mobile terminal. In addition, the display unit 240 displays a short message receiving menu according to the operation of the input unit 220 and displays a plurality of communities to which the mobile terminals 110 to 114 are subscribed.

The storage unit 250 stores the short message received through the communication unit 210. Stores a list of communities subscribed and registered by the mobile terminal.

When the short message receiving menu is selected from the plurality of menus through the input unit 220, the program unit 260 displays a plurality of communities registered by the mobile terminal as a list, and receives the short message to the selected community through the input unit 220. Stored program for requesting

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user of the first mobile terminal 110, for example, a group message to the users of the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114, which is subscribed to the movie group, etc. as a short message. You can inform. To this end, the first mobile terminal 110 accesses the SMS server 130 through the communication network 120 and requests creation of a movie community and community registration. In response to this, the SMS server 130 generates a movie community through the interworking community server 140, and registers the community by designating the first mobile terminal 110 as the creator of the movie community.

Accordingly, the users of the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 who are members of the movie club are connected to the SMS server 130 through the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114. A request is made to join and register with the movie community. In response to this, the SMS server 130 registers the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 to the movie community through the interworking community server 140 (S302).

In this case, the community server 140 stores information about the registered second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 in the storage space of the corresponding movie community of the community database 142.

Meanwhile, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the content company, the movie company, the weather station, the broadcasting station, and the like may access the SMS server 130 through the communication network 120, generate a corresponding community, and register each related information.

Thereafter, the first mobile terminal 110 registers a notice message to be delivered to the group members as a short message to the corresponding movie community through the community server 140.

In addition, a content company, a movie company, a weather station, a broadcasting station, and the like may also register a short message with an advertisement or a notice in the corresponding community through the community server 140.

When the user of the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 subscribed to the movie community wants to receive a short message such as an advertisement or an announcement from the movie community, the user inputs the basic menu through the input unit 220. The SMS receiving menu is selected (S304).

When the SMS reception menu is selected by the user, the controller 230 displays a list of communities to which the mobile terminals 112 to 114 are subscribed through the display unit 240 (S306).

The user selects a movie community from the list of the plurality of communities displayed through the display unit 240 as an SMS reception request target through the input unit 220 (S308).

At this time, the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 is in a state that the SMS reception request function is set to "SMS reception rejection" by default. Accordingly, the user selects a movie community that wants to receive an SMS message through the input unit 220.

If it is determined that the real-time reception without any reception setting through the input unit 220 (S310), the controller 230 accesses the SMS server 130 to the movie community based on the data requesting SMS reception to the movie community. Request for SMS reception (S312).

The SMS server 130 requests an SMS message for the movie communicator through the interworking communicator server 140, and the community server 140 retrieves an SMS message stored in the movie community from the community database 142. It delivers to the SMS server 130. At this time, the community server 140 classifies SMS messages for each community and stores them in the community database 142 to manage them.

The SMS server 130 transmits an SMS message for the movie community received from the community server 140 to the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 through the communication network 120.

Accordingly, the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 receive the SMS message for the movie community from the SMS server 130 via the communication network 120 through the communication unit 210 (S314).

The second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 store the SMS message for the movie community received through the communication unit 210 in the storage unit 250 and store the SMS message through the display unit 240. It is displayed (S316). In this case, the content of the SMS message may be movie community information including a movie title, a movie theater, a movie time, and the like.

Accordingly, users of the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 that are members of the movie community may receive only the information of the movie community that they want as SMS messages.

On the other hand, when the user of the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 selects the target community to receive the SMS message and sets the reception method, the reception date or the amount of reception is set without receiving in real time. It may be (S318).

That is, the users of the second mobile terminal 112 and the third mobile terminal 114 set when (date) and at what time to receive the SMS message for the movie community, or for one day or one week's SMS message. Can be set to receive.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can join a community operated by a short message server, and the user can select and receive a short message regarding the delivery contents of the community at a desired date or time, A short message receiving request method and a terminal thereof can be realized.

In the above-described embodiment, the short message has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to a multimedia message service (MMS) or an e-mail message.

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, it is possible to register a delivery message such as an announcement in a subscribed community as an SMS message, and to select and receive only an SMS message of a subscribed community. Therefore, the spam SMS message is not received, and the cost can be reduced as the SMS message is received only when desired.

Claims

Selecting a menu regarding receipt of a multimedia message;

Designating a community to request receipt of the multimedia message; And

Receiving the multimedia message from the community;

Message receiving method comprising a.

The method of claim 1,

Prior to the step of selecting, the step of accessing a server that provides information in a multimedia message and registering with the community;

Message receiving method further comprises.

The method of claim 1,

The specifying of the community may include selecting one or more of a plurality of communities and designating a real time or a specific date for receiving the multimedia message.

The method of claim 1,

The specifying of the community may include specifying a specific amount including a day amount or a week amount for the multimedia message.

An input unit for selecting a menu regarding reception of a multimedia message and designating a community to request reception of the multimedia message;

A communication unit which receives the multimedia message from the designated community through a communication network; And

A control unit which requests the community to receive the multimedia message and controls the communication unit to receive the multimedia message from the community;

Message receiving request terminal comprising a.

The method of claim 5, wherein

The control unit is a message receiving request terminal, characterized in that the request for receiving the multimedia message after connecting to the server providing information as a multimedia message through the communication unit to the community.

The method of claim 5, wherein

The input unit, when designating the community as a reception request target of the multimedia message, selects one or more of a plurality of communities and receives a message, characterized in that designating a real time or a specific date for receiving the multimedia message. Request terminal.

The method of claim 7, wherein

The input unit, when specifying the community message receiving request terminal, characterized in that for specifying the specific amount, including the amount of one day or one week for the multimedia message.

Accessing a community server through a communication network; And

Registering a multimedia message for a community with the community server;

Message registration method comprising a.