WO2011099671A1

WO2011099671A1 - System and method for providing image-related service to an image terminal between an image terminal and sound terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2011099671A1
Application number: PCT/KR2010/001986
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이길수; 최도연
Original assignee: (주)티아이스퀘어
Priority date: 2010-02-10
Filing date: 2010-03-31
Publication date: 2011-08-18
Also published as: KR20110092741A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an image-related service to an image terminal, i.e. between the image terminal and a sound terminal, and to a system and method which can provide an image-related service, such as one providing an image homepage or an image call service, to the image terminal when a call is performed between the image terminal and the sound terminal.

Description

A system and method for providing a video related service between a video terminal and an audio terminal to a video terminal side

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a video related service between a video terminal and an audio terminal to a video terminal. More specifically, the present invention provides a video homepage or provides a video homepage to a video terminal when a call is made between the video terminal and the audio terminal. The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a video related service such as providing a call service.

With the development of mobile communication technology, video call service has been widely used recently through mobile communication networks, and mobile communication service providers provide or develop various additional services related to video call. However, there are still a large number of users who can only make voice calls, so it is necessary to properly relay a call between the voice call user and the video call user.

For example, when a video call service user attempts to make a video call to a voice call service user, a video call cannot be made. For example, the message "Video call is not supported" is sent to the terminal of the video call service user who is the calling terminal. It is displayed and automatically switched to a voice call so that only a voice call is made. In this regard, when a call is made between a video call service user and a voice call service user, it is necessary to provide an appropriate video related service to the video call service user.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when a call is made between a video terminal and a voice terminal, a system capable of providing a video service such as providing a video homepage or a video call service to the video terminal side. And to provide a method.

Particularly, when the calling terminal is a video terminal, the present invention can enhance the convenience and usability of a user by providing an interactive video homepage set for the called terminal to a calling terminal as a video terminal when a call request is made by the calling terminal. It is another object of the present invention to provide a system and method.

In addition, when using the video homepage according to the present invention in the enterprise, for example, by providing a video menu configured in the form of the video homepage to the video terminal side in the automatic telephone guidance system or call center, etc., it is possible to increase the user's convenience and promote the company And another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for enhancing the effect of advertising as well as hearing.

In addition, when the video call is attempted between the video terminal and the voice terminal, the video call service providing apparatus generates video call data by synthesizing the voice data received from the voice terminal with the video data and generating the video call data. It is another object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a video call service to a video terminal by providing a video terminal.

Also, when the video terminal and the voice terminal attempt a video call, the video call service providing apparatus generates video call data by synthesizing the voice data received from the voice terminal with the video data and generating the video call data. An object of the present invention is to provide a video call service and a device for performing the same to a video terminal during a call between the video terminal and the voice terminal by providing the video terminal.

In addition, the present invention is more interesting from the perspective of the subscribers of the video call service, by allowing the video call service subscriber to be provided with the video call service not only when the other party is the video call service subscriber, but also the voice call service subscriber. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for enabling a video call service.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a system for providing a video homepage service to an outgoing video terminal, comprising: a network interworking unit for receiving a call setup request message from the outgoing video terminal; And receiving a video channel connection request message with the calling video terminal from the network interlocking unit, opening a video channel with the calling video terminal, and opening a video homepage service through the video channel before connecting a call with the called terminal. Provides a video home page providing system comprising a content synthesis and generation unit provided to the outgoing video terminal.

Here, the called terminal may be a voice terminal.

The apparatus may further include a DTMF detector configured to detect a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.

The content synthesizing and generating unit may transmit the contents of the video homepage to the calling video terminal according to the DTMF signal of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.

The DTMF detection unit may receive a DTMF signal for requesting a call connection with the called terminal selected from the video homepage from the calling video terminal, and transmit a call setup request message to the called terminal.

The content synthesizing and generating unit may perform voice transcoding between a video channel with the calling video terminal and a voice channel with the called terminal.

The network interlocking unit may transmit a recording request message for the video or audio of the calling video terminal or the called terminal to the content synthesizing and generating unit, and the content synthesizing and generating unit displays the video of the calling video terminal or the called terminal. Or you can record your voice.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing a video homepage in a server connected to a calling video terminal through a communication network and providing a video homepage service to the calling video terminal, receiving a call setup request message from the calling video terminal. step; And opening a video channel with the calling video terminal, and providing a video homepage service to the calling terminal through the video channel before connecting to the called terminal.

The method may further include detecting a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.

The method may further include transmitting contents of the video homepage to the calling video terminal according to the DTMF signal of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.

The method may further include receiving, from the calling video terminal, a DTMF signal requesting a call connection with the called terminal selected from the video homepage, and transmitting a call setup request message to the called terminal.

The method may further include performing voice transcoding between the video channel with the calling video terminal and the audio channel with the called terminal.

The method may further include recording the video or audio of the calling video terminal or the called terminal according to a recording request message for the video or audio of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.

In addition, the called terminal may be a voice terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the method for providing a video call service to the calling video terminal in the video call service providing apparatus connected to the calling video terminal and the incoming voice terminal through the video call network and the voice call network, respectively, Receiving a video call call setup request signal from an originating video terminal, and correspondingly transmitting a voice call call setup request signal to the called voice terminal; Receiving a voice call call setup response signal from the called voice terminal side; Setting up a video call with the calling video terminal and setting up a voice call with the incoming voice terminal; And receiving voice data from the called voice terminal through the set voice call call, synthesizing the received voice data with a preset video data to generate video call data, and transmitting the generated video call data. It provides a method for providing a video call service to the video terminal side comprising the step of transmitting to the video terminal side, wherein the video call data includes audio data and video data.

Here, after receiving a video call call setup request signal from the calling video terminal side, and correspondingly transmitting a voice call call setup request signal to the called voice terminal side, the preset video data to the calling video terminal The method may further include transmitting.

In addition, after setting a video call call with the calling video terminal, and setting up a voice call call with the incoming voice terminal, receiving video call data from the calling video terminal through the set video call call, The method may further include extracting voice data from the received video call data and transmitting the extracted voice data to the called voice terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a video call service providing apparatus connected to an outgoing voice terminal and an incoming video terminal via a voice call network and a video call network, respectively, the method of providing a video call service to a called video terminal side, wherein Receiving a voice call call setup request signal from an originating voice terminal, and correspondingly transmitting a video call call setup request signal to the called video terminal; Receiving a video call call setup response signal from the called video terminal; Setting up a voice call with the calling voice terminal and setting up a video call with the incoming video terminal; And receiving video call data from the called video terminal through the set video call, extracting voice data from the received video call data, and transmitting the extracted voice data to the calling voice terminal. The video call data may include a video data and audio data. The method may include providing a video call service to a video terminal.

Here, after receiving a voice call call setup request signal from the calling voice terminal side, and correspondingly transmitting a video call call setup request signal to the called video terminal side, to transmit a call ring tone to the calling voice terminal It may further comprise a step.

In addition, after setting a voice call call with the calling voice terminal, and setting up a video call call with the called video terminal, receiving voice data from the calling voice terminal transmitted through the set voice call call, Synthesizing the received voice data with preset video data to generate video call data, and transmitting the generated video call data to the called video terminal side, wherein the video call data includes voice data and video data. It may further include.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a video call service providing apparatus for providing a video call service to a video terminal and combining a video terminal and a voice terminal through a video and voice call network, respectively, the video terminal and the video call network A video call network matching unit configured to combine the video data and the audio data to synthesize the video call data or extract the audio data from the video call data; A voice call network matching unit coupled to the voice terminal through a voice call network and receiving voice data from the video call network matching unit or transmitting voice data to the video call network matching unit; And a video database for storing the video data to be synthesized with the audio data.

Here, the video call network matching unit and the voice call network matching unit may include an encoder and a decoder.

The video call network matching unit may generate video call data by synthesizing the voice data of the user of the voice terminal received from the voice call network matching unit with previously stored video data received from the video database. The video call data may be transmitted to the video terminal through the video call network or the audio data may be extracted from the video call data received from the video terminal through the video call network and transmitted to the voice call network matching unit.

According to the present invention, when a call is made between a video terminal and a voice terminal, a system and a method capable of providing a video service such as providing a video homepage or providing a video call service to the video terminal may be provided.

In addition, when the calling terminal is a video terminal, the present invention can improve the convenience and usability of a user by providing an interactive video homepage set for the called terminal to a calling terminal, which is a video terminal when a call request is made by the calling terminal. There is an effect that can provide a system and method.

In addition, when using the video homepage according to the present invention in the enterprise, for example, by providing a video menu configured in the form of the video homepage to the video terminal side in the automatic telephone guidance system or call center, etc., it is possible to increase the user's convenience and promote the company And there is an effect that can provide a system and method that can enhance the effect of advertising as well as visually.

In addition, when the video call is attempted between the video terminal and the voice terminal, the video call service providing apparatus generates video call data by synthesizing the voice data received from the voice terminal with the video data and generating the video call data. By providing to the video terminal, it is possible to provide a system and method that can provide a video call service to the video terminal side.

According to the present invention, when a video terminal and an audio terminal attempt a video call, the video call service providing apparatus generates video call data by synthesizing the audio data received from the audio terminal with the video data and generating the video call data. By providing call data to a video terminal, a video call service and a device for performing the same may be provided to a video terminal during a call between the video terminal and the voice terminal.

In addition, according to the present invention, in view of the subscribers of the video call service, the video call service subscriber can be provided with the video call service not only when the other party is a video call service subscriber, but also a voice call service subscriber, More interestingly, a method and apparatus for enabling a video call service can be provided.

1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a system for providing a video homepage to a calling video terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining the operation of the image home page providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view for explaining a polling and a push function of the video home page providing system of FIG.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing a video homepage to a calling video terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a video homepage providing method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a DTMF signal processing procedure of the method of providing a video homepage of FIG. 5.

7 and 8 are flowcharts illustrating a recording function of the image homepage providing method of FIG. 5.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating an overall configuration for providing a video call service to a video terminal during a call between the video terminal and the voice terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for describing a configuration of an apparatus for providing a video call service of FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for describing a schematic procedure of a method for providing a video call service performed by the apparatus for providing a video call service of FIG. 10.

12 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of providing a video call service during a call between an originating video terminal and an incoming voice terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

13 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of providing a video call service during a call between an originating voice terminal and a called video terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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

First, a method and apparatus for providing a video homepage service to a video terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8, and the video call service is provided to a video terminal during a call between the video terminal and a voice terminal with reference to FIG. 9 or below. A method and an apparatus are demonstrated.

1 to 8 are views for explaining a method and apparatus for providing a video homepage service to a video terminal side according to an aspect of the present invention, Figure 1 is a video home page according to an embodiment of the present invention to the calling video terminal side It is a schematic block diagram for explaining the system (hereinafter, simply referred to as a video homepage system).

Referring to FIG. 1, the video homepage providing system 100 provides a video homepage service to an outgoing video terminal connected through a wired or wireless communication network 120. In addition, the image homepage providing system 100 allows uploading and downloading of various kinds of contents such as a business card, a map, a profile, a photo, and the like, and may change the layout of the image homepage. Provide service.

In the video homepage providing system 100 of FIG. 1, when a user of a wired / wireless outgoing video terminal 110 supporting a video call function attempts a video call to a called terminal through a wired / wireless communication network 120, the called terminal user prepares in advance. Provides the video homepage to the calling video terminal 110.

In addition, the video homepage providing system 100 pushes the content included in the video homepage to the calling video terminal 110 at the request of the called terminal 130 or the calling terminal by selecting the calling video terminal 110. 110 is configured to poll to itself.

In addition, the video homepage providing system 100 may include a "telephone connection" function on the video homepage. When the telephone connection function is used, the video homepage providing system 100 allows the calling video terminal 110 user to search for the video homepage. Voice or video call with the owner of the video homepage, i.e., the user terminal 130.

To this end, the image homepage providing system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a network interlocking unit, an authentication processing unit 150, a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) detection unit 160, an image homepage authoring unit 170, a content synthesizing and generating unit. And a content storage unit 190.

The network interworking unit includes a 3G communication network interworking unit 142 for processing a video call and a 2G communication network interworking unit 144 for processing a voice call. Each call network interworking unit 142, 144 connects the video homepage providing system 100 to the wired / wireless communication network 120. The 3G communication network interworking unit 142 receives the incoming call from the originating video terminal, outputs the video homepage, and interworks with the 2G communication network interworking unit 144 to connect a call between an originating and incoming call. The 2G communication network interworking unit 144 performs a function of connecting a call to the called terminal 130 in association with the 3G communication network interworking unit 142.

Here, the 3G (3rd generation) communication network means a communication network capable of transmitting data such as voice data and non-voice data such as data download, send and receive mail, send message, send and receive video, etc. It refers to a digital communication network that follows the mobile communication. In the present invention, a communication network for performing a video call is called a 3G communication network, and a communication network for performing only a voice call is called a 2G communication network.

The authentication processing unit 150 performs an authentication function for determining whether the user has a legitimate use authority for the video homepage service.

The dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) detector 160 detects a DTMF key signal input from a user of the calling video terminal 110 or the called terminal 130 and outputs a content corresponding to the DTMF key signal to the calling video terminal 110. It performs the function.

The image homepage authoring unit 170 performs a function of authoring the image homepage by uploading / downloading the layout and various contents of the image homepage.

The content synthesis and generation unit 180 performs a function of generating a screen size optimized for the video terminal screen by mixing various contents.

The content storage unit 190 stores a variety of contents of the image homepage. In addition, the content storage unit 190 stores the plurality of homepages corresponding to the plurality of destination terminals and various contents of each video homepage.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an operation process of a video homepage providing system according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing a push and polling function of the video homepage providing system of FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, wired and wireless customers may access the video homepage 200 through the video terminal 210. The outgoing video terminal 210 includes both a wired terminal and a wireless terminal capable of performing a video call function, for example, a combination of a wired number and a video button or a combination of a wireless number and a video button for access to the video homepage 200. Through the call request message for the video call can be transmitted to the wired and wireless communication network.

A user of the video homepage (hereinafter also referred to as a homepage owner) may produce a video homepage and upload the produced video homepage.

For example, a homepage owner may use a predetermined authoring tool to produce a video homepage including various contents, a telephone connection menu, a menu with a push function, a menu with a polling function, and other menus. Can be.

On the other hand, the outgoing video terminal attempting a video call to the homepage owner's terminal (called terminal) is automatically connected to the video homepage set by the homepage owner, which is the called terminal, before the video call is connected. In addition, the outgoing video terminal outputs the main homepage menu 220 or intro contents 230 designated by the homepage owner before the video call is connected. The intro content may be in the form of an image, video, flash, text, for example. Then, according to the user's selection of the originating video terminal, contents corresponding to the main homepage menus of the video homepage, such as the business card view 242, the photo view 244, the map view 246, the stock price view 248, and the like, are transferred to the originating video terminal. Can be output.

The video homepage 200 includes menus provided in video, audio, and text data or a combination thereof, and the menus are sent to the calling video terminal 210 in response to a user's selection signal of the calling video terminal 210. Can be output. The user's selection is input through an input unit such as a keypad, a touch pad, a microphone, etc. of the calling video terminal 210 and then transmitted to the video homepage 200. The information selected by the user may be transmitted from the originating video terminal 210 to the video homepage in the form of DTMF.

In addition, the image homepage 200 may include a menu 250 such as “telephone connection”. Using such a menu 250, while the content of the video homepage is output, the calling video terminal may be connected to the called terminal via a wired or wireless communication network. That is, when the telephone connection menu 250 is selected, a call request message between the calling video terminal and the called terminal may be transferred from the video homepage providing system to the switch of the wired / wireless communication network.

The operation of the video homepage 200 according to the present embodiment will be described below.

First, the video homepage can be used by connecting to the video homepage through a wired or wireless terminal. The video homepage is stored in the content storage unit of the video homepage providing system. At this time, the wired or wireless terminal is available to both 2G terminal or 3G terminal.

For example, when a caller using a video terminal attempts to access a corresponding video homepage by pressing “call number + video button”, when there is an intro content 230 set by a user of the called terminal, the calling video terminal is called. The intro content 230 may be checked before the terminal responds. The intro content 230 may be output during an intro time set by the called terminal, that is, the homepage owner. After the intro content 230 is output, the incoming call response may be configured.

When an incoming call is received from the video homepage, the main page of the video homepage prepared in advance is output to the calling video terminal. The user of the calling video terminal may generate a DTMF signal using the calling video terminal according to the menu of the video homepage, and may listen to or view contents created by the homepage owner.

In this case, the calling video terminal user may pop-up or download various contents set by the homepage owner to the calling video terminal by using a polling function as shown in FIG. 3. If the outgoing video terminal user wants to make a call connection with the owner of the video homepage, the user may press the “telephone connection” menu to make a voice or video call with the called terminal user.

In addition, during a call between the calling terminal user and the called terminal user, the called terminal user may push a content set in advance to the calling home terminal by generating a DTMF signal through the called terminal. The pushed content may be output from the calling video terminal.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a video homepage to a calling video terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a video homepage providing method) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the originating video terminal 410 transmits a call connection request message with the called terminal 460 to the exchange 420 (S410), the switch 420 is included in the call connection request message. It is determined whether the video homepage service for the called terminal 460 is set based on the information of the called terminal 460.

Next, the exchange 420 transfers a service setting confirmation request message for the called terminal 460 to a database (DB, 430, S430). For example, the exchange 420 requests the DB 430 to search whether there is stored information corresponding to the destination terminal information among the service user information stored in the databases DB and 430, and the DB 430 searches. According to the result, the video homepage service is provided to allow call setup.

Next, the DB 430 confirms the service registration for the called terminal (S409). If the called terminal is registered in the video homepage providing service, the DB 430 exchanges a response message including information about the video homepage server 440. Transfer to step 420 (S412).

The DB 430 may be connected to the image homepage server 440, and may store information about the image homepage service user, and update the stored information by function control of the image homepage server 440 if necessary. The DB 430 may be mounted as some functional unit or module of the exchange 420.

Next, the exchange 420 transfers the call connection request message including the calling terminal information to the video homepage server 440 (S415).

Next, the video home page server (hereinafter, referred to as a server) 440 transmits the intro content to the calling video terminal, and the incoming call is answered after the intro time at which the intro content is output from the calling video terminal 410 (S418). In this case, the calling video terminal 410 may accept whether to use the video homepage service through a user input (S421). When the intro time elapses or the service use is accepted, a voice or video channel (hereinafter, referred to as a service channel) is connected between the calling video terminal 410 and the server 44 (S424). The calling video terminal user is connected to the server 440 through a service channel and uses the video homepage service.

On the other hand, if the calling terminal user selects a predetermined menu, for example, a call connection menu, for a call with the called terminal user while using the video homepage service, the server 440 receives the called terminal 460 from the calling video terminal 410. Receives a call request message with (S427), and transmits a call connection request message between the outgoing video terminal 410 and the destination terminal 460 to the switch (420) (S430).

The exchange 420 requests routing information of the called terminal 460 from the HLR (Home Location Register) 450 according to the call connection request message of the server 440 (S433). Then, the router receives the routing information of the called terminal 460 from the HLR 450 (S436), and transmits a call connection request message to the called terminal 460 (S439). Next, the exchange 420 receives a response message for the call connection request from the called terminal 460 (S442), and transmits the response message to the calling video terminal 410, and then the calling video terminal 410 and the called terminal 460. Connect the audio or video channel between the (S445). The calling terminal user makes a voice or video call with the called terminal user through a voice or video channel.

According to the present embodiment, a two-step call service having two steps can be provided to the calling video terminal as described above. That is, when the calling terminal user wants to make a call with the homepage owner, that is, the called terminal user at any time while using the video homepage, the calling terminal user can simply call the called terminal user by selecting the “call connection” menu.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a video home page providing method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the 3G terminal 510 is the originating terminal 110 of FIG. 1, the 2G terminal 520 is the destination terminal 130 of FIG. 1, and the 3G linkage unit 532 is the 3G communication network of FIG. 1. The linkage unit 142, the 2G linkage unit 534 may correspond to the 2G call network linkage unit 144 of FIG. 1, and the content synthesizer 536 may correspond to the content synthesis / generation unit 180 of FIG. 1, respectively. .

Referring to FIG. 5, when a 3G terminal 510 accessible to a wired / wireless network transmits a setup message, which is a call setup request message, to a predetermined destination terminal (eg, the 2G terminal 520), a switch in the wired / wireless network The setup message is transmitted to the 3G linkage unit 532 of the preset video homepage server 530 with respect to the called terminal (S453). Here, the setup message may include a DTMF signal for the 2G number and the video call button.

Next, the 3G linkage unit 532 transmits an alerting message informing of call proceeding to the 3G terminal 510 (S456). The 3G interworking unit 532 transmits a connect message according to the response of the server 530 to the 3G terminal 510 (S510). The video channel is opened between the 3G terminal 510 and the server 530 (S462). At this time, the 3G linkage unit 532 transmits a video and audio channel connection request message for the 3G terminal 510 to the content synthesizer 536 (S465), and the content synthesizer 536 is a 3G linkage unit 532. The video homepage service is provided to the 3G terminal 510 via the step S468.

Next, when a call connection with the 2G terminal 520 is requested from the 3G terminal 510, the 2G linkage unit 534 communicating with the 3G linkage unit 532 in the server 530 sets up a call for the 2G voice call. The setup message which is a request message is transmitted to the 2G terminal 520 (S471). The 2G interworking unit 534 receives a ring tone message from the 2G terminal 520 (S474).

Meanwhile, while the steps S471 and S474 are performed, the 3G interworking unit 532 transmits the voice channel connection request message for the 2G terminal 520 to the content synthesizing unit 536 (S477). The unit 536 connects the voice channel with the 3G terminal 510 via the 3G linkage unit 532 (S480). At this time, the server 530 or the content synthesizer 483 provides voice conversion, that is, voice transcoding between the video and audio channels of the 3G terminal 510 and the voice channel of the 2G terminal 520 ( S483).

Next, when the access message from the 2G terminal 520 is received by the 2G interworking unit 534, the server starts a service for voice call between the 3G terminal 510 and the 2G terminal 520 (S489).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of processing a DTMF signal in the method of providing a video homepage of FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 6, when a user of the 3G terminal 510 selects a corresponding menu from the 3G terminal 510 in order to poll specific content to his terminal while receiving a video homepage service, The DTMF signal corresponding to the menu is transmitted from the 3G terminal 510 to the 3G interworking unit 532 of the server 530 (S503).

Thereafter, when the content designation message corresponding to the DTMF signal is transferred from the 3G linkage unit 532 to the content synthesis unit 536 (S512), the content synthesis unit 536 provides the content to the 3G terminal 510. (S515). According to this procedure, the 3G terminal user can output or download the contents of a specific menu to his terminal.

On the other hand, after step S503, the 3G linkage unit 532 of the server 530 transfers the DTMF signal to the 2G linkage unit 534 (S506), and the 2G linkage unit 534 transmits the DTMF signal to the homepage owner. It may be transmitted to the 2G terminal 520 (S509). In this case, the home page owner selects a corresponding menu from the 2G terminal 520 and transmits a DTMF signal for pushing a specific content to the 2G interworking unit 534 (S521).

Thereafter, when the content designation message corresponding to the DTMF signal is transferred from the 2G linkage unit 534 to the content synthesis unit 436 (S524), the content synthesis unit 536 provides the corresponding content to the 3G terminal 510. (S527). According to this procedure, the homepage owner who is a user of the 2G terminal 520 may deliver desired content to the 3G terminal 510.

In the present embodiment, the video content polling service is a content corresponding to a DTMF signal generated at the time of menu selection when the caller selects a specific menu on the main page after accessing the video homepage through the 3G terminal 510. Is designated, and the designated content refers to a function of being output or downloaded on the screen of the sender's video terminal. In the video content push service, the owner of the video homepage presses a corresponding menu of his terminal (eg, the 2G terminal 520) to generate a DTMF signal, and the content corresponding to the generated DTMF signal is being used for the video homepage service. Or pushes a caller on a call and outputs or downloads the caller on the screen of the 3G terminal 510.

Referring to FIG. 7, after the server 530 connects to the 3G terminal 510, the content synthesis unit 536 starts a video homepage service or a voice call service with the 2G terminal 520. In operation S603, when the 3G linkage unit 532 recognizes that there is a recording option (S606), the 3G linkage unit 532 transmits a recording start request message to the content synthesis unit 536 (S609). The unit 536 performs video and audio recording on the 3G terminal 510 which is the calling terminal (S612).

Next, when a timer or call termination event occurs (S615), the 3G interlocking unit 532 transmits a recording stop request message to the content synthesizing unit 536 (S618), and the content synthesizing unit 536 ends the recording. After that, the recording file is stored (S621). The content synthesizing unit 536 transmits the recording result to the 3G interlocking unit 532 (S624).

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 8, after the incoming call connection is initiated by the content synthesis unit 536 to the 3G terminal 510 with the 2G terminal 520, the voice call service (S603), the 2G terminal 520. When the DTMF signal for recording is received from the 2G linkage unit 534 (S706), the 2G linkage unit 534 transmits a recording start request message to the content synthesis unit 536 (S709), and the content synthesis unit 536. ) Records outgoing recording of the calling 3G terminal 510 according to the request of the homepage owner, which is a user of the called 2G terminal 520 (S712).

Next, when the DTMF signal for terminating the recording is received from the 2G terminal 520 (S715) or when the setting time of the internal timer is completed (S718), the 2G interworking unit 534 transmits a recording stop request message to the content synthesizing unit 536. In step S724, the content synthesizing unit 536 stores the recorded file. The content synthesizing unit 536 transmits the recording result to the 2G interworking unit 534 (S727).

Next, a method and apparatus for providing a video related service to a video terminal according to another aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 13. It should be noted that some reference numerals in FIGS. 9 to 13 use the same numerals as in FIGS. 1 to 8, but indicate different from those in FIGS. 1 to 8.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating an embodiment of an overall configuration for providing a video call service to a video terminal side during a call between a video terminal and a voice terminal according to another aspect of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the video call service providing apparatus 30 of the present embodiment is coupled to the video terminal 10 and the video call network 20, and the voice terminal 20 is connected to the voice call network 50. Combined. Here, the video terminal 10 refers to a terminal capable of performing a voice call and a video call, and is a concept in which a video mobile terminal, a video IP terminal, a video SW terminal, or the like includes any terminal capable of making a video call. (20) refers to a terminal capable of performing only a voice call, a concept including any terminal performing only a voice call, whether wired or wireless, such as a 2G / 2.5G portable terminal, a voice IP terminal, a web / messenger wired terminal, or the like. to be. Meanwhile, the video call network 40 refers to a network for providing video calls to a video mobile communication network, a MoIP network, an IMS network, and the like, and the voice call network 50 refers to a voice mobile communication network, a PSTN network, a VoIP network, and the like. Means a net that provides only. A description of the video call service providing apparatus 30 of FIG. 9 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10.

10 is a view for explaining the configuration of the video call service providing apparatus 30 of FIG. 9, FIG. 11 is a schematic procedure of a video call service providing method performed by the video call service providing apparatus of FIG. It is for the drawing.

10 and 11, the video call service providing apparatus 30 includes a video call network matching unit 31, a voice call network matching unit 32, and a video database 33. The video call network matching unit 31 plays a role of transmitting and receiving video data and voice data with the video terminal 10 through the video call network 40, and the voice call network matching unit 32 is the voice call network 50. It serves to transmit and receive voice data with the voice terminal 20 through. In addition, the video call network matching unit 31 and the voice call network matching unit 32 also perform a role of synthesizing the video call data or extracting the audio data from the video call data, which will be described later. Meanwhile, the video call network matching unit 31 and the voice call network matching unit 32 include an encoder and a decoder.

The video database 33 stores video data to be reproduced in the video terminal 10. The video data may be video data, a flash file, and the like, and is displayed on a display unit of a video terminal during a video call between video terminals. If it is possible to replace the video screen of the other party to be played in the video terminal will be included.

Meanwhile, referring to a process of synthesizing video call data in the video call service providing apparatus 30, the video call network matching unit 31 receives voice data from the voice call network matching unit 32 and receives the received voice terminal. Audio data of the user and video data stored in the video database 33 are received, and video call data are generated by synthesizing the video data and the audio data. In other words, the voice data is received from the voice call network matching unit 32 and introduced into the audio receiving channel of the encoder, and the video data is introduced into the video receiving channel of the encoder by the video database 33, and then multiplexed by a multiplexer. Synthesis generates video call data. The video call data generated by this process is transmitted to the video terminal 10 through the video call network 40.

In addition, referring to the process of extracting the audio data from the video call data in the video call service providing apparatus 30, the video call network matching unit 31 receives the video call data from the video terminal 10, the demultiplexer (Demultiplexer) Extracts video call data into video data and audio data, and receives the extracted audio data from the voice transmission channel of the decoder included in the video call network matching unit 31 by the encoder of the voice call network matching unit 32. It is sent through the channel. The voice call network matching unit 32 receiving the voice data transmits the voice data to the voice terminal 20 through the voice call network 50.

Through a series of processes performed in the video call service providing apparatus 30, when a call is performed between the voice terminal and the video terminal, the video terminal can receive the video call as if the other terminal is the video terminal. do.

12 illustrates an example in which the calling terminal is a video terminal and the called terminal is a voice terminal. Referring to FIG. 12, when the calling video terminal attempts a video call, a video call call setup request signal is sent. The video call service providing apparatus 30 is transmitted to the video call service providing apparatus 30 through the W-MSC (S401), and the video call service providing apparatus 30 receives the incoming voice terminal corresponding to the video call call setting request signal received from the calling video terminal. The voice call call establishment request signal is transmitted to the destination voice terminal via the destination side exchange (MSC) in the same manner (S403). Here, the call network between the video call service providing device 30 and the calling video terminal is a video call network, and the call network between the video call service providing device 30 and the incoming voice terminal is a voice call network.

On the other hand, the video call service providing apparatus 30 transmits the preset video data to the calling video terminal via the calling switch (W-MSC) (S405). Here, the preset video data corresponds to a ring back tone in the case of a general voice call, and refers to the video data played by the calling video terminal until the called video terminal answers when the video call is attempted. Such video data may be set in advance by the user accessing the video call service providing apparatus 30 in advance. When the video call service providing device 30 receives the voice call call setup response signal from the incoming voice terminal via the called side exchange (MSC) (S407), the video call service is established with the incoming video terminal, Sets a voice call call (S409).

In step 409, the video call service providing apparatus 30 receives the voice data through the incoming voice terminal and the voice call by the set video and the voice call, and sets the received voice data in advance so that the video database 33 Video call data is generated by synthesizing with the video data stored in the terminal), and the generated video call data is transmitted to the calling video terminal. In response to this process, the video call service providing apparatus 30 makes a call through a video call. The video call data is received from the video terminal, the audio data is extracted from the received video call data, and the extracted audio data is transmitted to the called voice terminal (S411). Since the method of synthesizing the video call data and the method of extracting the audio data from the video call data in step 411 has been described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 13 illustrates another example in which the calling terminal is a voice terminal and the called terminal is a video terminal. Referring to FIG. 13, when the calling voice terminal attempts to make a voice call, it passes through an MSC. The voice call call setup request signal is transmitted to the video call service providing apparatus 30 (S501), and the video call service providing apparatus 30 sets up the video call call to the incoming video terminal corresponding to the received voice call call setup request signal. The request signal is transmitted (S503). On the other hand, the video call service providing apparatus 30 transmits a call ring tone (ringback tone) to the calling voice terminal via the call exchanger (MSC) (S505), and the call ring tone is a video call call setup response signal from the incoming video terminal. It continues to be transmitted until it is received.

When the video call service providing apparatus 30 receives a video call call setup response signal from the called video terminal via the called-side switch (W-MSC) (S507), the video call service providing apparatus establishes a voice call call and the incoming video terminal. And establishes a video call call (S509). In step 509, according to the set voice and video call call, the video call service providing device 30 receives voice data from an originating voice terminal via a voice call call and stores the received voice data in the video database 33. The video call data is generated by synthesizing with the stored video data, and the generated video call data is transmitted to the called video terminal via the called-side exchange (W-MSC). In response to the above-described process, the video call service providing apparatus 30 extracts voice data from the video call data received from the called video terminal, and transmits the extracted voice data to the calling voice terminal through the voice call network (S511). .

Claims

In the system for providing a video homepage service to the calling video terminal,

A network interworking unit for receiving a call setup request message from the calling video terminal; And

Receiving a video channel connection request message with the calling video terminal from the network interlocking unit, opening a video channel with the calling video terminal, and receiving a video homepage service through the video channel before connecting a call with the called terminal. Content synthesis and generation unit provided to outgoing video terminal

Image homepage providing system comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The called terminal is a video home page providing system, characterized in that the voice terminal.
The method of claim 1,

And a DTMF detector for detecting a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.
The method of claim 3,

And the content synthesizing and generating unit transmits the content of the video homepage to the calling video terminal according to the DTMF signal of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.
The method of claim 3,

And the DTMF detection unit receives a DTMF signal for requesting a call connection with the called terminal selected in the video homepage from the calling video terminal, and transmits a call setup request message to the called terminal.
The method of claim 5,

And the content synthesizing and generating unit performs voice transcoding between the video channel with the calling video terminal and the audio channel with the called terminal.
The method of claim 1,

The network interlocking unit transmits a recording request message for the video or audio of the calling video terminal or the called terminal to the content synthesizing and generating unit,

And the content synthesizing and generating unit records a video or audio of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.
In a method of providing a video homepage in a server connected to a calling video terminal through a communication network to provide a video homepage service to a calling video terminal,

Receiving a call setup request message from an originating video terminal; And

Opening a video channel with the calling video terminal and providing a video homepage service to the calling terminal through the video channel before connecting to the called terminal;

Image home page providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 8,

And detecting a dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.
The method of claim 9,

And transmitting the contents of the video homepage to the calling video terminal according to the DTMF signal of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.
The method of claim 9,

And receiving a DTMF signal for requesting a call connection with the called terminal selected in the video home page from the calling video terminal, and transmitting a call setup request message to the called terminal.
The method of claim 11,

And performing voice transcoding between the video channel with the calling video terminal and the audio channel with the called terminal.
The method of claim 8,

And recording the video or audio of the calling video terminal or the called terminal according to a recording request message for the video or the audio of the calling video terminal or the called terminal.
The method of claim 8,

And the called terminal is a voice terminal.
A method of providing a video call service to a calling video terminal in a video call service providing apparatus connected to a calling video terminal and an incoming voice terminal through a video call network and a voice call network, respectively.

Receiving a video call call setup request signal from the calling video terminal, and correspondingly transmitting a voice call call setup request signal to the called voice terminal;

Receiving a voice call call setup response signal from the called voice terminal side;

Setting up a video call with the calling video terminal and setting up a voice call with the incoming voice terminal; And

Receives voice data from the called voice terminal through the set voice call call, synthesizes the received voice data with preset video data to generate video call data, and converts the generated video call data into the outgoing video. Transmitting to the terminal side, wherein the video call data includes audio data and video data;

Method for providing a video call service to the video terminal side comprising a.
The method of claim 15,

After receiving a video call call setup request signal from the calling video terminal side, and correspondingly transmitting a voice call call setup request signal to the called voice terminal side,

And transmitting the preset video data to the calling video terminal.
The method of claim 15,

After setting a video call call with the calling video terminal, and setting up a voice call call with the incoming voice terminal,

Receiving video call data from the calling video terminal through the set video call, extracting audio data from the received video call data, and transmitting the extracted voice data to the called voice terminal;

Method for providing a video call service to the video terminal, characterized in that it further comprises.
A method of providing a video call service to a called video terminal in a video call service providing apparatus connected to a calling voice terminal and a called video terminal through a voice call network and a video call network, respectively.

Receiving a voice call call setup request signal from the calling voice terminal and transmitting a video call call setup request signal to the called video terminal accordingly;

Receiving a video call call setup response signal from the called video terminal;

Setting up a voice call with the calling voice terminal and setting up a video call with the incoming video terminal; And

Receiving video call data from the called video terminal through the set video call, extracting audio data from the received video call data, and transmitting the extracted voice data to the calling voice terminal; The video call data includes video data and audio data-

Method for providing a video call service to the video terminal side comprising a.
The method of claim 18,

After receiving a voice call call setup request signal from the calling voice terminal side, and correspondingly transmitting a video call call setup request signal to the called video terminal side,

And providing a ring back tone to the calling voice terminal.
The method of claim 18,

After setting a voice call call with the calling voice terminal, and setting up a video call call with the incoming video terminal,

Receive voice data from the calling voice terminal transmitted through the set voice call, generate the video call data by synthesizing the received voice data with preset video data, and convert the generated video call data into the Transmitting to the called video terminal, wherein the video call data includes audio data and video data;

Method for providing a video call service to the video terminal, characterized in that it further comprises.
An apparatus for providing a video call service, which is coupled to a video terminal and a voice terminal through a video and voice call network, respectively, and provides a video call service to a video terminal.

A video call network matching unit coupled to the video terminal through a video call network and synthesizing the video call data by synthesizing the video data and the audio data or extracting the audio data from the video call data;

A voice call network matching unit coupled to the voice terminal through a voice call network and receiving voice data from the video call network matching unit or transmitting voice data to the video call network matching unit; And

Image database for storing image data to be synthesized with the audio data

Video call service providing apparatus comprising a.
The method of claim 21,

And the video call network matching unit and the voice call network matching unit include an encoder and a decoder.
The method of claim 21,

The video call network matching unit generates video call data by synthesizing the voice data of the user of the voice terminal received from the voice call network matching unit with pre-stored video data received from the video database and generating the generated video call data. Video call, characterized in that for transmitting the call data to the video terminal through the video call network or to extract the voice data from the video call data received from the video terminal through the video call network to the voice call network matching unit. Service provision device.