Background technology
Based on the second generation (2G) short message service, introduced multimedia short message service (MMS) in the 3-G (Generation Three mobile communication system), MMS can make user terminal send and receive the multimedia short message that comprises various media formats such as image, sound, text, animation, realizes that the information between mobile phone and mobile phone, mobile phone and the Internet transmits.
For MMS, third generation partner program (3GPP) tissue has been formulated its business demand and basic implementation framework, and in the MMS stage 2 of 3GPP (TS23.140) standard, the network frame of MMS as shown in Figure 1.Interface between MMS Relay Server/message server (MMSRelay/Server) 101 among the figure and the transmit leg MMS user agent (MMS User Agent) 102 is the MM1 interface; Interface between MMS Relay 103 and the MMS Server 104 is the MM2 interface; External server (External Server) 105 can be the server that is used to send E-Mail, fax or UMS etc., and the interface between MMS Relay/Server 101 and the External Server 105 is the MM3 interface; Interface between the MMS Relay/Server 106 of MMS Relay/Server 101 and different multimedia service environment (MMSE) is the MM4 interface; Interface between MMS Relay/Server 101 and the attaching position register (HLR) 107 is the MM5 interface; Interface between MMS Relay/Server 101 and the MMS customer data base (MMS User Database) 108 is the MM6 interface; Interface between MMS Relay/Server 101 and the valued added applications service provider (VASP) 109 is the MM7 interface; Interface between MMS Relay/Server 101 and the charge system (Billing System) 110 is the MM8 interface.
If the user will send MMS message, then at first edit by MMS User Agent 102, submit or upload to the MMS message of being edited to MMSRelay/Server 101 by the MM1 interface then, MMS Relay/Server 101 is by the MMS Relay/Server address of MM5 interface to HLR 107 inquiry recipient places, because the recipient can be the cellphone subscriber, also can be external server, therefore need do different processing at different situations.For the recipient is cellphone subscriber's situation, if recipient and transmit leg are in the MMS Relay/Server of different MMSE, then this MMS message is sent to the MMS Relay/Server106 at recipient place by the MM4 interface, and MMS message is sent to recipient's MMS UserAgent111 by the MM1 interface by it; If recipient and transmit leg are in the MMS Relay/Server of same MMSE, then this MMS message is directly sent to recipient's MMS User Agent 111 by the MM1 interface by this MMS Relay/Server.If the recipient is an external server, then the MMSRelay/Server by the recipient place sends to external server 105 with this MMS message by the MM3 interface, by this external server 105 the MMS message that the transmitting terminal user is edited is presented to the receiving terminal user then.
If VASP as transmit leg or recipient, because the interface of VASP and MMS Relay/Server is MM7, therefore need change the MM1 interface corresponding with the recipient in the said process into the MM7 interface.
In MMS functional description stage 1 (TS22.140) standard, there is the third party of peace treaty to pay with VASP, operator or recipient for the recipient receives MMS message, but in the MM1/MM7 interface, how the recipient is not known that the third party provides definition for the method that oneself is paid, therefore, the recipient can't know directly that whether the MMS message of this reception is by third-party charging.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, main purpose of the present invention just provides a kind of third party and receives the method that MMS message is paid for the recipient, so that the third party is when paying for the recipient receives MMS message, the recipient can know directly whether the third party pays for the multimedia short message of its reception.
For reaching above purpose, technical scheme of the present invention is achieved in that a kind of third party receives the method that multimedia short message is paid for the recipient, and this method may further comprise the steps:
A. the rule and the information of network based third-party charging type setting of multimedia short message service (MMS) and preservation third-party charging are provided with third party's account simultaneously in charge system;
B. transmit leg sends to transmit leg multimedia short message service server/relay server (MMS Relay/Sever) by submitting request message to multimedia short message, transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever obtains the rule and the information of third-party charging, and be that the recipient receives this multimedia short message and pays whether by the third party according to rule judgment, if not, process ends then, otherwise enter step c;
C. transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever sends to recipient user agent (UA) via recipient MMS Sever/Relay with third-party charging information and MMS message according to the recipient address;
D. transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever notice transmit leg MMS message sends, and notifies this MMS message of charge system by third-party charging, and charge system is deducted correlative charges from corresponding third party's account.
Described step c further comprises:
C1. transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever is according to recipient's address search recipient MMS Sever/Relay, judge whether transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever and recipient MMS Relay/Sever are in the identical multimedia service environment (MMSE), if, then enter step c3, otherwise, enter step c2;
C2. transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever sends to recipient UA with third-party charging information and MMS message by recipient MMS Relay/Sever, recipient UA passes through recipient MMS Relay/Sever to transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever feedback message after receiving information, enters steps d;
C3. transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever directly sends to recipient UA with third-party charging information and MMS message, and recipient UA receives after the information and to enter steps d then to transmit leg MMS Relay/Sever feedback message.
Described third-party charging information comprises the free information of MMS message of notifying the recipient to receive at least.
Described third-party charging information may further include and contains third party's sign at least.
Described third-party charging information can further include and contains third party's additional description information at least.
Submit in the request message described in the step b and contain third-party charging information, whether send MMSRelay/Sever submits to the third-party charging information in the request message correct according to the third-party charging rule judgment of obtaining, if correct, then continuing to judge whether by the third party is that the recipient receives this multimedia short message paying; Otherwise, be the third-party charging information of being obtained with the third-party charging information setting in this submission request message, or return the incorrect message of third-party charging information in the submission request message to transmit leg, finish this flow process.
The payment type of described third-party charging type for arranging between the payment type of arranging between the payment type of arranging between third party and the operator or third party and the recipient or third party and the VASP.
The regulation of described third-party charging and information are stored in the attaching position register of carrier network; Or be stored in the home subscribed services device of carrier network; Or be stored in the MMS customer data base of carrier network; Or be stored among the VASP.
Described transmit leg is a portable terminal, or is valued added applications service provider (VASP).
Described recipient is a portable terminal, or is valued added applications service provider (VASP).
The inventive method is signed the third-party charging peace treaty by third party and operator, recipient or VASP, when making the sending direction recipient send MMS message by third-party charging, carrier network is free by this MMS message of third-party charging information notification recipient, can also allow the recipient know the specific descriptions information of paying side and this paying side of this MMS message.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and the specific embodiments technical solution of the present invention is described in further detail.
The inventive method is based on that network frame that the TS23.140 standard among the 3GPP provided realizes, in original transmission with receive the relevant information of increase third-party charging in the message that MMS Message Processing flow process sends and receive.
If the third party will pay the recipient and receive the expense that MMS message that particular sender sends is produced, it can sign the third-party charging peace treaty with operator, recipient or VASP, and guarantees to have third-party account in the charge system of operator.The third party is if signed the third-party charging peace treaty with operator or recipient, then when transmit leg sends MMS message to the recipient, carrier network informs that this MMS message of recipient is free, can also inform this MMS message of recipient by whose paying by third-party identification information, can also the descriptor that the third party is extra send to the recipient simultaneously; If signed the third-party charging peace treaty with VASP, then when VASP sends MMS message by carrier network to the recipient, need inform that this MMS message of recipient is free, can also inform this MMS message of recipient is by whose paying by third-party identification information, simultaneously can also the descriptor that the third party is extra send to the recipient, here these information pointers of obtaining of recipient can be that VASP directly informs to storage condition, also can be to inform by carrier network.
The third party is stipulated by the third-party charging peace treaty for the rule that the recipient pays, and relevant information is proposed or derives according to rule by the third-party charging peace treaty, because the third party has multiple possibility situation for the recipient pays, so the rule of the third-party charging peace treaty that third party and operator sign is a variety of to having, therefore according to different paying situations, the third party that operator stored has following several for rule and the relevant information that the recipient pays, whole MMS message that a kind of recipient of being received are by the rule and the corresponding relevant information thereof of third-party charging, a kind of MMS message that to be the recipient receive from particular sender is by the rule and the corresponding relevant information thereof of third-party charging, need the sign of particular sender in this information, also have MMS that a kind of recipient of being receives from particular sender in special time period rule and the corresponding relevant information thereof by third-party charging, this relevant information needs the sign and the time period information of particular sender.Above-mentioned several rule for example, can be the combination of above-mentioned various rules just, also can be other rules, promptly is not limited to above-mentioned rule.This MMS message is by third-party charging if carrier network also will be informed the recipient, and then the third party that operator stored also needs to comprise third-party sign and descriptor for the information that the recipient pays.
Transmit leg can be portable terminal or VASP, is that the cellphone subscriber is an example below with the portable terminal.
If transmit leg is a portable terminal, then the third party can with operator, also can sign the third-party charging peace treaty with the recipient, the handling process of both of these case is identical.Third party and operator or recipient sign the third-party charging peace treaty, then must guarantee to have third-party account in the charge system of operator, operator is stored in the third party among MMS User Database or the HLR/HSS for rule and the relevant information that the recipient pays, to be used for charging and authentication.
If transmit leg is VASP, then the third party can sign the third-party charging peace treaty with VASP, operator or recipient.If the third party signs the third-party charging peace treaty with operator or recipient, when then both of these case is the cellphone subscriber to transmit leg third party and operator or recipient to sign the pairing flow process of third-party charging peace treaty similar, only MM1 interface corresponding with transmit leg in original flow process need be changed to the MM7 interface, and send and receive message by the MM7 interface.
If the third party signs the third-party charging peace treaty with VASP, the rule and the relevant information of third-party charging arranged among the VASP then.Must guarantee to have third-party account in the charge system of operator, but the rule of third-party charging and relevant information can be stored, also can not be stored among MMS UserDatabase or the HLR/HSS.If stored the rule and the relevant information of third-party charging among MMS User Database or the HLR/HSS, then to sign the corresponding processing method of third-party charging peace treaty identical with third party and operator or recipient, and the relevant information of third-party charging is informed the recipient by carrier network.If do not store the rule and the relevant information of third-party charging among MMS User Database or the HLR/HSS, when then sending MMS message to the recipient as the VASP of transmit leg, need to judge according to the rule and the relevant information of the third-party charging of wherein being stored whether the third party should pay for corresponding recipient at this MMS message, if should be by third-party charging, then this VASP is when the MMS at its place Relay/Server sends MM7_Submit_REQ message, need in this message, increase third-party charging information, promptly tell the recipient that this MMS message is free by VASP, can also inform this MMS message of recipient by whose paying by third-party identification information, can also the descriptor that the third party is extra send to the recipient simultaneously.It is identical with former case that this handles remaining step, same, if the recipient also is VASP, then also needs the MM1 interface corresponding with the recipient is changed to the MM7 interface, and send and receive message by the MM7 interface.
The recipient can be portable terminal or VASP.Both of these case transmission down is similar with the flow process of reception MMS message, and different is to send and receive message between portable terminal and the MMS Relay/Server by the MM1 interface, and transmission and reception message are by the MM7 interface between VASP and the MMS Relay/Server.Be that the cellphone subscriber is an example below with the portable terminal.
Figure 2 shows that transmit leg and recipient are under cellphone subscriber's the situation, third party and operator or recipient sign the flow process that sends and receive MMS message behind the third-party charging peace treaty, corresponding following steps:
A. operator is stored among MMS User Database or the HLR/HSS according to the rule and the relevant information of third-party charging peace treaty with third-party charging.
B. transmit leg user agent (UA) submits its MMS message that will send or upload to the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place by the submission request message (MM1_SUBMIT_REQ) of MM1 interface, the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place returns MM1_SUBMIT_RES message to transmit leg UA, and this MM_SUBMIT_REQ message can comprise third-party charging information.
C. after the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place receives MM1_SUBMIT_REQ message, from HLR/HSS or MMS User Database, obtain the rule and the relevant information of third-party charging.
Third-party charging information and payment rule are if be stored among the HLR/HSS, then obtain third-party charging information and payment rule by the MM5 interface, if be stored among the MMS User Database, then obtain third-party charging information and payment rule by the MM6 interface.
D. the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place judges at first according to third-party charging information that obtains and payment rule whether needs are recipient's paying of this MMS message correspondence to the third party, if do not need, then enter step e, if desired, judge further then whether this recipient satisfies the payment rule that the third party determines,, then enter step e equally if do not satisfy, if satisfy, then skip to step F.
If MM1_SUBMIT_REQ message comprises third-party charging information, then at first judge according to the third-party charging information and the payment rule that from HLR/HSS or MMS User Database, obtain whether the third-party charging information in this MM1_SUBMIT_REQ message is correct, if correct, then carry out the judgement of step D; If it is incorrect, then can be with the third-party charging information of the third-party charging information updating in this MM1_SUBMIT_REQ message for obtaining, and then carry out the judgement of step D, also can return the message of this third-party charging information errors to transmit leg UA, transmit leg UA resends MMS message after receiving this message.
E. send this MMS message by the existing method that sends MMS message, and process ends.
F. the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place judges according to recipient's address whether the recipient is among the MMS Relay/Server of identical MMSE, if then skip to step I, otherwise enter next step.
G. the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place will change the MMSRelay/Server that request message (MM4_FORWARD_REQ) sends to the recipient place before will containing the MM4 of third-party charging information.
H. the MMS Relay/Server at recipient place has MMS message by the MM1_Notification_REQ message informing recipient UA that contains third-party charging information, recipient UA feeds back push-notification-answer message (MM1_Notification_RES) after receiving MM1_Notification_REQ message, and from the MMS Relay/Server at recipient place, obtain MMS message by MM1 retrieval request message (MM1_RETRIEVE_REQ) request, the MMS Relay/Server at recipient place sends to recipient UA by the MM1 retrieval response message (MM1_RETRIEVE_RES) that contains third-party charging information with MMS message, and skips to step J.
I. the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place has MMS message by the MM1_Notification_REQ message informing recipient UA that contains third-party charging information, recipient UA feeds back MM1_Notification_RES message after receiving message, and from the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place, obtaining MMS message by the MM1_RETRIEVE_REQ message request, the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place sends to recipient UA by the MM1_RETRIEVE_RES message that contains third-party charging information with MMS message.
J. the expense of this MMS message of the MMS Relay/Server at transmit leg place notice charge system is paid by the third party, and charge system is deducted correlative charges from third party's account, thereby finishes the disbursement and sattlement of this MMS message.
Shown in Figure 3ly be transmit leg and the recipient is the cellphone subscriber, and transmit leg and recipient be under the situation of MMS Relay/Server of different MMSE, third party and operator sign the sequential chart that MMS message sends and receives behind the third-party charging peace treaty.
The inventive method is when realizing that the third party receives MMS message and pays for the recipient, and the MMS message that can guarantee to allow the recipient know and received is free, and can allow the recipient know the specific descriptions information of paying side and this paying side of this MMS message.