JP4416624B2 - Mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone capable of receiving a multimedia message that can include data of a plurality of media types from a multimedia message information processing apparatus via a communication network.

  Conventionally, as this type of mobile communication terminal, a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone that can transmit and receive messages to and from other mobile communication terminals via a communication network such as a mobile communication network is known. Yes. Initially, since the transmission capability in the mobile communication network was poor, the types of messages transmitted and received between the mobile communication terminals were limited to text data of a predetermined size or less. After that, due to the improvement of transmission capability in mobile communication networks, it is now possible to send and receive messages with expanded text data size and messages with still image data attached. Particularly recently, a multimedia messaging service that can send and receive multimedia messages that can include data of multiple media types such as text, graphics, video, audio, etc. using a mobile communication system with a high data transmission rate ( MMS) has been provided (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 1).

Multimedia Messaging Service Architecture Overview Version 1.2 (OMA-MMS-ARCH-v1_2-20030920-C) JP 2002-281550 A

  Multimedia messages transmitted and received in the MMS are managed by a multimedia message information processing apparatus provided in the mobile communication network. This multimedia message information processing apparatus includes message storage means for temporarily storing a multimedia message transmitted to a mobile communication terminal. The multimedia message information processing apparatus receives the multimedia message, stores it in the message storage means, and transmits an incoming call notification to the user's mobile communication terminal that is the destination of the multimedia message. When the mobile communication terminal that has received the incoming call notification continues to receive the multimedia message in response to the incoming call notification, the entire multimedia message read from the message storage means of the multimedia message information processing device is received. can do.

  In the message storage means of the multimedia message information processing apparatus, a message box that is a recording area of a predetermined capacity size is set for each user, and a multimedia message addressed to each user is divided into each message box. Remembered. Since the capacity size of this message box is finite, if a multimedia message is stored to the full capacity, there is a possibility that the multimedia message addressed to the user corresponding to the message box cannot be received. Therefore, each user sometimes checks the usage status of the message box assigned to him, and before the multimedia message becomes unreceivable, all the multiple multimedia messages remaining in the message box are checked. It may be deleted.

  However, when deleting a plurality of multimedia messages stored in the message box in the MMS, an operation for instructing message deletion is performed for each multimedia message and a deletion command is issued for the multimedia message. It has been necessary to transmit to the information processing apparatus and receive a response indicating the completion of the deletion. Therefore, if you try to delete all of the multiple multimedia messages remaining in the message box, you will need to repeat the operation to perform the above deletion instructions for all of the multiple multimedia messages. was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile unit that can erase a plurality of multimedia messages stored in the multimedia message information processing apparatus in a single operation. It is to provide a communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 provides mobile communication capable of receiving a multimedia message that can include data of a plurality of media types from an information processing apparatus for multimedia messages via a communication network. A communication means for communicating with a multimedia message information processing apparatus via a communication network, and use of the mobile communication terminal stored in the message storage means of the multimedia message information processing apparatus All-erase deletion instruction input means for inputting all-erase deletion instructions for a plurality of multimedia messages addressed to a user, and message storage means of the information processing apparatus for multimedia messages when the all-erase deletion instruction is input Multimedia addressed to the user of the mobile communication terminal stored in Get a list information of the message, with the said plurality of multimedia message corresponding to the list information, the multimedia sends a separate erase command to erase the multimedia message to the information processing apparatus for the multimedia message to perform repeatedly a separate erase processing from the message information processing apparatus receives the erasure processing response to the effect that the individual erasing is completed of the multimedia message, and control means for controlling the communication means, of the list information The acquisition is performed in a plurality of times for each predetermined number of multimedia messages, and the individual deletion processing of the multimedia messages is repeatedly executed for each list information .

The “mobile communication terminal” includes a mobile phone such as a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) method, a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) method, a TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) method, and an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) -2000. Mobile phones standardized in TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) TD-SCDMA (MC: Multi Carrier) mobile phone, PHS (Personal Handyphone System), automobile phone, etc. A telephone having a call function is exemplified. Examples of the “mobile communication terminal” include a communication terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) having a call function in addition to the above telephone.
The control and information processing in the mobile communication terminal can also be realized by executing a predetermined program on a computer provided in the mobile communication terminal. Delivery of the program used in the computer may be performed using a recording medium such as an FD or a CD-ROM in which the program is recorded as digital information, or may be performed using a communication network such as a computer network.

  According to the present invention, upon receiving an operation for erasing all cases by a user, a plurality of multimedia messages addressed to the user of the mobile communication terminal stored in the message storage means of the information processing apparatus for multimedia messages Get list information of all cases. Based on this list information, the following individual erasure process is repeatedly executed for all of a plurality of multimedia messages addressed to the user. That is, for each of a plurality of multimedia messages, an individual erasure command for erasing the multimedia message is transmitted to the multimedia message information processing device, and the individual erasure of the multimedia message from the multimedia message information processing device is completed. The individual erasure process for receiving the erasure process response is repeatedly executed. In this way, the individual erasure process is automatically repeated for all the multi-media messages stored in the multi-media message information processing apparatus when the user operates to erase all cases once. Executed. Therefore, there is an effect that a plurality of multimedia messages addressed to the user stored in the multimedia message information processing apparatus can be erased collectively by a single operation.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the entire communication system according to the present embodiment. This communication system is configured using mobile phones 10A and 10B as mobile communication terminals and a mobile phone communication network 20 as a communication network. The cellular phone communication network 20 includes a base station 21, a core network 201, an IP (Internet Protocol) network 202, and a SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 29.

  The base station 21 is provided for each cell to be controlled, converts data from a wired line in the mobile phone communication network 20 into a data format suitable for the wireless interface, and mobile phones 10A and 10B in the cell to be controlled. To the radio frequency. Conversely, data from the mobile phones 10A and 10B transmitted at a radio frequency is received, converted into a data format suitable for the wired interface, and transferred to the wired line portion in the mobile phone communication network 20.

  The core network 201 has a location registration database (HLR, VLR), a subscriber database, a billing system, and the like (not shown), and performs communication control so as to relay communication between mobile phones. Furthermore, the core network 201 performs communication control so as to relay communication between each mobile phone and the components in the mobile phone communication network 20. The core network 201 performs communication control so as to relay communication between each mobile phone and another communication network.

  The core network 201 has a packet switching network in addition to a circuit switching network. This packet switching network has nodes such as SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) 22 and GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) 23. The SGSN 24 performs a gateway function between a radio network controller (not shown) to which the base station 21 is connected and a packet switching network on the core network 201 side, location management, security management, and access control of each mobile phone 10A, 10B. It has a function. Further, the GGSN 23 has a gateway function between the packet switching network on the core network 201 side and the IP network 202.

  The IP network 202 includes a proxy server 24, an MMSC (Multimedia Messaging Service Center) 25 as an information processing device for multimedia messages, a gateway server 26, a PPG (Push Proxy Gateway) server 27, and a WEB server (not shown). ing.

The proxy server 24 performs a process of relaying communication between each mobile phone 10A, 10B and a server in the IP network 202 or a server on the Internet. This proxy server 24 also has a protocol conversion function for matching both communication protocols when the communication protocol in the core network 201 and the communication protocol in other communication networks such as the IP network 202 and the Internet 30 are different.
In this IP network 202, a WEB server or a download server for downloading contents may be provided.

  The MMSC 25 has a message box (message database) 25a as a message storage means, and performs the following multimedia message processing (hereinafter referred to as “MMS message”). For example, when the MMSC 25 receives the MMS message transmitted from the transmitting-side mobile phone 10A, the MMSC 25 temporarily stores the MMS message in the message box 25a and sends it to the receiving-side mobile phone 10B via the PPG server 27, the SMSC 29, or the like. Send notifications for incoming messages. This incoming call notification has a header portion composed of predetermined fields in which data such as a sender (From), a subject (Subject), and a head portion (X-Mms-Notif-Text) of a message body are described. If the message body is short, the entire message body is described in the message body field (X-Mms-Notif-Text). The header part of the incoming notification may have a field in which data of transmission date and time (Date) is described. The incoming call notification data is divided into a plurality of divided data packets of a predetermined size (for example, 140 bytes) from the beginning and transmitted. The number of divided packets is not particularly limited, but is normally divided into about 3 to 5 packets. In the present embodiment, the incoming notification is divided into three packets and transmitted.

  Each of the plurality of packets constituting the incoming notification includes data obtained by dividing the head part of the message body of the MMS message in order from the top in the order of transmission from the MMSC 25. For example, the first packet includes approximately one-third of the beginning of a predetermined size of the message body. The second packet includes approximately one third of the center of the opening portion. The third packet includes approximately one third of the rear end side of the opening portion. Since each packet is delivered to the mobile phone by SMS via the SMSC 29, the data size of each packet is set to a size that can be delivered by SMS (for example, 140 bytes).

  In addition, when receiving a message acquisition request from the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side, the MMSC 25 performs a predetermined format conversion as necessary and transmits it to the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side. The MMSC 25 also notifies the incoming call when it receives an MMS message addressed to the mobile phones 10A and 10B from the Internet 30, and then performs a predetermined format conversion as necessary, and sends the MMS message to the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side. Send.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the MMSC 25. As shown in FIG. The download server 50 can be configured similarly. The MMSC 25 includes a system bus 210, a CPU 211, an internal storage device, an external storage device 214, an input device 215, an output device 216, and a communication device 217. The internal storage device includes a RAM 212, a ROM 213, and the like. The external storage device includes a hard disk drive (HDD), an optical disk drive, and the like. The input device 215 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like. The output device 216 includes a display, a printer, and the like. The communication device 217 communicates with the proxy server 26 and the PPG server 27 on the mobile phone communication network 20 and communicates with various client terminals and other servers on the Internet 30 via the gateway server 26 by a predetermined communication protocol. It is a device for doing.
The components such as the CPU 211 and the RAM 212 exchange data and program instructions with each other via the system bus 210. A program for operating the MMSC 25 in accordance with a predetermined procedure is stored in the ROM 213 and the external storage device 214, and is called up and executed in a work area on the CPU 211 or RAM 212 as necessary.

  The MMSC 25 may be partially or entirely configured as a dedicated control device, or may be partially or entirely configured using a general-purpose computer system. In addition, each may be configured by a single computer, or may be configured by connecting a plurality of computers each having a plurality of functions via a network.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing extracted main functions of the MMSC 25 according to the present embodiment. The MMSC 25 includes a communication unit 251, a message storage unit 252, an incoming call notification data generation unit 253, an incoming call notification data transmission unit 254, and a message processing unit 255.

  The communication unit 251 includes the communication device 217 and the like, and has a function as means for receiving an MMS message from the mobile phone 10A on the transmission side via the mobile phone communication network 20. That is, the communication unit 251 receives the MMS message addressed to the receiving-side mobile phone 10B transmitted from the transmitting-side mobile phone 10A and transmitted via the base station 21, the proxy server 24, or the like. The message communication unit 251 also has a function as means for receiving an MMS message transmitted from another communication terminal via the Internet 30 and the mobile phone communication network 20.

  In addition, the communication unit 251 transmits a message list for a plurality of MMS messages corresponding to each mobile phone stored in the message storage unit 252 between the mobile phones 10A and 10B via the mobile phone communication network 20. It also has a function as means for transmitting / receiving an acquisition request and a message list acquisition response, and transmitting / receiving an individual deletion request and an individual deletion response for each message.

  The message storage unit 252 includes a storage device such as the external storage device 214 and functions as a message storage unit that stores the MMS message received by the message communication unit 251. That is, the message storage unit 252 corresponds to the message box (message database) 25a described above, and transmits MMS messages transmitted from the mobile phone 10A on the transmission side or other communication terminals as information on the transmission source, information on the transmission destination, and the like. Are stored in association with each other.

  The incoming notification data generation unit 253 is configured by the CPU 211 or the like, and when receiving an MMS message, the incoming notification includes at least part of the message body of the MMS message together with the sender, subject, and transmission date / time information of the MMS message. It has a function as incoming notification data generation means for generating notification transmission data. The message body data can be included as text data in the message body field set in the header of the incoming notification transmission data. For example, the whole or part of the message body of the MMS message is entered in the newly defined “X-Mms-Notif-Text” field.

  The incoming notification data transmission unit 254 includes the communication device 217 and the like, and transmits the incoming notification transmission data generated by the incoming notification data generation unit 253 to the receiving-side mobile phone 10B via the mobile phone communication network 20. It has a function as incoming notification data transmission means. That is, the incoming notification data transmission unit 254 transmits the incoming notification transmission data including at least part of the message body together with the sender, subject, and transmission date / time information of the MMS message to the PPG server 27 and the SMSC 29 of the mobile phone communication network 20. To the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side.

The message processing unit 255 includes the CPU 211 and the like. For all cases of a plurality of MMS messages corresponding to a specific mobile phone stored in the message storage unit 252, a message list acquisition request (all cases list) is received from the mobile phone. When receiving (acquisition request), it has a function as means for generating list information of the plurality of MMS messages. This list information is transmitted to the mobile phone as an all-item list acquisition response.
In addition, when the message processing unit 255 specifies the MMS message from the mobile phone and receives the individual deletion request for the MMS message corresponding to the specific mobile phone stored in the message storage unit 252, the message processing unit 255 displays the MMS message. It has a function as means for deleting from the message storage unit 252.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an MMS message transmitted / received between the mobile phones 10A and 10B via the MMSC 25 that provides MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). This MMS message is an Internet text format message compatible with MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) whose specifications are defined in RFC (Request for Comments) 822, 2822, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2049, and the like. This MMS message is composed of a message body 60 and a header 61. The message body 60 of the MMS message can be configured to include data of information by various media such as voice, image, video, and audio in addition to text information. The header 61 of the MMS message is composed of various fields into which various information data related to the transmission message is input in a communication terminal such as a mobile phone on the transmission side.

The MMS, MMSC, MMS message, and the like comply with the specifications defined in the following (1) to (3).
(1) Multimedia Messaging Service Architecture Overview Version 1.2 (OMA-MMS-ARCH-v1_2-20030920-C)
(2) Multimedia Messaging Service Client Transactions Version 1.2 (OMA-MMS-CTR-v1_2-20030916-C)
(3) Multimedia Messaging Service Encapsulation Protocol Version 1.2 (OMA-MMS-ENC-v1_2-20030915-C)

  The gateway server 26 has a gateway function and a firewall function between the IP network 202 of the mobile phone communication network 20 and the Internet 30.

  Based on the push request received from the MMSC 25, the PPG server 27 transmits a push-type message such as the incoming call notification to the mobile phones 10A and 10B via the SMSC 29.

  The SMSC 29 provides a short message service (SMS), receives a short message having a size limit (eg, 128 bytes) from the mobile phone 10A on the transmission side, and transmits it to the mobile phone 10B on the reception side. The SMSC 29 can also send short messages to a plurality of mobile phones in a broadcast format all at once.

  A server for providing various contents is connected to the Internet 30 connected via the IP network 202 of the cellular phone communication network 20. As the server for providing contents, there are a WEB server 40 that mainly provides contents of a WEB page, a download server 50 that mainly provides contents such as image files, music files, and application program files.

  When content is downloaded from the various content providing servers on the Internet 30 to the mobile phones 10A and 10B, a predetermined communication protocol is used in each layer of the network. For example, as a communication protocol of the application layer when downloading a WEB page from the WEB server 40, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), W-HTTP (Wireless HyperText Transfer Protocol), WTP (Wireless Transaction Protocol), WSP (Wireless Session Protocol). ) Etc. are used.

FIG. 5 is an external view showing a configuration example of the mobile phone 10 (10A, 10B), and FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a software structure in the mobile phone 10.
The mobile phone 10 is a clamshell (folding) type mobile phone, and includes a system bus 100, a CPU 101, a storage device such as a RAM 102 and a ROM 103, an input device 104, an output device 105, a mobile phone communication network communication device 106, a GPS. A receiving device 107 is provided. Components such as the CPU 101 and the RAM 102 exchange various data and program instructions with each other via the system bus 100.

  The CPU 101 reads and executes a predetermined program from the storage device, thereby performing various functions such as a voice call function and application software (hereinafter referred to as “application”) on the basic software OS of the native telephone platform. Can be realized. The functions of this application include a WEB browser, mailer, music playback, moving image display, data transmission / reception with an external device, address book management, scheduler, memo pad, and the like. Start up applications such as this WEB browser, mailer, music playback, video display, etc., send and receive MMS messages on that application, text and images (still images, videos) included in the received MMS messages, content, audio, etc. Audio content such as music may be output.

  Further, the CPU 101 can construct an application execution environment different from the native telephone platform by reading and executing a predetermined program from the storage device. In the application execution environment, various applications such as an application preinstalled in the mobile phone and an application downloaded and registered by the user can be executed. Examples of this application include an application written in a programming language such as JAVA (registered trademark) or C ++ developed by platform-independent object-oriented programming, an application written in C language, or an assembly language. Also, these application execution environments are constructed by middleware such as JAVA (registered trademark) virtual machine (VM) or BREW (registered trademark).

  The input device 104 includes a data input key (ten key, * key, # key) 11, a call start key 12, an end key 13, a scroll key 14, a multi-function key 15, a microphone 16, and the like. The numeric keypad 11, the call start key 12, the call end key 13, and the like of the input device 104 constitute an operation unit that can be operated by the user. By operating this operation unit, the user can send and receive MMS messages, expand and display image files attached to MMS messages, expand and play music files, Can be selected and executed. In addition, the user operates the operation unit to input data such as a URL of a content acquisition destination, start and end a call when receiving a call, and select, start and stop an application program. Can go. In addition, the user can download and register contents such as image files, music files, and application programs from the download server 50 by operating the operation unit.

The output device 105 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) 17, which is a display means, a speaker 18, a vibration device (not shown), and the like. An output unit composed of an output device including the liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 and the speaker 18 informs the user that the MMS message or the incoming call notification has been received from the mobile phone communication network 20, or displays the MMS message. This is used when displaying text or images (still images, moving images) on a liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 or outputting voice or music attached to an MMS message from the speaker 18. When notifying the user that the MMS message or the incoming call notification has been received, an incoming call notification image is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 of the output unit, or a ringing tone is output from the speaker 18.
The output unit displays a Web page received via the mobile phone communication network 20 on a liquid crystal display (LCD) 17 or informs the user that information has been received from the mobile phone communication network 20. Also used for. The output unit is also used to display images and sound output related to the execution of the application program such as the game, or to display information received from the information distribution server. Used.
The speaker 18 may be configured by separately providing a receiver speaker (receiver) for listening to a voice during a call and an external output speaker for outputting a ring tone or music. You may comprise by one speaker so that the speaker for receivers and the speaker for external outputs may be combined.

  The vibrating device that constitutes the output device 105 can be used when the mobile phone 10 receives a voice call or receives an MMS message or various distribution information when the manner mode (silent mode) is set. It can be controlled to vibrate the whole and inform the user of the incoming call.

  The mobile phone communication network communication device 106 includes a modem, a synthesizer, a frequency converter, a high frequency amplifier, and the like, and communicates with other mobile phones, the above-described server 11 and the like via the mobile phone communication network 20. Used. This mobile phone communication network communication device 106 exchanges MMS messages with other mobile phones via the mobile phone communication network 20, or external communication such as the Internet from the mobile phone communication network 20 via a gateway server. It is used as a communication means for connecting to a network and exchanging MMS messages with a communication terminal on the Internet. Further, the mobile phone communication network communication device 106 downloads an application program provided by the download server 50 via the mobile phone communication network 20 or receives distribution information including position information of the current position. Also used as receiving means.

  FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing extracted main functions of the mobile phone 10 (10A, 10B) according to the present embodiment. The cellular phone 10 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 111, an output unit 112, a control unit 113, and an operation unit 114.

The communication unit 110 includes the mobile phone communication network communication device 106 and the like, and has a function as communication means for communicating with the MMSC 25 via the mobile phone communication network 20.
For example, the communication unit 110 transmits a message list acquisition request (all items list acquisition request) requesting list information of multimedia messages addressed to the user of the mobile phone to the MMSC 25, or a message including corresponding list information. A list information acquisition response (all case list acquisition response) is received from the MMSC 25.

  Further, the communication unit 110 transmits an individual erasure command for erasing the MMS message to the MMSC 25, or receives an erasure processing response indicating that the individual erasure of the MMS message is completed from the MMSC 25.

The communication unit 110 includes at least a part of the message body of the MMS message from the MMSC 25 via the mobile phone communication network 20 together with the sender, subject and transmission date / time information of the MMS message addressed to the mobile phone 10. Receive incoming notifications. That is, the communication unit 110 receives packets (divided data) obtained by dividing the incoming notification data for the MMS message into a plurality of pieces of data (divided data) via the mobile phone communication network 20 independently of each other by communication using a predetermined communication protocol such as HTTP To do. In addition, the communication unit 110 receives an MMS message transmitted from another mobile phone via the mobile phone communication network 20. The communication unit 110 receives an MMS message sent from another communication terminal via the Internet 30 and the mobile phone communication network 20.
When the MMSC 25 transmits the incoming notification data for the MMS message in a plurality of divided packets (divided data), the communication unit 110 transmits the data of the plurality of packets constituting the incoming notification data to each other independently of each other by mobile phone communication. Receive via the network 20. The control unit 113 concatenates the data of the plurality of packets.

  The storage unit 111 is configured by a storage device such as the RAM 102 or the ROM 103, and has a function as a storage unit that stores received data of incoming notifications received by the communication unit 110 and data of list information of MMS messages. The storage unit 111 has a function as a message storage unit that stores the MMS message received by the communication unit 110.

The output unit 112 includes the output device 105 and the like, and has a function as an output unit that outputs reception data of an incoming notification including at least a part of a message body received by the communication unit 110. Further, the output unit 112 displays the data of the message body of the MMS message on a display as text or image (still image, moving image) content, or outputs it from a speaker or earphone as audio content such as voice or music. You can also.
When the MMSC 25 transmits the incoming notification data for the MMS message as a plurality of divided packets (divided data), the output unit 112 concatenates the divided data of the plurality of packets received by the communication unit 110 to generate the MMS. Output as incoming message notification.

  The control unit 113 includes the CPU 101 and the like. The communication unit 110 transmits an incoming notification, receives an MMS message, stores the MMS message and incoming notification in the storage unit 111, and outputs the MMS message to the output unit 112. It has a function as a control means for controlling the output of an incoming call notification.

  Further, the control unit 113 requests and responds to delete a plurality of multimedia messages stored in the message box 25a of the MMSC 25 as follows when the user operates to delete all cases. It also has a function as a control means for controlling the communication unit 110 so as to transmit / receive data. That is, the control unit 113, when the user operates to delete all cases, the control unit 113 stores a plurality of addresses addressed to the user of the mobile phone stored in the message storage unit of the multimedia message information processing apparatus. Control to get list information of all multimedia messages. Further, based on the list information, the control unit 113 transmits to the MMSC 25 an individual erasure command for erasing the multimedia message for all cases of the plurality of multimedia messages addressed to the user. Control is performed so that the individual erasure process for receiving the erasure process response to the effect that the erasure is completed is repeatedly executed.

  The operation unit 114 includes the input device 104 and the like, and has a function as an all-erase deletion instruction input unit for inputting an all-erase deletion instruction of the MMSC message. That is, the operation unit 114 can be operated by the user to input an all-erase instruction for the MMSC message addressed to him in the message box 25a of the MMSC 25. Control for erasing all items is started by inputting this all items erasing instruction.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a processing procedure when an MMS message is transmitted and received between the mobile phones 10A and 10B in the communication system having the above configuration. In this message transmission / reception process, the user manually receives a message in the mobile phone 10B that has received a message incoming notification consisting of a plurality of packets including a part of the message body.

  First, the user on the transmission side operates the mobile phone 10A to start an application for MMS messages and creates an MMS message. Then, when the user operates the mobile phone 10A so as to transmit the MMS message by designating the destination address, the mobile phone 10A transmits a message transmission request by “HTTP POST” to the MMSC 25 (step S1). ).

  In response to the message transmission request, the MMSC 25 transmits a message transmission response by “HTTP 200 OK” to the mobile phone 10A on the transmission side (step S2). Thereafter, the MMSC 25 transmits a message incoming notification by “SMS” to the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side via the PPG server 27 (steps S3 and S4). The message arrival notification is transmitted for a plurality of packets (divided data) obtained by dividing the message arrival notification as described above.

  Next, when the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side receives at least the first packet of the incoming message notification from the MMSC 25 in the standby state in which the standby screen (see D101 in FIG. 10) is displayed, it is preset for the incoming notification. An incoming call notification screen (see D102 and D103 in FIG. 10) made up of text, images, etc. displayed on the display 17 of the output unit, or voice, special sounds, melody, music set in advance for incoming call notification Are output from the speaker 18 of the output unit. For example, an incoming notification message such as “with message received” as indicated by D102 in FIG. With such an incoming call notification display on the display 17 and an output of an incoming call notification sound from the speaker, the user of the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side can know that the MMS message addressed to himself / herself has arrived. After the notification of the incoming call, the user on the receiving side can operate the mobile phone 10B so as to receive the MMS message at an arbitrary timing. For example, an operation of pressing a key corresponding to “display” on the incoming notification screen of D102 and D103 in FIG. By this operation, the screen of the list information of the incoming message in the message box displaying the incoming message in a list format (see D104 in FIG. 10) is displayed. When the user presses the multi-function key (F key) 15 while selecting a new message line on the list information screen of this message box, the first part of the message body received by the incoming call notification is the presence or absence of an attached file. It is displayed with information about.

  Next, in response to the message incoming notification, the receiving mobile phone 10B transmits a message incoming notification response by “HTTP POST” to the MMSC 25 (step S5). The message arrival notification response is also transmitted for each of a plurality of packets constituting the message arrival notification. The mobile phone 10B on the receiving side does not transmit a message incoming notification response for a packet that could not be received. The MMSC 25 retransmits a packet that could not be received by the mobile phone 10B at a predetermined timing.

  After receiving the message arrival notification response, the MMSC 25 transmits a message delivery completion notification by “SMS” to the transmitting-side mobile phone 10A via the PPG server 27 (steps S6 and S7). In the header of this message delivery completion notification, “X-Mms-Status: Deferred”, which is one of MMS fields, is described. By referring to the data in this header field, the transmitting-side mobile phone 10A It is possible to recognize that the message arrival notification is distributed to the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side and is waiting to receive the MMS message.

Next, when the user on the receiving side receives the remaining part of the message body of the MMS message that has received the incoming call notification and the attached file, the reception process is performed by designating the MMS message on the application for the MMS message. The mobile phone 10B is operated so as to start. For example, a key corresponding to “continuous reception” on the individual display screen (see D105 in FIG. 10) of the incoming call notification is pressed, or “1. Get all messages” is displayed on the option display screen (see D106 in FIG. 10). In the selected state, the key corresponding to “Select” on the screen is pressed. By this operation, the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side transmits a message reception request by “HTTP GET” to the MMSC 25 (step S8). When this message reception request is transmitted, a “message is being acquired ...” screen (see D107 in FIG. 10) is displayed on the display 17.
In the case of an incoming call notification in a connection incomplete state in which only a part of the packets constituting the incoming call notification can be received, the individual display screen of the incoming call notification (see D105 in FIG. 10) displayed on the incoming call notification list information. Even if it can be displayed, it is controlled so that the MMS message cannot be continuously received.

  In response to the message reception request, the MMSC 25 transmits a message reception response by “HTTP 200 OK” to the mobile phone 10B on the reception side (step S9). In this message reception response, the message body of the MMS message to be received read from the message box of the MMSC 25 and a header corresponding to the message body are added.

  Next, in response to the message reception response, the reception-side mobile phone 10B transmits a reception completion notification by “HTTP 200 OK” to the MMSC 25 (step S10), and displays a “message acquisition completion” screen on the display 17 ( D108 in FIG. 10) is displayed. When a key corresponding to “OK” is pressed on the message acquisition completion screen or when a predetermined time has elapsed, the receiving-side mobile phone 10B determines the message text based on the information in the MIME header of the received MMS message. After performing an interpretation process described later, an MMS message screen (see D109 in FIG. 10) including the entire text of the MMS message after the interpretation process and an attached file image is output on the display 17.

  After receiving the reception completion notification, the MMSC 25 transmits a message delivery completion notification by “SMS” to the receiving-side mobile phone 10B via the PPG server 27 (steps S11 and S12). In the header of this message delivery completion notification, “X-Mms-Status: Retrieved”, which is one of the MMS fields, is described. By referring to the data in this header field, the transmitting-side mobile phone 10A It can be recognized that the MMS message has been distributed to the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of another processing procedure when an MMS message is transmitted and received between the mobile phones 10A and 10B in the communication system having the above-described configuration. In this message transmission / reception process, the mobile phone 10B that has received the incoming notification of the message automatically receives the message. Note that steps S1 to S4 in FIG. 11 are the same as those in FIG.
When receiving the message arrival notification from the MMSC 25, the receiving-side mobile phone 10B automatically starts MMS message reception processing as follows. First, the cellular phone 10B transmits a message reception request by “HTTP GET” to the MMSC 25 in response to the message incoming notification (step S5).
In response to the message reception request, the MMSC 25 transmits a message reception response based on “HTTP 200 OK” to the mobile phone 10B on the reception side (step S6). In this message reception response, the message body of the MMS message to be received read from the message box of the MMSC 25 and a header corresponding to the message body are added.
Next, the reception-side mobile phone 10B transmits a reception completion notification by “HTTP 200 OK” to the MMSC 25 in response to the message reception response (step S7). Further, the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side performs a later-described interpretation process on the message body based on the information in the MIME header of the received MMS message, and then outputs the MMS message after the interpretation process.
After receiving the reception completion notification, the MMSC 25 transmits a message delivery completion notification by “SMS” to the receiving-side mobile phone 10B via the PPG server 27 (steps S8 and S9). In the header of this message delivery completion notification, “X-Mms-Status: Retrieved”, which is one of MMS fields, is described. By referring to the data in this header field, the transmitting-side mobile phone 10A It can be recognized that the MMS message has been distributed to the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side.

  FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram when the MMS messages addressed to oneself in the message box 25a of the MMSC 25 are erased collectively in the communication system. FIG. 13 is a transition diagram of the screen display of the mobile phone when the MMS messages are erased collectively, and FIG. 14 shows an example of the control procedure in the mobile phone when the MMS messages are erased collectively. It is a flowchart. Hereinafter, a case will be described in which the MMS messages in the message box 25a of the MMSC 25 are collectively deleted from the mobile phone 10B on the receiving side.

  When the user of the mobile phone 10B deletes all of the MMS messages addressed to himself / herself in the message box 25a of the MMSC 25, he / she operates the mobile phone 10B to instruct the user to delete all the messages. For example, the user selects “Select” at the bottom of the screen with “4. Delete all messages” highlighted on the message box related menu screen shown in D201 of FIG. Then, the user operates to select “Yes” on the confirmation screen for deleting all messages shown in D202 of FIG.

  Next, when the cellular phone 10B receives a predetermined operation for erasing all the messages (S101 in FIG. 14), it transmits a message list request (M-Mbox-view.req) by “HTTP GET” to the MMSC 25. (Step S1 in FIG. 12). Then, on the mobile phone 10B, a screen display indicating that all message deletion is being executed as indicated by D203 in FIG. 13 is started.

  Next, when the MMSC 25 receives the message list request from the mobile phone 10B, the MMSC 25 searches the data in the message box 25a based on the user related information of the mobile phone 10B, the terminal identification information, etc., and the user of the mobile phone 10B Message list information including the address of the sender is generated for all cases of the addressed MMS message. The MMSC 25 transmits a message list response (M-Mbox-view.cof) containing “HTTP 200 OK” including the message list information to the mobile phone 10B (step S2 in FIG. 12). When receiving the message list response, the cellular phone 10B temporarily stores the message list information included in the message list response in the storage unit 111. Thus, by transmitting and receiving the message list request and message list response to and from the MMSC 25, the mobile phone 10B can acquire the list information of the MMS message addressed to the user (step S102 in FIG. 14). In this example, the number of MMS messages to be deleted is five.

  Next, the mobile phone 10B repeatedly executes the following individual MMS message erasure process for the five MMS messages to be erased based on the list information of the MMS message (steps S3 to S12 in FIG. 12). Steps S103 to S104 in FIG. In the individual deletion process of one MMS message, the mobile phone 10B first transmits a message individual deletion request (M-Mbox-Delete.req) by “HTTP GET” to the MMSC 25 (for example, step S3 in FIG. 12). When the MMSC 25 receives the message individual deletion request from the mobile phone 10B, the MMSC 25 searches the data in the message box 25a based on the user related information, the terminal identification information, etc. of the mobile phone 10B, and deletes the MMS message. When the MMS message deletion process is completed, the MMSC 25 transmits a message individual deletion response (M-Mbox-Delete.cof) by “HTTP 200 OK” to the mobile phone 10B. When the mobile phone 10B receives the message individual deletion response, the mobile phone 10B determines whether there is a next MMS message to be deleted based on the list information of the MMS message. The individual erasure process for the MMS message is repeated for all the MMS messages addressed to the user (in this example, 5 times). In addition, as shown in D203 of FIG. 13, the mobile phone 10 displays a bar display indicating the progress of the individual erasure processing of all the MMS messages.

  Next, when the repeated execution of the individual erasure process of the MMS message is completed, the mobile phone 10B displays a screen indicating that the collective erasure is completed as shown in D204 of FIG. 13 (step S105 of FIG. 14).

  If the number of MMS messages addressed to the user stored in the message box 25a of the MMSC 25 is large, the message list may not be acquired for all cases at once. In that case, as shown in FIG. 15, the acquisition of the message list is executed in a plurality of times for each predetermined number of MMS messages, and the individual erasure process of the MMS message is repeatedly executed for each message list.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the user performs a single all-erase instruction operation, the individual deletion process is automatically performed on all of the plurality of MMS messages addressed to the user stored in the MMSC 25. It is executed repeatedly. Accordingly, all of the plurality of MMS messages addressed to the user stored in the MMSC 25 can be erased collectively by one operation.

  In the above embodiment, the case of the mobile phone that receives the incoming notification of the MMS message has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the mobile communication terminal other than the mobile phone as long as it receives the incoming notification of the MMS message. The same applies to the case of.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Explanatory drawing which shows an example of schematic structure of the whole communication system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The schematic block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of MMSC. The functional block diagram which extracted and showed the main functions of MMSC. Explanatory drawing of an MMS message. The external view which shows the example of 1 structure of a mobile telephone. The schematic block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a mobile telephone. Explanatory drawing of the software structure in a mobile telephone. The functional block diagram which extracted and showed the main functions of the mobile phone. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the process sequence when transmitting and receiving an MMS message between mobile phones. Explanatory drawing of a screen transition when receiving an MMS message. The sequence diagram which shows the other example of the process sequence when transmitting / receiving an MMS message between mobile phones. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the procedure at the time of deleting the MMS message addressed to oneself in MMSC collectively. Explanatory drawing of a screen transition when deleting an MMS message collectively. The flowchart which shows an example of the control procedure in a mobile telephone when deleting an MMS message collectively. The flowchart which shows the other example of the control procedure in a mobile telephone when deleting an MMS message collectively.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 10A Transmission side mobile phone 10B Reception side mobile phone 20 Mobile phone communication network 25 MMSC (Multimedia Messaging Service Center)
25a Message Box 27 PPG (Push Proxy Gateway) Server 29 SMSC (Short Message Service Center)

Claims (1)

A mobile communication terminal capable of receiving a multimedia message that can include data of a plurality of media types from an information processing apparatus for multimedia message via a communication network,
A communication means for communicating with the information processing device for multimedia messages via a communication network;
All-erase erasure instruction input means for inputting all-erase erasure instructions for a plurality of multimedia messages addressed to the user of the mobile communication terminal stored in the message storage means of the multimedia message information processing device;
When該全matter erase instruction is input, obtains the list information of the plurality of multimedia messages addressed to the user of the mobile communication terminal stored in the message storage of the multimedia message information processing apparatus and, with the said plurality of multimedia message corresponding to the list information, the from the multimedia message information processing apparatus sends a separate erase command to erase the multimedia message to the information processing apparatus for the multimedia message Control means for controlling the communication means so as to repeatedly execute the individual erasure process for receiving the erasure process response to the effect that the individual erasure of the multimedia message has been completed ,
A mobile communication terminal characterized in that acquisition of the list information is executed a plurality of times for each predetermined number of multimedia messages, and the individual erasure processing of the multimedia messages is repeatedly executed for each list information .

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