KR100411783B1 - A Method For Downloading Tone Data and Graphical Image (Character) Data To Mobile Station, And The System Therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for downloading tone data and graphic image (character) data to a mobile base station.

It is an object of the present invention to combine tone data (ringtone data) and graphic image (character) data separately or together over the Internet so that a user can implement an image that matches his or her preferences on a fixed screen or as a video. The present invention provides a method and system for downloading to a designated mobile base station, i.e., a mobile base station such as a cellular phone, a PC, a personal mobile terminal, and the like. ) And graphic image (character) data, along with a predetermined telephone number, are downloaded to the mobile terminal system of the designated mobile base station, or only tone data (ring tone data) and graphic image (character) data are downloaded to the already stored phone number. Outputting to the audio output means and the video output means in conjunction The present invention provides a method having a function (a function which replaces a caller ID number checking function) and a system therefor.

According to the present invention, the tone data and the character data can be downloaded to the mobile base station of one's own or third party and set according to personal preferences, and the effect of easily identifying who the caller is by storing the phone number together. To provide.

Description

{A Method For Downloading Tone Data and Graphical Image (Character) Data To Mobile Station, And The System Therefor}

The present invention relates to a method for downloading tone data and graphic image (character) data to a mobile base station and a system therefor. More specifically, a user designates a tone data (ring tone data) and a character by combining them through the Internet. A method and system for downloading to a mobile base station, i.e., a mobile base station such as a cellular phone, a PCS, a personal mobile terminal, and the like.

In the prior art, some methods and systems for separately downloading character and tone data (ringtones) to mobile base stations have been disclosed.

As a method of downloading tone data to a mobile base station, the invention is disclosed in US Pat. No. 6,018,654 entitled "Method and apparatus for downloading tones to mobile terminals." U. S. Patent No. 6,018, 654 is a mobile terminal that accesses a server connected to a tone database through a communication network, and then retrieves a tone from a tone database connected to the server and listens to the tone in advance. The present invention relates to a method of storing and a system, and does not disclose a method of selectively downloading image data by a user. Therefore, there is a drawback in not providing more various services to the user. This is because there are a lot of technical problems to add a function of directly selecting and downloading graphic image data and tone data to the terminal system.

In addition, a method and a system having a function of downloading tone data, that is, a ringtone according to the prior art, have been filed in Korea, and some of them have already been patented. Korean Patent No. 10-0262701 and Korean Patent Application No. 10-1998 -008843 is that.

Korean Patent No. 10-0262701 refers to a telephone terminal system having a download function, which is a telephone terminal system having a computer, a communication means, and a telephone terminal as a component of the invention. A telephone terminal system having a function of installing a stored computer, that is, a server in a telecommunication company or an ALS company, downloading a ring tone to a telephone terminal through a wired / wireless communication network from the server, and then permanently storing the user after hearing the stored ring tone. Korean Patent No. 10-0262701 also discloses a terminal system which has problems of US Patent No. 6,018,654 and also downloads tone data, but there is no content to support the claims in the specification. .

In addition, Korean Patent Application No. 10-1998-008843 according to the prior art discloses a ringtone download as the name of the invention "ringtone download service method for a portable mobile phone terminal". Korean Patent Application No. 10-1998-008843 uses a computer or a telephone to access a tone data server installed in a telecommunication company to view a list of music lists, listen to music in advance, and then download a ringtone to a designated mobile phone terminal. The present disclosure provides a more user-friendly service than Korean Patent No. 10-0262701 and US Patent No. 6,018,654. However, as described above, Korean Patent Application No. 10-1998-008843 did not overcome the problems of US Patent No. 6,018,654.

On the other hand, the image download according to the prior art has recently been disclosed in Korea Patent Application No. 10-2000-017099 and Korea Patent Application No. 10-2000-037650.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2000-017099, entitled "Method and Vending Machine for Sending Your Own Image to a Mobile Phone Screen", takes a photograph of a desired form through a vending machine, and then takes a photographed image. It is disclosed that a video can also be downloaded while initiating a process of directly downloading the port through the port of the mobile terminal. In addition, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2000-017099 discloses that after transferring a captured image to a specific website through the Internet network, the image stored in the website can be downloaded to a predetermined telephone terminal. Doing.

However, although Korean Patent Application No. 10-2000-017099 discloses a method of downloading, although a simple idea should be supported in the detailed description by describing a specific means to implement the method, a number of simple ideas may be used. Not only is it presented simply by a drawing including a picture, nor does it refer to a process of downloading a ringtone together, and there is no suggestion, and thus there is a big disadvantage that it cannot provide a service that satisfies a user's needs.

On the other hand, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2000-037650, entitled "Mobile communication terminal desktop image file transmission method and system", takes a digital camera to take a face image and combines the background image, and then a personal computer. The present invention discloses a method and a system for downloading an image to a designated terminal through a communication network after designating and transmitting the terminal number to be downloaded through the internet network to the server. However, since the image download for setting the background of the phone terminal has a big disadvantage that the image can not be provided to the user like a variety of videos in conjunction with the ringtone.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, so that the user can implement an image that matches his or her preferences with a ringtone on a fixed screen or as a video, so that the user can obtain tone data (ringtone data) through the Internet. And a graphic image (character) data combined separately or together to download to a designated mobile station, i.e., a mobile station such as a cellular phone, PCS, personal mobile terminal, and the like. have.

Further, a second object of the present invention is, in addition to the first object, a telephone terminal system of a mobile base station in which a user designates tone data (ring tone data) and graphic image (character) data through a Internet together with a predetermined telephone number. Download to, or download only tone data (ringtone data) and graphic image (character) data, and output to voice output means and video output means in conjunction with already stored phone number (replaces caller ID number verification function) And a system therefor.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system of a mobile base station telephone terminal showing a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the main components of the wired and wireless Internet network and the path for downloading tone data and character data according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of selectively or integrally downloading tone data and character data to a mobile base station.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a download from a telephone terminal following FIG. 3.

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1: computer 2: server

3: internet network 4: mobile switching center

5: short message service center 6: base station controller

7: base station 8: mobile base station (telephone terminal)

9: Wireless Internet Service Center

100: telephone terminal system 101: central control unit

102 memory 103 transmitter

104: receiver 105: antenna

106: keypad 107: video output means (display)

108: display memory 109: audio output means

110: data storage 111: data compression controller

112: phone number storage 113: tone data storage

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a user accesses a website provided by an internet server through an internet network through a computer, and selects one or more of a tone data menu and a character data menu on the website to listen and view. Sampling at least one of tone data and character data, inputting a telephone number to be downloaded, clicking a transmission key to transmit at least one of tone data and character data, and transmitting the data to the Internet server. Is converted to fit the predetermined scheme in the compressed Internet service center, the short message service center sends a short message to the designated mobile base station, the mobile base station determines whether or not to download, and the mobile base station If the download is rejected, the download process is terminated. After receiving the download signal, the central processing unit connects to the wireless Internet service center for downloading and decompresses the downloaded tone data and character data via the tone data memory and the display memory, A process of outputting and displaying the image output means sequentially or together, a process of determining whether the central control apparatus stores the data, and a download process is terminated if the storage is denied. Selectively distinguishing the pointers and storing the pointers temporarily; determining whether a telephone number is designated by the central controller; and when the central controller receives a designated signal, the owner of the mobile base station inputs the telephone number. If there is no designation, it is temporary without entering phone number. Is configured the downloaded data stored in the process of storing data in a storage unit by a data compression method for the tone controller to download data and character data in a mobile station is provided.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system for downloading tone data and character data consisting of an Internet server, a communication network, a computer, and a mobile base station to a mobile base station, wherein the Internet server is connected to the Internet network to a computer. Provides the tone data and character data menu to the connected computer when connecting, selects one or more data among the tone data and character data from the computer and instructs the download to the designated mobile terminal to convert the selected data to the wireless Internet service center. The communication network is composed of a mobile switching center, a short message service center, a wireless internet service center, a base station, and a base station controller. When data converted from the internet server is received, the communication network is compressed and stored in a wireless internet service center. message The service center transmits a short message to a designated mobile terminal, and upon receiving a download request signal from the mobile terminal, the wireless Internet service center is a communication network for downloading compressed data to the corresponding mobile terminal, and the computer is an internet server through a wired / wireless internet network. A personal computer or a portable computer which is provided with a menu of tone data and character data, can be previewed or previewed, and designates a mobile terminal to download and transmits a download command to the Internet server. As a cellular phone, PCS or personal mobile device, when receiving a short message from a short message service center, the response message is transmitted to the communication network to download compressed data from the wireless Internet service center, and to download the downloaded data. Disabling the output shaft and characterized in that the movement to be stored alone or as a terminal with the telephone number.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system of a mobile base station telephone terminal according to the present invention.

1 is provided a telephone terminal system 100 of a mobile station with a central processing unit (CPU) 101 for controlling the operation of the system. The central processing unit 101 is connected to the memory 102 composed of RAM and ROM to exchange data. Memory 102 may include non-volatile RAM that may be used to store characters, ie, graphical images. The transmitter 103 and the receiver 104 are configured to transmit and receive various data such as tone data and character data between the mobile base station and a remote location such as a cell site controller through the antenna 105. Short message service or unstructured supplemental services data is preferred as a data interface means between the mobile base station and the cell site, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the transmitter 103 and the receiver 104 may be replaced with one transceiver. The operating functions of the transmitter 103, the receiver 104, and the antenna 105 have the same functions as are known so far, and thus will be omitted here.

The keypad 106 is attached to a housing (not shown) of the mobile terminal station's telephone terminal system so that the user interfaces with the telephone terminal system 100. The keypad 106 includes buttons and one or more scroll bars for the user to enter letters and numbers, and the user can selectively download tone data and graphic image data using the buttons or scroll bars on the pad. The performance or configuration of the keypad has a general configuration, so I will not describe it in detail here.

Display memory 108 may be installed in memory 102 to display a graphical image on display 107, and display memory 108 may be provided separately from memory 102. Display memory 108 and display 107 are associated point to point. When the display 107 supports color, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that multiple data is required for each pixel of the display 107.

Although a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided as a display for each manufacturer of the mobile phone terminal, the number of pixels that can be provided has a certain limitation in consideration of the size of the terminal. For example, if the display device is a monochrome display, it will have a 128x64 array, and in order to display character data as an image, it will eventually have an 8192 bit map.

As mentioned earlier, the data transmission and reception between the mobile cell site controller and the mobile base station may use a short message service or an unstructured supplementary service data method, and as a graphic image, JPEG (JPEG; Joint Photographic Experts Group) (GIF) or Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) scheme may be used, where a modified interlaced GIF or progressive JPEG scheme may be used. Recently, RGB (Red, Green, Blue) or YUV systems are used.

However, since it is the freedom of the terminal manufacturer to adopt which method, all the methods compatible with each other can be used as the interface method in the present invention. In the case of a short message service, only a certain size is allowed during transmission and reception. Therefore, when data is transmitted and received in a time series, the display can clearly display the user in color.

A data storage unit 110 for storing character data associated with the tone data is provided in the telephone terminal system 100 of the mobile base station. The data storage unit 110 may be divided into one or more areas to store tone data and character data, respectively, and may include an area for storing a specific telephone number. So it can be stored to be connected to any one of the tone data, character data and a specific telephone number. However, in the present invention, the data storage unit 110 is configured without distinguishing the tone data and the image data.

On the other hand, in order to satisfy the needs of the user, the melody is gradually diversified, and since the telephone terminal has been developed to realize the performance as music, in the present invention, it is configured to combine specific tone data in one telephone number. This can be done without using a character.

The tone data and character data received and downloaded from the cell site controller to the receiver 104 provided in the telephone terminal system 100 are once stored in the tone data memory 113 and the display memory 108 to be individually or integrally centered. It is displayed on the audio output means 109 and the video output means 107 by the processing apparatus 101.

When the user listens to the downloaded tone data and character data selectively or together through the display 107 and the audio output means 109 and clicks a storage key on the keypad 106, the user stores the data once in the RAM and specifies the stored data. Instructing the download to designate a phone number of the connection, the data compression controller 111 connected to the central control unit 101 is compressed in the data storage unit 110 and stored permanently. At this time, if the user instructs through the keypad 106 to store a specific telephone number and compressed data, it is stored in the data storage unit 110 as indicated. Thus, when a call is made to the stored telephone number later, the caller can be easily identified by extracting the compressed data connected to the telephone number and outputting a ringtone or a video, or a combination thereof, to whom the call came from.

In addition, a telephone number storage unit 112 is provided in the telephone terminal system 100 so as to be connected to the central processing unit 101 and store only a telephone number address book.

The data compression controller 111 is provided in the system 100 in connection with the data storage 110 to perform the function of compressing and decompressing in consideration of the size of the terminal of the mobile station when the size of the downloaded data is large.

As data compression techniques are already disclosed in the art, LZ compression, MR compression, MMR compression techniques, and the like can be used in the system 100 according to the present invention. By the user's instruction, the central control unit 101 operates the data compression controller 111 to compress the received data together with the telephone number or separately and store the data in the data storage unit 110. However, the central control unit 101 can perform the compression function and the release function.

In the block diagram (FIG. 1) of the mobile terminal station 100 of the mobile base station according to the present invention, the components not related to the present invention are omitted for the purpose of understanding the description.

Next, a process of downloading tone data and graphic image data according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the main components of the wired / wireless internet network and the path for downloading tone data and character data, in which a user can download contents via the wired / wireless internet network 3 to download tone data and character data. A personal computer 1 is shown for accessing an internet server operated by a provider CP, i.e., a website of an internet gateway 2. A mobile switching center (4) is connected to the Internet server 2, and the mobile switching center is continuously connected to the mobile base station via a base station controller (6) and a base station (7). (8; Mobile Station). In addition, a short message service center 5 is connected to the mobile switching center 4.

When a user instructs download of tone data and character data on a website to a predetermined mobile base station 8, the data are compressed and converted to be suitable for download, and the data are once stored in the wireless Internet service center 9. The short message service center 5 then sends a short message to the designated mobile base station 8 to ask whether it is to be downloaded. When the owner of the mobile base station 8 instructs download, the data compressed and stored from the wireless Internet service center 9 are sequentially passed through the base station controller 6 and the base station 7 via the mobile switching center 4. Downloaded to (8).

In addition, when the mobile base station 8 instructs download to another mobile base station, as described above, the mobile base station 8 may instruct the download again via the reverse path. That is, as a result of storing and using the downloaded tone data and character data, when it is necessary to download it to the third mobile base station, the owner of the mobile base station 8 directly selects the mobile base station 8 to be downloaded through the keypad. If specified, it can be downloaded through the path in the reverse order to the above path. Therefore, it is possible to download without using a computer, thereby providing a cost-effective service to the owner of the mobile base station 8.

Next, the process of downloading tone data and character data will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of selectively or integrally downloading tone data and character data to a mobile base station, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a download from a telephone terminal following FIG. 3.

First, the user connects to a website (not shown) provided by the Internet server 2 via the Internet network 3 (step S101). The website has a ringtone menu and a character menu for each category.The user selects the ringtone displayed on the website, listens to the sound card in his computer, selects the desired ringtone, and selects a character in the same manner. (Step S102). At this time, only one of the ringtones and characters may be selected. In addition, the user inputs the telephone number to be downloaded and clicks the transmission key to transmit (step S103). The transmitted data are converted by the Internet server 2 in accordance with a scheme such as short message service or unstructured additional service data, and the converted data are compressed and stored in the wireless Internet service center 9 (step S104).

Then, the base station controller 6 causes the short message service center 5 to display a message to the mobile base station 8 to be downloaded (step S105), and asks the owner of the mobile base station 8 whether or not to download it (step S106). ). If the download is not received, the download process is terminated. However, when the download receiving key is clicked, the central processing unit 101 in the telephone terminal system 100 accesses the wireless Internet (step S107), and the tone data and character data are transferred to the tone data memory 113 and the display memory ( After decompression via 108, the audio output means 109 and the video output means or display 107 are selectively output and displayed (step S108).

Then, when the download is initiated and the download is completed to the telephone terminal system 100, the central control apparatus 101 in the system asks the owner of the mobile base station to save (step S109). When the storage is denied, the download process is terminated, and when storing, the downloaded data is temporarily stored in a RAM in the memory 102 by distinguishing the tone data and the pointer of the character data (step S110). At this time, data may be selectively or integrally stored.

Subsequently, the central controller 101 determines whether the telephone number is designated (step S111), and if not, stores the downloaded data in the data storage 110 by the data compression controller 111 (S113). Step) If the owner of the mobile base station designates a phone number (step S112), the data downloaded together with the phone number are compressed and stored (step S113), and a series of download processes is completed.

In operation S113, the character data may be divided into regions having a plurality of formats, and pointers representing the distinguished regions may be sequentially displayed through the image output means to store a moving image.

Also, by specifying a telephone number in step S112, for example, a telephone number of 02-2299-9046 is specified, when a call is subsequently made to 02-2299-9046, the ringtone and character image designated together with the telephone number are displayed. Displayed on the audio output means 109 and the image output means 107 can easily distinguish the caller.

Therefore, since the caller's telephone number service is not provided to the public in Korea, when the system and method according to the present invention are used, the caller's telephone number is connected to the designated telephone number and displayed on the output means 107, 108 to easily identify the caller. In addition, the owner of the mobile base station 8 also provides a service role that can reject telephone reception.

On the other hand, in the present invention has been described on the assumption that the tone data and the character data is downloaded once, it is also possible to store the downloaded download several times by category to selectively combine the tone data with one character data, and vice versa It is possible.

It is also possible to transmit what has been downloaded to the mobile base station to another mobile base station.

So far, the method and system for downloading the tone data and the graphic image (character) data according to the present invention to the mobile base station have been described with reference to the drawings. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

According to the present invention, the tone data and the character data are downloaded to the mobile base station of one's own or third party, thereby providing an effect that can be set according to personal preferences.

In addition, according to the present invention, by storing the telephone number together, it provides an effect that can easily identify who the caller.

It also provides the effect of storing stored data individually.

It also provides the effect of transmitting tone data and character data between mobile base stations selectively or together to another mobile base station.

Claims (3)

In the method for downloading tone data and character data to the mobile base station, A step in which the user connects to the website provided by the Internet server 2 via the computer 1 via the computer 1 (S101), Selecting at least one of the tone data menu and the character data menu on the website to sample at least one of the listening and views to select at least one of the tone data and the character data (S102); Inputting a phone number to be downloaded and clicking a transmission key to transmit one or more pieces of data of tone data and character data (S103); The transmitted data are converted to fit in a predetermined manner in the Internet server 2 and compressed and stored in the wireless Internet service center 9 (S104), The short message service center 5 sends a short message to the designated mobile base station 8 (S105), The mobile base station 8 determines whether to download (S106), When the mobile base station 8 receives the download refusal, the download process is terminated in the step S106, and when the download signal is received, the central processing unit 101 accesses the wireless Internet service center 9 to receive the download ( S107), After the extracted tone data and character data are decompressed via the tone data memory 113 and the display memory 108, and outputted to the audio output means 109 and the image output means 107 sequentially or together and displayed. S108), Determining whether or not the central control apparatus 101 stores the storage (S109); In step S109, if the storage is determined to be denied, the downloading process is terminated. If the storage is determined, the downloaded data may be selectively stored in the RAM in the memory 102 by temporarily distinguishing the pointer (S110); Determining, by the central controller 101, whether a telephone number is designated (S111); When the central control apparatus 101 receives the designated signal in step S111, the owner of the mobile base station enters the phone number (S112). If there is no designation, the temporary control is temporarily stored without inputting the phone number. And storing the downloaded data in the data storage unit (110) by the data compression controller (111). The tone data and the character data are downloaded to the mobile base station. A system for downloading tone data and character data composed of an internet server, a communication network, a computer, and a mobile base station to a mobile base station, The Internet server 2 is wired or wirelessly connected to the Internet network 3 to provide the tone data and character data menu to the connected computer 1 when the computer 1 is connected, and the tone data and characters from the computer 1 are connected. When the server selects one or more of the data and receives a download instruction to the designated mobile terminal 8, the server converts the selected data and transmits the data to the wireless Internet service center 9, The communication network is composed of a mobile switching center (4), a short message service center (5), a wireless Internet service center (9), a base station (7) and a base station controller (6), and the data converted from the Internet server (2). Is received and compressed and stored in the wireless Internet service center 9, the short message service center 5 transmits a short message to the designated mobile terminal 8, and receives a download request signal from the mobile terminal 8 wireless Internet The service center 9 is a communication network for downloading the compressed data stored in the mobile terminal 8, The computer 1 is connected to the Internet server 2 via a wired or wireless Internet network 3 to receive a menu of tone data and character data, and can listen to or preview the mobile terminal 8 to be downloaded. A personal computer or a portable computer that designates and transmits a download command to the Internet server 2, The mobile base station 8 is a cellular phone, PCS or personal mobile terminal, and when receiving a short message from the short message service center 5, transmits a response message to the communication network from the wireless Internet service center 9. A system for downloading tone data and character data to a mobile base station, which is a mobile terminal that receives compressed data, and decompresses and outputs the downloaded data to be stored alone or together with a telephone number. delete