KR100429376B1 - Method and the System for Downloading the Calling Sound of Mobile-Phone - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, when a caller selects a ringtone corresponding to his or her phone number and transmits it to the receiver's mobile phone, the ringer download method of the mobile phone registered by the caller is registered so that the caller's phone number and ringtone are registered in the receiver's mobile phone. And to the system.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of downloading a ringtone of a mobile phone, comprising: receiving, at a receiver's mobile phone, ringtone data generated and transmitted from a ringtone download server according to a caller's request through a communication device; Examining an identification code included in the ringtone data to identify whether the ringtone data received in the step is ringtone data transmitted by a caller's request; If the ringtone data checked in the step is identified as the ringtone data by the caller's request, register the caller information including the caller's telephone number included in the ringtone data in the storage device and store the ringtone information included in the ringtone data. And registering the ringer data in the storage device of the mobile telephone by registering the index information matching the location of the storage device in which the caller information and the ringtone information are registered in the storage device with the device. The problem of having to register the caller information and the ringtone information for each caller in the mobile phone can be solved.

Description

How to download ringtone for mobile phone and its system {Method and the System for Downloading the Calling Sound of Mobile-Phone}

The present invention relates to a method and a system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile phone, and more particularly, when a caller selects a ringtone corresponding to his or her phone number and transmits it to the receiver's mobile phone, the caller's phone number and The present invention relates to a ringtone downloading method and a system of a mobile telephone registered by a caller to register a ringtone.

In recent years, with the rapid development of mobile communication technology, mobile phones such as cellular phones, PCS (Personal Communications Services) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) are rapidly increasing. It is becoming. Such mobile telephones tend to be used in addition to the functions of the conventional simple telephone call apparatuses with efficient functions for user convenience.

Most mobile phones recently released have several kinds of ringtones registered in their internal memory, and when a user selects and registers a random ringtone, the selected ringtone is output when an incoming call occurs. However, there was a problem that it is difficult to satisfy various tastes of users with only the ringtones embedded in the mobile phones. Recently, according to these problems, users can select the desired ringtones to download and register to their mobile phones through the network. Ringtone download services are being actively used.

On the other hand, the recent mobile phone is equipped with a caller display function to display the caller's phone number when the incoming call, this caller display function is a caller stored in the storage device when the incoming call is registered in the storage device of the mobile phone It displays the information of the caller, and if it is not registered in the memory, it displays the caller's phone number so that the user can check the caller's identity.

In addition, as the outgoing call display function and the ringtone download service are provided, the caller information stored in the memory of the mobile phone is linked with the ringer so that a different ringtone is output for each caller. Functions have been proposed to enable this.

However, such a ringtone download service requires a user to download and store a ringtone from a ringtone download service company in his mobile phone, and has a cumbersome problem of registering a ringtone corresponding to a caller's phone number in a storage device. Since the download service is paid, it is a costly burden to download and use various kinds of ringtones. Therefore, due to these problems, the function of the mobile phone which sets the ring tone for each caller differently is not actively performed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to receive the caller's phone number and ringtone transmitted by the caller's request in the receiver's mobile phone to receive the phone number and ringtone The present invention provides a method and a system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile phone registered by a caller to store a ringer corresponding to a registered caller when a caller is requested from the caller.

Ringtone download method of the mobile phone of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of receiving a ringtone data generated and transmitted from the ringtone download server at the receiver's mobile phone in response to a caller's request through the communication device; Examining an identification code included in the ringtone data to identify whether the ringtone data received in the step is ringtone data transmitted by a caller's request; If the ringtone data checked in the step is identified as the ringtone data by the caller's request, register the caller information including the caller's telephone number included in the ringtone data in the storage device and store the ringtone information included in the ringtone data. Registering the ringer data in the storage device of the mobile telephone by registering the index information matching the location of the storage device in which the caller information and the ringtone information are registered with the storage device.

In the step of registering a ringtone in the storage device of the mobile phone, if the received ringtone data is identified as the ringtone data at the caller's request, the ringtone data is displayed externally so that the receiver can confirm that the ringtone data has been received, and the key input unit is received from the receiver. When the registration of the ringtone data is approved through the above, it is preferable to register the ringtone data to the mobile telephone.

On the other hand, the ringtone download system of the mobile phone of the present invention to achieve the above object by identifying the ringtone data by the caller's request by checking the identification code contained in the ringtone data received from the ringtone download server at the caller's request A ringtone data recognition unit and a ringtone registration unit for registering caller information and ringtone information included in the ringtone data in a storage device when the ringtone data is recognized as ringtone data by a caller's request through the ringtone data recognition unit; Caller ID recognition unit for recognizing the caller's phone number requesting the call, and if the caller's phone number is present in the storage device by checking whether the caller's phone number recognized through the caller ID recognition unit exists in the storage device registered with Retrieve ringtone information from storage Ring tone processing which includes take-ring portion such that sent to the speaker and W; A caller information memory in which caller information included in the ringtone data is registered by the ringtone register, a ringtone memory in which ringtone information included in the ringtone data is registered, and caller information and ringtone information registered in the caller information memory and the ringtone memory; And a storage device including an index memory to which the storage location information of the storage location information is registered.

1 is an overall network connection diagram of a ringtone download system of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an example of a ringtone data structure transmitted to a mobile phone through a ringtone download server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a mobile telephone for recognizing and registering ringtone data according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an example of a storage device in which ringtone data is registered by a ringtone registration unit of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a ringtone downloaded to a mobile phone of a receiver by a caller's request according to an embodiment of the present invention. Flow chart showing the process of registration

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of extracting a ringer of a caller and outputting the caller to a speaker when a call connection is requested from a caller in a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

100: mobile phone 180: ringtone processing unit

181: ringtone data recognition unit 182: ringtone register

183: caller ID 184: ringer receiver

190: storage device 191: calling information memory

192: Ringtone memory 193: Index memory

200: general telephone 300: personal computer (PC)

400: General Telephone Exchange 500: Mobile Telephone Exchange

600: Ringtone Download Server

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. To summarize the terms named in the present invention prior to the detailed description of the present invention, the mobile phone refers to a personal mobile communication terminal, including a cellular phone, PCS, PDA, etc., the caller means a user requesting a ringtone download service And, the receiver means a user of the mobile phone to which the ringtone requested by the caller is downloaded, and the ringtone is used as a generic term for all sound signals such as melody, sound, and voice.

Figure 1 shows the overall network connection diagram of the ringtone download system of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a ringtone download system of a mobile phone according to the present invention includes a personal computer (PC) 300 and a ringtone download server 600 connected through an internet network, and a general telephone 200. Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) connected to the public network connected to the public telephone network (PSTN) and establishes a telephone call connection of the general telephone 200 and the mobile phone 100 provides a mobile communication The mobile telephone exchange station 500 for interworking a mobile communication network and an internet network and establishing a telephone connection of the mobile telephone 100 is interconnected.

The general telephone switching center 400 and the mobile telecommunication switching center 500 are connected to each other through a network to enable mutual data communication. The general telephone switching center 400 and the mobile telecommunication switching center 500 are connected to the Internet network. A conventional gateway server is provided. The configuration and operation of the general telephone switching center 400 and the mobile telephone switching center 500, and the communication settings and data transmission and reception of the Internet network, PSTN, mobile communication network through the same operation is carried out through the same method as the conventional description thereof will be omitted. do.

The ringtone download server 600 is a server system that provides a ringtone download service to the mobile phone 100. The ringtone download server 600 transmits ringtone data to the receiver mobile phone 100 according to a caller's request. The ringtone download server 600 registers a plurality of ringtone data as a database and provides them to the caller, and the ringer data selected by the caller through a communication terminal such as a PC 300, a general telephone 200, a mobile telephone 100, or the like. It is transmitted to the mobile telephone 100 of the receiver via the Internet network, the mobile telephone exchange station 500 and the mobile communication network. In addition, the ringtone download server 600 is provided with a cost payment means to charge the cost of the caller using the ringtone download service, which is charged by the caller corresponding to the ringtone download service as an additional service to the caller's corresponding communication terminal It is preferable to make.

2 illustrates an example of a ring data structure transmitted to a mobile phone through the ring tone download server.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the ringtone data transmitted to the mobile phone 100 through the ringtone download server 600 includes an identification code D1, recipient phone number information D2, and a caller's phone. Data such as number information D3, caller's name information D4, ring tone information D5, and confirmation code D6 are included.

The identification code (D1) of the ringtone data is a code for distinguishing whether the ringtone data transmitted according to an embodiment of the present invention is the ringtone data transmitted by another caller rather than the receiver of the mobile phone 100, the receiver's mobile phone 100 checks this identification code D1 and processes it separately from the general ringtone data requested by the conventional receiver itself.

The recipient telephone number information D2 is a telephone number of the mobile telephone 100 of the receiver requested to be transmitted by the caller, and the ringtone download server 600 transmits the ringtone data to the corresponding receiver telephone number.

The caller's telephone number information (D3) is a caller's telephone number for requesting ringtone data transmission, and the caller's name information (D4) is a name of a caller registered with the caller's telephone number in the receiver's mobile phone (100). It is recognized by the mobile telephone 100.

The ring tone information D5 indicates a ring tone signal selected by the caller, and the ring tone information is composed of sound signals such as melody, sound, and voice.

The confirmation code D6 indicates error detection code information for checking whether each piece of the ringtone data is normally transmitted and registered to the mobile phone 100 of the receiver.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone to which a ringtone download system for recognizing and registering ringtone data transmitted from a ringtone download server is requested by a caller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile telephone 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an antenna 111, a duplexer 110, a receiver 120, a transmitter 130, a controller 170, and a display. A unit 140, a key input unit 150, a codec 160, a microphone 161 and a speaker 162, a ringtone processing unit 180, a storage device 190, and the like are provided.

The wireless data received through the antenna 111 is transmitted to the receiver 120 through the duplexer 110, the receiver 120 is to recognize the wireless data transmitted through the duplexer 110 in the mobile phone 100. The data is converted into data and transmitted to the controller 170. The controller 170 interprets the data transmitted through the receiver 120, displays the text data so that the receiver can check the text through the display 140, and transmits the voice data to the codec 160. The codec 160 converts the voice data transmitted from the control unit 160 into output data and transmits it to the outside through the speaker 162, and recognizes the voice data input from the microphone 161 in the mobile phone 100. The data is converted into data which can be transmitted to the control unit 160. In addition, the control unit 170 recognizes the text data transmitted through the key input unit 150 and the voice data transmitted through the codec 160 by the user's key input, such that the data is the environment of the mobile phone 100 In case of data related to the setting, the setting is performed, and in case of data transmitted to the outside, the data is transmitted to the transmitter 130. The transmitter 130 converts data transmitted through the controller 170 into data capable of wireless transmission, and then transmits the data to the outside through the duplexer 110 and the antenna 111. Since the configuration and processing for the telephone call is the same as the configuration and processing of a conventional mobile phone, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, the ringtone processing unit 180 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a ringtone data recognition unit 181 for recognizing the ringtone data transmitted from the ringtone download server 600 by the caller's request, and the ringtone data recognition unit 181 Ringtone registration unit 182 for registering the ringtone data recognized through the storage device 190, and a caller ID unit 183 for recognizing the phone number of the caller who is the call requester when a caller connection is requested from the caller; The caller identification unit 183 checks whether the caller information and the ringer information recognized by the caller ID are registered in the storage device 190. In addition, the storage device 190 in which data processed by the ringtone processor 180 is registered includes a caller information memory 191 in which a caller's telephone number and name are registered, a ringtone memory 192 in which ringer information is registered, and And an index memory 193 for registering the caller's telephone number information and the storage location information of the ring tone information in pairs.

The ringtone data recognition unit 181 of the ringtone processing unit 180 examines the identification code D1 of the ringtone data received from the ringtone download server 600 and recognizes whether the ringtone data transmitted by the caller's request. The ringtone registration unit 182 is a program module that registers the ringtone data recognized by the ringtone data recognition unit 181 in the storage device 190. At this time, the ringtone registration unit 182 registers the caller phone number information (D3) and name information (D4) included in the ringtone data in the caller information memory 191 of the storage device 190, and the ringtone information included in the ringtone data. D5 is stored in the ringtone memory 192, and registers the correlation and storage location information of the caller's telephone number information and the ringtone information in the index memory 193. 4 illustrates an example of a storage device 190 in which ringtone data is registered by the ringtone register 182 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The caller ID recognizer 183 performs a role of displaying the caller's phone number and transmitting the caller's number to the control unit 170 when the caller is requested to connect the phone call to be displayed on the display unit 140. As the device, it can be used a caller ID reading device provided in a conventional mobile phone.

The ringer caller 184 searches the index memory 193 of the storage device 190 through the caller ID recognized by the caller ID recognition unit 183, so that the caller phone number and the ringer information corresponding to the caller number are displayed. It is determined whether the memory device 190 is registered, and when the caller phone number and the ringtone information corresponding to the caller ID are registered, the caller information and the ringtone information are transmitted with reference to the storage location information registered in the index memory 193. It is a program module which serves to draw out from the information memory 191 and the ringtone memory 192 and transmit it to the control unit 170. If the ring tone information corresponding to the calling number is not registered in the index memory 193, the ring tone set as a default is transmitted to the controller 170.

Hereinafter, the operation of the ringtone download system of the mobile phone registered by the caller according to the embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a ringtone is downloaded and registered to a receiver's mobile phone by a caller's request according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, first, a caller uses a communication device such as a PC 300, a general telephone 200, a mobile telephone, or a PDA to transmit a ring tone to a receiver's mobile telephone 100. 600 and request a ringtone download service by the caller provided by the ringtone download server 600 (step S120).

According to the caller's ringtone download service request, the ringtone download server 600 presents various kinds of ringtones to the caller, and the caller selects a desired ringtone among them (step S130), and the caller's phone number Callee information including the name and receiver information including the receiver's telephone number to which the ring tone is to be input are input (step S140).

When the caller's ringtone selection and information input is completed, the ringtone download server 600 generates the ringtone data through the data selected and input by the caller, and the generated ringtone data corresponds to the receiver's phone number. (Step S150).

The ringtone data transmitted from the ringtone download server 600 is received by the receiver's mobile phone 100 (step S160), and the ringtone data recognition unit 181 of the receiver's mobile phone 100 identifies the code included in the ringtone data. (D1) is checked to recognize whether the ringer data by the caller's request (step S170). In addition, the ringtone data recognition unit 181 examines the caller information (D3) and D4 included in the ringtone data to recognize the caller information, and the ringtone data information recognized by the ringtone data recognition unit 181 is a receiver. Is displayed on the display unit 140 so that the corresponding data is received through the speaker 162 (step S180). If the data received by the receiver mobile phone 100 is general phone call data instead of ringing data by a caller's request, a telephone call is made between the caller and the receiver according to a conventional mobile phone processing procedure.

The receiver, which has confirmed that the ringer data by the caller's request has been received through the display unit 140 and the speaker 162, selects whether to download the ringtone data (step S190), and the receiver selects the key input unit 150. If the ringtone download is approved through the button, the ringtone data is registered in the storage device 190 by the ringtone registration unit 182 of the receiver mobile phone 100 (step S200). That is, the caller information D3 and D4 included in the ringtone data are registered in the caller information memory 191 of the storage device 190, the ringer information is registered in the ringtone memory 192, and the caller information memory 191. ) And the location of the caller information and the ringtone information registered in the ringtone memory 192 are combined in a pair to be registered in the index memory 193. In the embodiment of the present invention, the receiver is provided to approve the ringtone data transmitted from the ringtone download server 600 for each condition by using a specific key of the key input unit 150. For example, 1 of the key input unit 150 is provided. No. 2 button is registered and approved. No. 2 button is registered but no use is approved. No. 3 button is registered, but conditional approval is provided to select whether to use or not according to a specific situation. Can be. In addition, in some cases, the receiver approval process of step S190 is omitted, and when the ringtone data is recognized as ringtone data by the caller's request, the download function of the ringtone data is automatically approved and automatically transmitted to the receiver's mobile phone 100. It can also be registered.

When the caller information and ringtone information registration is completed in the storage device 190 of the receiver mobile phone 100 through the above process, the mobile phone 100 transmits a registration completion signal to the ringtone download server 600 (step S210), the ringtone download server 600 transmits the processing result according to the registration completion result to the caller (step S220).

If the receiver refuses to download the ringtone in step S190, the receiver mobile phone 100 transmits a receiver disapproval signal to the ringtone download server 600 (step S191), and accordingly, the ringtone download server 600 The sender sends the processing result indicating that the ringtone download was rejected by the receiver.

When the above process is completed, the ringtone download server 600 collects the charges according to the ringtone download service from the caller. In this case, when the ringtone data is registered in the receiver's mobile phone 100, the download cost of the ringtone data is included. If the ringtone data is not registered in the mobile phone 100, it is preferable to charge only the remaining call charges except for downloading the ringtone data.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of extracting a ringer of a caller and outputting the caller to a speaker when a call connection is requested from a caller to a receiver's mobile phone according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, first, when a call call request signal is received from the caller to the receiver mobile phone 100 (step S310), the caller ID recognition unit 183 of the mobile phone 100 is included in the call request signal. The caller ID is recognized (step S320), and accordingly, the ringer caller 184 determines whether the caller ID recognized through the caller ID 183 is registered in the index memory 193 of the storage device 190. Search for (step S330).

If the caller's telephone number information is registered in the index memory 193 of the storage device 190 (step S340), the ring tone extractor 184 registers the address of the caller information and the ring tone information registered in the index memory 193. With reference to the information, the caller's information and the ringtone information are extracted from the caller information memory 191 and the ringtone memory 192 (steps S350 and S360).

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the caller information refers to a caller's name registered with the caller's phone number, and the caller information extracted by the ringer caller 184 is controlled by the controller 170. Transmitted to the display unit 140 and displayed to the outside (step S370), the ring tone information drawn by the ring tone extractor 184 is transmitted to the speaker 162 through the codec 160 under the control of the controller 170 And sent out (step S380).

Accordingly, the receiver can easily identify who the caller is through the caller information and the ring tone output through the display unit 140 and the speaker 162 of the mobile phone 100, the call button of the mobile phone A telephone call with the caller is performed (step S390).

If the caller's telephone number information does not exist in the index memory 193 in step S340, it is determined that the ringer information corresponding to the caller is not registered in the receiver's mobile telephone 100, and the ringer toll ringer 184 The caller displays the caller's phone number on the display unit 140 according to a general telephone call connection process (step S341), and extracts the default ring tone from the ringtone memory 192 and outputs it to the speaker 162 (step S342). Therefore, the receiver will be able to make a normal telephone call with the caller. In the above process, when the caller's phone number is registered in the mobile terminal 100 with the caller's name, the caller's name may be displayed on the display 140 in place of the caller's phone number.

The caller's information and ringtone information are registered in the receiver's mobile phone 100 by the caller's request through the above-described process, and the receiver's mobile phone 100 is registered by the caller when a telephone call is requested from the caller who registered the ringtone. By sending out the ringtone, the identity of the caller can be confirmed.

As described above, the method and system for downloading a ringtone of a mobile phone according to the present invention enables the receiver to automatically register and recognize caller information and ringtone information according to a caller's request on the receiver's mobile phone. There is an effect that can solve the troublesome problem of registering the caller information and the ringtone information for each caller.

In addition, the ringtone download method and system according to the present invention allows the caller information and the ringtone information registered in the receiver's mobile phone to be registered by the caller by request, and the caller bears the cost according to the ringtone download service, various kinds of conventional There is an effect that can reduce the cost burden of the receiver caused by downloading the ringtone.

Claims (6)

In the ringtone download method of a mobile phone, (a) receiving, at the receiver's mobile phone, ringtone data generated and transmitted from a ringtone download server at the caller's request through the communication device; (b) examining an identification code included in the ringtone data to identify whether the ringtone data received in step (a) is ringtone data transmitted by a caller's request; (c) if the ringtone data checked in step (b) is identified as ringtone data by a caller's request, register caller information including a caller's telephone number included in the ringtone data in a storage device, and Registering the ringtone information included in the storage device, and registering the ringer data in the storage device of the mobile telephone by registering index information matching the location of the caller information and the storage device in which the ringtone information is registered with the storage device. Ringtone download method of a mobile phone, characterized in that made by. The method of claim 1, In step (c) of registering a ringtone in the storage of the mobile phone, If the received ringtone data is identified as ringtone data at the caller's request, the ringtone data is displayed externally so that the receiver can confirm that the ringtone data has been received, and the ringtone data is moved when the registration of the ringtone data is approved through a key input unit from the receiver. Ringtone download method of a mobile phone, characterized in that registered in the phone. delete The method of claim 1, When the ringtone data is registered in the storage device of the mobile phone in the step (c), The mobile phone transmits the result data indicating that the ringtone data has been registered to the ringtone download server, and the ringtone download server transmits the result data indicating that the registration of the ringtone data is completed to the receiver's mobile phone to the caller's communication device. Ringtone download method of a mobile phone, characterized in that it further comprises. In the ringtone download system of a mobile phone made to perform wireless mobile communication, In the mobile phone 100 A ringtone data recognition unit 181 for identifying whether a ringtone data is generated by a caller's request by checking an identification code D1 included in the ringtone data received from a ringtone download server 600 according to a caller's request; When the ringtone data is recognized as ringtone data by a caller's request through the recognizer 181, a ringtone registerer 182 for registering the caller information and the ringtone information included in the ringtone data in the storage device 190 and a telephone call. Caller ID identification unit 183 that recognizes the caller's telephone number requesting the check, and checks whether the caller's telephone number recognized by the caller ID identification unit 183 exists in the storage device 190 to check the caller's telephone number. If present, the ringer toll ringer 184 to withdraw the ringtone information registered with the phone number from the storage device 190 to be sent to the speaker 162. Ringtone processing including 180 and; A caller information memory 191 in which caller information included in ringtone data is registered by the ringtone register 182, a ringtone memory 192 in which ringtone information included in the ringtone data is registered, and the caller information memory 191 And a storage device 190 including an index memory 193 in which caller information registered in the ringtone memory 192 and storage location information of ringtone information are registered together. . delete