KR100466852B1 - Method for Transmiting Message for Voice Messaging Service by SMS and ARS - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention transmits a short message service (SMS) message by inputting a recipient number and a message title at the calling mobile terminal, and when the response is processed by the control station, accesses the ARS to perform voice recording, and sends the SMS message to the called party. The present invention relates to a message transmission method for a voice message service for notifying that there is a voice message.

The present invention comprises the steps of (a) creating an SMS message in the mobile terminal; (b) transmitting the SMS message created in the mobile terminal to an SMS server; (c) transmitting an acknowledgment signal indicating that the SMS message has been received by the SMS server to the mobile terminal through a mobile communication network; (d) the SMS server transmitting the SMS message information to an ARS server; (e) the mobile terminal accessing the ARS server via the mobile communication network with the SMS message; (f) the ARS server providing voice guidance to the mobile terminal to perform voice message recording; (g) generating, by the ARS server, a mapping message by mapping the SMS message with the recorded voice message; (i) the ARS server transmitting the transmission message to a receiving mobile terminal.

Description

Method and system for transmitting messages to support voice message service {Method for Transmiting Message for Voice Messaging Service by SMS and ARS}

The present invention relates to a message transmission method and system for supporting a voice message service in a mobile communication system. More particularly, the present invention transmits a message in the form of a Short Message Service (SMS) message by inputting a recipient number and a message title in a calling mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a message transmission method and system for supporting a voice message service for notifying a called party that there is a voice message in the form of an SMS message by accessing the ARS when the response is processed by the control station.

In general, an Automatic Reply System (ARS) allows a user to connect to an ARS server using a regular telephone or a mobile terminal to obtain information or to find what he or she is looking for based on an existing recorded voice provided by the ARS. It refers to a communication service that provides such functions as purchasing.

Initially, ARS has been used mainly for guiding the other party's phone or recording a message in the absence, but recently, due to the development of mobile communication and internet technology, the ARS has been widely used in a wider range of applications.

As an example of various applications, when a call is made to a mobile terminal and the call is not answered even though the receiver is absent or the signal is transmitted for a certain time, the call is automatically connected to the ARS and the recorded voice prompt is automatically recorded. Accordingly, the voice of the caller who made the call is recorded, and the voice recording is notified by using an SMS message separately. Here, SMS (Short Message Service) is a simple text message exchange between mobile phone terminals. The ARS service may be used in conjunction with an SMS service.

That is, the mobile service provider transmits the ARS phone number as a text message through the SMS service so that the user can check the voice message stored by the caller when his or her missed call is not answered. If you want to check the voice message by reading it, you can dial the ARS to check the stored voice message.

The SMS service allows a mobile phone subscriber to send a relatively short sentence to another mobile phone subscriber in Korean or English, and receive a message through a data communication network including a public telephone network or the Internet.

The SMS service providing method is a method of sending a message to a mobile communication terminal using a computer by accessing the Internet or from a mobile terminal to another mobile terminal via the Internet, and directly sending and receiving texts between mobile terminals subscribed to a mobile communication provider. There are two main ways.

In order to use the SMS service, a terminal capable of supporting this function is required and a message can be received during a voice call. If the subscriber is not able to receive the message by turning off the power, the transmitted data can be stored and confirmed by notifying the arrival of the message while the subscriber turns on the power again.

However, the existing SMS service has a complicated text input process and has a limited capacity (80 bytes). In addition, a so-called 'voice fountain service' for transmitting a voice message was provided, but when the receiver did not respond, it was a limited type of service for recording in a voice message service (VMS).

In the case of the voice message service that was initially intended to be used, a message transmission method using a voice channel was used, but if the user inputs a short voice recording and the mobile station identification number list (MIN List) and the title information is long, When closing, there was a problem that a transmission error occurred in which only a part of the transmission message could not be transmitted and only a part of the transmission message was transmitted.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention inputs a recipient number and a message title in the calling mobile terminal, and transmits it in the form of a Short Message Service (SMS) message. It is an object of the present invention to provide a message transmission method and system for supporting a voice message service to inform the called party that there is a voice message in the form of an SMS message.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a message transmission system for supporting a voice message service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a message transmission method for supporting a voice message service;

3 is a diagram illustrating a menu screen for a voice message function of a mobile terminal;

4 is a diagram illustrating a format of a transmission data during voice message SMS transmission;

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user data format created by a calling user by inputting a MIN list and a title.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

110: mobile terminal 120: mobile communication network

122: base station / base station controller 124: switching center

126: SMS Center 128: SMS Server

130: ARS server 132: customer database

134: billing database 140: content provider server

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a message transmission system for supporting a voice message service by executing voice recording when a response is first transmitted in the form of a short message service (SMS) message that a voice message is transmitted. In the present invention, an SMS message is created with an SMS function, a mobile terminal capable of transmitting and receiving a short message even while occupying a communication channel of a mobile communication, receiving and processing a request for a short message service from the mobile terminal, SMS server (Short Message Service Server) that provides a short message service request to the mobile terminal in the form of a short message, a mobile communication network for performing a call processing and message processing for the mobile terminal, a message from the mobile communication network Move the message from the SMS server to the SMS server An SMS center for transmitting the message to the mobile terminal through the network, and the SMS message transmitted from the SMS server and the voice message recorded by the mobile terminal are mapped and processed, and the receiver is notified that the voice message exists. It includes an Automatic Reply System (ARS) server for providing a message.

In addition, a message transmission method for supporting a voice message service in the voice message service system having the above configuration, the method comprising: (a) creating an SMS message in the mobile terminal; (b) transmitting the SMS message written in the mobile terminal to the SMS server; (c) transmitting an acknowledgment signal indicating that the SMS message has been received by the SMS server to the mobile terminal through the mobile communication network; (d) the SMS server transmitting the SMS message information to the ARS server; (e) the mobile terminal accessing the ARS server via the mobile communication network with the SMS message; (f) the ARS server providing voice guidance to the mobile terminal to perform voice message recording; (g) generating, by the ARS server, a mapping message by mapping the SMS message with the recorded voice message; (i) the ARS server transmitting the transmission message to a receiving mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a message transmission system for supporting a voice message service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The message transmission system according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal 110, a mobile communication network 120, an ARS server 130, and a content provider server 140.

The mobile terminal 110 is a terminal having an SMS function, has an ID (Destination Address) for the SMS function, and can transmit and receive a short message (SMS) even when the mobile communication channel occupies a communication channel. The mobile communication network 120 includes a base station (BTS) and a base station controller (BSC) 122, a switching center (MSC) 124, an SMS center 126, and an SMS server 128, including information and requests for information. It can be delivered in the form of a short message, and also has a function of assigning a call channel to the mobile terminal (110).

Here, the SMS center 126 transmits the short message received from the mobile communication network 120 to the SMS server 128 and the short message received from the SMS server 128 through the mobile communication network 120. 110). The SMS server 128 receives the short message service request from the mobile terminal 110 and processes the short message service request. The SMS server 128 transmits the short message service request to the mobile terminal 110 in response to the short message service request. 126).

The ARS server 130 functions to map the SMS data transmitted from the SMS server 128 and the voice message recorded by the mobile terminal 110 to the corresponding recipient. To this end, a customer database 132 in which customer information is stored and a billing database 134 for storing information about billing are provided.

The content provider server (CP) 140 has a large amount of content information that the SMS server 128 does not have and provides the content information according to a request from the SMS server 128.

Next, in the message transmission system configured as described above, a message transmission method for supporting a voice message service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2.

The mobile terminal 110 according to the present invention is provided with a voice message function. That is, the voice message function is added to the existing program memory configuration. The voice message function includes a "send message" menu for sending a text message and a "received message" menu for checking a received text message in a menu on the mobile terminal 110.

First, the calling user who uses the mobile terminal 110 presses a menu button (not shown) on the mobile terminal 110 to create a voice message, and the mobile terminal 110 is shown in FIG. The voice message related menu is displayed. The voice message related menu includes a "received message" menu, a "sent message" menu, and a "sent message" menu.

The calling user selects a voice message by selecting a "message to send" menu from the mobile terminal 110 menu (S202). Then, the mobile terminal 110 displays a "write text letter" menu for creating a message and a "write voice note" menu for creating a voice message, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the calling user selects the voice message writing menu.

When the voice message writing menu is selected, the mobile terminal 110 displays a screen for inputting a counterpart's number as shown in FIG. The other party's number can be input up to 15 people. The mobile terminal 110 displays a cursor on the number input portion. It is possible to move the cursor up and down. At this time, the cursor can be moved only when the input number is entered even one digit. The other party's number can be input up to 16 digits, and if more than 16 digits, the cursor automatically moves to input the next number.

The mobile terminal 110 provides a "find" menu for searching for a desired number among the numbers stored in the terminal as shown in (d) of FIG. 3 for the convenience of the user on the counterpart number input screen. If the calling user selects the search menu, the mobile terminal 110 displays a list of stored numbers as name names as shown in FIG. When the user inputs some number and selects "find", the mobile terminal 110 displays all numbers including the corresponding number so that the number displayed can be selected.

When the calling user inputs the other party's number, that is, the receiving party's number, the mobile terminal 110 provides a screen for inputting a number to be contacted by the calling user, as shown in FIG. Defaults to display and modify the phone number of the calling user's mobile terminal 110. When the number to be contacted is inputted, the mobile terminal 110 provides a screen for inputting a title of a message as shown in FIG. For example, the title of a message can be inputted only up to 20 bytes. The mobile terminal 110 may be configured to proceed to the next step so that a voice message can be recorded even if a message title is not input. The calling user inputs a message title (S204).

The calling user may use the "connect" or "call" button provided in the mobile terminal 110 to create a voice message based on the SMS message which has the counterpart number, contact number, message title, etc. created as described above. Press). At this time, the voice message function of the mobile terminal 110 includes accessing the ARS server 130 with the SMS message written as described above. Therefore, the mobile terminal 110 accesses the SMS server 128 via the switching center 124 of the mobile communication network 120 and the SMS center 126 (S206).

Before accessing the ARS server 130, the mobile terminal 110 accesses the SMS server 128, delivers a voice message SMS, and if so, accesses the ARS server 130 and records a voice message.

The mobile terminal 110 attempts to connect to the SMS server 128 and displays a message " in call " as shown in FIG.

When the mobile terminal 110 accesses the SMS server 128 via the exchange station 124 and the SMS center 126 using the "destination address", information on the MIN list and the message title is included. SMS message is sent (S208). The SMS server 128 uses the "destination address" to distinguish the routing of SMS messages for all terminals using the SMS function. When the SMS server 128 receives the voice message SMS from the mobile terminal 110, the SMS server 128 transmits an acknowledgment signal confirming this to the mobile terminal 110 via the switching center 124.

When the mobile station 110 receives the SMS acknowledgment signal from the SMS server 128 and the SMS message transmission is successful (S210), the mobile terminal 110 passes through the ARS server through the switching center 124 of the mobile communication network 120 using the "arrival address". 130) to connect to the ARS voice call. At this time, the mobile terminal 110 accesses the ARS server 130 with the SMS message created as described above (S212).

When the mobile station 110 transmits an SMS message to the ARS server 130, basic parameters of a transport packet used are message ID, user data, and message center time (MC Timestamp) as shown in FIG. ), Call number, etc.

Here, the message identifier is a number used for identification of an outgoing SMS message, and is incremented by one each time an SMS message is sent, and the message center time represents a time for receiving an SMS message at the SMS center 126. The number indicates the telephone number of the sender to be contacted. In addition, the user data is "MSG_No (1)", "MSG_Seq (1)", "MIN_No (1)", "MIN (16)", "HEAD_Len (1)", " HEAD (N) "and the like.

MSG_No (Message_Number) indicates a message number and indicates a sequential value from 0x00 to 0xff, and MSG_Seq (Message_Sequence) is message sequence information indicating the number of messages, and in the first case, it is a value of "0x01". MIN_No represents a Mobile Identification Number. As shown in (c) of FIG. 4, the first three bits (Bit) indicate the number of MIN lists to be transmitted at this time, and the following five bits indicate the total number of MIN lists to be transmitted. . If the MIN is 10 digits of the MIN number of the subscriber to be transmitted, the last is treated as a null value or a space (0x20). The number of MINs that can be sent at one time is three. HEAD_Len indicates the length in bytes of the subject to be transmitted, and is a value between 0x00 and 0x14. HEAD is a title string to be transmitted and can be up to 10 characters long. This format is used when sending a voice message, and the message received at the receiving terminal is the same as a general SMS.

FIG. 5A illustrates an example of a user data format when a calling user inputs two MIN lists (011-123-4567, 016-9876-9876) and inputs a title of "Meeting Request". It is shown. That is, the message number (MSG_No) is "0x00", the message sequence (MSG_Seq) represents the first message as "0x01", the mobile station identification number (MIN_No) is "0b01000010", and the mobile station identifier (MIN) is "0111234567". It can be seen that "01698769876", the head length HEAD_Len is "0x09", and the title HEAD are "meeting request".

5B shows an example of the user data format when the calling user enters the MIN list as seven persons and the title is " reunion of class reunion. &Quot; That is, as the four transmission data, the message number (MSG_No) is all "0x00", the message sequence (MSG_Seq) first indicates the first message as the two transmission data is "0x01", the remaining two transmission data as "0x02" Indicates the second message. The mobile station identification number (MIN_No) is prefixed with "0b" in all four messages, followed by three bits in front of the message number and five bits in the back, indicating the total number of messages. It shows transmitting 3 messages among 7 messages in total. Since the second message is also "0b01100111", it indicates that three messages are currently transmitted out of the total of seven messages. In the third message, it is "0b00100111", so six messages out of the total of seven messages are sent and one message remains. It is. Since the fourth message is " 0b01000111 " separately from the three messages, this indicates that two messages of a total of seven messages are transmitted. The mobile station identifier (MIN) is "01191237654", "0173863860", "0162345678" for the first message, "0183210987", "0192349087", 0112931234 "for the second message, and" 0173334444 "for the third message. In case of the fourth message, "0112931234" and "0173334444", and the head length HEAD_Len are all "0x0b", and the heading HEAD are all "meeting request".

When the mobile terminal 110 is connected, the ARS server 130 presents the ARS voice guidance to record a message. Therefore, the user of the mobile terminal 110 records the voice message according to the ARS voice guidance from the ARS server 130 (S214).

Subsequently, when the voice message is received from the wirelessly connected mobile terminal 110, the ARS server 130 stores the voice message recorded by the calling user in the message storing means. In addition, the ARS server 130 maps and processes the SMS message received from the mobile terminal 110 and the recorded voice message (S216), dials the receiver terminal, and transmits the SMS message. The message information indicating that the voice message is received is transmitted (S218). Here, "mapping and processing" means that the ARS server 130 stores the SMS message received from the mobile terminal 110 in the storage means, and correspondingly stores the voice message received from the mobile terminal 110 in the storage means. It is stored in a storage address, and a callback number is collectively assigned to a receiver to access and confirm the ARS server 130, and stored in a storage means in correspondence with the SMS message and the voice message. . Therefore, when the receiving side confirms that there is a received voice message and accesses the ARS server 130 by the reply number, the ARS server 130 corresponds to the reply number for the mobile terminal connected by the reply number. Will provide a voice message.

The receiving user selects a "received message" as shown in FIG. 3 (i) from the menu of the mobile terminal to confirm the voice SMS message received by the mobile terminal. In the case of the receiving mobile terminal, the received voice message is stored in the voice message box (not shown). Therefore, the receiving user selects the "text message" as shown in FIG. The receiving mobile terminal displays a list of text messages including the voice memo stored in the voice memo box as shown in FIG. When the receiving user selects the voice message confirmation, the receiving mobile terminal displays the calling number and the subject of the SMS message on the voice message and displays the reception date and time of the corresponding message. At this time, the bottom of the displayed screen also displays a callback number (Callback Number) so that the ARS server 130 can dial the number assigned to each message.

Subsequently, the receiving user dials the reply ARS number displayed on the mobile terminal, connects to the ARS server 130, and listens to the voice message recorded by the calling party from the ARS server 130.

That is, according to the above embodiment, the method of sending an SMS message during the conventional ARS voice connection is improved. First, the MIN list and the subject are transmitted to the ARS server 130 as an SMS message, and then confirmed. You can record and deliver it.

In addition, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the ARS is linked to the SMS for the voice message service, and the message including the MIN list and the message title is first transmitted and confirmed by the SMS function, the voice message is reliably recorded through the ARS. By being able to transmit, the problem that only a part of the conventional transmission message is not transmitted but is partially transmitted is solved, and the transmission success rate can be increased by preventing a transmission error of the voice message service.

Claims (13)

In the message transmission system for supporting the voice message service by executing a voice recording when a response is first transmitted in the form of a short message service (SMS) message that there is a voice message transmission, A mobile terminal having an SMS function to create an SMS message and to send and receive a short message even while occupying a communication channel of a mobile communication; A Short Message Service Server (SMS) server that receives a request for a short message service from the mobile terminal and processes the request, and provides a service in the form of a short message to the short message service request to the mobile terminal; A mobile communication network for performing call processing and message processing for the mobile terminal; An SMS center for delivering a message from the mobile communication network to the SMS server and a message from the SMS server to the mobile terminal via the mobile communication network; An Automatic Reply System (ARS) server for mapping and processing the voice message recorded by the mobile terminal and the SMS message transmitted from the SMS server, and notifying the receiver of the voice message and providing the voice message. Message transmission system for supporting a voice message service comprising a. The method of claim 1, The ARS server stores the SMS message received from the mobile terminal in a storage means, and correspondingly stores the voice message received from the mobile terminal in another storage address of the storage means, and the receiving side in the ARS server. A callback number for access and confirmation is collectively assigned and stored in a storage means in correspondence with the SMS message and the voice message, and the receiving side confirms that there is a received voice message by checking the SMS message. When the ARS server is connected to the ARS server using the reply number, the ARS server provides a voice message corresponding to the reply number to the mobile terminal connected to the reply number. . The method of claim 1, The mobile terminal has a destination address for the SMS function, accesses the ARS server, applies for the SMS service, and receives a result service for the voice message service. system. The method of claim 1, The mobile terminal includes a voice message box for creating the SMS message or storing the received voice message, and if the voice message confirmation is selected from the menu, the mobile terminal displays the calling number and the subject of the SMS message on the voice message. The voice message service, which displays the reception date and time of the corresponding message, and also displays a reply number at the bottom of the displayed screen so that the ARS server can call a callback number assigned to each message. Message transmission system to support. The method of claim 1, The mobile terminal creates an SMS message including a counterpart number, a contact number, a mobile identification number (MIN) list, and a message title. The method of claim 1, When transmitting the written SMS message to the ARS server, the transmission message format includes a message identifier (Message ID), user data, a message selection time (MC Timestamp), and a call number. Message transmission system. A mobile terminal having an SMS function to create an SMS message, a mobile terminal capable of transmitting and receiving a short message even when the mobile communication channel is occupied, and receiving and processing a request for a short message service from the mobile terminal. An SMS server for providing a service in the form of a short message to the short message service request, a mobile communication network performing call processing and message processing for the mobile terminal, and a message from the mobile communication network An SMS center which delivers a message from the SMS server to the mobile terminal via the mobile communication network, processes the SMS message transmitted from the SMS server and the voice message recorded by the mobile terminal. And notify the recipient that there is a voice message. A message transfer method to support a voice message service in a ball voice message service system having an ARS (Automatic Reply System) servers, (a) creating an SMS message in the mobile terminal; (b) transmitting the SMS message written in the mobile terminal to the SMS server; (c) transmitting an acknowledgment signal indicating that the SMS message has been received by the SMS server to the mobile terminal through the mobile communication network; (d) the SMS server transmitting the SMS message information to the ARS server; (e) the mobile terminal accessing the ARS server via the mobile communication network with the SMS message; (f) the ARS server providing voice guidance to the mobile terminal to perform voice message recording; (g) the ARS server generating a transmission message by mapping the voice message recorded with the SMS message; And (i) the ARS server transmitting the transmission message to a receiving mobile terminal Message transmission method for supporting a voice message service comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein In the step (a), the mobile terminal supports the voice message service comprising creating an SMS message including a counterpart number, a contact number, a mobile identification number (MIN) list, and a message title. How to send messages. The method of claim 7, wherein In the step (a), the mobile terminal includes a "write a text message" menu for writing a message and a "voice write" menu for creating a voice message, and executes the "write voice message" menu of the SMS message. Message transmission method for supporting the voice message service, characterized in that for writing. The method of claim 7, wherein When transmitting the SMS message to the ARS server in steps (b) and (d), the transmission message format includes a message identifier (Message ID), user data, a message selection time (MC Timestamp), and a call number. A message transmission method for supporting a voice message service. The method of claim 7, wherein In step (b), the mobile terminal accesses the SMS server using a "destination address" and transmits the SMS message to the SMS server. Way. The method of claim 8, The mobile terminal includes a "find" menu for finding a desired number among the numbers stored in the terminal, and executes the "find" menu for the counterpart number, the number to be contacted, and the mobile station identification number. A message transmission method for supporting a voice message service comprising selecting and inputting, or inputting a partial number to display all numbers including the corresponding number and selecting and inputting the displayed number. The method of claim 9, The user data includes "MSG_No (1)", "MSG_Seq (1)", "MIN_No (1)", "MIN (16)", "HEAD_Len (1)", "HEAD (N)", The MSG_No indicates a sequential value from 0x00 to 0xff as a message number, the MSG_Seq indicates the number of messages as a message sequence, and the MIN_No indicates the number of MIN lists to be transmitted by the first three bits (Bit). The 5 bits of represent the total number of MIN list to be transmitted, the MIN represents the MIN number of the subscriber to be transmitted, the HEAD_Len represents the length in bytes of the subject to be transmitted, and the HEAD indicates a subject string to be transmitted. How to send a message to support a service.