KR100504383B1 - Method and System for Providing Call Waiting Ring Service during Call Waiting - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting.

The present invention provides a receiver terminal, a calling terminal and a standby terminal in charge of a telephone call of a mobile communication; A method and system for controlling a call processing of a called terminal, a calling terminal, and a standby terminal and transmitting standby sound data stored in the called terminal during a waiting call by using a mobile switching center performing a mobile communication supplementary service function. It is about. In the present invention, when a call request signal is generated to the called telephone number selected or input by the calling terminal, the mobile switching center determines whether the called terminal is busy. If the called terminal is busy, it is determined whether the called terminal has the call waiting function. As a result, if the called terminal has the call waiting function, the mobile station determines the key value associated with the call connection from the called terminal. Or whether a signal is input. As a result of determination, when a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal, the mobile switching center proceeds with the call between the called terminal and the calling terminal, and at the same time, the called terminal reads out standby sound data to be transmitted. When the standby sound data read from the called terminal is transmitted to the standby terminal through the mobile communication network, the standby terminal provides the standby sound service during the standby during the call, characterized in that the standby sound data is transmitted to the speaker while receiving the standby sound data. Provide a method and system.

Description

Method and System for Providing Call Waiting Ring Service during Call Waiting}

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting. More specifically, when a subscriber of a called terminal having a call waiting function is requested by a third subscriber during a call, the called terminal or the standby service server transmits the standby sound data to the first waiting terminal. In addition, the first waiting terminal relates to a method and a system for providing a standby sound service during a waiting call during which a standby sound is transmitted to a speaker of the standby terminal while receiving the standby sound data.

As computer, electronic, and communication technologies have made rapid progress, various wireless communication services using wireless networks have been provided. The most basic wireless communication service is a wireless voice call service that provides a voice call to a mobile terminal user wirelessly, which can provide a service regardless of time and place. In recent years, a wireless Internet service has been introduced to provide an Internet communication service to a user of a mobile communication terminal through a wireless communication network.

Accordingly, the subscribers of the mobile communication service can freely move and talk with the other party anytime and anywhere using the wireless communication service, and also provide various information necessary for life through the wireless Internet service, such as news, weather, sports, securities, Exchange rates or traffic information may be provided in various forms such as text, voice, or image.

On the other hand, a ring back tone (RBT) service or a so-called coloring RBT (CRBT), which allows a caller to hear various sounds designated by the called party of the mobile communication terminal from the other party's mobile terminal or a general telephone. The service is in the spotlight. The call waiting sound service provides the caller with a call waiting sound designated by the called party. The call waiting sound may be a mechanical call waiting sound generated during an existing call, for example, the latest song or pop song, as well as the latest song or pop sound, instead of the "following" sound. In addition, it is a service that allows you to use your own voice, which you have recorded beforehand, as a call waiting sound.

As the coloring call waiting sound service is provided, the other party may feel auditory satisfaction by listening to the sound of the sound source designated by the caller instead of listening to the uniform and mechanical call waiting sound.

In the same context as the coloring call waiting sound service, the call waiting sound service can be considered. Conventionally, when a subscriber of a called terminal having a call waiting function needs to wait for a previous call and make a call later, during the call, the sound transmitted to the previous terminal in a waiting state is one sound. It was. This is a uniform and mechanical sound, such as the above-mentioned call waiting sound, there is a problem that the waiting waiter has to wait boringly until the other end of the call.

Accordingly, like the above-mentioned coloring call waiting sound service, call waiting sound is required to provide differentiated services to call waiting people by providing various music or voice messages instead of uniform and mechanical sound. .

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, when the subscriber of the receiving terminal having the call waiting function is requested by the third subscriber during the call, stored in the specific standby sound or standby service server stored in the called terminal A specific standby tone is transmitted to the standby terminal through the mobile communication network, and the standby terminal, which is previously received until the called party returns to the previous call, receives the standby sound data and transmits the standby sound to the speaker of the standby terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system.

According to a first object of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal comprising: a called terminal, a calling terminal, and a standby terminal for providing a telephone call function of mobile communication; And the standby sound data stored in the called terminal when the call is waiting by using a mobile switching center that controls the call processing of the called terminal, the calling terminal and the standby terminal and performs a mobile communication additional service function to provide a standby sound service. A method comprising: (a) generating a call request signal to a called telephone number selected or input by the calling terminal; (b) the mobile switching center determining whether the called terminal is busy and determining whether the called terminal has a call waiting function when the called terminal is busy; (c) If the called terminal has a call waiting function as a result of the determination in step (b), the mobile switching center determines whether a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal. step; (d) If a key value or signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal as a result of the determination in step (c), the mobile switching center proceeds with the call between the called terminal and the calling terminal and simultaneously the called terminal. Reading the atmospheric sound data to be transmitted; (e) transmitting the standby sound data read from the called terminal to the standby terminal through a mobile communication network; And (f) the standby terminal transmitting the standby sound service to the speaker while receiving the standby sound data in the standby state during the call.

According to a second object of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: a called terminal, a calling terminal, and a standby terminal in charge of a telephone call of mobile communication; And a standby sound data stored in a standby sound service server during a busy call using a mobile switching center that controls call processing of the called terminal, the calling terminal, and the standby terminal and performs a mobile communication additional service function. (A) generating a call request signal to a called telephone number selected or input by the calling terminal; (b) the mobile switching center determining whether the called terminal is busy and determining whether the called terminal has a call waiting function when the called terminal is busy; (c) If the called terminal has a call waiting function as a result of the determination in step (b), the mobile switching center determines whether a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal. step; (d) when a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal as a result of the determination in step (c), determining whether the called terminal is subscribed to the standby sound service; (e) As a result of the determination in step (d), when the called terminal is subscribed to the standby sound service, the mobile switching center proceeds with the call between the called terminal and the calling terminal and simultaneously the called terminal and the standby terminal. Sending each MIN of to the standby service server; (f) the standby sound service server transmitting the standby sound data set for the called terminal using the respective MINs to the standby terminal through the mobile switching center; And (g) the standby terminal transmitting the standby sound data to a speaker while receiving the standby sound data in a standby state during a call.

According to a third object of the present invention, when a called subscriber and a standby subscriber of a mobile communication service are busy, when the calling subscriber waits for a while by waiting for a call by calling the calling subscriber by calling the called subscriber, A system for providing a standby sound service when the standby sound data stored in the transmission is waiting for a call, the receiving terminal for storing the standby sound data, and when the call is connected to the calling terminal and transmits the standby sound data through a mobile communication network; A standby terminal for transmitting the standby sound data to a speaker while receiving the standby sound data through the mobile communication network; A wireless access network and a mobile switching center providing voice and data communication services to the called terminal, the standby terminal, and the calling terminal, and transmitting and receiving the standby sound data; And a home location register in which location registration and profile information of the called terminal, the standby terminal, and the calling terminal are stored.

According to the fourth object of the present invention, when a called subscriber and a standby subscriber of a mobile communication service are busy, the calling subscriber requests a call from the called subscriber and talks to the server when the waiting subscriber waits for a short call. A system for providing a standby sound service by transmitting stored standby sound data, the receiving terminal capable of receiving the standby sound service; A standby terminal receiving the standby sound data through a mobile communication network and transmitting the same to a speaker; A wireless access network and a mobile switching center providing voice and data communication services to the called terminal, the standby terminal, and the calling terminal, and transmitting and receiving the standby sound data; A home location register storing location registration and profile information of the called terminal, the standby terminal and the calling terminal; And operating a web site for the standby sound service, determining whether the called terminal is subscribed to the standby sound service, and when the call between the called terminal and the calling terminal is connected, the standby sound data through the mobile communication network. It provides a system for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting, characterized in that it comprises a standby service server for transmitting to.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a standby sound service system 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The standby sound service system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a standby terminal 110, a destination terminal 112, a calling terminal 114, a radio access network (RAN) 120, a mobile switching center ( MSC: Mobile Switching Center (130), Home Location Register (HLR) 140, Visitor Location Register (VLR) 150, and the like.

The standby sound service according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention requests a call from the originating terminal 114 to the called terminal 112 during a call between the called terminal 112 and the standby terminal 110 to receive a call with the calling terminal 114. While a call of the terminal 112 is in progress, a specific standby sound (music or voice, etc.) transmitted from the terminating terminal 112 is transmitted to the speaker of the standby terminal 110.

First, the standby, incoming and outgoing terminals 110, 112, and 114 are terminals capable of voice call and data communication with the other party through the mobile communication network. According to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the called terminal 112 waits for predetermined waiting sound data that is embedded when a call is connected to a call attempt of the calling terminal 114 during a call with the standby terminal 110. A terminal capable of transmitting a function to the terminal 110. Here, the call attempt means that a key input having the same function as the call button of the calling terminal 114 is pressed or the call button is pressed is performed.

Here, in order for the built-in standby sound data to be transmitted to the standby terminal 110 during a call waiting, a specific standby sound must be set in the destination terminal 112 before the call request signal is generated from the calling terminal 114. The method of setting whether the terminating terminal 110 transmits the standby sound is set by using the operation mode menu of the terminating terminal 112 or predetermined before pressing the call button of the terminating terminal 112 after the call request of the calling terminal 114. It is possible to press the 'standby sound transmission key button'. Therefore, the destination terminal 112 should be equipped with a program for setting whether or not to transmit the standby sound data.

Here, the standby sound data to be transmitted may be both music data and voice data. The music data includes music stored basically downloaded to the destination terminal 112 or music stored in the communication network, etc., and the voice data is a voice recorded by the user of the destination terminal 112 or stored through the communication network, etc. This includes. Among the standby sound data, the standby sound data selected by the user of the called terminal 112 is transmitted to the standby terminal 110 during a call waiting.

On the other hand, the standby terminal 110 receives the standby sound data transmitted during the standby during the call and performs the function of transmitting to the speaker.

Here, the standby sound service according to the embodiment of the present invention is a service for transmitting the data received by the standby terminal 110 and the speaker at the same time, instead of transmitting the standby sound data stored in the standby terminal 110 to the speaker. To this end, an embodiment of the present invention uses a data transmission technique capable of receiving the transmitted air sound data and simultaneously transmitting the same to a speaker. Preferably, a streaming technique may be used.

Streaming technology is a technology that plays back audio files, video files, etc. in real time on the Internet. In the conventional file playback method, since all files are first downloaded to the hard disk and then played, the file is not played at all until the download is completed. . However, in streaming technology, when the first small size of a file to be sent to the receiver is transmitted, the first part of the file is transmitted, while the remaining part is continuously received and simultaneously played. In addition, in the streaming technology, a file transmitted from a transmitting side to a receiving side is not stored at the receiving side and is immediately deleted whenever a portion of reproduction is finished.

Therefore, the terminating terminal 112 has a built-in streaming conversion module for converting the standby sound data to be transmitted to the standby terminal 110 to the streaming standby sound data, the standby terminal 110 to send the streaming standby sound data directly to the speaker It has a built-in streaming module.

On the other hand, the standby, incoming and outgoing terminals 110, 112 and 114 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) phones, CDMA-2000 phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phones, and the like. Here, MBS phone refers to a mobile phone to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

The wireless access network 120 serves to guarantee the mobility of the mobile communication terminals 110, 112, and 114, and performs handoff and wireless support management functions. The radio access network 120 includes a base station transmitter 122 and a base station controller 124 and supports both synchronous and asynchronous. Here, in the case of synchronous, the base station transmitter 122 will be a base transceiver station (BTS), the base station controller 124 will be a base station controller (BSC), and in the case of asynchronous, the base station transmitter 122 is a radio transceiver subsystem (RTS). The base station controller 124 may be a Radio Network Controller (RNC). Of course, the wireless access network 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and may include a GSM network other than a CDMA network and an access network of a fourth generation mobile communication system to be implemented in the future.

The base station transmitter 122 receives a call request signal from the mobile communication terminals 110, 112, and 114 through a traffic channel among the signal channels, and transmits the received call request signal to the base station controller 124. In addition, the base station transmitter 122 is a network endpoint device that is directly connected to the mobile communication terminal 110 by performing baseband signal processing, wired and wireless conversion, and transmission and reception of wireless signals.

The base station controller 124 controls the base station transmitter 122, allocates and releases radio channels for the mobile communication terminal 110, controls the transmission output of the mobile communication terminal 110 and the base station transmitter 122, and inter-cell soft handoff. It performs soft handoff and hard handoff decision, transcoding and vocoding, global positioning system (GPS) clock distribution, and operation and maintenance function for base station. The base station controller 124 transmits the call request signal received through the base station transmitter 122 to the mobile switching center 130.

The mobile switching center 130 performs basic and additional service processing, incoming and outgoing call processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks. The mobile switching center 130 of the IS-95 A / B / C system includes an access switching subsystem (ASS) that performs distributed call processing, an interconnection network subsystem (INS) that performs centralized call processing, operation and maintenance. It includes a subsystem such as a Central Control Subsystem (CCS) in charge of the centralization function of, and a Location Registration Subsystem (LRS) for storing and managing information on mobile subscribers.

In addition, the mobile switching center 130 for the third and fourth generation may include an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch (not shown). The ATM switch increases the transmission speed and the efficiency of the line use by the packet transmission per cell. .

The home location register 140 receives the location information of the terminal from the visitor location register 150 and performs functions such as registration recognition, registration deletion, and location check. In addition, the home location register 140 stores profile information of the standby, incoming and outgoing terminals 110, 112, and 114. Here, the profile information refers to a mobile identification number (MIN), an electronic serial number (ESN) and / or subscribed mobile communication service information of the mobile communication terminals 110, 112, and 114.

The visitor location register 150 receives the subscriber data from the mobile switching center 130 in the case of the location information of the visited subscriber where the location registration is performed, in the case of the call from the calling terminal 114, the incoming call to the called terminal 112, and the like. Save it.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a standby sound service system 200 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Unlike the first embodiment, in the standby sound service according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the standby sound data is not transmitted from the destination terminal 112, but specific standby sound data designated and stored by the called party in a predetermined server when waiting for a call. Refers to a service transmitted from the server to the standby terminal 110 and transmitted to the speaker during a call between the calling terminal 114 and the called terminal 112.

In the standby sound service system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the gateway 210, the Internet 220, the standby sound service server 230, the sound source database 240, and the subscriber database 250 are connected to the system described with reference to FIG. 1. Is further included. Hereinafter, a separate description of a part performing the same function as that described with reference to FIG. 1 among the communication devices of FIG. 2 will be omitted.

The destination terminal 112 applies for a standby sound service through an agency or affiliated store of a mobile communication service provider or by using a wired or wireless Internet network, and selects specific atmospheric sound data from various atmospheric sounds. The standby sound data selected by the terminating terminal 112 is stored in the server together with the MIN of the terminating terminal 112.

Meanwhile, in order for the called terminal 112 to access the standby sound service server 230 through the wireless Internet network and use the standby sound service, a browser capable of transmitting and receiving data with the standby sound service server 150 using a predetermined protocol is provided. ) Must be installed. Such a browser may be a wireless application protocol (WAP) browser, a mobile explorer (ME) browser, an I-mode, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

The gateway 210 has an IWF (Inter Working Function) conversion function currently used in a mobile communication system, and uses a circuit line and a data line together to process packet data directly connected in units of cells. Switch in units. The gateway 210 includes a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Public Switched Data Network (PSDN), an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISND), a Broad ISDN (B-ISDN), an Intelligent Network (IN), and a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). It performs the connection function with other communication networks.

Meanwhile, the gateway 210 also includes a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) gateway. The destination terminal 112 having the WAP browser installed therein is connected to the standby service server 230 via the WAP gateway and the Internet 220. Here, the WAP gateway receives the Internet service request from the mobile communication terminal by the WAP protocol, converts it into a Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) protocol, and transmits the request to the standby sound service server 230. On the contrary, the response data from the standby sound service server 230 is received by the TCP / IP protocol, converted into the WAP protocol, and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal.

The standby sound service server 230 functions to receive and process a standby sound service request of the terminating terminal 112 through a mobile communication network. That is, the standby sound service server 230 provides the destination terminal 112 with a web site screen having a standby sound selection function, and transmits the standby sound data selected by the called party to the standby terminal 110 through the mobile communication network during a call waiting. .

In addition, the standby sound service server 230 operates a web site for wired connection and wireless connection built in a web language such as HTML (HyperText Markup Language), WML (Wireless Markup Language), etc. to enable a user to use the standby sound service. . Therefore, when the subscriber connects to the standby sound service server 230 through the wired Internet network using a computer, the subscriber must separately input the MIN of his communication terminal when the standby sound is set. On the other hand, when the subscriber connects to the standby sound service server 230 through the wireless Internet network using the mobile communication terminal, the standby sound service server 230 of the communication terminal connected to the selected standby sound data does not need to input MIN. Store with MIN.

Meanwhile, the subscriber may set one standby tone data as the standby tone for all standby terminals, but may also specify a different standby tone for each standby terminal. When the subscriber designates one or more standby terminals in one standby sound data, the standby sound service server 230 is a subscriber in the form of hierarchical connection of the MIN of the subscriber terminal, the specific standby sound data, and the MIN of one or more designated standby terminals. Stored in the database 250.

In addition, the standby sound service server 230 has a predetermined streaming conversion module for converting the transmission target atmospheric sound data into a streaming format so that the standby sound data received by the standby terminal 110 can be simultaneously transmitted to the speaker as described with reference to FIG. 1. It is provided. The streaming conversion module may be configured as a device included in the standby service server 230, but may also be configured as a separate streaming server connected to the standby service server 230.

A method of setting the standby sound by changing the standby terminal 110 for each standby sound data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

The sound source database 240 stores atmospheric sound data in various formats provided by the atmospheric sound service server 230 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Accordingly, the standby sound service server 230 registers the standby sound data stored in the sound source database 240 to a predetermined standby sound setting screen of the web site and provides the same to the subscriber's communication terminal or the subscriber's computer. As a format of the atmospheric sound data stored in the sound source database 240, various formats of audio type may be used, for example, * .mp3, * .wav, * .mid, and the like. In addition, the atmospheric sound files stored in the sound source database 240 may be music genre data such as the latest songs, trot, bizarre music, classical music, foreign songs, or natural sound data such as birds, water, trains, etc., or singers or movie actors. It may be desirable to store the data according to various criteria such as voice data.

The subscriber database 250 stores basic personal information of the subscriber who has subscribed to the standby sound service according to the second embodiment of the present invention, MIN, and information (data name, data path, data size, etc.) of the standby sound data set by the subscriber. have. In addition, when another standby terminal 110 is set for each particular standby sound, MIN information of the standby terminal 110 set for each corresponding standby sound is stored.

On the other hand, the sound source database 240 and subscriber database 250 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase or DB2, Gemston, Orion ( Implementation based on the object of the present invention using an object-oriented database management system (OODBMS) such as Orion or O2, and an XML Native Database such as Excelon, Tamino or Sekaiju It may have a suitable field or elements to achieve its function.

Since the construction and management of the database required for the present invention can be sufficiently performed by those skilled in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, although the communication terminal is illustrated and described separately in the above-described description of FIGS. 1 and 2, the standby terminal and the terminating terminal 110 and 112, the standby terminal 110 and the terminating terminal 112 are configured to set the standby sound for the mobile communication network. It should be noted that as the role of requesting service and requesting waiting for a call changes, the position may be changed to the waiting terminal and the called terminal, respectively.

3 is an exemplary screen illustrating a process of setting a standby sound using the terminating terminal 112 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

A user accessing the standby sound service server 230 using the called terminal 112 selects the standby sound service from various content screens provided by the standby sound service server 230 and receives an initial screen such as 3A. The user can select his or her desired waiting sound on the 3A screen, eg, '2. Popular pop sounds. Then, the destination terminal 112 displays a list screen of popular music standby sound data such as 3B, and the user can also display a specific standby sound, for example, '1. I think so. ' Although not shown in FIG. 3, if the user selects a specific standby sound, a function of previewing the selected standby sound may be provided.

When the user selects a specific waiting sound in 3B, an example screen of FIG. 3C is provided for selecting whether to apply the selected waiting sound equally to all waiting persons or to designate the waiting person separately. If the user selects' 2. If the 'waiting designation' is selected, an example screen such as 3D for inputting a phone number of the standby terminal 110 in which the selected waiting sound is to be used is provided. In the 3D screen, when the user of the called terminal 112 enters a phone number of at least one standby terminal 110 and presses a confirmation button, the selected standby sound is set as the input phone number, and the screen as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

Of course, each of the screens described with reference to FIG. 3 is just one exemplary screen, and may be variously changed in actual implementation of the standby sound service according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary screen illustrating a setting of a standby sound using a computer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In accordance with the present invention, a user who wants to hear his or her own special sound is connected to a web site operated by the air sound service server 230 by driving a predetermined web browser installed on the computer. The user is provided with the standby sound setting screen 400 as shown in FIG. 4 by selecting the standby sound service item from the initial screen of the connected web site.

The user inputs the MIN and / or the wired telephone number of his mobile communication terminal into his phone number input unit 410 on the standby sound setting screen 400. Then, the MIN of the waiting terminal to receive the waiting sound to be selected by the other party is input to the phone number input unit 420. Thereafter, the specific standby sound is selected by the standby sound selection unit 430 for each MIN of the standby terminal.

Of course, in Figure 4 it is shown that after selecting the standby sound after inputting the MIN of the standby terminal, it is also possible to select the standby sound first and input the MIN of the standby terminal according to the selected standby sound. In addition, the user may immediately check the waiting sound selected by the user by clicking the check button 440, and determine whether to change the waiting sound to change the waiting sound.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a standby sound service according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

A call attempt is generated as the telephone number of the called terminal 112 is input or selected to the calling terminal 114 having the standby sound transmission function (S500).

The mobile switching center 130 determines whether the called terminal 112 is busy (S502), and if it is busy, determines whether the called terminal 112 has a call waiting function (S504).

When the terminating terminal 112 has a call waiting function, the mobile switching center 130 determines whether a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the terminating terminal 112 (S506). Here, input of a signal related to a call connection means that a call is connected by pressing a call button of a terminal during a call.

When a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input, the mobile switching center 130 proceeds with the call between the called terminal 112 and the calling terminal 114, and at the same time, the microprocessor of the called terminal 112 stores the memory for storing the standby sound data. The device scans the device to read the standby sound data set to the standby sound (S508).

The microprocessor of the terminating terminal 112 transmits the read standby sound data to a streaming conversion device (not shown) that performs a streaming conversion function (S510).

The streaming conversion apparatus converts the received atmospheric sound data into streaming data, and the microprocessor transmits the converted streaming data to the propagation space (S512).

The standby sound data transmitted from the destination terminal 112 is transmitted to the standby terminal 110 through the mobile communication network, and the standby terminal 110 starts transmitting the received standby sound data to the speaker (S514).

The microprocessor of the terminating terminal 112 determines whether the call is returned (S516), and if it is determined that the call is returned, the microprocessor of the terminating terminal 112 stops the transmission of the standby sound data (S518).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting the standby sound using the called terminal 112 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The subscriber who wants to set the standby sound using the standby sound service according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to the standby sound service server 230 through a wireless Internet by driving a mobile web browser such as a WAP browser installed in the terminating terminal 112 (S600).

The subscriber selects the standby sound setting content according to the embodiment of the present invention while monitoring the web page provided by the standby sound service server 230 through the destination terminal 112 (S602).

The subscriber receives the standby sound setting screen according to the standby sound setting content selected in step S602 through the receiving terminal 112, and selects specific data by performing key buttons or the like to listen in advance (S604).

The subscriber selects one or more atmospheric sound data and performs a pre-listening to determine the desired atmospheric sound data as the atmospheric sound (S606).

In operation S606, the standby sound service server 230 that receives the key value related to the determination of the standby sound from the destination terminal 112 provides the standby designation screen to the destination terminal 112 (S608).

The subscriber who is provided with the waiting designation screen through the receiving terminal 112 determines whether to individually designate the waiting party, inputs a predetermined key value to the receiving terminal 112, and the receiving terminal 112 wirelessly inputs the input key value. The standby sound service server 230 is transmitted through the Internet network (S610).

The standby sound service server 230 receives a key value transmitted from the called terminal 112 and determines whether a key value related to individual standby specification is transmitted (S612).

If it is determined in step S612 that the key value associated with the individual standby specification is input, the standby sound service server 230 provides the receiving terminal 112 with a screen for inputting the MIN of the standby terminal 110 and inputs one by the subscriber. The MIN of the standby terminal 110 is received from the destination terminal 112 (S614).

The standby sound service server 230 stores the standby sound data selected by the called terminal 112 and the MIN of the received standby terminal 110 in the subscriber database 250 (S616).

If, as a result of the determination in step S612, it is determined that the key values related to the designation of all of the waiters are input instead of the key values related to the individual designation of the waiters, the standby sound data selected by the terminating terminal 112 is the basic atmospheric sound data for all the standby terminals 110. Set to store to the subscriber database 250 (S618).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a standby sound service according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

A call number is generated by selecting or inputting the telephone number of the called terminal 112 to the calling terminal 114 having the standby sound transmitting function (S700).

The mobile switching center 130 determines whether the called terminal 112 is busy (S702), and if the called terminal is busy, determines whether the called terminal 112 has a call waiting function (S704).

When the terminating terminal 112 has a call waiting function, the mobile switching center 130 determines whether a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the terminating terminal 112 (S706). Here, input of a signal related to a call connection means that a call is connected by pressing a call button of a terminal during a call.

 When a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input, the mobile switching center 130 searches the home location register 140 to determine whether the called terminal 112 is a terminal subscribed to a standby sound service according to an embodiment of the present invention. (S708).

When the mobile switching station 130 determines that the called terminal 112 is a terminal subscribed to the standby sound service as a result of the determination in step S708, the mobile switching station 130 proceeds with the call between the called terminal 112 and the calling terminal 114, The MIN of the standby and destination terminals 110 and 112 is transmitted to the standby sound service server 230 (S710).

The standby sound service server 230 checks the standby sound data set in the standby terminal 110 by using the received MIN of the standby and destination terminals 110 and 112 and transmits the standby sound data to the mobile switching center 130 (S712). Of course, the atmospheric sound data transmitted from the atmospheric sound service server 230 is data converted into streaming data.

The mobile switching center 130 transmits the standby sound data transmitted from the standby sound service server 230 to the standby terminal 110 (S714).

The standby terminal 110 starts to transmit the standby sound data being received through the mobile communication network to the speaker (S716).

The microprocessor of the terminating terminal 112 determines whether the call is returned (S718). If it is determined that the call is returned, the microprocessor generates a call return signal and transmits it to the standby sound service server 230 through the mobile communication network (S720). .

The standby sound service server 230 that receives the call return signal sent by the terminating terminal 112 through the mobile communication network stops the transmission of the standby sound data (S722).

If the standby sound service server 230 determines that the called terminal 112 is not a terminal subscribed to the standby sound service in step S708, the standby sound service server 230 does not transmit the standby sound data, and the mobile switching center 130 transmits the called terminal 112 and the calling terminal ( 114 to proceed with the call and the general standby sound is sent to the speaker of the standby terminal 110 (S720).

The above description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may various modifications without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed herein are not intended to limit the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the spirit and scope of the present invention are not limited by these embodiments. It is intended that the scope of the invention be interpreted by the following claims, and that all descriptions within the scope equivalent thereto shall be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, as in the conventional coloring call waiting sound service, while waiting for a call connection, the caller listens to a music or voice message set by the other party while waiting for a while while waiting for a call. Relieving boredom has the advantage of providing audible enjoyment. In addition, the called party can transmit his own unique sound by separating a plurality of waiting people can have their own unique and unique sound.

In addition, the mobile operators can create new revenue by providing the standby sound service, and improve the customer satisfaction of the mobile communication service through the development of new value-added services, such as the present of the subscriber to other subscribers. have.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a standby sound service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a standby sound service system according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary screen illustrating a process of setting a standby sound using a called terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary screen showing a state of setting a standby sound using a computer according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a standby sound service according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a standby sound using a called terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a standby sound service according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

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110: standby terminal 112: incoming terminal

120: wireless access network 122: base station transmitter

124: base station controller 130: mobile switching center

140: Home Location Register 150: Visitor Location Register

210: gateway 220: internet

230: sound service server 240: sound source database

250: subscriber database

Claims (49)

A called terminal, a calling terminal, and a standby terminal for providing a telephone call function of mobile communication; And a call request from the originating terminal during a call between the called terminal and the standby terminal by using a mobile switching center that controls call processing of the called terminal, the calling terminal, and the standby terminal and performs a mobile communication additional service function. In the case, the standby sound data stored in the called terminal is transmitted to provide a standby sound service, (a) generating a call request signal to the called telephone number selected or input by the calling terminal; (b) the mobile switching center determining whether the called terminal is busy and determining whether the called terminal has a call waiting function when the called terminal is busy; (c) If the called terminal has a call waiting function as a result of the determination in step (b), the mobile switching center determines whether a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal. step; (d) If a key value or signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal as a result of the determination in step (c), the mobile switching center proceeds with the call between the called terminal and the calling terminal and simultaneously the called terminal. Reading the atmospheric sound data to be transmitted; (e) transmitting the standby sound data read from the called terminal to the standby terminal through a mobile communication network; And (f) the standby terminal transmitting the standby sound data to a speaker while receiving the standby sound data in a standby state during a call; Including the, but the standby sound service is the call between the called terminal and the standby terminal when the call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, the call to the standby terminal during the period of the call between the calling terminal and the called terminal; A method for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting, characterized in that the standby sound data is sent. delete The method of claim 1, wherein in step (d), And the standby sound data to be transmitted is set before the call request signal is generated from the calling terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (e), And the called terminal converts the standby sound data into streaming standby sound data in a streaming format, and transmits the standby sound data. The method of claim 1, The terminating terminal is provided with a predetermined key button for setting whether or not to transmit the standby sound data each time the waiting for the call is provided. The method of claim 1, The terminating terminal is provided with a program for setting whether to send out the standby sound data each time the standby communication attempts to provide a standby sound service during a call waiting. The method of claim 4, wherein The standby terminal is provided with a streaming program for transmitting to the speaker while receiving the streaming standby sound data, the method for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting. The method of claim 1, The called terminal, the calling terminal and the standby terminal are PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA- Method for providing a standby sound service during the call waiting characterized in that it comprises a 2000 phone and a Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone. The method of claim 1, And the standby sound data includes one or more of music data and voice data. The method of claim 9, And the music data includes at least one of music basically provided to the called terminal and music downloaded and stored through a communication network. The method of claim 9, And the voice data includes at least one of a voice recorded by the called terminal user and a voice downloaded and stored through a communication network. A called terminal, calling terminal, and standby terminal in charge of a telephone call of mobile communication; And a call request from the originating terminal during a call between the called terminal and the standby terminal by using a mobile switching center that controls call processing of the called terminal, the calling terminal, and the standby terminal, and performs a mobile communication additional service function. In the standby sound data stored in the standby service server is transmitted to provide a standby sound service, (a) generating a call request signal to the called telephone number selected or input by the calling terminal; (b) the mobile switching center determining whether the called terminal is busy and determining whether the called terminal has a call waiting function when the called terminal is busy; (c) If the called terminal has a call waiting function as a result of the determination in step (b), the mobile switching center determines whether a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal. step; (d) when a key value or a signal related to a call connection is input from the called terminal as a result of the determination in step (c), determining whether the called terminal is subscribed to the standby sound service; (e) As a result of the determination in step (d), when the called terminal is subscribed to the standby sound service, the mobile switching center proceeds with the call between the called terminal and the calling terminal and simultaneously the called terminal and the standby terminal. Sending each MIN of to the standby service server; (f) the standby sound service server transmitting the standby sound data set for the called terminal using the respective MINs to the standby terminal through the mobile switching center; And (g) the standby terminal transmitting the standby sound data to a speaker while receiving the standby sound data in a standby state during a call; Including the, but the standby sound service is the call between the called terminal and the standby terminal when the call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, the call to the standby terminal during the period of the call between the calling terminal and the called terminal; A method for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting, characterized in that the standby sound data is sent. delete 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein in step (d) And the subscription of the standby tone service is determined by the mobile switching center searching for profile information of the calling terminal stored in a home location register. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein in step (d) The standby sound service subscription is a method for providing a standby sound service during the standby call, characterized in that performed by accessing the standby sound service server using a computer and / or the called terminal. The method of claim 15, The standby sound service server is provided with a pre-listening function for reproducing and listening to the selected standby sound data when specific standby sound data is selected by the computer and / or the called terminal when the standby sound service is subscribed. How to Provide Services. The method of claim 15, The standby sound service provides a standby sound service during a standby call, characterized in that for providing the standby terminal individual designation and the standby terminal designation for the standby sound data selected in the service subscription step. The method of claim 17, The standby terminal individually designation is a method for providing a standby sound service during standby, characterized in that for inputting the MIN of one or more standby terminals for each of the selected standby sound data. The method of claim 17, And all of the standby terminals are configured to set the selected standby tone data as a basic standby tone for all standby terminals. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein in step (f) The standby sound service server retrieves the subscription information of the called subscriber stored in the subscriber database associated with the mobile station and identifies and reads the standby sound data set for the standby terminal. How to give it. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein in step (f) And the standby sound service server converts the atmospheric sound data into streaming atmospheric sound data in a streaming format and transmits the atmospheric sound service. The method of claim 12, The called terminal, the calling terminal and the standby terminal are PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA- Method for providing a standby sound service during the call waiting characterized in that it comprises a 2000 phone and a Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone. The method of claim 12, And the receiving terminal is provided with a predetermined web browser for wireless internet access as a means for accessing the standby sound service server through a wireless internet network. The method of claim 23, The web browser is a wireless application protocol (WAP) browser, ME (Mobile Explorer) and the method of providing a standby sound service during the call waiting, characterized in that I-mode. The method of claim 12, The request for the standby sound service may be performed by a computer having a wired / wireless internet access, wherein the computer accesses a web site constructed of a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document operated by the standby sound service server to apply for the standby sound service. A method for providing a standby sound service during the call waiting characterized in that. The method of claim 12, The standby sound service server stores a sound source database in which one or more of the atmospheric sound data are stored, personal information of a subscriber subscribed to the atmospheric sound service, atmospheric sound data selected for each subscriber, and MIN information of a standby terminal set for each of the selected atmospheric sound data. A method for providing a standby sound service during the call waiting characterized in that. The method of claim 26, And at least one of music data information and voice data information is stored in the sound source database. The method of claim 12, The standby terminal is provided with a streaming program for transmitting to the speaker while receiving the streaming standby sound data, the method for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting. When the called subscriber and the waiting subscriber of the mobile communication service are busy, when the calling subscriber waits for a while by waiting for a call by calling the calling subscriber by calling the called subscriber, the waiting sound data stored in the called terminal is transmitted and is busy. In a system that provides a standby sound service during standby, A called terminal for storing the standby sound data and transmitting the standby sound data through a mobile communication network when a call is connected to the calling terminal; A standby terminal for transmitting the standby sound data to a speaker while receiving the standby sound data through the mobile communication network from the called terminal; A wireless access network and a mobile switching center providing voice and data communication services to the called terminal, the standby terminal, and the calling terminal, and transmitting and receiving the standby sound data; And A home location register storing location registration and profile information of the called terminal, the standby terminal and the calling terminal; Including the, but the standby sound service is the call between the called terminal and the standby terminal when the call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, the call to the standby terminal during the period of the call between the calling terminal and the called terminal; A system for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting, characterized in that the standby sound data is transmitted. delete The method of claim 29, And the called terminal converts the standby sound data into streaming standby sound data in a streaming format, and transmits the standby sound service. The method of claim 29, The terminating terminal is provided with a predetermined key button for setting whether or not to transmit the standby sound data each time the standby communication attempts to provide a standby sound service during the call waiting. The method of claim 29, The terminating terminal is provided with a program that can be set whether to send out the standby sound data whenever the attempt to wait during the call, the system for providing a standby sound service during the call waiting. The method of claim 31, wherein The standby terminal is a system for providing a standby sound service during standby, characterized in that the streaming program for transmitting the streaming standby sound data directly to the speaker is mounted. The method of claim 29, The called terminal, the calling terminal and the standby terminal are PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA- System for providing a standby sound service during the call, characterized in that it comprises a 2000 phone and a Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone. The method of claim 29, And the standby sound data includes at least one of music data and voice data. The method of claim 36, The music data is a system for providing a standby sound service during the call waiting, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the music basically provided to the called terminal and downloaded and stored through the communication network. The method of claim 36, And the voice data includes at least one of a voice recorded by the called terminal user and a voice downloaded and stored through a communication network. When the called subscriber and the standby subscriber of the mobile communication service are busy, when the calling subscriber waits for a moment by waiting for a call by calling the calling subscriber by calling the called subscriber, the standby sound data stored in the server is transmitted to the standby sound service. In the system provided, A called terminal capable of receiving the standby sound service; A standby terminal for transmitting the standby sound data to a speaker while receiving the standby sound data through a mobile communication network; A wireless access network and a mobile switching center providing voice and data communication services to the called terminal, the standby terminal, and the calling terminal, and transmitting and receiving the standby sound data; A home location register storing location registration and profile information of the called terminal, the standby terminal and the calling terminal; A gateway which is connected to the mobile switching center and performs an IWF conversion function and processes packet data transmitted directly in units of cells; And Operate the web site for the standby sound service, determine whether the called terminal is subscribed to the standby sound service, and when the call of the called terminal and the calling terminal is connected, transfer the standby sound data to the standby terminal through a mobile communication network; Transmit Sound Service Server Including the, but the standby sound service is the call between the called terminal and the standby terminal when the call from the calling terminal to the called terminal, when the call between the calling terminal and the called terminal during the call proceeds to the standby terminal A system for providing a standby sound service during a call waiting, characterized in that the standby sound data is transmitted. delete The method of claim 39, The standby sound service server is provided with a pre-listening function for reproducing and listening to the selected standby sound data when specific standby sound data is selected by the computer and / or the called terminal when the standby sound service is subscribed. System that provides services. The method of claim 39, The standby sound service server retrieves the subscription information of the called subscriber stored in the subscriber database associated with the mobile station and identifies and reads the standby sound data set for the standby terminal. System to provide. The method of claim 39, And the standby sound service server converts the standby sound data into streaming standby sound data in a streaming format and transmits the standby sound service. The method of claim 39, The called terminal, the calling terminal and the standby terminal are PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA- System for providing a standby sound service during the call, characterized in that it comprises a 2000 phone and a Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone. The method of claim 39, The terminating terminal is provided with a predetermined wireless Internet connection web browser as a means for connecting to the standby sound service server through a wireless Internet network providing a standby sound service during a call waiting. The method of claim 45, The web browser is a system for providing a standby sound service during standby, characterized in that it comprises a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser, ME (Mobile Explorer) and I-mode. The method of claim 39, The standby sound service server stores a sound source database in which one or more of the atmospheric sound data are stored, personal information of a subscriber subscribed to the atmospheric sound service, atmospheric sound data selected for each subscriber, and MIN information of a standby terminal set for each of the selected atmospheric sound data. A system for providing a standby sound service when waiting for a call. The method of claim 47, And at least one of music data information and voice data information is stored in the sound source database. The method of claim 39, The standby terminal is a system for providing a standby sound service during standby, characterized in that the streaming program for transmitting the streaming standby sound data directly to the speaker is mounted.