KR100542818B1 - Transmission Method For Multimedia Message Using URL - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention transmits a multimedia message using an MMS of a mobile communication terminal period. The calling terminal which transmits a message using the content stores only the URL information of the selected content without downloading / uploading the content to the MMSC. The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a multimedia message using a URL for reducing a user's charge by transmitting and improving a transmission speed.

According to the present invention, a user of an originating mobile communication terminal composes a message using an MMS client, accesses a content server through a browser, selects content when connected to the content server, and selects a URL of the selected content from the MMS of the terminal. Storing in the client, terminating the connection of the content server and returning to the message window of the MMS client, uploading the created message and the stored URL to the MMSC, contents corresponding to the URL uploaded to the MMSC Combining the content received from the server and the message transmitted from the calling terminal and transmitting the message to the receiving terminal as a message.

Mobile terminal, URL, MMSC, contents

Description

Transmission Method For Multimedia Message Using URL             

1 is a block diagram of a content message transmission system using MMS,

2 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a multimedia message using a URL according to the present invention;

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10: calling party terminal

20: content server

30: MMSC

40: receiving terminal

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a multimedia message using a URL. When a calling terminal user wants to transmit a multimedia message to a receiving terminal, the contents of the multimedia message do not need to be uploaded to a multimedia messaging service center (MMSC). By uploading only the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the MMSC, it reduces the file transfer time and reduces the communication charge.

MMS is an evolved version of SMS, which is a service that can transmit not only text but also multimedia messages such as images, voice, music, and video using a wireless packet network. As described above, the transmission of multimedia files as well as texts takes a relatively long time and increases the user's billing burden.

However, in order to activate the service, it is essential for the user to provide various contents other than the photographs or recorded voices directly taken from the phone, thereby reducing the burden on the contents user and speeding up the transmission speed. A method is required.

Conventionally, when transmitting a multimedia message, the transmitting terminal takes a lot of transmission time and a lot of communication fees because the corresponding user must upload all the multimedia to the MMSC in order to transmit the message to the receiving terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a message in which an MMS client of a calling mobile terminal is selected from a browser of a content server and transmits a content URL transmitted by the calling terminal. The present invention provides a method for transmitting a multimedia message using a URL to upload and download the content by transmitting the message combined by the MMSC to a receiving terminal, thereby reducing the inconvenience of having to directly upload / download the content.

In the multimedia message transmission method using a URL for achieving the object of the present invention as described above, the user of the originating mobile communication terminal using the MMS Client to create a message, and accessing the content server through a browser, the content server Selecting the content and storing the URL of the selected content in the MMS client of the terminal when connecting to the terminal; terminating the connection of the content server and returning to the message window of the MMS client to upload the created message and the stored URL to the MMSC; In the loading step, the content corresponding to the URL uploaded to the MMSC is transmitted from a content server, and the content obtained by receiving the content and the message transmitted from the originating terminal are combined and transmitted to the receiving terminal as a single message.

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

1 is a block diagram of a content message transmission system using MMS.

As shown, the originating terminal 10 to access the content server 20 and transmit the multimedia message to the receiving side mobile communication terminal 40 is a terminal equipped with an MMS client. A user interface for accessing the content server 20 by a browser is provided.

In this case, the browser is configured to only preview the content provided by the content server 20 and not to store the corresponding content in the terminal for use.

Since only the user's content can be selected in the browser, when the user selects the content, the browser transmits the URL of the selected content to the MMS client of the terminal.

At this time, the MMS Client may store the URL information transmitted by the browser.

The MMSC 30 requests and receives the content server 20 contents corresponding to the URL information transmitted from the MMS client of the calling terminal 10, and the message is created and transmitted by the user of the calling terminal 10. And then download to the receiving terminal (40).

The receiving terminal 40 sends an ack signal to the MMSC 30 when the download is completed, and the MMSC 30 charges the calling terminal 10 according to the contents registered in the corresponding URL. You will be notified that the transmission of the message is complete.

2 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a multimedia message using a URL according to the present invention. The method shown in FIG. 2 operates as follows.

First, in order to transmit a message to a receiving terminal using an MMS, a user of the calling terminal 10 composes a message using an MMS Clinet provided in the calling terminal 10 (S100).

After the message is being written or the message is completed in the MMS client, the content server 20 is accessed through a browser such as a WAP to preview information provided by the content (S110).

In this case, the browser is configured to provide only the preview function of the content server 20 to the calling terminal 10, so that the multimedia file provided by the content cannot be stored by the MMS client of the terminal.

Here, the content preview function prevents the user from only viewing content such as images, animations, ringtones, and videos on the browser and storing and transmitting them on the terminal or using them for a separate purpose such as a background screen or a ringtone. .

In addition, the browser transmits the URL of the corresponding content selected by the user of the calling terminal 10 in the content provided by the content server 20 to the MMS client.

The MMS Client stores the transmitted content URL (S120), and returns to the MMS Client window for creating a message (S130) to upload the message and the content URL created by the user to the MMSC 30 ( S140).

The MMSC 30 receives the content corresponding to the URL from the uploaded message and the content URL information from the content server 20, and combines the message in a form including the content (S150). The message combined suitably is transmitted to the receiving terminal 40 (S160).

At this time, when the transmission of the message is completed, the receiving terminal 40 transmits a download completion ack signal to the MMSC 30, and the MMSC 30 transmits when receiving the transmission completion signal from the receiving terminal 10. The billing for the use of information and the transmission completion signal ack to the receiving terminal 40 are sent to the terminal 10.

The billing request of the MMSC 30 is requested by inquiring the price information of the corresponding content from the content server 20 through the URL of the content, and the content server 20 is a computer related to CP (Contents Provider) that produced the content. Provide information.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Of course, any person skilled in the art can make various modifications, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, the sender terminal uploads only the content URL to the MMSC in order to transmit the selected content and message from the content server to the receiver terminal. This reduces the burden of communication charges.

Claims (3)

Creating a message using an MMS client of a calling mobile communication terminal and accessing a content server through a browser; Storing the URL of the selected content in the MMS client of the calling mobile communication terminal in response to the content selection that the user wants to use when connected to the content server; Terminating the connection of the content server, and returning to the message window of the MMS client, uploading the created message and the URL of the stored content to the MMSC; And Transmitting the content corresponding to the URL uploaded by the MMSC from the content server and combining the obtained content with the message transmitted from the calling terminal as a single message to the receiving terminal; Multimedia message transmission method using a URL comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the content server provides only a preview function for the content from the content server to the calling mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, After the transmission to the receiving terminal is finished, the MMSC further comprises the step of transmitting a charge corresponding to the content registered in the transmitted URL to the calling terminal, the multimedia message transmission using the URL Way.

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