KR100596746B1 - A system of providing a caller with multimedia data according to callee's call state and a method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing multimedia data over a communication network, and more particularly, to a second communication terminal for requesting a call connection and a first communication terminal for requesting a call connection from the second communication terminal. The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting predetermined multimedia data produced or managed by a user of a first communication terminal to the second communication terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia data providing system including: a communication interface unit for performing data communication with a predetermined exchange means; database means for recording multimedia data corresponding to a unique identifier of a first communication terminal (where the unique identifier is the first identifier); A terminal number of a communication terminal) and the unique identifier received through the communication interface unit to search the database, extract the multimedia data corresponding to the unique identifier, and extract the extracted multimedia data into the communication interface. And a retrieving control unit controlling to transmit to the second communication terminal through the communication unit, wherein the switch means receives a call connection request signal from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal through a predetermined communication network to perform a call connection procedure. Perform the call And transmit the unique identifier of the first communication terminal included in the access request to the multimedia data providing system.

According to the present invention, there is provided a multimedia data providing system and method capable of providing a caller with multimedia data previously set by a called party to activate information exchange between them and to promote friendship between users.

Multimedia, Communication, Homepage, Missed, Switch

Description

System and method for providing multimedia data to caller according to called party's call status {A SYSTEM OF PROVIDING A CALLER WITH MULTIMEDIA DATA ACCORDING TO CALLEE'S CALL STATE AND A METHOD THEREFOR}

Figure 1a is a block diagram showing a network using a cellular phone in the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention.

Figure 1b is a block diagram showing a network using an Internet phone in the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for providing multimedia data according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing multimedia data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of providing multimedia data of FIG. 3.

5A is a diagram illustrating an example of converting and applying a menu of a multimedia according to a specification of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a guestbook user interface among menus of a multimedia according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface that notifies a user of a second communication terminal of updating multimedia data of a first communication terminal user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a multimedia database of a system for providing multimedia data according to the present invention.

8 is a diagram showing the configuration of a connection blocking database of a multimedia data providing system according to the present invention.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer system that may be employed to construct the multimedia data providing system and method according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

200: multimedia data providing system

210: communication interface unit

220: multimedia database

230: connection control unit

240: connection blocking database

250: search control

260: data conversion unit

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing multimedia data over a communication network, and more particularly, to a second communication terminal for requesting a call connection and a first communication terminal for requesting a call connection from the second communication terminal. The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting predetermined multimedia data produced or managed by a user of a first communication terminal to the second communication terminal.

Today, with the development of the industry and the improvement of the standard of living, the telecommunication business including the mobile telecommunication is active and the number of telecommunication service users is rapidly increased accordingly. As a result, communication providers have provided various services to users, and as a result, communication means have become a kind of culture beyond the basic purpose of communication.

Coloring, which is being serviced recently, satisfies individual's differentiation needs by providing unique call waiting sounds for each individual. These various communication supplementary services are possible because the functions of the exchange and the server are improved, and the high performance multimedia data reproduction function that can express them is built in the communication terminal. However, these individual call waiting sounds can satisfy the individual's need for differentiation but cannot provide necessary information other than audio data. In addition, only the ability to listen to music is insufficient to meet the user's desire to provide a variety of differentiated services. As the performance of exchanges and servers grows, and various means of communication other than cellular phones are expected to emerge, users of these devices will want comprehensive multimedia data including video, text, and video in addition to audio data such as call waiting sounds. It is expected.

Accordingly, there is a demand for the emergence of a new technology capable of providing a user with comprehensive multimedia data including images, texts, videos, web page data, etc. in a more efficient manner through various communication means.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, when the caller's communication request between the users using the communication means, the exchange device in charge of the call processing reads the caller's multimedia data from the server to the caller The caller can retrieve the called party's information and, if desired, allow the caller to leave a message on the called party's web page.

Another object of the present invention is to enhance the friendship between users by allowing the caller to receive various multimedia services set by the called party.

Another object of the present invention is to increase the utilization of web pages, such as blogs that are currently active, and to facilitate the access of the user's web pages through a communication terminal to generate new revenues not only for telecommunication operators but also for multimedia providing systems. Its purpose is to make this possible.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the problems of the prior art, a multimedia data providing system for providing multimedia data to a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, a communication interface for performing data communication with a predetermined switch means A database means for recording multimedia data corresponding to a unique identifier of the first communication terminal (the unique identifier is a terminal number of the first communication terminal) and the unique identifier received through the communication interface unit. A search control unit for searching a database, extracting the multimedia data corresponding to the unique identifier, and transmitting the extracted multimedia data to a second communication terminal through the communication interface, wherein the switch means Through the network Receiving a call connection request signal from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal to perform a call connection procedure, and providing the unique identifier of the first communication terminal included in the call connection request to the multimedia data providing system. It characterized in that the operation to transmit.

In a method of providing multimedia data to a communication terminal in a multimedia providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention, the method may include maintaining a multimedia database for recording multimedia data corresponding to a unique identifier of a first communication terminal (the unique identifier is Forwarding a call connection request with the first communication terminal transmitted from the second communication terminal from the switch means via a communication interface (the call connection request is the first communication terminal); And a unique identifier received through the communication interface unit, the multimedia database is searched, and multimedia data retrieved corresponding to the unique identifier is transmitted to the second communication terminal through the communication interface. To send And the exchange means receives a call connection request signal from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal through a predetermined communication network and performs a call connection procedure, and includes the call connection request in the call connection request. And transmit the unique identifier of the first communication terminal to the multimedia data providing system.

As used herein, the communication terminals collectively refer to all kinds of terminals designed to enable call establishment requests through a communication network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a mobile communication network, a wired or wireless internet, and the like, and the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention. Devices including hardware and / or software that can be accessed in a wired or wireless network, such as desktop PCs, notebook PCs, PDAs, etc., each having a communication interface required for connection to the network; It is a concept that includes all future devices with the ability to do so.

Meanwhile, the multimedia data used in the present specification may be various types of multimedia data such as text, video set by the called party, still images, etc., in addition to audio data such as a call waiting sound, and may also include web page data of the called party.

Hereinafter, a multimedia data providing system and method thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1a is a block diagram showing a network using a cellular phone in the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the MSC (Mobile Switching Center) according to the present invention performs a general call processing when there is a call connection request from a second communication terminal (cellular phone) to a first communication terminal and at the same time provides multimedia data providing system. The information related to this call is provided to, and the multimedia data providing system transmits various multimedia data such as a personal web page registered by the user of the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal.

Figure 1b is a block diagram showing a network using an Internet phone in the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1B, the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention may use an Internet phone as a first communication terminal or a second communication terminal.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a system for providing multimedia data according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention includes a communication interface 210, a multimedia database 220, a connection controller 230, a connection blocking database 240, a search controller 250, and a data converter. 260 can be configured to include.

The communication interface 210 is a physical layer directly involved in the transmission and reception of data as a communication means with the outside, the multimedia database 220 stores the multimedia data for the user of the first communication terminal (receiving side), The connection controller 230 controls the access authority of the second communication terminal user based on the data recorded in the access blocking database 240. That is, the connection controller 230 searches the access blocking database 240 by using the unique identifier of the first communication terminal and the unique identifier of the second communication terminal, and the unique identifier of the second communication terminal is the blocking uniqueness. If it is the same as the identifier, the search controller 250 controls the transmission of the multimedia data to the second communication terminal.

The search controller 250 searches for and reads multimedia data stored in the multimedia database 220, and the data converter 260 converts the read multimedia data based on a specification of a second communication terminal, and converts the converted multimedia data. The data is transmitted to a second communication terminal that has performed a call connection request to the first communication terminal. Data stored in the multimedia database 220 may be stored according to the second communication terminal specification, in which case the data converter 260 is not used.

The access blocking database 240 may store a user list of a second communication terminal that blocks a search of the multimedia database 220 or transmission of multimedia data of the first communication terminal user according to a need of the first communication terminal user. In addition, the multimedia data can be directly produced or updated by a first communication terminal user, and the first communication terminal user uses the personal computer through the wired / wireless internet to access the multimedia data. It is possible to connect to the system according to the present invention via a personal mobile terminal such as a mobile communication terminal or through a mobile Internet.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing multimedia data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the case of the cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the second communication terminal (transmission side terminal) sends a call connection request for communication with the first communication terminal (reception side terminal) to a predetermined exchange. It transmits (S301).

Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the exchange receives a call connection request to the first communication terminal (S302), establishes a call between the first and second communication terminals (not shown), and In this case, the exchange may forward the call connection request received from the second communication terminal to the multimedia data providing system (S304).

On the other hand, according to another embodiment, the exchange receives a call connection request to the first communication terminal (S302), the first communication terminal is busy or busy (BUSY), No answer (no answer) , Out of Service (located in a non-service area such as a shaded area), when it is determined that the called party is in a state such as a predetermined special code (feature code) on the first communication terminal (S303), The call connection request received from the second communication terminal may be forwarded to the multimedia data providing system (S304).

The multimedia data providing system compares the unique identifier of the second communication terminal with the blocking unique identifier of the connection blocking database, and if there is a matching blocking unique identifier, blocks the connection of the second communication terminal corresponding to the unique identifier and matches If there is no blocking unique identifier, the multimedia data of the first communication terminal user is read from the multimedia database (S307).

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia data providing system may adopt a method of selectively permitting or prohibiting only a part of content for each unique identifier, as well as determining only access control.

On the other hand, the multimedia data providing system receives a terminal specification for the second communication terminal included in the data transmitted in the call processing (S308), converts the multimedia data read based on the received terminal specification to the second communication terminal In step S309. In this case, the multimedia data providing system may prepare data for several representative terminals in advance in order to reduce the data conversion time. Upon receiving the converted multimedia data of the first communication terminal user, the second communication terminal provides the received web page data to the user through a display device and an audio output device.

As described above, when the user of the first communication terminal is unable to respond to the call setup request transmitted from the second communication terminal (when the hook off signal is not received), at least one of Busy, No Answer, and Out of Service. In the case of Busy, traffic may be increased due to an increase in the number of communication terminals in the channel or an increase in call volume. In the case of No Answer, a communication terminal user may be in a state of rejecting or not confirming a call connection request. The case of the service may be a case where the communication terminal is located in an area where communication is impossible, including a case where the communication terminal is in a shaded area from the base station.

In addition, as an example of a case where a user of the first communication terminal cannot respond to a call setup request transmitted from the second communication terminal, a called party inputs a predetermined special code on the first communication terminal. There may be one case. For example, when the special code is "* 118", when the called party cannot respond to a call establishment request due to a conference or the like, the multimedia data service according to the present invention is inputted by inputting "* 118" on the first communication terminal. Can be executed. In this case, the caller is provided with predetermined multimedia data set by the called party and information on the called party's status.

FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment in which a user of a second communication terminal leaves a message on a web page of a first terminal user using the multimedia data providing method of FIG. 3 when the multimedia data provided to the called party is the caller's web page data. Is a flow chart showing.

Referring to FIG. 4, the second communication terminal is connected to the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention (S410), and receives a specific menu selection on a user interface from which the multimedia data is output from the second communication terminal user (S420). . Based on the menu selection, the multimedia data providing system searches the multimedia database to read the multimedia data of the user of the first communication terminal, and reads the read multimedia data of the second communication terminal by referring to the specification information of the second communication terminal. Convert to suit the display means. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the specification information of the second communication terminal may be obtained from a home location register (HLR) in the case of a mobile communication network. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the Home Location Registry is a kind of database that stores information of a communication terminal user. The home location registry is a list of additional services for the use of a mobile communication service subscribed to by a user, information on an exchange where a corresponding communication terminal is located, The location information of the communication terminal and the specification information of the communication terminal are recorded. In addition, the specification information of the second communication terminal may be included in the call setup request transmitted from the second communication terminal, the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention is stored in advance the terminal specification information stored in the HLR, etc. Whenever the specification information is changed, the changed terminal specification information may be received from the HLR and the like.

The second communication terminal inputs a message to be left to the first communication terminal user on the user interface provided by the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention (S440), and the multimedia data providing system transmits the input message to the multimedia database. The first communication terminal user may be notified that a new post has been registered on the web page. The new post registration notification may be performed through a short message service (SMS) scheme.

FIG. 5A illustrates an example in which a menu of a webpage is converted and applied according to a specification of a cellular phone when the multimedia data provided to the called party is caller webpage data.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the multimedia data providing system may read a main menu of a web page, a photo album, a bulletin board, a guest book, etc. from a multimedia database, and convert the multimedia data according to the specification information of the second communication terminal. May receive the converted multimedia data from the multimedia data providing system.

5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a guestbook user interface among menus of a web page when the multimedia data provided to the called party is the sender's web page data.

As shown in FIG. 5B, when a menu corresponding to the guest book is selected from the read menus, the guest book data corresponding to the selected menu is displayed on the second communication terminal, and the post data created in the guest book can be read and the post is made. It is also possible to enter data directly. Post data input from the user of the second communication terminal is transmitted to the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention, and the transmitted post data is recorded in the multimedia database.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface that notifies a user of a second communication terminal of updating multimedia data of a first communication terminal user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the multimedia data providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention receives the updated multimedia data from the second communication terminal and records the multimedia data in the multimedia database. For example, when the multimedia data is web page data and the first communication terminal is in a callable state, the second communication terminal using the telephone number of "010-6268-2287" to the first communication terminal is used. The missed call can be notified and the post data is newly registered in the guestbook of the web page data of the first communication terminal user. In addition, according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the notification may be transmitted to the first communication terminal in a short message method, the short message is a callback for access to the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention The URL may be included to facilitate connection to the system according to the present invention in response to the first communication terminal user's confirmation.

7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a multimedia database of the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the multimedia database of the multimedia data providing system has multimedia data identified by a communication terminal unique identifier. Therefore, when the multimedia data is requested to the first communication terminal user, the multimedia data is read from the multimedia database of FIG. 7 and transmitted to the first communication terminal.

 According to an embodiment of the present invention, each phone number includes a unique homepage file in a multimedia providing server and a URL address of a homepage designated by a telephone user, and data provided during a call connection or waiting for a call is exchanged in the server. The file may be connected to the home page according to the sender's selection. It may take a long time for the exchange to get a homepage located at an arbitrary position through the Internet. According to the present embodiment, an effect capable of preventing such a problem can be obtained.

8 is a diagram showing the configuration of a connection blocking database of a multimedia data providing system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, the access blocking database of the multimedia data providing system may include a blocking unique identifier for blocking access to the multimedia data. The connection control unit according to the present invention compares the blocking unique identifier with the unique identifier of the second communication terminal requesting the multimedia data and compares all rights to the multimedia data of the user of the first communication terminal so that the access itself is controlled. .

Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the multimedia data providing system may adopt a method of selectively allowing or prohibiting only a part of contents for each unique identifier, not only determining whether to control access as described above.

In addition, the technical idea related to a communication network or a communication terminal used in the multimedia data providing system according to the present invention includes at least one or more of the connection scheme of CDMA, WCDMA, ALL IP GSM, GPRS, H.323, MGCP (Message Gateway) It includes a VoIP terminal supporting one or more VoIP call control protocols of Ccontrol Protocol), SIP, or Megaco, and consequently, any terminal for performing communication can be applied as it is through some design changes.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code, such as produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer system that may be employed to construct a multimedia data providing system in accordance with the present invention. Computer device 900 includes one or more processors 910 coupled with a main memory device including random access memory (RAM) 920 and read only memory (ROM) 930. The processor 910 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 930 serves to transfer data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 920 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to.

RAM 920 and ROM 930 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 940 is bidirectionally coupled to processor 910 to provide additional data storage capability and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 940 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is a secondary memory device such as a hard disk which is generally slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 960 may be used.

The processor 910 may include one or more input / output interfaces, such as video monitors, trackballs, mice, keyboards, microphones, touchscreen displays, card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, voice or handwriting readers, joysticks, or other known computer input / output devices. 950. Finally, the processor 910 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 970. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

According to a system and method for providing multimedia data to a communication terminal according to the present invention, a caller can obtain comprehensive information about a receiver by receiving multimedia data in the form of a homepage provided by a receiver between users who use the communication means. By extending the use of the homepage, which was only available on the Internet, to the area of new communication means such as mobile communication, it is possible to obtain new profits not only for telecommunication operators but also for multimedia providing systems.

According to a system and method for providing multimedia data to a communication terminal according to the present invention, the caller can be connected to the called party's multimedia and receive various multimedia data provided by the corresponding web page, thereby promoting friendship and differentiation between users. The effect of improving the satisfaction of desire can be obtained.

According to a system and method for providing multimedia data to a communication terminal according to the present invention, when a caller's communication request is requested between users who use the communication means, the switching device in charge of the call processing receives the caller's multimedia data from the server. Read and forward to the sender, the sender can retrieve the information of the called party, and if desired, the sender can obtain the effect of leaving a message on the called party's web page.

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delete In the multimedia data providing system for providing multimedia data to the communication terminal, A multimedia database for recording multimedia data corresponding to a unique identifier which is a terminal number of a first communication terminal; A search controller configured to search the multimedia database using the unique identifier, extract the multimedia data corresponding to the unique identifier, and transmit the extracted multimedia data to a second communication terminal; Receives a call connection request from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal to perform a call connection procedure, and transmits the unique identifier of the first communication terminal included in the call connection request to the multimedia data providing system. A communication interface for performing data communication with switch means operable to operate; An access blocking database for recording one or more blocking unique identifiers corresponding to the unique identifiers of the first communication terminals recorded in the multimedia database; And Search for the connection blocking database using the unique identifier of the first communication terminal and the unique identifier of the second communication terminal transmitted from the switch means via the communication interface unit, and the unique identifier of the second communication terminal A connection controller which controls the search controller to block the transmission of the multimedia data to the second communication terminal when the same as the unique identifier. Multimedia data providing system comprising a. The method of claim 2, And a data converter for converting the multimedia data searched by the search controller according to the specification information of the display or audio output means of the second communication terminal. delete The method of claim 3, The communication network is a mobile communication network, the switch means is a Mobile Switching Center, The data converter is configured to receive terminal specification information of the second communication terminal from the second communication terminal or from a predetermined home location registry, and convert the multimedia data according to the received terminal specification information. Multimedia data providing system, characterized in that. The method of claim 2, The search control unit is operable to transmit the multimedia data to the second communication terminal when there is no response from the first communication terminal to the call setup request transmitted from the second communication terminal, and the first communication terminal is operated. And if there is no response, the first communication terminal is in one of BUSY, No Answer, and Out of Service. delete delete delete The method of claim 2, The search control unit is operable to receive update data for the web page provided to the second communication terminal from the second communication terminal and to update the multimedia data recorded in the multimedia database according to the received update data, A notification unit for notifying the first communication terminal of the update of the multimedia data; Multimedia data providing system further comprises. The method of claim 10, And said switch means is operable to hold said update fact notified by said notifying in a predetermined buffer means and to transmit said update fact when said first communication terminal becomes available for call. . delete In the method for providing multimedia data to the communication terminal in the multimedia providing system, Maintaining a multimedia database for recording multimedia data corresponding to a unique identifier which is a terminal number of a first communication terminal; Receiving a call connection request with the first communication terminal including the unique identifier information of the first communication terminal transmitted from the second communication terminal from the switch means via a communication interface unit; And The multimedia database is searched using the unique identifier received through the communication interface unit, and there is no response of the first communication terminal to the call establishment request transmitted from the second communication terminal searched corresponding to the unique identifier. In the case of transmitting the multimedia data to the second communication terminal. Including, If the first communication terminal has no response, the first communication terminal is in the state of any one of BUSY, No Answer, and Out of Service, The switch means receives a call connection request signal from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal through a communication network to perform a call connection procedure, and the unique identifier of the first communication terminal included in the call connection request. And transmitting the data to the multimedia data providing system. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 13.

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