KR100673247B1 - Method and system for providing messesing service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and system for providing a messaging service are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting message information and receiving terminal identification information from a transmitting terminal to a messaging server, the messaging server assigning a transmission path to transmit the message information via the receiving terminal identification information and corresponding to the transmitting terminal to a messenger server; Requesting provision of sender information to a sender, extracting the sender information from the messenger server and transmitting the extracted sender information to a messaging server, and the messaging server assigns the sender information to the messaging server. And transmitting the message information and the sender information to a receiving terminal through a transmission path. Therefore, while the messaging server and the messenger server interwork with each other, the receiving terminal can obtain the same effect as receiving the multimedia message information through the data network while using a simple protocol such as when transmitting text information through the voice network.

SMS, MMS, Terminal, Network

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MESSESING SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram of a messaging service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a transmitting terminal screen when transmitting message information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a receiving terminal receiving message information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 are flowcharts of a messaging service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

10: sending terminal 20: messaging server

22: messenger server interworking unit 24: message information determination unit

26: transmission path allocation 28: transmission unit

30: messenger server 40: receiving terminal

200: transmitting terminal screen 300: receiving terminal screen

310: Message 320, 330: Emoticon

340: sender photo

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a multimedia messaging service. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for providing a multimedia messaging service in which a receiving terminal receives multimedia message information only by transmitting text message information of a transmitting terminal. A method and system for providing a messaging service.

As terminals and communication technologies develop, the types of services that can be provided to terminals through a communication network are diversified.

One of the most common services is a messaging service. Based on the short messaging service (SMS), the messaging service is now based on a multimedia messaging service (MMS). Is activated.

SMS is a natural service that digital data is transferred between mobile network and base station and terminal as mobile network evolves digitally. SMS uses voice network to transmit relatively short data of 80 to 160 bytes. The transmission method is completed by paging and applied to all terminals.

MMS is a convergence of wired and wireless networks, and it is a service that can transmit various multimedia data such as image and sound, other than text, which overcomes data size and media limitation of SMS.

In addition, unlike the SMS, the MMS transmits data having no theoretical length limitation using a data network, and a transmission method receives a data through wireless data by a paging method and is applied to an MMS terminal. .

However, MMS has the advantage of transmitting various types of message information in that there is no limit on the size of data that can be transmitted compared to SMS, but it takes a lot of time to upload data about message information. There is a problem that the transmission delay is large.

The present invention was created in order to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is that the messaging server and the messenger server interworking, the transmission of the message information is performed by a simple protocol such as SMS, the receiving terminal in the multimedia message information A method and system for providing a messaging service that achieves the same effect as received.

A messaging service providing method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: A-1) transmitting message information and receiving terminal identification information from a transmitting terminal to a messaging server; A-2) the messaging server assigning a transmission path for transmitting the message information through the receiving terminal identification information, and requesting a messenger server to provide pre-stored sender information for the sender corresponding to the transmitting terminal; A-3) the sender, wherein the messenger server includes messenger nickname information of the sender, profile picture information of the sender, background music information, and emoticon information indicating the sender's status or mood, which is previously stored through the sending terminal information. Extracting and transmitting the information to the messaging server; A-4) the messaging server interworking with an application server, receiving an application service corresponding to the transmitting terminal information; And A-5) the messaging server transmitting the message information, the sender information, and an application service to a receiving terminal through the assigned transmission path.

And a messaging service providing system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the transmitting terminal for transmitting message information and receiving terminal identification information to the messaging server; Upon request of the messaging server that has received the message information and the receiving terminal identification information, messenger nickname information of the sender, profile picture information of the sender, background music information, the status of the sender, or the like previously stored based on the transmitting terminal information; A messenger server for extracting the sender information including the emoticon information representing the mood and transmitting the extracted sender information to a messaging server; An application application server linked with the messaging server to provide an application service corresponding to the transmission terminal information to the messaging server; A messaging server that receives the sender information and the application service from the messenger server and the application server, and transmits the sender information and the application service to the receiving terminal corresponding to the receiving terminal information together with the message information; And a receiving terminal receiving and displaying the message information, the sender information, and an application service from the messaging server.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a messaging service light system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the drawings.

First, a messaging service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram of a messaging service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a screen of a transmitting terminal when transmitting message information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. According to an embodiment, it is a diagram illustrating a screen of a receiving terminal that receives message information.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, a method and system for providing a messaging service according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a transmitting terminal 10, a messaging server 20, a messenger server 30, a receiving terminal 40, and the like. Include.

The transmitting terminal 10 is a terminal equipped with software capable of creating and transmitting multimedia message information, as well as software supporting a messaging service capable of creating and transmitting text message information. It includes all of the terminals connectable to the messaging server 20.

In addition, the transmitting terminal 10 prepares and transmits message information and receiving terminal information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal 40.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the receiving terminal 40 writes the text information 210 in the same manner as a general SMS, and then inputs and receives the receiving terminal number 220. FIG.

The message information transmitted from the transmitting terminal 10 is transmitted to a mobile switching center (MSC) through a base station controller (BSC) through a base station, and the exchange indicates that the received information is message information. This message information is sent to the messaging server 20.

On the other hand, the communication network 50 includes both voice and data networks. Accordingly, the text message information may be transmitted through a messaging service provided by the Internet service.

The messaging server 20 includes a message information determining unit 24, a transmission path arranging unit 26, a messenger server interworking unit 22, and a transmitting unit 28. 10) receives the messaging information from the messenger server 30 and receives the sender information in the form of multimedia from the messenger server 30 and transmits it to the receiving terminal 40 together with the messaging information.

Hereinafter, the messaging server 20 will be described in more detail with reference to the above components.

The message information determination unit 24 determines whether the message information is text information.

Meanwhile, the text information may include a case where the text information may be received by a messaging server through a mobile communication network or an internet network. In particular, the text information may be received by the messaging server 20 through a voice network in an SMS manner, and may be received in MMS manner. It may include a case that can be received by the messaging server 20 via a network.

For example, the messaging server 20 includes an SMS server and an MMS server, and the message information received by the message information determining unit 24 through a mobile communication network or an internet network is received through an SMS method, that is, a voice network. If it is determined that the message is received by the SMS server, the SMS server transmits it to the MMS server and the MMS server interworks with the messenger server.

In this case, when the transmitting terminal 10 transmits the sender information to the receiving terminal 40 together with the message information, the MMS server immediately receives the messenger server 30 without passing through the SMS server. It is preferable to link with.

The transmission path assignment unit 26 performs a routing function of the message information. In other words, it determines the message information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal through the information to the terminal.

The messenger server interworking unit 22 requests the messenger server 30 to provide sender information corresponding to the transmitting terminal information in cooperation with the messenger server 30 and receives sender information corresponding to the request.

On the other hand, the messaging server 20 manages the specification information for the receiving terminal 40, and through the messenger server interworking unit 22 only when the receiving terminal 40 determines that the terminal can implement the display of the sender information. The sender information is received from the messenger server 30.

In this case, when the receiving terminal 40 is a terminal that cannot implement the display of the sender information, it is preferable to transmit the text information received by the messenger server 30 to the receiving terminal 40 as it is.

The transmission unit 20 transmits the text message information and the sender information to a transmission path set through the transmission path assignment unit 26, that is, the reception terminal 40 corresponding to the reception terminal identification information.

In addition, the messaging server 20 may provide a variety of application services with various message information in conjunction with an application server (not shown) as well as a messenger server 30.

For example, it is preferable that the message information and the location information of the transmitting terminal 10 can also be transmitted to the receiving terminal 40 in conjunction with a positioning server (not shown).

The messenger server 30 is requested to provide the sender information from the messaging server 20 and provides the sender information according to the request.

On the other hand, a messenger service is a service that exchanges messages and data in real time on the Internet, and supports multi-party chats and voice chats so that message information can be sent to mobile terminals as well as large video files.

In addition, the messenger user identifies a user by registering a 'personal name' such as a phrase or nickname indicating his or her emotional state, in addition to the mail account set when the service is registered. It may also identify itself with an avatar or profile picture.

Accordingly, the messenger server 30 manages the subscriber's current setting state by storing the screen name and the avatar or profile picture.

In addition, the messenger server 30 provides an emoticon (Emoticon) representing emotions or intentions by combining letters, symbols, and numbers in a cyber space, and gradually goes beyond simple combinations of the letters, symbols, and numbers to form various images. Is being provided.

Therefore, it is common to be able to estimate the current situation such as the emotional state of the subscriber to some extent among the subscribers who send and receive messages in real time through the messenger service.

In this way, the messenger server 30 extracts the information stored in the current setting state of the sender corresponding to the transmitting terminal 10 at the request of the messaging server 20.

That is, the sender information includes the sender's nickname information, the sender's avatar or profile picture information, the background image information of the messenger chat window and the background music information stored in the messenger server 30.

In addition, the messenger server 30 is interlocked with the homepage production server that manages the sender's homepage, and transmits the homepage connection information to the messaging server 20 when the sender information is transmitted.

In this case, the messenger server 30 may further transmit messenger connection information to the messaging server 20.

On the other hand, the interworking between the messaging server 20 and the messenger server 30 uses an interlocking standard such as MM7, MM3 used in the MMS, which is already known, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted below.

The receiving terminal 40 is connected to the messaging server 20 through the communication network 50 to receive and display the message information and the sender information from the messaging server 20.

In addition, the reception terminal 40 preferably receives at least one of the messenger connection information and the homepage connection information from the messaging server 20.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the receiving terminal 40 may include an emoticon 320, a screen name 350, an avatar, or the like indicating the sender's status in addition to the text information transmitted from the transmitting terminal 10 shown in FIG. 2. Sender information including at least one of the profile picture 340 and the sender's messenger activation status 330 is received and displayed.

In addition, when the reception terminal 10 receives at least one of the messenger connection information and the homepage connection information from the messaging server 20, the reception terminal 40 has a messenger server 30 as shown in FIG. 3. Or a menu 360 connected to an access path for accessing a homepage production server (not shown), and the user of the receiving terminal 40 can access the messenger server 30 or the homepage production server by selecting the menu. It is desirable to have.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a messaging service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

4 and 5 are flowcharts of a messaging service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the transmitting terminal 10 transmits message information and receiving terminal identification information to the messaging server 20 (S410).

Then, the messaging server 20 that has received the message information and the reception terminal identification information allocates a transmission path for transmitting the message information through the reception terminal identification information (S420).

The messaging server 20 determines whether the message information is text information (S430). If it is determined that the message information is not text information, i.e., it is confirmed that the message information has been received by the messaging server 20 through the data network as multimedia information, the messaging server 20 stores the multimedia message information as it is. Through the transmission to the receiving terminal 40 (S440).

However, if it is determined that the message information is text information, that is, it is confirmed that the message information has been received from the transmitting terminal 10 through the voice network, as shown in FIG. 5, the messaging server 20 Requests to provide the sender information to the messenger server 30 (S510).

In this case, although not shown in the drawing, when the messaging server 20 manages specification information for the receiving terminal 40 and the receiving terminal 40 determines that display implementation is not possible for the sender information, the messenger server It is preferable to transmit the received text message information to the receiving terminal 40 without performing the request at 30.

Meanwhile, since the sender information is as described in the description of the messaging service providing system, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As such, the messenger server 30 searches for the sender information according to the request of the messaging server 20 (S520), and transmits the searched sender information to the messaging server 20 (S530).

The messaging server 20 transmits the message information and the sender information to the receiving terminal 40 (S540).

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, in S530, the messenger server 30 transmits messenger access information that can be connected to the messenger server 30 to the messaging server 20, and cooperates with the messenger server 30. It is desirable to be able to transmit homepage access information that can be connected to the homepage production server.

Therefore, it is preferable that the messenger server 30 can transmit at least one or more of the messenger access information and the homepage access information together with the messaging information and the sender information to the receiving terminal 40.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention belongs to the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. To those skilled in the art to the extent that modifications or variations will be possible to the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, a method and system for providing a messaging service provide a multimedia interface to a receiving terminal through a data network while using a simple protocol such as when a messaging server and a messenger server interoperate with each other to transmit text information through a voice network. The same effect as receiving the message information can be obtained.

That is, compared with the case of transmitting the multimedia information directly from the transmitting terminal, since the transmission is completed by paging through the voice network without using the data network, the transmission delay in service is reduced.

In addition, there is an effect that the limitation of the applicable transmission terminal is reduced as compared with the transmission terminal supporting the transmission of the multimedia message information.

Claims (18)

A-1) transmitting the message information and the receiving terminal identification information from the transmitting terminal to the messaging server; A-2) the messaging server assigning a transmission path for transmitting the message information through the receiving terminal identification information, and requesting a messenger server to provide pre-stored sender information for the sender corresponding to the transmitting terminal; A-3) the sender, wherein the messenger server includes messenger nickname information of the sender, profile picture information of the sender, background music information, and emoticon information indicating the sender's status or mood, which is previously stored through the sending terminal information. Extracting and transmitting the information to the messaging server; A-4) the messaging server interworking with an application server, receiving an application service corresponding to the transmitting terminal information; And A-5) the messaging server transmitting the message information, the sender information and the application service to the receiving terminal through the assigned transmission path. The method of claim 1, wherein the message information is Messaging service providing method characterized in that the text information. The method of claim 2, wherein the text information is Method for providing a messaging service, characterized in that transmitted to the messaging server through a voice network. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the messaging server And if the receiving terminal determines that the display terminal is capable of displaying the sender information through specification information of the receiving terminal, requesting the messenger server to provide the sender information. delete delete The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the application server And a location server for providing location information of the transmitting terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the messenger server And a homepage production server managing the homepage of the sender and transmitting the homepage access information to the messaging server. The method of claim 8, wherein the homepage access information is And the sender information is transmitted to the receiving terminal. A transmitting terminal for transmitting message information and receiving terminal identification information to a messaging server; Upon request of the messaging server that has received the message information and the receiving terminal identification information, messenger nickname information of the sender, profile picture information of the sender, background music information, the status of the sender, or the like previously stored based on the transmitting terminal information; A messenger server for extracting the sender information including the emoticon information representing the mood and transmitting the extracted sender information to a messaging server; An application application server linked with the messaging server to provide an application service corresponding to the transmission terminal information to the messaging server; A messaging server that receives the sender information and the application service from the messenger server and the application server, and transmits the sender information and the application service to the receiving terminal corresponding to the receiving terminal information together with the message information; And And a receiving terminal for receiving and displaying the message information, the sender information, and an application service from the messaging server. The method of claim 10, wherein the messaging server A message information determination unit determining whether the message information is text information; A transmission path allocation unit for allocating a transmission path for transmitting the message information through the receiving terminal information when the message information is the text information; A messenger server interworking unit which requests the messenger server to provide the sender information in association with the messenger server and receives the sender information corresponding to the request; And And a transmitter configured to transmit the message information and the sender information through a transmission path assigned through the transmission path assignment unit. delete The method of claim 10, wherein the application server is Messaging service providing system comprising a location server for providing location information of a transmitting terminal. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the text information is Messaging service providing system, characterized in that the text information transmitted to the messaging server through a voice network. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the sender information is And at least one of messenger nickname information of the sender, profile picture information of the sender, background music information, and emoticon information representing the sender's status or mood stored in the messenger server.  The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the messenger server And a homepage production server managing the homepage of the sender to transmit the homepage access information to the messaging server. The method of claim 16, wherein the homepage access information is Messaging service providing system characterized in that transmitted to the receiving terminal with the message information. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the messaging server And if the receiving terminal determines that the display terminal is capable of displaying the sender information through specification information of the receiving terminal, requesting the messenger server to provide the sender information.

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