KR100679511B1 - Method of making literal message comprising image and computer readable recording medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for generating a text message including an image and a computer readable recording medium are provided to edit message contents by properly mixing text and image according to tastes of a user, thereby satisfying various tastes of the user. A method for generating a text message comprises the following steps of: storing the image in a storage unit(ST10); displaying a text input screen on a display unit by an input signal inputted through an input unit(ST20); designating a location where the image is displayed on the text input screen by the input signal inputted through the input unit(ST30); selecting the image stored in the storage unit by the input signal inputted through the input unit; displaying the selected image on the designated location of the text input screen through a control signal of a control unit(ST40); and converting data of the text and image, displayed on the text input screen, into a form of packet data(ST70).

Description

Method of making literal message comprising image and computer readable recording medium

1 is a diagram showing a general configuration of an MMS system

2 is a diagram illustrating an MMS message editing screen;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of creating a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view illustrating a state in which an image and an image name are mapped.

5 is a view illustrating a process of selecting and displaying an image using an image name

6 is a diagram illustrating a process of selecting and displaying an image using a pop-up screen

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings *

10: calling terminal 20, 50: base station transmitter

30: base station controller 40: mobile switching center

60: receiving terminal 70: MMSC

72: MMS mail server 80: PDSN

90: SMSC

The present invention relates to a method of creating a text message on a mobile communication terminal or a computer, and to a recording medium supporting such a function, and more particularly, to a method and a recording medium capable of including an image in a sentence.

As mobile communication terminals become saturated and technology gaps between operators decrease, mobile operators should be able to provide new value-added services that can meet various preferences and desires of users in order to gain an edge in competition for attracting subscribers. The situation to develop is developed.

As a result, each mobile telecommunication service provider is putting a lot of manpower and money into developing and distributing various additional services such as text messages, games, location tracking and navigation, in addition to its original function of voice communication. It is generating revenue from various routes.

Among these additional services, the text message service is widely used because it can be used even in a situation where voice calls are not possible and the fee is low. However, it is a short message service (SMS) that is used mainly at present, and has a limitation that can transmit and receive only texts of about 80 bytes (40 characters).

The multimedia message service (MMS) has emerged to overcome the limitations of SMS. The emergence of MMS is due to the development of wireless communication technology, increasing the transmission speed and transmission capacity, and expanding the spread of camera phones and MP3 phones. It can be said that the result reflects the user's desire and necessity to transmit and receive multimedia files such as pictures, graphics, video, and music through the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the MMS system will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

A mobile communication network generally includes a terminal 10 (60), a base transceiver station (BTS) 20, 50, a base station controller (BSC) 30, and a mobile switching center: MSC) 40.

The terminal 10 (60) is divided into the calling terminal 10 and the receiving terminal 20 according to the calling and incoming state for convenience, it is assumed in the present specification that the model supports SMS and MMS.

The base station transmitters 20 and 50 are network termination devices connected to the terminals 10 and 60 through a wireless channel to perform baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and transmission and reception of wireless signals.

The base station controller 30 performs functions such as radio channel assignment and release to the terminals 10 and 60, transmission output control of the terminals 10 and 60 and the base station transmitters 20 and 50, and inter-cell handoff determination. Perform.

The mobile switching center 40 performs functions such as subscriber's incoming / outgoing call processing, handoff procedure processing, interworking with other networks, and the like.

FIG. 1 assumes a call processing between the calling terminal 10 and the receiving terminal 60 in the area of the same mobile switching center 40, and the receiving terminal 60 is located in another mobile switching area. If present within the mobile station, the base station controller and base station transmitter are separately required.

In the mobile communication network of this configuration, the call request signal transmitted from the calling terminal 10 is transmitted to the calling base station transmitter 20 through the traffic channel among the signal channels, and the call request signal received from the base station transmitter 20 is the base station controller. Via 30 is sent to the mobile switching center 40.

The mobile switching center 40 searches for the location of the receiving terminal 60 through a home location register or a visitor location register interworking with itself, and then transmits a control signal to the receiving base station transmitter 50 to make a call of the receiving terminal 60. After checking the availability, open a call.

The MMS system includes a multimedia message service center (MMSC) 70 for relaying multimedia messages to the mobile communication network and an MMS mail server 72 for storing multimedia messages received from the MMSC 70. do.

The MMSC 70 relays the multimedia message transmitted from the calling terminal 10 and converts the received multimedia message into an appropriate data format in accordance with the specifications of the receiving terminal 60.

Since the multimedia message transmitted from the calling terminal 10 is transmitted to the MMSC 70 in the form of packet data, the PDSN (Packet Data Serving Node) 80, which is a network interlocking device for converting a signal of the terminal into a data signal, is used for this purpose. It is needed between the controller 30 and the MMSC 70.

Therefore, the multimedia message transmitted from the calling terminal 10 is transmitted to the MMSC 70 via the base station controller 30 and the PDSN 80, and the MMSC 70 stores the received message in the MMS mail server 72. Meanwhile, an SMS message notifying the reception of the message is transmitted to the receiving terminal 60.

The SMS message is transmitted to the receiving terminal 60 via the Short Message Service Center (SMS) 90 connected with the mobile switching center 40, and the receiving terminal 60 receiving the SMS message is sent to the MMSC 70. The MMSC 70 transmitting the transmission request signal and receiving the transmission request signal transmits the multimedia message stored in the MMS mail server 72 to the receiving terminal 60 via the PDSN 80.

Meanwhile, the multimedia message may not be transmitted through the mobile terminal but may also be transmitted through a computer, a laptop, or the like connected to the MMSC 70 through an internet network.

Hereinafter, a process of generating and transmitting a multimedia message in the calling terminal 10 will be described.

First, the caller opens the MMS message editing screen by operating the keypad of the calling terminal 10 supporting the MMS function. The MMS editing screen is divided into a character input screen 12 and a file attachment screen 14, as shown in FIG. 2, and only texts such as letters, symbols, and numbers are input on the character input screen, and the multimedia file to be transmitted on the file attachment screen. Search and attach it.

After the character input and file attachment are completed, the receiving terminal number is designated and a transmission command is input. The input sentence and the attached file are converted into packet data suitable for the MMS protocol and then transmitted to the base station transmitter 20.

The transmitted message is stored in the MMS mail server 72 and then transmitted to the receiving terminal 60. The receiver checks the received multimedia message by operating the keypad of the receiving terminal 60.

By the way, it is clear that the MMS can transmit and receive various multimedia files between terminals, but it is a breakthrough compared to the SMS, but the method of editing the text message transmitted with the multimedia file is not much different from the conventional SMS.

In SMS, it was impossible or unreasonable to include images in text messages due to the limitation of transmission capacity.However, in MMS that can transmit large amounts of data such as pictures, pictures, and graphics, it is necessary to edit text messages in the same way as SMS. It cannot be interpreted as reflecting various needs or tastes properly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to respond to various preferences of a user by allowing the user to edit a message content by appropriately mixing text and an image according to a user's taste.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating a text message to be transmitted to the outside through the communication means in an electronic device including a communication means, a display means, a control means, a memory means, and an input means. Storing an image in the; Displaying a text input screen on the display means by an input signal inputted through the input means; Designating a position where an image is displayed on the text input screen by an input signal input through the input means; Selecting an image stored in the storage means by an input signal inputted through the input means; And displaying the selected image on the designated position of the text input screen through a control signal of the control means.

In the image storing step, an image and a name corresponding to each image may be mapped and stored.

In the image selection step, the image name mapped to the image is input through the input means, wherein the image name input through the input means is displayed on the text input screen, the input of the image name is Upon completion, the displayed image name is automatically converted into an image corresponding to the image name.

After displaying the image, the method may further include converting data of a character and an image input on the text input screen into a packet data format before transmitting the created text message through the communication means.

The present invention also provides a recording medium for recording a text message editing program mounted on an electronic device including a communication means, a display means, a control means, a memory means, an input means, and storing an image in the memory means. A function of designating a position at which an image is displayed on a text input screen provided through the screen; Selecting an image to be displayed at the designated position from among the images stored in the storage means; A computer readable recording medium comprising a function of displaying the selected image at the designated position.

The position at which the image is to be displayed may be designated based on the position of the cursor appearing on the text input screen.

The recording medium may further include a function of mapping a name corresponding to the image one-to-one to an image stored in the storage unit, wherein the storage medium may further include a function of changing the mapped image name. Can be.

The recording medium may further include a function of extracting and storing the image in the storage means when the image is included in the text message received through the communication means.

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

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating an MMS message in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the mobile terminal is a control means such as a microprocessor, a communication means such as an RF transmission / reception module or a communication port, a display means such as an LCD panel, a storage means for storing various application programs and data such as a text message editing program, an input means such as a keypad, and the like. It has a well-known configuration including a voice output means such as a speaker, and is not limited to a mobile phone in the present specification, it is used to include all electronic devices such as PDA that provides a mobile communication function.

In addition, since the present invention relates to a method of including an image in a text message, the mobile terminal should store various types of image data such as icons and emoticons to be used when editing the text message in a storage means. For this purpose, the user can directly create an image using an image generation program installed in the mobile terminal and store it in a storage means, or download an image file from a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) server or a WEB server and store it in the storage means. .

In addition, after receiving the text message generated according to an embodiment of the present invention, the image included in the received text message can be extracted and stored separately in the storage means.

On the other hand, the image, such as icons, emoticons may be stored in any order in the image storage unit separately set in the storage means, or may be stored with being mapped to the image name corresponding to each image one-to-one.

In the latter case, as shown in Fig. 4, the image of ☎-shaped image is called 'Online', the image of ♨ is 'Onsen', and the ♡ -shaped image is given the image name of 'I love you' and stored together. In this case, a function for changing an already assigned image name may also be supported. (ST10)

In this manner, in a state in which one or more images are stored in the storage means of the mobile terminal, the user operates an input means such as a keypad to open the MMS message editing screen as shown in FIG. 2 on the LCD panel of the mobile terminal. (ST20)

Subsequently, the user inputs a predetermined text message on the text input screen 12 of the MMS message editing screen, and designates a position to display an image during the input. The position where the image is to be displayed is most conveniently determined based on the position of the cursor that can be visually recognized by the user. (ST30)

When the location to display the image is specified, the image is displayed at the specified location. The first method of displaying an image is a method in which a user maps and stores an image name and inputs a specific image name. The image file corresponding to the input image name is searched in a storage means and displayed on the text input screen 12. That's how.

To this end, the text message editing program mounted on the terminal displays the input text on the text input screen 12 whenever the user inputs a new text, while the image data mapped to the text input from the image storage section of the storage means is displayed. It supports the ability to search whether there is.

In addition, if there is image data corresponding to the search result, the image name displayed on the text input screen 12 is converted into a corresponding image and displayed.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user inputs a character of 'I love you' while inputting a text message, 'I love you' is already mapped and stored in a ♡ -shaped image as shown in FIG. ♡ Automatically converted to a shape and displayed.

If the image to be displayed by the user is not stored because it is mapped with the image name or the image name designated by the user is not remembered, the image showing the image stored in the image storage unit using the add image menu as shown in FIG. 6. The selection screen 16 may be popped up to select a desired image. In this case, reference numeral 12a denotes a cursor, and an image display area is determined based on the position of the cursor. (ST40)

When the user inputs all of the text messages including text and images on the text message input screen 12 through this process, the user attaches the multimedia file to be transmitted through the file attachment screen 14. However, the file attachment step is not essential and may be omitted, or may be performed before the text message is written through the text input screen. (ST50)

After writing the text message and attaching the file, input the transmission command through the keypad. At this time, the receiving terminal number must be specified. The number of the receiving terminal may be specified before the text message is written. (ST60)

The terminal converts the input data according to the MMS protocol before transmitting the created multimedia message. For example, the input and attached multimedia messages are converted into packet data having a header part, text message data, and attached file data. In this case, the text message data includes a text code such as an ASCII code corresponding to a character and a binary code corresponding to an image. The multimedia message after the data conversion is completed is transmitted through the communication means of the mobile terminal. (ST70, ST80)

The transmitted multimedia message is transmitted to the MMSC 70 via the BTS 20, the BSC 30, and the PDSN 80 as described with reference to FIG. 1, and the MMSC 70 transmits the received message to the MMS mail server. 72) while receiving the SMS message informing the reception of the message to the receiving terminal, the receiving terminal 60 receiving the SMS message transmits a message transmission request signal to the MMSC 70 receives the message.

In this case, as described above, the image included in the text message received by the receiving terminal 60 may be extracted and stored in the storage means.

In the above description, a method of creating and transmitting a text message based on MMS has been described. However, the present invention relates to a method of creating a text message and a recording medium implementing the same, and thus is not necessarily limited to the text message based on MMS. It can also be used to compose text messages.

In particular, it is expected that MMS-based text messages will be more useful than SMS-based text messages due to limitations in transmission capacity or transmission protocol. However, the scope of the present invention is limited to MMS-based text message generation methods or recording media. It should not be.

On the other hand, since it is possible to generate and transmit MMS messages through a computer, laptop, etc. connected to the MMSC 70 through the Internet network, it is natural that the present invention can be applied to a text message editing program mounted on such a computer.

According to the present invention, the text message can be easily edited by appropriately mixing text and images according to the user's taste in editing a text message, thereby meeting various user's preferences.

Claims (10)

In a method for generating a text message to be transmitted to the outside through the communication means in an electronic device including a communication means, display means, control means, storage means, input means, Storing an image in the storage means; Displaying a text input screen on the display means by an input signal inputted through the input means; Designating a position where an image is displayed on the text input screen by an input signal input through the input means; Selecting an image stored in the storage means by an input signal inputted through the input means; Displaying the selected image on the designated position of the text input screen through a control signal of the control means; Converting data of characters and images displayed on the character input screen into a packet data format; Method of generating a text message containing a The method of claim 1, In the image storing step, a text message generation method of mapping and storing an image and a name corresponding to each image The method of claim 2, In the image selection step, a text message generation method by inputting the image name mapped to the image through the input means The method of claim 3, The image name input through the input means is displayed on the text input screen, and when the input of the image name is completed, the displayed image name is automatically converted into an image corresponding to the image name. delete A recording medium for recording a text message editing program mounted on an electronic device including a communication means, a display means, a control means, a memory means, an input means, and storing an image in the memory means. A function of designating a position at which an image is displayed on a text input screen provided through the display means; Selecting an image to be displayed at the designated position from among the images stored in the storage means; Displaying the selected image at the designated location; Converting data of characters and images displayed on the character input screen into a packet data format; Computer-readable recording medium including The method of claim 6, The computer-readable recording medium which designates the position where the image is to be displayed based on the position of the cursor displayed on the character input screen. The method of claim 6, The recording medium further includes a function of mapping a name corresponding to the image one-to-one to an image stored in the storage means. The method of claim 8, The recording medium may further include a function of changing the mapped image name. The method of claim 6, The recording medium may further include a function of extracting the image and storing the image in the storage means when the image is included in the text message received through the communication means.

Images