KR100725130B1 - System and method for providing short message service by using intelligent network - Google Patents

Abstract

An SMS(Short Message Service) supply system using an intelligent network and a method thereof are provided to call the intelligent network by attaching tags to representative numbers, so that the intelligent network can transmit a message to a telephone number corresponding to a tag among plural telephone numbers belonging to the representative numbers, thus the message can be more reliably transmitted. An SMS server(20) is equipped. A representative number DB(18) pairs particular representative numbers with plural telephone numbers corresponding to the particular representative numbers, and manages the paired numbers. A tag storage(22) pairs particular tags and phones designated by the tags, and stores the paired tags. An intelligent network(16) individually accesses the tag storage and the DB by using the representative numbers and the tags, so that the SMS server transmits a particular message to a phone equivalent to a representative number and a tag provided from a particular SMS terminal(12).

Description

System and method for providing SMS using intelligent network {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE BY USING INTELLIGENT NETWORK}

1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an SMS providing system using an intelligent network according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step example of using a representative number in the SMS providing system shown in FIG. 1;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step example of using a representative number tagged in the SMS providing system shown in FIG.

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

10: general telephone switching network 12: SMS terminal

14: SMS providing system 16: intelligent network

18: representative number database 20: SMS server

22: tag storage unit 24: speech synthesis unit

26: mobile communication network 28: mobile terminal

120: key input unit 122: display unit

124: transceiver 126: antenna

128: storage unit 130: handset

132 control unit

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a short message service (SMS) using an intelligent network (IN), and a computer readable medium recording a program for realizing the method. A system and method for tagging a call to an intelligent network to send a message to a telephone number corresponding to a tag among a plurality of telephone numbers belonging to a representative number, and a program for realizing the method. A computer readable medium.

An intelligent network is an organic network that integrates switch, service control node, and in-network control database scattered within a communication network through a common signal network or data network, and can flexibly provide various communication services using computer power. Is a new network structure concept that is easy. By using such an intelligent network, SMS can be provided in a variety of ways.

An example of the message processing of the switching system for the intelligent network service described above is as follows.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2000-0018611 discloses an intelligent network application in a message processing control method of a next generation intelligent network service having an intelligent network service processor and an IPC server performing IPC communication with the intelligent network service processor. Assigning a CID to a message received from a protocol process, encoding the CID-allocated message into an IPC parameter, assigning a TID to the IPC parameter-encoded message, and assigning the TID-allocated message Disclosed is a message processing control method of an exchange system for a next-generation intelligent network service including IPC processing and transmission to an IPC server.

However, the message processing control method of the switching system for the next-generation intelligent network service transmits the message received from the intelligent network application protocol process to the IPC_server by assigning the CID, encoding the IPC parameter, and assigning the TID. By tagging the number, the intelligent network is not dialed so that the message cannot be sent to the telephone number corresponding to the tag among the plurality of telephone numbers belonging to the representative number.

Therefore, if the message is sent to the intelligent network by tagging the representative number when the message is transmitted, if the message is transmitted to the telephone number corresponding to the tag among a plurality of telephone numbers belonging to the intelligent number, the message service will be more convenient.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the message is sent to the telephone number corresponding to the tag among a plurality of telephone numbers belonging to the representative number by dialing the intelligent network by tagging the representative number An object of the present invention is to provide an SMS providing system and method using an intelligent network, and a computer readable medium recording a program for realizing the method.

In order to achieve this purpose,

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an SMS server, a representative number database for pairing and managing a specific representative number and a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the specific representative number, and a specific tag and a telephone designated by the specific tag are paired with each other. The tag number storing unit and the tag number storing unit and the tag storing unit to access the representative number database and the tag storing unit by using a representative number and a tag provided for requesting transmission of a specific message from a specific SMS terminal to a specific destination terminal. It is provided that includes an intelligent network for the SMS server to transmit the specific message to the phone corresponding to the representative number and tag provided from the terminal.

Preferably, the SMS terminal is a wired SMS terminal and is connected to the intelligent network through a public switched telephone network (PSTN).

The SMS terminal is a mobile terminal and is preferably connected to the intelligent network through a mobile communication network.

It is preferable that the plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the specific representative number include a mobile telephone number, a company telephone number, and a home telephone number.

The tag may be formed of a number or a combination of numbers and symbols.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an SMS providing method in an SMS providing system using an intelligent network, comprising: (a) receiving a representative number and a tag provided for requesting to transmit a specific message from a specific SMS terminal to a specific destination terminal, (b) accessing a predetermined representative number database and a predetermined tag storage unit using the received representative number and tag, respectively, and extracting a phone corresponding to the representative number and tag provided from the specific SMS terminal; and (c ) Causing the SMS server to send the specific message to the extracted phone.

Preferably, the SMS terminal is a wired SMS terminal and the representative number and tag are received through a general telephone exchange network.

The SMS terminal is a mobile terminal and the representative number and tag may be received through a mobile communication network.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, an SMS providing method in an SMS providing system using an intelligent network is provided to a computer, the method comprising: (a) receiving a representative number and a tag provided for requesting to transmit a specific message from a specific SMS terminal to a specific destination terminal And (b) accessing a preset representative number database and a preset tag storage unit using the received representative number and tag, respectively, and extracting a phone corresponding to the representative number and tag provided from the specific SMS terminal. And (c) a computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the step of causing the SMS server to transmit the specific message to the extracted telephone.

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

1 is a view showing an embodiment of an SMS providing system using an intelligent network according to the present invention, a general telephone switching network 10, SMS terminal 12, SMS providing system 14, mobile communication network 26, and mobile It consists of a terminal 28. The SMS providing system 14 includes an intelligent network 16, a representative number database 18, an SMS server 20, a tag storage 22, and a voice synthesizer 24.

In the figure, the user manipulates the SMS terminal 12 to compose a message, and transmits the message to the intelligent network 16 in the SMS providing system 14 by sending a message in the form of 'representative number + tag'. Request through. In this case, the general telephone exchange network 10 passes the telephone number dialed by the SMS terminal 12, that is, the 'representative number + tag', to the intelligent network 16 when the intelligent network call is made. On the other hand, for general dialing of the SMS terminal 12, the general telephone switch network 10 directly processes the call. The tag may be set to, for example, * 1, * 2, * 3, * 4, ..., and the like. At this time, * 1 may be a mobile phone, * 2 may be a home phone, * 3 may be a work phone, and * 4 may be a mobile phone and a home phone. Therefore, 'representative number + * 4' is to mean a mobile phone and home phone of the phone corresponding to the representative number. The tag may be formed of a number or a combination of numbers and symbols.

The intelligent network 16 first accesses the representative number database 18 using the representative number among the 'representative number + tag' provided from the SMS terminal 12, and extracts each telephone corresponding to the representative number. For example, a specific representative number is set to correspond to a mobile phone number, a home phone number, and a work phone number of a specific subscriber. Next, the intelligent network 16 accesses the tag storage unit 22 using the tag, and selects a specific telephone indicated by the tag from each telephone corresponding to the representative number. In this case, the number of phones indicated by the tag may be one or more as described above. Subsequently, the intelligent network 16 controls the SMS server 20 to transmit a message to the phone indicated by the tag. At this time, the call indicated by the tag can be SMS. The call corresponding to the specific representative number can be added or decremented at any time through a predetermined procedure.

Such a message transmission attempt may also be possible through the mobile terminal 28 having a message transmission / reception function. That is, the user may compose a message by manipulating the mobile terminal 28 and request the intelligent network 16 to transmit the message to the intelligent network 16 through the mobile communication network 26 in the form of a representative number + tag. At this time, the mobile communication network 26 is also very similar to the case of the above-described SMS terminal 12, such as handing over to the intelligent network 16 when the telephone number dialed by the mobile terminal 28 is a representative number, that is, an intelligent network call. Since the process of accessing the representative number and the tag is similar to the case described above, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of the mobile terminal 28 illustrated in FIG. 1, and includes a key input unit 120, a display unit 122, a transceiver unit 124, an antenna 126, and a storage unit ( 128), the handset 130, and the controller 132.

In the figure, the user manipulates each key provided in the key input unit 120 to compose a specific message and transmit the message to a specific telephone number, or to dial a telephone number of a specific counterpart and make a telephone call with the counterpart. Each function of the mobile terminal 28 may be performed.

The display unit 122 displays a screen corresponding to each operation of the mobile terminal 28 so that a user can view each operation of the mobile terminal 28 through the screen. In addition, a specific additional screen may be displayed according to a specific application program installed in the mobile terminal 28. In this case, the display unit 122 generally includes a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).

The transceiver 124 connects between the mobiles through the mobile communication network 26 and the antenna 126. As is well known, when moving to another cell, it moves to another cell without interruption through a predetermined handoff process.

The storage unit 128 stores various kinds of data necessary for the mobile terminal 28 to operate, and generally includes a flash memory. In some cases, random access memory (RAM) and read only memory (ROM) may be used in parallel.

The handset 130 provides a user with a handset function so that the user can make a phone call with the other party. Generally, the handset part is called a microphone and the handset part is called a speaker.

The controller 132 controls the operations of the units 122, 124, 128, and 130, respectively, according to the key input of the key input unit 120.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step example of the use of the representative number in the SMS providing system 14 shown in FIG.

First, the user calls through the mobile terminal 28 using the specific representative number (step S10). At this time, since the specific representative number is the intelligent network call, the mobile communication network 26 passes the call processing to the intelligent network 16.

The intelligent network 16 accesses the representative number database 18 and controls the speech synthesis unit 24 to guide the mobile terminal 28 to the incoming terminal registered with the specific representative number by voice synthesis so that the user can make a specific call. The terminal is selected (step S12). For example, the voice synthesizer 24 may output voice as '1 is mobile phone, 2 is home and 3 is company'.

The user selects a specific destination terminal by inputting a specific key provided in his mobile terminal 28 (step S14).

The intelligent network 16 transmits a ring tone to the corresponding destination terminal selected by the user (step S16). The ring tone is the called party's ring tone for ringing the telephone, usually provided at the exchange to the subscriber.

When the destination terminal receives the call, the intelligent network 16 forms a call path between the destination terminal and the mobile terminal 28 to allow the users of the two terminals to make a phone call (step S18). At this time, the actual call is set by the mobile communication network 26, the general telephone exchange network 10 and the like.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step example of using a representative number tagged in the SMS providing system 14 shown in FIG.

First, the intelligent network 16 receives a representative number and a tag provided for requesting to transmit a specific message from the SMS terminal 12 to a specific destination terminal through the general telephone exchange network 10 (step S20). The tag means a specific telephone among the telephones corresponding to the representative number as described above.

The intelligent network 16 accesses the representative number database 18 and the tag storage 22 using the received representative number and tag, respectively, and extracts a phone corresponding to the representative number and tag provided from the SMS terminal 12. (Step S22). That is, the intelligent network 16 accesses the representative number database 18 using the representative number, and extracts each phone corresponding to the representative number. In addition, the intelligent network 16 accesses the tag storage unit 22 using a tag and extracts a specific phone represented by the tag from each phone corresponding to the representative number.

The intelligent network 16 transmits the specific message to the extracted telephone via the SMS server 20 (step S24).

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this is by way of example only and not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention attaches a tag to a representative number and transmits a message to an intelligent network so that the message is transmitted to a telephone number corresponding to a tag among a plurality of telephone numbers in which the intelligent network belongs to the representative number. Therefore, the message can be transmitted more reliably to the subscriber using the representative number. For example, if the subscriber using the representative number is expected to turn off the mobile phone or leave the office, sending the message home may allow the user to check the message through the message phone at his home.

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With an SMS server, A representative number database for pairing and managing a specific representative number and a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the specific representative number; A tag storage unit for pairing and storing a specific tag and a phone designated by the specific tag; Each of the representative number database and the tag storage unit is accessed using a representative number and a tag provided to request transmission of a specific message from a specific SMS terminal to a specific destination terminal, and correspond to the representative number and tag provided from the specific SMS terminal. An SMS providing system using an intelligent network including an intelligent network for transmitting the specific message to the SMS server by telephone. The method according to claim 1, The SMS terminal is a wired SMS terminal and SMS providing system using an intelligent network, characterized in that connected to the intelligent network through a general telephone switching network. The method according to claim 1, The SMS terminal is a mobile terminal and the SMS providing system using an intelligent network, characterized in that connected to the intelligent network through a mobile communication network. The method according to claim 1, And a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to the specific representative number include a mobile telephone number, a company telephone number, and a home telephone number. The method according to claim 1, The tag is a number or SMS providing system using an intelligent network, characterized in that formed by a combination of numbers and symbols. As an SMS providing method in an SMS providing system using an intelligent network, (a) receiving a representative number and a tag provided to request transmission of a specific message from a specific SMS terminal to a specific destination terminal; (b) extracting a call corresponding to the representative number and the tag provided from the specific SMS terminal by accessing each of the predetermined representative number database and the preset tag storing unit by using the received representative number and the tag; (c) causing the SMS server to transmit the specific message to the extracted phone. The method according to claim 6, The SMS terminal is a wired SMS terminal, and the representative number and tag is SMS providing method using an intelligent network, characterized in that receiving through the general telephone exchange network. The method according to claim 6, The SMS terminal is a mobile terminal and the representative number and the tag is an SMS providing method using an intelligent network, characterized in that receiving through a mobile communication network. On your computer, As an SMS providing method in an SMS providing system using an intelligent network, (a) receiving a representative number and a tag provided to request transmission of a specific message from a specific SMS terminal to a specific destination terminal; (b) extracting a call corresponding to the representative number and the tag provided from the specific SMS terminal by accessing each of the predetermined representative number database and the predetermined tag storing unit by using the received representative number and the tag; (c) a computer-readable medium having recorded a program for executing the step of causing the SMS server to transmit the specific message to the extracted telephone.

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