KR100728627B1 - System and Method for Subscriber's Emotion Based Ring-Back-Tone Setting Service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service system and method.

The subscriber emotion-based call ring tone setting service system of the present invention includes a DB server storing and managing call ring tone source code information set for each subscriber, and storing and managing a call ring tone sound source of a subscriber and providing a sound source to an exchange according to the information of the DB server. Subscriber sentiment based call ring tone setup comprising a call ring tone sending server and a subscriber sentiment setting server to allow subscribers to set their own emotions, and a ringback tone setting server for setting the ring back tone based on the subscriber's emotions As a service system, the call connection tone setting server sets a ring tone sound source according to the emotion of the subscriber when the emotion information set by the subscriber is transmitted from the subscriber emotion setting server, and the sound source code information of the set ring tone sound source. To the DB server Requests to change the sound source code information, and the DB server, based on the subscriber sentiment to change and store the call connection sound source code for the subscriber, if the sound source code of the call connection tone to be changed for the particular subscriber is transmitted from the call connection tone setting server Ring tone setting service system is achieved.

Description

System and Method for Subscriber's Emotion Based Ring-Back-Tone Setting Service}

1 is a network diagram of a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a service application process of a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a service cancellation process of a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a ring back tone of a subscriber emotion-based ring back tone setting service method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a call connection sound transmission process set by the process of FIG. 4.

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

10: base station 20: base station controller

30: Exchange 40: Short Message Service Center

50: call connection sound transmission server 60: DB server

70: call connection tone server 80: customer management server

90: Subscriber emotion setting server

The present invention relates to a subscriber emotion-based call ring tone setting service system and method, and more particularly, when a subscriber sets his or her emotion in a mini homepage, a messenger, etc., the subscriber emotion-based call ring tone setting is automatically changed according to the set emotion. A service system and method.

Ring back tone (ring back tone) service is a service that transmits a sound source designated by a called subscriber to a caller while waiting for a call, and is currently provided as a ring tone by a subscriber accessing a server for setting a ring tone through a wired or wireless network. The call connection sound is set in such a manner as to directly listen to a plurality of sound sources, select one sound source as its ring tone, or select a plurality of sound sources to specify a time zone.

In this case, the subscriber must access the server every time in order to set or change the ring back tone, and in order to change the ring back tone, the subscriber must pay the usage fee of the corresponding content every time the ring back tone is changed.

In addition, since subscribers must listen to a plurality of sound sources in order to set and change the ringback tone by themselves, it takes a lot of time to select a desired sound source, and the subscribers feel inconvenience and inconvenience. There is a disadvantage that the change of the ring back tone may be avoided.

Accordingly, in recent years, a service for periodically changing the ring back tone of a subscriber is provided automatically, and the convenience of the subscriber is increased by automatically setting, but the ring back tone is completely irrelevant to the taste or emotion of the subscriber. In many cases, subscriber satisfaction is not improved.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the disadvantages and problems pointed out in the conventional ring back tone setting service as described above, the ring tone of the subscriber is automatically set, but the emotion set by the subscriber through a messenger or mini homepage, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a subscriber emotion-based call ring tone setting service system and method for improving a subscriber's satisfaction with automatic setting of a ring tone by setting a ring back tone suitable for this.

The object of the present invention is a DB server for storing and managing call ring tone sound code information set for each subscriber, a call ring tone sending server and subscriber for storing and managing a call ring tone sound source of the subscriber and providing a sound source to the exchange according to the information of the DB server A subscriber emotion-based call ring tone setting service system, which is connected to a subscriber emotion setting server for allowing a user to set his or her emotions, comprises a ring back tone setting server for setting a ring back tone based on a subscriber's emotion, wherein the ring back tone When the emotion information set by the subscriber is transmitted from the subscriber emotion setting server, the setting server sets a ring tone sound source according to the emotion of the subscriber, and transmits sound source code information about the set ring tone sound source to the DB server. Request to change the sound source code information, the The DB server, when the sound source code of the ring back tone to be changed for a particular subscriber is transmitted from the call back tone setting server, changes and stores the ring back tone sound code for the subscriber, and confirms that the change is completed. This is achieved by a subscriber sentiment based ring back tone setting service system which transmits to the ring tone setting server.

In addition, the object of the present invention is a DB server for storing and managing the ring tone sound code information set for each subscriber, and the call connection sound transmission server for storing and managing the call connection sound source of the subscriber and providing the sound source to the exchange in accordance with the information of the DB server And a ring tone setting server connected to a subscriber emotion setting server that enables a subscriber to set his or her emotions, and sets a ring back tone based on the subscriber's feelings. In the connection sound setting method, when the emotion information set by the subscriber is transmitted from the subscriber emotion setting server, the call connection sound source is set according to the emotion of the subscriber, and the sound source code information of the call connection sound source is set to the DB server. Request to change the music code information by sending Step 1; A second step of the DB server changing and storing sound source code information of a corresponding subscriber according to the information received from the call connection tone setting server and transmitting a confirmation response to the call connection tone setting server; It is achieved by the subscriber emotion based call ring tone setting service method comprising a.

Details of the above object and technical configuration and the effects thereof according to the present invention will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

1 is a network diagram of a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the switch 30 of the mobile communication network, which includes a base station BTS 10, a base station controller BSC 20, a switch MSC 30, and a short message service center SMSC 40, The ring back tone sending server 50 for transmitting the ring back tone to the calling subscriber through the exchange 30 is connected, and the ring back tone sending server 50 is a DB server for storing and managing sound source code information of the ring back tone for each subscriber ( 60).

In addition, the RBT setting server 70 for the subscriber emotion-based RBT setting service of the present invention is connected to the RBT server 50 and the DB server 60, and the RBT is provided from the content provider CP. Downloading a sound source to the call connection sound transmitting server 50 in advance, and setting the call connection sound source of the subscriber subscribed to the subscriber emotion-based call connection sound setting service according to the emotion set by the subscriber, and sets the sound source code information of the subscriber to the DB server. Send to 60 to request the change of the sound source code information.

To this end, the ring back tone setting server 70 is connected to the subscriber emotion setting server 90 to allow the subscriber to set his or her emotions, so that the subscriber emotion setting server 90 whenever the subscriber's emotions are set or changed. Receive emotion information of the service subscriber from the.

The subscriber emotion setting server 90 may be an existing mini homepage, a messenger, etc. to set a subscriber's emotion, and an automatic response system or a wireless Internet connection for emotion setting provided separately for the implementation of the present invention. It could be a possible server.

The DB server 60, when the sound source code of the call connection sound to be changed for a specific subscriber is transmitted from the call connection tone setting server 70, changes and stores the call connection sound source code for the subscriber. In this case, it is preferable to transmit an acknowledgment message for notifying that the change is completed to the call connection tone setting server 70.

On the other hand, the call connection tone setting server 70 is based on the emotion of the subscriber when the call connection tone of the service subscriber is changed, but preferably reflects the request of the subscriber.

For example, the call connection tone setting server 70 manages the emotion-specific sound source code information set for each subscriber, and when the emotion information of a specific subscriber is transmitted from the subscriber emotion setting server, the emotion-specific sound source code information set by the corresponding subscriber According to the sound source code information can be transmitted to the DB server (60). In this case, each subscriber should set the sound source for each emotion in advance, and the call connection sound setting server 70 only plays a role of changing the sound source for the current emotion among the sound sources set by the subscriber.

As another embodiment, the ring back tone setting server 70 manages the type information of the personal comment by emotion when the personal music is included in the front of the ring tone, as the music genre for each emotion, as the call ring tone selection condition, When setting the call connection sound source, the sound source can be selected according to the information set by the corresponding subscriber.

On the other hand, after changing the sound source of the ring back tone as described above, the call ring tone setting server 70 receives a confirmation message to inform that the change is completed from the DB server 60, the short message service center 40 The announcement message is transmitted to the subscriber's mobile communication terminal through which the ring back tone is automatically changed, and the guide message preferably includes information on the sound source of the changed ring back tone.

Subscription of the subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service is made through the customer management server 80 connected to the DB server 60, and each subscriber accesses the customer management server 80 through wired or wireless Internet or ARS system. In order to perform service subscription and termination, and to provide a more personalized service, the customer-specific server may set the emotion-based sound source as the information for changing the sound source according to his or her emotion, or as a music genre as the sound source setting condition. You can enter or modify information such as personal comment type.

The customer management server 80 transmits the service application information, the termination information, the information of the subscriber who applied for the service, the sound source setting condition information, etc. to the DB server 60 at the request of the subscriber, and the DB server 60 The corresponding information is transmitted to the call connection tone setting server 70.

Accordingly, the ring back tone setting server 70 manages service subscriber information, sound source setting condition information, and the like, and provides subscriber emotion-based call ring tone setting service for each subscriber accordingly.

When the call ring tone setting and change by the call ring tone setting server 70 are completed as described above, when a call is attempted to the called party, the call ring tone sending server 50 is based on the emotion of the subscriber from the DB server 60. Receives the sound source code information of the set sound source, and transmits the call connection sound source according to the call connection sound source code information to the calling party switch 30.

Next, FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a service application process of a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, when a subscriber accesses the customer management server 80 and applies for a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service (S101), the customer management server 80 provides the corresponding service request information to the DB server 60. Transfer to (S102). In this case, the service request information may include sound source setting condition information, and the input of the sound source setting condition information may be performed separately from the service request.

Next, the DB server 60 transmits the corresponding service request information to the call connection tone setting server 70 and requests service registration of the corresponding subscriber (S103), and the call connection tone setting server 70 receives the service request information of the corresponding subscriber. After registering (S104), the DB server 60 responds that the registration is complete (S105).

As the DB server 60 receives the service registration response, the DB server 60 transmits the service request result to the customer management server 80 (S106), and the customer management server 80 informs the subscriber of the result (S107).

And, as shown in FIG. 3, when a subscriber accesses the customer management server 80 and requests the cancellation of the subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service (S201), the customer management server 80 includes corresponding subscriber information. The service termination information is transmitted to the DB server 60 (S202), and the DB server 60 transmits the corresponding service termination information to the call connection tone setting server and requests termination of the service (S203).

The call connection tone setting server 70 registers service termination information (S204), and responds to the DB server 60 (S205), and the DB server 60 receiving the response services the customer management server 80. When the termination result is transmitted (S206), the customer management server 80 notifies the subscriber of the termination of service (S207).

On the other hand, when the subscriber emotion setting server 90 and the ring back tone setting server 70 work together as one system, the ring back tone setting server 70 directly inquires or monitors the emotion set by the subscriber to whom the service is applied. Since the subscriber sentiment setting server 90 does not need to notify each subscriber of the service subscription and termination, the subscriber sentiment setting server 90 may set a subscriber sentiment such as a mini homepage or a messenger. In case of operating separately from the RBT server 70 as an existing server, the RBT server 70 notifies the subscriber emotion setting server 90 of the subscriber's service subscription and termination, and sets the emotion. When the server 90 sets the emotion of the user who is subscribed to the RBT setting service of the present invention, the server 90 transfers it to the RBT server 70. It should be registered.

Next, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a ring back tone of a method for setting a ringback tone based on subscriber emotion according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, when the subscriber sets (or changes) his or her emotions in the subscriber emotion setting server 90 (S301), the subscriber emotion setting server 90 sends the emotion set to the call back tone setting server 70. Transfer the information (S302).

The call connection sound setting server 70 sets the call connection sound of the subscriber based on the sent emotion information, and downloads the corresponding sound source to the call connection sound transmission server 50 (S303). At this time, the setting of the call connection sound may be performed based on a music source code for each emotion designated by the subscriber in advance or based on a music source setting condition (music genre for each emotion, etc.) set by the subscriber.

Meanwhile, in the drawing, the sound source is downloaded when the call connection sound is set, but the call connection sound setting server 70 may download a plurality of sound sources that can be set for each emotion to the call connection sound transmission server 50 in advance.

Subsequently, the call connection sound setting server 70 transmits the sound source code information of the selected sound source to the DB server 60, and requests to change the sound source code information of the corresponding subscriber (S304), and the DB server 60 receives the corresponding subscriber. Change the sound source code information registered in advance to the sound source code information received from the call connection sound setting server 70 and store it (S305), and a message (Ack) indicating that the change is completed, the call connection sound setting server 70 (S306).

Next, the ring back tone setting server 70 transmits a notification message for changing the sound source setting to the subscriber's mobile communication terminal through the short message service center 40 (S307 and S308).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a call connection sound transmission process set by the process of FIG. 4.

As shown, when any caller calls a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service subscriber (hereinafter referred to as a called subscriber) and requests a call connection, the calling exchange requests the home location register for incoming location information ( Location Request) (S401).

When the home location register requests routing information from the called party exchange (Routing Request), the called party exchange responds by providing routing information to the home location register (S402), and the home location register sends the routing information to the originating party. After transmitting to the side exchange to answer the step S401, after confirming the subscriber profile to determine whether the called party is a subscriber to the ring-tone service (S403), if the subscriber is the service setting information and the ring-tone transmission server 50 in the response message Routing information including routing information (e.g., CRBT-RoutingDigits that can be routed to the RBT server 50) is sent to the originating exchange (S404).

Next, the calling side exchange forms a mutual call path by requesting a call connection to the called side exchange and the ring back tone transmitting server 50 based on the response message provided from the home location register 40 (S405, S406).

The call connection sound transmission server 50 requests the subscriber sound source code information from the DB server 60 based on the called party number information when the call path with the calling exchange is established in step S406 (S407). The DB server 60 transmits the RBT sound source code set according to the emotion of the called party to the RBT server 50 (S408).

The RBT server 50 transmits the RBT sound source for the received sound source code to the calling exchange (S409).

Subsequently, when the called party receives the call while the calling party select sound source is being transmitted to the call ring tone as described above, the calling side exchange requests the call ring tone transmission server 50 to release the call (S410). The sender server 50 releases the call, and at the same time, the call is made between the caller and the called party through the call path mutually formed with the called exchanger 30 (S411).

Therefore, according to the subscriber emotion-based call ring tone setting service system and method of the present invention, the call ring tone of the subscriber is automatically set, based on the emotion set by the subscriber through a messenger or mini homepage, etc. By setting, the subscriber can avoid the inconvenience and hassle of setting and changing the ring back tone, and the communication fee is reduced when setting the sound source, and the subscriber's automatic setting of the ring back tone is reflected by the subscriber's emotion. This has the effect of improving satisfaction.

Claims (10)

DB server that stores and manages the RBT sound source code information set for each subscriber, a RBT server that stores and manages the RBT sound source of the subscriber and provides sound to the exchange according to the information of the DB server and the subscriber to set his or her emotions. A subscriber emotion-based ringback tone setting service system is connected to a subscriber emotion setting server for enabling a call connection tone setting server to set a ringback tone based on a subscriber's emotion. The call connection sound setting server manages emotion-specific sound source code information or emotion-specific sound source selection condition information set for each subscriber, and when emotion information set by the subscriber is transmitted from the subscriber emotion setting server, the emotion-specific sound source set by the corresponding subscriber Transmit the corresponding sound source code information to the DB server according to the code information or set the sound source for the emotion according to the sound source selection condition information for each emotion, and then transmit the sound source code information for the set sound source to the DB server. Request to change the sound source code information, and when receiving a confirmation response message from the DB server transmits a notification message for changing the sound source settings to the subscriber's mobile communication terminal, The DB server, when the sound source code of the ring back tone to be changed for a particular subscriber is transmitted from the call back tone setting server, the DB server changes and stores the ring back tone sound code for the subscriber, and confirms that the change is complete. Subscriber emotion based call ring tone setting service system characterized in that the transmission to the server. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, The subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service system, A subscriber emotion setting server that enables a service subscriber to set his or her emotions and delivers the corresponding emotion information to the ring back tone setting server when his or her emotions are set by the subscriber; Subscriber emotion-based ring back tone setting service system further comprises. DB server that stores and manages the RBT sound source code information set for each subscriber, a RBT server that stores and manages the RBT sound source of the subscriber and provides sound to the exchange according to the information of the DB server and the subscriber to set his or her emotions. A method for setting a ring back tone in a subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service system, which is connected to a subscriber emotion setting server to enable a call ring tone setting server to set a ring back tone based on a subscriber's emotion, The call connection sound setting server manages emotion-specific sound source code information or emotion-specific sound source selection condition information set for each subscriber, When the emotion information set by the subscriber is transmitted from the subscriber emotion setting server, the corresponding sound source code is transmitted to the DB server according to the emotion code information for each emotion set by the subscriber, or the sound source selection condition information set by the subscriber is set. Setting a sound source for the corresponding emotion according to the first step, and transmitting sound source code information about the set sound source to the DB server to request a change of the sound source code information; A second step of the DB server changing and storing sound source code information of a corresponding subscriber according to the information received from the RBT setting server and transmitting a confirmation response to the RBT setting server; A third step of the call connection tone setting server receiving the confirmation response from the DB server, transmitting a notification message for changing the sound source setting to the subscriber's mobile communication terminal; Subscriber emotion-based ring back tone setting service method characterized in that it comprises a. delete delete delete The method of claim 6, The subscriber emotion based ring back tone setting service system further includes a subscriber emotion setting server that enables a service subscriber to set his or her emotions, Before the first step, If the emotion of a particular subscriber is set in the subscriber emotion setting server, transmitting the emotion information to the ring back tone setting server by the subscriber emotion setting server; Subscriber emotion-based ring back tone setting service method further comprises.

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