KR100749956B1 - System and method for bullet board service using multi media message - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message, comprising: at least one wireless terminal for providing a multimedia message including multimedia information, subscriber information, incoming information, or encoding information, and a multimedia message provided from each wireless terminal. A multimedia message server that processes and transmits the data to be transmitted to the Internet, a bulletin board server that posts multimedia information according to subscriber information, and incoming information included in the multimedia message received from the multimedia message server is received. If the address information of the server is the same, an e-mail server for transmitting the multimedia message to the bulletin board server enables the subscriber to select a desired bulletin board regardless of the type of mobile communication company that provides the mobile communication service to the wireless terminal. Which will allow you to provide the service.

Description

Bulletin board service providing system using multimedia message and its method {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BULLET BOARD SERVICE USING MULTI MEDIA MESSAGE}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing a multimedia service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a bulletin board service through a multimedia message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

10: wireless terminal 20: base station

30: MMS (Multi-Media Message System) Server

40: Internet Server 50: Email Server

60: bulletin board server

The present invention relates to a bulletin board service providing system and a method using a multimedia message, and more particularly, to post multimedia information on a bulletin board through a multimedia message received from a wireless terminal receiving a mobile communication service from various mobile communication companies. The present invention relates to a bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message and a method thereof.

Multi-Media Message System (MMS) is a wireless data system in the form of a wireless mail system established by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to support the delivery of multimedia messages between people in a third generation wireless Internet environment. As a method of communication, it extends to wired and wireless networks to deliver and output all kinds of media formats including text, audio, image, and video to each MMS agent. It is to provide a wireless multimedia message service method.

According to 3GPP, MMS follows the Internet Message Model for providing multimedia message services extended over wired and wireless networks, uses MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) for the transmission of data, and uses the User Profile. It provides the function to perform delivery and notification based on

That is, the MMS plays a role of a non real-time multimedia message service that transmits a multimedia message regardless of whether a network is connected to a receiver and stores and forwards the transmitted multimedia message as described above. Do this.

However, the MMS standard only defines the basic content of the service, and the details are left to each company. That is, the 3GPP MMS standard defines only the MMS service aspects (Stage 1: Service Aspects of MMS (TR 22.140)) and MMS service function definition (Stage 2: Service Functional Description (TR 23.140)). The details (Stage 3) were assigned to companies that actually implement each function.

Therefore, the multimedia message service environment (MMSE) may adopt a slightly different model according to the characteristics and policies of each company that actually implements the multimedia message service.

That is, 3GPP MMS supports only multimedia message exchange between MMS agents such as MMS terminal to MMS terminal, MMS terminal to MMS client, and MMS client to MMS client, and there is no function to support community in the MMS configuration. Do not.

However, the technology that MMS terminal transmits to web site of internet network through multimedia message is different according to the characteristics and policies of each mobile communication company. Therefore, subscriber of each MMS terminal can use multimedia service only through the service provider. Should be provided.

That is, the subscriber is not only able to receive the multimedia service through the multimedia message through the website he wants, but also has the inconvenience of having to provide the multimedia service only through the company providing the service to the MMS terminal. There is also a problem that the types of multimedia services that can be provided are also limited.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a multimedia message that allows a subscriber to receive a bulletin board service from a website server to which the subscriber wants to receive a bulletin board service through a multimedia message received from a wireless terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a bulletin board service providing system and a method thereof.

The bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, at least one wireless terminal for providing a multimedia message including multimedia information, subscriber information, incoming information or encoding information, and each wireless A multimedia message server that processes and transmits a multimedia message provided from a terminal to be transmitted to the Internet network, a bulletin board server that posts multimedia information according to subscriber information when a multimedia message is received, and a multimedia message received from a multimedia message server. If the incoming information contained in the same as the address information of the bulletin board server, includes an email server for transmitting a multimedia message to the bulletin board server.

The bulletin board service providing system using the multimedia message according to the present invention further includes a base station for converting the multimedia message received from each wireless terminal through the wireless network to be transmitted to the wired network and transmitting the multimedia message to the multimedia message server.

The bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message according to another aspect of the present invention includes at least one or more wireless terminals for providing a multimedia message including multimedia information, subscriber information, incoming information, or option information, and a multimedia message provided from each wireless terminal. A multimedia message server for processing and transmitting the data to be transmitted to the Internet network, and if the incoming information included in the multimedia message received from the multimedia message server is email address information and the option information is bulletin board option information, the bulletin board corresponding to the subscriber information Includes an email server for posting multimedia information.

Meanwhile, a method for providing a bulletin board service using a multimedia message according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of wireless terminals, a multimedia message server, an e-mail server, and a bulletin board server, wherein each wireless terminal includes multimedia information, subscriber information, and incoming call. Transmitting the multimedia message including the information or option information to the multimedia message server, converting the multimedia message server to the e-mail server so that the multimedia message can be transmitted to the Internet, and transmitting the multimedia message to the e-mail server. If the incoming information included in the message and the address information of the bulletin board server are the same, transmitting the multimedia message to the bulletin board server; and posting the multimedia information on the bulletin board according to the subscriber information included in the multimedia message. .

In addition, the bulletin board service providing method using the multimedia message according to the present invention further includes the step of decoding, by the email server, the multimedia message according to the identified encoding information.

In addition, in the bulletin board service providing method using the multimedia message according to the present invention, the bulletin board server determines whether a bulletin board is allocated for each subscriber information, and a) if the bulletin board is allocated for each subscriber information, the subscriber information included in the multimedia message. The method further includes posting multimedia information on a bulletin board allocated to each member, and b) if the bulletin board is not allocated for each subscriber information, posting the subscriber information and the multimedia information on the integrated bulletin board to which the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information belongs.

In the bulletin board service providing method using the multimedia message according to the present invention, if the incoming information included in the multimedia message received by the email server is email address information, and the option information is bulletin board option information, the bulletin board service corresponding to the subscriber information is multimedia. Posting the information further.

Hereinafter, a bulletin board service providing system and a method using a multimedia message according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing a multimedia service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing a multimedia service includes a plurality of wireless terminals 10, a base station 20, an MSS server, an Internet server 40, a bulletin board server 60, and an e-mail server 50. It includes.

The wireless terminal 10 refers to an MMS terminal capable of receiving a multimedia message service, and includes a camera (not shown) for capturing an image or a video (not shown) and a recording means (not shown) for recording a voice. In response to the subscriber's selection, a multimedia message including multimedia information according to image / video / audio information is generated.

The multimedia message generated by the wireless terminal 10 may include a multipurpose Internet e-mail extension (MIME) that is designed to transmit multimedia information such as a file composed of various texts, a picture, a binary file, a sound, a video, and the like as a message; Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions standard.

For a brief description of the MIME, the header of the multimedia message may have various types of information (for example, incoming information (To), outgoing information (From), and date, etc.). Content-Type and Content-Transfer-Encoding are added and described.

Using this method, it is possible to send a message composed of different types of objects such as formatted text, non-alphabetic text, text containing still pictures, sounds, moving pictures, pictures, and the like.

That is, the wireless terminal 10 transmits the multimedia message including the multimedia information to the base station 20. In this case, the incoming information of the multimedia message may be address information of a server operating a web site for storing and posting multimedia information, for example, e-mail address information of the bulletin board server 60. The subscriber using 10 may be ID information registered in the bulletin board server 60.

The base station 20 transmits a multimedia message wirelessly received from the wireless terminal 10 to the MMS server 30 by wire. That is, the base station 20 transmits a multimedia message received from each wireless terminal 10 that is wirelessly connected to the network.

MMS server 30 transmits to the Internet server 40 according to the header information of the multimedia message received from each wireless terminal 10. That is, if the incoming information of the received multimedia message is address information of the bulletin board server 60, the MMS server 30 transmits the multimedia message to the Internet server 40.

The MMS server 30 and the Internet server 40 may correspond to an application server operated by a company providing a mobile communication service to the wireless terminal 10, and the MMS server 30 may include multimedia information that is received. It provides the function to process the message, the message transfer function between the systems supporting MMS, the media conversion function applied to the wired / wireless environment, the message notification function, and the message management function to secure the reliability.

The message forwarding capabilities of the MMS server 30 include Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME), Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP), Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Multimedia messages are delivered to the Internet server 40 through existing protocols such as Voice Profile for Internet Mail (VPIM), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), or Post Office Protocol (POP).

The media conversion function of the MMS server 30 includes image formats such as JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group), GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), PNG (Portable Network Graphics), BMP (Bit MaP), and WBMP (Wireless BMP). Audio formats such as WAV, MP3 (MPeg layer 3), Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), and Audio Video Interleaving (AVI), Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), Advanced Stream Format (ASF), and Windows Media Video (WMV). The video format is converted to optimize the network environment.

If the incoming information of the received multimedia message is email address information, the MMS server 30 processes the multimedia message to be transmitted to the email server 50 through the Internet network and transmits the multimedia message to the Internet server 40.

The internet server 40 transmits the multimedia message to the email server 50 through the internet network. That is, the Internet server 40 converts the received multimedia message to be transmitted through the Internet network, and transmits the received multimedia message to the email server 50 through the Internet network.

The bulletin board server 60 is a server that provides a bulletin board service that allows registered subscribers to freely post multimedia information. The bulletin board server 60 stores ID information of registered subscribers and bulletin board information of the subscriber.

The bulletin board information means information on a bulletin board service provided by the email server 50 through the Internet network, and includes bulletin board list information, subscriber identification information, multimedia information, text information, and the like.

The address information of the bulletin board server 60 may correspond to IP address information, email address information or website address information.

If the email address information included in the incoming information of the received multimedia message is not the same as the address information of the bulletin board server 60, the email server 50 transmits the multimedia message to the server that processes the corresponding email address information, and the same. If so, the header of the multimedia message is analyzed.

In other words, the e-mail server 50 analyzes the outgoing information from, the incoming information to, the data, and the encoding information in the multimedia message.

The e-mail server 50 decodes the multimedia message including the data, the originating information, and the incoming information according to the analyzed encoding information, and transmits the multimedia message to the bulletin board server 60 through the Internet.

The bulletin board server 60 posts the multimedia information on the bulletin board according to the outgoing information, data, and incoming information of the received multimedia message.

That is, the bulletin board server 60 posts the multimedia information included as data on the bulletin board corresponding to the ID information of the subscriber included as the originating information of the received multimedia message.

The bulletin board server 60 stores ID information of the newly posted subscriber and corresponding multimedia information in a database.

When a bulletin board request message is received from an internet terminal (not shown) connected through an internet network, the bulletin board server 60 provides a bulletin board service by providing bulletin board information on which multimedia information is posted.

Meanwhile, the bulletin board server 60 may provide a bulletin board service independently for each subscriber, or provide a plurality of subscribers to be mixed. That is, the bulletin board server 60 provides a separate bulletin board for each registered subscriber or allows a plurality of subscribers to post multimedia information on one bulletin board.

When the bulletin board server 60 independently provides a bulletin board service for each subscriber, the bulletin board server 60 posts the multimedia information on the bulletin board of the subscriber corresponding to the originating information of the received multimedia message, and posts the multimedia information of the plurality of subscribers on one bulletin board. In this case, the subscriber information included in the multimedia message and the multimedia information may be posted at the same time.

As described above, the MMS server 30 and the Internet server 40 according to the present invention performs a function for transmitting a multimedia message received from the wireless terminal 10 to the Internet network, the email server 50 is a multimedia message By providing a bulletin board service according to the subscriber, regardless of a mobile communication provider that provides a service agreement (Code Division Multiple Access) (CDMA) or Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) and mobile communication services used by the wireless terminal 10 The subscriber can be provided with the desired bulletin board service.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a bulletin board service through a multimedia message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the wireless terminal 10 transmits a multimedia message including multimedia information to the MMS server 30 through the base station 20 according to a subscriber's selection (S 10).

At this time, the multimedia message generated by the wireless terminal 10 is a multipurpose Internet e-mail extension that is designed to transmit multimedia information such as a file composed of various texts, pictures, binary files, sounds, videos, etc. Can be generated according to the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) standard.

In addition, the wireless terminal 10 sets the incoming information of the multimedia message to the email address information of the bulletin board server 60 to post the multimedia information, and the calling information is set by the subscriber using the corresponding wireless terminal 10 to the bulletin board server 60. Set the ID information registered in).

In addition, the base station 20 transmits a multimedia message received from each wireless terminal 10 connected to the wireless network to the MMS server 30.

The MMS server 30 transmits to the Internet server 40 according to the header information of the received multimedia message. That is, the MMS server 30 transmits the multimedia message to the Internet server 40 if the incoming information of the received multimedia message is email address information.

The internet server 40 transmits the multimedia message to the email server 50 through the internet network. That is, the email server 50 receives the multimedia message (S20).

The e-mail server 50 checks whether the e-mail address information included as the incoming information of the received multimedia message is the same as the address information of the bulletin board server 60 providing the bulletin board service (S30).

If the email address information, which is the destination information of the multimedia message, is different from the address information of the bulletin board server 60, the email server 50 transmits the multimedia message to a server providing an email service according to the corresponding email address information (S40). . That is, the email server 50 processes the multimedia message as a general email message.

On the other hand, if the email address information that is the destination information of the multimedia message is the same as the address information of the bulletin board server 60, the email server 50 analyzes the header of the multimedia message (S 50).

That is, the e-mail server 50 grasps outgoing information from, incoming information to, data and encoding information in the header of the multimedia message.

The e-mail server 50 decodes the multimedia message including data, origination information, and incoming information according to the analyzed encoding information, and transmits the multimedia message to the bulletin board server 60 through the Internet network (S 60).

The bulletin board server 60 stores the multimedia information on the bulletin board according to the transmission information, the data, and the incoming information of the received multimedia message in the database (S 70). That is, the bulletin board server 60 posts the multimedia information included as data on the bulletin board corresponding to the ID information of the subscriber included as the originating information of the received multimedia message.

Such a method of providing a bulletin board service in the bulletin board server 60 may enable the posting of multimedia information on an independent bulletin board for each registered subscriber, or allow multiple subscribers to post multimedia information on a single bulletin board. have.

That is, when providing bulletin board services independently for each subscriber, the bulletin board server 60 posts the multimedia information to the bulletin board of the subscriber corresponding to the originating information of the received multimedia message, and transmits the multimedia information of multiple subscribers to one bulletin board. In the case of posting, the subscriber information included in the multimedia message and the multimedia information can be posted at the same time.

When a bulletin board request message is received from an internet terminal (not shown) connected through an internet network, the bulletin board server 60 provides a bulletin board service by providing bulletin board information on which multimedia information is posted.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal 10 has described a case in which the reception information of the multimedia message is set as address information of the bulletin board server 60 that provides the bulletin board service. It is similar to the case of providing a bulletin board service.

That is, after the wireless terminal 10 sets the incoming information of the multimedia message including the multimedia information as the email address information of the email server 50 and the purpose information of the header as the bulletin board posting option information, the base station 20 Through the transmission to the MMS server 30.

The MMS server 30 transmits the received information of the received multimedia message to the email server 50 through the Internet server 40 since the incoming information of the multimedia message is the email address information.

Since the incoming information of the received multimedia message is the email address information of the received multimedia message, the email server 50 grasps outgoing information, incoming information, object information, encoding information, and multimedia information of the header.

The e-mail server 50 stores the multimedia message after decoding the multimedia message according to the identified encoding information.

After checking whether the bulletin board posting option information is set in the determined purpose information, the e-mail server 50 checks whether the bulletin board posting option information is set. Post it.

Although the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to the described embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes are possible within the technical spirit of the present invention, and such modifications and modifications belong to the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, the subscriber can be provided with the desired bulletin board service regardless of the type of mobile communication company that provides the mobile communication service to the wireless terminal.

Claims (13)

In the system for providing a bulletin board service through a multimedia message, At least one wireless terminal for providing a multimedia message including multimedia information, subscriber information, called information or encoding information; A multimedia message server for processing and transmitting the multimedia message provided from each wireless terminal so as to be transmitted to an internet network; When the multimedia message is received, the multimedia information is posted on a bulletin board allocated for each subscriber information included in the multimedia message, or the subscriber information and the multimedia information are posted on an integrated bulletin board to which a subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information belongs. With a bulletin board server, If the incoming information included in the multimedia message received from the multimedia message server is the same as the address information of the bulletin board server, the bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message comprising an email server for transmitting the multimedia message to the bulletin board server. Claim 2 was abandoned when the setup registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1, wherein the email server, Bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message, characterized in that for decoding the multimedia message according to the encoding information to transmit to the bulletin board server. Claim 3 was abandoned when the setup registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1, wherein the incoming information of the multimedia message, Bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message, characterized in that the unique information in the form of email address assigned to the bulletin board server. Claim 4 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia message server, Bulletin board service providing system using a multimedia message, characterized in that for converting the multimedia message to be transmitted in a wired or wireless network environment. delete Claim 6 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1, In the system for providing a bulletin board service through a multimedia message, At least one wireless terminal for providing a multimedia message including multimedia information, subscriber information, called information or optional information; A multimedia message server for processing and transmitting the multimedia message provided from each wireless terminal so as to be transmitted to an internet network; If the incoming information included in the multimedia message received from the multimedia message server is e-mail address information, and the option information is bulletin board option information, an email server for posting the multimedia information on a bulletin board corresponding to the subscriber information Bulletin board service providing system using a message. In the method for providing a bulletin board service in a system comprising a plurality of wireless terminals, a multimedia message server, an email server and a bulletin board server, Transmitting, by the wireless terminal, a multimedia message including multimedia information, subscriber information, called information, or option information to the multimedia message server;  Transmitting, by the multimedia message server, the multimedia message to the e-mail server by converting the multimedia message to be transmitted to an internet network; Transmitting, by the email server, the multimedia message to the bulletin board server if the incoming information included in the received multimedia message and the address information of the bulletin board server are the same; If the bulletin board server, a) if a bulletin board corresponding to the subscriber information included in the multimedia message is assigned, post the multimedia message on a bulletin board corresponding to the subscriber information included in the multimedia message, b) the multimedia message If the bulletin board corresponding to the subscriber information contained in the member information is not assigned, the bulletin board service providing method using the multimedia message comprising the step of posting the subscriber information and the multimedia information on the integrated bulletin board belonging to the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information; . Claim 9 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The method of claim 8, wherein the option information, Method of providing a bulletin board service using a multimedia message, characterized in that the information of any one of encoding information or bulletin board option information of the multimedia message. Claim 10 was abandoned upon payment of a setup registration fee. The method of claim 8, The email server further comprises the step of decoding the multimedia message according to the encoding information. Claim 11 was abandoned upon payment of a setup registration fee. The method of claim 8, wherein the incoming information of the multimedia message, Bulletin board service providing method using a multimedia message, characterized in that the email address information. delete Claim 13 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. If the incoming information included in the received multimedia message is email address information and the option information is bulletin board option information, the email server further includes posting the multimedia information on a bulletin board corresponding to the subscriber information. Method of providing a bulletin board service using a multimedia message.

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