KR100822618B1 - System and method of coloring service - Google Patents

Abstract

A multimedia information providing system for providing a transmitter with a peripheral video of a receiver and a method thereof are provided to supply the transmitter with the peripheral video of the receiver in real time in a call connection wait state of call connection state generated when the transmitter dials a phone number of the receiver, thereby enabling the transmitter to know peripheral environment of the receiver easily. Plural video providing units(102,104,106) are connected to Internet, and respectively provide videos of each region such as famous tourist attractions or a noted place that a transmitter can easily know through a projected background. If a specific mobile communication transmitter dials a phone number of a specific mobile communication receiver, a multimedia information providing unit(110) requests a video to a video providing unit corresponding to a location of the receiver and receives the requested video to provide the received video to the transmitter.

Description

System and method for providing multimedia information providing caller's surrounding video to the caller {System And Method Of Coloring Service}

1 is a diagram illustrating a network for implementing a multimedia information providing system and method for providing a caller's surrounding video to a caller according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a multimedia information providing system shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of a first real-time video providing unit illustrated in FIG. 2;

4 is a network diagram illustrating an embodiment of the information communication network illustrated in FIG. 1;

5 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a multimedia information providing unit illustrated in FIG. 2;

6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing multimedia information in a multimedia information providing system for providing a caller's surrounding video to a caller according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a multimedia information providing system and method for providing a caller's surrounding video to a caller. In particular, in mobile communication, in a call waiting state or a call connection state according to a caller dialing a caller's phone number, A multimedia information providing system and method for providing a caller's surrounding video in real time to a caller.

As an example related to the present invention, Korean Patent Application No. 2004-0036732 describes a mobile communication system based video call having a mobile terminal, an originating MSC, an incoming HLR, a GW server, a CP server, a CMS IP, a CMS server, and a COIS. CLAIMS 1. A method for transmitting color multimedia information designated by a called party to a calling party in a connection waiting state, the method comprising: a first step of requesting incoming information from an originating MSC to a called HLR when the calling party attempts a video call; Requesting routing information from the destination HLR to the destination MSC to obtain an MSRN from the destination HLR; A third step of allocating an MSRN in the destination MSC and returning a routing information request to the destination HLR; A fourth step of sending routing request information including an MSRN from the called HLR to the originating MSC; A fifth step of establishing a call from the originating MSC to the destination MSC by using an MSRN; A sixth step of establishing a call to a CMS IP using CMS routing information in the called MSC recognizing a video telephone call; A seventh step of requesting a subscriber's color multimedia code from the CMS IP to a CMS server; An eighth step of analyzing, from the CMS server, a called number and time zone received from the CMS IP, and returning the color multimedia code set by the subscriber to the CMS IP; A ninth step of transmitting color multimedia information corresponding to a color multimedia code received from a CMS server through a call set in the CMS IP; And when the called subscriber responds, releases the CMS IP call from the called MSC to the CMS IP, and transmits the color multimedia information designated by the called party to the caller in the standby state of the video call connection, comprising the tenth step of requesting the called MSC to process the incoming call. A method of doing this is disclosed.

In addition, Korean Patent Application No. 2003-0084055 transmits a call setup request to the called party when the caller is an active coloring service subscriber, provides active coloring information to the caller instead of a ring tone, and the caller is a passive coloring service subscriber. A coloring service subscriber block that transmits a call setup request to the called party and provides manual coloring information to the called party instead of a ring tone; It is connected to the coloring service subscriber block and next-generation network delivery network and receives the call setup request and provides it to the called party when the caller is an active coloring setter and receives the call setup request when the caller is a passive coloring setter Instead, it discloses a coloring service system including a coloring service counterpart block for providing the manual coloring information to the called party.

However, the method for transmitting the color multimedia information designated by the called party to the caller in the aforementioned video call connection standby state includes a mobile terminal, a called MSC, a called HLR, a GW server, a CP server, a CMS IP, a CMS server, and a COIS. In the video communication connection standby state based on the mobile communication system, the caller transmits color multimedia information designated by the called party to the caller in real time. It does not provide the caller with an overview of the called party's location.

In addition, the above-described coloring service system is to allow the caller to hear the coloring information set by the subscriber instead of the ringing tone when establishing a landline telephone call in a next-generation network. Does not provide the caller's surrounding video in real time to the caller so that the caller can roughly know the caller's location.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, multimedia information for providing a caller's surrounding video in real time to the caller in a call waiting state or call connection state as the caller dials the called party's phone number in mobile communication; The purpose is to provide a providing system and method.

In order to achieve this purpose,

According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a multimedia information providing system connected to a mobile communication network through the Internet, comprising: a plurality of video providing units connected to the Internet, each providing a video of each region, and a specific mobile communication sender having a specific mobile communication; When dialing the called party's telephone number, it is provided with a multimedia information providing unit for receiving a video request from the video providing unit corresponding to the called party's location and receiving the video.

Preferably, the requesting and receiving of the video from the video providing unit and providing the video to the caller may be performed when a call connection wait state or a call connection state is established between the caller and the called party.

Preferably, the multimedia information providing unit receives a video from a video providing unit corresponding to the changed location of the called party and receives the video when the location of the called party changes.

The video providing unit receives a video of a specific region and a video of the photographed specific region from the camera, and provides a video of the specific region to the multimedia information providing system at the request of the multimedia information providing unit. It may include a video providing server.

The video may be a real time or stored video.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing multimedia information in a multimedia information providing system connected to a mobile communication network through the Internet, the method comprising: (a) a location of a called party when a specific mobile communication caller dials a telephone number of a specific called party; Searching for a video providing unit corresponding to the; (b) requesting a video from the searched video providing unit; (c) receiving a video of a region where the called party is located from the searched video providing unit; d) providing the received video to the sender.

Preferably, the method further includes the step of receiving a video request from the video providing unit corresponding to the changed location of the called party and providing it to the caller when the called party changes its location.

Providing the received video to the caller may be performed when a call connection wait state or a call connection state is established between the caller and the called party.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for implementing a multimedia information providing system and method for providing a surrounding video of a called party to a caller according to the present invention, the calling mobile terminal 10, the called mobile terminal 12, and the multimedia information providing system 100. And an information communication network 200. The information communication network 200 includes an internet and a mobile communication network to be interlocked.

In the figure, when a particular caller dials a telephone number corresponding to the called party's incoming mobile terminal 12 using his outgoing mobile terminal 10, the mobile communication network in the information communication network 200 is connected to the dialing of the specific caller. Correspondingly, a ring tone for calling is transmitted to the destination mobile terminal 12, and a ring back tone is transmitted to the calling mobile terminal 10. FIG.

For example, when the calling mobile terminal 10 dials the telephone number of the called mobile terminal 12 as shown in FIG. 4, the calling mobile communication switch 32 receives the dialing signal through the calling base station 30 and receives the corresponding call. Ask the mobile communication switch 34 to call the terminating mobile terminal 12. As described above, a technique for finding an incoming mobile terminal is well known, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terminating mobile communication exchange 34 then transmits the ringtone for calling to the terminating mobile terminal 12 via the terminating base station 36, and the originating mobile communication exchange 32 to the originating mobile terminal 10. The ringback tone is transmitted through the originating base station 30. At this time, the outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 and the incoming mobile communication exchange 34 are connected via a relay line. The mobile communication exchange and the base station are also connected by a base station cell controller (not shown in the figure), as is well known. In other words, the base station controller serves as a means of access between the cell operators and the functions of each element of the code division multiple access (CDMA) test system base station, management of base station operations, hardware (H / W) and software (S / W) It manages status, allocates and configures resources for call traffic, collects information on base station operation, monitors base station operation, and monitors sub-devices related to detected failures.

The originating mobile terminal 10 and the terminating mobile terminal 12 may selectively perform the calling and terminating functions like a general mobile terminal, but for convenience of explanation, the originating mobile terminal 10 and the terminating mobile terminal 12 are described. Are used respectively.

The originating base station 30 and the destination base station 36 may selectively perform the originating and terminating functions like the general base station, but for convenience of explanation, the originating base station 30 and the destination base station 36 are respectively used. will be.

The outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 and the incoming mobile communication exchange 34 may selectively perform outgoing and incoming functions like a general mobile communication exchange, but for convenience of description, the outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 and the destination Each is used as a mobile communication switch 34.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of real-time video providing units 102, 104, 106,... In the multimedia information providing system 100 are installed in respective regions assigned to them, respectively, and photograph each real-time video of the corresponding region. For example, the specific system may be provided to the multimedia information providing unit 110 through the information communication network 200. Here, each region refers to a place such as a famous tourist attraction or a spot that the caller can easily know through the reflected background.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the camera 20 in the first real-time video providing system 102 periodically or continuously photographs a video of a corresponding region and provides the real-time video to the real-time video providing server 22. The real-time video providing server 22 receives a video from the camera 20, and when the multimedia information providing unit 110 requests a video, the real-time video providing server 22 provides the corresponding video in real time through the information communication network 200. do.

The outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 and the incoming mobile communication exchange 34 are matched to the Internet 38 so that the interworking of the mobile communication network and the Internet 38 is realized.

The multimedia information providing unit 110 includes a multimedia information providing server 40 and a subscriber database 42 as shown in FIG. 5.

The multimedia information providing server 40 is interworked with the outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 and the incoming mobile communication exchange 34 via the Internet 38.

For example, the multimedia information providing server 40 waits for a call connection when the calling mobile terminal 10 connected to the calling base station 30 dials the telephone number of the called mobile terminal 12 connected to the calling base station 36. Alternatively, a video is requested through the Internet 38 to a real-time video provider corresponding to the location of the incoming mobile terminal 12 in a call connection state. Thereafter, the multimedia information providing server 40 receives a video of the area where the terminating mobile terminal 12 is located from the corresponding real-time video providing unit in real time through the Internet 38 and sends the Internet 38 to the calling mobile terminal 10. The mobile communication exchange 34, the originating mobile communication exchange 32, and the originating base station 30 are provided in real time. Therefore, the caller can view a video corresponding to the called party's location through his or her calling mobile terminal 10. The multimedia information providing server 40 receives the video of the area where the terminating mobile terminal 12 is located from the corresponding real-time video providing unit in real time through the Internet 38 to the calling mobile terminal 10. It may be provided in real time through the communication exchange 32 and the originating base station 30 in turn. Such various video providing paths may be possible by interworking with the address setting technology of the Internet 38 and the call processing technology of the mobile communication network.

The location of the mobile terminal may be provided by a well-known location based service (LBS). For example, the location of the mobile terminal can be determined by determining the location of the base station forming the specific cell to which the specific mobile terminal is connected. In addition, referring to the field strength of the target mobile terminal in a specific cell or each field strength with neighboring cells, it is possible to calculate the position of the mobile terminal more precisely.

The subscriber database 42 manages the information corresponding to each user subscribed to the service for providing the surrounding video of the called party according to the present invention and is accessed by the multimedia information providing server 40. Accordingly, the multimedia information providing server 40 refers to each piece of information managed by the subscriber database 42 and provides a service for providing the surrounding video of the called party to the caller subscribed to the service providing the surrounding video of the called party. For example, the information corresponding to each user includes a telephone number corresponding to each user.

In addition, the multimedia information providing server 40 requests the video to the video providing system corresponding to the changed position of the destination mobile terminal 12 when the location of the destination mobile terminal 12 changes as the called party moves. Subsequently, the multimedia information providing server 40 receives a video of the corresponding region where the terminating mobile terminal 12 is newly located from the video providing system corresponding to the changed position and provides the multimedia information to the calling mobile terminal 10 in the above-described manner. Therefore, the caller carrying the calling mobile terminal 10 can watch the video corresponding to the changed location even when the called party's location is changed. At this time, the multimedia information providing server 40 requests the mobile communication network for the location of the incoming mobile terminal 12 at predetermined intervals. For example, the multimedia information providing server 40 receives the current location of the incoming mobile terminal 12 from the incoming mobile communication exchange 34. Can be received periodically.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing multimedia information in a multimedia information providing system for providing a caller's surrounding video to a caller according to the present invention.

First, the calling mobile terminal 10 dials the telephone number of the called mobile terminal 12 according to a user's key operation, and provides a signal corresponding to the dialing to the calling base station 30 in the information communication network 200 (step) S10).

The originating base station 30 provides the dialing signal provided from the originating mobile terminal 10 to the originating mobile communication exchange 32 (step S12).

The outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 retrieves the incoming mobile communication exchange 34 to which the destination mobile terminal 12 corresponding to the dialing signal provided from the outgoing base station 30 is connected, and the retrieved incoming mobile communication exchange 34 To provide the corresponding dialing signal (step S14).

The destination mobile communication exchange 34 searches for a destination base station 36 that operates a cell to which the destination mobile terminal 12 belongs, corresponding to the dialing signal provided from the outgoing mobile communication exchange 32, and retrieves the retrieved base station ( A call of the terminating mobile terminal 12 is requested (36) (step S16).

The terminating base station 36 calls the terminating mobile terminal 12 in response to a request of the terminating mobile communication exchange 34 (step S18).

Here, the call channel is not established between the calling mobile terminal 10 and the called mobile terminal 12 when the called mobile terminal 12 does not answer the call, and the called mobile communication switch 34 is connected to the called mobile terminal 12. A ringtone is provided through the incoming base station 36, and the outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 provides a ring backtone through the outgoing base station 30 to the outgoing mobile terminal 10. That is, the outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 and the incoming mobile communication exchange 34 maintain a call connection waiting state until the incoming mobile terminal 12 receives a call between the outgoing mobile terminal 10 and the incoming mobile terminal 12. do. On the other hand, the outgoing mobile communication exchange 32 and the incoming mobile communication exchange 34 form a call channel when the incoming mobile terminal 12 receives a call between the outgoing mobile terminal 10 and the incoming mobile terminal 12. In this case, when the incoming mobile terminal 12 does not answer the phone for a certain time, the mobile terminal 12 may move to the missed call mode and allow the caller to leave a voice / text message to the called party. The description of the operation when the connection waiting state or the call connection state is released will be omitted.

The terminating mobile communication switch 34 is configured to provide identification information such as location information and a telephone number of the terminating mobile terminal 12 when the calling mobile terminal 10 is subscribed to a service providing the surrounding video of the called party. Provided to the multimedia information providing server 40 in the 110 through the Internet 38, the multimedia information providing server 40 requests a real-time video corresponding to the location of the incoming mobile terminal 12 (step S20).

The multimedia information providing server 40 searches the subscriber database 42 to confirm whether the calling mobile terminal 10 is subscribed to the service providing the surrounding video of the called party, and corresponds to the location of the called mobile terminal 12. The first real-time video providing unit 102 requests a video through the Internet 38 (step S22). At this time, the multimedia information providing server 40 is provided with a plurality of real-time video of which region each of the plurality of real-time video providing units (102, 104, 106, ...) connected to the Internet 38 provides a video IP addresses of systems 102, 104, 106, ... are managed through a separate database or an embedded database.

The first real-time video providing unit 102 provides the video requested from the multimedia information providing server 40 to the multimedia information providing server 40 through the Internet 38 (step S24).

The multimedia information providing server 40 provides the video received from the first real-time video providing unit 102 to the terminating mobile communication switch 34 via the Internet 38 (step S26).

The destination mobile communication switch 34 provides a surrounding video of the called party provided from the multimedia information providing server 40 to the calling mobile terminal 10 in real time through the calling mobile communication switch 32 and the calling base station 30, The caller may view the surrounding video of the called party through the screen of the calling mobile terminal 10 (steps S28, S30, and S32).

The video providing service provided to the caller in real time may be provided when the caller requests the video providing service in advance and the called party allows the video providing service in advance. The matters to be pre-measured in this way can be set in advance by the request of each mobile communication subscriber to the originating, terminating mobile communication switchboards 32 and 34 and the multimedia information providing unit 110 side.

In addition, even when the location of the called mobile terminal 12 is changed in a call connection state between the calling mobile terminal 10 and the called mobile terminal 12, the caller may provide a video of the region where the called party is located. For example, when a specific mobile communication switch that manages the location of the incoming mobile terminal 12 changes the location of the incoming mobile terminal 12, the location change information of the incoming mobile terminal 12 is provided to the multimedia information providing unit 110. Under the control of the multimedia information providing unit 110, a video corresponding to the location of the incoming mobile terminal 12 may be provided to the caller.

In addition, as well as providing the video in real time, it may be to serve as a stored video and real time / stored picture. Of course, in order to service the stored video or photos, a predetermined storage device must be installed.

According to the application of the present invention, when calling a friend's mobile phone in Jeju Island, the user can easily check the current weather of the region by viewing a real-time video of the specific area of Jeju Island where the friend is located.

In addition, such a service according to the present invention may be provided in a call waiting state or a call connection state as well as a call connection state, and, conversely, a video corresponding to a caller's current location to a called party in a call waiting state or a call connection state or In addition, it may be provided in a call connection state.

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 provides a caller's surrounding video in real time to the caller in a call waiting state or a call connection state as the caller dials the called party's phone number in mobile communication. Therefore, the caller can easily know the surroundings of the called party. In particular, when providing the surrounding video of the called party to a relatively scenic place, the caller may wait boringly while watching the surrounding video of the called party until the called party answers the call.

Claims (8)

A multimedia information providing system connected to a mobile communication network through the Internet, A number of video providers that provide each region's video, such as attractions that callers can easily see through Internet access and famous tourist attractions or backgrounds, When a specific mobile communication caller dials a phone number of a specific mobile communication receiver, the multimedia information providing unit requests and receives a video from the video providing unit corresponding to the location of the called party and provides the caller with the video. Multimedia information providing system for providing a caller's surrounding video to the caller comprising a. The method according to claim 1, The multimedia providing the surrounding video of the called party to the caller, characterized in that the request to the video providing unit and receiving the video and providing it to the caller is performed when the call connection state or the call waiting state between the caller and the called party; Informational system. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The multimedia information providing unit, multimedia information providing the surrounding video of the caller to the caller, characterized in that the video is requested and received from the video providing unit corresponding to the changed position of the called party and provided to the caller when the location of the called party is changed. Provide system. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The video providing unit, Receiving a video of the video of each area, and a video of a specific region of the photographed region from the camera, and provides the video of the specific region to the multimedia information providing system at the request of the multimedia information providing unit Multimedia information providing system for providing the surrounding video of the called party to the caller including a video providing server. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The video is a multimedia information providing system for providing a caller's surrounding video to the caller, characterized in that the real-time or stored video. A multimedia information providing method in a multimedia information providing system connected to a mobile communication network through the Internet, (a) searching for a video providing unit corresponding to a location of the called party when the specific mobile communication caller dials the telephone number of the specific called party; (b) requesting a video from the searched video provider; (c) receiving a video of an area, such as a spot easily known to a caller, from the searched video provider through a famous tourist attraction or a background that is located by the called party; (d) providing the received video to the sender Multimedia information providing method for providing a surrounding video of the called party to the caller comprising a. The method according to claim 6, And providing a caller with surrounding video of the called party to the caller, the method comprising: receiving and requesting a video from the video providing unit corresponding to the changed position of the called party and providing the caller to the caller when the called party changes its position. The method according to claim 6 or 7, And providing the received video to the caller when the caller is in a call waiting state or a call connection state between the caller and the called party.

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