KR100824320B1 - Apparatus and method for sending multiple message in mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for transmitting an integrated message in a mobile communication network are provided to enable a message mail box to manage and transmit various data formats of messages which a mobile communication service subscriber wants to store, thereby enabling the mobile communication service subscriber to select and transmit desired messages by a connection with the message mail box. A SMSC(Short Message Service Center)(153) transmits a text message to a called terminal(180). A MMSC(Multimedia Message Service Center)(154) transmits an image message to the called terminal. An integral mail box(151) requests the SMSC to transmit a stored message to the called terminal when a type of a message to be transmitted to the called terminal is a text message type, and requests the MMSC to transmit the message to the called terminal when a type of the message to be transmitted to the called terminal is an image message type.

Description

Apparatus and Method for Sending Multiple Message in Mobile Communication Network}

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an integrated message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an integrated message processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

The present invention relates to an integrated message transmission apparatus and method in a mobile communication network. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for managing and processing messages in various data formats that a mobile communication service subscriber wants to transmit in one message mailbox.

Today, mobile communication terminals are becoming a necessity of life due to the simplicity and convenience of portable, and are used by many people. These mobile communication terminals have been changed into a means for personal information management function beyond the means for phone call because the phone book registration, schedule management function, and the like.

In addition, the remarkable development of computer-related information and communication fields not only drastically improves work efficiency, but also greatly changes our daily lifestyles.

For example, in the form of shopping related to product purchase, the use of product purchase using an online shopping mall on a computer is gradually expanding.

In addition, the system and method for receiving a variety of information in real time by accessing a network such as the Internet through a mobile communication terminal are actively being searched and WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) supporting high-speed data transmission service. As the network gradually spreads and mobile communication terminals supporting video telephony have been developed, many studies have been conducted on service systems and methods using the same.

On the other hand, if any caller transmits a call signal for calling the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication system, the mobile communication system determines whether the corresponding mobile communication terminal receiving the call signal is available. In this case, when the mobile communication terminal is in a callable state, the mobile communication system connects a call with the mobile communication terminal to an arbitrary user.

At this time, in a WCDMA network supporting video call, a user of a mobile communication terminal capable of making a video call transmits a video recorded by the user to the receiver's video mailbox so that the receiver can access the video mailbox and check the video message. Mailbox service is being provided.

However, in the video mailboxes supported by the conventional WCDMA network, only the video messages left by the sender are stored and managed. Therefore, in order to leave texts other than the video, the sender needs to send a text message to the receiver through a separate process.

In order to solve such a problem, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for managing and processing messages of various data types that a mobile communication service subscriber wants to transmit in one message mailbox.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a device for transmitting an integrated message in a mobile communication network, comprising: a short message service center for transmitting a text message to a called terminal; A multimedia message service center for transmitting a video message to the called terminal; And requesting transmission of the stored message to the short message service center when the type of the message to be transmitted to the called terminal is in a text message format, and when the type of the message to be transmitted is in a video message format to the multimedia message service center. It includes an integrated mailbox requesting the transmission of a message to be transmitted.

In addition, a method for transmitting an integrated message in a mobile communication network, the method comprising: a) requesting a message storage to be delivered to a called terminal to a called terminal when the called terminal cannot be received; b) if the message is stored by the calling terminal, determining the type of the stored message; And c) converting the message into a message format corresponding to the stored message type and transmitting the converted message format to the called terminal.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, this means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

In addition, the term module described herein refers to a unit for processing a specific function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an integrated message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, for convenience of explanation, it will be described on the assumption that the calling terminal leaves a message when the called terminal cannot make a call after attempting a call to the called terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1, a message processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an outgoing radio access network (RAN) 120, an outgoing exchange 130, and a home location register. , Hereinafter referred to as 'HLR' (135), the destination exchanger 140, integrated mailbox unit 150, short message service center (SMSC: hereinafter referred to as 'SMSC') (151), multimedia Message service center (MMSC: Multimedia Message Service Center, hereinafter referred to as 'MMSC') (154).

The calling terminal 110 is a terminal that provides a voice call function that is wirelessly connected to the calling RAN 120 to perform a normal voice call in wireless communication with another mobile communication terminal.

In this case, the calling terminal 110 according to the present invention requests a call to the called terminal 180 through the calling RAN 120 and the calling exchange 130, and when the call with the called terminal 180 is impossible, the called terminal 180 It connects to the integrated mailbox 151 and stores messages of various data formats. Here, the message of various data formats may include a video message, a voice message, a text message, and the like.

The originating RAN 120 is a wireless base station of a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) network. The originating RAN 120 is a Node-B 121 and a Node-B 121 capable of performing radio communication according to a protocol established with the originating terminal 110. It includes a Radio Network Controller (RNC) 123 that controls and performs a call processing function.

Here, the originating RAN 120 according to the present invention transmits a call request to the terminating terminal 180 to the originating exchange 130.

The originating exchange 130 is a switch of a WCDMA network, and performs basic service processing for a mobile communication service, incoming and outgoing call processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks.

Here, the originating exchange 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention, when there is a call request from the originating terminal 110, requests the position lookup of the terminating terminal 180 to the HLR 135, and the received terminating terminal 180 Attempt line connection with the destination exchange 140 in charge of.

In addition, when the originating exchange 130 receives the fact that the call with the terminating terminal 180 is not available from the terminating exchange 140, the integrated exchange 151 receives the location information of the integrated mailbox 151 from the HLR 135. Request a connection with the session.

The HLR 135 is a dual stack home location register capable of interworking with the originating exchange 130 and the destination exchange 140, and provides a location information and subscriber information of the called terminal 180. Perform the function.

Here, when the HLR 135 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives the incoming information request from the originating exchange 130, the routing number of the terminating terminal 14 to the destination exchange 140 in charge of the terminating terminal 140 ( PRN: Provide Routing Number (hereinafter referred to as 'PRN') information, and the destination information corresponding to the received PRN information is provided to the originating exchange 130.

In addition, the HLR 135 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides the location information of the integrated mailbox 151 in charge of the mailbox service of the called terminal 180 to the calling exchange 130.

The destination exchange 140 is a switch of a WCDMA network, and performs basic service processing for a mobile communication service, incoming and outgoing call processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks.

Here, when the destination exchange 140 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives PRN information from the HLR 135 to the destination terminal 180, the destination exchange 140 provides the PRN information of the destination terminal 180 to the HLR 135.

In addition, the destination exchange 140 determines whether the called terminal 180 is in a callable state, and when the called terminal 180 is in an impossible state, the called terminal 130 notifies the caller 130 that the called terminal 180 is impossible to receive. Maintains a call connection with the originating exchange 130.

The integrated mailbox unit 150 manages and transmits a message to be delivered to the user of the called terminal 180 by the user of the calling terminal 110, and includes an integrated mailbox 151, an SMSC 13, and an MMSC 154.

Integrated mailbox (V2MS: Voice & Video Messaging System) (151) is a mailbox for processing voice messages and video messages, when the calling terminal 110 is connected to provide an integrated mailbox service menu that is a menu for storing messages, and call The data format of the message stored by the user of the terminal 110 is determined and transmitted to the destination terminal 180 through the MMSC 154 when the data format of the message is video data, and the incoming call via the SMSC 153 when the text data is text data. Transmission through the terminal 180.

Here, although the embodiment of the present invention describes that the text data is transmitted through the SMSC 153, in the case of the long message, a long message service center (LMSC: Long Message Service Center) is additionally included. It is also possible to transmit to 180.

In this case, the integrated mailbox 151 according to an embodiment of the present invention preferably uses a UserInputIndiaction of the H.245 message to receive a character from the originating terminal 110 supporting the WCDMA network. In this case, it is preferable that H.245 defines a NonStandardIdnetifier for character input and delivers a message in a plain text format in a data field.

The SMSC 153 converts the text message stored by the user of the calling terminal 110 to the integrated mailbox 151 and sends the text message to the called terminal 180.

The MMSC 154 converts the video message stored by the user of the calling terminal 110 to the integrated mailbox 151 into MMS format and transmits the video message to the called terminal 180.

Here, although the embodiment of the present invention has been described as being limited to transmitting video and voice messages, it is also possible to transmit a voice message by adding a Voice Mail System (VMS).

AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) 157 is responsible for authentication, authorization and billing of mobile subscribers.

The integrated authentication server 159 is a server that determines whether the mobile communication service subscriber is a subscriber of the corresponding mobile communication service company, determines what type of terminal the mobile communication service subscriber uses, and determines which plan is being used.

The destination RAN 170 is a wireless base station of a WCDMA network. The destination RAN 170 controls the Node-B 171 and the Node-B 171 capable of performing wireless communication according to a set protocol with the destination terminal 180 and call processing (Call). A Radio Network Controller (RNC) 173 that performs a Processing (RNC) function.

Here, the called RAN 170 according to the present invention receives a call request from the calling terminal 110 through the called exchange 230 and delivers the call request to the called terminal 180.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an integrated message processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a message processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when the calling exchange 130, which receives a call request from the calling terminal 110 to the called terminal 180, requests the location information of the called terminal 180 from the HLR 135 (S210), the HLR 135 The PRN information is requested to the destination exchange 140 in charge of the destination terminal 180 (S213).

Subsequently, the destination exchange 140 provides the PRN information of the called terminal 180 to the HLR 135 to the HLR 135 (S215), and the HLR 135 receiving the PRN information receives the location of the called terminal 180. Information is provided to the originating exchange 130 (S217).

Subsequently, when the outgoing exchange 130 requests a line connection to the destination exchange 140 corresponding to the location information of the received destination terminal 180 (S217), the destination exchange 140 may be called by the destination terminal 180. It is determined whether the state (S230).

If it is determined that the called terminal 180 is in a callable state, the called exchanger 140 provides a call between the calling terminal 110 and the called terminal 180 by connecting a line with the called terminal 180 (S235). ).

If it is determined that the called terminal 180 is incapable of receiving a call, the called exchange 140 maintains a call connection with the calling exchange 130 by informing the calling exchange 130 that the called terminal 180 cannot receive the call. Request (S233).

Subsequently, the originating exchange 130 requests the location information of the called terminal 180 while transmitting to the HLR 135 that the called terminal 180 cannot receive the call (S240).

The HLR 135 provides the calling exchange 130 with the location information of the integrated mailbox 151 in charge of the message mailbox of the called terminal 180 included in the user information of the called terminal (S243).

Subsequently, the originating exchange 130 responds to the call connection to the destination exchange 140 (S245), and receives a session establishment request from the destination exchange 140 (S247).

Subsequently, when the originating exchange 130 requests a line connection with the integrated mailbox 151 through the destination exchange 140 using the location information of the integrated mailbox 151, the integrated mailbox 151 is the originating exchange 130 Set the channel with (S253) and informs that the connection (S255).

Subsequently, a session between the originating exchange 140 and the integrated mailbox 151 is connected (S260), and the integrated mailbox 151 provides the integrated mailbox service menu to the calling terminal 110 through the connected session (S261).

Here, the process of processing the message input through the integrated mailbox service menu provided by the originating exchange 140 to the originating terminal 110 in the integrated mailbox 151 will be described in detail below.

Subsequently, the integrated mailbox 151 stores the message left by the user of the calling terminal 110 to the user of the called terminal 180 through the integrated mailbox service menu (S263), and stores the message left by the user of the calling terminal 110. The type is determined (S270).

If it is determined in step S230 that the message left by the user of the calling terminal 110 is a video message, the integrated mailbox 151 requests the video message transmission to the MMSC 154 (S271), and the MMSC 154 receives the video. A message is generated (S273) and transmitted to the called terminal 180 (275).

If it is determined in step S230 that the message left by the user of the calling terminal 110 is a text message, the integrated mailbox 151 requests a text message transmission to the SMSC 153 (S277), and the SMSC 153 sends an SMS. A text message of a form is generated (S280) and transmitted to the called terminal 180 (283).

3 is a flowchart illustrating an integrated message processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the integrated mailbox service processing process according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when the calling terminal 110 is connected (S310), the integrated mailbox 151 provides an integrated mailbox service menu to the calling terminal 110 (S320). Here, the integrated mailbox service menu is a menu providing an interface through which the user of the calling terminal 110 can leave a message to the user of the called terminal 180. In an embodiment of the present invention, a video message and a voice are provided for convenience of description. It is assumed that the menu to select a message will be described. Here, if the integrated mailbox 151 supports a voice message mailbox, it is also possible to add a voice message menu to the integrated mailbox service menu.

Subsequently, the user of the calling terminal 110 selects a menu corresponding to the type of message to be left to the user of the called terminal 180 among the integrated mailbox service menus from the calling terminal 110 (S330) and from the calling terminal 110. A message corresponding to the selected menu is received (S340).

Subsequently, the integrated mailbox 151 determines whether the message input from the calling terminal 110 is a text message or a video message (S350).

If it is determined that the message input in step S350 is a text message, the integrated mailbox 151 transmits the text message to the called terminal 180 through the SMSC 153 (S351) and texts the calling terminal 110. Informs the message transmission completion (S360).

If it is determined that the message input in step S350 is a video message, the integrated mailbox 151 transmits the video message to the called terminal 180 through the MMSC 153 (S353) and the video to the calling terminal 110. Informs the message transmission completion (S360).

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only through the apparatus and the method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded. Implementation may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

As described above, according to the present invention, a mobile communication service subscriber selects various messages desired by a single message mailbox connection by managing and transmitting a message of various data types that a mobile communication service subscriber wants to store in one message mailbox. It has the effect of providing convenience for transmission.

In addition, by managing and transmitting messages of various data types in the message mailbox, there is an effect that the user of the called terminal omits unnecessary connection process for checking the message stored in the message mailbox.

Claims (7)

In the integrated message transmission device in a mobile communication network, A short message service center for transmitting a text message to a called terminal; A multimedia message service center for transmitting a video message to the called terminal; And If the type of the message to be sent to the called terminal is in the form of a text message, request the transmission of the stored message to the short message service center; and if the type of the message to be transmitted is in the form of a video message, to the multimedia message service center. Integrated mailbox requesting the transmission of a message to be sent Integrated message transmission device comprising a. The method of claim 1, The integrated mailbox is And when the calling terminal supports the WCDMA service, use an UserInputIndication of an H.245 message to receive a text message input from the calling terminal. The method of claim 1, The integrated mailbox unit And a long message service center if the message to be transmitted is a long message. The method of claim 1, The integrated mailbox unit And a voice mail system (VMS) if the message to be transmitted is a voice message. In the integrated message transmission method in a mobile communication network, a) requesting to store a message to be delivered to the called terminal by the calling terminal when the called terminal cannot be called; b) if the message is stored by the calling terminal, determining the type of the stored message; And c) converting the message into a message format corresponding to the stored message type and transmitting the message to the called terminal; Integrated message transmission method comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein In step b) above And the type of the stored message is one of a text message, a video message, and a voice message. The method of claim 6, In step c) If the stored message is a text message, the stored message is transmitted through a short message service center, When the stored message is a video message, transmitting the stored message through a multimedia message service center, And when the stored message is a voice message, transmitting the stored message through a VMS (Voice Mail System).

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