KR100838476B1 - Method and system for providing message reading confirmation service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for providing a message reading confirm service are provided to supply the reading confirm service even when a receiver is in an origination inhibition state, thereby increasing service satisfaction of a mobile communication subscriber. A message is received from an originator(S201). By using receiver information included in the received message, a message origination available state of a receiver is grasped(S207). If the receiver is in an origination inhibition state, the message received from the originator is transmitted to the receiver in a general message form(S209,S211). After producing a read confirm non-provision guide message, the produced message is transmitted to the originator(S213,S215).

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE READING CONFIRMATION SERVICE}

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a message read confirmation service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a message read confirmation service in a message read confirmation service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a message read confirmation service in a message read confirmation service providing system according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a message read confirmation service in a read confirmation service server of a read confirmation service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a read confirmation service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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501: message receiving unit 503: authentication server interworking unit

505: message composition unit 507: message transmission unit

The present invention relates to a message service in a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing a message read confirmation service.

BACKGROUND With the development of communication technology, a short message service (SMS) capable of transmitting and receiving short text messages between mobile subscribers is provided, and these short message services are currently used in various ways. For example, stock information and traffic information services, as well as message transmission between subscribers using short messages, have been applied to remote control technology.

Recently, with the development of mobile communication technology, a multimedia messaging service for transmitting a multimedia message including a long text, an image, a sound, a video, and the like as well as a short message is provided.

On the other hand, a mail transmission and reception system or a message transmission and reception system in the Internet or intranet using a conventional wired communication network provides a function such as reception confirmation or read confirmation. The acknowledgment and read confirmation function of the mail or message is convenient for the user who sent the mail or message to check whether the mail or message sent by the user has reached the destination and whether the called party has read the message.

In addition, the message service provided in the above-described mobile communication network provides a read receipt or read confirmation service as in the mail service of the Internet or intranet. That is, when the sender sets a read confirmation request and sends a message, the read confirmation service server of the mobile communication network sets a read confirmation parameter in the read confirmation message and transmits it to the called terminal. Then, when the called party reads the read confirmation message, the called terminal transmits a read response message to the read confirmation service server, and the read confirmation service server transmits a read notification message to the calling terminal. The sender confirms that the called party has read the message sent by the called party based on the read notification message.

However, if the mobile subscriber is a prepaid subscriber and the prepaid balance is exhausted (that is, only the reception is possible), the exchange of the mobile communication network generally prohibits all messages of the prepaid subscriber having the prepaid balance exhausted. Therefore, even if the prepaid subscriber receives the read confirmation message and the prepaid balance is exhausted and the sending of the message is prohibited, the prepaid subscriber's terminal cannot send the read response message, so the caller can check whether the called party read the message sent by the called party. There is a problem that cannot be confirmed.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a method and a system for providing a message read confirmation service for providing a message read confirmation service to a caller even when a called party is in a call-stopping state.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for providing a message read confirmation service in a mobile communication system comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a message from a sender; (b) using the called party information included in the received message to determine a callable state of the called party; (c) if the called party is in the call blocking state, transmitting a message received from the calling party to the called party in the form of a general message; And (d) creating a read confirmation non-provision guide message and transmitting the read confirmation message to the sender.

Preferably, the step (b) is characterized in that to determine the message sending status of the called party using the authentication server.

In addition, preferably, the message transmission prohibition state is a case where the called party is a prepaid subscriber, and the prepaid balance is exhausted.

In addition, according to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a message read confirmation service in a mobile communication system includes the steps of: (a) receiving a message from a sender; (b) setting a parameter for acknowledging the read in the received message and transmitting it to the called party; (c) receiving a read response message with a read response parameter set from the called party; (d) temporarily allowing transmission of the read response message based on a parameter set in the received read response message when the called party is a call originating subscriber; And (e) creating a read notification message and transmitting it to the sender.

Preferably, the message transmission prohibition state is a case in which the called party is a prepaid subscriber, and the prepaid balance is exhausted.

In addition, according to a third aspect of the present invention, a system for providing a message read confirmation service in a mobile communication network includes an authentication server for storing subscriber call origination prohibition information and performing subscriber authentication; And if the message sent from the sender is received through the message center, authenticating whether the called party is prohibited from sending through the authentication server, and when the called party is in the prohibited state, sending the received message through the message center in the form of a general message. And a read confirmation service server for transmitting to the sender by creating a read confirmation non-provided guide message.

In addition, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a system for providing a message read confirmation service in a mobile communication network authenticates whether the recipient supports the message read confirmation service through the authentication server when receiving a message sent from the sender through the message center. A read acknowledgment service server for setting a parameter for acknowledging a read on the received message upon successful recipient authentication and transmitting the same to a called party through the message center; And a switch for transmitting the read response message to the read confirmation service server by temporarily allowing transmission of the read response message based on a parameter set in the read response message when the read response message is transmitted from the called party. The read confirmation service server transmits a read notification message to the sender through the message center when the read response message is received from the exchange.

Preferably, the exchange stores the configuration information allowing the sending of the read response message.

In addition, in accordance with a fifth aspect of the present invention, a message read confirmation service apparatus for providing a message read confirmation service to the sender when a message is transmitted from the sender to the receiver in association with a message center and an authentication server in a mobile communication network, the message of the caller A message receiving unit which receives a read message service request from the message center according to the call; An authentication server interworking unit for authenticating whether the called party's message read confirmation service is available through the authentication server; A message preparation unit which composes a general message to be sent to the called party when authentication fails and creates a read confirmation non-provision guide message to be provided to the caller; And a message transmitter for transmitting the message created by the message creator to the sender and the called party through the message center.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a message read confirmation service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the message read confirmation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber station 110, SMSC (Short Message Service Center, SMS 130), MMSC (Multimedia Messaging Service Center, 140) And an authentication server 150 and a read confirmation service server 160, each of which is connected to each other via a mobile communication network 120.

Here, the mobile communication network 120 includes a base station (BTS / NodeB), a base station controller (BSC / RNC), a switch, a device for packet data service (PDSN, SGSN, IWF, etc.), and the present invention. Since it is a well-known technical element in the detailed description thereof will be omitted. The subscriber station 110 transmits and receives a message (SMS, MMS) using the above elements. Subscriber terminal 110 includes a PDA, cellular phone, PCS phone, GSM phone, W-CDMA phone, DMB phone, Wibro phone, Wifi phone and the like. However, in the present invention, the exchange (not shown) of the mobile communication network 120 may temporarily permit the call without discarding the read response message call received from the called terminal even when the called party receives the message. have. At this time, the exchange stores configuration information on a parameter (eg, read response message # 431) that temporarily allows the origination. In addition, the exchange transmits a read response message received from the called terminal to the message centers 130 and 140.

The message centers 130 and 140 relay the transmission and reception of messages between the subscriber stations 110. In particular, when the message centers 130 and 140 receive a message in which a read confirmation request is set from the subscriber station 110, the message centers 130 and 140 transmit a read confirmation message (that is, a message in which read confirmation parameters are set) service to the read confirmation service server 160. Request and receive a general message transmission request or a message transmission request for read confirmation.

When the read confirmation service server 160 fails to verify the called party, the message centers 130 and 140 receive the general message transmission request from the read confirmation service server 160 and transmit the general message to the called terminal. In addition, the receiving terminal receives a read confirmation non-providing guide message indicating that the terminal does not support the read message confirmation service from the read confirmation service server 160 and transmits it to the calling terminal.

On the other hand, when the read confirmation service server 160 succeeds in callee authentication, the message centers 130 and 140 receive a read confirmation message transmission request from the read confirmation service server 160 and send a read confirmation message to the called terminal. send. When the called party confirms the read confirmation message, the message centers 130 and 140 receive the read response message from the called terminal and transmit the read response message to the read checking service server 160 and accordingly from the read checking service server 160. Receives a read notification message request and sends a read notification message to the sender to inform the caller that the recipient has read the message.

On the other hand, when the read confirmation service server 160 receives the read request message service request from the message center (130, 140), it performs the authentication of the called party through the authentication server 150. Recipient authentication includes support for message read receipt services. An example in which the message read confirmation service is not supported is when the mobile communication service network between the called party and the sender is different, so that protocol compatibility for the message read confirmation service is not possible, and the called terminal does not support the message read confirmation service. Meanwhile, the called party may include whether the called party is prohibited from transmitting.

When the authentication server 150 fails to authenticate the called party's message read confirmation service, that is, when the message read confirmation service protocol between the called party and the sender is different or the called party is in the prohibited state, the read confirmation service server 160 The read confirmation parameter is removed to create a general message and transmitted to the called terminal via the message center (130, 140). The read confirmation service server 160 creates a read confirmation not-provided guide message indicating information indicating that the called party cannot read the message, and transmits the read confirmation service server 160 to the calling terminal via the message centers 130 and 140.

On the other hand, the exchange can allow the transmission of the read response message of the message transmitted from the subscriber is prohibited from sending. In this case, the exchange includes configuration information for a parameter (eg, read response message # 431) that temporarily allows outgoing calls. As such, when the call is allowed for a specific call, the authentication server 150 performs authentication by excluding the call prohibition state information of the called terminal when authenticating the called party. That is, even if the called terminal supports the message read confirmation service even if the calling terminal is prohibited from being read, the read confirmation service server 160 receives the recipient's authentication success from the authentication server 150. Upon successful authentication of the called party, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read confirmation message in which the read confirmation parameter is set and transmits the read confirmation message to the called terminal via the message centers 130 and 140. When the read confirmation service server 160 receives a read response message from the called terminal, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read notification message and transmits the read notification message to the calling terminal through the message centers 130 and 140.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a message read confirmation service in a message read confirmation service providing system according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a message read confirmation service in a message read confirmation service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the calling terminal transmits a message in which a read confirmation request is set to the message centers 130 and 140 (S201). The method of setting up a read confirmation request in a message at a calling terminal may be achieved by the caller attempting to send a call by appending a read confirmation special character (eg, #) to the called party's direct number, or using a message reading checking function implemented at the terminal. Can be. Alternatively, when the sender subscribes to the message read confirmation service and the sender sends the message, the mobile communication service network may automatically set a read confirmation request on the message.

The message centers 130 and 140 that have received the message for which the read confirmation request is set request the read confirmation service server 160 for a message service for read confirmation (S203). In response to a request of the message centers 130 and 140, the read confirmation service server 160 requests authentication of the called party to the authentication server 150 (S205) and receives an authentication response (S207). The authentication response transmitted from the authentication server 150 includes whether the called terminal is prohibited from being sent and whether it supports the message read confirmation service. An example in which the message read confirmation service is not supported may include a case where the protocol communication for the message read confirmation service is not possible because the mobile communication service network between the called party and the sender is different, and the called terminal does not support the message read confirmation service.

If, when the called terminal is prohibited from calling or the message read confirmation service protocol between the sender and the called party is not compatible, that is, the authentication of the called party fails, the read confirmation service server 160 reads the message from the message sent from the calling terminal Create a general message from which the request is removed and requests transmission to the message centers 130 and 140 (S209). In addition, the message centers 130 and 140 transmit the received general message to the called terminal (S211).

Meanwhile, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read confirmation not provided guide message and transmits it to the message centers 130 and 140 so that the caller knows that the read confirmation service is not provided to the called party (S213). The message centers 130 and 140 transmit a read confirmation non-providing guide message transmitted from the read confirmation service server 160 to the calling terminal (S215).

Accordingly, the caller may know that a read confirmation service is not provided for the called party. An example of a read message not provided with a read confirmation is " Could not provide read check service because of the other party. The read confirmation non-provided guide message is preferably included in the call center phone number of the mobile carrier as a callback number.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a message read confirmation service in a message read confirmation service providing system according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the calling terminal sends a message to which the read confirmation request is set to the message centers 130 and 140 (S301 and S303). The method of setting up a read confirmation request in a message at a calling terminal may be achieved by the caller attempting to send a call by appending a read confirmation special character (eg, #) to the called party's direct number, or using a message reading checking function implemented at the terminal. Can be. Alternatively, when the sender subscribes to the message read confirmation service and the sender sends the message, the mobile communication service network may automatically set a read confirmation request on the message.

The message centers 130 and 140 that have received the read confirmation request message are requested to the read confirmation service server 160 to request a read message service (S305). In response to a request of the message centers 130 and 140, the read confirmation service server 160 requests authentication of the called party to the authentication server 150 (S307) and receives an authentication response (S309). Unlike the embodiment of FIG. 2, the authentication response transmitted from the authentication server 150 excludes the caller's origination prohibition information. That is, since the exchange temporarily permits the outgoing call of the read response message, the authentication server 150 excludes authentication for the outgoing caller's outgoing information.

If the called party's authentication fails, as described in the embodiment of FIG. 2, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a general message that removes the read confirmation request from the message transmitted from the calling terminal and passes through the message centers 130 and 140. (S209) The general message is transmitted to the called terminal (S211). In addition, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read confirmation not provided guidance message and transmits the message to the calling terminal via the message centers 130 and 140 (S213) (S215).

On the other hand, if the recipient authentication is successful, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read confirmation message set with a read confirmation parameter (for example, OxE7 for CDMA and Ox44 for WCMDA) to request transmission to the message centers 130 and 140. In operation S311, the message centers 130 and 140 transmit the received read confirmation message to the destination terminal via the exchange (S313 and S315).

Subsequently, when the called party reads the read confirmation message, the called terminal transmits a read response message including a parameter (for example, # 431) indicating that it is a read response message to the exchange (S317). The read response message preferably includes time information of the called party confirming the message.

In general, the exchange discards the originating call of the called terminal which is prohibited from originating. However, outgoing calls are allowed for certain outgoing calls such as emergency calls 112, 113, 119, call center 114, and the like. At this point, the exchange stores configuration information that temporarily allows origination. In addition, the exchange may store configuration information that temporarily allows the sending of read response messages.

The exchange that stores the configuration information does not discard the call upon receiving the read response message from the originating terminal which is prohibited from being sent, based on a read response parameter (eg, # 431), indicating that the read response message is a temporary target of origination. (S319). Accordingly, the exchange transmits the read response message to the message centers 130 and 140 (S321), and the message centers 130 and 140 transmit the read response message to the read confirmation service server 160 (S323).

Upon receipt of the read response message from the message centers 130 and 140, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read notification message and sends a request to the message centers 130 and 140 to inform the sender that the called party has read the message. (S325). The message centers 130 and 140 transmit the read notification message requested to be transmitted from the read confirmation service server 160 to the calling terminal 110 through the switch (S327) (S329). Preferably, the read notification message is prepared to include a time when the called party reads the message based on time information of the read response message.

Accordingly, although the called party is a prepaid subscriber and the prepaid balance is exhausted and the call is prohibited, the called terminal may send a read notification message to the caller's read confirmation message. The sender can check whether the called party has read the message.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a message read confirmation service in a read confirmation service server of a read confirmation service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the read confirmation service server 160 receives the read confirmation message service request from the message centers 130 and 140 (S401), the recipient verification is performed through the authentication server 150 (S401). S403). That is, the read confirmation service server 160 transmits the recipient information to the authentication server 150 (for example, the recipient's telephone number) to request the recipient's authentication and receives a response thereto to determine whether the receiving terminal supports the message read confirmation service. Check (S405). The authentication may include whether the called party is prohibited from sending.

If the message read confirmation service is not supported or the call originating state is not supported in the called terminal, that is, the caller authentication fails, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a general message and transmits it to the called terminal (S407). In addition, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read confirmation not provided guidance message (S409) and transmits it to the calling terminal (S411).

On the other hand, when the receiving terminal supports the message read confirmation service and is not in the call-stopping state, that is, the recipient authentication is successful, the read confirmation service server 160 creates a read confirmation message with the read response parameter set and transmits it to the called terminal. (S413). When the called terminal checks the read confirmation message, it receives the read response message from the called terminal (S415). The read confirmation service server 160 receiving the read response message creates a read notification message (S417) and transmits the read notification message to the calling terminal (S419).

On the other hand, the authentication server 150 may perform the authentication except whether the caller's originating function is prohibited in step S403. That is, if the called terminal supports the message read confirmation service, the read confirmation service server 150 receives an authentication success from the authentication server 150 for the caller whose origin is prohibited. In this case, the exchange stores configuration information that can temporarily allow the called party to originate. The configuration information includes information for temporarily allowing the sending of the read response message of the called terminal. As a result, the read response message transmitted from the called terminal which is in the transmission prohibition state can be transmitted to the message centers 130 and 140. Therefore, the read confirmation service server 160 succeeds in authenticating the called party even if the called party is not in the calling state and proceeds to step S405 (S413, S415, S417, S419).

5 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a read confirmation service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the read confirmation service server 160 includes a message receiving unit 501, an authentication server interworking unit 503, a message creating unit 505, and a message transmitting unit 507.

The message receiving unit 501 receives a read message service request from the message centers 130 and 140. In addition, the message receiver 501 receives a read response message through the message centers 130 and 140 when the called party reads the read confirmation message.

When the message receiving unit 501 receives the read service message service request, the authentication server interworking unit 503 requests the authentication of the called party to the authentication server 150 and receives a response accordingly. The authentication response includes support for the message read confirmation service. In addition, the authentication response may include the call prohibition information of the called party. The authentication server interworking unit 503 transmits the result of the received authentication response to the message creating unit 505.

When the message creation unit 505 receives the authentication failure information from the authentication server interworking unit 503, it composes a general message to be sent to the called terminal. In addition, a read confirmation non-providing guide message is written so that the caller can know that the read confirmation service is not provided. On the other hand, upon receiving authentication success information from the authentication server interworking unit 503, the message creation unit 505 creates a read confirmation message in which read confirmation parameters are set. When the message receiving unit 501 receives the read response message, the message creating unit 505 creates a read notification message so that the caller can know that the called party has read the message.

An example of the preparation of the read confirmation not-provided guide message is as follows. The read confirmation non-provided guide message is preferably included in the call center phone number of the mobile carrier as a callback number. The read notification message may include time information of a called party confirming a read confirmation message.

The message transmitter 507 transmits the message created by the message generator 505 in response to the destination. That is, the general message and the read confirmation message are transmitted to the called terminal via the message centers 130 and 140, and the read confirmation non-provided guide message and the read notification message are transmitted to the calling terminal via the message centers 130 and 140. .

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. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

As described above, the present invention can provide a read confirmation service even when the called party is in the transmission prohibition state, thereby increasing the service satisfaction of the mobile communication subscriber. Conventionally, when a called party is in a call-prohibiting state, the caller cannot use the read confirmation service itself, but according to the present invention, the caller can not only be provided with the read confirmation service but also receive the read confirmation service. It is possible to recognize the reason, there is an advantage that can resolve the subscriber complaints.

Claims (9)

A method for providing a message read confirmation service for notifying a caller that a message has been read based on a read response message transmitted from a called party who has confirmed a message in a mobile communication system, (a) receiving a message from a sender; (b) using the called party information included in the received message to determine a callable state of the called party; (c) if the called party is in the call blocking state, transmitting a message received from the calling party to the called party in the form of a general message; And (d) creating a read confirmation non-provided guide message and transmitting it to the sender. The method of claim 1, Step (b) is, Method for providing a message read confirmation service, characterized in that by using the authentication server to determine the possible state of sending a message. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The message transmission prohibition state, And wherein the called party is a prepaid subscriber, and the prepaid balance is exhausted. A method for providing a message read confirmation service in a mobile communication system, (a) receiving a message from a sender; (b) setting a parameter for acknowledging the read in the received message and transmitting it to the called party; (c) receiving a read response message with a read response parameter set from the called party; (d) temporarily allowing transmission of the read response message based on a parameter set in the received read response message when the called party is a call originating subscriber; And (e) creating a read notification message and transmitting it to the sender. The method of claim 4, wherein The message transmission prohibition state, And wherein the called party is a prepaid subscriber, and the prepaid balance is exhausted. A system for providing a message read confirmation service for notifying a sender that a message has been read based on a read response message transmitted from a called party who has confirmed a message in a mobile communication network, An authentication server for storing subscriber call prohibition information and performing subscriber authentication; And Receiving a message sent from a sender through a message center, the authentication server authenticates whether the called party is prohibited from sending, and if the called party is in the prohibited state, the received message is sent to the called party through the message center in the form of a general message. And a read confirmation service server configured to transmit and create a read confirmation non-provided guide message and transmit the read confirmation message to the sender. A system for providing a message read confirmation service in a mobile communication network, When receiving a message sent from the sender through the message center, the authentication server authenticates whether the recipient supports the message read confirmation service, and upon successful caller authentication, sets a parameter for reading the received message through the message center. A read confirmation service server for transmitting to the called party; And And a switch for transmitting the read response message to the read confirmation service server by temporarily allowing the read response message to be sent based on a parameter set in the read response message when the read response message is transmitted from the called party. The read confirmation service server, And upon receiving the read response message from the exchange, sending a read notification message to the sender via the message center. The method of claim 7, wherein The exchanger, And a configuration information for allowing the transmission of the read response message. A message read confirmation service apparatus for notifying a caller that a message has been read based on a read response message transmitted from a called party confirming a message in association with a message center and an authentication server in a mobile communication network, A message receiver configured to receive a read message service request from the message center according to the sender's message transmission; An authentication server interworking unit for authenticating whether the called party is prohibited from transmitting through the authentication server; A message preparation unit which composes a general message to be sent to the called party when authentication fails and creates a read confirmation non-provision guide message to be provided to the caller; And And a message transmitter for transmitting the message created by the message creator to the sender and the called party through the message center.

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