KR100865418B1 - Method and system for providing mobile equipment's status information in a mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for providing the status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system are provided to register current state information and available information set by each mobile terminal in a server, thereby recognizing a current state of each mobile terminal and being connected to a proper community service to provide a communication service suitable for a current state of each mobile terminal user to each mobile terminal. A call request to a called terminal(330) from a calling terminal(300) is received in a core network(320). The core network is connected to a state information server which receives and manages state information set by each terminal to check whether the called terminal is out of service. The core network is connected to a supplementary service server to transmit the state information of the called terminal to the calling terminal by using a supplementary service which the called terminal joins.

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILE EQUIPMENT'S STATUS INFORMATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

1 is a diagram illustrating a method of registering and providing status information of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a state information providing method in a state information server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a state information service providing procedure based on a state information server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a state information service registration and reception procedure of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a technology for providing state information in a mobile communication system, and in particular, transmits state information of a mobile terminal on a server in real time, and checks the state information of the opposite mobile terminal through a server to perform an operation accordingly. A method and system for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a suitable mobile communication system.

In general, as the mobile communication is popularized, the providers of the mobile communication and the mobile terminal are trying to provide more various services to the users. The mobile communication system provides various additional services such as providing information through a short message service (SMS), e-mail, web surfing, and mobile messenger in addition to a simple call connection.

However, when such a mobile terminal is turned off, the mobile terminal is in a state of not being called and thus cannot receive any communication. For example, if the mobile terminal was turned off in a situation where the telephone was unavoidably received, the caller could not make a call because the power was turned off even if the caller dialed the mobile terminal. For this reason, the caller must leave a text message by voice or SMS, and the voice and text message notifies the called party that the voice and text message has arrived only when the called party has to turn on the mobile terminal.

In this way, when the caller attempts to make a call, the caller makes a call or text message when the mobile station is turned off in a public place or during a meeting, or when the called party does not know whether the called party is registered with the base station. It will cause inconvenience.

As described above, in the conventional method of making and receiving a call, when the called party cannot receive a call or when the caller attempts to connect to the called party due to a specific service while the power is turned off, the current state of the called party is known. Since it can not be, many attempts to make a call until the connection is made, thereby causing a problem in that the caller's mobile terminal consumes a lot of time and unnecessary battery consumption.

The present invention is to overcome the above limitations of the prior art, the state of the mobile terminal in the mobile communication system that can transmit the state information of the mobile terminal in real time on the server, and can check the state information of the other mobile terminal through the server The purpose is to provide a method and system for providing information.

Another object of the present invention is to register the current status information and available information set from the mobile terminal on the server, in the mobile communication system that can recognize the current situation of the mobile terminal and perform the appropriate type of service thereof. The present invention provides a method and system for providing status information of a mobile terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of receiving a call request from an originating terminal to a called terminal in a core network and interworking with a state information server for registering and managing state information set by each terminal in the core network Confirming that the called terminal is in a state other than available to call, and interworking with an additional service server in the core network, and transmitting the state information of the called terminal to the calling terminal using the additional service subscribed to by the called terminal; It includes.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the state information of each mobile terminal is changed, a state information server that registers changed state information and, when receiving a call request from a calling terminal to a called terminal, interworking with the state information server. A core network for confirming that the called terminal is in a state other than being available for call, and interworking with an additional service server to transmit the confirmed status information of the called terminal to the calling terminal by using the additional service subscribed to by the called terminal; Include.

Hereinafter, the operating principle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be changed according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

The present invention transmits the status information of the mobile terminal on the server in real time, and checks the status information of the other mobile terminal through the server, thereby performing the operation accordingly.

That is, by registering the current status information and available information set from the mobile terminal on the current status server, the caller recognizes the current situation of the called party's mobile terminal and the appropriate type of service, that is, voice and text message transmission, incoming An operation such as a call attempt may be performed when receiving state information of the mobile terminal and switching to a callable state.

On the other hand, the current state information and available information set in the mobile terminal may be the following information.

1) Device: Power on / off, busy

2) Mobile terminal user status: available / not available, in conference

3) Location information: current location information, location information to move,

4) Personal status: feelings, hobbies, nicknames (conversational names), schedules, emails, personal information, etc.

5) Mobile terminal function: voice, text, video call, Bluetooth, walkie-talkie, multimedia function, etc.

Calls between mobile terminals in combination with such additional information services, such as a lettering service that can input the user's nickname when the caller ID is displayed, and a perfect call service that informs the mobile terminal of on / off status and availability of a call. Convenience can be provided during the connection operation.

1 is a diagram illustrating a method of registering and providing status information of a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, various current state information set in the first mobile terminal 100 is transmitted to the state information server 105 using a dedicated protocol between the mobile terminal and the state information server 105.

In this regard, the state information server 105 is connected to the mobile communication infrastructure 110 including various home service registers (HLRs), including additional service servers. The mobile terminal 100 receives power on / off information and specific supplementary service subscription / cancellation information.

Subsequently, when the second mobile terminal 115 accesses the status information server 105 or accesses an online group that can check the status information of the mobile terminals, various information may be received from the status information server 105. In particular, when it is desired to know the state of the first mobile terminal 100, the state information server 105 requests this to receive the current state information of the first mobile terminal 100.

2 is a diagram illustrating a state information providing method in a state information server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user of the first mobile terminal 200 registers a photo or inputs a name of a message through a state setting menu of the first mobile terminal 200 and inputs a current state (callable / disabled during a meeting or business trip). Medium), mood (happy, joy, melancholy, angry), today's schedule, etc., you can enter information, such as profile information (birthday, home address, email) will be registered.

After the registered information is stored, it is stored only on the first mobile terminal 200, or the state information server 205 also asks the user whether the simultaneous storage is performed, and the user selects and stores it. Of course, it is also possible to select and register specific information only to the status information server 205, and not only to register status information, but also to access an online group to perform communication and reception of status information among the people connected to the online group. have.

The state information server 205 receives the state information of the first mobile terminal 200 and receives information on the power state of the mobile terminals and whether to subscribe to an additional service from the mobile communication infrastructure.

Reference numerals 210, 215, and 220 denote menus displayed on the second mobile terminal. In the menu 1 210, a list of users stored in advance is checked, and users who register status information in the online group are selected. In menus 2 and 3 (215, 220), you can see a list of users who are accessing online groups that can check status information from the status information server, or who have registered status information. You can check the information.

For example, since only the state information confirmation result message of the specific user of the menu 2 215 can be received, voice and text messages are transmitted to contact the specific user.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a state information service providing procedure based on a state information server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, interworking between the state information server 315 of the core network (HLR, TIIS) 320 and the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure 310 at the time of call / outgoing call is performed. Through this, it can be applied with necessary communication service. In addition, if necessary, the announcement may be sent by routing a call to a voice mail and a media source providing server (VMS (Voice Mailing System) / MRF (Media Resource Function)).

For example, when there is a condition in the called terminal 330 in the calling terminal 300, first, the state information of the called terminal 330 is grasped from the state information server 315 and attempts to make a suitable call connection thereto. That is, if the called terminal 330 is set to be in a conference, the call is routed so that the pre-registered announcement is automatically answered through the VMS / MRF. Then, when the available state information of the called terminal 330 is changed from 'in a meeting' to 'callable', the call is possible to the calling terminal 300 that called the called terminal 330 in the 'in a meeting' state. Notify 'will send a text message.

In addition, when the caller terminal 300 calls another user, the caller terminal 300 can grasp the state information of the caller terminal 300 from the state information server 315 and use the nickname set by the caller terminal 300 user as the caller nickname. have. This may be performed by interworking additional services of the core network (especially, TIIS) 320 based on the state information server 315.

Looking at a specific state information server-based state information service providing procedure, the current state information of the incoming / outgoing terminal 330, 300 is registered in the IMS infrastructure 310, and in particular, is registered in the state information server 315.

In this case, the IMS infrastructure 310 includes an application server (AS), a state information server (PS) 315, a multimedia resource controller (MRC), a media processing server (MPS: media processing server), and a mobile messenger (IM). : Instant Messaging (MS), Multimedia Streaming Service (MSS), and Multimedia Multimedia Subscriber Register (IMSR).

When the call is attempted by the originating terminal 300 to the end month 330, the first transmission to the core network 320, through the interworking between the core network 320 and the IMS infrastructure 310, the incoming / outgoing terminal 330, Check the status information of 300).

At this time, the core network 320, TIIS (Telephony) that performs additional services such as HLR, Mobile Switching Center (MSC: Mobile Switching Center), caller nickname display, caller ID storage service and lettering, callkeeper, call availability messaging service, etc. IP Integration System (SMC), Short Message Center (SMC), and CRBT IP (Calling Tone) may be included.

Subsequently, interworking services and additional services with related communication products are provided to the called / calling terminals 330 and 300 according to the current state information of the called / calling terminals 330 and 300.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a state information service registration and reception procedure of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 400, a user inputs state information of a mobile terminal, and when registering state information input in step 405, the mobile terminal determines whether to simultaneously store the state information in the state information server. If it is desired to register only in the mobile terminal, the process proceeds to step 410 to register only in the mobile terminal, and proceeds to step 415 to maintain the current state. However, if it is desired to register the current state information input in step 405 to the state information server, the process proceeds to step 420 to check whether all the input information is registered.

In other words, there may be information that you do not want to be private or registered for certain information, so if there is such information, proceed to step 430 so that only the status information selected by the user can be registered. If the registration is desired, the process proceeds to step 430 to register all the input information in the status information server.

Thereafter, in step 435, access to the online group linked with the status information server is performed to check status information of other terminals. However, if the user does not want to connect, proceed to step 415 to maintain the current state, and if desired, proceed to step 440 to perform an online connection, and then check the status information of another user terminal through the status information server. After checking the state of the other user terminal, in step 445, the call connection and the message are transmitted.

As described above, the present invention transmits the status information of the mobile terminal in real time on the server, and confirms the status information of the other mobile terminal through the server, thereby performing the operation accordingly.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by those equivalent to the scope of the claims.

In the present invention operating as described in detail above, the effects obtained by the representative ones of the disclosed inventions will be briefly described as follows.

The present invention, by registering the current status information and available information set from the mobile terminal on the server, recognizes the current situation of the mobile terminal and in connection with the appropriate form of community service for the current situation of the mobile terminal user There is an effect that can realize a communication service.

Claims (21)

delete delete delete delete delete delete delete Receiving a call request from a calling terminal to a called terminal in a core network; Confirming that the called terminal is in a state other than available for communication by interworking with a state information server that registers and manages state information set by each terminal in the core network; Interworking with an additional service server in the core network, and transmitting status information of the called terminal to the calling terminal by using an additional service subscribed to by the called terminal; Method for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system comprising a. The method of claim 8, The process of transmitting the state information of the called terminal to the calling terminal, Method for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system, characterized in that for transmitting the status information in the form of a text message through the text message center (SMSC). The method of claim 8, The process of transmitting to the calling terminal, The announcement when the announcement is registered in advance in the VMS or MRF from the destination terminal through interworking with the voice mail (VMS) or media source providing server (MRF) in the core network, the movement characterized in that for transmitting Method for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a communication system. The method of claim 8, The method, When the core network receives a call request from the calling terminal in a state where the called terminal can receive the call, checking the status information of the calling terminal; Transmitting user nickname information included in the state information of the calling terminal to the called terminal along with the calling number in linkage with an additional service server in the core network; Method for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system further comprising. The method of claim 8, The state information server, Method for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system, characterized in that for registering the changed state information of each terminal. The method of claim 8, The state information, Method for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system, characterized in that at least one of the terminal on / off information, call availability status information, user status and personal information information, terminal function information. The method of claim 8, The additional service, Method for providing status information of a mobile terminal in the mobile communication system, characterized in that any one of the caller nickname display service, caller ID storage service, callback service, messaging service availability of the called terminal. A status information server for registering changed status information when changing status information of each mobile terminal; When receiving a call request from the calling terminal to the called terminal, confirming that the called terminal is in a state other than being available for call through interworking with the state information server, and in conjunction with an additional service server, the confirmed state of the called terminal. Core network for transmitting information to the calling terminal by using the additional service subscribed to the called terminal System for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system comprising a. The method of claim 15, The additional service server, And providing additional services subscribed to by the mobile terminals, and providing the core network with or without the additional service subscriptions of the mobile terminals to the core network. The method of claim 15, The core network, System information providing system of the mobile terminal in the mobile communication system, characterized in that for transmitting the status information of the called terminal to the calling terminal in the form of a text message through a text message center (SMSC). The method of claim 15, The core network, If the announcement information is registered in advance in the VMS or MRF from the destination terminal through interworking the state information of the called terminal with a voice mail box (VMS) or a media source providing server (MRF), the announcement is sent to the calling terminal. System for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system, characterized in that for transmitting. The method of claim 15, The core network, When the called terminal receives a call request from the calling terminal in a callable state, it checks the status information of the calling terminal, interlocks with the additional service server, and receives user nicking information included in the status information of the calling terminal. System for providing status information of a mobile terminal in the mobile communication system further comprising transmitting to the called terminal with a calling number. The method of claim 15, The state information, System information providing system of the mobile terminal in the mobile communication system, characterized in that at least one of the terminal on / off information, call availability status information, user status and personal information information, terminal function information. The method of claim 15, The additional service, A system for providing status information of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system, comprising a caller nickname display service, a calling number storage service, a callback service, and a messaging service of a called terminal.

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