KR100899443B1 - System for providing video telephony constraint service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a video call restriction service for registering a video call restriction service using a short message from a user's terminal, and performing a voice call to a terminal registered in the video call restriction service. will be.

A system for providing a video call restriction service using a short message from a user's terminal may include an identifier in a called party field of the short message. If the terminal is a receiving terminal of a video call, the video call is connected by a voice call. An identifier determination unit that determines whether an identifier for registering a restricted service is included; And if it is determined by the identifier determining unit that the called party field includes an identifier, register a service content for the terminal to perform voice call connection to the terminal in response to the video call request designated as the called terminal of the video call. And a control unit for transmitting the registered service contents to the terminal.

Video call, voice call, restriction

Description

System and method for providing video call restriction service {SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VIDEO TELEPHONY CONSTRAINT SERVICE AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a video call restriction service for registering a video call restriction service using a short message from a user's terminal, and performing a voice call to a terminal registered in the video call restriction service. will be.

As the information society progresses, various functions are added to the communication network to provide new services. In addition, due to the development of a mobile communication terminal, a wireless terminal having both a digital camera and a camcorder function has been released, and a video call service is provided using the same.

The video call service is a service that allows a user to make a call while viewing a video as well as a voice by transmitting his or her image taken by the wireless terminal to a counterpart while making a voice call between wireless terminal users having a video shooting function.

However, since the current video call service is disclosed to the other party, there is no way to smoothly reject the video call request in a situation where the user wants to avoid the video call. In addition, the video call service has a problem in ensuring the privacy of customers because their appearance is disclosed to the other party through the video.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to register a video call restriction service using a short message from the user's terminal, and to provide a video call restriction service to perform a voice call to the terminal registered in the video call restriction service It is to provide a system and method.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a system for providing a video call restriction service using a short message from a user's terminal is provided. The system for providing a video call restriction service includes an identifier in the called party field of the short message-an identifier for registration of a video call restriction service for making a call through a voice call when the terminal is a called terminal of a video call. An identifier determination unit that determines whether a determination is made; And if it is determined by the identifier determining unit that the called party field includes an identifier, register a service content for the terminal to perform voice call connection to the terminal in response to the video call request designated as the called terminal of the video call. And a control unit for transmitting the registered service contents to the terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a video call restriction service using a short message from a user's terminal is provided. The method for providing a video call service includes: (a) an identifier in a called party field of the short message; an identifier for registering a video call restriction service for making a voice call when the terminal is a called terminal of a video call; Determining whether it is included; And (b) if it is determined that the called party field includes an identifier, registering the content of the video call designated as the called terminal of the video call to perform voice call connection.

According to the present invention, a system and method for providing a video call restriction service to register a video call restriction service using a short message from a user's terminal and to perform a voice call to a terminal registered in the video call restriction service. Can be provided.

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.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, and the like described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. Can be.

Now, a system and method for providing a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a network for providing a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 1, a network for providing a video call restriction service includes a first terminal 100, a first terminal side base station 200, a first terminal side mobile switching center 300, a video call server 400, and a home. The location register 500, the short message service center 600, the second terminal side mobile switching center 700, the second terminal side base station 800 and the second terminal 900. Each structure of FIG. 1 is demonstrated as follows.

The first terminal 100 is a terminal capable of a video call that the user can carry and communicate while moving, and can transmit / receive a short message. The first terminal 100 receives the content of the short message from the user and generates a short message. Thereafter, the first terminal 100 transmits the generated short message to the first terminal side base station 200.

The short message includes a called party information field and a called party information field.

The caller information field includes the number of the first terminal. In addition, the content of the called party information field input from the user includes an identifier for limiting video call (hereinafter, "identifier for limiting video call" is referred to as "identifier") and a terminal number (hereinafter referred to as "terminal received from the called party"). Number "is referred to as an" input terminal number. "

In this case, the identifier may have various forms. For example, the identifier may be a special symbol such as * or # or a specific number such as 1 or 999.

In addition, the identifier may be input in various ways in relation to the input terminal number. For example, a method in which an identifier is input in front of an input terminal number or a method in which an identifier is input after an input terminal number is also possible.

The first terminal side base station 200 performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and wireless signal transmission / reception, and transmits a short message received from the first terminal 100 to the first terminal side mobile switching center 300. send.

The first terminal-side mobile switching center 300 is connected to the video call server 400 and the home location register 500 through a mobile communication network. The first terminal-side mobile switching center 300 transmits the short message received through the first terminal-side base station 200 to the short message service center 600.

The Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 600 receives a short message from the first terminal side mobile switching center 300, and limits the video call based on the content of the called party information field of the received short message. Perform the registration of.

In order to determine whether to register the video call restriction service, the short message service center 600 determines whether an identifier is included in the called party information field of the received short message.

If the receiver information field of the received short message includes an identifier, the short message service center 600 registers the first terminal number which is the number of the first terminal 100 in the video call restriction service.

Thereafter, the short message service center 600 determines whether the input terminal number included in the called party information field of the received short message is the same as the first terminal number.

If the input terminal number is the same as the first terminal number, the short message service center 600 recognizes that the user of the first terminal 100 requests "restriction for all video calls to the first terminal".

If it is determined that the user of the first terminal 100 requires "restriction on all video calls to the first terminal", the short message service center 600 is a content of the service for the first terminal number. 1 "restricts all video calls to the terminal" is stored.

On the other hand, if the input terminal number is different from the first terminal number, the short message service center 600 requests the user of the first terminal 100 to "restrict the video call from the input terminal number to the first terminal". Figure out.

If it is determined that the user of the first terminal 100 requires "restriction on the video call from the input terminal number to the first terminal", the short message service center 600 provides the contents of the service for the first terminal number. Store the content of "restriction on the video call from the input terminal number to the first terminal".

Thereafter, the short message service center 600 generates a service registration completion message regarding service registration contents with respect to the number of the first terminal 100 and transmits the generated service registration completion message to the first terminal side mobile switching center 300. And it transmits to the first terminal 100 through the first terminal side base station 200.

In addition, the short message service center 600 receives a service information request for the called number from the video call server 400, and retrieves information about the called number.

If the called number is a number registered in the video call restriction service, the short message service center 600 transmits the service content information on the called number to the video call server 400.

On the other hand, when the called number is not registered in the video call restriction service, the short message service center 600 receives the service unregistered information indicating that the called number is not registered in the video call restriction service. To send.

The video call server 400 receives a video call request including the calling number and the called number from the second terminal side mobile switching center 700, and sends a request for service information on the called number to the short message service center 600. send.

Then, the video call server 400 is based on the information received from the short message service center 600 and the location information of the terminal corresponding to the called number stored in the home location register 500, the terminal corresponding to the called number Perform video or audio call connection. The method of performing the video call or the voice call connection to the terminal corresponding to the called number will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

The home location register (HLR) 500 stores subscriber's origination, incoming status, and subscriber's location information.

The second terminal 900 is a terminal capable of a video call that the user can carry and communicate while moving. The second terminal 900 receives an incoming terminal number from the user and makes a video call request to a terminal corresponding to the called terminal number. Transmit to base station 800.

The second terminal side base station 800 transmits the video call request received from the second terminal 900 to the second terminal side mobile switching center 700.

The second terminal side mobile switching center 700 transmits a video call request for the called terminal number received from the second terminal side base station 800 to the video call server 400.

In the above description, the first terminal 100 and the second terminal 900 include a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (MT), a subscriber station (SS), and a portable subscriber station (Portable Subscriber Station). , PSS), a user equipment (UE), an access terminal (AT), and the like, and may include all or some functions of a mobile terminal, a subscriber station, a mobile subscriber station, a user device, and the like. It may be.

In addition, in the above description, the first terminal-side base station 200 and the second terminal-side base station 800 are an access point (AP), a radio access station (Radio Access Station, RAS), a node B (Node B), transmission and reception It may also refer to a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile multihop relay (MMR) -BS, and the like, and may include all or a part of functions of an access point, a wireless access station, a node B, a transmitting / receiving base station, an MMR-BS, and the like. It may be.

In addition, the switch of the first terminal-side mobile switching center 300 and the second terminal-side mobile switching center 700 is a form in which the circuit switch and the packet switch are combined or have some functions thereof, depending on the characteristics of the network. PCX, IMX. It can be SGSN, GGSN, router, etc.

2 is a block diagram of a short message service center 600 for providing a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the short message service center 600 includes a receiver 610, an identifier determiner 620, a registration processor 630, an information storage 640, a transmitter 650, a controller 660, and a search processor. 670 and a message generator 680. Each structure of FIG. 2 is demonstrated as follows.

The receiver 610 transmits the short message received from the first terminal-side mobile switching center 300 to the identifier determiner 620. In addition, the receiver 610 transmits a service information request including a called number received from the video call server 400 to the search processor 670.

The identifier determiner 620 determines whether the identifier is included in the called party information field of the short message received from the receiver 610. If the called party information field of the short message includes an identifier, the identifier determining unit 620 transmits the content of the called party information field and the first terminal number to the registration processing unit 630.

The registration processor 630 receives the content of the called party information field and the first terminal number from the identifier determining unit 620 and registers the received first terminal number in the video call restriction service. The registration processing unit 630 includes a number determination unit 690.

The registration processing unit 630 stores the first terminal number in the subscriber number field of the information storage unit 640, and the number determination unit 690 stores the first terminal number stored in the called party information field of the received short message. It is determined whether or not the same as the terminal number.

If the number determination unit 690 determines that the input terminal number is the same as the first terminal number, the registration processing unit 630 may restrict the user from the first terminal 100 to all video calls to the first terminal. ", And stores" YES "in the total number restriction field of the information storage unit 640.

If it is determined by the number determination unit 690 that the input terminal number is different from the first terminal number, the registration processing unit 630 determines that the user of the first terminal 100 is connected to the video call from the input terminal number to the first terminal. "NO" is stored in the total number restriction field of the information storage unit 640, and the input terminal number is stored in the restriction target number field.

Thereafter, the registration processor 630 transmits the first terminal number and the contents of the registration service to the message generator 680.

The message generating unit 680 receives the first terminal number and the contents of the registration service from the registration processing unit 630 and generates a message for completing service registration. Thereafter, the message generator 680 transmits the generated message to the transmitter 650.

The search processing unit 670 receives the service information request including the called number from the receiving unit 610, and searches for the service information for the called number.

The search processing unit 670 searches whether the received called number is included in the subscriber number field of the information storage unit 640.

If it is determined that the called number is not included in the subscriber number field, the retrieval processing unit 670 transmits service non-registration information indicating that the called number is not registered in the video call restriction service to the transmitter 650.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the called number is included in the subscriber number field, the search processor 670 transmits the service content information on the called number to the transmitter 650.

At this time, the service content information for the called party number, whether the user of the called number requires "restriction on all video calls to the called number" or "restriction on the video call from the specific terminal number to the called number; Whether or not "

In addition, the service content information for the called party number, if the user of the called party requests "restriction on the video call from the specific terminal number to the called party number", the user to the restricted target number requesting call restriction Contains information about

The information storage unit 640 stores subscriber information of the video call restriction service and contents of services provided to each subscriber. 3 illustrates an example of contents stored in the information storage unit 640.

Referring to FIG. 3, the information storage unit 640 includes a subscriber number field, a total number restriction field, and a restriction target number field. Each field of the information storage unit 640 will be described below.

The subscriber number field stores the number of the terminal registered in the video call restriction service.

The total number restriction field stores "YES" or "NO". If "YES" is stored in the global number limit field, the user of the terminal requests "restriction for all video calls to the terminal", and if "NO" is stored, the user of the terminal It is a request for "restriction on a video call from a specific terminal number to the called party number".

The restriction target number field stores a number designated by the user as a restriction target number when a user of the terminal requests "restriction on a video call from a specific terminal number to the called number."

The transmitter 650 receives the message of the service registration completion from the message generator 680 and transmits the message to the first terminal-side mobile switching center 300. In addition, the transmitter 650 receives the service unregistered information or the service content information on the called number from the search processor 670, and transmits it to the video call server 400.

The controller 660 controls operations of the receiver 610, the identifier determiner 620, the registration processor 630, the transmitter 650, the search processor 670, and the message generator 680.

Now, a method for providing a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a control flowchart illustrating a method of registering a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the first terminal 100 generates a short message based on the content input from the user, and transmits the generated short message to the short message service center 600 (S101). In this case, the generated short message has a first terminal number stored in the caller information field, and an identifier and an input terminal number stored in the called party information field.

The short message service center 600 receiving the short message from the first terminal 100 determines whether the identifier is included in the called party information field of the received short message (S102).

If the receiver information field of the received short message includes an identifier, the short message service center 600 registers the first terminal number which is the number of the first terminal 100 in the video call restriction service (S103).

Thereafter, the short message service center 600 determines whether the input terminal number included in the called party information field of the received short message is the same as the first terminal number (S104).

If the input terminal number is the same as the first terminal number, the short message service center 600 determines that the user of the first terminal 100 requires "restriction for all video calls to the first terminal", and As a content of the service for the terminal number 1, the content of "restriction for all video calls to the first terminal" is stored (S105).

Thereafter, the short message service center 600 generates a service registration completion message regarding service registration contents with respect to the number of the first terminal 100 (S106), and generates the generated service registration completion message to the first terminal 100. It transmits (S107).

On the other hand, if the input terminal number is different from the first terminal number, the short message service center 600 requests the user of the first terminal 100 to "restrict the video call from the input terminal number to the first terminal". And the contents of the "restriction on the video call from the input terminal number to the first terminal" as the content of the service for the first terminal number (S108).

Thereafter, the short message service center 600 generates a service registration completion message regarding service registration contents with respect to the number of the first terminal 100 (S106), and generates the generated service registration completion message to the first terminal 100. It transmits (S107).

5 is a control flowchart illustrating a call connection method of a video call restriction service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the second terminal 900 receives an incoming number from the user and transmits a video call request including the calling number and the called number to the video call server 400 (S201). At this time, the second terminal number is stored in the calling number, and the input terminal number is stored in the called number.

The video call server 400 receives the video call request including the calling number and the called number from the second terminal 900, and transmits the service information request for the called number to the short message service center 600 (S202). ).

Upon receiving the service information request for the called number from the video call server 400, the short message service center 600 retrieves the information about the called number (S203), and the called number is registered in the video call restriction service. It is determined whether or not (S204).

If the called number is a number registered in the video call restriction service, the short message service center 600 transmits the service content information on the called number to the video call server 400 (S205).

On the other hand, if the called number is not registered in the video call restriction service, the short message service center 600 provides the service unregistered information indicating that "the called number is not registered in the video call restriction service". In step S206.

Thereafter, the video call server 400 performs video or audio call connection to the terminal corresponding to the called number based on the information received from the short message service center 600.

Looking at the video call server 400 in detail how to perform a video call or voice call connection to the terminal corresponding to the called number as follows.

First, when the video call server 400 receives service content information on the called number from the short message service center 600, the video call server 400 indicates that the service content of the called number is “the called number. It is determined whether the video call is restricted to all incoming numbers "(S207).

If the service content for the called number is "restrict video call to all the numbers coming to the called number", the video call server 400 to the second terminal 900, the video call and voice call connection notification The message is transmitted (S208), and the voice call is connected to the terminal corresponding to the called number (S209).

On the other hand, if the service content for the called number is "restriction on the video call coming from the specific terminal number to the called number", the video call server 400 to the number stored in the call destination number field It is determined whether or not included (S210).

If the calling number is a number stored in the restriction target number field, the video call server 400 transmits a message regarding a video call impossible and a voice call connection notification to the second terminal 900 (S208), and the called number The voice call connection is performed to the terminal corresponding to (S209).

On the other hand, if the calling number is not included in the restriction target number, the video call server 400 performs the video call connection to the terminal corresponding to the called number based on the location information of the home location register 500 (S211). ).

In addition, when the video call server 400 receives service non-registration information indicating that "the called number is not registered in the video call restriction service" from the short message service center 600, the video call server 400 receives the called number. The video call connection is performed to the terminal corresponding to (S211).

In the embodiment of the present invention described above, the information storage unit 640 of the short message service center 600 stores the subscriber information of the video call restriction service and the contents of the service provided to each subscriber. However, the subscriber information of the video call restriction service and the contents of the service provided to each subscriber may be stored in other places such as the home location register 600 and the video call server 400.

In the above-described embodiment, a method of registering with the video call restriction service using the identifier has been described. However, the method of registering the video call restriction service may be performed by another method. For example, the method of registering the video call pause service may also be performed by calling a specific number, for example, 1588-xxxx.

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.

1 is a block diagram of a network for providing a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a short message service center 600 for providing a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates an example of contents stored in the information storage unit 640.

4 is a control flowchart illustrating a method of registering a video call restriction service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a control flowchart illustrating a call connection method of a video call restriction service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (10)

In the system for providing a video call restriction service using a short message from the user terminal, An identifier determination unit that determines whether an identifier in the called party field of the short message includes an identifier for registering a video call restriction service for making a call through a voice call when the terminal is a called terminal of a video call; And If it is determined by the identifier determining unit that an identifier is included in the called party field, the terminal registers contents of a service for performing a voice call connection to the terminal with respect to a video call request designated as a called terminal of a video call. And a control unit for transmitting the registered service contents to the terminal. System for providing video call restriction service. The method of claim 1, The control unit, When the called party field includes an identifier and the terminal number and the input number included in the called party field are the same, the terminal controls voice call connection to the terminal for all video calls designated as the called terminal. doing System for providing video call restriction service. The method of claim 2, The control unit, When the called party field includes an identifier and the number of the terminal and the input number are different, controlling to perform a voice call connection to the terminal for a video call from the terminal corresponding to the input number to the terminal. System for providing video call restriction service. The method of claim 3, And a registration processing unit for registering service contents for video call restriction to allow the terminal to perform voice call connection to the terminal in response to a video call request designated as a called terminal of a video call. The registration processing unit includes a number determination unit that determines whether the input number is the same as the number of the terminal. System for providing video call restriction service. The method of claim 4, wherein System for providing a video call restriction service further comprises an information storage for storing the number of the terminal and the service content of the video call restriction of the terminal. The method of claim 5, The information storage unit, A subscriber number field in which a number of a terminal registered in the video call restriction service is stored; A total number restriction field for storing whether or not to perform voice call connection for all video calls to the number of the terminal stored in the subscriber number field; And When performing a voice call connection for a video call from a specific terminal to the number of the terminal stored in the subscriber number field, including the restriction target number field in which the number of the specific terminal is stored. System for providing video call restriction service. The method of claim 6, Further comprising a message generating unit for generating a message for the service registration content for the terminal; System for providing video call restriction service. In the method for providing a video call restriction service using a short message from the user terminal, (a) determining whether or not an identifier in the called party field of the short message includes an identifier for registering a video call restriction service for making a call through a voice call when the terminal is a called terminal of a video call; And (b) if it is determined that the called party field includes an identifier, registering the content for the video call designated as the called terminal of the video call to perform voice call connection; Method for providing video call restriction service. The method of claim 8, In step (b), Storing the number of the terminal as a subscriber number of the service; Determining whether an input number included in the called party field is the same as the terminal number; If the input number is the same as the terminal number, storing the content for the terminal to perform voice call connection to all the video calls designated as the called terminal; And If the input number and the terminal number are different from each other, storing the information for performing a voice call connection to the terminal for a video call from the terminal corresponding to the input number to the terminal. Method for providing video call restriction service. The method of claim 9, (c) transmitting a short message containing the contents registered in the step (b) to the terminal. Method for providing video call restriction service.

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