KR100982893B1 - Apparatus and method for providing web contents to terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a web-based ring service to a calling terminal or a called terminal in a communication system, and to provide a user-specific web content as a ringback tone to a calling terminal and a ringing tone to a called terminal. To this end, the present invention comprises the steps of receiving a call connection-related signal for the call connection with the called terminal from the calling terminal, checking at least one of subscriber information for the calling terminal and subscriber information for the called terminal, and each subscriber Determining an address of the web content according to at least one of the outgoing subscriber information and the called party subscriber information information to provide a custom service for each user, and sending a response signal including the address of the web content as a response to a call connection related signal. Transmitting to.

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Ringback Tone, Ring Intone, and HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Description

Apparatus and method for providing a web-based ring service to a calling terminal or a called terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEB CONTENTS TO TERMINALS}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a web-based ring service to a calling terminal or a called terminal in a communication system, and in particular, when a calling terminal requests a call to a called terminal, customization to each terminal until a user of the called terminal responds. An apparatus and method for providing a web-based ring service.

IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a system for providing an IP-based packet communication service, and is a service platform that can facilitate the creation of a rich service communication environment and the integration of wired and wireless networks. Introduced in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 5, IMS is constantly being augmented and newly standardized.

Next Generation Network (NGN) environment based on IMS standard provides IP-based communication service safely through resource control and access control on packet delivery network. The NGN environment provides high value-added services to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) multimedia phones based on the core session control system, IMS application server, and media server defined in the IMS standard. In addition, the NGN environment may include a media gateway controller to interoperate with circuit networks such as Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) using a media gateway.

The NGN environment has a packet-based open network architecture that can integrate and accommodate all existing services (voice, data, video, etc.) as well as those that will emerge in the future. Therefore, the NGN environment provides the user with an environment in which the quality of service can be selected and guaranteed regardless of his location and the type of communication network through an integrated wired / wireless terminal that is convenient to use anytime, anywhere. In addition, operators can build networks at low cost by using an open separation structure between access, delivery network, and services through NGN environment, and support service differentiation and roaming according to subscriber characteristics while securing the quality and reliability of packet network. have.

In general, IMS uses SIP as a protocol between an IP multimedia terminal and a system or a protocol between a system and a system. IMS uses Private Header (RFC3455) for control needed by carriers such as subscriber ID display, access network, billing, etc., and uses extended SIP standard for session management and control. In addition, MEGACO (ITU-T H.248) is used as a protocol for controlling the media gateway, and SDP (Session Description Protocol, RFC3264) is used to transfer protocol information between terminals or media connection between the terminal and the media server.

Recently, a communication system for providing a phone call may provide a call connection sound to the calling terminal or the called terminal until the user of the called terminal answers the call when the calling terminal requests the called terminal. In this case, the ring back tone provided by the calling terminal is called a ring-back tone, and the ring back tone provided by the called terminal is called a ringing tone. Conventionally, performance and multimedia alerting of a terminal in a communication system such as a public switched telephone network, code division multiple access (CDMA), and wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) Due to the limited resources for providing the terminal, the terminal does not receive various types of multimedia content or web content. That is, the calling terminal is provided with only a bell of an audio type preset by a basic bell, a calling party or a called party as a ringback tone, and the called terminal is provided with only a bell of an audio type previously stored as a ringing tone.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a user-specific web content as a ringback tone to a calling terminal. Another object of the present invention is to provide a user-specific web content as a ringing tone to a called terminal.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention which are not mentioned above can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The present invention proposed to achieve the above object is a method for providing a web-based ring service to a calling terminal in a communication system, which receives a call connection-related signal for a call connection with a called terminal from the calling terminal Confirming at least one of subscriber information for the calling terminal and subscriber information for the called terminal, and providing a customized service for each subscriber according to at least one of the calling subscriber information and the called subscriber information. Determining an address of the web content, and transmitting a response signal including the address of the web content to the calling terminal in response to the call connection related signal.

The present invention also provides a method for providing a web-based ring service to a called terminal in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving a call connection related signal for call connection with a called terminal from the calling terminal, and subscriber information for the calling terminal; And identifying at least one of subscriber information for the called terminal, and determining an address of the web content for providing a subscriber-specific customized service according to at least one of the calling subscriber information and the called subscriber information. And adding an address of the web content to the call connection-related signal, and transmitting a call connection-related signal to which the web content address is added to the called terminal.

In addition, the present invention provides a device for providing a web-based ring service to the calling terminal, the message receiving unit for receiving a call connection-related signal for a call connection with the called terminal from the calling terminal, subscriber information and the subscriber information for the calling terminal A terminal information checking unit for identifying at least one of subscriber information for a called terminal, and determining an address of the web content for providing a customized service for each subscriber according to at least one of the calling subscriber information and the called subscriber information. And a message transmitter for transmitting a response signal including the address of the web content to the calling terminal in response to the call connection related signal.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a device for providing a web-based ring service to a called terminal, the message receiving unit for receiving a call connection-related signal for a call connection from the calling terminal, the subscriber information and the subscriber information for the calling terminal A terminal information checking unit for identifying at least one of subscriber information for a called terminal, and determining an address of the web content for providing a customized service for each subscriber according to at least one of the calling subscriber information and the called subscriber information. And a message transmitter for adding a web content address determining unit and a call connection related signal to which the web content address is added to the called terminal by adding the web content address to the call connection related signal. .

According to the present invention as described above, the user-specific web content can be provided to the calling terminal as a ringback tone. In addition, according to the present invention, the user-specific web content can be provided to the called terminal as a ringing tone. Since the web-based ringback tone and ringing tone service can be accessed through the web anytime and anywhere, there is an advantage that the ringtone configuration and the content change setting are much more convenient than the prior art.

The above objects, features, and advantages will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. 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 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 communication system 100 to which the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 according to the present invention is connected. The communication system 100 includes a web-based ring service providing apparatus 110, a web gateway 111, a web server 120, and call session control servers 130 and 140, and includes an originating terminal 150 and a called terminal. And connected with 160. Although FIG. 1 illustrates that the web server 120 exists outside the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 may include a web server 120 according to an exemplary embodiment. . In addition, according to an embodiment, all of the components shown to be included in the communication system 100 in FIG. 1 may be implemented to be included in the web-based LAN service providing apparatus 110.

The communication system 100 according to the present invention is not limited to an NGN environment based on the IMS standard, but may be applied to an Internet network including a SIP proxy server, a SIP-based application server, a SIP-based media server, and the like, which perform call processing. have. In addition, although the present invention describes MEGACO, SIP, and SDP protocols as an example of a preferred embodiment of a protocol used for transmitting a message or a signal between nodes, the communication system 100 according to the present invention uses other IP-based protocols. May also be applied.

The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 is connected to the web server 120 and the call session control servers 130 and 140 to process signals for providing a call connection and web content between the calling terminal 150 and the called terminal 160. Perform In the NGN environment, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 may be configured as an application server. In this case, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 performs all of the tasks normally performed by the application server. Further performing the work for providing the web content described in the specification. The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 receives a message from the calling party call session control server 130 and delivers the message to the called party call session control server 140 as it is, or after processing the received message, the called party session control server. Forward to 140. In contrast, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 receives a message from the called party call session control server 140 and transmits the message to the calling party call control server 130. In addition, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 receives a message from the web server 120, or instructs the web server 120 to transmit a ringback tone or a ringing tone to each terminal (150, 160).

The web server 120 stores web content to be provided to each terminal 150 and 160. The web server 120 is connected through the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 and the web gateway 111. The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 stores identifier information (Uniform Resource Identifier: URI) of the content, and obtains an address (Uniform Resource Locator: URL) of the content from the web server 120 through the URI. The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 transmits the URL to the calling terminal 150 through the response signal message so as to be represented as a ringback tone, or delivers the URL to the called terminal 160 through the signaling message and expresses it as a ringing tone. Be sure to Web content expressed in each terminal 150, 160 may be configured in various forms such as video, sound source, image, text, etc., and the type of content is customized by the caller or the called party, the caller, date, time, location It may be set differently depending on the like. The calling terminal 150 and the called terminal 160 may access web content stored in the web server 120 through a URL. Web content settings such as UCC (User Created Contents) by the caller or the called party may be stored as setting information in at least one of the web server 120, the calling terminal 150, and the called terminal 160.

Call Session Control Function (CSCF) (130, 140) is a server responsible for the part related to call and session processing, functioning as a gateway for the incoming call to the communication system (Incoming Call Gateway) , Call Control Function, SPD (Serving Profile Database), Address Handling. The function as a gateway for an incoming call means to perform routing for incoming calls and service triggering to the application server 110 as an entry point of the communication system 100. The call control function means setting up and terminating a call, managing status and events, reporting a call event for charging, and receiving and processing an application level registration. The SPD function refers to a function of managing subscriber profile information by communicating with a home subscriber server (HSS) of a home domain and informing a subscriber of a home domain at first access.

The call session control servers 130 and 140 are classified into a proxy call session control server (Proxy-CSCF), a serving call session control server (Serving-CSCF), and an interworking call session control server (Interrogating-CSCF). As shown in FIG. 1, the call session control servers 130 and 140 perform basic call / session processing functions. When receiving a call request from each terminal 150 and 160, the call session control server 130 and 140 determines that the call is a service subscriber. The session is triggered by the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110. The call session control server 130 or 140 triggers and delivers a message from each terminal 150 or 160 to the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 or receives a message from the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110. To each terminal 150, 160.

The calling terminal 150 and the called terminal 160 may be wired, wireless or wired and wireless integrated terminals and are connected to the communication system 100. Each terminal 150 and 160 transmits a message to the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 or receives a message from the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 through the call session control server 130 and 140. Meanwhile, the calling terminal 150 and the called terminal 160 may receive a ringback tone or a ringing tone, respectively, from the web server 120. In order to connect the call between the calling terminal 150 and the called terminal 160, each terminal 150 and 160 transmits and receives a message through the communication system 100, and when the call is connected, each terminal 150 and 160 is a direct bearer. (bearer) Send and receive data.

2 is a block diagram of a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention. Communication system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a conventional circuit network 230, such as the PSTN, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) through the signal gateway 224 and trunking gateway 226 ). The communication system 200 is connected to the access gateway 222, the telephone 250, and the terminal 260 through the NGN packet network 220. In addition, the communication system 200 is connected to another NGN or IMS network 232.

The access gateway 222 converts PSTN voice and packet voice to each other, and allows the media gateway controller 214 to perform call control with the telephone 250. The signal gateway 224 performs signal conversion with the conventional circuit network 230, and the trunking gateway 226 performs media conversion with the conventional circuit network 230. The telephone 250 is a conventional telephone that can be connected to a PSTN telephone network, and the terminal 260 is an IP-based multimedia telephone terminal that can be connected to an NGN packet network. Web server 240 stores web content that subscribers want to receive as ringback tones or ringing tones. The calling terminal or the called terminal accesses the web server 240 through the address of the web content received from the application server 202 and receives the web content. The subscriber may configure or set web content through the web server 240.

As shown in FIG. 2, the communication system 200 includes an application server 202, a subscriber information server 204, a serving call session control server 206, a coordinated call session control server 208, a media server 210, It includes a proxy call session control server 212 and a media gateway controller 214. In FIG. 2, the web server 240 is illustrated as being external to the communication system 200, but the web server 240 may be included in the communication system 200. The communication system 200 is a web-based ring service providing apparatus described in the present invention.

The application server 202 controls the message flow for call connection and performs signal processing for providing a web-based ring service. The application server 202 may query the subscriber information server 204 for information such as subscriber, service, etc. in order to make a decision necessary for message flow control or signal processing. The subscriber information server 204 stores the subscriber's service subscription and service request information. The service request information refers to profile information about web content and billing data that are customized for each subscriber and are selected and transmitted according to call time, call date, call counterpart, call location, and the like.

The serving call session control server 206 performs the requested call processing from the phone 250 and the terminal 260, and transfers the service call in association with the corresponding application server 202 when the service call processing is requested. The interworking call session control server 208 is in charge of interworking with other NGN / IMS networks 232. The interworking call session control server 208 serves as a contact point for all calls requested to connect to a subscriber in the communication system 200 and serves as a contact point with other NGN / IMS network 232 subscribers. Due to this role, the interworking call session control server 208 generally acts as a firewall and can prevent the network configuration, topology, and capacity of the operator from being exposed to the outside. The proxy call session control server 212 is a node that is first encountered when the terminal 260 accesses the communication system 200. The proxy call session control server 212 stores the address of the serving call session control server 206 and forwards the SIP message from the terminal 260 to the serving call session control server 206.

The media server 210 stores media files for processing multimedia announcement, digital collection, recording, and the like. The media server 210 transmits a multimedia file through the call path after connecting the calling terminal or the called terminal to the call path according to the signal control of the application server 202. The media gateway controller 214 performs call processing for the PSTN telephone 250 in the communication system 200, and interacts with the corresponding application server 202 to provide a service or serving call session when service call processing is required. The service call is forwarded to the control server 206.

3 is a block diagram of a communication system 300 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the communication system 300 includes a web-based ring service providing apparatus 310 and a web server 320. The web-based ring service providing apparatus 310 includes a message receiving unit 302, a terminal information checking unit 304, a web content address determining unit 306, and a message transmitting unit 308 and is connected to the web server 320. . Since the web server 320 is vulnerable to security because it is connected to the external Internet, the web server 320 may be connected to the web-based ring service providing apparatus 310 through the web gateway 322.

The message receiving unit 302 receives a call connection related signal for call connection with the called terminal from the calling terminal. The terminal information checking unit 304 checks at least one of subscriber information on the calling terminal and subscriber information on the called terminal through a call connection related signal. The web content address determination unit 306 may provide a web to be provided as a ringback tone or a ringing tone based on the subscriber's custom information such as date and time and location by using at least one of subscriber information on the calling terminal and subscriber information on the called terminal. By selecting the content, the address of the web content is determined. The message transmitter 310 transmits a response signal including the address of the web content to the calling terminal, or transmits a call connection related signal including the address of the web content to the called terminal. The web server 320 transmits the web content to the calling terminal or the called terminal at the request of the calling terminal or the called terminal. More detailed operations of the web-based ring service providing apparatus 310 and the web server 320 will be described with the embodiments below.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a web-based ring service providing method according to the present invention. The web content providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

First, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 receives a call connection related signal for call connection with the called terminal 160 from the calling terminal 150 (402). The call connection related signal may include at least one of subscriber information for the calling terminal 150 and subscriber information for the called terminal 160. The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 checks (404) at least one of the calling subscriber information and the called subscriber information to determine the address of the web content to be transmitted in order to provide the custom service for each subscriber (406). The originating subscriber information and the called subscriber information may be received by the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 from a subscriber information server.

When providing the web content as the ringback tone to the calling terminal 150, the calling subscriber information may be information on whether the calling terminal 150 is capable of displaying the web content, and the called subscriber information is the called terminal 160. ) May be information about whether the mobile terminal 150 is configured to transmit the web content as a ringback tone to the calling terminal 150. For example, when a called party sets a specific web content as ringback tone for each caller, region, time, and date and time, the information is composed of called subscriber information. The calling terminal 150 provides the calling subscriber information to inform the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 that the calling terminal 150 is capable of displaying web content, and the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 makes a call. The message is processed to provide the web content only when the capability of the terminal 150 is confirmed. Similarly, in the case of providing web content as a ringing tone to the called terminal 160, the called subscriber information may be information on whether the called terminal 160 is capable of displaying the web content, and the calling subscriber information may be called. Information about whether the terminal 150 is configured to transmit the web content as a ringing tone to the called terminal 160 by callee, region, time, and date and time.

The determined address of the web content may include two or more different URLs, and the two or more URLs may each be addresses for different types of media content. For example, web content to be transmitted as a ringback tone or ringing tone may be composed of various types of media content such as video, sound source, image, and text, and when the video and text are simultaneously transmitted, corresponding URLs are transmitted together. It is.

When providing the web content as the ringback tone to the calling terminal 150, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 includes the determined address of the web content as a response signal to the call connection-related signal to the calling terminal 150. Transmit 408. The response signal is a SIP response message, and the address of the web content may be configured to be included in the header or body portion of the response signal. When providing web content as a ringing tone to the called terminal 160, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 transmits 408 to the called terminal 160 by including the determined address of the web content in a call connection related signal. . The call connection related signal is a SIP message, and the address information of the web content may be configured to be included in the header or body part of the call connection related signal. The calling terminal 150 or the called terminal 160 accesses the web server 120 through the received web content address, and the web server 120 transmits 410 web content. In this way, the calling terminal 150 or the called terminal 160 can receive and transmit web content as a ringback tone or a ringing tone, respectively, from the web server 120.

5 is a signal flow diagram of a method for providing web content as a ringback tone service (CRBT) to an originating terminal 150 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The signal flow between the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110, the web server 120, the calling terminal 150, and the called terminal 160 for providing web content to the calling terminal 150 will be described. FIG. 5 omits and illustrates a signal transmission process by the call session control server between the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 and each terminal 150 and 160.

The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 receives (502) an INVITE message, which is a call connection related signal, from the originating terminal 150 and delivers it to the terminating terminal 160 (504), and provisions 18x from the terminating terminal 160. Receive a response message (506). The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 checks and confirms the ring service configuration information of the service subscriber through at least one of subscriber information on the calling terminal 150 and subscriber information on the called terminal 160. In this way, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 sets a web content-based ringback tone for a subscriber of the calling terminal 160 and the calling terminal 150 displays the web content. Determine if there is.

The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 determines web content according to the verification result, and receives 508 and 510 URLs of the web content from the web server 120. The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 transmits 512 to the calling terminal 150 including the address of the web content in the 18x provision response message as a response to the call connection request signal INVITE message. The 18x provisioning message may include a Call-Info: ringback tone content (image, text, etc.) URL, and an Alert-Info: ringback tone source information URL. The originating terminal 150 accesses the web server 120 by HTTP, receives 514, 516, and 518 corresponding web contents, and displays 554 as ringback tones.

When the called party answers 556, the 200 OK message, which is a call response message, is sent from the called terminal 160 to the calling terminal 150 (520, 522). The calling terminal 150 stops displaying the web content and transmits a final call response message (524, 526) to establish a call 530 with the called terminal 160 by a call. The calling terminal 150 transmits only the final call response message (524, 526) to make a connection 530 with the called terminal 160 by a call, and may be set to continuously display web content even during a call.

6 is a signal flow diagram of a method for providing web content as a ringtone service (CRT) to a terminating terminal 160 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The signal flow between the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110, the web server 120, the calling terminal 150, and the called terminal 160 for providing web content to the called terminal 160 will be described. FIG. 5 omits and illustrates a signal transmission process by the call session control server between the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 and each terminal 150 and 160.

The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 receives an INVITE message, which is a call connection request signal, from the originating terminal 150 (602). The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 inquires and confirms ring service configuration information of a service subscriber through at least one of subscriber information on the calling terminal 150 and subscriber information on the called terminal 160. In this way, the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 has set up a web content-based ringing tone for the subscriber of the calling terminal 160 and the calling terminal 150 displays the web content. Determine if there is. The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 determines the web content according to the verification result, and receives 604 and 606 URLs which are addresses of the web content from the web server 120.

The web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 includes the address of the web content in the INVITE message, which is a call connection related signal, and transmits it to the destination terminal 160 (608). The INVITE message may include a Call-Info: ringing tone content (image, text, etc.) URL, and an Alert-Info: ringing tone source information URL. The called terminal 160 transmits a 180 ring message to the calling terminal 150 (610, 612), and then accesses the web server 120 by HTTP to receive the corresponding web content (614, 616, 618) ringing tone As indicated by the symbol 652.

When the called party answers the call (654), the called terminal 160 transmits (620, 622) the 200 OK message, which is a call response message, to the calling terminal (150) and stops displaying the web content (656). . The called terminal 160 may receive a final call response message from the calling terminal 150 (624, 626) and make a call (630) with the calling terminal 150. The destination terminal 160 may transmit the last call response message (624, 626) without stopping the playback of the web content, and may continuously display the web content even after the connection (630) to the call.

The apparatus and system described above may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. In a hardware implementation, the modules used to provide web content may include one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing units (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable A gate array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a micro-controller, a microprocessor, another electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof. The software may be implemented through a module that performs the functions described herein. Software code may be stored in memory units and executed by a processor. The memory unit may be implemented inside or outside the processor, in which case the memory may be coupled to the processor via various known means.

On the other hand, the method of the present invention as described above can be written in a computer program. And the code and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the written program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (information storage medium), and read and executed by a computer to implement the method of the present invention. And the recording medium includes all types of recording media (intangible medium such as a carrier wave as well as tangible media such as CD and DVD) readable by a computer.

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.

1 is a block diagram of a communication system 100 to which the web-based ring service providing apparatus 110 according to the present invention is connected.

2 is a block diagram of a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a communication system 300 according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a web-based ring service providing method according to the present invention.

5 is a signal flow diagram of a method for providing web content to an originating terminal 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a signal flow diagram of a method for providing web content to a terminating terminal 160 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (18)

A method for providing a web-based ring service to a calling terminal in a communication system, Receiving a call connection related signal for call connection with a called terminal from the calling terminal; Checking at least one of subscriber information of the calling terminal and subscriber information of the called terminal; Determining an address of the customized web content according to at least one of subscriber information for the calling terminal and subscriber information for the called terminal; Transmitting a response signal including the address of the web content to the calling terminal as a response to the call connection-related signal; Web-based ring service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, And transmitting the web content to the calling terminal in accordance with the access of the calling terminal through the address of the web content. The method of claim 1, The address of the web content, Web-based ring service providing method characterized in that it comprises two or more different Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The method of claim 3, wherein Wherein the at least two URLs are addresses for different types of media content, respectively. The method of claim 1, Subscriber information for the calling terminal is information on whether the calling terminal has the ability to display the web content. The method of claim 1, The subscriber information for the called terminal is information on whether the called terminal is set to transmit the web content to the calling terminal. The method of claim 1, The response signal is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, The address of the web content is included in the header or body portion of the response signal, Web-based ring service providing method. A method for providing a web-based ring service to a called terminal in a communication system, Receiving a call connection related signal for call connection with the called terminal from an originating terminal; Checking at least one of subscriber information of the calling terminal and subscriber information of the called terminal; Determining an address of the customized web content according to at least one of subscriber information for the calling terminal and subscriber information for the called terminal; Transmitting the call connection related signal to the called terminal by including the web content address in the call connection related signal. Web-based ring service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 8, And transmitting the web content to the called terminal according to the connection of the called terminal through the address of the web content. The method of claim 8, The address of the web content, Web-based ring service providing method characterized in that it comprises two or more different Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The method of claim 10, Wherein the at least two URLs are addresses for different types of media content, respectively. The method of claim 8, Subscriber information for the calling terminal is information on whether or not the calling terminal is configured to transmit the web content to the called terminal. The method of claim 8, Subscriber information for the called terminal is information on whether or not the called terminal has the ability to display the web content. The method of claim 8, The call connection related signal is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message. The address of the web content is added to the header or body portion of the call connection-related signal, Web-based ring service providing method. An apparatus for providing a web-based ring service to a calling terminal, A message receiver for receiving a call connection related signal for call connection with a called terminal from the calling terminal; A terminal information checking unit for checking at least one of subscriber information of the calling terminal and subscriber information of the called terminal; A web content address determination unit determining an address of the customized web content according to at least one of subscriber information of the calling terminal and subscriber information of the called terminal; A message transmitter which transmits a response signal including an address of the web content to the calling terminal as a response to the call connection-related signal; Web-based ring service providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 15, And a web server for storing the web content and transmitting the web content to the calling terminal in response to a connection of the calling terminal through the address of the web content. An apparatus for providing a web-based ring service to a called terminal, A message receiver for receiving a call connection related signal for call connection with the called terminal from a calling terminal; A terminal information checking unit for checking at least one of subscriber information of the calling terminal and subscriber information of the called terminal; A web content address determination unit determining an address of the customized web content according to at least one of subscriber information of the calling terminal and subscriber information of the called terminal; A message transmitter configured to include the web content address in the call connection related signal and transmit the call connection related signal to the called terminal; Web-based ring service providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 17, And a web server storing the web content and transmitting the web content to the called terminal according to the connection of the called terminal through the address of the web content.

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