KR101021755B1 - Method, apparatus and system for classifying messages in mobile telecommunication network - Google Patents

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system are provided for classifying messages in a mobile communication network.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of classifying a message in a mobile communication network includes: classifying at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion; Registering the categorized one or more message groups; Receiving a message sent by a predetermined calling terminal and mapping the message to one of the registered groups; Inserting information about the mapped message group into the received message; And transmitting the message to a called terminal having an inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups.

SMSC, TID

Description

Method, apparatus and system for classifying messages in mobile telecommunications network {Method, apparatus and system for classifying messages in mobile telecommunication network}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication technology, and more particularly, a message classified into a message transmitted by a calling terminal in a state in which at least one message group classified by a user of a called terminal according to a predetermined criterion is registered in a server of a mobile communication network. The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus, and a system for classifying a message in a mobile communication network, by inserting information about a group and delivering the message to a called terminal, where the message can be classified and stored in an inbox set in a hierarchical structure.

The mobile communication system has been developed through the first generation analog Advanced Mobile Phone Systems (AMPS) method, the second generation cellular and personal communication service (PCS) method, and recently the third generation mobile communication system. IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000) system is popular. IMT-2000 was developed for high speed data transmission and personal mobility guarantee to ensure mobility between countries by integrating systems of countries using different radio access standards. The IMT-2000 has been developed separately from a synchronous CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) 2000 system centered on Korea and the United States, and a Universal Mobile Telecommunication Services (UMTS) or WCDMA system centered on Europe.

In the aforementioned mobile communication system, the mobile communication terminal includes a function of using a short message service (SMS) to transmit and receive a message. This SMS function is mainly used to send and receive short messages of about 100 bytes. In addition, it includes a function that can use a multimedia message (Multimedia Message Service) to send and receive multimedia messages, including video, pictures, sound, and the like.

The SMS message includes a teleservice ID (TID), content information, a delimiter, a compressed URL, and a callback (CB) phone number. The TID is a unique number assigned to each wireless communication provider. When the information service is performed through a plurality of wireless communication providers, the number of the service provider to which each user is subscribed is inserted. The content information is information on occurrence of content and / or content type, and is a message displayed on the user terminal. The delimiter is used to distinguish the content information and the compressed URL, and may be omitted.

However, these various messages inform the user of the fact that the message has been received through the alarm function of the called terminal regardless of the importance of the message, the user has to pay attention to all received messages. In addition, all received messages are stored in a single inbox, resulting in a difficult time finding important or necessary messages between advertising spam messages or less important messages. Therefore, there is a problem that the user of the called terminal spends a lot of time performing the classification of the received message.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to register the at least one message group classified according to a predetermined criterion in the server of the mobile communication network to insert the information on the classified message group in the message transmitted by the originating terminal to deliver to the destination terminal. The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and system for classifying messages in a mobile communication network, which can classify and store corresponding messages in an inbox of a called terminal.

The object of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned object, and other objects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for classifying a message in a mobile communication network includes: classifying a message into at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion; Registering the categorized one or more message groups; Receiving a message sent by a predetermined calling terminal and mapping the message to one of the registered groups; Inserting information about the mapped message group into the received message; And transmitting the message to a called terminal having an inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups.

In addition, an apparatus for classifying messages in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes: a classification unit classifying at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion; A mapping unit for receiving a message sent by a predetermined calling terminal and mapping the message to one of the classified one or more message groups; A controller for inserting information about the mapped message group into the received message; And a transmitter / receiver for transmitting the message to a destination terminal having an inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a system for classifying messages in a mobile communication network, the classification unit for classifying at least one or more message groups according to a predetermined criterion; A mapping unit for receiving a message sent by a predetermined calling terminal and mapping the message to one of the classified one or more message groups; A controller for inserting information about the mapped message group into the received message; A message server including a transceiver configured to transmit the message to a destination terminal having an inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups; And a mobile terminal receiving the message from the server, extracting the inserted information, and storing the message in a corresponding inbox according to the extracted information.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

According to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, the user of the called terminal can concentrate on performing more important tasks without being distracted from all messages, and immediately determine the importance of the received message according to the group information of the received message. You can determine whether to open the message or not. In addition, since it is classified and stored in the inbox according to the importance according to the group information of the message, it is possible to perform the message cleaning task more conveniently and quickly after receiving the message.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be embodied in various different forms, and the present embodiments merely make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and are common in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, which is to be defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

1 is a block diagram of a system for classifying messages in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the system shown in FIG. 1, only the originating terminal 100, the message server 200, and the called terminal 300, which can be applied to the embodiment of the present invention without omitting nodes of a general mobile communication system, are illustrated. Therefore, the system includes a base station / base station controller (RTS / RNC), which is wirelessly connected to the originating terminal 100 and the terminating terminal 300, in addition to the message server 200, a switch (MSC). Of course, it may include a Home Location Register (HLR).

First, the calling terminal 100 and the called terminal 300 are terminals that use a short message service (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) through a circuit switched network (CSN) and a packet switched network (PSN). Software supporting message service should be installed to enable the sending and receiving of short or multimedia messages. Here, the calling terminal 100 and the called terminal 300 are SMS regardless of the name of the mobile terminal such as cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, PDA phone, GSM phone, CDMA-2000 phone, WCDMA phone, DMB phone. Embodiments of the present invention may be applied to a terminal having a function and an MMS function.

The calling terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention serves to transmit a short message or a multimedia message toward the called terminal 300.

The message server 200 may receive a message transmitted by the calling terminal 100 and may map the message to one of a message group previously classified according to a predetermined criterion. In addition, the message server 200 may insert information about the mapped specific message group into the received message and transmit the information to the called terminal 300. Detailed description of the message server 200 will be described later with reference to FIG. 2.

The called terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may receive the message from the message server 200 and extract information on the specific message group from the teleservice identifier (TID) of the received message. . The called terminal 300 may store the message in a corresponding inbox by referring to the extracted information. The inbox of the called terminal 300 is classified into a hierarchical structure having two or more layers, which may be preset in the manufacturing stage of the terminal or may be classified by the user of the called terminal.

In addition, the called terminal 300 may differentially notify the called party that the message has been received by referring to the information on the specific message group extracted from the teleservice identifier (TID) of the received message. That is, for example, when a very important message is received, all of the visual notification through the display unit of the called terminal 300, the audio notification through sound, and the tactile notification through vibration can be performed, and slightly less. If an important message is received, the notification may be performed using one of the notification methods. If a spam message which is not important at all is received, the notification may not be made at all.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the message server 200 described above.

Referring to FIG. 2, the message server 200 may include a classification unit 210, a mapping unit 220, a control unit 230, a transceiver 240, and a database 250.

The classification unit 210 serves to classify at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion. Here, the reference may be based on phone number information stored in the phone book of the called terminal 300, or information about the other party's phone number in which the reception record of a call or a message remains in the called terminal 300 even once. It may be based on the above, and may be classified based on both information.

The mapping unit 220 receives a message sent by the calling terminal 100 and maps the message to one of the classified message groups.

The controller 230 controls the classification unit 210 and the mapping unit 220 described above, and inserts information about the mapped message group into the received message. In particular, the terrestrial service identification number of the message Can be inserted into (TID). In addition, one or more message groups classified by the classification unit 210 may be registered in the database 250.

The transceiver 240 serves to transmit the message to the destination terminal 300 having the inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups. At this time, by referring to the message group information inserted in the TID of the message, it is possible to determine in advance which inbox to which the destination terminal 300 to transmit. Of course, even if the transmission and reception unit 240 of the message server 200 transmits without referring to the message group information inserted in the TID, the receiving terminal 300 reads the TID value of the message and stores which inbox. You might be able to judge.

In the above description, the received message separately stored may include a multimedia message as well as a short message.

Meanwhile, in the above-described message server 200, a short message service center (SMSC) or a multimedia message service center (MMSC) may play a role.

In general, a short message service center (SMSC) processes a basic service for SMS and temporarily stores or delivers data for processing a short message. In addition, it performs a gate function for a short message service, performs a terminal service MAP (Mobile Application Part) processing function for interworking with an exchange (not shown) and a home location register (not shown), and interworks with an external service provider. It also performs a protocol matching function. In addition, the multimedia message service center (MMSC) is a server that provides a multimedia message service, and serves to provide a user with services related to all types of media such as text, music, graphics, and video.

Hereinafter, a method of classifying a message in a mobile communication network based on the above-described system will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

3 is a flowchart of a method for classifying messages in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a message according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the present invention. A diagram illustrating an example of classification of an inbox according to an example.

First, the classification unit 210 of the message server 200 classifies into at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion (S102). The criterion here may be based on telephone number information stored in the phone book of the called terminal 300, or the other party having a record of receiving a call or a message at the called terminal 300 even once. It could be based on information about phone numbers, or sorted based on both pieces of information.

The controller 230 registers the classified one or more message groups in the database 250 (S104).

The mapping unit 220 receives the message sent by the calling terminal 100 and maps it to one of the registered message groups (S106).

The controller 230 inserts information on the mapped message group into the teleservice identifier of the received message (S108). Referring to FIG. 4 regarding the specification of an SMS message, a message transmitted generally includes a teleservice identifier (TID) 410 and an attached message 420 corresponding to a body. If the SMS message includes the call back URL, the URL part 412 and the blank part 414 may be further included in addition to the TID 410 and the attached message 420. Here, the TID is a unique number assigned to each wireless communication provider. When the information service is performed through a plurality of wireless communication providers, the number of the operator to which each user is subscribed is inserted.

The transceiver 240 determines which group the message belongs to by referring to the information inserted in the teleservice identifier of the message, and transmits the message to the called terminal 300 having the inbox corresponding to the corresponding message group. (S110). Here, the inbox may have a hierarchical structure having two or more layers as described above, may be pre-classified and set in the manufacturing process of the terminal, or may be classified by the user of the called terminal. Here, an example of the hierarchical structure of the inbox will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

All inboxes may first be categorized as a higher category, including personal inbox 510, information / notification inbox 520, and advertisement / promo inbox 530, and as subcategories of personal inbox 510. It may be classified as a family 511, a friend 512, a workplace 513, other 514. Also, although not shown here, the information / notification box 520 and the advertisement / publicity box 530 may also be classified into another sub-category.

The destination terminal 300 receives a message transmitted by the transceiver 240 of the message server 200 and extracts information on the mapped message group inserted in the message (S112).

Thereafter, the destination terminal 300 notifies the message receiving facts of different levels according to the extracted information (S114). The notification herein may include all of the visual notification through the display unit of the called terminal 300, the audio notification through the sound, and the tactile notification through vibration, by using at least one notification method of the notification method Notification can be performed. Of course, if you receive a spam message that is not important at all, you might not be notified at all.

In addition, the receiving terminal 300 stores the message in the inbox of the hierarchical structure set to the reference to the extracted information (S116).

On the other hand, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiment of the present invention can be applied in conjunction with not only a circuit switched network (CSN) but also a packet switched network (PSN).

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

1 is a block diagram of a system for classifying messages in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the message server in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of classifying a message in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of classification of an inbox according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (22)

Categorizing into at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion; Registering the categorized one or more message groups; Receiving a first message sent by a predetermined calling terminal and mapping the first message to one of the registered groups; Inserting information about the mapped message group into the received first message; Transmitting a second message including information about the mapped message group to a called terminal having an inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups; Receiving, by the called terminal, the second message and extracting the inserted information; And And notifying the fact that the message has been received in a manner different in importance according to the importance of the second message included in the extracted information. The method of claim 1, And storing the second message in a corresponding inbox according to the extracted information. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The above criteria, And based on at least one of telephone number information stored in the telephone directory of the called terminal and telephone number information of which a reception record remains at least once in the called terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Inserting the step, Inserting information about the mapped message group into a teleservice identifier of the first message. The method of claim 4, wherein The transmitting step, And transmitting the second message to the called terminal with reference to the information inserted in the teleservice identifier of the second message. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The inbox is, A method for classifying messages in a mobile communication network, initially classified according to a hierarchy having two or more layers, or classified by a user of a called terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The first message or the second message, And at least one of a short message and a multimedia message. The method of claim 2, The notice is And at least one of a visual notification through a display unit of the called terminal, an audio notification through sound, and a tactile notification through vibration. A classification unit classifying at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion; A mapping unit which receives a first message sent by a predetermined calling terminal and maps the first message to one of the classified message groups; A controller for inserting information about the mapped message group into the received first message; It includes a transceiver for transmitting a second message in which information about the mapped message group is inserted to a destination terminal having an inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups, The called terminal receives the second message, extracts the inserted information, and sends a message in a mobile communication network to notify the fact that the message is received in a different manner according to the importance of the second message included in the extracted information. Device to sort. The method of claim 9, The control unit, And register the classified one or more message groups in a database. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The above criteria, And at least one of telephone number information stored in a telephone book of the called terminal and telephone number information of which a reception record remains at least once in the called terminal. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The control unit, And insert information about the mapped message group into a teleservice identifier of the first message. 13. The method of claim 12, The transceiver unit, And the second message is transmitted to the called terminal by referring to the information inserted in the teleservice identifier of the second message. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The first message or the second message, At least one of a short message and a multimedia message. A classification unit classifying at least one message group according to a predetermined criterion; A mapping unit which receives a first message sent by a predetermined calling terminal and maps the first message to one of the classified message groups; A controller for inserting information about the mapped message group into the received first message; A message server including a transceiver configured to transmit a second message including information about the mapped message group to a destination terminal having an inbox corresponding to the classified one or more message groups; And And a terminal for receiving the second message from the message server, extracting the inserted information, and notifying the fact that the message has been received in a different manner according to the importance of the second message included in the extracted information. A system for classifying messages in a network. The method of claim 15, The terminal, And classifying the message in a mobile communication network, storing the second message in a corresponding inbox according to the extracted information. The method of claim 16, The notice is And at least one of a visual notification through a display of the called terminal, an audible notification through sound, and a tactile notification through vibration. The method of claim 15, The inbox is, A system for classifying messages in a mobile communication network, which is initially classified according to a hierarchical structure having two or more layers, or classified by a user of a called terminal. The method of claim 9, The inbox is, An apparatus for classifying messages in a mobile communication network, which is initially classified according to a hierarchical structure having two or more layers, or classified by a user of a called terminal. The method of claim 1, The method may include a notification method that selectively combines visual notification through a display unit, audio notification through sound, tactile notification through vibration, and non notification according to the importance of the second message. How to. The method of claim 9, The method may include a notification method that selectively combines visual notification through a display unit, audio notification through sound, tactile notification through vibration, and non notification according to the importance of the second message. Device. The method of claim 15, The method includes a notification method that selectively combines visual notification through a display unit, audio notification through sound, tactile notification through vibration, and non notification according to the importance of the second message. System.

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