KR101029588B1 - Method for providing emotion alternative ring back tone service and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for sensibility substitute tone of a ring-back-tone service method increasing usage of service are provided to add a sensibility function to an existing ring back tone substitute service. CONSTITUTION: A ring back tone server receive a ring back tone substitution sound transmission request according a call originating of a communication terminal(S201~S213). A sensibility server transmits an emotion data to a communication terminal(S221~S223). The sensibility server informs a emotion data transmission result to the ring back tone server(S229). The ring back tone server transmits a message for synchronization of the ring back substitute tone and the sensibility data to a communication terminal(S231~S233). The ring back tone server transmits the ring back substitute sound to the communication terminal(S237).

Description

METHOOD FOR PROVIDING EMOTION ALTERNATIVE RING BACK TONE SERVICE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR}

The present invention relates to a ring back tone substitute sound service method and apparatus for the same, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for an emotional ring back tone substitute sound in a communication network.

In general, a ringback tone refers to a ring tone sent from a switch to a caller to inform the caller that a call signal is being sent to the called party in a general switched telephone network (PSTN) or a mobile communication network. Conventionally, only simple tones are provided, but recently, various ring back tones such as classics, popular songs, and popular celebrity voices have been developed and provided. That is, the subscriber selects and uses ringback tone replacement sound (two ring, coloring, filling, etc.) in place of the ring back tone.

The ringback tone replacement sound service is developed and provided as various types of additional services. For example, when you want to set the ringback tone of the other party as your ringback tone, you can set the ringback tone by simply pressing a key button, and change the ringback tone based on your current location. Various ringback tone replacement services such as services have been developed and provided.

However, these various types of ringback tone replacement sound services are unilaterally provided to mobile communication terminals in a mobile communication network, and ringback tone replacement sound services of interworking with mobile communication terminals have not been developed yet.

The present invention was made to solve the limitations of the conventional ringback tone replacement sound service as described above, and a ringback tone replacement sound service method for providing a ringback tone replacement sound service using a vibration function of a mobile communication terminal, and an apparatus therefor. The purpose is to provide.

Specifically, when a ringback tone replacement sound is transmitted from the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal, the ringback tone replacement sound service for providing a more emotional ringback tone replacement sound service by vibrating the mobile communication terminal according to the ringback tone replacement sound. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus therefor.

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

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for providing an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service in a communication system comprising a emotional server and a ringback tone server, the ringback tone server, the call origination of the communication terminal Receiving a ringback tone replacement sound transmission request and requesting transmission of emotion data to the emotion server; Sending, by the emotion server, emotion data to the communication terminal and receiving a response thereto; Sending, by the emotion server, an emotional data transmission result to the ringback tone server; Sending, by the ringback tone server, a message for synchronizing a ringback tone replacement sound and the emotion data to the communication terminal based on the notification of the transmission result; And transmitting, by the ringback tone server, a ringback tone replacement sound to the communication terminal.

In the method, requesting the transmission of the emotion data includes: retrieving a sound source code of a ringback tone replacement sound set by a called party by the ringback tone server, transmitting the same to the emotion server, and receiving the response; Emotion data corresponding to a sound source code may be transmitted to the communication terminal.

In the above method, receiving the response may include: obtaining, by the emotion server, location information of the communication terminal through a home location register; And transmitting, by the emotion server, the emotion data to an SMS Delivery Point to Point (SMDPPP) message directly to an exchange at a communication terminal side using the obtained location information to prevent transmission delay to the communication terminal. It may include.

In the above method, the step of transmitting the message for synchronization to the communication terminal, the ringback tone server, a CPG (Call Progress) message including information indicating the start of the ringback tone replacement sound exchange switch (exchanger) May be transmitted to the communication terminal by putting synchronization information indicating the start of ringback tone replacement sound transmission to the communication terminal based on the CPG message.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, an emotional server device for providing an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service in conjunction with a ringback tone server of a communication system, the storage unit for storing the emotional data; A retrieval unit for retrieving the emotional data from the storage unit upon receiving the emotional data transmission request from the ringback tone server according to a call origination of a communication terminal; A transmitter for transmitting the emotion data retrieved from the searcher to the communication terminal and receiving a response thereto; And in response to the response being received by the transmitter, notifying the ringback tone server of a result of transmitting the emotion data to the ringback tone server for synchronization of the ringback tone substitute sound transmitted from the ringback tone server and the emotion data in the communication terminal. It includes; a synchronization processing unit.

The emotion server apparatus further includes an acquiring unit for acquiring position information of the communication terminal in association with a home location register, wherein the transmitting unit uses the position information to prevent transmission delay. The sentiment data can be directly transmitted in a SMDPP message.

The storage unit of the emotion server apparatus stores the emotion data for each sound source code, and the search unit receives the sound source code of the sound source set by the called party from the ringback tone server, and stores the emotion data using the received sound source code. Emotional data can be retrieved from the department.

And, according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the communication terminal receiving the emotional ringback tone replacement service from the communication system comprising a emotional server and a ringback tone server, after a call is sent to the communication system A first receiving unit receiving emotion data from the emotion server and receiving synchronization information informing of transmission of a ringback tone replacement sound from the ringback tone server; A second receiver for receiving a ringback tone replacement sound from the ringback tone server; A reproducing unit for reproducing and outputting a ringback tone substitute sound received by the second receiving unit; And an emotion controller configured to buffer the emotion data received by the first receiver and to control the terminal according to the emotion data being buffered when synchronization information indicating the transmission of the ringback tone replacement sound is received.

The first receiving unit of the communication terminal may receive synchronization information indicating transmission of the emotion data and the ringback tone replacement tone as an SMS message.

The communication terminal may further include a vibration motor that sounds a vibration to provide an emotional service to the terminal, wherein the emotional data is vibration data, and the emotional control unit controls the vibration motor according to the vibration data. It may be.

In the present invention as described above, by adding an emotional function to the conventional ringback tone replacement sound service, the use of the ringback tone replacement sound service can be induced to increase the use. In addition, the present invention, by applying the emotional data set by the individual to the ringback tone substitute sound service to be able to inform the other person the actual feelings of the individual.

In addition, the present invention, by changing the switch and the additional equipment of the existing communication network by building only the emotional server interworking with the equipment of the existing communication network and performs most of the main functions necessary for the emotional ringback tone replacement sound service on the emotional server by itself. Minimize.

In addition, the present invention, by matching the accurate synchronization between the ringback tone replacement sound and the emotional data can provide a more realistic emotional service to increase the service satisfaction.

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: There will be. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of an emotional ringback tone service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile communication terminal 110 and 120, a mobile switching center (MSC) 130 and 140, and a home location register (HLR) 150. ), The ringback tone server 170 and the emotion server 180.

The mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 are voice terminals capable of transmitting and receiving SMS messages and can be applied without limitation as long as the voice communication is possible and terminals capable of transmitting and receiving SMS messages. The mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 receive emotional data from the mobile communication network as SMS messages during the call connection waiting time when the call is sent to the call counterpart, and also receive a ringback tone replacement sound set by the call counterpart. At this time, the mobile communication terminal (110, 120) performs the operation according to the emotional data at the same time when outputting the ringback tone replacement sound through the speaker,

For example, when the emotional data is vibration data, the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 interpret the vibration data when driving the ringback tone replacement sound to drive the vibration motor so that the terminal vibrates, or the emotional data In the case of LCD data, the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 interpret the LCD data when driving the ringback tone replacement sound to drive the display of the terminal. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 110 will be described as a calling terminal for sending a call, and the mobile communication terminal 120 will be described as a called terminal for receiving a call sent from the calling terminal. The vibration data will be described as an example of emotional data.

The mobile switch 130 is connected to a wireless access network to perform call processing and relay functions for the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120, and also performs additional service processing, location registration procedure and handoff procedure processing, and interworking with other networks. And so on. The mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 and the mobile switch 130 are connected through a wireless access network, which includes a base station (BTS, RTS) and a base station controller (BSC, RNC). Since such a wireless access network is a well-known element, description thereof is omitted here. In the present embodiment, the mobile exchange 130 on the calling terminal 110 side will be described as the calling side exchange, and the mobile switching machine 140 on the called terminal 120 side will be described as the called side exchange.

The home location register 150 stores and manages subscriber profiles such as additional service subscription information of the subscriber and location information of the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120. Typically, home location register 150 is built separately according to the station number of the mobile phone number. For example, when the outgoing call is received, the originating exchange 130 queries the incoming location query to the home location register 150 containing the called party's telephone number and receives a response thereto.

The ringback tone server 170 is an additional service device that transmits a ringback tone replacement sound source to the caller terminal 110 during a call connection waiting time when a call is transmitted from the caller terminal 110 to the caller terminal 120. Stores the sound source code and sound source file of the replacement sound. Typically, the ringback tone server 170 receives a ringback tone substitute tone transmission request from the called side exchange 140, retrieves a sound source file of the ringback tone alternate tone set by the called party, and then sends it through the calling side exchange 130. Playback to the terminal 110. Of course, the subject requesting the transmission of the ringback tone substitute ring to the ringback tone server 170 may be the source side exchange 130 or the intelligent network equipment other than the destination side exchange 140, and there is no particular limitation.

The emotion server 180 transmits the emotion vibration data from the ringback tone server 170 to the originating terminal 110 to which a ringback tone replacement sound is transmitted from the ringback tone server 170. The emotion server 180 has a function of transmitting an SMS message in order to secure real time in transmitting the emotion vibration data to the originating terminal 110, and works in conjunction with the home location register 150 to locate the originating terminal 110. After checking the information, sent the emotional vibration data through SMS message.

The emotion server 180 maps and manages the emotional vibration data for each ringback tone replacement sound source code, retrieves the sentiment vibration data corresponding to the ringback tone replacement sound source code received from the ringback tone server 170, and transmits it. Transmission to the terminal 110. Alternatively, the emotion server 180 may store and manage the emotion vibration data set by the subscriber, search for the emotion vibration data based on the subscriber information received from the ringback tone server 170, and transmit the emotion vibration data to the calling terminal 110. have.

On the other hand, for the synchronization of the ringback tone replacement sound transmitted from the ringback tone server 170 to the caller terminal 110 and the emotional vibration data transmitted from the emotion server 180 to the caller terminal 110, ringback tone After the server 170 is notified from the emotion server 180 that the emotional vibration data has been normally transmitted to the calling terminal 110, the server 170 transmits a sink message indicating that the ringback tone replacement sound is transmitted to the calling terminal 110. The ringback tone substitute sound is transmitted to the calling terminal 110.

The originating terminal 110 does not sound vibration immediately after receiving the emotional vibration data from the emotion server 180, but receives the sync message indicating the start of the transmission of the ringback tone replacement sound from the ringback tone server 170. Interpret it and start to vibrate. Since the ringback tone server 170 transmits the ringback tone replacement sound immediately after transmitting the sync message, the originating terminal 110 receives the ringback tone replacement sound at the time when the ringback tone starts to sound. Therefore, in the calling terminal 110, the emotional vibration data and the ringback tone replacement sound are synchronized with each other and expressed, thereby providing a delicate emotional ringback tone replacement sound service to the caller.

More specifically, a method of providing an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 6.

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure for providing an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the caller attempts a phone call to the called party. Therefore, the outgoing call originated from the originating terminal 110 of the originator is transmitted to the originating exchange 130 through a wireless access network (S201).

After receiving the outgoing call, the outgoing side exchange 130 transmits the incoming location query message to the home location register 150 accommodating the called party's subscriber profile after performing a basic authentication process, such as whether the originator is prohibited from calling (S203). ). Accordingly, the home location register 150 transmits a routing information request message to the called side exchange 140 using the called party's information (S205), and receives a response message including routing information from the called side exchange 140. (S207).

Subsequently, the home location register 150 transmits the called location response message including the routing information to the calling side exchange 130 (S209), and the calling side exchange 130 includes the routing information included in the called location information response message. In step S211, an initial address message (IAM) for call setup is transmitted to the called side exchange 140. In this case, the initial address message includes information indicating that the originating terminal 110 can support the emotional ringback tone service.

Upon receiving the initial address message, the called side exchange 140 checks the emotional ringback tone service subscription information of the called party, and if so, requests the ringback tone transmission to the ringback tone server 170 (S213). At this time, the message transmitted from the called side exchange 140 to the ringback tone server 170 includes the calling telephone number, the called telephone number, and the emotional ringback tone service activation information of the caller.

In the present embodiment, after the destination exchange 140 receives the initial address message, the process of transmitting an address complete message (ACM) to the originating exchange 130 in response to the call is a typical call processing procedure. Omit. Through the above procedure, a trunking channel is formed between the calling terminal 110, the calling side exchange 130, and the called side exchange 140, and the ringback tone server 170, thereby preparing to transmit the sound source of the ringback tone replacement sound. Is completed.

On the other hand, the ringback tone server 170 that receives the ringback tone transmission request from the called side exchange 140, replaces the ringback tone set by the called party using the called party's telephone number after confirming that the called party is subscribed to the emotional ringback tone service. The sound source code is searched for, and the emotional vibration data transmission request message including the searched sound source code is transmitted to the emotion server 180 based on the sender's emotional ringback tone service activation information (S215). Here, the emotional vibration data transmission request message includes an incoming / outgoing telephone number and a sound source code.

Subsequently, the emotion server 180 searches for emotion vibration data corresponding thereto by using a sound source code included in the emotion vibration data transmission request message (S217). The emotion server 180 includes a mapping table of sound source codes and corresponding emotional vibration data so as to search for emotional vibration data using the mapping table. If the emotional vibration data is not retrieved, the response is transmitted to the ringback tone server 180 to provide a general ringback tone replacement sound service.

On the other hand, if the emotional vibration data is retrieved, the emotion server 180 checks the location information of the calling terminal 110 using the caller phone number included in the emotional vibration data transmission request message, and then SMS the retrieved emotional vibration data In order to deliver the message to the originating terminal 110, a SMDPP (SMS Delivery Point to Point) message is transmitted to the originating exchange 130 (S219, S221). In this case, the emotional vibration data is included in the SMDPP message. The sentiment server 180 directly transmits the SMDPP message without passing through the short message center (SMSC), thereby avoiding the transmission delay caused by passing through the short message center.

In response to receiving the SMDPP message, the originating exchange 130 transmits an SMS message including emotional vibration data to the originating terminal 110 and receives a response from the originating terminal 110 (S223 and S225). Since the calling terminal 110 is in the process of establishing a call, the calling terminal 110 has an open traffic path, and thus the SMS message is transmitted to the calling terminal 110 in real time. In addition, the source exchange 130 transmits the received response to the emotion server 180 (S227). At this time, the originating terminal 110 receiving the SMS message including the emotional vibration data is constant until receiving the synchronization information (that is, the sync message) informing the transmission of the ringback tone replacement sound without ringing the vibration according to the emotional vibration data. Buffer and wait for time. Determining the SMS message as emotional vibration data by the calling terminal 110 is achieved by setting the TID in the SMS message differently from the general SMS message.

The emotion server 180 which has received a response from the originating exchange 130 in response to the completion of the transmission of the emotion vibration data notifies the ringback tone server 170 of the transmission result (S229). The ringback tone server 170 that has received the transmission result notification from the emotion server 180 transmits the information indicating that the ringback tone replacement is started to be transmitted through the called party exchange 140 through the call progress (CPG) message of the ISUP. Transfer to the 130 (S231). The CPG message is a message transmitted to inform an event occurring during call setup, and has a capability IE (Information Element), and a value for determining an emotional ringback tone service is set therein.

The originating exchange 130 receiving the CPG message recognizes that it is an emotional ringback tone service based on the parity IE included in the CPG message and accordingly sinks the SMS message to sink the emotional vibration data and the ringback tone replacement sound. To transmit to the calling terminal 110 (S233). The TID in the SMS message is set differently from the normal SMS message to indicate that the message is a sync SMS message.

In response to receiving the sync SMS message, the originating terminal 110 interprets the emotional vibration data received and buffered in step S223 and sounds the vibration (S235). At the same time, the ringback tone server 170 reproduces the sound source of the ringback tone substitute sound set by the called party and transmits the sound source to the calling terminal 110 (S237).

Therefore, the caller terminal 110 hears the ringback tone substitute sound set by the called party as the ring back tone, and vibrates corresponding to the ringback tone substitute tone. Thus, the caller enjoys a more delicate emotional ringback tone replacement.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an emotion server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the emotion server 180 according to the present embodiment includes an emotion vibration data search unit 310, an emotion vibration data DB 320, a routing information acquisition unit 330, and an emotion vibration data transmission unit ( 340 and a ringback tone synchronization processor 350.

When the caller sends a call to the called party, the emotional vibration data retrieval unit 310 includes a sound source code of a ringback tone replacement tone set by the called party from the ringback tone server 170 and the caller and the called party information. Receive a vibration data transmission request message.

In addition, the emotional vibration data search unit 310 searches for the emotional vibration data corresponding to the sound source code from the emotional vibration data DB 320 using the sound source code included in the emotional vibration data transmission request message.

The emotional vibration data DB 320 maps and stores the sound source code and the emotional vibration data of the ringback tone substitute sound source. The sound source code and the emotion vibration data stored in the emotional vibration data DB 320 are preferably stored together when the sound source of the ringback tone replacement sound is uploaded to the ringback tone server 170.

The routing information acquisition unit 330 is interlocked with the home location register 150 of the mobile communication network to obtain routing information from the home location register 150 using information of the sender included in the emotional vibration data transmission request message. do. Here, the routing information is the exchange information of the region where the caller is located, and the caller information is the caller's telephone number.

The routing information acquisition unit 330 is a destination location including information of a sender included in the emotional vibration data transmission request message, similarly to the originating exchange 130 and the home location register 150 when the call is originated. The query message is transmitted to the home location register 150 and a call location query response including routing information is received in response thereto.

Emotional vibration data transmission unit 340, after the routing information of the source exchange 130 in the routing information acquisition unit 330 is obtained, to transmit the emotional vibration data as an SMS message to the originating terminal 110; The sentiment vibration data retrieval unit 310 transmits a SMDPP message including the sentiment vibration data to the originating exchange 130.

In addition, the emotional vibration data transmission unit 340 receives a response from the originating exchange 130 that the emotional vibration data is normally transmitted to the originating terminal and notifies the ringback tone synchronization processor 350.

In order for the ringback tone synchronization processing unit 350 to synchronize the emotional vibration data transmitted by the emotional vibration data transmission unit 340 to the calling terminal and the ringback tone replacement tone set by the called party, the ringback tone synchronization processing unit 340 is expressed in the calling terminal. The ring back tone server 170 notifies the transmission result. At this time, the ringback tone synchronization processor 250 transmits the caller and the called party information to the ringback tone server 170 so that the ringback tone server 170 can identify the result notification.

In this way, the ringback tone server 170 which has received the result notification from the ringback tone synchronization processor 350 notifies the start of ringback tone replacement sound transmission through the trunked communication path formed with the calling terminal 110 and then replaces the ringback tone replacement sound. Send to the calling terminal (110). The originating terminal 110 interprets the emotional vibration data received from the emotional vibration data transmitter 340 in response to receiving the ringback tone replacement sound transmission start information and sounds a vibration, and at the same time, the ringback tone from the ringback tone server 170. Receives the replacement sound and outputs it through the speaker. Therefore, in the calling terminal 110, the ringback tone replacement sound and the vibration are integrated with each other and output.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of an emotion server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the emotion server 180, when the caller sends a call to the called party, the sound source code of the ringback tone replacement sound source set by the called party from the ringback tone server 170 and the information of the caller and the called party Receive the emotional vibration data transmission request message including a (S401).

The emotion server 180 receiving the emotional vibration data transmission request message extracts a sound source code of a ringback tone replacement sound source from the emotional vibration data transmission request message (S403). In addition, the emotion server 180 retrieves the emotion vibration data corresponding to the extracted sound source code from the emotion vibration data DB 320 (S405).

Subsequently, the emotion server 180 checks the location information of the calling terminal in the home location register 150 using the sender information included in the emotional vibration data transmission request message (S407), and the confirmed location information The retrieved emotional vibration data is transmitted to the calling terminal using this information as information of the calling exchange 130 (S409). Preferably, the emotion server 180 transmits the SMDPP message including the retrieved emotional vibration data to the calling side exchange 130 to deliver the emotional vibration data to the originating terminal 110 in an SMS message.

The emotional server 180 that has transmitted the emotional vibration data in this way receives the acknowledgment response of the emotional vibration data when the emotional vibration data is normally transmitted to the calling terminal (S411). The emotion server 180 that has received the acknowledgment response notifies the ringback tone server 170 of the transmission result of the emotion vibration data (S413). At this time, the emotion server 180 transmits the information of the caller and the called party to the ringback tone server 170 so that the ringback tone server 170 can identify the result notification.

5 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the mobile communication terminal 500 according to the present embodiment includes a message transceiver 510, a vibration controller 520, a vibration motor 530, a sound source receiver 540, a sound source playback unit 550, and Speaker 560.

The message transmitting / receiving unit 510 receives the emotional vibration SMS message including the emotional vibration data from the emotional server 180 of the mobile communication network and replaces the emotional vibration data and the ringback tone from the ringback tone server 170 of the mobile communication network. Receives a sync SMS message for the sink. The TID of the SMS message confirms whether the SMS message is an emotional vibration SMS message or a sync SMS message.

When the message transmission / reception unit 510 receives the emotional vibration SMS message including the emotional vibration data from the emotional server 180, the message transmission / reception unit 510 transmits an acknowledgment response thereto to the emotional server 180. As the acknowledgment is sent to the emotion server 180, the sync SMS message is received from the ringback tone server 170.

The vibration controller 520 buffers the emotional vibration data included in the emotional vibration SMS message received by the message transmission / reception unit 510 and receives the sync SMS message from the message transmission / reception unit 510. The vibration data is analyzed to drive the vibration motor 530. The vibration motor 530 vibrates under the control of the vibration controller 520.

On the other hand, the sound source receiving unit 540 receives the ringback tone replacement sound source from the ringback tone server 170 of the mobile communication network. In this case, the reception of the ringback tone replacement sound source is made after the acknowledgment response to the emotional vibration SMS message is transmitted to the emotional server 180 by the message transceiver 510.

The sound source reproducing unit 550 includes a sound source reproducing codec and decodes the ringback tone replacement sound source signal received by the sound source receiving unit 540 and outputs the same through the speaker 560.

As described above, the vibration point of the vibration motor 530 is made at the point of time when the ringback tone alternative sound source is received, not at the point of reception of the emotional vibration data, so that the vibration and the ringback tone substitute sound source are synchronized with each other according to the emotional vibration data. It is made and output, the realistic ringback tone alternative sound source service is possible.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reproducing an emotional ringback tone sound source in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the mobile communication terminal 500 transmits a call call according to a user's input (S601). After the call is transmitted, the mobile communication terminal 500 receives emotional vibration data corresponding to the ringback tone replacement sound set by the called party from the emotional server 180 of the mobile communication network (S603). In this case, the emotional vibration data may be received in the form of an SMS message.

The mobile communication terminal 500 which has received the emotional vibration data in this way transmits the reception response of the emotional vibration data to the emotional server 180 (S605). In addition, the mobile communication terminal 500 buffers the vibration without immediately sounding according to the received emotional vibration data (S607).

While buffering the emotional vibration data, the mobile communication terminal 500 checks whether a sync SMS message for sinking the emotional vibration data and the ringback tone replacement sound is received from the ringback tone server 170 of the mobile communication network (S609).

When the sync SMS message is received, the mobile communication terminal 500 interprets the emotional vibration data to sound the vibration of the vibration motor (S611), and also receives a ringback tone replacement sound from the ringback tone server 170 of the mobile communication network to the speaker. Output to (S613).

Accordingly, by vibrating the ringing tone and the ringback tone replacement sound source according to the emotional vibration data, the ringback tone replacement sound service becomes more realistic than the conventional ringback tone replacement sound service.

As described above, although the above-described embodiment uses vibration data as the example of emotion data, in addition to the vibration data, data for controlling the functions of the mobile communication terminal, such as data for controlling the display of the mobile communication terminal, may be applied. Make it clear.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

While the specification contains many features, such features should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention or the scope of the claims. Also, the features described in the individual embodiments herein can be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described herein in a single embodiment may be implemented in various embodiments individually or in a suitable subcombination.

It is to be understood that, although the operations have been described in a particular order in the figures, it should be understood that such operations are performed in a particular order as shown, or that a series of sequential orders, or all described operations, . In some circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. In addition, it should be understood that the division of various system components in the above-described embodiments does not require such division in all embodiments. The above-described program components and systems can generally be implemented as a single software product or as a package in multiple software products.

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 diagram illustrating a network configuration of an emotional ringback tone service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a procedure for providing an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service in a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an emotion server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of an emotion server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reproducing an emotional ringback tone sound source in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (11)

In the communication system comprising a emotional server and a ringback tone server, a method for providing an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service, (a) receiving, by the ringback tone server, a ringback tone replacement tone transmission request according to a call origination of a communication terminal and requesting transmission of emotion data to the emotion server; (b) the emotion server transmitting emotion data to the communication terminal and receiving a response thereto; (c) the emotion server notifying the ring back tone server of the result of sentiment data; (d) transmitting, by the ringback tone server, a message for synchronizing a ringback tone substitute tone and the emotional data to the communication terminal based on the notification of the transmission result; And and (e) transmitting, by the ringback tone server, a ringback tone replacement sound to the communication terminal. The method of claim 1, In step (a), The ringback tone server searches for a sound source code of a ringback tone substitute sound set by a called party and transmits it to the emotion server; In step (b), Emotional ringback tone substitute sound service method, characterized in that for transmitting the emotional data corresponding to the sound source code to the communication terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In step (b), Acquiring, by the emotion server, location information of the communication terminal through a home location register; And And transmitting, by the emotion server, emotion data directly to an exchange on the communication terminal side in an SMDPP (SMS Delivery Point to Point) message using the obtained location information to prevent transmission delay. Emotional ringback tone replacement sound service method. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The step (d) The ring back tone server, a CPG (Call Progress) message that includes information indicating the start of ringtone replacement sound transmission (exchanger is information indicating the start of ringtone replacement sound transmission to the communication terminal based on the CPG message) Emotional ringback tone substitute sound service method characterized in that the transmission to the communication terminal; The method according to claim 1 or 2, The emotional data, the emotional ringback tone replacement sound service method, characterized in that the vibration data. An emotional server apparatus for providing an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service in association with a ringback tone server of a communication system, A storage unit which stores emotion data; A retrieval unit for retrieving the emotional data from the storage unit upon receiving the emotional data transmission request from the ringback tone server according to a call origination of a communication terminal; A transmitter for transmitting the emotion data retrieved from the searcher to the communication terminal and receiving a response thereto; And In response to receiving the response from the transmitting unit, the ringback tone server notifies the ringback tone server of a result of transmitting the emotion data for synchronization of the ringback tone substitute sound transmitted from the ringback tone server and the emotion data in the communication terminal. Emotion server apparatus comprising a synchronization processing unit. The method of claim 6, And an acquirer configured to acquire location information of the communication terminal in association with a home location register. The transmission unit, Emotion server apparatus, characterized in that for transmitting the sentiment data directly in the SMDPP message to the exchange side of the communication terminal using the location information to prevent transmission delay. 8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The storage unit stores the emotion data for each sound source code, The search unit, Receiving a sound source code of a sound source set by the called party from the ring back tone server, and searching for emotion data in the storage unit using the received sound source code; In a communication terminal receiving an emotional ringback tone replacement sound service from a communication system including an emotional server and a ringback tone server, A first receiving unit receiving emotional data from the emotion server after receiving a call to the communication system and receiving information informing of transmission of a ringback tone replacement tone from the ringback tone server; A second receiver for receiving a ringback tone replacement sound from the ringback tone server; A reproducing unit for reproducing and outputting a ringback tone substitute sound received by the second receiving unit; And And a controller which buffers the emotion data received by the first receiver and controls the terminal according to the emotion data being buffered when the information indicating the transmission of the ringback tone replacement sound is received. The method of claim 9, The first receiver, And receiving information indicating the transmission of the emotion data and the ringback tone substitute tone in an SMS message. 11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, Vibration motor for sounding vibration in the terminal; further comprising, The emotional data is vibration data, The control unit, And controlling the vibration motor in accordance with the vibration data.

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