KR101149785B1 - Ring back tone setting method and the mobile communication terminal having said function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a call waiting tone setting method for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a call waiting tone setting method for setting a call waiting tone set in a mobile communication terminal of another person as a call waiting tone of the mobile communication terminal, To a mobile communication terminal.

The present invention provides a call waiting tone information transmission method for transmitting call waiting tone and call waiting tone information set by a recipient mobile communication terminal to a calling mobile communication terminal when a call connection request of a calling mobile communication terminal occurs; A call waiting tone information receiving step in which the calling mobile communication terminal outputs and stores the call waiting tone information; And the caller's mobile communication terminal establishes a call waiting tone service by connecting the call waiting tone information to the call waiting tone service providing call waiting service providing server using the call waiting tone information.

Call waiting tone, call waiting tone setting, mobile communication exchange, call waiting tone service

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method of setting a call waiting tone and a mobile communication terminal having the function,

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system for providing a call waiting tone service of a mobile communication terminal,

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a call waiting tone setting method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed process of signal transmission in a mobile communication system for setting a call waiting tone according to the present invention,

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of a caller's mobile communication terminal when a call waiting tone is set to the recipient's mobile communication terminal,

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a call waiting tone of a recipient mobile communication terminal of a calling mobile communication terminal,

7 is a diagram illustrating a menu screen of a mobile communication terminal for setting a call waiting tone of a recipient's mobile communication terminal as a call waiting tone of a calling mobile communication terminal after a call is terminated during a call waiting tone setting process.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0002]

1: originator mobile communication terminal 2: recipient mobile communication terminal

10: Mobile communication exchange (exchange)

11: control unit 12: call waiting tone service setting unit

13: display section 14: storage section

15: key input unit 16: RF unit

20: Call waiting service provision server

41: Caller's mobile terminal output screen when outputting call waiting tone

42: Menu screen of caller mobile communication terminal when outputting call waiting tone

61: Caller list screen of caller mobile communication terminal after termination of call

62: Menu screen of calling number display window in the caller's mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a call waiting tone setting method for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a call waiting tone setting method for setting a call waiting tone set in a mobile communication terminal of another person as a call waiting tone of the mobile communication terminal, To a mobile communication terminal.

BACKGROUND ART [0002] With the rapid development of computer, electronic, and communication technologies, various wireless communication services using a wireless network have been provided. The most basic wireless communication service is a wireless voice call service that wirelessly provides voice communication among mobile communication terminal users regardless of time and place. In recent years, a wireless Internet service has been developed to provide a communication service using the Internet through a wireless communication network while a user of a mobile communication terminal moves without restriction of a place.

Accordingly, the subscribers of the mobile communication service can freely communicate with the other party while moving freely at any time by using the wireless communication service, and can also receive various information necessary for living through the wireless Internet service such as news, weather, sports, Currency, traffic information, etc. in various forms such as text, voice, and image.

Also, a Ring Back Tone (RBT) service is provided to make the various tones specified by the called party of the mobile communication terminal be heard as a call waiting tone in the mobile communication terminal or the general telephone of the calling party of the other party. Such a call waiting tone service is a service concept in which a caller is provided with a tone designated by a caller. The call waiting tone service is a service concept in which, for example, a mechanical call waiting tone generated in a conventional call, It is a service that enables you to use your voice recorded beforehand as a call waiting tone.

As the call waiting service is provided, the other party can feel the auditory satisfaction by listening to the sound of the sound source designated by the caller instead of listening to the uniform and mechanical call waiting sound.

The above-mentioned call waiting tone service is established by connecting a call waiting tone service providing server connected to the mobile communication network to provide a call waiting tone (RBT) service, and selecting a desired sound source as a call waiting tone. When a sound source for the call waiting tone is set, the exchange checks whether the receiver mobile communication terminal is set to receive the call waiting tone service at the call waiting tone service providing server every time a call connection request is made to the receiver mobile communication terminal for setting up the call waiting tone service When the call waiting tone service is set, a ring output signal (alert) is transmitted to the receiver mobile communication terminal to output the ringing tone, and at the same time, the sound source selected as the call waiting tone is transmitted to the caller mobile communication terminal, To the call waiting tone.

However, in the case of the call waiting tone as described above, the caller can only hear the call waiting tone set by the receiver, and information about the sound source of the call waiting tone can not be provided. Therefore, it is not easy to set the call waiting tone of the recipient's mobile communication terminal as a call waiting tone of the originating mobile communication terminal, because information such as the title of the call waiting tone is not known.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for transmitting call waiting tone and call waiting tone information to a calling mobile communication terminal, The present invention provides a call waiting tone setting method capable of setting a call waiting tone set by a receiver during or after a call as a call waiting tone of a calling mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal having the function.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a call waiting tone setting method for a call originating mobile communication terminal, the call waiting tone setting method comprising the steps of: An asynchronous information transmission process; A call waiting tone information receiving step in which the calling mobile communication terminal outputs and stores the call waiting tone information; And the caller's mobile communication terminal establishes a call waiting tone service by connecting the call waiting tone information to the call waiting tone service providing server using the call waiting tone information.

The call waiting tone information storing process may be a process of storing the call waiting tone information in association with the recipient mobile communication terminal telephone number.

The call waiting tone service setting process comprises: a call waiting tone service providing server accessing step of accessing the call waiting tone service providing server according to the call waiting tone information selection; A call waiting tone service requesting step of transmitting the recipient mobile communication terminal information, the calling mobile communication terminal information and the call waiting tone service setting request information to the call waiting tone service providing server; And a call waiting tone setting process of setting a call waiting tone of the receiver mobile communication terminal to a call waiting tone of the calling mobile communication terminal in response to the call waiting tone service request.

In this case, the call waiting tone setting process may further include a call waiting tone checking process for confirming a call waiting tone before the call waiting tone is set.

A mobile communication terminal having a call waiting tone setting function according to the present invention includes a controller for controlling a call waiting tone service; A storage unit for storing calling number information and call waiting tone information of a recipient mobile communication terminal corresponding to the calling number; A display unit for outputting the call waiting tone information; Storing the call waiting tone information transmitted from the call waiting tone service providing mobile communication terminal in the storage unit and outputting the call waiting tone information to the display unit and accessing the call waiting tone service providing server through the control unit using the call waiting tone information, And a call waiting tone service setting unit for setting a call waiting tone service.

In the above-mentioned invention of the present invention, the call waiting tone information includes a title of a call waiting tone (ringing tone); Singer; A call waiting service provision server information (connection number, URL, etc.), a call waiting tone setting mobile communication terminal number, and the like.

The above-described call waiting tone setting process may be set by selecting call waiting tone information during a call attempt and a call connection by the calling mobile communication terminal, and may be set by selecting call waiting information after searching a call list after termination of a call .

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication system for providing a call waiting tone service of a mobile communication terminal.

1, a mobile communication network (PLMN) 100 constituting a mobile communication system is provided with a call waiting tone service providing server 20 for providing a call waiting tone service to be interlocked with the mobile communication exchange 10 .

The mobile communication switching center 10 transmits a call waiting tone and a call waiting tone to the calling mobile communication terminal 1 when there is a call connection request from the calling mobile communication terminal 1 to the called mobile communication terminal 2, So that the caller can set the call waiting tone set in the receiving-side mobile communication terminal 2 as the call waiting tone of his / her own.

The call waiting service provision server 20 described above is connectable through wired / wireless Internet. The call waiting service provision server 20 includes a voice recognition function such as MIN (Mobile Identification) of a mobile communication terminal registered to receive voice source information such as a sound source, title, Number of mobile communication terminal identification information, and call waiting service subscriber information.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 11 for controlling a voice and data packet service and controlling a call waiting tone service; The control unit 11 receives call waiting tone information of the receiver mobile communication terminal transmitted from the mobile communication switching center 10 or the call waiting service providing server 20 when a call is connected to the recipient mobile communication terminal 2, Or stores it in the storage unit 14. After accessing the call waiting tone service providing server 20 using the call waiting tone information after the call, the call waiting tone of the recipient mobile communication terminal 2 included in the call waiting tone information A call waiting tone service setting unit (12) for setting a call waiting tone of the calling mobile communication terminal (1); A display unit (13) for outputting call waiting tones at the time of outputting the call waiting tone and driving state information of the mobile communication terminal; A storage unit (14) for storing driving software and user input information of the mobile communication terminal, and in particular, storing call waiting tone information set in the recipient mobile communication terminal in the telephone number of the recipient mobile communication terminal to be a calling number target; A key input unit 15 for receiving a user control command; And an RF unit 16 that performs RF signal processing and RF communication.

That is, in the above-described configuration, the call waiting tone service setting unit 12 receives the call waiting tone information, stores the call waiting tone information, and sets the call waiting tone of the received call waiting tone information as a call waiting tone of the mobile communication terminal And outputting information of a mobile communication terminal for setting a call waiting tone, thereby setting a call waiting tone of the receiver mobile communication terminal 2 as a call waiting tone of the calling mobile communication terminal.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a call waiting tone setting method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3, when the user of the originator mobile communication terminal 1 makes a call to the recipient mobile communication terminal registered to receive the call waiting tone service, the mobile communication exchange 1 is set to the recipient mobile communication terminal 2 The call waiting tone and the call waiting tone information are transmitted to the calling mobile communication terminal 1 (call waiting tone transmission process) (S1).

The originator mobile communication terminal 1 outputs and simultaneously stores the received call waiting tone (call waiting tone information receiving process) (S2).

Thereafter, the caller's mobile communication terminal accesses the call waiting tone service providing server using the call waiting tone information, registers the call waiting tone registered in the receiver's mobile communication terminal as a call waiting tone to set up the call waiting tone service (call waiting tone service setting process) S3).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed process of signal transmission in a mobile communication system for setting a call waiting tone according to the present invention.

In the mobile communication system having the configuration of FIG. 1, when the user of the mobile communication terminal accesses the call waiting sound service providing server by using his / her mobile communication terminal or a computer and selects a sound source, the call waiting sound service providing server transmits And stores the identification information of the communication terminal to set a call waiting tone service for the mobile communication terminal. That is, the process of FIG. 4 assumes that the recipient mobile communication terminal 2 accesses the call waiting service provision server 20 to register the call waiting tone service as described above.

As described above, if the caller to the call waiting tone service registered mobile communication terminal (recipient mobile communication terminal 2) requests a call connection by the communication terminal 1 after the recipient mobile communication terminal 2 establishes the call waiting tone service (S10) The mobile communication switching center 10 performs a call connection procedure with the recipient mobile communication terminal 2 (S20).

During the course of the call connection procedure, when the mobile communication exchange 1 transmits a ring output signal (alert) to the recipient mobile communication terminal 2, the call waiting tone and the call waiting tone title set by the recipient's mobile communication terminal 2, The call waiting tone service information having the information of the call waiting service providing server 20 such as the connection number of the call waiting service providing server 20 or the URL is read from the call waiting service providing server 20 and then transmitted to the calling mobile communication terminal 1 (S30).

Upon receiving the call waiting tone and the call waiting tone information, the calling mobile communication terminal 1 outputs a call waiting tone, outputs the call waiting tone information to the LCD, and simultaneously stores the call waiting tone information in correspondence with the number of the receiving mobile communication terminal (S40).

5 shows that the call waiting tone information is outputted to the display unit of the calling mobile communication terminal 1 in step S40. When the call waiting tone information is received, the call waiting tone title, the singer, the sound provider information And outputs a menu item for setting a call waiting tone. At this time, if a menu is selected, a menu is displayed which allows selection of whether to set the call waiting tone now (call waiting tone setting) or later (call waiting tone reservation) as shown on the screen of the reference numeral 42.

If the caller selects the call waiting tone service setting by the call waiting tone information after step S40, the caller's mobile communication terminal 1 provides a call waiting tone service using the connection number or URL information of the call waiting service provision server 20 in the call waiting tone information And connects to the server 20 (S50).

The above-described call waiting service setting can be set during a call or after a call is terminated, and is performed by selecting the "call waiting tone setting" item in the menu item 42 in Fig. When the "call waiting tone setting" item is selected, the caller's mobile communication terminal 1 accesses the call waiting tone service providing server 20 in the call waiting tone service providing server 20 among the call waiting tone information, And sets the call waiting tone set in the recipient's mobile communication terminal 2 as a call waiting tone of the calling mobile communication terminal 1 itself.

If the user selects "reservation for call waiting" in the menu item 42 of Fig. 5, the call waiting tone information output is stopped. Then, the call waiting tone service can be set after the call is terminated. Accordingly, in step S30 described above, the storage of the call waiting tone information can be set to be stored only when the "reserve call waiting"

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting up a call waiting tone service using call waiting tone information after call termination in the caller's mobile communication terminal 1. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a call waiting tone setting process, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a menu screen of a mobile communication terminal for setting a call waiting tone of the mobile communication terminal.

When a caller searches for a call list after the call is terminated between the caller mobile communication terminal 1 and the receiver mobile communication terminal 2, a call list screen such as 61 in FIG. 7 is displayed on the LCD of the calling mobile communication terminal 1 . When a menu item is selected, a menu screen having a "call waiting sound import" item for setting a call waiting tone set for a recipient's mobile communication terminal having the corresponding calling number as its own call waiting tone, .

As described above, when the user selects the specific recipient mobile communication terminal number from the call list search screen and selects "import call waiting tone ", the calling mobile communication terminal 1 transmits a call asynchronous service to the recipient mobile communication terminal And connects to the call waiting service providing server 20 using the connection number or the URL of the server 20 (S51).

The caller's mobile communication terminal 1 connected to the call waiting service provision server 20 transmits its own identification number such as a MIN to the call waiting service provision server 20 to transmit a call waiting tone set in the receiver's mobile communication terminal Ask to be set aside. In this process, the originator mobile communication terminal 1 transmits information of the recipient mobile communication terminal 2 to the call waiting service providing server 20 (S52).

The call waiting service providing server 20 having received the call waiting tone service setting request from the calling mobile communication terminal 1 sets a call waiting tone of the call waiting tone mobile communication terminal set in the receiving mobile communication terminal 2 at step S53. In step S53, the caller may connect to the call waiting service providing server 20 to determine whether to set up the call waiting service, and then perform a call waiting tone checking process in which the call waiting sound is heard in advance.

After the call waiting tone service providing server 20 sets the call waiting tone of the recipient's mobile communication terminal 2 as the call waiting tone of the calling mobile communication terminal 1, the recipient moves the caller to the call waiting tone service setting information of the communication terminal The communication terminal stores the information indicating that the call waiting tone of the recipient mobile communication terminal is set as a call waiting tone so as to provide the additional recipient mobile communication terminal user with an additional service such as mileage (S54)

The present invention facilitates setting a call waiting tone set by a caller as a call waiting tone of a calling mobile communication terminal.

Accordingly, since the present invention can easily spread the asynchronous call service, the present invention also provides an effect of increasing profit due to the call asynchronous service of the mobile communication company.

Claims (6)

A title of a call waiting tone set by a recipient mobile communication terminal and a call waiting tone set in a recipient mobile communication terminal when there is a call connection request of the calling mobile communication terminal; Singer name; A call waiting tone information transmission step of transmitting call waiting tone information including call waiting service provision server information to the calling mobile communication terminal; A call waiting tone information reception step in which the calling mobile communication terminal outputs and stores the call waiting information; Wherein the caller's mobile communication terminal accesses the call waiting tone service providing server using the call waiting tone information to set up a call waiting tone service. delete The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the call waiting tone information storing step stores the call waiting tone information in association with the recipient mobile communication terminal telephone number. The method as claimed in claim 1, The caller's mobile communication terminal accessing the call waiting tone service providing server using the call waiting tone information; A call waiting tone service requesting step of transmitting the recipient mobile communication terminal information, the calling mobile communication terminal information and the call waiting tone service setting request information to the call waiting tone service providing server; And a call waiting tone setting step of setting a call waiting tone of the receiver mobile communication terminal to a call waiting tone of the calling mobile communication terminal according to the call waiting tone service request signal. The method as claimed in claim 4, And a call waiting tone checking step of checking a call waiting tone before the call waiting tone is set. A control unit for controlling the call waiting tone service; A title of a call waiting tone of the recipient mobile communication terminal set in the recipient mobile communication terminal corresponding to the calling number information and the calling number; Singer name; A storage unit for storing call waiting tone information including call waiting service provision server information; A display unit for outputting the call waiting tone information; Storing the call waiting tone information in the storage unit, outputting the call waiting tone information to the display unit, accessing the server for providing the call waiting tone service through the control unit using the call waiting tone information, and transmitting the call waiting tone of the receiver mobile communication terminal as a caller call waiting tone And a call waiting tone service setting unit configured to set a call waiting tone for the call.

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