KR101171377B1 - Methodm for providing original file of pictures and moving images transmitted through multimedia message - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing original files of photos and videos transmitted in a multimedia message.

The multimedia message service center stores the picture or video transmitted from the sender via MMS, and delivers the stored original picture or original video file to the original file providing server in response to a request from the receiver through the original file providing server. The original file providing server transmits the stored original file to the receiver in response to a request from the receiver. At this time, the original file is identified through a message unique key value for distinguishing the MMS transmitted to the receiver. As another example, the multimedia message service center delivers a picture or video transmitted from a caller through an MMS to an original file providing server, and the original file providing server transmits the picture or video to the caller's mobile terminal number and the recipient's mobile terminal telephone. Store according to the number. When a request from the sender or receiver is requested, the original photo or original video file is retrieved through the corresponding telephone number and transmitted to the requested sender or receiver.

MMS, MMSC, original picture, original video, message unique key value

Description

How to provide original files for photos and videos sent as multimedia messages {METHODM FOR PROVIDING ORIGINAL FILE OF PICTURES AND MOVING IMAGES TRANSMITTED THROUGH MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE}

The present invention relates to a method for providing original files of pictures and videos, and more particularly, to a method of providing original files of pictures and videos transmitted through a multimedia message in a mobile terminal.

With the recent expansion of the mobile terminal market, mobile terminals have become a necessity of life. In addition, it has been taken for granted by the consumer to have a camera function in the current mobile terminal, and as a wireless communication network develops, a multimedia message service (hereinafter, referred to as "MMS") that takes pictures or videos taken directly. It has also become common to transmit to a receiving terminal, a server, or the like using a. In this case, the content attached to the multimedia message may be a picture or video previously stored in the mobile terminal or a picture or video taken directly from the current point of view, or may be a picture or video downloaded from a content server.

Conventionally, when transmitting a picture or video using MMS, since the resolution of the receiver's mobile terminal is limited, the multimedia message service center (hereinafter referred to as "MMSC") for the original photo or video transmitted from the sender's mobile terminal is limited. It is common to convert (resize or resize) a low-capacity picture or video to a receiver's mobile terminal resolution, that is, to transmit to the receiver's mobile terminal.

As such, since the receiver receives a picture or video of a corresponding resolution according to the liquid crystal environment of his mobile terminal, when the viewer transfers the picture or video to a personal computer, the resolution is lowered and a high quality picture or video is received. There is a problem that can not be viewed.

In addition, although the recipient may wish to receive the original picture or the original video of the picture or video received through the MMS, the receiver can provide the original picture or the original video of the picture or video received through the MMS. There was no way.

Therefore, there is a need for a method in which a receiver can receive and store an original photo or an original video of a picture or a video received through an MMS, etc. in a personal computer.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is a picture and video transmitted to the multimedia message to allow the recipient and / or caller to download and store the original picture or original video to the personal computer for the picture or video transmitted through MMS Is to provide a way to provide the original file.

The original file providing method according to one feature of the present invention for achieving the technical problem,

CLAIMS 1. A method for providing an original file of a picture delivered through a multimedia message service, the method comprising: inserting a wireless Internet access address when a multimedia message service center transmits a multimedia message including a picture transmitted from a sender's mobile terminal to a receiver; Receiving, by the original file providing server, a request for the original file of the photo to the multimedia message service center when there is a connection by the wireless Internet access address from the receiver's mobile terminal; And sending the original file to the recipient's personal computer in response to a request from the recipient.

Source file providing method according to another feature of the present invention,

A method of providing an original file of a picture transmitted through a multimedia message service, wherein the multimedia message service center provides an original file of the original file of the picture when the multimedia message service center transmits a multimedia message including a picture transmitted from a sender's mobile terminal to a receiver. Delivering to a server; And sending, by the original file providing server, the original file to a personal computer of the sender or the receiver according to a request from the sender or the receiver.

According to the present invention, a recipient of an MMS can download and store a high-quality original photo or original video to his or her personal computer, not a low-capacity converted photo or video attached to the MMS, without a separate request to the sender of the MMS.

In addition, even if the sender of the MMS deletes the picture or video sent through the MMS from his mobile device, the original picture or the original video can be downloaded and saved on his or her personal computer.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module," and " module ", etc. in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software have.

In this specification, a mobile node (MN) is a mobile station (MS), a terminal, a terminal, a mobile terminal (MT), a subscriber station (SS), a portable subscriber station (Portable Subscriber). It may also refer to a station (PSS), a user equipment (UE), an access terminal (AT), etc., and includes all or part of functions of a mobile terminal, a subscriber station, a mobile subscriber station, a user device, and the like. You may.

In the present specification, a base station (BS) is an access point (AP), a radio access station (Radio Access Station, RAS), a Node B (Node B), a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), MMR ( Mobile Multihop Relay) -BS and the like, and may include all or part of functions such as an access point, a radio access station, a Node B, a base transceiver station, and an MMR-BS.

Now, a system and method for providing original files of photos and videos transmitted in a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing original files of pictures and videos transmitted in a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a wireless access network 300, 400, switchboard 500, Multimedia Message Service Center (hereinafter referred to as "MMSC") 600 And an original file providing server 700.

The radio access networks 300 and 400 control the communication between the mobile terminals 100 and 200 by performing a radio resource management function according to the scheduling of radio resources and a handoff function supporting mobility between cells.

The radio access networks 300 and 400 include base stations 310 and 410 and base station controllers 320 and 420.

The base station (310, 410) relays through the wireless communication to the mobile terminal (100, 200) to provide communication services such as call, multimedia message transmission, digital broadcasting, digital media streaming, download and upload.

The base station controllers 320 and 420 connected between the base stations 310 and 410 and the switch (SGSN, GGSN) 500 control the traffic generated in the communication to be transmitted and received to the destination through the base stations 310 and 410.

Switch (SGSN, GGSN) 500 is connected to the wireless access network (300, 400) to provide a mobile communication service for the mobile terminal (100, 200), basic service processing for the mobile communication service, incoming call of the subscriber and It performs outgoing call processing, location registration and handoff procedure, interworking with other network. In particular, the switch (SGSN, GGSN) 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention uses a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and a gateway GPRS support node (GGSN), which are well known as a switch dedicated to packet data processing.

The MMSC 600 is connected to the exchanges (SGSN, GGSN) 500 and relays the multimedia messages transmitted between the mobile terminals 100, 200. In this case, the multimedia message transmitted may include multimedia data such as a picture and a video. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the MMSC 600 temporarily stores the original picture or the original video for the picture or video transmitted from the sender's mobile terminal 100 to the receiver's mobile terminal 200 through a multimedia message. Afterwards, the original file or the original video is delivered to the original file providing server 700 or unconditionally request from the original file providing server 700.

The original file providing server 700 is connected to the MMSC 600, and there is a request from the receiver through the receiver's mobile terminal 200 which receives a picture or video from the sender's mobile terminal 100 through a multimedia message or the MMSC. Store the original picture or original video transmitted unconditionally from 600. The original file providing server 700 may provide an original picture or an original video requested when there is a connection through a personal computer of the receiver or the sender.

Hereinafter, a method of providing an original file of a picture and a video transmitted in a multimedia message according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an original photo or an original video for all pictures or videos transmitted through MMS. However, in the first embodiment, it is assumed that the first image is transmitted for convenience of description.

First, the sender transmits the original picture stored using his mobile terminal 100 to the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver through the MMS (S100).

After receiving the MMS delivered to the sender's mobile terminal 200 through the wireless access network 300 and the switch (SGSN, GGSN) 500, the MMSC 600 checks the liquid crystal environment of the receiver's mobile terminal 200, The photo to be transferred to the receiver's mobile terminal 200 is converted into a photograph of a low capacity corresponding to the liquid crystal environment of the receiver's mobile terminal 200 identified above (S110). Most mobile terminals have a low resolution to support the resolution of the pictures after they are taken, so most of the pictures transmitted through MMS can be converted to a low capacity picture. And, the process of delivering the MMS through the wireless access network 300 and the switch (SGSN, GGSN) 500 and the process of the MMSC (600) to check the liquid crystal environment of the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver, the original picture low capacity The process of converting the photograph into a photograph may be performed in various ways. These methods are general matters known to those skilled in the art, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, in step S110, the MMSC 600 temporarily stores a picture transmitted from the sender's mobile terminal 100 as an original picture through MMS. At this time, the MMSC 600 stores the original picture in the form of a database 610, as shown in FIG. 3, so that the stored original picture can be easily retrieved later. The database 610 here shows an example, and has a message unique key value field, a receiver's mobile terminal telephone number field, and an original photo file field. Here, the message unique key value is for distinguishing the MMS through which the picture is transmitted. In addition, since there may be a plurality of pictures transmitted through the MMS, a plurality of original picture files may be stored in the original picture file field.

Subsequently, the MMSC 600 transmits the converted picture to the receiver's mobile terminal 200 through the MMS (S120). At this time, the MMS is transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver through the switch (SGSN, GGSN) 500 and the wireless access network 400, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted since it is already known to those skilled in the art.

On the other hand, MMSC 600 inserts a wireless Internet access address (URL link) that can request the storage of the original picture in the body of the MMS transmitted to the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver. The wireless Internet access address means an address that can be accessed through the wireless Internet to the original file providing server 700. In addition, the wireless Internet access address includes a message unique key value for distinguishing the transmitted MMS. At this time, the message unique key value is a message unique key value in a database in which a file of an original picture for a picture transmitted to a mobile terminal 200 of a receiver through an MMS is stored.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, in the screen S130 transmitted and displayed from the MMSC 600 to the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver, the wireless Internet access address portion is stored to store a picture transmitted through the MMS. When selecting (S140), the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver is connected to the original file providing server 700 through the wireless Internet (S150). At this time, the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver transmits the picture and the message unique key value attached to the MMS to the original file providing server 700 to be connected.

Thereafter, the original file providing server 700 transmits and displays a screen for inquiring whether to store the original picture corresponding to the picture attached to the MMS to the receiver's mobile terminal 200 (S160). In this case, when there are a plurality of pictures attached to the MMS, the recipient may select each picture or the whole picture to be stored.

If the receiver selects to store one or a plurality of pictures (S170), the original file providing server 700 delivers the message unique key value to the MMSC 600 to deliver the original picture file corresponding to the message unique key value. Receive and store (S180). In this case, when the recipient selects a picture that he / she wants to save from the plurality of pictures, the original file providing server 700 may transfer the selected picture information together with the MMSC 600 to receive only the corresponding original picture. Here, the picture information may be distinguished through the order of pictures attached to the MMSC, and the like, and the distinguishing information is information that the MMSC 600, the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver, and the original file providing server 700 all know.

On the other hand, the original file providing server 700 may be a system provided by a mobile communication service company subscribed to the receiver, in this case, the original file providing server 700 is provided with a personalized storage location for each recipient, In step S180, the original photo file is stored in a personalized storage location corresponding to the receiver 200.

As such, after the original picture of the picture transmitted through the MMS is stored in the original file providing server 700, the receiver accesses a web service provided by the original file providing server 700 through his personal computer (PC), and the like. The original picture file stored in the original file providing server 700 may be downloaded and stored in a personal computer thereof (S190).

On the other hand, the original file providing server 700 may be set to store only up to a certain period from the time when the receiver's mobile terminal 200 receives the MMS due to the limitation of the storage capacity for storing the original picture transmitted from the MMSC 600. have. That is, the receiver can download and store the original picture of the picture transmitted through the MMS only until a valid period, which is a period after the MMS is received through the mobile terminal 200. Therefore, the original file providing server 700 should have a function of deleting files whose validity periods of the stored original photo are exceeded.

As described above, since the original picture corresponding to the picture transmitted through the MMS can be provided and stored in the personal computer, even if the recipient deletes the received MMS or deletes the picture received through the MMS, The original picture of the picture can be downloaded without requesting the sender.

In the above description, only the picture is described. However, after the sender transmits the video through MMS, the MMSC 600 converts the video and sends the video to the receiver. After receiving the original video from the store and storing the original video, the original video can be delivered to the recipient's personal computer or the like at the request of the receiver.

According to the first embodiment described above, the receiver can use the service for easily storing the original picture through the MMS received through his mobile terminal 200, and includes a function for requesting storage in the MMS body. Is easy to recognize the service.

Next, a method of providing an original file of a picture and a video transmitted in a multimedia message according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide both the original picture and the original video with respect to the picture or the video transmitted through the MMS, but it will be described on the assumption that only the picture is transmitted for convenience of explanation.

First, the sender transmits a picture through the MMS using his mobile terminal 100 (S200), and the MMSC 600 corresponds to the liquid crystal environment of the mobile terminal 200 of the receiver of the picture included in the MMS. In the first embodiment, a process of converting a low-capacity photograph into a MMS is included and transmitted to the MMS, and the mobile terminal 200 receiving the received information displays the contents of the MMS on a liquid crystal display (S230). Since the process is the same as in (S100 to S130), detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

Next, the MMSC 600 transmits the original file including the original picture included in the MMS transmitted from the sender's mobile terminal 100 together with the phone number of the sender's mobile terminal 100 and the phone number of the receiver's mobile terminal 200. Real time transfer to the providing server 700 (S240).

The original file providing server 700 stores the file of the original picture transmitted from the MMSC 600 in the database 710 format as shown in FIG. 5. The database 710 here shows an example and has a receiver's mobile terminal telephone number field, a caller's mobile terminal telephone number field, and an original photo file field. When there are a plurality of pictures transmitted through MMS, a plurality of original picture files are stored in the original picture file field.

As such, after all the original pictures of the pictures transmitted through the MMS are stored in the original file providing server 700, the sender or the receiver provides a web service provided by the original file providing server 700 through his personal computer (PC). And the like (S250), the original picture file stored in the original file providing server 700 can be downloaded and stored in his personal computer (S260).

At this time, the original file providing server 700 receives the telephone number of the mobile terminal 100 of the caller from the caller or the telephone number of the mobile terminal 100 of the receiver from the caller and receives the corresponding original picture file database 710. Search and display the corresponding original photo file to the sender or recipient, and select the sender or receiver to provide the selected original photo file to the sender or recipient.

On the other hand, the original file providing server 700 may be set to store only up to a certain period from the time when the receiver's mobile terminal 200 receives the MMS due to the limitation of the storage capacity for storing the original picture transmitted from the MMSC 600. have. That is, the sender and the receiver can download and store the original picture of the picture transmitted through the MMS only after the picture is transmitted through the MMS until a valid period of time. Therefore, the original file providing server 700 should have a function of deleting files whose validity periods of the stored original photo are exceeded.

As described above, since the sender and the receiver can both receive and store the original picture corresponding to the picture transmitted through the MMS, even if the sender and the receiver delete the picture sent or received through the MMS. And the recipient can download the original picture of the picture.

In the above, only the picture is described, but the sender transmits the video through the MMS, while the MMSC 600 converts the video and sends it to the receiver, the original video is delivered to the original file providing server 700 and stored, and the original file It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the providing server 700 may transfer the original video to the sender or the receiver's personal computer according to the request of the sender or the receiver.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing original files of pictures and videos transmitted in a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a method for providing an original file of a picture and a video transmitted in a multimedia message according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database provided in the MMSC illustrated in FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart of a method for providing an original file of a picture and a video transmitted in a multimedia message according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database provided in the original file providing server illustrated in FIG. 4.

Claims (7)

In a method for providing an original file of a picture delivered through a multimedia message service, When the multimedia message service center receives a multimedia message including a picture from the sender's mobile terminal, the multimedia message service center converts the picture according to the resolution of the mobile terminal of the receiver to receive the multimedia message and transmits the picture to the receiver, but accesses the original file providing server. Inserting and transmitting a possible wireless Internet access address, and the multimedia message service center temporarily storing the picture as an original file; Requesting and receiving an original file of the picture stored in the multimedia message service center by the original file providing server when there is a connection by the wireless Internet access address from the mobile terminal of the receiver; And Transferring the original file to the recipient's personal computer in response to a request from the recipient Source file providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The multimedia message service center includes a message unique key value for distinguishing the multimedia message into the multimedia message and transmits the message. The original file providing server receives the original file from the multimedia message service center using the message unique key value. Source file providing method characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the multimedia message service center stores the message unique key value and the original file in a database in correspondence with each other. The method of claim 3, The source file providing server stores the original file in a storage area personalized for each recipient. In a method for providing an original file of a picture delivered through a multimedia message service, When the multimedia message service center receives the multimedia message including the picture from the sender's mobile terminal, converts the picture according to the resolution of the mobile terminal of the receiver to receive the multimedia message and transmits the picture to the receiver, and the original file of the picture. Transmitting the original file to the server; And Sending, by the original file providing server, the original file to a personal computer of the sender or the receiver according to a request from the sender or the receiver. Source file providing method comprising a. The method of claim 5, The source file providing server stores the original file in a database in correspondence with the caller's mobile terminal telephone number and the receiver's mobile terminal telephone number. The method of claim 6, The original file providing server retrieves the original file using the sender's mobile terminal number or the receiver's mobile terminal number and transmits the original file to the sender or the receiver.

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