KR101235590B1 - Apparatus and method for pr ovidingmultimessage of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an SMS service, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting and receiving a multimedia message using an SMS service. By setting the temporary area of the character code as a control character and mapping it to a command capable of executing a multimedia function, the SMS also has the effect of transmitting a multimedia message at low cost by using the control character.

SMS service, control text, multimedia service, text message, mobile communication terminal

Description

Apparatus and method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile terminal {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PR OVIDINGMULTIMESSAGE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a view showing a multimedia message providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing an execution command and an icon (emoticon) mapped to a control character according to the present invention.

4A and 4B are exemplary views illustrating a user interface for transmitting a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4C is an exemplary view illustrating a user interface for receiving a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

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10: input unit 20: storage unit

30 control unit 40 output unit

100: mobile communication terminal 310: KSC5601

410: multimedia menu

The present invention relates to an SMS service, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting a multimedia message using an SMS service.

The SMS short message service supported by the mobile communication terminal is a universal service that can be used by anyone who uses the terminal, and can send and receive short sentences of about 40 characters without additional equipment.

Recently, due to the rapid development of mobile communication and the increase in the service demand of terminal users, MMS services that support multimedia messages that can be transmitted including music and video, in addition to simple text transmission have been widely used.

As such, although the limitation of the SMS short message service is supplemented with the MMS service, the actual MMS service fee is more expensive than the SMS service fee.

Therefore, a terminal user who wants to transmit a multimedia message should consider the fee every time he uses the MMS service.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal which allows a terminal user to send and receive a multimedia message using an SMS service.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a storage unit for storing a multimedia icon (emoticon); An input unit for inputting a multimedia menu selected by a terminal user in an SMS service; An output unit displaying an icon (emoticon) of the selected multimedia menu; When the displayed icon (emoticon) is selected, it is configured to include a control unit for switching to and transmits the control character mapped to the selected icon.

Preferably, the control unit reads the message received by the cursor one by one character and determines whether it is a control character. If the character of the received text message is not a control character, the control unit displays the received character as it is. If the text of the text message is a control character and is not in the silent mode, the command mapped to the control character is executed. If the text is in the silent mode, the corresponding icon mapped to the control character is displayed.

Preferably, the storage unit is an icon (emoticon) of the multimedia menu is stored, characterized in that provided to eliminate the inconvenience that the terminal user must input the control character.

Preferably, the control character is arbitrarily set in a reserved area not used in the KSC5601 code system, can be artificially determined by the same operator or manufacturer, multimedia, such as vibration, ringtone, melody, sound, video, etc. in the SMS service The function is mapped to a command to execute at least one or more functions.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of inputting a character and a control character in the SMS service to the terminal user to transmit the multimedia message; Transmitting the input text and the control text; When the message including the control character is received at the receiving side, determining whether the character of the received message is a control character; As a result of the determination, if the character of the received message is a control character, and is not in the silent mode, it is configured to include the step of executing a corresponding command of the control character.

Preferably, the multimedia menu is displayed on an output unit in a menu form or a pop-up form when the first terminal user selects a multimedia message in a SMS service to be transmitted to the second terminal user.

Preferably, the icon of the multimedia menu is mapped to a control character, characterized in that provided by the terminal user to easily select the multimedia function by the control character.

The notification display may be displayed when the state of the terminal of the second terminal user is in the silent mode and the command of the corresponding control character cannot be executed even if the character of the received text message is the control character.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention proposes a method in which a terminal user can transmit and receive a multimedia message even in an SMS service by using a control character.

1 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a storage unit 20 storing a multimedia icon (emoticon); An input unit 10 for inputting a multimedia menu selected by a terminal user in an SMS service; An output unit 40 displaying an icon (emoticon) of the selected multimedia menu; When the displayed icon (emoticon) is selected, the control unit 30 converts the selected icon into a mapped control character and transmits the converted control icon.

When the controller 30 receives the text message from the terminal user, the controller 30 determines whether the text of the received text message is a control character, and if the text of the received text message is a control character, determines whether the text is in the silent mode. It is characterized by judging.

It is determined whether the text of the received text message is a control character, and if it is not a control character, the received text is displayed on the output unit 40 as it is, while the text of the received text message is a control character. In the silent mode, the corresponding icon mapped to the control character is displayed. If the silent mode is not used, the command mapped to the control character is executed.

The storage unit 20 is an icon (emoticon) of the multimedia menu is stored, and is provided to eliminate the inconvenience that the terminal user has to enter the control character.

The control character is arbitrarily set in a reserved area not used in the KSC5601 code system 210, and can be artificially determined by the same operator or manufacturer, and multimedia such as vibration, ringtone, melody, sound, and video in an SMS service. A function is mapped to a command to execute at least one or more functions.

The icon of the multimedia menu is for enabling the terminal user to easily input the control character, and the selected icon is converted into the control character by the controller 30 and transmitted to the terminal user.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 2, the method for transmitting and receiving a multimedia message of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, when the first terminal user selects and inputs the text message and the icon of the multimedia menu in the SMS service (S210), The icon is converted into a control character and transmitted to the second terminal user with the text message (S220). The second terminal receiving the transmitted text message and the control text determines whether the text of the received text message is a control text (S230). If the text of the received text message is not a control text, the second terminal determines whether the text is a control text. If the character of the received text message is a control character, it is determined whether it is in the silent mode (S250), and if it is in the silent mode, the notification is indicated by a lamp. On the other hand, if it is not in the silent mode, it comprises a step (S270) of executing the command of the control character.

When the first terminal user who wants to transmit the multimedia menu to the second terminal user including the multimedia message in the SMS service is selected, the multimedia menu is displayed on the output unit 40 in a menu form or in a pop-up form.

The icon of the multimedia menu is mapped to the control character and is provided for the terminal user to easily select the multimedia function by the control character.

The control character is arbitrarily set in a reserved area not used in the KSC5601 code system, and can be artificially determined by the same operator or manufacturer, and at least multimedia functions such as vibration, ringtone, melody, sound, and video can be obtained from the SMS service. Mapped to one or more commands to execute.

The notification display is displayed as a lamp, alarm, vibration, etc. when the state of the terminal of the second terminal user is in the silent mode and the text of the received text message is the control character and the command of the corresponding control character cannot be executed. .

In addition, the notification display may be displayed by being replaced with a multimedia icon (embroider) of the received control character.

The operation of the multimedia message providing apparatus of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, for example.

Assume that a first terminal user wants to transmit a message to which a multimedia message is attached to a second terminal user.

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the first terminal user selects the multimedia menu while composing a text message of 'I am you' in the SMS service (S210), an icon of the multimedia menu 410 stored in the storage unit 20 is displayed. (Emocon) is displayed on the output unit 40 in a popup format or a menu format.

The first terminal user selects an icon for executing a sound command of 'I love' from an icon of the displayed multimedia menu 410.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the first terminal user 'loved forever' to the text message being written. After inputting and pressing the transmission button 420, the control unit 30 of the first terminal converts the selected icon into a control character (0XE3) and transmits it to the second terminal user (S220).

As shown in FIG. 4C, when the text message of the first terminal user is received by the terminal of the second terminal user, the controller 30 of the second terminal reads the received text message one by one through a cursor. It is determined whether the control character (S230).

The control unit of the second terminal outputs' I 'you' to the output unit 40 until the control character is read (S240).

If the character read through the cursor is a control character in the 'I' output 'state, it is determined whether the second terminal is in the silent mode in order to execute the command according to the control character (S250).

As a result of the determination, if the second terminal is in the silent mode, the command (sound, ring tone) according to the control character (0XE3) cannot be executed. Notify that the received (S260).

As shown in FIG. 4C, the text message received by the second terminal is output to the display unit 40 without the icon (emoticon) selected by the first terminal user.

On the other hand, if the character I read through the cursor is a control character and the second terminal is not in the silent mode in the state of outputting 'I', the controller of the second terminal may control the control character, as shown in FIG. 3. The sound according to the command (0XE3) 'I love you' is executed (S270).

On the display unit 40 of the second terminal, the sound 'I love you' is executed along with the text message 'I love you', and the second terminal reads the remaining characters through the cursor, and the remaining characters 'I love you forever'. Is output to the display unit 40.

Execution of the sound 'I love you' may be stopped or maintained by selection of the second terminal user.

And, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, but this is merely exemplary, those skilled in the art, various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. I will understand.

Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention is to set the temporary area of the character code as a control character to map to a command that can execute a multimedia function, by using the control character in the SMS service, the effect of transmitting a multimedia message at low cost There is.

Claims (15)

A storage unit which stores a plurality of multimedia icons together with a control character code corresponding to each of the plurality of multimedia icons; An input unit configured to receive at least one of the plurality of multimedia icons and to receive characters corresponding to a message; And And converting the at least one received from the input unit into a control text code corresponding to the at least one, and transmitting the control text code and the text as an SMS message. Message provider. The method of claim 1, wherein the control character code is Apparatus for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the SMS service is mapped to a command for executing at least one multimedia function such as vibration, ringtone, melody, sound, video. The method of claim 1, wherein the control character code is Apparatus for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, which is defined in a spare area of the KSC5601. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit Apparatus for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it reads the SMS message received by the cursor one by one and determines whether it is a control text code corresponding to any one of the plurality of multimedia icons. The method of claim 4, wherein the determination result And if the text of the received SMS message is not a control text code corresponding to any one of the plurality of multimedia icons, the received text message is displayed as it is. The method of claim 4, wherein the determination result When the text of the received SMS message is a control text code corresponding to any one of the plurality of multimedia icons, and is not in a silent mode, a command mapped to the control text code is executed. Multimedia message providing device. The method of claim 4, wherein the determination result When the text of the received SMS message is a control text code corresponding to any one of the plurality of multimedia icons, and in the silent mode, the multimedia message of the mobile communication terminal is displayed. Message provider. The method of claim 7, wherein the icon is Multimedia message providing device of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it can be replaced by a lamp, alarm or vibration. Inputting, by a terminal user who wants to transmit a multimedia message, one of texts corresponding to the message and a plurality of multimedia icons in an SMS service; Converting the one into a control character code corresponding to the one; Sending the text and the control text code in an SMS message; If the SMS message is received at a receiving side, determining whether the received SMS message includes a control text code; And And if it is determined that the text of the SMS message includes a control text code and is not in a silent mode, executing the command corresponding to the control text code. How to Provide. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein when the SMS message is received at the receiver, determining whether the received SMS message includes a control text code. And if the SMS message does not include a control text code, displaying the received text as it is, and providing the multimedia message of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 10, If the SMS message includes a control text code, determining whether to be in a silent mode, and if the silent mode is not in a state, executing the command mapped to the control text code. Method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the control character code is A method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, which is defined in a spare area in KSC5601 and is mapped to a command for executing at least one of vibration, ringtone, sound, and video that can execute multimedia functions in an SMS service. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the control character code is Method for providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the terminal is mapped to an icon (emoticon) so that the user can easily select a multimedia function and displayed on the output unit in a menu or pop-up format.  12. The method of claim 11, If in the silent mode, the multimedia message providing method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it further comprises the step of displaying the icon mapped to the control character code. The method of claim 14, wherein the icon is Method of providing a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it can be replaced by a lamp, alarm or vibration.

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