KR101593957B1 - System and method for guiding local time in international roaming service by means of ring back tone system apparatus applied to the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a local time guidance system and method in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system, and an apparatus applied thereto. The local time guidance system in the international roaming service through the ring back tone system according to the present invention is characterized in that the local time guidance system in the international roaming service is provided with the local time or the callable time in the area where the called party is located (for example, To the caller through a ring back tone system. Therefore, the present invention enables the caller to be informed of the time information of the called party's current position or the callable time information without any effort to search for information, and the conventional ring back tone system The above-mentioned guidance service can be provided.

International Roaming, Visual Guide

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for locally guiding local roaming service in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a local time guidance system and method in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system, and more particularly, And a local backbone system for implementing a local time guidance service through a ringback tone system to guide a caller of local time or a callable time of a call center To a device applied thereto.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In general, as computer, electronic, and communication technologies have dramatically developed, various mobile communication services using a mobile communication network have been provided. The most basic mobile communication service is a mobility-guaranteed call service that provides a voice call to users of mobile communication terminal devices wirelessly, which is capable of providing services regardless of time and place.

In recent years, a wireless Internet service that provides an Internet communication service to a user of a mobile communication terminal through a mobile communication network is emerging. Accordingly, the subscribers of the mobile communication service can freely communicate with the other party while freely moving at any time using the mobility-guaranteed call service, and can also receive various information (e.g., news, weather, sports , Securities, exchange rate or traffic information) in various forms such as text, voice, or image.

On the other hand, there are no mobile communication services that integrate the entire world at present because mobile communication services are divided into countries or cities, and their systems are also diversified.

One of the methods for solving the limitation of the service area is a roaming service, and the roaming service is becoming a general service as an additional service for a mobile phone service.

Here, the definition of the roaming service refers to a service that connects a wireless network between communication carriers having different service areas and enables communication even if the customer moves beyond the coverage of the subscription network, to be.

In addition, the automatic roaming service is a service that can be used among countries using the same frequency band. It is a service that allows the user to use the mobile communication terminal and the telephone number used by the user in another country without using a separate mobile communication terminal Service.

However, since the roaming service is performed between different countries, it is common that the caller's call time zone and the caller's call time zone are different from each other. To date, in the mobile communication system for international roaming call, Or the inconvenience of the called party is not taken into consideration.

In order to solve the above problems, a separate server has been provided in a communication network, and a method of guiding local time of the called party has been studied. However, there is a difficulty in implementation to introduce a server to guide the local time of the receiver separately, and there is a problem in that the cost for development is high.

There is a need for measures to solve these problems.

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 mobile communication system, And to provide a local visual guidance system and method in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system for realizing a local visual guidance service through a ring back tone system for guiding a caller to a caller.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a local time guidance service in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system for efficiently making a call between an incoming call and an incoming call by guiding a caller who requests an international call, Systems, and methods, and apparatuses therefor.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a local time guiding system in an international roaming service, the local time guiding system providing routing information for a called terminal from a called communication network in response to an incoming / A home location register for receiving the routing information, a current location of the destination terminal device on the basis of the routing information, a call for notifying the time zone in which the called party can be reached using the local time information of the called party and the local time information, And at least one of the local time information and the talkable time information is formed into a voice guidance message, and then the voice guidance message is transmitted to the calling terminal device as a call connection tone A ring back tone server for providing And a gong.

Preferably, the local time guidance system in the international roaming service through the ring back tone system inquires of the caller whether or not to provide at least one of the local time information and the callable time information based on the reception of the routing information And an originating switching center for transmitting a guidance message to the calling terminal apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a global location register provided in a local time guidance system in an international roaming service, comprising: an interface for interworking with an originating communication network and an incoming communication network; A service management unit for determining whether or not to join the local time guidance service for the called party in response to an incoming / outgoing call request based on the routing information received from the called party, At least one of the available time information for notifying the time zone in which the called party can be reached using the local time information of the called party and the local time information through the discriminated information And a control unit And transmits the local time information to the home location register of the outgoing communication network interworking with the ring back tone server for guiding at least one of the local time information and the available time information to the caller through the ring back tone call processing do.

Preferably, the control unit forms the callable time information on the basis of a preset local time zone, or forms a time zone based on a predetermined time zone by the called party.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ring back tone server for local time guidance in an international roaming service, A ring back tone IP unit for receiving at least one of callable time information for informing a time zone in which the called party can talk using the time information and the local time information and determining whether or not the ring back tone service for the called party is subscribed, Wherein the ringback tone IP unit forms at least one of the local time information and the talkable time information into a voice guidance message, and then transmits the voice signal to the ring back tone IP unit, And provides the guide message to the calling terminal device as a ring back tone.

Preferably, the ring back tone IP unit forms the voice guidance message and the RBT sound source as the RBT tone, or the voice guidance message is formed as the RBT tone.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a local time guidance method in an international roaming service, comprising: a home location register for performing a call processing process in response to an incoming / To the global location register, the routing information for the called terminal is received according to the global location register connection with the destination communication network through the call connection information, and the routing information is transmitted to the global location register An information forming step of forming at least one of the local time information of the called party and the talkable time information for notifying the time zone in which the called party is available using the discriminated information after discriminating the current position of the called terminal apparatus based on the information, When the home location register registers the local time information and the call- A ring batton connection step for transmitting at least one of the local time information and the talkable time information to a ring back tone server through a call processing process after receiving at least one of the information, An information converting step of forming at least one of the local time information and the callable time information as a voice guidance message, and a call connection tone providing step of providing the voice guidance message as a ring back tone to the calling terminal device .

Preferably, the information forming step forms the callable time information on the basis of a preset local time zone, or forms the information on the basis of a predetermined time zone by the called party.

Preferably, the RBT providing step provides the RBT sound source and the voice guidance message, which are preset to the RBT, to the calling terminal.

Accordingly, in the present invention, a local time guidance service for informing a caller of local time or available time in an area where a called party is located (for example, a country or a detailed area within a country) The caller can be informed of the time information of the current position of the called party or the callable time information without any effort to search for information. Also, the service operator can view the existing ring back tone system There is an advantage that the above-mentioned guidance service can be provided.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a local time guidance system in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a local time guidance system in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, a local time guidance system in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system is a system for achieving international roaming between an originating communication network and an incoming communication network, and includes a calling terminal device 100, an originating switching center 500, a home location register 200, a global location register 300, a ringback tone server 400, a mobile phone gateway switching center 600, an incoming switching center 700 and a called terminal 800 .

In detail, the home location register 200 receives the incoming call from the incoming communication network in response to the incoming / outgoing call request made by the calling terminal apparatus 100 attempting international roaming call using the telephone number of the called terminal apparatus 800 located in the incoming communication network And is provided with routing information for the terminal device 800.

In this case, the global location register 300 determines the current location of the destination terminal apparatus 800 through the routing information, and transmits the routing information to the determined location And forms local time information corresponding to the location of the called party based on the information.

The global location register 300 can form not only the local time information but also the time available for communicating with the called party on the basis of the local time information.

Here, the talkable time information is information formed by comparing the local time information with a preset local time zone (for example, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, which is a normal business time zone), and then comparing the results.

Furthermore, it is also possible that the available time information is formed in a different manner. This is the case set by the called party.

More specifically, when the called terminal apparatus 800 is subscribed to the callable visual guide service, the global location register 300 transmits the called party setting information corresponding to the called terminal apparatus 800 (for example, , Information including a date and time at which a call can be made), and then forms callable time information based on the provided called party setting information.

The home location register 200 receives the routing information including at least one of the local time information and the available time information from the global location register 300 and then transmits the routing information to the originating switching center 500 according to a call process for providing a ring back tone. Lt; / RTI >

Thus, the originating switching center 500 delivers the routing information to the ringback tone server 400.

In this case, the originating switching center 500 transmits a guidance message to the calling terminal device 100 to inquire of the originator whether or not to provide at least one of the local time information and the callable time information based on the reception of the routing information It is also possible to implement.

The ring back tone server 400 forms at least one of local time information and talkable time information included in the routing information provided from the originating switching center 500 as a voice guidance message and transmits the formed voice guidance message to the calling terminal And provides it to the device 100 as a ringback tones.

2 is a configuration diagram of the global location register 300 shown in FIG. 2, the global location register 300 includes an interface 310 for interworking with an originating communication network and an incoming communication network, an interface 310 for receiving an incoming / The service management unit 320 for determining whether or not to join the guidance service and the current location of the destination terminal apparatus 800 through the routing information for the destination terminal apparatus 800 provided from the destination communication network And a control unit 330 for forming local time information of the called party through the discriminated information.

Here, the control unit 330 transmits the local time information to the home location register 200 of the outgoing communication network by setting the local time information in the routing information, and then transmits the local time information to the caller through the ring back tone call process.

The control unit 330 may form the callable time information for notifying the time zone in which the called party can talk with the local time information as a reference, and transmit the time information together with the local time information to the routing information.

3 is a configuration diagram of the ring back tone server 400 shown in FIG. 3, the ring back tone server 400 receives at least one of the local time information and the callable time information formed by the global location register 300 through the call processing process of the outgoing communication network And a tone generator 420 for providing a corresponding RBT tone source through a result of discriminating whether or not the RBT service is associated with the called party and discriminating the result.

The ringback tone IP unit 410 forms at least one of local time information and talkable time information as a voice guidance message and provides the generated voice guidance message to the calling terminal device 100 as a ringback tone.

Here, the RBT IP unit 410 may be configured to transmit the voice guidance message together with the RBT sound source when the RBT service is set to the called party.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of the local time guidance system in the international roaming service through the RBT system shown in FIG. 4, the local time guidance method in the international roaming service through the ring back tone system is a method for local time guidance from the incoming communication network to the called terminal apparatus 100 in response to an incoming / (S100 to S108).

The current location of the destination terminal apparatus 800 is determined based on the routing information received by the global location register 300 receiving the routing information provided through the destination switching center 700 and the mobile switching gateway 600, Local time information corresponding to the current position of the called party is formed through the current position (S110).

Then, the global location register 300 transmits the local time information to the home location register 200 of the outgoing communication network in the Roaming Time Area (RAT) of the routing information (S112 and S114).

Furthermore, when not only the local time information of the global location register 300 but also the available time information is formed, the home location register of the originating communication network further stores the available time information in the RAT (Roaming Time Area) of the routing information. 200).

The home location register 200 transmits the called location information among the received routing information to the originating switching center 500 (S116).

Thereafter, the originating switching center 500 transmits the ISUP IAM (Initial Address Mass) to the ring back tone server 400 in the outgoing communication network while delivering the ISUP IAM (Initial Address Mass) to the incoming communication network based on the incoming call location information (S118 and S120).

The ISUP Initial Address Massage (IAM) also includes information on at least one of local time information and callable time information.

The ring back tone server 400 identifies at least one of the local time information and the talkable time information through the ISUP IAM (Initial Address Massage) (S122), and forms a voice guidance message for the discriminated information (S124) .

The ring back tone server 400 provides the generated voice guidance message to the calling terminal device 100 as a ring back tone (S126 and S130).

Thereafter, when the originating exchange 500 receives the ISUP ACM (Address Complete Massage) and the ISUP ANM (Answer Massage) in response to the ISUP IAM (Initial Address Massage) from the incoming communication network, (S132). ≪ / RTI >

Thereafter, a call between incoming and outgoing calls is connected (S134).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ringback tone server 400 in more detail in FIG. As shown by way of example only in FIG. 5, the operation of the RBT server 400 proceeds to the RBT server 400 receiving the local time information through the RBT process (S200).

Thereafter, the RBT server 400 determines whether the local time information as well as the available time information has been received in the information received during the call connection based on the international roaming (S202).

In step S202, if the available time information is not included, a voice guidance message for providing local time information to the caller as a ring back tone is formed (S204).

In step S202, if the available time information is included, a voice guidance message for providing at least one of the local time information and the available time information to the caller as a ring back tone is formed (S206).

Thereafter, it is determined whether the called party is a subscriber subscribed to the RBT service (S208).

In step S208, if the subscriber is subscribed to the RBT service, it is checked whether the RBT sound source and the voice guidance message set by the called party should be provided to the caller together (S210).

In step S210, if it is set to be provided together, the voice guidance message and the RBT sound source are provided to the calling terminal device 100 together (S212).

In step S208, if the subscriber is not subscribed to the ring back tone service, the voice guidance message is provided to the calling subscriber terminal. Even if the voice guidance message and the ring back tone sound source are not provided together in step S210, Message to the calling terminal apparatus 100 (S214).

Thereafter, if the process for the RBT service is terminated as the incoming / outgoing call connection is established, the processes are terminated (S216).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

In addition, the present invention provides a local back-and-forth system for guiding a local time or a callable time of a local area (for example, a country or a sub-region within a country) where a called party is located, It is an invention that is industrially applicable because it is enough to be commercially or commercially available and can be practically and practically carried out.

1 is a block diagram of a local time guidance system in an international roaming service through a ring back tone system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the global location register shown in FIG. 1,

3 is a configuration diagram of the ring back tone server shown in FIG. 1,

4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the local time guidance system in the international roaming service through the ring back tone system shown in Fig. 1, and Fig.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ring back tone server in detail in FIG.

Description of the Related Art

100: calling terminal apparatus 200: home location register

300: Global location register 310: Interface part

320: service management unit 330:

400: ring back tone server 410: ring back tone IP section

420: tone generator 500: outgoing exchange

600: mobile telephone gateway exchange 700: incoming exchange

800:

Claims (9)

delete delete A global location register provided in a local time guidance system in an international roaming service, An interface unit for interworking with the outgoing communication network and the incoming communication network; A service management unit for determining whether a local time guidance service for a called party is subscribed in response to an incoming / outgoing call request based on the international roaming service; And Wherein the local time information service is configured to determine the current location of the called terminal through the routing information for the called terminal provided from the called communication network, And a control unit for forming at least one of the available time information for informing the time zone in which the called party can talk using the time information, Wherein, At least one of the local time information and the talkable time information is transmitted to a home location register of the originating communication network interworking with a ring back tone server for informing a caller through a ring back tone call processing, At least one of the available time information can be provided to the calling terminal apparatus as a ring back tone, The ring back tone includes: Wherein the calling terminal device is provided with the calling terminal device until a call connection / termination connection is established. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the control unit Wherein the callable time information is formed based on a preset local time zone or is formed based on a predetermined time zone by a called party. As a ring back tone server for local time guidance in international roaming service, Receiving time information for informing a time zone in which the called party can talk using the local time information of the called party and the local time information provided in response to the incoming / outgoing call request based on the international roaming service; Ring back tone IP part; And Determining whether or not the RBT service is subscription to the called party, and providing a corresponding RBT sound source through the determined result; The ring back tone IP unit, At least one of the local time information and the callable time information is formed as a voice guidance message, and then the voice guidance message is provided to a calling terminal device as a call connection tone, The ring back tone includes: Wherein the ring back tone server is provided to the calling terminal device until a call connection is established. 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the ringback tone IP section Wherein the voice guidance message and the RBT sound source are formed as the RBT tone or the voice guidance message is formed as the RBT tone. As a local time guidance method in the international roaming service, At least one of the local time information of the called party provided in response to the incoming / outgoing call request based on the international roaming service and the callable time information for notifying the time zone in which the called party can talk using the local time information, ; Providing at least one of the local time information and the callable time information as a voice guidance message and then providing the voice guidance message to a calling terminal device as a call connection tone, The ring back tone includes: And the calling terminal device is provided to the calling terminal device until an incoming / outgoing call connection is established. delete 8. The method of claim 7, wherein providing to the ring back tone comprises: And providing the calling terminal unit with the ring back tone sound source and the voice guidance message preset by the calling ring tone.

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