KR20000056588A - Additional service method for changing terminal ring using sms - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for supplying additional services using short message services(SMSs) is provided to reduce memory usage amounts of a mobile telephone terminal, by downloading a paging sound of the designated terminal to a subscriber through a voice mail system(VMS). CONSTITUTION: A method for changing paging sounds of terminals using short message services(SMSs) in a mobile communication system, comprises the steps of: making a mobile station rout to an SMS center to set up an SMS environment; connecting to a voice mail system(VMS) having paging sound changing modes, to supply paging sound changing services to the mobile station under the SMS environment; making the VMS supply paging sound changing services to the mobile station; and making the mobile station store downloaded paging sounds in a storage, and designate one of the paging sounds to generate the paging sound when an incoming call is generated.

Description

ADDITIONAL SERVICE METHOD FOR CHANGING TERMINAL RING USING SMS}

The present invention uses a Short Message Service (SMS) in a mobile communication system to receive a download of the terminal call sound specified by the user through a voice mail service (VMS: Voice Mail Service) to the terminal, and the incoming call (Incoming Call) The present invention relates to a method for changing a terminal ringing tone for generating a designated ringing tone when a call occurs and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing the ringing tone.

At present, with the rapid development and expansion of information and communication technology, mobile communication technology and its services have become an integral part of modern life.

Accordingly, in recent years, mobile phone service has been considerably used, and in particular, the code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme uses a variety of SMS services, which are simple message transmissions using unique digital transmission characteristics. Creating a service

In this situation, users' desires are expanding day by day, and the development of new value-added services to satisfy them has become a very important issue.

Recently, various call sounds of terminals are desired, especially in the new generation, and the call sounds are changing, especially with the latest music.

However, conventionally, due to the uniformity of the terminal ringing tones, it is not possible to satisfy the needs of various customers. In addition, a method of allowing a terminal to store and select a dozen predetermined ring tones in a memory (ROM) has been used, but this has a problem that takes up a lot of memory capacity.

Therefore, there is a need for a method that can increase the user's convenience by ringing a user-specified terminal ringing sound when receiving a call (ie, when an incoming call occurs) without increasing the terminal memory capacity.

In order to solve the problems described above, the present invention, by using a single professional service (SMS) in the mobile communication system to download the terminal ringtone specified by the user through the voicemail (VMS) to the terminal, when the incoming call occurs It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for changing a terminal ringing tone service for satisfying various needs of a user by ringing a ringing tone and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the ringing tone.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is an embodiment flow diagram illustrating a data processing procedure between a mobile station and a voicemail box in accordance with the present invention.

3 is a schematic external configuration diagram of a mobile station to which the present invention is applied;

Figure 4 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a terminal ring tone change additional service method according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

11 mobile station (MS) 12 base station (BTS)

13: control station (BSC) 14: exchange station (MSC)

15: Home Location Register (HLR) 16: Visitor Location Register (VLR)

17: Single Expert Center (SMC) 18: Single Expert Service (SMS) Server

19: voicemail (VMS) server 20: voicemail (VMS)

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for changing a terminal call tone in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: a first step of routing a mobile station from a mobile station to a monopoly specialized service environment; A second step of accessing a voice mailbox having a terminal ring tone changing mode for providing a terminal ring tone changing service to the mobile station in a mono service environment; And a third step of providing, by the voice mailbox of the terminal ring tone changing mode, a terminal ring tone changing additional service to the mobile station. The method further includes a fourth step in which the mobile station stores the terminal ringing tone downloaded from the voicemail box in the storage means and designates a double ringing tone to ring a ringing tone when an incoming call occurs.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the mobile communication system having a processor, a function for setting a single-specialized service environment by routing from a mobile station to a single-specialized center; Accessing a voice mailbox having a terminal ring tone changing mode to provide a terminal ring tone changing service to the mobile station in a specialized service environment; And a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a function of providing a terminal ring tone changing supplementary service to the mobile station by the voice mailbox in the terminal ring tone changing mode. In addition, the mobile station stores a terminal ringtone downloaded from the voicemail box in a storage means, and designates one of the stored terminal ringtones to record a program for further realizing a function of generating a designated ringtone when an incoming call occurs. Provide a computer readable recording medium.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied and shows a configuration of a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system.

The CDMA mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied includes a mobile station (MS) 11, a base station transceiver subsystem (BTS) 12, a control station (BSC: Base Station Controller) 13, and an exchange station (MSC). : Mobile Switching Center (14), Visitor Location Register (VLR) (15), Home Location Register (HLR) (16), Professional Center (SMC: SMS Center) (17), A single professional service (SMS) server 18, a voice mailbox (VMS) server 19, and a voice mailbox (VMS) 20 is provided.

The mobile station (MS) 11 is in the range of any base station 12, and the information of the mobile station 11 is transmitted to the exchange station 14 via the base station 12 and the control station 13 controlling it, The information transmitted from 14 is transmitted to the mobile station 11 via the base station 12 and the control station 13.

The mobile station 11 is a terminal that a user can carry and communicate with while moving. The mobile station 11 uses a forward channel for receiving text and a reverse channel for transmitting. At this time, all text information uses SMS, and when received, a Mobile Terminated (MT) SMS is used, and when used, a Mobile Originated (MO) SMS is used.

In general, a mobile communication system uses a data burst message of a paging channel of a CDMA mobile communication system upon reception, and data of a forward traffic channel when a user is busy. Send the text message as a burst message. In addition, a text burst message of an access channel is used to transmit a text message, and a data burst message of a reverse traffic channel is transmitted when a text message is in use.

The text message transmitted and received at the mobile station 11 is connected to the switching station 14 through the base station 12 and the control station 13 for high frequency signal processing and call processing.

The base station (BTS) 12 connects the mobile station 11 to the control station 13, and includes a digital channel unit (DCU), a timing / frequency control unit (TCU), and a radio frequency. Device (RFU: Radio Frequency Unit), and Global Positioning System (GPS).

In addition, the base station 12 performs a wired / wireless conversion function of communicating with the mobile station 11 over the air and communicating with the control station 13 by wire.

The control station (BSC) 13 connects the base station 12 to the switching center 14 to coordinate the connection between the base stations 12 and serves as a signal processing function for communication between the base station 12 and the switching station 14.

The switching center (MSC) 14 has a visitor location register 15, which interworks with the home location register 16, the voicemail server 19, and the monopoly center 17 to process mobile communication subscriber calls.

The exchange station 14 connects with the control station 13 to perform call setup and release functions of the mobile station 11 and to perform various functions related to call processing and additional services.

The visitor location register (VLR) 15 is a database that temporarily stores subscriber information associated with the mobile station 11 while the mobile station 11 is in an area controlled by the visitor location register 15. The information of the mobile station 11 and the subscriber whose location has been registered is retrieved from the home location register 16, is temporarily stored, and mounted in the switching station 14.

The home location register (HLR) 16 is a database for managing various information of mobile subscribers connected to the exchange office 14 and the single-specialty center 17. The home location register (HLR) 16 functions to register subscriber locations in conjunction with various exchange stations 14. And stores permanent information and location information of the mobile station 11 and subscribers, and interacts with the visitor location register 15 to support various functions related to call processing and additional services.

Single Expert Center (SMC) 17 is connected to the exchange office 14, home location register 16, and single expert service server 18 to play a key role in SMS processing, set the SMS parameters, input signal It interprets the teleservice identifier (TI) and destination address (Destination Address) and sends it to the corresponding network element. In particular, the single-specialty center 17 transmits a signal input from the switching center 14 to the single-specialty service server 18 when the corresponding message is set to the single-specialty service server 18.

The single professional service server 18 is interworked with the single professional center 17 and connected to an external information provider (IP) and voicemail server 19 through a local area network (LAN). After storing the terminal type, service type, etc. of the service subscriber, if the voice mail message is transmitted using the corresponding service identifier, the service subscriber sends the voice mail message to the voice mail server 19.

The voicemail server (VMS) 19 is in charge of VMS call processing in conjunction with the voicemail box 20, and reads and outputs a message corresponding to the service identifier from the voicemail box (20). In particular, the voicemail server 19 can be easily interworked by forming a signal network of a common line (NO.7) signaling method through a single professional service server 18 and a LAN.

The voicemail box 20 has a physical storage device. The voicemail box 20 is configured to compress and store voice prompts and voices digitally, and analyze the messages of the voicemail server 19 to listen to voice prompts and stored voices.

The method proposed by the present invention is a method that a subscriber selects by using a menu of the voicemail box 20 after the subscriber accesses the voicemail box 20.

In the present invention, in order to download the terminal ringing tone desired by the subscriber to the terminal 11, additional SMS related parameters must be set in addition to the terminal 11 and the system. These SMS-related international standards are defined in TIA / EIA / IS-637, several of which must be defined separately.

In order to implement the method proposed in the present invention, it is possible to use the general text message transmission / reception scheme currently being basically provided as it is, and to distinguish it from the text message of the general mono-specialized service, the communication service identifier (TI: Teleservice) of the IS-637 parameter. Identifier) can be set separately.

Currently, there are a large number of internationally preconfigured TIs that can be easily implemented using them. Looking at such a communication service identifier (TI) is shown in Table 1.

division Contents Communication Service Identifier (TI) 0 = Not used 1 = Reserved 2 ~ 4095 = Reserved for IS-41 4096 = Reserved for AMPS Supplementary Service (CMT-91) 4097 = CDMA Paging Service (CPT-637) 4098 = CDMA Message Service (CMT-637) 4099 = CDMA VMS Notice (VMN-637) 4100 ~ 32512 = spare for IS-41

Referring to Table 1, IS-637 communication service identifiers (TIs) are broadly classified into analog mobile phone supplementary services, voicemail notifications, paging and message services.

In the present invention, service division can be easily performed using one of 4100 to 32512 which is reserved in the communication service identifier (TI) of (Table 1).

For example, the present invention can be used as a delimiter for transmitting a terminal call sound selected by the subscriber to the voicemail box 20, apart from the existing text message service 4098.

In addition, a destination address is required in addition to the communication service identifier (TI) as described above. Here, most of the destination address can be easily selected since the preliminary address is set as a preliminary number. In general, the destination address is composed of 10 decimal digits, and serves as a path setting for providing a desired service together with a communication service identifier (TI).

2 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing procedure between a mobile station and a voicemail box according to the present invention, and shows a procedure in which a message sent from the mobile station 11 is connected to the voicemail box 20 via an SMS related network.

First, in order to access the short-term service subscriber to the voicemail box 20, the mobile station 11 transmits a short-term service origination message including a communication service identifier (TI) and a destination address for a desired service to the switching center 14. (201).

Subsequently, the exchange 14 analyzes the short-term service origination message received from the mobile station 11 and establishes a route, and if it is a general voice call and another short-term service (SMS), it routes to the short-term center 17 (202). ).

Next, the single expert center 17 transmits it to the network element to be processed using the communication service identifier (TI) and the destination address, and if the destination address and communication service identifier (TI) of the message included in the input signal If is set to the single professional service server 18, and transmits to the single professional service server 18 (203). Here, the routing information should be set in advance in the professional center 17.

Then, the single professional service server 18 recognizes that it is a voicemail server connection message using the corresponding communication service identifier (TI) and transmits it to the voicemail server 19 (204).

Subsequently, when the voicemail server 19 transmits the voicemail access message including the communication service identifier (TI) and the destination address to the voicemail box 20 (205), the voicemail box 20 receives the received voicemail access message. Analyzes the voice guidance and stored voice. In this case, the voicemail box 20 should have a menu for changing the terminal call sound, and should inform the subscriber of the guide call sound and the fact of confirmation. That is, the voicemail box 20 transmits a response message to the received message as opposed to the reception path to notify the mobile station 11 that the transmission is completed (206 to 210).

For example, assuming that there is "1 national anthem, 2 a bizarre, 3 a march, ..., etc." in the terminal ring tone menu of the voicemail box 20, the content of the subscriber when the subscriber selects 2 Notify the sender of (music) and check again.

If the subscriber selects one or more terminal ring tones, the data processing procedure between the mobile station 11 and the voicemail box 20 as described above may actually occur several times until the end of the call by the user.

FIG. 3 is a schematic external configuration diagram of a mobile station to which the present invention is applied, in which “31” represents a liquid crystal display (LCD) and “32” represents a keypad.

As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal 11 is composed of a screen display device (LCD) 31 for displaying text and a keypad 32 for inputting a key to enable SMS service.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user may access the terminal using a specialty service dedicated key or a specific button of the terminal, and if the specific destination address is recorded and transmitted in the specialty service origination related menu, the user may access the voicemail box 20. At this time, the terminal should be set to the single professional service-related protocol and the single professional service-related parameters.

The memory of the terminal 11 is composed of a flash memory, an electronic erasable PROM (EEPROM: Electronic Erasable PROM), and a RAM, and the terminal operating program is stored in the FLASH memory. The information is stored in the EEPROM. The RAM is a storage area for state variable management and basic parameters for the operation of the terminal.

In the terminal 11, the capacity of the EEPROM is limited, so that the basic call sound and the download call sound as shown in Table 2 must be managed separately in order to efficiently manage the EEPROM.

Default ring tone storage 1.bell 1 2.bell 2 3.bell 3 4. Download ringtone storage 1. Download Bell1 2. Multiple Load Bell2 3. Download Bell3 4. Download Bell4:

Referring to Table 2, the terminal 11 should allocate a call sound storage area that can be changed by dividing a memory space for storing call sound during production. At this time, when the memory space is full and can no longer be stored, the oldest ringtone is deleted from the download ringtone storage area and the new ringtone is stored.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for changing a terminal call tone additional service according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the terminal ringtone change additional service method of the terminal 11, a user first turns on the terminal to access a voicemail box 20 that provides a terminal ringtone service using an SMS service. (On), when the mobile station 11 transmits a message to the switching center 14 in the standby state (401), the switching center 14 establishes a communication path and routes it to the single center 17 (402).

After that, the specialty center 17 checks the voice mailbox connection parameter TI and the destination address through the home location register 16 to access the single specialty service (SMS). The possibility is analyzed (403).

As a result of the analysis, if the communication service identifier (TI) and the destination address do not match and thus cannot be connected to the SMS, the corresponding service such as a voice call is processed (404).

As a result of the analysis, if the communication service identifier (TI) and the destination address match, and the single professional service (SMS) is possible, the user transmits a message to the voice mailbox 20 in the voice mailbox 20 in a single professional service (SMS) environment. It is checked whether the terminal ringtone change service is available to the user (605).

If the result of the check is not possible to provide a single professional service for the terminal ringtone changing service, the mobile terminal processes a single specialty service (SMS) other than the terminal ringtone changing service such as sending or receiving a corresponding message (606), and the terminal ringtone changing service is If available, the terminal ringtone change additional service is repeatedly provided to the user until the terminal ringtone change service is completed (607, 608). At this time, the terminal 11 stores the terminal ringing tone provided by the voicemail box 20 in the EEPROM in the terminal ringing tone changing mode, and when the storing is completed, the terminal ringing state becomes a normal standby state.

Data transmitted to the user in the SMS is included in the user data (User Data), the length thereof is usually limited to about 100 bytes.

The distinction from other services in the SMS service uses TI, and the terminal ring tone change uses a specific TI. In the terminal ring tone changing service, the length of the terminal ring tone may be longer, so the user data portion in which the actual data is transmitted in the SMS has the following configuration.

Full packet Current packet Actual content

Therefore, the system and the terminal 11 must encode and decode in such a signal format.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited to the drawing.

As described above, the present invention reduces the memory usage of a terminal by downloading a ring tone of a mobile telephone terminal designated by a user through a voice mail box (VMS) using a single professional service (SMS) in a mobile communication system. By ringing the ringing tone of the mobile terminal according to the user's taste, there is an effect of meeting the various service needs of the user.

Claims (7)

In the terminal ring tone change service method in a mobile communication system, A first step of setting up a specialty service environment by routing from a mobile station to a specialty center; A second step of accessing a voice mailbox having a terminal ring tone changing mode for providing a terminal ring tone changing service to the mobile station in a mono service environment; And A third step of providing, by the voice mailbox of the terminal ring tone changing mode, a terminal ring tone changing additional service to the mobile station; Terminal ringtone change additional service method made, including. The method of claim 1, A fourth step in which the mobile station stores the terminal ringing tone downloaded from the voicemail box in a storage means and designates one of the stored terminal ringing tone to generate a designated ringing tone when an incoming call occurs. Terminal ringtone change additional service method further comprising a. The method of claim 2, The mobile station, The terminal terminal ring tone and the download ring tone is managed separately, the terminal ring tone, characterized in that when the storage means is filled when the downloaded terminal ring tone is stored, the oldest terminal ring tone is deleted and the newly downloaded terminal ring tone is stored when the storage means is no longer stored. Modified Supplementary Service Method. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The first step is, A fifth step of transmitting, to the switching station, a short message service origination message including a communication service identifier (TI) and a destination address of a service desired by the mobile station; A sixth step in which the switching center analyzes the short-term service originating message received from the mobile station and routes it to the short-term center if it is different from a general voice call; A seventh step of analyzing, by the single-specialty center, whether a single-specialty service (SMS) is accessible by examining a voicemail access parameter (TI) and a destination address in the parameter of the single-specialized service (SMS); An eighth step of processing a service such as a voice call if the communication service identifier (TI) and the destination address do not match and are not accessible to the SMS (SMS) as a result of the analysis of the seventh step; And As a result of the analysis of the seventh step, if the communication service identifier (TI) and the destination address match, if the single-service service (SMS) is possible, a message including the communication service identifier (TI) and the destination address is based on the destination address. 9th step of sending to server Terminal ringtone change additional service method made, including. The method of claim 4, wherein The second step, A tenth step of recognizing the single mailbox service message through the corresponding communication service identifier (TI) and transmitting the received voicemail mailbox message to the voicemail server; An eleventh step of transmitting, by the voicemail server, a voicemail access message including a communication service identifier (TI) and a destination address to the voicemailbox; A twelfth step of analyzing, by the voicemail box, whether a terminal ringtone service can be provided to a user in a single professional service environment; A thirteenth step of processing a single specialty service (SMS) other than the terminal ringtone service, such as sending or receiving a corresponding message, if the single-level service for the terminal ringtone service is not available as a result of analyzing the twelfth step; And As a result of the analysis of the twelfth step, if the single-specialized service for the terminal ring tone service can be provided, the fourteenth step is passed to the third step. Terminal ringtone change additional service method made, including. In a mobile communication system having a processor, Setting up a specialty service environment by routing from a mobile station to a specialty center; Accessing a voice mailbox having a terminal ring tone changing mode to provide a terminal ring tone changing service to the mobile station in a specialized service environment; And The voicemail box of the terminal ringtone changing mode provides a terminal ringtone changing additional service to the mobile station. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this. The method of claim 6, The mobile station stores the terminal ringtone downloaded from the voicemail box in a storage means and designates one of the stored terminal ringtones to generate a designated ringtone when an incoming call occurs; A computer-readable recording medium that records a program for further realization.