KR20020000398A - Bell sound transmitting system and transmitting method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for transmitting bell sounds are provided to transmit MIDI(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) sound source data to a mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal can use the data as its own bell sound. CONSTITUTION: A system for transmitting bell sounds is composed of a sound source production part(91), a sound source server(70), a fixed terminal(20), an Internet server(80), a mobile terminal(10), a voice processing part(60), and an SMS center(52). The sound source production part(91) manufactures a plurality of MIDI sound source data. The sound source server(70) stores these MIDI sound source data. The Internet server(80) enables the fixed terminal(20) to access the sound source server(70). The mobile terminal(10) accesses the sound source server(70) using a mobile network(31) and an MSC(Mobile Switching Center)(51). The voice processing part(60) introduces the MIDI sound source data of the sound source server(70) to the mobile terminal(10). The SMS center(52) transmits the MIDI sound source data to the mobile terminal(10).

Description

Bell sound transmitting system and transmitting method

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal ringtone transmission, and more particularly, to a ringtone transmission system and a method for transmitting MIDI sound source data to a mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal can use it as its ringtone.

The mobile communication system consists of a mobile terminal, a base station, a base station controller, and a mobile switching center. The mobile terminal is a mobile terminal such as a digital cellular network (DCN) and a personal communication service (PCS). The base station changes the signal format between the mobile terminal and the base station controller to be suitable for the wireless link and the wired link. The base station controller is a function of each element of the base station and an access means between cell operators. It performs service functions such as service status management of domestic hardware and software, resource allocation and configuration for call traffic, information collection on base station operation, base station operation, monitoring and fixed sub-devices. The mobile switching center then configures an access point for user traffic between the base station controller management and the mobile communication network and the mobile switching center of the general telephone network or the same mobile communication system.

With the development of wireless communication technology, the cost of using a mobile terminal is lowered and the call quality is also improved to allow a high quality call even in a driving vehicle.

Currently, the bell sound of a mobile terminal uses dozens of music sounds embedded in the terminal (for example, a general sound, a chord sound, a father's face, a plum blossom command, a Saemaul song, etc.). In the early days of the bell, if a user selects a variety of music sounds embedded in the mobile terminal according to his or her taste, the ring tone selected by the user is ringed through the speaker of the mobile terminal when the call is received.

However, as the number of mobile terminal subscribers increases, even if dozens of ring tones ring simultaneously between adjacent mobile terminals, they may cause confusion between subscribers. It also caused boredom.

Therefore, as a mobile service provider, the mobile terminal connects to the Internet or an automatic answering service (ARS) to download and store a new type of ringing tone, thereby varying the ringing tone of the mobile terminal to the user's taste. It was made. We used the Short Message Service to download a new kind of ringtone by accessing the Internet or an answering service.

However, in the bell sound of the conventional mobile terminal, the bell sound generated in the mobile terminal is basically a sound using only one instrument (voice), and thus it is difficult to generate a melody different from other mobile terminals.

An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, to provide a ringtone transmission system and a transmission method for transmitting a MIDI sound source to a mobile terminal so that it can be used as its ringtone in the mobile terminal It is for.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a sound source production unit for producing a plurality of sound source data, a sound source server for storing the sound source data, a fixed terminal for connecting to the Internet through a conventional wired communication network, the Internet An internet server connected to the fixed terminal to the server, a mobile terminal connecting to the sound source server through a normal wireless communication network, and transmitting sound data of the sound source server to any one selected from the fixed terminal and the mobile terminal. It is configured to include a message center for transmitting a message.

According to another feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of producing the sound source data, converting the sound source data into the sound source data for the bell sound of the mobile terminal, the sound source data for the bell sound to the sound source server And storing the ring tone sound data stored in the sound source server to the outside through a short message service center at the request of a predetermined user.

According to another feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of setting any mobile terminal to the data transmission mode, the mobile terminal to search for the sound source data stored in its memory area, the search result And selecting one sound source data, inputting a telephone number of a called mobile terminal to which the selected sound source data is to be transmitted, and transmitting the selected sound source data to the called mobile terminal.

1 is a block diagram showing a mobile terminal ring sound transmission system according to the present invention

2 is a flowchart illustrating a bell sound transmission method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a bell sound transmission method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: mobile terminal 20: fixed terminal

30: wired and wireless communication network 31: mobile network

32: PSTN 40: Internet

50: wireless section transmission unit 51: mobile switching center

52: short message service 60: voice processing unit (ARS)

70: sound source server 80: Internet server

90: sound source production and conversion unit 91: sound source production unit

92: sound source conversion unit

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a mobile terminal ring tone transmission system according to the present invention.

The mobile terminal ring tone transmission system according to the present invention includes a sound source production unit 91 for producing a plurality of MIDI sound source data, a sound source server 70 for storing the MIDI sound source data, and a conventional wired communication connection means. A fixed terminal 20 capable of accessing the Internet 40 using the Internet, an Internet server 80 allowing the fixed terminal 20 to access the sound source server 70, and a conventional wireless communication connection means ( For example, a base station (BTS) providing a mobile communication service to a mobile terminal (personal cellular communication (PCS), digital cellular network (DCN)), or a mobile network 31 and a mobile switching center composed of a base station and a base station controller (BSC). A mobile terminal 10 which can be connected to the sound source server 70 using the mobile terminal 10, and the MIDI sound source data of the sound source server 70 to the mobile terminal 10 through the wireless communication connection means. Voice processing unit 60 and the movement It consists of a short message service center 52 for transmitting the MIDI sound source data to the terminal (10).

Here, the sound source production unit 91 may further configure a sound source conversion server 92 for producing the MIDI sound source data, and converting and compressing the MIDI sound source data for the mobile terminal ringing sound.

In addition, the wired communication connection means enables the data communication between the fixed terminal 20 and the sound source server 70 through the normal Internet 40 and the Internet 40, the fixed terminal 20 The requested MIDI sound source data may be transmitted from the sound source server 70 to the fixed terminal 20 or to the mobile terminal 10 in a short message through the short service center 52.

As described above, the wireless communication connection means includes a base station (BTS) and a mobile switching center (MSC), or a base station (BTS), a base station controller (BSC) and a mobile switching center (MSC). And a wireless communication path between the mobile terminal 10 or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a mobile switching center (MSC) to establish a wireless communication path between the voice processing unit 10 and the mobile switching center 51.

Here, the MIDI sound source is composed of at least two tones, and the short message is divided into a plurality of packets and continuously transmitted.

In addition, the fixed terminal 20 and the mobile terminal 10 are connected to the sound source server 70, respectively, to listen to the MIDI sound source of the sound source server 70, or to request transmission after listening, and stores if transmitted. Here, the voice processing unit 50 introduces the MIDI sound source data of the sound source server 70 to the user of the mobile terminal 10 through the wireless communication connection means, or transmits the MIDI sound source data for listening to the MIDI sound source data.

In addition, the mobile terminal 10 should embed a MIDI sound source chip for reproducing the MIDI sound source data.

MIDI is a way of connecting computers and synthesizers, and in 1982, the International MIDI Association, the MIDI Manufacturers Association, and the Japan MIDI Standards Committee In a broad system of rules set by developers and producers, the company provides excellent sound quality and the same effect on a mobile terminal as having multiple (eg three or four) instruments playing music at the same time. For example, you can select a plurality of instruments to be played as a ringing tone on a mobile terminal among various musical instruments such as a steel guitar, a music box, an alto saxophone, and a harmonica.

Currently, there are more than 20 kinds of mobile phone ringtones (general tone, code tone, dad's face, edelweiss, plum blossom, etc.) and mobile phone users access the internet or ARS service to get their own ringtones. Had to download the melody. However, as mentioned earlier, all melody services were limited in creating a distinctive melody with a somewhat monotonous feeling using only one instrument (voice). When MIDI is applied to ringtones, still guitars, music boxes, alto saxophones, You can choose a musical instrument to be played on your mobile device from among various musical instruments such as harmonica and trumpet, so you can not only decorate your own ringtones using your own personality, but also feel rich and diverse chords and sounds.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a bell sound transmission method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

In the bell sound transmission method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, first, a plurality of MIDI sound source data are produced by the sound source production unit 91 of the sound source production and conversion unit 90 in the usual manner (S11). In this case, a conventional method is produced using a computer and a module (MIDI supporting instrument, especially a module without a keyboard) incorporating MIDI software.

Subsequently, when the MIDI sound source data produced by the sound source production unit 91 is transmitted to the sound source conversion unit 92, the sound source conversion unit 92 converts the MIDI sound source data into ringtone sound source data (S12). Then, the converted sound source data is compressed. Here, the sound source conversion unit 92 is configured as a sound source conversion server.

Then, when the MIDI sound source data produced by the sound source production and conversion unit 90 and converted and compressed is transmitted to the sound source server 70, the sound source server 70 stores and manages the transmitted sound source server 70. (S13).

Subsequently, the sound source server 70 determines whether there is a request signal for the stored MIDI sound source data for the bell sound (S14). In this case, the request signal is generated from one of the mobile terminal 10 and the fixed terminal 20 to the sound source server 70.

Judgment result (S14) It is determined whether the request from the mobile terminal 10 (S15).

Judgment result (S15) Referring to the processing method for the request signal of the mobile terminal 10, the mobile terminal 10 using a conventional wireless communication connection means as described above (voice response unit: ARS) ( 60, the voice processing unit 60 starts to guide the mobile terminal 10 to the data of the sound source server 70, and asks the mobile terminal user which MIDI music to select. (S16). That is, the user is asked which genre (eg, classic, ballad, song, folk song, heavy metal, etc.) of various types of MIDI sound sources is selected, and the user of the mobile terminal 10 presses the terminal keypad. When the genre is selected, and after selecting the genre, the user continuously guides the user to the name of the song, composition, songwriter, etc., and inquires about whether to download the last selected sound source according to the user's selection (S17). The voice processing unit 60 transmits the MIDI sound source selected by the user of the mobile terminal 10 to the short message service center 52 to the sound source server 70. Then, the short message service center 52 transmits a short message to the mobile terminal 10 through the mobile switching center 51 and the mobile network 31 (S18). At this time, the short message is divided into a plurality of packets and continuously transmitted. That is, in order to use the MIDI sound source data as the ring tone of the mobile terminal, the repeated ring tone data size is about 700 to 800 bytes, which is at least 500 to 600 bytes even when compressed. In general, in the case of a short message service (SMS), which is frequently used when transmitting a text message, the amount of data that can be transmitted at one time is 100 bytes, and the type of data is composed of only text. Therefore, when the short service is used, it is difficult to transmit the MIDI sound source data at one time, so that the transmission is divided into a plurality of packets.

The method for downloading MIDI sound source data to the fixed terminal 20 is as follows.

First, when the fixed terminal 20 (for example, a computer) connects to an Internet server 80 that can access the sound source server 70 through the Internet 40, the Internet server 80 connects to the sound source server 70. When the voice processing unit 60 as described above provides a general guide to a plurality of MIDI sound source data as provided to the mobile terminal 10, the fixed terminal 20 selects one of the plurality of MIDI sound source data. (S19).

Next, the fixed terminal 20 requests to transmit the selected MIDI sound source data to the mobile terminal 10 (S20). At this time, the phone number of the mobile terminal 10 to be transmitted is selected and then the transmission is requested.

Then, the sound source server 70 downloads the MIDI sound source data requested by the fixed terminal 20 user to the mobile terminal 10 through the short service center 52 (S21). In this case, the user of the fixed terminal 20 may download the MIDI sound source data of the sound source server 70 from the internet server 80 to the fixed terminal 20 through the Internet 40. That is, when the fixed terminal 20 accesses the sound source server 70 through the Internet 40 and the Internet server 80 and requests to transmit the MIDI sound source data to a specific mobile terminal, the sound source server 70 is a short message service center. In operation 52, the MIDI terminal source data requested by the user of the fixed terminal 20 is transmitted to the specific mobile terminal. The MIDI sound source data downloaded to the fixed terminal 20 may be downloaded to the mobile terminal 10 using a receptacle. For reference, a computer with a built-in sound card does not need to have a MIDI sound chip.

Here, the receptacle is a cable for internet or PC communication using a mobile terminal, one side of the receptacle is connected to the data communication terminal of the mobile terminal (usually located at the bottom of the mobile phone) and the tile side is connected to the printer port of the computer, When the fixed terminal 20 is a computer, the fixed terminal 20 is used to transmit data downloaded from the computer to the mobile terminal 10.

The mobile terminal 10 and the fixed terminal 20 store the transmitted MIDI sound source data in their memory areas, respectively, so that the mobile terminal 10 and the fixed terminal 20 store the MIDI sound source data stored in their memory areas. To be transmitted to another mobile terminal 10 or another fixed terminal 20.

A method of transmitting the MIDI sound source data stored in the memory area of the mobile terminal 10 to another mobile terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a bell sound transmission method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In order to transmit the MIDI sound source data stored in its memory area to another mobile terminal, the calling mobile terminal sets the current mode of the mobile terminal to the data transmission mode (S31).

Subsequently, a plurality of MIDI sound source data in its memory area is searched for (S32).

Next, the retrieved MIDI sound source data is selected (S33).

Subsequently, the phone number of the called-party mobile terminal is input (S34).

Then, when the selected MIDI sound source data and the telephone number of the called-party mobile terminal are transmitted to the conventional wireless communication network 30, the wireless communication network 30 receives the sound source data transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 to the mobile switching center 51. The phone number of the mobile terminal is transmitted (S35). At this time, the calling mobile terminal compresses and transmits the MIDI sound source data.

Then, when the mobile switching center 51 transmits the MIDI sound source data and the telephone number of the called mobile terminal to the short message service center 52 (S36), the short message service center 52 uses the short message service (SMS) to move the called party. The MIDI sound source data is transmitted to the terminal (S37). Finally, the mobile terminal 10 receiving the compressed MIDI sound source data decompresses the MIDI sound source data and sets the mobile terminal 10 to be used as a bell sound.

As described above, the present invention enables MIDI sound source data to be used as a sound source to be reproduced in a mobile terminal, thereby generating a unique bell sound having various tones of the MIDI sound source level in the mobile terminal.

Claims (12)

Sound source production unit for producing a plurality of sound source data, A sound source server for storing the sound source data, Fixed terminal connecting to the Internet through a normal wired communication network, An internet server connected to the internet to connect the fixed terminal to the server; A mobile terminal accessing the sound source server through a normal wireless communication network; And a message center for transmitting a message for transmitting the sound source data of the sound source server to any one selected from the fixed terminal and the mobile terminal. The ring tone transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising a voice processing unit which provides schematic information on the sound source data to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication network. The ring tone transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising a sound source conversion server for converting and storing the sound source data produced by the sound source production unit into a ring tone format of the mobile terminal. The ring tone transmission system of claim 1, wherein the sound source data comprises at least two tone data. The ring tone transmission system of claim 1, wherein the sound source data comprises one or more packets in a short message service form. The ring tone transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal has a built-in MIDI sound source integrated circuit (IC) for reproducing a MIDI sound source. The ring tone transmission system of claim 1, wherein the sound source data is configured in a MIDI format. Producing sound source data; Converting the sound source data into sound source data for bell sound of a mobile terminal; Storing the sound source data for the bell sound in a sound source server; And transmitting the sound source data for the bell sound stored in the sound source server to the outside through a short message service center at the request of a predetermined user. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting to the outside, Connecting the mobile terminal to the auto answering center through a conventional wireless communication network; Providing schematic information of a plurality of sound source data stored in the sound source server through the automatic response center according to a request signal of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal; Selecting one sound source data from a plurality of sound source data provided with the outline information to the mobile terminal by a user of the mobile terminal; And transmitting the sound source data selected by the user among the plurality of sound source data to the mobile terminal through a short message service (SMS) center. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of transmitting to the outside, A fixed terminal connected to an internet server through a conventional wired communication network; Selecting one of the plurality of sound source data stored in the sound source server through the Internet server according to the request signal of the fixed terminal; And transmitting the sound source data selected from the sound source data to the mobile terminal through a normal wireless communication network. Setting any mobile terminal to a data transmission mode; Searching, by the mobile terminal, sound source data stored in its memory area; Selecting one sound source data according to the search result; Inputting a telephone number of a called-party mobile terminal to which the selected sound source data is to be transmitted; And transmitting the selected sound source data to the called party's mobile terminal. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the selected sound source data to the called-party mobile terminal; Receiving sound source data transmitted from the arbitrary mobile terminal and a telephone number of the called-party mobile terminal in a normal wireless communication network; Transmitting the sound source data to a short message service (SMS) center of the wireless communication network; And transmitting the sound source data to the called-party mobile terminal by referring to the telephone number of the called-party mobile terminal.