KR20020069906A - Method for offering supplement of service in mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing supplemental services in a mobile system is provided to offer a supplemental service to supply information based on each individual mobile subscriber's opinion. CONSTITUTION: A control part in a mobile terminal receives a mass information service request message from a BS(Base transceiver Station/Base Station controller) through a paging channel(21), and judges whether a mass information service mode is set(23). In case that the mass information service mode is set, the control part transmits a mass information service permission message through the paging channel(25). Receiving the mass information service permission message, the BS forms a traffic channel with the mobile terminal and transmits a mass information service start message through the paging channel. In response to the mass information service start message, the mobile terminal transmits a response message(27). If the response message is received, the BS transmits mass information data through the traffic channel. If the mass information data are completely received(29), the control part displays a subscriber preference short message form(31). If the subscriber fills out the form and inputs the SEND key, the control part transmits the completed short message to a sound/picture service center(33).

Description

How to provide additional service in mobile communication system {METHOD FOR OFFERING SUPPLEMENT OF SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an additional service provided in a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method for providing a convenient additional service for subscriber use.

As mobile communication becomes more popular, additional services for providing information to mobile subscribers through a mobile communication network are being made. The types of additional services, such as ringtones or various music files, weather information, traffic information, etc., are becoming more and more diverse, and most of these information services are provided through short message services. However, since the amount of data that can be transmitted in a short message is limited to a small amount, information with a large data capacity such as a music file or an image file takes a considerable time to download. Then, the service center providing various information is unilaterally supplied to the mobile communication subscriber or provided by limited selection. Therefore, it is difficult to reflect the subscriber's personal taste or preference. In addition, there is an inconvenience in the procedure that the mobile communication subscriber should directly search for and select the available information of the service center and request the provision of the information. For example, when a desired music file is downloaded from a server of a service center that provides a music file, the mobile subscriber directly searches a list of music files selected by the service center, selects a desired music file, and downloads it to the mobile communication terminal. . In this process, the mobile communication subscriber feels inconvenient with time consumption.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing an additional service for supplying information collected by the opinion of a mobile subscriber.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing an additional service for providing information having a large data capacity in a short time.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for providing an additional service convenient to a subscriber.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is a view showing a connection of a mobile communication terminal and a service center according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a message flow diagram between a mobile communication terminal and a service center according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a controller of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a subscriber preference short message processing flowchart of a service center according to an embodiment of the present invention;

In order to solve the above object, according to the present invention, a service center for providing an additional service retrieves preference information of an arbitrary mobile communication subscriber and searches for additional service data corresponding to the found preference information. Transmitting, to the sound / video service center by the mobile communication terminal, receiving the supplementary service data, creating a subscriber preference short message of a predetermined format based on the input of the subscriber; The center may be configured to receive the subscriber preference short message and update preference information of the corresponding mobile communication subscriber.

And, when the mobile communication terminal receives the large-capacity information service request message, checking whether the large-capacity information service mode is set; transmitting the large-capacity information service permission message when the large-capacity information service mode is set as a result of the checking; Receiving a message indicating the start of a large-scale information service after transmitting the service permission message and transmitting a response message; and receiving a large-scale information data through a traffic channel after transmitting the response message.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, detailed description of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

First, the structure of a mobile communication terminal 100 to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 1. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal 100 to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 1, the controller 20 performs an overall control operation of the mobile phone. The wireless unit 60 controls transmission and reception of voice data and control data under the control of the control unit 20, and the voice processing unit 70 controls the voice data received from the wireless unit 60 under the control of the control unit 20. (speaker) Converts to an audible sound through the SPK and outputs the voice signal received from the microphone (microphone) MIC to the wireless unit 60 to be data. The key input unit 40 includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, and outputs key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the subscriber to the controller 20. The display unit 50 displays various messages and the like under the control of the controller 20. The memory unit 30 stores program data necessary for controlling the operation of the mobile phone and data generated during control or during execution by the subscriber.

According to the present invention, program data for a large service menu, which is a menu for receiving a large capacity additional service, is stored. The large-capacity service menu added by the present invention is a menu for setting a large-capacity service mode capable of receiving the large-capacity data information through a traffic channel when receiving large-capacity data information from a service center.

In addition, the format of the subscriber preference short message according to the present invention is stored. Subscriber short messages are short messages that contain the opinions, tastes, and preferences of subscribers for any value-added service, and are automatically stored in the database of the service center when received by the service center. Has For example, in the case of a subscriber preference short message transmitted to a service center that provided a music file, the satisfaction, song name, music genre, singer, and composer desired for the received music file are arranged in a predetermined order. Is sent to.

When the mobile communication terminal receives a large information service request message through a paging channel, the mobile communication terminal determines whether the large service mode is set, and if the large service mode is set, the mobile terminal transmits a large service permission message to a BS (Base Transceiver Station / Base station controller). To send). Thereafter, a message indicating the start of transmission of the large-capacity information is received from the BS through a paging channel, and a traffic channel is formed with the BS to receive the large-capacity data information.

When the mobile communication terminal receives the information from the service center providing the additional service through the mobile communication network, the mobile communication terminal displays the stored subscriber preference short message under the control of the controller 20. The displayed subscriber preference short message is completed through key input of the subscriber and transmitted to the fraud service center.

Next, a connection relationship between the mobile communication terminal and a service center providing various information to the mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a diagram illustrating a connection between a mobile communication terminal and a service center according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile communication network 1 shown in FIG. 2 comprises a BS 3, a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 5, a Home Location Register (HLR) 7, and a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 9 .

The service center 200 providing arbitrary information is connected to the MSC 9 and includes a control unit 210, a database 220, a data transmission / reception unit (not shown), and the like. The controller 210 controls overall operation of the service center 200. The database 220 includes a content database 223 in which information supplied from a service center is stored, and a subscriber profile database 221 in which information such as subscriber's taste and preference, which is added according to the present invention, is stored. The content database 223 stores various information provided from the service center 200, that is, substantially content data of the additional service. For example, when the additional service information provided by the service center 200 is a music file or an image file, a plurality of music files and image files are stored in the content database 223. When the information provided by the service center 200 is information having a large data capacity, such as a music file or an image file, a specific code indicating a large amount of data information is allocated and stored for each information file. The subscriber profile database 221 is composed of profiles corresponding to the telephone numbers of the respective mobile communication terminals, so that the subscriber's opinion or preference information may be stored in the profile for each subscriber.

The MSC 5 interworks with other MSCs to process origination and reception requests from the mobile communication terminal 100, and inquires about the subscribers using the HLR 7. When the short message is received from the mobile communication terminal 100, the short message is transmitted to the SMSC 9, and when the short message is received from the SMSC 9, the short message is sent to the BS 3 to receive a paging channel. A short message can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100 through a channel.

As an independent node, the SMSC 9 is connected to the HLR 7 and the MSC 5 to determine the location of the receiver and deliver a short message to the mobile subscribers.

The HLR 7 is a medium class computer that mainly performs subscriber information processing device functions.

The BS 3 performs communication with the mobile communication terminal 100 by using a wireless section, controls a wireless link and a wired link, and performs a handoff function for maintaining the continuity of the call even when the subscriber moves. The short message received from the MSC 5 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal through the paging channel. When the short message received from the MSC 5 is a short message having a code indicating that the large data information, the large information service request message is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100 through the paging channel. Subsequently, upon receiving the mass service permission message from the mobile communication terminal 100, a message indicating the start of the transmission of the large amount of information is transmitted through a paging channel, and a traffic channel is formed with the mobile communication terminal 100 to store the mass information. send.

As described above, the subscriber's mobile communication terminal 100 is connected to the service center 200 through the mobile communication network 1, and through the mobile communication network 1, the mobile communication subscriber receives the additional service and receives the additional service. Subscriber preference short messages containing the opinions and preferences of the subscribers according to the service are transmitted to reflect the opinions of the subscribers in the supplementary service. A process of transmitting a subscriber's opinion, preference, and the like for an additional service through the mobile communication network 1 to the service center 200 through the mobile communication terminal 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. . As an example, the service center 200 is a sound / video service center 201 that provides a music or video file to help understand the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a message between a mobile communication terminal and a service center according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a controller of the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart of a subscriber preference short message processing in a service center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the control unit 211 of the sound image service center 201 contents the sound / image file according to the profile of the mobile communication subscriber to transmit sound / image data for the music or image file in step 10. Select from database 224. The sound / video files each have a specific code indicating that it is a large amount of data information.

In operation 20, the controller 211 transmits sound / image data for the selected sound / image file to the mobile communication terminal 100 through the mobile communication network 1.

In step 30, the mobile communication terminal 100 receiving the sound / image data transmits a subscriber preference short message for the received sound / image file.

A process of receiving the sound / image file of steps 20 and 30, and the process of creating and transmitting a subscriber preference short message for the sound / image file will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 20 of the mobile communication terminal 100 receives a large information service request message from the BS 3 of the mobile communication network 1 through the paging channel in step 21 and proceeds to step 23. In step 23, the controller 20 determines whether the large-capacity information service mode is set, and if so, proceeds to step 25 and, if not, proceeds to step 35. In step 35, the control unit 20 rejects the service by transmitting a large information service denial message. In operation 25, the control unit 20 transmits a large service permission message through the paging channel. The BS 3 of the mobile communication network 1 establishes a traffic channel with the mobile communication terminal 100 when receiving the mass service permission message, and transmits a message indicating the start of the mass information service through the paging channel. 4, in step 27, the control unit 20 receives a message indicating the start of the mass information service through the paging channel, and transmits a response message thereto. The BS 3 transmits the large amount of information data through the traffic channel upon receiving the response message. That is, data of sound / image file is transmitted. In step 29, the control unit 20 receives a large amount of information data, that is, data of a sound / image file through a traffic channel, and proceeds to step 31 when the reception is completed. In step 31, the controller 20 displays the subscriber preference short message format. Thereafter, in step 33, the subscriber preference short message including the content of the subscriber preference short message such as the satisfaction, song name, music genre, singer, and composer desired by the subscriber is sequentially arranged according to the subscriber's input, and according to the input of the transmission key. The completed subscriber preference short message is transmitted to the sound / video service center 201. The subscriber preference short message may be immediately generated and transmitted according to the input of the mobile communication subscriber even when receiving information provided by any service center as well as sound / video data. In addition, even if the specific information is not received, the subscriber preference short message can be prepared and transmitted to the service center according to the subscriber's input.

3, in the next process 40, the sound / video service center 201 receives and analyzes the subscriber preference short message and updates subscriber preference information in the corresponding subscriber profile. This process will be described with reference to FIG. 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 211 of the sound / video service center 201 confirms the reception of the subscriber preference short message in step 41 and proceeds to step 43. In step 43, the controller 211 searches for the subscriber profile corresponding to the telephone number of the caller mobile communication terminal of the received subscriber preference short message in the subscriber profile database 222 and proceeds to step 45. In step 45, the controller 211 updates the subscriber preference information by storing the received subscriber preference short message in the retrieved subscriber profile.

As described above, the subscribers can receive a higher quality service by transmitting opinions or preferences regarding additional service contents to the service center through short messages and reflecting the contents of the additional service.

In addition, when the additional service provided is a large data information service, it may be transmitted through a traffic channel to receive information within a short time.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in another embodiment of the present invention, the format of the subscriber preference short message is not stored in the mobile communication terminal, but may be configured to be transmitted together when providing a service. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention can provide a high quality service by providing a method of reflecting the subscriber's opinion in the content of the additional service with respect to the additional service provided by the mobile communication subscriber. In addition, in the case of an additional service provided with information consisting of large amounts of data, a service may be provided within a short time by providing a method of receiving a traffic channel.

Claims (4)

In the method for providing additional service in a mobile communication system, A service center for supplying supplementary services searching for preference information of an arbitrary mobile communication subscriber and transmitting supplementary service data corresponding to the found preference information to a mobile communication terminal of the arbitrary mobile communication subscriber; Receiving, by the mobile communication terminal, the supplementary service data, creating a subscriber preference short message of a predetermined format based on an input of the subscriber, and transmitting it to the sound / video service center; And the service center is configured to receive the subscriber preference short message and update preference information of the corresponding mobile communication subscriber. In the method for providing additional service in a mobile communication system, Transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, a subscriber preference short message having a predetermined format based on a subscriber's input to a service center that provides an additional service; The service center receiving the subscriber preference short message and retrieving a profile storing subscriber preference information of a corresponding subscriber; And the service center automatically updates the searched profile with the contents of the received subscriber preference short message. In the method for providing additional service in a mobile communication system, Displaying a predetermined subscriber preference short message format upon receiving any additional service data from a service center that supplies the additional service; Completing the subscriber preference short message displayed by the subscriber input; And if there is an input for requesting transmission of the completed subscriber preference short message, transmitting the subscriber preference short message to the service center. In the method for providing additional service in a mobile communication system, When the mobile communication terminal receives the large-capacity information service request message from the base station, confirming whether the large-capacity information service mode is set; Transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, a mass information service permission message to the base station when the mass information service mode is set as a result of the confirmation; Receiving, by the mobile communication terminal, a message indicating the start of a mass information service after transmitting the mass information service permission message, and transmitting a response message to the base station; And receiving a large amount of information data through a traffic channel after transmitting the response message by the mobile communication terminal.