KR20030012682A - Connection Module of Unified Messaging System and Data Send/Receive Method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A module for interworking with an UMS(Unified Messaging System) and a data transceiving method thereof are provided to convert message data transceived through the UMS to VPIM(Voice Profile for Internet Messaging) that is set in a predetermined format, so as to enable the interworking with a different kind of UMS located in a remote place. CONSTITUTION: In a UMS(10), a media server module(102) comprises a plurality of servers providing voice, E-mail, Web and fax services. A database(108) stores user message data received from the media server module(102). A media conversion module(107) mutually converts the message data stored in the database(108), such as voice, text and fax on user's request. An external interface module(109) provides a data transceiving interface function through the wired/wireless communication network and Internet network(200). A control module(101) controls mutual operations of the modules and data stream. And a UMS interworking module(110) enables the interworking with different kinds of UMSs(400). In the UMS interworking module(110), a VPIM conversion module(112) analyzes whether the user message data stored in the database(108) and message data received from the external are VPIM message data, to convert the message data to VPIM message data if the message data are not VPIM message data. A VPIM communication module(111) transmits the VPIM message data transmitted from the VPIM conversion module(112) to the external interface module(109), or transmits VPIM message data from the external interface module(109) to the VPIM conversion module(112). And a transmission notification module(113) notifies the control module(101) with the successful transmission of the VPIM message data to the different kinds of UMSs(400) through the external interface module(109).

Description

Unified messaging system interworking module and its data transmission / reception method {Connection Module of Unified Messaging System and Data Send / Receive Method}

The present invention converts the message data transmitted and received through the Unified Messaging System (UMS: hereinafter abbreviated as UMS) to a standard format of a predetermined format, and the UMS interworking module for interworking with heterogeneous UMS located in a remote location and the same It relates to a data transmission and reception method used.

Recently, as the market of personal and corporate telecommunications business changes rapidly, users have a desire to integrate and process various types of information that come to them, and there is a system that satisfies the needs of users as well as the cost. It is UMS.

UMS stores and manages various types of message types such as voice, fax, and e-mail in one logical mailbox, and allows users to access them through PC, mobile terminal, fax, and landline. By service so that it means a system that provides a batch of communication, information services to the user.

In the past, voice communication technology and data communication technology have been developed based on different technologies, but with the emergence of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a technology that can process voice data digitally and process it as text information, As the distinction between voice communication and data communication is blurred, UMS is a solution that is developed to provide a collective service regardless of various message types by integrating voice communication and data communication.

1 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of such a conventional UMS.

As shown in the drawing, the conventional UMS 10 includes a user registration / management module 12 that receives user registration information and various service request information from a user, and a plurality of services for services such as email, fax, mobile communication, and wired communication network. A media server module 13 having servers in a sub-module form, a media conversion module 14 for converting data such as voice, fax, text, etc. input by each server of the media server module 13, A database 15 storing service data and user information, an external interface 16 interfacing the UMS 10 to an external wired / wireless communication network and the Internet network 200 to perform data transmission / reception, and Consists of a control unit 11 for controlling the interaction and data flow of each of the above-described modules 12 to 14, the user's PC 304, landline telephone 302, fax device (not shown), mobile communication terminal It integrates communication medium such as a group (301), PDA (Personal Digital Assistance, 303) to provide services.

Explaining an example of the service, when the registered user requests the UMS 10 to confirm the message sent to his or her e-mail via the wired telephone 302, the UMS 10 will request the media server module 13 The e-mail message stored in the database 15 through the e-mail server of the user is converted into a voice message through the media conversion module 14, and then transmitted to the user's landline telephone 302.

Accordingly, the user may be provided with the convenience of checking the message transmitted in his or her e-mail through the wired telephone network 200, that is, the public switched telephone network (PSTN). It can be.

However, since the UMS 10 does not support service interworking between systems, the user has a problem in that there are many restrictions in using a service provided by a heterogeneous UMS different from the UMS 10 used by the user.

For example, when a user moves to another region, for example, the United States, Europe, etc., the user may check the PSTN network to check the wired telephone 302 for an e-mail message provided by his UMS 10. The call should be made to the UMS 10 in the premises where the service is performed.

This is because the conventional UMS 10 does not support interworking with heterogeneous UMSs, and thus cannot transmit an e-mail message to a user via the internet network to the UMS of the region where the user has moved.

Therefore, the user has to make a call through the PSTN network as described above in order to use the UMS service in another region, and thus, a problem arises in that the user bears the economic burden of paying the international call fee.

Therefore, the development of the UMS interworking module that supports interworking with heterogeneous UMS in other regions is required.

The present invention has been made in this background, UMS interworking module for converting the message data transmitted and received through the UMS to a standard standard set in a certain format to enable the exchange of UMS mutual data and interoperable with heterogeneous UMS located in a remote location and By providing a method of transmitting and receiving message data between UMS using the same, the purpose is to enable the user to use the UMS service regardless of the region and type of UMS.

1 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of a conventional unified messaging system.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a unified messaging system to which a unified messaging system interworking module is applied and a configuration of a unified messaging system interworking module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of data transmission between unified messaging systems according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a data receiving operation between a unified messaging system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

100: Unified Messaging System

101: control module

102: media server module

103: voice server

104: email server

105: web server

106: fax server

107: media conversion module

108: database (user message box)

110: integrated messaging system interworking module

111: VPIM communication module

112: VPIM Analysis / Conversion Module

113: transmission notification module

114: VPIM Data Management Module

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a media server module including a plurality of sub-modules for performing voice, email, web and fax server functions, a database for storing user message data received from the media server module, A media conversion module for converting message data such as voice, text, and fax stored in a database according to a user's request, an external interface module for providing a data transmission / reception interface function through wired / wireless communication networks and the Internet network; In the UMS interworking module for interoperating with the heterogeneous UMS UMS including a control module for controlling the interaction and data flow of the above-described module, the user message data stored in the database and the message data received from the outside is standard Analyze if it is compliant message data And a standard conversion module for converting message data into standard message data when it is not a standard message and standard message data, and a standard standard message data transmitted from a standard conversion module to an external interface module or transmitted from an external interface module. A standard communication module for transmitting message data to a standard conversion module, a transmission notification module for notifying a control module that standard message data has been successfully transmitted to an external interface module, and transmitted standard message data information and user information It consists of standard message data management module to manage.

Further, in the data transmission / reception method between the first UMS and the second UMS having the above-described configuration, the first UMS extracts user message data transmitted to the user from the database of the first UMS; Converting the extracted user message data to a standard standard, transmitting a message of the converted standard standard to a second UMS through an internet network, and analyzing a message of the standard standard transmitted by the second UMS; Extracting user message data, and storing the user message data extracted by the second UMS in a database of the second UMS.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

In addition, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are given to the same components, although belonging to different drawings for convenience of understanding.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the UMS to which the UMS interworking module is applied and the configuration of the UMS interworking module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the UMS 100 is capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the wired / wireless communication network and the Internet network 200 through the external interface module 109 so that the user's mobile communication terminal 301, wired telephone 302, and PC ( 304), PDA 303, fax (not shown) and the like.

The media server module 102 includes a plurality of servers 103 to 106 that perform voice, email, web, and fax services in the form of submodules to provide voice, email, web, and fax mailbox functions to a user.

At this time, the server of the media server module 102 receives a voice message transmitted to the user, and transmits the voice message recorded by the user to a number designated by the user according to the user's request, and the user's voice message. It consists of an email server 104 for transmitting and receiving emails, a web server 105 and a fax server 106.

Meanwhile, message data such as voice, email, and fax transmitted and received through the media server module 102 are stored and managed in the database 108.

At this time, the database 108 manages the stored data for each user, and configures a plurality of user-only mailboxes (message boxes).

The media conversion module 107 converts message data such as voice, text, and fax stored in the database 108 according to a user's request.

That is, for example, when the user wants to receive the e-mail message received by the user through his mobile communication terminal 301, the external interface is converted by converting the corresponding e-mail message data of the user stored in the database 108 into voice message data. To provide the module 109.

The control module 101 performs a function of controlling the interaction and data flow of the above-described modules 102 to 109.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 2, the UMS interworking module 110, the Internet messaging voice profile (VPIM: Voice Profile for Internet Messaging, hereinafter referred to as VPIM) communication module 111 and VPIM analysis / conversion module 112 ), And the transmission notification module 113 and the VPIM management module 114, the user's message data transmitted / received between the UMS 200 and 400 are produced as standardized VPIM message data to the media server module 102. In this case, VPIM is an international standard protocol of SMTP (Simple Messaging Transfer Protocol) which is an internet mail transmission protocol.It is not a method of communicating voice and fax messages through conventional telephone calls. It is an international standard protocol that standardizes Internet, namely, IP-based data transmission / reception.

The VPIM communication module 111 performs a communication function so that the UMS interworking module 110 can transmit and receive data with the external interface module 109 of the UMS 100.

The VPIM analysis / conversion module 112 analyzes whether the message data stored in the database 108 and the message data received from the outside are VPIM message data, and inserts a VPIM header into the message data when the analysis result is not the VPIM message data. Convert to VPIM message data.

Also, the transmission notification module 113 notifies the control module 101 that the VPIM message data has been successfully transmitted to the external interface module 109, and the VPIM management module 114 transmits and receives the VPIM message data information. And manage user information.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a data transmission operation process between UMSs having the above-described configuration according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First of all, for convenience of understanding, the side transmitting the message data is called the first UMS 100 and is located at a remote location with the first UMS 100 to receive the message data transmitted from the first UMS 100. The UMS is defined as the second UMS 400.

In order to transmit the user's message data managed by the first UMS 100 (for example, a new voice message, a fax message, etc. not confirmed by the user) to a second heterogeneous UMS 400 located at a remote location, 1 The control module 101 of the UMS 100 extracts user message data stored in the database 108 and transmits it to the VPIM analysis / conversion module 112.

Subsequently, the VPIM analysis / conversion module 112 analyzes whether the transmitted user message data is a VPIM message, and transmits the user message data to the VPIM communication module 111 if the analysis result is a VPIM message. If not the VPIM message, the VPIM header is inserted into the user message data, converted into a VPIM message, and transmitted to the VPIM communication module 111.

When the VPIM message is transmitted to the VPIM communication module 111, the VPIM communication module 111 transmits it to the external interface module 109, and the external interface module 109 transmits the VPIM message through the Internet network 200 to the second. Send to UMS (400).

When the message is sent, the external interface module 109 sends the user ID and the ID of the transmitted VPIM message and its contents to the VPIM communication module 109 to notify the user that the VPIM message was successfully sent.

Subsequently, the VPIM communication module 109 transmits the received user ID, the VPIM message ID, and the contents thereof to the transmission notification module 113, and the transmission notification module 113 transmits a message delivery success signal (VIMIM communication module). The control module 101 is notified through the 111.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a data receiving operation between UMSs according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

When the VPIM message is transmitted from the second UMS 400 to the first UMS 100, the external interface module 109 receives it and transmits it to the VPIM communication module 111.

Subsequently, the VPIM communication module 111 transmits the received VPIM message to the VPIM analysis / conversion module 112, and the VPIM analysis / conversion module 112 analyzes the VPIM message to extract user message data before conversion.

At this time, the extracted data is stored in the user mailbox of the database 108 by the VPIM communication module 109, and the newly stored user message data is provided to the user through the media server module 102.

Meanwhile, the VPIM management module 114 stores message data information and user information of the received VPIM message in itself, and the VPIM communication module 111 notifies the control module 101 that user message data has been stored.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the message data transmitted / received through the UMS is converted into a standard standard set in a predetermined format and then transmitted, it is possible to interwork between different UMSs so that the user can use the UMS service regardless of the region and the UMS type. There is an advantage that can be used.

In particular, when the user moves to a foreign country, the voice message data transmitted to the user is converted into a VPIM message and transmitted to the UMS of the region where the user has moved to the Internet network. Can listen.

Therefore, the user has the advantage of solving the problem of having to pay the international call charge in order to listen to the voice message sent to him.

Claims (5)

A media server module including a plurality of servers performing voice, e-mail, web and fax services, a database storing user message data received from the media server module, voice, text, fax, etc. stored in the database. A media conversion module for converting message data to and from the user's request, an external interface module for providing a data transmission / reception interface function through a wired / wireless communication network and an internet network, and an interaction between the modules and a flow of data. In the unified messaging system interworking module to enable the unified messaging system including a control module to control interwork with heterogeneous unified messaging system, A standard that analyzes whether the user message data and externally received message data stored in the database are standard message data, and converts the message data into the standard message data when the analysis result is not the standard message data. Standard conversion module; A standard communication module configured to transmit standard standard message data transmitted from the standard standard conversion module to the external interface module or to transmit standard standard message data transmitted from the external interface module to the standard standard conversion module; And a transmission notification module for notifying the control module that the standard message message data has been successfully transmitted to the heterogeneous unified messaging system through the external interface module. The integrated messaging system interworking module according to claim 1, further comprising a standard message data management module for managing the transmitted standard message data information and the user information. The integrated messaging system interworking module of claim 1, wherein the standard standard complies with a Voice Profile for Internet Messaging (VPIM). A media server module including a plurality of sub-modules performing voice, e-mail, web and fax server functions, and a database storing user message data received from the media server module. In the method of transmitting and receiving data between the first unified messaging system and the second unified messaging system each performing a unified messaging service, Extracting, by the first unified messaging system, user message data sent to the user from a database of the first unified messaging system; Converting, by the first unified messaging system, the extracted user message data into a standard specification; Sending, by the first unified messaging system, the converted standard message to the second unified messaging system via the internet network; Extracting, by the second unified messaging system, the user message data by analyzing the transmitted standard message; And storing, by the second unified messaging system, the user message data in a database of the second unified messaging system. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the standard conforms to an Internet messaging voice profile.