KR20040058443A - Method of converting VMS mode, and method of confirming received call remotely using it - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for converting into a voice mail mode and a method for confirming a receiving call in remote place by using mode conversion are provided to enable a terminal of a remote place to inform an originator that a receiver currently does not have a terminal, when a call is received in the terminal of the remote place, and to record a receiving time and the originator's telephone number, thereby immediately converting into a voice mail mode. CONSTITUTION: A user transmits an SMS including a control code to a control target terminal(201). If the SMS is received, the control target terminal is converted into a voice mail mode by the control code of the SMS(202). If a call is received in the user's terminal(203), the control target terminal outputs a preset announcement message informing an originator that the user currently does not have the terminal, and records information on the originator(204). If the control code includes a command of storing received call information by converting the call information into a voice(205), the control target terminal transmits call information and telephone number information on the originator to set terminals(206). The control target terminal converts the call information into a voice, and stores the voice(207).

Description

Method of converting voicemail mode and confirming incoming call at remote location using same {Method of converting VMS mode, and method of confirming received call remotely using it}

The present invention is to solve the caller's questions and hassle by immediately switching the wired and wireless terminal which is not currently available to the voicemail mode, and the call to the wired or wireless terminal in a different (separated) place from the wired and wireless terminal switched to the voicemail mode The present invention relates to a voicemail mode switching method capable of confirming call information, and an incoming call confirmation method using the same.

As telephones become popular, they are used in various environments. However, the etiquette of the telephone tends to become more numb as compared to the rapid popularity of the telephone. In other words, any call, including bad calls such as prank calls, indecent calls, temptation calls, and intimidating calls, gives the called party severe mental pressure, stress, anxiety, etc., which is a major social problem. Moreover, such random call may cause severe pain to the called party.

Therefore, various measures have been taken to prevent any outgoing calls. In terms of personal convenience and privacy protection, the CID service is currently implemented, informing the caller's phone number in advance and leaving the other party's information. Eliminating frustration. This service frees you from phone stress caused by incoming calls, and prevents you from reading the phone number displayed on your device and avoiding it if you don't know or bother yourself.

However, the CID service currently in service collects the calling number from the calling exchange through the inter-station signaling method for the incoming call, and transmits the calling number through the subscriber line before the subscriber answers. To display.

Therefore, the caller ID information is displayed only on the display device of the mobile communication terminal subscribed to the CID service, so that there is a problem that the subscriber cannot be immediately confirmed when there is a subscriber in a different (distant) place from the mobile communication terminal subscribed to the CID service. For example, caller ID information displayed on a terminal subscribed to a CID service that has been left at work at home, or when a mobile terminal (mobile phone) is left at work, the company subscribes to a CID service at home. There was no way to know the caller ID information that was displayed.

In addition, if you look at the current voice mail (VMS) service operating on the server side, you can leave the mobile terminal in a specific place, such as when the user leaves the mobile terminal at home or work at work, and can receive the call now. If there is no ringing signal (about 5 to 6 times) ringing at the called terminal, it automatically switches to the voicemail (VMS) mode when the incoming call is not received. Instead, the caller may try again because he or she does not know the current situation of the called party (such as if he or she has left the terminal or if he does not recognize the incoming call), but should be satisfied with leaving his or her information unsuccessful in the end. do.

Of course, when a user leaves a mobile communication terminal at home or leaves the office, he may receive a call using the call forwarding service. In the case of using the forwarding service, while receiving a call by setting up call forwarding to a user-specific terminal, a call cannot be received by the original number of the terminal that has set up call forwarding, causing other inconvenience. A mobile communication terminal or a wired telephone that is subject to call forwarding is required, and call forwarding setting is required every time.

Therefore, in the current technical field, a method for resolving the caller's curiosity and hassle is required by switching the mobile communication terminal, which is not currently available, to the voicemail mode immediately.

In addition, there is an urgent need for a method of immediately confirming call information received at a mobile communication terminal which is currently impossible to receive even from a long distance (remote location).

In addition, there is also a need for a method that can later confirm the call (call) to be received to the mobile communication terminal that can not be received at the present, even if there is no target terminal.

The present invention has been proposed to meet the above requirements, and provides a method for switching the voicemail mode to solve the caller's questions and hassle by immediately switching the wired and wireless terminal which is currently unreachable to the voicemail mode. There is a purpose.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for confirming an incoming call so that call information received by a wired / wireless terminal switched to a voicemail mode can not be immediately received at a remote location.

In addition, the present invention can be confirmed directly from the remote or back to the place where the terminal after the call information (call) to the wired or wireless terminal which is switched to the voice mailbox mode because the current incoming call is not possible even without the current destination terminal Another purpose is to provide an incoming call confirmation method.

1 is an exemplary configuration of an incoming call confirmation system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for switching a voicemail mode according to the present invention and a method for confirming an incoming call at a remote location using the same.

3 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a method for confirming an incoming call at a remote location according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

11,20: mobile communication terminal (MS) 12,19: base station (BTS)

13,17: Exchanger (MSC) 14,18: Visitor Location Register (VLR)

15: Home Location Register (HLR) 16: SMS Center (SMSC)

21: telephone

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a voicemail mode switching method applied to a communication system, comprising: a first step of transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote terminal; A second step of switching, by the terminal, to a voicemail mode according to a control code in the SMS; And a third step of, when the call is received by the terminal of the remote location that has been switched to voicemail mode, the terminal of the remote station notifies the caller of the status of the terminal of the called party, and records the incoming time and the calling number. It is done.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for confirming an incoming call at a remote location, which is applied to a communication system, comprising: a first step of transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote terminal; A second step of, by the remote terminal, switching to a voicemail mode according to the control code in the SMS; A third step of, when a call is received by the terminal of the remote location that has been switched to voicemail mode, the terminal of the remote site notifies the caller of the status of the terminal of the called party, and records the incoming time and the calling number; And a fourth step of transmitting, by the remote terminal, which has been switched to the voicemail mode, the incoming call time and the calling number information to the preset number according to the control code in the SMS.

The present invention may further include a fifth step of converting the incoming call time and calling number information into a voice and storing it in a voice mailbox after the fourth step is performed, and the remote terminal switched to the voice mailbox mode. It is done.

On the other hand, the present invention provides a method for confirming an incoming call at a remote location applied to a communication system, comprising: a first step of transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote terminal; A second step of, by the remote terminal, switching to a voicemail mode according to the control code in the SMS; A third step of, when a call is received by the terminal of the remote location that has been switched to voicemail mode, the terminal of the remote site notifies the caller of the status of the terminal of the called party and records the incoming time and the calling number; According to a control code in the SMS, a fourth step of converting the incoming call time and the calling number information into a voice and storing it in a voice mailbox by the remote terminal which has been switched to the voice mailbox mode; And a fifth step of outputting the incoming call time and the calling number information, which are converted into voice and stored when the user accesses the voice.

The present invention allows the user to immediately switch the mobile communication terminal that is currently unreachable to voicemail mode when the user leaves the mobile communication terminal at home or goes to work or leaves the office, and moves to a specific place. To solve questions and hassles about the current state, and to send the information (call number information, incoming time information, etc.) of the call to the mobile communication terminal switched to voicemail mode short message service ( SMS: Short Message Service (SMS) allows the user to check immediately or converts the voice into voicemail and saves it to the user. The user can check the information of the incoming call directly to the terminal. Do not miss contact.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an incoming call confirmation system to which the present invention is applied, and a call that is switched to a voicemail mode that is not currently available for receiving a call, and that is received by a mobile communication terminal that is switched to a voicemail mode because an incoming call is not possible. In this example, the code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication network in addition to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) is interlocked so that the call information can be remotely identified.

However, the present invention is applicable not only to the CDMA mobile communication system, but also SMS can be applied to wired and wireless networks as possible, it is obvious that the call can be applied to the network as long as possible. Therefore, the receiving terminal 11 and the incoming call confirmation terminal 20 and 21 below should be interpreted as a concept including a general wired phone capable of SMS in addition to a mobile communication terminal capable of SMS. However, the incoming call confirmation terminal 21 which can directly check the call information received by the wired / wireless receiving terminal 11 which is switched to the voice mailbox mode and stored in the future after being unable to receive the call is related to whether SMS is supported or not. It is noted that the incoming call can be confirmed without a notice.

First of all, in order to understand the general configuration of a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, a mobile station (MS) 11,20, a base station (BTS) base station transceiver subsystem (12,19) ), Base Station Controller (BSC) (not shown), Mobile Switching Center (MSC) (13, 17), Visitor Location Register (VLR) (14, 18), Home Home Location Register (HLR) (15) and Short Message Service Center (SMSC) (16).

However, since the CDMA mobile communication system environment as described above is only a technique well known in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted here. However, the configuration of the system for providing SMS will be briefly described.

The mobile communication terminal (MS) 11, 20 is within the range of any of the base stations 12, 19, and the information of the mobile communication terminals 11, 20 passes through the base station 12, 19 and the base station controller controlling the same. The information is transmitted to the exchanges 13 and 17, and the information transmitted from the exchanges 13 and 17 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 via the base station controller and the base stations 12 and 19.

The mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 are terminals that can be communicated while being carried by the user, and use a forward channel when receiving texts and a reverse channel when calling. 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 if the user is busy, a corresponding text message is a data burst message of a forward traffic channel. Send a 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 messages transmitted and received by the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 are connected to the exchanges 13 and 17 through the base stations 12 and 19 and the base station controller for high frequency signal processing and call processing.

The base station (BTS) 12, 19 connects the mobile communication terminals 11, 20 to the base station controller, and the digital channel unit (DCU) and the time / frequency control unit (TCU) , A radio frequency unit (RFU), and a global positioning system (GPS).

In addition, the base stations 12 and 19 communicate wirelessly with the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20, and perform a wired / wireless conversion function for performing wired communication with the base station controller.

The base station controller BSC (not shown) connects the base stations 12 and 19 to the exchanges 13 and 17 to coordinate the connection between the base stations 12 and 19, and the base stations 12 and 19 and the exchange ( 13, 17) functions as a signal processing for communication.

The exchanger (MSC) 13, 17 includes visitor location registers 14 and 18, and interworks with the home location register 15 and the short message service center 16 to process mobile communication subscriber calls.

In addition, the exchanges 13 and 17 access the base station controller to perform call setup and release functions of the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20, and perform various functions related to call processing and additional services.

Visitor location registers (VLRs) 14 and 18 may provide subscriber information related to the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 while the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 are in an area controlled by the visitor location registers 14 and 18. A database for temporarily storing information of mobile communication terminals (11, 20) and subscribers registered in their own area from the home location register (15) and temporarily storing them, and mounted in the exchange (13, 17). .

The home location register (HLR) 15 is a database connected to the exchanges 13 and 17 and the short service center 16 to manage various information of mobile subscribers. It performs functions such as registration, stores permanent information and location information of the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 and subscribers, and interacts with the visitor location registers 14 and 18 for various kinds of call processing and additional services. Support the function.

The short message service center (SMSC) 16 is connected to the exchanges 13 and 17 and the home location register 15 to play a key role in the SMS routing function, to set SMS parameters, and to set a destination address of an incoming message. ) And send it to the corresponding network element.

Now, the mobile communication terminal 11, which is not currently available, can be switched to the voicemail mode, and the call information received by the mobile communication terminal 11 that is not available and has been switched to the voicemail mode can be received from the remote terminal 20. (21) will be described in more detail.

First, the user moves his mobile communication terminal 11 to a specific place, such as when the user leaves his mobile communication terminal 11 at home or goes to work at work, and from any terminal (wireless or wireless communication means) Assume that an outgoing call cannot be received at present.

Subsequently, when the user detects that the mobile communication terminal 11 is smiling, the call is received by the mobile communication terminal 11 by controlling the mobile communication terminal 11 through SMS. ) You can be informed of information (calling number information, called time information, etc.).

To this end, the user first transmits an SMS for controlling his mobile communication terminal 11 to the mobile communication terminal 11 to an SMS-capable terminal 20 or 21 such as a rental terminal or an acquaintance's terminal and other available terminals. do. At this time, the SMS includes a control code previously agreed to by the user.

Here, the control code includes a "command to switch the terminal 11 to the voicemail (VMS) mode" and the "call incoming time and caller information received by the terminal 11 after switching to the voicemail mode. Command to the terminal (20, 21) of the desired specific number and "call incoming time and call number information to the terminal (11) after the voicemail mode switch to the terminal of the specific number desired by the user ( 20, 21, and converts the received call (call) information into a voice to be stored in the voicemail box of the terminal 11 "and" incoming call (call) without sending an SMS, immediately Command to convert the voice into a voicemail box of the terminal 11.

When the SMS including the control code is received, the mobile communication terminal 11 is switched to the voicemail mode, and when another person calls the user terminal 11, the user terminal 11 with a preset announcement. Notify that you do not possess it. For example, if someone makes a call to your device 11, the message reads "You don't have a phone. You'll be contacted by your contact in a few minutes." Send it out.

The voicemail mode is not supported by the server side, but automatically receives a call when a call is received from the terminal 11 itself, and listens to a pre-recorded voice. Therefore, information such as the caller's call number and the call arrival time of the user who made the call is stored in the memory in the user terminal 11.

The user may set a call receiving information (calling number information, called time information, etc.) received by his terminal 11 to the terminal for lease or acquaintance terminal and other available terminals 20 and 21 to be transmitted by SMS. Can be. In this case, the user includes a "command to transmit the call reception information via SMS to a specific number set by the user after the terminal 11 switches to the voicemail mode" in a control code. By such a control code, the terminal 11 transmits call reception time and call number information to the set terminals 20 and 21 via SMS to a specific number set in the control code. Therefore, the user can check the call information received by his terminal 11 through this SMS, so that the user can check the communication without missing the necessary contact.

In addition, when there is no rental and other available terminals (ie, terminals that can be used for a limited time) 20 or 21 nearby, the user has a strong one-time terminal, such as a public telephone or a terminal borrowed on the premise of a temporary call. It is also possible to check the incoming call information by calling its terminal 11 when necessary with (20, 21). In this case, the user does not include in the control code a "command to transmit call reception information via SMS to a specific number set by the user after the terminal has been switched to voicemail mode", but only in "voicemail mode". After the conversion to the call (call) to convert the received voice (call) information to the memory in the terminal 11 to store the "" in the control code to transmit. By this control code, the terminal 11 converts incoming call information into a memory in the terminal 11 and stores it.

Then, when the user makes a call to his terminal 11, since the terminal 11 is already switched to the voicemail mode, the user hears the announcement. During the announcement, when the user inputs a password set in advance by the user, the call reception time and calling number information stored in the terminal 11 are converted to voice and output as voice. Of course, the user may return to the place where the terminal 11 is located and check the information of a call that is directly received by the terminal 11. Therefore, the user can check the call reception information received by the user so as not to miss the necessary contact.

As described above, the incoming terminal 11 and the incoming call confirmation terminal (that is, the terminal that can be used continuously for a limited time) 20 and 21 include a wired / wireless phone capable of SMS, and the incoming call is not possible in voicemail mode. Incoming call confirmation terminal (i.e., public telephone, terminal borrowed on the basis of temporary call, etc.) with strong one-time propensity to check call information received to the wired / wireless receiving terminal 11 that is converted and stored later. (20, 21) includes a general wired and wireless telephone that can check the incoming call, regardless of whether SMS is supported.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for switching a voicemail mode according to the present invention and a method for confirming an incoming call at a remote location using the same.

A call is sent from an arbitrary terminal (wired or wireless communication means) by moving his terminal 11 to a specific place, such as when a user leaves his or her terminal 11 at home or leaves the office at work. It is assumed that the situation cannot be received at present.

First, the user detects that he / she smiles at the terminal 11 and controls the SMS including the control code to the external SMS-capable terminals 20 and 21 to control the terminal 11. 11) (201).

The control code includes a "command to switch the terminal 11 to the voicemail (VMS) mode" or "a terminal 11 to be switched to the voicemail (VMS) mode, the terminal 11 after the voicemail mode switching Call (call) incoming time and call number information to be sent to the terminal (20, 21) of the specific number desired by the user ", or" terminal 11 to be switched to the voicemail (VMS) mode, After the voicemail mode is switched, call reception time and caller ID information received by the terminal 11 is transmitted to the terminal 20 and 21 of a specific number desired by the user, and the received call information is converted into voice. Command to store the voicemail box of the terminal 11 ", or " the terminal 11 switches to the voicemail (VMS) mode, converts the received call information into voice, Command to save to voicemail " All. The configuration of the control code can be arbitrarily configured by the user.

Then, when the SMS including the control code is received, the control target terminal 11 is switched to the voicemail mode by the control code in the received SMS (202).

Next, when another person calls the user terminal 11 and the call is received (203), a preset announcement (for example, "the user does not have a call. And the user will be contacted ", etc.) to inform the user that the user does not possess the terminal 11, and the user's terminal (caller) and the caller's call number and call arrival time It stores in the memory in (11) (204).

If, after the terminal 11 is switched to the voicemail mode, the control code in the SMS transmitted by the user transmits call reception information to the specific number set by the user through SMS and receives the received call. Command to convert the information into voice and store it in the voice mail box of the terminal 11, the terminal 11 transmits the call to the specific number set in the control code according to the control code. The information is transmitted to the set terminals 20 and 21 through SMS (206), and the received call information (called call time information, calling number information, etc.) is converted into voice and stored in the memory (207).

Of course, even if the control code in the SMS sent by the user includes only the "command to transmit the call reception information through the SMS to the specific number set by the user after the terminal 11 has been switched to the voicemail mode". By the control code, the terminal 11 transmits call reception time and call number information to the set terminals 20 and 21 through SMS to a specific number set in the control code (206) and is automatically received. Call information (incoming call time information, calling number information, etc.) is converted into voice and stored in a memory (207), so that it can be configured to be possible to check later.

On the other hand, the control code in the SMS sent by the user "command to convert the received call (call) information to the voice after the terminal 11 is switched to the voicemail mode to store the voicemail box of the terminal 11" If included, the received call information (incoming time information, calling number information, etc.) is automatically converted into voice and stored in the memory (207).

3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for confirming an incoming call at a remote location according to the present invention. It does not include in the control code the user "instruction to send the call reception information via SMS to the specific number set by the user after the terminal 11 has switched to the voicemail mode", but only the "voicemail box." In this case, the control code includes the command " to convert the received call information into voice and store it in the memory in the terminal 11 after the mode change. By this control code, the terminal 11 converts incoming call information into a memory in the terminal 11 and stores it.

If the user does not have a rental or other available terminal (i.e., a terminal that can be used continuously for a limited time) (20, 21), the user has a strong one-time terminal, such as a public telephone or a terminal borrowed on the premise of a temporary call. When the terminal 11 calls the terminal 11 when necessary with (20, 21) (301), since the terminal 11 is already switched to the voicemail mode, a preset announcement (for example, You don't have a phone, and after a while you will be contacted by your contact ", etc." (302). If during the announcement or after the announcement, when the user enters the password set in advance (303), if the normal password is confirmed, the incoming call time and calling number is converted into voice stored in the terminal 11 The information is output 304 as voice. Of course, the user may return to the place where the terminal 11 is located and check the information of a call that is directly received by the terminal 11.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be clear to those of ordinary knowledge.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of eliminating questions and hassles about the current state of the caller by causing the wired / wireless terminal which is not currently available to be switched to the voicemail mode immediately.

In addition, the present invention even if the user moves his or her terminal in a specific place, such as when leaving the house at work or leave the company at work, the user can immediately check the incoming time and caller ID information to the specific terminal through SMS There is effect that can not miss communication necessary for oneself.

In addition, the present invention stores the incoming call time and caller ID information in the user terminal, the user can call the terminal to confirm when necessary later, the effect that can not miss the necessary contact There is.

Claims (8)

In the voicemail mode switching method applied to a communication system, Transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote terminal; A second step of switching, by the terminal, to a voicemail mode according to a control code in the SMS; And A third step in which the remote terminal notifies the caller of the status of the called party's terminal smile and records the incoming time and the calling number when the call is received by the remote terminal that has been switched to voicemail mode; Voicemail mode switching method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The control code is, The remote terminal is a command to switch to the voice mail (VMS) mode, characterized in that the voice mail mode switching method characterized in that the transmission through the SMS (SMS). In the remote call confirmation method applied to the communication system, Transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote terminal; A second step of, by the remote terminal, switching to a voicemail mode according to the control code in the SMS; A third step of, when a call is received by the terminal of the remote location that has been switched to voicemail mode, the terminal of the remote site notifies the caller of the status of the terminal of the called party and records the incoming time and the calling number; And A fourth step of transmitting the incoming call time and the calling number information to the preset number by the remote terminal which has been switched to the voicemail mode according to the control code in the SMS; Call confirmation method at a remote location comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein After performing the fourth step, a fifth step of converting the incoming call time and the calling number information into a voice and storing it in a voice mailbox by the remote terminal which has been switched to the voice mailbox mode; Call confirmation method at a remote location further comprising. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The control code is, The remote terminal is switched to the voicemail (VMS) mode, and after the switch to the voicemail mode is a command to transmit the incoming information through the SMS to a predetermined number, characterized in that it is transmitted through a short message service (SMS) Received call confirmation method from a remote location. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The control code is, The terminal of the remote location is switched to the voicemail (VMS) mode, and after switching to the voicemail mode, the incoming information is transmitted through SMS to a preset number, and the incoming information is converted into voice and stored in the voicemail box of the remote terminal. Instructions to make, and the incoming call confirmation method in the remote location, characterized in that transmitted through a short message service (SMS). In the remote call confirmation method applied to the communication system, Transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote terminal; A second step of, by the remote terminal, switching to a voicemail mode according to the control code in the SMS; A third step of, when a call is received by the terminal of the remote location that has been switched to voicemail mode, the terminal of the remote site notifies the caller of the status of the terminal of the called party and records the incoming time and the calling number; According to a control code in the SMS, a fourth step of converting the incoming call time and the calling number information into a voice and storing it in a voice mailbox by the remote terminal which has been switched to the voice mailbox mode; And A fifth step of outputting the incoming call time and the calling party number information converted into voice during voice connection Call confirmation method at a remote location comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The control code is, The remote terminal is switched to the voicemail mode (VMS) mode, and after the voicemail mode is converted to the voice information to the voice mail of the remote terminal to store the command, through a short message (SMS) Incoming call confirmation method at a remote location, characterized in that transmitted.