KR20040110115A - Transmitting Method of Multimedia Data Memoried in Mobile Phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for sending data stored in a mobile terminal is provided to allow a user to quickly and easily send multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal to a receiver terminal. CONSTITUTION: A user of an origination terminal enters a send mode to send stored data for a gift to a user of a receiver terminal(410). The user selects data to be transmitted from displayed image and voice data(412) and completes selection by pressing a select complete button of a key button unit(414). If the user also wants to send an SMS message together, the user inputs content of SMS character data(416,418). When inputting of the SMS message is completed(420), the user of the origination terminal inputs a phone number of the receiver terminal(422) and presses a send button to send the data(424).

Description

Transmitting Method of Multimedia Data Memoried in Mobile Phone

The present invention relates to a method of transmitting multimedia data of a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, transmits and stores image and voice data (hereinafter, used together with 'multimedia data') stored in a mobile terminal to a recipient database of a multimedia message service (MMS) center. The present invention relates to a method of transmitting multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal that can be downloaded to a receiver terminal to be transmitted by notifying the receiver database of the MMS center via SMS (Short Message Service) text data.

Recently, the mobile communication system has been evolving into a digital way with the saturation of the voice call market, and is developing into a trend of providing various types of data services in addition to the basic voice service.

That is, the most prominent data service in recent years is a multimedia service such as a text data service, image data such as a character, a picture, and the like, a transmission and storage service of voice data such as a ring tone and a ring tone.

The wireless transmission of text data and image data voice data is implemented using SMS, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service).

SMS is a method of transferring a simple text message between a terminal and a system in a mobile communication terminal system. The SMS currently used follows the IS-637 standard. The IS-637 standard specifies how to send short messages of up to 256 characters in English via SMS.

SMS has a feature of receiving a message regardless of whether a mobile terminal is used within a limited period of time. In other words, the message delivered to the SMS center is not stored regardless of whether the terminal can be received, such as a general pager or voice call. forward) system with structure

WAP is a specification of a communication protocol for standardizing how wireless devices such as cellular phones and pagers can be used for Internet access such as email, web, newsgroups and IRC.

MMS is a new service supported by 2.5G and 3G mobile communication, and users can convert multimedia data such as texts, pictures, music files, and video clips to mobile terminals such as PCs, mobile phones, and PDAs. It is defined by standardization organizations such as 3GPP and WAP Forum.

The following describes a multimedia data transmission method such as an image, a ringtone, a call connection sound according to the prior art.

Image data, such as a photograph, and voice data, such as a ringtone and a ringing tone, according to the prior art, are used for image data through a wireless Internet network using a WAP in which a mobile communication service provider or a content provider (CP) interworks with an internet network. And voice data are transmitted to the terminal of the user's office, and the user stores the provided image and voice data in a memory and retrieves them if necessary.

However, the following problems arise in the prior art as described above.

Image and audio data provided from a content provider or an internet server can be used only in its own terminal and cannot be presented to others.

If the same image or voice data as the image and voice data downloaded from the content provider or the Internet server is transmitted to another person, the same operation is performed through the same method as that of the related art, that is, by accessing and downloading the content provider or the Internet server. There is a problem that must be performed.

In this case, since it is necessary to find the data in the content provider one by one, it takes a lot of time, and if there is a case where the data is lost to the content provider, there is a problem that the data can no longer be used.

The present invention was created to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and an object of the method for transmitting image and voice data stored in a mobile terminal according to the present invention is a receiver database of an image and voice data stored in a mobile terminal of an MMS center. The present invention provides a method of transmitting multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal, which can be downloaded to a receiver terminal to be transmitted by notifying the fact that the data is stored in the recipient database of the MMS center through SMS text data.

1 is a block diagram of an originating network system for transmitting multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a receiving network system for transmitting multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram of the mobile communication network of FIGS. 1 and 2;

4 is a flowchart of a calling terminal for transmitting stored multimedia data according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of a receiving terminal for downloading stored multimedia data according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100, 200; Mobile terminals 110 and 210; Mobile network

130, 230; WAP gateways 140, 240; Internet network

120; SMS center 150; MMS Center

112; Base station 114; Base station controller

116; Switching center 118; Home Location Registrar

The multimedia data transmission method stored in the mobile terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the first step of selecting the data to be transmitted from the stored multimedia data, and inputting the contents of the SMS data to be transmitted with the selected multimedia data A second step, a third step of transmitting the data selected in the first step and the SMS data of the second step after inputting the receiving terminal number; and the data selected in the first step is a multimedia message service (MMS) center. Recognizing that the fourth step is stored in the recipient database of the second step, the fifth step of receiving the SMS data of the second step at the receiving terminal, and the transmitted multimedia data is stored in the receiver database of the MMS center. And storing the sixth step of accessing the receiver database of the MMS center and performing the sixth step. And a seventh step of downloading the data.

According to the configuration as described above, there is an advantage that the desired image and voice data can be presented simply and quickly to the receiving terminal user.

In the method of transmitting multimedia data stored in the mobile terminal of the present invention, the multimedia data is characterized in that it is composed of image data or ring tone data or call connection sound data.

According to the configuration as described above, there is an advantage that can simply and quickly present the desired ring tone and ring back to the receiving terminal user.

In the method of transmitting multimedia data stored in the mobile terminal of the present invention, the third step is characterized in that the multimedia data selected by the first step and the SMS data of the second step are simultaneously transmitted.

According to the configuration as described above, there is an advantage that it is possible to simply and quickly present the image and voice data to the receiving terminal as well as to inform the fact that the present.

Next will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the method for transmitting multimedia data stored in the present invention mobile terminal.

1 is a block diagram of a calling network system for transmitting multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a receiving network system for transmitting multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal according to the present invention. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the mobile communication network of FIGS. 1 and 2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the WAP gateway 130 is located between the calling terminal 100 (in combination with the calling terminal) and the MMS center 150. The WAP gateway 130 performs protocol conversion between the mobile communication network 110 and the Internet network 140 having different communication protocols.

The MMS center 150 is a contents provider (CP) and provides image data such as a picture and voice data such as a ring tone and a ringing tone to a terminal.

The SMS center 120 is connected to the mobile communication network 110. The SMS center 120 is a device that provides a function for exchanging text data between mobile terminals 100 and 200.

The mobile communication network 110 includes a base station (BS) 112, a base station controller (BSC) 114, a mobile switching center (MSC) 116, and a home location registration station ( Home Location Register (HLR) 118.

The base station 112 communicates with the mobile terminal 100 using a protocol in a wireless section, and the base station controller 114 is connected to the base station 112 to control a radio link and a wire link, and the subscriber It performs a handoff function to maintain the continuity of the call while moving, and the switching center 116 is used for call connection to the called party's mobile terminal in response to a call setup request from the base station 112 and the base station controller 114. The home location registration station 118 is a database for storing and managing subscriber data and performs location registration and subscriber information inquiry functions of the subscriber.

As shown in Fig. 2, the block configuration of the receiving network system is the same as that of the calling network. Reference numeral 200 denotes a receiving terminal.

Next, a description will be given of the multimedia data transmission process stored in the mobile terminal of the present invention having the configuration described above.

4 is a flowchart of a calling terminal for transmitting stored multimedia data according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a receiving terminal for downloading stored multimedia data according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as image data, etc.). This is a flowchart from.

When image, ring tone, and ring back tone data are stored in a memory unit (not shown) of the calling terminal 100, the calling terminal 100 user transmits the stored data to present them to the receiving terminal user. Enter the transfer mode.

Entry into the storage data transmission mode may be performed by a shortcut function key of a key button unit (not shown) (step 410). The shortcut key for entering the stored data transmission mode is preferably a data present function key.

When the user enters the storage data transmission mode by pressing a shortcut function key, the controller (not shown) reads "image data, etc." stored in the memory unit and displays the image data on the display unit (not shown).

The data to be transmitted is selected from the displayed image and the audio data (step 412). When the selection is completed, the selection is completed by pressing a selection complete button (for example, a confirmation button) of the key button unit (step 414).

After selecting 'image data' to send, input SMS text data if you want to send SMS message together.

The SMS text data is transmitted to the receiving terminal 200 through the SMS center 150 as the data transmitted together with the selected 'image data', such that the 'image data' is transmitted to the receiver of the MMS center 150. It tells that it is stored in the database (not shown) (step 416, step 418).

When the input of the SMS message is completed (step 420), the user of the calling terminal 100 enters the receiving terminal number (step 422), and then presses a send button to transmit data ('image data' and SMS text data). (Step 424).

'Image data, etc.' transmitted in steps 410 to 424 is a receiver database (not shown) of the MMS center 150 via the mobile communication network 110, the WAP gateway 130, and the internet network 140. )

In the storage of the 'image data, etc.' in the receiver database (not shown), the recipient's telephone number is set in the field of 'image data, etc.' to be transmitted, and the recipient's telephone number is stored in the MMS center 150. Thus, the MMS center 150 that recognizes this stores the image data and the like in a database (not shown) of the receiver terminal.

Meanwhile, the SMS text data transmitted from the calling party terminal 100 is transmitted to the receiving terminal 200 by the SMS center 150 (step 510).

The user of the receiving terminal 200 who receives the SMS message in step 510 and confirms that 'image data, etc.' is stored in the receiver database (not shown) of the MMS center 150, the MMS center 150 (Step 512).

In step 512, the user of the receiving terminal 200 accessing the MMS center 150 accesses a receiver database (not shown), and selects data to be downloaded from the stored 'image data'.

That is, only the data desired by the user is selected from among the photo, image, ring tone, and call connection sound data (steps 516 and 518).

Data selected in steps 516 and 518 is downloaded 520 and stored in the receiving terminal 200 (step 520).

As described above, the present invention is characterized in that the present invention can be presented via the SMS message to the receiving terminal 200 to transmit data such as an image, a ringtone, a call connection sound stored in the calling terminal 100.

The above embodiments of the present invention are merely one embodiment of the technical idea of the present invention, and of course, other modifications are possible within the technical idea of the present invention.

The multimedia data transmission method stored in the mobile terminal of the present invention having the configuration and operation process as described above, does not find the data to be transmitted for a gift from the content provider among the multimedia data stored in the terminal, such as images, ringtones, call connection sounds, etc. In addition, there is an effect that can be sent directly to the receiving terminal in a quick and simple manner.

Claims (3)

Selecting a data to be transmitted from among the stored multimedia data; Inputting SMS data contents to be transmitted together with the selected multimedia data; A third step of transmitting the data selected in the first step and the SMS data of the second step after inputting a receiving terminal number; A fourth step of storing the data selected in the first step in a receiver database of a multimedia message service (MMS) center; A fifth step of receiving the SMS data of the second step by a receiving terminal; Recognizing that the transmitted multimedia data has been stored in a receiver database of the MMS center, and then accessing the receiver database of the MMS center; And after the sixth step, a seventh step of downloading the stored data. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia data, Method of transmitting multimedia data stored in a mobile terminal, characterized in that consisting of image data, ringtone data or ring back tone data. The method of claim 1, wherein the third step, And transmitting the multimedia data selected in the first step and the SMS data in the second step at the same time.