KR20050076966A - Automatic response system and method based universal plug and play - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a UPnP based answering machine and method, and more particularly, to a media server connected to a telephone by applying the UPnP AV specification for moving content from one media server to a specific media server. The purpose is to store and provide the created voice or image content. The present invention for this purpose is connected to the answering machine 110 and the answering machine 110, the user is registered on the UPnP network and forwards the missed message registered by the user to the caller if it is determined that the user is absent A notebook 120 coupled to a media server function for storing in the answering machine 110, and an information terminal 130 coupled to the notebook 120 with a control point function for registering missed messages on a UPnP network. It is characterized by the configuration.

Description

AUTOMATIC RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY}

The present invention relates to an answering service, and more particularly, to an answering system (UPnP) based answering system and method.

With the development of communication technology, telephones are widely used in most homes and mobile phones are provided in most individuals.

In particular, the mobile terminal is not only easy to use wireless calls, but also can use services such as the Internet, and the use population is gradually increasing.

However, in consideration of the absence or unresponsiveness of the user, an automatic response function is required, and a corresponding technology has been proposed.

Conventional answering machines are equipped with their own storage media, the contents of which are recorded or recorded, and reproduced by a user's operation.

That is, the answer function of the conventional wired / wireless telephone refers to a function in which a user records a voice on a telephone or a camera if there is a camera function, and automatically responds when a call is missed.

However, in the related art, because of the limitation that recording or recording must be performed in front of the telephone, the user does not change the recording contents at any time and continues to use the recording.

Therefore, in order to improve the conventional problem, the present invention is to apply the UPnP AV specification that moves the content from one media server to a specific media server to store voice or video contents made elsewhere in a media server connected to the phone. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an UPNP-based auto answering system and method for providing.

That is, an object of the present invention is to use a storage medium as a UPnP media server so that an out-of-office message for an automatic response can be left regardless of a specific place.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic answering device that delivers a missed message registered by the user to a caller when it is determined that the user is absent, and connects the missed message registered by the user to the automatic answering device on a UPnP home network. And a message registration device for storing in the answering machine.

The auto-reply device may include a media server (MS) for storing missed messages, a media renderer (MR) for playing a message, requesting an missed message when a call ring is detected, and selecting a corresponding message from a message list according to the request. A missed message request module, a response message storage module for storing a caller's answer message in the media server, and a list of missed messages stored in the media server according to a request of the missed message request module to the missed message request module; And a control point CP for providing the missed message or the response message to the media renderer.

The media server is configured to store a message registered on a UPnP network by allocating a storage area.

The missed message request module is configured to set a server and a content name to be selected by the control point in advance.

The message registration device may include a message input unit for inputting a video / audio message, a media server for temporarily storing the video / audio message, and then transmitting the video / audio message to an answering machine and storing the video / audio message at the message input unit. And a message registration module for storing storage after requesting storage area allocation from the media server.

In addition, the present invention provides a message response method of the UPnP-based auto-reply system in order to achieve the above object, the step of storing the missed message on the auto-response device on the UPnP network, and if the call ring is detected currently registered Retrieving the missed message list and providing a corresponding missed message to the caller when a message list having a predetermined condition is selected from the missed message list.

The setting condition may be a user-specified server and content or registration time.

Therefore, when the present invention is applied to a UPnP wired or wireless telephone, the user can store a message to be missed in the media server and provide a message stored in the media server when a call is received, wherever the user can access the media server. You can let your caller know about your status by letting you leave a message on the phone.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a device having a media server function is assumed to be "notebook".

UPnP devices can be discovered and controlled when each device is in a network according to the UPnP standard.

Therefore, if the device is a UPnP AV device, instead of moving to the location where the content is stored in order to enjoy the content desired by the user, instead of using the UPnP AV rendering device that can show the contents among other UPnP devices around the user, It is possible to appreciate.

Accordingly, if the concept of UPnP AV rendering service is applied to an answering machine, the message that you want to leave is not necessarily moved to the location where the phone is located and stored in the medium of the phone, but the message stored elsewhere can be delivered to the answering machine. In addition, it is possible not to check the stored message directly from the phone when going out and returning home, but it is possible to move to a convenient location and search and check the stored message.

1 is a block diagram of an automatic answering system proposed in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, when the user is determined to be absent, the answering machine 110 which forwards the missed message registered by the user to the caller and the UPnP network are shown. A laptop 120 coupled to the answering machine 110 on the computer and having a media server function coupled to store the missed message registered by the user in the answering machine 110, and the notebook 120 is absent from the UPnP network. It comprises an information terminal 130 combined with a control point function for registering a message.

The answering machine 110 requests a missed message when the call server detects a call ring by the media server 114 storing the missed message, the media renderer 115 playing the missed message, and the ring detector 111. The missed message request module 112 for selecting a corresponding message from the message list according to the request, a response message storage module 116 for storing the caller's response message in the media server 114, and the missed message request module 112 Control point 113 to provide a list of missed messages stored in the media server 114 and to play the selected message or the response message in the media renderer 115 according to the request of. ) Is configured.

The notebook 120 includes a message input unit 121 for inputting a video / audio message, a media server 123 for temporarily storing the video / audio message and then transferring the stored video / audio message to the answering machine 110 for storage. And a message registration module 122 for storing the video / audio message from the message input unit 121 after requesting the media server 123 to allocate a storage area.

The information terminal 130 is configured by mounting a control point (CP) function.

Referring to the operation and effect of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the following requirements are required to generate and reproduce the missed message using the UPnP answering machine.

1. In the embodiment of the present invention, the control point CP should give a play command to the rendering device or the server device in order to play the missed message when a call is received.

To enable this, as shown in Fig. 1, the control point 113 should be provided in the answering machine 110 in the form of a combo device.

2. In the embodiment of the present invention, the control point 113 should inform the server which message to select in advance in order to call the missed message registered in any server device.

The role of selecting a message while the user is absent is the role of the control point 113 included in the combo device.

Accordingly, when the missed message request module 112 requests message delivery stored in the server when the call is received, the control point 113 calls the Play () action. To this end, the server and content name to be selected by the control point 113 existing in the combo device must be specified in advance.

3. In the embodiment of the present invention, in order for the answering machine 110 to play only content in a specific server, the user generates an missed message and the answering machine 110 attempts to receive the content. You need to move it to a specific server. To do this, call the Createobject (), ExportResource (), or ImportResource () action on the control point.

4. In the embodiment of the present invention, if the missed message is registered in a media server other than the answering machine 110, the media server must be always turned on in order to access the media server from the answering machine 110. do.

That is, in the embodiment of the present invention, the UPnP answering machine comprises a media server, a media renderer, and a control point.

If there is a server that is always powered, there is no need to integrate the media server into the phone.

Therefore, the detailed operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the above preconditions.

First, a process of discovering a media server (MS) or a media renderer (MR) and setting it for storing and playing a message will be described.

When the user connects the purchased UPnP telephone to the home network and turns on the power, the control point 113 discovers the media server 114 and the media renderer 115 existing in the home network.

After that, it specifies a media server to search for a message to be provided when a missed call arrives, and also specifies a message name.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the media server 114 is designated and the media renderer 115 is designated as a device for message playback.

In addition, the process of generating the missed message will be described.

The user may compose an out of office message at a place different from where the answering machine 110 is located. In an embodiment of the present invention, the user is missed from a notebook 120 connected to the same home network as the answering machine 110. It is assumed that a message is generated.

In this case, the message input unit 121 includes a device such as a microphone or a camera, and when the user inputs the missed message using the message input unit 121, the message registration module 122 allocates an arbitrary area to the media server 123. After requesting a message, the missed message is stored in the allocated area.

The missed message can then be moved to the answering machine 110 for storage.

That is, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the CreateObject (), ImportResource (), and ExportResource () functions defined in the UPnP CDS (Content Directory Service) are called by the information terminal 130, which is a control point. The mobile station 110 moves to a specific area of the media server 114 provided in the phone 110 and stores it.

Here, if only the media server is provided in the notebook 120, if the control point (CP) is provided in the notebook 120, the missed message currently registered in the notebook 120 directly answering phone 110 Can be registered by sending it to the media server 114.

And, the process of playing the missed message is described as follows.

The answering machine 110 enters the answering machine message reproducing mode if it does not answer even if the call ring rings more than a predetermined number of times.

That is, if there is no response while the ring detection unit 111 detects a predetermined number of rings, the missed message request module 112 requests the list of missed messages from the control point 113 and the control point 113 sends the media server 114. The missed message list registered in) is transmitted to the missed message request module 112.

Therefore, when the missed message request module 112 selects a corresponding message list from the message list delivered from the control point 113 in consideration of a condition set in advance by the user, the control point 113 sends a play request to the media renderer 115. By calling the () action, the media renderer 115 plays the missed message and delivers it to the caller.

If the missed message is registered in the media server 123 provided in the notebook 120, the control point 113 obtains the missed message information from the media server 123 in the discovery step.

Accordingly, when the missed message request module 112 requests playback of the missed message stored in the media server 123, the control point 113 requests the corresponding missed message from the media server 123 to display the media renderer 115. Play the user's missed message to the caller.

In this case, the notebook 120 should be kept powered on.

In applying this, when the control point 113 finds a plurality of missed messages, the control point 113 may determine the registration time to provide the most recent message as the missed message.

Meanwhile, after providing the missed message as described above, a response message from the caller may be requested and the response message may be stored in the media server 114. This is described as follows.

When the user's missed message is delivered to the caller, the answering machine 110 requests the caller for a response message.

At this time, when the caller inputs a response message, the missed response message storage module 116 temporarily stores the response message.

Thereafter, when the call is terminated, the missed response message storage module 116 requests the control point 113 to allocate the message storage area, and the control point 113 requests the media server 114 to allocate the storage area. The storage area information is notified to the response message storage module 116.

Accordingly, the response message storage module 116 stores the response message left by the caller in the media server 114. In this case, the response message may be a voice or a message obtained by combining voice and image.

In addition, the user can check the response message after returning home, which will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user returns home and presses the message search button on the answering machine 110, the control point 113 sequentially plays the response message registered in the media server 114 through the media renderer 115 and provides the message to the user. .

If the user is located at a place other than the place where the answering machine 110 is located, for example, if the user carrying the information terminal 130 such as a PDA is at another place, the information terminal 130 is used. You can check the response message.

The information terminal 130 includes a control point (CP) function.

First, the information terminal 130, which is a control point, discovers the media server 114 and obtains response message information from the media server 114 when connected to the home network. At this time, assuming that the connection to the home network can find the media server anywhere in the home to obtain the response message information.

Accordingly, when the user sets playback of the response message, the information terminal 130 plays the response message registered in the media server 114 in the media renderer 115 and then sends the played message data to the playback unit 200. It can be transmitted and displayed as text or played by voice.

As described in detail above, the present invention enables the user to generate and register the missed message anytime and anywhere, regardless of the installation position of the answering machine, and can also check the response message of the caller registered during the missed call. It works.

1 is a block diagram of an automatic answering system proposed in an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary diagram of a message reproduction operation in an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

110: answering machine 111: ring detection unit

112: missed message request module 113: control point (CP)

114: Media Server (MS) 115: Media Renderer (MR)

116: response message storage module 120: notebook

130: information terminal

Claims (10)

An auto-reply device that delivers an out-of-office message registered by the user to the caller if the user is absent; And a message registration device that connects to the answering machine on a UPnP home network and stores a missed message registered by the user in the answering device. The device of claim 1, wherein the answering device is A media server (MS) for storing missed messages, A media renderer (MR) that plays messages, An out-of-office message request module for requesting an out-of-office message when the calling ring is detected and selecting the corresponding message from the message list according to the request; A control point (CP) for reading a list of missed messages stored in the media server according to a request of the missed message request module and providing the missed message request module to the missed message request module and playing the missed message selected by the missed message request module in the media renderer. UPnP based answering machine, characterized in that configured with. The method of claim 2, wherein the media server is UPnP based answering machine, characterized in that configured to store a message registered on the UPnP network by allocating a storage area. 3. The missed message request module of claim 2, UPnP based answering machine, characterized in that the control point is configured to preset the server and content name to select. The method of claim 2, And a response message storage module for storing a response message of a caller in the media server. The device of claim 1, wherein the message registration device is A message input unit for inputting a video / audio message, A media server for temporarily storing the video / audio message and transferring the stored video / audio message to an answering machine; And a message registration module configured to store the video / audio message from the message input unit after requesting a storage area allocation from the media server and storing the video / audio message. In the automatic response system having a UPnP (UPnP) function to provide an out of office message, A plurality of media server (MS) means for storing missed messages; Missed message requesting means for requesting the missed message and selecting the most recently registered message from the message list according to the request when the calling ring is detected; A control point for reading the list of missed messages stored in the plurality of media server means and providing them to the missed message requesting means and playing the missed message selected by the missed message requesting means in the media renderer according to the request of the missed message requesting module. UPnP based answering machine, characterized in that it comprises a (CP) means. In the message response method of the UPnP-based automatic response system, Inputting an out of office message on the UPnP network and storing it on the answering machine; Retrieving a list of currently registered missed messages when the calling ring is detected; And selecting a message list having a preset condition from the missed message list to deliver a corresponding missed message to a caller. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the setup condition is a user-specified server and content. The method of claim 8, wherein the setup condition is a most recent registration time.