KR20060020881A - Method for processing message in a mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

In the message processing method of the mobile communication system according to the present invention, the message processing server of the mobile communication system receives the message and the message sending information from the sender who wants to send a text message, the message processing server to send the message related information Confirming and converting the received message into text data using a text-to-speech engine (TTS), and storing the converted voice data; and notifying, by the message processing server, that the message has been received by the mobile communication terminal of the receiver to receive the message; Providing voice data to the receiver's mobile communication terminal as a message reading request signal is received from the mobile communication terminal.

Description

How to handle messages in mobile communication systems {METHOD FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a general mobile communication terminal,

2 is a configuration diagram of a mobile communication system applied to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a message processing process of a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

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200: caller terminal 202: wireless network

204: message processing server 206: database

208: voice conversion unit 210: receiver terminal

212: Message Reading Server

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message processing method of a mobile communication system. In particular, a mobile communication system converts a text message into a voice file using a text-to-speech (TTS) function in a mobile communication system using a mobile communication terminal. It relates to how the system handles messages.

Mobile communication terminals have shown an explosive increase in subscriptions based on the ease of use and the advantages that can be used between mobiles, and are now widely used to surpass the number of wired telephones using a telephone line.

In recent years, thanks to innovative developments in network technology, the Short Message Service (SMS), which enables short messages to be exchanged between mobile phone subscribers, and the wired Internet, which transmits and receives information by wire through existing Internet networks. Wireless Internet that extends to the wireless domain is widely used.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a general mobile communication terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1, a general mobile communication terminal includes a control unit 11 for controlling the whole, a memory 12 for storing necessary data, a key input unit 13 for receiving a user's key input, and information for guiding the user. A display unit 14, a radio frequency (RF) unit 15 for processing mobile communication radio waves at a radio frequency (RF), a ring tone generator 16 for processing a ring tone according to an incoming call, and voice information to make a voice call And a speech processing unit 17, a speaker 18, and a microphone 19 for performing mutual conversion of the communication signal.

Initially, the purpose of the use of the mobile communication terminal was mainly for the purpose of communication between the two parties.However, in the stage of dissemination and training of the terminal, in addition to the purpose of the communication between the two parties, two-way text / graphic transmission and reception, communication search such as Internet It is widely used for various multi-communication purposes such as mail search, online games, user information management, and various data service transmission and reception.

Among these services, a text message service, in particular, a short message service (SMS), uses an access channel, a paging channel, and a traffic channel of a digital mobile communication network using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method. Alternatively, the service can exchange short messages between the terminal and the message input device. The channel selection of the text message service is automatically selected by the length of the message to be sent.

However, there is a problem in that it is not always possible to receive a text message from the standpoint of a mobile communication terminal or a user using a mobile communication terminal.

For example, there may be a case in which the user cannot check a message received by the mobile communication terminal individually due to driving or the like. In this case, an unwanted accident may occur when trying to check the received text message. Especially, if the receiver's mobile terminal continuously informs the reception of the text message by sound or vibration, at least the confirmation button must be pressed to stop it. Because you can not help the recipient. In addition, in this case, since the message delivered to the receiver may be urgent, the problem becomes more serious for the receiver.

Looking at the difficulty of receiving a text message from the receiver's point of view is an example of a blind person.

For visually impaired users who use a mobile terminal, text messaging cannot be of any help. In order to check the received text message, the text displayed on the mobile terminal must be converted to Braille or voice. Therefore, there must be additional equipment or a corresponding function so that the mobile terminal can cover the text message. . However, the implementation of the braille function in the mobile communication terminal is not economical or efficient from the technical point of view, except for the technical aspect, and it can be seen that the portability is extremely poor considering the increased volume. In addition, it may be impractical to put a TTS engine for converting text into voice in a mobile communication terminal for a time-impaired person or other service considering the file size of a typical TTS engine of approximately 10 megabytes.

Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, and by converting a text message received from a server into a voice file and providing it to a user, a message processing method of a mobile communication system that can provide convenience to a user. To provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a text message processing method of a mobile communication system, the message processing server of the mobile communication system receiving a message and message sending related information from a sender to send the text message; And checking, by the message processing server, information related to sending the message, converting the received message into voice data using a text-to-speech engine (TTS), and storing the converted voice data; and receiving the message by the message processing server. And informing the mobile communication terminal that the message has been received, and providing the voice data to the mobile communication terminal of the receiver as the message reading request signal is received from the mobile communication terminal of the receiver.

There may be a plurality of embodiments of the present invention, and a preferred embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will be able to better understand the objects, features and advantages of the present invention through this embodiment.

2 is a configuration diagram of a mobile communication system applied to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a mobile communication system includes a caller terminal 200, a base station, a wireless communication network 202, such as a mobile switching center (MSC), and a message processing server 204 for processing a message. ), A voice converter 208 for converting a message into voice data and storing it in a database 206, a receiver terminal 210 for receiving a message, and a message reading server 212 for providing voice data to the receiver terminal 210. It includes.

The caller terminal 200 provides an interface for inputting a message, message related information, etc. At this time, as the message related information, a tone designation window for designating a tone to be used when converting a message into a voice, and setting whether to change the voice The setting window, the receiver side information, for example, the telephone number of the receiver terminal 210 may be mentioned. The message and message related information input to the caller terminal 200 are provided to the message processing server 204 via the wireless communication network 202.

As the message arrives, the message processing server 204 provides the receiver terminal 210 with information indicating the arrival of the message through the wireless communication network 202, and provides the received message to the voice conversion unit 208. When the message reading request is received at 210, the message reading server 212 is controlled to transmit the voiced message to the receiver terminal 210.

The voice conversion unit 208 converts a message provided from the message processing server 204 into voice data using a text-to-speech (TTS) engine and stores it in the database 206. At this time, if there is a tone specified by the caller, the voice conversion unit 208 converts the caller's message into voice data using the tone voice specified by the caller, and if there is no tone specified by the caller, Converts the caller's message to the set default tone. Here, the voice data is a wave file converted by the text-to-speech engine.

The message reading server 212 extracts voice data stored in the database 206 under the control of the message processing server 204, and provides the extracted voice data to the receiver terminal 210 in a download or streaming manner. That is, when the voice data is provided to the receiver terminal 210 in a streaming manner, the message reading server 212 connects the call with the receiver terminal 210 and reads the voice data to the receiver through the receiver terminal 212, When the data is provided to the receiver terminal 210 in a download manner, the voice data is downloaded to the receiver terminal 212, and the receiver terminal 212 reads the downloaded voice data to the receiver through a speaker.

A message processing procedure of the mobile communication system having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a message processing process of a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a caller first inputs a message and message related information using his terminal, that is, the caller terminal 200, and transmits the message and the message related information to the message processing server 204 through the wireless communication network 202 (S300). ). Here, the caller may set whether to convert the message into voice data, a tone to be used during voice data conversion, a telephone number of the receiver terminal 210, and the like as the message related information.

As the message processing server 204 receives the message and the message related information from the caller terminal 200, the message processing server 204 transmits information indicating that the message has been received to the receiver terminal 210 through the wireless communication network 202 (S302). In addition, the message processing server 204 provides a message received from the caller terminal 200 to the speech converter 200. In this case, when a tone is specified in the message related information, the message processing server 204 also provides a tone specified in the message related information when providing the message to the voice converter 208. Accordingly, the voice conversion unit 208 converts the caller's message into the tone specified in the message related information through the text-to-speech engine, and stores the message of the caller in the database 206 (S304).

If the caller does not specify a tone when sending a message, the message processing server 204 provides only the message provided by the caller terminal 200 to the voice conversion unit 208, and the voice conversion unit 208 is a text-to-speech engine. The caller converts the caller's message into voice data using the preset basic tone to be stored in the database 206.

When the voice converter 208 stores the voice data in the database 206, the voice converter 208 stores the voice data in the database 206 using the telephone number of the receiver terminal 210 as an index. Here, the message is converted into a wave file through the text-to-speech engine of the voice converter 208 and stored in the database 206.

Thereafter, the message processing server 204 determines whether a message reading request signal is received from the receiver terminal 210 (S306).

As a result of the determination in step S306, when a message reading request signal is received from the receiver terminal 210, the message processing server 204 controls the message reading server 212, whereby the message reading server 212 receives the message reading request signal. After extracting the voice data corresponding to the telephone number of the receiver terminal 210 that transmits the data from the database 206, it is provided to the receiver terminal 210 in a streaming or download manner (S308, S310). This allows the recipient to confirm the message by voice rather than by text.

According to the present invention, a message transmitted from a sender may be converted into a voice and provided to a receiver to provide a convenience to a user who cannot check a text message.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated concretely based on the Example, this invention is not limited to this Example, Of course, various changes are possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary of the claim described below. .

As described above, the present invention converts a text message received from a server of the mobile communication system into voice data and provides the user with a text message, thereby providing the user with a situation in which the text message cannot be confirmed or difficult to check. It has the effect of making it possible.

In addition, the present invention can improve the profitability of the mobile communication service provider by activating a message related service by providing convenience to a user having inconvenience in using a text message.

Claims (4)

A text message processing method of a mobile communication system, Receiving, by the message processing server of the mobile communication system, message and message sending related information from a sender who wants to send the text message; Checking, by the message processing server, the message-related information, and converting the received message into voice data using a text-to-speech engine (TTS) and storing the converted voice data; Notifying, by the message processing server, that a message has been received to a mobile communication terminal of a receiver to receive the message; Providing the voice data to the receiver's mobile terminal as the message reading request signal is received from the receiver's mobile terminal. Message processing method of a mobile communication system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The message sending related information includes tone information to be used when converting the message into voice data. The storing step, the message processing method of the mobile communication system, characterized in that for converting the message to voice data based on the tone information included in the message sending information. The method of claim 2, And the voice data is a wave file converted by the text-to-speech engine. The method of claim 3, wherein The voice data is a message processing method of a mobile communication system, characterized in that provided by a download method or a streaming method at the request of the receiver.

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