KR20060031743A - Method for providing voice message service in multimedia game - Google Patents

Abstract

In the multimedia service in the mobile communication network of the present invention, the present invention relates to a method of simultaneously providing a voice message service in a multimedia game. Simultaneous voice and data (SVD) for simultaneously providing voice and data communication. It provides a method of simultaneously supporting voice message service for online multimedia games by utilizing the service, and also allows multiple users to simultaneously utilize the SVD service that supports voice and data communication in the 1xEV-DV (1xEvolution Data and Voice) system. It is an invention that makes it easy to send and receive communication between users while playing online games.

Simultaneous voice and data services, 1xEvolution Data and Voice systems, multimedia games

Description

How to provide voice message service in multimedia game {method for providing voice message service in multimedia game}

1 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for transmitting a voice message according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for receiving a voice message according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a multimedia service in a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a method of simultaneously providing a voice message service in a multimedia game.

In the past, Internet services through wired networks have become commonplace. In particular, online games over the Internet have become popular.

On the other hand, in the Internet wired network where online games are active, high-speed data transmission and voice transmission are performed through the packet network. As a result, when several users play online games at the same time, one user may deliver voices to several other users at the same time, or may deliver voices to only specific users.

However, these prior arts are mainly used for wired networks. In other words, the simultaneous transmission of voice during online games is possible only in the Internet wired network, and in the wireless network, voice and high-speed data communication cannot be performed together due to technical limitations.

In other words, in the prior art, there has been a technology for transmitting communication between users who play online games in an internet wired network as voice during the game. However, due to technical limitations, wireless networks could not provide simultaneous services for online gaming and voice transmission.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention has been devised in view of the above, and is an online multimedia game utilizing a Simultaneous voice and data (hereinafter referred to as SVD) service that simultaneously provides voice and data communication. To provide a method for supporting voice message service at the same time.

It is another object of the present invention to easily communicate by communicating between users while using multiple SVD services that simultaneously support voice and data communication in a 1xEV-DV (1xEvolution Data and Voice) system. The present invention provides a method for providing a voice message service in a multimedia game.

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is, as the system side provides a multimedia game to a plurality of user terminals, and as the user's voice is input to a predetermined caller terminal, one of the user terminals, Executing, by the calling terminal, executing the multimedia game, converting the input voice into a predetermined message and transmitting the converted voice to a predetermined message, the receiving terminal being one of the user terminals; And a step of outputting the message as either voice or text by the called terminal in progress.

More preferably, the calling terminal further comprises the step of converting the input voice into a voice packet. Here, the voice packet is transmitted through a packet data channel.

Also preferably, the calling terminal further comprises converting the input voice into a text. Herein, the text is transmitted through one of an access channel and a dedicated traffic channel.

Also preferably, the called terminal confirms whether the received message is a voice or a text, and if the received message is a voice, outputs a voice through a corresponding output means, and the received message is a text. If the case further comprises the step of outputting the text on the screen of the multimedia game of the called terminal.

Also preferably, the plurality of user terminals provided with the multimedia game store identification information of each other. The called terminal determines whether the received text is transmitted from the user terminal receiving the multimedia game by using the identification information of the user terminals stored therein.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration and operation of the present invention shown in the drawings and described by it will be described by at least one embodiment, By the technical spirit of the present invention described above and its core configuration and operation is not limited.

The core of the present invention provides a multimedia game to a terminal (particularly a mobile communication terminal) through a communication network (particularly a mobile communication network), and when a terminal user wants to deliver a predetermined message as a voice while executing a multimedia game, the user's voice is input. Packet is transmitted to other users, or a message of the user's voice is converted into a text and the text message is transmitted to other users.

Particularly, in the present invention, a voice message input during a multimedia game is transmitted through a voice channel (FCH) after packetization, and a message in which the voice is converted into a text is an access channel (ACH) or a dedicated call channel (Dedicated). Traffic Channel (DTCH).

Meanwhile, the receiving terminal determines whether the message received during the multimedia game is a voice message or a text message, and then outputs it through the terminal according to the type of message.

The core of the present invention will be described in more detail below.

First, a device configuration for providing a voice message service in a multimedia game according to the present invention is based on a 1xEV-DV system, and in particular, uses an SVD service. Thus, a multimedia game service is provided to various user terminals connected online through a packet data channel (PDCH) capable of high-speed data transmission, and at the same time, a voice input from a specific user terminal is designated through a voice channel (FCH). Or to multiple user terminals in game. In this case, the user terminal is preferably a mobile communication terminal, and most preferably, a 1xEV-DV handset.

In addition, the present invention includes a voice recognition function.

Accordingly, if desired by the user, the device of the voice recognition function converts the input voice into text. The signal transmitting end of the user terminal transmits the converted text message to the designated counterpart terminal or various user terminals in the game through an access channel (ACH) or a dedicated call channel (DTCH). This is the case in which the user terminal itself has a voice recognition device.

As another example, the present invention includes a device that receives a voice message from the user terminal and converts it into a text in a server that provides a multimedia game service so that structural changes of the mobile communication terminal, which is a user terminal for text conversion, are not added. Thus, the multimedia game service server converts the voice into text and transmits it to the opposite terminal. The server is most preferably provided in the core network of the mobile communication network in consideration of the fact that the user terminal is a mobile communication terminal.

A procedure for providing a voice message service in a multimedia game based on the above configuration will be described below.

1 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for transmitting a voice message according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, several users connect to a communication system (here, the communication system is a 1xEV-DV system) using a mobile communication terminal (where the mobile communication terminal is a 1xEV-DV handset) (S1).

Then, when the mobile communication terminal of several users requests the execution of the multimedia game from the communication system network, the communication system network provides the multimedia game to the connected mobile communication terminal (S2, S3). Therefore, several users enjoy playing the multimedia game at the same time (S4). At this time, the multimedia game is provided through the packet data channel (PDCH) (S3). The subject of providing the multimedia game is a communication system network, and more specifically, a server for providing a multimedia game is provided in the core network of the communication system.

 The above-mentioned multimedia game is a game in which several users can participate, and a game in which team play is possible is preferable. Therefore, for team play, communication between users participating in the multimedia game is required.

On the other hand, when communication between the users is required while the users are enjoying the multimedia game, the user expresses the content to be delivered as voice. The expressed voice is then input to the mobile communication terminal (S5, S6).

At this time, the mobile communication terminal operates in two modes. One is voice delivery mode and the other is text delivery mode. These delivery modes operate by the user presetting the mobile communication terminal.

In the voice transmission mode, the mobile communication terminal transmits the input user's voice to other user terminals through the voice channel (FCH) (S8). Meanwhile, in the present invention, the voice of the input user is packetized (S7), and the voice packet is transmitted to other user terminals through the packet data channel (S8). In other words, when the voice is to be sent directly to the voice without converting it to text, such as the voice transmission mode, it is more preferable to make the voice into a packet and then transmit the packet to the packet data channel. When the voice channel (FCH) is opened and used between users during the multimedia game, the voice call is maintained.

On the other hand, in the text delivery mode, the mobile communication terminal recognizes the user's voice input using the voice recognition device and then converts the voice into text (S9). Thereafter, the converted character is transmitted to other user terminals through an access channel (ACH) and / or a dedicated call channel (DTCH) (S10).

In both of the above modes, the user who wants to transfer the voice / text designates a counterpart terminal to receive the voice / text in his mobile communication terminal. However, as another example, if the current multimedia game is a team play game, the server controls the voice / text to be transmitted and received only between the same team members unless specified by the user.

As a result, the multimedia game is provided through the communication system network, and at the same time, voice and text transmission and reception are provided between users, thereby providing an SVD service.

In this case, when multiple users play a multimedia game at the same time, communication between the users must be promptly performed in accordance with the progress of the fast-paced game. To pass.

2 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for receiving a voice message according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is assumed that a predetermined user receives and receives a multimedia game from a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a called terminal) (S11).

At this time, the communication system network side receives a predetermined message from a predetermined mobile communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as calling terminal).

The communication system network side acts as a relay to deliver the received message to the called party.

Thereafter, the called terminal receives the message of the calling party via the communication system network (S12).

The destination terminal first checks whether the received message is a voice or a text (S13), and then outputs the voice through the output means (speaker) as the message is the voice (S15). On the other hand, if the received voice is a voice packet, the called terminal outputs the voice through the output means after depacketizing the received voice packet (S14).

On the other hand, when the received message is a text, the received terminal controls the received text as follows.

The called terminal receives the message of the calling party via the communication system network.

The called terminal checks whether the received message is voice or text. At this time, if the message is a text message, the called terminal is a message sent from a user who is currently playing the same multimedia game with him or her (or called party) or is a short message service (SMS) supported by the mobile communication network. Check whether the short message by (S16).

In the case of the former (text message of a user playing a multimedia game), the called terminal outputs the received text message through a display means (S17). That is, the received text message is displayed on the game screen where the game is currently in progress.

On the other hand, when the latter is not the message of the user who enjoys the same multimedia game as the short message by the short message service, the called terminal stores the received short message in the message storage box (S18).

Through the above procedure, while receiving a multimedia game through a communication system network, voice / text transmission and reception between the calling party and the called party users is simultaneously provided, thereby providing an SVD service.

On the other hand, when the voice message is converted to text and sent to another user, the called party is playing a multimedia game, and thus the game in progress is continuously displayed on the display means for receiving the received text message.

For this purpose, we use a structure for sharing messages between a user interface that presents a message and a user interface that presents a game. For example, the received text message may be displayed on some screen portions of the display means on which the game in progress is output.

Thus, when a message is received, there is no inconvenience in checking the message archive, a tool separate from the tool for executing a multimedia game, to check the message.

In addition, in the present invention, the communication system network side sends the identification numbers of the corresponding user terminals to each user terminal to share each other's identification numbers (for example, International Mobile Subscriber Identifier) among users who have received the same multimedia game. to provide.

Accordingly, the called terminal stores the terminal identification number (e.g. IMSI) of users who are currently playing the same multimedia game with themselves (the called user), and the message received from the stored information is presently present (the called user). And whether the message is sent from a user who is playing the same multimedia game.

When the voice message service providing method is used in the multimedia game according to the present invention, it is easy to secure a customer of the multimedia game service in the mobile communication network.

In particular, it provides a multimedia game service to the mobile communication terminal and at the same time provides a communication service (by voice or text) between users who enjoy the game, thereby meeting the expectations of the users.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (8)

The system side providing a multimedia game to a plurality of user terminals; When the voice of the user is input to a predetermined calling party terminal, which is one of the user terminals, the calling terminal executing the multimedia game converts the input voice into a predetermined message; And when the message is received by a predetermined called party terminal, which is one of the user terminals, the called terminal running the multimedia game outputs the message as either voice or text. Method of providing a voice message service in a multimedia game. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the calling terminal converting the input voice into a voice packet. The method of claim 2, wherein the voice packet is transmitted through a packet data channel. The method of claim 1, further comprising converting the input voice into a text by the calling terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein the text is transmitted through one of an access channel and a dedicated traffic channel. The method of claim 1, further comprising: checking, by the called terminal, whether the received message is voice or text; Outputting a voice through a corresponding output means when the received message is a voice, and outputting the text on a screen in which the multimedia game of the called terminal is in progress when the received message is a text. Method of providing a voice message service in a multimedia game, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user terminals provided with the multimedia game store identification information of each other. The multimedia apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the called terminal determines whether the received text is transmitted from a user terminal receiving the multimedia game by using identification information of the user terminals stored therein. How to provide voice message service in Dear Game.

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