KR20060080627A - Method for requiring additonal buddies in a system proffering push to talk service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a buddy add request method in a system supporting a fitness service.

The present invention comprises the steps of requesting registration of a plurality of buddy to the PTT (PTT) service server when editing the buddy list information in the mobile communication terminal; Confirming whether the registration requested buddy can be added by the fitness service server and transmitting a response message to the mobile communication terminal; And updating the buddy list information by using the buddy information included in the received response message in the mobile communication terminal.

Therefore, in the mobile communication system supporting the fitness service, when the buddy list information is edited in the mobile communication terminal supporting the fitness service, the buddy service server requests registration of a plurality of buddies at a time by buddy. By updating the list information, it is possible to minimize the traffic for adding a new buddy between the terminal and the fitness service server, reducing the load on the system side and the user can easily and easily add a new buddy.

Description

How to request a new buddy from a system that supports the fitness service {METHOD FOR REQUIRING ADDITONAL BUDDIES IN A SYSTEM PROFFERING PUSH TO TALK SERVICE}             

1 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for requesting to add a buddy in a system supporting the present invention.

Figure 2 is a network diagram showing the network configuration of the system implementing the buddy add request method in a system supporting the present invention service Piti.

3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of generating a search list by using a search function of a phonebook in a buddy add request method in a system supporting the present invention service.

*** Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings ***

10: mobile communication terminal 20: mobile communication network

30: Pititi Service Server 31: MSS

32: GTS 33: IMSR

34: IMPS

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, in a mobile communication system supporting a fitness service, when editing buddy list information in a mobile communication terminal supporting a fitness service, a plurality of buddy at once By updating the buddy list information by requesting registration, the traffic for adding a new buddy between the terminal and the fitness service server can be minimized, thereby reducing the load on the system side and allowing the user to easily and easily add a new buddy service. It is about how to add a buddy from the supported system.

Recently, PTT (Push To Talk) service, which is a multi-party call that is being prepared for commercialization by a mobile communication service provider, uses a mobile communication terminal to provide multiple people to listen at the same time by pressing a button. As a service, a mobile communication terminal can be used as a radio and thus can be usefully used in a field where a voice call needs to be performed at a low cost between one-to-one or one-to-many users such as a workplace and a transportation company.

When a mobile communication terminal providing a Pititi service provides a first login (login) to the Piti Service Server, the Pititi Service Server performs an authentication procedure for the terminal and then performs the corresponding service through the Piti Service. By dropping group list information and buddy list information in each group that can be connected to the terminal to the corresponding terminal at the same time, the user can select a specific group or buddy (a counterpart terminal receiving the fitness service). You will be provided with a fitness service.

At this time, the user may directly enter a phone number or search for a phone book in the terminal to request a new buddy to be added to the fitness service server. The user's mobile communication terminal and fitness service server are one at a time. It is set to request and add a buddy of the buddy, so to register n buddies, you need to make n buddy addition requests to the PITTI service server, so if you want to add multiple buddies, There was a time-consuming and cumbersome problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-described problems, and in the mobile communication system supporting the fitness service, when the buddy list information is edited in the mobile communication terminal supporting the fitness service, the fitness service is used. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for updating a buddy list information by requesting registration of a plurality of buddies at a time with a server.

The present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of requesting registration of a plurality of buddy to the PTT (PTT, Service To Talk) service server when editing the buddy list information in the mobile communication terminal; Confirming whether the registration requested buddy can be added by the fitness service server and transmitting a response message to the mobile communication terminal; And updating buddy list information by using buddy information included in the received response message in the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for requesting a buddy addition in a system supporting the service of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, when a buddy list information is edited in a mobile communication terminal, a buddy add menu is activated to transmit a list. Generating (S10 and S11); Transmitting a plurality of buddy request messages including the generated transmission list to a PTT service push server (S12); Checking whether a buddy requested by the transmission list of the plurality of buddy request messages can be added by the fitness service server and transmitting a response message to the mobile terminal to the mobile communication terminal (S13 to S15); In step S16, the mobile communication terminal receiving the response message updates the buddy list information by using the buddy information included in the response message.

2 is a network diagram showing a network configuration of a system embodying the present invention, which comprises a mobile communication terminal 10, a mobile communication network 20, and a fitness service server 30. 30 is composed of a multimedia session control system (MSS) 31, a group talk service server (GTS) 32, an IP multimedia subscriber register (IMSR) 33, and an IP multimedia presence server (IMPS) 34.

The present invention can be applied to a mobile communication system supporting a fitness service, and in particular, when a buddy list information is edited in a mobile communication terminal supporting a fitness service, a request for registration of a plurality of buddies at a time to the fitness service server is made. By updating the buddy list information, it is possible to minimize the traffic for adding a new buddy between the terminal and the fitness service server to reduce the load on the system side and the user can easily and simply add a new buddy.

To this end, in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 10 supporting the fitness service requests registration of a plurality of buddies at once when processing buddy list information and processes the responses, and the mobile communication network 20 performs the fitness. Support wireless data communication to provide services.

The fitness service server 30 is a server that performs registration, management, service connection, etc. of the mobile communication terminal 10 when performing the fitness service, and generally includes the MSS 31, the GTS 32, and the IMSR. 33 and IMPS 34, wherein the MSS 31 establishes a session with the GTS 32 for providing a fitness service to the mobile communication terminal 10, and establishes a session with the GTS ( 32 enables a multi-party call according to the fitness service, the IMSR 33 provides the subscriber information to the GTS 32 while storing and managing the subscriber information, and the IMPS 34 provides the presence According to the technology, the communication environment of the mobile communication terminal 10 provided with the fitness service is provided.

On the other hand, with reference to Figure 3 attached to the operation of the present invention.

In order for a user to receive a Pitity service, first, a user must log in to his mobile terminal 10 to perform a registration procedure with the Pitity service server 30 to establish a session. After the PTI service server 30 performs user authentication, the group information about the group registered by the subscriber of the mobile communication terminal 10 and the name, gender, age, connection state, Buddy information such as device type is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 10 to perform an initialization operation. Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 10 converts the downloaded group information and buddy information into group list information and buddy list information, respectively. To provide users with a fitness service.

Then, when the user wants to edit the buddy list information while using the fitness service, the menu is moved to activate the 'Add buddy menu' to generate a transmission list (S10 and S11), thereby including the generated transmission list. The multi-body request message is transmitted to the fitness service server 30 through the mobile communication network 20 (S12).

In the present invention, under the control of a mobile station modem (MSM) (not shown), the user's terminal 10 is one of application programs mounted on the mobile communication terminal 10 by adding a 'buddy add menu' of the fitness service. It provides a function of adding a new buddy to the user by interworking with a phone book function that provides a function of managing and searching a counterpart name, a phone number, and the like stored therein.

In this case, in the method of generating a transmission list in which a buddy identification information such as a name and a phone number of a buddy to be added in a list form is activated by activating the 'Add buddy menu', generating a transmission list in the 'Add buddy menu'. A method of selecting a buddy identification information by providing an edit screen for the user to directly input each buddy identification information or performing a search with a specific search word through a search function of the phone book may be used. By linking the phonebook search function to the edit screen, you can select a number of buddies you want to add by entering specific search terms such as 'Find by name', 'Find by phone number', 'Find by group', etc. Done.

For example, suppose that a group divided into 'Group A', 'Group B', and 'Group N' is stored in the phone book as shown in FIG. 3. If you select a buddy (in this case, 'user A3', 'user B1', 'user Bn', etc.) from each of the groups by performing a search with a specific search word through a search function, edit for creating the transmission list The screen includes buddy identification information such as each name and phone number for the selected buddy.

Therefore, when a transmission list consisting of one or more buddy identification information is generated by using the search function of the book in the edit screen for generating the transmission list, the main control unit (not shown) includes a plurality of buddy request messages including the generated transmission list. It generates and transmits to the fitness service server 30 through the mobile communication network (20).

Here, since the PITTI service communicates through packet data having an IP (Internet Protocol) address, the multi-Buddy request message transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 10 to the PITTI service server 30 may have a packet data format. The transmission list is added to the data area of the packet data and transmitted.

In the present invention, by limiting the number of buddies that can attempt an additional request at a time on the transmission list to an appropriate number according to the system environment to prevent the PITTI service server 30 from being overloaded.

Then, the PITTI service server 30 receiving the plurality of buddy request messages from the mobile communication terminal 10 checks whether it is possible to add each buddy included in the transmission list of the plurality of buddy request messages (S13). In response to the plurality of buddy request messages, a response message including buddy information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 10 (S14), or a response message indicating that buddy addition is impossible (S15).

That is, the MSS 31 receives the plurality of buddy request messages through the mobile communication network 20 to the GTS 32 in the fitness service server 30, and thus the IMSR 33 and the GTS 32 in the GTS 32. After confirming whether the subscriber corresponding to the buddy identification information of the transmission list included in the multi-buddy request message is subscribed to the fitness service or the subscriber information such as the current status information, name, telephone number, etc. When the buddy can be added to one or more subscribers included in the transmission list using the check result, a response message including the latest buddy information such as name, status, phone number, nickname, etc. is transmitted.

Subsequently, the mobile communication terminal 10 receiving the response message from the fitness service server 30 extracts buddy information from the response message, updates the buddy list information with the buddy information, and displays the buddy list information on the LCD screen ( S16).

As described above, in the present invention, a mobile communication system supporting a fitness service registers a plurality of buddies at a time with the fitness service server when editing buddy list information in a mobile communication terminal supporting the fitness service. By updating the buddy list information by requesting, the traffic for adding a new buddy between the terminal and the fitness service server can be minimized, thereby reducing the load on the system side and the user can easily and easily add a new buddy.

Claims (4)

Requesting registration of a plurality of buddies with a PTT (PTT) service server when editing buddy list information in a mobile communication terminal; Confirming whether the registration requested buddy can be added by the fitness service server and transmitting a response message to the mobile communication terminal; And updating buddy list information by using buddy information included in the received response message in a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting of the registration of a plurality of buddies to the fitness service server comprises: generating a transmission list by activating a buddy add menu; And adding a plurality of buddy request messages including the generated transmission list to a Pitity service server through a mobile communication network. The request for adding a buddy in a system supporting a fitness service according to claim 1, wherein the transmission list is generated by selecting buddy identification information such as a buddy name and a telephone number to be added through a search function of a phone book. Way. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the response message to the mobile communication terminal comprises: checking whether it is possible to add each buddy included in a transmission list of a plurality of buddy request messages requesting registration of a plurality of buddies; If buddy can be added to one or more subscribers, send a response message including buddy information such as name, status, phone number, nickname, etc.If a buddy cannot be added to all subscribers, response message indicating that buddy cannot be added Buddy add request method in a system supporting a fitness service, characterized in that for transmitting.

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