KR20070034194A - How to handle multimedia messages on your mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

Receiving a PUSH type message by a portable terminal as a method of handling an unnecessary charge problem that occurs when receiving a duplicate PUSH type message of the portable terminal, Checking whether the received PUSH type message is a spam message, The PUSH If the message is a spam message, sending a message indicating a spam message to a message server and deleting the PUSH message, checking whether the received PUSH message is a duplicate, and the PUSH message is a duplicate message. If confirmed, transmitting a message indicating a message duplication to a message server and deleting the PUSH type message, and the message server checking the information of the portable terminal and modifying the PUSH type message related billing information. It relates to how to handle the charging of a message.

Duplicate message, multimedia message system (MMS), push message, spam message, multimedia message, duplicate message charging

Description

METHOD OF PROCESSING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL}

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for transmitting a general multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a portable terminal and a message server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of notifying message duplication to a server to confirm duplication of a received message and to solve a duplicate charging problem for a duplicate message according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a message server for confirming reception of a duplicate notification message and confirming information of a receiver to correct billing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention proposes a method for informing spam when a message is a duplicate message in the spam processing of a PUSH-type message and solving a problem of unnecessary charges caused by receiving a PUSH-type duplicate message.

Short message service (SMS), which is able to send and receive short messages between users, is widely used due to the development of communication technology and the improvement of functions of portable terminals.

On the other hand, multimedia message service (MMS), which is a message service that adds video, pictures, music files, etc., is short of SMS service. As a representative wire / wireless integrated service that combines the advantages of the service, the use of portable terminal users is high in Korea as well as abroad.

The multimedia message system (MMS) provides convenience and information to users by providing convenient services such as stock information service, weather information service, and news.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration for transmitting a general multimedia message.

Referring to FIG. 1, the second generation user terminal 101 accesses the MMS relay 117 through the second generation network 105, and the third generation user terminal 103 is the third generation mobile network 107. Is connected to the MMS relay 117. In addition, the external server 125 and the wired e-mail client 113 may connect with the MMS relay 117 through the Internet / IP network 115. The MMS server 119 and the subscriber database DB are connected to the MMS relay 117. The MMS server 119 is connected to the message storage unit 121 for storing the received multimedia message.

In such a network, a user composes a multimedia message to transmit the multimedia message to a specific receiver terminal. The multimedia message may include text, video, photo, voice, audio, and the like as described above. When the created multimedia message is transmitted from the calling terminal to the MMS server 119 through the MMS relay 117, the MMS server 119 stores the received multimedia message in the message storage unit 121, and the multimedia received by the receiving terminal. Send a message notifying you that a message exists. Then, the receiving terminal accesses the MMS server 119 by using the message number included in the notification message and address information of the server where the multimedia message exists. In addition, the reception terminal designates the reception terminal to download the stored multimedia message, and when the reception is completed, the reception terminal terminates the connection with the MMS server 119.

In the multimedia message service (MMS), when a user sends a message to a counterpart, the multimedia message server notifies the user of the arrival of the message and downloads the message to the receiver, that is, requests content by a URL. In addition, there is a PULL type method of receiving and a PUSH type method of transmitting contents from a server side to a receiving side without a specific request of a user.

However, the PUSH-type method of receiving a message without notifying the user that the message has been received is not controlled by the user, so an unnecessary fee is charged and the user repeatedly receives the same message repeatedly. There is a big problem of charging. Therefore, there is a need for a method for solving a problem that may occur when a user who uses a portable terminal receives a PUSH type message.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for confirming duplicate reception of a PUSH type message when a message is received by a portable terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of transmitting a message informing of duplication to a message server upon receiving a duplicate by checking the duplicate reception when a message is received by a portable terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for a message server to receive a message indicating the duplication.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for solving a duplicate charging problem that occurs when a PUSH type message is duplicated when a message is received by a portable terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of processing a multimedia message of a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving a PUSH message by a portable terminal, checking whether the received PUSH message is duplicated, If the message is a duplicate message, transmitting a message indicating a message duplication to a message server and deleting the PUSH message, and the message server checks the information of the portable terminal to determine the charging information related to the PUSH message. The present invention provides a method for processing billing of a multimedia message including a step of modifying.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for processing a multimedia message of a portable terminal, the method including: receiving, by a portable terminal, a PUSH message, and checking whether the received PUSH message is a spam message; When the PUSH message is identified as a spam message, transmitting a message indicating that the message is a spam message to the message server and deleting the PUSH message, and the message server checking the information of the portable terminal to charge the PUSH message. A billing processing method for a multimedia message including a process of modifying information is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of processing a duplicate message of a message server, the method comprising: receiving a notification of a duplicate message from a portable terminal, and checking receiving information of the duplicate message to correct billing information; The present invention provides a method for processing a multimedia message of a portable terminal including a process of performing the same.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings as a method for solving the problem of unnecessary unnecessary charges for information on advanced reception by sending a response of a duplicate message to the server when the message is a duplicate in the spam processing of the PUSH type message.

2 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the portable terminal 200 and the message server 220 according to the present invention. In the following description, the portable terminal includes a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), and an international mobile telecommunication-2000 (IMT-2000) terminal. It is meant to include all, the following description will be described with the general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 2, the portable terminal 200 includes a memory unit 206, a control unit 208, a communication unit 210, a codec 212, a keypad 202, and a display unit 204.

The controller (MPU: Micro-Processer Unit) 208 of the portable terminal 200 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal. For example, it performs processing and control for voice call and data communication, checks whether a received message is a spam message according to the present invention in addition to the usual function, checks a duplicate message and checks the duplicate message to the server. It informs that the message is a duplicate message and controls unnecessary charges for receiving the duplicate message.

The memory unit 206 of the portable terminal 200 includes a ROM, a RAM, and a flash ROM, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) stores the microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the controller 208. Save it. Random Access Memory (RAM) is a working memory of the controller 208 and stores temporary data generated during various program executions. Flash ROM stores various updatable data for storage such as phone book, outgoing message and incoming message.

Key pad 202 is a numeric key buttons of 0 to 9, menu button (menu), cancel button (clear), confirmation button, call button (TALK), end button (END), Internet access button, A plurality of function keys such as navigation key (or direction key) buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶) are provided, and key input data corresponding to a key pressed by a user is provided to the controller 208. The display unit 204 displays status information generated during the operation of the portable terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of moving images and still images, and the like. The display unit 204 may use a liquid crystal display (LCD) and output a stored message.

The codec (Coder-Decoder) 212 connected to the control unit 208 and the speaker 216 and the microphone 214 connected to the codec 212 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. . The codec 212 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 208 into an analog voice signal, transmits the same through the speaker 216, and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 214 into PCM data. It is provided to the control unit 208.

The message server 220 includes a communication unit 222, a control unit 224, a charging processing unit 226, and a user database 228.

The controller 224 of the message server 220 controls the overall operation of the message server 220. For example, in addition to the normal function of controlling the transmission and reception of a message, and confirming information in a user's database, when a message transmission event occurs according to the present invention, a message is transmitted by checking the information of a receiving party and a duplicate message is generated. Receive an informing message from the portable terminal to check the information of the redundant receiver, and to control the correction of the duplicate charges incurred in the duplicate reception.

 The communication unit 222 of the message server 220 has a function of receiving a message informing of duplication of a message transmitted by the portable terminal, and the charging processing unit 226 processes a function related to a charge charged when the message is received or sent. According to the present invention, a function of correcting duplicate charging information for a duplicately received message is provided.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of resolving a problem of charging a duplicate message when a duplicate message is received by checking whether a PUSH type message is duplicated when a message is received according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the portable terminal first confirms receipt of a message in step 301. In step S301, the mobile terminal performs a corresponding function when the check result message is not received in step 301.

If the step 301 receives the test result message, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 303 to check the received message, and the portable terminal proceeds to step 305 to check whether the received message is spam.

If the received message is found to be a spam message, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 309 and notifies the message server of the message indicating the spam message, and the mobile terminal proceeds to step 315 to delete the received message. Terminate the algorithm. The spam message in the above step refers to a message that can be blocked by using a function of the portable terminal that allows the user to block the unnecessary message. The spam message of the received message is compared with the set number and the number of the received message. Check whether or not.

If the received message does not correspond to the spam message, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 307 to confirm the duplicate reception of the PUSH-type spam message. In step 307, the message stored in the message storage box and the newly received message are compared to determine whether the same message. The portable terminal compares the contents of the message and checks whether the message is a duplicate message. As a result of the check in step 307, if there is no duplicate reception, the portable terminal proceeds to step 313 to store the message in the message box and terminates the algorithm.

If it is determined in step 307 that the message stored in the message storage box and the newly received message are identified as a duplicate message, the portable terminal proceeds to step 311 and transmits a message indicating the message duplication to the message server, and proceeds to step 317. Delete the duplicate message and terminate this algorithm.

In step 311, transmitting a message informing of message duplication refers to a method of notifying a message duplication to a server in order to solve a problem of charging a duplicate charge due to a portable terminal receiving a PUSH-type duplicate message.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a message server for confirming reception of a duplicate notification message to confirm reception side information and correcting billing information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 401, a message transmission event is checked. If the message transmission event does not occur as a result of the check in step 401, the message server proceeds to step 403 and checks the message transmission event again after waiting. However, if the message transmission event occurs as a result of the check in step 401, the process proceeds to step 405 to check the information of the receiver. Step 405 is a process of confirming the information of the receiver in the user database in order to transmit the transmission message identified in step 401.

In step 405, if the receiving side information is confirmed, the message server proceeds to step 407 and transmits a message to the receiving side based on the information confirmed in step 405, and proceeds to step 409 to confirm reception of the duplicate notification message.

In step 409, a message indicating a duplicate message is received from the portable terminal. When the same message as the message stored in the message storage box of the portable terminal is received, the message server receives the duplicate notification message transmitted by the portable terminal.

As a result of the check in step 409, if there is no message indicating that the message is a duplicate message, the message server terminates the algorithm.

If it is confirmed in step 409 that the reception of the message notifying the duplication, the message server proceeds to step 411 to check the information on the receiving side receiving the duplicate message in the user database, and proceeds to step 413 the charging on the receiving side Correct the information for and exit this algorithm.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, in order to solve the problem of duplicate charging that may occur when receiving the PUSH-type duplicate message, to check the PUSH-type duplicate message, to notify the server that the duplicate message to solve the unnecessary information fee burden for duplicate reception The present invention relates to a user of a multimedia message function of a portable terminal.

Claims (4)

Receiving, by the portable terminal, a PUSH type message; Checking whether the received PUSH message is duplicated; Transmitting a message indicating a message duplication to a message server when the PUSH message is identified as a duplicate message; And And checking, by the message server, the information of the portable terminal and modifying the PUSH type message related charging information. The method of claim 1, And deleting the PUSH message when the PUSH message is a duplicate message. Receiving, by the portable terminal, a PUSH type message; Checking whether the received PUSH message is a spam message; If the PUSH message is identified as a spam message, transmitting a message indicating that the message is a spam message to a message server; And And checking, by the message server, the information of the portable terminal and modifying the PUSH type message related charging information. The method of claim 3, If the PUSH-type message is identified as a spam message, the method for processing the charging of the multimedia message further comprising the step of deleting the PUSH-type message.

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