KR20070038370A - System and method for decorating the short message from origination point in wcdma network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides at least an originating WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as originating terminal) capable of originating a short message (SMS) and a called party WCDMA subscriber terminal capable of receiving and outputting a short message (SMS) and / or a multimedia message (MMS). Hereinafter, the present invention relates to a method for decorating a short message transmitted and received between a called terminal) (1) a calling subscriber creates a short message through the calling terminal, and sends the short message via the base station to the calling message. Sending to a MSC / SGSN; (2) determining whether the calling subscriber is subscribed to a service for decorating a short message (hereinafter, referred to as a message coordination service); (3) if the calling subscriber is subscribed to a message coordination service, transmitting the coordination service subscription information to a short service center (DS-SMSC) that accepts the called subscriber; (4) transmitting the coordination service subscription information and the short message data to a message coordination server; (5) converting the short message data into a coordination message in a format registered in advance by the calling subscriber; And (6) transmitting the coordination message to the called terminal.

WCDMA, SMS, MMS

Description

System and method for decorating the short message from origination point in WCDMA network}

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to

1 is a configuration diagram of a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) network in which the present invention is realized.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a call processing procedure of a message coordination service (SMS-SMS) according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a call processing procedure of the message coordination service (SMS-MMS) of the second embodiment according to the present invention.

4 is a data structure diagram of an extension set of a MAP-Extension field.

5 is a table illustrating attributes of an SMS indicator included in the extension set.

           <Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

    110: subscriber station (MS) 120: wireless base station

    130: circuit switch (MSC / IMX) 131: packet switch (SGSN)

    135: visitor location register (VLR) 150: home location register (HLR)

    160: short service center (SMSC) 170: additional service processing center (VAS)

    180: message coordination server (MCS)

    190: Multimedia message service center (MMSC)

The present invention relates to data transmission in a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) network. More specifically, the present invention relates to an additional service for SMS (Short Message Service), and to a Message Coordination Service for adding a text, image, sound, etc. to a short message to decorate a short message. It is about.

With the recent rapid development of electronic engineering and communication engineering, mobile communication terminals have various functions. That is, with the rapid development of wireless communication and data processing technology, people can use not only voice calls but also Internet access, video communication and video message transmission using mobile communication terminals. In addition, due to the rapid spread of mobile communication terminals, mobile communication terminals are becoming an essential means of communication in modern life, such as a considerable amount of communication occurring in human relationships through mobile communication terminals.

Short message service (SMS) or voice message service that can quickly transfer simple information to the other of the various functions of the mobile communication terminal is widely used. This SMS service has the advantage of being able to quickly and easily deliver the desired information to a specific counterpart or a plurality of counterparts at a very low cost compared to voice calls, and to store the received text message for later checking or rechecking. Due to these advantages, SMS is widely used not only for providing securities, weather, news, education information, etc., but also for providing payment information (price, item history, account information, etc.) in electronic payment services.

Existing SMS service is only doing its function to encode and transmit text. However, users of mobile communication terminals want to process and send contents of messages to be transmitted in various forms. That is, the desire to enhance the decorative beauty by adding visual and audio effects such as emoticons, images, videos, sounds, etc. in the transmission of text characters for simple communication.

In order to satisfy the needs of users, technologies for converting a short message into a multimedia message by changing a font, a size and a color of an SMS, or adding an image such as an avatar, a graphic emoticon, a video, a sound, etc. have been proposed.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2002-11033 (hereinafter referred to as 033 ') discloses that when a subscriber transmits multimedia event index information together with a short message to a short service center of a mobile communication network, the short service center corresponds to the index in the called terminal. It has been proposed a method of generating multimedia events such as video and sound in a called terminal by determining whether multimedia event data exists and providing multimedia index information to the called terminal with a short message if present.

In addition, Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2004-25438 (hereinafter referred to as 438 'Patent) changes a graphic emoticon included in a sentence when transmitting a text message to a mapped character and transmits the text message by analyzing the received text message. It proposes a method of changing a character corresponding to an emoticon into a mapped graphic emoticon and displaying it.

As described above, the patents 033 'and 438' require the storage of a separate program or data in the called and calling terminal in order to convert the short message into a multimedia message.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-86963 (hereinafter referred to as 963 'patent) proposes a short message service method of providing a callback URL for downloading an avatar image to a called terminal as well as a short message.

Also. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2001-16442, Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2003-35249 and Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2004-100700, the calling subscriber transmits the conversion request information (special number, conversion command, text image information) in addition to the text message data Then, a text message processing means of a mobile communication network discloses a method of converting and generating a short message into a multimedia message based on the user's conversion request information, and providing the multimedia message to a called terminal.

However, in order to include the separate conversion request information in the short message sent to the mobile communication network in this way, a dedicated program is installed in the calling terminal or a separate user action is required to input the conversion request information.

In addition, in order for the exchange or short service center of the mobile communication network to recognize the conversion request information sent from the calling terminal, it is necessary to change the existing protocol or modify the operation program of the exchange or short service center.

Accordingly, a method of converting a short message that does not change a mobile communication system without requiring an upgrade of an originating terminal or an additional action of a user is required.

An object of the present invention is to provide a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) system and method for converting a short message into a decorated coordinating message without upgrading or receiving a user terminal or a separate user action.

In addition, the present invention provides a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) for converting a short message into a coordinating message without modification of an operating program or protocol of a mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN) or a short message service center (SMSC) of a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) system. It is another object to provide a system and method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for converting a short message into a coordinating message using message parameters of a higher communication protocol such as IS-637-A, which specifies a standard for short message service in a WCDMA system. It is done.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the appended claims.

In order to achieve the above objects, a first aspect of the present invention provides a short message between WCDMA subscriber stations capable of incoming and outgoing short messages (SMS) and / or multimedia messages (MMS) in a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) network. (SMS) is a system for transmitting and receiving a home location register (DS-HLR) that stores and manages the location information of the subscriber terminal and the SMS service profile of the coordination service for decorating a short message and its service attributes ; Receive and store the SMS service profile from the home location register when registering the location of the calling WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as calling terminal), and when an SMS is sent from the calling terminal, the SMS service profile is stored in a message and is received. An originating mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN) for delivering to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) that accepts subscribers; A short message service center (SMSC) for transmitting the coordination service subscription information and the calling subscriber identification information to a message conversion center; Based on the calling subscriber identification information, the short message is decorated in a pre-registered format and converted into a coordination message, and the coordination message is sent to the called party's WCDMA subscriber terminal via the short message service center (hereinafter called). A system for decorating a short message (SMS) transmitted over a wideband code division multiple access network comprising a message conversion center for transmitting to the terminal).

A second aspect of the present invention provides at least an originating WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as originating terminal) capable of originating a short message (SMS) and a called party capable of receiving and outputting a short message (SMS) and / or a multimedia message (MMS). The present invention relates to a method for decorating a short message transmitted and received between WCDMA subscriber stations (hereinafter referred to as a called terminal), wherein (1) a calling subscriber creates a short message through the calling terminal, and sends the short message to the base station. Sending to the originating mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN) via; (2) determining whether the calling subscriber is subscribed to a service for decorating a short message (hereinafter, referred to as a message coordination service); (3) if the calling subscriber is subscribed to a message coordination service, transmitting the coordination service subscription information to a short service center (DS-SMSC) that accepts the called subscriber; (4) transmitting the coordination service subscription information and the short message data to a message coordination server; (5) converting the short message data into a coordination message in a format registered in advance by the calling subscriber; And (6) transmitting the coordination message to the called terminal.

In addition, a third aspect of the present invention relates to a method for decorating a short message transmitted from a calling party WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as a called terminal) to a called party WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as a called terminal). Receiving the SMS service profile information of the calling subscriber from the home location register (DS-HLR) at the time of registering the location of the calling terminal, and storing and managing the same in the calling mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN); (2) a calling subscriber creating a short message through the calling terminal, and sending the short message to the calling mobile station (MSC / SGSN) via a base station; (3) determining whether the calling subscriber is subscribed to a service for decorating a short message (hereinafter, referred to as a message coordination service) based on the calling subscriber's SMS service profile; (4) if the calling subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service, transmitting the SMS service profile to the short service center (SMSC) in the Forward_SM message; (5) if the message coordination service is activated in the SMS service profile, transmitting the short message data to a message coordination center in a DELIVER message; (6) decorating and converting the short message data into a coordination message based on a format registered in advance by the calling subscriber; (7) transmitting the coordination message thus converted to the called terminal via the short message service center.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, Fig. 1 shows a configuration of a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) network in which the present invention is realized.

As shown in the figure, a system 100 for decorating a short message according to the present invention includes a plurality of subscriber stations 110, which are located in a communication area divided and allocated in sector units, and the subscriber station 110; A Radio Transceiver Subsystem (RTS) 121 for wireless communication and a Radio Network Controller (RNC) 122 for controlling the base station 121; Circuit switch 130; Visitor Location Register (VLR) 135; Packet switch 131, IP backbone network 140; A DS-Home Location Register (DS-HLR) 150; A value added service server (VAS) 170; A Short Message Service Center (DS-SMSC) 160; A multimedia message service center (MMSC) 190 and a message coordination server (MCS) 180 are included.

The subscriber station 110 is a terminal that uses a short message service (SMS) through a circuit switched network (CSN) and a packet switched network (PSN) and transmits a short message (SMS) and / or a multimedia message (MMS). Software that supports SMS or MMS should be installed to enable incoming and outgoing calls. Subscriber terminal 110 according to the present invention includes a cellular phone, a PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, PDA phone, GSM phone, CDMA-2000 phone, WCDMA phone, DMB phone, etc., in particular, preferably WCDMA phone.

The radio access network 120 serves to guarantee the mobility of the subscriber station, and performs hand-off and radio resource management functions. The radio access network 120 includes a base station 121 and a radio control station 122 to configure an access network for connecting the subscriber station 110 to a core network or a packet connection. .

The base station (RTS) 121 performs a radio access termination function with a subscriber station conforming to the 3GPP radio access standard. In particular, the base station (RTS) 121 transmits and receives voice, video, and data traffic in a WCDMA manner. The radio control station (RNC) 122 manages wired and wireless channels, protocol matching with subscriber stations, protocol matching between base stations, soft handoff processing, core network protocol processing, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) access, and failure. It is responsible for functions such as management and system loading. Here, GPRS is an asynchronous communication system that supports a data transmission speed of 115kbps, provides a multimedia mail, and maximizes the efficiency of a transmission line by packet data transmission.

The circuit switch 130 has a soft switching structure for speeding up call processing in addition to the basic functions for voice call in the existing IS-95B network. Here, soft switching is a technology capable of processing voice, data, and video signals with a high speed packet switch by upgrading a circuit switch of a conventional exchange to a software switch.

The visitor location register (VLR) 135 registers and manages location information of the subscriber station 110 coming into the jurisdiction of the circuit switch 130 and stores the newly acquired location information of the subscriber station in the home location register 150. It performs the function of notifying by. In addition, while receiving and managing a copy of the profile information of the subscriber station 110 received from the home location register 150, the function of utilizing the position control, call processing, additional service processing of the subscriber station 110, etc. To perform. Here, the profile information refers to a mobile identification number (MIN), an electrical serial number (ESN), and additional service information of the subscriber station.

The packet switch (SGSN) 131 has a hardware structure for providing an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) -based switch and routing connection for a GPRS service, and operates an operating system (OS) according to various data service processing. Support. The operating system functions consist of GPRS mobility management, GPRS session management, GPRS authentication and billing functions.

In the present invention, the calling party circuit exchanger 130 receives the subscriber information, additional service subscription and activation information of the calling terminal from the home location register 150 at the time of registering the location of the calling terminal, and visits the visitor location register 135. To store and manage. In particular, the location registration response message (ids-ack) received from the home location register 150 includes an "SMS indicator" containing SMS originating service attribute information as shown in FIG. Therefore, when the SMS is sent from the calling terminal 110, the calling circuit switching unit 130 checks the SMS calling service attributes of the calling subscriber stored in the visitor location register (VLR) 135 so that the subscriber receives the message. Check whether you are subscribed to the coordination service. At this time, when the subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service, the Forward_SM message including the "SMS indicator" indicating the message coordination is transmitted to the short message service center (DS-SMSC) 160.

The home location register (DS-HLR) 150 stores and manages subscriber information, additional service information for each subscriber, and location information of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the home location register 150 stores profile information of the calling and called terminals. This profile information includes the subscriber station's MIN (subscriber phone number), ESN (mobile phone serial number), subscribed additional service information, and the like. Therefore, the information of the subscriber subscribed to the message coordination service according to the present invention is recorded in the profile information.

The short service center (DS-SMSC) 160 processes a basic service for SMS and temporarily stores or delivers data for processing a short message. In addition, it performs a gate function for a short service, performs a short service mobile application part (MAP) processing function for interworking with the circuit switch 130, the packet switch 131, and the home location register 150, and an external service. It also performs protocol matching for interworking with the provider.

In particular, the short message service center 160 according to the present invention receives the Forward_SM message including the "SMS indicator" of the structure shown in FIG. 5 from the originating circuit switch 130 or the packet switch 131, and the "SMS indicator". Determines whether the message coordination service field of "" is activated. At this time, if the message coordination service field is activated, a command for instructing the conversion of SMS is stored in the DELIVER message and transmitted to the Advanced Service Processing System (VAS) 170.

In addition, the short message service center 160 obtains the SMS incoming service attribute data as shown in FIG. 5 from the location information response (ids) message of the home location register 150 with respect to the location information request (IDS) message of the called party. On the basis of the SMS incoming service attribute data, it is determined whether to send a message to the SMS. At this time, when the called subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service, the short message is decorated in a pre-registered format by transmitting the short message to the additional service processing system 170.

The additional service processing system 170 is connected to the short message service center 160 through a short message client interface (SMCI) based on TCP / IP. The additional service processing system 170 processes all additional information services through a connection function with a short service center, and performs overall subscriber management, billing management, and operation management functions for the short service.

In particular, the additional service processing system 170 according to the present invention receives a short delivery message (DELIVER message) delivered from the short message service center 160, and the corresponding originating subscriber based on the SMS originating service attribute contained in the short delivery message. Determines whether the service is subscribed to the message coordination service, and extracts a short message from the short message delivery message and transmits the short message to the message coordination server 180 when the user is subscribed to the message coordination service.

In addition, when the coordination message generated by the message coordination server 180 is a short message, the short message is received from the message coordination server 180, and the coordination message is recorded in a short message submission message (SUBMIT message). Transfer to short service center 160.

The message coordination server 180 adds a text, an emoticon (a text emoticon or a graphic emoticon), an image, a video, or a sound to a short message transmitted from the additional service processing system 170, thereby adding a new short message ( Create an SMS or multimedia message (LMS / MMS). In particular, the form of converting the message by decorating the short message is due to the format registered in advance by the subscriber. In addition, the message coordination server 180 transmits the message converted through the message decoration to the additional service processing system 170 when the converted message is a short message, and when the converted message is a multimedia message (or a long message), The multimedia message service center (or long message service center) 190 is transmitted.

The multimedia message service center 190 stores the LMS / MMS converted by the message coordination server 180 in a short message submission message (SUBMIT message) and transmits the LMS / MMS to the short message service center 160.

In the above-described system of the present invention, a case where both the incoming and outgoing subscribers are WCDMA subscribers and the mobile communication network is a WCDMA network has been described as a representative embodiment. However, the system of the present invention is not necessarily limited to such a system.

That is, the system of the present invention is equally applicable to the case where the mobile communication network is a CDMA network, at least one of the incoming and outgoing subscribers is a WCDMA subscriber, and the WCDMA subscriber is roaming in the CDMA network.

Hereinafter, the coordination message conversion procedure of the present invention executed based on the above-described system will be described.

The subscriber who wants to use the message coordination service according to the present invention accesses the message coordination server 180 (MCS) using wired or wireless Internet, and converts his / her subscriber number (for example, IMSI or network node number). Set and register the multimedia contents to be played. The message coordination subscription information is stored in the home location register (DS-HLR) that accepts the subscriber via WISE. Here, the "message coordination service" means a service for converting a short message into a short message (SMS) including an emoticon or a multimedia message (LMS / MMS) including an image, a video, a sound, and the like.

The message coordination service subscription registration information stored in the home location register 150 is transmitted to and stored in the visitor location register (VLR) of the circuit switchboard (MSC) that manages the subscriber station at the time of registering the subscriber.

When the subscriber sends an SMS using his terminal 110, the calling party circuit switch (MSC) or packet switch (SGSN) managing the calling subscriber is referred to the visitor location register (VLR). Check whether or not you have subscribed to the message coordination service. At this time, if it is confirmed that the calling subscriber is registered and registered in the message coordination service, the message coordination service subscription registration information is transmitted to the short message service center (DS-SMSC) that accepts the called terminal. The short service center requests the message coordination server (MCS) to convert the short message based on the message coordination service subscription registration information included in the delivered message. Accordingly, the message coordination server converts the short message into a coordination message based on the multimedia content registered by the subscriber, and returns the short message to the short message service center.

The short message service center receiving the converted coordination message from the message coordination server checks the location information of the called terminal through the home location register of the called party, and delivers the coordination message to a circuit switch or a packet switch that accepts the called terminal. do. The called circuit switch or packet switch sends the coordination message to the called terminal in the form of SMS or MMS via the circuit network or the packet network.

As described above, the present invention can convert the short message transmitted from the circuit switch or the packet switch to the short service center into a multimedia coordination message without upgrading the calling terminal or the special action of the calling subscriber. Therefore, the efficiency of the signal network that realizes the message decoration service is increased, and the quality of service is improved by simplifying the SMS call processing procedure.

Hereinafter, a detailed call processing procedure for converting a short message (SMS) sent from a calling terminal into a short coordinating message (SMS) or a multimedia coordinating message (MMS) will be described.

Example  1: SMS-SMS

The present embodiment relates to a method of generating a short coordination message by adding a text or a text emoticon to a short message sent from a calling terminal, and delivering the short message to a called terminal.

Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

First, when a mobile phone service subscriber moves to a communication area managed by an arbitrary base station 121 in the state of possessing his or her calling terminal 110, the corresponding base station 121 communicates with the calling terminal through wireless communication. The detected location information of the terminal is transmitted to the calling circuit switch 130 connected to the base station 121.

Accordingly, the circuit switch 130 transmits a location registration request signal (IDS) requesting registration of location information of the calling terminal to the home location register 150 managing subscriber information of the calling terminal 110. [One] The home location register 150 receiving the location registration request signal IDS transmits the calling terminal to a circuit switch (MSC) and a visitor location register (VLR) that manage a communication area where the subscriber of the calling terminal has been previously located. Sends a signal requesting to delete the location information. The circuit switchboard and the visitor location register which have received the location information deletion request signal delete all the information of the subscriber, and transmit a location information deletion response signal indicating the deletion to the home location register. The home location register receiving the location information deletion response updates and stores the new location information of the calling terminal in a database, and then sends a location registration response signal (ids) informing of the update storage to the circuit switch that manages the communication area of the calling terminal. Transmit. [2]

In this case, the location registration response signal (ids) includes subscriber information, additional service subscription and activation information of the calling terminal, and in particular, "Origination Service Indicator" information as shown in FIG.

"Origination Service Indicator" information shown in FIG. 4 is information transmitted from the home location register 150 to the calling circuit switch 130 at the time of location registration of the calling terminal 110, and includes the "SMS indicator" of FIG. do.

This " SMS indicator " includes SMS outgoing service attributes as well as SMS outgoing service attributes. Accordingly, by checking the "SMS indicator", it is possible to determine whether the calling subscriber or the called subscriber subscribes to the message coordination service.

Here, the SMS outgoing service attribute indicates an attribute of an additional service applied to the short message when the subscriber sends an SMS, and the SMS incoming service attribute indicates an attribute of an additional service to be applied to an SMS for which the subscriber is a called party. Indicates.

The originating circuit switch 130, which has received the subscriber information, the supplementary service subscription information, and in particular the "SMS indicator" including the message coordination service activation information, receives the information from the home location register 150 to the visitor location register (VLR). Store and manage

Thereafter, when the subscriber creates a short message using his or her calling terminal 110 and transmits the short message (SMS) to the base station together with the calling terminal number and the called terminal number, the base station 121 sends the short message. [3] Transmits to the calling circuit switch 130 in which the calling terminal is located. In this case, the short message is stored in bearer data and transmitted to the circuit switch 130.

Receiving a short message from the calling terminal, the calling circuit switch 130 receives the " SMS indicator " (the message coordination service is activated) corresponding to the subscriber from the visitor location register (VLR). indicator ”in the Forwar_SM message and forwarded to the Short Message Service Center (DS-SMSC) 160 that accepts the called subscriber. [4]

Upon receiving the Forwar_SM message from the circuit switch 130, the short service center 160 returns a specific code according to the success result of the message transmission or the transmission failure to the circuit switch 130 in the form of a forward_sm (Ack) message. 5]

The short message service center 160 checks the SMS origination service attribute information of the "SMS indicator" contained in the Forwar_SM message and determines whether the originating subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service. At this time, if it is confirmed that the message coordination service is not subscribed, the same processing process as that of the normal SMS is executed.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed that the calling subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service, the " SMS indicator " information is included in the DELIVER message (short delivery message) and transmitted to the additional service processing system 170. [6]

The additional service processing system 170 determines whether to convert the short message into a coordinating message by checking SMS transmission service attribute information of the DELIVER message delivered from the short service center 160. At this time, if the SMS outgoing service attribute is set to convert to coordinating message, the short message is extracted from the DELIVER message and the extracted short message is transmitted to the message coordinating server 180. [7]

The message coordination server 180 receiving the short message from the additional service processing system 170 generates a new conversion coordination message by adding a text or a text emoticon to the short message according to a format registered in advance by the calling subscriber.

The generated coordination message is transmitted to the additional service processing system 170 again [8], and the additional service processing system 170 includes the coordination message in a SUBMIT message (short submission message) to the short service center 160. Returns [9]

Upon receiving the SUBMIT message including the coordination message from the additional service processing system 170, the short message service center 160 extracts the coordination message from the SUBMIT message and temporarily stores it, and based on the network node number of the called terminal. [0014] Subscriber location information is requested to the home location register 150 accommodating the called terminal.

The home location register 150, which has requested subscriber location information from the short message service center 160, searches the internal database to search for the location information of the current destination terminal, and returns the search result to the short message service center 160. Respond (sri_ack). At this time, the SMS subscriber service attribute information of the called subscriber is provided together with the location information. That is, the home location register 150 records the "SMS indicator" of the called subscriber in the ExtensionSet of the MAP-Extension and provides it to the short message service center 160.

The short message service center 160, which has grasped the location information of the called terminal and the SMS incoming service attribute, reflects the additional service of the called subscriber in the short message based on the SMS incoming service attribute. For example, when the called party also subscribes to the message coordination service, the short message is converted into the coordination message corresponding to the called party through the procedures of [6] to [9]. Of course, when both the calling subscriber and the called subscriber are subscribed to the message coordination service, the calling subscriber has priority over the called subscriber.

The short message service center 150 having the location information of the called subscriber stores the coordination message in the Forward_SM message and transmits the coordination message to the circuit switch 130 where the called terminal is located.

Upon receiving the Forward_SM message from the short service center 160, the called party circuit switch 130 stores the coordination message included in the Forward_SM message in bearer data and transmits it to the called terminal 110. [13]

Upon receiving the coordinating message from the called party circuit switch 130, the called terminal 110 responds to the circuit switched device 130 in the form of an Ack message with a specific code according to a successful result of the message transmission or the transmission failure [14]. The response result is transmitted to the short service center 160 in the form of a foward_sm message.

When the reception of the short coordination message is completed, the short service center 160 transmits the status report (Status_Report) to the additional service processing system 170, and the additional service processing system 160 sends the status report back to the message coordination server. Pass to 180. [16]

In the present embodiment, only the short message sent from the calling terminal is transmitted to the circuit switch 130, but as shown in FIG. 1, the short message sent from the calling terminal may also be transmitted through the packet switch 131. Can be. This is accomplished by determining whether a short message is to be transmitted to the wireless control station 124 by determining whether the line network service is used or the packet network service when the SMS is received from the originating terminal.

Through the above-described procedure, the called terminal subscriber can receive a coordination message decorated with additional texts or emoticons in the SMS, and confirm it.

Example  2: SMS- LMS / MMS

The present embodiment relates to a method for generating a multimedia coordination message by adding multimedia data such as graphics, images, video, sound, etc. to a short message sent from a calling terminal, and delivering the same to a called terminal.

Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

First, when a mobile phone service subscriber moves to a communication area managed by an arbitrary base station 121 in the state of possessing his or her calling terminal 110, the corresponding base station 121 communicates with the calling terminal through wireless communication. The detected location information of the terminal is transmitted to the calling circuit switch 130 connected to the base station 121.

Accordingly, the circuit switch 130 transmits a location registration request signal (IDS) requesting registration of location information of the calling terminal to the home location register 150 managing subscriber information of the calling terminal 110. [21] The home location register 150 receiving the location registration request signal IDS transmits the calling terminal to a circuit switch (MSC) and a visitor location register (VLR) that manage a communication area where the subscriber of the calling terminal has been previously located. Sends a signal requesting to delete the location information. The circuit switchboard and the visitor location register which have received the location information deletion request signal delete all the information of the subscriber, and transmit a location information deletion response signal indicating the deletion to the home location register. After receiving the location information deletion response, the home location register updates and stores new location information of the calling terminal in a database and transmits a location registration response signal (ids) informing of the update storage to manage the communication area of the calling terminal ( 130) [22]

In this case, the location registration response signal (ids) includes subscriber information, additional service subscription and activation information of the calling terminal, and in particular, "Origination Service Indicator" information as shown in FIG.

The “Origination Service Indicator” information shown in FIG. 4 is information transmitted from the home location register 150 to the circuit switch 130 at the time of registering the location of the subscriber station 110 and includes the “SMS indicator” of FIG. 5.

This " SMS indicator " includes SMS outgoing service attributes as well as SMS outgoing service attributes. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether the subscriber subscribes to the message coordination service by checking the "SMS indicator".

Here, the SMS outgoing service attribute indicates an attribute of an additional service applied to the short message when the subscriber sends an SMS, and the SMS incoming service attribute indicates an attribute of an additional service to be applied to an SMS for which the subscriber is a called party. Indicates.

The originating circuit switch 130, which has received the subscriber information, the supplementary service subscription information, and in particular the "SMS indicator" including the message coordination service activation information, receives the information from the home location register 150 to the visitor location register (VLR). Store and manage

Thereafter, when the subscriber creates a short message using his or her calling terminal 110 and transmits the short message (SMS) to the base station together with the calling terminal number and the called terminal number, the base station 121 sends the short message. And transmits to the calling circuit-switching unit 130 where the calling terminal is located. In this case, the short message is stored in bearer data and transmitted to the circuit switch 130.

Receiving a short message from the calling terminal, the calling circuit switch 130 receives the " SMS indicator " (the message coordination service is activated) corresponding to the subscriber from the visitor location register (VLR). indicator ”in the Forwar_SM message and delivered to the Short Message Service Center (DS-SMSC) 160 that is accepting the called subscriber. [24]

Upon receiving the Forward_SM message from the circuit switch 130, the short service center 160 transmits a specific code according to the success result of the message transmission or the transmission failure to the circuit switch 130 in the form of a forward_sm (Ack) message. 25]

The short message service center 160 checks the SMS origination service attribute information of the "SMS indicator" contained in the Forwar_SM message and determines whether the originating subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service. At this time, if it is confirmed that the message coordination service is not subscribed, the same processing process as that of the normal SMS is executed.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed that the calling subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service, the SMS indicator information is included in the DELIVER message (short delivery message) and transmitted to the additional service processing system 170. [26]

The additional service processing system 170 determines whether to convert the short message into the coordinating message by checking the SMS originating service attribute information contained in the DELIVER message transmitted from the short service center 160. At this time, if the SMS outgoing service attribute is set to convert to coordinating message, the short message is extracted from the DELIVER message and the extracted short message is transferred to the message coordinating server 180. [27]

The message coordination server 180 which has received the short message from the additional service processing system 170 generates a conversion coordination message by adding graphics, images, video, sound, etc. to the short message according to the SMS service attribute of the subscriber registered in advance. do.

The multimedia coordination message thus generated is delivered to the multimedia message service center 190 [28], and the multimedia message service center 190 includes the multimedia coordination message in a SUBMIT message (short submission message) and the short message service center 160 ). [29]

Upon receiving the SUBMIT message containing the multimedia coordination message from the multimedia message service center 170, the short message service center 160 extracts the coordination message from the SUBMIT message and temporarily stores it, and based on the network node number of the called terminal. [0030] The subscriber location information is requested to the home location register 150 accommodating the called terminal (SRI).

The home location register 150, which has requested subscriber location information from the short message service center 160, searches the internal database to search for the location information of the current destination terminal, and returns the search result to the short message service center 160. Reply (sri_ack). [31] At this time, the SMS subscriber service attribute information of the called subscriber is provided together with the location information. That is, the home location register 150 records the "SMS indicator" of the called subscriber in the ExtensionSet of the MAP-Extension and provides it to the short message service center 160.

The short message service center 160, which has grasped the location information of the called terminal and the SMS incoming service attribute, reflects the additional service of the called subscriber in the short message based on the SMS incoming service attribute. For example, when the called party also subscribes to the message coordination service, the short message is converted into the coordination message corresponding to the called party through the procedures of [26] to [29]. Of course, when both the calling subscriber and the called subscriber subscribe to the message coordination service, the calling subscriber has priority over the called subscriber.

The short message service center 150 having the location information of the called subscriber stores the coordination message in the Forward_SM message and transmits the coordination message to the circuit switch 130 where the called terminal is located.

Upon receiving the Forward_SM message from the short service center 160, the called party circuit switch 130 stores the coordination message included in the Forward_SM message in bearer data and transmits it to the called terminal 110. [33]

Upon receiving the coordinating message from the called party circuit switch 130, the called terminal 110 responds to the circuit switch 130 in the form of an Ack message with a specific code according to the result of the successful message transmission or the transmission failure [34]. The response result is transmitted to the short service center 160 in the form of a foward_sm message.

When the reception of the short coordination message is completed, the short service center 160 transmits the status report (Status_Report) to the additional service processing system 170, and the additional service processing system 160 sends the status report again. And forwarded to server 180. [36]

In the present embodiment, only the short message sent from the calling terminal is transmitted to the circuit switch 130, but as shown in FIG. 1, the short message sent from the calling terminal may also be transmitted through the packet switch 131. Can be. This is achieved by determining which network to send a short message to by determining whether the wireless control station 124 is using a line network service or a packet network service when receiving an SMS from the originating terminal.

Through the above-described process, the called terminal subscriber can receive a multimedia message in which graphic, image, video, or sound is added to text data, and can confirm the received message.

The present invention can realize a coordination service for decorating a short message at a low cost by utilizing a transport message according to a protocol without changing or modifying key network entities of a mobile telephone network.

In addition, the present invention does not require a special program to be installed on the caller, the calling terminal, or a separate user action such as a special number or a font.

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A system for transmitting and receiving a short message (SMS) between WCDMA subscriber stations capable of incoming and outgoing short messages (SMS) and / or multimedia messages (MMS) in a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) network. A home location register (DS-HLR) that stores and manages the coordination service for decorating a short message, the SMS service profile of the service attribute, and the location information of the subscriber station; Receive and store the SMS service profile from the home location register when registering the location of the calling WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as calling terminal), and when an SMS is sent from the calling terminal, the SMS service profile is stored in a message and is received. An originating mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN) for delivering to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) that accepts subscribers; A short message service center (SMSC) for transmitting the coordination service subscription information and the calling subscriber identification information to a message conversion center; Based on the calling subscriber identification information, the short message is decorated in a pre-registered format and converted into a coordination message, and the coordination message is sent to the called party's WCDMA subscriber terminal via the short message service center (hereinafter called). A system for decorating a short message (SMS) transmitted through a broadband code division multiple access network, characterized in that it comprises a message conversion center for transmitting to the terminal. The method of claim 1, The coordination message is a system characterized in that the multimedia message containing graphics, images, video or sound. The method of claim 2, And a multimedia message service center (LMSC / MMSC) for receiving the multimedia coordination message from the message conversion center and storing the multimedia coordination message in the short message submission message to the short message service center. The method of claim 3, wherein The message conversion center A message coordination server (MCS) for decorating a short message and converting the coordination message into a coordination message and delivering the converted coordination message to the multimedia service center; And an additional service processing system (VAS) for delivering a short message to the message coordination server when the coordination service is activated in the message received from the short service center. The method of claim 1, The coordination message is a system characterized in that a short message containing a character or an emoticon. The method of claim 5, The message conversion center A message coordination server (MCS) for decorating short messages and converting them into coordination messages; An additional service processing system for delivering a short message to the message coordination server and for transmitting a coordination message from the message coordination server to the short message service center when the coordination service is activated in the short message submission message received from the short message service center; System). The method of claim 1, The short message service center (DS-SMSC) uses the home location register (DS-HLR) to check the location information of the called party and sends the coordination message to the called party mobile switcher (MSC / SGSN). System for delivery to. At least one originating WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as originating terminal) capable of originating a short message (SMS) and a called party WCDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter called as being capable of receiving and outputting a short message (SMS) and / or multimedia message (MMS). As a method of decorating a short message sent and received between terminals) (1) a calling subscriber creates a short message through the calling terminal and sends the short message to the calling mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN) via a base station; (2) determining whether the calling subscriber is subscribed to a service for decorating a short message (hereinafter, referred to as a message coordination service); (3) if the calling subscriber is subscribed to a message coordination service, transmitting the coordination service subscription information to a short service center (DS-SMSC) that accepts the called subscriber; (4) transmitting the coordination service subscription information and the short message data to a message coordination server; (5) converting the short message data into a coordination message in a format registered in advance by the calling subscriber; And And (6) transmitting the coordinating message to the called terminal, wherein the short message transmitted through the WCDMA communication network is decorated. The method of claim 8, The coordinating message is a multimedia message (MMS) including graphics, images, video or sound. The method of claim 8, The coordinating message is a short message (SMS) including a text or an emoticon. A method of decorating a short message transmitted from a calling party WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as a called terminal) to a called party WCDMA subscriber station (hereinafter referred to as a called terminal), (1) receiving the SMS service profile information of the calling subscriber from the home location register (DS-HLR) at the time of registering the location of the calling terminal, and storing and managing the same in the calling mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN); (2) a calling subscriber creating a short message through the calling terminal, and sending the short message to the calling mobile station (MSC / SGSN) via a base station; (3) determining, based on the SMS service profile of the calling subscriber, whether the calling subscriber is subscribed to a service for decorating a short message (hereinafter, message coordination service); (4) if the calling subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service, transmitting the SMS service profile to the short service center (SMSC) in the Forward_SM message; (5) if the message coordination service is activated in the SMS service profile, transmitting the short message data to a message coordination center in a DELIVER message; (6) decorating and converting the short message data into a coordination message based on a format previously registered by the calling subscriber; (7) a method of decorating a short message (SMS) transmitted through a WCDMA communication network, comprising the step of transmitting the converted coordination message to the called terminal via the short service center. The method of claim 11, The coordinating message is a multimedia message (MMS) including graphics, images, video or sound. The method of claim 12, wherein step (7) Transmitting the coordination message to a multimedia message service center; Transmitting the coordination message to a short service center using a SUBMIT message; Obtaining location information of a called terminal from a home location register; Storing the coordination message in bearer data and transmitting it to a mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN) in which the called terminal is located in a forward-SM format; And transmitting the coordination message to the called terminal via a base station. The method of claim 11, The coordinating message is a short message (SMS) including a text or an emoticon. The method of claim 14, wherein step (7) Transmitting the coordination message to a short service center using a SUBMIT message; Obtaining location information of a called terminal from a home location register; Storing the coordination message in bearer data and transmitting it to a mobile switching center (MSC / SGSN) in which the called terminal is located in a forward-SM format; And transmitting the coordination message to the called terminal via a base station. The method according to claim 13 or 15, The coordinating message is transmitted to a called terminal through a circuit network or a packet network. The method according to claim 13 or 15, The SMS service profile is characterized in that the SMS indicator is transmitted.

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