KR20070045003A - Methodd of delivering a voice using voip while mobile network game - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal.

The method for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: opening a data channel between the first terminal and the second terminal; Transmitting a voice signal to the first gateway through the data channel at the first terminal; Converting the voice signal into a packet signal at the first gateway; Transmitting the packet signal to a second gateway through an internet network; Converting the packet signal into a voice signal at the second gateway; And transmitting the voice signal to the second terminal through the data channel.

Handset, Network Game, VoIP, Voice Call

Description

METHODD OF DELIVERING A VOICE USING VOIP WHILE MOBILE NETWORK GAME}

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a voice transmission method in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, voice using a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) during a network game between a mobile-to-mobile terminal or a mobile-to-internet terminal. It is about how to send it.

Recently, due to the rapid development of mobile communication technology and the resulting decrease in the price of mobile communication terminals and the change of communication culture, people are mobile communication users with mobile communication terminals. In line with the culture of living, handset manufacturers are now competing to develop handsets that can perform not only voice calls but also various information and various additional functions necessary for daily life.

One of the additional functions that are particularly popular among the young generation among the additional functions of the terminal is the execution function of the electronic entertainment game program. Accordingly, almost all terminals manufactured by each manufacturer include one or more electronic entertainment game functions. In recent years, due to the rapid development of wireless Internet technology using mobile communication terminals, a technology that enables users to play various network games provided by the Internet server as well as electronic entertainment games embedded in the terminals has been commercialized. 3D game terminals (eg SKT's GxG terminals) are also available.

The network game may cause active thinking, such as creating and resolving a situation by the user himself, or sometimes a game may be played between a plurality of network participants who are not alone. While sex is gradually decreasing, the number of users of network games is increasing rapidly. Accordingly, a number of wireless Internet based multimedia game contents providers have developed various game contents for network games on mobile terminals. Doing.

Currently, the network game is connected to the opponent and only the information changed in the game is transmitted to the opponent through the wireless network. Most mobile network systems that have been implemented up to now do not support VoIP, but support voice through a circuit.

When playing a network game (SK Telecom is GxG) using a mobile communication network between the terminal and the terminal when transmitting one-to-one or one-to-many game only the change information of the game to the other party. In addition, in the 1X system, there is a problem in real-time game play due to a delay problem, and since only 1x EV-DO network does not support voice, only game information may be transmitted.

On the other hand, when playing games on mobile, the screen is smaller than on-line (internet), and there is a lot of difficulty in writing a keyboard. In fact, there is a limit to the implementation and use of the structure that transmits text during the game in the mobile environment.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for implementing a real-time call through voice transmission, not text, with a counterpart during a newly activated mobile network game.

The present invention provides a voice over a packet network (VoIP) once a mobile subscriber and a wireless or wired subscriber are connected (a traffic is opened) for a game. This allows the players to share the necessary information through voice.

The method for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: opening a data channel between the first terminal and the second terminal; Transmitting a voice signal to the first gateway through the data channel at the first terminal; Converting the voice signal into a packet signal at the first gateway; Transmitting the packet signal to a second gateway through an internet network; Converting the packet signal into a voice signal at the second gateway; And transmitting the voice signal to the second terminal through the data channel.

The method for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: opening a data channel between the first terminal and the second terminal; Transmitting a voice signal to a text conversion server at the first terminal; Converting the voice signal into a text signal at the text conversion server and transmitting to the first gateway through the data channel; Converting the text signal into a packet signal at the first gateway; Transmitting the packet signal to a second gateway through an internet network; Converting the packet signal into a text signal at the second gateway; And transmitting the text signal to the second terminal through the data channel.

A system for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal according to the present invention includes a terminal supporting VoIP; A wireless network including a data channel supporting a network game between the terminals and a voice signal received from the terminal through the data channel is converted into a packet signal and transmitted through the internet network, and the received packet signal as a voice signal And converts the VoIP gateway to the terminal through the data channel.

Details and improvements of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.

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

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system includes a terminal 100, a wireless network 200, a VoIP gateway 300, an IP network 400, a game server 500, and a wired terminal 600.

The terminal 100 includes a portable mobile communication terminal, and in the present invention includes a terminal capable of playing a network game. For example, the GXG dedicated game terminal of SKT is included. In addition, in the above embodiment, the terminal 100 includes a terminal capable of supporting VoIP.

The wireless network 200 includes a base station transmitter (BST), a base station controller (BSC), an exchange (MSC), a home location register (HLR) and a gateway (not shown).

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) refers to a technology that provides a variety of services using the Internet protocol for voice services provided through PSTN networks. By using the IP network like this, many services which are not available in the existing telephone network are possible.

In general, the VoIP structure consists of a gateway, a terminal, and a call connection agent. The gateway connects the wireless network to the IP network to enable communication, and this gateway is controlled by the call connection agent using a protocol called MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol). In the future, call connection agents will be replaced by soft switches. In the IP network, H.323 and SIP are basically used as signaling protocols.

The wired terminal 600 generally includes a personal computer. The wired terminal 600 may be connected to the Internet network 400 to play a network game, and voice calls may be made through VoIP.

The wireless network 200 includes a CDMA 2000 1X EV-DO network, an EV-DV network, a wCDMA network, or a Wibro network.

2 is a schematic diagram of a system for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a system for converting a voice from a VoIP supporting terminal into a text and providing the same when the terminal includes a terminal not supporting VoIP is illustrated.

The system configuration is mainly composed of a wireless network, a DCN (Data Core Network) and an IP network. The DCN 230 functions to process packet data of a mobile communication terminal received through a wireless network. DCN 230 is a network providing packet data communication service to mobile subscribers. Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) that connects wireless network and DCN 230, HA which enables mobile IP users to access the Internet through a private network. (Home Agent) and the like (not shown).

The embodiment includes a conversion server 220 for converting a text signal to a voice signal transmitted through a data network when there is a terminal that does not support VoIP among the terminals 200.

3 is a flowchart of a method for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, a wireless terminal accesses a game server (S300), and executes a game application to access a network game. Subsequently, if there is a voice call request during the network game (S300), it is determined whether the conversation counterpart terminal is the VoIP support terminal (S320). If the VoIP support terminal, the voice signal is converted into a packet signal to provide a voice call service through the IP network. If the terminal does not support VoIP (S330), the text conversion server converts the voice signal into a text signal and packetizes it and transmits the packet to the terminal through the IP network (S340). In this case, the determination of whether the terminal supports the VoIP can be confirmed by the Mobile Protocol Revision or the DLR.

Although described above based on the preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will understand that it can be carried out in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the technical field to which the present invention belongs. Therefore, the embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

By using a method and system for providing a voice call between terminals in a network game according to the present invention, a separate profit can be expected from a wireless operator's point of view. It is possible to provide a hard limit to voice using VoIP.

Claims (23)

A method of providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal, (a) opening a data channel between the first terminal and the second terminal; (b) transmitting a voice signal to the first gateway through the data channel at the first terminal; (c) converting the voice signal into a packet signal at the first gateway; (d) transmitting the packet signal to a second gateway through an internet network; (e) converting the packet signal into a voice signal at the second gateway; And (f) transmitting the voice signal to the second terminal through the data channel. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second terminals, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) supported terminal, characterized in that the voice call between the terminal during the network game providing method. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the first and second gateways are VoIP gateways for providing a packet-based voice call. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein before step (a), (a0) The first terminal and the second terminal further comprises the step of connecting to the game server, the voice call providing method between the terminal during the network game. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein in step (a), A method of providing a voice call between terminals of a network game, wherein a data channel for executing a game is opened between the first terminal and the second terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The data channel includes a CDMA 2000 1X EV-DO network, EV-DV network, wCDMA network or Wibro network, characterized in that the voice call providing method between the terminals. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The terminal provides a voice call between the terminals of the network game, characterized in that it comprises a wired or wireless terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The network game is a method of providing a voice call between the terminal of the network game, characterized in that the network game between the wireless terminal and the wireless terminal, or the wireless terminal and the wired terminal. A method of providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal, (a) opening a data channel between the first terminal and the second terminal; (b) transmitting a voice signal to a text conversion server at the first terminal; (c) converting the voice signal into a text signal at the text conversion server and transmitting to the first gateway through the data channel; (d) converting the text signal into a packet signal at the first gateway; (e) transmitting the packet signal to a second gateway through an internet network; (f) converting the packet signal into a text signal at the second gateway; And (g) transmitting the text signal to the second terminal through the data channel. The method of claim 9, wherein the second terminal, A method of providing a voice call between terminals during a network game, characterized in that the terminal does not support VoIP. The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein, prior to step (a), (a0) The first terminal and the second terminal further comprises the step of connecting to the game server, the voice call providing method between the terminal during the network game. The method according to claim 9 or 10, And the first and second gateways are VoIP gateways for providing a packet-based voice call. The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein in step (a), A method of providing a voice call between terminals of a network game, wherein a data channel for executing a game is opened between the first terminal and the second terminal. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The data channel includes a CDMA 2000 1X EV-DO network, EV-DV network, wCDMA network or Wibro network, characterized in that the voice call providing method between the terminals. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The terminal provides a voice call between the terminals of the network game, characterized in that it comprises a wired or wireless terminal. The method according to claim 9 or 10, The network game is a method of providing a voice call between the terminal of the network game, characterized in that the network game between the wireless terminal and the wireless terminal, or the wireless terminal and the wired terminal. A system for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game using the terminal, A terminal supporting VoIP; A wireless network including a data channel for supporting a network game between the terminals; And Receiving a voice signal from the terminal through the data channel, converting the packet signal into a packet, and transmitting the packet through the internet network; converting the received packet signal into a voice signal and transmitting the voice signal to the terminal through the data channel; System for providing a voice call between terminals during a network game. The method of claim 17, And a text conversion server for converting a voice signal into a text signal and providing the same to a terminal not supported by the VoIP. The method of claim 17 or 18, wherein the wireless network, CDMA 2000 1X EV-DO network, EV-DV network, WCDMA network or a voice communication system between the terminals during the network game comprising a Wibro network. The method of claim 17 or 18, And a game server for providing a network game to the terminal. The method of claim 17 or 18, And said terminal comprises a wireless terminal or a wired terminal. The method of claim 17 or 18, And the network game is a network game between a wireless terminal and a wireless terminal or between a wireless terminal and a wired terminal. The method of claim 17 or 18, And the terminal and the wireless network include a codec for supporting VoIP.

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