KR20070066456A - Method and system for sending fax using multimedia messaging service of mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

A facsimile transmission method and a system using an MMS(Multimedia Messaging Service) of a mobile terminal are provided to transmit a facsimile message by using a multimedia messaging service without using any additional equipment by capturing an image of a transmission target data by using a camera of a mobile terminal, generating an MMS message using the captured image target data and transmitting it to an MMS server. A mobile terminal captures an image of transmission target data and generates an MMS message(201,202). An MMS server receives the MMS message including a reception number and a particular facsimile code from the mobile terminal(203). The MMS server recognizes a facsimile gateway to which the MMS message is to be transmitted based on the particular facsimile code(204). The facsimile gateway receives the MMS message from the MMS server and converts the MMS message into a facsimile data format(205,206). The other facsimile machine receives the converted facsimile data from the facsimile gateway(207).

Description

Method and system for fax transmission using multimedia messaging service of mobile terminal {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING FAX USING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE OF MOBILE DEVICE}

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a fax transmission system using a multimedia messaging service of a portable terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for inputting a counterpart number for an MMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a fax transmission system using a multimedia messaging service of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

400: fax transmission system

410: MMS Server

420: fax gateway

430: fax converter

440: fax modem

According to the present invention, a mobile terminal transmits an MMS message including transmission target data to an MMS server, delivers the MMS message to a fax gateway from the MMS server, and transmits the MMS message to the opposite fax from the fax gateway. The present invention relates to a fax transmission method and system using a multimedia messaging service.

As the convenience of the portable terminal has been proved, the use of the portable terminal has rapidly increased, and accordingly, the mobile communication companies are providing more services to the portable terminal. In addition, by adding functions such as a digital camera, an MP3 player, a camcorder, and the like, the portable terminal enables a user to use various functions without using another device.

On the other hand, if a user who does not have a fax machine needs to send data to the other fax machine, the user could create a document on a PC and transmit the data to the other fax using a fax transmission program. Alternatively, in order to send a photo, a photo may be converted into a file using a scanner or the like, stored in a PC, and then the photo may be transmitted to the opposite fax using the fax transmission program.

However, the method of sending a fax using a PC is inferior in portability, and a fax can not be sent unless a program for sending a fax is installed or a fax service is accessed. In addition, additional equipment such as a scanner is required in addition to a PC to send a photo, and it is very cumbersome to use a scanner to store a scanned photo on a PC and fax it.

As such, there is a demand for a method of easily transmitting data by using a portable terminal without using a fax machine.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, when a mobile terminal transmits an MMS message including data to be transmitted to an MMS server, the MMS server delivers the MMS message to a fax gateway; It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system that can easily transmit a fax by using a mobile terminal by transmitting the MMS message to the opposite fax at the fax gateway.

In addition, the present invention captures the transmission target data using a camera built into the mobile terminal, and generates an MMS message using the photographed transmission target data and transmits it to the MMS server, thereby providing a multimedia messaging service without additional equipment. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a system capable of transmitting a fax by using.

In addition, the present invention provides a method and system that includes a specific code for faxing in an MMS message, identifies the specific code for faxing in an MMS server, and transfers the MMS message to a fax gateway to easily transmit a fax. The purpose.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service (MMS) of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed in a predetermined MMS server. Receiving an MMS message including a reception number and a specific code for a fax from the mobile terminal, forwarding the MMS message from the MMS server to a predetermined gateway; and transmitting the MMS message at the fax gateway. Converting the data into a fax data form and transmitting the fax data to a counterpart fax corresponding to the received number.

In addition, a fax transmission system using a multimedia messaging service (MMS) of a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention receives an MMS message including a reception number and a specific code for a fax from the mobile terminal, An MMS server for delivering the MMS message to a gateway of a fax, and a fax gateway for converting the MMS message into a fax data format and transmitting the MMS message to the other party's fax corresponding to the received number.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention;

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a fax transmission system using a multimedia messaging service of a portable terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The fax transmission system (hereinafter, referred to as a "fax transmission system") using the multimedia messaging service of the portable terminal may include an MMS server 120 and a fax gateway 140.

The mobile terminal 110 may generate an MMS message by taking a picture of the transmission target data to be transmitted to the opposite fax. The mobile terminal 110 may photograph the transmission target data by using an internal or external camera and generate the MMS message including the photographed transmission target data. The MMS message is a message used when transmitting / receiving multimedia content. In the present invention, the MMS message may mean a message for fax transmission including the transmission target data. The mobile terminal 110 may include a reception number and a specific code for a fax in the generated MMS message and transmit it to the MMS server 120.

The MMS server 120 may receive an MMS message including a reception number and a specific code for a fax from the mobile terminal 110. The reception number may be a number of the other fax 150 to receive the fax, and the specific code for the fax may be for confirming that the MMS message is a message for fax transmission, not a general MMS message. The MMS server 120 may transmit the MMS message to the fax gateway 140 when the MMS message includes the specific code for the fax.

To this end, the MMS server 120 may maintain the network address of the fax gateway corresponding to the specific code for the fax, and the fax gateway 140 corresponding to the identified specific code for the fax from the network address of the maintained fax gateway. By identifying the network address of the MMS message can be forwarded to the identified fax gateway 140.

The fax gateway 140 may receive the MMS message from the MMS server 120, convert the MMS message into a fax data form, and transmit the MMS message to the other party's fax 150 corresponding to the received number. To this end, the fax gateway 140 may include a fax converter and a fax modem.

The fax converter may first extract the text of the MMS message and convert the text into the first page of the document, and generate a page after the first page with a picture attached to the MMS message to convert the MMS message into a fax data form.

The fax modem may transmit the converted data to the other fax 150. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the first attempt of transmission fails, the fax modem may retry the transmission according to the transmission rule specified in the fax gateway and transmit the converted data to the other fax 150.

In this way, the other party's fax 150 can receive the converted data from the fax gateway 140.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fax gateway 140 may transmit the transmission result to the opposite fax 150 to the mobile terminal 110 via SMS through the predetermined SMS server 130. The user of the mobile terminal 110 may check the SMS to know that the MMS message is well transmitted to the other party's fax 150.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the mobile terminal transmits an MMS message including transmission target data to an MMS server, the MMS server delivers the MMS message to a fax gateway, and the fax gateway sends the MMS message to the other party's fax. By sending, a fax can be sent easily using a portable terminal.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In steps 201 and 202, the mobile terminal 110 may take a picture of the data to be transmitted and generate an MMS message. The mobile terminal 110 may capture data to be transmitted using an internal or external camera and generate an MMS message including the photographed data to be transmitted. In addition, the MMS message may include a reception number and a specific code for fax.

A description with reference to FIG. 3 is as follows. 3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for inputting a counterpart number for an MMS message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the user of the mobile terminal 110 may enter the other party's fax 150 number in the receiving number to send the MMS message. In addition, a specific code for a fax such as "##" may be included in the received number to identify that the MMS message is a message for fax transmission, not a message including general multimedia content. The specific code for the fax may be, in addition to the "##" shown, "* #", "# 10 *", etc., and may be a predetermined code previously promised for the fax transmission with the MMS server 120.

In addition, the fax gateway 140 may vary according to the specific code for the fax. For example, the specific code for fax of "##" is the first fax gateway, the specific code for fax of "* #" is the second fax gateway, and the specific code for fax of "# 10 *" is the third fax gateway. Can be.

Again, referring to FIG. 2, in step 203, the MMS server 120 may receive an MMS message including the received number and the specific code for the fax from the mobile terminal 110.

In step 204, MMS server 120 may identify the fax gateway 140 to send the MMS message by identifying the specific code for the fax included in the MMS message. To this end, the MMS server 120 may maintain the network address of the fax gateway corresponding to the specific code for the fax. The MMS server 120 processes the general MMS when the MMS message does not include the specific code for the fax, and when the MMS message includes the fax specific code, the fax gateway corresponding to the specific code for the fax. 140 may be identified to convey the MMS message.

In steps 205 and 206, the fax gateway 140 may receive the MMS message from the MMS server 120 and convert the MMS message into a fax data form. To this end, the fax gateway 140 may include a fax converter and a fax modem. The fax converter extracts the text of the MMS message first and converts it into the first page of the document, and converts the picture into a picture attached to the MMS message. You can create a page after the first page. In addition, the fax modem may transmit the converted data to the other fax 150. When the first attempt of the transmission fails, the fax modem may retry the transmission data according to the transmission rule specified in the fax gateway to send the converted data to the other fax 150. ) Can be sent.

In step 207, the other party's fax 150 may receive the converted fax data from the fax gateway 140.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fax gateway 140 may transmit the transmission result to the opposite fax 150 to the mobile terminal 110 via SMS through the predetermined SMS server 130. The user of the mobile terminal 110 may check the SMS to know that the MMS message is well transmitted to the other party's fax 150.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a fax transmission system using a multimedia messaging service of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The fax transmission system 400 may include an MMS server 410, a fax gateway 420, a fax converter 430, and a fax modem 440.

Although not shown, the MMS server 410 may maintain the network address of the fax gateway corresponding to the specific code for the fax in a predetermined database. The MMS server 410 may receive the MMS message including the reception number and the specific code for the fax from the mobile terminal 110 to identify the specific code for the fax. The MMS server 410 may transfer the MMS message to the fax gateway 420 corresponding to the specific code for the fax by referring to the database.

The fax gateway 420 may receive the MMS message from the MMS server 410, convert the MMS message into a fax data form, and transmit the MMS message to the opposite fax 150 corresponding to the received number.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fax gateway 420 may include a fax converter 430 and a fax modem 440. The fax converter 430 converts the MMS message into a fax data form, extracts the text of the MMS message first, converts it into a first page of a document, and generates a page after the first page with a picture attached to the MMS message. can do. In addition, the fax modem 440 may transmit the converted data to the other fax 150.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the fax gateway 420 may transmit the transmission result to the other party's fax 150 to the mobile terminal 150 via SMS through the SMS server 130.

The portable terminal according to the present invention includes a computer terminal, a communication terminal, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) terminal, VoIP, a session initiation protocol (SIP), a megaco, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone. , Hand-Held PC, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) Phone, Wideband CDMA Phone, Dual Band / Dual Mode Phone, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) Phone , A mobile broadband system (MBS) phone, or a satellite / terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phone.

The fax transmission method using the multimedia messaging service of the portable terminal according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the present invention, when a mobile terminal transmits an MMS message including data to be transmitted to an MMS server, the MMS server delivers the MMS message to a fax gateway, and the fax gateway transmits the MMS message to the other party's fax. You can easily send a fax using a mobile terminal.

In addition, according to the present invention, by using the camera embedded in the mobile terminal to shoot the transmission target data, by using the photographed transmission target data to generate an MMS message and transmit it to the MMS server, multimedia messaging without additional equipment You can send a fax using the service.

In addition, according to the present invention, by including a specific code for a fax in the MMS message, the MMS server can identify the specific code for the fax and transfer the MMS message to the fax gateway to easily transmit the fax.

Claims (15)

In the fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service (MMS) of a mobile terminal, Receiving an MMS message including a reception number and a specific code for a fax from the mobile terminal at a predetermined MMS server; Forwarding the MMS message from the MMS server to a predetermined fax gateway; And Converting the MMS message into a fax data form at the fax gateway and transmitting the converted MMS message to the opposite fax corresponding to the received number; Fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The method may further include generating the MMS message by taking a picture of the data to be transmitted in the mobile terminal. Receiving an MMS message including a reception number from the mobile terminal in a predetermined MMS server, Receiving the generated MMS message; and a fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, The step of delivering the MMS message from the MMS server to a predetermined gateway (Gateway), And transmitting the MMS message to the fax gateway by identifying the specific code for the fax in the MMS server. The method of claim 3, Maintaining the network address of the fax gateway corresponding to the specific code for the fax at the MMS server, The step of delivering the MMS message from the MMS server to a predetermined gateway (Gateway), Identifying at the MMS server a network address of a fax gateway corresponding to the identified specific code for the identified fax from the network address of the maintained fax gateway, and forwarding the MMS message to the identified fax gateway. A fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, The fax gateway includes a fax converter and a fax modem, The step of converting the MMS message in the form of fax data in the fax gateway and transmitting to the opposite fax corresponding to the received number, Converting the MMS message into a fax data form in the fax converter; And Transmitting the converted data to the opposite fax at the fax modem. Fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 5, The step of converting the MMS message in the form of fax data in the fax converter, Extracting the text of the MMS message first into the first page of the document by the fax converter; And Generating a page after the first page with a picture attached to the MMS message in the fax converter; Fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 5, The step of transmitting the converted data in the fax modem to the opposite fax, If the first attempt of the transmission fails, retrying according to the transmission rule specified in the fax gateway in the fax modem to transmit the converted data to the opposite fax; Fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, Transmitting, from the fax gateway, the transmission result to the opposite fax to the mobile terminal via SMS through a predetermined SMS server; Fax transmission method using a multimedia messaging service of a mobile terminal further comprising. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 8 is recorded. In a fax transmission system using a multimedia messaging service (MMS) of a mobile terminal, An MMS server that receives an MMS message including a reception number and a specific code for a fax from the mobile terminal and delivers the MMS message to a predetermined fax gateway; And A fax gateway which converts the MMS message into a fax data form and transmits the MMS message to the other party's fax corresponding to the received number Fax transmission system comprising a. The method of claim 10, The mobile terminal takes a picture of the data to be transmitted and generates the MMS message, The MMS server, the fax transmission system, characterized in that for receiving the generated MMS message. The method of claim 10, And the MMS server identifies the specific code for the fax and forwards the MMS message to the fax gateway. The method of claim 10, The fax gateway, A fax converter converting the MMS message into a fax data form; And A fax modem for transmitting the converted data to the opposite fax Fax transmission system comprising a. The method of claim 13, And the fax converter first extracts the text of the MMS message, converts the text into a first page of a document, and generates a page after the first page as a picture attached to the MMS message. The method of claim 10, And the fax gateway transmits the transmission result to the opposite fax to the mobile terminal via SMS through a predetermined SMS server.

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