KR20070066581A - Method and system for providing video message service informing subscription of video communication service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for providing an image message service informing about subscription of a video call service are provided to prevent unnecessary charging and a waste of time generated as a recording is performed. A mobile terminal(110) provides an image message service and a video call service. A video call management server(130) provides the video call service to the mobile terminal and manages subscription of the mobile terminal to the video call service. An image message management server(140) provides the image message service to the mobile terminal. In this case, before recording an image message, the image message management server determines whether the other party has been subscribed to the video call service, and only when the other party has been subscribed to the video call service, the image message management server records, checks, stores and transmits the image message.

Description

Method and System for Providing Video Message Service Informing Subscription of Video Communication Service}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a video message service for informing a receiver whether to subscribe to a video call service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for storing whether a receiver subscribes to a video call service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention in a phone book.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a video message service for informing whether a receiver subscribes to a video call service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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110: mobile communication terminal 120: wireless access network

130: video call management server 140: video message management server

The present invention relates to a video message service providing method and system for informing whether a video call service is subscribed. More specifically, when receiving the other party's phone number and storing it in the phone book, it stores whether the other party's mobile communication terminal supports the video call service, and when transmitting the video message to the other party, accesses the video message management server. The present invention relates to a method and system for recording, checking, storing, and transmitting a video message only after determining whether a video call service is supported by a mobile communication terminal of a counterpart before performing video recording.

With the rapid development of computer, electronic and communication technologies, various wireless communication services using a wireless communication network have been provided.

Among the services provided by the conventional mobile communication system, the video call service is a service that provides video and voice calls at the same time. The video call service is a service that allows users to exchange video and audio with each other at the same time and make a call. When a caller's mobile terminal transmits a video / audio signal to a receiver, the receiver transmits the video / audio signal transmitted by the caller to his / her mobile device. It is a method of viewing and listening to a caller's call by receiving it from a communication terminal.

The mobile communication system providing the video call service provides a video message service as well as a video message service to supplement the simplicity of the text message and provide a service for transmitting a message using video and voice.

In the conventional video message service, when a user connects to a video message management server to record and checks a video, inputs a counterpart's phone number and inputs a transmission signal, the video call management server subscribes to the video call service. If the video call service is subscribed to, the video message is sent.

In the conventional video message service, it is only possible to know whether the other party's mobile communication terminal supports the video call service after inputting a transmission signal after recording the video. Therefore, in the step of performing the transmission after recording / confirming / saving the video, it is determined whether the other party's mobile communication terminal subscribes to the video call service, so if the other party does not support the video call service, the recorded video cannot be transmitted. There was a problem that the recorded video is meaningless.

Accordingly, there is a need for a service providing in advance whether a counterpart's mobile communication terminal supports a video call service before recording an image.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, when receiving the phone number of the other party and stored in the phone book stores whether the video call service support of the mobile communication terminal of the other party, and when transmitting a video message to the other party Before accessing the video message management server and recording the video, it is necessary to determine in advance whether the other party's mobile communication terminal supports the video call service, and then record, check, store and transmit the video message only when the video communication service is supported. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing a video message service that informs whether or not to subscribe.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile communication system for providing a video message service and a video call service, comprising: a mobile communication terminal provided with the video message service and the video call service; A video call management server providing the video call service to the mobile communication terminal and managing whether the mobile communication terminal subscribes to the video call service; And providing the video message service to the mobile communication terminal, determining whether the other party subscribes to the video call service before recording the video message, and only when the other party subscribes to the video call service. It provides a video message service providing system for informing whether or not to subscribe to a video call service, characterized in that it comprises a video message management server that performs the recording, confirmation, storage and transmission of the message.

According to another object of the present invention, a method for providing the video message service in a mobile communication system providing a video message service and a video call service, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a telephone number of a counterpart from a user; (b) inquiring whether the other party subscribes to the video call service; (c) determining whether the other party is subscribed to the video call service; (d) if the counterpart is subscribed to the video call service in step (c), displaying and storing the fact that the video call service is subscribed when the phone number is stored; And (e) in the step (c), if the counterpart is not subscribed to the video call service, displaying and storing the fact that the video call service is not registered at the time of storing the telephone number. It provides a video message service providing method for informing whether or not to subscribe to a video call service.

According to another object of the present invention, in a method for providing the video message service in a mobile communication system providing a video message service and a video call service, (a) receiving a connection request from a mobile communication terminal to accept a connection; Doing; (b) receiving the telephone number of the other party from the mobile communication terminal and inquiring whether the other party subscribes to the video call service; (c) determining whether the other party is subscribed to the video call service; And (d) recording, confirming, storing, and transmitting a video message when the counterpart is subscribed to the video call service in step (c). It provides a video message service providing method.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a video message service for informing a receiver whether to subscribe to a video call service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

A mobile communication system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a wireless access network 120, a video call management server 130 and a video message management server 140.

The mobile communication terminal 110 is a terminal for performing a voice call and a video call via a mobile communication network. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 110 is a terminal for connecting to the video message management server 140 and recording, checking, and transmitting an image to be transmitted to the other party to transmit the video message.

When the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention connects to the video message management server 140 to transmit a video message, the mobile communication terminal 110 first determines whether the mobile communication terminal of the other party supports the video call service, thereby making a video call. Record video messages only if the service is supported.

In addition, when the mobile communication terminal 110 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention receives a counterpart's phone number by the user's key input and stores the phone number in the phonebook, the mobile communication terminal 110 receives and stores the other party's subscription to the video call service. When the user wants to make a video call to the other party, the user can check whether the other party subscribes to the video call service and provide a function of sending a Mars call only to the subscriber of the video call service.

The wireless access network 120 receives and processes a wireless communication request of the mobile communication terminal 110, performs handoff processing, wireless resource management, and the like and transmits video and audio data during a video call. to provide.

The wireless access network 120 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base station transmitter 122, a base station controller 124 and a mobile communication switch 126, and supports both synchronous and asynchronous mobile communication systems. Here, in the synchronous mobile communication system, the base station transmitter 122 is a base transceiver station (BTS), the base station controller 124 is a base station controller (BSC), and in the case of an asynchronous mobile communication system, the base station transmitter 122 is an RTS (Radio). The base station controller 124 is a transceiver network (RNC).

The base station transmitter 122 receives a call request signal from the mobile communication terminal 110 through a traffic channel of the signal channel and transmits it to the base station controller 124. Each of the base station transmitters 122 is arranged in units of cells, and transmits a call request generated from the mobile communication terminal 110 to the mobile communication exchange 126 or exists in a cell area under its control. Location registration to determine the location of 110).

The base station controller 124 controls the base station transmitter 122, allocates and releases a radio channel to the mobile communication terminal 110, controls transmission output of the mobile communication terminal 110 and the base station transmitter 122, and soft handoff. Soft Handoff and Hard Handoff determination, transcoding and vocoding, GPS clock distribution, operation and maintenance of the base station transmitter 122, and the like. The base station controller 124 transmits subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal 110 in which the location information is registered to the mobile communication exchange 126, and transmits a call request signal received through the base station transmitter 122 to the mobile communication exchange 126. To pass.

The mobile communication switch 126 performs basic and additional service processing, incoming and outgoing call processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks.

The video call management server 130 is a server that provides a video call service to the mobile communication terminal 110. The video call management server 130 stores data of users who have subscribed to the video call service in a database to determine and provide the other party's subscription to the video call service when the user wants to send a video message to the other party. .

The video message management server 140 is a server that provides a video message service to the mobile communication terminal 110 and records, checks, stores and transmits a video message. If the user wants to transmit a video message by inputting the other party's phone number, the video message management server 140 inquires whether the other party subscribes to the video call service before the recording of the video message. Only when the other party is subscribed to the video call service, the video message is recorded, checked, stored, and transmitted, thereby preventing unnecessary recording and storing of the video.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing, in a phone book, whether a receiver subscribes to a video call service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when a user inputs a signal for selecting a menu for storing a telephone number on the mobile communication terminal 110, a screen for receiving a telephone book menu selection signal and inputting a telephone number is displayed. (S210).

When receiving the name and phone number of the other party from the user (S220), the video call management server 130 inquires whether the other party has subscribed to the video call service (S230).

It is determined whether the other party has subscribed to the video call service (S240), and if the subscriber has subscribed to the video call service, when the phone number is stored, whether or not the other party is registered as 'Yes' is stored (S250), and the user does not subscribe to the video call service. If not, it indicates whether the other party's subscription is stored as 'No' when storing the phone number (S252).

When the other party's subscription to the video call service is stored, the other party's name and phone number are stored (S260).

When the user stores the phone number of the other party, the user may store the other party's subscription to the video call service, so that when the user wants to make a video call or transmit a video message to the other party, the user may confirm in advance whether the other party subscribes to the video call. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording of unnecessary video messages and the transmission of video calls.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a video message service for informing whether a receiver subscribes to a video call service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the user selects a phone number stored in the mobile communication terminal 110 to transmit a video message (S210), and requests a connection to the video message management server 140, the video message management server 140 receives this and accepts the connection of the mobile communication terminal 110 (S220).

Here, in the case of a phone number stored in the phone book stored in the mobile communication terminal 110 together with whether the video call service is subscribed, the user may try to make a video call only with the other party who has subscribed to the video call service. Perform the sending of video messages.

In the case of a phone number in which the video call service subscription is not stored together, the video message management server 140 is accessed to check whether the other party subscribes to the video call service, and then sends the video message.

The video message management server 140 receives the inquiry result by inquiring whether the user has subscribed to the video call service of the telephone number selected by the user to the video call management server 130 (S230).

If it is determined that the other party is subscribed to the video call service (S240), if it is not subscribed to the video call service, it outputs a message indicating that the video message cannot be transmitted to the user and ends the service.

If the other party is subscribed to the video call service, after recording the video message to be sent to the other party, the recorded video is displayed to the user and confirmed by the user (S250).

When the user checks the recorded video, the user stores the video (S260), and transmits a video message to the mobile communication terminal 110 of the counterpart (S270).

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can be provided with the other party's subscription to the video call service before recording the video message, thereby preventing unnecessary charging and waste of time caused by the recording.

Claims (8)

In a mobile communication system providing a video message service and a video call service, A mobile communication terminal provided with the video message service and the video call service; A video call management server providing the video call service to the mobile communication terminal and managing whether the mobile communication terminal subscribes to the video call service; And The video message service is provided to the mobile communication terminal, and before the recording of the video message, the video message service is determined whether the other party subscribes to the video call service, and only when the other party subscribes to the video call service. Video message management server for recording, checking, storing and transmitting the Video message service providing system for informing whether the video call service subscription, comprising a. The method of claim 1, When the mobile communication terminal receives the phone number of the other party and stores the phone number in the phonebook, the mobile communication terminal receives and stores whether the other party subscribes to the video call service. Message service provision system. The method of claim 1, And the video call management server determines whether the other party subscribes to the video call service and provides the video call management server to the video message management server. The method of claim 1, The video message management server inquires whether the other party subscribes to the video call service to the video call management server. If not, the video message management server does not perform the recording of the video message. Video message service providing system that tells whether or not. In the method for providing the video message service in a mobile communication system providing a video message service and a video call service, (a) receiving the other party's telephone number from the user; (b) inquiring whether the other party subscribes to the video call service; (c) determining whether the other party is subscribed to the video call service; (d) if the counterpart is subscribed to the video call service in step (c), displaying and storing the fact that the video call service is subscribed when the phone number is stored; And (e) in the step (c), if the other party is not subscribed to the video call service, displaying and storing the fact that the video call service is not subscribed when the phone number is stored; The video message service providing method for informing whether the video call service subscription, characterized in that it comprises a. In the method for providing the video message service in a mobile communication system providing a video message service and a video call service, (a) receiving a connection request from a mobile communication terminal and accepting the connection; (b) receiving the telephone number of the other party from the mobile communication terminal and inquiring whether the other party subscribes to the video call service; (c) determining whether the other party is subscribed to the video call service; And (d) recording, checking, storing, and transmitting a video message when the counterpart is subscribed to the video call service in step (c); The video message service providing method for informing whether the video call service subscription, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 6, wherein after step (b): (b1) the video call management server searching whether the video call service is subscribed to the other party by using the other party's telephone number, and transmitting the subscription to the video message management server. The video message service providing method for informing whether the video call service subscription further comprising a. The method of claim 6, wherein in step (c), And if the other party is not subscribed to the video call service, ending the video message service.

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