KR20070071381A - Method and system for providing messaging services using contents id based on mobile communication and mobile terminal for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A message service supply method and system using a mobile communication-based contents identifier and a mobile terminal therefor are provided to send data by excluding differentially excluded data, without sending all data when an MMS(Multimedia Message Service) message which includes the multimedia data is sent to a mobile communication network. A contents identifier is downloaded to a sending terminal from a contents providing server(1). An MMS message is written by attaching the contents identifier thereto(2). The written message is transmitted to an MMSC(MMS Center)(3). The contents identifier is extracted from the received message to demand contents corresponding to the contents identifier to the contents providing server, and the demanded contents are received(4,5). The received contents are attached to the received message, and the message is sent to a receiving terminal(6,7).

Description

Method and system for providing messaging services using contents ID based on mobile communication and mobile terminal for the same}

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 system implementing a message service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a message service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of processing an MMS message in a message relay processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for sending an MMS message in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a part in which a content identifier is included in an MMS message.

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110,120 Mobile terminal 200 Mobile network

250 ... Internet 300 ... Multimedia Message Service Center

350.Content Serving Server

The present invention relates to a method for providing a multimedia message service in a mobile communication network environment, and more particularly, to an MMS transmission method created by attaching multimedia content.

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. Also, 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 relations through mobile communication terminals.

Among the various functions of the mobile communication service, the multimedia messaging service (hereinafter referred to as 'MMS') is a service that allows a user to send a complex message of various media such as pictures, videos, texts and music to the mobile communication terminal. it means. MMS is expected to be used as the main messaging method that can replace the current Short Messaging Service (SMS) in 3G mobile communication network environment. In other words, MMS has evolved from text-based SMS service and EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service) service, which supports simple graphic transmission and reception, to accommodate a variety of media. Users can use wireless postcards, pictures, videos, video cards, Send and receive maps, business cards, and more. It also supports messages that require broadband, such as cartoons, animations, video ads, and video clips. As such, the MMS enables the transmission / reception of complex multimedia contents, thereby greatly expanding the range of entertainment available for each mobile communication terminal.

A user may create a message with a photo or music using a menu for transmitting an MMS in a mobile communication terminal or connect to a content provider server that provides multimedia content, create a message, and transmit the message to another mobile terminal user. The user who receives the message can immediately check the mobile communication terminal as if the SMS has been received. The MMS can send the length of the transmission message indefinitely, and can be transmitted by using a data dedicated network by a pull or push method.

The MMS attaches and transmits media data stored in the terminal. The media data stored in the terminal may be generated by recording a picture, a video, a voice, or a sound directly taken by the user, and may download various multimedia data from a contents provider (CP) server through a mobile communication network.

As such, since multimedia data is considerably larger in size than conventional SMSs, the more media data attached during MMS transmission, the more the network load increases and the user's haptic transmission speed of an outgoing message is significantly lowered. As described above, there is a need for a method to solve the problem of network load and transmission speed in transmitting an excessive amount of MMS data in a communication network having a limited bandwidth.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and provides a method for reducing the load on the network by improving the method of transmitting all the contents attached when the MMS is created so that only necessary contents can be transmitted. The purpose is.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the present 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 object, a method of providing a multimedia message service according to the present invention is a method of transmitting a multimedia message sent from a calling terminal through a mobile communication network to a called terminal. Downloading media data including the media identifier; (b) attaching the media data to compose a multimedia message; (c) transmitting the attached media data to the multimedia message service center by including only a media identifier in the created message; (d) extracting the media identifier from the received message and requesting and receiving media data corresponding to the media identifier from the content providing server; And (e) attaching the provided media data to the received message, reconfiguring, and transmitting the received media data to the called terminal.

In particular, the media data is preferably multimedia content data such as text, image, sound, voice, and video provided by the content providing server.

The media identifier is a unique value assigned by the content providing server to distinguish the media data.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication system for mediating a multimedia message between a calling terminal and a called terminal, comprising: storing a plurality of media data, assigning a media identifier to distinguish the data, and interworking with the mobile communication network and the Internet; A content providing server for providing data; A mobile communication terminal which downloads and stores media data from the content providing server, creates a multimedia message by attaching the stored media data, and transmits only a corresponding media identifier instead of the attached media data and transmits the transmitted media data; And extracting a media identifier by receiving a multimedia message from the mobile communication terminal, querying the media identifier with the content providing server, receiving corresponding media data, and attaching the media identifier of the received multimedia message to a location containing the called terminal. A mobile communication system is provided that includes a multimedia message service center (MMSC) for transmission to a network.

In particular, the media data stored in the content providing server is preferably multimedia content data such as text, image, sound, voice, and video.

The media identifier is a unique value assigned by the content providing server to distinguish the media data.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for relaying a multimedia message sent from a terminal in a wireless mobile communication network environment, comprising: means for determining whether a media identifier is included by analyzing a received multimedia message; Means for requesting and receiving media data corresponding to the media identifier from a content providing server when the media identifier is included; Message synthesizing means for attaching the provided media data to the received multimedia message; And means for transmitting the multimedia message to which the media data is attached to a called terminal.

Preferably, the apparatus further includes relaying means for transmitting the received multimedia message to the called terminal when the media identifier is not included as a result of the discriminating means.

Further, the message synthesizing means may reconfigure by adding the provided media data at a location where the media identifier of the received multimedia message is stored.

In addition, the media identifier indicates one of the media data stored in the content providing server.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in a computer-readable recording medium mounted on an apparatus for relaying multimedia messages sent from a terminal in a wireless mobile communication network environment, the media identifier may be analyzed by analyzing the received multimedia messages. Determining whether or not the information is included, requesting and receiving media data corresponding to the media identifier from a content providing server when the media identifier is included, and attaching the provided media data to the received multimedia message. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing a procedure and a procedure for transmitting a multimedia message with the media data attached to a destination terminal is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal for transmitting / receiving a short message and a multimedia message in a wireless mobile communication network environment, the media data generated by a content providing server having an identifier for distinguishing each media data or Means for composing a message using multimedia data generated by a user or without a media identifier; Means for determining whether the media identifier is present in media data attached to the created message; When the media identifier is included, only the media identifier is included in the multimedia message (MMS) except for the attached media data. When the media identifier is not included, the multimedia identifier is generated by including the attached media data. Way; And means for sending the generated multimedia message via a mobile communication network.

In particular, the media data generated by the content providing server may be provided by accessing a website using a PC or directly downloaded to a terminal using a wireless Internet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium mounted on a mobile communication terminal for transmitting and receiving a short message and a multimedia message in a wireless mobile communication network environment, the identifier for identifying each media data A procedure of composing a message using media data generated by a content providing server to which the user has been assigned or multimedia data generated by a user or without a media identifier, and whether the media identifier exists in the media data attached to the created message. A process of determining, and only the media identifier in the multimedia message (MMS) except the attached media data when the media identifier is included, and the attached media data when the media identifier is not included. Multimedia menu The procedures and a recording medium that can read the created multimedia message to the computer, storing a program to execute a procedure for sending via the mobile communication network that generates, is provided.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 illustrates a configuration of a system in which a method of providing a message service according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

Referring to FIG. 1, the message service providing system according to the present invention includes mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 connected to a mobile communication network 200, a personal computer 130 connected to the Internet 250, a multimedia message service center 300, And a content providing server 350.

The mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 are terminals supporting MMS (Multimedia Message Service), and are capable of creating, receiving, and presenting MMS messages, and have a function of storing and managing MMS messages. It also performs functions such as encryption of MMS messages, terminal capability information exchange, and user information management. The mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 are provided with an MMS client for supporting MMS, and the user directly uses the multimedia contents by the self-function (camera, built-in sound, recording, etc.) of the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120. In addition, the content data may be downloaded to the content providing server 350 through the mobile communication network 200 to download the content data to compose a message.

In addition, the MMS message can be sent and received using the personal computer 130 as well as the mobile communication terminal (110,120). In this case, an MMS message may be created by the MMS client using the multimedia content owned by the user, or an MMS message may be created by downloading desired content data by accessing the content providing server 250 through the Internet 250. .

In particular, the content data attached to the MMS message can be divided into self-made content generated by the user and ready-made content provided by the content providing server 350, and a messaging service. The same content may be transmitted to and used by multiple receiving terminals due to its characteristics. The content data provided by the content providing server 350 is given a unique identifier, which indicates that the corresponding content data is stored in the content providing server 350 and distinguishes the content data from each other.

As such, the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 attach two types of content data when creating an MMS. When the self-made content data is attached, the MMS generated in the same manner as the existing MMS transmission method is transmitted as it is. Next, when the ready-made content data is attached, the content identifier is extracted from the attached content data and stored in the attached location, and the MMS is transmitted except the content data. This is because the content identifier included in the ready-made content data is the data provided by the content providing server 350 so that the MMSC to be described later reattaches the content data to the MMS based on the content identifier. By doing so, the ready-made content data is transmitted in the MMS transmission in the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120 using the radio resources, and only the content identifiers are transmitted, thereby reducing unnecessary consumption of radio resources and reducing transmission speed and system load. Can provide an effect. In addition, when distinguishing ready-made content data from self-made content data in the mobile communication terminals 110 and 120, it is determined by checking whether a content identifier is included in the attached content data.

The MMSC 300 performs transmission and reception of an MMS message, performs a message format conversion and an address format conversion, and performs an SMS transmission function for notifying the mobile terminal 110, 120 that the message has been received. In addition, the MMS message transmission and reception to the terminal to generate and transmit a variety of guidance messages (acknowledgment of receipt, confirmation of transmission, etc.), respectively, and has an MMS message storage and management function. In addition, it supports billing data generation, performance information exchange of mobile communication terminals 110 and 120, MMS message delivery function, address hiding function, multimedia format and type conversion function, and MMS message screening function. In addition, the MMSC 300 preferably shares a short service center, a subscriber database, a home location register, and a charging system with the mobile communication system, and is connected to the content providing server 350.

In particular, the MMSC 300 determines whether a content identifier is included in the received MMS message. If the content identifier is not included, the MMSC 300 determines that the content data is directly generated by the user and transmits the content data to the called terminal. send. However, if the content identifier is included, it is determined as content data provided by the content providing server 350, and the corresponding content data is requested to the content providing server 350. At this time, the content providing server 350 searches for the stored content data based on the content identifier and transmits the matched content data to the MMSC 300. The MMSC 300 attaches and reconstructs the transmitted content data to the received MMS message and transmits it to the called terminal.

Here, an example in which the content identifier is included in the MMS message is shown in FIG. 5. Referring to FIG. 5, a content identifier is located in an attached content separated by a boundary in an MMS message. As shown in the figure, a part included in SVCcode represents a content identifier.

The content providing server 350 stores various multimedia data and provides a function to the users. The stored multimedia data includes text, images, sound, voice, video, and the like. In particular, as described above, all content data provided by the content providing server 350 is provided with a content identifier. The content data may be provided using a web site or wireless Internet. In addition, when a data request request is received from the MMSC 300 through a content identifier, the MMSC 300 searches for and provides corresponding content data.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a method of providing a multimedia message service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the method of providing a multimedia message service according to the present invention, first, content data is downloaded from the content providing server 350 and stored in the calling terminal 110. The method of downloading content data from the content providing server 350 may be downloaded by a user accessing a web site using a personal computer 130 or directly through a wireless Internet access of the calling terminal 110. have. The content data includes a content identifier assigned by the content providing server 350. (1)

The calling terminal 110 attaches the stored content data to compose a multimedia message (MMS). In this case, the user may directly create content data (for example, an image photographed by a camera or a voice recorded through a microphone) and attach the content data provided from the content providing server 350. The following description will be given. The message created by the content data produced by the user will be described in detail through the mobile communication terminal to be described later.

Thereafter, the created MMS message is transmitted to the MMSC to be sent to the destination terminal 120. In this case, only the content identifier is included and transmitted instead of the attached content data. In this way, since the attached content data has a relatively large capacity, a lot of load is generated when transmitting through a wireless network, and it takes a long time to transmit. However, if only the content identifier is included, the content data can be significantly reduced. (3)

Upon receiving the MMS message, the MMSC 300 requests the content providing server 350 for content data excluded at the outgoing time to generate the same message as the MMS created at the originating terminal. At this time, the content providing server 350 is requested to search by using the content identifier included in the received MMS message.

Upon receiving the content data request information including the content identifier, the content providing server 350 searches for content data based on the content identifier, extracts the corresponding content data, and transmits the content data to the MMSC 300.

In this way, since the MMSC 300 requests content data from the content providing server 350 and transmits the data accordingly, the core network is used instead of the wireless network. have.

The content data provided in step 5 is reconfigured in the same manner as the MMS message created at the time of attachment in addition to the MMS message received in step 3. In this case, the same MMS message may be generated by attaching the provided content data to the position of the content identifier included in the MMS message.

When the synthesized MMS message is transmitted to the called terminal, the same result as that of the MMS message sent from the calling terminal 110 is transmitted to the called terminal 120. (7)

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of processing an MMS message in a multimedia message relay processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, an MMS message sent from a calling terminal 110 is received in a multimedia message relay processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Next, the received MMS message is analyzed to determine whether a content identifier is included. The content identifier is located in the attached content separated by the boundary in the MMS message (see FIG. 5). (S12)

If it is determined through the step S12 that the content identifier is included, it is determined that the received MMS message contains only the content identifier indicating the content data, there is no attached content data. Therefore, the content providing server 350 requests the provision of the corresponding content data including the content identifier (S13).

The content data is received from the content providing server 350 in response to the request. The MMSC 300 generates a new MMS message by adding the received content data to a location in which the content identifier of the MMS message originated from the originating terminal 110 is recorded. The synthesized MMS message is the same as the MMS message created by the calling terminal 110. (S14, S15)

The reconfigured MMS message is transmitted to the called terminal 120. In addition, in the case where the content identifier is not included as a result of the determination in step S12, it is determined that the content data is attached to the received MMS message as it is, and the MMS message sent from the calling terminal 110 is transmitted to the called terminal. Transmit. (S16)

4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for sending an MMS message in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, a multimedia message is created using the mobile communication terminal 110 according to the present invention. In this case, an MMS message is created by attaching content data. The content data is content data provided from the content providing server 350 or content data generated by a user. In particular, the content data provided from the content providing server 350 includes a content identifier, which is given by the content providing server 350 to distinguish the content data.

Next, before sending the MMS message created from the user, the content data attached to the MMS message is analyzed to determine whether the content identifier exists. This is to determine whether the attached content data is provided by the content providing server 350 or is directly generated by the user or provided through another path (S22).

If it is determined in step S22 that the content identifier exists in the attached content data, except for the content data attached in the MMS message created by the user, the content identifier included in the content data is added to the attached location. To record. By doing so, only the identifier representing the content data is included instead of the large content data, thereby greatly reducing the capacity of the entire MMS message (S24).

 If a content identifier is stored instead of the content data attached in step S24, a new MMS message is generated according to the format for sending it. In addition, if it is confirmed in step S22 that the content identifier does not exist in the attached content data, the MMS message is generated according to the format for MMS sending and the preparation for sending is completed without changing the message created by the user. (S24)

By sending the MMS message prepared in step S24 through the mobile communication network, the MMS message sending procedure in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is completed.

Therefore, when sending an MMS message created by attaching content data, it is possible to discriminatively exclude and transmit the attached content data.

The terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be construed as limiting in their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to best explain their invention in the best way possible. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

The present invention provides an effect of reducing the load on the mobile communication system by sending out MMS messages including multimedia data to the mobile communication network without transmitting all data and excluding data that can be discriminated.

In addition, the service user to reduce the transmission time when the message is sent to provide an effect of increasing the satisfaction on the transmission speed.

Claims (12)

A method for transmitting a multimedia message sent from a calling terminal through a mobile communication network to a called terminal, (a) downloading the content identifier from the content providing server to the calling terminal; (b) composing a message with the content identifier attached; (c) transmitting the created message to a message service center; (d) extracting the content identifier from the received message and requesting and receiving content corresponding to the content identifier from the content providing server; And (e) attaching the received content to the received message and transmitting it to the called terminal. The method of claim 1, The content is a message service providing method characterized in that the text, voice or video provided by the content providing server. The method of claim 1, And the content identifier is a unique value for distinguishing the content. Analyzing the received message to determine whether a content identifier is included; Requesting and receiving content corresponding to the content identifier from a content providing server when the content identifier is included; A message synthesizing step of attaching the provided content to the received message; And And transmitting the message with the content attached to the called terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein The content is a message service relay method, characterized in that the text, voice or video provided by the content providing server. The method of claim 4, wherein And the content identifier is a unique value for distinguishing the content. Means for analyzing the received message to determine whether a content identifier is included; Means for requesting and receiving content data corresponding to the content identifier from a content providing server when the content identifier is included; Message synthesizing means for attaching the received content to the received message; And And means for transmitting the message with the content attached to the called terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein And a relay means for transmitting the received message to a destination terminal when the content identifier is not included as a result of the determination by the determination means. The method of claim 7, wherein And the message synthesizing means is configured to add and reconstruct the provided content at a location where the content identifier of the received message is stored. The method of claim 7, wherein And the content identifier indicates one of contents stored in a content providing server. Means for composing a message using content generated by a content providing server to which content is assigned an identifier or content generated by a user or without a content identifier; Means for determining whether the content identifier exists in content attached to the created message; Means for generating a message including only the content identifier when the content identifier is included in the message except the attached content, and when the content identifier is not included, the attached content; And And means for sending the generated message via a mobile communication network. The method of claim 11, The content generated by the content providing server is provided by accessing a website using a PC or directly downloaded to the terminal using a wireless Internet.

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