KR20080026496A - Method for forwarding a multimedia message to provide the service - Google Patents

Abstract

A multimedia message delivery method for offering a particular purpose of service is provided to be capable of offering a user environment capable of viewing or writing a multimedia message for supplying a particular purpose of service, thereby proffering service expandibility of an MMS(Multimedia Message Service). When a multimedia message is received from the outside, an MMSC(MMS Center)(140) transmits a notification message including application ID information to a receiving mobile communication terminal(112)(S201-S204). The receiving terminal confirms whether an application corresponding to the application ID information is mounted thereon(S205). If not, the receiving terminal obtains an application corresponding to the application ID information to mount the application thereon(S206-S209). The receiving terminal obtains the multimedia message corresponding to the notification message, and views the multimedia message by using the mounted application(S210-S212).

Description

Method for forwarding a multimedia message to provide a service for a specific purpose

The present invention relates to a method for delivering a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose. More particularly, the present invention relates to a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose transmitted by a calling party or to a called party. The present invention relates to a method for delivering a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose, so that a response message can be written and transmitted to a calling party.

Short Message Service (SMS), which has rapidly increased in proportion to the rapid spread of mobile communication terminals, has already established a firm position as one of communication means. In other words, the short message service is commonly used as a foundation technology capable of providing various value added services (VAS) using basic message functions, which not only creates demand for services of various layers but also increases the profits of mobile operators. It has established itself as the center of mobile communication service that can be made possible.

Recently, as mobile communication technology has evolved from a communication environment in which only a voice call is provided to a communication environment in which data communication is combined with a voice call, a text-based short message service is provided as a multimedia message service (MMS). , "MMS" in the following).

Moreover, as the penetration rate of mobile communication terminals supporting MMS has soared, mobile service providers have made efforts to improve the uncomfortable user interface and expensive usage fees, which were considered the biggest obstacles to the expansion of MMS. It is released one after another.

As mentioned above, MMS is expected to be used as the next-generation killer application of the message service market in the future as the usage environment is improved and its usage increases accordingly. That is, since the MMS has already been proved to be a successful service, it can be said that the MMS is receiving more attention than other next-generation services.

The MMS is a service that can transmit and receive multimedia data in various formats such as still images, music, voice, and video. 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) and 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project 2) are organizations that define international standards. Leading standardization is underway.

Accordingly, domestic mobile telecommunication operators have provided a multimedia message service center (MMSC, hereinafter referred to as "MMSC") based on CDMA to provide MMS according to the 3GPP2 service standard.

Conventional MMS uses a transmission scheme for the store and forward of multimedia messages.

Specifically, conventional MMS is provided as follows.

First, the outgoing mobile communication terminal transmits a multimedia message authored by a built-in authoring program to the MMSC. At this time, the MMSC stores a multimedia message transmitted from the originating mobile communication terminal, and sends a notification message indicating that there is a multimedia message transmitted to the called mobile communication terminal. Here, the MMSC notifies the presence of the transmitted multimedia message using a short message (SMS). In addition, the short message may also include a callback URL (Callback URL), a detailed description thereof will be omitted since it will be easily understood by those skilled in the art.

Then, the terminating mobile communication terminal is driven by a preloaded MMS client by the short message transmitted from the MMSC, and accesses the MMSC using MMSC address information including the message identification information and the multimedia message included in the short message. do.

Thereafter, the MMSC checks the corresponding multimedia message and transmits it to the called mobile communication terminal. At this time, the MMSC checks the specification of the terminating mobile communication terminal (for example, memory size, screen size, codec type, CPU information, program version information, etc.), and stores the multimedia message suitable for the specification of the terminating mobile communication terminal. Convert to and send. For example, the MMSC performs transcoding for processing codec conversion and transformatting for adjusting to a screen standard.

Then, when the multimedia message is transmitted from the MMSC, the terminating mobile communication terminal releases the connection with the MMSC using the pre-driven MMS client. At this time, the called mobile communication terminal views the multimedia message using a viewer program.

As described above, the originating / receiving mobile communication terminal is loaded with an authoring program for authoring a multimedia message and a viewer program for viewing the multimedia message. That is, the authoring program and the viewer program support only a fixed format such as Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

As a result, the conventional MMS cannot apply various service types other than the fixed service according to the authoring program and the viewer program preloaded in the mobile communication terminal, thereby providing a service capable of reflecting an increasingly diverse user demand. There is no limit.

This shows that in order for a conventional MMS to be a successful killer application comparable to a short message service, it is necessary to have various service scalability as various forms of multimedia message.

Moreover, even if the MMS includes a specific purpose service program in a multimedia message and performs a specific purpose service function, the MMS lacks extensibility for message authoring and message viewing. There is a difficulty in not being able to provide the service itself.

If a content provider (CP) provides a message service having an interactive function such as a polling service for a plurality of mobile communication terminals, the service provider may provide a polling service which is a service for a specific purpose. A service program for a specific purpose for performing is included in a multimedia message and transmitted to a plurality of mobile communication terminals. At this time, the service program for the specific purpose includes the number 1 (yes) and the number 2 (no) of the keypad of the mobile communication terminal in the answer so that an answer (ie, yes or no) to the corresponding survey question can be easily entered. Consider matching.

In this case, in the conventional MMS, service scalability for providing a service of a specific purpose according to the request of the service provider is limited. That is, the conventional MMS is equipped with a fixed viewer in the mobile communication terminal, it does not provide a view of the multimedia message format other than the preset, it lacks the service expandability.

In addition, the conventional MMS has a disadvantage that even if a service of a specific purpose is provided to the user, it takes a lot of service access time, thereby inducing active use of the service. For example, in the conventional MMS, it is difficult to induce active use of the customer because the accessibility of a specific purpose by the service provider is inferior when a browser-based method is applied.

On the other hand, although the conventional MMS provides a new viewer and authoring tool for providing a specific purpose service, it can be used only for the specific purpose service provided by the service provider and structurally difficult to add and update a new service. There is a limit.

Therefore, the conventional MMS has a need to meet the expectations of the next generation killer applications by having a service scalability that can provide a service of a specific purpose.

The present invention provides a service for a specific purpose, so that a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose transmitted by the calling party can be viewed at the called party or a response message to the multimedia message can be sent to the calling party. Its purpose is to provide a multimedia message delivery method.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention which are not mentioned above can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for delivering a multimedia message, wherein a multimedia message service center (MMSC) transmits a notification message including application identification information to a terminating mobile communication terminal when a multimedia message is received from the outside. step; Confirming, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, whether an application corresponding to the application identification information is loaded; A mounting step of acquiring and mounting an application corresponding to the application identification information by the called mobile communication terminal when the application is not loaded; And a viewing step of acquiring the multimedia message corresponding to the notification message and viewing the multimedia message using the mounted application.

In addition, the present invention is a method for delivering a multimedia message, when receiving a multimedia message from the outside, the multimedia message service center (MMSC) to confirm the application identification information of the multimedia message and the subscriber profile of the terminating mobile communication terminal ; Determining, by the MMSC, the application identification information and the subscriber profile to determine whether the application is mounted on the incoming mobile communication terminal; Attaching, by the MMSC, obtaining an application from an application providing server and attaching the application to the multimedia message when the application is not loaded; And transmitting, by the MMSC, the multimedia message to which the corresponding application is attached to the destination mobile communication terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of delivering a multimedia message, comprising: a transmission step of a user terminal attaching an application capable of viewing or authoring the multimedia message to the multimedia message and transmitting the application to a terminating mobile communication terminal; Confirming, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, whether an application attached to the transmitted multimedia message is already loaded; And a viewing step of viewing the multimedia message by mounting the application attached to the multimedia message by the terminating mobile communication terminal when the application is not loaded.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for delivering a multimedia message, comprising: a registration step of a user terminal pre-registering an application for providing a service of a specific purpose with an application providing server; When the user terminal transmits a multimedia message including application identification information to the MMSC, the MMSC obtains an application corresponding to the application identification information from the application providing server to the multimedia message. A transmission step of transmitting to the destination mobile communication terminal; Confirming, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, whether an application attached to the transmitted multimedia message is already loaded; And a viewing step of viewing the multimedia message by mounting the application attached to the multimedia message by the terminating mobile communication terminal when the application is not loaded.

As described above, the present invention provides a user environment capable of viewing or authoring a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose in order to provide a service of a specific purpose, thereby providing a service scalability of the MMS. have.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can be contributed to the increase in revenue by expanding the service by accommodating the short message service market and expanding the multimedia message service by the mobile communication service provider.

In addition, the present invention overcomes the limitations of the fixed viewer program and the authoring program of the mobile communication terminal has the effect of providing a variety of content for a specific purpose of service.

In addition, the present invention not only expands the messaging delivery market, but also provides various technologies necessary for the value added service market.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that it is possible to provide an update environment to meet the service requirements of applications installed at the factory of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of setting a basic application by the user by managing a plurality of applications mounted on the mobile communication terminal.

The above objects, features, and advantages will become more apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, and accordingly, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may share the technical idea of the present invention. It will be easy to implement. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to describing the present invention, the multimedia message service (MMS, hereinafter referred to as "MMS") of the present invention uses email protocol standards such as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Post Office Protocol (POP). Although it can be constructed as an IP-based MMS, it will be described using a WAP-based MMS in a wireless environment for convenience. Thus, it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to WAP-based MMS in a wireless environment.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a communication network to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a communication network to which the present invention is applied includes an outgoing mobile communication terminal 111, an incoming mobile communication terminal 112, a user terminal 113, and a home location register (HLR). HLR ") 120, a WAP gateway (hereinafter referred to as" WAP G / W ") 130, an MMSC 140, and an application providing server 150.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication network of the present invention accommodates a base station transceiver system, a base station controller, a mobile switching center, and the like, which are not shown in FIG. 1, and the components of the mobile communication network. The series of procedures for the MMS performed by is easily understood by those skilled in the art, and thus detailed description is omitted.

The outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 and the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 can exchange multimedia messages such as video, still images, music, etc. like the third generation mobile communication terminal (for example, IMT-2000 terminal). A terminal that provides a user with a normal MMS. That is, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 performs a phone to phone MMS to the incoming mobile communication terminal 112.

Here, the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 may be various devices equipped with MMS functions such as a PC client, a PDA, a smart phone, as well as a mobile phone.

In particular, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 is a 'viewer program' for decoding the contents of the multimedia message of a specific format and viewing it on the screen, and a 'authoring program' for authoring the multimedia message according to a specific format (hereinafter, collectively, " Application ") and the multimedia message generated by the application is transmitted to the terminating mobile communication terminal (112).

Here, the 'viewing program' of the application provides a user environment for checking a multimedia message generated to provide a service of a specific purpose. The 'author program' of the application authors a 'multimedia message for providing a specific service' at the calling party and transmits it to the called party, or at the called party, authors a 'response message to the multimedia message transmitted from the calling party'. It provides a user environment that can be retransmitted to the called party.

In addition, the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 is a terminal that is not equipped with an application for viewing or authoring a multimedia message transmitted from the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111, and loads the application according to a predetermined procedure to be described later. View or author the message.

To this end, the outgoing mobile terminal 111 and the terminating mobile terminal 112 are provided with a program (hereinafter referred to as a "message dynamic program") for providing an environment for dynamically loading and executing an application. .

Here, the message dynamic program is a middleware platform of the mobile communication terminal [Wifi, which is a Korean wireless Internet standard platform, so as to have compatibility for dynamically viewing or authoring a multimedia message of a specific format in a mobile communication terminal that can use an existing MMS function. (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI) is preferred). In addition, the message dynamic program also supports various middleware platforms such as WinCE, Brew, REX, Symbian, Linux, and the like.

In addition, the message dynamic program includes a list of applications mounted on the mobile communication terminal, and application identification information (for example, MIME) is stored in the form of a table in the application list. . Accordingly, the message dynamic program can check whether the application identification information included in the notification message received from the MMSC 140 to be described later is included in the application list.

In addition, the message dynamic program may query an application corresponding to application identification information through a server managing the application list when the application list is not loaded in the mobile communication terminal. Through this, the message dynamic program may request the application itself to the application providing server 150 to be described later by identifying the application itself corresponding to the application identification information. In this case, the application identification information indicates application attribute information.

In addition, the message dynamic program dynamically mounts an application using a common interface of an application delivered from an application providing server 150 to be described later. That is, the message dynamic program may automatically install the corresponding application as a plug-in when the corresponding application is delivered at the user's request.

In addition, the call originating / receiving mobile communication terminals 111 and 112 may be embedded in a factory, or may be downloaded by connecting a computer and a data cable to a wireless Internet. Connect and download the message dynamic program using the download method. In this case, the message dynamic program may be provided from a predetermined mobile service provider server (not shown in FIG. 1) or an application providing server 150.

In addition, the message dynamic program manages a plurality of applications (i.e., including a default application and a service for a specific purpose) mounted on the mobile terminal using an application list, and serves as a basic application among the plurality of applications. It is desirable to provide a user with configuration functions that can be specified and used.

The user terminal 113 performs a web to phone MMS to the incoming mobile communication terminal 112. In this case, the user terminal 113 is a terminal in a specific company, it is preferable to use the MMS for generating and transmitting a large amount of multimedia messages to provide a service of a specific purpose.

For example, if the user terminal 113 is an in-company terminal that develops various marketing to customers using MMS, the user terminal 113 may view and author a multimedia message for providing a specific purpose service generated by the user. You can attach and send an application.

In addition, a method of attaching a specific application to the multimedia message as described above may cause a security problem. However, when transmitting the multimedia message using the user terminal 113, a specific company is authorized. By limiting it, it is desirable to attach the authorized application to the multimedia message.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 113 may provide the MMS to the destination mobile communication terminal 112 through the application providing server 150 without directly attaching an application of a specific purpose to the multimedia message.

In detail, the user terminal 113 pre-registers an application for a specific purpose in the authorized application providing server 150. Thereafter, when transmitting the multimedia message, the user terminal 113 adds application identification information to the multimedia message and transmits it to the MMSC 140. At this time, the MMSC 140 checks the application identification information identified from the multimedia message and searches for and obtains an application corresponding to the application identification information from the application providing server 150. In addition, the MMSC 140 attaches the application to the multimedia message and transmits it to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112.

HLR 120 is a mobile communication terminal specification information (for example, memory size, screen size, codec type, CPU information, program version information, etc.) of the mobile subscriber and the location information / authentication information / service subscription information of the mobile communication terminal Etc. (hereinafter referred to as "subscriber profile"). In particular, the HLR 120 interworks with the MMSC 140 and responds to a subscriber profile inquiry request by the MMSC 140.

In addition, the HLR 120 may update the subscriber profile of the mobile subscriber every predetermined time.

The WAP G / W 130 provides a communication protocol interface between the mobile communication network and the Internet in a conventional manner. That is, the WAP G / W 130 transfers the multimedia message transmitted through the mobile communication network to the Internet according to a preset communication protocol and, conversely, delivers the multimedia message transmitted through the internet to the mobile communication network.

Hereinafter, in the present invention, those skilled in the art can easily understand the above-described functions of the WAP G / W 130 will be omitted for convenience of description.

The MMSC 140 may be configured as an MMS relay for transmitting multimedia messages at high speed and an MMS server for storing and managing a large amount of multimedia messages. Hereinafter, the MMS relay and the MMS server Will be collectively described as MMSC (140).

The application providing server 150 stores and manages an application capable of viewing or authoring a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose, and the receiving mobile communication terminal 112 (FIG. 2A to be described later) or the MMSC 140 ( The application is provided at the request of FIG. 3 to be described later.

In addition, the application providing server 150 manages an application registered in advance from the user terminal 113. At this time, the MMSC 140 checks the application identification information identified from the multimedia message transmitted from the user terminal 113, and retrieves and obtains an application corresponding to the application identification information from the application providing server 150. The MMSC 140 may attach the obtained application to the multimedia message and provide the received application to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112.

In particular, the application providing server 150 provides an application having a common interface, so that the application can be mounted on the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 based on flexible scalability.

Hereinafter, the multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose of the present invention, when the multimedia message is delivered in accordance with the application loading confirmation result by the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 itself (Fig. 2a to be described later), MMSC ( When the multimedia message is delivered to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 according to the result of confirming the loading of the application (FIG. 3 to be described later), the terminating mobile communication terminal is attached to the multimedia message by the user terminal 113. 112, the description will be made separately according to the embodiment of the case of delivering the multimedia message (FIG. 4 to be described later).

In particular, a method for dynamically driving a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose of the present invention may be performed by dynamically driving an application according to an application loading confirmation result by a message dynamic program of the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 (see FIG. 2b) to be described later.

2A is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a multimedia message delivery method for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention.

Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose according to the present invention of Figure 2a, according to the confirmation result whether the application by the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 itself delivers a multimedia message of a specific format The case is shown.

First, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 generates a multimedia message using an application for providing a service of a specific purpose (S201).

In this case, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 generates a multimedia message capable of providing a specific service to the incoming mobile communication terminal 112, and includes application identification information in the multimedia message.

Here, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 preferably includes application identification information in the multimedia message header information and transmits it to the MMSC 140. In this way, the MMSC 140 transmits a notification message before transmitting the multimedia message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112, and includes the header information so that the MMSC 140 can be delivered to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112.

Thereafter, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 transmits the generated multimedia message to the MMSC 140 through which the intended mobile communication terminal 112 is transmitted (S202).

At this time, the MMSC 140 stores the multimedia message in its own DB as in processing a normal multimedia message (S203), and transmits a notification message informing of the presence of the multimedia message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 ( S204). In this case, the MMSC 140 transmits the notification message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112, thereby transferring the application identification information to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112.

On the other hand, when the notification message is received from the MMSC 140, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 (S204), the application identification information included in the notification message is a list (i.e., for the application mounted on the terminating mobile communication terminal 112). Application list) (S205).

If the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 includes the application identification information in the application list (S205), the MMSC 140 requests the transmission of the multimedia message corresponding to the notification message (not shown in FIG. 2). city). Accordingly, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 provides a user environment for viewing or authoring a multimedia message transmitted from the MMSC 140 using a preloaded application.

As described above, when the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 is preloaded with an application for a multimedia message to provide a service of a specific purpose, the MMS proceeds according to a typical execution procedure.

On the other hand, when the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 does not include the application identification information in the application list (S205), a corresponding application for viewing or authoring a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose is required. Therefore, an application corresponding to the application identification information is requested to the application providing server 150 (S206).

In such a case (S205), even if the multimedia message is received from the MMSC 140, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 does not have an application for viewing or authoring the multimedia message, so that the service for a specific purpose is performed. Can not provide. Accordingly, the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 requests the application to the application providing server 150.

In addition, the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 queries the application corresponding to the application identification information with an external application list management server without using an application list stored therein, and transmits the application itself to an application providing server ( 150).

Thereafter, the application providing server 150 checks the application corresponding to the application identification information (S207), and transmits the corresponding application to the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 (S208).

Then, the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 mounts an application delivered from the application providing server 150 to establish an environment in which a multimedia message for providing a specific purpose service can be viewed (viewed or authored). (S209).

Thereafter, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 requests the multimedia message to the MMSC 140 (S210), and receives the multimedia message from the MMSC 140 (S211).

Thereafter, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 can view the multimedia message according to the viewer program of the application or author the multimedia message according to the authoring program of the application. To the user (ie called party).

2B is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a method for dynamically driving a multimedia message for providing a specific purpose service according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2B, a method of dynamically driving a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose according to the present invention is performed by a message dynamic program preloaded in the terminating mobile communication terminal 112. That is, the message dynamic program dynamically drives and mounts an application delivered from the application providing server 150.

First, the message dynamic program is driven when a notification message is transmitted from the MMSC 140, and checks application identification information included in the notification message (S221).

Thereafter, the message dynamic program searches for an application list in order to confirm whether an application corresponding to the application identification information is mounted in the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 (S222).

When the message dynamic program determines that the corresponding application is not loaded as a search result of the application list, the message dynamic program requests the application to the application providing server 150 (S223).

The message dynamic program loads the application to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 when the application is delivered from the application providing server 150 (S224, S225). In this case, the message dynamic program can dynamically drive an application like a plug-in by using a common interface of the application.

The user can then see the multimedia message viewed by the application.

The message dynamic program is mounted on a mobile communication terminal so that a multimedia message for providing a specific purpose of service can be viewed or authored. Since the detailed control configuration of the mobile communication terminal is the same as the above method, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for delivering a multimedia message for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention.

In the multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose according to the present invention of FIG. 3, a multimedia of a specific format is determined according to a result of checking whether an application is mounted on the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 by the MMSC 140. Indicates the case of delivering a message.

Before describing FIG. 3, steps S301 to S303 are overlapped with steps S201 to S203 in FIG. 2A, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

First, the MMSC 140 checks the application identification information included in the multimedia message (S304), and at the same time, checks the subscriber profile of the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 on the HLR 120 (S305).

In this case, since the MMSC 140 can check the subscriber profile of the HLR 120 to check the default application (that is, the basic application mounted at the time of launching the mobile communication terminal) mounted on the terminating mobile communication terminal 112, The receiving mobile communication terminal 112 checks whether an application corresponding to the application identification information is loaded (S306).

In addition, the HLR 120 may check the application version information mounted on the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 and update the subscriber profile every predetermined time. Accordingly, the MMSC 140 checks the subscriber profile of the HLR 120, so that the multimedia information is 'when the application is not loaded' or 'when the application is a lower version even if the application is loaded' on the terminating mobile communication terminal 112. The application is attached to the message and sent to the destination mobile communication terminal 112.

When the application corresponding to the application identification information is preloaded on the incoming mobile communication terminal 112, the MMSC 140 proceeds to the normal MMS step S310 to step S312 to be described later. That is, the MMSC 140 transmits a notification message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 and transmits a multimedia message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 in response to the multimedia message request.

If the application corresponding to the application identification information is not loaded in the incoming mobile communication terminal 112, the MMSC 140 requests the corresponding application from the application providing server 150 and receives a response (S307 and S308). .

Thereafter, the MMSC 140 attaches the application to the pre-stored multimedia message and stores the application again (S309).

At this time, even if the MMSC 140 confirms that the application is already loaded by the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 according to the application loading list of the subscriber profile of the HLR 120, the application delivered from the application providing server 150. If the version is lower than the version, it is preferable to attach the application to the multimedia message in order to apply the latest version to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112.

The application attached to the multimedia message is dynamically driven by the message dynamic program of the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 using the common interface as described above.

Then, the MMSC 140 transmits a notification message indicating that there is a multimedia message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 (S310).

The MMSC 140 transmits a multimedia message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 according to the multimedia message request of the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 (S311 and S312).

Meanwhile, when the multimedia message is transmitted from the MMSC 140 (S312), the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 checks an application attached to the multimedia message by using a preloaded message dynamic program to determine whether the application is already loaded. Check (S313).

At this time, if the application is already loaded (S313), the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 compares the version of the pre-loaded application with the version of the application attached to the multimedia message and updates it to the latest version of the application. Thereafter, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 views or authors the multimedia message using the latest version of the application.

If the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 is not already loaded with the application (S313), the message dynamic program dynamically drives and mounts the application attached to the multimedia message and views or authors the multimedia message (S314). .

Accordingly, the user can check the multimedia message viewed by the application.

4 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a multimedia message delivery method for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention.

In the multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose according to the present invention of FIG. 4, the multimedia message is delivered by attaching a corresponding application to a multimedia message of a specific format generated by the user terminal 113 according to a web-to-phone MMS scheme. The case is shown.

First, the user terminal 113 generates a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose, and attaches the corresponding application (S401).

In addition, the user terminal 113 transmits the multimedia message to which the corresponding application is attached to the MMSC 140 via the destination mobile communication terminal 112 (S402).

In this case, the user terminal 113 may be configured to transmit the multimedia message to the MMSC 140 via a predetermined auxiliary server (not shown), instead of setting the multimedia message to the MMSC 140 directly.

In this case, the user terminal 113 generates and transmits a large amount of multimedia messages to provide a service of a specific purpose of a specific company, so as to distribute the overload of the MMSC 140 provided by other mobile communication providers. The auxiliary server is additionally routed. In addition, the secondary server preferably checks whether the attached application is authorized in the multimedia message transmitted from the user terminal 113 and delivers it to the MMSC 140.

Thereafter, the MMSC 140 stores the multimedia message transmitted from the user terminal 113 (S403).

At this time, the MMSC 140 performs a normal MMS process with the terminating mobile communication terminal 112. That is, the MMSC 140 transmits a notification message for informing that there is a multimedia message to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 (S404), and then transmits the requested multimedia message from the terminating mobile communication terminal 112. (S405, S406).

Then, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 performs a procedure overlapped with steps S313 and S314 of FIG. 3, which will be briefly described as follows.

First, when the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 transmits a multimedia message from the MMSC 140 (S406), it is checked whether an application is already loaded by checking an application attached to the multimedia message by a preloaded message dynamic program. Check (S407).

At this time, if the application is already loaded (S407), the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 compares the version of the pre-loaded application with the version of the application attached to the multimedia message to update to the latest version of the application. Thereafter, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 views or authors the multimedia message using the latest version of the application.

If the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 is not already loaded with the application (S407), the message dynamic program dynamically drives and mounts the application attached to the multimedia message and views or authors the multimedia message (S408). .

5A is an exemplary diagram illustrating a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose according to the present invention, and FIG. 5B is another exemplary diagram of a multimedia message for providing a service of a specific purpose according to the present invention. 5C is another exemplary diagram of a multimedia message for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention.

5A illustrates a case where a multimedia message for providing a vehicle accident report service is generated by the calling mobile communication terminal 111 and delivered to the called mobile communication terminal 112. At this time, the application for using the MMS for the vehicle accident notification service should be mounted on the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 and the incoming mobile communication terminal 112.

First, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 generates a multimedia message of a predetermined specific format (accident name, accident details, accident picture, destination, etc.) according to a preloaded application. Here, it is preferable that the destination information (that is, the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 in the road construction situation room) is set in advance in the multimedia message so that the accident situation can be quickly transmitted.

At this time, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 composes the contents of the multimedia message and then displays its location in the multimedia message by selecting "Show location" and transmits it to the incoming mobile communication terminal 112.

If the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 is not equipped with an application for using the accident report service MMS shown in FIG. 5A, as described above with reference to FIGS. 2A, 2B, 3, and 4. By loading the application, the multimedia message transmitted from the originating mobile communication terminal 111 is viewed.

That is, when the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 mounts an application to view a multimedia message, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 displays contents and a location indication (location movement, map enlargement and reduction, etc.) of the multimedia message.

Meanwhile, FIG. 5B illustrates a case where a multimedia message for providing a wedding announcement service is generated by the calling mobile communication terminal 111 and delivered to the called mobile communication terminal 112. At this time, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 and the incoming mobile communication terminal 112, as shown in Figure 5a, the application for using the MMS for the wedding guidance service should be mounted.

First, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 uses a specific format (that is, image search, image purchase, effect cycle, etc.) to insert or produce various and interesting contents according to a preloaded application. And a multimedia message). At this time, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 produces various contents by accessing an external server by selecting "find image" or "purchase image". Thereafter, the outgoing mobile communication terminal 111 transmits the multimedia message to the incoming mobile communication terminal 112.

If the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 is not equipped with an application for using the wedding guide service MMS shown in FIG. 5B, as described above with reference to FIGS. 2A, 2B, 3, and 4. By loading the application, the multimedia message transmitted from the originating mobile communication terminal 111 is viewed.

That is, when the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 mounts an application to view the multimedia message, the terminating mobile communication terminal 112 displays the contents of the multimedia message manually or automatically.

5C illustrates a case where a multimedia message for providing a survey service of a specific company is generated by the user terminal 113 and delivered to the destination mobile communication terminal 112. At this time, the user terminal 113 and the terminating mobile communication terminal 112, as in Figs. 5a and 5b, the application for using the poll service MMS should be mounted.

First, the user terminal 113 generates a multimedia message of a specific format that can produce a questionnaire, etc. according to the pre-loaded application and transmits it to the terminating mobile communication terminal 112.

If the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 is not equipped with an application for using the polling service MMS shown in FIG. 5C, as described above with reference to FIGS. 2A, 2B, 3, and 4. By loading the application, the multimedia message transmitted from the user terminal 113 is viewed.

That is, when the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 loads an application and views a multimedia message, the answering mobile terminal 112 selects the corresponding answer according to the poll questionnaire by using the number 1 (yes) or the number 2 (no) of the keypad to enter a poll Answer. Thereafter, the incoming mobile communication terminal 112 writes a response message to the multimedia message for providing the poll service and retransmits it to the user terminal 113.

As described above, the present invention may not only provide a MMS for a specific purpose of service, but also provide a default application update MMS that is installed at the time of factory shipment of a mobile communication terminal. For example, the present invention provides a viewer program and an authoring program installed as a default application in a factory-provided mobile communication terminal, and a variety of replacement functions of skins related to color and style, and enhancement of existing functions. Program replacement function can be provided.

On the other hand, the method of the present invention as described above can be written in a computer program. And the code and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the written program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (information storage medium), and read and executed by a computer to implement the method of the present invention. The recording medium may include any type of computer readable recording medium.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a communication network to which the present invention is applied;

2A is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a multimedia message delivery method for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention;

2B is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a method for dynamically driving a multimedia message for providing a specific purpose service according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a method for delivering a multimedia message for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a multimedia message delivery method for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention;

5A is an exemplary diagram illustrating a multimedia message for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention;

5b is another exemplary embodiment of a multimedia message for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention;

5C is yet another exemplary embodiment of a multimedia message for providing a service for a specific purpose according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

111: outgoing mobile communication terminal 112: incoming mobile communication terminal

113: user terminal 120: HLR

130: WAP G / W 140: MMSC

150: application server

Claims (24)

In the method for delivering a multimedia message, A multimedia message service center (MMSC) transmitting a notification message including application identification information to a destination mobile communication terminal when receiving a multimedia message from the outside; Confirming, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, whether an application corresponding to the application identification information is loaded; A mounting step of acquiring and mounting an application corresponding to the application identification information by the called mobile communication terminal when the application is not loaded; And A viewing step of acquiring the multimedia message corresponding to the notification message and viewing the multimedia message using the mounted application; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose comprising a. According to claim 1, As a result of the checking, when the application device is mounted, the receiving mobile communication terminal acquires the multimedia message corresponding to the notification message from the MMSC, and viewing the multimedia message using a preloaded application; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Authoring a response message to the multimedia message viewed by the terminating mobile communication terminal and retransmitting the message to the outside; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising. The method of claim 3, wherein The application identification information is a multimedia message delivery method for providing a specific purpose service, characterized in that the application attribute information that can view or author the multimedia message. The method of claim 4, wherein The application identification information is included in the header information of the multimedia message, The MMSC includes the header information of the multimedia message in the notification message and transmits the message to the destination mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein In the checking step, A list of pre-loaded applications is stored in the terminating mobile communication terminal so that the terminating mobile communication terminal checks whether the application is loaded according to whether the application identification information belongs to the application list. Multimedia message delivery method for providing. The method of claim 4, wherein In the mounting step, The method of claim 1, wherein the terminating mobile communication terminal mounts the application as a dynamic plug-in using a common interface of the application. The method of claim 7, wherein In the checking step, the called mobile communication terminal queries the application to the server that manages the application list corresponding to the application identification information, In the step of mounting, the receiving mobile communication terminal is a multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose, characterized in that the obtained application itself is obtained from the application providing server and mounted. The method of claim 4, wherein The application identification information is a multimedia message delivery method for providing a specific purpose service, characterized in that the mime type (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)). In the method for delivering a multimedia message, Confirming, by a multimedia message service center (MMSC), an application identification information of the multimedia message and a subscriber profile of the called mobile communication terminal when receiving a multimedia message from the outside; Determining, by the MMSC, the application identification information and the subscriber profile to determine whether the application is mounted on the incoming mobile communication terminal; Attaching, by the MMSC, obtaining an application from an application providing server and attaching the application to the multimedia message when the application is not loaded; And Transmitting, by the MMSC, the multimedia message to which the corresponding application is attached to the destination mobile communication terminal; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose comprising a. The method of claim 10, Checking, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, whether an application attached to the multimedia message is mounted and viewing the multimedia message by loading the application attached to the multimedia message when it is not loaded; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising. The method of claim 11, wherein Authoring a response message to the multimedia message viewed by the terminating mobile communication terminal and retransmitting the message to the outside; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, The application identification information is a multimedia message delivery method for providing a specific purpose service, characterized in that the application attribute information that can view or author the multimedia message. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, The terminating mobile communication terminal checks whether an application attached to the multimedia message is already loaded, and compares the version of the application attached to the multimedia message with the version of the application previously mounted on the terminating mobile communication terminal when the terminal is already loaded. Update to Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, In the checking step, And confirming the application identification information from header information of the multimedia message. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, In the checking step, And a subscriber profile of the called mobile communication terminal from a home location register (HLR). The method of claim 16, And the home location register (HLR) updates the subscriber profile of the terminating mobile communication terminal every predetermined time. In the method for delivering a multimedia message, A transmission step of a user terminal attaching an application capable of viewing or authoring the multimedia message to the multimedia message and transmitting the same to the destination mobile communication terminal; Confirming, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, whether an application attached to the transmitted multimedia message is already loaded; And As a result of the checking, when the application is not loaded, the receiving mobile communication terminal loads the application attached to the multimedia message to view the multimedia message; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose comprising a. The method of claim 18, As a result of the checking, when the application device is mounted, comparing the version of the application attached to the multimedia message with the version of the pre-loaded application by the destination mobile communication terminal, and updating to the latest version of the application; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising. The method of claim 18, Authoring a response message to the multimedia message viewed by the terminating mobile communication terminal and retransmitting the message to the user terminal; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 20, In the transmission step, The method of claim 1, wherein the user terminal transmits the multimedia message to which the application is attached to an incoming mobile communication terminal via a preset auxiliary server. The method of claim 21, The secondary server, Determining whether an application attached to the multimedia message is authorized to determine whether to transmit to the called mobile communication terminal; and providing a service for a specific purpose. In the method for delivering a multimedia message, A registration step of the user terminal pre-registering an application for providing a service of a specific purpose with an application providing server; When the user terminal transmits a multimedia message including application identification information to the MMSC, the MMSC obtains an application corresponding to the application identification information from the application providing server to the multimedia message. A transmission step of transmitting to the destination mobile communication terminal; Confirming, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, whether an application attached to the transmitted multimedia message is already loaded; And As a result of the checking, when the application is not loaded, the receiving mobile communication terminal loads the application attached to the multimedia message to view the multimedia message; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose comprising a. The method of claim 23, wherein Authoring a response message to the multimedia message viewed by the terminating mobile communication terminal and retransmitting the message to the user terminal; Multimedia message delivery method for providing a service of a specific purpose further comprising.

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