KR20080093311A - Method and device for recording in video communication - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for recording and managing contents of a video call are provided to save, regenerate or edit recorded video on a web server as well as in a user terminal so that a user oriented video call service can be provided. An apparatus for recording and managing contents of a video call includes a communication module(110), a service control module(120), a video call module(130), a record management module(140) and a transmission control module(150). The communication module receives a call connection request signal from a user terminal wherein the call connection request signal is for requesting a wanted special call connection service. The service control module controls signals including a video call identifier of the call connection request signal received from the communication module, transmits the controlled signals to the video call module, controls signals including a feature code of the call connection request signal and transmits the controlled signals to the record management module. The video call module requests a video call connection to a receiving side terminal according to the controlled video call identifier from the service control module, finishes the video call connection and starts a video call connection as a response from the receiving side terminal. The record management module records and manages the requested video call when starting the video call connection. The transmission control module controls signals for transmitting the recorded video to a web server and transmitting a video record result at the terminal, an overall call connection time and a remaining capacity as a message.

Description

Method and device for recording and managing video calls {METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION}

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recording and managing a video call in a mobile communication server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a mobile communication server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recording and managing a video call in a mobile communication server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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100, 200: mobile communication server

110, 210: communication module

120, 220: service control module

130, 230: video call module

140, 240: recording management module

141, 241: Video call recording module

143, 243: temporary storage media

245: recording control module

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording and managing a video call, and particularly, when the video call is initiated or at the request of the user in the middle of the video call, recording and storing the contents of the video call, and storing them whenever necessary. A method and apparatus for reproducing can be provided. In addition, the recorded video call content relates to a method and apparatus for enabling the storage, playback and editing at any time on the Internet by transmitting in real time to the corresponding web server through the Internet network.

With the development of mobile communication technology, the third generation mobile communication network (for example, W-CDMA network or HSDPA network) capable of transmitting large amounts of data at high speed is established, and it is possible to break away from the existing voice communication service. It is also possible to make a video call while looking at the face directly through the video. Accordingly, mobile carriers are developing and providing call services with a variety of special functions in order to preempt subscribers of third generation mobile communication networks first.

These special features of the service, for example, by recording the contents of the call through the user terminal during the voice / video call, and by sending and receiving multimedia content such as emoticons, images, flash and video between the caller and the called party more fun and In addition to the interest, more and more, ranging from the emotional call service that displays the status and emotion of the other party through voice analysis.

However, the video call recording service for recording a video call during the video call service of the above-described special functions is a function provided by a mobile communication terminal, and its storage capacity is limited. When the service is required, various functions are required from the terminal manufacturer, and the lineup has to be unified.

Therefore, the user of the video call recording service performs a series of recording operations on the server of the mobile communication company and transmits and stores them in real time to the corresponding web server, thereby storing, playing and editing the recorded video on the Internet. There is a need for a video call recording service that enables it.

The present invention can be reproduced and edited at any time by recording and storing the contents of the video call and storing the video call contents in real time to the corresponding web server when the video call is initiated or at the request of the user in the middle of the video call. To provide video call recording service The purpose is.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile communication server recording and managing a video call according to an embodiment of the present invention controls the signal in each service operation mode to provide a call service according to a signal transmitted from a mobile communication terminal. And a video control module for completing a video call connection and initiating a video call according to the controlled signal, and a recording management module for recording the contents of the video call. It includes a mobile communication server to record and manage.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, a method for recording and managing the video call according to an embodiment of the present invention is to identify the video call identifier and feature code included in the outgoing signal transmitted from the originating terminal to call service accordingly Controlling a signal in a service operation mode for providing a service; completing a video call connection and initiating a video call according to the controlled signal; and recording the video call.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for a method and apparatus for recording and managing a video call when a video call is started or in the middle of a video call according to embodiments of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication server 100 records and manages a video call when the video call is started, which is largely a communication module 110, a service control module 120, a video call module 130, and a recording. It consists of a management module 140 and the transmission control module 150.

In addition, the recording management module 140 is a module for recording and managing the video call contents when the video call is started, and is further divided into the video call recording module 141 and the temporary storage medium 143. The function and operation of each module will be described below.

1, the communication module 110 receives a call connection request signal for requesting a call service of a desired special function from a terminal of a user (sender). In this case, the call connection request signal includes a feature code, a called number, and an identifier for distinguishing a video call or a voice call according to a call service of a plurality of special functions, and the mobile communication server 100. In step S, it transmits it back to the called terminal to complete the call connection. When the call connection is completed in response to the call connection request signal requested from the calling terminal, the mobile communication server 100 performs a series of operations to provide a call service of a special function requested by the caller, and the result is the communication module. Transmit to the calling terminal through 110. That is, the communication module 110 transmits / receives a signal to / from a mobile communication terminal.

In addition, although there may be various kinds of call services of a special function, the present invention focuses on a video call recording service for recording and managing the video call. Accordingly, in order to explain the technology of the present invention easily and clearly, the video call identifier included in the call connection request signal is marked with '*' and the feature code of the video call recording service for recording the video call contents during the video call is '002'. Assume that

In the embodiment according to the present invention, a method using an identifier and a feature code is presented as a representative example in consideration of a user's convenience of use, but a general access number or wireless requesting a call connection using a general access number without the identifier or feature code. There may be a number of convenient call connection methods, such as accessing through the Internet or menu reflected in the terminal.

The service control module 120 controls a signal including a video call identifier '*' of the call connection request signal received from the communication module 101 and transmits the signal to the video call module 130 and the call connection request signal. The signal including the feature code '002' of the control is transmitted to the video call recording module 141.

The video call module 130 requests a video call connection to a called terminal according to a signal including a video call identifier '*' controlled by the service control module 120 and makes a video call connection in response to the video call module 130. Completes and initiates a video call.

In addition, when a video call is started from the video call module 130 according to a signal including the feature code '002' controlled by the service control module 120, the operation of the recording management module 140 is started. .

The recording management module 140 includes a video call recording module 141 and a temporary storage medium 143, and performs a video call recording service requested by a user when a video call is started.

As shown in FIG. 1, the video call recording module 141 starts a video call from the video call module 130 according to a signal including the feature code '002' controlled by the service control module 120. It serves to record. In the video call recording mode, when the video call ends, the video call recording mode also ends.

As shown in FIG. 1, the temporary storage medium 143 temporarily receives a recorded video (hereinafter, referred to as a "recorded video") from the video call recording module 141.

The transmission control module 150 transmits the recorded image stored in the temporary storage medium 143 to a user terminal and a signal for transmitting in real time to a corresponding web server through a mobile communication network (for example, a W-CDMA network or an HSDPA network). It controls the signal for transmitting the message whether the result of recording, total talk time and remaining capacity. And the recorded video can be stored and stored in the storage of the web server, and upon the user's request, by limiting the terminal storage capacity by playing the recorded video stored in the storage in the terminal window of the user through the wired / wireless Internet Can overcome.

In addition, the recorded video stored in the web server can be reproduced on the web through the wired / wireless Internet as well as a variety of editing, such as adding a variety of frames, emoticons and content to decorate. In addition, the user may add content in a diary or comment format to each of the plurality of recorded images that have been recorded or edited.

Therefore, the user can easily and conveniently manage a plurality of recorded images through archiving, playing, deleting, sorting, and statistics.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recording and managing a video call in the mobile communication server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a caller requests a call connection using a hotkey provided in a terminal or directly inputs a feature code of a call service desired by a user to transmit a call connection request signal. Then, it is received by the communication module 110 of the mobile communication server (S310), and the service control module 120 identifies the video call identifier '*' and the feature code '002' included in the outgoing signal accordingly. The signal is controlled in each service operation mode (S320). Thereafter, the video call module 130 completes the video call connection according to the controlled signal (signal including '*') and starts the video call (S330). The video management module 140 initiates the video call. Recording and managing (S340). That is, in step S340, the video call recording module 141 receives the signal from the video call module 130 based on the controlled signal (the signal included in the '002') from the service control module 120. In operation S341, when the recording is completed, the completed recorded image is stored in the temporary storage medium 143 (S343). After that, the transmission control module 150 controls the signal to transmit the recorded video stored in the temporary storage medium 143 to the web server in real time, and whether or not the recording result, the total talk time and the remaining capacity to the user's terminal. Send in a message (S350).

As a result, the recorded video transmitted to the web server in real time is stored and stored in the storage of the web server, and played back on the user's terminal through the wired / wireless internet upon the user's request. Deleting, sorting, and statistics can be made to easily manage multiple recorded videos.

3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication server 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile communication server 200 for stopping the video call recording mode or reactivating the stopped video call recording mode when the video call recording mode is operated with the start of the video call is shown. The mobile communication server 200 is similar to the mobile communication server 100 as shown in FIG. 1, but further includes a recording control module 245 in the recording management module 240.

As shown in FIG. 3, the recording control module 245 detects and controls a video call recording start signal or a video recording stop signal from the video call module 230.

That is, while the video call recording mode is controlled according to the start and end of the video call in FIGS. 1 and 2, the recording control module 245 stops or stops the video call recording service at the request of the user during the video call recording. In order to start the video call recording service again, for example, by pressing the '*' key, this operation is performed to control the video call recording mode. Here, the '*' key is different from the video call identifier, and when the '*' key is pressed during video call recording, the video call recording service is stopped, and when the '*' key is pressed again, the video call recording service is started again. Has a key.

In order to control the video call recording mode, it is possible to control and provide various user needs by recognizing DTMF such as start recording on '1' key, stop recording on '2' key, and adding contents to '3' key. These menus can be displayed on the video call screen for easy use by customers.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recording and managing a video call in the mobile communication server 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, similar to the method shown in FIG. 2, the recording control module 245 is further provided to control the operation of the video call recording mode by various requests of the user in the middle of the video call recording. In step S440 further includes the steps of S443 and S445.

That is, the recording control module 245 periodically detects the video recording start signal or the video recording stop signal from the video call module 230 and controls the video call recording mode according to the corresponding signal (S443). The video call recording is started or the video call recording is stopped according to the controlled signal (S445).

Therefore, the user can provide a user-centered video call recording service by stopping or resuming the video call recording at any time in accordance with the user's convenience during the video call recording service.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

According to the present invention, when a video call is initiated by a server of a mobile communication company or in the middle of a video call, the video call is recorded and managed so that the recorded video can be stored, played and edited not only on the user's terminal but also on the web. It is effective in providing call service.

Claims (11)

A service control module for controlling a signal in each service operation mode to provide a call service according to a signal transmitted from a mobile communication terminal; A video call module for completing a video call connection according to the controlled signal and initiating a video call; And And a recording management module for recording the contents of the disclosed video call. The telecommunications server of claim 1, wherein the signal received from the service control module includes a video call identifier and a feature code. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording management module, A video call recording module for recording video call contents according to a signal controlled from the service control module and a signal initiated from the video call module; And And a temporary storage medium for temporarily storing the recorded video transmitted from the video call recording module. According to claim 3, wherein the recording management module further comprises a recording control module for detecting and controlling the video recording start signal or the video recording stop signal periodically from the video call module, the communication to record and manage this during video calls Communication server. The transmission control module of claim 1, wherein the transmission control module transmits the temporarily stored recording image from the recording management module to the storage of the web server in real time, and controls a signal for transmitting the recording related content as a message to the calling terminal. Further comprising, a telecommunications server for recording and managing this during a video call. The telecommunications server of claim 5, wherein the recording-related content includes a recording result, total talk time, and remaining capacity. Identifying a video call identifier and a feature code included in an outgoing signal transmitted from the originating terminal and controlling the signal in a service operation mode for providing a call service accordingly; Completing a video call connection and initiating a video call according to the controlled signal; And And recording the disclosed video call, and recording and managing the video call. The method of claim 7, wherein the recording of the video call, And storing the recorded recorded video on a temporary storage medium. The method of claim 7, wherein the recording of the video call, Detecting and controlling a video recording start signal or a video recording stop signal periodically from the video call; Recording or stopping recording the video call content according to the controlled signal; And And storing the recorded recorded video on a temporary storage medium. 10. The method of claim 7 to 9, further comprising the step of transmitting the temporarily stored recording video from the recording management module to the storage of the web server in real time, and transmitting the recording-related content to the calling terminal as a message, video call How to record and manage your time. The method of claim 10, further comprising: storing and storing the recorded image transmitted to the storage, and managing the same by playing, editing, and deleting the recorded image on the web.

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