KR20090109758A - Method and system for providing message classification handling services in mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for a service which classifies and processes messages of a mobile communication system and a system thereof are provided to store received messages to which identifiers are given in corresponding message boxes automatically. CONSTITUTION: A method for a service which classifies and processes messages of a mobile communication system comprises the following steps of: giving a message box identifier to message data which a message transmission server will transmits; transmitting the message data to a corresponding mobile terminal; extracting the message box identifier from the received message data(S23); and storing the message data in a message box corresponding to the identifier(S26).

Description

Method and system for providing message classification handling services in mobile communication system

The present invention relates to a message service of a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing a service for dividing and processing a message in a mobile communication system.

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 various functions of the mobile communication terminal, a short message service (SMS), a voice message service, or a multimedia message service capable of quickly delivering simple information to a counterpart is widely used. This SMS service has the advantage of being able to quickly and easily deliver the desired information to a specific counterpart or a plurality of counterparts at a very low cost compared to voice calls, and to store the received text message for later checking or rechecking. Due to these advantages, SMS is widely used not only for providing securities, weather, news, education information, etc., but also for providing payment information (price, item history, account information, etc.) in electronic payment services.

As such, the SMS service is mainly used to exchange short messages of about 100 bytes. In addition, it includes a function that can use the MMS to send and receive multimedia messages, including video, pictures, sound, and the like. That is, the MMS message is delivered to the terminal through the SMS for the first message and establishes a transmission session to receive the streaming data for the multimedia message. The mobile terminal decodes the received streaming data and displays the same through the display and the speaker of the terminal.

However, the conventional SMS, voice message, and MMS messages are stored in a single message box provided in the mobile communication terminal when they reach the mobile communication terminal, thereby making it difficult for a user to distinguish various messages coming through various paths. In addition, even in a mobile communication system, when a message is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal without any other processing procedure, the mobile communication terminal has an inconvenience in that the user can directly identify and classify or use the received message.

For this reason, mobile communication service users may have a problem in that they ignore or delete a message that is necessary when they use a message service as a spam message. In addition, when receiving a large amount of messages, users have a lot of time and effort to distinguish and organize the messages that are needed and the messages that are not needed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a method and a system which allow a system to classify and process messages in a message service of a mobile communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and a terminal device in which a mobile communication terminal receiving a message includes a separate message box so that messages received and classified according to categories can be automatically stored in a separate message box.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the 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 message classification processing service of a mobile communication system according to the present invention is a method of providing a service for storing a message received from a mobile communication system in a mobile communication terminal (a Assigning a message box identifier to message data to be transmitted by a message transmission server of a mobile communication system; (b) transmitting the message data given the inbox identifier to the corresponding mobile communication terminal; (c) extracting a message box identifier from the received message data by the mobile communication terminal; And (d) storing the received message data as a message box classified in the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the extracted message box identifier.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for providing a service for storing a message received from a mobile communication system in a mobile communication terminal, the message box identifier is assigned to the message data to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in the mobile communication system A message transmission server for transmitting and processing message data to the mobile communication terminal; And receiving message data from the message transmission server through a mobile communication network, extracting a message box identifier from the received message data, and dividing the received message data into a plurality of category areas based on the extracted identifier. Provided is a message classification processing service providing system of a mobile communication system comprising a;

According to another aspect of the present invention, a message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing in a mobile communication terminal in a mobile communication system, which is configured in a mobile communication system and transmits outgoing messages through a mobile communication network to a mobile communication terminal. Message relay processing module for performing a relay process for transmitting; And an identifier processing module for assigning a message box identifier to message data to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in order to separate and store the messages in the message boxes classified according to categories of the mobile communication terminal. A transmission processing apparatus is provided.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal device for classifying and storing a message including identification information received from a mobile communication system, comprising: message receiving means for receiving message data from a mobile communication system through a mobile communication network; Identifier extracting means for extracting an inbox identifier from a message including identification information received through the message receiving unit; Storage means having a message box divided into a plurality of category areas and storing and storing the received message data; And control means for dividing the received message data into a message box of the storage means based on the message box identifier extracted through the identifier extracting means.

According to the present invention, by assigning a message box identifier classified by category to message data transmitted to each terminal in the message transmission system of the mobile communication system, and then transmitting the message to the corresponding mobile communication terminal, the terminal users can directly distinguish the messages. It provides the effect of saving the effort and time spent on sorting.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a message box classified by category, so that each of the messages received by the identifier is automatically received in the corresponding inbox, so that the terminal user can easily check and manage the message, so This improves the identification and readability of stored messages.

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 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 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an example of implementing a message classification processing service providing system of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a message classification processing service providing system of a mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a message transmission server 100 configured in a mobile communication system 10 and a mobile communication receiving a message through a mobile communication network. It includes a terminal 200.

Here, the mobile communication system 10 may be a mobile communication system according to the CDMA, CDMA2000, GSM, WCDMA and the like. The mobile communication system 10 is composed of a core network composed of a switching center (MSC), a gateway, a home location register (HLR), and the like, and a base station controller connected to the core network and controlling a plurality of lower base stations 12. The core network performs a function of switching circuits, serving data packets, and connecting to an external network. The base station 12 performs wireless communication with the mobile communication terminal.

The message transmission server 100 includes a short message service center (SMSC) 102, a multimedia message service center (MMSC) 104, and the like, configured in the mobile communication system 10. The message transmission server 100 performs a message relay process for transmitting the messages sent to the mobile communication system to the destination mobile communication terminal. At this time, the message transmission server 100 assigns a message box identifier to the message data to be transmitted to the destination mobile communication terminal, and transmits the message. The inbox identifier is identification information indicating each inbox divided into categories in the mobile communication terminal 200 receiving the message. Examples of the message processed by the message transmission server 100 may include a short message, a voice message, and a multimedia message.

Here, the structure of the SMS message data includes a teleservice ID (TID), content information, a delimiter, a compressed URL, and a callback (CB) phone number. The TID is a unique number assigned to each wireless communication service provider. When the information service is performed through a plurality of wireless communication service providers, the number of the service provider to which each user is subscribed is inserted. The content information is information on occurrence of content and content type, and is a message displayed on a user's mobile communication terminal. The separator may be omitted to distinguish content information and a compressed URL. In addition, the voice message and MMS message is the first message is delivered to the mobile terminal through the SMS, the terminal establishes a transmission session at the time of SMS confirmation to receive the streaming data for the multimedia message. The received streaming data is decoded by the mobile communication terminal and output through the display device and speaker device of the terminal.

Accordingly, when the message transmitting server 100 assigns a message box identifier to message data, the message transmitting server 100 inserts an identifier which is identification information given to a predetermined area within the structure of the message data. For example, an identifier may be inserted into a TID or a content information area of the message data structure. In addition, when a mailbox identifier is assigned, a mailbox identifier is assigned based on attributes of a message to be transmitted or sender information of a message to be transmitted. Accordingly, the message transmission server 100 allows a system administrator to set a rule for assigning an inbox identifier, and performs a process of assigning an identifier according to the information of the message based on this rule.

The mobile communication terminal 200 is a terminal device that allows a user to receive various mobile communication services by accessing the mobile communication system 10. The mobile communication terminal 200 may be, for example, a cellular phone, a 2G phone, a 3G phone, a smart phone, a PDA equipped with a wireless modem, or the like. The mobile communication terminal 200 performs wireless communication with the base station 12 and transmits / receives voice, data, messages, and the like. In particular, the mobile communication terminal 200 is provided so that the message box for storing the messages is divided into categories. In addition, the mobile terminal 200 extracts the message box identifier from the received message data when the message is received, and identifies the corresponding message box among the message boxes separately classified based on the extracted identifier. Save it. Therefore, the user does not need to separately classify or classify the incoming message, the system is automatically classified and stored as classified in the message box of the terminal as previously classified.

Next, the message transmission server 100 and the mobile communication terminal 200 which are the main components of the message classification processing service providing system of the mobile communication system according to the present invention described above with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described in more detail. .

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a message transmission processing apparatus 100 for message classification processing of a mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a relay processing module 110, an identifier processing module 120, and a rule setting module 130. .

The relay processing module 110 performs a relay process of transmitting outgoing messages to the mobile communication terminal through the mobile communication network. The relay processing module 110 includes a receiving unit 112 for receiving a message, an exchange unit 114 for exchanging a received message, a transmitting unit 116 for transmitting the exchanged message to a corresponding terminal, and the like. The receiving unit 112 receives the messages processed by the mobile communication system and collects the messages. Messages sent and processed by the mobile communication system are messages sent by a general person through a mobile communication terminal, messages sent by interworking with a mobile communication system by an enterprise unit, messages sent by interworking with a mobile communication system through the Internet, and For example, the message sent from the mobile communication system itself to the mobile communication terminal. The exchange unit 114 performs a process of exchanging the collected messages to the mobile communication terminal to be received. The transmitter 116 transmits the exchanged messages to the corresponding mobile communication terminal.

The identifier processing module 120 performs a process of assigning a message box identifier to message data processed by the relay processing module 110 in order to separate and store messages in a message box classified according to categories of a mobile communication terminal. The identifier processing module 120 includes a message determination unit 122 for classifying categories based on the message information, an identifier assigning unit 124 for inserting corresponding identification information into a category classified message, and the like. The message determination unit 122 extracts information on a message such as a message attribute or sender information from the message data processed by the relay processing module 110, and determines a message for each category based on the information. Perform The message determination unit 122 refers to rule information (algorithm information) set in the rule setting module 130 to be described later as a basis for classifying categories based on the message information. The identifier assigning unit 124 performs a process of inserting a message box identifier into corresponding message data according to the result determined by the message determining unit 122. The categories of inboxes classified by inbox identifiers can be classified into general inbox, notification box, information box, P2P box, B2P box, promotional box, gift box box, coupon box, etc. Can be.

The rule setting module 130 sets a rule for assigning an identifier to message data in the identifier processing module 120 and stores and stores the rule information set as described above. The rule setting module 130 includes a rule input unit 132, a rule DB 134, and the like. The rule input unit 132 is an interface means for allowing an operator or administrator of the mobile communication system to perform rule setting processing such as inputting or modifying a rule for assigning an inbox identifier. The rule DB 134 stores rule information input and modified by the rule input unit 132. The rule DB 134 refers to the message determination and the message box identifier assignment in the identifier processing module 120.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal device for classifying and storing a message including identification information received from a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile communication terminal 200 according to the present invention includes a message receiving unit 210, an identifier extracting unit 220, a control unit 230, and a storage unit 240.

The message receiving means 210 receives a message from a mobile communication system through a mobile communication network and performs a message incoming process. The message receiving unit 210 receives a message sent from the message transmitting server 100 from the base station 12 of the mobile communication network, and performs an incoming process for confirming the reception. The received message data includes a message box identifier inserted and inserted by the message transmission server 100.

The identifier extracting unit 220 serves to extract an inbox identifier from the message data received by the message receiving unit 210. The extracted message box identifier is used as identification information for distinguishing message boxes classified by categories to be stored in the message storage means of the mobile communication terminal.

The storage means 240 is a data storage means provided in the mobile communication terminal, the incoming message data is stored and managed. The storage means 240 is provided with a message box divided into a plurality of category areas. That is, the message storage area is divided into several areas, and the messages are divided and stored in each area. For example, if the message box is divided into three areas, an identifier is assigned to the message box # 1, the message box # 2, the message box # 3, and the like. In the case of displaying the classified message boxes to the mobile communication terminal user, each corresponding name is displayed. For example, inbox # 1 may be displayed as a general inbox, inbox # 2 as a notification inbox, and inbox # 3 as an information inbox.

The control means 230 divides the received message data according to the message box identifier and stores them in the message box. That is, the control means 230 corresponds to the classified message box of the storage means 240 according to the message box identifier extracted by the identifier extracting means 220 for the message data received by the message receiving means 210. A control process of storing the message box is performed. For example, when the identifier extracted from the received message data is message box # 1, the message data is stored and processed in the message box # 1 storage area of the storage unit 240.

Next, a message including a procedure performed in a message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and identification information received from the mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A procedure performed in a mobile communication terminal device that stores and stores them separately will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure performed in a message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, a message transmission processing apparatus receives message data from a node that sends a message through a mobile communication network. The node that sent the message may be a personal mobile communication terminal, an external node (internet, etc.) interlocked with the mobile communication system, or may be sent by the mobile communication system itself (S11).

When a message is received through the mobile communication network, a procedure of extracting message information from the received message data is performed. The message information may be message attribute information or sender information. (S12)

A procedure of determining the category of the received message data is performed based on the extracted message information. Here, the category determination is performed according to a predetermined rule together with the extracted message information, which is stored and stored in the rule DB set by the system administrator (S13).

That is, the system administrator sets a rule DB by inputting and generating a rule related to assigning an inbox identifier to message data so that the message can be classified and stored in a separate box of a mobile communication terminal. Of course, the rule information stored in the rule DB may be changed according to the administrator's input and correction instructions. (S1)

The rule DB set as described above is inquired and used when determining a message in step S13. (S2)

Next, when a message is determined, an identifier assignment procedure of inserting a message box identifier corresponding to the determined category into the message data is performed. In this case, the rule DB is also inquired (S3) and used for the identifier assignment process. That is, which inbox identifier to assign to the determined message may be stored in the rule DB. In addition, the inbox identifier corresponding to the inbox identifier according to the inbox classified in the mobile communication terminal may be stored in the rule DB (S14).

After the message box identifier is assigned to the message data, an exchange process for transmitting the message data to the mobile communication terminal is performed. The message exchange processing proceeds with an exchange procedure such as setting a destination path through information (called number) of the mobile communication terminal to which the message is to be received. In this case, the exchange process proceeds according to a general message relay procedure (S15).

After the message exchange processing, if the destination path of the mobile communication terminal is set, a procedure of transmitting the message data given the message box identifier to the mobile communication terminal is performed. In this case, the message data is transmitted through the mobile communication network, and the base station 12 wirelessly connects with the mobile communication terminal to transmit the data.

Through such a procedure, the message transmission processing apparatus can classify and transmit a message to be transmitted to the terminal.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure performed in a mobile communication terminal device for classifying and storing a message including identification information received from a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, a mobile communication terminal receives a message from a mobile communication system through a mobile communication network. At this time, the received message is a message box identifier is assigned by the message transmission processing apparatus and the message box identifier is included in the message data.

After receiving the message data, the mobile communication terminal device notifies that the message has been received by the mobile communication system and proceeds with the message receiving process of completing the message reception (S22).

After the message is processed, the procedure of extracting the message box identifier from the received message data is performed. In this case, the box identifier inserted in the message data is extracted and used as the box identification information (S23).

Next, an identification procedure for distinguishing the inbox provided in the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the identifier is performed based on the extracted inbox identifier. Here, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a message box for storing and storing the message received in the storage means is divided into a plurality of categories (S24).

The mobile communication terminal device performs access processing to the message data storage area of the message box identified by the identifier among the message boxes provided in the storage means divided into categories. (S25)

After accessing and accessing the corresponding message box, the received message data is stored and processed in the message storage area, and the received message is classified and stored in the message box (S26).

Through the above procedure, the mobile communication terminal apparatus can receive message data including the message box identifier and store the message data in the message box of the storage means according to the identifier.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure performed at each node according to a method for providing a message classification processing service of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, in the message classification processing service providing method of the mobile communication system according to the present invention, first, a message transmission server performs a message collection process of receiving a message sent from an external node.

When the message is received, the message sending server analyzes the received message data and proceeds with the inbox identifier assignment process of inserting the inbox identifier into the message data according to a predetermined rule.

After the inbox identifier is assigned to the message data, a procedure for transmitting a message to a mobile communication terminal to be received proceeds.

The mobile communication terminal receives the transmitted message, extracts the message box identifier from the received message data after the message receiving process, and processes the identified message box in the terminal through the extracted identifier. )

By storing the received message data in the identified message box among the divided message boxes inside the terminal, the message classification process and the message classification storage process in the terminal are completed in the mobile communication system.

7 is a screen illustrating an example of selecting a message box classified for each category provided in a mobile communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 7, after the messages are classified and stored in the mobile communication terminal according to the message classification processing service in the mobile communication system, the terminal user may automatically identify the classified messages and conveniently identify and read the messages. .

That is, when a message is received as shown in the screen of FIG. 7A, the inbox a1 is selected from the multi-mail related menu.

Then, it is converted into an inbox window and various kinds of inboxes are provided. Here, the user can select a desired type of box, and accordingly, when the message is received, the stored message list is provided to the user so that the user can check the messages conveniently arranged without any separate classification and classification work. That is, when the user wants to check the general messages as shown in (b) of FIG. 7, the user selects the general message box b1 from the inbox and the user is provided with a list of the messages stored in the general message box. .

Although the present invention has been described above by means of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described below by the person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the claims.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention includes matters described in such drawings. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an example of implementing a message classification processing service providing system of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal device for classifying and storing a message including identification information received from a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure performed in a message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure performed in a mobile communication terminal device for classifying and storing a message including identification information received from a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure performed at each node according to a method for providing a message classification processing service of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a screen illustrating an example of selecting a message box classified for each category provided in a mobile communication terminal.

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10: mobile communication system 12: base station

100: message transmission server 200: mobile communication terminal

Claims (11)

A method of providing a service for storing messages received from a mobile communication system in a mobile communication terminal (a) assigning a message box identifier to message data to be transmitted by a message transmission server of a mobile communication system; (b) transmitting the message data given the inbox identifier to the corresponding mobile communication terminal; (c) extracting a message box identifier from the received message data by the mobile communication terminal; And (d) storing the received message data in a message box classified in the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the extracted message box identifier. The method of claim 1, Step (a) is, A method of providing a message classification processing service of a mobile communication system, characterized by assigning an inbox identifier based on attributes of a message to be transmitted or sender information of a message to be transmitted. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The message sending server, Method for providing a message classification processing service of a mobile communication system, characterized in that the SMSC (Short Message Service Center) or MMSC (Multimedia Message Service Center) provided in the mobile communication system. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The inbox identifier is identification information indicating each inbox divided into categories for the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The message is a message processing service providing method of a mobile communication system, characterized in that the SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Message Service). A system for providing a service for storing messages received from a mobile communication system in a mobile communication terminal, A message transmission server for assigning a message box identifier to message data to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in the mobile communication system and transmitting and processing the message data to the mobile communication terminal; And Receives message data from the message transmission server through a mobile communication network, extracts a message box identifier from the received message data, and divides the received message data into a plurality of category areas based on the extracted identifier. Mobile communication terminal for storing and storing the message separation processing service providing system of a mobile communication system comprising a. The method of claim 6, The message sending server, And a message box identifier based on an attribute of a message to be transmitted or sender information of a message to be transmitted. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The message transmission server is a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) or a Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC) provided in a mobile communication system. The message is a message classification processing service providing system of a mobile communication system, characterized in that the SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Message Service). A message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing in a mobile communication terminal in a mobile communication system, A message relay processing module configured in a mobile communication system to perform relay processing for transmitting outgoing messages to a mobile communication terminal through a mobile communication network; And In order to separate and store messages in message boxes classified according to categories of mobile communication terminals, an identifier processing module for assigning a message box identifier to message data to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal; Processing unit. The method of claim 9, The identifier processing module, And a rule setting module for assigning an identifier based on an attribute of a message to be transmitted or sender information of a message to be transmitted, and receiving a rule for assigning an identifier from an administrator and storing and setting a set rule. Message transmission processing apparatus for message classification processing of the system. A mobile communication terminal device for classifying and storing a message including identification information received from a mobile communication system, Message receiving means for receiving message data from a mobile communication system via a mobile communication network; Identifier extracting means for extracting an inbox identifier from a message including identification information received through the message receiving means; Storage means having a message box divided into a plurality of category areas and storing and storing the received message data; And And control means for dividing the received message data into a message box of the storage means based on the message box identifier extracted through the identifier extracting means.

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