KR20100117664A - System and method for sending multimedia message storage address - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for transmitting a multimedia message storage address, a multimedia message service gateway, and a multimedia message service center, the system comprising: a reception memory transmission device for receiving and storing a multimedia message and transmitting a URL address for storing the multimedia message; And a first multimedia message service center which receives the URL address transmitted from the reception memory transmission device and notifies the terminal of the URL address.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE STORAGE ADDRESS}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and more particularly, to a transmission system and method for transmitting a multimedia message storage address.

With the development of mobile communication technology, various new services have already been developed in mobile communication networks. Among them, the multimedia message service (MMS) provided a non-real time multimedia communication method based on a memory transmission mechanism. Through MMS, a user can send and receive each type of information such as text, photo, audio, email, and video. The Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC) can store and transmit various types of messages, including message exchange between a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal and the Internet. The user composes a multimedia message using a digital camera or Bluetooth technology and transmits the same to the user of another mobile terminal through the MMSC.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional network system configuration for implementing MMS includes an MMS terminal, a multimedia message service center (MMSC), a multimedia message service gateway (MMSG), an MMS user database, an external application server, and an MMS value added application. In addition to including network elements such as systems and non-MMS terminal support application systems, and in order to provide multimedia message services in cooperation with the multimedia message platform, WAP gateways and GSM / GPRS network resources are required. It must be interconnected with the fare calculation system in the network.

In the current commercial MMS service, the service process of the end-to-end solution includes GPRS system, WAP gateway, MMSC, Short Message Service Center (SMSC), IP backbone network and each service provider (SP). It includes various network elements such as platform, the entire service process is complicated, and various protocol types are involved. The process of dividing the MMS service step by step is Mobile Originated (abbreviated as MO), Mobile Terminated (abbreviated as MT), Application Oriented (abbreviated as AO), Application Terminated (abbreviated as AT), Email Originated (abbreviated as EO), Email Terminated (ET abbreviation), transfer, transfer, PUSH notification message and the like.

There are 8 related interface protocols (MM1-MM8) defined in the multimedia message service environment (abbreviated as MMSE). Among them, the interface protocols directly related to MMS are MM1, MM3, MM4, and MM7. MM1 defined the business process format between MMS user agent and MMSC, and MM3 defined the protocol for exchanging information between multimedia message service center and external application server. The MM4 interface protocol is used for message transfer between multimedia message service centers in different multimedia message systems, and MM7 is used between multimedia messages (MM) and MMS value-added service providers (MMS VAS applications) at multimedia message service centers. Defines the message format sent.

Based on the international standard for multimedia messages, to apply when there are many users who order the same content when sending the multimedia message at the SP, or when the user needs to send the same content to multiple users when sending a group multimedia message. By further submitting and establishing the Multimedia Message Service Gateway (MMSG) to further distribute the SP's services and user's group and outgoing messages, the Group transmits from the SP or the user to the Multimedia Message Service Gateway, and the multimedia from the Multimedia Message Service Gateway. The group transmission to the message service center is realized, and the transmission rate of the multimedia message is improved.

The process of transmitting a multimedia message in a conventional SP includes the following steps, as shown in FIG.

In step 210, the SP sends the MM to the multimedia message service gateway or similar system.

In step 220, the multimedia message service gateway or similar system sends the MM to the multimedia message service center.

In step 230, the multimedia message service center stores the MM, sends a PUSH notification message to the terminal, and the URL address, that is, the MM notifies the terminal of the address stored in the multimedia message service center.

In step 240, the terminal extracts the MM from the multimedia message service center by the URL address transmitted from the multimedia message service center.

In step 250, after the terminal successfully extracts the MM, the terminal returns a confirmation message to the multimedia message service center.

In step 260, the multimedia message service center generates a usage fee, sends a settlement report to the multimedia message service gateway or similar system, and deletes the stored MM.

In step 270, the multimedia message service gateway or similar system generates a corresponding usage fee after receiving the closing report.

The process of grouping multimedia messages by the user is similar to the process of transmitting multimedia messages at the SP shown in FIG.

As can be seen from the description above, in the process of transmitting a multimedia message at the SP, or in the process of group transmitting a multimedia message by the user, the multimedia messages are all transmitted and stored from the multimedia message service gateway or similar system to the multimedia message service center. Then, the content is retransmitted to the terminal, and in general, the content of the multimedia message is relatively large (average capacity is 30K), which creates a relatively large pressure on the multimedia message service center. The similar system refers to another multimedia message service center, for example.

The present invention provides a system for transmitting a multimedia message storage address, and relieves the pressure of the multimedia message service center.

Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a method for transmitting a multimedia message storage address, a multimedia message service gateway, and a multimedia message service center.

A system for transmitting a multimedia message storage address provided by an embodiment according to the present invention,

A reception memory transmission device for receiving and storing a multimedia message and transmitting a URL address for storing the multimedia message;

And a first multimedia message service center for receiving the URL address transmitted by the reception memory transmission device and notifying the terminal of the URL address.

Method for transmitting a multimedia message storage address provided by an embodiment according to the present invention,

Receiving and storing the multimedia message by the receiving memory transmitting apparatus;

Transmitting a URL address storing a multimedia message to a first multimedia message service center; and

And a first multimedia message service center notifying the terminal of the URL address transmitted from the reception memory transmission apparatus.

Multimedia message service gateway provided by an embodiment according to the present invention,

A receiving unit for receiving the multimedia message;

A storage unit which stores the multimedia message received by the receiving unit; and

And a transmission unit for transmitting the URL address of the multimedia message stored in the storage unit.

Multimedia message service center provided by an embodiment according to the present invention,

A receiving unit for receiving the multimedia message;

A judging unit for judging whether or not the multimedia message received by the receiving unit is already stored in the storage medium;

A storage unit which stores the multimedia message in a storage medium when the determination result of the determination unit is no;

An index generation module for generating, by the storage unit, index information corresponding to the URL address storing the multimedia message; and

And a transmitting unit for transmitting the URL address in which the storage unit stores the multimedia message.

In an embodiment according to the invention, the reception memory transmission device stores a received multimedia message, transmits a URL address for storing the multimedia message to a first multimedia message service center, and the URL address at a first multimedia message service center. Notify the terminal. This eliminates the necessity of storing the contents of the multimedia message again in the first multimedia message service center, and only because the receiving memory transmission apparatus needs to transparently transmit a URL address for storing the multimedia message to the terminal. This greatly reduces the pressure on the message service center.

1 is a structural diagram of a conventional network system implementing MMS.
2 is a flowchart for transmitting a multimedia message in a conventional SP.
3A is a structural diagram of a system for transmitting a multimedia message storage address in an embodiment according to the present invention;
3B is a structural diagram of a multimedia message service gateway in an embodiment according to the present invention;
3C is a structural diagram of a storage unit in a multimedia message service gateway provided by an embodiment according to the present invention;
4 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a multimedia message storage address in an embodiment according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting a multimedia message in an embodiment according to the present invention.

For the problems existing in the prior art, the following proposals are made in the examples according to the present invention. That is, the reception memory transmission device stores the received multimedia message in its own storage medium or an external storage medium thereof, and transparently transmits the URL address for storing the multimedia message to the terminal through the first multimedia message service center. The multimedia message is extracted from the storage medium by the URL address.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following embodiments according to the present invention, the reception memory transmission apparatuses are all described as examples of the multimedia message service gateway, but the functions performed by the multimedia message service gateway in the following embodiments may be implemented by the multimedia message service center. In addition, in the following embodiment according to the present invention, the multimedia message received by the multimedia message service gateway is described as an example provided by the SP, but in the following embodiment, the multimedia message received by the multimedia message service gateway may be provided by a user. .

The structure of a system for transmitting a multimedia message storage address provided by an embodiment according to the present invention includes a multimedia message service gateway 310 and a multimedia message service center 320, as shown in FIG. 3A.

The multimedia message service gateway 310 receives and stores a multimedia message provided by the service provider SP, and transmits a URL address that stores the multimedia message.

The multimedia message service center 320 receives the URL address transmitted by the multimedia message service gateway 310 and notifies the terminal of the URL address.

Upon receiving the multimedia message, the terminal may receive a URL address notified by the multimedia message service center, and may extract the multimedia message by the URL address.

Among them, the structure of the multimedia message service gateway 310 includes a receiving unit 311, a storage unit 312 and a transmitting unit 313, as shown in FIG. 3B.

The receiving unit 311 receives a multimedia message provided by the SP.

The storage unit 312 stores the multimedia message received by the reception unit 311.

The transmission unit 313 transmits the URL address in which the storage unit 312 stores the multimedia message.

The storage unit 312 may store the multimedia message received by the reception unit 311 in a storage medium inside the multimedia message service gateway 310, or may store the multimedia message received in the storage medium outside the multimedia message service gateway 310. Therefore, by not transmitting the multimedia message to the multimedia message service center 320 again, the pressure of the multimedia message service center is reduced.

In addition, the multimedia message service gateway should transmit a plurality of multimedia messages having the same contents to the multimedia message service center in the case where a plurality of users order the same contents. Therefore, since a plurality of multimedia messages having the same contents must be stored, more pressure is placed on the MMSC. However, according to the present invention, since the storage space of the MMSG is larger than that of the MMSC, the MMSG may store a plurality of MMs having the same contents in its internal storage medium, and of course, the MMSG may store a plurality of MMs having the same contents. You may store in an external storage medium. In addition, the device for receiving, storing and transmitting the MM may be not only MMSG but also other similar systems. For example, another MMSC (described as MMSC2), that is, MMSC2 receives and stores the MM and transmits a URL address storing the MM to MMSC1; MMSC1 notifies the terminal of the URL address transferred from MMSC2. Since the storage space of the MMSC2 is relatively small, the MMSC2 preferably stores a plurality of MMs having the same contents in a storage medium external to itself. Further preferably, in order to save space on the storage medium and allow MMSC2 to store one MM of a plurality of identical contents received in its internal storage medium, an embodiment according to the present invention is as follows. Submit the structure of (312).

The structure of the storage unit 312 includes a determination module 3121, a memory module 3122, and an index generation module 3123, as shown in FIG. 3C.

The determination module 3121 determines whether the multimedia message received by the reception unit 311 is already stored in the storage medium.

The storage module 3122 stores the multimedia message in the storage medium when the determination result of the determination module 3121 is NO.

The index generation module 3123 generates index information corresponding to the URL address where the storage module 3122 stores the multimedia message.

Thus, for the multimedia message having the same contents, the storage unit 312 stores one corresponding multimedia message in the storage medium, and generates index information corresponding to the URL address for storing the same number of multimedia messages as the number of orderers. . The terminal user extracts the multimedia message from the storage medium according to the index information corresponding to the URL address from the URL address notified by the MMSC. After the extraction is successful, the index information may be deleted, or the notation may indicate that the terminal user has already extracted the multimedia message. If all index information is deleted or marked, this means that all the terminal users who have ordered the multimedia message have already extracted the multimedia message, and all marked index information and the multimedia message may be deleted.

Correspondingly, the embodiment according to the present invention also provides a method for transmitting a multimedia message storage address. The process includes the following steps, as shown in FIG.

In step 410, the multimedia message service gateway receives the multimedia message provided by the SP;

In step 420, the MMSG stores the received multimedia message;

In this step, the MMSG stores the multimedia message in its internal or external storage medium.

In step 430, the MMSG sends a URL address storing the multimedia message to the MMSC;

In step 440, the MMSC notifies the terminal of the URL address transmitted from the MMSG.

Among them, the process of storing the multimedia message in step 420 includes the following steps.

In step 421, it is determined whether the multimedia message is already stored in the storage medium;

In step 422, if already stored, generate index information corresponding to the URL address storing the multimedia message; if not, store the multimedia message in a storage medium and the URL address storing the multimedia message; Create index information corresponding to

By the above-described transmission system and method of a multimedia message storage address, an embodiment according to the present invention provides a transmission method of a multimedia message. Its process, as shown in Figure 5, specifically includes the following steps.

In step 510, the multimedia message service gateway receives the multimedia message provided by the SP;

In step 520, the MMSG stores the received multimedia message;

In this step, the MMSG may store the multimedia message in its internal or external storage medium, and for the same multimedia message, store only one content of the multimedia message and store the same multimedia message as the number of orderers. Index information corresponding to the URL address may be generated. The detailed process is the same as that of steps 421 and 422, and will not be described further.

In step 530, the MMSG sends a URL address storing the multimedia message to the MMSC;

In step 540, the MMSC notifies the terminal of the URL address sent from the MMSG;

In step 550, the terminal extracts the multimedia message by the URL address notified by the MMSC;

In this step, the terminal user receives the URL address notified by the MMSC, and then extracts the multimedia message from the storage medium by index information corresponding to the URL address. After successful extraction, the index information may be deleted or the index information may be marked to indicate that the terminal user has already extracted the multimedia message. If all index information is deleted or marked, this indicates that all terminal users who have ordered the multimedia message have extracted the multimedia message.

In step 560, the terminal succeeds in extracting the multimedia message, and returns a confirmation message to the MMSC;

In step 570, the MMSC receives the confirmation message sent from the terminal, generates a usage fee, and sends the settlement report to a storage medium inside or outside the MMSG or similar system;

In step 580, after receiving the settlement report at the multimedia message gateway or similar system, a usage fee is generated, and after the storage medium receives the settlement report, all marked index information and the multimedia message are deleted.

Correspondingly, the embodiment according to the present invention further provides a multimedia message service gateway. The structure includes a receiving unit 311, a storage unit 312 and a transmitting unit 313 as shown in FIG. 3B.

The receiving unit 311 receives the multimedia message provided by the SP;

The storage unit 312 stores the multimedia message received by the reception unit 311;

The transmission unit 313 transmits the URL address in which the storage unit 312 stores the multimedia message.

Among them, the storage unit 312 can store the multimedia message received by the receiving unit 311 in a storage medium inside or outside the multimedia message service gateway, and as shown in FIG. 3C, three modules as follows: It includes.

The judging module 3121 determines whether the multimedia message received by the receiving unit 311 is already stored in the storage medium;

The storage module 3122 stores the multimedia message in a storage medium if the determination result of the determination module 3121 is no;

The index generation module 3123 generates index information corresponding to the URL address where the storage module 3122 stores the multimedia message.

Since the storage unit stores the multimedia message as described above, it will not be described any further.

Correspondingly, the multimedia message service center further provided by the embodiment according to the present invention includes a reception unit for receiving a multimedia message, a determination unit for determining whether the multimedia message received by the reception unit is already stored in a storage medium; A storage unit for storing the multimedia message in a storage medium when the determination result of the determination unit is no, an index generation module for generating index information corresponding to a URL address in which the storage unit stores the multimedia message, and the storage unit generates the multimedia message. And a transmission unit for transmitting the URL address to be stored.

The storage medium may be inside the multimedia message service center or outside the multimedia message service center.

By setting a dedicated storage medium for storing multimedia messages inside or outside the multimedia message service gateway (or the second multimedia message service center) through a system and method for transmitting a multimedia message storage address provided by an embodiment according to the present invention, There is no need to send and store multimedia messages to the first multimedia message service center again, and the pressure of the first multimedia message service center is reduced, so that the utilization rate of the first multimedia message service center is improved, and only one multimedia message having the same contents is stored. Since it is stored, the amount of storage is reduced, and the success rate of transmission of the multimedia message is increased.

Lastly, it will be described by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is intended that the present invention cover such variations and modifications as fall within.

Claims (14)

A reception memory transmission device for receiving and storing the multimedia message and transmitting a URL address for storing the multimedia message; and
A first multimedia message service center which receives the URL address transmitted from the reception memory transmission device and notifies the terminal of the URL address;
And a system for transmitting a multimedia message storage address. The method of claim 1,
The reception memory transmission device,
A receiving unit for receiving the multimedia message;
A storage unit which stores the multimedia message received by the receiving unit; and
Transmission unit for transmitting the URL address in which the storage unit stores the multimedia message
And a system for transmitting a multimedia message storage address. The method of claim 2,
And the storage unit stores the multimedia message received by the reception unit in a storage medium inside the reception memory transmission device or outside of the reception memory transmission device. The method of claim 3,
The storage unit,
A determination module for determining whether a multimedia message received by the receiving unit is already stored in a storage medium;
A storage module for storing the multimedia message in a storage medium if the determination result of the determination module is no; and
An index generation module for generating, by the storage module, index information corresponding to the URL address storing the multimedia message;
And a system for transmitting a multimedia message storage address. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The reception memory transmission device,
And a multimedia message service center or a second multimedia message service center. Receiving and storing the multimedia message by the receiving memory transmitting apparatus;
Transmitting a URL address storing a multimedia message to a first multimedia message service center; and
Notifying, by the first multimedia message service center, the terminal of the URL address transmitted from the reception memory transmission apparatus;
And transmitting the multimedia message storage address. The method of claim 6,
And the receiving memory transmitting apparatus stores the received multimedia message in a storage medium of its own or an external storage medium. The method of claim 7, wherein
The storing of the multimedia message received by the reception memory transmission apparatus may include:
Determining whether the received multimedia message is already stored in the storage medium;
If it has already been stored, generating index information corresponding to the URL address storing the multimedia message;
If it is not stored, storing the multimedia message in a storage medium, and generating index information corresponding to the URL address storing the multimedia message. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8,
And the reception memory transmission device is a multimedia message service gateway or a second multimedia message service center. A receiving unit for receiving the multimedia message;
A storage unit which stores the multimedia message received by the receiving unit; and
A transmission unit for transmitting the URL address in which the storage unit stores the multimedia message;
Multimedia message service gateway comprising a. The method of claim 10,
And the storage unit stores the multimedia message received by the receiving unit in a storage medium inside the multimedia message service gateway or outside the multimedia message service gateway. 12. The method of claim 11,
The storage unit,
A determination module for determining whether a multimedia message received by the receiving unit is already stored in a storage medium;
A storage module for storing the multimedia message in a storage medium if the determination result of the determination module is no; and
An index generation module for generating, by the storage module, index information corresponding to the URL address storing the multimedia message;
Multimedia message service gateway comprising a. A receiving unit for receiving the multimedia message;
A judging unit for judging whether or not the multimedia message received by the receiving unit is already stored in the storage medium;
A storage unit which stores the multimedia message in a storage medium when the determination result of the determination unit is no;
An index generation module for generating, by the storage unit, index information corresponding to the URL address storing the multimedia message; and
A transmission unit for transmitting the URL address in which the storage unit stores the multimedia message;
Multimedia message service center comprising a. The method of claim 13,
And the storage medium is inside the multimedia message service center or outside the multimedia message service center.

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