WO2009115052A1

WO2009115052A1 - Method and system for transmitting messages

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Publication number: WO2009115052A1
Application number: PCT/CN2009/070911
Authority: WO
Inventors: 殷卫华
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2008-03-20
Filing date: 2009-03-20
Publication date: 2009-09-24
Also published as: CN101325746A

Abstract

A method and system for transmitting messages are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a first media message sent by a sender, determining whether converting the first media message into a second media message, if yes, converting the first media message into the second media message, and transmitting the second media message to a recipient.

Description

The present invention claims the priority of a Chinese patent application filed on March 20, 2008, the Chinese Patent Application No. 200810065881.X, entitled "Method and System for Sending Messages", which The entire contents are incorporated herein by reference. The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and system for implementing message transmission. Background technique

The current messaging services generally include: Short Messaging Service (SMS): Enhanced Message Service (EMS: EMS); Multimedia Messaging Service is also called "Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).

SMS is the earliest short message service and is the most popular short message service. It is a technology that can send and receive text information using mobile devices. An SMS message can be up to 160 bytes (about 80 Chinese characters, because other related information is also sent, so the general SMS short message is limited to 70 Chinese characters), with about 1 second of speech. The space occupied by the call is quite the same, so the communication cost is very low. The transmission of messages is always relayed by SMSC (Short Messaging Service Center) outside GSM. Similar to email, SMS short messages are only related to user terminals and SMSC. SMS, which is well known to both GSM and beyond, provides support for SMS.

With the development of communication technology and mobile terminal, multimedia messaging service (MMS) has emerged. The multimedia messaging service is supported by GPRS network or cdma2000 IX network, and transmits video clips and pictures with WAP wireless application protocol as carrier. , sound and text. Supports a variety of high-speed data services such as voice, Internet browsing, e-mail, and conference TV, enabling instant messaging of mobile phones from end-to-end, mobile terminals to the Internet or the Internet to mobile terminals. The emergence of this kind of business can replace the function of some e-mails, and can be provided as an electronic version of postcards. The service content is extremely rich. As the user's mobile phone supports the multimedia message more and more, the rich and expressive performance of the multimedia message greatly improves the user's experience of using short message communication, but the MMS service requires the multimedia service system and multimedia communication. Terminal support.

However, the inventors found that the communication terminals used by some users can only support sending SMS messages and cannot be compatible with MMS messages. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device for sending a message.

A method for sending a message according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a first media message sent by a sender; converting the first media message into a second media message, where the first media message is a short message The second media message is a multimedia message; and the second media message is sent to a receiver.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a message conversion platform, including: a message receiving unit, configured to receive a first media message sent by a sender, and a message conversion unit, configured to convert the first media message into a second media message, The first media message is a short message, and the second media message is a multimedia message. The message sending unit is configured to send the second media message to the receiver.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a media message processing center, including: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first media message; and a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the service customization relationship, whether the received first media message needs to be converted into a second a media message, where the first media message is a short message, the second media message is a multimedia message, and the sending unit is configured to send the first media message according to the determination result.

The embodiment of the present invention realizes the conversion from the first media message to the second media message by the message sending process and the message conversion platform, and satisfies the needs of different users for different media message formats, prefers and freely selects, and embodies the personalized experience mode. DRAWINGS

The specific implementation process of the present invention and its specific achievable beneficial effects will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for message conversion according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for ordering a message conversion service according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a message conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of another message conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a short message to a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a message conversion platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a message conversion unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a first media message processing center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the following detailed description will be made in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system structure for implementing a first media message to a second media message according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a system for implementing message conversion includes:

a first media message processing center, configured to receive a first media message sent by the sending user terminal, and a message conversion platform, configured to receive the first media message sent by the first media message processing center, and convert the first media message into a first And the second media message is sent to the second media message processing center. The second media message processing center is configured to receive a second media message sent by the message conversion platform, and send the second media message to the receiver.

The embodiment of the present invention converts the first media message into the second media message by using the message conversion platform, so that the user who only supports sending one type of message service can receive different media messages, thereby improving the user's feeling of using the message service communication. In the system embodiment of the present invention, the first media message processing center may be a short message center, the second media message processing center may be a multimedia message center, the first media message is a short message, and the second media message is a multimedia message, thereby implementing Short message to multimedia message conversion. The multimedia message may be a picture multimedia message containing text, or a dynamic multimedia message including multiple consecutive pictures, or a video multimedia message including sound and dynamic images. Referring to FIG. 2, Embodiment 2 of the present invention provides a method for service customization of real short messages into multimedia messages.

Step 201: The sender user sends a service customization request to the message conversion platform. The service customization request may include a custom party ID, an MSISDN, a service code, a service effective time, a check code, and a timestamp, where the customized party ID is a one initiated for the user. The customized message request is uniquely identified, so that the system can identify multiple requests that occur at the same time; the MSISDN is a mobile device identifier of the customized user, which is a mobile phone number in this embodiment; the service code is a manner in which message conversion may exist in multiple different packages, Use the service code to distinguish; the service effective time is the official effective time after the user customizes the service; the check code is used to avoid malicious use of other user identity for service customization, and the system needs to use the check code provided by the system for legal identity verification; To record customized tests for the use of billing and other aspects.

After receiving the service customization message, the message conversion platform performs service customization authentication. If the authentication succeeds, the service is successfully identified, and the service customization relationship is stored, and the service customization request is sent to the short message center, if the authentication is performed. Failure sends a custom failure response to the sender user.

Step 202: The message conversion platform sends a customized request to the short message center, where the short message center identifies the service customization, and stores a service customization relationship.

Step 203: The short message center sends a service customization response to the message conversion platform, where the service customization response message includes a custom party ID, a message conversion platform ID, a customized message processing result code, a customized message processing result description, and a timestamp, where the customized message processing result code It indicates the processing result, for example, 00 means success, 01 means coding error, 02 means system busy, etc., and the customized message processing result description is the explanatory text indicating the result, for example, the customized message processing result code: 00. Custom message processing result description: success;

Step 204: The message conversion platform sends a service customization response to the sender terminal, where the service customization response message includes a customization party ID, a message conversion platform ID, a customized message processing result code, a customized message processing result description, and a timestamp.

The customization in the above embodiment can adopt the access methods such as WEB, WAP, SMS, USSD, and IVR.

Referring to FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for sending a message.

Step 301: The sender user sends a first media message to the first media message processing center, where the a media message carrying a recipient address and a message conversion request for converting the first media message into a second media message;

Step 302: The first media message processing center returns a response message for receiving the first media message to the sender terminal.

Step 303: The first media message processing center sends the first media message to the message conversion platform according to the message conversion platform ID.

Step 304: The message conversion platform receives the first media message sent by the first media message processing center, and returns a response message to the first media message processing center that has received the first media message.

Step 305: The message conversion platform performs message conversion on the received first media message according to the message conversion request carried in the first media message, and converts the first media message into a second media message. Step 306: The message conversion center sends The second media message is sent to the recipient. Referring to FIG. 4, a method for sending a message according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided.

Step 401: The sender user sends a first media message to the first media message processing center, where the first media message carries a receiver address and a message conversion request for converting the first media message into a second media message.

Step 402: The first media message processing center returns a response message for receiving the first media message to the sender terminal.

Step 403: The first media message processing center determines, according to the customized party ID, whether to convert the first media message into the second media message. If the determination result is yes, the first media message is sent to the message conversion platform according to the message conversion platform ID.

Step 404: The message conversion platform receives the first media message sent by the first media message processing center, and returns a response message to the first media message processing center that has received the first media message.

Step 405: The message conversion platform performs message conversion on the received first media message, and converts the first media message into a second media message.

Step 406: The message conversion center sends a second media message to the receiver.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is to be noted that in step 403, the first media message processing center is The determination as to whether to convert the first media message to the second media message may also be determined by the message conversion center.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for converting a short message into a multimedia message. In this embodiment, a message implemented by using the HTTP and FTP protocols is used as an example.

Step 501: The sender user sends a short message to the short message center SMSC, where the short message includes the address of the receiver;

Step 502: The SMSC returns a response message for receiving the short message to the sender terminal.

Step 503: After receiving the short message, the SMSC parses, obtains the service customization relationship according to the customized party ID, determines whether the user customizes the service for converting the short message into the multimedia message, and determines that the user customizes the service for converting the short message into the multimedia message. The message to be converted is sent to the message conversion platform according to the message conversion platform ID.

In this embodiment, the short message sent by the SMSC to the message conversion platform may carry an identifier for indicating that the user customizes the service of converting the short message into the multimedia message, and the message conversion platform performs service conversion on the received short message according to the service identifier. .

In this embodiment, the SMSC can also query the locally stored service customization relationship to determine whether the user customizes the conversion of the short message into the multimedia message service, or can obtain the service customization relationship from the database query storing the service customization relationship, and determine the user. Whether to customize the business of converting short messages into multimedia messages.

Step 504: The message conversion platform receives the short message sent by the short message center, and returns a response message to the SMSC that has received the short message.

Step 505: The message conversion platform performs message conversion on the received short message.

After receiving the short message, the message conversion platform performs the message conversion, and the method for converting the message may be to obtain the text in the short message, and configure the obtained text to be configured on the image to form a graphic, and the image may be a monochrome image. The picture is preset by the message conversion platform or obtained from a third-party server, or may be a picture with a background pattern, and the text on the picture is switched into a multi-frame by a Gif picture format or other suitable picture format to generate dynamic text. Forming a multimedia message, and transmitting the generated multimedia message to the MMSC; In this embodiment, the message conversion platform can directly convert the received short message without making a custom decision.

In this embodiment, the short message may include a conversion request, the message conversion platform directly performs conversion according to the conversion request, or the short message includes an identifier to be converted, and the message conversion platform may perform conversion according to the identifier.

Step 506: The MMSC receives the multimedia message sent by the message conversion platform, and returns a response to the multimedia message to the message conversion platform.

Step 507: The MMSC sends a notification message to the receiver, and notifies the receiver to receive the multimedia message. Step 508: The receiver sends a message extraction request to the MMSC.

Step 509: The MMSC sends a corresponding multimedia message to the receiver according to the extraction request. Step 510: The receiver returns a multimedia message receiving result to the MMSC.

In the above embodiment step, the recipient number may be the recipient user's mobile number and the IP address information of the target terminal.

In the above step 509, after receiving the short message, the message conversion platform may further adopt text-to-speech TTS (Text To Speech) technology to perform text-to-speech conversion, and convert the voice into a format type supported by the receiver mobile phone. The multimedia message is sent to the user.

In addition, in step 509, after receiving the short message, the message conversion platform may further adopt TTS technology to perform text-to-speech conversion, and match the picture specified by the system or specified by the user into a video, according to the type of video format supported by the mobile phone. The multimedia message is sent to the user.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a message conversion platform according to an embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from the figure, the message conversion platform includes a receiving unit 601, configured to receive the first sent by the first media message processing center. The message converting unit 602 is configured to convert the first media message into a second media message, and the sending unit 603 is configured to send the second media message to the recipient user.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the message conversion unit 602 may include: an obtaining module 6021, configured to acquire a picture and a text in the first media message; and a mapping structure module 6022, configured to: Configuring a picture to form a picture; an animation structure module 6023, configured to form a multi-frame switch by using a picture format to generate a dynamic media message, where the picture may be a monochrome picture, the message The conversion unit may also include a background construction module 6024 for formulating the monochrome picture into a picture including the associated background pattern.

As shown in FIG. 7, the message converting unit 602 may include: a voice converting unit 6025, configured to perform a text-to-speech conversion using a TTS (Text To Speech) technology to form a second media message after receiving the first media message, in a format The converting unit 7026 is configured to convert the second media message into a format type supported by the receiver user terminal.

As shown in FIG. 7, the message conversion unit 702 may further include: a video construction unit 7027, configured to convert the second media message to a system specified or a user-specified picture into a video, the format conversion unit 7026, The method further includes converting the converted second media message into a video format type supported by the recipient user terminal.

In this embodiment, the message conversion platform may further include a service customization unit 604, configured to receive a service customization request, where the service customization message includes a custom party ID, an MSISDN, a service code, a service effective time, a check code, and a timestamp. The service processing unit 605 performs service authentication according to the service customization party ID, identifies the authenticated successful user according to the authentication result of the authentication unit, and stores the service customization relationship, and the sending unit 603 is configured to succeed in authentication. And sending a customized request to the first media message processing center, and is further configured to send a service customization response to the sender user terminal, where the service customization response message includes a message ID, a message conversion platform ID, a customized message processing result code, and a customized message processing result description. And timestamp.

In this embodiment, the message conversion platform may further include a detecting unit 606, configured to detect whether the first media message processing center is running normally, may receive service customization, and if yes, send a service customization message to the short message center, otherwise After the first media message processing center is detected to be normal, the service customization request is sent.

In this embodiment, the message conversion platform may further include a determining unit 607, configured to determine, according to the stored service customization relationship, whether the received first media message needs to be converted into the second media message.

Or, in this embodiment, the first media message carries a message conversion request for converting the first media message into the second media message; the message conversion unit 602 converts the first message into the second message according to the message conversion request. Media news.

As shown in FIG. 8, a first media message processing center and a receiving list are provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. a unit 701, configured to receive a message, a first media message, and a determining unit 702, configured to determine, according to the service customization relationship, whether the received first media message needs to be converted into a second media message, and sending unit 703, configured to send according to the determination result First media message.

The receiving unit 701 in this embodiment is further configured to receive a message conversion platform to send a service customization message, where the service customization message includes a custom party ID, an MSISDN, a service code, a service effective time, a check code, and a timestamp.

The first media message processing center provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include a processing unit 704, configured to identify and customize the service customization relationship according to the service customization message.

The first media message in the embodiment of the present invention may be a short message, the second media message may be a multimedia message, and the first media message processing center may be a short message center.

The method for implementing short message to multimedia message proposed by the embodiment of the present invention realizes automatic conversion and transmission of short message to multimedia message through the construction of the message sending process and the message conversion platform, and needs to be explained by the SMSC and the message conversion platform. It can be implemented by using messages carried by protocols such as HTTP, FTP, and SMTP.

The embodiment of the present invention realizes the conversion from the first media message to the second media message through the message sending process and the purchase and construction of the message conversion platform, and satisfies the needs of different users for different media message formats, preferences and free choices, and reflects the personalized experience mode. .

The spirit and scope of the Ming. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of the inventions

Claims

Rights request

A method for sending a message, the method comprising:

Receiving a first media message sent by the sender;

Translating the first media message into a second media message, where the first media message is a short message, and the second media message is a multimedia message;

Sending the second media message to the recipient.

The method of claim 1, wherein the first media message carries a message conversion request for converting the first media message to the second media message, and converting the first media message For the second media message includes:

Converting the first media message to a second media message according to the message conversion request.

The method of claim 1, wherein the converting the first media message to the second media message comprises:

Determining whether the sender customizes a service for converting the first media message to the second media message; when the determination result is yes, converting the first media message to the second media message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the converting the short message into a multimedia message comprises:

Obtaining a text in the short message, and configuring the text to form a picture on the picture; performing multi-frame switching processing on the picture, and generating a multimedia message.

The method of claim 1, wherein the picture is a monochrome picture, and the configuring the picture to form a picture comprises:

Configuring a background pattern for the monochrome picture to generate a picture with a background pattern;

The text is configured to form a picture on the picture with the background pattern.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the converting the short message into a multimedia Body messages include:

Extracting text in the short message and converting the text into speech according to a text-to-speech TTS technique;

The voice format is converted into a voice format supported by the recipient user terminal to obtain a voice multimedia message.

The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises: converting the voice multimedia message to a system specified or user-specified picture into a video multimedia message, and converting the converted video The type of video format supported by the receiving user terminal.

8. A message conversion platform, comprising:

a message receiving unit, configured to receive a first media message sent by the sender;

a message conversion unit, configured to convert the first media message into a second media message, where the first media message is a short message, and the second media message is a multimedia message;

The message sending unit is configured to send the second media message to the receiver.

The message conversion platform according to claim 8, wherein the first media message carries a message conversion request for converting the first media message into a second media message, where the message conversion unit is specifically configured to: Converting the first media message to a second media message according to the message conversion request.

The message conversion platform according to claim 8, wherein the message conversion unit is configured to determine, according to the sender ID, whether to convert the first media message, and when the determination result is yes, the first The media message is converted to a second media message.

The message conversion platform according to claim 10, wherein the platform message conversion further comprises:

a service customization unit, configured to receive a service customization request, where the customization request includes a custom party ID;

The service processing unit performs service authentication according to the service customization party ID, and performs authentication on the authenticated successful user. The service relationship is customized, and is used to send a customized request to the short message center when the authentication succeeds; and the storage unit is configured to store the service customization relationship according to the identifier.

The message conversion platform according to claim 11, wherein the message conversion platform further comprises a detecting unit, configured to detect whether the short message center is running normally, can receive service customization, and if it can receive, send a service customization message, Otherwise, the service customization request is sent after the short message center is detected to be normal.

The message conversion platform according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the message conversion unit comprises

An obtaining module, configured to acquire a picture and a text in the first media message;

a map construction module, configured to configure the text to form a picture;

An animation construction module is configured to form a multi-frame switch by using a picture format to generate a dynamic media message.

The message conversion platform according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the message conversion unit further comprises:

a voice conversion unit, configured to convert the text into a voice multimedia message by using a TTS technology; and a format conversion unit, configured to convert the voice multimedia message into a format type supported by the receiver user terminal.

The message conversion platform according to any one of claims 14 to 13, wherein the message conversion unit comprises:

a video construction unit, configured to convert the voice multimedia message with a system-specified or user-specified picture into a video multimedia message;

The format conversion unit is further configured to convert the video multimedia message into a video format type supported by the receiver user terminal.

16. A media message processing center, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a first media message;

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the service customization relationship, whether the received first media message needs to be converted into a second media message, where the first media message is a short message, and the second media message is a multimedia message;

And a sending unit, configured to send the first media message according to the determination result.

The media message processing center according to claim 16, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a message conversion platform to send a service customization message;

The media message processing center further includes a processing unit, configured to identify a service customization relationship according to the service customization message.

The media message processing center of claim 17, further comprising: a storage unit, configured to store the service customization relationship.

19. A system for converting a short message into a multimedia message, comprising:

a message conversion platform, configured to receive a short message sent by the short message center, convert the short message into a multimedia message, and send the multimedia message to the multimedia message center;

a short message center, configured to receive a short message sent by the sending user terminal, and send the short message to the message conversion platform;

The multimedia message center is configured to receive the multimedia message sent by the message conversion platform, and send the multimedia message to the receiver.