WO2010133060A1

WO2010133060A1 - Method and device for realizing short message service

Info

Publication number: WO2010133060A1
Application number: PCT/CN2009/074350
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王长征
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2009-05-19
Filing date: 2009-09-30
Publication date: 2010-11-25
Also published as: CN101557569A

Abstract

A method and device for realizing a short message service are provided in the present invention. And the method includes that: a short message service device saves the setting information provided by a user, and the setting information comprises a time period in which the user would like to receive the short message; after receiving the short message sent by a calling user to a called user, the short message service device confirms that the setting information provided by the called user has been saved, then sends the short message to the called user within the time period contained in the setting information.

Description

Method and device for realizing short message service

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for implementing a short message service.

Background technique

SMS is a very popular mobile communication service that brings a lot of convenience to people's lives. When the short message service is implemented, the calling party uses the terminal device, for example, a mobile phone to edit the short message, and then sends it to the short message center through the wireless communication network, and specifies the called party. After receiving the short message, the short message center sends the short message to the called party designated by the calling party.

In daily life, people often find that they receive text messages during class, meeting, lunch break or late night. If these messages are not urgent messages, they will affect people's study, work or normal rest. Therefore, the current method of implementing the short message service may lead to a bad experience for the user under certain circumstances.

Summary of the invention

The main object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for implementing a short message service, which solves the problem that a method for implementing a short message service in the prior art can cause a bad experience for a user in some cases.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

A method for implementing a short message service, comprising:

The short message service device saves setting information provided by the user, and the setting information indicates time period information that the user is willing to receive the short message;

After receiving the short message sent by the calling user to the called user, the short message service device confirms that the setting information provided by the called user is saved, and then sends the short message to the called user within the time period indicated by the setting information.

Further, the setting information is: a short message provided by the user through the mobile communication terminal, including a time period in which the user is willing to receive the short message, or A message provided by the user through the Internet terminal containing a time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message; the time period includes a time interval in one or more dates.

Further, after the step of confirming that the setting information provided by the called user is saved, the method further includes:

The short message service device confirms that the time when the calling user sends the short message is not in the time period in which the called user is willing to receive the short message, and then sends the prompt information to the calling user.

Further, after the step of sending the short message to the called user, the method further includes: sending the prompt information to the calling user.

Further, after the step of confirming that the setting information provided by the called user is saved, the method further includes: saving the short message sent by the calling user to the called user.

Further, the method further includes: setting a download interface, configured to send the saved short message to the called user.

A device for implementing a short message service, comprising:

a setting module, configured to save setting information provided by the user, the setting information indicating a time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message;

An analysis module, configured to confirm that the setting module has saved the setting information provided by the called user after receiving the short message sent by the calling user to the called user;

And a forwarding module, configured to send the short message sent by the calling user to the called user within a time period indicated by the setting information provided by the called user after the analyzing module completes the confirmation.

Further, the analyzing module is further configured to: confirm that the moment when the calling user sends the short message is not in a time period in which the called user is willing to receive the short message;

The device further includes a first sending module, where the first sending module is configured to: after the analyzing module confirms that the moment the calling user sends the short message is not in the time period that the called user is willing to receive the short message, The calling user sends a prompt message.

Further, the device further includes a second sending module, where the second sending module is configured to send the prompting information to the calling user after the forwarding module sends the short message sent by the calling user to the called user. Further, the device further includes:

a storage module, configured to save a short message sent by the calling user to the called user after the analyzing module confirms that the time when the calling user sends the short message is not in the time period that the called user is willing to receive the short message;

And a sending module, configured to send the short message saved by the storage module to the called user.

According to the technical solution of the embodiment, the user can select the time period for receiving the short message, and the short message sent to the user can reach the user only within the time period set by the user, so that the user can make himself within an undesired time period. For example, in class, meeting, rest, etc., it is not disturbed by SMS, which improves the service quality of operators and improves the user experience.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a short message service in an embodiment of the present application;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for implementing a short message service according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of networking in the embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a short message timing receiving service server according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a specific flowchart of a short message service according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a specific flowchart of processing a service by a timed receiving service server according to an embodiment of the present application.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are provided to assist in understanding the technical solutions of the embodiments, and may not be limited to the forms shown in the drawings in various implementations.

In the method for implementing the short message service in this embodiment, in order not to affect the learning, work, or rest of the user, the user may set the time period information that is willing to receive the short message, and the device that implements the short message service only provides the user with the time period set by the user. send messages. To this end, the setting information provided by the user needs to be saved on the network side, and the setting information includes time period information that the user is willing to receive the short message. The saving mode may be that the user's mobile phone number is used as an identifier to save the setting information of the user. Next, as shown in FIG. 1 , in order to implement the method for implementing the short message service in the embodiment, the device for implementing the short message service is further executed. The following steps:

Step 11: Receive the SMS sent by the calling user. The setting information provided by the user to the network side gives the time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message, which may be the same hour interval of one day or several days, or may be a different time interval, and the user can flexibly set. In this step, the user sends the setting information to the network side through a terminal of the mobile communication network, such as a mobile phone, by SMS, and the user can also send a message containing the setting information through an Internet terminal such as a personal computer. In addition, the user can specify that they do not want to receive text messages for certain periods of time, which means that they are willing to receive text messages except for these time periods.

Step 12: Determine if the called user provides the setting information. The called user here is the called user of the calling user in step 11. According to the called mobile phone number, the setting information corresponding to the mobile phone number is found. If it can be found, the user is provided with the setting information, and proceeds to step 14; otherwise, the user does not provide the setting information, and proceeds to step 13.

Step 13: Forward the SMS sent by the calling user to the called user.

Step 14: Determine if the called user is currently willing to receive text messages. Since the setting information provided by the called user has been saved, based on the setting information and the current time, it can be determined whether the called party is currently willing to receive the short message. If yes, go to step 13 and forward the short message sent by the calling user to the called user. Otherwise, go to step 15.

Step 15: Save the SMS sent by the calling user. In this step, the short message sent by the calling user is saved in order to send the short message to the called user within the time period when the called party is willing to receive the short message, and the saving is performed only after the judgment in step 14 is performed for the first time. Next, after the preset delay, it is judged again whether the called party is currently willing to receive the short message until the time enters the time period in which the called user is willing to receive the short message, and then proceeds to step 13.

The following is a description of some specific practices that can be implemented by the device that implements the short message service in the above steps 11-15, such as the short message center.

In step 14, if the called user is currently unwilling to receive the short message, the calling user may send a prompt message to express that "the other party is currently unwilling to receive the short message, the short message will be sent later", and may also inform the main The user is called to send the message to the called user. If the short message is sent later, the calling user may be prompted to send the short message after sending. For the called user, if someone sends a text message during the time when they are unwilling to receive the text message, then the text message can be saved on the network side; the called user can download it through the Internet. To this end, the network side can set up a message. A download interface for sending text messages to users. After downloading a text message via the Internet, users can reply to these messages via the Internet.

Based on the above method, a description will be given of a device to which the above method is applied. The following is a function of dividing the device into modules, which can be implemented in software, hardware or a combination of both, and in the implementation, these functional modules can each be a stand-alone device or be part of the same device. As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus 20 for implementing short message service in this embodiment includes a setting module 21, an analyzing module 22, and a forwarding module 23. The setting module 21 is configured to save setting information provided by the user, and the setting information includes a time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message. The analyzing module 22 is configured to confirm that the setting module has saved the setting information provided by the called user after receiving the short message sent by the calling user to the called user. The forwarding module 23 is configured to send the short message sent by the calling user to the called user within a time period included in the setting information provided by the called user after the analyzing module completes the confirmation.

For the analysis module 22, the specific working mode may be that the setting information is searched for by the called user's mobile phone number from the setting information saved in the setting module 21. Whether or not the user provides the setting information is confirmed according to whether or not the setting information of the called user exists. The analyzing module 22 is further configured to further determine, if the called user setting information is found, whether the called user is currently willing to receive the short message, that is, whether the time of the short message sent by the calling user is confirmed, and the called user is willing to receive the short message. Time period. In this way, the device 20 for implementing the short message service in this embodiment may further include a first sending module, configured to: after the analyzing module 22 confirms that the time of receiving the short message sent by the calling user is not in the time period after the called user is willing to receive the short message. , Send a prompt message to the calling user.

If the time of the short message sent by the calling user is not in the time period that the called user is willing to receive the short message, the short message is sent within the time period when the called user is willing to receive the short message, and the prompt message can be sent to the calling user. The information, the device 20 implementing the short message service for this purpose, may further comprise a second sending module to send the prompt information.

The device 20 that implements the short message service can save the short message that cannot be immediately sent to the called user, and can be specifically implemented by the storage module. The storage module is used to confirm that the time when the analysis message is received by the calling user is not being After the time period in which the user is willing to receive the short message, the short message sent by the calling user is saved. For the saved SMS to be sent to the called user, it can be passed by the sending module. The Internet is sent to the called user.

The embodiment will be further described below in conjunction with the existing wireless communication network. The specific networking in this embodiment can be in the form of Figure 3. The functions of the NEs in Figure 3 are as follows:

The terminal 31 and the terminal 37 are terminal devices of the user, and can be used to send or receive short messages, and are connected to the short message center 32 via the air interface. The short message center 32 is a core network element of the point-to-point short message, and is connected to the short message timing receiving service server 33. After receiving the short message sent by the terminal 31, the short message center sends the short message to the short message receiving service server 33, and receives the request message of the short message receiving service server 33, and the request message is used to request the short message center 32 to send the short message immediately or delayed. .

The short message receiving service server 33 provides an acceptance service for the user, saves the user information data, controls the specific implementation of the service, provides a data source for operations such as web query, and receives various operation requests on the web side. The web application server 34 provides a way for the user to query, reply, and manage the short message through the web, and the data of the server is obtained from the short message timing receiving service server 33.

The user computer 35 can connect to the web application server 34 via the Internet network and perform various operations such as downloading and replying to text messages. The short message gateway 36 can receive the message of the short message receiving service server 33, for example, the prompt message when the system temporarily saves the short message that the user has reached a certain limit, and can also receive the user instruction message to perform service setting.

Figure 4 shows the internal modules of the SMS timing receiving service server. The function of each module is as follows:

The 331 module is a protocol gateway module that is responsible for communication with other network elements, encoding and decoding messages.

The 332 module is the acceptance module of the SMS timing receiving system, which is responsible for the account opening, account cancellation, suspension, activation of the user; user information setting (time period setting, system prompt message is sent); user information inquiry.

The 333 module is a service function control module of the short message timing receiving system. After receiving the message of the short message center, the module performs business logic control to realize the specific functions of the time receiving service, such as: comparison of current receiving time and user time, time period The internal SMS is temporarily saved by the system, and the time setting is sent periodically. The partial request operation on the web side also needs to be processed by the module.

The 334 module is a web application module that provides users with web-based management functions. Users can query, delete, download, modify, and reply to SMS through the web server. The 335 module is a database module and is the core link between the various modules. Each module operates the database. The 332 module adds, deletes and changes the user information and attributes according to the user's request; 333 module performs user authentication, information query matching, message saving, etc. through the database module; 334 module performs the short message content saved in the database according to the user's request operation Delete, modify, query, etc.

Figure 5 is a flow chart receiving service flow. The user A sends a text message to user B as an example. The interaction of each message in the process is as follows:

Step 501: User A sends a peer-to-peer message to user B, and the message is first delivered to the short message center.

Step 502: The SMS center replies with a response message.

Step 503: The short message center confirms that the user B is a user who belongs to the timed receiving service, and then sends the message to the timed receiving service server. If it is confirmed in this step that the user B is not a user who periodically receives the service, the short message can be directly sent to the user B.

Step 504: The receiving service server periodically sends a response message to the short message center.

Step 505: Receive a specific logical processing of the timed receiving service by the service server, including authenticating the user B, comparing the current receiving time with the time period set by the user B, and temporarily saving the short message sent by the user A to the user B. Scheduled delivery time.

For step 505, the following can be performed as shown in FIG. 6 as follows:

Step 61: Determine whether the current time is within the time period set by User B to be willing to receive the short message. If yes, go directly to step 64, otherwise go to step 62.

Step 62: Save the SMS sent to User B.

Step 63: It is periodically checked whether the current time has reached the time period set by the user B that is willing to receive the short message. If the time period is reached, the process proceeds to step 64.

Step 64: Send the SMS to the SMS Center.

After step 64, the process proceeds to step 506 as follows:

Step 506: The short message timing receiving server sends a request message to the short message center, requesting that the saved short message be sent to the user B at the scheduled delivery time. The release time of the plan is based on the step 505 The result of the execution may be delivered immediately or at a time set by the user. In step 507, the short message center replies with a response message.

Step 508, the SMS center sends the message to the user B.

Step 509: The terminal device of user B replies with a response message to the short message center.

Step 510: The SMS center constructs a status 4 advertisement message according to the response message in step 509, and sends the status report message to the short message timing receiving server to indicate information such as success or failure of the short message transmission sent from user A to user B.

Step 511: The short message timing receiving server sends a response message to the short message center.

Step 512: The short message timing receiving server returns a status report message of the message in step 503 to the short message center.

Step 513, the SMS center replies with a response message, and the process ends.

For the short message saved by the SMS receiving server, the user can browse, download, reply, etc. through the web side portal, which can be performed according to the following process, as shown in FIG. 3:

Step 514: The user computer initiates a query request to the web server through the Internet network. Step 515: The web application server queries the short message timing receiving server to query the user data.

Step 516: The short message timing receiving server returns the user data to the web application server.

Step 517: The web application server returns related information of the user to the user, for example, a short message sent to the user, for the user to download or browse.

According to the technical solution of the embodiment, the user can select the time period for receiving the short message, and the short message sent to the user can reach the user only within the time period set by the user, so that the user can make himself within an undesired time period. For example, during class, meeting, rest, etc., it is not disturbed by SMS, and these short messages will be saved on the network side until the time the user wants to receive, and then sent to the user. The text message saved on the network side can be browsed, downloaded, and replied at a convenient time. For the sender of the short message, he can also receive the feedback information from the network side to know that the short message sent by him is delayed and sent to the called user. All of these have improved the service quality of operators and improved the user experience. The spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention are claimed in the present invention The invention is also intended to cover such modifications and variations within the scope of the invention. Industrial applicability

Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of the present invention can prevent users from being disturbed by short messages during an undesired period of time, such as class, meeting, rest, etc., improving the service quality of the operator and improving the user experience.

Claims

Claim

A method for implementing a short message service, comprising:

The short message service device saves setting information provided by the user, and the setting information indicates a time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message;

After receiving the short message sent by the calling user to the called user, the short message service device confirms that the setting information provided by the called user is saved, and then sends the received short message to the called party within the time period indicated by the setting information. User sent.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

The setting information is:

a short message provided by the user through the mobile communication terminal containing the time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message, or

A message provided by the user through the Internet terminal containing a time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message; the time period includes a time interval in one or more dates.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, after the step of confirming that the setting information provided by the called user has been saved, the method further includes:

The method according to claim 3, after the step of transmitting the received short message to the called user, the method further comprising: sending the prompt information to the calling user.

The method according to claim 1 or 2, after the step of confirming that the setting information provided by the called user is saved, the method further comprises: saving the short message sent by the calling user to the called user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising: setting a download interface for transmitting the saved text message to the called user.

7. A device for implementing a short message service, comprising:

a setting module, configured to save setting information provided by the user, the setting information indicating a time period during which the user is willing to receive the short message; An analysis module, configured to confirm that the setting module has saved the setting information provided by the called user after receiving the short message sent by the calling user to the called user;

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

The analyzing module is further configured to confirm that the moment when the calling user sends the short message is not in a time period in which the called user is willing to receive the short message;

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a second sending module, wherein the second sending module is configured to send the short message sent by the calling user to the calling user after the forwarding module sends the short message sent by the calling user to the called user The user sends a prompt message.

10. Apparatus according to claim 7 or 8 or 9, further comprising: