WO2012130002A1

WO2012130002A1 - Multimedia message sending and receiving methods and devices

Info

Publication number: WO2012130002A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/071492
Authority: WO
Inventors: 戴诩富
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-03-30
Filing date: 2012-02-23
Publication date: 2012-10-04
Also published as: CN102143450A

Abstract

The present invention provides multimedia message sending and receiving methods and devices. The sending method comprises: selecting one or more channels to be shared from an applied channel list; and adding information of the one or more channels to a multimedia message, and sending the generated multimedia message to a receiver. The receiving method comprises: receiving and parsing a multimedia message; and when the multimedia message comprises information of one or more channels, acquiring the information of the one or more channels from the multimedia message, and performing sharing. With the present invention, a user can directly receive favorite channels of a friend through a multimedia message and save same as channels thereof without searching for channels, and similarly, if the user uses a new mobile phone, the user can use favorite channels saved on the original mobile phone as channels on the new mobile phone by sharing through a multimedia message.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method and device for transmitting a multimedia message, and a method and device for receiving a multimedia message. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A multimedia message, that is, a multimedia message service, can transmit multimedia data including text, pictures, audio, video, etc., and is a main feature and use thereof, and is popular among users because of its rich multimedia content and expression form. Mobile TV, namely CMMB (China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting), is a TV product jointly launched by China Mobile Communications Corporation and China Broadcasting Corporation using CMMB technology. Its marketing name is "Mobile TV". It is a portable mobile multimedia broadcast TV product launched by China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting Technology. Because it uses the broadcast transmission mode of the wireless broadcast television network, it does not generate any traffic charges. It has the essence of traditional streaming TV. different. A radio, a machine constructed of machinery, electronics, magnets, etc., that converts radio waves into sound using electrical energy and listens to radio signals transmitted by radio stations. At present, radio equipment and applications have become the most basic configuration of various mobile phones, and have been widely used, and have become one of the favorite applications of mobile phone users. There are many radio and mobile TV channels. We often have the need to collect channels. When changing mobile phones, or when other users want to have other people's favorite channels, sharing the channel list is necessary. For the related art, the user needs to collect the channels that others have collected, or the need to collect the channels that the original mobile phone has collected when replacing the mobile phone, and no effective solution has been proposed yet. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method and device for transmitting a multimedia message, a method and a device for receiving a multimedia message, to solve the problem that a user needs to collect a channel that has been collected by another user in the related art, or needs to collect a channel that has been collected by the original mobile phone when the mobile phone is replaced. According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting a multimedia message is provided, including: selecting one or more channels to be shared in a channel list of an application; adding information of the one or more channels to the multimedia message, and The generated multimedia message is sent to the recipient. Preferably, the adding the information of the one or more channels to the multimedia message comprises: encoding the one or more channels according to a preset encoding manner to generate a channel (Vchannel) file, where the Vchannel file includes a representation a type of the channel title, a parameter indicating an encoding format of the type, and a value indicating the parameter; the Vchannel file is recorded as a multimedia message packet portion in the SMIL document, and the multimedia message data packet unit (PDU) is packaged, wherein the SMIL document A tag representing the Vchannel attachment has been added. Preferably, the type includes one of the following: a start (BEGIN) and an end (EDN) type; a version (VERSION) type; a channel (APPID) type; a title (NAME) type; a position (LOCATION) type; and a frequency (FREQUENCY) ) Types of. Preferably, the application comprises: a radio application and a mobile TV application. According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for receiving a multimedia message is provided, including: receiving a multimedia message and performing parsing; and when the multimedia message includes information of one or more channels, acquiring the one or more from the multimedia message Information about channels and share them. Preferably, obtaining the information of the one or more channels from the multimedia message, including: determining the MMS

Whether there is a label representing a channel (Vchannel) attachment in the SMIL document; if yes, extracting a Vchannel file in the multimedia message data grouping unit (PDU) according to the file name in the label; decoding the Vchannel file according to a preset decoding manner, Get information about one or more channels. Preferably, after determining whether the label representing the Vchannel attachment exists in the SMIL document, the method further includes: if not, decoding according to the ordinary multimedia message. Preferably, the information of the one or more channels includes: an application identifier, a title, a location, and a frequency. Preferably, the information of the one or more channels is obtained from the MMS, and the sharing is performed, including: determining an application corresponding to the one or more channels, and saving the decoded channel information to the corresponding application. , generate a shared channel or channel list. According to another aspect of the present invention, a multimedia message transmitting apparatus is provided, including: a selecting module, configured to select one or more channels to be shared in a channel list of an application; and a sending module, configured to set the one or more The information of the channels is added to the multimedia message, and the generated multimedia message is sent to the recipient. Preferably, the sending module includes: an encoding sub-module, configured to encode the one or more channels according to a preset encoding manner to generate a channel (Vchannel) file, where the Vchannel file includes a type indicating a channel title. , the parameter indicating the encoding format of the type and the value representing the parameter; the recording submodule, set to be The Vchannel file is recorded in the SMIL document as a part of the MMS data packet, and the multimedia message data grouping unit (PDU) is packaged, and the label representing the Vchannel attachment is added to the SMIL document. According to another aspect of the present invention, a multimedia message receiving apparatus is provided, including: a receiving module, configured to receive a multimedia message and parse; and an acquiring module configured to: when the multimedia message includes information of one or more channels, The information of the one or more channels is obtained in the multimedia message and shared. Preferably, the obtaining module includes: a determining submodule, configured to determine whether a tag representing the Vchannel accessory exists in the SMIL document of the MMS message; and extracting a submodule, if yes, extracting the MMS according to the file name in the tag a Vchannel file in a data packet unit (PDU); a decoding submodule configured to decode the Vchannel file in a preset decoding manner to obtain information of one or more channels. Preferably, the acquiring module is further configured to: determine an application corresponding to the one or more channels, save the decoded channel information to the corresponding application, and generate a shared channel or channel list. In the embodiment of the present invention, one or more channels that need to be shared are selected in the channel list of the application, information of one or more channels is added to the multimedia message, and the generated multimedia message is sent to the receiving party, and the channel is transmitted by using the multimedia message. Send to other mobile phones or terminals, so that users can easily own the channels that others have collected, or when users change their mobile phones, they can also directly use MMS to obtain previously saved channels, avoiding the loss of favorite channels. It avoids the waste of resources such as manpower and material resources caused by looking for a favorite channel from scratch. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 is a process flow diagram of a method for transmitting a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process for receiving a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a process of multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flow chart of receiving and saving a Vchannel file according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a multimedia message transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. Schematic diagram of the sending module; FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a multimedia message receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an acquiring module according to an embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The related art mentions that the user needs to collect the channels that others have collected, or needs to collect the channels that the original mobile phone has collected when replacing the mobile phone. For the above problems, no effective solution has been proposed yet. In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for sharing a radio or a mobile TV channel list through a multimedia message, without requiring the user to search for a channel, directly receiving a favorite channel of the friend through the multimedia message and saving it as its own channel. Similarly, if the user replaces a new mobile phone, he or she can also save the favorite channel on the original mobile phone through MMS sharing as the channel of the new mobile phone. Since the MMS sharing involves communication between two users, in order to explain the embodiment of the present invention more clearly and clearly, the MMS sharing is now described from the transmitting end and the receiving end respectively. As for the sender, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting a multimedia message, and the processing flow thereof is as shown in FIG. 1, and includes steps S102 to S104. Step S102: Select one or more channels to be shared in the channel list of the application; Step S104: Add information of one or more channels to the multimedia message, and send the generated multimedia message to the recipient. In the embodiment of the present invention, one or more channels that need to be shared are selected in the channel list of the application, information of one or more channels is added to the multimedia message, and the generated multimedia message is sent to the receiving party, and the channel is transmitted by using the multimedia message. Send to other mobile phones or terminals, so that users can easily own the channels that others have collected, or when users change their mobile phones, they can also directly use MMS to obtain previously saved channels, avoiding the loss of favorite channels. It avoids the waste of resources such as manpower and material resources caused by looking for a favorite channel from scratch. In the implementation, in order to add information of one or more channels to the multimedia message, the information of the channel needs to be encoded and processed accordingly, as follows: One or more channels are encoded according to a preset encoding manner to generate a channel ( Vchannel ) file,

The Vchannel file includes a type indicating a channel title, a parameter indicating an encoding format of the type, and a value indicating the parameter; The Vchannel file is recorded as part of the MMS packet in the SMIL document, and the MMS data packet unit (PDU) is packaged, and a label representing the Vchannel attachment is added to the SMIL document.

Vchannel: is a noun defined in the embodiment of the present invention, and represents a file generated by a special encoding of a radio channel list, with vcl as a suffix name, for example, myChannel.vcl. The identifier of the Vchannel data format is VCHANNEL predefined value type: float Predefined type: NAME, VERSION, APPID, LOCATION, FREQUENCY, BEGIN,

END Predefined parameters: The CHARSET Vchannel data format line is: Type [;Parameter]: Value. For example: NAME; CHARSET=UTF-8: the sound of music

NAME: is a type that indicates the channel title

The ";" sign is a separator that is separated as a parameter table.

CHARSET is a parameter that represents the encoding format of NAME. The types mentioned above can be various, mainly including the following: Start (BEGIN) and End (EDN) types; Version (VERSION) type; Channel (APPID) type; Title (NAME) type; Location (LOCATION) type; Frequency (FREQUENCY) type. Among them, the usage of each type is as follows:

For BEGIN and END types, Vchannel content must start with BEGIN: VCHANNEL and end with END: VCHANNEL;

VERSION type, if the VERSION type appears in the content, describe the protocol version of the Vchannel;

APPID type, if the APPID type appears in the content, describe the type of channel list: Radio Channel List (RADIO), Mobile TV Channel List (TV), other to be expanded; NAME type, if the NAME type appears in the content, then its value is a text that can be displayed, describing the channel title;

LOCATION type, if the LOCATION type appears in the content, then its value is a text that can be displayed, describing the location of the channel (such as city name, region name, etc.); FREQUENCY type, if the FREQUENCY type appears in the content, then it The value is a display that describes the channel frequency value. The embodiments of the present invention are applicable to radio applications and mobile TV applications, and can be applied to any other applications that have channels and corresponding information. Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a multimedia message receiving method. The processing flow is as shown in FIG. 2, and includes steps S202 to S204. Step S202: Receive a multimedia message and perform parsing. Step S204: When the multimedia message includes information of one or more channels, obtain information of one or more channels from the multimedia message, and share the information. In the embodiment of the present invention, the user does not need to search for a channel, and directly receives the channel that the friend likes through the multimedia message and saves it as his own channel. Similarly, if the user replaces a new mobile phone, he or she can also save the favorite channel on the original mobile phone through MMS sharing as the channel of the new mobile phone. As shown in FIG. 2, in step S204, information about one or more channels is obtained from the multimedia message. As mentioned above, the channel information is encoded to generate a Vchannel file, and the corresponding processing is as follows: Determining the SMIL document of the MMS message Whether there is a label representing the channel Vchannel attachment; if yes, extract the Vchannel file in the MMS PDU according to the file name in the tag; decode the Vchannel file according to the preset decoding mode to obtain information of one or more channels. Of course, if it is determined that there is no label representing the Vchannel attachment in the SMIL document, it means that the ordinary MMS is received at this time, and the receiver only needs to decode according to the ordinary MMS. The obtained information of one or more channels includes: an application identification ID, a title, a location, and a frequency. After obtaining the information of one or more channels, determining an application corresponding to one or more channels, saving the decoded channel information to the corresponding application, generating a shared channel or channel list, and the user can receive or enjoy the channel. It is. The following is a detailed description of the Vchannel encoding format using the radio channel example: BEGIN: VCHANNEL VERSION: 1.0 APPID: RADIO

NAME; CHARSET=UTF-8: Sound of Music LOCATION; CHARSET=UTF-8: Chengdu FREQUENCY: 102.6

END: VCHANNEL This encoding example, starting with BEGIN:VCHANNEL and ending with END:VCHANNEL, describes a radio channel called Music, located in Chengdu, with a frequency of 102.6. When a channel list is transmitted, each channel is encoded into a unit according to the format described above, and the channel list is encoded to generate a unit list, and BEGIN and END are still used as markers for starting and ending the judgment unit. The example shown below shows the results of the three channel encodings:

BEGIN: VCHANNEL

VERSION: 1.0

APPID: RADIO NAME; CHARSET=UTF-8: Sound of Music

LOCATION; CHARSET=UTF-8: Chengdu

FREQUENCY: 102.6

END: VCHANNEL

BEGIN: VCHANNEL VERSION: 1.0 APPID: RADIO

NAME; CHARSET=UTF-8: Traffic Broadcasting LOCATION; CHARSET=UTF-8: Chengdu FREQUENCY: 105.6

END: VCHANNEL BEGIN: VCHANNEL VERSION: 1.0 APPID: RADIO NAME; CHARSET=UTF-8: I love Chengdu

LOCATION; CHARSET=UTF-8: Chengdu FREQUENCY: 98.6 END: VCHANNEL

In the existing OMAMMS protocol, a tag indicating a Vchannel accessory needs to be added in the existing OMAMMS protocol. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is defined as: <vchannel> The corresponding SMIL code in the MMS is as follows: <smil> <head> < Layout>

<root-layout width="320px" height="480px"/> </layout>

</head> <body>

</body>

</smil> This example indicates: The MMS currently has a one-page slide, and the slide contains a vchannel attachment called music.vcl. The method and design for sharing a Vchannel by using a multimedia message in the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 3, the step of transmitting a Vchannel file by using a multimedia message in the embodiment of the present invention is as follows, and includes steps S301 to S306. Step S301: Enter a radio application or a mobile TV application, etc.; Step S302: Enter a channel list; Step S303: Select one or more channels to be shared in the channel list; Step S304: Select the selected channel or channel list according to the present invention The encoding scheme provided by the example is Vchannel encoded to generate a Vchannel file. Step S305: The SMIL document is encoded according to the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and the generated vcl file is used as a multimedia message data portion, and the multimedia message PDU is packaged. Step S306: Send the multimedia message to Receiver phone. As shown in FIG. 4, the steps of receiving and saving a Vchannel file in the embodiment of the present invention are as follows, and include steps S401 to S408. Step S401: The MMS application receives the MMS message; Step S402: Parse the MMS message; Step S403: Determine whether a Vchannel tag exists in the SMIL document; Step S404: If yes, extract the MMS in the VPDU according to the file name in the Vchannel tag Vchannel file and perform steps S405 to S407, otherwise step S408; Step S405: According to the coding scheme provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the reverse operation of encoding the Vchannel file, that is, decoding the file, to obtain corresponding information of one or all channels, including application ID, title, location, frequency, and the like; Step S406: Determining which application belongs to according to the value of the APPID field in the parsing; Step S407: Save the decoded channel information to the corresponding application according to the value of the APPID, that is, generate the shared channel or channel list; Step S408, directly follow Ordinary MMS is decoded. Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a multimedia message sending apparatus, which is configured as shown in FIG. 5, and includes: a selecting module 501, configured to select one or more channels to be shared in a channel list of an application; The sending module 502 is configured to add information of one or more channels to the multimedia message, and send the generated multimedia message to the recipient. In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the sending module 502 may include: an encoding sub-module 601, configured to encode one or more channels according to a preset encoding manner to generate a Vchannel file, where the Vchannel file includes a channel. a type of the title, a parameter indicating the encoding format of the type, and a value indicating the parameter; the recording sub-module 602 is configured to record the Vchannel file as a part of the multimedia message packet in the SMIL document, and package the multimedia message PDU, wherein the SMIL document is added A label that represents a Vchannel attachment. Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a multimedia message receiving apparatus, and a schematic structural diagram thereof is shown in FIG. 7. The method includes: a receiving module 701, configured to receive a multimedia message and perform parsing; and an acquiring module 702, configured to be in a multimedia message. When information about one or more channels is included, information about one or more channels is obtained from the MMS and shared. In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the obtaining module 702 may include: a determining submodule 801, configured to determine whether a tag representing a Vchannel accessory exists in a SMIL document of the MMS message; The extraction sub-module 802 is configured to: if yes, extract the Vchannel file in the MMS PDU according to the file name in the tag; and the decoding sub-module 803 is configured to decode the Vchannel file according to a preset decoding manner to obtain information of one or more channels. In an embodiment, the obtaining module 702 may be further configured to: determine an application corresponding to one or more channels, save the decoded channel information to the corresponding application, and generate a shared channel or channel list. From the above description, it can be seen that the present invention achieves the following technical effects: In the embodiment of the present invention, one or more channels that need to be shared are selected in the channel list of the application, and information of one or more channels is added. In the MMS, the generated MMS is sent to the receiver, and the channel is sent to other mobile phones or terminals by using MMS, so that the user can easily own the channels that others have collected, or when the user changes the phone, it can also be directly The use of MMS to obtain previously collected channels, to avoid the loss of the collection of channels, but also to avoid the waste of resources such as manpower and resources caused by the search for the collected channels from scratch. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device so that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or Multiple modules or steps are made into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for sending a multimedia message, comprising:

Select one or more channels to share in the channel list of the app;

The information of the one or more channels is added to the multimedia message, and the generated multimedia message is sent to the recipient.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adding the information of the one or more channels to the multimedia message comprises:

And encoding the one or more channels according to a preset encoding manner to generate a channel Vchannel file, where the Vchannel file includes a parameter indicating a type of the channel title, a parameter indicating an encoding format of the type, and a value indicating the parameter;

The Vchannel file is recorded in the SMIL document as a part of the MMS data packet, and the multimedia data packet unit PDU is packaged, and a label representing the Vchannel attachment is added to the SMIL document.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the type comprises one of the following:

Start BEGIN and End EDN Type; Version VERSION Type; Channel APPID Type; Title NAME Type; Location LOCATION Type; and Frequency FREQUENCY Type.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the application comprises: a radio application and a mobile TV application.

5. A method for receiving a multimedia message, comprising:

Receive multimedia messages and parse them;

When the MMS includes information of one or more channels, the information of the one or more channels is obtained from the MMS and shared.

The method according to claim 5, wherein the obtaining information of the one or more channels from the multimedia message comprises:

Determining, in the SMIL document of the MMS, whether a tag representing a channel Vchannel attachment exists; if yes, extracting a Vchannel file in the MMS data packet unit PDU according to the file name in the tag; Decoding the Vchannel file according to a preset decoding manner to obtain information of one or more channels.

The method according to claim 6, wherein after determining whether the tag representing the Vchannel attachment exists in the SMIL document, the method further comprises: if not, decoding according to the ordinary multimedia message.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the information of the one or more channels comprises: an application identification, a title, a location, and a frequency.

The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein acquiring information of the one or more channels from the multimedia message and performing sharing comprises: determining, corresponding to the one or more channels The application saves the decoded channel information to the corresponding application to generate a shared channel or channel list.

10. A multimedia message transmitting apparatus, comprising:

a selection module, configured to select one or more channels to be shared in the channel list of the application; a sending module, configured to add the information of the one or more channels to the multimedia message, and send the generated multimedia message to the receiving party .

The device according to claim 10, wherein the sending module comprises:

The encoding sub-module is configured to encode the one or more channels according to a preset encoding manner to generate a channel Vchannel file, where the Vchannel file includes a parameter indicating a channel title type, a coding format of the representation type, and a representation parameter. Value

The recording sub-module is configured to record the Vchannel file as a part of a multimedia message packet in a SMIL document, and package a multimedia message data grouping unit PDU, wherein a label representing a Vchannel attachment is added to the SMIL document.

12. A multimedia message receiving apparatus, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a multimedia message and parse;

And an obtaining module, configured to: when the information of the one or more channels is included in the multimedia message, obtain information of the one or more channels from the multimedia message, and share the information.

The device of claim 11, wherein the obtaining module comprises:

Determining a submodule, configured to determine whether a tag representing a Vchannel attachment exists in the SMIL document of the MMS message;

Extracting the submodule, if yes, extracting the Vchannel file in the MMS data packet unit PDU according to the file name in the tag; The decoding submodule is configured to decode the Vchannel file according to a preset decoding manner to obtain information of one or more channels.

The device according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the acquiring module is further configured to: determine an application corresponding to the one or more channels, and save the decoded channel information to the corresponding application, Generate a shared channel or channel list.