WO2013155767A1

WO2013155767A1 - Name card holder automatic storing method and system thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2013155767A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/076565
Authority: WO
Inventors: 程晓峰; 邵炳军
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-04-16
Filing date: 2012-06-07
Publication date: 2013-10-24
Also published as: CN102685701A

Abstract

A name card holder automatic storing method and system thereof. The method comprises that a sender sends a short message at least including the name and the number of the sender to a short message center; the short message center assembles the received short message into an OTA (over the air) short message, and sends the OTA short message to a receiver directly or after the receiver admits, wherein the short message center is interactive with the receiver by means of USSD to prompt the receiver whether to receive the OTA short message or not, and sends the OTA message to the receiver if the receiver agrees to accept the OTA short message; and after receiving the OTA short message, the receiver stores the name and the number of the sender in the OTA short message by means of an OTA function of a subscriber identity module. According to the method and the system, a user does not need to store a name card holder manually. Due to the interaction by means of USSD, the sender can know reading situation of the receiver, accordingly the utilization rate of network resources of operators can be effectively improved.

Description

Method and system for automatically saving business card holder

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and system for automatically saving a business card holder.

BACKGROUND Unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) is a new interactive data service based on GSM network. It is fast, convenient, connection-oriented and widely applicable based on GSM short message system. New business with high real-time performance. USSD uses a stand-alone dedicated control channel (Stand-alone Dedicated) in a call state

Control Channel (SDCCH for short), the data transmission rate is about 600bps. When the call is not in use, the USSD uses the Fast Associated Control Channel (FACCH). The data transmission rate is about lkbps, which is higher than the SMS transmission rate.

The USSD maintains a call connection during the session, providing a transparent channel and no store-and-forward. The SMS has no session channel on the physical bearer layer. It is a store-and-forward system. The user needs to perform multiple sessions during a single query. Because USSD is similar to GPRS, it maintains a session process in the interaction. Each time data transmission does not need to re-establish the channel, the USSD system responds immediately to the user's call request, which greatly speeds up the response time. The main response delay has been transferred to On the application server side, the response time is faster than short messages. Users often receive short messages with strange numbers. It is very inconvenient to manually save the number at this time, and after the friend changes the number, the sender is also not sure whether the other party reads the message. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method and system for automatically saving a business card holder, so that the user does not need to manually save the business card holder, which greatly improves the user experience. In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for automatically saving a business card holder, including: The sender sends a text message including the sender's name and number to the SMS center;

The short message center assembles the received short message into an over-the-air (OTA) short message, directly sends the OTA short message to the receiver or sends the OTA short message to the receiver after the recipient agrees; and the receiving After receiving the OTA short message, the party saves the sender name and number in the OTA short message by using the OTA function of the user identification module. Optionally, the step of the SMS center sending the OTA message to the receiver after the receiving party agrees includes: the SMS center interacts with the receiver through an unstructured supplementary service (USSD) manner, and prompts the receiver whether to receive The OTA short message; if the recipient agrees to receive, the short message center sends the OTA short message to the recipient. Optionally, before the step of assembling, by the short message center, the received short message into an OTA short message, the method further includes: the short message center parsing the received short message; and the short message center receives the received message The step of assembling the short message into the OTA short message comprises: the short message center is configured to assemble the short message including the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent into an OTA short message. Optionally, the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, a flag bit in the short message short message format, and a special set in the short message encoding scheme. Sign bit. Optionally, the method further includes: if the receiving party refuses to receive the OTA short message, the short message center deletes the OTA short message; after the receiving party agrees or refuses to receive the OTA short message, the short message center notifies the sending party of the receiving Whether the party receives the OTA message. The embodiment of the present invention further provides a business card holder automatic saving system, comprising: a sending party, configured to send a short message including a sender name and a number to a short message center; and a short message center, which is configured to: receive the received short message Assembling into an over-the-air (OTA) short message, directly transmitting the OTA message to the recipient or the OTA message after the recipient agrees And the receiving party is configured to: after receiving the OTA short message, save the sender name and number in the OTA short message by using a user identification module OTA function. Optionally, the short message center is configured to send the OTA short message to the receiver after the recipient agrees: interact with the receiver through the unstructured supplementary service (USSD) manner, and prompt the receiver whether to receive the OTA. SMS; if the recipient agrees to receive, the OTA message is sent to the recipient. Optionally, the short message center is further configured to: before assembling the received short message into an OTA short message, parsing the received short message, and if the short message includes information indicating that an OTA short message needs to be sent, The short message is assembled into an OTA short message. Optionally, the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, a flag bit in the short message short message format, and a special set in the short message encoding scheme. Sign bit. Optionally, the short message center is further configured to: if the recipient refuses to receive the OTA short message, delete the OTA short message; after the receiving party agrees or refuses to receive the OTA short message, notify the sending party whether the receiving party receives the received message The case of the OTA SMS. The embodiment of the invention further provides a short message center, which is set as:

Receiving a short message sent by the sender, including the sender's name and number, assembling the received short message into an over-the-air (OTA) short message, directly transmitting the OTA short message to the recipient or agreeing to the OTA after receiving the consent of the recipient The SMS is sent to the recipient. Optionally, the short message center is configured to send the OTA short message to the receiver after the recipient agrees: interact with the receiver through the unstructured supplementary service (USSD) manner, and prompt the receiver whether to receive the OTA. SMS; if the recipient agrees to receive, the OTA message is sent to the recipient. Optionally, the short message center is further configured to: before assembling the received short message into an OTA short message, parsing the received short message, and if the short message includes information indicating that an OTA short message needs to be sent, The short message is assembled into an OTA short message. Optionally, the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, a flag bit in the short message short message format, and a special set in the short message encoding scheme. Sign bit. Optionally, the short message center is further configured to: if the recipient refuses to receive the OTA short message, delete the OTA short message; after the receiving party agrees or refuses to receive the OTA short message, notify the sending party whether the receiving party receives the received message The case of the OTA SMS. Compared with the prior art, the method and system for automatically saving a business card holder provided by the embodiment of the invention have the following technical effects: 1. The user does not need to manually save the business card holder, which greatly improves the user experience. At the same time, the user is prevented from manually deleting the spam message. Second, using the USSD method to interact, the sender can know the reading situation of the receiver, especially the merchant, and can learn the potential user group according to the status of the card holder, and propose a business strategy according to the target. It avoids waste of resources caused by spam resend; Third, it effectively improves the utilization of network resources of operators and improves the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) value of operators. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for automatically saving a business card holder in an embodiment; FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of an automatic storage system for a business card holder in an embodiment;

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the USSD-based business card holder automatic saving method in an application example. Preferred embodiment of the invention Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

Embodiment: Over The Air (OTA) is a technology for remotely managing SIM card data and applications through the air interface of mobile communication (GSM or CDMA). It is based on the short message mechanism, and realizes the dynamic downloading, deleting and updating of the business menu in the SIM card through the mobile terminal or the server (online), so that the user obtains the data value-added service (referred to as OTA service) of the personalized information service, so that the mobile communication is not only Voice and data services are available, as well as new business downloads. In this way, through the OTA over-the-air download technology, mobile phone users can download various service menus provided by the network to the mobile phone according to personal preference, and can also customize the specific service according to their own wishes.

As shown in FIG. 1 , this embodiment provides a method for automatically saving a business card holder, including the following steps:

S101: The sender sends the short message including the sender name and the number to the short message center;

S102: The short message center assembles the received short message of the sender into an over-the-air OTA short message, and sends the OTA short message to the receiver directly or with the consent of the recipient; wherein the short message center assembles the received short message Before the OTA message is sent, the message center further comprises: the message center parsing the received message, and if the message includes information indicating that the OTA message needs to be sent, the message center assembles the message into an OTA message. The information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, a flag bit in the short message short message format, or a special flag bit set in the short message encoding scheme. .

The SMS center sends the OTA message to the receiver after the receiving party agrees, and the method includes: the SMS center interacts with the receiver through the unstructured supplementary service USSD mode, and prompts the receiver whether to receive the OTA message; If the recipient agrees to receive, the short message center sends the OTA short message to the recipient. In addition, if the recipient refuses to receive the OTA message, the SMS center deletes the OTA short. Letter

After the recipient agrees or refuses to receive the OTA short message, the short message center also notifies the sender whether the recipient receives the OTA short message.

S103: After receiving the OTA short message, the receiving party saves the sender name and number in the short message by using a user identification module (such as a SIM card) OTA function.

As shown in FIG. 2, this embodiment provides a card holder automatic saving system, including: a sending party, configured to send a short message including a sender name and a number to a short message center; and a short message center, which is used to receive the received The short message is assembled into an over-the-air OTA message, and the OTA message is sent to the receiver directly or with the consent of the receiver. The message center is also used to parse the received message into an OTA message. And the received short message, if the short message includes information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent, the short message is assembled into an OTA short message. The information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, a flag bit in the short message short message format, or a special flag bit set in the short message encoding scheme. In addition, the short message center is configured to send the OTA message to the receiver after the recipient agrees, including: the short message center interacts with the receiver through the unstructured supplementary service USSD mode, and prompts the receiver whether to receive the OTA message. If the receiving party agrees to receive, the short message center sends the OTA short message to the receiving party; if the receiving party refuses to receive the OTA short message, the short message center deletes the OTA short message; the receiving party agrees or rejects After receiving the OTA short message, the short message center also notifies the sender whether the recipient receives the OTA short message. a receiving party, configured to use a user identification module (such as a SIM card) after receiving the OTA short message

The OTA function saves the sender name and number in the SMS. In an application example, as shown in FIG. 3, the USSD-based method for automatically saving a business card holder includes the following steps:

S201: The sender sends the short message including the sender name and the number to the short message center, where the short message includes information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent, for example, the flag bit in the short message short message header, and the short message short message format The flag bit or the special flag bit set in the short message encoding scheme, and the like.

S202: The short message center parses the short message, if the short message includes information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent, and the short message of the sender is assembled into an OTA short message; S203: the short message center prompts the receiving party to receive the OTA short message through the USSD mode;

S204: If the receiving party receives, proceed to step S205, otherwise go to step S209;

S205: The receiver sends a USSD message to the USSD center.

S206: The USSD Center notifies the receiving party of the SMS center to accept;

S207: The SMS center sends an OTA message to the receiver; S208: The receiver downloads the short message, and uses the SIM card OTA function to save the sender name and number in the short message;

S209: The receiver sends a rejection USSD message to the USSD center;

S210: The USSD center notifies the receiving party of the short message center to reject;

S211: The short message center deletes the OTA short message; S212: The short message center notifies the sender whether the receiving party receives the short message sent by the sender. As can be seen from the above embodiments, the method and system for automatically saving the business card holder provided in the above embodiments are based on the OTA technology, so that the user does not need to manually save the business card holder, which greatly improves the user and improves the user. Experience. At the same time, the user is prevented from manually deleting the spam message; using the USSD method to interact, the sender can know the reading situation of the receiver, especially the merchant, can learn the potential user group according to the storage situation of the card holder, and propose the business strategy in a targeted manner while avoiding Spam The resource waste caused by retransmission is effectively improved, and the operator's network resource utilization rate is improved, and the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) value of the operator is increased.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program instructing the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the above embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. In view of the present invention, various other modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc., should be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Industrial Applicability The method and system for automatically saving a business card holder provided by the embodiments of the present invention enable the user to manually save the business card holder, which greatly improves the user experience. At the same time, the user is prevented from manually deleting the spam message; using the USSD method to interact, the sender can know the reading situation of the receiver, especially the merchant, can learn the potential user group according to the storage situation of the card holder, and propose the business strategy in a targeted manner while avoiding Waste of resources caused by spam retransmission; effectively improve the utilization of network resources of operators and improve the ARPU value of operators.

Claims

Claim

1. A method for automatically saving a business card holder, comprising: sending, by the sender, a short message including a sender name and a number to a short message center;

The short message center assembles the received short message into an over-the-air (OTA) short message, directly sends the OTA short message to the receiver or sends the OTA short message to the receiver after the recipient agrees; and the receiving After receiving the OTA short message, the party saves the sender name and number in the OTA short message by using the OTA function of the user identification module.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: the step of the short message center transmitting the OTA short message to the recipient after the receiving party agrees with the receiving party comprises:

The short message center interacts with the receiver through an unstructured supplementary service (USSD) manner, and prompts the receiver whether to receive the OTA short message; if the recipient agrees to receive, the short message center sends the OTA short message to the Said the receiver.

The method of claim 1, wherein: the method further comprises: the short message center parsing the received short message after the step of assembling the received short message into an OTA short message; The step of assembling the received short message into the OTA short message by the short message center includes: the short message center assembling the short message including the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent into an OTA short message.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, a flag bit in the short message short message format, and The special flag set in the short message coding scheme.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising: if the recipient refuses to receive the OTA message, the SMS center deletes the OTA message; After the recipient agrees or refuses to receive the OTA short message, the short message center notifies the sender whether the recipient receives the OTA short message.

6. A business card holder automatic saving system, comprising: a sending party, configured to send a short message including a sender name and a number to a short message center; and a short message center, which is set to: assemble the received short message into an air download (OTA) short message, directly sending the OTA short message to the receiving party or sending the OTA short message to the receiving party after receiving the consent of the receiving party; and the receiving party, which is set to: after receiving the OTA short message, using the user identification The module OTA function saves the sender name and number in the OTA message.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein: the short message center is configured to send the OTA message to the recipient after the recipient agrees in the following manner: interacting with the recipient through an unstructured supplementary service (USSD) And prompting the recipient whether to receive the OTA short message; if the receiving party agrees to receive, sending the OTA short message to the receiving party.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein: the short message center is further configured to: before assembling the received short message into an OTA short message, parsing the received short message, if the short message includes a representation If the information of the OTA message needs to be sent, the message is assembled into an OTA message.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein: the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, a flag bit in the short message short message format, and The special flag set in the short message coding scheme.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein: the short message center is further configured to: if the recipient refuses to receive the OTA short message, delete the OTA short message; After the recipient agrees or refuses to receive the OTA message, the sender is notified whether the receiver receives the OTA message.

11. A short message center, configured to: receive a short message sent by a sender, including a sender name and a number, assemble the received short message into an over-the-air (OTA) short message, and directly send the OTA short message to the receiving The party or the OTA message is sent to the recipient after the party agrees.

12. The short message center according to claim 10, wherein: the short message center is configured to send the OTA short message to the recipient after the recipient agrees in the following manner: through the unstructured supplementary service (USSD) method and the receiver Interacting, prompting the recipient whether to receive the OTA message; if the recipient agrees to receive, sending the OTA message to the receiver.

13. The short message center according to claim 10, wherein: the short message center is further configured to: before assembling the received short message into an OTA short message, parsing the received short message, if the short message includes Indicates that the information of the OTA message needs to be sent, and the message is assembled into an OTA message.

14. The short message center according to claim 13, wherein: the information indicating that the OTA short message needs to be sent includes one or more of the following: a flag bit in the short message short message header, and a flag bit in the short message short message format And a special flag set in the short message encoding scheme.

15. The short message center according to claim 12, wherein: the short message center is further configured to: if the recipient refuses to receive the OTA short message, delete the OTA short message; and after the receiving party agrees or refuses to receive the OTA short message, notify Whether the sender of the sender receives the OTA short message.