CN101115225B - System and method for mobile terminal to realize RSS subscription by using multimedia message - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a mobile terminal system and method, which uses multimedia messaging to realize RSS subscription so that the users who have opened MMS service can achieve RSS subscription. The invention comprises an MMS service center, a mobile terminal with the capacity of MMS, and an RSS subscription server connected with the MMS service center. The RSS subscription server comprises a user configuration module, by which users can log in, log out and set RSS subscription service, and a service processing module, which acquires RSS contents released by Internet network according to the received configuration information from the user configuration module, and then the content is transformed into MMS format and sent to MMS service center. The method is that when users succeed in logging in by RSS subscription service, the RSS subscription server acquires updated RSS channel information from Internet RSS content providers, organizes and transforms the information into MMS format of the multimedia messaging and sends to corresponding user mobile terminals.

Description

System and method for mobile terminal to realize RSS subscription by using multimedia message

technical field

The invention relates to multimedia message technology, in particular to the technology of realizing RSS subscription service on a mobile terminal by using multimedia message MMS.

Background technique

Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS for short) is a message service that can transmit multimedia content between mobile terminals such as mobile phones and between mobile phones and other application servers such as Email servers. Compared with the very successful short message service in the form of text currently used, multimedia message will provide users with message content in various media formats including images, sounds, etc., so that operators can provide users with very rich and personalized services .

RSS is the abbreviation of "Really Simple Syndication" (currently there is no general Chinese translation), which is a technology for describing and synchronizing website content. "RSS Reader") or online RSS format to read these contents. It is currently the most widely used XML (Extensible Markup Language, Extensible Markup Language) application. RSS builds a technical platform for the rapid dissemination of information, making everyone a potential information provider. As more and more sites support RSS, RSS has become the most successful XML application at present.

By using RSS technology, user information can be obtained without logging in to various information-providing websites. It provides users with a large number of information sources while avoiding users to download meaningless advertisements and other content, and only sends the content that users are interested in in real time to users. But as far as wireless applications are concerned, the mobile terminals that can use the RSS client service have only a few smart PDAs. And using it requires users to maintain a wireless connection all the time, which wastes network traffic and battery power of many mobile phones.

The prior art has not yet provided a technology for a mobile terminal to realize RSS subscription by using a multimedia message.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a system that uses MMS to realize the RSS subscription function on the mobile terminal, so that any user who has opened the MMS service can realize the RSS subscription function, and the user does not need to keep the network connection to update the RSS Subscription service.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention provides a system for a mobile terminal to use multimedia messages to implement RSS subscription, including a multimedia message service center and a user mobile terminal with multimedia message service MMS capability, characterized in that it also includes an MMS service center A connected RSS subscription server, the RSS subscription server includes a user configuration module and a service processing module, wherein:

The user configuration module is used to provide users with registration and cancellation and set RSS subscription service, and submit registration and cancellation information and setting results to the service processing module for processing;

The service processing module is used to receive the configuration information of the user configuration module, obtain the RSS content issued by the Internet network according to the configuration information, and convert the RSS content into MMS format and send it to the MMS service center.

Further, the above system can also have the following features: the user configuration module includes a user registration and logout unit, a user setting unit and a storage unit, wherein:

The user registration and cancellation unit is used to provide user registration and cancellation RSS subscription services, and submit the registration and cancellation information to the service processing module;

The user setting unit is used to provide the user to set the subscribed RSS service, at least including the mobile terminal receiving the RSS channel information and the subscribed RSS channel, and submitting the setting result to the service processing module;

The storage unit is used to store user information, user settings, and RSS channel information subscribed by the user.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned system may also have the following features: the user registration and logout unit receives the registration and logout of the user through the network or short message respectively.

Further, the above system may also have the following feature: the user setting unit also allows the user to set one or any combination of the organizational format of the MMS message, the conditions for the user to receive the MMS message, and the size of the MMS message.

Further, the above system can also have the following characteristics: the service processing module includes an RSS service unit, a format processing unit and an MMS service unit, wherein:

The RSS service unit is used to obtain the user's setting information from the storage unit, search for updated RSS content from the RSS content provider of the Internet network according to the channel set by the user, and send the The RSS content is sent to the format processing unit;

The format processing unit is used to organize new messages of all subscribed RSS channels of the user into multimedia messages of a user-defined format;

The MMS service unit is used to generate multimedia messages according to user settings and send them to the MMS service center.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method of using MMS to realize the RSS subscription function on the mobile terminal, so that any user who has opened the MMS service can realize the RSS subscription function, and the user does not need to keep the network connection all the time. Update RSS subscription service.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention provides a kind of method that mobile terminal utilizes multimedia message to realize RSS subscription, is applied to the system that comprises mobile terminal, RSS subscription server and RSS content provider, and this method comprises the following steps:

(a) The user registers through the RSS subscription server, and the RSS subscription server notifies and confirms that the user accepts the service, and saves the user terminal number at the same time;

(b) After the user registers successfully, the RSS subscriber server obtains the updated RSS channel information from the RSS content provider of the Internet network;

(c) The RSS subscription server organizes the updated RSS channel information into a multimedia message service MMS format, and sends it to the corresponding mobile terminal of the user through the multimedia message service center.

Further, the above method can also have the following features: the step (a) further includes, the user registers with the RSS subscription server through the network or short message, and the user provides the user name and the user terminal number to the RSS subscription server.

Further, the above-mentioned method can also have the following features: said step (b) further includes, after the user logs in to the RSS subscription server, setting is made, at least including the information of the mobile terminal receiving the RSS channel information and the subscribed RSS channel, and the RSS subscription server according to The channel set by the user obtains the RSS channel information customized by the user, and judges whether the receiving condition set by the user or the system default is met. If so, proceed to the next step; otherwise, cache the RSS channel information. Go to the next step.

Further, the above method may also have the following characteristics: the content set by the user also includes one or any combination of the organizational format of the MMS message, the conditions for the user to receive the MMS message and the size of the MMS message.

Further, the above method may also have the following characteristics: in step (c), the MMS message is one or more records composed of RSS subscription message title, brief description and hyperlink.

The system and method of the invention are adopted to provide users with RSS subscription service by utilizing existing equipment and approaches. The prior art is to directly access the RSS content provider from the mobile terminal, but the present invention replaces the function of the RSS browser in the mobile terminal with the RSS subscription server, and the RSS subscription service can be used only if the user terminal supports the multimedia message service, and can Provide more complete filtering/formatting/instant notification capabilities. While bringing convenience to users, it also expands a new way of multimedia message application. And this method does not require the user to keep connected to the network, it only actively "push" the information to the user's mobile phone through MMS when needed, saving the network traffic and battery power of the user's mobile phone.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the network location relationship diagram of the system of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a module structure diagram of the RSS subscription server in the system of the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a brief flow chart of the method of the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The system for implementing RSS subscription by using MMS in this embodiment includes an RSS subscription server, an MMS service center, and a mobile terminal supporting MMS services. As shown in Figure 1, the Internet RSS content server updates the RSS content to the RSS subscriber server, and the RSS subscriber server converts the RSS content into an MMS message format and sends it to the MMS service center, and the MMS service center forwards the received MMS message to user's mobile terminal.

Internet RSS content, that is, all valid content released on the internet network, in the present embodiment, the user accepts its new update information in real time by the RSS subscription server. The RSS subscriber server provides services such as registering and canceling RSS subscription services, setting subscription channels, RSS subscription services, and organizing content into MMS messages. The MMS service center accepts the multimedia message sent from the RSS subscription server, and sends the multimedia message MMS to the corresponding mobile terminal according to the destination address. The mobile terminal generally refers to the mobile phone set by the user to receive and view the MMS information, and is used to receive the subscription information multimedia message sent from the MMS service center.

As shown in Figure 2, the RSS subscription server in the system of this embodiment includes a user configuration module and a service processing module, wherein:

The user configuration module is used to provide users with registration and cancellation and set RSS subscription service, and submit the registration and cancellation information and setting results to the service processing module for processing. Including user registration and logout unit B1, user setting unit B2 and storage unit B3, wherein:

The user registration and cancellation unit B1 is used to provide user registration and cancellation RSS subscription services, and submit the registration and cancellation information to the service processing module. The RSS subscription server provides a variety of user registration methods. Users can log in to the server webpage to register and authenticate, or through other methods (such as SMS, etc.) to register and authenticate. Similarly, users can also log out through the website or SMS. Services, but not limited to the registration through the website can only be canceled through the website, and can also be canceled through short messages, such as short message registration.

The user setting unit B2 is configured to allow the user to set the subscribed RSS service, and submit the setting result to the service processing module. For the details of the settings, see the description of the flow below.

The storage unit B3 is used to store user information (including user name, user terminal number), user settings, and RSS channel information subscribed by the user.

The service processing module is used to receive the configuration information of the user configuration module, receive the RSS content issued by the Internet network according to the configuration information, and convert the RSS content into MMS format and send it to the MMS service center. Including RSS service unit B4, format processing unit B5 and MMS service unit B6, wherein:

The RSS service unit B4 is used to obtain the setting information of the user from the storage unit B3, according to the content set by the user (such as the RSS channel information subscribed by the user and the receiving conditions set) from the RSS content provider of the Internet to search for the updated RSS content ( If necessary, it will be stored in the storage unit), and the RSS content will be sent to the format processing unit B5 when the receiving condition set by the user or defaulted by the system is met. The RSS service unit works instead of the RSS client of the registered user, and it retrieves the news updates subscribed by the user to the RSS subscription server.

The format processing unit B5 is used to organize the new messages of all RSS channels subscribed by the user into multimedia messages in a user-defined format.

The MMS service unit B6 is used to generate multimedia messages according to the user settings (if the user does not set, then the system default settings) and send them to the MMS service center, and then sent to the user's mobile terminal by the MMS service center.

As shown in Figure 3, the method that mobile terminal of the present invention utilizes multimedia message to realize RSS subscription comprises the following steps:

Step 310, the user registers on the RSS subscription server, the RSS subscription server notifies and confirms that the user accepts the service, and saves the user terminal number at the same time;

The user can directly register on the web page provided by the server, and activate the RSS MMS subscription service; or send a short message to subscribe to RSS and register with the RSS subscription server through the MMS service center. The user provides the user name and user terminal number to the RSS subscription server, and the user name can be the user's mobile phone number or any combination of other names.

When logging out, the user can also go through the website or short message.

Step 320, after the user successfully registers, log in to the RSS subscription server for setting;

Usually, the RSS subscriber server will send the user a login password through the MMS service center, and the user can log in to the RSS subscriber server to set up through the password. The user can modify the password by himself when setting up after logging in.

User settings include the following:

1) The user sets the terminal to receive information. The default is the user's terminal number, and it can also be other terminals, but it must be confirmed that the terminal has MMS capabilities, otherwise the terminal may not receive MMS messages or display content normally;

2) The user sets the RSS subscription channel. If the desired channel is selected from the subscribable channels provided by RSS, multiple groups can be set, and the server accepts and checks whether the subscribed channel is correct;

3) The user sets the organizational format of the multimedia message (including the format of the multimedia message and the display method, etc.), which can determine the format that the user can choose according to the capabilities of the server and the mobile terminal. If the user's mobile phone only supports MMS, the MMS method can be selected. The server sends the MMS content to the mobile phone of the user;

The user can also set the size of the MMS message, if the user does not set, the server will have a default value.

4) The user sets the time, frequency and conditions for receiving multimedia messages, such as the user does not want to receive subscribed messages within a certain period of time, the minimum interval for receiving messages, or updates immediately when a subscription is updated, etc., the above Requirements can be set multiple times without conflicting.

Step 330, the RSS subscription server obtains the updated RSS channel information from the RSS content provider of the Internet network according to the channel set by the user, and updates the RSS channel information ordered by the user;

After receiving the setting of the user, the RSS subscription server performs the user task according to the user setting, receives the channel update information (RSS content) set by the user to the local, and judges whether the condition set by the user is satisfied, and if it is satisfied, step 340 is executed, otherwise the RSS The channel information is cached and sent to the corresponding mobile terminal after meeting the conditions set by the user or defaulted by the system;

If the user sets the receiving condition to only accept content after 7:00 p.m., the server needs to save the RSS content first, and then send it to the user after 7:00.

Step 340, the RSS subscription server organizes the updated RSS channel information into a multimedia message MMS, and sends it to the corresponding user mobile terminal through the MMS service center;

An MMS record is composed of RSS subscription message title, brief description and hyperlink, and each MMS message can carry multiple such records. The format of the MMS message will be jointly determined by the capability of the format processing unit and user settings.

The RSS subscription server and the multimedia service center are connected through the protocol of the multimedia service center, which will not be described in detail here, but refer to relevant specifications for details.

Step 350, the user accepts the multimedia message and checks the RSS information.

Claims (10)

1. portable terminal utilizes Multimedia Message to realize the system that RSS subscribes to, comprise multimedia messaging service, MMS center and customer mobile terminal with multimedia messaging service, MMS MMS ability, it is characterized in that, also comprise the RSS Subscriber that is connected with the MMS service center, described RSS Subscriber comprises user configuration module and service processing module, wherein:

Described user configuration module is used to provide the user to carry out registration and unregistration and the RSS subscription service is set, and with registration and unregistration information and the result is set submits to service processing module to handle;

Described service processing module is used to receive the configuration information of user configuration module, obtains the RSS content of Internet network issue according to this configuration information, and this RSS content is converted to the MMS form sends to the MMS service center.

2. the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described user configuration module comprises that user's registration and unregistration unit, user are provided with unit and memory cell, wherein:

Described user's registration and unregistration unit is used to provide the user to register, nullify the RSS subscription service, and will register, log-off message is submitted service processing module to;

Described user is provided with the unit, is used to provide the user that the RSS service of subscribing to is provided with, and comprises the portable terminal that receives the RSS channel information and the RSS channel of subscription at least, and the result will be set submit service processing module to;

Described memory cell is used for storing subscriber information, user's setting, and the RSS channel information of user's subscription.

3. system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described user's registration and unregistration unit receives user's registration and unregistration and finishes by network or short message way respectively.

4. system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described user is provided with a kind of or combination in any in the size that organized formats, user that the unit also is provided with MMS message for the user receive the condition of MMS message and MMS message.

5. the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described service processing module comprises RSS service unit, format analysis processing unit and MMS service unit, wherein:

Described RSS service unit, be used for obtaining user's configuration information from memory cell, search for the RSS content of renewal according to the channel that the user is provided with from the RSS content provider of Internet network, and when satisfying the condition of acceptance of user's setting or system default, this RSS content is sent to the format analysis processing unit;

Described format analysis processing unit is used for the new information of the RSS channel of all subscription of user is organized into the Multimedia Message of user definition form;

Described MMS service unit is used for the generation Multimedia Message being set and being sent to the MMS service center by the user.

6. a portable terminal utilizes Multimedia Message to realize the method that RSS subscribes to, and is applied to comprise portable terminal, RSS Subscriber and RSS content provider's system, and this method may further comprise the steps:

(a) user registers by the RSS Subscriber, and RSS Subscriber notice also confirms that the user accepts service, preserves user terminal number simultaneously;

(b) after the user registration success, the RSS Subscriber obtains the RSS channel information of renewal from the RSS content provider of Internet network;

(c) the RSS Subscriber is organized into multimedia messaging service, MMS MMS form with the RSS channel information that upgrades, and sends to corresponding customer mobile terminal by the multimedia messaging service, MMS center.

7. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described step (a) comprises that further the user registers at the RSS Subscriber by network or short message way, and the user provides user name and user terminal number to the RSS Subscriber.

8. method as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, described step (b) further comprises, the user is provided with after logining the RSS Subscriber, at least the information that comprises the RSS channel of the portable terminal that receives the RSS channel information and subscription, the RSS Subscriber obtains the customized RSS channel information of user according to the channel that the user is provided with, and judge whether to satisfy that the user is provided with or the condition of acceptance of system default, if, then continue to carry out next step, otherwise, with this RSS channel information buffer memory, when satisfying condition of acceptance, carry out next step again.

9. method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, the content that described user is provided with also comprises the organized formats of MMS message, and the user receives a kind of or combination in any in the size of the condition of MMS message and MMS message.

10. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, in the step (c), described MMS message is one or more record of being made up of RSS subscribe message title, brief description and hyperlink.

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