KR100721870B1 - Call method using voice message in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of calling a counterpart in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method of calling a called party by a voice message sent from a calling party instead of a receiving ringing tone in a receiving mobile communication terminal.

The present invention provides a process for setting up a call to a voice message in the absence or during a call or in a state other than this by calling the other party in the calling mobile communication terminal;

Generating a voice message for calling and storing it in a voice mailbox, and then transmitting the voice message to a receiving mobile communication terminal as a voice message instead of a ringing tone, and listening to a voice message received instead of a ringing tone for a call in the receiving mobile communication terminal. It consists of the process of doing. Therefore, the caller can make a call in advance by knowing the intention of the calling party, and thus can selectively respond to an unnecessary call and actively respond to an emergency situation.

Voicemail, voice call message, voice call response, VMS

Description

Method for Calling Use of Voice Message in Mobile Phone}

1 is a diagram of a mobile communication network referred to for description of an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal 112, which is referred to for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a voice message call in a transmitting-side mobile communication terminal 112 for an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart of voice message storage for a call to the V M S device 114 in the M S C 100 for an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a voice message call in a receiving mobile terminal 112 for an embodiment of the present invention.

       The present invention relates to a calling method in a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, the mobile communication terminal notifies the incoming call with a voice message instead of a reception tone (bell) for a call to confirm a user call intention of the receiving mobile communication terminal in advance and make a call. The present invention relates to a voice message calling method in a mobile communication terminal.

       In general, anyone should try to make a successful response to a call without making a call from the calling mobile terminal and failing to make a connection from the other party's busy or absent service, or failing to hear a ringtone due to bedtime and surroundings. have. In particular, when an unforeseen emergency situation occurs and the other party needs urgent help, there is a more difficult result if the other party does not respond. In general, there is a method of notifying the incoming call from the other party by informing that the incoming call is forcibly and leaving the called number. In addition, most users have mobile communication terminals, and when a ring tone used by a plurality of mobile communication terminals is similar, it is difficult to determine which mobile communication ringing ring tone is heard only by hearing a ringing tone. . As a way to solve this problem, a voice message is set in the receiving mobile communication terminal so that when there is an incoming call, a voice message ("Call is received. Answer XXXX") is set instead of ringing the ringing tone. It is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-19618. In the conventional method, only the voice message that can be heard instead of the ringing tone set by the user inside the receiving mobile communication terminal is heard, but the user of the calling party cannot know why. Therefore, only the phone number of the called party is left in the absent state or only the text (SMS) or voice message is left. However, when you do not receive a phone call during a meeting or for any other reason, you will often miss more urgent and important things if you do not know exactly why the other party called. In particular, there are important consequences that cannot be reversed.

       Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for calling a voice message instead of a ring tone for an incoming call for a mobile communication terminal using a voice mailbox.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for a receiving user of a mobile communication terminal to know in advance the purpose and identity of a calling user and make a call.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for actively coping with an emergency situation that cannot be predicted by a counterpart.

      The present invention for carrying out the above object is a process for calling the other party in the calling mobile communication terminal to set the voice message call during or away from the call and to generate a voice message for the call to store in the voicemail box;

      According to the call, a call path is formed with the other party even in the busy or absent state of the other party, and a call voice message is transmitted, and the receiving side mobile communication terminal responds according to the calling party and confirms whether the received call signal is a voice message. Process,

      Receiving a call voice message according to the call, notifying the called party instead of the ringing tone, allowing the receiving user to listen and making a call according to the received call voice message.

      The present invention sets up a voice message call during or away from the calling mobile communication terminal, generates a calling voice message, stores it in a voice mailbox, and then calls the other party of the receiving mobile communication terminal. According to the call of the other party, a call path is established with the other party even in the busy or absent state of the other party and transmits a call voice message and responds according to the calling party at the receiving mobile communication terminal and checks whether the received call signal is a voice message. Confirm and receive the called voice message. The calling voice message is notified to the called party instead of the ringing tone, and the receiving user listens to the voice message and selects the call according to the calling intention or situation of the calling party.

      Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, specific details such as specific components are shown, which are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and it is understood that these specific details may be modified or changed within the scope of the present invention. It will be obvious to those of ordinary skill in the field. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals in the accompanying drawings reveal that they have similar or identical functions.

     1 is a block diagram of a typical mobile communication network for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

An example of a commercial Code Division Mutiple Access (CDMA) digital mobile network is shown. The mobile communication network of FIG. 1 is a switching station including a mobile switching center (MSC) 100 as a switch, a home location register (HLR) 106 as a location register, and a plurality of base station controllers (BSCs) 108 as base station controllers. And a base transceiver station (BTS) 110, which is a base station connected to each BSC 108, is wirelessly connected with a plurality of mobile communication terminals 112, and a PSTN 104, which is a general public telephone network. A public land mobile network (PLMN) 102 is connected. The BSC 108 performs radio link and wired link control, hand-off functions. The BTS 110 forms a wireless communication path together with the mobile communication terminal 112 and manages radio resources. HLR 106 performs a subscriber location registration function. The voice mail (VMS) device 114 connected to the MSC 100 provides a voice mail system (VMS) through the MSC 100. The voicemail (VMS) device 114 stores the voice message instead of the reception tone (bell) when calling the receiving mobile terminal from the calling mobile terminal 112 for the present invention. That is, in order to receive the voicemail service of the present invention, all the mobile communication terminals 112 must be subscribed to the voicemail (VMS) device 114, and the voicemail service is used when the other party is on the phone. When a direct call is not possible due to a missed or other reason, the voice message required by the voicemail (VMS) device 114 is recorded and left, and the mobile communication terminal 112 is notified of the ring tone for the call.

      2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the mobile communication terminal 112 of FIG.

       A block diagram of a CDMA mobile communication terminal is shown. 2, the EEPROM 202, the flash memory 204, the RAM 206, the keypad 208, the display unit 210, the RF module 214, the baseband processor 216, the codec 218, The control unit 200 connected to the voice processing unit 224 performs voice signal and data processing for a general telephone call or data communication and controls each part of the mobile communication terminal. As such a control part 200, MSM (Mobile System Modem) chip | tip of QUALCOMM Corporation is used, for example. The MSM chip includes a microprocessor, a CDMA processor, a vocoder, and the like. In the following description, description of the processing and control of the control unit 200 for a conventional telephone call or data communication or various additional functions not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. Various reference data is stored in the EEPROM 202 connected to the controller 200, a program for processing and controlling the controller 200 is stored in the flash memory 204, and the RAM 206 is a controller 200. Provide a working memory. The keypad 208 includes various keys including numeric keys to provide the controller 200 with key input input by the user. The display unit 210 typically includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) to display various types of information as an image under the control of the controller 200. The RF module 214 transmits and receives an RF signal with the base station through the antenna 212, converts the received RF signal into an IF (Intermediate Frequency) signal and outputs it to the baseband processor 216 and the baseband processor 216. IF signal inputted from) is converted into RF signal and transmitted. The baseband processor 216 is a baseband analog (BBA) ASIC that provides an interface between the controller 200 and the RF module 214. The baseband processor 216 converts a baseband digital signal applied from the controller 200 into an analog IF signal. The signal is converted and applied to the RF module 214, and the analog IF signal applied from the RF module 214 is converted into a digital signal of the baseband and applied to the control unit 200. The codec 218 connected to the control unit 200 is connected to the microphone 220 and the speaker 222, PCM-encodes the voice signal input from the microphone 220, and outputs the encoded voice data to the control unit 200. The PCM decoding of the voice data input from the controller 200 is performed, and the decoded voice signal is output to the speaker 222. The voice processor 224 stores or reads voice message data to be replaced by a ring tone for a call applied from the controller 200 in the voice memory 226 under the control of the controller 200 and outputs the voice message data to the speaker 233. .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a voice message call in a transmitting-side mobile communication terminal 112 for an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart for storing a voice message for a call to the VMS device 114 in the MSC 100 for the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a voice message call in the receiving mobile terminal 112 for the present invention.

Therefore, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 112 may generate a voice message for calling the other party according to a busy or absent time setting, and store it in the VMS 114 under the control of the MSC 100 to notify a message later. In addition, by directly calling the other party's mobile communication terminal to inform the contents of the call by voice. The user of the receiving mobile communication terminal hears a voice message and presses a call button when necessary to make a call with the calling party.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, in the calling mobile terminal 112, the calling user inputs a telephone number through the keypad 208 in step 301 and then presses a call button in step 305. . The controller 200 confirms the input of the telephone number and the input of the call button. The controller 200 calls the counterpart through the RF module 214 in step 307. The transmitting mobile terminal checks whether the counterpart mobile communication terminal is busy or absent through the calling process as a control operation. If the control unit 200 confirms and is busy or missed, the controller 200 sets up a call for voice message through the key input of the keypad 208 in step 311. The control unit 200 confirms whether the mobile communication terminal is in the setting mode for the voice message call in step 313, and calls to store the voice message for calling in the VMS device 114 of FIG. 1 in step 314. Do it. The mobile communication terminal makes a call for storing a voice message in the VMS device 114 through the BTS 110, the BSC 108, and the MSC 100, and the MSC 100 calls the mobile communication terminal 112 on the calling side. ) Must be subscribed for VMS service. Therefore, the VMS device 114 is controlled by the MSC 100. Meanwhile, the control unit 200 of the mobile communication terminal waits to receive the response signal according to the call through the BTS 110, the BSC 108, and the MSC 100 in step 315 to transmit the voice message. If there is a voice message to be called through the microphone 219 in step 317. The input message is transmitted in step 319 through the RF module 214 under the control of the controller 200. The user of the calling mobile communication terminal waits in step 323 until a response to the call is received from the other party. If there is a response from the receiving mobile communication terminal, the transmitting mobile terminal makes a call in step 325.

On the other hand, between the mobile communication terminal 112 through the BTS (110), BSC (108), the MSC (100) basically controls the mutual call service in the process (400), the control according to the call and absence, and mutual Pass the signal according to the response. The VMS (voice mailbox) device 114 under the control of the MSC 100 as a VMS service makes a request for storing a voice message from the calling mobile terminal as in the example of step 401. The MSC 100 checks whether the mobile communication terminal called in step 403 is a mobile communication terminal subscribed to the VMS device 114. If the MSC 100 is a mobile communication terminal subscribed to the VMS device 114, the MSC 100 transmits the response signal according to the call to the calling mobile communication terminal in step 405. The MSC 100 checks whether the voice message call has been received in step 407 from the mobile communication terminal receiving the response signal. If it is received in step (409) receives and stores the voice message for the call sent by the calling mobile terminal user. In step 411, the voice message received and stored is transmitted to the receiving side mobile communication terminal to make a call. In step 413, the MSC 100 makes a call for transmitting the voice message from step 411 and moves to the receiving side. Check if there is a response from the communication terminal. When the MSC 100 responds to the call, the MSC 100 transmits the call voice message generated at the calling party to the receiving mobile communication terminal in step 415 and checks whether the transmission is completed in step 417.

On the other hand, the receiving side mobile communication terminal eventually communicates with each other under the control of the BTS 110, BSC 108, and MSC 100, and the RF of the receiving side mobile communication terminal for the call sent from the calling side mobile communication terminal. The module 214 receives a call in step 501. In general, the control unit 200 of the receiving-side mobile communication terminal receives a call signal and transmits a call or missed state at step 503 when the call is received at step 502 or when the call is missed at a conference state. The receiving mobile terminal checks whether the calling mobile terminal is busy or absent from the calling mobile terminal at the other party in step 504. When the control unit 200 confirms the call by the voice message, the controller 200 transmits a response signal to the call in step 505 and receives and stores the voice message in step 506. The control unit 200 receives and stores the voice message at step 506, and confirms at step 507 whether it is completed. When the control unit 200 is completed in step 507, the receiving side mobile communication terminal notifies the voice message instead of the ring tone in step 508. The bell, vibration, and lamp set for the existing call notification in step 508. . . Turn off all of your lights. In the next step (509), it is checked whether or not the voice message for the call can be listened to according to the selection or unconditionally by the setting. You will hear it during the course, or you will hear a voice message. At this time, the user listens to the voice message and if necessary according to the intention called by the calling party, immediately presses the call button and checks in step 512 to perform the call in step 513, or waits later and calls or reads the stored voice message later. You can also make a call. If the call is performed in step 514, the call bell is returned to its original state in step 515.

Bell, lamp, vibration for an incoming call for the call of the mobile communication terminal using the voice mailbox as described above. . Because the user can make a call by voice message instead, the receiving user of the mobile communication terminal can know and make a call in advance according to the calling purpose and identity of the calling party.

Claims (7)

In the method of calling the other party of the mobile communication terminal, Making a call to a receiving mobile terminal of the calling mobile terminal; Checking, by the calling mobile terminal, whether the calling mobile terminal is busy or whether the call is answered for a predetermined time; Setting a voice message calling mode for calling a voice message when the receiving mobile terminal does not respond to a call or a call origination; Generating, by the calling mobile terminal, a calling voice message and delivering the calling voice message to the receiving voice mailbox; Transmitting, by the receiving voice mailbox, the calling voice message to the receiving mobile communication terminal; Receiving and storing the call voice message by the receiving mobile terminal; Playing the call voice message according to a user's selection of the receiving mobile terminal; And And a step in which the receiving side mobile communication terminal recognizes an incoming call and performs communication by the calling voice message. delete The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the receiving side mobile communication terminal comprises: Upon receiving and storing the call voice message, the call voice message notification mode is switched in a set bell / vibration / lamp mode, and the call voice message is reproduced as a ring tone according to the user's selection. Calling method using a voice message in the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving side mobile communication terminal in the third process, When the communication is completed, the call method using the voice message in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that returning to the previously set mode, such as bell / vibration / lamp. In the mobile communication network including the BTS, BSC, MSC, using the VMS device, the calling mobile terminal calling the receiving mobile terminal, Calling the receiving mobile communication terminal through the BTS, BSC, and MSC to check whether there is no response for a predetermined period of time during a call; Checking, by the receiving mobile terminal, whether a voice message calling mode for voice message calling is set when there is no response during the call or for a predetermined period of time; When the receiving mobile communication terminal has set the voice message calling mode, generating, by the calling mobile communication terminal, a calling voice message and storing the calling voice message in the receiving VMS device through the BTS, BSC, and MSC; Transmitting, by the VMS device, the voice message to the receiving mobile terminal; Playing, by the receiving mobile terminal, the voice message as a ring tone; and And performing a communication when the calling mobile terminal receives a response for communication from the receiving mobile terminal. In the mobile communication network including the BTS, BSC, MSC, the VMS device of the MSC processes the voice message for the call of the mobile communication terminal, Making a call attempt by a calling mobile terminal to a receiving mobile terminal; Checking whether the receiving mobile communication terminal is busy or whether a call is answered for a predetermined time; Setting a voice message calling mode for calling a voice message when the receiving mobile terminal does not respond to a call or a call origination; Checking whether the receiving mobile terminal is subscribed for the VMS service when the voice message is called from the calling mobile terminal; Transmitting, by the VMS device, a response signal for receiving the voice message to the calling mobile terminal when the subscription is made; Receiving and storing a voice message for calling from the calling mobile terminal by the VMS device; and And the VMS device transmits the received call voice message to the receiving mobile communication terminal. In a mobile communication network including a BTS, BSC, MSC, the method of the receiving mobile communication terminal to answer the call using the VMS device, Calling, by the calling mobile terminal, the called mobile terminal through the BTS, BSC, and MSC; Notifying, by the receiving mobile communication terminal, that a call signal is received from the calling mobile communication terminal during a call or is not present; Checking whether a voice message for calling from the calling terminal is received at the VMS device; If the voice message is called, generating a response signal according to the call, receiving and storing a voice message for calling, and blocking a preset calling means; Outputting the stored call voice message by the receiving mobile terminal; Waiting for input of a key signal for communicating with the calling mobile terminal; Communicating with the calling mobile terminal when the key signal is input; Checking whether communication with the calling mobile terminal is completed; and Calling method using a voice message in the mobile communication terminal characterized in that the mobile terminal is configured to return to the original calling means after the communication is completed.

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