KR100828429B1 - System and method for transmitting voice content by multimedia service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes generating and transmitting sound content by telephone terminal 10 and receiving and also storing 32 said sound content for future reference by telephone terminal. And the method comprises the step of the telephone terminal 10 generating the above-mentioned sound content by the telephone terminal prior to the step of transmitting the above-mentioned sound content and being temporarily separated at that step. A method of making sound content available.

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Description

System and method for transmitting voice content by multimedia service {Method and system for transmission of vocal content by MMS}

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and more particularly to the field of message systems using sound content, in particular personalized voice content.

Personalized voice content is encountered in various forms in the field of telephony. It includes certain voice dispatches and voicemail greetings.

A voice dispatch is an audio message stored in a voice mailbox of one or more connected subjects that can access the voice mail system, for example, a voice message properly recorded by the sender on top of the background sound.

Voicemail greetings (for example, because the user's terminal is switched off or out of the network service area, the phone line is busy, the call is unconditionally transferred to the voicemail service, or the user refuses to answer the call). ) An audio message that the caller hears when a call is made to a user who cannot be reached.

In the field of voice dispatch, "indirect" message deposits allow a user to record a voice message on any mobile or fixed terminal and also store it in the other party's voice mail box. In order to use this service, the user is usually charged (the cost is the same as the cost of the call with the other party), he must dial the other party's voice mail system.

In addition, by using a voice mail system, a user can create personal circulation lists that allow the user to send the same voice message to multiple recipients each having a voice mail box. (The distribution list is, after all, a list of telephone numbers). Each user dissemination list is generally identified by a list number (List 1, List 2, etc.).

Therefore, this indirect message deposit service allows the user to record and transmit a message containing the user's own voice.

The service of sending voice dispatch provides more functionality, for example, adding background music to a voice message, which allows access from a mobile or fixed phone to a voice server connected to the voicemail system to create a voice dispatch. in need. The user can then use the functionality provided by the server to select a pre-recorded audio message or to personally compose a voice dispatch.

The use of services to personalize voice delivery is usually charged.

Referring to voice mail greetings, current systems generally allow a user to record a personalized voice mail greeting in the following manner.

How to call the voicemail system from a mobile or fixed phone: The user can then record a voicemail greeting (incurs the cost of calls to the voicemail box).

How to call the voicemail system from the PC via the World Wide Web (WWW) (if the operator provides this service): The user records the voicemail greeting using a microphone connected to the computer (this service is generally Is free).

Therefore, in the above situation, the user can record only the user's own voice.

Services for personalized voice mail greetings that provide more functionality require access to a voice server connected to the voice mail system from a mobile or fixed phone to create a voice dispatch. The user can then select a preset voice mail greeting or use the functionality provided by the server to personally create a voice mail greeting.

The use of services to personally create and send voice mail greetings is generally charged (generally a certain continuous cost plus special call costs).

However, the above-mentioned service does not allow the user to compose voice mail or voice mail greetings without having to worry about the totally personalized method and duration of the call.

In addition, such systems generally allow a user to personalize voice mail greetings by recording only the user's own voice. For example, the system does not provide the ability to add a signature sound at the beginning or end of voice mail to make the voice mail greeting more personal.

It also does not allow you to add background music to your voicemail greeting, for example, to compose your personal voice content entirely.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a means which can provide more convenience in personalizing said voice content by creating and making voice content available. The present invention further proposes a means of this kind, so that the user does not have to worry about the time it takes to personalize the voice content.

The present invention can achieve the above object through a method for making sound content available, which method comprises the steps of generating sound content and transmitting it by a telephone terminal, and later referencing by the telephone terminal. Receiving and storing the sound content for the purpose of the method, wherein the method is preceded by the telephone transmitting the sound content while the telephone terminal is adapted to be temporarily separated from the sound content. It includes the step of generating.

The present invention also proposes a communication device for making sound content transmitted to at least one telephone terminal holder, said device comprising a sound content receiving object and a sound content storage object that can be queried by a telephone, The apparatus is configured such that the receiving object and the storing object read a preconfigured message on the telephone terminal before transmission, and store the sound content contained in the message in a form that can be inquired.

Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, which is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG.

1 shows a structure capable of implementing a first embodiment of the present invention,

2 shows a structure that can implement a second embodiment of the present invention.

             * Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: User A (MMS Client) 20: MMS Center

30: voicemail system 32: processing unit

38: User A's voicemail box 39: Voicemail greeting

First, the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) allows phone users (now mobile phone users, fixed phone users in the future) to send large multimedia messages (contents of which consist of text, pictures, sounds, screens, etc.). It should be recalled that it is possible to transmit and receive. Multimedia message service (MMS) is applied (along with information transmitted in band) on a mobile communication network (e.g. GSM, GPRS or UMTS network) or on a fixed landline or other network.

The multimedia message service (MMS) is provided by a multimedia message service center (MMS center) that stores the multimedia service message and delivers it to the receiver.

In order to be able to use these services in a mobile phone, the user's mobile phone must be equipped with a multimedia message service client, which is an application integrated with the terminal for composing, presenting, sending and receiving multimedia service messages. Similarly, using these services on a fixed telephone requires an appropriate telephone.

Messages received by the user are typically stored on the user's terminal.
The terms " voice content "," sound content "," audio element, " I speak. In contrast, terms such as "voice message", "sound message", "audio message", etc. belong to the communication message class, and specifically, the voice content, sound content, audio element, etc. belonging to the audio content class are attached. A message sent on the network.

The embodiment described herein (FIG. 1) allows a user to send a voice message, effectively a personalized audio message, from a user's own terminal to a voice mailbox of one or more other users without the user having to connect prior to composing the message. To help.

In order to provide this service, the multimedia message service infrastructure transmits an audio message from a user's terminal, preferably with a short-code number defined by the operator providing the service. Short code numbers are commonly used in Europe (called Short codes, short numbers, Common Short Codes, etc.) in Europe, and are short special phone numbers rather than ordinary phone numbers. This is used when using short message service (SMS) and multimedia message service (MMS) from mobile or fixed phone. They are made shorter than regular phone numbers to make them easier to recognize and remember. They are each assigned to a specific operator and are widely used for mobile value-added services, such as television voting, ringtone changes, and fundraising. If you send a message with a short code number, you will generally be charged a higher rate than a typical short message service (SMS).

The telephone number (s) or dissemination list (s) of the applicable recipient (s) are indicated by the user in the subject field of the multimedia service message or in the text element of the multimedia service message itself (e.g. several characters ";" As a separator between receivers).

The following is an example of a text element of a multimedia service message transmitted in this way.

"0600000000": in this case, the voice dispatch is deposited in the voice mailbox for the number 06 00 00 00 00.

"0600000000; 0600000001; LIST 1; 0600000002; LIST2": in this case, the voice dispatch is the voice mailbox for the numbers 06 00 00 00 00, 06 00 00 00 01, 06 00 00 00 02, and the sender's voice. It is stored in the voice mailbox of all numbers in predefined distribution lists 1 and 2 in the mail system.

When the voice mail system receives the multimedia service message, the audio element included in the multimedia service message is stored in the voice mailbox (es) of the receiver (s) defined in the subject field or text element of the multimedia service message. .

At the functional level and in the case where the user 10 sends a voice transmission to three users, the additional operations performed are as follows.

First, the (mobile or fixed) user 10 creates a voice dispatch (audio element) on his / her own terminal. The user 10 then sends a multimedia service message on the terminal consisting of an audio element 17, for example a voice call, and a text element 19 comprising a list of telephone numbers of recipients 34, 36, 38. Write.

The user 10 then sends the multimedia service message 15 to the short code number N corresponding to the multimedia message service center 20. The multimedia message service center 20 transmits the multimedia service message 15 to the voicemail system 30.

In another system, two short code numbers N1 and N2 are used, respectively, for receiving and processing messages for voice mailboxes and voice mail greetings. The user transmits the multimedia service message by the short code number N1 or the short code number N2 according to the type of audio content.

Finally, the processing unit 32 of the voicemail system 30 recovers the audio element 17 and the telephone number contained in the received multimedia service message 15, and then the voice mailboxes 34, 36 and 38. A voice message 15 is deposited.

Today's mobile communications (particularly MMS mobile communications) offer an ever-increasing variety of useful audio message creation options that are generally much more versatile than those available on current servers that provide services for sending voice transmissions.

The above options record the user's voice or any kind of sound, compose music on the one hand, and also make available audio elements (default elements of the terminal, elements received via multimedia service messages, infrared) Elements downloaded via links, etc.).

Although the content 17 is defined above as voice content, in the context of the present invention the content 17 of the message 15 may consist of electronically generated sound without voice content. Also, some voice content may be pre-recorded in place of the pre-recorded synthetic voice.

Modern terminals also provide for mixing different audio elements or adding sound effects (echo, distortion, fade, etc.), background sounds, signature sounds, and the like.

For example, between creating and sending a sound message, the sound message is stored in the memory of the mobile terminal.

Therefore, the above functions are used in the context of composing a message through a type of remote message system that can be used by setting up a phone call, so that users hear their own voice mail message or voice mail greeting. The system is also available through the World Wide Web using a computer.

Depending on the voice mail system used by the operator and hiring structure, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) interface may provide the appropriate connection.

The multimedia message service center 20 may use the MM3 or MM7 interface depending on the architecture adopted. The interface between the multimedia message service center 20 and the external message system is an MM3 interface. Although not standardized, implementations (using SMTP) are provided in the appendix to the MMS standard. (See Resources [3].)

The interface between the multimedia message service center 20 and the value added service provider is an MM7 interface and is standardized. (See Resources [4].)

The connection between the multimedia message service center 20 and the voice mail system 30 uses, for example, the MM3 interface (based on SMTP) for the multimedia message service center 20 and the SMTP interface for the voice mail system 30. Use

For this purpose, the user 10 sends a multimedia service message to the multimedia message service center via the interface MM1 with a short code number N (or one of the numbers N1, N2), which sends the message itself. Send to voicemail system through MM3 (SMTP) interface.

Another embodiment uses the MM7 interface (based on SOAP) for the multimedia message service center 20 and the SOAP interface for the voice mail system 30.

For this purpose, the user 10 transmits the multimedia service message to the multimedia message service center through the interface MM1 with the short code number N, and transmits the above message to the voice mail system through its MM7 (SOAP) interface.

In the second embodiment described below, in order to personalize the voice mail greeting, the user sends a specific audio message from the user's terminal to the voice mail system.

When the voice mail system receives the message, the voice mail system modifies the voice mail greeting of the sender's voice mailbox (by replacing the audio element included in the received multimedia service message with an old voice mail greeting).

To provide this service, the multimedia message service infrastructure sends audio messages from the user's terminal to a short code number, preferably defined by the operator providing the service.

2 shows an action for a user to modify a voice mail greeting.

First, the (mobile or fixed) user 10 creates a voicemail greeting (audio element) on the terminal. The user 10 then composes on the terminal a multimedia service message comprising the audio element 17. Thereafter, the user 10 transmits the multimedia service message 15 to the short code number N (or one of numbers N1 and N2) of the multimedia message service center 20, and the multimedia message service center 20 The multimedia service message 15 is transmitted to the voicemail system 30.

Finally, the processing unit 32 of the voicemail system 30 recovers the audio element 17 contained in the multimedia service message 15 and the telephone number of the message sender, and also in the voice mailbox 38 Replace voice mail greetings with audio elements.

Depending on the voice mail system used by the operator and the adoption architecture, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) interface may be used to implement the present invention.

The multimedia message service center 20 may use the MM3 or MM7 interface depending on the architecture adopted.

The connection between the multimedia message service center 20 and the voice mail system 30 uses, for example, the MM3 interface (based on SMTP) for the multimedia message service center 20 and the SMTP interface for the voice mail system 30. Use

For this purpose, the user 10 transmits a multimedia service message with a short code number N via the currently existing interface MM1 of the multimedia message service center, and the multimedia message service center transmits the above message to its MM3 (SMTP). Send to voicemail system via interface.

Another embodiment uses the MM7 interface for the multimedia message service center 20 and the SOAP interface for the voice mail system 30 based on SOAP.

For this purpose, the user 10 transmits the multimedia service message through the interface MM1 of the multimedia message service center with the short code number N, and also transmits the above message to the voice mail system through its MM7 (SOAP) interface. (This is a novel feature of the present invention).

The services provided by the present invention are particularly useful for mobile or fixed communication operators.

Reference

[1] 3GPP TS 22.140

    High-level service requirements

    Release 5

[2] 3GPP TS 23.140

  Multimedia message service structure, information flow, functional behavior (MMS Architecture, Information Flow, Functional Behavior)

    MM7-Transactions, Protocol Bindings and Formats

    Release 5

[3] 3GPP TS 23.140 (Appendix A): "Appendix A (for information only): Examples of MMS architectural implementation"

[4] W3C Note of 8 May 2000: "Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1"

Claims (16)

Generating sound content by the telephone terminal 10; Transmitting sound content by the telephone terminal 10; Receiving said sound content by a receiving object (20, 30); And storing in a storage object (34, 36, 38) for reference by the telephone terminal, wherein the generating of the sound content by the telephone terminal 10 includes the sound content by the telephone terminal. A method for making sound content available prior to the transmitting step and without requiring a network connection, the method comprising: The sound content is attached to the message and sent to the phone number assigned to the reception and processing of the message regarding the voicemail greeting, and the processing unit 32 of the receiving object recovers the sound content and the phone number of the message sender attached to the message. And replacing the sender's voicemail greeting with the sound content. The method of claim 1, Generating sound content comprises generating sound content included in the sound content. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The step of storing in the storage object for reference by the telephone terminal, Wherein said message is deposited in a telephone user's voice mailbox (34, 36, 38) as a message for said user. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The step of storing in the storage object for reference by the telephone terminal, Recording the above-mentioned message in an object for transmitting the voice mail greeting 39 for the voice mailbox 38 as the voice mail greeting 39 of the voice mail box 38. How to make it available. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Generating sound content comprises composing a multimedia service message (15) comprising sound content (17). The method of claim 5, A multimedia service message is a method of making sound content characterized by an element consisting of sound content (17) and an element (19) consisting of coordinates of at least one receiver of the sound content (34, 36, 38). The method of claim 6, The coordinates of the receiver (34, 36, 38) of said sound content are telephone coordinates. The method of claim 6, The element (19) consisting of the coordinates of the receiver comprises the coordinates of the plurality of receivers. The method of claim 6, Storing said sound content 17 in a series of voice mailboxes 34, 36, 38 of different receivers as indicated by the above-described element 19 consisting of the coordinates of the receivers 34, 36, 38. A method for making sound content available, comprising the steps of: The method according to claim 1 or 2, Generating the sound content comprises modifying the voice recording (17) using a sound processing function provided by the telephone terminal (10). The method according to claim 1 or 2, The generating of the sound content 17 may include generating a voice recording in a memory of the switcher terminal 10 and superimposing at least one voice content previously stored in the memory of the telephone terminal 10 in the voice recording. A method for making sound content available. A sound content receiving object 20, 30 and a sound content storage object 34, 36, 38 which may be referenced by the telephone, and the receiving object 20, 30 and the storage object 34, 36, 38 described above. Communication device configured to read a preconfigured message 15 on the telephone terminal prior to transmission, and to store the sound content contained in the message in memory in a form that can be referred to. In The receiving object recovers the sound content attached to the message and the telephone number of the sender of the message when the sound content is attached to the message and sent to the telephone number assigned for receiving and processing the message for voicemail greeting. And a processing unit (32) having a function of replacing voice mail greetings with said sound content. The method of claim 12, Said storage entity (34, 36, 38) is a voice mailbox (34, 36, 38) of a telephone user (10). The method of claim 12, The storage device 34, 36, 38 is a communication device for making sound content available, characterized in that the object 39 which transmits a voice mail greeting for use by the voice mailbox of the telephone user 10. . The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, The message receiving objects 20, 32 and storage objects 34, 36, 38 for storing in a form that can be referred to are capable of reading multimedia service messages, while the storage objects 34, 36, 38 are stored in a form that can be referenced by a telephone. A communication device configured to store sound content (17) contained in a multimedia service message (15). The method of claim 15, The message receiving entity 20, 32 reads the multimedia service message 15, identifies and extracts the coordinates of the recipient (s) included in the message, and also sounds the multimedia service message 15. Means for transmitting the content (17) to one or more memory sections (34, 36, 38) corresponding to the coordinates (19) of the recipient.

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