KR100932269B1 - Message call service provision terminal, server and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a message call service providing terminal, a server, and a method for receiving a text message from a caller and delivering content information converted into a voice or video format to a plurality of called parties.

The originating terminal includes: a generating unit for generating a message call message including content information and a plurality of called party information in a text format input from the caller in a body field; And a controller for transmitting the message call message generated by the generation unit to the message call server when the message call service is requested from the caller.

In addition, the server connected to the caller's terminal and the mobile communication network to provide a message call service, the server comprises: a receiving unit for receiving a message call message that contains the content information and a plurality of recipient information in the text field; An analysis unit extracting the plurality of called party information from the message call message; And controlling the receiving unit to receive the message call message, controlling the analyzing unit to extract the plurality of called party information, and converting the plurality of called party terminals into voice or video formats through connection with the plurality of called party terminals. And a control unit for transmitting the content information.

Description

Terminal, server and method for providing message call service {TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE-CALL SERVICE, SERVER AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a message call service providing terminal, a server, and a method for receiving a message in a text format from a caller and delivering content information converted into a voice or video format to a plurality of called parties.

Recently, with the rapid spread of mobile communication terminals, various services using mobile communication terminals have been developed and provided.

If the caller calls a specific called party but the called party is unable to answer the call, the caller records and stores the desired voice message in the called party's voice mailbox. Thereafter, the voice mailbox system transmits a text message indicating that the voice message has arrived from the caller to the called party's terminal, and the called party connects to the voice mail system and listens to the voice message recorded by the caller.

However, the voice mailbox service can record a voice message only when the called party cannot receive a call, and the called party has an inconvenience in that the caller needs to perform a call operation to listen to the voice message recorded by the caller.

In the voice message service, a caller makes a call to a voice mailbox system, accesses a voice message server, inputs a called party's terminal telephone number according to the guide voice of the voice message server, and records a desired voice message. Thereafter, the voice message server transmits a text message including the content that the voice message has arrived and a number that can be connected to the called party's terminal.

However, in the conventional voice message service, a caller needs to access a voice mailbox system to record a voice message, and the caller can transmit a voice message to only one called party. Accordingly, in order to transmit a voice message to a plurality of called parties, it is inconvenient to record and transmit the voice message several times.

An object of the present invention is to provide a message call service providing terminal, a server, and a method capable of receiving a text message from a caller and delivering content information converted into a voice or video format to a plurality of called parties.

According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a terminal that is connected through a message call server and a mobile communication network to provide a message call service. The message call service providing terminal includes: a generation unit for generating a message call message including content information and a plurality of called party information in a text format input from a caller; And a controller for transmitting the message call message generated by the generation unit to the message call server when the message call service is requested from the caller.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a message call service is provided through a message call server and a mobile communication network. The method for providing a message call service includes: (a) receiving a plurality of called party information and content information in a text form from a caller; (b) generating a message call message including the content information in the text format and the plurality of called party information in a body field; And (c) transmitting the message call message to the message call server.

According to another feature of the present invention, a server is connected to a caller's terminal through a mobile communication network to provide a message call service. The message call service providing server includes: a receiving unit which receives a message call message including content information of a text format and a plurality of called party information in a body field; An analysis unit extracting the plurality of called party information from the message call message; And controlling the receiving unit to receive the message call message, controlling the analyzing unit to extract the plurality of called party information, and converting the plurality of called party terminals into voice or video formats through connection with the plurality of called party terminals. And a control unit for transmitting the content information.

According to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a message call service connected to the caller's terminal through a mobile communication network. The method for providing a message call service includes: (a) receiving a message call message including content information and a plurality of called party information in a body field from a sender's terminal; (b) extracting the plurality of called party information from the message call message; And (c) delivering the content information converted into a voice format or a video format to the plurality of called party terminals.

According to the present invention, a message call service providing terminal, a server, and a method capable of receiving a message in a text format from a caller and delivering content information converted into a voice or video format to a plurality of called parties can be provided.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. have.

In the entire specification, the "message call service" refers to a service capable of receiving the receiver information and the content information in the text format from the caller, and delivering the content information converted into the voice format or the video format to the called party's terminal.

Now, a message call service providing terminal, a server and a method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network for providing a message call service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

1, a network for providing a message call service includes a calling terminal 100, a calling base station 200, a calling mobile switching center 300, a home location register 400, a message calling server 500, A plurality of called party mobile telephone switching centers 600 (1) to 600 (n), a plurality of called party base stations 700 (1) to 700 (n), and a plurality of called terminals 800 (1) to 800 (n) ).

A plurality of called party mobile telephone switching stations 600 (1) to 600 (n), a plurality of called party base stations 700 (1) to 700 (n), and a plurality of called terminals 800 (1) to 800 (n) Since each of the functions is the same, only one destination mobile telephone switching center 600 (1), the destination base station 700 (1) and the destination terminal 800 (1) will be described. It will be described as follows.

The originating terminal 100 is a terminal which the user can carry and communicate with while moving. The originating terminal 100 generates an originating message call message and transmits an originating message call message. The calling terminal 100 receives a message call service request, called party information, and content information in a text form from the caller. The caller terminal 100 generates a caller message call message including the caller information and the content information in the body field. Thereafter, the calling terminal 100 transmits the calling message call message and the message call identifier to the calling base station 200.

The calling base station 200 performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and transmitting / receiving a wireless signal, and transmits a calling message call message received from the calling terminal 100 to the calling mobile switching center 300. do.

The calling party's mobile switching center 300 is connected to the home location register 400 and the message call server 500 through a mobile communication network. The calling mobile switching center 300 transmits the calling message call message received through the calling base station 200 to the message call server 500.

The home location register 400 stores various information such as subscriber's origination, incoming status, and additional service and location information of the subscriber.

The message call server 500 receives an originating message call message from the calling mobile switching center 300. The message call server 500 analyzes the received caller message call message and extracts content information from the caller message call message. The message call server 500 converts the text format message, which is the extracted content information, into the voice format. Thereafter, the message call server 500 transmits the content information converted into voice through connection with a plurality of destination terminals by voice call.

The called party's mobile switching center 600 (1) receives the content information converted into voice from the message call server 500, and transmits it to the called base station 700 (1).

The destination base station 700 (1) receives the content information converted into voice from the destination mobile telephone switching center 600 (1), and transmits it to the destination terminal 800 (1).

The destination terminal 800 (1) receives the content information converted into voice from the destination base station 700 (1).

In the above, the calling terminal 100 and the plurality of called terminals (800 (1) to (800 (n))) are mobile stations (MS), mobile terminals (MT), subscriber stations (Subscriber). Station (SS), Portable Subscriber Station (PSS), User Equipment (User Equipment, UE), Access Terminal (Access Terminal, AT), etc., may be referred to as a mobile terminal, subscriber station, portable subscriber station, It may also include all or part of the functionality of the user device.

In addition, the originating base station 200 and the plurality of destination base stations 700 (1) to 700 (n) are the access point (AP), the radio access station (Radio Access Station, RAS), and the node B. (Node B), a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile multihop relay (MMR) -BS, etc. may be referred to, and all or an access point, a radio access station, a node B, a transceiver base station, an MMR-BS, or the like. It may also include some functionality.

In addition, the switching center of the mobile switching center has a form in which the circuit switch and the packet switch are combined or have some functions thereof, depending on the characteristics of the network. It can be SGSN, GGSN, router, etc.

2 is a block diagram of an originating terminal 100 for providing a message call service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 2, the calling terminal 100 includes an input unit 110, a controller 120, a determiner 130, a message generator 140, and a transmitter 150. Each structure of FIG. 2 is demonstrated as follows.

The input unit 110 receives a message call service request, callee information, and textual content information from the caller.

The determination unit 130 determines whether the caller requested the message call service.

When the caller requests a message call service, the message generator 140 generates a caller message call message. The originating message call message includes the called party information and the content information in the body field, and the called party field has identification information of the message call server 500.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an originating message call message.

Referring to FIG. 3, the calling message call message includes a calling party field ①, a called party field ②, a reply number field ③, and a body field ④. At this time, the sender field ①, the called party field ②, and the reply number field ③ are the header part of the calling message call message.

Looking at the field configuration of the calling message call message in detail as follows.

The caller field ① is a field that stores caller information. In FIG. 3, '01012345678' corresponding to a caller number is stored.

The called party field ② is a field that stores the called party information. When the caller requests the message call service, '* # 9999' corresponding to the identification number of the message call server 500 is stored.

The reply number field ③ is a field for storing a number to be returned. In FIG. 3, '01012345678' corresponding to the calling party number is stored.

The body field ④ is a field in which the caller wants to deliver to the called party. When the caller requests the message call service, the called party information and the textual information are stored together.

The message generating unit 140 includes the called party information in the body field (4) by using a certain rule. That is, the receiver information is included in the body field (4) using a schedule delimiter. Thereafter, the message call server 500 may extract the called party information from the calling message call message using the corresponding separator.

3, 'start_of_receiver_list' and 'end_of_receiver_list' are used as separators. Through this, the message generator 140 includes the called party information in the body field ④ of the calling party's message call message by storing the called party information between 'start_of_receiver_list' and 'end_of_receiver_list'.

3, '01012340001', '01012340002', '01012340003' and '01012340004' corresponding to terminal numbers of a plurality of called parties are stored between 'start_of_receiver_list' and 'end_of_receiver_list'.

In summary, the message generating unit 140 stores a plurality of called party information input by the caller in a certain area of the body field ④, and the called party field ② has a call originating with identification information indicating the message call server 500. Create a side message call message.

The transmitter 150 transmits the calling message call message generated by the message generator 140 to the calling base station 200.

The controller 120 controls the operations of the input unit 110, the determination unit 130, the message generator 140, and the transmitter 150.

4 is a block diagram of a message call server 500 for providing a message call service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 4, the message call server 500 includes a receiver 510, a controller 520, a transmitter 530, an analyzer 540, a converter 550, and a storage 560.

The receiving unit 510 receives the calling message call message from the calling mobile switching center 300 and delivers the calling message call message received to the analyzing unit 540.

The analyzer 540 receives the caller message call message from the receiver 510 and extracts a plurality of called party information and content information in a text format from the caller message call message. Thereafter, the analysis unit 540 transfers the extracted content information to the conversion unit 550.

At this time, the analysis unit 540 extracts a plurality of called party information and content information using the delimiter in the body field (4). For example, the analysis unit 540 determines that the number stored between 'start_of_receiver_list' and 'end_of_receiver_list' is called party information, and the information stored in the subsequent area is content information that the sender wants to deliver to the called party. do.

The conversion unit 550 receives the content information from the analysis unit 540 and converts the message in a text format into another format. The converter 550 includes a determiner 551, an audio converter 552, and an image converter 553.

The determination unit 551 determines whether to convert the content information into an audio conversion or an image conversion. The determination of the conversion format of the determination unit 551 can be made at the request of the sender.

The voice converter 551 converts the content information received from the analyzer 540 into a voice format. In this case, the voice conversion may be implemented by various methods of converting a text into a voice by TTS (Text to Speech).

The image converter 552 converts the content information received from the analyzer 540 into an image format. In this case, the image conversion may be implemented by various methods. For example, the image conversion may use a specific keyword in the content information of the text format. In this case, the image converting unit 552 searches for a specific keyword in the content information, searches the storage unit 560 for an image corresponding to the specific keyword, and converts the content information in a text format into an image format. 560 stores the data to be processed by the converter 550 and the content converted by the converter 550. In addition, the storage unit 560 stores an image to be converted corresponding to a specific keyword of the content information.

The transmitter 530 attempts to connect a voice call or a video call with each destination terminal 800 (1) to 800 (n) based on the plurality of called party information.

When the content information of the voice format is transmitted to each of the destination terminals 800 (1) to 800 (n), the transmitter 530 is connected to each of the destination terminals 800 (1) to 800 (n). Then, the content information converted into the voice format is transmitted to the called party's mobile switching center 600 (1) to 600 (n) for each called terminal 800 (1) to 800 (n).

In addition, when transmitting the content information of the video format to each destination terminal (800 (1) ~ 800 (n)), the transmitter 530 is connected to each destination terminal (800 (1) ~ 800 (n)) video call In this case, the content information converted into the video format is transmitted to the destination side mobile switching centers 600 (1) to 600 (n) for each of the destination terminals 800 (1) to 800 (n).

The controller 520 controls the operations of the receiver 510, the transmitter 530, the analyzer 540, and the converter 550.

Now, a method for providing a message call service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

5A and 5B are flowcharts illustrating a method of providing a message call service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the calling terminal 100 receives a message call service request from the caller, called party information, and content information in a text format, and includes a called party message call containing the called party information and content information in a body field. Generate a message (S101).

Thereafter, the calling terminal 100 transmits the generated calling message message to the calling mobile terminal 300 through the calling base station 200 (S102).

Receiving the caller's message call message, the calling party's mobile switching center 300 determines whether the caller requested the message call service (S103). In this case, the determination of the request of the message call service may be determined based on the number stored in the called party field of the message call message.

Specifically, when '* # 9999' corresponding to the identification number of the message call server 500 is stored in the called party field ② of the received message call message, it is determined that the caller requests the message call service.

In this case, whether to request the message call service may be determined using not only a method of storing a specific number in the called party field ② of the message call message but also a method of using an identifier indicating whether the message call service is requested.

When the caller requests the message call service, the calling party's mobile switching center 300 transmits the calling party's message call message to the message call server 500 (S104). The message call server 500 extracts a plurality of called party information from the received caller message call message (S105), and extracts content information in a text format (S106).

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 5B, the message call server 500 determines whether to convert the content information into voice or video conversion (S107).

When the caller requests the voice conversion of the content information, the message call server 500 converts the content information into the voice format (S108). Thereafter, the message call server 500 transmits the voice-converted content information to the plurality of called terminals 800 (1) to 800 (n) based on the plurality of called party information through voice call connection (S109).

 On the other hand, when the caller requests the video conversion of the content information, the message call server 500 converts the content information to the video format (S110). Thereafter, the message call server 500 transmits the converted content information through the video call connection to the plurality of called terminals 800 (1) to 800 (n) based on the plurality of called party information (S111).

6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the calling terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 6, the calling terminal 100 receives a message call service request from the caller (S201). The calling terminal 100 receives caller information corresponding to the called party number (S202) and content information which is a text message from the caller (S203).

Thereafter, the originating terminal 100 generates an originating message call message including the called party information and the content information in the body field (S204), and generates the originating message call message and the message call identifier from the originating base station 200. It transmits to (S205).

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only through the apparatus and the method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded. Implementation may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network for providing a message call service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of an originating terminal 100 for providing a message call service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an originating message call message.

4 is a block diagram of a message call server 500 for providing a message call service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a message call service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the calling terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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In the terminal connected to the message call server and the mobile communication network to provide a message call service, A generation unit for generating a message call message including content information and a plurality of called party information inputted from a caller in a body field; And When receiving a request for a message call service from the caller, the voice call or video conversion request for converting the message call message and the content information of the text format generated by the generation unit into a voice format or a video format is the message call. It includes a control unit for transmitting to the server Message call service providing terminal. The method of claim 1, An input unit for receiving a message call service request from the caller, the plurality of called party information, and content information of the text form; And And a determination unit determining whether the caller has requested a message call service. Message call service providing terminal. The method of claim 2, The body field includes a delimiter for distinguishing the plurality of called parties and the content information. The delimiter, the message call service providing terminal, characterized in that for displaying the start and end of the plurality of called party information. The method of claim 3, The message call message further includes a called party field, The called party field stores an identification number of the message call server. Message call service providing terminal. In the method of providing a message call service is connected to the message call server through a mobile communication network, (a) receiving a plurality of called party information and textual content information from the caller; (b) generating a message call message including the content information in the text format and the plurality of called party information in a body field; And (c) sending a voice conversion or video conversion request to the message call server to convert the message call message and the content information of the text format into a voice format or a video format; How to provide a message call service. The method of claim 5, In step (a), (i) receiving a message call service request from the caller; And (ii) receiving a plurality of called party information and textual content information from the caller; How to provide a message call service. The method of claim 6, The body field may include a delimiter for distinguishing the plurality of called parties and the content information. How to provide a message call service. In the server connected to the caller's terminal through a mobile communication network providing a message call service, A receiver configured to receive a message call message including content information in a text format and a plurality of called party information in a body field and a voice conversion or video conversion request for the text information; A determination unit that determines whether to convert the content information of the text format into a voice format or an image format according to the voice conversion or image conversion request; An analysis unit extracting the plurality of called party information from the message call message; And The receiver controls the receiver to receive the message call message, and the analyzer controls the receiver to extract the plurality of called party information, and is converted into a plurality of called party terminals in a voice or video format through connection with the plurality of called party terminals. It includes a control unit for transmitting the content information Message Call Service Server. The method of claim 8, And a converting unit converting the content information of the text format into an audio or video format. The conversion unit, A voice converter for converting the content information of the text format into a voice format; And Message call service providing server comprising a video conversion unit for converting the content information of the text format to a video format. delete In the method of providing a message call service is connected to the caller's terminal through a mobile communication network,  (a) receiving a voice call or video conversion request for a text message and a message call message including content information of a text format and a plurality of called party information in a body field from the caller's terminal; (b) extracting the plurality of called party information and the content information of the text form from the message call message; determining whether to convert the content information of the extracted text format into a voice format or an image format according to the voice conversion or image conversion request; And (d) delivering the content information converted into a voice format or a video format to the plurality of called party terminals; How to provide a message call service. The method of claim 11, In step (d), (i) in the step (c), if it is determined that the voice format is converted, transferring the content information converted into the voice format to the plurality of called party terminals; And (ii) in the step (c), if it is determined that the video format is converted, transmitting the content information converted into the video format to the plurality of called party terminals; How to provide a message call service. The method of claim 12, In step (i), Converting the content information of the text format extracted in step (b) into content information of a speech format; And Transmitting the content information converted into the voice format to the terminals of the plurality of called parties through voice call connection; How to provide a message call service. The method of claim 13, Step (ii), Converting the content information of the character format extracted in the step (b) into content information of an image format; And And transmitting the content information converted into the video format to the terminals of the plurality of called parties through video call connection. How to provide a message call service. The method of claim 14, In the step (b), the plurality of called party information is extracted using a delimiter. How to provide a message call service.

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