KR20070113932A - Method of rejecting multimedia message of mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal for performing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for rejecting a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same. In a method for receiving a multimedia message from a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes: receiving a notification message indicating that a multimedia message has arrived from an MMS center; Checking the subject information, checking whether the address information of the creator of the multimedia message and the reception rejection address set by the user match, checking whether the subject of the multimedia message includes the reception rejection word preset by the user; As a result, if the address information of the creator of the multimedia message and the rejection address match or the subject of the multimedia message includes the rejection word set by the user, the MMS center rejects the reception of the multimedia message. Transmitting.

Description

Method of rejecting a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same {Method of rejecting a reception of a multimedia message and mobile communication terminal}

1 is a diagram illustrating a multimedia messaging service system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

3 is a flowchart provided to explain a method for rejecting multimedia message reception of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Brief description of the main parts of the drawing

40: MMS center 200: mobile communication terminal

210: wireless transmission and reception unit 220: data processing unit

230: audio processing unit 240: memory unit

250: display unit 260: input unit

270: control unit

The present invention relates to a method for rejecting multimedia message reception of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same.

In the following description, the mobile communication terminal includes a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), an international mobile communication-2000 (IMT) terminal, and the like. It is meant to be all inclusive.

Multimedia messaging service (MMS) refers to a messaging service that enables the transmission and reception of multimedia information by processing, converting, and sorting data in various formats to be suitable for various multimedia service environments.

Because multimedia messages are so large, they cannot be delivered directly to a receiving terminal, such as a Short Message Service. Therefore, the multimedia message service uses a central server called an MMS center as a medium.

That is, when the multimedia message sent by the creator of the multimedia message arrives at the MMS center, the MMS center transmits an M-Notification.ind message, which is a notification message that the multimedia message has arrived, to the receiving mobile terminal. The receiving mobile communication terminal performs a transaction to bring the multimedia message to the MMS center.

In this case, even if the user does not want to receive the multimedia message, the mobile communication terminal may bring the multimedia message that has arrived at the MMS center, which may cause the user to receive the multimedia message. There was a problem of paying a data fee.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to allow a mobile communication device to refuse reception of a multimedia message including a rejection address or a rejection word set by a user after receiving an M-Notification message indicating that a multimedia message has arrived from an MMS center. The present invention relates to a method for rejecting a multimedia message of a terminal and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same.

Technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. There will be.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for rejecting a multimedia message, the method comprising: receiving a notification message indicating that a multimedia message has arrived from an MMS center; Confirming address information of the person who created the multimedia message and title information of the multimedia message from a predetermined field of the notification message; Checking whether the address information of the person who created the multimedia message and the reception rejection address set by the user match; Checking whether a title of the multimedia message includes a reject word preset by a user; And if the address information of the creator of the multimedia message coincides with the rejection address or if the subject of the multimedia message includes a rejection word preset by the user, rejection of the rejection of the multimedia message. Transmitting to the MMS center.

The notification message is preferably an M-Notification.ind message.

It is preferable to check the address information of the person who created the multimedia message from the 'From' field of the M-Notification.ind message and to check the subject information of the multimedia message from the 'Subject' field of the M-Notification.ind message. .

Preferably, the address information of the person who created the multimedia message includes a telephone number or an e-mail address.

In the reject message, 'Rejected' is preferably recorded as a field value in the 'X-Mms-Status' field of the M-Notifyresp.ind message.

The mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless transmission and reception unit for receiving a notification message that the multimedia message has arrived from the MMS center; A memory unit for storing the rejection address and the rejection word; And confirming address information of the creator of the multimedia message and title information of the multimedia message from a predetermined field of the notification message, wherein the address information and the rejection address match or the subject of the multimedia message includes the rejection word. If so, the control unit for controlling to reject the reception of the multimedia message is transmitted to the MMS center through the wireless transmission and reception unit; preferably includes.

The notification message is preferably an M-Notification.ind message.

The controller checks address information of the person who created the multimedia message from the 'From' field of the M-Notification.ind message, and checks subject information of the multimedia message from the 'Subject' field of the M-Notification.ind message. It is preferable.

Preferably, the address information of the person who created the multimedia message includes a telephone number or an e-mail address.

The controller preferably controls the rejection message in which 'Rejected' is recorded as a field value in the 'X-Mms-Status' field of the M-Notifyresp.ind message to be transmitted to the MMS center through the wireless transmitter / receiver.

1 is a diagram illustrating a multimedia messaging service system applied to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the MMS system includes one or more mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 and a mobile communication network 30 for communicatively connecting the mobile communication terminals 10 and 20 to the MMS center 40. The mobile communication network 30 may be a GSM network, a UMTS network, a GPRS network, or a wireless LAN network.

In addition, the MMS system includes an external server such as a mailbox 80 and an internet network connected to a wired email client 90. The mailbox 80 is connected to the Internet network 70 to store a message in an email system. The wired e-mail client 90 is connected to the Internet network 70 and transmits an e-mail on the wire.

MMS center 40 includes MMS server 42, MMS relay 44 and user database 60. The MMS server 42 is in charge of processing and storing MMS messages transmitted and received. MMS relay 44 performs message transfer between different message systems. The user database 60 stores information related to a user, such as user subscription information and address information.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 200 includes a wireless transmitter / receiver 210, a data processor 220, an audio processor 230, a memory 240, a display 250, an input unit 260, and the like. The control unit 270 is included.

The wireless transceiver 210 performs a communication function of the mobile communication terminal 200. The wireless transceiver 210 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless transceiver 210 receives a notification message that the multimedia message has arrived from the MMS center and transmits it to the controller 270.

The data processor 220 includes a transmitter for encoding and modulating a transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding a received signal.

The audio processor 230 plays a function of reproducing the audio signal decoded and output from the data processor 220 or transmitting the audio signal generated from the microphone MIC to the data processor 220.

The memory unit 240 includes a program memory and data memories. Programs are stored in the program memory for controlling general operations of the mobile communication terminal 200. In an embodiment of the present invention, the memory unit 240 stores the reception rejection address and the reception rejection word preset by the user.

The display unit 250 outputs various display information, various menu screens, etc. output from the mobile communication terminal 200, and preferably includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light emitting diode (OLED).

The input unit 260 includes various buttons for inputting numeric and text information and function buttons for setting various functions. The input unit 260 may be implemented as a keypad including a direction key, a jog dial, a touch screen, a joystick, and the like. In an embodiment of the present invention, the input unit 260 transmits the rejection address or the rejection word input by the user to the control unit 270.

The controller 270 performs overall control of the mobile communication terminal 200 and may include the data processor 220 described above.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 270 analyzes the notification message received from the MMS center 40 and confirms the telephone number or e-mail address of the mobile communication terminal in which the multimedia message is created and the title of the multimedia message.

In addition, the controller 270 compares the multimedia message creator's telephone number or email address and the title of the multimedia message identified by the user with a rejection address, a rejection word, and the like, which are preset by the user and stored in the memory unit 240.

If the phone number or e-mail address of the multimedia message creator and the rejection address are the same, or if the subject of the multimedia message includes the rejection word, the control unit 270 sends the rejection message to the MMS center 40 to send the rejection message to the MMS center 40. ) Will not receive the multimedia message.

3 is a flowchart provided to explain a method for rejecting spam multimedia message service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 3, when receiving a message sent by a message sender, the MMS center 40 sends an M-Notification.ind message, which is a notification message to receive a multimedia message, to the mobile communication terminal 200. send.

When the mobile communication terminal 200 receives the M-Notification.ind message, which is a notification message, from the MMS center 40 (S310), the mobile communication terminal 200 analyzes the M-Notification.ind message and generates an address and a multimedia message of the mobile communication terminal. Check the title (S320).

Table 1 shows a header field of the M-Notification.ind message.

Field name Field value Explanation X-Mms-Message-Type Message-type-value = m-notification-ind Required field, which indicates the characteristics of the data packet.  X-Mms-Transaction-ID  Transaction-id-value Required ID, M-Notifyre sp.ind sent in response to the current M-Notification.ind must have the same ID. X-Mms-MMS-Version MMS-version-value Required item, MMS version. From From-value The selection item and the address of the creator of the message are set. Subject Subject-value Optional, subject of message  X-Mms-Delivery-Report  Delivery-report-value Optional field to select whether to send a result report when the message is delivered to the other party. X-Mms-Message-Class Messaging-class-value Indicates mandatory item and category of message.   X-Mms-Message-Size   Messaging-size-value Required, a data size including the header of M-Retrieve.conf must be specified. This size is used to determine whether or not to receive the message compared to the maximum message size that the terminal can receive. X-Mms-Expiry Expiry-charging-value Required field, indicating the time the message is stored. X-Mms-Reply-Charging Reply-charging-value This field is used when the sender bears the optional item and the response cost.  X-Mms-Reply-Charging-Deadline  Reply-charging-deadline-value This field is used to pay the cost only when responding within a certain time.  X-Mms-Reply-Charging-Size  Reply-charging-size-value Optional, field used when paying only a certain size when paying for response X-Mms-Reply-Charging-ID Reply-charging-ID-value This is the ID of the original MM that will be returned in case of optional items and response costs. X-Mms-Content-Location Content-location-value Required field, the URL where the message is stored.

Referring to Table 1, the control unit 270 of the mobile communication terminal 200 refers to the 'From' field and the 'Subject' field among the header fields of the M-Notification.ind message received from the MMS center 40. Check the address of the author and the subject of the received multimedia message. Here, the address of the creator of the multimedia message includes a telephone number or an e-mail address of the creator of the multimedia message.

The control unit 270 checks whether the address of the multimedia media message checked in the 'From' field of the M-Notification.ind message and the reception rejection address set in advance by the user and stored in the memory unit 240 are matched (S330 and i). ).

In addition, the controller 270 checks whether the subject of the multimedia message checked in the 'Subject' field of the M-Notification.ind message includes a rejection word stored in the memory unit 240 in advance by the user (S330, ii). )

In step S330, if the i) or ii) requirements are satisfied (S340), the controller 270 determines that the multimedia message arrives at the MMS center 40 as a spam message and sends a rejection message not to receive the multimedia message. (S350). Receiving the reject message, the MMS center 40 recognizes that the mobile communication terminal will not receive the multimedia message and stops the communication process with the mobile communication terminal.

The rejection message needs to be able to recognize that the MMS center will not receive the multimedia message arriving at the MMS center 40 by the protocol between the mobile communication terminal and the MMS center.

In addition, the reject message may use the M-notiResp.ind message defined in the specification. The M-notiResp.ind message is a message that the mobile communication terminal 200 receives the M-Notification.ind message and sends to the MMS center 40 as a response message.

Table 2 shows a header field of the M-NotiResp.ind message.

Field name Field value Explanation X-Mms-Message-type Message-type-value = m-notifyresp-ind Required field, which indicates the characteristics of the data packet. X-Mms-Transaction-ID Transaction-id-value It must be the same as the required item, ID of M-Notification.ind. X-Mms-MMS-Version MMS-version-value Required item, MMS version. X-Mms-Status Status-value Required item, indicates the state of bringing MM. X-Mms-Report-Allowed Report-allowed-value It is selected and sent according to the selected item and delivery report item.

Referring to Table 2, when 'Rejected' is recorded as a field value in the 'X-Mms-Status' field of the header field of the M-NotiResp.ind message and transmitted to the MMS center 40, the MMS center 40 moves. It is recognized that the communication terminal 40 has refused to receive the multimedia message.

In the above description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiment, it is common in the art to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, after receiving the M-Notification.ind message which is a notification message to receive the multimedia message from the MMS center, the message arrived at the MMS center by analyzing the contents of the M-Notification.ind message. The user can determine whether the message has been rejected, and if the user does not want to receive the message, the reject message is sent to the MMS center.

In this way, before the multimedia message is taken from the MMS center, a message of rejection is sent to the MMS center in advance so that data retrieval that is not desired by the user can be prevented by message retrieval as in the related art.

Claims (10)

Receiving a notification message that a multimedia message has arrived from an MMS center; Confirming address information of the person who created the multimedia message and title information of the multimedia message from a predetermined field of the notification message; Checking whether the address information of the person who created the multimedia message and the reception rejection address set by the user match; Checking whether a title of the multimedia message includes a rejection word preset by a user; And As a result of the check, if the address information of the creator of the multimedia message and the rejection address match or the subject of the multimedia message includes the rejection word preset by the user, the MMS rejects the reception of the multimedia message. Receiving a multimedia message of a mobile communication terminal comprising the step of transmitting to the center. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification message, Method of rejecting multimedia message reception of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the message M-Notification.ind. The method of claim 2, Confirming address information of the person who created the multimedia message from the 'From' field of the M-Notification.ind message, and confirming title information of the multimedia message from the 'Subject' field of the M-Notification.ind message. Method of rejecting multimedia message reception by a mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 3, The address information of the person who created the multimedia message includes a phone number or an e-mail address. The method of claim 1, wherein the reject message, Method for rejecting multimedia message reception of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that 'Rejected' is recorded as a field value in the 'X-Mms-Status' field of the M-Notifyresp.ind message. A wireless transmission and reception unit for receiving a notification message indicating that a multimedia message has arrived from an MMS center; A memory unit for storing the rejection address and the rejection word; And Confirming address information of the creator of the multimedia message and title information of the multimedia message from a predetermined field of the notification message, wherein the address information and the rejection address match or the subject of the multimedia message includes the rejection word; And a control unit for controlling the transmission of the rejection message to the MMS center through the wireless transmitter / receiver. The method of claim 6, wherein the notification message, Mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the message M-Notification.ind. The method of claim 7, wherein the control unit Confirming address information of the person who created the multimedia message from the 'From' field of the M-Notification.ind message, and confirming title information of the multimedia message from the 'Subject' field of the M-Notification.ind message. Mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 6 or 8, The address information of the person who created the multimedia message includes a telephone number or an email address. The method of claim 6, wherein the control unit, And a rejection message in which 'Rejected' is recorded as a field value in the 'X-Mms-Status' field of the M-Notifyresp.ind message is transmitted to the MMS center through the wireless transmitter / receiver.

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