KR20180123425A - Method and Apparatus for Transmission of the Message of Mobile Phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and system for delivering mobile phone text messages. The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a mobile phone message, comprising the steps of: receiving a message from an external message transmitting device; transmitting the message to a transmitting terminal; determining whether a message transferring function for transferring the mobile phone text message is activated; The method comprising: transmitting the message to at least one or more retransmission terminals.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for transmitting a text message to a mobile phone,

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message to a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message to a predetermined media on a server, regardless of whether the receiving mobile communication terminal is in an unreachable area, And more particularly,

The mobile communication terminal, which is a necessity for modern people, has not only been reduced in size and weight due to steady development, but is also being reborn as a complex communication terminal having various functions such as mp3, camera and navigation. In addition to the functions described above, the mobile communication terminal may also include a voice mail service (aka voice mail service) in which a sender can leave a message in a recipient's voice mailbox or a fax mailbox in case the recipient can not receive a call, A Voice Activated Dialing Service that allows a user to make a voice call without having to press a phone number when a user makes a call after connecting a recognition device to memorize / register the user's voice, using numbers and letters It is possible to create a longer sentence than Short Message Service (SMS) and Short Message Service (SMS), which can send and receive 80 bytes of 80- And Multimedia Message Service (MMS).

On the other hand, when the mobile communication terminal is in an area where it is impossible to occasionally receive or can not receive a text message in the absence of a battery, the wireless network service provider temporarily stores a text message to be transmitted in this case, And when a receivable state is confirmed, a service for delivering the stored text message is provided.

However, such a service keeps a message that the wireless network operator can not transmit to the recipient mobile communication terminal for 24 hours, and if the stored text message can not be delivered to the mobile communication terminal within 24 hours, the corresponding text message is deleted The user of the receiving terminal can not confirm the corresponding text message.

In addition, there are many cases where the terminal is operated in a vibration state or a silent state,

Patent Document 1 relates to a method of transmitting a text message through electronic mail. According to the patent document 1, when the power of the receiving-side mobile communication terminal is turned off, a text message is transmitted by e-mail. However, according to Patent Document 1, there is a restriction that a text message can be received only when a terminal of a user is turned off, and a text message must be received through an electronic mail.

Accordingly, even in the case where the user's mobile communication terminal is not turned off, a technique for receiving a text message according to a user's request and receiving a text message through various means such as a messenger is required.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0035694

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to transmit a text message to a mobile communication terminal through various other means which can be confirmed by a mobile communication terminal in order to receive a text message more safely, It is in the desire to receive.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a mobile phone text message delivery method and system are provided.

According to the present invention, there is provided a mobile phone text message delivery method and apparatus capable of receiving a text message through various other means that can be confirmed by the mobile communication terminal regardless of whether the user can not receive the text message or regardless of power on / do.

1 illustrates a cellular phone text message delivery system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a method of updating the instruction information for the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 to the database 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 illustrates a method of transmitting a text message by the message management server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates a method of subscribing to a mobile phone text message delivery service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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 can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Also, in order to clearly illustrate the present invention in the drawings, portions not related to the present invention are omitted, and the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar components.

The objects and effects of the present invention can be understood or clarified naturally by the following description, and the objects and effects of the present invention are not limited only by the following description.

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 illustrates a cellular phone text message delivery system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a mobile phone text message delivery system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a message management server 110, a message transmission control device 120, an external message transmission device 130, a primary message reception device 140 A database 150, and a secondary message receiving device 160. [

The message management server 110 receives the text message from the external message transmission device 130 and transmits the text message to the primary message reception device 140. The text message may be a multimedia message (MMS) including a short message (SMS) or an image composed of only a string.

The message management server 110 may further transmit the message transmitted to the primary message reception device 140 to the secondary message reception device 160 under the control of the message transmission control device 120. [ In addition, the message management server 110 may store the control signal received from the message transmission control device 120 in the database 150.

The message transmission control device 120 transmits a control signal to the message management server 110. The control signal may include an indication of activation / deactivation for a message forwarding function to further send a message to the secondary message receiving device 160 and may include means for delivering the message, such as email 161, The messenger 163, the social network 165, and the like. The message transmission control device 120 may be a primary message receiving terminal 140 that receives a text message such as SMS or MMS from the message management server 110 and may be a terminal separate from the terminal receiving the text message have. The message transmission control device 120 may be a PC, a mobile phone terminal, a tablet PC, or the like, and the message transmission control device 120 may transmit a control signal to the message management server 110 through an application, a web page, The control transmission device 120 may be a PC for controlling the message management server 110 by an agent of the service provider or may be activated / deactivated by the customer through a telephone or the like, The mobile communication terminal 100 can request the information change to the message receiving apparatus 160 and transmit the requested information to the message managing server 110.

The external message transmitting apparatus 130 transmits a message to be transmitted to the primary message receiving terminal 140 and the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 to the message managing server 110.

The primary message receiving terminal 140 receives the message transmitted from the external message transmitting device 130 to the message managing server 110.

The database 150 stores a list of service subscribers and control information of the corresponding service subscribers. For example, the message management server 110 receives the instruction information for the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 from the message transmission control apparatus 120, and stores the received instruction information in the database 150.

The secondary message receiving apparatus 160 receives a text message from the message management server 110. [ The function of the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 to receive a text message from the message management server 110 may be activated / deactivated under the control of the message transmission control apparatus 120. [ The secondary message receiving apparatus 160 may be at least one or more terminals and may receive the messages through the email 161, the messenger 163, the social network 165, and the like. The messenger 163 may be any one or more than one messenger such as, for example, a kakao chat, a line, a date, a telegram, and the like. Similarly, the social network 165 may be one or more of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

FIG. 2 illustrates a method of updating the instruction information for the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 to the database 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The update method according to the present embodiment is performed by the message management server 110, and in particular, the update method may be a program code or an instruction embedded in a memory, The code or indicator may be implemented by a processor of the message management server 110.

Referring to FIG. 2, the message management server 110 receives a message transmission control signal from the message transmission control device 120 (S210). The message transmission control signal includes a user ID (Identification). The user ID may include a unique number for the primary message receiving device 140. The unique number may be the mobile number of the user receiving the text. The message transmission control signal includes instruction information for the secondary message receiver 160 to transmit the message. The instruction information for the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 may be change information for instructing the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 to add or delete the message receiving means. If the change information indicates addition of the message receiving means, the change information may further include log-in information including an ID and a password for the message receiving means. For example, If the message receiving means of the device 160 is a KakaoTalk, the change information may include an ID and a password of the KakaoTalk to which the message is to be received.

Next, the message management server 110 searches the database 150 based on the user ID received in step S210, and confirms whether the user is subscribed to the text message delivery service (step S220). If information matching the user ID exists in the database 150, the message management server 110 checks the instruction information for the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 from the received message transmission control signal (S230) The instruction information for the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 is stored in the database 150 (S240). Meanwhile, when the instruction information for the secondary message receiving apparatus 160 is change information for instructing addition or deletion to the message receiving means, the change information may be updated to the database 150 previously stored.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S220 that the information matching the user ID does not exist in the database 150, the message management server 110 transmits an error message to the message transmission control device 120 (S250) Exit the procedure. At this time, the message management server 110 can transmit a query message for service subscription to the message transmission control device 120, and can perform a service subscription procedure when receiving a service subscription request message in response to a query . The service registration procedure will be described in detail later.

3 illustrates a method of transmitting a text message by the message management server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the message management server 110 receives a message from the external message transmission device 130 (S310). The message includes indication information and a message body for the recipient to receive the message.

In step S320, the message management server confirms the information on the recipient to receive the message in the received message and transmits the message to the primary message receiving device corresponding to the recipient.

In step S330, the message management server 110 searches the database 150 for information on the message receiver, and determines whether a message forwarding function is activated. If it is determined that the message transfer function is activated, the database 150 checks the instruction information of the secondary message receiving apparatus (S340), and transmits the received text message to the secondary message receiving apparatus (S350 ).

The step of transmitting the text message to the secondary message receiving apparatus may further include checking whether the login information for the receiving means of the secondary message receiving apparatus stored in the database 150 is actually loginable information.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S330 that the message delivery function is not activated, the retransmission of the text message is terminated.

FIG. 4 illustrates a method of subscribing to a mobile phone text message delivery service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the message management server 110 receives a service subscription request from an external terminal (S410). The external terminal may be a PC or a smart phone. The message management server 110 may transmit to the terminal a list of messengers or SNSs supported by the mobile phone text message delivery service in response to the service subscription request.

Next, the message management server 110 receives information on the message receiving means of the secondary message receiving apparatus (S420). The information on the message receiving means includes information on a plurality of accounts selected from a list of messengers or SNSs transmitted to the terminal.

Next, the message management server 110 verifies information about the received message receiving means (S430). The message management server 110 verifies information based on the account information of the messenger or the SNS in the information verification process of the message receiving means.

If the message management server 110 succeeds in verifying the message receiving means, the message management server 110 stores the information related to the message receiving means in the database 150. If the verification fails, an error message is transmitted to the external terminal (S450).

According to the present invention, there is provided a mobile phone text message delivery method and apparatus capable of receiving a text message through various other means that can be confirmed by the mobile communication terminal regardless of whether the user can not receive the text message or whether the terminal is powered on or off do.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (4)

A method of delivering a mobile phone text message,
Receiving a message from an external message sending device;
Transmitting the message to a transmitting terminal;
Determining whether a message transfer function for transferring the mobile phone text message is activated; And
And transmitting the message to at least one or more retransmission terminals when the message forwarding function is activated
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The method of claim 1, wherein the retransmission terminal is a terminal capable of receiving at least one of e-mail, instant messenger or SNS previously selected in advance.
1. A message delivery system for delivering a mobile phone text message,
An external message sending device for sending a message to the message management server;
The message management server receiving the message from the external message transmission device and transmitting the message to the transmission terminal; And
And a message management server for receiving a message from the transmission terminal and the retransmission terminal
Wherein the message management server determines whether a message transfer function for transferring the mobile phone text message is activated and transmits the message to the retransmission terminal when the message transfer function is activated, Message delivery system.
4. The message delivery system according to claim 3, wherein the retransmission terminal is a terminal capable of receiving at least one of e-mail, messenger or SNS previously selected in advance.

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