KR20090013265A - System for providing multimedia coloring service using PCC and its service providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a multimedia coloring service providing system and a service providing method for enabling UCCs on the Internet to be used as call waiting sounds.

The multimedia coloring service providing system of the present invention checks whether the called terminal subscribes to a coloring service when a call connection is requested from a calling terminal to a specific called terminal, and the coloring service for the calling terminal when the called terminal is subscribed to a service. An IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) for outputting a request message and transmitting information on a specific UCC received in response to the coloring service request message to the calling terminal; And when the coloring service request message is received, accesses a designated portal server, receives UCC (User Created Contents) source information for the calling terminal of the called terminal, and accesses a UCC media server included in the provided UCC source information. It has a Ring Back Application Server (RBAS) that receives the location information of the UCC included in the UCC source information and delivers it to the IMS, and uses various UCCs existing on the Internet as call waiting sounds, thereby providing more diverse contents to service users. It can provide the service provider and make it possible to provide the service provider with coloring service more economically. Moreover, UCC can be activated by linking UCC with revenue model.

Description

Multimedia coloring service providing system using BCC and its service providing method {Multimedia ring-back service system and method}

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a multimedia coloring service providing system according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of coloring profile information of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a multimedia coloring service according to the present invention.

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10: portal server 20: RBAS (Ring Back Application Server)

30: IMS 40: UCC Media Server

The present invention relates to a multimedia coloring service, and more particularly, to a system for providing a multimedia coloring service and a method of providing the service, which enables various user-generated contents (UCCs) on the Internet to be used as call waiting sounds rather than simple music.

Multimedia coloring is a service that allows the call waiting service of the mobile phone to play various multimedia images and music set by the called party when the call is waited by using video contents rather than simple music as present.

Recently, the multimedia coloring service has been implemented in wired telephones of broadband networks (BcN) as well as mobile phones, and has been developed to integrate various voice and data services.

Currently, the applicant of the present invention (KT) is constructing a wired / wireless integrated network based on an IP (Internet Protocol) multimedia subsystem (IMS), and is planning to provide commercial services such as multimedia coloring in an actual BcN video terminal. .

By the way, the multimedia content for the multimedia coloring service is mostly in the form of a music video. Therefore, the existing content is not only differentiated from other companies, but also it is not practically easy to quickly develop and provide the content to meet the needs of the new generation, the main customer base of the multimedia coloring service. In addition, the service provider has a problem that requires a lot of initial business investment cost because it takes a lot of money to produce and secure a variety of content yourself.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to secure a more rich and diverse multimedia content that meets the needs of a new generation more economically and utilize it in a multimedia coloring service.

The multimedia coloring service providing system of the present invention for achieving the above object, when receiving a call connection from a calling terminal to a specific called terminal to determine whether the called terminal is a coloring service subscription, if the called terminal is subscribed to the service An IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) for outputting the coloring service request message to the calling terminal and transmitting information on a specific UCC received in response to the coloring service request message to the calling terminal; And when the coloring service request message is received, accesses a designated portal server, receives UCC (User Created Contents) source information for the calling terminal of the called terminal, and accesses a UCC media server included in the provided UCC source information. RBAS (Ring Back Application Server) for receiving the location information of the UCC included in the UCC source information and delivers to the IMS.

A method for providing a multimedia coloring service using the UCC of the present invention may include: a first step of confirming whether a receiving terminal subscribes to a coloring service when a call connection request is received from a calling terminal to a called terminal; When the called terminal is subscribed to the coloring service, accessing a designated portal server and receiving UCC source information on the calling terminal of the called terminal; A third step of accessing the UCC media server included in the received UCC source information and receiving location information of the UCC included in the UCC source information; And a fourth step of transmitting the received location information of the UCC to the calling terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a multimedia coloring service providing system according to the present invention.

The multimedia coloring service providing system of the present invention includes a portal server 10, a RBAS (RingBack Application Server) 20, and an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem).

The portal server 10 stores the coloring profile information for each terminal (the called terminal) using the multimedia coloring service and requests the call connection from the coloring profile information of the specific called terminal requested to connect the call according to the request of the RBAS 20. Source information of the coloring content (UCC) corresponding to the calling terminal is found and provided to the RBAS 20. In this case, the coloring profile information is that the coloring service users pre-select the information on a specific UCC in the UCC media server 40 that they frequently use, for example, in a one-to-one correspondence with a specific calling terminal desired by each user, as shown in FIG. Source information of the coloring content corresponding to the calling terminal includes the name of the UCC media server 40 having the coloring content and the file name of the coloring content. The function of the portal server 10 may be implemented through a web server directly operated by the network operator.

When the RBAS 20 receives the coloring service request message from the IMS 30, the RBAS 20 transmits the telephone numbers of the calling terminal A and the called terminal B provided from the IMS 30 to the portal server 10 together with the service request. It is provided by requesting source information of coloring content for a specific calling terminal. Next, the RBAS 20 accesses the UCC media server (alpha or beta) corresponding to the source information provided from the portal server 10 and requests and receives the location information for the corresponding UCC, and then sends it to the IMS 30. send. At this time, the UCC media server 40 provides the location information of the UCC as real-time streaming protocol (rtsp) information, and the RBAS 20 provides this rtsp information to the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) header (call). -info) to be transmitted to the IMS 30. If the source information provided from the portal server 10 is the coloring content, the RBAS 20 searches the location information of the corresponding content in its DB (not shown), and then stores the location information in the SIP header. It is delivered to the IMS (30). This RBAS 20 may be included in a call connection server (not shown).

When the IMS 30 receives a call connection from the calling terminal A to the called terminal B, the IMS 30 checks whether the called terminal B is subscribed to the coloring service of the present invention, and then, if it is subscribed to the service, sends the calling terminal A to the RBAS 20. And a request for providing a coloring service for the calling terminal A by transmitting a coloring service request message including information on the called party B (telephone number). The IMS 30 transmits the rtsp information for providing the coloring service from the RBAS 20 after transmitting the coloring service request message to the calling terminal A.

The calling terminal A and the called terminal B may be wired, wireless or wired or wireless integrated terminals, and have processing capability capable of multimedia playback. In particular, the calling terminal A accesses the UCC media server alpha using the rtsp information of the SIP header received from the IMS 30, receives the UCC contents from the UCC media server alpha as a streaming service, and receives a call waiting sound. use.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a multimedia coloring service according to the present invention.

The user of the called terminal B subscribing to the multimedia coloring service of the present invention accesses the portal server 10 in advance to use the coloring service, and uses the UCC in the UCC media server (alpha, beta) frequently used by the calling terminal one by one. The coloring profile information is generated and registered by correspondingly selecting and specifying (step 310).

At this time, as a method of registering a UCC, the user directly enters a matching UCC and a calling terminal or accesses a UCC media server through the portal server 10, selects a desired UCC, and enters only a corresponding calling terminal as a portal server. 10 may automatically match and store the corresponding UCC and the calling terminal as shown in FIG. However, since the present invention is not characterized by registering the UCC itself, any method can be used according to the operator's selection, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

If the user of the calling terminal A makes a call to the called terminal B using the calling terminal A and requests a call connection (step 320), the IMS 30 subscribes to the coloring service of the present invention to which the called terminal B requested to connect the call. It is checked whether it is (step 330).

If there is a subscription, the IMS 30 sends the RBAS 20 information (phone number) about the calling terminal A and the called terminal B, requesting the coloring service for the call from the RBAS 20 (step 340). ).

The RBAS 20, which has been requested for the coloring service, accesses the portal server 10 and requests content (UCC) source information for the calling terminal A. Accordingly, the portal server 10 retrieves the content source information for the calling terminal A registered in the coloring profile information of the called terminal B and provides it to the RBAS 20 (step 350).

In the present embodiment, the user of the called terminal B designates a content file (mycontent.wmv) in the UCC media server called alpha as a call waiting sound for the calling terminal A as shown in FIG. That is, the portal server 10 provides the RBAS 20 with the content file name (mycontent.wmv) obtained as a search result for the profile information of the called terminal B and the information about the UCC media server alpha having the file. do.

The RBAS 20 accesses the UCC media server alpha using the source information provided from the portal server 10 and then requests location information of the content whose file name is mycontent.wmv (step 360).

UCC media server (alpha) searches its own DB to find the storage location of mycontent.wmv by requesting the RBAS 20, and then the location information (for example, rtsp: //alpha/free/mycontent.wmv) is RBAS. Deliver to 20.

Next, the RBAS 20 carries the location information (rtsp information) provided from the UCC media server alpha in the SIP header (call-info) and transmits it to the calling terminal A through the IMS system (step 370).

The calling terminal A extracts the rtsp information from the SIP header received through the IMS 30 and accesses the UCC media server (alpha) that stores the UCC to be played using the UCC file (mycontent.wmv) by streaming. Display on the screen (step 380).

In the above-described embodiment, the charging for using the UCC is not mentioned, but it may utilize a charging method that is conventionally used on the Internet.

For example, after the operator of the portal server 10 makes a contract with the operator and network operator of the UCC media servers 40, users who want to use the multimedia coloring service of the present invention can access the portal server 10 to subscribe to the service. At this time, the portal server 10 may display a screen for charging to charge a certain amount of service usage fee to the subscriber.

As described above, the multimedia coloring service of the present invention can provide various contents to service users by using various UCCs existing on the Internet as call waiting sounds, and to provide coloring services to service providers more economically. Do it. Moreover, UCC can be activated by linking UCC with revenue model.

Claims (7)

Upon receiving a call connection request from a calling terminal to a specific called terminal, check whether the called terminal subscribes to a coloring service, and when the called terminal is subscribed to a service, output the coloring service request message for the calling terminal, and the coloring service. An IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for transmitting location information on specific User Created Contents (UCC) received in response to a request message to the calling terminal; And Upon receiving the coloring service request message from the IMS, access the designated portal server to receive the UCC source information for the calling terminal of the called terminal, and access the UCC media server corresponding to the provided UCC source information to access the specific UCC. System for providing a multimedia coloring service using a UCC having a RBAS (Ring Back Application Server) for receiving location information about and deliver to the IMS. The method of claim 1, wherein the portal server And stores the UCC source information for each calling terminal designated by the user of the called terminal in advance, and provides the RBAS with the UCC source information corresponding to the calling terminal requested in response to a request from the RBAS. Multimedia coloring service providing system using UCC. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the RBAS is System for providing a multimedia coloring service using UCC, characterized in that the location information is provided as real-time streaming protocol (rtsp) information. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the RBAS is System for providing a multimedia coloring service using the UCC, characterized in that the location information of the UCC is included in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) header and delivered to the IMS. A first step of confirming whether or not the called terminal subscribes to a coloring service when a call connection request is received from a calling terminal to a called terminal; When the called terminal is subscribed to the coloring service, accessing a designated portal server and receiving UCC source information on the calling terminal of the called terminal; A third step of accessing the UCC media server included in the received UCC source information and receiving location information of the UCC included in the UCC source information; And And a fourth step of transmitting the received location information of the UCC to the calling terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the location information of the UCC Method for providing a multimedia coloring service using UCC, characterized in that provided as real-time streaming protocol (rtsp) information. The method of claim 6, wherein the fourth step Method for providing a multimedia coloring service using the UCC, characterized in that the location information of the UCC is included in the SIP header and transmitted to the calling terminal.

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