KR20160065762A - System and method for providing messaging services using call function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a message service providing system using a telephone function, the system comprising: a calling terminal having a telephone application having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal; A receiving terminal for receiving a voice or video message from a calling terminal through a multimedia message service server; And a multimedia message service server receiving the voice or video message transmitted from the calling terminal and transmitting the received voice or video message to the called terminal, and the called terminal receiving the voice or video message from the multimedia message service server transmits And a method of using the same. The present invention provides a message service providing system using a telephone function and a method using the same.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a message service using a telephone function,

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a message service using a telephone function, and more particularly, to a system and method for transmitting various multimedia messages, such as voice, pictures, and video messages, ≪ / RTI >

With the rapid spread of smart phones and the development of related technologies, various supplementary services using smart phones have been proposed.

In order to transmit a voice message to the other party using a dialer provided in a conventional smartphone, a prefix (e.g., # or * 01) is added in front of the other party's phone number ) Is attached to the mobile communication network and transmitted through the mobile communication company network. That is, in order to transmit a voice message to the other party, a voice message can be transmitted by pressing a call button # 01012345678 + prefix (eg, #) attached to the other party's phone number. In other words, conventionally, a prefix indicating that a voice message is delivered (message call service) must be attached to the other party's phone number to which the message is to be transmitted. Therefore, the user always memorizes or records the other party's phone number, I had to record a voice message according to the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) announcement provided by the system. Also, when there are several parties, there is a problem and inconvenience that such a task should be repeatedly and continuously performed.

In addition, the phone application provided by the smartphone maker or the mobile communication company did not provide a button for transmitting voice or video message, so the user had to use a prefix that can recognize the service separately.

In addition, in the related art, there is no way to transmit a video message to a calling party using a phone application of a smart phone, and there is a limitation that a wired or wireless web should be used.

Further, in the conventional technology, when a voice message is transmitted to the other party in the case of a telephone application of a smartphone, there is a limitation that only one person can transmit the voice message. That is, in order to transmit the same voice message to a plurality of persons (N persons) at the same time, there is a problem that one person must be transmitted with N recordings, such as # 01012345678 and # 01022223456, respectively.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a multimedia messaging system, such as a voice or video message, using a phone application and an address book of a smart phone without using a separate messaging application, And to provide a system and a method capable of transmitting data.

In addition, the present invention improves the method of using a telephone application to transmit a video message and attaching a prefix (e.g., # or * 01, etc.) to the telephone number of the other party, The present invention also provides a system and a method for enabling a user to use the system.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a system and method capable of easily transmitting various messages through a separate telephone application capable of performing the functions of the present invention as well as a telephone application fundamentally provided in a smart phone, The purpose.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a message service using a telephone function, the system comprising: a telephone application having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal; A calling terminal; A receiving terminal for receiving a voice or video message from a calling terminal through a multimedia message service server; And a multimedia message service server receiving the voice or video message transmitted from the calling terminal and transmitting the received voice or video message to the called terminal, and the called terminal receiving the voice or video message from the multimedia message service server transmits And a message service providing system using the telephone function.

Here, the telephone application may include a telephone function processor for processing a telephone function and providing a menu button for performing a message service through a telephone interface; And a message service processor for inputting a voice or video message when the user selects a menu button provided on the telephone interface of the telephone function processor and providing a message interface to reproduce a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal can do.

In addition, the destination terminal may include a telephone application having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal, and the multimedia message service server transmits voice Or a push notification signal indicating that a video message has been received is transmitted to a destination terminal, and a destination terminal receiving a voice or video message reception notification signal from the push notification server accesses the multimedia message service server to receive a voice or video message, The received voice or video message can be reproduced through the message interface.

Also, the called terminal may reproduce the received voice or video message through the message interface, and then receive the reply message input from the called terminal user through the message interface and transmit the received reply message to the multimedia message service server.

If the called terminal does not have a telephone application having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal, And transmits the voice or video message to the called terminal by reproducing the voice or video message through the formed voice or video call, and the called terminal transmits the voice or video message through the voice or video call Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

In addition, after the called terminal reproduces the received voice or video message, it can transmit a voice or video signal through the voice or video call to the multimedia message service server to transmit the reply message.

If the called terminal does not have a telephone application having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal, the multimedia message service server transmits voice Or an SMS containing the URL of the video message is transmitted to the destination terminal, and when the destination terminal accesses the multimedia message service server via the URL, the stored voice or video message is transmitted to the destination terminal, Or to play back the received voice or video message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a message service in a message service providing system using a telephone function, the method comprising: receiving a voice or video message through a telephone application and transmitting the message to a multimedia message server; Stage 1; A second step of the multimedia message service server transmitting a voice or video message received from the calling terminal to the called terminal; And a third step of reproducing a voice or video message received from the multimedia message service server by the called terminal.

According to the present invention, there is provided a system and method for transmitting various multimedia messages such as voice or video messages in 1: 1 or 1: N manner using a telephone application and address book of a smart phone without using a separate messaging application can do.

In addition, the present invention improves the method of using a telephone application to transmit a video message and attaching a prefix (e.g., # or * 01, etc.) to the telephone number of the other party, A system and method can be provided.

In addition, the present invention can provide a system and method for easily transmitting various messages through a separate telephone application that can perform the functions of the present invention as well as a telephone application fundamentally provided in a smart phone.

In addition, when the present invention is used, it is possible to utilize various contents (music, pictures, videos, etc.) through a CMS (contents management server) together with a general voice or image and then transmit the contents have.

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a message service providing system 100 using a telephone function according to the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the telephone application 210. As shown in FIG.
Fig. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed by the telephone application 210. Fig.
4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the multimedia message service server 100. As shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the method according to the present invention, in which a telephone application is installed in the destination terminal 300. FIG.
6 shows an example of a message interface for creating a message.
Fig. 7 shows an example of a screen when a voice message is received at the called terminal 300. Fig.
8 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the method according to the present invention. In the case where a telephone application is not installed in the destination terminal 300, the message is transmitted by an outbound call method.
9 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the method according to the present invention. In the case where a telephone application is not installed in the destination terminal 300, a message is transmitted by a short message (SMS) method.

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

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a message service providing system 100 using a telephone function according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system 10 for providing a message service using a telephone function according to the present invention includes a multimedia message service server 100, a calling terminal 200, (300), which are interconnected via a network.

Here, the network refers to a combination of a mobile communication network, an Internet network, and a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and this is obvious from the prior art, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The calling terminal 200 refers to a terminal that transmits a voice or video message. The calling terminal 200 includes a phone application having a voice or video message and a message interface capable of reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal.

The called terminal 300 receives a voice or video message from the calling terminal through the multimedia message service server and plays the received voice or video message.

The calling terminal 200 and the called terminal 300 are conventionally known mobile communication terminals, preferably smart phones capable of installing and executing applications. In connection with the present invention, the calling terminal 200 is provided with a telephone application 210 (see FIG. 2) having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal.

The telephone application 210 includes a function of transmitting a voice or video message to another terminal through a multimedia message service server 100 described later. Of course, the telephony application 210 includes the previously known basic functions that can make and receive calls.

Here, the phone application 210 is available in two forms. The first form is a method for including a message interface and a function for performing the present invention in a dialer installed basically by an operating system of a smart phone. Another embodiment is a method in which a separate telephone application including a message interface and functions for performing the present invention is separately installed by a user.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the telephone application 210. As shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the telephone application 210 includes a telephone function processing unit 211 and a message service processing unit 212.

The telephone function processing unit 211 is means for processing a function of transmitting and receiving a telephone call. Since this is a means for processing a general telephone function known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, in connection with the present invention, a user provides a menu button for performing the present invention in a telephone interface provided by the telephone function processing unit 211. When the user selects the menu button, the message is delivered to the message service processing unit 212, And performs a message service through the service processing unit 212.

When the user selects the menu button provided on the telephone interface as described above, the message service processing unit 212 inputs a voice or video message and provides a message interface to reproduce a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal Function. The multimedia message service server 100 stores the input voice or video message, performs a predetermined preprocessing process and transmits the voice or video message to the multimedia message service server 100, or stores and processes the voice or video message received from the multimedia message service server 100 Function.

Fig. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed by the telephone application 210. Fig.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the telephone application 21 is executed, it can be seen that the telephone function processing unit 211 displays a screen as shown on the left side, that is, a telephone interface. This phone interface is similar to the screen that appears when you run a typical phone application and displays a key button for entering a phone number and a button for other functions. In this screen, when the menu button at the bottom right is selected, the submenus are displayed as shown in the right screen. When a button for performing the service according to the present invention is selected, a message interface for inputting a voice or video message by the message service processing unit 212 is displayed on the screen. FIG. 3 is available both in the case of a basic telephone application or in a separate telephone application.

It is preferable that the above-described telephone application is installed in both the calling terminal 200 and the called terminal 300, but it may be installed in the calling terminal 200 and not installed in the called terminal 300.

The multimedia message service server 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

The multimedia message service server 100 receives a voice or video message transmitted from the calling terminal 200 and transmits the received voice or video message to the called terminal 300.

4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the multimedia message service server 100. As shown in FIG.

4, the multimedia message service server 100 includes a multimedia relay server (MRS) 111, a database server 112, a contents management server (CMS) 113, a web server An application server (Web application server) 114, and an operation and administration server (OBS) 115.

The multimedia relay server (MRS) 111 receives a multimedia message in the form of a voice or video message from the calling terminal 200 and performs a message delivery function for delivering the multimedia message to the called terminal 300. Here, the voice message may be data in which the user's voice signal is recorded, and the video message includes a moving picture, a picture, music data, and the like.

The database server (DBS) 112 stores and manages service subscriber information using the message service according to the present invention, and functions to store and manage voice or video messages.

The content management server (CMS) 113 performs functions for managing contents such as music, background screen, and the like uploaded by a contents provider.

The web application server WAS 114 transmits a voice or video message between the calling terminal 200 and the called terminal 300 in the form of a Short Message Service (SMS) or a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) through a mobile communication network , It plays a role of listening to a message received via a URL (uniform resource locator) received through the SMS / MMS or allowing a user to create and transmit various multimedia messages through wired / wireless Internet.

The operation server (OMS) 115 performs functions for the operation, statistics, and management of the message service according to the present invention.

The multimedia message service server 100 having such a configuration can deliver a voice or video message regardless of whether the called terminal 300 has the telephone application as described above for the present invention installed.

First, a description will be given of a case where a telephone application as described in Figs. 2 and 3 is provided in the destination terminal 300. Fig. In this case, voice or video messages can be transmitted and received between the calling terminal 200 and the called terminal 300 through the network, which is a data packet network. For this, a push notification server 400 (see FIG. 5) may be used. However, the push notification server 400 itself is not a direct object of the present invention, and a detailed description of the push notification server 400 is omitted because it is possible to use a technique known in the art.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the method according to the present invention, in which a telephone application is installed in the destination terminal 300. FIG.

First, the calling terminal 200 executes the telephone application 210 as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, whereby the telephone function processing section 211 provides the telephone interface and, by the selection of the user's menu button, The service processing unit 212 provides a message interface for allowing a user to input a voice or video message (S100).

Then, the user creates a message by recording or recording a voice or video message through the message interface (S110).

6 shows an example of a message interface for creating a message.

Referring to FIGS. 6 (1) and 6 (2), a telephone interface is provided by the telephone function processing unit 211, and a message interface is provided as shown in screens (3) to (7) . First, the contact information stored in the address book is displayed as shown in (3), and the user can select a person (called terminal) to receive the message. When a recipient is selected, one of the voice / video messages is selected. When a voice message is selected, the voice of the calling terminal 200 is input and stored by providing a message interface such as (4) and (5). When a video message is selected, a message interface such as (6) and (7) is provided and the image is recorded and stored.

In this state, if the user selects the message transmission button, the stored voice or video message and the list of recipients are transmitted to the multimedia message service server 100 (S120). Here, the recipient list includes an identifier such as the telephone number or the ID of the called terminal 300. Here, the recipient may be a plurality of two or more.

The multimedia message service server 100 stores the received voice or video message and issues a media URL for message reproduction for each recipient (destination terminal 300) (S130). Then, the multimedia message service server 100 transmits a signal indicating completion of message reception to the calling terminal 200 (S140).

Then, the multimedia message service server 100 determines whether the calling application 210 for the service according to the present invention is installed in the called terminal 200 based on the received list of recipients (S150). When the telephone application 210 is installed in the receiving terminal 200 (that is, when the user of the receiving terminal 200 is a service subscriber according to the present invention), the multimedia message service server 100 transmits a push notification request signal To the notification server (Push Notification Server, PNS, 400) (S160). Here, the push notification request signal includes an identifier such as the telephone number or ID of the calling terminal 300 and a media URL issued in step S130.

When the PNS 400 receives the push notification request signal, the PNS 400 delivers the push notification signal to the called terminal 300 (S170). This push notification signal includes an identifier such as a telephone number or ID of the calling terminal 300 and a URL issued in step S130.

Upon receiving the push notification signal, the destination terminal 300 informs it by time, hearing, or vibration. When the user executes the telephone application, the destination terminal 300 transmits a message transmission request signal (HTTPS GET) to the multimedia message server 100 (S 190) . This message transmission request signal includes the received media URL.

The multimedia message service server 100 searches the voice or video message stored based on the media URL and transmits the retrieved voice or video message to the destination terminal 300 (S200).

The called terminal 300 reproduces the received voice or video message by operating the selection button by the user (S210).

Meanwhile, the multimedia message service server 100 transmits a push notification request signal to the PNS 400 to notify the calling terminal 200 that the message has been successfully transmitted (S220). Here, the push notification request signal includes the identifier of the receiver (called terminal 300).

When the PNS 400 receives the push notification request signal, the PNS 400 transmits a push notification signal to the calling terminal 200 (S230). The push notification signal includes an identifier of the receiver. Then, the calling terminal 200 receiving the push notification signal displays it (S240).

Meanwhile, the user of the receiver terminal 300 may reproduce the received voice or video message and transmit the reply message to the calling terminal 200 (S250). The process of transmitting the reply message is the same as the process from step S100 to step S240, so the detailed description is omitted.

Fig. 7 shows an example of a screen when a voice message is received at the called terminal 300. Fig.

Referring to FIG. 7, the screen (8) on the right side shows a state in which a voice message is reproduced by receiving a push notification signal from the multimedia message service server 100 and thereby selecting a playback, , It provides the same message interface as (9) on the left and allows to create a reply voice message.

Next, a case in which the telephone application as described in Figs. 2 and 3 is not installed in the receiving terminal 300 will be described. In this case, there are two methods that can be used: an outbound call method and a short message (SMS) method. First, the outbound call method will be described.

8 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the method according to the present invention. In the case where a telephone application is not installed in the destination terminal 300, the message is transmitted by an outbound call method. In this case, a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) 500 for handling an outbound call is used. Here, the call session control system 500 is known from the prior art, and thus is not a direct object of the present invention, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

8, a voice or video message is generated from the calling terminal 200 through the process described in steps S100 to S150 of FIG. 5 and is received by the multimedia message service server 100, The message service server 100 determines whether a telephone application is installed in the destination terminal 300. [ 8 shows a case where the telephone application is not installed in the receiving terminal 300 and therefore the multimedia message service server 100 transmits the outbound call request to the call terminal 300 through the call session control system 500 And transmits a request signal (S300). At this time, the outbound call request signal includes an identifier such as the telephone number of the destination terminal 300. Here, if the message created by the calling terminal 200 is a voice message, the call request signal for the voice call is transmitted. If the message created by the calling terminal 200 is a video message, a call request signal for the video call is transmitted send.

Then, the call session control system 500 transmits a call connection request signal to the called terminal 300 (S310). This call connection request signal may be for a general telephone call through a mobile communication network or may be a SIP packet through a data packet network.

Upon receiving the call connection request signal, the called terminal 300 responds to the call connection request signal and a call connection response signal is transmitted from the called terminal 300 to the CSCF 500 (S320).

The CSCF 500 transmits a response notification signal to the multimedia message service server 100 to notify that the called terminal 300 has responded to the call (S330). Thus, a call is formed between the multimedia message service server 100 and the called terminal 300. [ The multimedia message service server 100 transmits a push notification request signal to the PNS 400 requesting the calling terminal 200 to transmit a push notification signal indicating that the called terminal 300 has responded, Transmits a push notification signal to the calling terminal 200 (S340, S350).

Then, the multimedia message service server 100 reproduces a voice or video message through a call formed between the multimedia message service server 100 and the called terminal 300, and provides the voice or video message to the called terminal 300 (S360). When the message reproduction is completed, the announcement terminal 300 can transmit the announcement message. The announcement may be something like, for example, "replay one time, reply two times."

The DTMF signal is generated (S370) and the DTMF signal is transmitted to the multimedia message service server 100 (S380). Accordingly, the multimedia message service server 100 transmits the DTMF signal to the multimedia message service server 100 The controller 100 reproduces the message again (S390). If the reply is selected, the voice or video signal is transmitted to the multimedia message service server 100 through the call, and the multimedia message service server 100 stores the voice or video signal, and transmits a push notification signal to the calling terminal 200, (400), and the calling terminal (200) receiving the message transmits the message to the multimedia service server (100) to receive and play the stored message. This process is similar to the process of step S250 of FIG. 5, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

9 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of the method according to the present invention. In the case where a telephone application is not installed in the destination terminal 300, a message is transmitted by a short message (SMS) method. In this case, an SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 600 for processing SMS is used. However, the SMSC 600 is also known by the prior art and is not a direct object of the present invention, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

First, a voice or video message is generated from the calling terminal 200 through the process described in steps S100 to S150 of FIG. 5 and is received by the multimedia message service server 100, and the multimedia message service server 100 determines whether or not a telephone application is installed in the destination terminal 300. [

9, since the phone application is not installed in the receiving terminal 300, the multimedia message service server 100 transmits an SMS transmission request signal to the SMSC 600 (S500). At this time, the SMS transmission request signal includes a telephone number of the destination terminal 300, and a URL storing a voice or video message.

The SMSC 600 having received the SMS transmission request signal transmits the SMS to the destination terminal 300 (S510). This SMS contains the URL where the voice or video message is stored, and when SMS selects it, it automatically accesses the URL.

The destination terminal 300 receiving the SMS displays it through the SMS interface. When the user of the destination terminal 300 confirms the SMS and selects the URL displayed here, the browser is activated and the corresponding URL, that is, the multimedia service server 100, (S520, S530).

The multimedia message service server 100 transmits a response signal to the destination terminal 300 in step S540 and transmits the stored voice or video message to the destination terminal 300 when the reproduction request signal is received from the destination terminal 300 in step S550. And the receiving terminal 300 plays the voice or video message received through the browser (S560).

The multimedia message service server 100 transmits the push notification signal to the calling terminal through the PNS 400, which is the same as the steps S340 and S350 of FIG. 8, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the user of the destination terminal 300 desires to send a reply, the multimedia message service server 100 creates a reply message in a similar manner to that described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 8 and transmits the reply message to the multimedia message service server 100 And transmits it to the calling terminal 200. This is similar to the step S400 of FIG. 8, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

10 ... Message service system using telephone function
100 ... Multimedia message service server
200 ... calling terminal
300 ... incoming terminal
400 ... PNS
500 ... CSCF
600 .., SMSC

Claims (8)

A system for providing a message service using a telephone function,
A calling terminal having a telephone application having a message interface capable of inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the other party terminal;
A receiving terminal for receiving a voice or video message from a calling terminal through a multimedia message service server; And
A multimedia message service server for receiving a voice or video message transmitted from a calling terminal and transmitting the received voice or video message to a called terminal
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Wherein the receiving terminal receiving the voice or video message from the multimedia message service server reproduces the received voice or video message.
The method according to claim 1,
The telephone application,
A telephone function processing unit for processing a telephone function and providing a menu button for performing a message service through a telephone interface; And
A message service processor for inputting a voice or video message when the user selects a menu button provided in the telephone interface of the telephone function processor and providing a message interface for reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal,
And a message service providing system using the telephone function.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the called terminal comprises a telephone application having a message interface capable of inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal,
The multimedia message service server transmits a push notification signal to the called terminal indicating that a voice or video message has been received through the push notification server,
A receiving terminal receiving a voice or video message reception notification signal from the push notification server accesses the multimedia message service server to receive a voice or video message and reproduces the received voice or video message through a message interface A message service system using telephone function.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the receiving terminal plays back the received voice or video message through the message interface, receives the reply message input from the calling terminal user through the message interface, and transmits the reply message to the multimedia message service server. A Message Service Providing System.
The method according to claim 1,
If the called terminal does not have a telephone application having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal,
The multimedia message service server comprises:
Forming a voice or video call with the called terminal via the call session control system,
Transmitting a voice or video message to the called terminal by reproducing a voice or video message through the formed voice or video call,
Wherein the receiving terminal receives a voice or video message transmitted through the voice or video call.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the receiving terminal transmits the voice or video message through the voice or video call to the multimedia message service server after reproducing the received voice or video message, system.
The method according to claim 1,
If the called terminal does not have a telephone application having a message interface for inputting a voice or video message and reproducing a voice or video message transmitted from the opposite terminal,
The multimedia message service server transmits an SMS including a URL storing a voice or video message through the SMSC to the destination terminal, and when the destination terminal accesses the multimedia message service server via the URL, To the called terminal,
And the called terminal reproduces the received voice or video message.
A method of providing a message service in a message service providing system using a telephone function according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A first step of a calling terminal inputting a voice or video message through a telephone application and transmitting the voice or video message to a multimedia message server;
A second step of the multimedia message service server transmitting a voice or video message received from the calling terminal to the called terminal; And
A third step of the called terminal reproducing the voice or video message received from the multimedia message service server
The method comprising the steps of:

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