KR100732986B1 - A Method and apparatus of voice messaging service for mobile station - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing a voice message of a mobile communication terminal capable of repeatedly listening to a voice message left in a user's mobile communication terminal as a terminal. The present invention allows the user to store and manage voice messages in the MM box so that they can be easily managed and rehearsed through mobile communication terminals and PCs connected to the Internet, thereby providing active and new types of voice message management functions. can do. In addition, when a voice message is downloaded, the MMS server converts the audio file into an audio file, and then sends an MMS message containing the voice message to the terminal, thereby storing the voice message as a general multimedia message and reconnecting the voice mail box (voice message server). Repeated listening is possible without having to.

Voice messages, MMSCs, MM boxes, digital audio files, multimedia messages.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing a voice message of a mobile communication terminal {A Method and apparatus of voice messaging service for mobile station}

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system for providing a conventional voice message,

2 is a flowchart for receiving a conventional voice message,

3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for providing a voice message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a voice message in a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

50, 52: mobile communication terminal 52-1: computer terminal

54 base station 56 control station

58: exchange 60: VMS (Voice Message Server)

62: DCN (Data Core Network)

66: MMSC (Multimedia Message Service Center)

68: MM box

The present invention relates to a service of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing a voice message of a mobile communication terminal capable of repeatedly listening to a voice message left in a user's mobile communication terminal as a terminal.

In general, one of the services of the mobile communication terminal, the voice mailbox is to leave a message by voice when a call is not received, and the receiver checks the voice message left by accessing the voice mailbox with the mobile communication terminal.

If a user leaves a missed voice message in a conventional mobile communication terminal, it is stored in a voice mail box (VMS), and the other party needs to check the VMS (Voice Message Server) with a specific number to listen to it.

1 illustrates a schematic configuration of a mobile communication system for providing a conventional voice message, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for receiving a conventional voice message.

In the mobile communication system shown in FIG. 1, a base station 22, a switch 24, and a base station 22 that establish a communication channel under the control of the mobile communication terminals 20 and 21 and the control station (BSC) 23 are provided. It is located in the network and manages the base station and matches with the control station 23, the base station 22, the controller 23, VMS (Voice Message Server) 25 to set up and release the call of the mobile communication terminal, and configure the call path And an exchange 24 and a voice mail server 25 for operating and maintaining the exchange itself.

When the user composes and transmits a voice message to the counterpart to the mobile communication terminal 20, the mobile station 20 passes through the base station 22, the controller 23, the switch 24, and the VMS 25 to the receiver's wireless terminal 21. The voice message is saved.

On the other hand, to confirm the voice message received by the receiver of the voicemail using the mobile communication terminal 21 is connected to the VMS 25 using a specific number, stored in the corresponding Voice Message Server (VMS) 25 Check and listen to the voice message.

In addition, when the user wants to listen again later, the user accesses the VMS 25 in the above-described manner, but the contents of the voice mailbox may be deleted after a certain time.

2 illustrates a conventional operation of receiving a voice message, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 20 calls the receiver, if the user is absent, the user may be transferred to a voice mail and leave a voice message. Leave a voice message (S30 ~ S34).

The receiver's mobile terminal 21 provides information that a voice message has been received in the form of a voice mail, and the receiver connects to the VMS 25, which is a voice mailbox server, at a specific number or his / her own number to check the voice message. After entering the password according to the announcement and then enter the confirmation menu can check the voice message left by the other party (S36 ~ S38).

In order to listen to the voicemail, it is inconvenient to make a call with a specific number and to remember your own password. In addition, it is inconvenient to follow the guiding procedure sequentially. There is an inefficient aspect that it is possible to rehearse by paying (S40).

In addition, the conventional mobile communication service does not provide a service for recording and storing the received voice message in the receiver's mobile communication terminal.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, the MMSC (Multimedia Messaging Service Center) to receive the voice message stored in the Voice Message Server (VMS) via an IP-based backbone LAN (IP), digital audio format After converting the data into the MM box 68, the mobile terminal can be repeatedly listened to by storing the recorded voice message in the form of a multimedia message to the receiver's mobile communication terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing a voice message.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing a voice message of a mobile communication terminal which can listen to or download and utilize a voice message recorded by a caller in an MMSC connected to a computer terminal of a receiver.

The present invention enables the storage of voice messages in a plurality of multimedia messaging (MM) boxes defined in the object management architecture (OMA) Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) 1.2 specification. ) Can be stored and managed in the MM box, and secondly, the user can convert the voice message into an audio file and receive it in the form of a multimedia message if desired. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing a voice message of a mobile communication terminal, which enables a user to listen to a multimedia message with a voice mail audio file attached thereto and to store the same in a mobile communication terminal.

An apparatus for providing a voice message of a mobile communication terminal , comprising: a voice message server for recording and storing a voice message transmitted as a voice signal from a caller mobile communication terminal and transmitting the recorded voice message to a multimedia message server ; Receiving a voice message transmitted from the voice message server, converting the multimedia message into a digital audio file and storing the multimedia message in an M-box, and transmitting the stored digital audio file as a multimedia message to a receiver mobile communication terminal. It is characterized by including.

In addition, the multimedia message server is characterized in that when the receiver is connected to the multimedia message server using a computer terminal provides a voice message in the form of digital audio.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for providing a voice message , comprising: a first step of recording and storing a voice message transmitted as a voice signal in a sender mobile communication terminal to a multimedia message server; A second step of receiving, by the multimedia message server, the voice message transmitted from the voice message server, converting the multimedia message into a digital audio file of a multimedia message and storing the same in an M box; The multimedia message server converts the digital audio file into a multimedia message in a form of a multimedia message, and transmits the digital audio file to a receiver mobile communication terminal , the receiver providing the multimedia message using a computer terminal. In the case of accessing the server, the voice message may be downloaded and used in the form of a digital audio file or a multimedia message, and the voice message may be stored in the multimedia message server and stored, deleted, and managed.

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

3 is a configuration diagram of a voice message providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a voice message providing method of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

Mobile communication terminals 50 and 52, computer 52-1, base station (BTS) 54, control station (BSC) 56, switchboard (MSC) 58, VMS (Voice Message Server) 60 , A DCN (Data Core Network) 62, a multimedia message system server 64 and an MM box 68.

When the multimedia message service data is requested by the mobile communication terminal 50 as shown in the figure, the multimedia message service passes through the base station 54 through the control station (BSC) 56 and the DCN (Data Core Network) 62. The data is retrieved from the search server and the data stored in the multimedia message system server 64 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 50.

DCN (Data Core Network) 62 is connected to the control station 56 of the mobile communication network to control the speed of data transmission and converts the signal to suit the use of the MMS service.

The DCN (Data Core Network) 62 includes an authentication server, a packet switched data network (PSDN) that allocates / manages an address to a mobile communication terminal and performs an IWF (Inter Working Function) with a wireless network, a backbone network, and a mobile terminal. It consists of PDGN (Packet Data Gateway Node) that maintains the current location information of the communication terminal and tunnels / routes the packet transmitted to the mobile communication terminal to a foreign agent (FA) and assigns an address.

In addition, a billing server that handles usage charges when a user uses the MMS service, a customer database, a conversion server, and the like are provided to provide a multimedia message service.

VMS (Voice Message Server) (60) is a voicemail server, if the caller calls the receiver of the mobile terminal, but does not receive the voice message to the mobile terminal of the receiver, the receiver is connected to the mobile terminal To check.

The present invention stores the voice message stored by the sender in the VMS 60 in the form of a multimedia message in the receiver's mobile communication terminal so that the user can repeatedly listen to the voice message.

When the receiver selects to store and use the voice message stored in the VMS (Voice Message Server) 60, the protocol corresponding to the voice message stored in the VMS 60 via the IP-based backbone LAN 66. Received by the MMSC (Multimedia Message Service Center) 64, converts into digital audio files, records and stores them in the MM box 68, and transmits the corresponding audio files to the receiver's mobile terminal in the form of a multimedia message. .

Therefore, the receiver can be stored and used in the mobile communication terminal when the voice message is important, and is convenient because it does not need to be connected to the VMS (Voice Message Server) 60 even when repeated listening.

In addition, the receiver can access the MMSC 66 connected to the Internet network using the computer 52-1 terminal, and receive the voice message stored by the caller as a digital audio file and utilize it.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a voice message, wherein the caller requests a call to the mobile communication terminal 50, but the caller does not receive it from the mobile communication terminal 52 and thus the caller sends a voice message to the VMS 60. Leaves (S80 ~ S82).

When the receiver's mobile communication terminal 52 is in a callable state, the mobile communication system provides that the voice message is stored in the corresponding terminal as an SMS message, and the receiver grasps it and accesses the VMS 60 (S84).

The VMS 60 provides various menus, and when the receiver selects to listen without selecting the download of the voice message, the voice message stored in the VMS 60 is played and confirmed by the mobile communication terminal of the receiver (S86 to S90). .

When the recipient selects to download the voice message stored in the VMS 60, the multimedia message service center (MMSC) 64 receives the voice message stored in the VMS 60 via the IP-based backbone network 66.

 The MMSC 64 receives the voice message left by the sender through a prescribed protocol, converts it into a digital audio format, and then stores it first in the MM box 68, and the MMSC 64 stores the voice message in the digital audio format as an MMS message. The reconstruction is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 52 of the receiver.

The receiver may download and repeatedly listen to the multimedia message in the form of a multimedia message to his mobile communication terminal 52, and keep it in the case of important messages.

In addition, when the receiver accesses the multimedia message service center (MMSC) 66 connected to the Internet network by using the computer 52-1 terminal, the MMSC 64 receives the voice message left by the sender through a prescribed protocol. After converting to the digital audio format and then stored in the MM box 68, MMSC 64 reconstructs the digital audio format voice message into an MMS message form to be transmitted to the recipient's computer 52-1 terminal for use. .

In addition, the receiver can access the multimedia message service center (MMSC) 66 by using the computer 52-1 terminal, and directly store and delete the received voice message.

The present invention adds a storage space for voice mail to the MM box server of the latest international standard OMA MMS 1.2 which has not been commercialized yet, so that the user can store and manage voice messages when desired. In conjunction with, it converts voice messages into digital audio files and provides them in the form of multimedia messages.

As described above, the present invention receives a voice message stored in a VMS (Voice Message Server) via an IP based backbone LAN in a multimedia messaging system (MMS) server using a corresponding protocol, and digitally receives the voice message. After the audio format is converted and stored, the receiver can reprocess the multimedia message in the form of a multimedia message to the receiver's mobile communication terminal so that the receiver can repeatedly listen to the voice message.

The configuration and operation of the present invention has been described above in detail.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal is described as a reference, but the mobile communication terminal includes not only a synchronous CDMA terminal but also an asynchronous WCDMA terminal, a GSM terminal, a UMTS terminal, a WLL terminal, a PDA terminal, and the like. One operation can be implemented equally.

In addition, although the present invention has been described with reference to a synchronous CDMA mobile communication system, the same service can be provided in an asynchronous mobile communication system.

The present invention allows the user to store and manage voice messages in the MM box so that they can be easily managed and rehearsed through mobile communication terminals and PCs connected to the Internet, thereby providing active and new types of voice message management functions. can do.

In addition, when a voice message is downloaded, the MMS server converts the audio file into an audio file, and then sends an MMS message containing the voice message to the terminal, thereby storing the voice message as a general multimedia message and reconnecting the voice mail box (voice message server). Repeated listening is possible without having to.

Claims (5)

A voice message server for recording and storing a voice message transmitted by a caller mobile communication terminal as a voice signal and transmitting the same to a multimedia message server ; Receiving a voice message transmitted from the voice message server, converting the multimedia message into a digital audio file and storing the multimedia message in an M-box, and transmitting the stored digital audio file as a multimedia message to a receiver mobile communication terminal. Voice message providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The multimedia message server provides a voice message of a mobile communication terminal when the receiver accesses the multimedia message server using a computer terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The mobile communication terminal is a voice message providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that one of the terminal of the CDMA terminal, WCDMA terminal, GSM terminal, UMTS terminal, PDA terminal. Records and stores the voice message transmitted as a voice signal from the calling mobile terminal A first step of transmitting to the multimedia message server; A second step of receiving, by the multimedia message server, the voice message transmitted from the voice message server, converting the multimedia message into a digital audio file of a multimedia message and storing the same in an M box; And providing, by the multimedia message server , converting the digital audio file into a multimedia message and transmitting the converted digital audio file to a receiver mobile communication terminal . The method of claim 4, wherein In step 3, when the receiver accesses the multimedia message server using a computer terminal, the voice message is downloaded and used in the form of a digital audio file or a multimedia message, and the voice message is stored in the multimedia message server . The voice message providing method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises the management of deletion.

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