KR20070000846A - Method and system for providing coloring album by using mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for providing a coloring album by using a mobile communication terminal are provided to process colorings in a package type, and successively or randomly supply the processed coloring to a calling mobile communication terminal, thereby increasing utilization of the coloring that a user has purchased. A method for providing a coloring album by using a mobile communication terminal comprises the following steps. A coloring service server determines whether a receiving mobile communication terminal is subscribed for a coloring service by being interworked with a subscriber database(S304). If so, the coloring service server determines whether the receiving mobile communication terminal uses a coloring album service(S306). If so, the coloring service server searches the coloring album(S310) and transmits sound sources of the searched coloring album to a calling mobile communication terminal(S312).

Description

System and method for providing coloring album using mobile communication terminal {Method and System for Providing Coloring Album by Using Mobile Communication Terminal}

1 is a view schematically showing a system for providing a coloring album using a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a screen for setting a coloring album using the wireless Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process for providing a coloring album using a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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100: mobile communication terminal 110: wireless access network

120: mobile communication network 130: IWF (Inter-Work Function)

140: gateway 150: the Internet

160: content providing server 170: coloring service server

172: subscriber database 174: coloring database

180: computer

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a coloring album using a mobile communication terminal. More specifically, the sound source used for the coloring service is collected in a package form by collecting albums of a specific singer or a user desired, and in the providing of the coloring service, when a call is received to the receiving mobile terminal, The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a coloring album by using a mobile communication terminal that plays one by one or randomly.

Significant advances in electronic, computer, and communications technologies are changing the lifestyles of modern people. Internet-enabled personal computers are widely available in almost all homes, schools, and offices, and various content services such as clubs, chats, games, shopping, and news can be provided through computers. Only a few years ago, mobile communication terminal users could only use voice call-oriented services, but thanks to the rapidly developing wireless communication network, mobile communication terminals are also provided with data communication services using the Internet.

In addition, the hardware of the mobile communication terminal continues to evolve in accordance with the service provided. Early models only supported voice calls and SMS (Short Massage Service), but the camera was installed on the mobile terminal so that users could take pictures and play music by installing modules on the mobile terminal. In recent years, hardware development has been continued up to the mobile communication terminal equipped with a module capable of receiving satellite broadcasting.

As data communication services are available through the Internet, mobile carriers provide various kinds of services using data communication services. Among the various services, the service continuously used by the mobile terminal user is set by the receiving mobile terminal user instead of the ringing service that changes the mobile terminal ringtone of the user and the monotonous 'too' sound until the receiver receives the call. It is a coloring service that plays music.

The ringtone service that downloads the ringtone and listens to the user's desired ringtone is playing a sound close to the original sound as the number of chords supported by the mobile communication terminal increases. In addition, it provides different ring back tones by subscriber number to entertain callers' ears during call waiting time.

However, the time-specific coloring service that specifies coloring by time zone has the disadvantage that it is possible to specify only one time zone designated by the user other than the basic coloring, and the coloring service by subscriber number that specifies the coloring by the other party has two or less numbers. Only a specific number can be specified, and there is an inconvenience in that the user must input the designated number even if the designated number is increased.

In order to solve this problem, the present invention is to process the sound source of the coloring service to a specific singer album or music desired by the user in the form of a package, and to provide a coloring service when the call to the receiving mobile communication terminal coloring It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a coloring album using a mobile communication terminal that plays by sequentially or randomly playing the sound source of the album.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first object of the present invention, in a method for providing a coloring album service using a mobile communication terminal, (a) using a wired or wireless Internet in a mobile communication terminal or a computer to provide a coloring album service Applying for and selecting a sound source of a coloring album in a content providing server; (b) transmitting a call request signal from the calling mobile terminal to the receiving terminal using a mobile communication network; (c) determining whether the receiving mobile terminal is subscribed to the coloring service by interworking with the subscriber database in the coloring service server; (d) if the receiving mobile terminal is subscribed to a coloring service, determining whether the receiving mobile terminal uses a coloring album service at the coloring service server; (e) retrieving the coloring album from the coloring service server when the receiving mobile terminal uses the coloring album service; And (f) transmitting a sound source for the coloring album searched by the coloring service server to the calling mobile terminal.

According to a second object of the present invention, there is provided a communication facility for providing voice call service and data communication service to a plurality of subscribers, and in a mobile communication network providing a coloring album service to a mobile communication terminal in conjunction with a coloring service system. A system for providing a coloring album service using a mobile communication terminal linked with a coloring service system, the system comprising: a coloring database storing information of coloring data set by a coloring service subscriber; And a coloring service server that provides a coloring service to the mobile communication terminal in association with the subscriber database and the coloring database.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a system for providing a coloring album using a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A system for providing a coloring album using a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a mobile communication terminal 100, a wireless access network 110, a mobile communication network 120, an IWF (Inter-Work Function) 130 capable of wireless data service , Gateway 140, internet 150, content providing server 160, coloring service server 170, subscriber database 172, coloring database 174 and computer 180.

The mobile communication terminal 100 capable of wireless data service searches for the coloring sound source provided by the content providing server 160 using the mobile communication network 120 via the wireless access network 110 and registers the sound source in the coloring album.

The wireless access network 110 transmits the location information, the registrant information of the mobile communication terminal 100, and the data communication request signal transmitted by the mobile communication terminal 100 to access the content providing server 160 to the mobile communication network 120. It consists of a base station transmitter, base station controller and repeater (Enhancer: not shown), and supports both synchronous and asynchronous.

A base station transmitter (not shown) can obtain information such as latitude and longitude at which the base station transmitter is located from a global positioning system (GPS), and move the position information of the base station transmitter through a system parameter message of a forward link call channel. Transfer to the communication terminal 100. The mobile communication terminal 100 may register new location information by calculating the moving distance of the mobile communication terminal 100 itself using the location information of the base station transmitter of the cell to which the mobile communication terminal 100 belongs.

Location registration is a processing procedure for notifying the mobile communication network 120 of the location, status, identifier, slot period, and other features of the mobile communication terminal 100 through the base station transmitter. This is a procedure for effectively calling the mobile communication terminal 100 when a call is to be set up. The location registration of the mobile communication terminal 100 is performed when the mobile communication terminal 100 is turned on or off, when the mobile communication terminal 100 moves between the mobile communication networks 120, and the mobile communication terminal 100. It is implemented when the parameter of) changes.

A base station controller (not shown) controls a base station transmitter, assigns and releases radio channels to the mobile communication terminal 100, controls transmission output of the mobile communication terminal 100 and the base station transmitter, soft handoff between cells, and Hard handoff determination, transcoding and vocoding, GPS clock distribution, and operation and maintenance of the base station are performed. In addition, the base station controller transmits subscriber information of the location-registered mobile communication terminal 100 to the mobile communication network 120. The base station controller transmits a data communication request signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 to the mobile communication network 120.

The mobile communication network 120 performs basic and additional service processing, incoming and outgoing signal processing of a subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, and interworking with other networks. The mobile communication network 120 of the IS-95 A / B / C system includes an Access Switching Subsystem (ASS) that performs distributed call processing, an Interconnection Network Subsystem (INS) that performs centralized call processing, operation and maintenance. It includes a subsystem such as a Central Control Subsystem (CCS) that is in charge of the centralization function, and a Location Registration Subsystem (LRS) that performs storage and management of information on mobile subscribers.

In addition, when the location registration of the mobile communication terminal 100 is performed through the wireless access network 110, the mobile communication network 120 temporarily stores subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal 100 in the visitor location register, and then the home location register. Requests registration of the location of the mobile communication terminal 100.

The mobile communication network 120 for the third and fourth generations may include an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch (not shown). The ATM switch increases the transmission speed and the efficiency of line use by packet transmission in a cell unit.

The inter-working function (IWF) 130 is interposed between the wireless communication system and the wired communication system so that the mobile communication terminal 100 can access the content providing server 160. Sending a wireless communication signal provides an interface for converting wireless data of the mobile communication terminal 100 into wired data or converting wired data transmitted from the content providing server 160 to the mobile communication terminal 100 into wireless data. It converts protocols, signals and data into a form suitable for the network. In general, the IWF 130 is directly connected to a mobile communication switching center to connect a wired communication network and a wireless communication network.

The gateway 140 performs a process such as communication code conversion or protocol conversion between the mobile communication network and the wired internet network so as to quickly retrieve and display information on the wired Internet, thereby enabling the mobile communication network, PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), and PSDN (Public). It functions to interconnect other communication networks such as Switched Data Network (ISDN), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Broad ISDN (B-ISDN), Intelligent Network (IN), and Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN).

On the other hand, the gateway 140 includes a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) gateway, the mobile communication terminal 100 with a WAP browser is installed via the WAP gateway and the Internet 150 to be connected to the content providing server 160. . Here, the WAP gateway receives an Internet service request from the mobile communication terminal 100 by the WAP protocol, converts it into a Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) protocol, and transmits it to the content providing server 160. On the contrary, the response data received from the content providing server 160 by the TCP / IP protocol is received, converted into the WAP protocol, and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100.

The internet 150 is a communication network that provides a connection path for the mobile communication terminal 100 to access the content providing server 160 via the mobile communication network 120 to transmit and receive data when accessing the wireless Internet. Or, when the wired Internet access through the computer provides a connection path to facilitate data transfer through a web browser.

The content providing server 160 stores various types of contents such as ringtones and colorings that are provided to the mobile communication terminal 100 by the mobile communication company, and the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 uses the mobile communication network 120. ) To download the necessary content.

The coloring service server 170 provides a coloring service to the mobile communication terminal 100 in cooperation with the subscriber database 172 and the coloring database 174.

The subscriber database 172 stores basic personal information of the mobile communication terminal user, information on the MIN and the service set by the subscriber (service name, service path, service size, etc.).

The coloring database 174 stores information (data name, data path, data size, data validity period, etc.) of coloring data set by a subscriber who has subscribed to the coloring service.

The computer 180 connects to the Internet 150 via a modem or a LAN. Mosaic, invented by NCSA, Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Sun Microsystems Web browsers such as Hot Java, Opera Soft's Opera, and Lynx for Unix systems. The computer 180 connected to the Internet 150 may set a coloring service provided to the mobile communication terminal 100 using a web page provided by the content providing server 160.

Through the above system, the coloring service subscriber may access the coloring service server 170 and set the coloring album.

When the coloring service subscriber connects to the coloring service server 170, the coloring service server 170 registers the coloring data stored in the coloring database 174 on a predetermined coloring setting screen of the web site, thereby providing the subscriber's mobile communication terminal ( 100) or to the subscriber's computer 180.

In addition, when the coloring service subscriber connects to the coloring service server 170 using the computer 180, the MIN of the mobile communication terminal 100 must be input separately when setting the coloring. On the other hand, when the subscriber connects to the coloring service server 170 using the mobile communication terminal 100, it is not necessary to input the MIN separately.

2 is a diagram illustrating a screen for setting a coloring album using the wireless Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The coloring service user uses the mobile communication terminal 100 to access the wireless Internet through an internet access menu, for example, 'NATE' of SK Telecom. When the menu appears as 2A on the screen, select '1. Bell / Coloring / Music Melon 'menu. Then, the service list screen related to coloring is displayed on the mobile communication terminal 100 as shown in 2B.

In order for the coloring service user to set the coloring, '3. Coloring / Color Calling ', the coloring service user is connected to the content providing server 160. The coloring service user accessing the content providing server 160 receives a service menu list screen related to coloring such as 2C from the content providing server 160. The coloring service user selects one of the menu lists according to his / her preference on the screen of 2C.

Coloring service user '2. If the 'New song of the day' is selected, a 2D screen is displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 100. Sound sources supported by the coloring service are registered in the menu on the 2D screen, and the screen of 2E is displayed when the sound source is selected using the top-down method. The screen of 2E displays information about the sound source such as artist name, song name, provider, and service fee, and a menu for coloring settings such as setting coloring, setting a coloring album, previewing, and giving a gift. You can register the sound source in the Coloring Album in 'Setting the Coloring Album'.

This method can be repeated to set the coloring album, and the entire album of one singer can also be purchased and set in the coloring album.

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a process for providing a coloring album using a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, a user of a mobile terminal using a wired or wireless Internet in the mobile terminal 100 or the computer 180 requests a coloring service, selects a sound source for coloring in the content providing server 160, and uses one coloring. Select whether to use a coloring album service (S300).

After the selection of the coloring and the selection of the coloring album service is terminated, the calling terminal transmits a call request signal to the receiving terminal using the mobile communication network 120 (S302).

When the call request signal is transmitted using the mobile communication network 120, the coloring service server 170 determines whether the receiving mobile terminal receiving the call request signal using the subscriber database 172 is subscribed to the coloring service. (S304).

If it is determined that the receiving mobile terminal is subscribed to the coloring service, the coloring service server 170 uses the coloring album service on the receiving mobile terminal based on the information in the subscriber database 172 in the coloring database 174. It is determined whether or not (S306).

If it is determined that the receiving mobile terminal is not subscribed to the coloring service, the coloring service server 170 terminates the connection and transmits a normal connection waiting sound to the calling mobile terminal using the mobile communication network 120 ( S308).

If it is determined that the receiving mobile terminal uses the coloring album service, the coloring service server 170 searches the coloring database 174 for the coloring album in which the coloring sound source is processed in a package form (S310).

The coloring service server 170 searches for the coloring album and transmits the sound source of the coloring album to the calling mobile terminal (S312).

If it is determined that the receiving mobile terminal does not use the coloring album service, the coloring service server 170 searches for the coloring sound source designated by the receiving mobile terminal user in the coloring database 174 and transmits it to the calling mobile terminal. (S314).

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe 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 interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the use of the coloring sound source was limited when specifying the time zone and setting the designated number of the coloring, but by processing the coloring into a package form and providing it to the calling mobile terminal in turn or randomly. It is effective to improve the utilization of coloring sound source.

Claims (5)

In the method for providing a coloring album service using a mobile communication terminal, (a) a coloring service server requesting the coloring album service from the mobile communication terminal or a computer, and selecting a sound source of a coloring album from a content providing server; (b) transmitting a call request signal from the calling mobile terminal to the receiving terminal using a mobile communication network; (c) determining, by the coloring service server, whether the receiving mobile terminal is subscribed to a coloring service in association with a subscriber database; (d) if the coloring service server determines that the receiving mobile terminal is subscribed to the coloring service, the coloring service server determines whether the receiving mobile terminal uses the coloring album service; ; (e) searching for the coloring album by the coloring service server when the coloring service server determines that the receiving mobile communication terminal uses the coloring album service; And (f) transmitting the sound source for the coloring album searched by the coloring service server to the calling mobile terminal; Method for providing a coloring album service using a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The step (a) is characterized in that the sound source is processed in a package form in a random order irrespective of the order designated by the mobile communication terminal or the order designated by the mobile communication terminal, and stored in a coloring database. A method of providing a coloring album service using a mobile communication terminal. A mobile communication network including a communication facility for providing a voice call service and a data communication service to a plurality of subscribers and providing a coloring album service to a mobile communication terminal in association with a coloring service system, the mobile communication terminal interworking with the coloring service system In the system for providing a coloring album service using, A coloring database storing information on coloring data set by the coloring service subscriber; And A coloring service server that provides the coloring service to the mobile communication terminal in conjunction with a subscriber database and the coloring database. System for providing a coloring album service using a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 3, wherein the coloring database, And a color album name and a path of the coloring album, and a sound source size and an expiration date of the coloring album in the coloring data. The method of claim 3, wherein the coloring service server, The subscriber database determines whether the mobile communication terminal is subscribed to the coloring service, retrieves the coloring album set by the mobile communication terminal from the coloring database, and transmits the sound source of the coloring album to the calling mobile terminal. System for providing a coloring album service using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for transmitting.

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