KR20090019091A - System and method for providing two-way incoming call waiting service with sound source set by caller - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to a sound source set by a caller. A system for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to a sound source set by a caller includes: a web server for accessing the Internet; A control unit for controlling each module to provide a call waiting tone during call waiting; Member information management unit for managing the member information for the two-way call waiting service with music set by the caller; A user authentication unit for authenticating a user of the two-way call waiting service; When calling a called party's terminal subscribed to the incoming call waiting service, set the incoming call waiting tone to the sound source set by the called party.When calling a called party's terminal not subscribed to the call waiting service, Two-way call waiting sound source setting unit for setting; And a call waiting sound source providing unit for providing a call waiting tone set by the caller to the caller terminal during the call waiting. Accordingly, when a caller who subscribes to a two-way call waiting service makes a call to the recipient's phone number and the caller makes a call to the recipient's terminal that does not use coloring, the call waiting sound is set to the sound source set by the caller during call waiting. There is.

Description

System and method for providing a sound source set by caller bidirectional receiving waiting sound service during a phone call}

1 is a block diagram of a two-way incoming call waiting service system of a mobile communication network according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is an internal configuration of a two-way incoming call waiting service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a bidirectional call waiting service according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

12: caller terminal 20, 25: base station (BS)

21, 24: base station controller (BSC) 22: source mobile communication switch

23: called mobile communication exchange 200: two-way call waiting service server

201: WWW server 202: control unit

203: member information management unit 204: user authentication unit

205: bidirectional call waiting sound source setting unit 206: call waiting sound source providing unit

207: call waiting sound source download unit 208: use time management unit

209: free sound source providing unit 210: billing processing unit

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service, and in particular, when a caller subscribed to a two-way call waiting service makes a call to a called party's terminal that does not use the incoming call waiting sound, the incoming call waiting sound is set by the caller during call waiting. It provides a system and method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller.

Recently, mobile communication terminals have used many incoming call waiting services as well as SMS text transmission according to various life styles of users.

Incoming call waiting service (e.g. SKT coloring, KTF Ring to You, LGT peeling service) is set up to receive a verification number by entering a mobile phone number and social security number by subscribing to a website that provides a call waiting service through the Internet or Use your mobile terminal to access the incoming call server on the wireless Internet, listen to the music you want, set the song you want, and then call the phone number of your mobile phone. The user of the terminal provides music set by the called party during call waiting.

A regular telephone is provided with the same service for a specific telephone number.

In addition, the user can access the incoming call server through the wireless Internet using his mobile terminal to preview the latest music, theme menu (classic, song, pop song, pansori, etc.), the latest ring, and the top 10 coloring music. After that, the desired ringtone sound source can be downloaded, and the downloaded ringtone sound source provides a service such as presenting.

If the user does not subscribe to the incoming call waiting service, the user can listen to the incoming call waiting subscription with the ARS announcement that the download is not available, and can subscribe to the incoming call waiting to download the coloring sound source immediately.

There are a variety of methods for setting the incoming call waiting mode, such as time zone and number-by-number setting. Once you set your normal ring tone, you will continue to service the set ring tone source. The incoming call waiting by time zone is serviced by changing the incoming call waiting sound source every predetermined time. Call waiting sound by number provides a different call waiting sound source for each phone number you want.

However, in the conventional call waiting service of the mobile communication terminal, although the caller can hear the call waiting sound set by the called party while the caller connects the call to the called party's terminal through the mobile communication network, the person calling the terminal of the caller's own terminal There was a problem that can not hear the incoming call waiting set by the caller himself provided for.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the prior art, when a caller who subscribes to a two-way call waiting service calls a caller terminal that does not use the call waiting service, the call waiting sound to the sound source set by the caller during call waiting It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to a sound source set by the caller.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the present invention provides a system for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller, Web server for accessing the Internet; A control unit for controlling each module to provide a call waiting tone during call waiting; Member information management unit for managing the member information for the two-way call waiting service with music set by the caller; A user authentication unit for authenticating a user of the two-way call waiting service; When calling a called party's terminal subscribed to the incoming call waiting service, set the incoming call waiting tone to the sound source set by the called party.When calling a called party's terminal not subscribed to the call waiting service, Two-way call waiting sound source setting unit for setting; And a call waiting sound source providing unit for providing a call waiting tone set by the caller to the caller terminal during the call waiting.

The sound source set by the caller is an incoming call waiting sound provided to the third terminal when the third terminal calls the caller's terminal.

The system for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller further includes a usage time management unit for changing the incoming call waiting sound to another sound source when a specific sound source set by the caller is used as the call waiting sound for a predetermined time. .

The system for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to a sound source set by the caller further includes a billing processing unit for processing the billing for the use of the two-way incoming call waiting service for each member.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller, (a) receiving a member information for the two-way call waiting service server; ; (b) receiving and storing caller's incoming call waiting setting information from a caller terminal; (c) receiving a ring tone request message from the calling mobile communication switch to the calling party telephone number; (d) checking whether the called party subscribes to the incoming call waiting service and transmitting the incoming call waiting sound set by the caller in the step (b) to the caller terminal during call waiting when the called party does not use the call waiting service; And (e) stopping the transmission of the call waiting tone transmitted to the calling party terminal upon receiving the call waiting tone stop message from the mobile communication exchange after the incoming connection response.

The method for providing a bidirectional call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller may include receiving a call waiting request message in step (d), confirming whether the caller subscribes to the call waiting service, and receiving a call waiting service to the called party's terminal. If it is determined that the telephone call, characterized in that it further comprises the step of transmitting the call waiting sound to the sound source set by the called party during the call waiting.

The method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to a sound source set by the caller may further include the step of processing the billing for the use of the two-way call waiting service periodically for each member.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, the present invention provides a computer comprising: (a) a function of receiving, by a two-way incoming call waiting service server, member information for a two-way call waiting service; (b) receiving and storing the caller's own ring tone setting information of the caller from the caller terminal; (c) receiving a call waiting request message from the calling mobile communication switch to the calling party telephone number; (d) a function of confirming whether or not the called party is subscribed to the call waiting service, and transmitting a call waiting tone set by the caller in step (b) to the caller terminal during call waiting when the caller does not use the call waiting service; And (e) a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing the function of stopping the transmission of the ring tone to be sent to the calling terminal when receiving the ring tone stop message from the mobile communication switch after the incoming connection response. .

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly introduce the concept of terms to explain their own invention in the best way possible. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a block diagram of a two-way incoming call waiting service system of a mobile communication network according to the present invention.

The two-way incoming call waiting service system of the mobile communication network includes a calling party terminal 12, a base station (BS, BTS) 20, 25, a base station controller (BSC) 21, 24, a calling party mobile communication switch 22, and a called party moving. The communication switch 23, the called party terminals 13 and 110, and the two-way call waiting service server 200 are included.

The caller terminal 12 is connected to the two-way incoming call waiting service server 200 through the wireless Internet to subscribe to the two-way call waiting service, the latest music, themes (classic, songs, pop songs, etc.), the latest ring, popular music, etc. in advance After listening, if the caller sets the ring tone to the desired sound source, when the caller's terminal makes a call to another person, the caller's terminal not only provides the set ring tone, but also the phone number of the called party's terminal that the caller's terminal is not subscribed to. When you make a call, the tone set by the caller while the call is waiting provides call waiting for the caller.

The two-way incoming call waiting service, when calling from the caller terminal 12 to the called party terminal 13 subscribed to the two-way call waiting service, the call waiting terminal to the sound source set by the called party during the call waiting terminal call ( 12), and when the caller does not use the two-way call waiting service, the call waiting sound set by the caller is transmitted to the caller terminal 12 during call waiting.

Base station transceiver systems (BSs) 20 and 25 are systems that connect to and communicate with a mobile communication terminal over a wireless section to control incoming and outgoing mobile phone call processing.

Base station controllers (BSCs) 21 and 24 manage a plurality of base stations, interwork with mobile switching centers (MSCs), and some base station controllers use a packet control function (PCF) interface to generate 2.5 generation / 3 generation data services. It is linked with the PDSN (Packet Data Serving Node) for the purpose.

Mobile Switching Centers (MSCs) 22 and 23 process voice calls and slave supplementary service signals originating from a base station controller (BSC), set up calls for calls, and operate the system. It is connected to a home location register (HLR) and a visitor location register (VLR) database that contains information on preservation and billing processing, as well as information on mobile telephone terminals.

MSCs 22 and 23 manage the location of the mobile communication terminal and query the home subscriber location register (HLR) for user location registration information. Home subscriber location register (HLR) informs subscribers of various information such as subscriber's origination, incoming status, additional service and subscriber's location.

2 is an internal configuration diagram of a two-way incoming call waiting service server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The two-way incoming call service server 200 is WWW server 201, the control unit 202, the member information management unit 203, the user authentication unit 204, two-way reception sound source setting unit 205, ring tone sound source providing unit 206, the incoming call waiting sound source download unit 207, the use time management unit 208, the muro sound source providing unit 209, and the billing processing unit 210.

The WWW server 201 provides a function of connecting to the web client 230 and the Internet so as to provide music or a sound source of the user mobile communication terminal 12 or 13 or the call waiting sound through the wired or wireless Internet.

The controller 202 controls each module to provide the call waiting sound to the sound source set by the caller during call waiting when the caller terminal subscribed to the two-way call waiting service makes a call to the callee terminal that does not use the call waiting service.

The member information management unit 203 stores and manages the member information for membership, change of member information, change of password, and cancellation of membership as a member DB using terms and conditions, a sound source or music set by the caller. .

Member information includes a subscriber's ID, password, subscriber's name, social security number, home address, mobile phone number, home phone number, email address, hobby, lifestyle, and the like.

The user authentication unit 204 checks the user's authentication by receiving an ID (ID) and a password (Passwd) of a subscriber for using the two-way call waiting service through the wired or wireless Internet.

Two-way call waiting sound source setting unit 205 using the mobile communication terminal 12, 13 or the web client 230 via the wired and wireless Internet, the latest music, by the theme (classic, songs, pop songs, etc.), the latest ring, popular music After previewing, if you make a call to the called party's terminal that is subscribed to the two-way call waiting service, you set up the call waiting tone with the sound source set by the called party, and if you call the recipient terminal that is not subscribed to the call waiting service, the caller It provides the function to set the ring tone for the sound source you want.

When the call waiting sound source providing unit 206 makes a call from the caller terminal 12 subscribing to the two-way call waiting service to the callee terminal 13 that does not use the call waiting service, the caller set the call waiting during the call with the called party. The incoming call waiting sound is transmitted to the caller terminal 12 as a sound source.

The call waiting sound source download unit 207 provides a call waiting sound (sound or music) selected by the user to be downloaded to the user terminal through the wired or wireless Internet.

The use time management unit 208 manages the use time of the two-way call waiting service with the sound source or music set by the caller for each member and uses it for a certain use time (for example, 20 hours). It provides a service to change the sound source or music of the waiting sound to a certain number of times (for example, two times).

The free sound source providing unit 209 provides free sound source or music data which is provided by default to the initial member subscriber for each member.

The billing processing unit 210 processes the monthly billing for the use of the two-way call waiting service using the sound source or music set by the caller for each member.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a bidirectional call waiting service according to a first embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the called party does not subscribe to the call waiting service, the call waiting music set by the caller is provided during call waiting, and signaling for providing the call waiting service for each carrier or CP is somewhat implemented. The method may vary and is not limited thereto.

The two-way incoming call waiting service server 200 receives member registration information for the incoming call waiting service, and receives and stores his / her incoming call waiting setting information set by the caller from the caller terminal 12 (step S10).

The caller terminal 12 subscribing to the two-way call waiting service transmits a dial signal to the calling party's mobile communication switch (MSC) 22 through the base station (BS) 20 and the base station controller (BSC) 21. If (step S11, S12), the calling mobile communication switch 22 transmits an incoming call connection request signal to the called mobile communication switch 23 (step S13).

The called party mobile communication switch 23 transmits the incoming call connection request signal through the jurisdiction base station controller (BSC) 24 and the base station (BS) 25 (step S14), and rings the call to the called party terminal (step S14). S15).

The called party mobile communication exchanger 23 receives an incoming connection confirmation signal from the base station (BS) 25 and the base station controller (BSC) 24 (step S16), and the called party mobile communication exchange 22 receives the call. The connection confirmation signal is transmitted (step S17).

The calling party mobile communication switch 22 transmits the call waiting request message to the caller's telephone number to the bidirectional call waiting service server 200 (step S18).

The two-way incoming call waiting service server 200 receives the incoming call waiting request message and confirms whether or not the called party listens to subscribe to the incoming call service (step S19). When calling a called party terminal subscribed to the call waiting sound service, the call waiting terminal is provided to the calling party terminal 12 as a sound source set by the called party during call waiting, and when the caller does not use the call waiting service, the caller is waiting for the call. Transmits its own incoming call waiting set in step S10 to the telephone number of the caller terminal 12 (step S20).

The sound source set by the caller is an incoming call waiting sound provided to the third terminal when the third terminal calls the caller's terminal.

When the called party answers the call, the called party terminal 13 transmits the incoming connection response signal to the called-party mobile communication exchange 23 through the base station 25 and the base station controller 24 (step S21).

Incoming connection response signal is transmitted from the called mobile communication switch 23 to the calling mobile communication switch 22 (step S22), and the calling mobile communication switch 22 transmits the incoming call waiting service server 200 in both directions. The call waiting stop message is transmitted to stop the transmission of the call waiting sound transmitted to the caller terminal (step S23).

The calling party terminal 12 and the called party terminal 13 transmit and receive voice call data with a set call to provide a voice call (step S24).

After the voice call, when the call is terminated by the called party terminal 13, a call disconnection signal is transmitted to the calling party terminal 12 through the called-party mobile communication exchange 23 and the calling-party mobile communication exchange 22 to make a call. It ends (step S25-S27).

Similarly, when the caller terminates the call, the call disconnection signal is transmitted to the called party terminal 13 through the calling mobile communication exchange 22 and the called mobile communication exchange 23 to terminate the call.

Thereafter, the two-way call waiting service server 200 processes the billing for the use of the two-way call waiting service using the sound source or music set by the caller on a monthly basis for each member by the billing processing unit 210.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a bidirectional call waiting service according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The two-way incoming call waiting service server 200 receives member registration information for the incoming call waiting service, and receives and stores the incoming call waiting setting information set by the caller from the caller terminal 12 (step S30).

The caller terminal 12 subscribing to the two-way call waiting service transmits a dial signal to the calling party's mobile communication switch (MSC) 22 through the base station (BS) 20 and the base station controller (BSC) 21. (Step S31, S32).

The calling party mobile communication switch 22 transmits the call waiting request message to the caller's telephone number to the bidirectional call waiting service server 200 (step S33).

The two-way incoming call waiting service server 200 receives the incoming call waiting request message and checks whether the incoming call waiting service subscribes to the called party (step S34), when calling the called party's terminal subscribed to the two-way call waiting service, the call While waiting, the caller terminal 12 provides a call waiting tone to the caller terminal 12 as a sound source set by the called party, and when the caller does not use the call waiting service, the caller terminal sets his call waiting tone set in step S30. The telephone number of 12 is transmitted (step S35).

The calling mobile communication switch 22 transmits the incoming call connection request signal to the called mobile communication switch 23 (step S36).

The called party's mobile switching center 23 transmits an incoming call connection request signal through the jurisdiction base station controller (BSC) 24 and the base station (BS) 25 (step S37), and rings the call to the called party terminal 13. It sounds (step S38).

The called party mobile communication exchanger 23 receives an incoming connection confirmation signal from the base station (BS) 25 and the base station controller (BSC) 24 (step S39), and receives the call from the calling party mobile communication exchange 22. The connection confirmation signal is transmitted (step S40).

When the called party answers the call, the called party terminal 13 transmits the incoming connection response signal to the called mobile communication exchange 23 through the base station 25 and the base station controller 24 (step S41).

Incoming connection response signal is transmitted from the called mobile communication exchange 23 to the calling mobile communication exchange 22 (step S42), and the calling mobile communication exchange 22 is a two-way incoming call waiting service server 200 Sending the incoming call waiting stop message to stop the transmission of the call waiting sound transmitted to the caller terminal (step S43).

The calling party terminal 12 and the called party terminal 13 transmit and receive voice call data with a set call to provide a voice call (step S44).

After the voice call, when the call is terminated by the called party terminal 13, a call disconnection signal is transmitted to the calling party terminal 12 through the called-party mobile communication exchange 23 and the calling-party mobile communication exchange 22 to make a call. It ends (steps S45-S47).

Similarly, when the caller terminates the call, the call disconnection signal is transmitted to the called party terminal 13 through the calling mobile communication exchange 22 and the called mobile communication exchange 23 to terminate the call.

The called terminal is not limited to a mobile communication terminal, but may be serviced to provide a call waiting sound to a sound source set by a caller to a wired telephone 110 connected to a public telephone network (PSTN).

Thereafter, the two-way call waiting service server 200 processes the billing for the use of the two-way call waiting service using the sound source or music set by the caller on a monthly basis for each member by the billing processing unit 210.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

As described above, although described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art various modifications of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below Or it may be modified.

As described above, the system and method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to a sound source set by the caller according to the present invention, the caller terminal subscribed to the two-way call waiting service to the caller terminal does not use the call waiting service When calling, it is effective to provide a call waiting tone with a sound source or music set by the caller while waiting for a call.

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As a system to provide two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller, A web server for accessing the Internet; A control unit for controlling each module to provide a call waiting tone during call waiting; Member information management unit for managing the member information for the two-way call waiting service with music set by the caller; A user authentication unit for authenticating a user of the two-way call waiting service; When calling a called party's terminal subscribed to the incoming call waiting service, set the incoming call waiting tone to the sound source set by the called party.When calling a called party's terminal not subscribed to the call waiting service, Two-way call waiting sound source setting unit for setting; And A call waiting sound source providing unit for providing a call waiting tone set by the caller to the caller terminal while the call is waiting; System for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller. The method of claim 1, The sound source set by the caller is a call waiting sound provided to the third terminal when the third terminal calls the caller's terminal. system. The method of claim 1, When a specific sound source set by the caller for a predetermined time as the ring tone, the system for providing a two-way ring tone service to the sound source set by the caller further comprises a service time management unit for changing the incoming call waiting sound to another sound source. The method of claim 1, A system for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to a sound source set by the caller further comprises a billing processing unit for processing the billing for the use of the two-way incoming call waiting service for each member. As a method of providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller, (a) receiving, by the bidirectional call waiting service server, member information for the bidirectional call waiting service; (b) receiving and storing caller's incoming call waiting setting information from a caller terminal; (c) receiving a ring tone request message from the calling mobile communication switch to the calling party telephone number; (d) checking whether the called party subscribes to the incoming call waiting service and transmitting the incoming call waiting sound set by the caller in the step (b) to the caller terminal during call waiting when the called party does not use the call waiting service; And (e) stopping the transmission of the call waiting tone transmitted to the calling terminal when receiving the call waiting tone stop message from the mobile communication switch after the incoming call connection response; Method of providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller. The method of claim 5, wherein In the step (d), receiving the incoming call waiting request message to confirm whether the called party's subscription to the incoming call waiting service, if it is determined that the call to the called party's terminal subscribed to the call waiting service, the sound source set by the called party during the call waiting Method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service to the sound source set by the caller, characterized in that it further comprises the step of transmitting the incoming call. The method of claim 5, wherein A method for providing a two-way incoming call waiting service as a sound source set by the caller further comprising the step of processing the charge for the use of the two-way call waiting service on a regular basis for each member. A computer, (a) a function of receiving, by a bidirectional call waiting service server, member information for a bidirectional call waiting service; (b) receiving and storing the caller's own ring tone setting information of the caller from the caller terminal; (c) receiving a call waiting request message from the calling mobile communication switch to the calling party telephone number; (d) a function of confirming whether or not the called party is subscribed to the call waiting service, and transmitting a call waiting tone set by the caller in step (b) to the caller terminal during call waiting when the caller does not use the call waiting service; And (e) a function of stopping transmission of the ring tone to be transmitted to the calling party terminal upon receiving the ring tone waiting message from the mobile communication switch after the incoming connection response; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.

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