KR20040009107A - Short message service system in a cellular communication network and method therein - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a short message service system and a method thereof in a cellular communication network. The disclosed short message service method includes generating a short message and storing the short message in a storage space when a short message transmission request is generated from a sender mobile terminal; Generating the arrival notification message for the stored short message and transmitting the received short message to the receiver mobile terminal, and reading the stored short message when the reading of the stored short message is requested from the receiver mobile terminal and transmitting the received short message to the receiver mobile terminal, The receiver can selectively view / receive the short message sent to him, and the sender has the advantage of confirming that the short message is properly sent to the intended recipient.

Description

SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE SYSTEM IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND METHOD THEREIN}

The present invention relates to a short message service system and a method thereof in a cellular communication network. More particularly, after storing a short message requested to be transmitted from a sender, the receiver notifies only the notification message including the sender information. The present invention relates to a short message service system and a method in a cellular communication network configured to transmit a stored short message when viewing is requested by the present invention.

As is well known, the cellular communication system provides convenience for the subscribers to freely move in the service area and perform voice communication, and provides a function of receiving mutual communication or living information in text form through data communication. Providing.

For example, mobile communication service providers provide news information, weather information, sports information, stock information, exchange rate information, traffic information, etc. to subscribers of mobile communication services by using a short message service (SMS) capable of simple message transmission. have.

The short message service (SMS) refers to an interactive service capable of sending and receiving short text messages regardless of whether a mobile communication terminal has a call.

Referring to the form of a short message transmission service between subscribers according to the prior art, when a mobile communication service subscriber requests to transmit a short message of about 105 bytes to another mobile phone subscriber, the short message service center is sent to a corresponding mobile terminal of a corresponding receiver. It sends a short message requested to be sent.

However, the conventional short message service technique as described above unilaterally transmits a short message to the receiver according to the service request of the sender. That is, a short message is transmitted for every short message transmission request regardless of the receiver's intention.

Therefore, there was a hassle that the receiver had to check all of the short messages that were sent incorrectly or unsolicited advertising short messages.

In addition, when the storage space is full because the short message stored in the terminal cannot be deleted in a timely manner, the short message required by the short message cannot be received in time.

In addition, there is a problem that the sender can not confirm whether the short message is properly sent to the intended recipient.

The present invention has been proposed to solve such a conventional problem. After storing the short message requested to be transmitted from the sender, the receiver notifies only the notification message including the sender information, and stores the short message stored when the reading is requested by the receiver. It is an object of the present invention to provide a short message service system and a method in a cellular communication network which transmits and sends a read notification message to a sender.

In one aspect of the present invention for realizing the above object, a short message service system in a cellular communication network performs a wired / wireless conversion function of communicating wirelessly with a sender mobile terminal and a receiver mobile terminal and performing a wired communication with a base station controller. The base station controller performs a signal processing function for communication between the base station and the mobile switching center, and transmits a message transmitted from the mobile terminal to the short message service center through the base station and the base station controller, Generating a short message in response to a request for transmitting a short message by the mobile switching center for transmitting the message transmitted from the short message service center to the sender mobile terminal or the receiver mobile terminal, and storing the short message in a storage space; Short message A short message service center configured to generate a call notification message and transmit the received short message to the receiver mobile terminal, and to read the stored short message and transmit the read short message to the receiver mobile terminal when the short message is requested from the receiver mobile terminal. .

In another aspect of the present invention, a short message service method in a cellular communication network includes a first step of generating a short message when a short message transmission request is generated from a sender mobile terminal and storing the short message in a storage space; and arriving at the stored short message. A second step of generating a notification message and transmitting the generated short message to the recipient mobile terminal when a request for viewing the stored short message is requested from the receiver mobile terminal; do.

1 is a block diagram of a short message service system in a cellular communication network according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a short message service method in a cellular communication network according to the present invention.

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

111, 113: mobile terminal 121, 123: base station

130: base station control device 140: base station management device

150: mobile exchange center 155: home location register

160: Short Message Service Center 165: Data Message Storage

There may be a plurality of embodiments of the present invention. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. This embodiment allows for a better understanding of the objects, features and advantages of the present invention.

In the cellular communication network according to the present invention, the short message service system includes a mobile station (111) 113 (Mobile Station (MS)) and a base station (121) 123 (Base Station Transceiver Subsystem) as shown in the block diagram of FIG. BTS), base station controller 130 (Base Station Controller; BSC), base station manager 140 (Base Station Manager; BSM), Mobile Switching Center (MSC), home location register ( 155 (Home Location Register (HLR)), Short Message Service Center 160 (Short Message Service Center; SMSC), and Data Message Storage (165) (Data Message Storage; DMS).

The mobile terminals 111 and 113 are terminals that a person can carry and communicate freely with, and are within the range of any of the base stations 121 and 123, and information of the mobile terminals 111 and 113 is stored in a base station ( 121, 123 and the base station controller 130 controlling the same, and is transmitted to the mobile switching center 150, the information transmitted from the mobile switching center 150 is the base station 121, 123 and the base station controller ( 130 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 111 (113).

The base stations 121 and 123 connect the mobile terminals 111 and 113 to the base station controller 130, and include a digital channel unit (DCU) and a timing / frequency control unit; TCU), Radio Frequency Unit (RFU), and Global Positioning System (GPS).

The base stations 121 and 123 communicate with the mobile terminals 111 and 113 by wireless, and perform a wired / wireless conversion function for performing a wired communication with the base station controller 130.

The base station controller 130 connects the base stations 121 and 123 to the mobile switching center 150 to adjust the connection between the base stations 121 and 123, and supports a plurality of base stations 121 and 123, A signal processing function for communication between the base station 121, 123 and the mobile switching center 150.

The mobile switching center 150 connects a call when the mobile subscriber makes or receives a call, connects to the base station controller 130, and performs call setup and release functions of the mobile terminals 111 and 113, It performs various functions related to call processing and supplementary services, and performs interworking with other networks.

The home location register 155 is a database that stores permanent information, location information, additional service information, and the like of the mobile terminals 111 and 113, and interacts with the mobile switching center 150 to process call and It performs various functions related to supplementary services and controls the services.

The short message service center 160 generates a short message according to a request for transmitting a short message from the mobile terminals 111 and 113 and stores the short message in the data message storage 165 and stores the short message arrival notification message including the sender information. It generates and transmits to the receiver's mobile terminal 111 (113).

In addition, the short message service center 160 generates and provides a pre-stored short message list when the receiver's mobile terminals 111 and 113 are connected, and when the list is selected by the receiver's mobile terminals 111 and 113. The short message stored in the data message storage 165 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 111 and 113 of the receiver, and a read notification message is generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal 111 and 113 of the sender.

The data message storage 165 stores the short message generated by the short message service center 160 along with the sender and receiver information, and the stored short message is selectively deleted by the short message service center 160.

In general, a plurality of home location registers 155 may exist in one service network, and one or more mobile switching centers 150 may be connected to one home location register 155, and one mobile switching center ( A plurality of base station controllers 130 may be connected to 150, and a plurality of base stations 121 and 123 may be connected to one base station controller 130.

In the short message service system as described above, each component interacts with other components to perform a derivative function, which can be sufficiently inferred from the description of the short message service method described below. In addition, the name of each component (for example, data message storage) given for the purpose of explanation of the present invention is only given once to represent the functionality.

In the following description of the short message service process by the short message service system according to the present invention configured as described above in detail with reference to FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 111 is a sender of the short message and the mobile terminal ( The case where 113) is the recipient of a short message will be described as an example.

First, when a short message transmission request is generated from the mobile terminal 111, it is transmitted to the mobile switching center 150 in the same manner as a normal short message transmission path (S202).

The mobile switching center 150 extracts the sender terminal information and the receiver terminal information from the short message transmission request signal, and transmits the sender / receiver terminal information and the short message to the short message service center 160 (S204).

Here, although not shown in the drawing, it is preferable to provide related services after the mobile terminal 111 determines whether the service use is valid by the authentication center in response to a request for transmitting a short message from the mobile terminal 111.

The short message service center 160 stores the sender / receiver terminal information and the short message in the data message storage 165, generates a short message arrival notification message including the sender terminal information, and returns the message to the mobile switching center 150. (S206 to S208).

The mobile switching center 150 requests the home location register 155 to check the location of the mobile terminal 113 in order to transmit a message from the mobile terminal 111 to the mobile terminal 113 requested to transmit a message.

The home location register 155 retrieves the subscriber information DB to read the current location information of the corresponding subscriber, and transmits the subscriber location information in response to the subscriber location request message from the mobile switching center 150.

The mobile switching center 150 transmits the short message arrival notification message including the sender terminal information received in step S208 to the mobile terminal 113 based on the subscriber location information received from the home location register 155 (S210). .

Then, when the subscriber of the mobile terminal 113 checks the short message arrival notification message including the sender terminal information and checks the content of the short message arrived, the subscriber of the mobile terminal 113 dials a special contract or a wireless data network provided by the operator. Should be connected to the mobile switching center 150 through the (S212).

When the mobile terminal 113 is connected, the mobile switching center 150 extracts the accessor information, and then transfers the short message list request message of the accessor to the short message service center 160, and the short message service center 160 transmits the data message. After searching the storage 165, the mobile terminal 113 generates a short message list including the recipient information and returns the message to the mobile switching center 150 (S214).

The mobile switching center 150 transmits the short message list generated by the short message service center 160 to the mobile terminal 113 after checking the current location of the mobile terminal 113 through the home location register 155 (S216). ).

After that, the subscriber of the mobile terminal 113 should check the short message list and then request the reading of the stored short message by selecting the corresponding message (S218).

The mobile switching center 150 transmits the list information of the message selected by the mobile terminal 113 to the short message service center 160 to request the reading of the stored short message, and the short message service center 160 stores the data message storage ( The short message corresponding to the selected message is read from 165 and returned to the mobile switching center 150 (S220).

At this time, the short message service center 160 generates a reading notification message including the identification information of the short message read in order to notify the mobile terminal 111 that the corresponding message has been read by the mobile terminal 113 for mobile exchange. Send to the center 150.

The mobile switching center 150 transmits the short message requested to be read by the mobile terminal 113 to the mobile terminal 113 after confirming the current location of the mobile terminal 113 through the home location register 155. In addition, the mobile terminal 111 requests the current location information of the mobile terminal 111, which is the first sender, to the home location register 155, and sends a reading notification message generated by the short message service center 160 based on the received current location information. In step S222).

Next, the subscriber of the mobile terminal 113 may request deletion processing for the corresponding short message by checking a received short message and then pressing a predetermined special button (S228).

When the deletion processing of the short message is requested from the mobile terminal 113, the mobile switching center 150 delivers the message to the short message service center 160, and receives the short message deletion request message. Deletes the corresponding short message stored in the data message storage 165 (S230).

At this time, the short message service center 160 generates a deletion processing notification message for the corresponding message and transmits it to the mobile switching center 150, and the mobile switching center 150 transmits the mobile terminal 113 through the home location register 155. After confirming the current location of the) and transmits the message deletion notification message transmitted from the short message service center 160 (S234).

When all the signal transmission process is completed, the connection between the mobile terminal 113 and the mobile switching center 150 is released.

On the other hand, if the connection to the mobile switching center 150 is not made by the mobile terminal 113 in step S212 or the deletion request for the short message read by the mobile terminal 113 in step S228 does not occur, the mobile switching center ( 150 counts the storage time of the short message, and when the preset time elapses, the connection with the mobile terminal 113 may be released. In addition, if the mobile terminal 113 does not select the short message list in step S218, the mobile switching center 150 counts the access time, and when the preset time elapses, the mobile switching center 150 may release the connection with the mobile terminal 113. .

In the above description, but limited to one embodiment of the present invention, it is obvious that the technology of the present invention can be easily modified by those skilled in the art. Such modified embodiments should be included in the technical spirit described in the claims of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention stores the short message requested to be transmitted from the sender, and then notifies the receiver only the notification message including the sender information, and transmits the stored short message when the request is made by the receiver. By transmitting to the sender, the receiver can selectively view / receive the short message sent to the sender, and the sender has an effect of confirming whether the short message is properly transmitted to the desired recipient.

Claims (16)

A base station which performs a wired / wireless conversion function for communicating wirelessly with a sender mobile terminal and a receiver mobile terminal and performing a wired communication with a base station controller; The base station controller which performs a signal processing function for communication between the base station and the mobile switching center; The mobile switching center which transmits the message transmitted from the mobile terminal to the short message service center through the base station and the base station controller, and delivers the message transmitted from the short message service center to the sender mobile terminal or the receiver mobile terminal; , After generating the short message according to the short message transmission request of the sender mobile terminal, storing the short message in a storage space, generating a short message arrival notification message and transmitting the short message to the receiver mobile terminal, and reading the short message from the receiver mobile terminal And a short message service center which reads the stored short message and transmits the short message to the receiver mobile terminal when requested. The method of claim 1, The mobile switching center extracts sender terminal information and receiver terminal information from the short message transmission request signal, The short message service center generates a short message including the sender / receiver terminal information and stores the short message in the storage space. The method of claim 2, The short message service center includes the sender terminal information in the arrival notification message and generates the short message service system. The method of claim 1, The short message service center generates a short message list stored in the storage space and transmits the short message list to the recipient mobile terminal through the mobile switching center, and when a specific message is selected from the list by the receiver mobile terminal, the reading is requested. The short message service system of the cellular communication network, characterized by reading a short message corresponding to the selected message from the storage space and transmitting the short message to the receiver mobile terminal through the mobile switching center. The method of claim 1, The short message service center is a short message service system in a cellular communication network, characterized in that for generating a reading notification message for the short message sent to the recipient mobile terminal and transmitting to the sender mobile terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein The short message service center includes the identification message of the read short message in the read notification message and generates the short message service system in a cellular communication network. The method of claim 1, The mobile switching center may delete the corresponding short message stored in the storage space through the short message service center when the short message received from the receiver mobile terminal is requested to delete the short message in the cellular communication network. Service system. The method of claim 7, wherein The short message service center generates a deletion processing notification message for the deleted message and transmits the deleted message to the receiver mobile terminal. A first step of generating a short message and storing it in a storage space when a short message transmission request is generated from a sender mobile terminal; A second step of generating an arrival notification message for the stored short message and transmitting it to a receiver mobile terminal; And reading the stored short message from the receiver mobile terminal and transmitting the stored short message to the receiver mobile terminal. The method of claim 9, wherein the first step, And extracting sender terminal information and receiver terminal information from the short message transmission request signal, and generating a short message including the sender / receiver terminal information and storing the short message in a storage space. Short message service method in a cellular network. The method of claim 9, wherein the second step, And generating the sender terminal information in the arrival notification message. The method of claim 9, wherein the third step, Generating a short message list stored in the storage space and transmitting the generated short message list to the recipient mobile terminal; and when a specific message is selected from the list by the receiver mobile terminal and is requested to be read, the message corresponding to the selected message from the storage space corresponds to the selected message. And a thirty-second step of reading a short message and transmitting the short message to the receiver mobile terminal. The method of claim 9, And a fourth step of generating a reading notification message for the short message transmitted to the receiver mobile terminal in the third step and transmitting the read notification message to the sender mobile terminal. The method of claim 13, And the read notification message is generated by including identification information of the read short message. The method of claim 9, And a fifth step of deleting the corresponding short message stored in the storage space when a deletion process for the short message received from the receiver mobile terminal is requested. The method of claim 15, And a sixth step of generating a deletion processing notification message for the corresponding message deleted in the fifth step and transmitting the deleted message to the receiver mobile terminal.