KR20100011445A - Message service system for providing message changeable at the point of display and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a message service system and a method for providing a flexible message that can be viewed differently according to variables such as a message checking time, an environment in which a caller and a called party are located, and realizing a more realistic and live message service. . The message service system requests the latest information of the live object in the original message from the originating terminal that sends the original message including the live object, receives the latest information of the live object in response, and updates the live object. A called terminal for converting the information into a final message, and a live object server for obtaining the latest information of the live object and providing it to the called terminal according to a request from the called terminal. In the message service method, an original message including a live object is transmitted from an originating terminal to a called terminal, and when a message confirmation for the original message is requested from the called terminal, the called terminal requests update of the latest information of the live object to the wired / wireless communication network. Receiving the latest information of the live object in response, and the destination terminal converts the live object in the message to the latest information to generate a final message.

Description

MESSAGE SERVICE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE CHANGEABLE AT THE POINT OF DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a message service system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to provide a flexible message that can be viewed differently depending on variables such as the time of message confirmation, the environment of the sender or the called party at that time, The present invention relates to a message service system and a method for realizing a more realistic and lively message service through providing flexible messages.

Due to the development of mobile communication technology, the number of users of mobile communication services is rapidly increasing, and users' desire for quality or type of service is also increasing. In order to satisfy the needs of users, service providers provide various additional services such as location tracking service, caller ID service, and multimedia service in addition to call service.

Message service is one of such additional services, and commercialized message services include SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Message Service). SMS is a service for transmitting texts composed of letters or numbers, and MMS is a service for transmitting multimedia contents including voice, pictures, etc., as well as text on the wireless Internet. When a user composes and transmits a message through a mobile communication terminal or a web, the message is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal of a designated called number through an SMS server or an MMS server of a wired / wireless communication network.

By the way, in the conventional message service, when the sender sends a message to the called terminal of the other party, the message of fixed contents at the time of sending is determined, and the fixed content message determined at the time of sending is transmitted to the called terminal.

Because of this, when the called party checks the message he / she received, the message cannot reflect the contents that correspond to the circumstances of the sender or the called party, and the called party has a fixed content that does not consider the changed situation or the changed time and place. You will see a monotonous message. Therefore, up-to-date information and appropriate emotion cannot be delivered, and a more realistic and lively message service method is required.

Accordingly, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is not fixed after the time point of message transmission, and provides a message service system and method for providing a message that reflects the changed future situation of the sender or called party to increase the realism and liveliness of the message. It is.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a message service system and a method for providing a flexible message that can be seen differently depending on when the called party confirms the message.

Technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. There will be.

Message service system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the originating terminal for sending an original message containing a live object; When the original message is received and a message confirmation is requested by the called party, a request for updating the latest information of the live object is received and the latest information of the live object is received in response, and the final message is converted into the latest information. Incoming terminal to generate; And a live object server which obtains the latest information of the live object and provides the latest information of the live object to the called terminal when the latest information of the live object is requested from the called terminal.

The live object server according to the present invention, when a query for the unique code of the live object in the original message is received, extracts the live object code in response to the unique code processing unit for transmitting the live object code in response to the query ; A first information providing unit for obtaining and providing the latest information in response to a request for updating the latest information on the text-type live object of the keyword type from the called party; And a second information providing unit which obtains and provides the latest information in response to a request for updating the latest information on the icon-type multimedia live object from the called party.

The receiving terminal according to the present invention, after receiving the original message, the message check unit for checking whether the original message is a message including a live object, if the message confirmation for the original message is requested; As a result of the inspection of the message inspecting unit, when it is confirmed that the original message includes the live object, the latest information of the live object is requested in response to the latest information of the live object in order to provide a message that is differently displayed according to a message checking time point. Latest information confirmation unit for receiving information; And a message updater for converting the live object in the original message into the latest information obtained by the latest information checker to generate a final message.

On the other hand, the message service method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting the original message including the live object originated from the calling terminal to the called terminal through the wired or wireless communication network; Requesting, by the destination terminal, message update for the original message, requesting the destination terminal to update the latest information of the live object through the wired / wireless communication network and receiving the latest information of the live object in response; And generating, by the called terminal, a final message by converting the live object in the message into the latest information of the live object.

The message service system and method according to the present invention made as described above are not fixed after the time of message transmission, and can provide a message that can reflect the changed future situation of the sender or the called party to increase the reality or liveliness of the message. have.

In addition, the message service system and method according to the present invention can provide a flexible message that can be viewed differently depending on when the called party confirms the message.

Hereinafter, a message service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a block diagram of a message service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the message service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a wired / wireless communication network 200 interworking a calling terminal 110, a called terminal 120, a calling terminal 110, and a called terminal 120 may be used. It includes.

The calling terminal 110 is any type of terminal capable of providing a message service by accessing the wired / wireless communication network 200. The calling terminal 110 may be a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal computer (PC), a notebook ( A device such as a notebook may be used as the calling terminal 110.

The calling terminal 110 accesses the wired / wireless communication network 200 and sends a message written by the caller. A message is various types of data that can be exchanged between a caller and a sender, from texts to multimedia contents such as graphics, pictures, music, and video clips. An SMS message or an MMS message corresponds to this.

When the caller operates the calling terminal 110 to create an original message including a live object and a called number of the called terminal 120 that is the other party of the message, and then requests a message transmission, the calling terminal 110. ) Transmits the original message and provides the message to the message service center 210 of the wired / wireless communication network 200. The message provided from the calling terminal 110 to the message service center 210 is transmitted to the called terminal 120 having the designated called number.

The called terminal 120 is a terminal corresponding to the called number of the original message prepared by the caller, and accesses the message service center 210 of the wired / wireless communication network 200 to receive the message sent from the calling terminal 110. Various mobile communication terminals capable of accessing wired / wireless communication networks 200 such as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), cellular phones, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phones, CDMA-2000 phones and receiving messages may be used as the destination terminal 120. have.

The wired / wireless communication network 200 is a network that allows a caller and a called party to receive a message service by interworking the calling terminal 110 and the called terminal 120, and moves a WCDMA network, an HSDPA network, a WiBro network, and a 4G network. It can be implemented in various forms such as a communication network, a wired communication network, the Internet. The device included in the wired / wireless communication network 200 may vary depending on the type of network, a message transmission path, a call, a type of the called terminal 120, and the like.

In particular, the terminating terminal 120 receives the original message provided from the originating terminal 110, and when the message confirmation is requested by the called party, requests the latest information of the live object to the wired / wireless communication network 200 at that time. When the latest information of the live object is received from the wired / wireless communication network 200 in response to the request, the destination terminal 120 converts the live object in the original message into the received latest information to generate a final message.

After receiving the original message generated from the originating terminal 110, the message service center 210 queries the live object server 220 for a unique code of the corresponding live object when a live object is found in the original message. Thereafter, if the live object server 220 transmits the live object unique code in response to the query, the live object server 220 converts the live object into the received unique code, and sends the original message to which the live object unique code is inserted to the called terminal 120. do.

The message including the original message including the live object may be various types of data such as an SMS / MMS message, and the message service center 210 is a device that is subjected to a message used when providing a message service. Or an MMS server.

If a unique code for a live object such as a keyword or an icon inserted into a message is queried from the message service center 210, the live object server 220 delivers a unique code such as the corresponding keyword or icon in response. In addition, after the message service center 210 transmits a message including a live object unique code to the called terminal 120, when the latest information of the live object is requested from the called terminal 120, the latest information of the corresponding live object is displayed. Obtained and provided to the called terminal 120.

The location server 230 functions to measure the location information of subscribers and provide the measurement result to the live object server 220 when a request is received from the live object server 220. The live object server 220 needs the location of the called party or caller to obtain the latest information (eg, weather information) (eg, when the live object defines weather information of the place where the called party is located), and the location server ( 230 to obtain this.

The above-described live object server 220 may be associated with an information providing server 310 of the Internet. The information providing server 310 manages real-time contents that can be used as the latest information of the live object, and when a request is made from the live object server 220, searches for the latest information of the live object and searches the search result in the live object server 220. To provide.

The live object included in the message is an object that appears differently depending on the time of confirmation, and defines the latest information update based on the sender's situation at the time the recipient checks the message, or the latest information based on the receiver's situation. It may be to define an update.

The type of live object may vary depending on the type of message. For example, in the case of a text message such as an SMS message, the live object included in the message is a text type live object of a keyword type. Text-type live objects are caller contextual special characters or caller contextual special characters.

In the case of a multimedia message such as an MMS message, the live object included in the message is a multimedia type live object of an icon type. The multimedia type live object includes an icon graphic indicating a live object, a live object code which is a unique code for identifying the live object, and a usage period or the number of times of designating a period or number of times that the live object can be updated when the message is checked.

When the sender sends a message, the sender sends a message including the live object that can be converted at the time of message confirmation to the destination terminal 120 of the other party, instead of a message composed of a fixed string or multimedia content.

The terminating terminal 120 receives and confirms a message and displays a character string or multimedia content corresponding to a live object from the live object server 220 at the moment the receiver receives the message. You can send a flexible message to the called party that changes accordingly.

For example, even in a video message, when a unique code of a live object is sent to the destination terminal 120 of the other party together with an icon in the wired / wireless communication network 200, the destination terminal selects the icon and checks the content. 120 displays an image (still image, video, etc.) or the latest information corresponding to the icon.

Through such a configuration, the live object server 220 delivers the latest living information that changes according to a future situation after the time of transmission to the destination terminal 120. The called party can continue to use the received message and can forward the message to others.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a live object server and a called terminal in FIG. 1.

The live object server 220 includes a unique code processor 221, a first information provider 222, a second information provider 223, a first database 224, and a second database 225.

When the unique code processing unit 221 receives a query for the unique code of the live object in the original message from the message service center 210, the unique code processing unit 221 searches for the first database 224 or the second database 225 and extracts the live object code. Then, the extracted live object code is transmitted to the message service center 210 in response to the query.

The first information providing unit 222 obtains and provides the latest information in response to a request for updating the latest information on the text type live object of the keyword type from the called party.

The second information providing unit 223 acquires and provides the latest information in response to a request for updating the latest information on the icon-type multimedia live object from the called party.

The first database 224 stores a live object code list for identifying keyword type textual live objects, and the second database 225 stores a live object code list for identifying icon type multimedia live objects. Saving.

The location information confirmation unit 226 may be added to the live object server 220.

The location information checking unit 226 determines whether the live object requested to update the latest information needs the location information of the caller or the called party, and if necessary, obtains the location information. Then, the obtained location information of the caller or the called party is transmitted to the first information providing unit 222 or the second information providing unit 223 to obtain the latest information on the live object based on the location information.

The destination terminal 120 includes a message checking unit 121, a latest information checking unit 122, and a message updating unit 123.

After receiving the original message, the message inspecting unit 121 checks whether the original message is a message including a live object when a message confirmation for the original message is requested.

When the latest information checker 122 determines that the live object is included in the message as a result of the check of the message inspecting unit 121, in order to provide a message that is viewed differently according to the message checking time, Request the latest information and receive the latest information of the live object in response.

The message updater 123 converts the live object in the original message into the latest information obtained by the latest information checker 122 to generate a final message.

According to the above-described configuration, instead of sending a message in which a fixed character string or multimedia content is determined when the sender sends a message, the sender may send a message displaying a flexible content corresponding to a situation in which the called party checks the message. In other words, when a message is written, a live object (string, still image, video, etc.), which is changed depending on the change of the sender's situation or the time and place where the receiver checks the message, is inserted into the message instead of the fixed contents. You can show the recipient a flexible, lively message that changes accordingly.

Hereinafter, a message service method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a message service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are screen views for explaining some steps of FIG. 3.

In step S100, the original message including the live object transmitted from the calling terminal 110 is transmitted to the called terminal 120 through the wired / wireless communication network 200.

First, in step S110, the sender sends a message using the calling terminal 110, but generates an original message including a live object of the keyword or icon type and delivers it to the message service center 210 of the wired and wireless communication network 200.

Here, the message may be a text message including a text type live object of a keyword type or a multimedia message including a multimedia type live object of an icon type. The live object may define the latest information update based on the sender's situation at the time of message confirmation, or define the latest information update based on the receiver's situation.

4 illustrates an original message screen (a) including a live object of a keyword type and final message screens (b) and (c) in which a corresponding keyword is converted into the latest information.

As in (a), the sender sends a word including a word starting with a special character (eg, #, $, etc.) specified in the message content as a live object in the message. If '#' is defined as a sender context special character, keywords starting with '#' are converted based on the sender's time and place. Similarly, if '$' is defined as a recipient context special character, keywords starting with '$' are converted based on the recipient's time and place.

For example, if the original message 'You're really thinking about $ weather like today' is sent like (a), '$' is updated according to the weather at the time and place where the recipient checks the message. It is included in the final message, and as a result, the live object keyword '$' in the final message is replaced with 'rainy' or 'clear' as in (b) and (c).

In step S120, the message service center 210 that has received the original message finds a live object (keyboard or icon) included in the message content, and delivers the live object to the live object server 220 while the live object is delivered. Query the unique code of.

In operation S130, the live object server 220 converts the live object received from the message service center 210 into a live object unique code and returns it to the message service center 210.

In steps S140 and S150, the message service center 210 replaces the live object included in the message with the live object unique code returned from the live object server 220 and transmits the live object unique code to the called terminal 120. For example, a live object keyword that started with a special character is replaced with a live object unique code and transmitted to the called party.

In step S160, the destination terminal 120 receives the original message containing the live object and stores itself.

In step S200, when the called party requests the message confirmation for the original message by operating the called terminal 120, the called terminal 120 requests the update of the latest information of the live object to the wired or wireless communication network 200 and the live object in response Receive the latest information of. Thereafter, the called terminal 120 converts the live object in the message into the latest information to generate the final message.

Step S200 may be subdivided into steps S210 to S250.

After the message arrives at the called terminal 120 through step S100, if the called party wants to check the contents of the message through an operation such as pressing a confirmation button at step S210, the called terminal 120 has a live object in the corresponding message. After confirming, the process proceeds to step S220, with a live object unique code, and uploads the latest information update request to the live object server 220.

In step S230 and S240, the live object server 220 obtains the latest information (string, still image, video, display coordinates, etc.) for the unique code of the live object delivered from the destination terminal 120, and the incoming call Transmit to terminal 120.

In operation S250, the called terminal 120 converts the live object part of the original message into the latest information using the latest information received, generates a final message, and then shows the called party on the screen.

For example, in FIG. 4, when the called person rains at the place where the recipient checks the message, '$ weather' in the message is replaced by 'rainy weather', so the original message 'you really think of $ weather like today'. From the 'rainy weather like today, you really think of the final message is generated and displayed on the screen of the destination terminal 120.

At this time, the live object server 220 may check the location of the called party through the location determination process of the called party or caller, and obtain the latest information to be updated based on the confirmed location. For example, after confirming the location of the called party, checking the weather information of the place, the live object may be replaced with a weather phrase corresponding to the live object.

As such, when a message is sent to the counterpart by inserting a live object keyword instead of a fixed string, the live object server 220 displays contents corresponding to the live object keyword inserted into the message at the moment the counter receives and confirms the message. Since it is received from and displayed, you can send a flexible string for future situations.

The called party confirming the message through step S200 may include the message in another message and send it, or forward it to another called party in a forwarding format.When reusing the message, the live object in the message is updated again with the latest information in accordance with the message reconfirmation time. do. Step S300 illustrates this process.

In steps S310 and S320, when the message confirmation is requested again by the receiver terminal by the receiver operation, the receiver terminal 120 first checks whether the latest information is valid by checking the usage period or the number of times of the original message. Check it. If the use period or the number of use of the live object is not specified and the message can be reused regardless of the validity, the step S320 may be omitted.

As a result of checking in step S320, if the latest information update of the original message is valid, the destination terminal 120 proceeds to step S330 to S350 to update the latest information of the live object to the live object server 220 in the wired / wireless communication network 200. Request again and receive the latest information of the live object in response.

In step S350, the destination terminal 120 converts the live object in the original message to the latest information received again to reproduce the final message and then display on the screen.

As a result of checking in step S320, if the latest information update of the original message is not valid, the destination terminal 120 proceeds to step S360 instead of performing steps S330 to S350 to display the last message previously generated. The final message of step S360 is a message in which the latest information is not updated again, and has the same content as the final message of step S250.

5 illustrates an original message screen (a) including an icon-type live object (RA) and final message screens (b) and (c) in which the icon is converted into the latest information.

When the user wants to use an icon-type multimedia type live object, the caller may access the live object server 220 and download the live object icon to the calling terminal 110 in advance using wireless data communication. The multimedia type live object has an icon graphic corresponding to the icon representing the live object, a live object unique code for identifying the live object, a period of use for specifying the period and number of times the live object is updated when the receiver checks the message. It can be composed of the number of uses.

When sending a multimedia message, the sender inserts a live object icon in a message such as an image and sends the message.

The receiving terminal 120 receiving the latest information of the live object icon RA in the message from the live object server 220 shows the called party a screen in which the displayed icon is replaced with the latest information.

For example, if the sender wants to express the weather image at the time when the other person confirms the message, the sender cannot know when and where the other person checks the message. The corresponding live object icon RA is inserted and sent.

At the time of confirming the message, the live object server 220 converts the live object icon called 'relative weather' into a graphic image corresponding to the time corresponding to the time of confirming the message and the weather of the place where the called party is located, and the destination terminal. 120 downloads the graphic image from the live object server 220 and displays it together with the message contents. Alternatively, the receiving terminal 120 may receive only the weather state from the live object server 220 and then display the prepared image on its own.

For example, when the called party checks a message on a rainy day, a screen as shown in (b) may be displayed. When checking a same message on a rainy night, a screen as shown in (c) may be displayed.

As described above, when the called party confirms the same message several times, if the usage period or the number of times of the use of the live object in the message has not expired, the called terminal 120 receives new latest information from the live object server 220 again. To display. In addition, in the case of a live object icon whose expiration date or number of times has not expired, the called party may include it in writing another message and deliver it to another called party. Therefore, if the called party checks the same message again after checking the message, the content of the live object may change again according to the time point.

As such, when a multimedia message, for example, a video message, is sent, a live object icon is sent to the called party, and the video corresponding to the icon (still image, video) is displayed at the moment when the person confirming selects the icon to check the contents. Or information. Therefore, an icon for providing the living information that changes according to the future situation is delivered to the other party, and the other party can continue to use the icon, and can also be delivered to another person.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that.

Therefore, since the embodiments described above are provided to completely inform the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, it should be understood that they are exemplary in all respects and not limited. The invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

The present invention can be usefully applied to a wired or wireless communication network providing a message service.

The message service system and method according to the present invention provide a flexible message that can be viewed differently according to variables such as message confirmation time, environment of the sender and called party at that time, and thereby a more realistic and live message service. Can be implemented.

1 is a block diagram of a message service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of a live object server and the destination terminal in FIG.

3 is a flowchart of a message service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 are screen examples for explaining some of the steps of FIG.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

110: calling terminal 120: called terminal

200: wired and wireless communication network 210: message service center

220: live object server 230: location positioning server

310: information server

Claims (15)

An originating terminal for sending an original message including a live object; When the original message is received and a message confirmation is requested by the called party, a request for updating the latest information of the live object is received and the latest information of the live object is received in response, and the final message is converted into the latest information. A terminating terminal for generating a; And And a live object server for acquiring the latest information of the live object and providing the latest information of the live object to the called terminal when the latest information of the live object is requested from the called terminal. The method of claim 1, It further comprises an information providing server for managing the real-time content available as the latest information of the live object, and searching the latest information of the live object when a request from the live object server to provide a search result to the live object server Message service system. The method of claim 1, And a location server for measuring location information of subscribers and providing a measurement result to the live object server when a request is made from the live object server. The method of claim 1, wherein the live object, A message service system for defining a latest information update based on the sender's situation at the time of message confirmation, or defining the latest information update based on the called party's situation. The method of claim 1, wherein the live object, A message type live object of a keyword type or a multimedia type live object of an icon type. The method of claim 5, wherein the text-type live object, Message service system, characterized in that the caller situation designation special character or the caller situation designation special character. The method of claim 5, wherein the multimedia live object, Message service, which includes an icon graphic representing a live object, a live object code that is a unique code for distinguishing a live object, and a usage period or the number of times of designating a period or number of times that the live object can be updated when a message is checked. system. A unique code processor for extracting a live object code in response to the query for the unique code of the live object in the original message and transmitting the live object code in response to the query; A first information providing unit for obtaining and providing the latest information in response to a request for updating the latest information on the text-type live object of the keyword type from the called party; And When the latest information update request for the icon-type multimedia live object from the called party, the live object server including a second information providing unit for obtaining and providing the latest information in response. The method of claim 8, A first database storing a live object code list for distinguishing text type live objects of a keyword type; And A live object server comprising a second database that stores a list of live object codes for distinguishing multimedia type live objects of an icon type. The method of claim 8, It is determined whether the live object which is requested to update the latest information needs the location information of the caller or the called party.If necessary, after obtaining the location information, the live object is transferred to the first information providing unit or the second information providing unit. The live object server further comprises a location information checking unit for obtaining the latest information on the live object on the basis of the location information. A message inspecting unit checking whether the original message is a message including a live object when a message confirmation for the original message is requested after the original message is received; As a result of the inspection of the message inspecting unit, if it is confirmed that the original message includes the live object, in order to provide a message that is shown differently depending on the time point of checking the message, the latest information of the live object is requested and in response, Latest information confirmation unit for receiving the latest information; And And a message updater for converting the live object in the original message into the latest information obtained by the latest information checker to generate a final message. Transmitting an original message including a live object sent from a calling terminal to a called terminal through a wired / wireless communication network; Requesting, by the destination terminal, message update for the original message, requesting the destination terminal to update the latest information of the live object through the wired / wireless communication network and receiving the latest information of the live object in response; And And the terminating terminal converts the live object in the message to the latest information of the live object to generate a final message. The method of claim 12, wherein the live object, At the time of message confirmation, defining the latest information update based on the sender's situation, or defining the latest information update based on the called party's situation. The method of claim 12, wherein the live object, A message type text live object or an icon type multimedia live object. The method of claim 12, When the message confirmation is requested again by the called terminal, checking, by the called terminal, whether the update of the latest information is valid by checking the use period or the number of times of use of the original message; Confirming, if the latest information update of the original message is valid, requesting the destination terminal to update the latest information of the live object again to the wired / wireless communication network and receiving the latest information of the live object in response; And The receiving terminal converting the live object in the original message into the re-received latest information and regenerating a final message.

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