Short message management system using a VM application and a mobile communication terminal

• US 20060212529A1
• Filed: 03/13/2006
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Im, Sung-Bin, Choi, Ho-Sung, Shin, In-Ho
• Granted Patent: US 7,526,300 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A message management service server includes a messaging group information storage unit for storing messaging group information, a VM environment setting information storage unit for storing user-set environment information, a group special service code management unit for managing group special service code information, a group message history storage unit for storing messages transmitted or received between users of each messaging group, a VM application creation unit for creating the VM application, a VM application download unit for downloading the created VM application to the mobile communication terminal of the user, a SMS message transmission unit for transmitting a short message to the mobile communication terminals of the users of a messaging group of a specific special service code, and a message posting unit for storing transmitted or received messages via the group history storage unit and posting the messages according to a message posting environment of a corresponding group.

Claims

1. A short Message management system using a Virtual Machine (VM) application, the system comprising a message management service server providing the VM application for managing short messages for a user of each mobile communication terminal and providing a short message management service via the VM application installed in the mobile communication terminal, wherein the message management service server includes:

a messaging group information storage unit for storing messaging group information, including group names set by the user for respective messaging groups used to classify and manage short messages, the mobile communication terminal numbers of users belonging to each of the messaging groups, and a nickname of the user;

a VM environment setting information storage unit for storing user-set environment information, including a type and an environment for posting messages transmitted or received between users of each messaging group;

a group special service code management unit for managing group special service code information used at a time of transmitting or receiving messages so as to manage the messages for the respective messaging groups;

a group message history storage unit for storing messages transmitted or received between users of each messaging group according to the message posting type and environment for the corresponding messaging group;

a VM application creation unit for creating the VM application, including one or more storage boxes for each messaging group, according to the messaging group information and the VM environment information set for the user;

a VM application download unit for downloading the created VM application to the mobile communication terminal of the user;

a SMS message transmission unit for transmitting a short message to the mobile communication terminals of users that belong to a messaging group of a specific special service code when receiving the short message, a receiving number of which includes the specific special service code of the messaging group, from a user who has downloaded the VM application; and

a message posting unit for storing transmitted or received messages via the group history storage unit and posting the messages according to a message posting environment of a corresponding group, so that a message transmission and reception history can be searched for over the Internet.

2. The short message management system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the VM application download unit transmits a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) push message to a mobile communication terminal of a download target user, and detects specifications of the mobile communication terminal, modifies a previously created VM application for the specifications of the mobile communication terminal, and downloads the modified VM application when the mobile communication terminal, having received the URL push message, accesses a corresponding URL.

3. A mobile communication terminal in which a VM application module for allowing short messages to be managed for respective messaging groups via a message management service server is installed, wherein the VM application module includes:

a messaging group information storage unit for storing messaging group information including group names of the messaging groups used to classify and manage messages, mobile communication terminal numbers of users belonging to each messaging group, and a nickname of a user, which are set by the user via the message management service server;

a group message storage unit having specific types and environments for posting messages for respective messaging groups;

a SMS message transmission unit for transmitting a short message with a special service code of a corresponding messaging group included in a receiving number when the user requests transmission of the short message to a user of the specific messaging group;

and a SMS posting unit for storing and posting a transmitted or received message, including a special service code of a specific messaging group, in a message storage unit of the corresponding messaging group according to a message posting type and environment for the corresponding messaging group.