System and Method For Decorating Short Message From Origination Point

• US 20080254779A1
• Filed: 09/25/2006
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Kyung-Hoon, Bak, Sang-Man, Hwang, Sung-Ho, Son, Myoung-Gyu
• Granted Patent: US 8,509,823 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A method for converting a SMS sent through a mobile communication network into a SMS or MMS in a previously registered format includes the steps of: receiving a SMS from a certain sending subscriber, determining whether the corresponding sending subscriber is subscribed to a SMS converting service, then converting the SMS into a previously registered format in case the sending subscriber is subscribed to the SMS converting service, and then sending the converted message to a designated receiving terminal.

Claims

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11. A system for sending/receiving a SMS between CDMA subscriber terminals that, are capable of sending/receiving SMS and/or MMS in a CDMA network, the system comprising:

a HLR for storing and managing subscriber information, subscription information to coordination service for decorating a SMS, SMS service profile related to an attribute of the coordination service and location information of a subscriber terminal;

a PCX/MSC (Personal Communication exchange/Mobile Switching Center) for receiving and storing the SMS service profile from the HLR when a location of the sending CDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a sending terminal) is registered, and recording the SMS service profile to a SMDPP (Short Message Deliver Point to Point) message and sends the SMDPP to a SMSC (Short Message Service Center) in case a SMS is sent from the sending terminal;

a SMSC for recording the coordination service attribute information to a DELIVER message and sends the DELIVER message to a message converting center in case the coordination, service subscription is set in the SMS service profile; and

a message converting center for converting the SMS into a coordination message by decorating the SMS based on the coordination service attribute information, and sends the coordination message to the receiving CDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a receiving terminal) via the SMSC.

12. The system according to claim 11,

wherein the coordination message is a MMS including a graphics, image, moving picture or sound.

13. The system according to claim 12, further comprising:

a LMSC/MMSC (Long Message Service Center/Multimedia Message Service Center) for receiving the multimedia coordination message from the message converting center, recording the multimedia coordination message to a SUBMIT message (SMS submit message), and sending the SUBMIT message to the SMSC.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the message converting center includes:

a MCS (Message Coordination Server) for decorating the SMS into a coordination message, and sending the decorated coordination message to the LMSC/MMSC; and

a VAS (Value Added Service Server) for sending the SMS to the MCS in case the coordination service is activated in the DELIVER message received from the SMSC.

15. The system according to claim 11,

wherein the coordination message is a SMS including a text or emoticon.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the message convening center includes:

a MCS for decorating the SMS into a coordination message; and

a VAS for sending the SMS to the MCS and sending the coordination message, sent from the MCS, to the SMSC in case the coordination service is activated in the DELIVER message received from the SMSC.

17. The system according to claim 14 or 16,

wherein the SMSC records the attribution information of the message coordination service to a SM field of the DELIVER message and sends the DELIVER message to the MCS, in case a message coordination service field of the SMS service profile received from the PCX/MSC is activated.

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21. A method for decorating a SMS sent from a sending CDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a sending terminal) to a receiving CDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a receiving terminal), the method comprising:

(a) receiving SMS service profile information of the corresponding sending subscriber from a HLR when a location of the sending terminal is registered, and storing and managing the SMS service profile information in a PCX/MSC of a sender;

(b) the sending subscriber making a SMS using the sending terminal, the SMS being sent to the PCX/MSC of the sender via a BTS;

(c) determining based on the SMS service profile of the sending subscriber whether the corresponding sending subscriber is subscribed to a SMS decorating service (hereinafter, referred to as message coordination service);

(d) recording the SMS service profile to a SMDPP message and sending the SMDPP message to a SMSC, in case the sending subscriber is subscribed to the message coordinating service;

(e) recording the SMS in a DELIVER message and sending the DELIVER message to a MCS, in case the message coordination service is activated in the SMS service profile;

(f) decorating the SMS into a coordination message based on a format previously registered by the sending subscriber; and

(g) sending the decorated coordination message to the receiving terminal via the SMSC.

22. The method according to claims 21,

wherein the coordination message is a MMS including a graphic, image, moving picture or sound.

23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the step (g) includes:

sending the coordination message to a LMSC/MMSC;

sending the coordination message to the SMSC using a SUBMIT message;

obtaining location information of the receiving terminal from a HLR;

storing the coordination message to a Bearer Data and sending the Bearer Data to a PCX/MSC where the receiving terminal is located, in a SMDPP format; and

sending the coordination message to the receiving terminal via the BTS.

24. The method according to claim 21,

wherein the coordination message is a SMS including a text or emoticon.

25. The method according to claim 24, wherein the step (g) includes:

sending the coordination message to a SMSC using a SUBMIT message;

obtaining location information of the receiving terminal from a HLR;

storing the coordination message to a Bearer Data and sending the Bearer Data to a PCX/MSC where the receiving terminal is located, in a SMDPP format; and

sending the coordination message to the receiving terminal via a BTS.

26. The method according to claim 23 or 24, further comprising the steps of:

sending a specific code (Ack) according to success or failure of transmission from the PCX/MSC of the receiver to the SMSC; and

sending a status report (Status_Report) based on the specific code to the MCS.

27. A system for sending/receiving a SMS between WCDMA subscriber terminals capable of sending/receiving a SMS and/or MMS in a WCDMA network, the system comprising:

a DS-HLR for storing and managing subscription information to coordination service for decorating a SMS, SMS service profile related to an attribute of the coordination service, and location information of a subscriber terminal;

a MSC/SGSN (Mobile Switching Center/Serving GPRS Supporting Node) for receiving and storing the SMS service profile from the DS-HLR when a location of the sending WCDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a sending terminal) is registered, and recording the SMS service profile to a message and sends the message to a DS-SMSC holding a receiving subscriber in case a SMS is sent from the sending terminal;

a DS-SMSC for sending the coordination service subscription information and the sending subscriber information to a message converting center; and

a message converting center for converting the SMS into a coordination message by decorating the SMS in a previously registered format, and sends the coordination message to the receiving CDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a receiving terminal) via the DS-SMSC.

28. The system according to claim 27,

wherein the coordination message is a MMS including a graphic, imago, moving picture or sound.

29. The system according to claim 28, further comprising:

a LMSC/MMSC for receiving the multimedia coordination message from the message converting center, recording the multimedia coordination message to a SUBMIT message (SMS subunit message), and sending the SUBMIT message to the DS-SMSC.

30. The system according to claim 29, wherein the message converting center includes:

a MCS for decorating the SMS into a coordination message, and sending the decorated coordination message to the LMSC/MMSC; and

a VAS for sending the SMS to the MCS in case the coordination service is activated in the message received from the DS-SMSC.

31. The system according to claim 27,

wherein the coordination message is a SMS including a text or emoticon.

32. The system according to claim 31, wherein the message converting center includes:

a MCS for decorating the SMS into a coordination message; and

a VAS for sending the SMS to the MCS and sending the coordination message, sent from the MCS, to the DS-SMSC, in case the coordination service is activated in the DELIVER message received from the DS-SMSC.

33. The system according to claim 27,

wherein the DS-SMSC checks the location information of the receiving subscriber using the DS-HLR, and sends the coordination message to the MSC/SGSN of the receiver holding the receiving subscriber.

34. A method for decorating a SMS sent/received between a sending WCDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a sending terminal) at least capable of sending a SMS and a receiving WCDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a receiving terminal) capable of receiving and outputting a SMS and/or MMS, the method comprising:

(a) a sending subscriber making a SMS using the sending terminal, and sending the SMS to a MSC/SGSN of a sender via a RTS (Radio Transceiver Subsystem);

(b) determining whether the corresponding sending subscriber is subscribed to a SMS decorating service (hereinafter referred to as message coordination service);

(c) sending the coordination service subscription information to a DS-SMSC holding the receiving subscriber in case the sending subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service;

(d) sending the coordination service subscription information and the SMS data to a MCS;

(e) converting the SMS data into a coordination message in a format previously registered by the sending subscriber; and

(f) sending the coordination message to the receiving terminal.

35. The method according to claim 34,

wherein the coordination message is a MMS including a graphic, image, moving picture or sound.

36. The method according to claim 34,

wherein the coordination message is a SMS including a text or emoticon.

37. A method for decorating a SMS sent from a sending WCDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a sending terminal) to a receiving WCDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a receiving terminal), the method comprising:

(a) receiving SMS service profile information of the corresponding sending subscriber from a DS-HLR when a location of the sending terminal is registered, and storing and managing the SMS service profile information in a MSC/SGSN of a sender;

(b) the sending subscriber making a SMS using the sending terminal, the SMS being sent to the MSC/SGSN of the sender via a RTS;

(c) determining based on the SMS service profile of the sending subscriber whether the corresponding sending subscriber is subscribed to a SMS decorating service (hereinafter, referred, to as message coordination service);

(d) recording the SMS service profile to a Forward_SM message and sending the Forward_SM message to a DS-SMSC, in case the sending subscriber is subscribed to the message coordinating service;

(e) recording the SMS in a DELIVER message and sending the DELIVER message to a MCS, in case the message coordination service is activated in, the SMS service profile;

(f) decorating the SMS into a coordination message based on a format previously registered by the sending subscriber; and

(g) sending the decorated coordination message to the receiving terminal via the DS-SMSC.

38. The method according to claim 37,

wherein the coordination message is a MMS including a graphic, image, moving picture or sound.

39. The method according to claim 38, wherein the step (g) includes:

sending the coordination message to a LMSC/MMSC;

sending the coordination message to the DS-SMSC using a SUBMIT message;

obtaining location information of the receiving terminal from a DS-HLR;

storing the coordination message to a Bearer Data and sending the Bearer Data to a MSC/SGSN where the receiving terminal is located, in a Forward_SM format; and

sending the coordination message to the receiving terminal via the RTS.

40. The method according to claim 37,

wherein the coordination message is a SMS including a text or emoticon.

41. The method according to claim 40, wherein the step (g) includes:

sending the coordination message to the DS-SMSC using a SUBMIT message;

obtaining location information of the receiving terminal from a DS-HLR;

storing the coordination message to a Bearer Data and sending the Bearer Data to a MSC/SGSN where the receiving terminal is located, in a Forward_SM format; and

sending the coordination, message to the receiving terminal via a RTS.

42. The method according to claim 39 or 41,

wherein the coordination message is sent to the receiving terminal through a line network or a packet network.

43. The method according to claim 39 or 41,

wherein the SMS service profile is recorded in a SMS indicator when being sent.