System and method for decorating short message from origination point

• US 8,509,823 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2006
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Hwang, Sung-Ho, Son, Myoung-Gyu, Kim, Kyung-Hoon, Bak, Sang-Man
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US12/089,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20080254779A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,514 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4141, 455/433, 370328-351, 370/522, 709/206, 709/217, 709/218, 709/246
• US Class Current: 455/466
• 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

1. 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, a SMS service profile having attribute information and subscription information related to a coordination service for decorating a SMS, 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 message to a SMSC (Short Message Service Center) in case a SMS is sent from the sending terminal;

a SMSC for recording the attribute information to a DELIVER message and sends the DELIVER message to a message converting center in case a subscription of the coordination service 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 attribute information, and sends the coordination message to the receiving CDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a receiving terminal) via the SMSC.

2. The system according to claim 1,

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

3. The system according to claim 2, 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.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the message converting center includes:

a MCS (Message Coordination Server) for decorating the SMS into the multimedia 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.

5. The system according to claim 1,

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

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the message converting center includes:

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

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

7. The system according to claim 4 or 6,

wherein the SMSC records the attribute information of the 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 PCXIMSC is activated.

8. 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 having attribute information and subscription information related to a message coordination service for decorating a SMS 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 where the sending terminal is located;

(b) the sending subscriber making a SMS using the sending terminal, and sending the SMS to the PCX/MSC where the sending terminal is located via a BTS;

(c) determining based on the SMS service profile information of the sending subscriber whether the corresponding sending subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service;

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

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

(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.

9. The method according to claim 8,

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

10. The method according to claim 9, 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.

11. The method according to claim 8,

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

12. The method according to claim 11, 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.

13. The method according to claim 10 or 12, further comprising the steps of:

sending a specific code (Ack) according to success or failure of transmission from the PCX/MSC where the receiving terminal is located to the SMSC; and

sending a status report (Status_Report) based on the specific code to the message converting center.

14. 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 subscriber information, a SMS service profile having attribute information and subscription information related to a coordination service for decorating a SMS, 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 SMS to a message converting center, in case a subscription of the coordination service 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 attribute information, and sends the coordination message to the receiving WCDMA subscriber terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a receiving terminal) via the DS-SMSC.

15. The system according to claim 14,

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

16. The system according to claim 15, 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 DS-SMSC.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the message converting center includes:

a MCS for decorating the SMS into the multimedia 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.

18. The system according to claim 14,

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

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the message converting center includes:

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

20. The system according to claim 14,

wherein the DS-SMSC checks the location information of the receiving terminal using the DS-HLR, and sends the coordination message to the MSC/SGSN where the receiving terminal is located.

21. 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 having attribute information and subscription information related to a message coordination service for decorating a SMS 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 where the sending terminal is located;

(b) the sending subscriber making a SMS using the sending terminal, and sending the SMS to the MSC/SGSN where the sending terminal is located via a RTS;

(c) determining based on the SMS service profile information of the sending subscriber whether the corresponding sending subscriber is subscribed to the message coordination service;

(d) recording the SMS service profile information 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 coordination service;

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

(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.

22. The method according to claim 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 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 Forward₁₃ SM format; and

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

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 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.

26. The method according to claim 23 or 25,

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

27. The method according to claim 23 or 25,

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