Method of doing a broadcast service of a short message in a communication system

• US RE43,153 E1
• Filed: 02/10/2006
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Heo, Cheol Kyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Pablo N
• Application Number:
  US11/351,213
• Time in Patent Office: 2,181 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/415, 455/458, 455/461, 455564-567, 455/515, 455/460, 455/90.3, 455/575.1, 455/550.1, 379/88.11, 379/88.13, 379/88.22
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: N/A

Abstract

This invention relates to the method of doing a broadcast service of a short message in a communication system. According to the present invention, a transmission request message of a broadcast message including the name and telephone number of an information provider is received from the information provider through a message center. The transmission request message of the broadcast message processed in the message center is transmitted from the message center to a base station and therefrom to all terminals. The terminals receive the broadcast message including the information provider'"'"'s name and telephone number and displays them on the display devices of the terminals. When the terminal user wants to communicate with the information provider, the terminal performs the process for communication between the information provider and the user by using the received information provider'"'"'s telephone number.

Claims

1. A method of providing a broadcasting message service in a communication system, comprising:

receiving a transmission request message for a short message service broadcast message from an information provider to a messaging center, the transmission request message including a telephone number of the information provider;

processing the telephone number of the information provider by the messaging center to include it in a telephone number subparameter of the broadcast message to be transmitted in addition to a user data subparameter of the broadcast message;

transmitting the broadcast message from the messaging center to a plurality of terminals through a base station;

receiving the broadcast message, including the telephone number subparameter, at each of the plurality of terminals;

displaying the contents of the telephone number subparameter and the user data subparameter on a display device of the terminal;

at least one of (a) storing the contents of the telephone number subparameter and (b) initiating communications with the information provider using the telephone number provided in the telephone number subparameter in accordance with an input command;

determining whether or not a store key of at least one of the plurality of terminals is pressed; and

when the store key is pressed, storing the telephone number of the information provider in a number field of an address directory of said terminal,

wherein the at least one terminal stores a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the user data subparameter as the name of said information provider in a name field of the address directory of said terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the telephone number of the information provider in a directory of the terminal when a storing input command is received.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving a name of the information provider in a name subparameter of the broadcast message, and storing the name of the information provider and the telephone number of the information provider in the directory of the terminal when the storing input command is received.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing the telephone number of the information provider comprises:

checking whether or not the information provider wants to transmit the telephone number of the information provider according to an option of the information provider; and

inserting the telephone number of the information provider into the telephone number subparameter of the broadcast message if the information provider wants to transmit its telephone number.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the telephone number subparameter and the user data subparameter on the display device of the terminal comprises displaying the telephone number and a name of the information provider together with the user data of the broadcast message on the display device of the terminal at the same time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the telephone number subparameter and the user data subparameter on the display device of the terminal comprises:

first displaying the contents of the user data subparameter; and

alternately displaying the contents of the telephone number subparameter and a name of the information provider.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the telephone number subparameter and the user data subparameter on the display device of the terminal comprises:

first displaying the contents of the user data subparameter; and

simultaneously displaying both the contents of the telephone number subparameter and a name of the information provider on the display device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the telephone number subparameter and the user data subparameter on the display device of the terminal comprises:

first displaying one of a name and the telephone number of the information provider on the display device; and

displaying the user data of the broadcast message on the display device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone number of said information provider is stored in a name field of the address directory of said terminal together with the name of said information provider.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing comprises:

determining whether or not the information provider wants to transmit at least one of the telephone number and a name of the information provider according to an instruction of the information provider.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of processing comprises forming a name of the information provider into the user data subparameter of the broadcast message and forming the telephone number of the information provider into the telephone number subparameter of the broadcast message if the information provider has instructed the messaging center to transmit this information with the broadcast message.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the user data subparameter is a first subparameter, and wherein the telephone number subparameter is a second subparameter.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein if the broadcast message contains no subparameter for a name of the information provider and includes the telephone number subparameter, and the user of the terminal attempts to store the information provider'"'"'s information, the first 10 bytes of the contents of the broadcast message that are user data are stored in the name field of an address directory instead of the information provider'"'"'s name.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising a name subparameter.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone number of the information provider stored in the telephone number subparameter is available to be used by the terminal.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein a name of the information provider is stored in a first 10 bytes of the user data field.

22. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of receiving a transmission request message further comprises:

receiving a name of the information provider;

determining whether the information provider wants to include the name of the information provider in the broadcast message;

processing the name of the information provider to include it in a subparameter of the broadcast message if it is determined that the information provider wants to include the name in the broadcast message; and

displaying the name of the information provider on the display device of the terminal when the broadcast message is received.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the name of the information provider is stored in the first 10 bytes of the user data subparameter.

59. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a first prescribed number of bits of user data from the user data subparameter in a memory location with the contents of the telephone number subparameter.

62. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal stores the first ten bytes of the contents of the user data subparameter as the name of said information provider in the name field of the address directory of said terminal.

9. A method of processing a broadcast message in a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving a short message service broadcast message provided by an information provider;

verifying that a user data subparameter exists in the broadcast message;

determining whether or not at least one contact subparameter exists containing at least a telephone number of the information provider in addition to the user data subparamerer in the broadcast message;

when the at least one contact subparameter exists, displaying the contents of the at least one contact subparameter and the contents of the user data subparameter on a display device of the terminal in a prescribed sequence;

determining whether or not a communication key of the mobile terminal is pressed;

inserting the telephone number of the information provider from the contact subparameter into a receiver telephone number parameter of an origination message if the communication key is pressed;

transmitting the origination message to a base station to establish a traffic channel to the information provider;

determining whether or not a store key of the terminal is pressed; and

when the store key is pressed, storing the telephone number of said information provider in a number field of an address directory of said terminal,

wherein when the at least one contact subparameter is a third party call number, said terminal stores a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the user data subparameter as the name of said information provider in a name field of the address directory of said terminal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the at least one contact subparameter and the data of the broadcast message on the display device of the terminal in the prescribed sequence comprises simultaneously displaying the contents of the user data subparameter and the contents of the at least one contact subparameter.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the at least one contact subparameter and the data of the broadcast message on the display device of the terminal in the prescribed sequence comprises:

first displaying the contents of the user data subparameter on the display device;

displaying the contents of the at least one contact subparameter; and

when more than one contact subparameter exists, alternately displaying contents of each contact subparameter telephone number and said name on the display device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the at least one contact subparameter along with the data of the broadcast message on the display device of the terminal in the prescribed sequence comprises:

first displaying the contents of the user data subparameter; and

simultaneously displaying contents of the at least one contact subparameter on the display device wherein the contents of the at least one contact subparameter include the telephone number and name of the service provider.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of displaying the contents of the at least one contact subparameter along with the data of the broadcast message on the display device of the terminal in the prescribed sequence comprises:

first displaying the contents of the at least one contact subparameter on the display device; and

displaying the contents of the user data subparameter on the display device.

24. The method of claim 9, wherein if the broadcast message contains no subparameter for the third party call name and includes a parameter for third party call number, and the user of the terminal attempts to store the third party call information, the first 10 bytes of the contents of the user data subparameter are stored in the name field of an address directory instead of the information provider'"'"'s name.

60. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing the contents of the at least one contact subparameter in a memory location and storing a first prescribed number of bytes of user data from the user data subparameter in the memory location with the contents of the at least one contact subparameter.

61. The device of claim 60, wherein the first subparameter comprises a third party telephone number subparameter and wherein the second subparameter comprises a user data subparameter.

25. A method of providing a short message service in a communication system, comprising:

forming a broadcast message for a short message service from an information provider to be broadcast from a cell broadcast center through a base station to at least one subscriber unit, the message including a first subparameter identifying a telephone number of the information provider and at least one second subparameter including data provided by the information provider;

broadcasting the broadcast message to the at least one subscriber unit from the cell broadcasting center through the base station;

determining whether or not a store key of the at least one subscriber unit receiving the broadcast message is pressed; and

when the store key is pressed, storing the telephone number of said information provider in a number field of an address directory of the at least one subscriber unit,

wherein the at least one subscriber unit stores a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the second subparameter as a name of said information provider in a name field of the address directory of the at least one subscriber unit.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein a first portion of the at least one second subparameter includes a name of the information provider.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the at least one subscriber unit receives the broadcast message and displays a content of at least one second subparameter along with the telephone number in the first subparameter.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the subscriber unit can include the telephone number provided in the first subparameter in an origination message to initiate a call to the information provider.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

prior to forming the message, receiving a broadcast message transmission request, including the name and telephone number of the information provider; and

processing the name and telephone number of the information provider to be included in separate subparameters of the broadcast message.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the processing includes determining if the information provider has indicated in the broadcast message transmission request that the name and telephone number of the information provider should be included in the broadcast message.

31. A subscriber unit for a mobile communication system, comprising:

means for receiving a broadcast message from an information provider through a cell broadcasting center, the broadcast message including at least a first subparameter identifying a telephone number of the information provider and a second subparameter identifying information to be displayed on a display of the subscriber unit;

means for at least one of initiating communication to the information provider using the first subparameter of the broadcast message and storing the telephone number of the information provider using the first subparameter of the broadcast message;

means for determining whether or not a store key of the subscriber unit is pressed; and

when the store key is pressed, means for storing the telephone number of said information provider in a number field of an address directory of said subscriber unit,

wherein the subscriber unit stores a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the second subparameter as the name of said information provider in a name field of the address directory of said subscriber unit.

63. The device of claim 31, further comprising means for storing a first prescribed number of bits of the second subparameter with the contents of the first subparameter.

32. A method of performing a call back function in a communication terminal, comprising:

receiving a short message service (SMS) delivery message at the communication terminal, the SMS delivery message including a subparameter for a third party telephone number in addition to a user data subparameter;

displaying the third party telephone number on a display of the communication terminal;

determining whether or not a store key of the communication terminal is pressed; and

when the store key is pressed, storing the third party telephone number in a directory of the communication terminal for performing a call back;

wherein said communication terminal stores a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the user data subparameter as the name of the third party in a name field of the directory of said communication terminal.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number.

34. The method of claim 32, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number when a command is received at the communication terminal.

35. The method of claim 32, wherein the SMS delivery message further includes a message identifier subparameter and a user data subparameter.

64. The method of claim 35, further comprising storing a first prescribed number of bits of user data from the user data subparameter in the directory of the communication terminal with the contents of the third party telephone number subparameter.

36. A method of performing a call back function in a communication terminal, comprising:

receiving a short message service (SMS) delivery message at the communication terminal, the SMS delivery message including a first subparameter for a third party telephone number and a second subparameter for a third party name in addition to a user data subparameter;

displaying the third party telephone number and the third party name on a display of the communication terminal;

and

storing the third party telephone number in a directory of the communication terminal for performing a call back; and

storing at least a portion of the contents of the user data subparameter as a name of the third party in a name field of the directory of the communication terminal.

37. The method of claim 36, further comprising initiating communications with a the third party using the stored third party telephone number.

38. The method of claim 36, further comprising initiating communications with a the third party using the stored third party telephone number when a command is received at the terminal.

39. The method of claim 36, wherein the SMS delivery message further includes a message identifier subparameter and a user data subparameter.

65. The method of claim 36, wherein the second subparameter comprises a user data subparameter, and wherein a first prescribed number of bytes of the user data subparameter are designated as the third party name.

40. A short message service message, comprising:

a first subparameter for a message identifier;

a second subparameter for a user data; and

a third subparameter for a third party telephone number, wherein if the short message service (SMS) message contains no subparameter for a name of the third party and a user of a terminal receiving the SMS message presses a store key of the terminal to store the third party telephone number, a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the second subparameter are stored as a name of the third party in a name field of a directory of the terminal in addition to the third party telephone number.

41. The message of claim 40, further comprising a fourth subparameter for a third party name.

42. The message of claim 40, further comprising at least one of a fourth subparameter for a message center time stamp, a fifth subparameter for a validity period-absolute, a sixth subparameter for a validity period-relative, a seventh subparameter for a priority indicator, an eighth subparameter for an alert on message delivery, and a ninth subparameter for a language indicator.

66. The message of claim 40, wherein a first prescribed number of bytes of the second subparameter are designated as a third party name if no third party name subparameter is provided in the message.

67. The message of claim 66, wherein the first prescribed number of bytes is 10.

43. A method of performing a call back function in a communication system having a plurality of stations, comprising:

transmitting a short message service (SMS) delivery message from any one of the plurality of stations to at least one other station, the SMS delivery message including a subparameter for a third party telephone number and a subparameter for user data;

displaying the third party telephone number on a display of each of the at least one other station to which the SMS delivery message was transmitted;

at least one of storing the third party telephone number from the subparameter to a directory of the at least one other station and forming an origination message using the subparameter to initiate communications to the third party;

determining whether or not a store key of the at least one other station is pressed; and

when the store key is pressed, storing the third party telephone number in a number field of an address directory of the at least one other station,

wherein the at least one other station stores a prescribed number of bytes of contents of the user data subparameter as the name of the third party in a name field of the address directory of the at least one other station.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein the plurality of stations comprises at least one of mobile terminals and base stations.

45. The method of claim 44, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number from at least one mobile terminal.

46. The method of claim 44, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number from at least one mobile terminal when a command is inputted at the at least one mobile terminal.

68. The method of claim 43, further comprising storing a first prescribed number of bits of user data from a user data subparameter of the SMS delivery message in the directory with the third party telephone number.

47. A method of performing a call back function in a communication system having a plurality of stations, comprising:

transmitting a short message service (SMS) delivery message from any one of the plurality of stations to at least one other station, the SMS delivery message including a subparameter for a third party telephone number, a subparameter for a third party name, and a user data subparameter;

displaying at least one of the third party telephone number and the third party name on a display of each of the at least one other stations to which the SMS delivery message was transmitted; and

at least one of the storing the third party telephone number and the third party name from the corresponding subparameters to a directory of each of the at least one other station and forming an origination message using the third party telephone number subparameter to initiate a call to the third party telephone number, wherein if the subparameter for the third party name contains no data and a user of a terminal receiving the SMS message presses a store key of the terminal to store the third party telephone number, a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the user data subparameters are stored as a name of the third party in a name field of a directory of the terminal in addition to the third party telephone number.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the plurality of stations comprises at least one of mobile terminals and base stations.

49. The method of claim 48, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number from at least one mobile terminal having received the SMS delivery message.

50. The method of claim 48, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number from at least one mobile terminal having received the SMS delivery message when a command is inputted at the at least one terminal.

69. The method of claim 47, wherein the subparameter for the third party name comprises a first prescribed number of bytes of a user data subparameter of the SMS delivery message.

70. The method of claim 69, wherein the first prescribed number of bytes is 10.

51. A method of providing a broadcasting message service in a communication system having a messaging center, an information provider, and a terminal, comprising:

transmitting a third party telephone number with a transmission request from the information provider to the messaging center;

processing the third party telephone number at the messaging center to include it in a third party telephone number subparameter of a short message service (SMS) delivery message in addition to a user data subparameter of the short message;

receiving at the terminal the SMS delivery message including the third party telephone number subparameter sent through a base station;

displaying the third party telephone number on a display of the terminal;

at least one of storing the third party telephone number from the third party telephone number subparameter to a directory of the terminal and forming an origination message using data from the third party telephone number subparameter;

determining whether or not a store key of the terminal is pressed; and

when the store key is pressed, storing the telephone number of said information provider in a number field of an address directory of said terminal,

wherein said terminal stores a prescribed number of bytes of the contents of the user data subparameter as the name of said information provider in a name field of the address directory of said terminal.

52. The method of claim 51, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number at the terminal.

53. The method of claim 51, further comprising initiating communications with a third party using the stored third party telephone number when a command is inputted at the terminal.

54. The method of claim 51, wherein the SMS delivery message further includes at least one of a subparameter for a message center time stamp, a subparameter for a validity period-absolute, a subparameter for a validity period-relative, a subparameter for a priority indicator, a subparameter for an alert on message delivery, and a subparameter for a language indicator.

71. The method of claim 51, further comprising storing a first prescribed number of bits of user data from the user data subparameter in the directory with the third party telephone number.

55. A method of providing a broadcasting message service in a communication system having a messaging center, an information provider, and a terminal, comprising:

transmitting a third party telephone number and a third party name with a transmission request from the information provider to the messaging center;

processing the third party telephone number and the third party name at the messaging center to include it in a third party telephone number and a third party name subparameter of a short message service (SMS) delivery message;

receiving at the terminal the short message including the third party telephone number and third party name subparameter transmitted through a base station;

displaying at least one of the third party telephone number and the third party name on a display of the terminal;

determining whether or not a store key of the terminal is pressed; and

storing the third parry telephone number and the third party name in a directory of the terminal;

wherein when the third parry name subparameter contains no data, said terminal stores a prescribed number of bytes of contents of a user data subparameter as the name of said information provider in a name field of the address directory of said terminal.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein the third party telephone number and third party name subparameter comprises a first subparameter to store the third party telephone number, and a second parameter to store the third party name.

57. The method of claim 55, further comprising initiating communications at the terminal with a third party using the stored third party telephone number.

58. The method of claim 55, further comprising initiating communications at the terminal with a third party using the stored third party telephone number when a command is inputted at the terminal.

72. The method of claim 55, wherein the third party name subparameter comprises a first prescribed number of bytes of a user data subparameter of the SMS delivery message.

73. The method of claim 72, wherein the first prescribed number of bytes is 10.

74. A method of performing a call back function in a communication terminal comprising:

receiving at the communication terminal, a short message service (SMS) message from an information provider, wherein the SMS message includes a first subparameter which defines an information provider telephone number in addition to a user data subparameter which defines user data associated with the information provider;

displaying the telephone number at the communication terminal;

initiating communications between the information provider and the communication terminal using the telephone number; and

storing at least a portion of the contents of the user data subparameter as an information provider name in a name field of the directory of the communication terminal.

75. The method of claim 74 further comprising:

storing the telephone number in a directory of the communication terminal.

76. The method of claim 75, wherein said step of storing is initiated by selection of a key associated with the communication terminal.

77. The method of claim 74, wherein said step of initiating is based on selection of a key associated with the communication terminal.

78. The method of claim 74, wherein the portion of the contents of the user data subparameter is 10 bytes of the user data subparameter.

79. The method of claim 74, wherein the SMS message further includes a second subparameter which defines an information provider name.

80. The method of claim 74, wherein the SMS message further includes an additional subparameter which defines information associated with the information provider.

81. The method of claim 80, wherein the information comprises an information provider location.

82. The method of claim 74 further comprising:

displaying the stored portion of the user data subparameter as the information provider name,

wherein the displaying of the telephone number and the displaying of the stored portion of the user data subparameter is performed in a predefined sequence.

83. A mobile terminal, comprising:

means for receiving at the communication terminal, a short message service (SMS) message from an information provider, wherein the SMS message includes a first subparameter which defines an information provider telephone number in addition to a user data subparameter which defines user data associated with the information provider;

means for displaying the telephone number at the communication terminal;

means for initiating communications between the information provider and the communication terminal using the telephone number; and

means for storing at least a portion of the contents of the user data subparameter as an information provider name in a name field of the directory of the communication terminal.

84. The mobile terminal of claim 83, further comprising:

means for selection of a key for initiating communications between the information provider and the communication terminal using the telephone number.