WO2005009061A1

WO2005009061A1 - Method for providing global short message service

Info

Publication number: WO2005009061A1
Application number: PCT/KR2004/001812
Authority: WO
Inventors: Mi Seon Ryu
Original assignee: Skyums Co., Ltd
Priority date: 2003-07-21
Filing date: 2004-07-21
Publication date: 2005-01-27

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wired terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion. The method is achieved by guiding a user to select the receiving country and a transmission language, if the wired terminal does not support the transmission language, guiding the user to download a program, receiving a short message created by the user using the downloaded program, and establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country. Provided also is a computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide the method.

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING GLOBAL SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE

Technical Field The present invention relates to a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) and a computer readable recording medium to realize the method, and more particularly, to a method for providing a global SMS to solve a problem that providing a global SMS is difficult due to a difference in a language structure, and a computer readable recording medium to realize the method

Background Art Recently, a communication between countries increase such that a word "global village" becomes a commonly accepted word. Accordingly, a mobile phone roaming service is being developed at a fast pace. A cost for a roaming service sharply drops as a competition is fierce, However, since a service and device satisfying the language structure of each country must be commonly prepared, although a great deal of demand for the SMS having a low cost fundamental is present, an increase in the size of a market for a global service is retarded. Also, the mobile phone roaming service is limited to a voice service due to a difficulty in the national alphabets and the establishment of infrastructure. To transmit a short message overseas, cooperation with mobile telecommunication companies in each country is required and a mutual interface linkage work must be preceded. Thus, infrastructure establishment and maintenance costs are excessively needed so that a fee for using such a service is expensive. To solve the above problems, a Japanese electronic company has developed a mobile terminal capable of transmitting a short message in 135 languages. However, since cooperation to secure transmission lines among countries and establishment of an infrastructure need to be preceded and the 135 languages are not commonly used by all customers, a high cost is required to meet a demand limited to a particular country and language. Disclosure of Invention To solve the above and/or other problems, the present invention provides a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to provide a roaming service of a short message to a user by securing a global short message transmission line by interlinking an SMS providing portion with an operation server, and a computer readable recording medium to realize the method. The present invention provides a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) which enables input in a selected language without changing a setting of a computer by providing a soft keyboard for the selected language that a user desires to use so that the use can select and input characters using a mouse or a touch screen, and a computer readable recording medium to realize the method. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wired terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the method comprising guiding a user to select the receiving country and a transmission language, if the wired terminal does not support the transmission language, guiding the user to download a program, receiving a short message created by the user using the downloaded program, and establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wireless terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the sending country, an operation server, and an SMS providing portion, the method comprising receiving a short message created by a user using the wireless terminal of the sending country, if the wireless terminal of the sending country is in a roaming state, the operation server receiving the short message, and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the method comprising the operation server receiving a short message created by a user using a wired or wireless terminal, and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an SMS providing portion, the method comprising receiving a short message created by a user, and establishing a transmission line between servers of mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, wherein the SMS providing portion, interlinked with at least one server of the mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, establishes a transmission line between the corresponding mobile telecommunication company's servers when the user of the sending country desires to transmit a short message to the wireless terminal of the receiving country. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wired terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the function comprising guiding a user to select the receiving country and a transmission language, if the wired terminal does not support the transmission language, guiding the user to download a program, receiving a short message created by the user using the downloaded program, and establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wireless terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the sending country, an operation server, and an SMS providing portion, the function comprising receiving a short message created by a user using the wireless terminal of the sending country, if the wireless terminal of the sending country is in a roaming state, the operation server receiving the short message, and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the function comprising the operation server receiving a short message created by a user using a wired or wireless terminal, and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an SMS providing portion, the function comprising receiving a short message created by a user, and establishing a transmission line between servers of mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, wherein the SMS providing portion, interlinked with at least one server of the mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, establishes a transmission line between the corresponding mobile telecommunication company's servers when the user of the sending country desires to transmit a short message to the wireless terminal of the receiving country. In the present invention, the SMS providing portion provided in each country is interlinked with the operation server so that a transmission line for a short message between countries is secured. A soft keyboard of a selected language is displayed on a monitor by a program provided by the operation server so that the selected language can be input using a mouse or a touch pad.

Effect of the Invention The present invention has an effect of transmitting a short message to a counterpart in a language that is selected by a user who accesses a service site and selects a country to transmit the short message. Also, the present invention has an effect of providing a roaming service for a short message so that, when a wireless terminal is in a roaming state, a short message received in a sending country is transmitted to the wireless terminal in the characters of the sending country via a server of a mobile telecommunication company of a receiving country in a network, for example, Internet.

Brief Description of the Drawings FIG. 1 is a view illustrating the configuration of a system for providing a global

SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining a method for providing a global SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a soft keyboard that an operation server of FIG. 1 provides; and FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining a method for providing a global SMS according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention The above-described purposes, characteristics, and advantages will be more apparent by the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is noted that, in assigning reference numerals to constituent elements on each of the drawings, although they are indicated on different drawings, the same constituent elements have the same reference numerals. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a view illustrating the configuration of a system for providing a global SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the system includes an operation server 110, an A country mobile telecommunication company server 120 , an A country user wireless terminal 130, an a country user wired terminal 140, a B country SMS providing portion 150, a B country first mobile telecommunication company server 160, a B country second telecommunication company server 161 , a B country first user wireless terminal 170, and a B country second user wireless terminal 171. In the present invention, an example that an A country user using the wired terminal 140 or the wireless terminal 130 transmits a short message to the first wireless terminal 170 or the second wireless terminal 171 of a counterpart in the B country will be described. The first mobile telecommunication company server 160 and the second mobile telecommunication company server 161 of the B country are cases in which business proprietors thereof are different. The operation server 10 operates a predetermined site (hereinafter, referred to as the "operation site") to provide a global SMS according to the present invention. The operation server 10 can be interlinked with the A country mobile telecommunication server 120 or the wired terminal 140 and the B country SMS providing portion 150 via a network, for example, Internet. Also, the operation server 110 can provide a soft keyboard to select a language so that an SMS can be used between countries according to the present invention. The B country SMS providing portion 150 is located in the B country that is a receiving country and has a function to receive a short message created by a user from the operation server 110 and connect a transmission line for the transmission of the short message to the first or second mobile telecommunication company server 160 or 161 of the B country. That is, the B country SMS providing portion 150 is interlinked to a plurality of mobile telecommunication company servers of the receiving country (the B country in the description of the present invention). The operation server 1 10 can provide an SMS via the B country SMS providing portion 150 without directly connecting a transmission line to the mobile telecommunication companies in the receiving country. Although two telecommunication company servers are described in the present invention, a more number of mobile telecommunication companies can be interlinked. The B country first and second mobile telecommunication servers 160 and 161 receives a corresponding short message and transmits the received short message to the wireless terminals 170 and 171 of the counterpart when the B country SMS providing portion 150 connects a transmission line for the transmission of the short message between the countries. A method for providing a global SMS according to the present invention using the system shown in FIG. 1 will now be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining a method for providing a global SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a case of transmitting a short message using the wired terminal 140 to the first wireless terminal 170 of the counterpart is described. Referring to FIG. 2, in the method according to the present invention, a user accesses an operation site provided by the operation server 1 10 (S201) and selects a country to which a short message is transmitted (S202). In the present invention the country to which a short message is transmitted is a B country. The user selects a language used for transmission (B language) (Step 203).

When the wired terminal 140 does not support a corresponding language (S204), a soft keyboard for the SMS is downloaded from the operation server 1 10 (S05) to use. FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a soft keyboard that the operation server of FIG. 1 provides. Referring to FIG. 3, the soft keyboard is downloaded from the operation server 1 10 when the wired terminal 140 does not support the language of the B country to which a short message is transmitted. When the user selects the language of the B country in the operation site as a language to be used for transmission, a soft keyboard 310, on which corresponding characters are arranged, is displayed on a display window 300. The use clicks a desired character of the soft keyboard 310 using a mouse or touch screen so that a message to be transmitted can be created. Referring back to FIG. 2, a short message is created (S206) by combining characters using the soft keyboard 310 or by using the wired terminal 140 supporting the language for transmission. An identification number of the first wired terminal 170 is input so that the short message is transmitted to the operation server 110 (S207). The operation server 110 receives the short message the user transmits and transmits the received short message to the B country SMS providing portion 150 (S208). The B country SMS providing portion 150 connects a transmission line the B country first mobile telecommunication company server 160 (S209). An Internet protocol (TCP/IP) may be used for transmission. The B country first mobile telecommunication company server 160 transmits a corresponding short message by a characteristic signal system (FSK) to the first wireless terminal 170 (S210) so that a counterpart can confirm the short message. FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining a method for providing a global SMS according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the user transmits a short message to the first wireless terminal 170 using the wireless terminal 130. Referring to FIG. 4, in the method for providing a global SMS according to the present embodiment, when the user transmits a short message to the A country mobile telecommunication company server 120 using the wireless terminal 130 (S401), the A country mobile telecommunication company server 120 determines whether the corresponding wireless terminal is in a global roaming state (S402). When the wireless terminal is determined in a global roaming state in Step 402, the A country mobile telecommunication company server 120 transmits a corresponding short message to the operation server 110 (S403). A network such as an TCP/IP may be used for transmission. The operation server 110 transmits the short message to the B country SMS providing portion 150 through the network (S404). The B country SMS providing portion 150 connects a transmission line to the B country first mobile telecommunication company server 160 (S405). The B country first mobile telecommunication company server 160 transmits a corresponding short message in a characteristic signal system (FSK) to the first wireless terminal 170 (S406) so that a counterpart can confirm the short message. Although a case of transmitting and receiving a user's short message between the A and B countries in the above-described embodiments, the user's short message can be transmitted and received between a plurality of countries. The above-described method according to the present invention can be realized as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a RAM, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, or an optomagnetic disk. While this invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

What is claimed is: 1. A method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wired terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the method comprising: guiding a user to select the receiving country and a transmission language; if the wired terminal does not support the transmission language, guiding the user to download a program; receiving a short message created by the user using the downloaded program; and establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the program generates a soft keyboard in which characters of the transmission language are arranged so that the user creates a message by clicking the characters of the soft keyboard using a mouse or a touch pad.

3. A method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wireless terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the sending country, an operation server, and an SMS providing portion, the method comprising: receiving a short message created by a user using the wireless terminal of the sending country; if the wireless terminal of the sending country is in a roaming state, the operation server receiving the short message; and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country.

4. A method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the method comprising: the operation server receiving a short message created by a user using a wired or wireless terminal; and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country.

5. A method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an SMS providing portion, the method comprising: receiving a short message created by a user; and establishing a transmission line between servers of mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, wherein the SMS providing portion, interlinked with at least one server of the mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, establishes a transmission line between the corresponding mobile telecommunication company's servers when the user of the sending country desires to transmit a short message to the wireless terminal of the receiving country.

6. A computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wired terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the function comprising: guiding a user to select the receiving country and a transmission language; if the wired terminal does not support the transmission language, guiding the user to download a program; receiving a short message created by the user using the downloaded program; and establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country.

7. A computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a wireless terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the sending country, an operation server, and an SMS providing portion, the function comprising: receiving a short message created by a user using the wireless terminal of the sending country; if the wireless terminal of the sending country is in a roaming state, the operation server receiving the short message; and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country.

8. A computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an operation server and an SMS providing portion, the function comprising: the operation server receiving a short message created by a user using a wired or wireless terminal; and the SMS providing portion establishing a transmission line between the operation server and a server of a mobile telecommunication company of the receiving country.

9. A computer readable recording medium containing a program to realize a function in an apparatus having a microprocessor to provide a method for providing a global short message service (SMS) to transmit a short message service using a terminal of a sending country to a wireless terminal of a receiving country by using an SMS providing portion, the function comprising: receiving a short message created by a user; and establishing a transmission line between servers of mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, wherein the SMS providing portion, interlinked with at least one server of the mobile telecommunication companies of the receiving country, establishes a transmission line between the corresponding mobile telecommunication company's servers when the user of the sending country desires to transmit a short message to the wireless terminal of the receiving country.