IP Library Granted Patent US 7,738,645
Granted Patent B2
US 7,738,645 · App. 11/459,223 · Granted Jun 15, 2010

Mobile terminal and multimedia contents service providing system and method for call connection waiting using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,738,645
App. No.
11/459,223
Granted
Jun 15, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a terminal communication system, and more particularly to, a mobile terminal, which allows multimedia contents service for waiting for call connection to be provided in a terminal communication system, and a multimedia contents service providing system and method for call connection waiting using the same. The mobile terminal comprises: a wireless communication unit which receives multimedia contents from a multimedia contents providing server during a call connection waiting time to process the same upon originating a call; an audio processing unit which outputs audio signals of the multimedia contents received through the wireless communication unit; a control unit which controls the multimedia contents set according to time intervals so as to be outputted during the call connection waiting time; and a display unit which displays the multimedia contents.

Claims (31)

1. A multimedia content service providing method for call connection waiting in a mobile terminal, in which a call connection is attempted to a receiving terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a command from a user for segmenting a call connection waiting time with the receiving terminal into one or more time intervals and for setting multimedia contents according to each of the segmented time intervals,

segmenting the call connection waiting time between the receiving terminal and the calling terminal into one or more time intervals and setting each multimedia data according to the segmented time intervals;

setting the multimedia contents according to the user's command and transmitting the set information to a multimedia contents providing server, wherein the multimedia contents providing server stores the multimedia contents according to the set information and provides the multimedia contents to a calling terminal; and

stopping the multimedia contents provided to the calling terminal by the multimedia contents providing server at a time of the call connection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving terminal provides preset multimedia contents depending on the calling terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia contents include text, image files, audio files, or moving picture files that are set according to one or more time intervals segmented from the call connection waiting time.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more time intervals are changed through the receiving terminal or an internet homepage.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contents of the multimedia contents are changed through the receiving terminal or an internet homepage.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contents of the multimedia contents include text, image files, audio files, or moving picture files that are stored in the receiving terminal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contents of the multimedia contents include text, image files, audio files, or moving picture files that are provided through an internet homepage.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein an order of the contents of the multimedia contents is automatically changed.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein an order of the contents of the multimedia contents is automatically changed based on statistical values of waiting times for the call connection.

10. A multimedia contents service providing system using a mobile terminal comprising:

a receiving terminal that creates multimedia contents by receiving a command from a user for segmenting a call connection waiting time into one or more time intervals and setting each multimedia data according to the segmented time intervals, wherein the call connection waiting time between the receiving terminal and the calling terminal is segmented into one or more time intervals and each multimedia data is set according to the segmented time intervals;

a multimedia contents providing server that stores the multimedia contents according to the set information and provides the multimedia contents to a calling terminal, wherein the multimedia contents providing server stops the multimedia contents provided to the calling terminal at a time of the call connection; and

the calling terminal that receives the provided multimedia contents and reproduces the same.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the multimedia contents providing server provides the multimedia contents depending on the calling terminal.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the multimedia contents include text, image files, audio files, or moving picture files that are set according to the one or more time intervals.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more time intervals are changed through the receiving terminal or an internet homepage.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the contents of the multimedia contents are changed through the receiving terminal or an internet homepage.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the contents of the multimedia contents include text, image files, audio files, or moving picture files that are stored in the receiving terminal.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the contents of the multimedia contents include text, image files, audio files, or moving picture files that are provided through an internet homepage.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the multimedia contents providing server comprises a storage unit for storing the times for call connection.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the multimedia contents providing server automatically changes an order of providing the multimedia contents based on the times for call connection stored in the storage unit.

19. The system of claim 10 , wherein the multimedia contents server does not provide the multimedia contents to the receiving terminal anymore when a call connection is established.

20. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit that receives multimedia contents from a multimedia contents providing server during a call connection waiting time to process the same upon originating a call, wherein the multimedia contents providing server stops the multimedia contents provided to the calling terminal at a time of the call connection;

an audio processing unit that outputs audio signals of the multimedia contents received through the wireless communication unit;

a control unit that controls the multimedia contents set according to time intervals so as to be outputted during the call connection waiting time, wherein the control unit segments the call connection waiting time into one or more time intervals and controls the multimedia contents to be set according to the segmented time intervals, and the call connection waiting time between the receiving terminal and the calling terminal is segmented into one or more time intervals and each multimedia data is set according to the segmented time intervals; and

a display unit that displays the multimedia contents.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2016
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 039359/0916 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE TO READ "SECURITY INTEREST" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032786 FRAME 0546. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jul 8, 2014
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 033281/0216 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2014
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032786/0546 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2014
From: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
To: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 032326/0618 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
Reel/Frame 032167/0406 →
LIEN Recorded Dec 20, 2013
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC (AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
Reel/Frame 031866/0697 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2006
From: KIM, HAN-SU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 017976/0755 →