IP Library Granted Patent US 8,732,254
Granted Patent B2
US 8,732,254 · App. 13/126,844 · Granted May 20, 2014

System, a method, a service server, a mobile terminal and a storage means for contents delivery

Inventors: Jeong Hoon Lee (Seoul, KR); Jeong Min You (Seoul, KR); In Hwan Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,732,254
App. No.
13/126,844
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a system and method for transmitting content, a service server, a mobile communication terminal and a storage medium. The system includes an end device connected to a first mobile communication terminal via a local area communication network, and configured to transmit content to be transmitted to a second mobile communication terminal, together with a message transmission request, to the first mobile communication terminal; and the first mobile communication terminal connected to the end device via the local area communication network, connected to a service server via a mobile communication network, and configured to display a message transmission window for inputting a message and a recipient's number on a screen when the message transmission request is received from the end device, and to transmit a Multimedia Message Service message (MMS), to which the content received from the end device is attached, to the second mobile communication terminal.

Claims (56)

1. A system for transmitting content, comprising:

an end device

connected to a first mobile communication terminal via a local area communication network, and

configured to transmit content and a message transmission request to the first mobile communication terminal;

the first mobile communication terminal

connected to the end device via the local area communication network,

connected to a service server via a mobile communication network, and

configured to

display a message transmission window for inputting a message and a recipient's number on a screen of the first mobile communication terminal when the message transmission request is received from the end device, and

transmit a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message which includes the inputted message and the content received from the end device is attached, to a second mobile communication terminal corresponding to the received recipient's number; and

the service server connected to the first mobile communication terminal and the second mobile communication terminal via the mobile communication network, and configured to

receive the content from the first mobile communication terminal,

store the received content, and

provide download link information of stored content to the first mobile communication terminal,

wherein the first mobile communication terminal is further configured to check a size of the content when the first mobile communication terminal receives the content and the message transmission request from the end device,

wherein the first mobile communication terminal is further configured to, if the size of the content exceeds a predetermined size, transmit the content to the service server, receive the download link information of the content from the service server, and transmit the MMS message which includes the received download link information, without including the content, to the second mobile communication terminal, and

wherein the first mobile communication terminal is configured to, if the size of the content does not exceed the predetermined size, transmit the MMS message which includes the content to the second mobile communication terminal.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising

an application server connected to the service server via a communication network, and

wherein the service server is further configured to store the content in the application server.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising

a billing server

connected to the service server via at least one of the mobile communication network or a wired communication network, and

configured to impose one or more charges on at least one of the first mobile communication terminal or second mobile communication terminal when the MMS message is transmitted to the second mobile communication terminal.

4. A mobile communication terminal for transmitting content, comprising:

a first communication unit configured to transmit and receive data via a mobile communication network;

a second communication unit configured to transmit and receive data via a local area communication network;

an end device management unit configured to manage end device information;

a storage unit configured to store the content and the end device information, which are received from an end device through the second communication unit;

a message creation unit configured to create a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message which includes an inputted message and the content received from the end device; and

a control unit configured to control operation of the respective elements and transmit the MMS message to a second mobile communication terminal corresponding to a received recipient's number,

wherein the control unit is further configured to check a size of the content,

wherein the control unit is further configured to, if the size of the content exceeds a predetermined size, transmit the content to a service server through the first communication unit, receive download link information of the content from the service server through the first communication unit, and transmit the download link information to the message creation unit,

wherein the message creation unit is further configured to, if the download link information is transmitted from the control unit, create the MMS message which includes the download link information without including the content, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to, if the size of the content does not exceed the predetermined size, transmit the MMS message which includes the content to the second mobile communication terminal.

5. A method of transmitting content, the method performed by a system for transmitting content and comprising the steps of:

a) transmitting, by an end device, content and a message transmission request to a first mobile communication terminal;

b) automatically loading, by the first mobile communication terminal, a message transmission window for inputting a message and a recipient's number when the first mobile communication terminal received the message transmission request from the end device; and

c) transmitting, by the first mobile communication terminal, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message which includes the inputted message and the content received from the end device, to a second mobile communication terminal,

wherein the step b) comprises the steps of:

b-1) determining, by the first mobile communication terminal, whether the content received from the end device exceeds a predetermined size;

b-2) if the received content is determined to exceed the predetermined size at the step b-1), transmitting, by the first mobile communication terminal, the content to a service server; and

b-3) creating, by the service server, download link information of the content received by the service server, and transmitting, by the service server, the download link information to the first mobile communication terminal; and

wherein the MMS message transmitted at the step c) includes the download link information without including the content.

6. A method of transmitting content using a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving content, which will be transmitted to a second mobile communication terminal, from an end device;

b) loading a transmission window for inputting a message and a recipient's number;

c) creating a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message which includes the inputted message and the content received from the end device; and

d) transmitting the MMS message to the second mobile communication terminal corresponding to the received recipient's number,

wherein:

the step b) comprises the steps of:

b-1) determining whether a size of the content exceeds a predetermined size;

b-2) if the content is determined to exceed the predetermined size at the step b-1), transmitting the content to a service server; and

b-3) receiving download link information of the content from the service server; and

the step c) comprises creating the MMS message which includes the download link information without including the content.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for processing the method of transmitting content using a mobile communication terminal according to claim 6 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2012
From: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
To: SK PLANET CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027561/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2011
From: LEE, JEONG HOON; YOU, JEONG MIN; KIM, IN HWAN
To: SK TELECOM. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026201/0636 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2008-0107990 · Oct 31, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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