System and method for providing SMS2PSTN united messaging service using SMS/MMS gateway
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an SMS2PSTN united messaging service using an SMS/MMS gateway. The present invention includes an SMS2PSTN service providing server for providing at least one ID information among an e-mail ID, an IM ID, a personal mobile telephone number, a general telephone number information, or a Web address related to the called party telephone number; a database for storing membership registration in-formation, charging information, SMS2PSTN service type, the e-mail ID, the IM ID, the personal mobile telephone number, the general telephone number information or the Web address; and a SMS/MMS gateway for querying with the called party telephone number extracted from the received SMS or MMS messages to the SMS2PSTN service providing server, and transmitting the converted result to the e-mail ID, the IM ID, the personal mobile telephone number, the general telephone number or the Web server.
1. A system for providing a united messaging service, the system comprising:
a database for storing membership data including membership registration information, a service type, and identification (ID) information for each member;
a server for receiving the membership data from the database and providing the membership data; and
a SMS/MMS gateway for receiving a short message service (SMS) message or a multi-media service (MMS) message transmitted from a SMS/MMS transmitting terminal to a called party, extracting a called party telephone number from the received message, querying with the called party telephone number to the server to receive the ID information and the service type related to the called party telephone number, and converting the message in a format determined by service type.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a message gateway for determining whether a terminal associated with the called party telephone number is capable of receiving the SMS message or the MMS message, wherein the message gateway forwards the SMS message or the MMS message to the SMS/MMS gateway in case that the terminal associated with the called party telephone number is not capable of receiving the SMS message or the MMS message.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SMS/MMS gateway includes:
a querying module for querying the ID information and the service type related to the called party telephone number with the called party telephone number to the server; and
an e-mail transmitting module for, if the ID information related to the called party telephone number is an e-mail ID, converting the received message into e-mail data to transmit the converted e-mail data to the e-mail ID.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SMS/MMS gateway includes:
a querying module for querying the ID information and the service type related to the called party telephone number with the called party telephone number to the server; and
an instant messaging module for, if the ID information related to the called party telephone number is an instant messaging ID, converting the received message into instant message data to transmit the converted instant message data to the instant messaging ID.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SMS/MMS gateway includes:
a querying module for querying the ID information and the service type related to the called party telephone number with the called party telephone number to the server; and
a messaging module for, if the ID information related to the called party telephone number is a personal mobile telephone number, transmitting the received message to the personal mobile telephone number.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SMS/MMS gateway includes:
a querying module for querying the ID information and the service type related to the called party telephone number with the called party telephone number to the server; and
a text-to-speech module for, if the ID information related to the called party telephone number is a PSTN telephone number, converting the received message into voice data to transmit the converted voice data to the PSTN telephone number.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SMS/MMS gateway includes:
a querying module for querying the ID information and the service type related to the called party telephone number with the called party telephone number to the server; and
a module for, if the receiving ID information related to the called party telephone number is an URL, transmitting the received message to the URL.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SMS/MMS gateway provides a reply service of a predetermined sentence to a calling party of the received message.
9. A method for providing a united messaging service when a terminal capable of transmitting short message service (SMS) messages or multi-media service (MMS) messages (hereafter, referred to as ‘SMS/MMS transmitting terminal’) transmits an SMS message or an MMS message to a called party, the method comprising:
determining whether a terminal associated with a called party telephone number included in the SMS message or the MMS message is capable of receiving the SMS message or the MMS message;
transmitting the SMS message or the MMS message to the called party telephone number if the terminal associated with the called party telephone number is capable of receiving the SMS message or the MMS message;
querying ID information and a service type related to the called telephone number if the terminal associated with the called party telephone number is not capable of receiving the SMS message or the MMS message;
converting the SMS message or the MMS message in a format determined by service type; and
transmitting the converted message according to the ID information.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the converting of the SMS message or the MMS message further comprises:
converting the received SMS message or MMS message into e-mail data, and
wherein the transmitting the converted message further comprises:
transmitting the converted e-mail data to an e-mail ID related to the called party telephone number.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the converting of the SMS message or the MMS message further comprise:
converting the received SMS message or MMS message into instant message data, and
wherein the transmitting the converted message further comprises:
transmitting the converted instant message data to the instant messaging ID related to the called party telephone number.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting the converted message further comprises:
transmitting the received SMS message or MMS message to a personal mobile telephone number related to the called party telephone number.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the converting of the SMS message or the MMS message further comprise:
converting the received SMS message or MMS message into voice data, and
wherein the transmitting the converted message further comprises:
transmitting the converted voice data to an PSTN telephone number related to the called party telephone number.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting the converted message further comprises:
transmitting the received SMS message or the MMS message to an URL.
15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
sending a predetermined sentence as a reply message to a calling party telephone number of the received SMS or MMS message.