KR100664245B1 - Remote management device and method of mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, a remote management of a mobile terminal is performed quickly without an interrupt, and the server controls to record and transmit a time stamp in a trigger body area of a DM notification message for remote management of the mobile terminal; A mobile switching station for setting a DM notification message transmission path authorized from a server; A base station wirelessly broadcasting a DM notification message to a designated mobile terminal; A first step of determining whether to remotely manage the mobile terminal by a server connected to the mobile communication system; A second step of additionally recording a time stamp in the DM notification message when the mobile terminal is remotely managed; A third process of broadcasting and remotely managing a DM notification message to a mobile terminal designated by the server control; and further, detecting and managing a time stamp value when the DM notification message is received wirelessly; A management process of opening a DM session by a mobile terminal and processing remote management; A time process of detecting and comparing time stamp values when receiving a new DM notification message by a mobile terminal; If it is determined that the time stamp value newly detected by the portable terminal is the same as the value of the time stamp being managed, the new DM notification message is deleted and the current remote management process continues.

Description

Remote control device and method of mobile terminal {A APPARATUS AND METHODS OF REMOTE DEVICE MANAGEMENT}

1 is a functional diagram of a mobile terminal remote management system according to the prior art;

2 is a flow chart of a mobile terminal remote management method according to the prior art;

3 is a signal flow diagram for remote management settings;

4 is a functional diagram of a mobile terminal remote management device according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely managing a mobile terminal of a server according to the present invention;

6 is a flow chart of a remote management method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

7 is a diagram illustrating a DM notification message format configuration state according to the present invention;

          ** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: mobile terminal 110: base station

120: mobile switching center 130: server

The present invention remotely manages an operation function of a mobile terminal, and in particular, since a time stamp is recorded and sent to a server-driven DM message, the portable terminal detects a duplicate reception state of the DM message, and the ongoing DM management function is interrupted. The present invention relates to a remote management apparatus and method for a portable terminal which is not interrupted unnecessarily.

The mobile communication terminal (MS) freely moves in the service area formed by the base station (RAN), and immediately wirelessly connects with a desired party anytime, anywhere through a communication path established by monitoring, controlling and switching of the mobile switching center (MSC). It is a high-tech wireless communication device that communicates with each other and moves anywhere while being carried by an individual.

The mobile terminal (MS) is a basic service, and the mobile communication service is a basic service, because the wireless access to the base station and occupies a radio channel while moving, it is operated in a very complicated manner, and also provided in the case of not being used for communication Additional services are available.

When the mobile terminal needs to register with a service provider and receive a mobile communication service, it must provide an electronic serial number, a model number, etc. to the service provider, and record a phone number assigned by the service provider. It is a very complex and precise device that records and manages the program and data to operate the mobile communication function and various additional service functions.

Such a portable terminal causes an error in recording and managing programs and data due to an external mechanical shock or an electrical shock. In order to overcome such a failure, the portable terminal visits a service center or the like for repair. Had to receive.

As described above, the technology for remotely controlling and managing faults caused by errors in program and operation data is OTA (ON THE AIR), and the international standard for remote control management is' OMA-TS-DM-NOTIFICATION-V1_2. -20050607-C.PDF '.

Registered mobile terminal using the OTA technology and provide a mobile communication service, and provides a normal program and operation data to a mobile terminal that has failed due to program and operation data error, so that remote repair or management, Although providing convenience, the OTA technology is one-way communication or broadcasting (BROADCASTING), it is common to repeat the broadcast for the normal reception of the mobile terminal.

However, in the process of updating the program and operation data under the corresponding control of the OTA, when the new control command is applied, the portable terminal re-processes the update process that was previously performed by the interrupt (INTERRUPT). Even in the case of the same control command, since unnecessary interruption is generated by repetitive transmission, there is a problem that the update processing takes a long time.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a technique for speeding up the update process since the control signal having the same content is detected and blocked in the remote control process of the portable terminal as described above.

Hereinafter, a remote management method of a portable terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is attached to describe the prior art, Figure 1 is a functional diagram of a mobile terminal remote management system function according to the prior art, Figure 2 is a flow chart of a mobile terminal remote management method according to the prior art, Figure 3 is for the remote management settings It is a signal flow chart.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional mobile terminal remote management system will be described. A DM (DEVICE MANAGEMENT) server 40 for remotely controlling and controlling a mobile terminal (MS) 10 by OTA technology is a DM (DM). ) A notification message (NOTIFICATION MESSAGE) to the mobile switching center (MSC) 30, the mobile switching center 30 transmits the DM notification message through the path set by the switching, the control of the mobile switching center 30 The base station (RAN) 20 receiving the transmission transmits the DM notification message to the mobile terminal 10 connected wirelessly.

The mobile terminal 10 receives and analyzes a DM notification message transmitted from the DM server 40, returns a corresponding response signal allowing remote management, and inputs the returned response signal to the server 40. Is a remote management of the portable terminal, and a signal flow diagram for remote management setting is shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, referring to the attached FIG. 2, a remote terminal management method according to the related art will be described. It is determined whether the mobile terminal 10 will be remotely managed by the server 40 (S10), and the determination (S10). If you want to remotely manage in the), the server 40 transmits a DM notification message to the mobile terminal 10 (S20).

The portable terminal receiving the DM notification message returns a response signal allowing remote management (S30), and the server 40 which has received the reply wirelessly manages the portable terminal remotely by OTA technology ( S40).

However, since the conventional server 40 is a broadcast (BROADCASTING) method for transmitting a remote management command including the DM notification message in one direction, the mobile terminal 10 temporarily leaves the service area. Or, considering the case of being located in the shaded area, the repetitive transmission, the number of repetitive transmission is determined by the experience of the system operator.

Therefore, when the mobile terminal 10 is normally located in the service area and normally receives the DM notification message from the server 40, the mobile terminal 10 is repeatedly broadcast and interrupts the progress of the remote management process by the DM notification message repeatedly received. ), There is a problem such as delayed remote management time.

The present invention is to remotely manage each function and operation data by connecting to the mobile terminal by the OTA technology by the server, in particular, by detecting and blocking the repeated broadcast notification message, so that the remote management of the mobile terminal does not occur in the remote management It is an object to provide a management apparatus and method.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a system for remotely managing a mobile terminal by OTC; A server configured to record a time stamp in a trigger body area of a DM notification message and transmit it to a designated portable terminal for remote management of the portable terminal; A mobile switching station configured to route a DM notification message authorized from the server to a designated mobile terminal; A base station for wirelessly broadcasting the DM notification message to a designated mobile terminal under control of the mobile switching center; Characterized in that the configuration comprises a mobile terminal for remote management of the operating program and data in accordance with the DM notification message wirelessly broadcast by the base station.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the first step of determining whether to remotely manage the mobile terminal by a server connected to the mobile communication system; A second step of additionally recording a time stamp in the DM notification message when the mobile terminal is remotely managed in the above process; And a third process of broadcasting and remotely managing a DM notification message to a mobile terminal designated by the server control of the process.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the mobile terminal, the receiving process of detecting and managing the time stamp value when the DM notification message wirelessly; A management process of opening a DM session by the portable terminal of the process and processing remote management; A time process of detecting and comparing time stamp values when receiving a new DM notification message by the mobile terminal of the process; If it is determined that the time stamp value newly detected by the portable terminal of the process is equal to the value of the time stamp being managed, the new DM notification message is deleted and the current remote management process continues. .

Hereinafter, a remote management apparatus and method of a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal remote management apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for remotely managing a mobile terminal of a server according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely managing a mobile terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a DM notification message format according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the remote management apparatus for a portable terminal according to the present invention will be described. In the system for remotely managing a portable terminal by an on-the-air (OTA), the portable terminal ( MS: to remotely manage the mobile station (100) by recording a time stamp in the trigger body area of the DM notification message and to be controlled to be transmitted to a designated mobile terminal, by designating the mobile terminal 100 remote management of the same content In the case of, the server (DM SERVER) 130 for recording and transmitting the same time stamp (TIME STAMP) in the DM notification message (NOTIFICATION MESSAGE),

A mobile switching center (MSC) 120 for setting a path so that a DM (DEVICE MANAGEMENT) notification message (NOTIFICATION MESSAGE) authorized from the server 130 is transmitted to a designated mobile terminal;

A base station (RAN) 110 that wirelessly broadcasts the DM notification message to a designated mobile terminal under control of the mobile switching center 120;

The base station 110 receives the management program and data remotely by the DM notification message wirelessly broadcast, responds to the DM notification message authorized from the server 130, and when a new DM notification message is input during the remote management time If the stamp value is detected and compared to the same value as the current processing, the new DM notification message is deleted and blocked, and a mobile terminal (MS) 100 for continuing the remote management in progress is included.

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the configuration described above, a portable terminal remote management device will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The server 130 generating the DM notification message and remotely recording and modifying various programs and operation data of the designated mobile terminal 100 is a user of the DM notification message having the format as shown in FIG. 7. The time stamp is recorded in the trigger body area, which is a SPECIFIC area.

The DM (DEVICE MANAGEMENT) notification message (NOTIFICATION MESSAGE), according to the international standard 'OMA-TS-DM-NOTIFICATION-V1_2-20050607-C.PDF', remote management in the trigger head (TRIGGER-HDR) area For this purpose, various information including the version (VERSION) is recorded, and the trigger body (TRIGGER-BODY) area is an area left for the user and is an area that the user can use for any purpose.

According to the present invention, time stamp information is additionally recorded using the trigger body area, which is the user area VENDER SPECIFIC.

The time stamp is recorded with time information of generating a DM notification message for remotely controlling the designated mobile terminal. The DM notification message is recorded and transmitted even when the DM notification message is repeatedly transmitted.

In addition, the DM notification message generated and output from the server 130 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 100 in one direction, called broadcast (BROADCASTING), and the broadcast is broadcast by the mobile terminal 100 on the receiving side. Since the server does not check whether the received data is received without an error, the same contents are repeatedly broadcasted as many times as the number of times selected by the experience of the system operator.

The DM notification message output from the server 130 is applied to the mobile switching center (MSC) 120, and the mobile switching center 120 sets the communication path with the designated mobile terminal 100 to the switching (SWITCHING). And transmits a DM notification message authorized from the server through the set path.

As described above, the DM notification message transmitted from the mobile switching center 120 is applied to the base station 110, and is wirelessly transmitted so that the mobile terminal 100 designated by the base station 110 receives the radio.

The DM notification message signal transmitted by the base station 110 is wirelessly received by the mobile terminal 100, and the mobile terminal 100 analyzes the wirelessly received DM notification message to open a DM session (OPEN). Start receiving remote management.

The remotely managed contents include an operation program, various application programs, operation data for services provided by the mobile terminal 100, and the like. It is used to remotely diagnose the normal operation and to correct the version control and error occurred part.

The portable terminal 100, which is authorized from the server 130, is configured to transmit the DM notification message broadcast of the server accurately and stably in a state of performing remote management processing by the DM notification message. As a result, the DM notification message repeatedly broadcast a predetermined number of times is received.

When the mobile terminal 100 receives the DM notification message, the mobile terminal 100 stops the existing remote management by the interrupt (INTERRUPT) and resumes the remote management by the newly received DM notification message.

When receiving the DM notification message, the mobile terminal 100 of the present invention detects and manages the time stamp information from the trigger body area, which is the user area, and newly receives the DM notification message as described above. Time stamp information is detected from a trigger body area, which is a user area of the received DM notification message, and the new detected time stamp value is compared with a previously detected and managed time stamp value to determine whether the same value is determined.

If the mobile terminal 100 confirms that the DM notification message has the same time stamp value in the confirmation determination, the mobile terminal 100 deletes the newly received DM notification message and blocks the input, and confirms that it is not the same time stamp value. If so, proceed with the remote management operation by the newly received DM notification message.

Therefore, the portable terminal remote management apparatus according to the present invention having the above-described configuration does not interrupt the ongoing process by interruption even when the DM notification message remotely managed by the server is broadcasted, thereby quickly processing the remote management process. There is an advantage.

Hereinafter, referring to the attached FIG. 5, a method for remotely managing a mobile terminal of a server according to the present invention will be described. A server 130 connected to a mobile communication system determines whether to remotely manage the mobile terminal 100. The first process (S100),

When the mobile terminal 100 is remotely managed in the process (S100), by adding a time stamp to the DM notification message, the DM notification message for remotely controlling and managing the mobile terminal 100 by the server 130 A second step (S110) of additionally recording a time stamp in a trigger body (TRIGGER BODY) that is a user region of the user (VENDOR SPECIFIC);

The third step (S120) of broadcasting the DM notification message to the designated mobile terminal 100 by the control of the server 130 of the process (S110) and remote management (REMOTE MANAGEMENT).

Hereinafter, by the present invention of the configuration described above, a mobile terminal remote management method of the server will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The server 130 determines whether to manage the designated mobile terminal 100 by remote control according to the input of the control command (S100), and remotely manages the mobile terminal 100 specified in the determination (S100). If it is confirmed that, the time stamp information, which is an occurrence time, is additionally recorded in the trigger body region of the DM notification message used for remote management (S110).

The format of the DM notification message is the same as that shown in FIG. 7 and is defined in the international standard 'OMA-TS-DM-NOTIFICATION-V1_2-20050607-C.PDF'.

The time stamp information according to the generation time is additionally recorded in the trigger body area allocated to the user area among the DM notification messages of the above standard.

The DM notification message in which the time stamp information is additionally recorded by the server 130 of the step S110 is applied to the mobile switching center 120 and broadcasted to the mobile terminal 100 designated by the mobile switching station 120. Is controlled.

The server 130 does not check whether the designated mobile terminal 100 receives the DM notification message without an error due to a characteristic of BROADCASTING that transmits the DM notification message in one direction, and the mobile terminal 100 does not receive the DM notification message without error. ) May be located in the shadowed area or in the unserviceable area, and thus may not be received. Therefore, the DM notification message having the same content is repeatedly broadcast a predetermined number of times.

The base station 110 under the control of the mobile switching center 120 wirelessly broadcasts the DM notification message to the mobile terminal 100 by one-way broadcasting, and the mobile terminal 100 receives and analyzes the DM notification message. The DM session (SESSION) is opened (OPEN) and thus receives remote management (S120).

Accordingly, the server according to the present invention having the above-described configuration additionally records time stamp information in the trigger body area, which is a user area of the DM notification message, and repeatedly broadcasts a set number of times for remote management of the designated mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, referring to the attached FIG. 6, the remote management method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention is to detect and manage the time stamp value when the DM notification message is wirelessly received by the mobile terminal 100. Checking and determining whether the DM notification message wirelessly broadcast from the base station RAN is received wirelessly (S200); When the DM notification message is wirelessly received in the step S200, a separate recording management is performed by separately detecting a time stamp value from the trigger body of the DM notification message (S210). Process,

Opening the DM session by the mobile terminal 100 in the receiving process and processing remote management, receiving and analyzing the DM notification message and opening the DM session (SESSION) (S220); The mobile terminal 100 of the process (S220) is a management process consisting of the process of remote management operation by the DM notification message (S230),

When the new DM notification message is received by the mobile terminal 100 in the management process, detecting and comparing a time stamp value, and determining whether the new DM notification message is wirelessly received and authorized (S240); A time process comprising a step (S250) of separating and detecting a time stamp value from the new DM notification message received in step S240;

If it is determined that the time stamp value newly detected by the mobile terminal 100 of the time process is the same as the value of the managed time stamp (TIME STAMP), the new DM notification message is deleted and the current remote management process is continued. Comparing and determining whether the newly detected time stamp value and the managed time stamp value are the same value by the portable terminal of the time process (S260); If the newly detected value and the managed value are the same time stamp value in step S260, deleting and not inputting the new DM notification message (S270); The mobile terminal 100 of step S270 includes a deletion step of continuing a current remote management process (S280).

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the above configuration, a remote management method of a mobile terminal will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The mobile terminal 100 determines whether the DM notification message transmitted from the server 130 is wirelessly received through the base station 110 (S200), and if it is determined that the DM notification message is received in step S200. In operation S210, the time stamp value recorded in the trigger body region is separately detected and managed.

The mobile terminal 100 of the process (S210), by opening the DM session (OPEN) (S220), and processes the mobile terminal 100 to operate in a remote management state (S230).

The mobile terminal 100 of step S230 determines whether a new DM notification message is received from the base station 110 in a state of remote management processing (S240), and determines in step S240 of the new terminal. When the DM notification message is received, a time stamp value is separated from the newly received DM notification message and detected (S250).

In step S250, it is determined whether the time stamp value separated and detected is equal to the time stamp value detected and managed in the reception process S210 (S260).

If it is determined that the time stamp value is not the same in the process (S260), it is for a new remote management command, and then returns to the receiving process (S210) to interrupt the ongoing remote management (REMOTE DEVICE MANAGEMENT) process (INTERRUPT). Stop and start a new remote management.

If it is determined that the same time stamp value in the process (S260), since it is the same as the remote control command currently in progress, by deleting the newly received DM notification message (S270), the remote management process currently in progress The process continues (S280).

Therefore, the portable terminal according to the present invention having the above-described configuration is remotely managed by the server when receiving the DM notification message, and is detected and deleted when the DM notification message with the same time stamp is received. There is an advantage that the remote management process is quickly performed without interruption.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the server records a time stamp in the trigger body area of the DM notification message for remote management of the mobile terminal by the server, and repeatedly broadcasts the time stamp value. There is an industrial effect of separating and removing DM notification messages that record remote management commands.

In addition, by solving the problem that the remote management processing is delayed by the interrupt by the DM notification message broadcast of the server to complete the remote management quickly, there is a convenient effect to increase the reliability.

Claims (10)

In the system for remotely managing a mobile terminal by OTC, A server for recording a time stamp in a trigger body area of a DM notification message to remotely manage the portable terminal and transmitting the time stamp to a designated portable terminal; A mobile switching station configured to route a DM notification message authorized from the server to a designated mobile terminal; A base station wirelessly broadcasting the DM notification message to a designated mobile terminal under control of the mobile switching center; And a portable terminal configured to remotely manage an operation program and data by a DM notification message wirelessly broadcasted by the base station. The method of claim 1, wherein the server, In the case of remote management of the same content by designating the mobile terminal, remote management device of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the configuration is configured to transmit the same time stamp in the DM notification message. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal, In response to the DM notification message authorized from the server, when a new DM notification message is input during remote management, the time stamp value is detected and compared, and if the value is the same as that currently being processed, the new DM notification message is deleted and blocked, and the remote management is in progress. Remote management device of a mobile terminal, characterized in that consisting of continuing to. Determining whether to remotely manage the mobile terminal by a server connected to the mobile communication system; A second step of additionally recording a time stamp in the DM notification message when the mobile terminal is remotely managed in the above process; And a third process of broadcasting and remotely managing a DM notification message to a mobile terminal designated by the server control of the process. The method of claim 4, wherein the second process comprises: And recording a time stamp in a trigger body, which is a user area of a DM notification message, by remotely controlling and managing the portable terminal by the server. A reception process of detecting and managing a time stamp value when a DM notification message is wirelessly received by the mobile terminal; A management process of opening a DM session and processing remote management by the portable terminal of the process; A time process of detecting and comparing a time stamp value when receiving a new DM notification message by the mobile terminal of the process; If it is determined that the time stamp value newly detected by the portable terminal of the process is equal to the value of the time stamp being managed, the deletion process of deleting the new DM notification message and continuing the current remote management process; Remote management method of mobile terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving process, Confirming and determining whether a DM notification message wirelessly broadcast from a base station is received by the mobile terminal; When the DM notification message is wirelessly received in the process, the process of separating and detecting the time stamp value from the trigger body region of the DM notification message, the remote management method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 6, wherein the management process, Receiving and analyzing a DM notification message by the mobile terminal of the receiving process and opening a DM session; The mobile terminal of the process is a remote management method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the process of the remote management process by the DM notification message. The method of claim 6, wherein the time course, Determining whether the new DM notification message is wirelessly received and authorized by the mobile terminal of the management process; And remotely detecting a time stamp value from the new DM notification message received in the process. The method of claim 6, wherein the deleting process, Comparing and determining whether the newly detected time stamp value and the managed time stamp value are the same value by the portable terminal of the time process; If the newly detected value and the managed value are the same time stamp value, deleting and not inputting the new DM notification message; Remote management method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the process of continuing the ongoing remote management process by the portable terminal of the process.

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