KR101362795B1 - Service method of transmitting information displayed on standby screen to other's mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes a first step of setting an information providing means for displaying externally provided information on a standby screen in a calling terminal; A second step of the information providing means displaying information on the standby screen; And a third step of transmitting the information displayed on the idle screen to the receiving terminal by the calling terminal to a mobile terminal of another person.

According to the present invention, since the data displayed in the widget or information window displayed on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal can be easily transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the other person, the width of information sharing between the mobile communication users is widened, thereby increasing user convenience. In addition, it can greatly contribute to the activation of the widget service or information service in the mobile communication terminal.

Idle Screen, Widget, Info Window

Description

Service method of transmitting information displayed on standby screen to other's mobile terminal}

1 is a block diagram of a widget data transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention

2 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a process of transmitting widget data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a widget set on a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal.

4 is a view illustrating a widget and a selection pointer displayed on an idle screen;

5 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission screen for transmitting widget data.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

10: calling terminal 20: receiving terminal

30: mobile communication network 40: widget data providing server

50: MMSC 60: SMSC

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information displayed on a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal to a mobile terminal of another person.

With the development of mobile communication technology, recent mobile communication terminals provide the functions of sending and receiving SMS (Short Message Service) message, MMS (Multimedia Message Service) message as well as voice call function. It also supports wireless Internet services that can connect to servers.

Therefore, the user of the mobile communication terminal can download the necessary content through the wireless Internet, and can also transmit the downloaded content to the mobile terminal of another person using the MMS service.

However, in order to download specific contents by accessing the wireless Internet in a mobile communication terminal, a user needs to operate a WAP browser to perform various steps, which causes inconvenience in use and long time. This problem exists even when accessing the web through a computer terminal and searching for specific content.

On the other hand, as Web 2.0, which emphasizes user participation, information connectivity and mobility, has recently become a trend, new applications or services that emphasize user convenience, such as Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication (RSS), widgets, etc., have been introduced. It is attracting attention.

RSS is a technical standard that enables subscribers to easily check the update information of sites whose contents are frequently updated, such as news and blogs, and is based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) format.

A widget is an application that is provided as a GUI (Graphic User Interface) by extracting information such as clocks, weather, major news, and stock information from the website and immediately checking it on the computer desktop even without running a web browser. .

For example, if widgets such as clock, weather, major news, and stock information are set, widget data corresponding to the widget is displayed on the computer desktop.

Recently, the application of the widget service to the standby screen of the mobile terminal has been actively discussed, which is very cumbersome and time-consuming to access the wireless Internet by executing a WAP (WAP) browser in the mobile terminal. This is because using the widget service has the advantage that it is possible to obtain the set information by simple operation without such inconvenience.

However, although widget information can be easily and quickly checked through such widget service, widget data is provided only to those who have applied for the widget service, and has a disadvantage in that widget data cannot be shared with others.

Therefore, even if you want to deliver the latest information acquired through the widget service to a friend, there is no other way than to deliver it via voice call or through a text message entered directly, even if using this method, images, videos, MP3 files There is a problem in that multimedia files such as the above cannot be transmitted.

On the other hand, even if the widget service is not described above, by setting the information window on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal, and receives predetermined information (for example, sports information, stock information, major news, etc.) through the wireless Internet from an external information providing server. There is also an information providing method for displaying on the information window. Typically, such an information window has an internal area distinct from the external area, and displays predetermined information in the internal area.

Even in such an information providing method, there is a problem that information is shared with others because only the set information is provided to the service applicant.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily transmitting information that can be checked on a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal to another mobile terminal through a widget service or an information providing service.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first step of setting an information providing means for displaying externally provided information on a standby screen in a calling terminal; A second step of the information providing means displaying information on the standby screen; And a third step of transmitting the information displayed on the idle screen to the receiving terminal by the calling terminal.

The information providing means may be a widget displayed on the idle screen or may be an information window displayed on the idle screen and may have an internal region in which information is displayed.

Meanwhile, in the first step, a plurality of information providing means are set on the idle screen, and the third step includes selecting one of the plurality of information providing means, and the information provided to the receiving terminal is It may be information provided through the selected information providing means.

In this case, the calling terminal provides a selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of information providing means, and the selecting means may be a selection pointer displayed on the idle screen.

In addition, the third step includes a step of inputting an information transmission command in the calling terminal, and when the information transmission command is input, the standby screen of the calling terminal is switched to an MMS message sending screen or an SMS message sending screen. The information provided by the information providing means may be automatically input into the message input field of the MMS message transmission screen or the SMS message transmission screen.

In addition, the third step includes a step of inputting an information transmission command in the calling terminal, and when the information transmission command is input, the standby screen of the calling terminal is converted into an MMS message sending screen, and the MMS message sending screen is displayed. In the file attachment column, multimedia data included in the information provided by the information providing means may be automatically attached.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, Figure 1 is a block diagram of a widget data transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention, each of the transmission terminal 10 and the communication terminal 30 and the communication terminal 30, and communicates with the mobile communication network (30) MMSC interworking with the widget data providing server 40 and the mobile communication network 30 to provide predetermined widget data to the terminal 10 and relaying transmission and reception of MMS messages between the calling terminal 10 and the receiving terminal 20 ( Multimedia Message Service Center (SMS) 50, Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 60 for transmitting and receiving SMS messages, and the like.

The calling terminal 10 and the receiving terminal 20 are classified for convenience according to the calling and called states, and should be provided with an application for transmitting and receiving an MMS message or an SMS message.

The calling terminal 10 and the receiving terminal 20 include cellular phones, PCS phones, WCDMA phones and the like, and small electronic devices such as PDAs, HPCs (Handheld PCs) and Palm PCs having mobile communication functions.

The mobile communication network 30 includes a base station transmitter (BTS), a base station controller (BSC), a mobile switching center (MSC), and the like.

Here, the base station transmitter is a network terminal device connected to the calling terminal 10 or the receiving terminal 20 through a wireless channel, and the base station controller is a radio channel assignment and release, the calling terminal 10 or the receiving terminal 20 and the base station transmitter. Performs transmission output control, inter-cell handoff decision, etc. In addition, the mobile switching center handles incoming / outgoing call processing of subscribers, handoff procedure processing, interworking with other networks, and the like.

The widget data providing server 40 is a server for providing widget data to a mobile communication terminal (in this specification, a calling terminal) or a computer terminal of a widget service applicant, and is connected to the mobile communication network 30 by the Internet or a dedicated line.

The widget data providing server 40 may be a server of an internet portal company or a server providing a specific website. In addition, widget data may be generated directly or widget data may be provided from a contracted content provider's server.

At this time, the widget data providing server 40 preferably transmits the widget data to the calling terminal 10 as the wireless Internet communication standard, but the transmission standard or the route is not necessarily limited thereto. Therefore, for example, widget data transmission in the form of an MMS message or an SMS message may be possible.

The MMSC 50 relays the MMS message between the calling terminal 10 and the receiving terminal 20, and converts the received MMS message into an appropriate data format that meets the specifications of the receiving terminal 20.

Hereinafter, the process of transmitting the widget data from the calling terminal 10 to the receiving terminal 20 will be described in order with reference to the signal flow diagram of FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a person who wants to use a widget service should apply for a widget service by accessing the widget data providing server 40 through a mobile communication terminal (in this specification, a calling terminal) or a computer terminal. At this time, it is a matter of course to register the telephone number of the calling terminal 10 to receive the widget data.

The widget data providing server 40 may provide only the widget data of a predetermined item to the calling terminal 10, but it is preferable to support the widget service applicant directly selecting the widget data to be received in the same manner as the RSS subscription request. Do.

3 is a diagram illustrating an idle screen of the calling terminal 10 in which a plurality of widgets are set. Here, the design and widget data of each widget may be set as specified in the widget data providing server 40, or the user may directly select the design of the widget.

In addition, the user may directly select widget data to be displayed on each widget through the selection screen shown on the right side of FIG. 3. (ST11, ST12)

Subsequently, the calling terminal 10 receives the widget data from the widget data providing server 40. In this case, the calling terminal 10 may receive the widget data from the widget data providing server 40 in a pull manner, or when the widget data providing server 40 pushes the widget data, the calling terminal 10 may receive the widget data. May receive this.

Widget data transmitted from the widget data providing server 40 is displayed on the standby screen of the calling terminal 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating such a standby screen, and displays first to fourth widgets 11, 12, 13, and 14 set by a user on the screen through the selection screen of FIG. 3.

In this case, the calling terminal 10 may display the widgets immediately after receiving the widget data through the widgets 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the idle screen, or the widget data corresponding to the selected widget when the user selects a specific widget. You can also display only.

Widget-related applications should be installed in the calling terminal 10 for this series of processes, which may be installed in the terminal manufacturing process or may be downloaded and installed from the widget data providing server 40. (ST13)

The present invention is characterized in that through this process it is possible to transmit the widget data represented on the standby screen of the calling terminal 10 to the receiving terminal 10.

For example, when the user of the calling terminal 10 wants to transmit the widget data of the first widget 10 to the receiving terminal 20, the user of the calling terminal 10 must first select the first widget 10 from among the plurality of widgets displayed on the idle screen. do.

To this end, the calling terminal 10 should provide a separate selection menu for the user to select a widget or provide the selection pointer 15 as shown in FIG. 4 on the standby screen.

Therefore, when the widget data of the first widget 11 is to be transmitted to the receiving terminal 20, first, as shown in FIG. 5, after the selection pointer 15 is positioned on the first widget 11, the confirmation or The first widget 11 is selected by pressing the selection button. (ST 14)

Subsequently, for example, when the 'transfer' menu is displayed at the bottom of the screen, the MMS message transmission screen appears as shown in the right screen of FIG. 5, while the text data included in the widget data of the selected first widget 11 transmits the MMS message. It is automatically displayed in the message input field 18 on the screen. In addition, multimedia data, such as images and video included in the widget data is automatically attached as an attachment to the file attachment column 19 of the MMS message transmission screen.

When the sender confirms that the widget data is automatically entered or attached to the MMS message transmission screen, and presses the 'Send' menu, the text data displayed in the message input field 18 and the multimedia data attached to the file attachment field 19 are applied to the MMS message standard. Accordingly, it is transmitted to the MMSC 50 via the mobile communication network 30.

Meanwhile, the user does not transmit the widget data by manipulating the calling terminal 10 one by one, and registers the number of the receiving terminal to receive each widget data in advance, and receives the updated widget data every time or every set period. It may be set to automatically transmit to the terminal 20. (ST15, ST16)

The MMSC 50 may directly transmit the received MMS message to the receiving terminal 20, or may transmit only the SMS message notifying the reception of the message to the receiving terminal 20 after storing the message in the MMS server. In the latter case, the receiving terminal 20 accesses the MMS server through the callback URL included in the SMS message and downloads the stored message. (ST17)

On the other hand, in the above described the case in which the transmitting terminal 10 transmits the widget data to the receiving terminal 20 in the form of MMS message, the simple text data may be transmitted as an SMS message even if the MMS message. In this case, the SMS message is transmitted via the SMSC 60 of FIG.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention has been described with an example of transmitting the widget data displayed on the standby screen to another mobile communication terminal.

However, as described with respect to the related art, a method of providing predetermined information through a standby screen may include setting an information window.

Therefore, the data displayed in the information window can be transmitted to the receiving terminal 20 in a manner similar to the above-described widget data.

That is, if a specific information window is selected from the information window displayed on the standby screen of the calling terminal 10 and the transmission terminal is input after inputting the number of the receiving terminal 20, an SMS message transmission screen or an MMS message transmission screen appears as set. In this case, data displayed on the selected information window is automatically input or attached to the message input field or the file attachment column of the transmission screen.

Subsequently, when the user presses the transmission menu, data displayed on the selected information window is transmitted to the receiving terminal 20 in the form of an SMS message or an MMS message.

According to the present invention, since the data displayed in the widget or information window displayed on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal can be easily transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the other person, the width of information sharing between the mobile communication users is widened, thereby increasing user convenience.

In addition, it can greatly contribute to the activation of the widget service or information service in the mobile communication terminal.

Claims (8)

A first step of setting an information providing means for displaying externally provided information on a standby screen to a calling terminal; A second step of the information providing means displaying information on the standby screen; And A third step of transmitting, by the calling terminal, the information currently displayed on the idle screen to a receiving terminal; In the first step, one or more information providing means is set on the idle screen, and the third step includes selecting one of the one or more information providing means, and the information provided to the receiving terminal is selected. Information provided through the information providing means, The calling terminal provides a selection means for selecting one of the one or more information providing means, How to send the information displayed on the idle screen to another person's mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, And the information providing means is a widget displayed on the idle screen, and transmits the information displayed on the idle screen to a mobile terminal of another person. The method of claim 1, And the information providing means is an information window displayed on the standby screen, wherein the information window is distinguished from an external area and has an internal area where information is displayed. delete delete The method of claim 1, And the selection means is a selection pointer displayed on the idle screen. The method of claim 1, The third step includes a step of inputting an information transmission command in the calling terminal, and when the information transmission command is input, the standby screen of the calling terminal is switched to an MMS message sending screen or an SMS message sending screen, And the information provided by the information providing means is automatically input to the message input field of the MMS message transmission screen or the SMS message transmission screen to another user's mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, The third step includes a step of inputting an information transmission command in the calling terminal, and when the information transmission command is input, the standby screen of the calling terminal is switched to an MMS message sending screen, The file attachment column of the MMS message transmission screen is a method for transmitting the information displayed on the standby screen to the mobile terminal of another, characterized in that the multimedia data included in the information provided by the information providing means is automatically attached.

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