KR100861660B1

KR100861660B1 - Menu offering system for terminal and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR100861660B1
Application number: KR1020070109856A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이중윤
Original assignee: 에스케이 텔레콤주식회사
Priority date: 2007-10-30
Filing date: 2007-10-30
Publication date: 2008-10-02

Abstract

The present invention relates to a menu providing system for a portable terminal and a control method thereof, comprising: a menu input unit for providing an interface for inputting predetermined menu data for each terminal; A menu registration server for structuring and storing the menu data input through the menu input unit; A menu management server for performing at least one of modifying, editing, and reproducing the menu data; A menu expression server providing the terminal with the menu data stored in the menu registration server at the request of a terminal user; And a database unit for storing terminal model information and the menu data DB.

Accordingly, in consideration of the convenience of the service operator who provides the menu data service, an optimal customized menu for each terminal model can be provided.

Description

Menu Offering System for Terminal and Control Method

The present invention relates to a system for providing a menu of a portable terminal and a method of controlling the same, and more particularly, structured and stored input menu related data and configured to provide the structured and stored menu related data as a menu according to a terminal model. The present invention relates to a menu providing system of a portable terminal and a control method thereof.

As the wireless Internet spreads and portable terminal technology develops, more and more people enjoy digital players using portable terminals. In particular, in the case of the WCDMA portable terminal, which has been widely used in recent years, the processing gain is increased by increasing the data transmission bandwidth, so that various digital contents such as music, games, movies, and e-commerce can be more conveniently used.

In the conventional case in which content usage was not active using a portable terminal, the fact that various contents can be used as a portable terminal alone gave satisfaction to service users. However, as content usage becomes more active using a portable terminal, it is not possible to give sufficient satisfaction to users with the conventional 'content menu' configuration.

Currently, users of portable terminals are required to provide a menu according to a rule defined according to the performance of the terminal and the user's taste while enjoying various digital contents conveniently with the portable terminal. There is a need to provide an integrated menu registration and management system that can support (including device resolution size differences, model differences, and PCs and TVs).

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a menu providing system of a portable terminal and a control method thereof, which can provide a customized menu for each terminal while considering convenience of terminal users.

That is, an object of the present invention, a menu input unit for providing an interface for inputting predetermined menu data for each terminal; A menu registration server for structuring and storing the menu data input through the menu input unit; A menu management server for performing at least one of modifying, editing, and reproducing the menu data; A menu expression server providing the terminal with the menu data stored in the menu registration server at the request of a terminal user; And it provides a menu providing system and a control method of a portable terminal comprising a database unit for storing the terminal type information and the menu data DB.

In addition, when the interface is terminated during the menu data input through the menu input unit, the attribute information of the interface and the contents of the menu data input until the termination is stored, and thus a menu providing system of a portable terminal which can be utilized when re-input and its control method To provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a menu providing system of a portable terminal, comprising: a menu input unit for providing an interface for inputting predetermined menu data for each terminal; A menu registration server for structuring and storing the menu data input through the menu input unit; A menu management server for performing at least one of modifying, editing, and reproducing the menu data; A menu expression server providing the terminal with the menu data stored in the menu registration server at the request of a terminal user; And a database unit storing terminal type information and the menu data DB.

In addition, the menu data may include a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL.

In addition, the menu registration server may be structured and stored after verifying suitability of the menu data input through the menu input unit.

The menu management server may update the configuration of the menu data in real time by interworking with the menu input unit when at least one of the modification, editing, and regeneration of the menu data is performed.

The menu expression server may be configured to parse the structured menu data stored in the menu registration server and reconfigure the information according to the terminal type information.

In addition, the database unit, the menu history DB for storing the attribute information of the interface when the termination of the input of the menu data input through the menu input unit, and the contents of the menu data input until the termination It may be characterized in that it further comprises.

The menu input unit may provide a selection window on whether to refer to the menu history DB when the menu data is re-entered through the menu input unit within a predetermined time after the termination.

Here, when selecting the menu history DB reference in the selection window, the menu input unit reproduces the contents of the menu data input until the end, and does not select the menu history DB reference in the selection window. It may be characterized in that for reproducing the interface property at the termination by using the attribute information of the interface stored at the termination.

The object of the present invention is to provide an interface for inputting terminal-specific menu data including a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL in a menu input unit of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to the present invention; Whether to re-enter the menu data through the interface within a predetermined time after terminating the interface while inputting the menu data through the data input window, whether to refer to the history of the menu data input until the termination It is to provide a menu input unit, characterized in that to provide a selection window for.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of a menu providing system of a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving menu data including a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL through an operator interface; Verifying whether the input menu data is suitable; After the verification, structuring and storing the menu data; Parsing the stored menu data when the terminal user requests a menu; And generating a menu page based on the parsed menu data according to the terminal type information and providing the generated menu page to the terminal.

In addition, after the structured and stored menu data, the method may further include performing at least one of the modification, editing, and regeneration of the menu data in real time.

Meanwhile, another object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling a menu providing system of a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving menu data including a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL through an operator interface; If the interface is terminated during the menu data input, storing attribute information of the interface at the termination; Storing a menu history of the contents of the menu data input until the termination; Providing a selection window on whether to refer to the menu history when the menu data is re-entered within a predetermined time after the termination; And reproducing the contents of the menu data input until the end when the menu history reference is selected, and using the attribute information of the interface stored at the end when the menu history reference is not selected. To provide a control method of a menu providing system of a portable terminal, characterized in that it comprises the step of reproducing.

The method may further include: verifying whether the input menu data is suitable after reproducing the contents of the menu data or reproducing the interface attribute according to the selection of whether to refer to the menu history; After the verification, structuring and storing the menu data; Parsing the stored menu data when the terminal user requests a menu; And generating a menu page based on the parsed menu data according to terminal type information and providing the same to the terminal.

According to the present invention by the above problem solving means, it is possible to structure and store the menu data input by the service operator, and to configure and provide this as an optimal customized menu for each terminal model.

In addition, when selecting or forcibly terminating the data input interface during menu data input, the interface attribute and the input menu data at the end may be stored and reproduced as it is when input again.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of menu data input of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a menu input unit 100, a menu registration server 300, a menu expression server 700, and a database unit 900.

The menu input unit 100 provides an interface of a service operator and provides an interface for inputting predetermined menu data for each terminal. Here, the predetermined menu data includes a template type constituting the menu, a title of the menu, various menu items, a link resource (Uniform Resource locater), and the like, and more specifically, whether the link, the image, or the text is used. It may be composed of the type of the menu item such as, and the actual content of the item (link content, image file name, text phrases, etc.).

Menu data will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 2, a screen for inputting menu data (in the detailed description of the present invention, only one is described as 'interface', hereinafter, 'screen for inputting menu data' is referred to as 'interface'). Headlines, titles, and menu items including background pictures, images, and descriptions, including template types, target terminals, and the like.

The template type constitutes a basic skeleton of the menu, and may be provided in an appropriate number according to the development effort of the service operator. Here, as shown in Figure 2, the template type is "32F", which means a menu configuration as described below with reference to Figure 3, a detailed description thereof will be described later.

The background picture, image, comment, combo box, and notice shown in FIG. 2 are examples of menu items.

Background picture and image (image) represents the image to be included in the menu, and specify the location where the image is stored in the URL or the image ID of the storage space when the system has a separate image storage space. An image stored in a place designated by a URL or in a separate storage space may be implemented as a menu at a designated place of a corresponding template, as described below with reference to FIG. 3.

Descriptions and guides are for the characters to be included in the menu, and may be described in an appropriate number (in some cases, only one of them may be activated or described) and an appropriate length according to the type of template.

The combo box sets a moving picture for viewing multimedia content to be included in a menu, and as shown in FIG. 2, the combo box may be implemented as video 1 to video 4 and group 1 and group 2. To further briefly describe the combo box, video 1 to video 4 refer to videos for detailed menus such as preview, full view, download, etc., and group 1 and group 2 can be set to high resolution and low resolution for each device type. (Of course, the number of videos and the number of groups are only examples, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted). In addition, the videos set in this manner may be provided to the menu at a proper position and pattern according to the template type.

'Target terminal' and 'supported resolution' shown in the upper right is a place for inputting the terminal model and its resolution. Preferably, 'supported resolution' is interlocked according to the 'target terminal' to enter the menu of the service operator. Convenience may be provided. In addition, the 'Preview' shows how the menu will be displayed in advance based on the contents entered so far.

While entering the menu data through the menu input unit 100 may terminate the interface after saving by the service operator's selection, and the interface is abnormally forcibly terminated by browsing on the Internet and driving the application program, This will be described later.

The menu registration server 300 stores menu data input through the menu input unit 100. The menu registration server 300 structures the menu data input in the manner described above with reference to FIG. 2 into an XML, structure, or DB record. Save it. Here, the format of the structure is not important, but the menu data inputted in a form suitable for the system implementation is structured and stored for easy management of changes, maintenance, and the like.

In addition, the menu registration server 300 may verify the suitability of the menu data input by the service operator through the menu input unit 100. Here, the suitability means, for example, the suitability for the type or length (byte) of the character according to the menu template type, and may also be viewed as for facilitating the above-described structure.

The menu management server 500 modifies, edits, or regenerates menu data. Preferably, when a part of the menu data is modified through the menu management server 500, the menu management unit 500 may interwork with the menu input unit 100 to affect the interface by the menu input unit 100 in real time. Here, the modification, editing, or regeneration may be for the contents of each of the existing items described above with reference to FIG. 2, and in some cases, a template modification interface or a new menu may directly affect the programming of the template. It may be a modification through a menu adding interface for adding. On the other hand, when the menu management server 500, such as modification to the menu data is made, it may be implemented to have a direct impact on the menu expression server 700 to be described later, as will be described later.

The menu expression server 700 provides the terminal with menu data stored in the menu registration server 300. First, when a terminal user requests a menu, the menu expression server 700 parses and stores menu data structured as XML, a structure, or a DB record. Thereafter, the parsed menu data is reconstructed according to the user's terminal model to provide the user with the actual menu page. Here, the terminal type information is stored in the database unit 900, which will be described later, and includes the type of support template for each terminal type and the resolution for each type. On the other hand, as described above, the menu expression server 700 may be implemented to directly modify the menu data provided to the terminal directly affected by the modification by the menu management server 500.

The database unit 900 stores the menu data DB for the information constituting the terminal model information and the menu data.

In addition, the database unit 900, when entering the menu data through the menu input unit 100, terminates the interface (described above to describe the 'menu data input screen' as the 'interface') the properties of the interface The information may be stored, and the contents of the menu data input until the end of the interface may be separately stored in the menu history DB 910. In this case, the termination of the interface means to terminate in an incomplete state while inputting menu data. When the interface is terminated after the storage is selected by the service operator, and the interface is abnormally detected due to browsing on the Internet and driving of an application program. This includes forced termination.

When the menu data is input again within a predetermined time after the termination of the interface, the menu input unit 100 may provide a selection window asking whether to refer to the menu history DB 910. Here, the predetermined time is the most appropriate time to recycle the existing menu data, which may be adjusted according to the selection of the present system developer or service operator. When the service operator selects a reference in this selection window, the menu input unit 100 refers to the menu history DB 910 to reproduce the contents of the menu data input until the interface is finished. On the other hand, if the menu history DB 910 reference is not selected in the selection window, the attribute of the interface input through the interface before termination is reproduced using the attribute information of the interface stored at the termination. Here, the interface property refers to a property of an interface that can influence the characteristics of a menu such as a template type, and can be implemented in an appropriate number of templates and the like by the selection of the present system developer. That is, even when the menu history DB 910 is not referred to, the interface attribute may be maintained as before the interface is terminated, thereby providing a minimum convenience to the service operator who inputs the menu data.

3 is an explanatory diagram of a menu provided by a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, a menu provided to a user terminal by a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a title, a text (in this case, news of a broadcaster), a picture quality selection window for each content type, and a content selection bar ( Here, it may be implemented as 1 to 2), and the selection bar that can move to the previous or higher.

The menu according to the present system may be provided in the configuration as shown in FIG. 3, and the configuration of the menu depends on the template type and template programming, as described above with reference to FIG. 2. The menu shown in Fig. 3 has a template type of " 32F ", and the template is configured to be convenient to watch a popular drama this week. That is, in order to provide a summary view and full view content of this week's popular drama (here, 'clear autumn sky'), and to provide useful information to the user, 'broadcaster news' was additionally configured. Such content may be provided by specifying a URL where the corresponding content is stored or by specifying an image ID of the storage space when the system has a separate storage space.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an operation procedure for a control method of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The service operator enters menu data through the operator interface (S101). The operator interface refers to an interface through which a service operator can input menu data, where the menu data may include a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL.

The menu registration server 300 verifies whether the input menu data is suitable (S102). Here, the suitability of the menu data refers to the suitability of the character type or length (byte) according to the type of menu template, and is intended to be easily structured and stored.

If conformance is verified, the input menu data is structured and stored (S103). Here, the structuring may be performed in an appropriate manner according to the system implementation such as XML, structure, or DB record, and is intended to facilitate management of change or maintenance later. Meanwhile, the structured and stored menu data may be modified, edited, or regenerated by the menu management server 500.

When the terminal user requests a menu, the menu expression server 700 parses the menu data structured and stored in the menu registration server 300 (S104). Here, parsing means analyzing the menu data structured so that the menu data input by the service operator can be displayed on the terminal.

The parsed menu data is generated according to the terminal type information stored in the database unit 900, and a menu page is generated and provided to the terminal (S105). Here, the terminal type information includes the type of the support template for each terminal type and the resolution supported by the type of the device, and may be stored in the database unit 900.

On the other hand, when the service data is modified, edited, or reproduced by the service operator, a step (not shown) of reflecting the menu data in real time may be inserted before S101.

5 is a flowchart illustrating another control method of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, another operation sequence of the control method of the menu providing system of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

The service operator enters menu data through the operator interface (S201).

When the operator interface is terminated during menu data input, attribute information of the interface at the end is stored (S202). Here, the termination of the interface and the attribute information of the interface have been described above.

In this case, the menu history for the contents of the menu data input until the end of the interface is separately stored (S203).

When the menu data inputted at the end of the interface after the interface is re-entered, a selection window for providing a reference to a separately stored menu history is provided (S204).

If a reference is selected, the contents of the menu data entered until the end of the interface are reproduced according to the menu history (S205). If no reference is selected, the interface attribute at the end is reproduced as it is using the attribute information of the interface stored at the end. (S206). Reproducing the contents or interface properties of such menu data is performed when the interface is terminated abnormally forcibly due to the termination of the interface after saving by the service operator's selection or by browsing on the Internet and driving an application program. After that, when re-entering the contents of the same menu data, it is for convenience to the service operator.

After the steps S205 and S206, the process may proceed to A. Since A is the same as the above-described S101 to S105 with reference to FIG. 4, a detailed description thereof will be replaced with the above description.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. I can understand that you can.

1 is a block diagram of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating menu data input of a menu providing system of a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

100: menu input unit 300: menu registration server

500: menu management server 700: menu expression server

900: database unit 910: menu history DB

Claims

In the menu providing system of a portable terminal,

A menu input unit for providing an interface for inputting predetermined menu data for each terminal;

A menu registration server for structuring and storing the menu data input through the menu input unit;

A menu management server for performing at least one of modifying, editing, and reproducing the menu data;

A menu expression server providing the terminal with the menu data stored in the menu registration server at the request of a terminal user; And

And a database unit for storing terminal model information and the menu data DB.

The method of claim 1,

The menu data includes a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL.

The method of claim 1,

The menu registration server, the menu providing system of the portable terminal, characterized in that after the verification of the suitability to the menu data input through the menu input unit structured and stored.

The method of claim 1,

When at least one of the modification, editing, and regeneration of the menu data is performed, the menu management server updates the configuration of the menu data in real time by interworking with the menu input unit. .

The method of claim 1,

And the menu expression server parses the structured menu data stored in the menu registration server and reconfigures the menu data according to the terminal type information.

The method of claim 1,

The database unit may further include a menu history DB that stores attribute information of the interface upon termination of the interface among the menu data input through the menu input unit and stores contents of the menu data input until the termination. System for providing a menu of a portable terminal comprising a.

The method of claim 6,

When the menu input unit re-enters the menu data through the menu input unit within a predetermined time after the termination, the menu input unit provides a selection window on whether to refer to the menu history DB. system.

The method of claim 7, wherein

The menu input unit reproduces the contents of the menu data input until the end when the menu history DB reference is selected in the selection window, and when the menu history DB reference is not selected in the selection window. And the interface property at the end is reproduced by using the stored property information of the interface.

In the menu input unit of the menu providing system of the portable terminal,

Providing an interface for inputting terminal-specific menu data including a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL; Whether to re-enter the menu data through the interface within a predetermined time after terminating the interface while inputting the menu data through the data input window, whether to refer to the history of the menu data input until the termination A menu input unit for providing a selection window for.

In the control method of the menu providing system of a portable terminal,

Receiving menu data including a template type, a title, a menu item, and a connection URL through an operator interface;

Verifying whether the input menu data is suitable;

After the verification, structuring and storing the menu data;

Parsing the stored menu data when the terminal user requests a menu; And

And generating a menu page based on the parsed menu data according to the terminal type information and providing the generated menu page to the terminal.

The method of claim 10,

After structuring and storing the menu data,

And performing at least one of modification, editing, and regeneration of the menu data in real time.

In the control method of the menu providing system of a portable terminal,

If the interface is terminated during the menu data input, storing attribute information of the interface at the termination;

Storing a menu history of the contents of the menu data input until the termination;

Providing a selection window on whether to refer to the menu history when the menu data is re-entered within a predetermined time after the termination; And

If the menu history reference is selected, the contents of the menu data input until the end are reproduced. If the menu history reference is not selected, the interface attribute at the end is used by using the attribute information of the interface stored at the end. Control method of a menu providing system of a portable terminal comprising the step of reproducing.

The method of claim 12,

After reproducing the contents of the menu data or reproducing the interface property according to whether the menu history is referred to

Verifying whether the input menu data is suitable;

After the verification, structuring and storing the menu data;

Parsing the stored menu data when the terminal user requests a menu; And