KR100959991B1 - Method of reconstituting User Interface In Portable Device And Portable Device for performing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of reconfiguring a user interface screen in a portable terminal includes reading a first generated script language and constructing a first UI screen, and splitting at least one of the first UI screens. Changing a property of an area, generating a second script language based on the changed property of the at least one partitioned area, and based on the generated second script language, the first user interface (UI) Changing the screen to generate a second user interface (UI) screen. A user may reconfigure a user interface (UI) screen in a form desired by the portable terminal itself without using a separate server.

Handheld Terminal, User Interface, UI, Editing, Reconfiguration, Menu, Standby Screen

Description

Method of reconstituting user interface in portable device and portable device for performing the same}

The present invention relates to a user interface of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a method for reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen in a portable terminal and a portable terminal for performing the same.

In general, a user interface (UI) screen such as a menu screen or a standby screen in a portable terminal such as a mobile communication terminal is pre-programmed in software as a pop-up menu or an icon menu. Cannot arbitrarily change the menu layout or icons.

That is, in a general portable terminal, a user interface (UI) such as a menu screen may be set only within a range determined by the terminal manufacturer.

In general portable terminals, the user often uses different menu items, but the configuration of the menu screens can only display the same predefined menu configuration, and the menus cannot be reconfigured to meet the user's needs.

Accordingly, there is a need for a function that allows a user to edit a user interface screen such as a standby screen or a menu screen of a portable terminal to suit the user's taste.

In Patent Publication No. 2002-36879 (name of the invention “Variable Menu Implementation Method Using a Script Language in a Mobile Terminal”), a user writes a desired menu using a tool capable of writing a menu script or a menu script. Uploaded to a specific server, the uploaded menu script is downloaded from the server to the mobile terminal, and the downloaded menu script is interpreted by a script interpreter inside the mobile terminal and displayed on the display unit.

According to the Patent Publication No. 2002-36879, a user writes a menu script directly on a personal computer (PC) or uses a tool capable of writing a menu script to create a desired menu and uploads it to a specific server, and the user uploads After the downloaded menu script was downloaded from the server to the mobile terminal, the user could not reconfigure the menu on the mobile terminal.

Therefore, in Patent Publication No. 2002-36879, a user cannot reconfigure a desired menu on a mobile terminal, but has a limitation of using only a menu set by a reconfigured menu script downloaded from a server.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a method for reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen, which can reconfigure a user interface (UI) screen of a portable terminal according to a user's taste.

In addition, a second object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal having a user interface (UI) screen reconstruction function capable of reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen of the portable terminal to suit the user's taste.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for reconfiguring a user interface screen in a portable terminal according to an aspect of the present invention reads a first script language that is generated first, and then displays a first user interface (UI) screen. Configuring, changing attributes of at least one partition of the first UI screen, generating a second script language based on the changed attributes of the at least one partition; And changing the first user interface (UI) screen based on the generated second script language to generate a second user interface (UI) screen. The step of configuring a first user interface (UI) screen by reading the first generated script language may include downloading a first script language that is primarily edited and generated in a personal computer. And constructing the first UI screen based on the downloaded first script language. The attribute of the at least one partitioned region may include window region information corresponding to each partitioned region, and the window region information may include at least one of a position of the window region and the window size.

In addition, the portable terminal having a user interface screen reconstruction function according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the second object of the present invention is a storage unit for storing the first generated script language, and read from the storage unit; Change the attributes of at least one partition of the first UI screen generated based on the first script language entered, and generate a second script language based on the changed attributes of the at least one partition; And a controller configured to change the first UI screen to generate a second UI screen based on the generated second script language.

According to the method for reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen as described above, a user changes a script language by changing a property of at least one partition of a user interface (UI) screen of a portable terminal using a script language. ) You can reconfigure the screen as you want.

In addition, the user may reconfigure the user interface (UI) screen in the form desired by the user in the portable terminal itself without going through a separate server.

As the present invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description.

However, this is not intended to be limited to the specific embodiment of the present invention, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions of the same components are omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reconfiguring a user interface (UI) in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen using a second edited second script language in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 and 4 illustrate a user interface (UI) screen created using a second edited second script language according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 illustrates a UI screen created using a first edited first script language according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 and 7 illustrate a user interface (UI) screen for performing secondary editing by changing an attribute of the first region of FIG. 5, and FIG. 8 illustrates a secondary by changing an attribute of the second region of FIG. 5. Shows a UI screen for editing. In the following description, a SMIL script is used as the scripting language.

First, referring to FIG. 1, a personal computer generates a first edited first script language by designating content for each partition area of a UI screen (step S110). As a scripting language, for example, you can use SMIL scripts. Here, Smile (SMIL) is one of synchronous multimedia integration languages and one of applications of XML (eXtensible Markup Language), and is a language for defining and showing temporal and spatial relationships of multimedia materials.

Specifically, a user may first edit a first SMIL script edited by using a SMIL editing tool on a personal computer to divide the UI screen into a plurality of partitions, and specify content for each partition. Can be generated. The contents include still images in jpeg, gif, png, and bmp file formats, videos in k3g, avi, mpg and mpeq file formats, sounds in mmf and kmp file formats, animated videos such as text and flash file formats, and SMS (Short). It can be a Message Service (MESS) message or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message.

As an example of the generated first scripting language, the following SMIL script may be used.

<smil>

<head>; SMIL script header part

<meta name = "*****" content = "********" />

<layout>

<root-layout left = "0" top = "0" width = "240" height = "270" z-index = "0" />

<region id = "IMG_ZONE_ID3" left = "0" top = "0" width = "92" height = "25" z-index = "0">

<region id = "TEXT_ZONE_ID0" left = "51" top = "4" width = "35" height = "17" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_ZONE_ID4" left = "92" top = "0" width = "34" height = "25" z-index = "0" />

<region id = "IMG_ZONE_ID5" left = "126" top = "0" width = "114" height = "25" z-index = "0">

<region id = "TEXT_ZONE_ID1" left = "134" top = "4" width = "99" height = "17" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID1" left = "0" top = "25" width = "123" height = "104" z-index = "0">

<region id = "INFO_ZONE_ID0" left = "8" top = "29" width = "108" height = "96" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID2" left = "123" top = "25" width = "117" height = "104" z-index = "0">

<region id = "INFO_ZONE_ID1" left = "129" top = "29" width = "100" height = "96" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_NOTICE_ZONE_ID6" left = "0" top = "129" width = "240" height = "24" z-index = "0">

<region id = "TEXT_ZONE_ID4" left = "52" top = "133" width = "182" height = "16" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_ZONE_ID0" left = "0" top = "153" width = "240" height = "28" z-index = "0" />

<region id = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID7" left = "0" top = "181" width = "240" height = "34" z-index = "0">

<region id = "INFO_ZONE_ID2" left = "31" top = "185" width = "202" height = "26" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID8" left = "0" top = "215" width = "240" height = "34" z-index = "0">

<region id = "INFO_ZONE_ID3" left = "31" top = "219" width = "202" height = "26" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_ZONE_ID9" left = "0" top = "249" width = "126" height = "21" z-index = "0">

<region id = "TEXT_ZONE_ID2" left = "4" top = "251" width = "117" height = "15" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

<region id = "IMG_ZONE_ID10" left = "126" top = "249" width = "114" height = "21" z-index = "0">

<region id = "TEXT_ZONE_ID3" left = "129" top = "253" width = "107" height = "13" z-index = "0" />

</ region>

</ layout>

<customAttributes id = "FOCUSZONE">; Settings for the window to be focused by default at initialization

<customTest id = "ChZone0" title = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID1" defaultState = "true" override = "visible" />; The window to be focused by default on initialization

<customTest id = "ChZone1" title = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID2" defaultState = "false" override = "visible" />

<customTest id = "ChZone2" title = "IMG_NOTICE_ZONE_ID6" defaultState = "false" override = "visible" />

<customTest id = "ChZone3" title = "IMG_ZONE_ID0" defaultState = "false" override = "visible" />

<customTest id = "ChZone4" title = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID7" defaultState = "false" override = "visible" />

<customTest id = "ChZone5" title = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID8" defaultState = "false" override = "visible" />

</ customAttributes>

</ head>

<body>; SMIL script body part

<par id = "ENTRANCE">

<text src = "% CITY%" region = "TEXT_ZONE_ID0" />; Text window

<img src = "wzone_country.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID3" />; Image windows

<img src = "wzone_icon.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID4" />

<text src = "% WEATHER%" region = "TEXT_ZONE_ID1" />

<img src = "wzone_temperature.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID5" />

<animation src = "% IMAGE%" region = "INFO_ZONE_ID0" mediaRepeat = "strip" />; Image window with animation source

<img src = "123photozone_01.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID1" />

<animation src = "% IMAGE%" region = "INFO_ZONE_ID1" mediaRepeat = "strip" />

<img src = "123photozone_02.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID2" />

<textstream src = "% NOTICE%" region = "TEXT_ZONE_ID4" />; A window with sliding text

<img src = "notice_zone.gif" region = "IMG_NOTICE_ZONE_ID6" />

<img src = "en_title.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID0" />

<textstream src = "% TITLE%" region = "INFO_ZONE_ID2" />

<img src = "340textzone_01.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID7" />

<textstream src = "% TITLE%" region = "INFO_ZONE_ID3" />

<img src = "341textzone_01.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID8" />

<text src = "% USER_ID%" region = "TEXT_ZONE_ID2" />

<img src = "mszone_logon.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID9" />

<text src = "% TIME%" region = "TEXT_ZONE_ID3" />

<img src = "22mszone_logon.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID10" />

</ par>

<par id = "FOCUSSET">; Set image to display when focus event is disabled

<img src = "123photozone_01.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID1" />

<img src = "123photozone_02.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID2" />

<img src = "notice_zone.gif" region = "IMG_NOTICE_ZONE_ID6" />

<img src = "en_title.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID0" />

<img src = "340textzone_01.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID7" />

<img src = "341textzone_01.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID8" />

<switch>; Select the image to be displayed when the focus event is activated

<img src = "123photozone_01_s.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID1" customTest = "ChZone0" />

<img src = "123photozone_02_s.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID2" customTest = "ChZone1" />

<img src = "notice_zone_s.gif" region = "IMG_NOTICE_ZONE_ID6" customTest = "ChZone2" />

         <img src = "en_title.gif" region = "IMG_ZONE_ID0" customTest = "ChZone3" />

<img src = "340textzone_01_s.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID7" customTest = "ChZone4" />

<img src = "341textzone_01_s.gif" region = "IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID8" customTest = "ChZone5" />

</ switch>

</ par>

</ body>

</ smil>

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the relationship between a SMIL script and a UI screen is described as follows.

The header of the SMIL script includes area IDs (region_id) and window area information for each partition area on a UI screen, for example, a window type, a position X, Y, Window size. For example, the window can be a rectangle, triangle, circle, or ellipse. If the window is a rectangle, the window position may be the upper left corner coordinates X, Y of the rectangle, and the window size may indicate the width and height of the rectangle. When the window is circular, the window position may represent the center coordinates X and Y of the circle, and the window size may be the radius of the circle. Each window may have a unique region ID (region_id). The region ID (region_id) may be used as a criterion for determining what each window region includes among the various contents such as an image, text, and information data in the window region.

The body of the SMIL script determines what content to show based on the region_id value. For example, <text src = "% CITY%" region = "TEXT_ZONE_ID0" /> of the body of the SMIL script has a city name in a window area having "TEXT_ZONE_ID0" as the region ID (region_id). It means to show as text.

<Par> ~ </ par> of the body part of the SMIL script is not activated when the window area having a predetermined area ID that can receive the focus event by the user is activated through the focus event. "FOCUSSET" in the <par> tag indicates which image should be displayed by the window whose ID can receive the user's focus event. Windows that are not contained within the <switch> to </ switch> tags within the <par> to </ par> tags will display an image indicating that each is disabled, and focus events contained within the <switch> to </ switch> tags. Only one window with the ID that has the current focus event will draw the active image specified in the tag.

For example, IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID1, IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID2, IMG_NOTICE_ZONE_ID6, IMG_ZONE_ID0, IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID7, IMG_NEWS_ZONE_ID7, from the beginning of the <par> tag to the beginning of the <switch> tag. In the <switch> to </ switch> tags, the active image set in the ID is used to handle the focus event according to the user's cursor movement.

For example, the text area 310 displayed with the city name 'Seoul' at the top of the plurality of divided areas on the idle screen of the portable terminal shown in FIG. 3 may be marked as 'TEXT_ZONE_ID0' in the header of the SMIL script source. It corresponds to a window region representing a rectangular region having a region_id and a left edge at positions X = 51 and Y = 4 on the idle screen and having a width of 35 and a height of 17.

Further, for example, the middle text area 320 on the idle screen shown in FIG. 3 has a region_id of 'TEXT_ZONE_ID4' in the header of the SMIL script source, and X = 52 and Y = 133 on the idle screen. It corresponds to a window region having a left edge at the position and representing a rectangular region having a width of 182 and a height of 16.

Meanwhile, the <customAttributes id = "FOCUSZONE"> part of the header of the SMIL script source determines a window area to receive a focus event by default among a plurality of window areas on a UI screen at initialization. If the region_id indicated by defaultState = "true" in the <customAttributes id = "FOCUSZONE"> part of the header of the SMIL script source is 'IMAGE_NEWS_ZONE_ID1', the focus event is set on the idle screen as shown in FIG. 3 by default. The received partition indicates that the image region 330 corresponds to the window region whose region_id is 'IMAGE_NEWS_ZONE_ID1'. When the image region 330 receives the focus event, an animation may be displayed according to a property value preset in the corresponding window region.

For example, when the text area 320 of FIG. 3 receives a focus event, the text data of the corresponding window area may be viewed left or right according to a preset property value.

When the focus event is moved from the text area 320 to the image area 340 on the right side of FIG. 3, the focus event is displayed as the image area 410 on the right side of FIG. 4, and when the preset property value is set to animation, FIG. 3. An animation may be shown in the corresponding window area while switching from the person image of FIG. 4 to the person image of FIG. 4. In this case, the text region 320 of FIG. 3 stops the sliding operation of FIG. 3 while the focus event is inactivated.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the generated first scripting language and the designated content resource for each region are downloaded from the personal computer to the portable terminal (step S120).

The portable terminal reads the downloaded first script language to construct a user interface (UI) screen, and the user performs second editing by changing the property of each partition of the configured user interface (UI) screen through a setting window. By doing so, a second script language is generated (step S210). Here, the attributes of each partition are defined as the window position (X, Y), the window size, the window type, and the type of content allocated to each partition-for example, a still image, text, URL, video image, and the like. Whether the window receives the focus event, the image to be displayed if the focus event is received, the image to be displayed if the focus event is not received, the applicable action for each content type of each partition, and the content of each partition. If the OK key is selected by pressing a predetermined key, it may include a path linked to the corresponding content. The action for each content type may include, for example, scrolling up, down, left, and right when the content is text, animation and focus effects when the content is text, and play and stop when it is a video.

FIG. 5 shows each window area corresponding to the UI screen of FIG. 3 configured by the primary script language, and FIGS. 6 to 8 show secondary editing of each window area of FIG. 5 through the user setting window. It shows the process of performing.

The UI screen of FIG. 5 may include a plurality of divided regions, and each divided region may be divided into, for example, a text region, an image region, and an information region. The text area may include text such as recently received SMS, weather information, time information, portable terminal location information or schedule information, and the like. The image area may be displayed by including an image such as a still image such as photo data, a web browser or a video. The information area may include and display an application in a portable terminal such as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a game, and the like.

First, referring to FIG. 6, a user may set a predetermined property for the background window area 510 which is a parent window of the image area 340 of FIG. 3, and when the property is set, a region ID (region_ID) is automatically generated. (601). In detail, the user checks the check box 603 whether the window receives the focus event with respect to the background window area 510, sets the file path 605 of the image to be displayed when the focus event is activated, and sets the focus event. If is deactivated, the file path 607 of the image to be displayed can be set. In addition, the user may select the window shape 609 for the background window area 510 from, for example, a circle, a rectangle, and a triangle. 6 illustrates an example in which the window positions X, Y, width, and height are set as the window size 611 when the window shape is selected as a rectangle.

Referring to FIG. 7, a user may set a predetermined attribute for the child window region 510, and if an attribute is set, a region ID (region_ID) is automatically generated (601). In detail, the user may check the check box 603 whether the window receives the focus event with respect to the child window area 510, and set the type (Content) of the content to be displayed in the child window area 510. have. For example, the type of content that can be set may include text, an image, a video image, and a uniform resource locator. If the selected content is an image, the image may include photo data stored in a portable terminal, a web browser, and data downloaded to a PC sync tool. Here, when the URL is selected by the user, the user may enter the URL site in the URL input field 706. In addition, when a still image is selected as the content to be displayed in the child window area 510, a specific menu icon of the portable terminal, for example, a text box, a schedule management, a video phone, etc., may be set to be displayed in the child window area 510. have. In addition, the user may set a predetermined action 707 according to the set content type 705. For example, in the case of text, one of up, down, left, and right scrolls can be selected. For still images, you can choose between animation effects and focus effects. In the case of moving pictures, you can select one of play and stop. In addition, the user may set a link path 709 for showing the next screen to be processed when the child window having the corresponding area ID is selected. For example, if the selected content is a news title on the web as text, a link path may be set as the body of the news. For example, when the selected content is a photo image as an image, a link path may be set to the photo file taken by the user. For example, the window shape 711 may be selected from a circle, a rectangle, and a triangle. 7 illustrates an example in which the window positions X, Y, width, and height are set as the window size 713 when the window shape is selected as a rectangle.

Referring to FIG. 8, a user may set a predetermined attribute for the text region 530, and if an attribute is set, a region ID (region_ID) is automatically generated (601). In detail, the user checks the check box 603 whether the window receives the focus event with respect to the text area 530, and sets the content to be displayed in the text area 530 in the text input box 805. As the content to be displayed in the text area 530, text data that the portable terminal can update and provide may be set. For example, as the content to be displayed in the text area 530, a recently received SMS text message, current date information, current time information, location information of the portable terminal, weather information, schedule information, and the like may be set. In addition, the text area 530 may be set as an SMS message input window. In addition, the user may set a predetermined action 807 according to the set text data 805. For example, it can be set to be one of up, down, left, and right scrolls when a focus event is received. The user may select the window form 809 from circles, rectangles, and triangles. 8 illustrates an example in which the window positions X, Y, width, and height are set as the window size 811 when the window shape is selected as the rectangle.

In addition, the user may display an icon for selecting an application such as a game, a wireless Internet, a digital multimedia broadcasting, and the like stored in the portable terminal in a predetermined window area on the UI screen of FIG. 8.

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, the user may set a border thickness, a border color, a color inside the area, etc. of a predetermined window area on a UI screen through a separate setting window.

The user may change a property of the predetermined window area so that the latest SMS text received in the predetermined window area is scrolled and displayed in a state where the stock information is set to scroll display in a predetermined window area on a current UI screen. Can be.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8, when the user sets a property of each window area on a user interface (UI) screen and performs a secondary editing process on the portable terminal itself, A second script language can be generated. For example, if you set the window position X, Y, window width and height as the window size of the content to be displayed in each window area on the UI screen, the SMIL script header can be configured using the window position X, Y, window width and height. If an image, video, text, etc. is set as the type of content to be displayed in each window area, a source of an image, animation, sliding text, and general text of a SMIL script body can be configured using the image, video, text, and the like.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the portable terminal changes the UI screen by applying the second script language generated through the secondary editing process (step S220).

Hereinafter, a process of changing a UI screen by applying the second script language in the portable terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, a second script language generated through the secondary editing process, for example, a second SMIL script, is read (step S221), and from the read second SMIL script Header information and body information are parsed (step S223). The header information includes information on the window size, window position (X, Y) of each partition. Each divided area of the UI screen is generated using the parsing information of the second smile script (step S225). Here, a window area having a hierarchical structure of each partition is formed using header information of the second smile script, and corresponding to a window area having a hierarchical structure using body information. To be mapped. In a hierarchical window, a child window can inherit the properties of a parent window.

The content according to the attribute set by the user for each partition is displayed for each partition through the viewer (step S227).

The UI screen is updated according to an attribute value of each partition area changed according to a key event generated by the user (step S229).

9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal having a user interface (UI) screen reconstruction function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a user interface (UI) screen reconstruction according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is a block diagram illustrating the script editing module.

9, a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless transceiver 910, a controller 920, a storage 930, a display 940, a key input unit 950, and a speaker 960. ) And a microphone 970.

The wireless transceiver 510 receives a radio frequency signal (RF) induced by the antenna 511, converts the radio frequency into an intermediate frequency, and then converts the baseband signal into a baseband signal. The baseband signal provided from the controller 520 is converted into an intermediate frequency, and the intermediate frequency signal is converted into a radio frequency signal and provided to the antenna 511.

Alternatively, the wireless transmission / reception unit 510 directly demodulates a direct signal from a received high frequency signal without frequency conversion, instead of a heterodyne reception method that demodulates the high frequency signal into a baseband signal through intermediate frequency conversion. You can also use the method.

The controller 520 performs control and processing for performing a voice call and a unique function of the portable terminal. To this end, the controller 520 may include a baseband processor for processing the baseband signal provided from the wireless transceiver 510, and may include a vocoder for digital processing of transmitted and received voice. have.

The controller 520 includes a script editing module 921. Referring to FIG. 10, the script editing module 921 may include a script parser 1020 and a viewer manager 1030.

The script editing module 921 reads the first edited first script language downloaded from the PC from the storage unit 930.

The script parser 1020 parses header information and body information from the read script 1010 and extracts region ID (region_ID), window region information, and contents of each window region for each window region to configure each region. Create a structure for

The viewer manager 1030 receives, as user update information 1031, attribute information of each partition of the UI screen changed in the second editing process by the user, based on the user update information 1031. The modified script information 1033 is used to modify the read script 1010 to generate a secondary script language. The viewer manager 1030 displays each divided area through the display unit 940 using a structure including script information for configuring each divided area of a UI screen. When the focus event occurs, the viewer manager 1030 changes the structure according to the focus event and displays each divided area through the display unit 940.

The script editing module 921 may be implemented as a software program and configured to be performed by a processor (eg, a baseband processor or an application processor) included in the controller 920.

The storage unit 530 may be a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM), or the like, and may be a system program (eg, an operating system) and / or required for basic operation of the portable terminal. Other applications are saved. The storage unit 530 may store the first edited first script language downloaded from the PC and the second script language generated during the second editing process.

The key input unit 950 includes a plurality of numbers, character input keys, and function keys for performing special functions, and provides a corresponding key input signal to the controller 920 when a key manipulation occurs by a user.

In particular, the key input unit 950 receives a key input for changing a property of each divided area and a key input indicating a predetermined focus event by a user through a predetermined setting window, and transmits a corresponding event signal to the controller 920. to provide.

The speaker 960 outputs a user's voice and a voice of a voice call counterpart during a voice call. The microphone 970 receives a user's voice during a voice call, converts the input voice into an electric signal corresponding thereto, and provides the same to the controller 920.

In the above description, a process of reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen desired by a user using a portable terminal by changing an attribute value of each partition area on a standby screen has been described. UI) The screen reconstruction method may be applied to the case of reconfiguring each menu screen stored in the portable terminal.

Although the mobile terminal has been described as an example of the portable terminal, the portable terminal of the present invention is not limited to the mobile terminal, but may be a personal digital assistant, a portable multimedia player, or an MP3 player. It may also include various portable terminals such as.

Although described with reference to the embodiments above, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. Could be.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reconfiguring a user interface (UI) in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen using a second edited second script language in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4 illustrate a user interface (UI) screen created using a second edited second script language according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 illustrates a UI screen created using a first edited first script language according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 and 7 illustrate user interface (UI) screens for performing secondary editing by changing an attribute of the first area of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 illustrates a UI screen for performing secondary editing by changing an attribute of the second region of FIG. 5.

9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal having a user interface (UI) screen reconstruction function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a script editing module for reconfiguring a user interface (UI) screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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Reading a first generated script language and constructing a first UI screen of the portable terminal; Changing a property of at least one divided area of the first UI screen through a setting screen displayed on the portable terminal; Generating a second scripting language based on the changed attributes of the at least one partitioned area; And Generating a second user interface (UI) screen based on the generated second script language. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute of the at least one partition is And at least one of window area information of the at least one partitioned area, information on content displayed on the at least one partitioned area, and information on an action according to the content, The window area information includes information on at least one of a position of the window area and a size of the window area, And the content is at least one of a text, a still picture, a video, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). delete delete delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1, And wherein the first script language and the second script language are SMIL (Synchronized Muitimedia Integration Language) scripts. A storage unit to store the first generated script language; And Read the first script language from the storage unit to configure a first user interface (UI) screen of the portable terminal, and divide at least one of the first user interface (UI) screens through a setting screen displayed on the portable terminal. A control unit for changing an attribute of an area, generating a second script language based on the changed attribute of the at least one partitioned area, and generating a second user interface (UI) screen based on the generated second script language Portable terminal comprising a. delete The method of claim 11, wherein the attribute of the at least one partition is And at least one of window area information of the at least one partitioned area, information on content displayed on the at least one partitioned area, and information on an action according to the content, The window area information includes information on at least one of a position of the window area and a size of the window area, And the content is at least one of a text, a still image, a video, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). delete delete delete The method of claim 11, The first script language and the second script language is a portable terminal, characterized in that the (SIL) (Synchronized Muitimedia Integration Language) script.

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