KR101262708B1 - mobile communication terminal having an WiFi connect discrimination function and controlling method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal of a mobile communication network system having a 3G communication network and a WiFi AP for executing WiFi communication, wherein the mobile communication terminal executes a mobile phone or a wireless Internet through a communication path of 3G or WiFi, While storing and managing the history of the successful wireless AP name and its location information, the Wi-Fi, characterized in that the Wi-Fi connection is controlled so as not to automatically connect to the Wi-Fi access, unless the same location through the history information when the previous wireless AP is connected again. A mobile communication terminal equipped with a connection determination function and a control method thereof are provided.
As described above, the present invention stores and manages the history of successful access to the wireless AP name and its location information, so that the WiFi access is not automatically established unless the same location is available through the history information when the previously accessed wireless AP is connected again. Therefore, if the location is different from the previous successful wireless AP name, the smartphone does not automatically execute the WiFi connection when the location is different, so the call resources are not forcibly occupied, thereby maximizing the efficiency of call resource management of the mobile communication terminal. It works.

Description

Mobile communication terminal having an WiFi connect discrimination function and controlling method therefor}

 The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal equipped with a Wi-Fi connection determination function and a control method thereof. In particular, the wireless AP to which a successful connection was previously reconnected while storing and managing a history of the name and location information of a successful wireless AP. If the case is not the same position through the history information relates to a mobile terminal with a Wi-Fi connection determination function to limit the automatic connection to the WiFi connection and its control method.

Generally, a smart phone generally means a combination of a minicomputer or a portable computer function including an operating system and a mobile phone function, and the user can download and install an application program, that is, an application desired by the user.

In other words, such a smart phone incorporates a mobile phone function with data communication functions such as calendaring, fax transmission and Internet access, and can read and write long-term e-mails exclusively for PCs. The touch panel liquid crystal can be used for operation and text message (SMS, NMS) transmission, and client software for connecting to an information system in the enterprise can be mounted.

Here, the biggest feature of such a smart phone is that unlike the existing mobile phone using only a given function as a finished product, users can install, add and delete hundreds of various applications (applications).

      Then, referring to the conventional mobile communication terminal transmission system as described above with reference to Fig. 1, a mobile communication terminal (3) or a mobile communication terminal for executing a mobile phone or a wireless Internet through a communication path of the 3G or WiFi is equipped with an operating system ( 70A-N);

      A WiFi AP 71A-N configured to execute WiFi communication by setting a WiFi channel to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 70A-N when the mobile communication terminal 70A-N is located in the vicinity and requests a connection;

3G communication network (73) for processing the call signal, text message or wireless Internet signals transmitted from the mobile communication terminal (70A-N) in 3G manner and relays them to other mobile communication terminal (70N) or Internet server (72). It is configured to include.

      On the other hand, looking at the operation of the conventional mobile communication terminal system as described above, first, the mobile communication terminal, in particular, the smart phone 70A to drive a variety of applications mounted on its phone to perform the necessary tasks to another smart phone 70N If a call is desired, a normal call is performed through the 3G communication network 73. However, in this process, the smartphone 70A automatically searches for all the WiFi APs 71A-N around which the access password is set or the MAC address authentication is not secured. The smartphone 70A then displays a list of the detected WiFi APs 71A-N on the display. In this case, when the user of the smartphone 70A selects one from the search list of the WiFi AP 71A-N, the smartphone 70A attempts to connect to the corresponding WiFi AP 71A, and if the user succeeds, the corresponding WiFi AP 71A ) To launch the desired wireless Internet. Here, the smartphone 70A is always aware of the AP name of the WiFi AP, which was previously connected at least once. At this time, when the smartphone 70A moves to another area and there is a wireless AP, that is, a WiFi AP 71A, which has been previously connected at least once, the smartphone 70A automatically establishes a WiFi connection to the corresponding WiFi AP 71A.

      However, the WiFi AP access method of the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above is a method of automatically establishing a WiFi connection to a corresponding WiFi AP when a wireless AP, that is, a WiFi AP, has been previously connected. If the connection is successful due to poor communication status and there are other Wi-Fi APs of the same type, the Wi-Fi connection is automatically established because the user forcibly terminates the Wi-Fi AP that the connection status is not good. Since it is necessary to repeatedly delete the name of the connected WiFi AP, there is a problem that not only increases the inconvenience of use, but also causes a waste of call resources.

Therefore, the present invention was invented to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and even if the same as the previously successful wireless AP name, if the location is different, the smart phone does not automatically execute the WiFi connection, so the call resource is forced. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal equipped with a Wi-Fi connection determination function and a control method thereof so as not to be occupied.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal having a Wi-Fi connection determination function for selecting an optimal WiFi channel among the signal strengths of the currently received WiFi having an access signal strength checking module and connecting the Wi-Fi, and a control method thereof. It is.

As described above, the present invention processes 3G communication signals transmitted from a mobile communication terminal in a 3G manner and relays them to another mobile communication terminal or an Internet server, and when the mobile communication terminal is located nearby to request access. In the mobile communication terminal of the mobile communication network system having a WiFi AP for setting the WiFi channel to execute the WiFi communication as a communication terminal,

    When the mobile communication terminal executes a mobile phone or a wireless Internet through a communication path of 3G or WiFi, and stores and manages the history of the name of the successful wireless access point and its location information, the wireless access point previously connected successfully reconnects. If it is not the same location through the history information provides a mobile terminal with a Wi-Fi connection determination function, characterized in that the control does not automatically establish a WiFi connection.

      Another feature of the present invention includes a general communication execution process in which a mobile communication terminal communicates with another communication terminal or executes a wireless Internet through a communication path of 3G or WiFi;

A WiFi AP history management process of executing history management by storing the AP name of the currently connected WiFi AP and its position signal (including GPS position coordinate signal) in a history storage DB when executing WiFi communication during the general communication execution process;

A WiFi AP connection checking process for checking whether the WiFi AP is newly connected after the WiFi AP history management process;

A WiFi connection determination process of checking whether the current WiFi AP satisfies the set detailed condition when the current WiFi AP is newly connected to the current mobile communication terminal as a result of the checking during the WiFi AP connection confirmation process;

If the WiFi AP to be newly accessed does not meet the detailed conditions as a result of the WiFi connection determination process, the mobile terminal is connected to the newly-connected WiFi AP to perform communication and the location from the newly connected WiFi AP. A WiFi automatic connection process of receiving a signal (including a GPS position coordinate signal) and storing the AP name of the WiFi AP and the position signal (including the GPS position coordinate signal) in a history storage DB;

Control of the mobile communication terminal equipped with a Wi-Fi connection determination function comprising a Wi-Fi automatic connection blocking process that blocks the automatic Wi-Fi connection if the current WiFi AP to meet the detailed conditions set as the result confirmed during the Wi-Fi connection determination process Provide a method.

As described above, the present invention stores and manages the history of the name of the wireless AP successfully connected and its location information. By not making a connection, even if it is the same as the previously successful wireless AP name, if the location is different, the smartphone does not automatically occupy the call resource because the smartphone does not automatically execute the WiFi connection, thereby improving the efficiency of call resource management of the mobile communication terminal. It has the effect of maximizing.

In addition, according to the present invention as described above, by providing the connection signal strength checking module to connect the WiFi by selecting the optimal WiFi channel among the signal strength of the currently received WiFi, accordingly the WiFi connection connectivity of the mobile communication terminal is significantly improved accordingly. There is also an effect.

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional mobile communication terminal transmission system.
2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mobile communication system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

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

As shown in FIG. 2, a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied is equipped with a plurality of applications including an operating system therein to execute a mobile phone or a wireless Internet through a 3G or WiFi communication path, A mobile communication terminal (1A-N) for storing and managing a history of the location information and controlling not to automatically establish a WiFi connection if the wireless AP, which has been successfully connected previously, is connected again through the history information;

      A WiFi AP (2A-N) configured to execute WiFi communication by setting a WiFi channel to the corresponding mobile communication terminal (1A-N) when the mobile communication terminal (1A-N) is located nearby and requests access;

       3G communication network (4) to process the call signal, text message or wireless Internet signals transmitted from the mobile communication terminal (1A-N) in 3G manner and relay them to other mobile communication terminal (1N) or Internet server (3) It is configured to include.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal (1A-N), in particular, the smart phone (1A-N) is connected to an external communication network, for example, WiFi AP (2A-N) or 3G communication network (4) in the communication method set up to communicate A wireless module 5 which performs and outputs a position signal (GPS position coordinate signal) of the corresponding WiFi AP 2A-N transmitted from the currently connected WiFi AP 2A-N according to the positioning control signal;

Controls the function of storing and managing the history of the name of the successful access to the wireless AP and its location information via the wireless module 5, and the same position through the previously stored history information when the wireless AP previously connected successfully is connected again. If not, the WiFi module blocks the automatic connection, the control module 6 for controlling the overall function of the smartphone (1A-N) and;

A memory unit (7) for storing a history of the name of the wireless AP which is successfully connected via the wireless module (5) and its location information according to the history storage management control signal of the control module (6);

The display module 8 further includes a display panel 8 that displays the state of driving the application and the state processed by the smartphones 1A-N according to the function control signal of the control module 6 as a graph, a letter or an icon, and operates as a touch screen. .

Here, the mobile communication terminal (1A-N) is a function that does not automatically establish a WiFi connection even if the wireless AP, that is, the WiFi AP (2A-N) that succeeded in accessing when searching for the WiFi AP (2A-N) is not the same location. It includes more.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 1A-N does not have an access password when searching for the WiFi AP 2A-N, and the wireless AP, that is, the access point secured by MAC address authentication, that is, the WiFi AP 2A-N. Automatic checking further includes a function that does not establish a connection of the corresponding wireless AP, that is, the WiFi AP 2A-N.

In another embodiment of the present invention is provided inside the smartphone (1A-N) connection signal strength checking module for measuring the signal strength or connection strength according to the connection to the wireless AP, that is, WiFi AP (2A-N) ( 9) It further includes.

Next, the control method of the present invention having the above configuration will be described.

In the method of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, a general communication execution process (S2) in which the mobile communication terminal communicates with another communication terminal or executes a wireless Internet through a communication path of 3G or WiFi in an initial state (S1). and;

In case of executing WiFi communication during the general communication execution process (S2), the WiFi AP history management for storing the AP name and the location signal (including the GPS position coordinate signal) of the currently connected WiFi AP in the history storage DB to execute history management. Process S3;

A WiFi AP connection checking process (S4) for checking whether the WiFi AP is newly connected after the WiFi AP history management process (S3);

A loop repetition process of returning to the general communication execution process (S2) and repeating the loop if the current WiFi AP is not newly connected to the current mobile communication terminal as a result of checking during the WiFi AP connection confirmation process (S4);

However, as a result of checking during the WiFi AP connection confirmation process (S4), if the current WiFi AP is to be newly connected to the current mobile communication terminal, a WiFi connection determination process (S5) for checking whether the set conditions are satisfied;

If the WiFi AP to be newly connected does not correspond to the set detailed condition as a result of the checking in the WiFi connection determination process (S5), the mobile terminal is connected to the WiFi AP to be newly connected to perform communication and newly connected WiFi A WiFi automatic connection process (S6) for receiving a location signal (including a GPS location coordinate signal) from the AP and storing the AP name and its location signal (including the GPS location coordinate signal) of the WiFi AP in a history storage DB;

As a result of checking during the WiFi access determination process (S5), the WiFi automatic access blocking process (S7) is configured to block the automatic WiFi access when the new WiFi AP to be newly accessed satisfies the detailed condition.

Here, the WiFi access determination process (S5) further includes a first step of identifying a case where the WiFi AP to which the current access is the same as the wireless AP and the wireless AP name is the same but not the same location as the detailed condition. .

The WiFi connection determination process (S5) further includes a second step of identifying a case in which the WiFi AP to be currently connected to the detailed condition does not have the access password and the connection security is secured by the MAC address authentication.

In other words, the mobile communication terminal 1A-N of the present invention, for example, the smartphone 1A drives various applications mounted on its own phone to perform necessary tasks as displayed on the display panel 8 and then performs other smart. When the user wants to talk on the phone 1N, a normal call is performed through the 3G communication network 4. However, in this process, the smartphone A automatically searches for all WiFi APs 2A-N around which the access password is set or the MAC address authentication is not secured. When the WiFi AP 2A is selected in the above process, the communication AP 1N communicates with another communication terminal 1N through the communication path of the corresponding WiFi AP 2A or executes the wireless Internet.

At this time, when WiFi communication is executed as described above, the control module 6 of the smartphone 1A transmits the location of the corresponding WiFi AP 2A transmitted from the currently connected WiFi AP 2A via the wireless module 5. After processing the signal (GPS position coordinate signal), the AP name of the currently connected WiFi AP and the position signal (including the GPS position coordinate signal) are stored in the history storage DB of the memory unit 7 to perform history management.

On the other hand, the control module 6 of the smart phone (1A) during the history management as described above, if the WiFi AP (2A) is a new connection checks whether the current WiFi AP (2A) to be newly connected to meet the detailed conditions set .

In this case, the detailed condition is whether the WiFi AP 2A to which the current access is satisfied with the wireless AP that has successfully connected previously and its wireless AP name are the same but not the same location, and the WiFi AP 2A to which the current access is made. This condition is used to determine whether the connection password is satisfied without access password being secured by Mac address authentication.

Here, the control module 6 of the smartphone 1A checks during the WiFi connection determination process and, as a result, the WiFi AP 2A to be newly connected when the WiFi AP to be newly connected does not correspond to the set detailed condition as described above. Communication is performed by performing normal general access, and a position signal (including a GPS position coordinate signal) is received from the newly connected WiFi AP 2A, and the AP name of the WiFi AP and its position signal (GPS position coordinate). Signal) is stored in the history storage DB of the memory unit 7.

However, when the control module 6 of the smartphone 1A confirms during the WiFi connection determination process, that is, when the WiFi AP 2A to be newly connected is satisfied with the set detailed condition, that is,

If the WiFi AP (2A) to which you are currently connecting is the same as the wireless AP whose name is the same but is not the same location, and the WiFi AP (2A) to which you are currently connecting is not password-protected, the MAC address authentication If any one of the cases of access security is satisfied, the automatic connection of the WiFi currently being attempted is blocked.

In addition, the control module 6 of the smart phone 1A is connected to the WiFi AP 2A input via the wireless module 5 according to the signal strength or connection strength through the connection signal strength checking module 9 After the automatic measurement, the result is compared according to the reference value. At this time, the control module 6 of the smartphone 1A-N is present if the signal strength or connection strength resulting from the connection with the WiFi AP 2A measured through the checking module 9 is greater than the reference value. While maintaining the connection as it is, if the result of the signal strength or connection strength according to the connection with the WiFi AP (2A) measured through the check module 9 as described above is less than the reference value with the currently connected WiFi AP (2A) It is determined that the communication signal transmission and reception is not smooth, and forcibly cuts off the currently connected WiFi AP 2A, and continues to communicate by newly connecting with another WiFi AP 2N having good signal strength.

1A-N: Mobile Terminal 2A-N: WiFi AP
3: Internet server 4: 3G communication network
5: wireless module 6: control module
7: memory 8: display panel
9: connection signal strength checking module

Claims (9)

The 3G communication network which processes the communication signals transmitted from the mobile communication terminal in 3G manner and relays them to another mobile communication terminal or an internet server, and when the mobile communication terminal is located nearby and requests access, the WiFi channel is connected to the corresponding mobile communication terminal. In the mobile communication terminal of the mobile communication network system having a WiFi AP for setting and executing WiFi communication,
When the mobile communication terminal executes a mobile phone or a wireless Internet through a communication path of 3G or WiFi, and stores and manages the history of the name of the successful wireless access point and its location information, the wireless access point previously connected successfully reconnects. If you do not have the same location through the history information, the WiFi connection is controlled automatically,
The mobile communication terminal,
A wireless module connected to a WiFi AP or a 3G communication network to perform communication, and process and output a location signal (GPS location coordinate signal) of a corresponding WiFi AP transmitted from a currently connected WiFi AP according to a positioning control signal. ;
Controls the function of storing and managing the history of the name of the wireless AP and the location information of the successful connection via the wireless module. A control module for blocking automatic connection; And
Move according to the history storage management control signal of the control module further comprises a memory unit for storing the history of the successful wireless AP name and its location information via the wireless module is configured to move the Wi-Fi connection determination function Communication terminal.     The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal is a smart phone. delete     The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a function of not automatically establishing a WiFi connection even if the wireless AP that is successfully connected when searching for the WiFi AP does not establish a WiFi connection. Mobile terminal.     The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal further includes a function that does not establish a connection of the corresponding WiFi AP by automatically checking the WiFi AP secured by the MAC address authentication without access password when searching for the WiFi AP. Mobile communication terminal with a Wi-Fi connection determination function, characterized in that.     The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a connection signal strength checking module for measuring signal strength or connection strength according to a connection with a WiFi AP. A general communication execution process in which the mobile communication terminal communicates with another communication terminal or executes a wireless Internet through a communication path of 3G or WiFi;
A WiFi AP history management process of executing history management by storing the AP name of the currently connected WiFi AP and its position signal (including GPS position coordinate signal) in a history storage DB when executing WiFi communication during the general communication execution process;
A WiFi AP connection checking process for checking whether the WiFi AP is newly connected after the WiFi AP history management process;
A WiFi connection determination process of checking whether the current WiFi AP satisfies the set detailed condition when the current WiFi AP is newly connected to the current mobile communication terminal as a result of the checking during the WiFi AP connection confirmation process;
If the WiFi AP to be newly accessed does not meet the detailed conditions as a result of the WiFi connection determination process, the mobile terminal is connected to the newly-connected WiFi AP to perform communication and the location from the newly connected WiFi AP. A WiFi automatic connection process of receiving a signal (including a GPS position coordinate signal) and storing the AP name of the WiFi AP and the position signal (including the GPS position coordinate signal) in a history storage DB;
As a result of checking during the WiFi connection determination process, if the new WiFi AP to be connected currently satisfies the detailed conditions set includes a WiFi automatic connection blocking process for blocking the automatic WiFi access,
The WiFi connection determination process,
As a detailed condition, the Wi-Fi access determination function is configured to further include a second step of identifying a case in which the WiFi AP to be currently connected is not connected to the access password and secured by Mac address authentication. Control method of a mobile communication terminal. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the WiFi connection determination process further comprises a first step of identifying, when the WiFi AP to which the current connection is a wireless AP to which the current connection is successful, and the wireless AP name is the same but not the same location. Control method of a mobile communication terminal with a Wi-Fi connection determination function, characterized in that. delete

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