KR101443662B1 - Method And Apparatus for Providing Download Descriptor in Content Download - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a download disk raptor when downloading content.

The present invention receives a download descriptor request message for main contents from a mobile communication terminal, reads a pre-stored configuration file, and stores the configuration file in XML (Extensible Markup Language) or XSD (XML Schema Definition (Session Information), Contents Information (Contents Information), and Configuration Data (Configuration Data) corresponding to the component and characteristic information from the content database, And a download disk raptor management unit for generating a download disk raptor for the main content and transmitting the generated download disk raptor to the mobile communication terminal. Providing a device to .

Content, Downloads, Downloads Disc Raptor, XML, XSD

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a download disk raptor when downloading content,

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a download disk raptor when downloading content. More specifically, when a mobile communication terminal downloads content from a server, the server must transmit a download disk raptor, which is information necessary for downloading, to the mobile communication terminal. The download disk raptor may be a terminal type, a terminal specification, Therefore, if the mobile communication terminal requests a download disk raster for a specific content, it parses the previously stored configuration file into XML (Extensible Markup Language) or XSD (XML Schema Definition) And generates and downloads a download disk raptor based on session information (Session Information), content information (Contents Information), or configuration data (Configuration Data) corresponding to the component and characteristic information, Downloading How to provide free disk Raptor for downloading content to manage the site effectively and to scrap the device.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, as computer, electronic, and communication technologies have dramatically developed, various wireless communication services using a wireless network have been provided. Accordingly, a service provided in a mobile communication system using a wireless communication network is developing as a multimedia communication service for transmitting data such as circuit data, packet data, and the like as well as voice services.

When the mobile communication terminal accesses the content providing server and downloads specific contents, the server has to transmit the information necessary for the mobile communication terminal to download the specific contents to the mobile communication terminal. The download descriptor, .

Generally, in a method in which a server provides contents to a mobile communication terminal, a server has a plurality of physical data files according to the type and performance of the target mobile communication terminal, Extracts a data file corresponding to the type and function of the mobile communication terminal among a plurality of data files according to the type and performance of the mobile communication terminal requesting the mobile communication terminal and transmits the extracted data file to the corresponding mobile communication terminal.

In addition, in the conventional download method, there is a separate download process for each content type, and each download process generates a download disk raptor.

That is, when the mobile communication terminal selects specific contents, the URL requesting the download disk raptor exists separately according to the content type, and each corresponding process creates the download disk raptor. Processes of each content type hard-code the download disk raptor format corresponding to the content, and only the values in the database are fetched in the database to generate the disk raptor.

Therefore, in the conventional downloading method, when the attribute included in the download disk raptor is changed, the server has a disadvantage in that it can transmit contents reflecting the changed attribute only after changing the downloading process. In addition, since download disk raptor generation is separately provided for each content type, there is a disadvantage that all download processes must be changed according to one attribute change.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, when the mobile communication terminal downloads content from a server, the server transmits a download disk raptor, which is information necessary for downloading to the mobile communication terminal, When the mobile communication terminal requests a download disk raster for a specific content, the configuration file is parsed into an XML (extensible markup language) or an XSD (XML Schema Definition), depending on the terminal specification or the content type. Extracts the component and attribute information by parsing the content and extracts the attribute information and extracts the attribute information based on the session information (Session Information), the content information (Contents Information), or the configuration data (Configuration Data) And transmits various properties The Raptors have downloaded the disc in to provide a method and apparatus for providing a download Raptor disks for downloading content to effectively manage are the main objectives.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content distribution system including a content database for storing information related to main content composed of a plurality of sub contents according to a terminal model, a terminal specification, or a content type; And receiving a download descriptor request message for the main content from the mobile communication terminal, reading a previously stored configuration file, and converting the configuration file into an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) or an XML Schema Definition (XSD) (Session Information), Contents Information (Contents Information), and Configuration Data (Configuration Information) corresponding to the component and the characteristic information from the content database, And a download disk raptor management unit for receiving the at least one of the downloaded content and the configuration data to generate a download disk raptor for the main content and transmitting the generated download disk raptor to the mobile communication terminal. City download disk It provides a device for providing a Raptor.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of downloading a disc, comprising: receiving a download disc Raptor request message for receiving a download descriptor request message for main content from a mobile communication terminal; A configuration file loading step for reading a previously stored configuration file; Extracting component and attribute information by parsing the configuration file into XML (extensible Markup Language) or XSD (XML Schema Definition) and extracting component and attribute information; Receiving at least one of session information (Session Information), content information (Contents Information), and configuration data (Configuration Data) corresponding to the component and the characteristic information from a content database to download a download disc raptor Generating a download disc raptor; And a download disc raptor transmission step of transmitting the download disc raptor to the mobile communication terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a mobile communication terminal downloads contents from a server, the server transmits a download disk raptor, which is information necessary for downloading to the mobile communication terminal, The configuration file can be parsed into XML (Extensible Markup Language) or XSD (XML Schema Definition) when the mobile communication terminal requests the download disc Raptor for specific contents And generates a download disk raptor based on session information (Session Information), content information (Contents Information), or configuration data (Configuration Data) corresponding to the component and property information, So that a variety of genus It is possible to efficiently manage a download disk raptor having a high performance.

In addition, according to the present invention, when an attribute included in a download disk raptor is changed as in the conventional download method, the attribute added, deleted, or changed is reflected in the configuration file without changing the download process, The reflected content can be transmitted.

In addition, according to the present invention, because the creation of download disk raptor exists separately for each content type, the attribute change is collectively applied to the content existing for each content type without changing all download processes according to one attribute change There is an effect that can be done.

In addition, according to the present invention, the attribute of the download disk raptor is parsed into XML or XSD without hardcoding as in the conventional method, thereby reducing the time required for the attribute change.

In addition, according to the present invention, the download descriptor generation function, which has a download process for each conventional content type, is separated and implemented, thereby increasing the development efficiency due to redundant management.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system for providing a download disk raptor when downloading contents according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A system for providing a download disk raptor when downloading content according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a download disk raptor management unit 120, and a content database 130.

1, a system for providing a download disk raptor when downloading content includes only the mobile communication terminal 110, the download disk raptor management unit 120, and the content database 130, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims and their equivalents. .

The mobile communication terminal 110 refers to a terminal that performs normal voice communication and data communication in wireless communication in cooperation with a mobile communication network.

The mobile communication terminal 110 is a terminal capable of receiving various kinds of web or wap page data via a mobile communication network in accordance with a key operation of a user and includes a browser for accessing a content providing server via a mobile communication network, A memory for storing an application manager, and a microprocessor for executing and controlling a program.

The downloading disc raptor managing unit 120 may be implemented as one of a plurality of modules included in the content providing server. In FIG. 1, a description will be given of a separate apparatus for explaining a technique for providing a download disc raptor in downloading.

The download disk raptor management unit 120 receives a download descriptor request message for the main content from the mobile communication terminal 110 and reads a pre-stored configuration file and stores the configuration file in XML (eXtensible Markup (Session Information) corresponding to the component and characteristic information from the content database 130, content (content information) and content information (content information) from the content database 130, Receives information of at least one of contents information and configuration data to generate a download disk raptor for the main contents and transmits the generated download disk raptor to the mobile communication terminal 110 .

Here, the component includes at least one of content type information, content file path information, content executable count information, and content authentication information.

The session data may include at least one of product information, content information, a user's phone number (User Mobile Number), and a download type (download type) At least one of a Contents Name, a Contents Version, a Contents Physical File Path, a Contents File Size, a User Profile Information (ME Profile), and User Configuration Information (ME Configuration) , And the configuration data includes at least one of download server information and URL information.

The download disk raptor management unit 120 performs a function of coding the source of the session data, the content information, and the configuration data when the session data, the content information, and the configuration data are required to be processed in order to create a download disk raptor .

Also, the download disk raptor management unit 120 generates hash map information using the session data, the content information, and the configuration data, and generates a download descriptor based on the hash map information.

In addition, when there is an attribute addition, deletion, or change of the main content, the download disk raptor management unit 120 reflects the addition, deletion, or change of the attribute in the configuration file.

After receiving the download disk raptor request message, the download disk raptor management unit 120 checks whether there is a change in the previously stored configuration file, and if there is a change in the configuration file, the download disk raptor management unit 120 stores the changed configuration file It performs reading function.

That is, when a change occurs, the download disk raptor management unit 120 does not need to modify and restart each process of the download disk raptor management unit 120, and the attributes required for creating a download disk raptor for each conventional content type are hard- It can be made configurable using XSD and XML.

That is, XSD defines the schema (Shema) for XML and defines what is needed to create a download disk raptor. Defines which attributes are included in the download disk raptor using XML, and defines which tables and which field values should be fetched to fetch the corresponding values.

That is, in the implementation of the present invention, XSD can be implemented as shown in Table 1, and XML can be implemented as shown in Table 2.

[Table 1]

XSD Example

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>

<schema xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

targetNamespace = "http://www.example.org/WIPIJAVA" xmlns: tns = "http://www.example.org/WIPIJAVA" elementFormDefault = "qualified">

         <complexType name = "ITEM">

         <attribute name = "NAME" type = "string"> </ attribute>

         <attribute name = "COLUMN" type = "string"> </ attribute>

    </ complexType>

    <element name = "ATTRLIST" type = "tns: ATTRS"> </ element>

    <complexType name = "ATTRS">

         <sequence minOccurs = "1" maxOccurs = "unbounded">

             <element name = "ATTR" type = "tns: ATTR"> </ element>

         </ sequence>

    </ complexType>

    <complexType name = "ATTR">

         <sequence>

         <element name = "ITEM" type = "tns: ITEM" minOccurs = "1"

    maxOccurs = "unbounded">

         </ element>

         </ sequence>

         <attribute name = "FROM" type = "string"> </ attribute>

         <attribute name = "WHERE" type = "string"> </ attribute>

    </ complexType>

</ schema>

[Table 2]

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>

<ATTRLIST xmlns: tns = "http://www.example.org/J2ME"

xmlns: xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi: schemaLocation = "http://www.example.org/J2ME J2ME.xsd">

  &Lt; ATTR FROM = "WIPIJAVA-CONTENT" WHERE = "SCID &

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Name" COLUMN = "CONT_NAME" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Version" COLUMN = "CONT_VERSION" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Vendor" COLUMN = "CONT_VENDOR" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Jar-Size" COLUMN = "CONT_FILESIZE" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-n" COLUMN = "MD_N" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MicroEdition-Profile" COLUMN = "MD_PROFILE" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MicroEdition-Configuration" COLUMN = "MD_CONFIGURATION" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-X-Date" COLUMN = "USE_DUE_PERIOD" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Menu-Location" COLUMN = "MD_MENU_LOCATION" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Description" COLUMN = "MD_DESCRIPTION" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Ani-Icon-URL" COLUMN = "CONT_ANI_ICON_FILENAME" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Icon-URL" COLUMN = "CONT_ICON_FILENAME" />

    <ITEM NAME = "App-Type" COLUMN = "CONT_TYPE" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-Attribute" COLUMN = "ATTRIBUTE" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-MIME-Type" COLUMN = "CONT_MIME_TYPE" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-File-Ass" COLUMN = "CONT_FILE_ASS" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-Protect-Count" COLUMN = "USE_PROTECT_COUNT" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-Interval-Time" COLUMN = "USE_DUE_PERIOD" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-Start-Date" COLUMN = "USE_DATE_START" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-End-Date" COLUMN = "USE_DATE_END" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-DLF-ProgName" COLUMN = "DLF_ID" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-DLF-Version" COLUMN = "DLF_VERSION" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-DLF-Size" COLUMN = "DLF_FILESIZE" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Icon" COLUMN = "ICON_FILE" />

  </ ATTR>

  &Lt; ATTR FROM = "PRODUCT" WHERE = "PID &

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-ProgName" COLUMN = "PRODUCT_ID" />

  </ ATTR>

  <ATTR>

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Info-URL" COLUMN = "INFO_URL" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-Jar-URL" COLUMN = "DD_SERVER_IP" />

    <ITEM NAME = "Midlet-Install-Notify" COLUMN = "NOTI_URL" />

    <ITEM NAME = "MIDlet-X-Update-URL" COLUMN = "UPDATE_URL" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-Player-Version" COLUMN = "DDPLAYERVER" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-DLF-DownURL" COLUMN = "DDDLFURL" />

    <ITEM NAME = "DD-DLF-MIMEType" COLUMN = "DDDLFMIMETYPE" />

  </ ATTR>

</ ATTRLIST>

The content database 130 stores information related to main content composed of a plurality of sub contents according to a terminal model, a terminal specification, or a content type.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing contents according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 110 establishes a session with the menu providing page to download specific contents from the menu providing page (S210).

That is, when the mobile communication terminal 110 accesses the menu providing page according to a key operation of the user and selects the contents to be downloaded, the mobile communication terminal 110 requests a download page for the contents to the menu providing page , The menu providing page transmits a URL and a MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions) type for downloading the corresponding content to the mobile communication terminal 110. The browser of the mobile communication terminal 110 transmits the MIME type, To the application manager.

When there is a request from the mobile communication terminal 110 for a download disk raptor for the content, the download disk raptor management unit 120 parses the configuration file into XML or XSD and creates a download disk raptor using the information of the content database To the mobile communication terminal 110 (S220).

That is, the download disk raptor management unit 120 receives the download disk raptor request message for the corresponding content from the mobile communication terminal 110, reads the pre-stored configuration file, and parses the configuration file into XML or XSD Extracts configuration element and characteristic information, receives at least one of session data, content information, and configuration data corresponding to the component and characteristic information from the content database 130 to generate a download disk raptor for the main content , And transmits the generated download disc raptor to the mobile communication terminal 110.

After confirming the characteristics of the received download disc raptor, the mobile communication terminal 110 requests and downloads the corresponding content to the download unit of the content server, and installs the downloaded content (S230).

The mobile communication terminal 110 transmits the installation history of the installed content to the work thread unit of the content providing server, receives an acknowledgment signal indicating completion of the download from the work thread unit, and transmits the transaction data to the transaction database And transmits a termination thread to the download section to terminate the download (S240).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a download disk raptor when downloading content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 110 accesses a menu providing page according to a key operation of the user and selects a main content to be downloaded, the mobile communication terminal 110 requests a download page for the content as a menu providing page, The menu providing page transmits a URL and a MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions) type in which the main content can be downloaded to the mobile communication terminal 110. The browser of the mobile communication terminal 110 transmits the MIME type, To the application manager.

The mobile communication terminal 110 transmits a download disk raptor request message for the main content to the download disk raptor management unit 120 using the installed application manager.

The download disc raptor management unit 120 receives a download disc raptor request message for the main content from the mobile communication terminal 110 at step S310.

After downloading the previously stored configuration file, the download disk raptor management unit 120 checks whether the configuration file has been changed (S320).

That is, after receiving the download disk raptor request message, the download disk raptor management unit 120 checks whether there is a change in the previously stored configuration file, and if there is a change in the configuration file, the download disk raptor management unit 120 stores the changed configuration file It reads.

If it is determined in step S320 that the configuration file has been changed, the download disk raptor management unit 120 reads the changed configuration file (S330).

The download disk raptor management unit 120 parses the configuration file into XML or XSD to extract component and characteristic information (S340).

Here, the component includes at least one of content type information, content file path information, content executable count information, and content authentication information.

The download disk raptor management unit 120 receives at least one of the session data, the content information, and the configuration data corresponding to the component and characteristic information from the content database 130 (S350).

Here, the session data includes at least one of production information, content information, user's telephone number, and download type information, and the content information includes a content name, a content version, a content physical file path, a content file size, Information, and user configuration information, and the configuration data includes at least one of download server information and URL information.

The download disk raptor management unit 120 generates a download disk raptor for the main content using the received session data, the content information, and the configuration data (S360).

The download disk raptor management unit 120 transmits the generated download disk raptor to the mobile communication terminal 110 (S370).

After confirming the characteristics of the received download disc raptor, the mobile communication terminal 110 requests and downloads the corresponding content to the downloading unit of the content server, installs the downloaded content, and installs the installed content of the installed content To the work thread unit of the content providing server, receives a confirmation signal indicating completion of the download from the work thread unit, transfers the transaction data to the transaction database, and transmits the termination thread to the download unit to terminate the download .

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware May be implemented as a computer program having a module. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As the storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, or the like may be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a mobile communication terminal downloads contents from a server, the server transmits a download disk raptor, which is information necessary for downloading, to the corresponding mobile communication terminal. When a mobile communication terminal requests a download disk raptor for a specific content, it parses a previously stored configuration file into XML (Extensible Markup Language) or XSD (XML Schema Definition) Extracts component and attribute information and generates a download disk raptor based on the session information (Session Information), content information (Contents Information), or configuration data (Configuration Data) By doing so, The present invention is applied to a method and an apparatus for providing a download disc raptor when downloading content that efficiently manages a download disc raptor that has been downloaded. In a case where an attribute included in a download disc raptor is changed as in the conventional download method, It is a very useful invention to generate the effect of transmitting the contents reflecting the changed attributes by adding, deleting or changing the attributes in the configuration file without having to change them.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system for providing a download disk raptor when contents are downloaded according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing contents according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a download disk raptor when downloading content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

110: mobile communication terminal 120: download disk raptor management unit

130: Content database

Claims (11)

A content database for storing information related to main contents composed of a plurality of sub contents according to a terminal model, a terminal specification or a content type; And Receiving a download descriptor request message for the main content from the mobile communication terminal, reading a previously stored configuration file, and converting the configuration file into an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) or an XSD (XML Schema Definition) Contents information and configuration data corresponding to the component and the property information from the contents database by parsing the component information and attribute information by parsing the component information and attribute information, And a download disk raptor management unit for receiving the downloaded disk raptor and transmitting the generated download disk raptor to the mobile communication terminal, And downloading content to the content server. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the download disc raptor management unit comprises: (Coding) the source of the session data, the content information and the configuration data when processing is required for the session data, the content information and the configuration data to create the download disk raptor A device that provides download disk raptor when downloading. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the download disc raptor management unit comprises: And generates the download descriptor based on the hash map information by using the session data, the content information, and the configuration data, and generates the download descriptor based on the hash map information. Device. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the download disc raptor management unit comprises: Deletes or changes an attribute of the main content, the attribute addition, deletion, or change of the attribute is reflected in the configuration file. 5. The method of claim 4, Wherein the download disc raptor management unit comprises: After the download disk raptor request message is received, whether or not there is a change in the previously stored configuration file. If the configuration file has been changed, the changed configuration file is read. A device that provides download disk raptor when downloading content. The method according to claim 1, The component comprises: Wherein the information includes at least one of content type information, content file path information, content executable count information, and content authentication information. The method according to claim 1, The session data includes: Wherein the download information includes at least one of product information, product information, content information, a user's phone number, and a download type information. Providing device. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the content information includes: A content name, a contents version, a contents physical file path, a contents file size, a user profile information (ME Profile), and user configuration information (ME configuration) Wherein the downloading information includes at least one piece of information. The method according to claim 1, The configuration data includes: The download server information, and the URL information. The apparatus of claim 1, Receiving a download disc raptor request message for receiving a download descriptor request message for main content from a mobile communication terminal; A configuration file loading step for reading a previously stored configuration file; Extracting component and attribute information by parsing the configuration file into XML (extensible Markup Language) or XSD (XML Schema Definition) and extracting component and attribute information; The method includes receiving at least one piece of session information, content information, and configuration data corresponding to the component and the characteristic information from the content database, A download disc raptor generating step of generating a download disc raptor; And A download disc raptor transmission step of transmitting the generated download disc raptor to the mobile communication terminal And downloading content to the content server. 11. The method of claim 10, After the download disc raptor transmission step, A change confirmation step of confirming whether there is an addition, deletion or change of an attribute of the main content; And As a result of the confirmation of the change confirmation step, when there is an addition, deletion or change of the attribute, a change application step of reflecting the addition, deletion or change of the attribute in the configuration file And downloading the contents to the download server.

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