KR20040088101A - Wireless internet domain address search method for mobile communication packet network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for searching a wireless internet domain address in a mobile communication packet network is provided to allow a user to search a domain address through Hangul and access a desired Internet site with the searched domain address. CONSTITUTION: A mobile terminal requests allocation of an IP address from an SGSN(Serving GPRS(General Packet Radio Service) Support Node)(S10). The SGSN requests allocation of the IP address for the mobile terminal from a GGSN(Gateway GPRS Support Node)(S11). The GGSN allocates the IP address to the mobile terminal and informs the SGSN accordingly(S12). The SGSN informs the mobile terminal of allocation of the IP address(S13) and the mobile terminal inputs a Hangul domain name related to a desired Internet site(S14). The mobile terminal transmits the inputted Hangul domain name to a Hangul domain server to request searching of the desired Internet site(S15). The Hangul domain server compares the Hangul domain name with a Hangul search word of a domain information database, converts it into an Internet domain address having a search word identical to the Hangul domain name(S16), and provides the Internet domain address to the mobile terminal(S17). The mobile terminal accesses the Internet site of the corresponding domain address(S18) and receives Web page data provided from the Internet site(S19).

Description

Wi-Fi domain address retrieval method in mobile communication packet network {WIRELESS INTERNET DOMAIN ADDRESS SEARCH METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION PACKET NETWORK}

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a wireless Internet domain address in a mobile communication packet network. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wireless Internet in a mobile communication packet network capable of retrieving a domain address of a wireless internet site through a mobile communication packet network. A domain address search method.

As is well known, a mobile communication system is configured such that multiple mobile communication subscribers simultaneously perform voice calls using a broadband frequency of 5 MHz by a wireless access method such as code division multiple access (CDMA). In addition to the original voice call function between the communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal or between the mobile communication terminal and the landline telephone, the use of a wide range of mobile communication frequencies has been sought.

In recent years, by connecting a mobile communication network of a mobile communication system with a wireless Internet network, a web page data inquiry function service using a wireless Internet web browser embedded in the mobile communication terminal, and the inquiry and download service of various media content, news and The game execution service, the e-mail transmission and reception service, the bank direct transfer service, the ticket and concert reservation service, etc. can be performed.

On the other hand, in order to use the services of various media contents through the wireless Internet, such a mobile communication terminal needs to select a domain address for an Internet site that is desired to be searched from a vast number of Internet sites that can search web page data through the wireless Internet network. You must enter it correctly.

However, since the Internet domain address assigned to each Internet site is composed of a complex combination of alphabets, numbers, and special characters, it is difficult for the subscribers to remember it correctly, and it is difficult to enter the domain address manually by operating the keypad of the terminal. There is discomfort that this takes.

In order to alleviate this inconvenience, recently, various domain address input methods such as numeric domain input method, barcode input method, SMS callback method, etc. are used to identify and input domain addresses of desired Internet sites in mobile communication terminals. The method is adopted.

However, among the various domain address input methods in the mobile communication terminal, the barcode input method requires a camera attached to take a barcode and input it, so most mobile communication terminals do not have a camera attached as a basic specification. In the case of the SMS callback method, there is a problem that it takes a long time to find an SMS including a desired domain address because it is likely to receive a large amount of spam SMS.

As a result, the Internet site domain address retrieval method of the mobile communication terminal through the current mobile communication system still exposes various problems, and the subscriber of the mobile communication terminal desires the Internet by inputting relevant information more intuitively and conveniently. There is an urgent need for the development of a new domain address search method that can accurately search the domain address of the site.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional situation, and an object thereof is to search for a domain address matching the Korean search word by inputting a Korean word of a search word directly related to a wireless Internet site through a mobile communication packet network. The present invention provides a method for retrieving a wireless Internet domain address in a mobile communication packet network which enables a notification to a mobile communication terminal.

It is another object of the present invention to input a search word related to a wireless Internet site and characteristic information for each category of an Internet site to be searched through a mobile communication packet network in Korean, thereby matching a domain address matching with a search word having the characteristic information. It is to provide a wireless Internet domain address search method to search for and provide to the mobile communication terminal.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication packet network for implementing a wireless Internet domain address search method according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram schematically showing a state of searching an Internet site domain address on a wireless Internet network by inputting a Korean domain name according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for searching a wireless Internet domain address in a mobile communication packet network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a state of setting a characteristic shortcut key for each category of an Internet site in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a diagram illustrating a state of inputting a Korean domain name including characteristic information in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a state of searching an Internet site domain address on a wireless Internet network by inputting a Korean domain name and characteristic information according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for searching a wireless Internet domain address in a mobile communication packet network according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: mobile communication terminal, 12: wireless access network (UTRAN),

14: wireless access management device (SGSN), 16: packet network management device (GGSN),

18: subscriber information management server (HSS), 20: wireless Internet network,

22: Korean domain server, 24: domain information database,

26: Internet site.

According to an embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, the mobile communication terminal accesses the mobile communication packet network and is assigned an IP address, the mobile communication terminal is connected to the wireless Internet network on the mobile communication packet network through the IP address Inputting and transmitting relevant information of an Internet site desired for information search in Korean, and extracting and providing a domain address of an Internet site that matches the relevant information input from the mobile terminal from a Korean domain server on a wireless Internet network. And accessing a desired Internet site through a domain address provided from a Hangul domain server in the mobile communication terminal.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal accesses a mobile communication packet network and receives an IP address, and the mobile communication terminal transmits an IP address to a wireless Internet network on the mobile communication packet network. Inputting and transmitting the Hangul domain name of the Internet site and the corresponding characteristic information of the Internet site to be searched for information, and the domain of the Internet site that matches the Hangul domain name entered by the mobile terminal in the Hangul domain server on the wireless Internet network. Searching for an address, extracting and providing a domain address including the characteristic information of a category among the Internet sites, and a desired internet site through a domain address including characteristic information provided from a Hangul domain server in the mobile communication terminal; Consists of connecting To provide wireless Internet domain address search method in a mobile communication packet network according to claim.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

That is, FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication packet network for implementing a method for searching a wireless Internet domain address according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication packet network to which the method of the present invention is applied includes a mobile communication terminal 10, a UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) 12, and a radio access management apparatus (Serving GPRS Support). Node; SGSN (14), Packet GPRS Support Node (GGSN) 16, Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 18, Wireless Internet Network 20, Korean Domain Server 22 ), And a domain database 24.

In the figure, the mobile communication terminal 10 is equipped with a keypad for inputting numbers and Korean characters of the mobile communication terminal number, and accesses the wireless Internet network 20 through the wireless access network 12 to provide a wireless Internet-only web browser. When a Korean domain name for searching an Internet site desired to be searched is input by using a keypad and a domain address corresponding to the Korean domain name notified from the Korean domain server 22 is received, the domain address is assigned. Web page information is accessed by accessing the Internet site.

The radio access network 20 is wirelessly connected to the mobile communication terminal 10 and is responsible for radio transmission and reception of a packet data frame, which is a radio transceiver subsystem (RTS) and a radio network controller (Radio Network). Controller; RNC).

The radio transceiver subsystem (RTS) of the radio access network 12 converts an intermediate frequency signal into an RF signal through a forward link and converts an RF signal into an intermediate frequency signal through a reverse link to perform signal processing for the radio communication signal. This is to perform a wireless connection termination function with the mobile communication terminal 10, and to transmit and receive voice, video, and traffic data in a W-CDMA manner, and to perform various information transmission and reception with the mobile communication terminal 10. do.

The radio network controller (RNC) of the radio access network 12 is in charge of wired / wireless channel management, protocol matching of a mobile communication terminal, soft handoff processing, protocol processing of a mobile communication packet network, and management function of a wireless transceiver subsystem. .

In the figure, the radio access management device 14 is to provide an ATM-based switch and routing connection to perform a service of a general packet radio service (GPRS), which is a mobility to the GPRS for processing packet data. It performs management function, session management function, authentication and billing function according to GPRS.

The packet network management device 16 is an IP-based serving node that provides high-speed packet data processing for packet data services of GPRS, which provides mobility of packet data services and processing functions of various data related protocols. IP address allocation, domain address translation, billing and maintenance functions are performed.

The subscriber information management server 18 has subscriber information for a mobile communication terminal subscriber using a mobile communication packet network, maintains a master list of data services related to each subscriber, and manages the location information of the subscriber. It provides tracking function for access means and performs authentication related function for mobile communication subscriber.

The Hangul domain server 22 compares and searches the Hangul domain name inputted from the mobile communication terminal 10 with the Hangul search word assigned to the domain address registered in the domain information database 24, and the Hangul domain name. And extracts a domain address having a search word matching with the search word and provides it to the mobile communication terminal 10.

The domain information database 24 has registered domain addresses for a large number of Internet sites that can be accessed through the wireless Internet network 20, and a Korean search word associated with an Internet site to which each domain address is assigned is a domain address. It is given and stored separately.

Here, when the mobile communication terminal 10 is to search for the domain address of the desired Internet site by the Hangul input method, as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 10 corresponds to the search for a specific Internet site. When the domain name associated with the Internet site is input in Korean and the IP address previously allocated is transmitted through the mobile communication packet network, the Korean domain server 22 matches the Korean domain name inputted by the mobile terminal 10. The domain address having the search word is searched and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal to which the corresponding IP address is assigned.

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 10 searches an Internet site on the wireless Internet network 20 based on the domain address provided from the Hangul domain server 22, and the Internet site 26 to which the corresponding domain address is assigned. It allows users to access and receive Internet web page data.

Meanwhile, when the mobile communication terminal 10 inputs a domain name directly related to a specific Internet site, the Hangul domain server 22 can search for and provide a domain address having a search word that matches the domain name. However, the domain communication word indirectly or partially related to the Internet site to be queried by the mobile communication terminal 10 (for example, when searching for an Internet site of "Samsung", "Samsung", "Electronic", "Home Appliance") If you enter a partial or indirect word, such as a search word, all the search words including the relevant indirect or partial domain-related words are searched, and a plurality of domain addresses associated with each search word are searched. It is also possible to provide as much as possible to the mobile communication terminal 10.

At this time, when the mobile communication terminal 10 receives a search list including a plurality of domain addresses from the Hangul domain server 22, the mobile communication terminal 10 designates a desired domain address from the search list to access an Internet site. desirable.

Next, an operation according to an embodiment of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, the mobile communication terminal 10 connects to the radio access management apparatus 14 through the radio access network 12 and requests the assignment of an IP address (step S10). The radio access management apparatus 14 manages the packet network. The device 16 requests the allocation of the IP address for the mobile communication terminal 10 (step S11).

Accordingly, the packet network management device 16 allocates an IP address to the mobile communication terminal 10 according to a request of the radio access management device 14 and notifies the radio access management device 14 of this (step S12). ).

Accordingly, the radio access management apparatus 14 notifies the mobile communication terminal 10 of the allocation of the IP address (step S13), and the mobile communication terminal 10 is to check the Internet site through the keypad. Enter the Korean domain name related to (26) (for example, enter the domain name of "Samsung Electronics" related to the site to search the Internet site to which the domain address of "www.sec.co.kr" is assigned) ( In step S14), the Internet domain 20 is transmitted to the Hangul domain server 22 by accessing the wireless Internet network 20 based on the pre-assigned IP address to perform a search request for the Internet site (step S15).

Meanwhile, the Hangul domain server 22 compares and searches the Hangul domain name received from the mobile communication terminal 10 with the Hangul search word of the domain information database 24 and has a search word that matches the Hangul domain name. Conversion to an Internet domain address is performed (step S16), and the Internet domain address is provided to the mobile communication terminal 10 (step S17).

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 10 accesses the Internet site 26 given the domain address based on the Internet domain address received from the Hangul domain server 22 (step S18). Receiving the web page data provided from (26), the content contents can be inquired (step S29).

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The mobile communication packet network according to another embodiment of the present invention is composed of the same components as those shown in FIG. 1, but includes a mobile communication terminal 10, a Korean domain server 22, and a domain information database 24. The component of provides different functions from the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

That is, the mobile communication terminal 10 inputs a Hangul domain name related to the Internet site to be searched, and additionally inputs characteristic information corresponding to the category attribute held by the corresponding Internet site, thereby allowing the terminal subscriber to search. Ensure that Internet site information is retrieved more accurately.

Here, the characteristic information input from the mobile communication terminal 10 may correspond to category characteristics such as, for example, "news", "shopping", "auction", "video", "music", etc., corresponding to the subject of each Internet site. In general, an Internet site that collectively holds complex category-specific information, such as an Internet portal site, can accurately retrieve page information of a site responsive to characteristic information selected by the mobile communication terminal 10.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the mobile communication terminal 10 may set a shortcut key for a plurality of characteristic information classified by category, and use a numeric key as a shortcut key for each characteristic information. It is preferable to assign, and it is also preferable to set a shortcut key for each characteristic information in Korean consonants, vowels or English alphabets.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the mobile communication terminal 10 inputs a Korean domain name related to the corresponding site in order to search for a specific Internet site, and inputs a shortcut key for shortening the characteristic information for each category of the corresponding site. However, in order to distinguish between the corresponding Korean domain name and the shortcut key of the characteristic information, a separator such as "*" is inserted.

At this time, the mobile communication terminal 10 recognizes that the shortcut key of the characteristic information is input by the separator and converts the characteristic information set as the shortcut key into Korean and transmits it to the Korean domain server 22.

The Hangul domain server 22 compares and searches the Hangul domain name inputted from the mobile communication terminal 10 with the Hangul search word given to the domain address registered in the domain information database 24. A domain address having a matching search word is extracted, and only a domain address including the characteristic information input by the mobile communication terminal 10 is extracted and provided to the mobile communication terminal 10.

The domain information database 24 has registered domain addresses for a large number of Internet sites that can be accessed through the wireless Internet network 20, and a Korean search word associated with an Internet site to which each domain address is assigned is a domain address. In addition, the domain addresses of each Internet site are classified and stored in a plurality of categories.

Next, FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a state of searching an Internet site domain address on a wireless Internet network by inputting a Hangul domain name and characteristic information according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the mobile communication terminal 10 inputs characteristic information together with a delimiter while inputting a domain name related to the corresponding Internet site in Korean to search for a specific Internet site. When the assigned IP address is transmitted together, the Hangul domain server 22 searches for a domain address having a search word that matches the Hangul domain name inputted by the mobile communication terminal 10, and searches the domain address among the searched domain addresses. The domain address including the characteristic information input from the mobile communication terminal 10 is extracted and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal to which the corresponding IP address is assigned.

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 10 searches an Internet site on the wireless Internet network 20 based on the domain address for each feature provided from the Hangul domain server 22, and the Internet site to which the domain address for each feature is assigned. Connect to (26) to receive and look up Internet web page data.

Next, an operation according to another embodiment of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

First, the mobile communication terminal 10 is connected to the radio access management device 14 through the radio access network 12 to request the assignment of the IP address (step S20), and the radio access management device 14 The packet network management device 16 requests the allocation of the IP address for the mobile communication terminal 10 (step S21).

Accordingly, the packet network management device 16 allocates an IP address to the mobile communication terminal 10 according to a request of the radio connection management device 14 and notifies the radio access management device 14 of this (step S22). ).

Accordingly, the radio access management apparatus 14 notifies the mobile communication terminal 10 of the allocation of the IP address (step S23), and the mobile communication terminal 10 is to check the Internet site through the keypad. Enter the Korean domain name and the characteristic information related to (26) (for example, to search for "www.nate.com/service/natenews", the Korean domain name such as "nate" and the characteristic information of the category such as "news"). (Step S24), accessing the wireless Internet network 20 based on the pre-assigned IP address, and transmits the inputted Hangul domain name and characteristic information to the Hangul domain server 22 to perform an Internet site search request. (Step S25).

Meanwhile, the Hangul domain server 22 compares and searches the Hangul domain name received from the mobile communication terminal 10 with the Hangul search word of the domain information database 24 and has a search word that matches the Hangul domain name. In addition to performing the conversion to the Internet domain address, only the domain address of the site including the characteristic information is extracted from the Internet site (step S26), and the Internet domain address according to the characteristic information is provided to the mobile communication terminal 10. (Step S27).

Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal 10 accesses the Internet site 26 to which the corresponding domain address is assigned based on the Internet domain address according to the characteristic information received from the Hangul domain server 22 (step S28). In response to the web page data provided from the Internet site 26, the content contents can be inquired (step S29).

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described typical preferred embodiments, but can be carried out in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention, various modifications, alterations, substitutions or additions are common in the art Those who have knowledge will easily understand. If the implementation by such improvement, change, replacement or addition falls within the scope of the appended claims, the technical idea should also be regarded as belonging to the present invention.

According to the present invention as described above, when a mobile communication terminal wants to search a wireless Internet site on a mobile communication packet network, a domain name related to the corresponding Internet site is input in Korean to search for a domain address, and the searched domain address is used. As a result, the user can access a desired Internet site, thereby making it possible to search the domain address for the desired Internet site more intuitively and quickly.

Claims (10)

A first step of assigning an IP address by accessing a mobile communication packet network from a mobile communication terminal; A second step of the mobile communication terminal accessing a wireless Internet network on a mobile communication packet network through an IP address and inputting and transmitting related information of an Internet site desired for information search in Korean; A third step of extracting and providing a domain address of an internet site matching the related information inputted from the mobile communication terminal in a Korean domain server on a wireless internet network; And a fourth step of accessing a desired internet site through a domain address provided from a Hangul domain server in the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, In the second step, the wireless Internet domain address search in the mobile communication packet network, wherein the related information of the Internet site inputted and transmitted by the mobile communication terminal in Korean includes an IP address assigned to the mobile communication terminal. Way. The method of claim 1, In the second step, the relevant information of the Internet site input by the mobile terminal in the Hangul Hangul domain name search method of the mobile communication packet network, characterized in that the Internet site. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In the third step, the Hangul domain server is configured to compare and search the Hangul domain name from the mobile terminal with a search word associated with each Internet site, to provide a domain address of an Internet site having a matching search word. A wireless Internet domain address search method in a mobile communication packet network. The method of claim 1, The method of claim 2, wherein the related information of the Internet site input by the mobile terminal in Korean is a domain related word indirectly or partially related to the corresponding Internet site. The method according to claim 1 or 5, In the third step, the Hangul domain server compares and searches a Hangul domain related word from the mobile terminal with a search word connected to each Internet site, and includes a plurality of domain addresses each having a search word including the domain related word. Wireless Internet domain address search method in a mobile communication packet network, characterized in that configured to provide a search listing. A first step of assigning an IP address by accessing a mobile communication packet network from a mobile communication terminal; A second step of the mobile communication terminal accessing the wireless internet network on the mobile communication packet network through an IP address and inputting and transmitting the Hangul domain name of the internet site and the characteristic information of the corresponding category for information inquiry; A third domain that searches for a domain address of an Internet site that matches the Hangul domain name entered by the mobile communication terminal in a Hangul domain server on a wireless Internet network, and extracts and provides a domain address including category characteristic information from the Internet site; Steps and, And a fourth step of accessing a desired internet site through a domain address including characteristic information provided from a Hangul domain server in the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein In the second step, the domain name and characteristic information of the Internet site inputted and transmitted by the mobile terminal in Korean is transmitted along with the IP address assigned to the mobile terminal. How to Search Internet Domain Addresses. The method of claim 7, wherein In the second step, a method for retrieving a wireless Internet domain address in a mobile communication packet network comprising inserting a separator to distinguish a Korean domain name and characteristic information. The method of claim 7, wherein In the second step, the mobile communication terminal searches a wireless Internet domain address in the mobile communication packet network, wherein the plurality of category-specific characteristic information are set in advance by a shortcut key and a shortcut key corresponding to the desired characteristic information is input. Way.