KR20050024550A - Wireless Internet Service System Categorized by Extended Identifier and Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for providing a menu type wireless Internet service classified by an extended identifier are provided to enhance users' convenience by managing information of users' frequently used wireless Internet contents according to groups by using favorite function. CONSTITUTION: A mobile terminal(310) is provided with an extended menu type mobile contents screen including identification name of mobile Internet contents, and generates and transmits a contents select signal. A mobile communication network includes a RAN(Radio Access Network)(320) and an MSC(Mobile Station Center)(330) for transmitting/receiving the extended menu type mobile contents screen and/or the contents select signal to/from the mobile terminal(310). A wireless gateway(340) converts a format of a signal and/or data received for interfacing between the mobile communication network and the wireless Internet, and transmits the converted format. An extended menu type service server(360) generates the extended menu type mobile contents screen and transmits it to the mobile station(310) connected thereto, and in this case, the extended menu type service server(360) transmits corresponding mobile Internet contents to the mobile terminal(310) by using an identification number included in the received contents select signal. A mobile contents database(364) stores one or more mobile Internet contents classified according to an identification code corresponding to the identification number.

Description

Wireless Internet Service System Categorized by Extended Identifier and Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to a menu type wireless internet service classified into an extended identifier and a control method thereof. More specifically, in classifying wireless Internet contents that can be classified into various types, the wireless Internet contents are classified by extending the identification system without being limited to about 10 limited identification systems. The present invention relates to a menu type wireless Internet service and a method of providing the same, which can quickly and conveniently access desired wireless Internet contents.

BACKGROUND With the development of computer, electronic and communication technologies, various wireless communication services using wireless networks have been provided. The most basic wireless communication service is a voice call service that provides a voice call wirelessly between mobile terminal users regardless of time and place. In recent years, wireless Internet services, which provide a communication service using the Internet through a wireless communication network while a user of a mobile communication terminal is moving, are rapidly spreading regardless of a location. Therefore, users can access various information necessary for life through wireless internet service, such as news, weather, sports, securities, exchange rate, traffic, entertainment, games, online banking, credit inquiry service, etc. It is provided in the form of a video.

The wireless Internet service is a kind of wireless Internet contents and the amount of detailed data provided according to complex technological advancements such as performance improvement of mobile communication terminal, development of wireless Internet access technology, expansion of wireless internet network and improvement of communication speed. This is an explosion. In other words, the initial wireless Internet service is limited to the information and value-added services that provide the e-mail, traffic, travel, news, and information described above, and the mobile e-commerce service that provides online banking, stock trading, electronic payment, and credit check. It was. However, the recent wireless Internet service has added various services such as music listening, movie watching, photo transmission, wireless chat, ringtone service, character service, ring back tone service, and call back tone service as well as conventional information and additional services and mobile e-commerce services. To provide.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service system 100 using a general wireless Internet network.

The general wireless Internet service system 100 includes a mobile communication network including a mobile communication terminal 110, a wireless base station 120, and a mobile switching center 130, a wireless gateway 140, an internet 150, and a wireless internet service server ( 160) and the like.

In order to use the wireless Internet service in the wireless Internet service system 100 as illustrated in FIG. 1, the user selects the wireless Internet access menu of the mobile communication terminal 110 capable of accessing the wireless Internet and wirelessly transmits a wireless internet access request signal. Transmit to base station 120. The base station transmitter 122 of the wireless base station 120 transmits the received wireless internet access request signal to the base station controller 124, and the base station controller 124 transmits the internet access request signal to the mobile switching center 130.

The mobile switching center 130 transmits an internet access request signal to a wireless gateway 140 that performs a gateway function for processing a wireless internet access to access a wireless internet network. The wireless gateway 140 performs a predetermined protocol conversion operation so that the received Internet access request signal can be recognized by the wireless Internet network, and then transfers it to a specific wireless Internet service server 160 through the Internet 150. The wireless Internet service server 160 receiving the wireless internet access request signal performs user authentication if necessary, and then reads the requested wireless Internet screen and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 110 through the wireless Internet network. Of course, the mobile communication terminal 110 displays the wireless Internet menu received through the wireless Internet network.

2 is an exemplary screen of a wireless internet menu provided in a conventional tree structure.

In the tree-type wireless Internet menu screen provided by the conventional wireless Internet service, the user provides a primary lower menu screen corresponding to a user's selective input provided with the initial menu screen. The user repeatedly selects a specific item in order to access the desired wireless Internet content from the provided submenu and repeatedly receives a second submenu screen.

Referring to FIG. 2 as an example, a user who wants to use the 'stock quote graph' service among various wireless Internet contents receives the initial menu screen as shown in FIG. 2A for the first time through a wireless Internet connection. As can be seen from Figure 2a, the initial menu screen is composed of a plurality of items consisting of one or more types of content titles. That is, as in the case of item 2, four kinds of content titles such as news, learning, life, and booking are organized into one item in a group.

Accordingly, the user selects an item most relevant to a specific service desired by the user from among a plurality of items listed in FIG. 2A and is provided with a primary sub-menu screen as shown in FIG. 2B. The user proceeds to the second lower menu screen of FIG. 2C in the same manner as the method of moving from the initial menu screen of FIG. 2A to the first lower menu screen of FIG. 2B. Then, check the '3. Stock quote graph' item you want on the second sub-menu screen and move the cursor to item 3 by pressing the 3 key button of the mobile communication terminal or operating the down arrow key. After that, a predetermined key button to which the 'select' or 'confirm' function is assigned is pressed to use the corresponding service.

However, the simple tree structured wireless Internet menu screen as described in FIG. 2 has many problems. First, it is very difficult to find exactly the wireless Internet contents that a user wants. That is, since the initial menu screen of the existing wireless Internet uses a method of managing a maximum of ten grouped items by allocating numbers 0 to 9, the content title that can be provided is limited. Therefore, when the title of the content that can represent the specific wireless Internet content desired by the user is not present on the menu screen, a grouped item determined to be similar is selected.

However, in this case, the content desired to be serviced may be included in another grouped item, or the content desired by the user may not be serviced at all. Accordingly, there is a problem in that a user pays a lot of time, effort, cost, etc. in order to access a desired wireless Internet content, or inadvertently occurs.

Secondly, since the simple tree structured wireless Internet menu screen method provides a lower menu screen to the user's mobile terminal step by step according to the user's selection, it takes a long time to access the desired content. Of course, as the mobile communication network has evolved recently, the data transmission speed in the wireless Internet service has also increased, but the third generation communication network has not been widely used and there are not many subscribers using the third generation mobile communication service.

Thus, many mobile communication service subscribers still use wireless Internet services that support relatively low data rates of second and second generations. Therefore, a simple tree structured wireless Internet menu screen method in which a plurality of Internet menu screens are provided step by step until access to desired wireless Internet contents is not preferable.

Lastly, due to the narrow area of the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen of mobile communication terminals currently being used, many grouped items cannot be displayed on one screen. Therefore, since the user frequently manipulates the up or down key to find the desired content on the wireless Internet menu screen, it takes additional time, effort, and cost to access the desired content.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is not limited to about 10 limited identification systems in classifying wireless Internet contents that can be classified into various types, and the wireless network contents can be classified by extending the identification system to allow users to wirelessly An object of the present invention is to provide a menu type wireless Internet service and a method of providing the same, which can access desired wireless Internet contents more quickly and conveniently.

To this end, the present invention provides a wireless Internet service system for providing wireless Internet contents to a user through wireless Internet, wherein the extended menu type wireless communication includes an identification name of one or more wireless Internet contents in which two or more digit identification numbers are set through the wireless Internet. A mobile communication terminal receiving a content screen and generating and transmitting a content selection signal; A mobile communication network including a wireless access network and a mobile switching center for transmitting and receiving the extended menu type wireless content screen and / or the content selection signal with the mobile communication terminal; A wireless gateway for converting and transmitting a format of a received signal and / or data for an interface between the mobile communication network and the wireless Internet; An extension for generating and transmitting the extended menu type wireless content screen to the mobile terminal accessing the mobile terminal, and transmitting the corresponding wireless Internet content to the mobile terminal using the identification number included in the received content selection signal. A menu type service server; And a wireless content database storing one or more of the wireless Internet contents classified according to the identification code corresponding to the identification number.

According to another object of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal using a wireless Internet service, an extended menu type service server for providing wireless Internet content to the mobile communication terminal through a wireless Internet, and a wireless content database storing the wireless Internet content. A method of providing a menu-type internet service classified by an extended identifier to the mobile communication terminal, comprising: (a) classifying and storing one or more wireless internet contents to be provided as a wireless internet service according to an identification code to construct a wireless contents database; step; (b) transmitting an initial extended menu type wireless content screen to the accessing mobile communication terminal; (c) receiving and analyzing a content selection signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal; (d) checking an identification code corresponding to the identification number included in the content selection signal; (e) searching the wireless contents database using the identification code and extracting corresponding URL address information; And (f) transmitting the wireless Internet content or the wireless web page having the URL address to the mobile communication terminal.

According to still another object of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal using a wireless Internet service, an extended menu type service server for providing wireless Internet content to the mobile communication terminal through a wireless Internet, and a wireless content database storing the wireless Internet content. A method of providing a menu-type Internet service classified into an identifier extended to the mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: (a) classifying and storing one or more wireless Internet contents to be provided as a wireless Internet service according to an identification code to construct a wireless content database; Doing; (b) transmitting an initial extended menu type wireless content screen to the accessing mobile communication terminal; (c) receiving and analyzing a content selection signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal; (d) checking a digit of an identification number included in the content selection signal and selecting a corresponding identification number system; (e) checking an identification code corresponding to the identification number according to the selected identification number system; (f) searching the wireless content database using the identification code and extracting corresponding URL address information; And (g) transmitting the wireless Internet contents or the wireless web page having the URL address to the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an extended menu type wireless internet service system 300 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Extended menu type wireless Internet service system 300 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal 310, wireless access network 320, mobile switching center 330, wireless gateway 340, the Internet 350, expansion Menu type service server 360 or the like.

The mobile communication terminal 310 is a terminal using the extended menu type wireless Internet service according to the present invention by accessing the extended menu type service server 360 through a wireless internet network. The mobile communication terminal 310 is connected to the extended menu type service server 360 by pressing a predetermined indicator key button and one to two digits, i.e. numbers 0 to 99, on a wireless Internet menu screen provided. You can directly access the specific wireless Internet content you want. For example, if the indicator is * or #, pressing the indicator key button to which * or # is assigned, and then pressing a specific content allocation number (one of 0 to 99) directly accesses specific wireless Internet content. .

Here, when accessing the wireless Internet content, it may be desirable to set the last number slightly longer to distinguish the ten wireless Internet content with one digit as the content allocation number and the remaining wireless Internet content. For example, when moving to an item of items 80 to 89, the user may sequentially press the indicator key button and the key button 8 to move to the wireless Internet content assigned to the item 8 before pressing the last number key button. Because.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, the content allocation number system has been described with up to two digits. However, the content allocation number system may be extended to three or more digits in order to increase the number of wireless Internet contents in the future. When the content allocation number system is extended to three digits, the user can directly access specific wireless Internet contents by pressing the indicator key button and three digits of the content allocation number sequentially. In addition, after pressing the indicator key button and the two-digit content allocation number in sequence, it is also possible to conveniently access the desired wireless Internet content by searching in the lower menu screen displayed.

A two-digit and / or three-digit content allocation number system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal 310 is provided with a predetermined wireless internet browser for wireless internet access. The wireless Internet browser installed in the mobile communication terminal 310 includes a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser coded with WML (Wireless Markup Language), a mobile explorer coded with m-HTML (Microsoft-HTML), and c- Compact NetFront, etc. coded in HTML (Compact-HTML) may be included.

Mobile communication terminal 310 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA-2000 phone, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone and the like. Here, MBS phone refers to a mobile phone to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

A radio access network (RAN) 320 receives and processes a wireless internet access request of the mobile communication terminal 310, performs handoff processing, radio resource management, and the like.

Meanwhile, the wireless access network 320 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a base station transmitter 322 and a base station controller 324 and supports both synchronous and asynchronous mobile communication systems. Here, in the synchronous mobile communication system, the base station transmitter 322 is a base transceiver station (BTS), the base station controller 324 is a base station controller (BSC), and in the asynchronous mobile communication system, the base station transmitter 322 is a RTS (Radio). The base station controller 324 is a radio network controller (RNC). Of course, the wireless access network 320 according to an embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a CDMA mobile communication network, but may also include an access network of a GSM network and a fourth generation mobile communication system (All-IP communication network) currently being standardized. .

The base station transmitter 322 receives the wireless Internet access request signal from the mobile communication terminal 310 through a traffic channel of the signal channel and transmits it to the base station controller 324. The base station controller 324 controls the base station transmitter 322, allocates and releases radio channels to the mobile communication terminal 310, controls transmission output of the mobile communication terminal 310 and the base station transmitter 322, and soft handoffs. (Soft Handoff) and Hard Handoff decision is performed. The base station controller 324 forwards the wireless Internet request signal received through the base station transmitter 322 to the mobile switching center 330.

The mobile switching center (MSC) 330 is equipped with a plurality of electronic exchanges to process basic and additional services, handle incoming and outgoing calls of subscribers, process location registration and handoff procedures, and interwork with other networks. And so on. The mobile switching center 330 according to an embodiment of the present invention supports both IS-95 A / B / C systems, 3rd generation and 4th generation mobile communication networks in synchronous and asynchronous mobile communication networks.

To this end, the mobile switching center 330 may include an access switching subsystem (ASS) that performs distributed call processing, an INS (interconnection network subsystem) that performs centralized call processing, and a CCS (centralized management and maintenance). It includes a subsystem such as a Central Control Subsystem (LOC), a Location Registration Subsystem (RLS) that performs storage and management of information on mobile subscribers. In addition, the mobile switching center 330 transmits data in a cell-based packet manner when providing a wireless Internet service, so that an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch (ATM) may be used to increase transmission speed and efficiency of line use. 332).

The ATM switch 332 performs call processing on a cell-by-cell basis and a mobility control subsystem that performs registration and update of subscribers to ensure mobility of the mobile communication terminal 310, an interface with the base station controller 324, and a cell unit. It includes a call control subsystem (Call Control Subsystem) to perform. In addition, it includes a subsystem such as a service control subsystem (Service Control Subsystem) for performing a billing function for the various additional service subscribers, an Intelligent Peripheral Subsystem for providing various additional services.

The wireless gateway 340 switches the circuit and data lines by cell for processing the IWF (Inter Working Fucnction) conversion function currently used in the mobile communication system and the packet data directly connected by the cell. Perform. The wireless gateway 340 includes the Internet 350, a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Public Switched Data Network (PSDN), an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISND), a Broad ISDN (B-ISDN), an Intelligent Network (IN), a PLMN. It performs connection with other communication networks such as (Public Land Mobile Network).

Meanwhile, the wireless gateway 340 also includes a wireless application protocol (WAP) gateway (not shown) for supporting a WAP communication method that is becoming a standard of the wireless Internet. The WAP gateway is a binary file for text file data on the Internet. ) Converts to code structure. That is, the WAP gateway receives an Internet service request from the mobile terminal 310 by the WAP protocol, converts the WAP gateway into a Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) protocol, and transmits it to the extended menu type service server 360. On the contrary, the response data from the extended menu type service server 360 is received by the TCP / IP protocol, converted into the WAP protocol, and then transmitted to the mobile terminal 310.

The extended menu type service server 360 performs a function of providing the extended menu type wireless Internet service to the mobile communication terminal 310 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The extended menu type service server 360 provides the extended menu type wireless content screen to the mobile communication terminal 310 which accesses the mobile terminal 310 through the wireless internet network. The extended menu type wireless content screen according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of wireless content items to which identification numbers from 0 to 99 are assigned. An extended menu type wireless content screen according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The extended menu type service server 360 operates a wireless web site constructed in a wireless Internet language such as WML to provide a wireless Internet service to the mobile communication terminal 310 connected to the user through a wireless Internet network. Therefore, the extended menu type service server 360 provides the extended menu type wireless content screen to the mobile communication terminal 310 which accesses the mobile communication terminal 310, and selects the wireless Internet content selected according to the selection key value transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 310. The execution screen of the corresponding wireless web page or the selected wireless Internet content is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 310.

On the other hand, the identification number set in the identification name of each wireless Internet content displayed on the extended menu type wireless content screen provided by the extended menu type service server 360 corresponds to the identification code. Therefore, the extended menu type service server 360 confirms the identification code corresponding to the identification number received from the mobile communication terminal 310, and uses the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address set in the identification code to determine the URL address. The wireless web page is read and provided to the mobile communication terminal 310.

The extended menu type service server 360 has a predetermined database management system (DBMS) for retrieving the URL address corresponding to the received identification number from the wireless content database 364 which will be described later. In addition, an operator of the wireless web page may add, delete, or update wireless Internet content stored in the wireless content database 364 using a database management system.

The user database 362 stores a favorites list for each user who has registered one or more favorite items using the extended menu type wireless Internet service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Wireless Internet content for each user registered in the favorite list includes an identification code corresponding to the user's telephone number and URL address information corresponding to the identification code.

Therefore, when the extended menu type service server 360 receives a request to move to the favorite list from the mobile communication terminal 310 connected to the mobile terminal, the expanded menu type service server 360 checks the phone number of the corresponding mobile communication terminal 310 and uses the checked phone number. The subscriber database 362 is searched to provide the user's favorite list to the mobile communication terminal 310.

The wireless content database 364 stores a plurality of wireless Internet contents provided by the extended menu type wireless Internet service according to an embodiment of the present invention classified by identification codes. That is, the wireless content database 364 includes an item table including identification numbers and URL address information allocated for each of the plurality of wireless Internet contents provided by the extended menu type wireless Internet service, and at least one wireless web corresponding to each URL address. Pages and / or wireless content data are stored.

Accordingly, the extended menu type service server 360 checks the identification code by using the identification number received from the mobile communication terminal 310, searches the wireless content database 364 using a DBMS, and checks the corresponding URL address. The wireless web page is provided to the mobile communication terminal 310.

The database described above may be a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, or an object-oriented database management system such as Gemston, Orion, etc. OODBMS) and an XML Native Database such as Excelon, Tamino, Sekaiju, etc., can be implemented according to the purpose of the present invention, and to achieve their functions. It has the appropriate fields or elements.

In addition, the aforementioned wireless content database 364 may be divided into up to 100 detailed databases in units of identification names of wireless Internet content. That is, one database is separately established for each identification name of wireless Internet content according to an embodiment of the present invention such as stock, lottery, finance, sports, location, etc., so that a plurality of wireless web pages and various lower wireless Internet contents may be stored. will be. Multiple wireless web pages and each underlying wireless Internet content can be identified and searched by URL address.

A data storage structure of the wireless content database 364 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5.

4 is an exemplary screen of an extended menu type wireless content and a favorites list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A is an extended menu type wireless content screen, in which an identification name of wireless Internet content to which identification numbers 1 to 24 are assigned is displayed. Of course, according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, since up to 100 identification numbers from 0 to 99 can be assigned, up to 100 identification names of wireless Internet content can be registered. Since it is impossible to display the identification names of all the wireless Internet contents on only one screen, the user can easily confirm the identification names of all the wireless Internet contents by operating the downward or upward direction keys. Of course, if you select the 'next item' at the bottom of the screen as shown in Figure 4a may be provided with a new wireless content screen starting from the identification number 25.

Meanwhile, as in the embodiment of the present invention, each time a maximum of 100 identification names are accessed to the extended menu type service server 360, the terminal accesses the corresponding wireless Internet contents by memorizing all the identification numbers of the wireless Internet contents which are mainly used. Since the operation is inconvenient, the embodiment of the present invention provides a 'favorite' function. 'Favorites' function according to an embodiment of the present invention is a function similar to the bookmark function provided in the wired Internet browser, by separately registering the identification name of the wireless Internet content frequently used by users in the 'Favorites' area It provides convenience to access wireless Internet contents more quickly and conveniently.

Accordingly, a user who wants to use the 'favorite' function selects the 'favorite' item on the initial wireless content screen as shown in FIG. 4A which is initially provided by accessing the extended menu type service server 360. When the 'favorite' item is selected, although not shown in FIG. 4A, a menu such as 'register' and 'move' may be provided in the form of a pop-up window or the like. The 'register' menu provides a function of adding the identification number at which the cursor is currently positioned to the user's favorite list, and the 'move' menu provides a function of moving to the user's favorite list as shown in FIG. 4B. That is, the user may selectively perform operations such as adding new wireless Internet content to his or her favorite list, moving to his or her favorite list, or directly accessing specific wireless Internet content on the initial wireless content screen. .

4B illustrates a user's favorite list screen, in which identification numbers and identification names of a plurality of wireless Internet contents registered by a user using a 'favorite' function are displayed. Accordingly, the user can easily find and access the desired wireless Internet content in a smaller number of wireless Internet contents than the initial wireless content screen of FIG. 4A. In addition, the user may delete a specific wireless Internet content previously registered in the favorites list from the favorites list screen as shown in FIG. 4B from the favorites list.

5 is a diagram briefly showing an identification number and an identification code system of the wireless content database 364 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the extended menu type wireless Internet service according to the embodiment of the present invention basically uses up to 100 identification numbers from 0 to 99 and the same number of identification codes assigned to each identification number. Accordingly, as described above with reference to FIG. 3, the user accesses the extended menu type service server 360, presses a predetermined indicator key button (* or #) on the extended menu type wireless content screen, and selects a number from 0 to 99 times. As you type, you can go directly to specific wireless Internet content.

As such, using an identification number of up to two digits has the advantage of greatly reducing the inconvenience, large amount of time, and the cost of accessing a wireless Internet when moving between conventional wireless Internet menus. However, up to 100 identification numbers also support simple and quick menu navigation at the category level, such as games, securities, lotteries, finance, music, movies, locations, mail, photos, etc. After that, you have to search for and select the item you want. For example, according to an embodiment of the present invention, even though the movie category is accessed by inputting an indicator key button and a specific identification number, the currently displayed items such as the first release, the scheduled release, the movie release, the movie ranking, the movie type, the movie music, and the theater reservation are displayed. You have to go through the process of searching and selecting the items you want.

Accordingly, in the extended menu type wireless Internet service according to another embodiment of the present invention, 1,000 identification numbers from 000 to 999 times and identification codes corresponding to each identification number are independently or independently with a two-digit identification number system. Support the system. Therefore, a user accessing the extended menu type service server 360 through the wireless Internet network can directly access the detailed items for each category by inputting an indicator key button and an identification number of up to three digits.

For example, when the 'movie' identification name is set in the identification number 51 in FIG. 5 and the 'scheduled release work' item is set in the identification number 513, a user who wants to read the information of the scheduled release work inputs the indicator key button and the identification number 513. You'll have direct access to the upcoming release. Of course, if a three-digit identification number system is used, since a maximum of 1,000 identification numbers are used, it may be desirable to provide a bookmark function to facilitate the user's convenience.

On the other hand, in using the three-digit identification number system, there is a difference in the method of allocating the identification number used when using the two-digit identification number system and using the three-digit identification number system only. That is, when using only the three-digit identification number system, after inputting the indicator identifier, the specific identification number is input like 0, 1, 2, ..., 998, 999 like the general integer system.

However, when the two-digit identification number system and the three-digit identification number system are used together, the identification numbers 0 to 99 are used in both the two-digit identification number system and the three-digit identification number system. It may be desirable to use a different identification number system for the identification number system. For example, a method of setting all the identification numbers used in the three-digit identification number system to three digits may be used.

That is, the identification number used in the two-digit identification number system from 0 to 99 among the three-digit identification number system is set as the three-digit identification number such as 000, 001, 002, ..., 098, 099. It is. In this way, if the identification number from 0 to 99 is changed to three digits in the three-digit identification number system, it is not duplicated with the two-digit identification number system and thus can be used together with the two-digit identification number system.

Of course, the technical idea of the present invention can extend the identification number system for the wireless Internet content service to an identification number of four digits or more. However, the four-digit identification number system is difficult for the user to remember, and may cause a disadvantage in that input is not easy due to the number of inputs. Therefore, the identification number system of the extended menu type wireless Internet service according to the present invention may be up to three digits.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an extended menu type wireless Internet service using a two-digit identification number system or a three-digit identification number system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The extended menu type service server 360 is based on a two-digit or three-digit identification number scheme for wireless Internet content that is owned or available through one or more Content Provider (CP) servers connected through a wired network. The wireless content database 364 is constructed by classifying and storing the data (S600). In this case, the wireless Internet content classified and stored in the wireless content database 364 includes content data itself including one or more files and / or URL address information of an external database in which the wireless Internet content is stored.

A user who wants to use the extended menu type wireless Internet service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention connects to the extended menu type service server 360 through the wireless Internet network using the mobile communication terminal 310 (S602). The extended menu type service server 360 provides an initial extended menu type wireless content screen to the mobile communication terminal 310 connected to the user through the wireless Internet network, and waits for reception of a response signal from the mobile communication terminal 310. (S604).

The mobile terminal 310 displaying the initial extended menu type wireless content screen generates a content selection signal including the input key value information and transmits the content selection signal to the wireless Internet network (S606). Here, the content selection signal transmitted by the mobile communication terminal 310 may include an indicator key value and an identification key value.

The extended menu type service server 360 analyzes the content selection signal received through the wireless Internet network and extracts identification number information (S608). The extended menu type service server 360 checks the identification code using the extracted identification number information (S610). Here, the extended menu type service server 360 maintains an identification code assignment table in which an identification code assigned corresponding to each identification number is recorded.

The extended menu type service server 360 searches the wireless content database 364 using the identification code identified in step S610 (S612). The extended menu type service server 360 reads URL address information of wireless Internet content corresponding to the identification code from the wireless content database 364 (S614). The extended menu type service server 360 reads the specific wireless content data or the wireless webpage having the corresponding URL address using the URL address information read in step S614 and transmits the specific wireless content data to the mobile communication terminal 310 through the wireless Internet network. (S616).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an extended menu type wireless Internet service sharing a two-digit identification number system and a three-digit identification number system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As already described in FIG. 5, in the case of sharing a two-digit identification number system and a three-digit identification number system, identification numbers 0 to 99 which are commonly used between the two identification number systems are identified in a certain identification number system. Further work is needed to determine whether the number.

Since the processes of steps S700 to S706 in the common identification number system according to another embodiment of the present invention are the same as those of steps S600 to S606 described with reference to FIG. 6, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

In step S706, the extended menu type service server 360 that receives the content selection signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 310 checks the number of digits of the identification number after the indicator key value included in the received content selection signal (S708). The extended menu type service server 360 confirms an identification code corresponding to the identification number by applying a corresponding identification number system according to the number of digits of the identification number checked in step S708 (S710). That is, the extended menu type service server 360 confirms the identification code by applying a two-digit identification number system when the identification number is two digits, and applies a three-digit identification number system when the three-digit identification result is determined in step S708. do.

Since the operation of the extended menu type service server 360 after confirming the identification code in step S710 is the same as the step S612 to step S616 described in FIG. 6, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The above description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may various modifications without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed herein are not intended to limit the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the spirit and scope of the present invention are not limited by these embodiments. It is intended that the scope of the invention be interpreted by the following claims, and that all descriptions within the scope equivalent thereto shall be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the method of moving between menus in the conventional wireless Internet service has a disadvantage of requiring a lot of time, effort, and connection cost, but according to the present invention, a method of inputting a predetermined short identification number on any wireless content screen is used. Therefore, there is an advantage in that the wireless content can be accessed quickly and conveniently than the conventional method.

In addition, by extending the identification system of the wireless Internet content to the identification number of up to 100 or up to 1,000, it is possible to achieve direct access to the wireless Internet content desired by the user, and provides a bookmark function that is frequently used by users By managing the information of the Internet content as a group, there is an effect of further improving the convenience of use in the wireless Internet service.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a wireless Internet service system using a general wireless Internet network;

2 is an exemplary screen of a wireless internet menu provided in a conventional tree structure;

3 is a block diagram briefly showing an extended menu type wireless Internet service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary screen of an extended menu type wireless content and a favorites list according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a view briefly showing the identification number and identification code system of the wireless content database according to an embodiment of the present invention,

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an extended menu type wireless Internet service using a two-digit identification number system or a three-digit identification number system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing an extended menu type wireless Internet service sharing a two-digit identification number system and a three-digit identification number system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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100: wireless Internet service system 110, 310: mobile communication terminal

120: wireless base station 122, 322: base station transmitter

124, 324: base station controller 130, 330: mobile switching center

140, 340: Wireless Gateway 150, 350: Internet

160: wireless Internet service server 332: ATM switch

360: Extended Menu Service Server 362: User Database

364: Wireless Content Database

Claims (34)

In the wireless Internet service system for providing wireless Internet content to the user through the wireless Internet, A mobile communication terminal receiving an extended menu type wireless content screen including an identification name of one or more wireless Internet contents having two or more digit identification numbers set through the wireless Internet, and generating and transmitting a content selection signal; A mobile communication network including a radio access network (RAN) and a mobile switching center (MSC) for transmitting and receiving the extended menu type wireless content screen and / or the content selection signal with the mobile communication terminal; A wireless gateway for converting and transmitting a format of a received signal and / or data for an interface between the mobile communication network and the wireless Internet; An extension for generating and transmitting the extended menu type wireless content screen to the mobile terminal accessing the mobile terminal, and transmitting the corresponding wireless Internet content to the mobile terminal using the identification number included in the received content selection signal. A menu type service server; And Wireless content database storing one or more of the wireless Internet content classified according to the identification code corresponding to the identification number Menu-type wireless Internet service system classified by the extended identifier, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, And the indicator key value and the identification number are included in the content selection signal. The method of claim 2, The indicator key value is classified as an extended identifier, wherein the indicator key value is a value assigned to a specific key button provided in the mobile communication terminal instructing to change the data transmitted to the mobile communication terminal to the wireless Internet content set in the identification number. Menu type wireless internet service system. The method of claim 1, The extended menu type service server uses an extended menu type wireless Internet using a two-digit identification number system in which an identification number of two digits is set in the identification name or a three-digit identification number system in which an identification number of three digits is set in the identification name. A menu type wireless Internet service system classified into an extended identifier, characterized by providing a service. The method of claim 4, wherein The extended menu type service server provides the extended menu type Internet service for each of the two-digit identification number system or the three-digit identification number system, or the two-digit identification number system and the three-digit identification number system for sharing the extended menu. A menu type wireless Internet service system classified into an extended identifier, characterized by providing a type wireless internet service. The method of claim 5, wherein When the extended menu type service server shares the two-digit identification number system and the three-digit identification number system, two or one number in front of the one-digit identification number and the two-digit identification number used in the three-digit identification number system. Menu type wireless Internet service system classified by the extended identifier, characterized in that used to change the three-digit identification number attached to the '0'. The method of claim 1, The extended menu type service server may be configured to construct and operate a wireless website coded in a wireless internet language including a wireless markup language (WML) for providing an extended menu type internet service to the mobile communication terminal. Menu type wireless Internet service system classified by identifier. The method of claim 1, The extended menu type service server may include a user database in which identification code information of one or more wireless Internet contents registered as favorites by the user and Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address information corresponding to the identification code are classified and stored for each user; A menu type wireless Internet service system classified by the extended identifier, characterized in that interlocking. The method of claim 1, The wireless Internet content system stored in the wireless content database is classified as an extended identifier, characterized in that the data file form or the URL address information of the website where the wireless Internet content is stored. The method of claim 1, The wireless access network includes a base transceiver station (BTS) and a base station controller (BSC) in a synchronous mobile communication system, and a radio transceiver subsystem (RTS) and a radio network controller (RNC) in an asynchronous mobile communication system. A menu type wireless Internet service system classified into an extended identifier. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal may be a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a cellular phone, a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a Hand-Held PC (GSM), a Global System for Mobile (GSM) phone, a Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) phone. And a CDMA-2000 phone and a mobile broadband system (MBS) phone. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal may include at least one wireless Internet browser (WAP) browser, a mobile explorer, and a compact netfront browser for using an extended menu type wireless internet service through the wireless internet. Menu type wireless Internet service system classified by the extended identifier, characterized in that is installed. The method of claim 1, The wireless gateway is a menu type wireless Internet service system classified as an extended identifier, characterized in that it comprises a WAP gateway. A mobile communication terminal using a wireless internet service, an extended menu type service server for providing wireless internet contents to the mobile communication terminal through a wireless internet, and a wireless content database storing the wireless internet contents, the identifier extended to the mobile communication terminal A method of providing a menu-type internet service classified as (a) classifying and storing one or more wireless Internet contents to be provided as a wireless Internet service according to an identification code to construct a wireless contents database; (b) transmitting an initial extended menu type wireless content screen to the accessing mobile communication terminal; (c) receiving and analyzing a content selection signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal; (d) checking an identification code corresponding to the identification number included in the content selection signal; (e) searching for the wireless content database using the identification code and extracting corresponding Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address information; And (f) transmitting wireless Internet content or a wireless web page having the URL address to the mobile communication terminal; Menu-type wireless Internet service method is classified as an extended identifier comprising a. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein in step (a) And the identification code is classified into an extended identifier, wherein the identification code is differently assigned to each identification number. The method of claim 14, wherein in step (b) The initial extended menu type wireless content screen includes a menu type classified as an extended identifier, wherein one or more of the identification number consisting of two digits and an identification name of the wireless Internet content in which the identification number is set are included. Wireless Internet Service Method. The method of claim 14, wherein in step (b) The initial extended menu type wireless content screen is classified as an extended identifier, which includes a 'favorite' function for classifying and storing one or more selected wireless Internet contents in a user-specific area of the wireless content database. Menu-type wireless Internet service method. The method of claim 14, wherein in step (c) And the indicator key value and the identification number are included in the content selection signal. The method of claim 18, The identification number is classified as an extended identifier, characterized in that the number of the number 0 to the number 99 or one of the number 0 to the number 999. The method of claim 18, The indicator key value is a menu classified as an extended identifier, wherein the indicator key value is a value assigned to a specific key button provided in the mobile communication terminal instructing to change the data transmitted to the mobile communication terminal to the wireless Internet content set in the identification number. Wireless internet service method. The method of claim 20, The specific key button is classified as an extended identifier, characterized in that it comprises a key button assigned a * or # symbol. 15. The process of claim 14, wherein in step (e) The URL address information may be a sub-address of a URL address assigned to the wireless content database or one of URL addresses of at least one content provider server connected to the extended menu type service server through an external communication network. A menu type wireless Internet service method classified into an extended identifier. A mobile communication terminal using a wireless internet service, an extended menu type service server for providing wireless internet contents to the mobile communication terminal through a wireless internet, and a wireless content database storing the wireless internet contents, the identifier extended to the mobile communication terminal A method of providing a menu-type internet service classified as (a) classifying and storing one or more wireless Internet contents to be provided as a wireless Internet service according to an identification code to construct a wireless contents database; (b) transmitting an initial extended menu type wireless content screen to the accessing mobile communication terminal; (c) receiving and analyzing a content selection signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal; (d) checking a digit of an identification number included in the content selection signal and selecting a corresponding identification number system; (e) checking an identification code corresponding to the identification number according to the selected identification number system; (f) searching the wireless content database using the identification code and extracting corresponding URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address information; And (g) transmitting the wireless Internet contents or the wireless web page having the URL address to the mobile communication terminal; Menu-type wireless Internet service method is classified as an extended identifier comprising a. The method of claim 23, wherein in step (a) The identification code has a different format (Format) for each identification number system, menu type wireless Internet service method is classified as an extended identifier, characterized in that it is assigned differently for each identification number used in each identification number system. The process of claim 23, wherein in step (b) The initial extended menu type wireless content screen includes a menu type classified as an extended identifier, wherein one or more of the identification number consisting of two digits and an identification name of the wireless Internet content in which the identification number is set are included. Wireless Internet Service Method. The process of claim 23, wherein in step (b) The initial extended menu type wireless content screen is classified as an extended identifier, which includes a 'favorite' function for classifying and storing one or more selected wireless Internet contents in a user-specific area of the wireless content database. Menu-type wireless Internet service method. The method of claim 23, wherein in step (c) And the indicator key value and the identification number are included in the content selection signal. The method of claim 27, The identification number is a menu type wireless Internet service method is classified as an extended identifier, characterized in that the number of one of the number 0 to the number 99 or one of the number 000 to the number 999 consisting of three digits. The method of claim 27, The indicator key value is a menu classified as an extended identifier, wherein the indicator key value is a value assigned to a specific key button provided in the mobile communication terminal instructing to change the data transmitted to the mobile communication terminal to the wireless Internet content set in the identification number. Wireless internet service method. The method of claim 29, The specific key button is classified as an extended identifier, characterized in that it comprises a key button assigned a * or # symbol. The method of claim 23, wherein in step (d) The identification number system is classified into an extended identifier, characterized in that the identification number is one of a two-digit identification number system consisting of a two-digit number from one digit number and a three-digit identification number system consisting of a three-digit number Menu-type wireless Internet service method. The method of claim 31, wherein One number of identification numbers used in the three-digit identification number system includes two numbers '0' at the front end, and two numbers of identification numbers at one end '0'. A menu type wireless Internet service method classified into an extended identifier. The method of claim 23 or 31, The extended menu type service server selects a two-digit identification system when the number of digits of the identification number included in the content selection signal is one or two digits, and identifies a three digit number when the digits of the identification number are three digits. A menu type wireless Internet service method classified into an extended identifier, characterized by selecting a system. The process of claim 23, wherein in step (e) The URL address information may be a sub-address of a URL address assigned to the wireless content database or one of URL addresses of at least one content provider server connected to the extended menu type service server through an external communication network. A menu type wireless Internet service method classified into an extended identifier.