KR20060074223A - Method and system for providing contents to mobile terminal over wireless internet - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and system for providing content to a mobile terminal are disclosed. The present invention provides a method for controlling a content providing server, comprising: A) accessing a content providing server through a communication network through a mobile terminal; B) transmitting display direction information of the content to be displayed on the LCD screen of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal together with a content request message to the content providing server; C) transmitting the content according to the display direction information of the content to the mobile terminal, and receiving and displaying the content according to the display direction of the content of the mobile terminal.

Wireless internet, mobile terminal, display panel, landscape view

Description

Method and System for Providing Content to Mobile Terminal and Mobile System Over Mobile Internet}

FIG. 1 illustrates before and after rotation of a display panel displaying a swap page provided to a mobile terminal connected to a conventional wireless Internet.

2 illustrates before and after rotation of a display panel displaying a swap page provided to a mobile terminal connected to a wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a system for providing content to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content to a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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

100: mobile terminal

110: user agent

130: platform

150 resource

151: memory

153: LCD Screen

155: input and output unit

200: swap gateway

300: communication network

400: content providing server

500: terminal information management server

The present invention is to provide a wireless Internet to the mobile terminal, and more particularly, in order to provide the content in the horizontal direction in response to a request for switching the display or the display panel of the foldable mobile terminal opened in the vertical direction in the horizontal direction A method and system for providing content to a mobile terminal.

In general, a folder type mobile terminal is vertically opened and closed to implement a call, a text message, or a wireless Internet. When receiving content such as a browser or a video from a web server using the wireless Internet, there are a lot of contents designed to fit a horizontal screen rather than a vertical screen.

For example, a movie or video has a horizontal to vertical ratio of 1.37 or 2.35 to 1, and the horizontal length is longer than the vertical length. Therefore, when displaying an image having a horizontal length longer than the vertical length on the LCD screen of the mobile terminal, there has been a problem that the left and right spaces are cut off.

1 illustrates before and after rotation of a rotatable display panel on which a swap page provided to a mobile terminal connected to a conventional wireless Internet is displayed.

As shown, the first screen of the mobile terminal that can be rotated horizontally to play the screen in the vertical form. Therefore, when the user accesses the wireless Internet, the user agent of the mobile terminal transmits the resolution information of the LCD screen in the vertical form to the content providing server through the UA field. The content providing server transmits the received UA field to a terminal management server to request resolution information of the liquid crystal screen of the mobile terminal. Accordingly, based on the resolution information provided from the terminal management server, the content providing server provides the mobile terminal with content suitable for the vertical screen.

However, there has been a problem that a vertical screen is displayed as it is even when the user rotates the display panel provided with the liquid crystal screen 90 degrees as shown.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to rotate a display panel of a mobile terminal in a horizontal or vertical direction or a horizontal direction corresponding to a display direction of the content in response to a request for switching screen display. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for providing content to a mobile terminal for providing content in a vertical direction.

Method for providing content to a mobile terminal according to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A) accessing a content providing server through a communication network to a mobile terminal;

B) transmitting display direction information of the content to be displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal together with a content request message to the content providing server; And

C) transmitting the content according to the display direction information of the content to the mobile terminal.

Method for providing content to a mobile terminal according to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A) a content providing server receiving first rotation angle information according to rotation of a display panel of the mobile terminal from a mobile terminal connected to a content providing server through a communication network;

B) transmitting, by the content providing server, a client program according to the first rotation angle information to the mobile terminal;

C) comparing the first and second rotation angles when receiving a message requesting a content selected by a user and second rotation angle information from the mobile terminal using the client program;

D) transmitting the contents to the mobile terminal when the first and second rotation angles are the same; And

E) searching for content according to the second rotation angle and transmitting the searched content to the mobile terminal when the first and second rotation angles are not the same.

A system for providing content to a mobile terminal according to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A mobile terminal for transmitting the display direction information of the content when accessing the wireless Internet and transmitting a content request message; And

Storing the content according to the display direction information of the content, and when the display direction information and the content request message of the content are received from the mobile terminal, detecting and transmitting the content according to the display direction information of the content to the mobile terminal; Characterized in that it comprises a content providing server for.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the content according to the display direction of the content of the mobile terminal can be received and displayed.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating before and after rotation of a rotatable display panel displaying a swap page provided to a mobile terminal connected to a wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 illustrates a movement according to an embodiment of the present invention. A system for providing content to a terminal is shown.

The system of the present invention includes a mobile terminal 100, a WAP gateway 200, a communication network 300, a content providing server 400, and a terminal information management server 500.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a user agent 110, a platform 130, and a resource 150.

The user agent 110 includes a browser, an application download manager, and a service application manager. The resource 150 includes a memory 151, a liquid crystal screen 153, and an input / output unit 155, and the liquid crystal screen 153 is formed on the display panel. When the display panel is rotated as shown in FIG. 2, the input / output unit 155 recognizes the rotation angle information and transmits the rotation angle information to the user agent 110. In one application, the input / output unit 155 informs the user agent 110 of how the content should be displayed on the LCD screen 153 by checking the pressed state of the screen display switching button.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the rotation angles are 0 degrees and 90 degrees, and a case where the rotation angle is 0 degrees is defined as a vertical type, and a case where the rotation angle is 90 degrees as a horizontal type.

Upon receiving the rotation angle information, the user agent 110 includes the rotation angle information in the UA Field defined by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal or the UA Profile defined in the OMA standard. Send to the content providing server 400. In other words, the user agent 110 of the mobile terminal stores a UA Field / UA Profile for a portrait type and a UA Field / UA Profile for a landscape type. Therefore, whenever the user agent 110 accesses the wireless Internet and requests a service, the user agent 110 checks the shape of the liquid crystal screen 153 of the resource 150 to match the rotation position of the liquid crystal screen 153. To the content providing server 400. In addition, the content received from the content providing server 400 is reproduced according to the shape of the liquid crystal screen 153.

The content providing server 400 may include a swap server 410 for providing wireless Internet to the mobile terminal 100, a service server 430 for providing a service to a mobile terminal 100 as well as a wired terminal (not shown), And a download program providing server 450 for providing a download program at the request of the mobile terminal 100 or the wired terminal.

The swap server 410 transmits a client program, such as a browser, to the mobile terminal 100 to the mobile terminal 100 through the communication network 300 and the swap gateway 200. The client program is a program that uses HTTP to request data from a web server through a web browser that can view all information.

Therefore, the mobile terminal 100 receives a swap browser to use the wireless Internet and receives contents desired by the user through the swap browser. The swap browser, i.e., the client program, is stored in a vertical form and a horizontal form to be displayed according to the rotation angle of the liquid crystal screen of the mobile terminal 100.

The content desired by the user is stored in the program providing server 450 for downloading, and is stored in the vertical and horizontal forms so as to be displayed according to the rotation angle of the liquid crystal screen of the mobile terminal 100 in the same manner as the client program. Examples of the download program include a game and a background file of a mobile terminal.

The terminal information management server 500 manages resource information of the mobile terminal 100. For example, the terminal information management server 500 stores and manages the resolution of the LCD screen, the number of displayable colors, the version of the user agent, the type of the wireless Internet network currently connected, and the like.

Therefore, when the mobile terminal 100 accesses the content providing server 400, the content providing server 400 may transmit a swap page or content from the mobile terminal 100 before transmitting the swap page or content to the mobile terminal 100. After the inquiry is made to the terminal information management server 500 based on the transmitted information of the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 transmits a swap page or content corresponding to the device of the mobile terminal 100 to the mobile terminal 100. .

The operating state of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content to a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 accesses the wireless Internet and accesses the content providing server 400 (S410).

The content providing server 400 includes vertical content to be displayed vertically on a liquid crystal screen of the mobile terminal 100 and horizontal content to be displayed horizontally.

The mobile terminal 100 accesses the wireless Internet and includes the display direction information of the content together with the content request message in the device information of the mobile terminal 100 and transmits the information to the swap gateway. The content providing server 400 transmits a swap page corresponding to the first rotation angle, that is, a client program, based on the display direction information of the content, that is, the first rotation angle information of the display panel (S420, S430). ). The first rotation angle information is 0 degrees or 90 degrees. In the present invention, when the first rotation angle information is 0 degrees, the content is vertically displayed on the LCD screen, and the second rotation angle information is 90 degrees. In the case of the figure, the content is defined as being horizontally displayed on the LCD screen.

In one application, the display direction information of the content is generated by selecting a screen display change button provided in the mobile terminal. In other words, even if the display panel of the mobile terminal is not rotated left or right in a plane, the display mode provided on the LCD screen is changed by selecting the screen display switching button. That is, even when the display panel is not rotated so that the liquid crystal screen displays vertical content, when the screen display switching button is selected, horizontal content is displayed on the liquid crystal screen, and when the screen display switching button is selected again, Vertical content is displayed again.

The content providing server 400 receives second rotation angle information of the display panel and a request message received from the mobile terminal 100 (S440). When the received second rotation angle information is the same as the first rotation angle information, a client program or a download program corresponding to the request message is selectively transmitted to the mobile terminal (S450, S460).

When the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle are different in the step S450, the content providing server 400 searches for, reads out, and transmits the content according to the second rotation angle to the mobile terminal 100 (S470). ).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing content to a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

From the mobile terminal 100 connected to the content providing server 400 through the communication network 300, the content providing server 400 displays the display direction information of the content according to the rotation or screen display switching button of the display panel of the mobile terminal. Receives and transmits a swap page according to the display direction information of the content, that is, a client program to the mobile terminal 100.

When the user of the mobile terminal 100 selects the desired content using the client program, the mobile terminal 100 displays a request message requesting the transmission of the content and a display direction of the content of the mobile terminal 100. Information is transmitted to the content providing server 400 together.

When the content is a download program, the content providing server 400 downloads the download program according to the display direction information of the content received from the mobile terminal 200 (S500).

The download program is stored in the memory 151 of the mobile terminal 100. When a reproduction signal of the download program is input to the mobile terminal 100 by a user, the control unit of the mobile terminal 100 The rotation angle of the display panel of the mobile terminal 100 and the type of the download program are retrieved (S510 and S520). In one example, the control unit of the mobile terminal 100 determines whether the screen switching button provided in the mobile terminal 100 is selected and searches the display direction of the content input by the user and the type of the download program. .

The download program type includes a portrait type and a landscape type, wherein the vertical type is a content produced to be displayed on a vertical liquid crystal screen, and the horizontal type is displayed on a horizontal liquid crystal screen. The content is made to be possible.

If the rotation angle or display direction of the display panel and the type of the download program match, the download program is reproduced (S580). For example, the download program is a program implemented to be displayed on a vertical liquid crystal screen, and when the rotation angle of the display panel is 0 degrees, the download program is reproduced because the type and rotation angle of the program match.

However, if the rotation angle and the type of the program do not match in step S530, a guide message for inquiring whether to download the content corresponding to the rotation angle is displayed on the LCD screen of the mobile terminal 100. (S540).

At this time, if the user wants to download a program corresponding to the rotation angle, the mobile terminal 100 is connected to the wireless Internet and downloaded after the program according to the rotation angle is reproduced (S550, S560, S580).

However, when the program corresponding to the rotation angle is not downloaded, the download program stored in the memory of the mobile terminal is read out and played back as it is (S570, S580).

As described in detail above, according to the method and system for providing content to the mobile terminal of the present invention, as the display panel of the mobile terminal is rotated while connected to the wireless Internet, the display panel is rotated in the mobile terminal. By detecting the position and transmitting the rotation position information to the content providing server, the content of the liquid crystal screen state suitable for the rotation position of the display panel can be provided.

In addition, when the display panel is rotated to be changed from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction as long as the display panel is rotated, there is an advantage in that the download program suitable for the liquid crystal screen has a suitable aspect ratio for watching a video or a movie.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

Claims (21)

A) accessing a content providing server through a communication network to a mobile terminal; B) transmitting display direction information of the content to be displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal together with a content request message to the content providing server; And C) transmitting the content according to the display direction information of the content to the mobile terminal. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display direction information comprises: The display panel of the mobile terminal is rotated, the method for providing content to the mobile terminal, characterized in that determined according to the position of the liquid crystal screen provided in the display panel. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display direction information comprises: And selecting the screen display switch button provided in the mobile terminal. 4. The movement according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the display direction information is included in a UA field defined by a manufacturer of the mobile terminal or a UA profile defined in a standard. A method for providing content to a terminal. The contents of claim 4, wherein the contents are vertically stored for display vertically on the liquid crystal display and horizontal contents for displaying horizontally in the content providing server. How to. The method of claim 5, wherein the content comprises at least one of a client program including a browser and a download program. The method of claim 6, wherein the download program comprises a background screen provided on a screen of a game and a mobile terminal. A) a content providing server receiving first rotation angle information according to rotation of a display panel of the mobile terminal from a mobile terminal connected to a content providing server through a communication network; B) transmitting, by the content providing server, a client program according to the first rotation angle information to the mobile terminal; C) comparing the first and second rotation angles when receiving a message requesting a content selected by a user and second rotation angle information from the mobile terminal using the client program; D) transmitting the contents to the mobile terminal when the first and second rotation angles are the same; And E) searching for the content according to the second rotation angle and transmitting the searched content to the mobile terminal when the first and second rotation angles are not the same. How to. The method of claim 8, wherein F) inputting a reproduction signal of the download program downloaded to the mobile terminal when the content is a download program; G) searching for the rotation angle of the display panel of the mobile terminal and the type of the download program in response to receiving the playback signal; And H) if the rotation angle and the type of the download program coincide, reproducing the download program. The method of claim 9, wherein the method is I) if the rotation angle and the type of the download program do not coincide with the search result of step g), displaying whether to download the program according to the rotation angle on the LCD screen of the mobile terminal; And (C) if the program download is selected, accessing the content providing server through the communication network and downloading the program corresponding to the rotation angle. The method of claim 10, wherein the method is K) if the download of the program is not selected, displaying the content on the LCD screen according to the type of the download program. The method of claim 8, wherein a position of the liquid crystal screen provided in the display panel is vertical or horizontal as the display panel rotates. . The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the rotation angle information of the display panel is included in a UA field defined by a manufacturer of the mobile terminal or a UA profile defined in a standard. How to provide content. The method of claim 13, wherein the content is stored in the content providing server, the content for displaying on a vertical LCD screen and the content for displaying on a horizontal LCD screen separately. . 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the download program is a game or a background screen provided on a screen of the mobile terminal. A mobile terminal for transmitting the display direction information of the content when accessing the wireless Internet and transmitting a content request message; And Storing the content according to the display direction information of the content, and when the display direction information and the content request message of the content are received from the mobile terminal, detecting and transmitting the content according to the display direction information of the content to the mobile terminal; System for providing content to a mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises a content providing server for. The method according to claim 16, wherein the display direction information of the content is included in a UA field defined by a manufacturer of the mobile terminal or a UA profile defined in a standard. The mobile terminal transmits a UI field or a UE profile including display direction information of the contents to the content providing server, wherein the display panel is rotated. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the system is And a terminal information management server configured to receive the UE field or UE profile from the content providing server and provide terminal information corresponding to the UE field or profile. Provide system. 19. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the mobile terminal is It characterized in that it comprises a display panel for displaying the content, The display panel is rotated left and right in a plane, and the display direction information of the content is generated as the display panel is rotated left and right to provide the content to the mobile terminal. 19. The method of any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein the mobile terminal, And a screen display switch button provided at a predetermined position of the mobile terminal to select a display direction of the content. 19. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein the content includes vertical content for vertical display on the LCD screen and horizontal content for horizontal display on the LCD screen, respectively, stored in the content providing server. System for providing content to a mobile terminal, characterized in that.

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