KR20070051532A - Remote-controller data download system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless control technology of an external device, and more particularly, to a technology for providing wireless control signal information for wireless control of various external devices to a mobile communication terminal having a remote control function.

The wireless control signal download system of an external device according to the present invention can be connected to a plurality of user computers, and wireless control of the external device according to the request for providing the wireless control signal information of the external device including the external device identification information from the user computer. A download server providing signal information using a short message service (SMS) of a mobile communication network; And a mobile communication terminal receiving the wireless SMS message transmitted from the download server, extracting and registering the wireless control signal information of the external device included in the message.

Mobile terminal, remote control, SMS (Short Message Service)

Description

Wireless control signal download system of external device {Remote-controller data download system}

1 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a system for downloading an external device wireless control signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a download server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a schematic diagram schematically illustrating a download data structure of a radio control signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a wireless control technology of an external device, and more particularly, to a technology for providing wireless control signal information for wireless control of various external devices to a mobile communication terminal having a remote control function.

In general, the devices provided in the home are provided with a remote control for the user's convenience. The remote controller transmits an operation command input from the user to each device through wireless communication such as infrared rays or RF, and the devices receiving the operation command from the remote control are driven according to the corresponding command.

For example, a television remote control using an infrared communication method that is widely used now includes a plurality of input keys for inputting operation commands such as power on / off, channel and audio volume adjustment, and operations input from the input keys. An infrared light emitting unit is provided for transmitting a command to an infrared signal of a predetermined frequency band, and the television is provided with an infrared receiving unit for receiving an infrared signal output from a remote controller. The television performs a function according to an operation command input by the user according to the infrared signal received by the infrared receiver.

Meanwhile, with the development of mobile communication terminal technology, a mobile communication terminal equipped with a remote control function for wireless control of an external device has been released. Accordingly, users can wirelessly control external devices without a separate remote control using a mobile communication terminal equipped with a remote control function.

In addition, operators of mobile communication terminals provide wireless control signal information of a plurality of external devices available in the mobile communication terminal from a web site operated by the user, and the user downloads it to his computer and stores the information in the mobile communication terminal. Enable it.

However, in such a method, the user connects the mobile terminal to the user computer in order to download the wireless control signal information of the device through the user computer and store and register the wireless control signal information of the device through the user computer. The communication program must be installed, and a separate data cable must exist in order to connect the two devices.

The present invention was devised to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide a wireless control signal download system for an external device that can be easily used by adding wireless control information of various external devices to a mobile communication terminal having a remote control function. There is.

Furthermore, the present invention provides a wireless control signal download system for an external device that can be wirelessly controlled by additionally registering an external device without a separate connection setting using a short message service (SMS) of a mobile communication network.

As described above, in the wireless control signal download system of an external device according to an aspect of the present invention, when a user requests access to a download server operated by a mobile communication terminal operator through a network including the Internet, the download server is a corresponding user computer. Establish a connection with.

The product information of the mobile communication terminal used by the user and the identification information of the external device to be downloaded through the user's computer connected to the download server. For example, the product number of the corresponding external device and the phone number of the mobile communication terminal The download server accesses the wireless control signal information of the corresponding external device from the external device database.

The accessed wireless control information is converted into an SMS message form to the user's mobile communication terminal, and the converted SMS message is transmitted to the user's mobile communication terminal through the telephone number.

When the SMS message including the radio control signal information is received by the user's mobile communication terminal, the display means of the mobile communication terminal notifies that the message has been received, and whether or not to store and register the radio control signal information included in the message. Ask for input.

When the user confirms the storage and registration of the corresponding radio control signal information by using the input means provided in the mobile communication terminal, the controller of the mobile communication terminal extracts the radio control signal information included in the message and stores and registers the information in the memory. The user can wirelessly control the external device.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a system for downloading an external device wireless control signal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The external device wireless control signal download system according to the present invention can be connected to a plurality of user computers, and wireless control signal information of the external device according to the request for providing the wireless control signal information of the external device including the external device identification information from the user computer. Receives a message of the download server 100 and a wireless SMS transmitted from the download server 100 to provide a wireless SMS (Short Message Service) to extract the radio control signal information of the external device included in the message It is configured to include a mobile communication terminal 200 to register the storage.

The download server 100 may be a general web server, and is operated by a provider or a content provider of the mobile communication terminal 200. The download server 100 processes authentication according to a connection request of a plurality of user computers connected to the Internet, and establishes a connection with the authenticated user computer.

The download server 100 transmits the control signal information of the external device according to the request of the external device control signal information including the mobile communication terminal 200 product information and the telephone number and the identification information of the external device. Is accessed from the external device database 110 and transmits to the mobile communication terminal 200 through the SMS message.

Hereinafter, the download server 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a download server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the download server 100 of the wireless control signal download system of the external device according to the present invention includes an external device database 110 that stores a plurality of external device wireless control signal information for each mobile communication terminal, and a plurality of users A web page providing unit 120 which establishes a connection according to a connection request of a computer and provides a web page for providing a wireless control signal to the connected user computer, and the web page providing unit 120 is provided to the user computer. In response to a request for external device wireless control signal information including a web page database 130 storing a plurality of web pages and identification information of an external device input through a user computer, the external device database Access from 110, and transmit a message including radio control signal information according to the SMS protocol. And a wireless control signal information providing unit 150 for transmitting the message generated by the message generating unit 140 and the message generated by the message generating unit 140 to the mobile communication terminal 200 of the user through the mobile communication network. It is composed.

The external device database 110 may be a storage device having a large capacity such as, for example, a hard disk, and stores wireless control signal information of an external device that can be used for each type of mobile communication terminal 200. The wireless control signal of the external device is composed of identification information, format information, transmission frequency, and operation command code for each function.

The identification information is information for identifying a plurality of external devices such as, for example, a television, VT or audio system. The format information is information according to a communication protocol for communicating with an external device, and a transmission frequency indicates an available frequency band used in a wireless communication means such as infrared rays.

Such radio control signal information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a schematic diagram schematically illustrating a download data structure of a radio control signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the download data of the radio control signal has a structure including rc_name, data_size, model_num, equip_num, rc_frequency, rc_format, custom_code, data_bit_cnt, multi, and key_data. , The title of the radio control signal information, such as "Radio control signal information for Samsung Television 1".

data_size represents total data size information of radio control signal information provided by the download server 100. model_num is the device number of the corresponding mobile communication terminal 200, that is, identification information for identifying which model of which company the mobile communication terminal 200 is. equip_num is a device number, that is, identification information of an external device. rc_frequency is frequency information used to transmit a radio control signal to a corresponding external device. rc_format represents the format type of the radio control signal information. key_data is a command code for wirelessly controlling an external device.

The radio control signal information having these components is stored in the external device database 110 to be accessed and controlled as necessary.

The web page providing unit 120 establishes authentication and connection of the corresponding user computer according to a connection request transmitted from a plurality of user computers, and provides a web page for providing a wireless control signal to the connected user computer. The web page is provided with a plurality of input windows for inputting the product information and the phone number of the mobile communication terminal 200 possessed by the user and the identification information of the external device to be provided.

The web page database 130 may be a large storage means such as a hard disk, for example, and a plurality of web pages provided to the user computer by the web page providing unit 120 are stored.

The message generating unit 140 uses the product information and the phone number of the mobile communication terminal 200 transmitted from the user computer and the identification information of the external device to be provided, and the corresponding wireless control signal information stored in the external device database 110. Access, and generate an SMS message including the accessed radio control signal information.

The SMS message generated by the message generating unit 140 includes the name of the corresponding external device, for example, in the external device database 110 in the user notification text, such as "The former television control signal has been received." Accessed by the wireless control signal information can be a configuration attached to the file.

The wireless control signal information providing unit 150 transmits an SMS message including the wireless control signal information generated by the message generating unit 140 to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 200 through the mobile communication network. Since the above-described transmission of the SMS message is a well-known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the download server 100 according to the present invention provides a list of external devices capable of wireless control through the corresponding mobile communication terminal 200 according to the product information of the mobile communication terminal 200, and the user computer. It provides a wireless control signal of the external device according to the selection information input from the list to the mobile terminal 200.

Accordingly, the download server 100 provides a list of external devices capable of wireless control in the mobile communication terminal 200 in response to a request for searching for an external device including product information of the mobile communication terminal 200 of the user from the user computer. The list providing unit 160 further includes.

The list providing unit 160 is a mobile communication terminal 200 owned by the user from the user computer, for example, the mobile communication terminal 200 in response to a request for searching for an external device including product information such as product name or product number. Provides a list of external devices capable of wireless control to the user's computer. The user computer displays a corresponding list of external devices to the user, and the user can select a desired external device on the list.

4 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the mobile communication terminal 200 of the wireless control signal download system of the external device according to the present invention is a wireless transmission unit for transmitting a wireless control signal to the external device in addition to the configuration of the conventional mobile communication terminal 200, the download; The wireless control signal database 291, which stores a plurality of wireless control signal information provided from the server 100, controls the overall apparatus of the mobile communication terminal 200, and is transmitted from the wireless control signal information providing unit 150. A message receiving unit 310 for receiving and outputting an SMS message, and a wireless control signal registration unit for extracting and storing wireless control signal information included in a message output from the message receiving unit 310 in the wireless control signal database 291 ( It is configured to include a control unit 300 including a 320.

The common configuration of the existing mobile communication terminal 200 includes a keypad 210, a display unit 220 for displaying a menu and an operation state, a display driver 230 for outputting graphic data to the display unit 220, and a wireless communication unit. 240, an audio input / output circuit 250, an audio output unit 260, and an audio reproducing unit 270.

The keypad 210 includes a plurality of numeric keys, character keys, and function keys. The display unit 220, which is a liquid crystal display device, may have a conventional well-known configuration. The display driver 230 displays graphic data for providing visual information to the user and display data including a backlight control signal through the display 220.

In addition, the display unit 220 displays a user guide screen to the user so that the selected external device can be easily controlled. The user guide screen may control, for example, an external device including channel up / down, volume up / down, power on / off, and the like of a television. It is preferable that the image or icon is configured to correspond to each key of the keypad 210 of the mobile communication terminal 200 for a command.

In addition, the wireless communication unit 240 is configured to include an antenna (ANT) and the RF circuit for communication with the base station, in this specification, the wireless communication unit 240 is a cellular, GSM, W-CDMA as well as various versions of the CDMA scheme It is interpreted to cover not only existing methods such as methods but also mobile communication methods that will emerge in the future. The audio input / output circuit 250 processes conversion of digital voice data, that is, voice call signals into analog voice signals or vice versa, and an audio amplification circuit or filter that amplifies the voice call signals according to a control signal of the controller 300. It is a known configuration including an additional circuit such as.

The baseband circuit of the wireless communication unit 240 and most of the circuits of the control unit 300 are commercially provided as a single integrated circuit. This integrated circuit, commonly referred to as an MSM chip, includes internally dedicated hardware for processing communications, a digital signal processor and a general purpose microprocessor. Logically, they control the entire system according to voice and data communication control and operation signals or operation states input from the keypad 210.

The voice input / output circuit 250 processes the digital voice data, that is, the voice call signal into an analog voice signal or vice versa, and amplifies the digital voice data into an amplification gain value of the voice call signal input and output according to the control signal of the controller 300. This is a well-known configuration including an additional circuit such as an audio amplifying circuit or a filter.

The audio reproducing unit 270 is composed of, for example, a sound source reproducing chip such as a YAMAHA chip for reproducing a ringtone or a DSP chip for reproducing an MP3. The audio reproducing unit 270 reproduces from various sound sources such as reproducing a ringtone, an effect sound or a music file. Output to (260). The audio output unit 260 amplifies and outputs various reproduction sounds such as a ring tone, an effect sound, and a music file reproduced from the audio reproducing unit 270 according to an amplification gain value according to a control signal output from the control unit 300.

The wireless transmitter may be an infrared communication module used in a general remote controller, and may be additionally implemented as a Bluetooth or RF communication module. When the user inputs an operation command for controlling the external device through the keypad 210, the wireless transmitter transmits the wireless control signal generated by the controller 300 to the corresponding external device.

The memory 290 may include a RAM area in which data generated during a control operation of the mobile communication terminal 200 are temporarily stored, a ROM area in which a driving program for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal 200 and basic information thereof are stored. In addition, the mobile terminal 200 is divided into a user interface (U / I: USER INTERFACE) provided by the mobile communication terminal 200 or a data area capable of storing data generated by the user application and the user application.

According to a characteristic aspect of the present invention, the wireless control signal database 291 of the mobile communication terminal 200 according to the present invention is provided in the above-described memory 290, and the wireless control signal database 291 identifies a plurality of external devices. Store according to the information. The wireless control signal information thus stored is accessed and controlled by the controller 300.

The controller 300 controls the overall apparatus of the mobile communication terminal 200, and receives and outputs an SMS message including wireless control signal information of an external device received through the wireless communication unit 240. The wireless control signal registration unit 320 extracts the wireless control signal information included in the SMS message output from the message receiving unit 310 and stores and registers the wireless control signal database 291.

The message receiving unit 310 detects and outputs an SMS message provided through the mobile communication network from the RF signal received and output by the wireless communication unit 240, that is, the download server 100. The message receiving unit 310 outputs an SMS message provided from the wireless control signal information providing unit 150 to the wireless control signal registration unit 320, and in the SMS message, such as "a former television control signal has been received." The user notification text is extracted and displayed through the display unit 220.

The wireless control signal register 320 extracts wireless control signal information of the external device from the SMS message output by the message receiver 310 and stores the wireless control signal information of the external device in the wireless control signal database 291 for each identification information of the external device. The user inputs and executes a remote control function execution command including identification information of the corresponding external device.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the control unit 300 of the mobile communication terminal 200 according to the present invention provides a list of external devices registered in the wireless control signal database 291 according to a request for providing a list of registered external devices input from a user. The external device list providing unit 330 is further included.

The external device list providing unit 330 displays the external device list registered in the wireless control signal database 291 through the display unit 220 in response to a request for providing an external device list input from the user. The external device list indicates the type of external device that the user wants to control. For example, the external device list may be a list of electronic devices such as TV No. 1, Video No. 2, Audio No. 3, and the like. The user may select a desired external device from the list of registered external devices provided through the external device list providing unit 330.

Referring to the driving process of the wireless control signal download system of the external device of the present invention described above, when the user requests a connection to the download server 100 through his computer, that is, the user computer connected to the Internet, the download server 100 Handles authentication of the user's computer and establishes a connection.

The download server 100 provides a web page for providing external device wireless control signal information to the connected user computer. The web page provided from the download server 100 is provided with a plurality of input windows for inputting the product information and telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 200 possessed by the user and the identification information of the external device to be provided.

When the user inputs the product information, the telephone number, and the identification information of the external device in the input window provided on the web page, and requests the corresponding external device wireless control signal information to be provided, the download server 100 ) Accesses the external device wireless control signal information from the external device database 110, generates the accessed wireless control signal information as an SMS message with the guide text, and transmits the received wireless control signal information to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 200 through the mobile communication network. .

The mobile terminal 200 receives the SMS message including the radio control signal information transmitted from the download server 100 and extracts the user notification text such as, for example, "the former television control signal has been received." While notifying the user through the display unit 220, the display text requesting the storage and registration confirmation of the wireless control signal information of the external device transmitted through the SMS message is displayed.

When the user confirms registration of the wireless control signal information of the corresponding external device, the controller 300 of the mobile communication terminal 200 stores and registers the wireless control signal information of the corresponding external device in the wireless control signal information database.

On the other hand, when the user activates the remote control function for wireless control of the external device, the mobile communication terminal 200 displays the list of external devices registered in the wireless control signal database 291 through the display unit 220.

The external device list indicates the type of external device that the user wants to control. For example, the external device list may be a list of electronic devices such as TV No. 1, Video No. 2, Audio No. 3, and the like.

When the user selects a desired external device from the list of registered external devices displayed through the display unit 220, the controller 300 accesses the wireless control signal information of the corresponding external device from the wireless control signal database 291 and displays the display unit 220. Display the wireless control guide screen of the external device through.

Such a guide screen may include, for example, an external device control command including channel up / down, volume up / down, power on / off, and the like of a television. In order to correspond to each key of the keypad 210 of the mobile communication terminal 200 is preferably composed of an image or icon.

When a user inputs a key corresponding to a control command desired by the user on the guide screen, the controller 300 generates a wireless control signal corresponding to the corresponding key and transmits it to the external device through a wireless transmission means. The external device receives the radio control signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 200 and performs the function according to the control command.

As described above, the wireless control signal download system of an external device according to the present invention stores and stores wireless control signal information of various external devices as a mobile communication terminal having a remote control function by using a short message service (SMS) provided by a mobile communication network. By allowing registration, it is possible to easily register additional external devices.

On the other hand, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings but this is only exemplary, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. . Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

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It is possible to connect to a plurality of user computers, and in response to a request for providing wireless control signal information of an external device including external device identification information from the user computer, the wireless control signal information of the corresponding external device is converted into SMS (Short Message Service) of the mobile communication network. A download server provided by using; A mobile communication terminal receiving a message of a wireless SMS transmitted from the download server, extracting and storing and registering wireless control signal information of an external device included in the message; Wireless control signal download system of an external device including a. The method of claim 1, And the wireless control signal information includes identification information, format information, transmission frequency, and operation command code of an external device. The system of claim 1, wherein the download server is: An external device database for storing a plurality of external device radio control signal information for each mobile communication terminal; A web page providing unit for establishing a connection according to a connection request of a plurality of user computers and providing a web page for providing a wireless control signal to the connected user computers; Access the wireless control signal information of the external device from the external device database according to the request of the external device wireless control signal information including the identification information of the external device input through the user computer, the wireless control signal in accordance with the SMS protocol A message generator for generating a message including information; A wireless control signal information providing unit for transmitting a message generated by the message generating unit to a mobile communication terminal of a corresponding user through a mobile communication network; Wireless control signal download system of an external device including a. 4. The download server of claim 3 wherein the download server is: A list providing unit for providing a list of external devices capable of wireless control in the mobile communication terminal according to an external device search request including product information of the mobile communication terminal of the user from the user computer; Wireless control signal download system of an external device including a. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal: A wireless control signal database storing a plurality of wireless control signal information provided from the download server; A wireless communication unit connected to a mobile communication network to transmit and receive data; Controls the overall device of the mobile communication terminal, A message receiver for receiving and outputting an SMS message transmitted from the download server; A control unit including a wireless control signal registration unit which extracts the wireless control signal information included in the message output from the message receiving unit, stores and registers in the wireless control signal database; Wireless control signal download system of an external device including a. The method of claim 5, wherein the control unit: An external device list providing unit providing a list of external devices registered in the wireless control signal database according to a request for providing a list of registered external devices input from a user; Wireless control signal download system of an external device including a.

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