KR20120097211A - Apparatus of executing services provided in different operation environments in different terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for executing services provided from different operation environments in different terminals is provided to easily supply an affiliated service between heterogeneous industries. CONSTITUTION: An open platform providing unit provides an open platform(230) adapted for different operation environments to execute plural services provided from the different operation environments. A cross platform providing method provides different OSs(Operating System) or plural terminals(210,212,214) having an operation specification and a cross platform(250) between the open platforms to execute the services in the open platform according to control commands of the terminals. [Reference numerals] (210) Internet; (AA) Value added service; (BB) Service

Description

Apparatus of executing services provided in different operation environments in different terminals}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a heterogeneous common platform for executing various services on various terminals, and in particular, to create a demand for a home customer screen by implementing a terminal capable of executing various services, as well as an open business structure. Through a technology that provides an open cross-platform to lay the groundwork for new revenue generation.

The present invention relates to an open service platform for service management, operation, and secure delivery by providing a common platform for accommodating various types of services and providing such services.

In the prior art, hardware, drivers, middleware, and higher application services are provided on one hardware platform to provide new services in a network environment. Therefore, a hardware provider must develop not only hardware but also middleware for providing services and higher application services, and a higher application service developer must develop all hardware platforms to provide new services. In such an environment, when a service change or a hardware change occurs, all the software as well as the hardware need to be changed, which causes a waste of resources. That is, according to the related art, since the provided services are executed independently on a specific platform, another hardware platform capable of providing new services when a user needs a new service is required. Each time a service is added, a hardware platform must be added accordingly, and even though similar hardware specifications are added, additional costs may be incurred to provide a new service. In addition, current application services require various user-specific services such as TV portals as well as independent services, which must provide an environment that requires multiple and complex services, not independent services. However, the conventional service providing platforms do not provide a common framework for such multiple and complex services, causing a waste of resources such as redundant investment from the user's point of view.

In addition, when a new service needs to be provided through a platform of a network environment, interface information necessary for service interworking on a specific platform is required, which causes difficulties due to maintenance that is not related to application services such as hardware analysis. .

Therefore, there is an urgent need for an open cross platform for executing a plurality of services operating in different operating environments in various user terminals having different operating systems and hardware specifications.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an open cross platform that adapts various services running in different operating environments to run on different user terminals.

Another object of the present invention is to create a new market by providing screen synergy to external developers and operators through an open cross platform for home customer screens and ensuring an opportunity to participate in a new business.

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is, an open platform providing unit for providing an open platform (adaptable to the operating environment of the service to run a plurality of services provided in different operating environment, and each other) It is located between a plurality of terminals and open platforms having different operating systems or operating specifications, and provides a cross platform that provides a cross platform that is adapted to execute a plurality of services on an open platform in response to a control command from the terminal. The present invention relates to an open cross platform providing apparatus including a unit. In particular, in the open cross-platform providing apparatus according to the present invention, the service is provided using a widget, and the cross-platform providing unit adapts the execution result of the widget executed on the cross-platform to correspond to different terminals and provides them to the terminal. It is characterized by. In particular, the terminal may include a porting layer that changes according to different operating environments and specifications of the terminal, a core layer for processing a request transmitted through the porting layer, and an individual input received from an external porting layer. It includes a manager that converts the data to a common input via the core layer. Furthermore, the core layer accesses the database where the widgets are stored and cross widgets launcher which extracts and provides information about the widgets, and the cross widget launcher which is selected from the cross widgets gallery and allows the downloaded widgets to be executed. is adapted to run a cross widget launcher and a cross widget manager for managing widgets downloaded from the cross widget gallery, and the porting layer provides the cross widget gallery, cross widget launcher, and cross widget manager to the terminal. To adapt accordingly. Furthermore, the terminal may include a cross widget PUSH module performing a widget management function and a content delivery function, a cross widget server / client interworking module performing a terminal authentication function, a content interworking function, and a charging function. / client coupling module) and a cross widget authentication module that performs widget user authentication. In addition, the open platform provider may be provided from an open application programmer interface (API) corresponding to a different operating environment, a software development kit (SDK) corresponding to an individual software language, an integrated download server and a terminal for downloading widgets and contents. An integrated service provider server for receiving a received message to provide an integrated service which is a common service. Furthermore, the cross platform provider may include a cross platform server core engine for executing a widget on the cross platform in response to a request from a terminal, a plurality of content delivery servers storing content requested by the cross platform server core engine, and the retrieved content. And an integrated gateway for providing content.

According to the open cross platform according to the present invention, various services executed in different operating environments can be adapted to be executed in different user terminals, so that the terminal and the content business are linked, and services such as cooperation between different industries can be easily performed. Can provide.

In addition, according to the open cross platform according to the present invention, a service user can freely use a service in a widget gallery, and an external operator can provide various applications using an open API.

1 is a view conceptually illustrating the operation of an open cross platform according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating a configuration of an open cross platform according to the present invention.
3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a client architecture implemented in a terminal according to the present invention.
4 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an open cross platform architecture according to the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a cross widget service performed in a terminal according to the present invention.
6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a service flow using an open cross platform according to the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in various different forms, and is not limited to the embodiments described. In order to clearly describe the present invention, parts that are not related to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same members.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it may further include other components, without excluding the other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, the terms "... unit", "... unit", "module", "block", etc. described in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which means hardware, software, or hardware. And software.

1 is a view conceptually illustrating the operation of an open cross platform according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the open cross platform according to the present invention allows various open contents and open applications to be executed freely regardless of the operating environment. The execution result is linked with an external terminal or provided through a terminal such as a smart phone, SoIP, personal terminal, or the like. Alternatively, the execution result of the content and the application may be provided to another provider for the B2B service.

The open cross platform shown in FIG. 1 has a remarkable effect compared to the prior art in the following aspects.

The operating environment of the platform can be adapted to the home customer screen.

In the prior art, an individual unit platform environment (silo type) is provided for each service. Therefore, even if the same service is to be implemented on different platforms, the coding has to be renewed and thus has a high cost business structure. On the other hand, the open cross platform according to the present invention enables the time to market of the service (Time to Market).

-Can provide value added service based on seamless user experience (UX).

In the prior art, the service environment depends on the OS of each terminal and the corresponding service. Therefore, a lot of time is required to develop a service commonly applied to various terminals. However, in the case of the present invention, it may be provided on the initial screen of the customer terminal, and may allow the user to realistically experience various services.

-An open platform that is common to all services is built.

In the prior art, it is impossible to create a large market by securing a customer screen because it has a structure for planning and supplying content and services for each business. However, according to the open cross platform according to the present invention, since APIs, SDKs, and billing that perform common operations can be used in common, development costs can be reduced, and cooperation among heterogeneous industries is active. Can happen.

That is, as shown in Figure 1, the open cross platform according to the present invention not only enhances the utility of the terminal, but also plays a role of connecting the terminal and the content business. In addition, when using the open cross platform according to the present invention it can easily provide a cooperative service between different industries.

2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating a configuration of an open cross platform according to the present invention.

In FIG. 2, the open cross platform 200 according to the present invention is located between various user terminals 210, 212, 214 and various developers 220, content 222, and operators 224.

The open cross platform 200 includes an open platform 230 and a cross platform 250. The open platform 230 is a common platform on which developers 220, content 222, and operators 224 operating in different operating environments may execute in common. Thus, open platform 230 includes components such as open API 232, SDK 234, and Billing 236.

An application programming interface (API) is an interface created to control functions provided by an operating system or programming language for use in an application. It mainly provides interfaces for file control, window control, image processing, character control, and the like. In particular, the open API refers to an open API that allows Internet users to develop their own applications and services, instead of being provided with web search results and user interfaces (UIs). Using this open API (232) has the advantage that anyone can access and use the platform.

In addition, the SDK (Software Development Kit) represents tools that are useful for developing software. The SDK was a development toolkit for developing programs using the API, but now it is used almost exclusively as an API. Once the SDK is provided, users can easily create the various services they want. In addition, billing refers to a tool for billing services traded in the market, and a user can easily create a service that he / she wants to provide using an open API 232 or an SDK 234, and use the created service fee. The calculation is performed through the common billing module 236. Therefore, user revenue can be increased because the user's revenue is accurately calculated.

When various services are provided by the open platform 230, the cross platform 250 provides a service to a terminal corresponding to various terminals. In FIG. 2, the cross platform 250 includes a widget module 252, a content module 254, and an application module 256.

The widget module 252 operates in conjunction with the widget manager included in the terminals, and allows various services to be provided in the form of widgets in the terminal. If the service is provided in the form of a widget, user friendliness may be increased and the service may be commonly provided regardless of the characteristics of the terminal.

The content module 254 adapts the content requested by the terminal according to the operating system and hardware specifications of each terminal. In this case, the user may be notified of this fact if the hardware specification of the terminal does not meet the minimum specification necessary for playing the content to be provided.

The application module 256 provides a service in the form of various applications. In the present invention, the service may also be provided in the form of a widget and may also be provided in the form of an application. Therefore, although the term application is used in the broader concept of including a widget herein, it should be understood that these two terms are not necessarily clearly distinguished.

As such, according to the open platform 230 and the cross platform 250 according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a seamless value added service to various terminals.

3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a client architecture implemented in a terminal according to the present invention.

3A is a diagram briefly showing the configuration of an SOiP client, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a PC and a MID client.

Storage over IP (SoIP) client refers to a client that implements SoIP technology. SoIP is a technology that integrates and manages storage devices using the Internet Protocol (IP), and uses IP to solve the distance constraints of a storage area network (SAN). It is a technology to solve. Referring to FIG. 3A, the SoIP client runs on a Linux OS and includes various execution modules such as Curl, Scew, and Expat. Among these, the SoIP client includes a widget API, a widget gallery, a widget launcher, and a widget manager to operate with the open cross platform according to the present invention. It also includes a widget core module for managing these widget modules.

Referring again to FIG. 3B, the PC and MID client also include a widget API, a widget gallery, a widget launcher, and a widget manager. It also includes a widget core module for managing these widget modules.

Such clients are developed by being divided into a core, a manager, and a porting layer to support various OS and device environments. In this way, even if the operating environment changes, only the porting layer may be modified to be easily applied to the device. In addition, the client is preferably developed to support various runtime environments such as Java, Web, Flash.

The widget API, widget gallery, widget launcher, and widget manager of the clients shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B operate in conjunction with an open cross platform.

For example, the cross widget client may include a cross widget PUSH module, a cross widget server / client interworking module, a cross widget authentication module, a cross widget packaging module, and a cross widget interface modules.

Among these, the cross widget PUSH module may perform the functions of force widget deletion, widget force enforcement, widget force update, widget force installation, PC PUSH client module, SOIP PUSH client module, and third party PUSH client module. In addition, the cross widget server / client interworking module may perform functions such as gallery interworking, widget related interworking, terminal authentication (server registration) interworking, billing interworking, personalization interworking, content interworking, proxy interworking, and file transmission. In addition, the cross widget authentication module may perform functions such as login authentication, SSO function processing, and authentication check, and the cross widget packaging module may perform a widget validity checking operation.

Finally, the cross widget interface module includes SQL API, Service API, Security API, Storage API, Push API, Util API, Drawing API, Address API, Call API, InetAddress API, Phone API, Proxy API, Runnable API, Runtime API, It may include a System API, Widget API, Device API, File API, and XMLConnection API.

In FIG. 3B, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) refers to a class library that makes Microsoft easy to program Windows.

4 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an open cross platform architecture according to the present invention.

The open cross platform architecture shown in FIG. 4 is a dynamic content delivery service (Dynamic Contents Delivery), a download service (DownLoad), a Web Store service (Web Store), a Contents & Service Gateway, a developer center. ), A verification center, and an administrator service (Admin). However, each operation module includes a cross platform engine for providing a service to different terminals. Through such a cross-platform engine, the service result may be adapted to and provided to different terminals. In addition, such a cross platform engine may interoperate with a client architecture implemented in a terminal.

The cross-platform engine is configured to handle various requests (widget downloads, content updates, environment information changes, etc.) of widgets received through the HTTP protocol. In addition, it is preferable to separate the server performing the input / output processing and the data conversion function from the server which processes the complex business logic and uses the XML format for data transmission between the client and the server. This enables interworking with conventional systems such as DB structure, device management, and user authentication to support convergence services (multi-screen interworking).

For example, cross widget integrated server platform, cross platform server core engine, cross widget PUSH server, cross platform operator management system, cross widget PUSH server, integrated download server, integrated service provider server, integrated dynamic content delivery server, and integration Gateway and the like.

Among these, the cross-platform server core engine may be, for example, a request parser, a response builder, a billing service, a widget service, a content loader, a proxy agent ( Proxy Agent, Service Agent, Message Agent, Message Service, Gallery Service, Message Service, Personalization Service, Contents Package, Parameter Parser Parser, and Scheduler (Scheduler) and the like.

In addition, the cross widget PUSH server may perform operations such as subscriber management / query operation, message management operation, message push operation, SIP stack operation, polling, message load balance, and server interworking management. . The cross-platform operator management system performs management operations such as widget packaging operations, server management, device management, menu management, authorization management, statistics, user management, gallery management, proxy management, widget management, content management, and code management. Can be dedicated

Meanwhile, the integrated download server includes a response builder, a download service agent, a request parser, an authentication operation, a parameter builder, and a message agent. The integrated service provider server may include a queue reader ( Queue Reader, Message Receiver, Message Parser, Platform Messaging, Message Data Manager, Error, User Trace, and Content Tracking (Contents Trace) function can be performed.

Finally, the integrated dynamic content delivery server performs NFS interworking, server-to-server NTP interworking, storage capacity calculation, directory structure design, etc., and the integrated gateway provides a DMSP agent and contents provider access. ), A media agent, and a push access may be performed.

It is to be understood that the foregoing descriptions of the components of the cross-widget integrated server platform are illustrative and not limiting of the invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a cross widget service performed in a terminal according to the present invention.

The launcher represents a UI that can execute a downloaded widget on the device desktop or idle screen. When the launcher is executed, the user can manage his widget by using the manager. That is, the manager represents a UI for managing widgets downloaded from the gallery. Then, the gallery represents a UI from which the widget can be downloaded, and descriptions and details of each widget may be provided through the gallery.

In this case, it is preferable that the gallery and the launcher include an icon management function for adding or deleting an icon and viewing the information of the icon. In addition, it is preferable to provide a my library and a setting screen for storing the icon selected by the user.

For example, the cross widget service may include MY real estate, star clock, star calendar, star weather, twitter, flickr, photo, memo (post-it), scheduler, and address book, but the present invention is limited thereto. no.

As shown in FIG. 5, according to the open cross platform according to the present invention, any user may use any terminal to download and manage various services through a common widget manager.

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a service flow using an open cross platform according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, different web users, widget developers, and operators can also perform development on a common platform using the open cross platform according to the present invention. Users of various terminals such as PC users, SoIP users, and telephone users are delivered in a format corresponding to the specifications of each terminal. In this process, the cross-platform engine included in the dynamic content delivery server, the download server, the gateway server, the database server, the message (MSG) server, and the push server is used. As it is.

For example, the service scenario provided to developers is as follows.

1. The developer connects to the development site. In this case, the first-time developer may be registered on the development site, and the pre-registered developer authenticates.

2. The developer is then provided with the API and SDK, and the emulator is downloaded if necessary. Using the provided API and SDK, you can easily develop services corresponding to various operating environments of developers. In addition, an emulator can be used to experiment with the operating environment of each service.

3. When the development of the application is completed, the developer applies to register the completed application in the gallery. The administrator then inspects the completed application and saves it in the gallery if there is no problem.

4. Afterwards, application update and version management will be dedicated to open cross platform, and will be settled when revenue generated from sales of paid applications is generated.

As such, the developer can easily develop the application by using the API, SDK, emulator, etc. provided to the developer.

In addition, a scenario in which a general user uses a service using an open cross platform according to the present invention will be described below.

1. First, the user accesses the application gallery through the widget. Then, the user can browse the gallery and look at the authentication payment information. In addition, the user may download paid / free content using the widget manager.

2. When the content is downloaded, the content corresponding to the user's terminal is downloaded through the open cross platform. Then, the user can freely use the content selected by the user in his terminal.

3. Charging and payment operation of the application can be done through the Billing module by the open cross platform.

As described above, the present invention overcomes the disadvantage that it is difficult to secure the initiative of the business due to the dispersion of the screen used by the customer, thereby providing an easy and convenient screen using experience to the customer and performing an open communication business and the Internet business. As a result, customer service usage patterns can evolve into a converged communication and information service.

As described above, by using the open cross platform according to the present invention, it is easy to maintain existing customers and secure new customers because the use value of customers can be increased by a seamless service between screens.

It can also create a huge market for a large screen customer base and maximize the effectiveness of the screen business.

In addition, since it can be developed through an open API / SDK of a terminal and a platform, time to market for providing a new service is reduced. In particular, since it becomes possible to use one resource in various aspects (One Source Multi Use), the construction period and cost of the service are reduced.

Lastly, the B2B and B2B2C business models will be promoted using screen linkage. In particular, since the third party terminal business can be supported by the open cross platform according to the present invention, it is possible to generate new currency revenue and service revenue. Furthermore, using the open cross platform according to the present invention, since external operators can easily participate in the business, it is possible to continuously promote new businesses based on OCP.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Further, in the present invention, the cross platform engine can be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROMs, RAMs, CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of carrier waves (for example, transmission over the Internet). Include. The computer readable recording medium can also store computer readable code that can be executed in a distributed fashion by a networked distributed computer system.

Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

The present invention can be applied to provide a terminal capable of providing heterogeneous services to heterogeneous terminals.

Claims (6)

An open platform providing unit providing an open platform adapted to an operating environment of the services such that a plurality of services provided in different operating environments are executed; And
It is provided between a plurality of terminals having different operating systems or operating specifications and the open platform, and provides a cross platform adapted to execute a plurality of services on the open platform in response to a control command from the terminal. Includes a cross platform provider,
The service is provided as a widget,
The cross platform providing unit may be configured to provide an execution result of the widgets executed in the cross platform to the terminals by adapting them to different terminals, and to provide a service provided in different operating environments in different terminals. . The terminal according to claim 1,
A porting layer changed according to different operating environments and specifications of the terminal;
A core layer for processing a request passed through the porting layer; And
And a manager for converting an individual input received from the outside into a common input via the porting layer and delivering the same to the core layer. The method of claim 2, wherein the core layer,
A cross widget gallery for accessing a database storing the widget and extracting and providing information on the widget;
A cross widget launcher that allows a widget selected and downloaded from the cross widget gallery to be executed; And
Adapted to run a cross widget manager for managing widgets downloaded from the cross widget gallery, wherein the porting layer is
And adapt the cross widget gallery, cross widget launcher, and cross widget manager to correspond to the terminal. The terminal of claim 3, wherein the terminal comprises:
A cross widget PUSH module performing a widget management function and a content delivery function;
A cross widget server / client coupling module that performs a terminal authentication function, a content interworking function, and a charging function; And
And a cross widget authentication module for performing a widget user authentication function. The method of claim 1, wherein the open platform providing unit,
An open application programmer interface (API) corresponding to different operating environments;
Software development kits (SDKs) corresponding to individual software languages;
Integrated download server for downloading the widget and content and
And an integrated service provider server for receiving a message received from the terminal to provide an integrated service, which is a common service. The method of claim 1, wherein the cross platform providing unit,
A cross platform server core engine for executing the widget on the cross platform in response to a request from the terminal;
A plurality of content delivery servers storing content requested by the cross platform server core engine; And
Apparatus for executing services provided in different operating environments in different terminals, comprising an integrated gateway for providing the retrieved content.

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