KR100411891B1 - Method for implement user interface in hand held radio communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for implementing a user interface in a portable wireless communication terminal that allows a user to design and implement a user interface displayed on a liquid crystal display (LCD) of a hand held radio communication terminal. As such, the present invention configures its homepage using HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) on the Web, so that the user interface can be configured by applying Internet support and text and image-based programming languages to the terminal. In addition, it is possible to modify and update the terminal user interface (UI) to the design of user sharing, which can be applied to all fields having a user interface based on the liquid crystal display (LCD) of other wireless communication devices.

Description

Method for implement user interface in hand held radio communication terminal

The present invention relates to a method for implementing a user-defined user interface in a portable wireless communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for providing an additional function of designing a user-specific UI of a terminal user by avoiding a fixed UI (user interface) of a terminal manufacturer. It is about.

In general, the market of various portable wireless communication terminals, such as a wireless call receiver or a mobile phone, which has been used in the past, as well as a smart phone, which has recently been commercially available, is increasing explosively. . This is especially true in our country due to the PCS (Personal Communication Service). Wireless page receivers, called pagers or beeps, generate alarms in response to remote wireless calls, and display messages such as the telephone number or text of the caller. The cellular phone can transmit and receive various data such as image information based on a mobile phone call. A smart phone is a combination of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA).

In addition to these basic functions, these portable wireless communication terminals employ various additional functions for increasing the convenience and efficiency of use. An example of an additional function is a function that displays the current time to the user.

On the other hand, add-ons that have been adopted before have focused on increasing ease of use and efficiency. Therefore, the User Interface (all displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD), hereinafter abbreviated as "UI") of the portable wireless communication terminal (hereinafter, abbreviated as "terminal") is unique to each manufacturer of each terminal. It has a structure, which can be difficult and impossible to modify, change even if the terminal user is not satisfied with the UI of the terminal.

In addition, the user interface (UI) of the terminal includes a number of functions that can be learned only after a long time to be familiar with the manual, the user does not feel difficult or inconvenient to use even without such a function. Rather, it is common to use only a few of the desired functions.

Therefore, as described above, when a user purchases a terminal, the user has no choice but to use the UI that was initially implemented by the terminal manufacturer, and no matter how simple and convenient, the user already has a fixed design. Even if there are many functions provided by the existing UI, this causes a difficulty for users to be familiar with the functions and takes time to acquire them. Even if a difficult function is used, its frequency of use is small, which can be a burden for the actual terminal user.

In addition, in the general terminal, a number of inconveniences occur when inputting Korean, English, and special characters due to the limitation of a limited keypad when inputting personal information such as a phone number, address, and date of birth.

Accordingly, the present invention is proposed to solve the above problems of the prior art,

An object of the present invention is to apply a text and image-based programming language (HTML, FLASH, etc.) used to construct a homepage on a web in order to construct a user interface (UI) for a user, to a UI of a portable wireless communication terminal. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for implementing a user interface in a portable wireless communication terminal that enables a user's UI to be modified and updated to a user's own design.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

A first process of transmitting a UI document created on a personal computer to a service system;

A second process of converting and storing the transmitted UI document into an Internet Protocol format in the service system;

The method may include a third process of downloading the stored UI document from a user terminal and then displaying the stored UI document on a liquid crystal display (LCD).

1 is a block diagram showing an interface structure between a service system, a user system, and a terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of implementing a user interface through an interface according to FIG. 1;

3 is a view schematically showing an embodiment of an internal structure of a portable wireless communication terminal according to the present invention according to FIGS. 1 and 2.

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

100; Hand held radio communication terminal

200; Service system

300; Personal Computer (PC)

400; Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

500; User Interface Management Unit

600; Memory

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a method for implementing a user interface in a portable wireless communication terminal of the present invention according to the above technical concept will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an interface structure between a service system, a user system, and a terminal according to the present invention. The present invention provides a homepage function on a web to implement a user interface (UI) document design function. The application language is applied to the terminal using text and image-based programming languages (HTML, FLASH, etc.) used in the construction of the homepage.

As shown in the drawing, when an outline of configuring a UI document according to a user is described, a user programs a UI document configured using text and image-based programming languages on a user system (personal computer) 300. .

The content of the programming is a UI to be implemented in the terminal 100 of the user, and configures a menu suitable for the user, and adds additional functions to a specific menu or deletes unwanted functions and menus.

The program completed through the above operation (which can be converted into a format compatible with the characteristics of the terminal) is transmitted to the terminal service system 200 through the Internet network, and the service system 200 receiving the received UI is received. Before downloading the document to the terminal, run a UI simulator (a system of software or hardware to solve the problems caused by various factors by performing a simulation of a realistic process). It is displayed on (Web Site).

The user can check in advance the UI document to be stored in the terminal 100 through the personal computer 300, and can modify and update the user's UI document before downloading it to the terminal 100. The message is transmitted to the terminal service system 200 via the internet network.

The terminal service system 200 converts and stores the created UI document in accordance with a wireless Internet protocol format, and transmits the converted UI document to be downloaded from the terminal 100 of the user.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of implementing a user interface through an interface according to FIG. 1.

As shown therein, in step ST11, a UI (user interface) document is programmed using a text and image-based programming language (HTML, FLASH, etc.) on a personal computer, and in step ST12, it is determined whether the programmed UI document is completed. As a result, when programming is completed, the created UI document is transmitted to the service system via the Internet in step ST13.

Next, in step ST14, a simulator of the transmitted terminal UI document is driven in the service system to display (upload) the contents of the UI document created by the user in an internet website in step ST15, and the UI from the user in step ST16. Check for revisions and updates to the document.

If there is no change from the user as a result of the check, the service system converts and stores the UI document in accordance with the Internet protocol format in step ST17, and transmits to the terminal of the user in step ST18.

Next, in step ST19, the transmitted UI document is downloaded from the terminal and stored in the memory of the terminal in step ST19, and the stored UI document is displayed on the terminal liquid crystal display (LCD) in step ST20.

3 is a view schematically showing an embodiment of an internal structure of a portable wireless communication terminal according to the present invention according to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the channel used between the user system 300 and the service system 200 and the terminal 100 does not matter, and when the download is performed as described above in FIG. 2, the user-defined UI document is displayed in the memory area of the terminal. In this case, the terminal displays a text and an image-based UI document, which is directly written by the user, on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 400 under the control of the UI manager 600.

Here, the UI management unit 600 includes hardware such as driving the liquid crystal display 400 of the actual terminal, key pad driving, LED display, sound driving, etc. according to a user-defined UI document. It acts as an intermediary to assist in the connection to the network or to support the functions associated with call processing.

In addition, the UI manager 600 performs a function of accessing personal information (telephone number, address, date of birth) stored in the terminal 100, and thus, various devices of the terminal in a user defined UI document. Controls handling of.

Meanwhile, a machine may be required to assist or convert the UI manager 600 and the text and image-based Internet programs as necessary.

In order to implement the user-defined UI document design according to the present invention, the following several conditions are assumed.

First, communication between a portable wireless communication terminal and a PC should be possible (serial communication), a personal computer (PC) must be able to read personal information stored in the terminal, and the terminal must be wirelessly downloadable. In addition, there should be a separate authentication function for securing the download function. In other words, downloading of the terminal should be allowed by the user's approval.

According to the above-described "method for implementing a user interface in a portable wireless communication terminal", by using a personal computer (PC) to design a user interface (UI) using text, image-based Internet program documents, many individuals at once Information can be input, and input method using a PC has the advantage of easy input of Korean, English, and special characters.

In addition, the main menu of the UI document can be simply used by using a PC, and submenus can also be easily diversified, and the UI of the terminal can be changed according to a user's decision.

In addition, since the user directly configures the UI desired by the user, the UI displayed on the terminal liquid crystal display (LCD) becomes simple, and by using the UI suitable for the user, there is an advantage of increasing convenience for the user.

Claims (5)

1. A mobile communication system, comprising: a first process of transmitting a user interface (UI) document reflecting a user-fitted menu item and design created on a personal computer to a service system; A second step of converting and storing the UI document transmitted from the service system into an Internet Protocol format; A third process of downloading the stored UI document from a user terminal and displaying the same on a liquid crystal display (LCD); Including, The user suitable menu item is selected by the user among all menu items provided in the service system. A user interface implementation method in a portable wireless communication terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the first process comprises: Programming a user interface (UI) document on the personal computer using a text and image based programming language; After the programming is completed, the user interface implementation method in a portable wireless communication terminal comprising the step of transmitting a UI document created in a portable wireless communication terminal (terminal) service system via the Internet. The method of claim 1, wherein the second process comprises: Driving a simulator for a terminal UI document transmitted from a user in the service system; Displaying the UI document on a web site after the simulator is driven; Checking whether the custom UI document displayed on the website has been modified or updated by the user; And if there is no change as a result of the check, converting and storing the text and image based UI document into the Internet protocol format in the terminal service system. The method of claim 1, wherein the third process comprises: Transmitting the converted and stored user UI document to the user's terminal; Downloading the transmitted UI document in a user terminal; Storing the downloaded UI document in a memory of the terminal; And displaying the stored UI document on a terminal liquid crystal display (LCD). The method of claim 1 or 4, wherein the download method is A method of implementing a user interface in a portable wireless communication terminal, which downloads over the air and is downloaded only through the user's approval by the authentication function.