KR100442944B1 - Method for internet connection by a mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention uses a mobile communication terminal that allows a user to run a browser in a mobile communication terminal to access a hair Internet or the like, and to add, edit, and access a URL by performing a bookmark function even offline. It relates to an internet access method.

To this end, according to the present invention, if the terminal executes a bookmark program according to a user's request in an offline state, and adds or edits a bookmark on the bookmark program and stores the bookmark, the terminal is added or edited. Storing and updating a bookmark; and if one of the bookmark URLs is selected from the bookmark program, the terminal is connected to the selected URL online.

The invention has the effect of eliminating the hassle of the connection process to the user and to reduce the connection billing.

Description

Method for internet connection by mobile terminal {Method for internet connection by a mobile phone}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the user can operate a browser in a mobile communication terminal to access a hair Internet or the like and use a bookmark function that can only be performed online. By performing a bookmark function to add, edit, and access a URL, the present invention relates to an internet access method using a mobile communication terminal, which eliminates the hassle of access process and reduces access charges.

In a conventional mobile communication terminal such as a cellular phone, a user can access a hair Internet or the like and perform a bookmark function only on an online browser. In other words, the user accesses the hair Internet using a previously set URL (uniform resource locator) or a URL provided by the base station unilaterally, and then browses and searches for a site with desired information. Sites with content information stay long enough to search for and obtain specific information. At this time, the user stores the URL of the corresponding site through the bookmark in order to access the site containing the desired content information later. Later, in order to access the URL stored through the bookmark, the user only needs to execute the bookmark function on the online browser and select the URL.

However, in a conventional mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, if the bookmark function is made only on an online browser, the data transmission speed is slow, and thus the connection is not fast. Accordingly, the hair Internet, etc. is desired through several steps on the limited small display of the terminal. In the current situation of accessing a site, when a user accesses a new URL, it is inconvenient to connect to a previously set URL and then navigate to a new URL that the user wants through several steps. In addition, if the bookmark function is made only on the online browser, since the browser must be operated to access the hair Internet or the like for editing the bookmark, there is a problem in that an economic disadvantage of paying the access fee is followed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the user can operate the browser in the mobile communication terminal and access the hair Internet, etc., the bookmark function which can only be performed online, without having to operate the browser offline. The purpose of the bookmark function is to add, edit, and access a URL.

The method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, if the step of executing the bookmark program in the terminal in response to the user's request in the offline state, and specify to add or edit the bookmark on the bookmark program, and to store it, And storing and updating the added or edited bookmark by the terminal, and when one of the bookmark URLs is selected from the bookmark program, connecting the terminal online to the selected URL. The bookmark program can add or edit the bookmark in offline as well as hair online state, save and update the bookmark, and if any one of the stored bookmark URLs is selected, the terminal is connected to the selected URL online. As long as .

1 is a block diagram of a bookmark providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a bookmark providing operation of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a bookmark data structure of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart for storing bookmarks online of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of bookmark storage and browser operation in an offline state of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: server unit 200: display unit

300: wireless signal transmission and reception unit 400: key input unit

500: first storage unit 600: second storage unit

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a bookmark providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server unit 100 for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal, so that a user can view the overall current state of the mobile communication terminal. The display unit 200 for displaying, a wireless signal transceiver 300 for signal processing to transmit and receive a voice signal or a message to the other party, and a plurality of numeric keys and function keys are provided, according to the input of each key A key input unit 400 for outputting its own key data to the server unit 100, a first storage unit 500 and a second storage unit 600 for storing a program necessary for performing an operation of a mobile communication terminal, And an antenna (ANT) that is responsible for the transmission and reception of voice signals or messages talking to the other party. Here, since the DTMF (Dual Tone Multifrequency) processing unit and the vocoder constituting the mobile communication terminal are not directly related to the present invention, description thereof will be omitted.

The server unit 100 controls overall operations of the mobile communication terminal, generates and transmits current state indication data to the display unit 200, and controls wireless communication with the base station according to a user's communication request. It controls to exchange data necessary for the radio with the wireless signal transmission and reception unit 300, performs a bookmark function for the hair Internet, and controls the addition, editing, access of the bookmark.

The display unit 200 is a user interface device for displaying the overall current state of the mobile terminal for the user to view, and in particular, displays a phone number input by the user for a call or displays the contents of the received message. . In addition, when the user plays hair, the Internet, chats, games, etc., the corresponding information is displayed for the user to view.

The wireless signal transmission / reception unit 300 performs overall processing for wireless signal transmission and reception between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to which the terminal is subscribed, and performs signal processing to transmit and receive voice signals, messages, hair Internet data, etc. do.

The key input unit 400 includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys as information input means of a user, and outputs its own key data to the server unit 100 according to the input of each key, thereby providing a server unit ( 100) to perform a function required by the user, for example, to perform the operation for the request of inputting a phone number, writing a message, searching a message, playing a game, hair Internet, and the like.

The first storage unit 500 stores an application program such as a bookmark program necessary for performing an overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. Accordingly, the server unit 100 requests the first storage unit 500 to store the application program. As a result of performing an operation of reading or modifying data into new data, the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal is performed. In particular, when the URL for the bookmark is stored, and the bookmark function is performed online, if the URL is added or edited, it is updated under the control of the server unit 100. It is usually configured like a main memory cache on a computer used to improve server write and read performance.

The second storage unit 600 is stored under the control of the server unit 100 when the URL for the bookmark is stored and there is an addition or editing of the URL in performing the bookmark function in the offline state in which the browser is not operated. Even when the online bookmark function is performed, if the URL is added or edited, it is updated under the control of the server unit 100. It usually consists of nonvolatile flash memory, which is electrically erasable, updatable with new content, and retains data even in the event of a power outage.

The operation by the Internet access method using the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail.

2 is a diagram illustrating a bookmark providing operation of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of a bookmark data structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a bookmark providing operation of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed on a terminal without an online state as well as an online state where a hair Internet is connected to a user's request on the terminal. Is also possible. That is, the URL edited in the online state is not only stored in the first storage unit 500 provided in a cache memory form to improve the performance of the server unit 100, but also in the second storage unit having a flash memory form. Also stored at 600 at the same time. In addition, even when offline, the user can execute a bookmark program using a menu or a shortcut key appearing on the display unit 200 of the terminal without access to the Internet. In this case, the user can add or delete a URL by editing a bookmark. In this case, the browser initial URL can be designated, and thus the updated contents are stored in the second storage unit 600, and the browser is operated by selecting a URL to be connected to the hair Internet, etc., to a corresponding site. Connection is also possible.

As described above, the data of the bookmark URL list to be stored may be in the form of a nonvolatile item (NV) or an electronic filing system (EFS) in the storage space as described above, and is usually stored in the form of an NV item. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the maximum number of bookmarks (NV_NO_BOOKMARK_LIST), the maximum length of bookmark names (MAXLENGTH_URL_NAME), and the maximum length of URLs supported by the operator (MAXLENGTH_URL) are determined and stored in an array form. do.

The operation by the Internet access method using the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above will be described in more detail.

4 is a flowchart for storing bookmarks online of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

While carrying the mobile communication terminal, the user inputs a key through a shortcut key or a menu on the display unit 200 in order to access information such as the hair Internet. Accordingly, the terminal operates the browser and the base station and the hair online. Attempt to connect and display the initial browser initial screen. At this time, if there is an initial access URL specified by the user, the browser will be displayed by accessing the URL. When the user connects, the user searches for and browses a site having desired information, and during the site search, the user stays at a site having desired content information for a long time to search for and obtain specific information. At this time, the user executes a bookmark program to access the site containing the desired content information later and stores the URL of the corresponding site. Later, in order to access the URL saved by the user, the user simply executes the bookmark function on the online browser and selects the URL.

As described above, in order for the user to store the URL in the state where the bookmark program is executed, as shown in FIG. 4, the terminal performs data transmission / reception processing such as the corresponding hair Internet (S101). If it is specified to store the current URL displayed on the terminal or the URL entered when editing the bookmark (S101), the terminal under the control of the server unit 100, the online bookmark storage unit consisting of a storage space such as cache memory, That is, the first storage unit 500 is first stored and updated (S102). When the first storage unit 500 is updated or thereafter, the server unit 100 calls an offline bookmark storage application program interface (API), and the offline bookmark storage unit, that is, the second storage unit 600. In step S104, a return value indicating whether or not it is normally stored is extracted. Here, calling the offline bookmark storage API by the server unit 100 means storing the URL designated by the user in the second storage unit 600 as described above.

Accordingly, when the return value extracted above is successful storage (S105), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage success' on the display unit 200 (S106), and the return value is stored. In case of failure (S105), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage failure' on the display unit 200 (S107).

As described above, when the bookmark URL is stored, the user is stored in the first storage unit 500 and the second storage unit 600 in the online bookmark list to access the URL stored later through the bookmark. By selecting any one of the bookmarked URLs, the terminal can correspondingly make hair online access to the selected URL.

5 is a flowchart illustrating bookmark storage and browser operation in an offline state of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, even in an offline state, a user may execute a bookmark program by inputting a key through a shortcut key of a terminal or a menu on the display unit 200, and accordingly, the display unit 200 of the terminal has already been made. The offline bookmark list stored in the storage unit 600 is displayed (S201). At this time, the user can edit the bookmark for the storage of the desired URL, etc., the user who wants to save the desired URL is specified to be stored through a menu or a shortcut key (S202), accordingly the terminal of the server unit 100 Under the control, the bookmark name and the URL are input from the user according to the instructions displayed on the display unit 200 (S203).

Thereafter, the server unit 100 calls the offline bookmark storage API as in the online bookmark storage, and returns a notification indicating whether the offline bookmark storage unit, that is, the second storage unit 600 has been normally stored. ) Value is extracted (S204). Here, calling the offline bookmark storage API by the server unit means storing the URL input by the user in the second storage unit 600.

Accordingly, if the return value extracted above is successful storage (S205), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage success' on the display unit 200 (S206), and the return value is stored. In case of failure (S205), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage failure' on the display unit 200 (S207).

On the other hand, in the state in which the offline bookmark list is displayed as described above (S201), the user can access the hair Internet or the like by selecting any one of the list (S208). That is, if there is a URL selected by the user, the server unit 100 inputs the URL selected by the user to the browser initial URL buffer (S209), and starts the browser using the input URL as the initial URL (S210). .

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive.

As described above, the Internet access method using the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention performs a bookmark function that can be performed only online while the user accesses the hair Internet and the like by operating a browser in the mobile communication terminal. By adding, editing, and accessing the URL, the user is provided with the effect of eliminating the hassle of the connection process and reducing the connection charge.

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delete delete delete delete In the Internet access method using a mobile communication terminal, Executing, by the terminal, a bookmark program according to a user's request in an offline state; Adding and editing a bookmark on the bookmark program and designating the bookmark to be stored, updating and storing, by the terminal, the added or edited bookmark; And if one of the bookmark URLs is selected from the bookmark program in the offline state, directly connecting the terminal to the selected URL in the offline state. delete delete