KR100456393B1 - The wireless data communication device and method that can activate the wireless internet browser automatically - Google Patents

Abstract

The wireless data communication terminal and its operating method for automatically activating the wireless Internet browser is to automatically activate the Internet browser of the wireless data communication terminal in order to send a large amount of data to the other wireless data communication terminal such as a mobile phone. The present invention transmits the information including the URL of the Internet site to be transmitted to the other party's wireless data communication terminal in the form of short text, and when the information received from the outside is added to the URL of the Internet site, the information is displayed on the display unit. In addition, by receiving a single key press or at the same time, the onboard wireless Internet browser is automatically activated to access the Internet site of the received URL and to receive content from the Internet site. Therefore, the present invention provides an effect that a user can easily transmit data to a counterpart using a wireless Internet system without going through a complicated process.

Description

The wireless data communication device and method that can activate the wireless internet browser automatically}

The present invention relates to a wireless data communication terminal using a wireless Internet protocol, and more particularly, a single key press operation by receiving information added with a URL of a web or a wireless internet site (hereinafter referred to as an internet site) from the outside. The present invention relates to a wireless data communication terminal capable of automatically activating a wireless internet browser mounted at the same time as receiving information and accessing a URL transmitted using a wireless internet protocol and receiving content, and a method of operating the same.

The wireless data communications market and the Internet are growing very fast and are constantly creating new customers.

Mobile operators, handset manufacturers, software companies, and content providers around the world are investing in wireless Internet to understand the limitations of the near-saturated wired internet and preoccupy the new wireless internet market.

Although the wireless Internet is not universal yet, the growth potential is only probable given the number of mobile subscribers and Internet users.

In addition to the mobile phone service, the wireless data transmission service through mobile phones, which is used most frequently in Korea, is a system using two-way SMS (Short Message Service), and mobile users use these services to obtain stock information, check e-mails, download ringtones, and other information. Services such as data download are provided.

Recently, the construction of a wireless internet site using a wireless internet protocol is also in progress. A wireless terminal capable of wireless data communication using a wireless internet protocol with a wireless internet browser is also being released.

Internet users can use the Internet without time and space constraints through the wireless terminal capable of data communication using the wireless Internet protocol.

However, in transmitting data to a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone of the other party, when using the conventional SMS method, it is difficult to transmit a large amount of data because there is a limit of the amount of data that can be transmitted once.

In addition, in the case of using the wireless Internet protocol for transmitting a large amount of data, the wireless terminal can be transferred to the wireless terminal using the wireless internet protocol only when the wireless terminal is activated in the wireless terminal receiving the data. .

In other words, when one person connects to the Internet site and wants to transmit the contents of the Internet site to the other person's wireless terminal, the wireless internet browser must be activated on the wireless terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned point, and sends the information to which the URL is added to the other party's wireless terminal in the form of a short message and adds one key press operation or URL on the other party's wireless terminal that receives the information. The present invention provides a wireless data communication terminal capable of receiving the received information and activating the on-board wireless Internet browser to download the contents by accessing the site of the received URL.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of operating a wireless data communication terminal which automatically activates the aforementioned wireless Internet browser.

1 is a block diagram showing a wireless Internet system using a general wireless Internet protocol.

2 is a block diagram showing a wireless data communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operating method for automatically activating a wireless Internet browser of the system of FIG. 1.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

11: Web Server 12: Wireless Internet Server

13: Wireless Internet Gateway 14: Terminal 1

15: second terminal 16: third terminal

21: key input unit 22: display unit

23: transmitting and receiving unit 24: control unit

A wireless data communication terminal for automatically activating the wireless Internet browser of the present invention for achieving the above object, the key input unit for inputting data to the terminal, the display unit to display the current state, the input value and output value of the terminal And wirelessly transmit and receive data, control the overall operation of the transmitter / receiver and the terminal for transmitting and receiving information including the URL of the Internet site, and transmit the information to the other party's wireless data communication terminal. In response to the received information being displayed on the display unit, the information is automatically activated and the wireless Internet browser mounted on the display unit is automatically activated to access the Internet site of the received URL and transmit content from the corresponding Internet site. It includes a control unit to receive.

A wireless data communication terminal operating method for automatically activating a wireless internet browser for achieving another object of the present invention is a wireless data communication terminal equipped with a wireless internet browser using a terminal capable of data communication, including a URL of an internet site. Transmitting information, pressing a predetermined key button of a wireless data communication terminal equipped with a wireless internet browser receiving the information including a URL, and pressing a predetermined key button, for example, a wireless data communication equipped with a wireless internet browser. The wireless internet browser mounted on the terminal is automatically activated to access the URL of the internet site and receive the content.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a wireless Internet system using a general wireless Internet protocol.

The wireless Internet system shown in FIG. 1 is composed of a web server 11 and a wireless internet server 12 provided on the Internet site operator side, and a plurality of terminals 14 to 16 such as a mobile phone or a PC provided on the user side. A wireless Internet gateway 13 is connected between the web server 11 and the user side wireless terminals 14 and 16. Here, the illustration of the wired / wireless network interconnecting each component is omitted.

The web server 11 drives a web site and transmits a web document to a client connected to the web site.

The wireless internet server 12 drives a wireless internet site, which is a wireless internet site manifested in a wireless internet browser, and transmits wireless internet documents to clients connected to the wireless internet site.

The wireless internet gateway 13 is a system that allows a wireless internet browser and a web server 11 to access the web server 11 and download content between the wireless internet terminal and the web server 11.

The wireless internet gateway 13 is an essential element in order to download a web document using a wireless internet protocol.

The first terminal 14 and the third terminal 16 are equipped with a wireless internet browser to access the web server 11 through the wireless internet gateway 13 or directly to the wireless internet server 12 on which the wireless internet site is driven. It is a wireless data communication terminal that can be connected to receive content and transmit data to other systems.

The second terminal 15 includes a computer which can access the web server 11 using a web browser, receive content, and transmit data to another system.

In addition, the mobile phone, ARS, personal portable information terminal and a TV set equipped with a set-top box may be further included.

2 shows a configuration of a wireless data communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

The key input unit 21 is composed of a plurality of input buttons and a power button to input data to the terminal, and the display unit 22 displays the current state of the terminal, the input value and the output value of the terminal, 23) transmits and receives data wirelessly through an antenna and transmits and receives information including a URL of an Internet site.

In addition, the control unit 24 not only controls the original operation of the terminal but also controls the operation for automatic activation of the wireless Internet browser of the present invention. That is, the controller 24 controls the overall operation of the terminal and transmits the information including the URL of the internet site to be transmitted to the other party's wireless terminal through the transmitter / receiver 23, and the URL of the internet site is added from the outside. When the received information is received through the transmitting / receiving unit 23, it is displayed on the display unit. Then, the wireless internet protocol browser is automatically activated by pressing a key button that has been previously agreed to. Each configuration is operated to receive content from the corresponding Internet site.

In addition, the controller 24 may receive the information including the URL of the Internet site from the outside without pressing a key button and activate the wireless Internet browser to perform the above operation by pressing the key button.

In this case, however, in order to prevent the transmission of undesired data, a separate step of authenticating the sender of the data may be set. For example, the controller 24 can cause the above-described operation to be performed only on information transmitted from a specified person (terminal having a specific number).

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method for automatically activating a wireless Internet browser of the system of FIG. 1.

First embodiment

An internet user accesses various internet sites using the first terminal 14 and finds an internet site including contents to be transmitted to the third terminal 16 (step 301).

The process of downloading content by connecting to an Internet site using the wireless Internet will be described in more detail.

The user of the first terminal 14 manipulates the key input unit 21 on the terminal 14 to key in the wireless internet browser activation command. The controller 24 which receives the key input of the key input unit 21 activates the wireless internet browser when a wireless internet browser activation command is input from the key input unit 21.

When the wireless Internet browser is activated, the URL input window is displayed on the display unit 22. The user inputs the URL of the desired Internet site through the key input unit 21 in the URL input window displayed on the display unit 22 of the first terminal 14 and then presses a predetermined button.

If the Internet site to be connected is a wireless Internet site driven by the wireless Internet server 12, the control unit 24 directly accesses the wireless Internet server 12 by using the wireless Internet protocol through the transmitter / receiver unit 23 to display contents. Are provided. However, when the Internet site to be connected is a web site, the wireless internet gateway 13 transmits data requesting a connection to the web server 11.

When the wireless Internet gateway 13 receives an encoded request request for access to the web server 11 from the first terminal, the wireless internet gateway 13 decodes the received data so that the web document can be used. Request to connect to the web server (11).

The web server 11 transmits the content to the wireless Internet gateway 13 that transmits the access request signal, and the wireless internet gateway 13 converts the content provided from the web server 11 to be displayed in the wireless internet browser. After that, the wireless terminal uses the wireless internet protocol to transmit to the first terminal 14 (Encoded Response).

When the transmitter / receiver 23 of the first terminal 14 receives the content provided through the wireless internet gateway 13, the controller 24 displays the display 22 through a wireless internet browser that activates the received content. To show).

As described above, the user of the first terminal 14 connected to the Internet site transmits the contents of the Internet site he has visited to the third terminal 16 by the key manipulation of the first terminal 14.

At this time, when the wireless terminal browser is not activated in the third terminal 16 and the contents of the internet site cannot be directly transmitted, the control unit 24 of the first terminal 14 transfers the corresponding Internet site to the third terminal 16. Information including the URL of the URL is transmitted in the form of short text (SMS) or the like (step 302).

When the transmitting / receiving unit 23 of the third terminal 16 receives the information including the URL from the first terminal 14, the control unit 24 of the third terminal 16 notifies the user of the information reception and transmits the information. The information including the received URL is displayed on the display unit 22.

After viewing the information including the URL displayed on the display unit 22 on the terminal 16, the user of the third terminal 16 presses the 'SEND' button on the key input unit 21 (step 303).

When the controller 24 of the third terminal 16 detects that the 'SEND' button of the key input unit 21 is pressed, the controller 24 first activates the mounted wireless Internet browser and then uses the wireless Internet protocol to transmit and receive the data. Through 23, the user accesses the URL of the Internet site currently displayed on the display unit 22 and downloads the content (step 304).

Since the process of downloading the content by accessing the Internet site is the same as in step 301, it will be omitted below.

Second embodiment

This embodiment is a case where the second terminal 15 is a computer that can connect to the web server 11 by wire.

The Internet user accesses various web sites using the second terminal 15 and finds a web site containing content to be transmitted to the third terminal 16 (step 301).

That is, the second terminal 15 described above receives the web document from the web server 11.

The user who finds the desired web site transmits the URL of the web site to the second terminal 16 in a text transmission method using the SMS method (step 302).

Such a text transmission may be performed by accessing a web site that provides a text transmission service to transmit text information to a wireless terminal using a second terminal 15, and may transmit information by using a SMS method. A terminal, a personal mobile communication terminal (for example, PDA), and a wired telephone capable of using ARS (for example, 700 service) service can be used.

In addition, if data transmission is possible through a TV equipped with a set-top box is also possible through this.

The control unit 24 of the third terminal 16 receiving the URL of the website from the second terminal 15 and the above-described data communication terminal (mobile phone, personal mobile communication terminal, wired telephone, TV with a set-top box, etc.). ) Informs the user of the reception of the information, and displays the information including the received URL on the display unit 22.

After that, the operation of the third terminal 16 and the downloading of the content from the corresponding web server 11 (steps 303 and 304) are the same as in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

The function of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

That is, when the third terminal 16 that is not activated with the wireless Internet browser receives the URL of the Internet site from the first or second terminal 14 or 15, the control unit 24 of the third terminal 16 After activating the wireless Internet browser automatically without pressing a separate key button of the user, the user can access the relevant Internet site and download the contents automatically.

However, in this case, in order to prevent waste of communication charges through indiscriminate access of the Internet site, a function of requesting the user's authentication (password, etc.) before the third terminal 16 accesses the URL of the received Internet site. The controller 24 detects this only when information transmitted from a terminal having a specific number or a specific contracted number or letter is added to a portion of the above-described information (for example, at the beginning or the end). You can automatically activate the wireless Internet browser.

In addition, the information including the above-described URL may be added with information on whether the content to be downloaded from the corresponding Internet site should be downloaded for a fee or for free. That is, in the case of paid information, content that can know whether or not the person who sent the information including the above-mentioned URL has already paid the fee for using the corresponding content may be added.

Furthermore, by using a protocol for directly activating the wireless Internet browser of the other party's mobile phone without using the above-described information, it is possible to perform the above-described function only by sending a signal according to the same protocol to the other party's mobile phone.

As described above, the wireless data communication terminal and its operation method for automatically activating the wireless Internet browser of the present invention, when the transmission of the contents of the Internet site to the wireless data communication terminal of the other party equipped with the wireless Internet browser, If the wireless internet browser of the wireless data communication terminal is not activated, the URL of the internet site to be transmitted is automatically transmitted.

In addition, when receiving URL information from the outside, the wireless Internet browser is automatically activated by receiving a key press or information and can be connected to the Internet site of the corresponding URL. It has an effect that can be used.

Claims (5)

In the wireless data communication terminal for automatically activating the wireless Internet browser to receive content from the Internet site, A key input unit for inputting data into the terminal; A transmitter / receiver for transmitting information including an URL of an internet site to another wireless data communication terminal and receiving information including an URL of an internet site sent from another terminal; A display unit for presenting the URL of the received Internet site for the user to view; And When the Internet site including the contents to be transmitted to another wireless data communication terminal is determined by the key input of the key input unit as a whole, the URL of the Internet site is transmitted through the transmission / reception unit. When the information is transmitted to the terminal and the information including the URL of the Internet site is received at the transmitter and the receiver, and a predetermined button is input at the key input unit, the wireless internet browser is activated to access the content of the received URL. Wireless data communication terminal for automatically activating a wireless Internet browser including a control unit for controlling to receive. The wireless data communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the control unit automatically activates the wireless internet browser when information including the URL is received by the transmitting and receiving unit. In the method for receiving data by using a terminal capable of wireless data communication, (1) receiving information including the URL of an Internet site from another external terminal; (2) displaying the received information and determining whether a predetermined specific button is pressed; And (3) When there is a predetermined button pressed, activating a browser for accessing an internet site, and then accessing the URL transmitted in step 1) and receiving the content from the corresponding internet site. . In the method for receiving data by using a terminal capable of wireless data communication, (1) receiving information including the URL of an Internet site from another external terminal; And (2) receiving the information of step 1), activating a browser for accessing the internet site, and then accessing the URL transmitted in step 1) and receiving content from the corresponding internet site. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein the information including the URL of the Internet site includes information on whether a user who has received the URL can download the content from the Internet site for free or for a fee. Wireless data communication terminal operating method, characterized in that.