KR100565323B1 - Methods and a apparatus of displaying additional service menu structure for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to display a plurality of system supplementary service menu that the mobile terminal has applied for subscription registration, to display the supplementary service provided by the mobile terminal itself and the system provided by the menu, and to use the selected supplementary service. A control unit; An additional function unit configured to operate and use a function of an additional service selected by a corresponding control of the controller; A menu unit for recording, storing, and outputting an additional service menu available in a mobile terminal in a predetermined order according to a corresponding control of the controller; And a wireless unit which wirelessly connects to the base station under control of the control unit, transmits a menu generation request signal, and receives a list of registered additional services, and comprises a mobile terminal by the mobile switching station of the mobile communication system. A registration process for registering a supplementary service by using the requested supplementary service if there is a request for registration of an additional service; A menu step of outputting a list of registered supplementary services if a menu generation request is received from the mobile terminal of the process; When the additional service is selected from the mobile terminal of the above process, the method comprises a service process for operating and using the additional service.

Description

Apparatus and method for configuring a supplementary service menu of a mobile terminal {METHODS AND A APPARATUS OF DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL SERVICE MENU STRUCTURE FOR MOBILE PHONE}

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a supplementary service menu of a portable terminal according to the prior art;

3 is a functional diagram of an additional service menu configuration apparatus of the present invention portable terminal;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a mobile terminal additional service menu of the system of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an additional service menu of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: wireless unit 110: control unit

120: memory unit 130: video input and output unit

140: audio input and output unit 150: keyboard unit

160: menu unit 170: additional function unit

The present invention is to generate and display a menu based on a supplementary service of a portable terminal. In particular, the basic menu is initially displayed and a subscribed supplementary service menu is displayed by selection so that the necessary menu is displayed. Menu configuration device and method.

The mobile terminal for mobile communication (UE: USER EQUIPMENT) freely moves in the service area (SERVICE AREA) formed by the corresponding base station (RAN: RADIO ACCESS NETWORK) of the registered system, and monitors and monitors the mobile switching center (MSC). It is an advanced wireless communication device that has the advantage that the individual always carries and always communicates directly with the desired party through the communication path established by control and switching (SWITCHING).

The mobile terminal (UE) has a low utilization rate because the time used for communication is relatively small, and generally the time for waiting or carrying for communication is low, and the low utilization rate of the mobile terminal (UE) is increased and used as described above. Various additional services have been developed and provided to enhance the convenience of communication and to promote communication use.

The additional services are provided in addition to the basic mobile communication service, and are provided by a mobile communication service provider, and are provided by a manufacturer and provided in a built-in state in a mobile terminal, such as a camera, a Bluetooth, a wireless LAN, and a radio. It is to operate additional services by additionally equipped with a dedicated function unit or hardware, and to use the function configuration or hardware of an existing mobile terminal as text message or wireless Internet access and to operate additional services by adding the corresponding control program or software. have.

Regardless of whether or not the corresponding hardware configuration is required as described above, the additional services provided by the mobile communication service providers are very diverse, and users do not use all of them, but use only what is needed.

The portable terminal according to the prior art displays all kinds of supplementary services provided as a menu, and the supplementary services desired and used by the user operate by selecting the corresponding menu.

That is, since all supplementary services including a supplementary service which are not used as available by the mobile terminal are displayed as a menu, the menu configuration is very complicated, and the searching process for the necessary menu selection is inconvenient.

Accordingly, there is a need for a technology development for configuring and displaying only menus that are necessary and desired to be used among additional service menus provided in a portable terminal.

Hereinafter, a method of operating a supplementary service menu of a portable terminal according to the related art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for operating a supplementary service menu of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, a typical mobile communication system (UE) 10 wirelessly moves within and out of a service area formed by a base station (RAN) 20 to instantly communicate with a desired party anytime, anywhere. Connected and communicating, the base station 20 forms a service area of a predetermined area, and since the plurality of base stations 20 are repeatedly arranged at regular intervals to form a nationwide service area, the mobile terminal 10 Communicate as you travel across the country.

When the mobile terminal 10 wants to call the other party, it wirelessly transmits a call connection request signal, wirelessly receives it from the base station 20, and applies it to a mobile switching center (MSC) 30, and the mobile switching station 30 analyzes the call connection request signal and performs a corresponding switching process, thereby establishing a communication path and communicating with the other party through the set communication path.

The mobile switching center 30 analyzes the call connection request signal, and if it is determined that the called party is registered in its own country, sets and switches its own communication path, and as a result of the analysis, wired communication network or the Internet or another mobile communication network. If the registration is registered in another station, the communication path with the communication network is established through a public network (not shown). When the request for the use of the additional service results from the analysis, the communication path is connected to the additional server (SERVER) 40. Set.

When using the supplementary service, the portable terminal 10 searches for an additional service menu (MENU) included in the portable terminal 10 and selects a desired supplementary service from various supplementary service menus displayed in the search. When the control signal is input, the mobile switching center 30 recognizes the additional server 40 and provides the additional service.

The mobile terminal 10 accesses the mobile switching center 30 of the mobile communication system and selects all the additional services provided by the additional server 40 under the control and all the additional services provided by the portable terminal itself. The menu is organized by default.

In the mobile communication system, various additional services have been developed and provided for the continuous technical development and convenience of use, and in order to display the various additional services as described above, the composition of the menu becomes more complicated, and it is difficult to use the service to search for desired services. have.

Hereinafter, a method of operating an additional service menu of a portable terminal according to the related art will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

When searching for various additional service menus by using the mobile terminal 10 for mobile communication (S10), the mobile terminal 10 includes all the additional services available through the mobile communication system and the mobile terminal 10 itself. All the additional services provided are configured and displayed as a menu (S20).

When searching to select a desired service menu from among the additional service menus displayed as described above (S30), all the additional service menus provided by the mobile communication system and all additional service menus provided by the mobile terminal are searched and selected. Use the additional service (S40).

However, according to the prior art as described above, the additional service menu displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 10 has a variety of types, so the number of menus is relatively complicated, and the search process is cumbersome, and the search process is cumbersome. At the same time, there are problems such as difficulty in searching.

 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a device and method for configuring a supplementary service menu of a portable terminal such that a selected supplementary service is configured as a menu and displayed on a portable terminal among a plurality of supplementary services provided by a mobile communication system. That is the purpose.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the control unit for providing the additional service provided by the portable terminal itself and the system, and displays the requested additional service as a menu and to use the selected additional service; An additional function unit configured to operate and use a function of an additional service selected by the control of the controller; A menu unit for recording, storing and outputting an additional service menu available in the mobile terminal in a predetermined order according to the control of the controller; Under the control of the control unit, a wireless part including a wireless unit for wirelessly connecting to the base station, transmitting a menu generation request signal, and receiving a registered additional service list is featured.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the registration process of the mobile switching system of the mobile communication system, the registration process for using the requested additional service registration request from the mobile terminal; A menu step of outputting a list of registered supplementary services if a menu generation request is received from the mobile terminal in the process; When the additional service is selected from the mobile terminal of the above process is characterized in that the method consisting of a service process to operate and use the additional service.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, generating a request for the additional service menu generation from the mobile terminal to the system to send a corresponding control command to the base station, and receives the list and save the list as a menu; The mobile terminal of the above process includes: a search process of reading and displaying the additional service menu stored in the record when the menu is searched and displaying the information on the display unit; The method comprises a selection process using the selected additional service when searching and selecting the displayed menu of the process.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for configuring a supplementary service menu of a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a functional configuration diagram of an apparatus for configuring an additional service menu of a portable terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for configuring an additional service menu of a portable terminal of the system according to the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an additional service menu of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the apparatus for configuring an additional service menu of the mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described. The additional service and system provided by the mobile terminal itself for mobile communication are displayed, and the requested additional service is displayed as a menu and the selected additional service is displayed. By using the program and data of the portable terminal memory unit 120, the menu generation request signal applied from the keyboard unit 150 is applied to the wireless unit 100 to wirelessly output to the base station (RAN) of the system It transmits to the mobile switching center (MSC), records and stores the list of additional services registered as being wirelessly received from the base station (RAN) of the system through the wireless unit 100 in the menu unit 160 in a menu in a predetermined order, and keyboard The menu recorded and stored in the menu unit 160 is displayed on the video input / output unit 130 by the control command of the unit 150, and is displayed through the displayed menu. When the provisional service is selected, the controller 110 controls the additional function unit 170 to operate the corresponding function to use the additional service, and

The wireless unit 100 wirelessly connects to the base station RAN under the control of the controller 110, transmits a menu generation request signal, and receives a list of registered additional services;

A memory unit 120 connected to the control unit 110 and outputting recorded and stored operation programs and data to operate various types of additional services;

A video input / output unit (130) connected to the control unit (110), photographing and inputting a video signal, and outputting and displaying the applied video signal on a corresponding display unit;

An audio input / output unit 140 connected to the controller 110 to input an audio signal and output an applied audio signal;

A keyboard unit 150 connected to the controller 110 to input a control command, a message, and a dialing signal;

By storing and outputting the additional service menu available in the mobile terminal according to the control of the controller 110 in a predetermined order, the additional service list registered in the system and the additional service provided by the mobile terminal A menu unit 160 for recording and storing the list in the allocated area;

Operate and use the function of the additional service selected by the control of the control unit 110, which is available through the mobile terminal, and operates the additional service provided by the mobile communication system and the additional service provided by the mobile terminal, respectively. It is a configuration that includes the additional function unit 170 to process all the functions to operate.

Hereinafter, the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The mobile terminal (UE) is to wirelessly communicate with a desired counterpart anytime and anywhere while moving freely in a service area formed by a base station of a mobile communication system. The time used for actual communication is relatively small and solves a problem of low utilization. Various additional services increase convenience of use.

As the above additional services continue to be developed and developed, the number increases, and as development continues, the number of additional services increases, and the menu for displaying the list of various additional services as described above becomes complicated. It is the technique of the present invention to solve the problem of inconvenience.

In the menu unit 160, the menu of the supplementary service provided by the portable terminal itself is basically stored and stored in an area allocated in a predetermined order, and does not record and store the supplementary service menu provided by the mobile communication system.

When the mobile terminal (UE) requests additional services to the system by the corresponding service application procedure, the mobile terminal (UE) registers to use the requested additional services.

In order to select and use the registered additional service in the mobile terminal, a menu should be displayed and the corresponding additional service can be used since the selected menu is displayed, but the additional service menu provided by the system is initially recorded in the menu unit. It cannot be displayed because it is not saved.

In order to display the list of additional services provided by the system, a control command of a menu generation request is input through the keyboard unit 150 of the mobile terminal, and the wireless unit is controlled by the controller 110, thereby generating the menu. The request signal is wirelessly transmitted to a base station (RAN) of the system, and the base station transmits to a mobile switching center (MSC).

The mobile switching center wirelessly outputs a list of all supplementary services registered by the mobile terminal through a base station, and wirelessly receives the wireless unit 100 to the controller 110, and the controller 110 performs the corresponding processing. The menu unit 160 is applied.

The menu unit 160 creates a list of additional services of the input system as a menu in a corresponding order, records and stores them in the assigned area, outputs them by a corresponding control signal, and the menu is output as described above. Applied and displayed on the display unit provided in the video input / output unit 130 by the corresponding control.

When the menu displayed on the display unit of the video input / output unit 130 is searched and selected by a control command applied from the keyboard unit 150, the controller 110 recognizes the menu, and the controller 110 adds the menu. The function unit 170 is controlled to operate a necessary function to use the selected additional service.

If the selected additional service is to use a video signal, the corresponding signal is input and output through the video input and output unit 130, if using the audio signal, the corresponding signal is input and output through the audio input and output unit, the additional service as described above The command signal for controlling is input through the keyboard unit 150.

That is, when the portable terminal wants to use the additional service provided by the system, the application is registered by using the additional service using the system, and the registered additional service menu is displayed through the corresponding display unit of the mobile terminal. Makes a menu request to the system.

Since the system provides the registered additional service list to the mobile terminal, the menu unit records and stores the menu unit in a predetermined order, and if necessary, repeats the above process to update and display the menu.

Therefore, the portable terminal according to the present invention does not display all the additional services provided in the system as a menu, but displays only the additional service menus applied for use, so that the menu display state is concise and the desired additional service can be quickly searched for. There is this.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figure 4, by way of the present invention, a method of configuring a mobile terminal additional service menu of the system will be described.

The MSC of the mobile communication system registers an additional service registration request from the mobile terminal UE to use the applied additional service. The MS determines whether there is an application for registration of additional service from the mobile terminal. Determining (S100); If there is an additional service registration in the process (S100) and the registration process consisting of a process to register to use the applied additional service (S110),

Determining whether a menu generation request signal is applied from the mobile terminal by outputting a list of registered additional services if a menu generation request is received from the mobile terminal (UE) in the registration process (S120); If there is a menu generation request signal in the step (S120) and the menu process consisting of the step (S130) of outputting a list of registered additional service,

When the additional service is selected from the mobile terminal of the menu process, operating the additional service to use the additional service, and determining whether a signal for selecting the additional service is input by the mobile terminal (S140); When the additional service selection signal is input in step S140, the service process includes a step S150 of operating the selected additional service and providing the same to the mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In order to display only the additional services applied to the display unit of the present invention, the additional services must be registered in the system, and the process of providing the portable terminal with the list of additional services registered according to the request of the portable terminal is described below. This invention is demonstrated.

The portable terminal determines whether to apply for a specific additional service to the mobile communication system according to the corresponding procedure and method (S100), and when applying for the additional service in the process (S100), accesses the MSC. The corresponding additional service application is registered in the additional server (SERVER) (S110).

The system determines whether a menu generation request signal is applied from the portable terminal (S120), and when requested to generate a menu of an additional service registered in the determination (S120), the system adds the registered mobile terminal. The mobile terminal outputs the service list and transmits it to be received (S130).

The system determines whether a specific supplementary service selection signal to be used from the portable terminal is applied (S140), and when the supplementary service selection signal is input in step S140, the portable terminal is selected to use the supplementary service. Operate the service (S150).

Therefore, the system registers the additional service requested by the mobile terminal, outputs a list of additional service registered by the request, and operates the selected additional service so that the mobile terminal uses the additional service.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figure 5, a description will be given of a method of configuring an additional service menu of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

When requesting the additional service menu generation from the mobile communication terminal (UE) to the system, the corresponding control command is transmitted to the base station (RAN), and the list is received and stored as a menu. The system can be used by the mobile terminal (UE). Determining whether to request the creation of an additional service menu of the system (S200); In the case of requesting the additional service menu generation to the system in step S200, the mobile terminal UE inputs a menu generation request key signal and wirelessly transmits to the base station RAN (S210); The mobile terminal UE of the step S210 is a generation process of wirelessly receiving a list of additional services registered in the system through the base station RAN and storing the data in an area allocated as a menu (S220);

When the portable terminal of the generating process searches for a menu, the portable terminal reads the stored additional service menu and displays it on the display unit to determine whether to search for the additional service menu recorded and used in the portable terminal (S230); In the case of searching the supplementary service menu in the step S230, the searching process includes outputting and displaying the supplementary service menu recorded in the menu unit on the display unit (S240);

Using the selected supplementary service when searching and selecting the displayed menu of the searching process, searching for the supplementary service menu displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal and determining whether the supplementary service to be used is selected (S250); When the additional service is selected in the process S250, the selection process includes a process of using the corresponding additional service provided through the system (S260).

Hereinafter, a method of configuring an additional service menu of a mobile terminal according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

When requesting the menu generation to the system by the portable terminal (S200), a menu generation request signal is input through the keyboard unit 150, and the controller controls the wireless unit to transmit the input menu generation request signal to the base station of the system (RAN). Wireless transmission to the (S210).

The mobile terminal UE of the step S210 receives a reply signal of the registered additional service list from the base station RAN of the system, and records and stores the additional service menu in the menu unit 160 in a predetermined order. (S220).

When the user wants to search the supplementary service menu using the mobile terminal (S230), the controller 110 outputs the menu stored in the menu unit 160 in a set order, and thus, is provided in the video input / output unit 130. A system additional service menu and a portable terminal additional service menu available through the display unit are displayed (S240).

The controller 110 determines whether an additional service menu displayed through the display unit of the video input / output unit 130 is searched as described above, and whether a specific additional service is selected by the search (S250), and the process (S250). When the specific additional service is selected, the selected additional service is operated by controlling the additional function unit to use the selected additional service (S260).

Therefore, the present invention does not display a list of all supplementary services provided by the system and displays the list of supplementary services registered for use, so that the displayed menu configuration is simple and the search is quick. .

According to the present invention having the above configuration, since the list of additional services provided and used by the system is displayed as a menu, there is an industrial use effect of simply and clearly displaying the additional service menu on the portable terminal.

In addition, since the menu of the system value-added service applied for use is displayed simply and clearly, there is a convenient effect of using the search for easy and quick.

Claims (13)

A control unit for providing a supplementary service and a system provided by the mobile terminal itself, displaying a requested supplementary service as a menu, and using the selected supplementary service; An additional function unit configured to operate and use a function of the additional service selected by the control of the controller; A menu unit for recording, storing, and outputting an additional service menu available in the mobile terminal according to the control of the controller in a predetermined order; And a wireless unit for wirelessly connecting to the base station, transmitting a menu generation request signal, and receiving a list of registered additional services under control of the controller. According to claim 1, A video input / output unit which is connected to the controller, photographs and inputs a video signal, and outputs and displays an applied video signal; A keyboard unit for accessing the control unit and inputting a control command, a message and a dialing signal; An audio input / output unit connected to the control unit, inputting an audio signal, and outputting an applied audio signal; And a memory unit for accessing the control unit and outputting the stored and stored operation program and data to operate the supplementary service. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional function unit, The additional service menu configuration of the mobile terminal, which is available through the mobile terminal, is configured to process and process all corresponding functions for operating the additional service provided by the mobile communication system and the additional service provided by the mobile terminal, respectively. Device. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu unit, An apparatus for configuring an additional service menu of a portable terminal, comprising: storing and outputting an additional service list registered in the system and a list of additional service provided by the mobile terminal in an allocated area under the control of the controller; . The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, According to the program and data of the memory unit, the menu generation request signal applied from the keyboard unit is applied to the wireless unit and wirelessly outputted to the system. Records and saves on the menu part and outputs and displays the menu recorded and stored on the menu part by the control command of the keyboard part. When the additional service is selected through the displayed menu, the additional function part is controlled and the corresponding function is operated. An apparatus for configuring an additional service menu of a mobile terminal, characterized in that configured to use a service. A registration process of registering by the mobile switching center of the mobile communication system to use the requested supplementary service if there is an application for registering the supplementary service from the mobile terminal; A menu process for outputting a list of registered supplementary services if a menu creation request is received from the mobile terminal in the process; When the additional service is selected from the portable terminal of the process, the mobile terminal additional service menu configuration method of the system comprising a service process to operate by using the additional service. The method of claim 6, wherein the registration process, Determining whether there is an application for registration of additional service from the mobile terminal by the mobile switching center; If the additional service is registered in the process, the mobile terminal additional service menu configuration method of the system comprising the step of registering to use the requested additional service. The method of claim 6, wherein the menu process, Determining whether a menu generation request signal is applied from the mobile terminal; And if the menu generation request signal is present, outputting a registered corresponding supplementary service list. The method of claim 6, wherein the service process, Determining whether a signal for selecting an additional service is input by the mobile terminal; When the additional service selection signal is input in the process, the method of claim 1, wherein the selected additional service is operated and provided to the portable terminal. A generation process of sending a corresponding control command to a base station, receiving a list, and storing it as a menu when requesting the system for generating an additional service menu from a mobile terminal; When the mobile terminal of the above process searches for a menu, a search process for reading and displaying the additional service menu stored in the record is displayed on the display unit; And a selection process using the selected supplementary service when searching and selecting the displayed menu of the process. The method of claim 10, wherein the generating process, Determining whether to request the system to create a menu of additional services of the system that the mobile terminal can use; In the case of requesting the additional service menu generation to the system in the above process, the mobile terminal inputs the menu generation request key signal and wirelessly transmits to the base station; The mobile terminal of the process comprises the step of wirelessly receiving a list of additional services registered in the system through the base station and recording and storing in the area allocated as a menu method of a portable terminal. The method of claim 10, wherein the searching process comprises: Determining whether to search for an additional service menu recorded and stored in the mobile terminal; When the additional service menu is searched in the process, the additional service menu configuration method of the portable terminal characterized in that it comprises the step of outputting and displaying the additional service menu stored in the menu unit on the display unit. The method of claim 10, wherein the selection process, Searching for an additional service menu displayed on the display of the mobile terminal and determining whether an additional service to be used is selected; When the additional service is selected in the above process, a method of constructing an additional service menu of a portable terminal, characterized by using the corresponding additional service provided through the system.

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