KR100572913B1 - System and method for providing software download and identification service using automatic teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing software for communication network access using an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) device including a cash dispenser.

According to the present invention, if a user who has moved his or her location mounts his mobile terminal to an ATM device, after searching for the internal environment of the mobile terminal connected through the ATM device, The software information including a list of components, a price, and a version, which are components of software required for the mobile terminal or software that needs to be upgraded, are displayed on a monitor of an ATM device. Thereafter, at least one or more software or components of the software are provided to the mobile terminal according to the user's selection of the displayed software information, and the payment for each component of the provided software or software is paid through the ATM device. do. The credit card company or financial company managing the ATM device receives and manages the payment information. Through this, it is possible to quickly and stably provide the software required for accessing the communication network.

ATM, Network Access, SDR, Software, Authentication, Mobile Terminal, HLR

Description

System and method of providing software download and authentication service using ATM {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD AND IDENTIFICATION SERVICE USING AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE}

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the software download and authentication service providing system shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating an operation process of a system for providing a software download and authentication service shown in FIG. 2.

The present invention relates to a system for providing a software download and authentication service, and more particularly, to a system and a method for providing and authenticating software required for network access using ATM.

In general, SDR (Software Defined Radio, hereinafter referred to as 'SDR') is a technology proposed to solve the usage constraints generated by using different technologies in each country that uses a wireless phone (wireless phone).

Specifically, if you have hardware that can be reconfigured by software and move to an area that uses a wireless cellular technology different from your current technology, you can download the software you use there and download your own SDR. Make the device available, that is, the wireless cell phone in the area where you traveled.

One important role in this SDR technology is software download. There are several ways to do this.

First, there is a soft download method via a SIM (Subscriber Iedntity Module) (SIM) -card or other removable storage medium, or a short-range network or a fixed network such as a telephone or cable service or a modem. Download software from a remote server. In addition, there is a method of downloading from a CD-ROM or an internet / intranet using a personal computer.

However, the above software download methods must use a separate device to perform the download or have a new protocol. This leads to the problem of adding new costs.

As a technology for preventing such a problem, the right holder has a patent of LG Electronics Co., Ltd. [Patent name: Software download method and device using wireless communication, registration number: 378821], which is a separate device or a new protocol. It is possible to download the necessary software from the terminal using Bluetooth and RAN access without having to.

However, the above method has a disadvantage in that the battery of the terminal is excessively consumed when downloading the software, and the software download speed is slow and relatively unstable because it uses wireless.

In addition, the above-described method is inefficient due to the additional allocation of expensive radio resources, and causes additional cost problems due to the download of the entire software rather than the upgrade.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for a system and a method thereof that can prevent the additional allocation of radio resources and the cost of the entire download of software.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve this problem, it is possible to provide a fast and reliable software for accessing the network through a wire, AMT which can prevent the battery consumption of the mobile terminal due to the software download It is to provide a system and a method for providing a software download and authentication service using (ATM).

In addition, the present invention through the ATM (ATM) device that classifies and manages the billing processing for the financial settlement and software download, the network operators can reduce the burden of processing charges for software download (ATM) It is to provide a software download and authentication service providing system and a method thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, a system for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM according to a feature of the present invention may use software for accessing a communication network using an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) device including an ATM. A system for providing a device, comprising: an internal environment search unit for searching an internal environment of a mobile terminal connected through the ATM device when the mobile terminal is mounted in the ATM device; According to the search result, software information including a list of components, a price, and a version, which are a part of software required for the mobile terminal or software that needs to be upgraded, is displayed on the monitor of the ATM device. Software information providing unit; And a software providing unit configured to provide at least one or more software or components of the software to the mobile terminal according to a user's selection of the displayed software information.

The apparatus further includes an emulator for testing an SDR terminal for checking whether the software or a component of the software provided to the mobile terminal is normal or abnormal.

In addition, the method for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM according to an aspect of the present invention is a method for providing software for accessing a communication network using an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) device including an ATM. The method comprising: a) searching for an internal environment of a mobile terminal connected through the ATM device when the mobile terminal is mounted in the ATM device; b) according to the search result, software information including a list of components, a price, and a version, which are a part of the software required for the mobile terminal or the software that needs to be upgraded, to the monitor of the ATM device. Displaying; c) providing at least one or more software or components of the software to the mobile terminal according to a user's selection of the displayed software information; And d) when the ATM device pays for the provided software or component-specific bill of software, receives and manages the related information from the credit card company or financial company managing the ATM device. Steps.

Also, e) when the software installed in the mobile terminal or a component of the software is driven to request a virtual call connection, checking whether the user is registered as a subscriber with an existing home location register (HLR) in a region before moving the location. ; f) if not registered, confirming with the current HLR of the region to which the location has moved the user is registered as a subscriber; And g), if registered, performing a virtual call connection with the mobile terminal.

In addition, a recording medium storing a program according to an aspect of the present invention, a recording medium comprising a method for providing software for accessing a communication network using an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) device including a cash dispenser, a Searching for an internal environment of a mobile terminal connected through the ATM device when the mobile terminal is mounted in the ATM device; b) according to the search result, software information including a list of components, a price, and a version, which are a part of the software required for the mobile terminal or the software that needs to be upgraded, to the monitor of the ATM device. Displaying function; c) providing at least one or more software or components of the software to the mobile terminal according to a user's selection of the displayed software information; And d) when the ATM device pays for the provided software or component-specific bill of software, receives and manages the related information from the credit card company or financial company managing the ATM device. And a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program including a function.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention. Like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the specification.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the software download and authentication service providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is included in each of the first to n-th software download server (401 ~ 400n), banking network (banking network, a) and via the Internet / download-only network (b) to form a structure that is interconnected with the ATM (Automatic Teller Machine, hereinafter 'ATM') device.

The ATM 200 interoperates with the mobile terminal 300 using at least one of Bluetooth, infrared, USB (Universal Serial Bus, hereinafter referred to as 'USB'), IEEE 1394, and a cradle. . For reference, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in consideration of battery consumption of the mobile terminal 300, the mobile terminal 300 interoperates with the mobile terminal 300 using at least one of the USB and the cradle.

In addition, in the software download server 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention, at least one or more servers are distributed and disposed in order to prevent load concentration, which is achieved by using a mirroring technique each having the same version of software. Maintain and manage data consistency.

In addition, the software download and authentication service providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an emulator 600 for testing an SDR terminal for determining whether the software installed in the mobile terminal 300 is normal. The emulator 600 for testing the SDR terminal forms a structure interoperating with an existing Home Location Register (HLR) 710 or the current HLR 720 through respective networks c and d.

Detailed description of the software download and authentication service providing system 100 constituting such a structure is as follows. First, a user moves from a current mobile communication network (for example, CDMA 2000, c) to a new mobile communication network (WCDMA, d). After mounting one's own mobile terminal 300 to the ATM device 200 using any one of the cradle, and inserts his or her credit card or cash card into the ATM device 200. Then, the user inputs the password of the inserted card to the ATM device 200.

Then, the ATM device 200 performs a user authentication process and displays general items (eg, cash withdrawal, bank transfer, account inquiry item, etc.) including software download items related to SDR on the monitor of the ATM device 200. do.

When the user selects a software download item among the displayed items, the ATM device 200 searches for a software download server that is currently accessible, and then displays the searched server list.

Thereafter, when the user selects a specific server from the displayed server list, the ATM device 200 accesses the server selected by the user.

Then, the software download and authentication service providing system 100 according to the present invention is required for the mobile terminal 300 by searching for the software (component) that is the software or related items of the mobile terminal 300 connected through the ATM device 200. Display the software or components of the software that need to be upgraded.

In addition, the software download and authentication service providing system 100 displays software information including the retrieved software or a list of components of the software and a price and a version on a monitor of the ATM device 200, and the user's selection of the user. In accordance with the present invention, the specific software or a component of the software is provided to the mobile terminal 300.

Thereafter, the user installs the provided software or a component of the software to his mobile terminal 300 to perform reconfiguration.

In addition, the user calls a virtual call with the emulator 600 for testing the SDR terminal via the base station and the base station controller 500 to check whether the software installed in the mobile terminal 300 or the component of the software is normal. ) Try to connect. However, the SDR terminal test emulator 600 checks whether a user is registered in the new HLR 720 or the existing HLR 710 to perform user authentication, and then connects the virtual call with the mobile terminal 300 according to the result. Accept.

That is, if a subscriber is registered to either the new HLR 720 or the existing HLR 710, the SDR terminal test emulator 600 accepts the virtual call connection with the mobile terminal 300. Thus, the user is normally provided with the network service at the location moved through the software or software component installed in his mobile terminal 300.

If the user and software authentication result is normal, the ATM device 200 pays for the software or some component of the software downloaded through the user's inserted credit or cash card, and downloads the software using ATM. And the authentication service providing system 100 receives such payment related information from the financial company or credit card company through on or offline management.

As such, the system for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a faster and more stable download service by providing software necessary for network access through a wire. In addition, the present invention can prevent the battery consumption of the mobile terminal that occurs during the software download.

In addition, the present invention can be provided at the same time by interlocking the financial settlement using the ATM device and the network access-related software download, thereby relieving the mobile operator of the billing processing burden due to the SDR software download due to the billing separation.

In addition, the present invention does not allow the mobile terminal user to download the entire software required for accessing the network, but only downloads some components of the software required for the mobile terminal, and pays the charges directly through their credit or cash card. By doing so, the user can increase service satisfaction.

Then, the internal configuration of the software download and authentication service providing system 100 constituting such a structure will be described through the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the software download and authentication service providing system shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the software download and authentication service providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a software download service providing / management server 110 and a software DB 120, and provides a software download service / The management server 110 includes an ATM connection unit 111, an internal environment search unit 112, a software information providing unit 113, a software providing unit 114, and a billing settlement / management unit 115.

In addition, the ATM device 200 includes a user authentication unit 210, a menu presenter 220, a server list presenter 230, an S / W download server connection unit 240, and a billing payment / management unit 250.

First, the internal configuration of the ATM device 200 will be described. A user moves from the current mobile communication network c to a new mobile communication network d and uses his interface (USB or cradle) to communicate with the ATM device 200. After mounting the mobile terminal 300, the credit card or cash card of his own is inserted into the ATM device 200.

When the password of the card inserted by the user is input to the ATM device 200, the user authentication unit 210 performs a user authentication process using the received password and the recognized card number.

If the user authentication result is normal, the menu presenter 220 displays general items (eg, cash withdrawal, bank transfer, account inquiry, etc.) including software download items related to SDR on the monitor of the ATM device 200. do.

If the user selects a software download item among the displayed items, the server list presenter 230 searches for a software download server that is currently accessible, and then displays the searched server list on the monitor of the ATM device 200. Display.

When the user selects a specific server from the displayed server list, the S / W download server connection unit 240 connects to the server selected by the user.

The billing settlement / management unit 250 calculates at least one or more software or some components of the software downloaded from the connected server to the mobile terminal 300 according to a predetermined price, and the credit card or cash inserted by the user Pay through a card.

Next, the ATM connection unit 111 of the software download service providing / management server 110 performs a connection with the ATM device 200 according to a user's selection.

The internal environment search unit 112 searches for all of the software of the mobile terminal 300 connected to the connected ATM device 200 or the related components, or software required for the mobile terminal 300 by searching for all components. The software component that needs to be upgraded is displayed on the monitor of the ATM device 200.

The software information providing unit 113 displays the software information including the displayed software or a component list of the software and the price and version on the monitor of the ATM device 200.

The software provider 114 provides the mobile terminal 300 with at least one component of the specific software or software according to a user's selection of the displayed software information. At this time, the provided software is the same version of the software provided by the software download service providing / management server located elsewhere through the mirroring technology.

The billing settlement / management unit 115 receives and manages the settlement cost for each component of the provided software or software from a financial institution 800 or a credit card company (not shown).

The software DB 120 classifies and stores various kinds of information related to software, from software required for network access to components, prices and versions, characteristics, and functions.

Then, the operation process of the software download and authentication service providing system 100 using ATM constituting such a configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating an operation process of a system for providing a software download and authentication service shown in FIG. 2.

First, when a user moves from the current mobile communication network (c) to a new mobile communication network (d), as shown in FIG. 3, the user uses his interface (USB or cradle, etc.) to the ATM device 200 with his mobile terminal ( After mounting the device 300 (S301), it inserts its own credit card or cash card into the ATM device 200 (S302).

As described above, although embodiments of the present invention describe credit card or cash card insertion, the present invention is not limited to the present invention, and other types of cards may be inserted.

Then, when the user inputs the password of the card inserted into the ATM device 200 (S303), the user authentication unit 210 of the ATM device 200 includes a software download item related to SDR if the user authentication result is normal. The general items (for example, cash withdrawal, bank transfer, account inquiry item, etc.) are displayed on the monitor of the ATM device 200 (S304).

Subsequently, when the user selects a software download item among the displayed items, the server list presenter 230 searches for a software download server that is currently accessible, and then displays the searched server list in the ATM device 200. Display on the monitor (S305).

Thereafter, when the user selects a specific server among the currently accessible software download servers (S306), the ATM device 200 accesses the software download server selected by the user (S307). That is, it connects to the software download service providing / management server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Then, the internal environment search unit 112 of the software download service providing / management server 110 is a component of software or related items of the mobile terminal 300 connected through an interface with the connected ATM device 200. Search for all (S308) to display the software required for the mobile terminal 300 or components of the software that needs to be upgraded through the monitor of the ATM device (200).

In addition, the software information providing unit 113 displays the software information including the displayed software or the component list of the software and the price and version on the monitor of the ATM device 200 (S309).

Thereafter, according to a request (S310) of the user who has encountered the software information, the software providing unit 114 provides the software or at least one or more components in the software to the mobile terminal 300 (S311).

Thereafter, the user installs the provided software or a component of the software to his mobile terminal 300 to perform reconfiguration (S312).

In addition, the user calls a virtual call with the emulator 600 for testing the SDR terminal via the base station and the base station controller 500 to check whether the software installed in the mobile terminal 300 or the component of the software is normal. ) Attempt to connect (S313).

In this case, the emulator 600 for testing the SDR terminal checks whether the user is registered in the new HLR 720 or the existing HLR 710 for user authentication (S314), and then, based on the result, the virtual call with the mobile terminal 300. Accept the connection.

That is, if the mobile terminal user is registered as a subscriber in either the new HLR 720 or the existing HLR 710, the SDR terminal test emulator 600 accepts the virtual call connection with the mobile terminal 300. Thus, the user is normally provided with the network service at the location moved through the software or software component installed in his mobile terminal 300.

Then, if the user and software authentication result is normal, the billing payment / management unit 250 of the ATM device 200 will pay the cost for each software (or component of the software) downloaded through the credit or cash card inserted by the user. It performs (S315).

Then, the billing settlement / management unit 115 of the software download service providing / management server 110 receives and classifies the payment related information from the financial company 800 or the credit card company (not shown).

As such, the system and method for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM according to an embodiment of the present invention can not only provide the software required for network access through wired and fast, but also for software download. The battery consumption of the mobile terminal can be prevented.

In addition, the present invention does not need to separately allocate expensive radio resources to provide the software, and does not allow the network operator to separately perform billing for the pure software and fee-related charging for the wireless network for downloading the software. Do not.

In addition, the present invention prevents the waste of resources and manpower caused by illegal theft of the terminal through the user and software authentication process using the emulator.

The drawings and detailed description of the invention are exemplary only, and are used for the purpose of illustrating the invention only, and are not intended to be limiting or to limit the scope of the invention described in the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

The system and a method for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM according to the present invention can provide fast and stable software necessary for network access through a wire, and reduce battery consumption of the mobile terminal according to the software download. It can prevent.                     

In addition, the present invention does not need to separately allocate expensive radio resources to provide the software, and also allows the network operator to charge the software download by classifying and operating the billing processing for the financial settlement and the software download in the ATM device. There is an effect that can reduce the processing burden.

Claims (13)

A system for providing software necessary for accessing a communication network to a mobile terminal, The system is wired to an Automatic Teller Machine device to provide software to a mobile terminal mounted on the ATM device. An internal environment search unit for searching an internal environment of a mobile terminal connected through the ATM device; According to the search result, software information including a list of components, a price, and a version, which are components of software required for the mobile terminal or software that needs to be upgraded, is generated, and the software information is converted into the ATM. Software information providing unit for displaying on the monitor of the device; A software provider for providing at least one software or component of software to the mobile terminal according to a user's selection of the displayed software information; And A billing settlement / management unit that receives and manages information related to payment according to the provision of the software or component from a credit card company or a financial company managing the ATM device. Software download and authentication service providing system using aTM (ATM) comprising a. According to claim 1, Emulator for SDR terminal test to check whether the software or components of the software provided to the mobile terminal are normal or abnormal Software download and authentication service providing system using ATM (ATM) further comprising. The method of claim 2, The emulator for testing SDR terminals, When the software installed in the mobile terminal or a component of the software is driven to request a virtual call connection, whether the user is registered as a subscriber in the existing HLR (Home Location Register) of the region before the movement of the location or the current HLR of the moved region Software download and authentication service providing system using ATM (ATM), characterized in that the check. The method of claim 2, The ATM device, A user authentication unit which performs user authentication using the input password and the number of the electronic card when an electronic card including a credit or cash card is inserted, and a password of the inserted electronic card is input; A menu presenting unit displaying a menu including an item for downloading the software on a monitor of the ATM device if the performed user authentication result is normal; A server list presentation unit for presenting a list of currently accessible software download servers when the user selects the software download item from the displayed menu; S / W download server access unit for connecting to the selected server and delivers the software or components of the software received from the connected server to the mobile terminal when a specific server is selected from the server list; And The billing payment / management unit that pays through the inserted electronic card by calculating the price of each delivered software or component Software download and authentication service providing system using aTM (ATM) comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The billing payment / management unit, System for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM, characterized in that for providing information related to the payment to the credit card company or financial company that manages the ATM device. The method of claim 4, wherein The software download server, A system for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM, wherein the same version of the software or components of the software are shared using a mirroring technology. delete The method of claim 2, The ATM device, Interconnected with the mobile terminal via an interface, The interface is a system for providing a software download and authentication service using ATM, characterized in that it comprises at least one of Bluetooth, infrared, Universal Serial Bus (USB), IEEE 1394 and cradle (cradle). . In a method of a system for providing software necessary for network access to a mobile terminal, The system is wired to an Automatic Teller Machine device to provide software to a mobile terminal mounted on the ATM device. a) if a mobile terminal is mounted on the ATM device, searching the internal environment of the mobile terminal connected through the ATM device; b) generate software information including a list of components, a price, and a version, which are components of the software required for the mobile terminal or the software that needs to be upgraded, according to the search result; (ATM) displaying on a monitor of the device; c) providing at least one or more software or components of the software to the mobile terminal according to a user's selection of the displayed software information; And d) When the ATM device pays for the provided software or component component of the software, the system receives and manages information related to payment from a credit card company or a financial company managing the ATM device. Steps to Software download and authentication service providing method using ATM (ATM) comprising a. The method of claim 9, e) when the software installed in the mobile terminal or a component of the software is driven to request a virtual call connection, confirming whether the user is registered as a subscriber with an existing home location register (HLR) in a region before location movement; f) if not registered, confirming with the current HLR of the region to which the location has moved the user is registered as a subscriber; And g) performing a virtual call connection with the mobile terminal, if registered Software download and authentication service providing method using ATM (ATM) further comprising. The method of claim 10, The ATM device, a) after an electronic card including a credit or cash card is inserted, when a password of the inserted electronic card is input, performing user authentication using the input password and the number of the electronic card; b) if the performed user authentication result is normal, displaying a menu including an item for downloading the software on a monitor of the ATM device; c) presenting a list of currently accessible software download servers when the user selects the software download item from the displayed menu; And d) if a particular server is selected from the list of servers presented, accessing the selected server and delivering software or a component of the software received from the accessed server to the mobile terminal; Software download and authentication service providing method using ATM (ATM) comprising a. The method of claim 11, wherein e) after the payment for each component of the software or software delivered to the mobile terminal through the inserted electronic card, and providing information related to the settlement to the credit card company or financial company that manages the ATM device; Software download and authentication service providing method using ATM (ATM) further comprising. A recording medium comprising a method for providing software for accessing a communication network to a mobile terminal, the method comprising: The mobile terminal is wired to an Automatic Teller Machine device, and receives software through the ATM device. The recording medium a) searching for an internal environment of a mobile terminal connected through the ATM device when the mobile terminal is mounted in the ATM device; b) according to the search result, generates software information including a list of components, a price and a version of a component which is a part of software required for the mobile terminal or software that needs to be upgraded, Displaying on a monitor; c) providing at least one or more software or components of the software to the mobile terminal according to a user's selection of the displayed software information; And d) when the ATM device pays for the provided software or component component of the software, a function of receiving and managing the payment related information from a credit card company or a financial company managing the ATM device; A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon.

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