KR100598457B1 - The mobile-phone for internet service searching and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal device and a method thereof for searching an Internet service, and in particular, a search in an Internet connection state by downloading a service site map provided from a wireless Internet service provider in advance when accessing a wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal device for a wireless Internet service and a method thereof to reduce time. The present invention provides a memory unit for storing a wireless Internet service site map downloaded by accessing a wireless Internet service provider server; A control unit for retrieving an information menu by reading the wireless Internet service site map stored in the memory unit; And a display unit which provides an information menu searched by the controller. The present invention enables users of a wireless Internet user to quickly search for information by searching for a desired information menu even when the wireless Internet service is not connected.

Mobile terminal, wireless internet service, site map

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The mobile communication terminal device for searching for an internet service, and a method thereof.             

1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless Internet service site map search and access procedure according to the prior art.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a wireless Internet service site map search and access procedure according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a wireless Internet service according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal device and a method thereof for searching an Internet service, and in particular, a search in an Internet connection state by downloading a service site map provided from a wireless Internet service provider in advance when accessing a wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal device for a wireless Internet service and a method thereof to reduce time.

Each mobile carrier that is a wireless Internet service provider provides its users with its wireless Internet services, such as Magic n, Nate, and ez-i. Users access each service to make a movie reservation or download a ringtone / wallpaper and receive the service through a menu search.

On the other hand, the current search method of each service has a menu structure of a tree structure, so in order to find a desired service, the user must search the tree structure menu one by one. In other words, in order to find a service desired by a user, a search must be performed one by one along the tree structure from the initial menu.

1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless Internet service site map search and access procedure according to the prior art. As shown in the figure, a user searches a menu of a tree structure one by one to find a desired service from an initial menu. For example, if a user wants to search for information to purchase an item, first select “4. Information search ”.

Selected “4. "Information search" menu again contains "life information, music information, video information", the user must select "life information" among them. "Life information" includes "shopping mall, traffic information guide, travel information guide", the user should select the "shopping mall" among them.

At this time, the "shopping mall" includes "home shopping, online book purchase", and the user must select "home shopping" from among them. "Home shopping" includes "CJ mall" and "LG eshop", and the user selects a desired site from among them, such as "CJ mall."

In the above-described order, the user may obtain desired information or access a desired site to receive a necessary service. In this case, it should be noted that the search is performed in a state of being connected to a wireless Internet service.

That is, the user has to pay for the time spent in the search process. Therefore, if the user incorrectly finds or does not know the search target path in the search process, a lot of time and money are paid.

In order to solve this problem, each wireless Internet service provider provides a subscription service for a predetermined time, or a terminal company provides a method of reducing search time by providing a bookmark function in the terminal.

However, in the related art, not only the contents of the service are diverse, but most users do not use the wireless Internet service due to the high rate. In addition, there is a problem in reluctant to use the wireless Internet service due to the inconvenience of the search method and the burden of paying the cost when using the wireless Internet service.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable a user to search for a desired information menu even in a non-wireless Internet service state so that a desired information service can be received at a low cost in a short time.

One embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a memory unit for storing a wireless Internet service site map downloaded from the wireless Internet service provider server; A control unit for retrieving an information menu by reading the wireless Internet service site map stored in the memory unit; And a display unit which provides an information menu searched by the controller.

In one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the memory unit is characterized in that the download and store the wireless Internet service site map in the form of text data.

In one embodiment of the present invention for achieving this object, the control unit is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the validity of the site map of the wireless Internet service downloaded from the wireless Internet service provider server.

In one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the control unit is characterized in that when the wireless Internet service site map is valid, block the wireless Internet service access.

In one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, if the wireless Internet service site map is invalid, the controller is to download a valid site map from the wireless Internet service provider server again.

In one embodiment of the present invention for achieving this object, the control unit is characterized by comparing the identification data transmitted from the wireless Internet service provider server to determine whether it is valid.

In one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the control unit is characterized in that to access the wireless Internet service provider server again to select the information menu.

Another embodiment of the present invention for achieving this purpose is to access a wireless Internet service provider server to download a wireless Internet service site map; Blocking access to a wireless Internet service and searching for an information menu in the downloaded wireless Internet service site map; And when the desired information menu is found in the wireless Internet service site map, accessing the wireless Internet service provider server again and selecting the information menu.

In another embodiment of the present invention for achieving this object, the step of downloading the wireless Internet service site map further comprises the step of determining whether the wireless Internet service site map downloaded from the wireless Internet service provider server. It is characterized by including.

According to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, determining whether the wireless Internet service site map is valid further comprises the step of blocking access to the wireless Internet service when the wireless Internet service site map is valid. Characterized in that.

In another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, determining whether the wireless Internet service site map is valid, if the wireless Internet service site map is not valid, a valid site from the wireless Internet service provider server. The method may further include downloading the map again.                         

In another embodiment of the present invention for achieving this object, the step of determining the validity of the wireless Internet service site map is characterized by comparing the identification data transmitted from the wireless Internet service provider server to determine the validity. It is done.

In another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of downloading the wireless Internet service site map is characterized in that the wireless Internet service site map is received in the form of text data.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. The terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to a user's intention or custom, and the definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal is intended to include a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), an international mobile communication-2000 (IMT2000) terminal, and the like. I will explain with a general configuration.

Referring to FIG. 2, a control unit (MPU: Micro-processor unit) 100 performs processing and control for voice call and data communication, which are general operations of the mobile terminal. Therefore, in the following description, description about the process and control of the normal control part 100 is abbreviate | omitted.

The read only memory (ROM) 102 stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the control unit 100. Random Access Memory (RAM) 104 is a working memory of the controller 100. Stores temporary data generated during the execution of various programs. Flash ROM 106 stores a wireless Internet service site map transmitted from a wireless Internet service provider server according to the present invention, and stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book.

Key pad 108 includes numeric keys 0-9, menu, cancel (clear), confirm, call (TALK), end (END), Internet access, direction keys (up / down / left). / Right) and a plurality of function keys, and provides key input data corresponding to the key pressed by the user to the controller 300. In particular, the four direction keys are used as shortcuts to directly enter specific menu items (eg, message management (←), phone book (→), top menu list (↑), music box (↓)).

The display 110 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 100 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The codec (Coder-Decoder) 112 connected to the control unit 100 and the speaker 116 and the microphone 114 connected to the codec 112 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. . The codec 112 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 100 into an analog voice signal and transmits the same through the speaker 116 and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 114 into PCM data. Provided to the controller 100.

In addition, the RF unit (Radio Frequency unit) (120) is the frequency of the radio frequency signal received via the antenna 118 is provided to the baseband processing unit 122 by lowering the frequency, the baseband signal from the baseband processing unit 122 The frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 118. The baseband processor 122 processes a baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF unit 120 and the controller 100.

For example, in the case of transmission, channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in the case of reception, the function of despreading and channel decoding of a received signal is performed. . That is, the baseband processor 122 is a block for demodulating various channels (calling channel, traffic channel, etc.) received from the base station or generating various channels (access channel, traffic channel, etc.) transmitted to the base station.

Meanwhile, as described above, the flash ROM 106 stores a wireless Internet service site map transmitted from a wireless Internet service provider server (not shown) according to the present invention. In addition, the controller 100 retrieves the wireless Internet service site map stored in the flash ROM 106 and performs an information menu search.

The display 110 provides a user with an information menu searched by the controller 100 to enable a quick information search. The flash ROM 106 receives and stores a wireless Internet service site map in the form of text data from a server.

The controller 100 compares the identification data transmitted from the wireless Internet service provider server to determine whether the wireless Internet service site map is valid. If the wireless Internet service site map is valid, the controller 100 blocks the wireless Internet service access. Accordingly, the user can perform a wireless Internet service site map search in advance in a disconnected state at a desired time.

If the wireless Internet service site map is not valid, the controller 100 downloads and stores a valid site map from the wireless Internet service provider server again. The user can reconnect to the wireless Internet service provider server and select the information menu according to the previously searched route, thereby enabling the rapid use of the wireless Internet service.

3 is a diagram illustrating a wireless Internet service site map search and access procedure according to the present invention. As shown, it can be seen that the wireless internet service site map shown in FIG. 3 has the same data as the wireless internet service site map shown in FIG. Therefore, in order to obtain the information desired by the user, the same process as that performed in FIG. 1 is performed.

Meanwhile, it should be noted that the wireless internet service site map retrieval procedure according to FIG. 3 is performed in a state of being disconnected from the wireless internet service, unlike the wireless internet service site map retrieval and access procedure according to FIG. 1.

In other words, the present invention allows the user to download the wireless Internet service site map in advance when the user first accesses the wireless Internet service server, and then perform a menu search in a disconnected state when the user later wants to search for information.

Therefore, if a user wants to search for specific home shopping information to purchase necessary items, the user first performs a wireless Internet service menu search in a disconnected state. If the user is not sure where the desired menu item is located in the site map, the user can search the site menus one by one. In spite of the elapse of time, the fact that the menu search does not cost as it is performed in the wireless internet service disconnected state is as described above.

After checking the location of the desired menu item as a result of the search, the user accesses the wireless Internet service to obtain the desired information, and then selects the desired menu item according to the checked path.

That is, in order to select “home shopping” for the purchase of goods, the user first selects “4. Information search ”, select“ 4. In the "Information Search" menu, select "Life Information". After selecting "Living Information", the user selects "Shopping Mall" included in the "Living Information" menu.

At this time, the "shopping mall" menu includes "home shopping, online book purchase" and the like, and the user selects "home shopping" from among them. From the items such as "CJ mall" and "LG eshop" that appear in the "home shopping" menu, the user selects a desired site, for example, "seje mall" to access a wireless Internet service.

As described above, the user checks the selection path in advance, and then the selection is made. By selecting the menus according to the checked order, the search time can be saved.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a wireless Internet service according to the present invention. As shown, when the user's mobile communication terminal first accesses the wireless Internet service provider server, the server transmits a wireless Internet service site map to the terminal. The terminal receives the wireless Internet service site map and stores it in the memory (S10). The wireless Internet service site map may be implemented to be transmitted in a text form.

When the user accesses the wireless Internet service for home shopping search, the mobile communication terminal of the user first determines whether the wireless Internet service site map currently stored in the memory is valid (S11).

In this case, the validity determination of the wireless Internet service site map may be determined by comparing an identification code for validity determination transmitted before the site map transmission. That is, when the site map is transmitted, an identification code, which is data indicating whether the site map is updated prior to text transmission, is transmitted in advance, so that the validity of the site map can be determined first.

As a result of determining whether the wireless Internet service site map is valid, if the data is not updated, that is, the invalid site map, the server requests the server to transmit a valid site map. Accordingly, the server transmits the valid site map back to the terminal, and the terminal can update the site map (S12).

Since the number of information services provided by each wireless Internet service provider, that is, the data capacity is not so large as in the case of the general Internet, it can be said that the site map of the service can be downloaded.

If it is determined that the wireless Internet service site map is valid and is determined to be a valid site map, the user blocks access to the wireless Internet service in order to perform a wireless Internet service menu search (S13). This is to save the cost charged according to the time required for searching the wireless Internet service menu.

Accordingly, the terminal loads a site map stored in the memory and displays it on the terminal screen while the wireless Internet service connection is blocked. The user searches for necessary items from the site map displayed on the terminal screen (S14).

If the site map is a simple structure, it may be represented on a single screen. However, the site map may be searched by sequentially selecting individual menus.

If the desired information menu is found as a result of the search (S15), the user reconnects to the wireless Internet service server in order to use the wireless Internet service (S16). The next user who belongs to the service selects the desired menu along the path checked in the service disconnection status.

As a result, the user is provided with a desired service by selecting a required menu as described above (S16). As a result, most non-regular information service subscribers can receive desired information service at a low cost in a short time.

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this is by way of example only and not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to search the desired information menu even when the wireless Internet service is not connected, so that wireless Internet users of the mobile communication terminal can quickly search for information, and the service cost can be reduced.

Claims (13)

In the mobile communication terminal performing a wireless Internet service search, A memory unit storing an identification code or a wireless internet service site map downloaded from a wireless internet service provider server; If the identification code is the same as the previously stored identification code, the control unit for retrieving the information menu in the offline state by loading the previously stored site map without downloading the site map corresponding to the identification code, and , And a display unit for providing the information menu searched by the controller. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the memory unit downloads and stores the wireless Internet service site map in the form of text data. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein when the identification code is different from the previously stored identification code, the controller searches for the information menu in the offline state after downloading a valid site map from the wireless Internet service provider server again. Mobile communication terminal characterized in that. delete The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller selects the information menu by reconnecting to the wireless Internet service provider server. In the wireless internet service search method using a mobile communication terminal, Accessing the wireless Internet service provider server and downloading an identification code; Checking whether the downloaded identification code and the previously stored identification code are the same; If the downloaded identification code and the previously stored identification code are the same, blocking access to the wireless Internet service, searching for an information menu in the downloaded wireless Internet site map, and, And accessing the wireless Internet service provider server and selecting the information menu when a desired information menu is found in the wireless Internet service site map. delete delete The wireless Internet service search of claim 8, further comprising downloading a valid site map from the wireless Internet service provider server when the downloaded identification code and the previously stored identification code are different from each other. Way. delete The method of claim 8, wherein the downloading of the identification code or the wireless internet service site map comprises receiving the wireless internet service site map in the form of text data.

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