KR100629446B1 - Method for providing a idle mode service in a mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a standby screen service method of a mobile communication terminal, and checks whether a standby screen service is registered when entering a standby mode, and if the standby screen service is not registered, displays the system standby screen, and the standby screen If the service is registered, the wireless internet platform notifies the idle screen service event so that the shell application is executed by the wireless internet platform, and accordingly checks whether there is an agent application registered in the executed shell application and then registers the self-registered service. If there is no agent application, the initial screen including the identification UI (User interface) and service menu UI of the standby mode managed by the user is displayed. If there is a self-registered agent application, the registered agent application is executed. Kigo and displays the execution result on the idle screen.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention has an effect of automatically executing the application desired by the user on the standby screen when entering the standby mode.

Wireless Internet Platform, Standby Mode, Standby Screen, Wifi Application

Description

Method for providing a standby screen service of a mobile terminal {Method for providing a idle mode service in a mobile terminal}

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a conceptual structural diagram of a wireless internet platform built in the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG.

3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a standby screen service method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering an application for an idle screen service downloaded from a mobile communication terminal as a shell application management target.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a standby screen service method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

6 is a view showing a standby screen service initial screen state in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

7 is a view showing an execution screen of an individual application registered as an agent application in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

The present invention relates to an additional service of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, a service for executing various applications in an idle mode of a mobile communication terminal and providing the execution result through a screen, that is, an idle screen ( Hereinafter referred to as a "standby screen service") and a recording medium.

With the development of mobile communication technology and wireless Internet technology, the number of Internet users using mobile communication terminals is increasing, and various wireless Internet services have been developed and provided in response to this. In line with this trend, in Korea, wireless Internet service and content developers have standardized the wireless Internet platform for mobile communication devices so that service applications or contents can be easily installed in mobile communication devices.

Eventually, a wireless Internet platform for mobile terminals, called Wifi (WiFi Platform) (WiPi Platform), is now being installed on mobile terminals, which is now used by content developers (providers) or service application publishers. The various services and contents provided by can be executed in the mobile communication terminal.

As such, many applications are installed in mobile communication terminals, and each application has to be selected and executed by a user so that specific information or services can be provided, thereby increasing competition among applications.

As a result, a user or an application provider desperately needs to execute a desired application easily and conveniently so that the user can receive the desired service.

In general, the mobile terminal automatically turns on the user's key when the user does not turn on the power, make data and voice calls, or executes a specific application (SMS transmission, acknowledgment, game, music, etc.) executed according to the user's key input. Enters the standby mode waiting for input, and displays the standby screen informing the user of entering the standby mode (ie, setting). Normally, the standby screen displayed by the mobile communication terminal under the above-described condition is called "system standby screen", meaning that it is set by the mobile communication terminal manufacturer.

Therefore, the standby mode is easy to enter since the user does not have any special key manipulation, and on average, the standby mode is set for the most time of the mobile terminal mode.

In the standby screen of the standby mode, that is, the conventional system standby screen, the user executes media contents for viewing such as a clock, a picture, a moving picture or a video set by the terminal manufacturer, and displays the result on the screen. When a user additionally registers content of a picture, a picture, or a video within the set content type, it is displayed on the screen. In other words, in the current standby mode, the media content is provided to be viewed by the naked eye.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to meet the demands of the prior art, and any application selected by the user is executed in addition to the system standby mode on the standby mode that is first seen and easily accessible to the user, thereby executing various outputs. It is an object of the present invention to provide a standby screen service method of a mobile communication terminal, which can be provided to a user.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile device comprising: a first step of checking whether a standby screen service is registered when entering a standby mode; Displaying the system idle screen if the idle screen service is not registered, and notifying a wireless screen platform event of a standby screen service event if the idle screen service is registered; A third step of executing a shell application by the wireless Internet platform receiving the idle screen service event; A fourth step of checking whether there is a self-registered agent application in the executed shell application; A fifth step of displaying, by the shell application, an initial screen including an identification UI (User interface) and a service menu UI of standby applications managed by the shell application if there is no self-registered agent application; And the sixth step of executing the registered agent application and displaying the execution result on the idle screen when the shell application has the self-registered agent application.

According to the present invention, when a user selects an agent application menu item provided by the shell application through the initial screen and provides identification information of a specific application registered, the shell application registers a specific application provided by the user as an agent application. It is preferable to further comprise the step of.

The present invention further includes the step of executing the shell application when the running agent application is terminated and displaying an initial screen on a standby screen, and / or waiting for the user to manage the shell application through the initial screen. If one of the applications for the mode is selected, the shell application executes the standby mode application selected by the user and displays the execution result on the standby screen, and displays the initial screen when the running application for standby mode ends. It is preferable to further comprise the step of.

The agent application may be an interactive application or a non-interactive application running on the wireless Internet platform, and may be registered in the shell application with one or more standby services.

The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied includes a wireless transceiver 10 for transmitting and receiving a signal wirelessly, a key input unit 11 for receiving a key input signal through a button, and a voice. A microphone 12 for receiving a signal, a speaker 13 for outputting a voice signal, an operating system, a system application (e.g., a phone number search program, a message management program, etc.), an application for a standby mode (e.g., in a standby mode) A program for playing content such as a game, flash, video, etc.), a memory 14 for storing content (eg, game data, flash data, video data, etc.), a display unit 15 for displaying a screen, and the like. And the key input signal generated by the key input unit 11 to the system application through the operating system or the application for the standby mode through the Wi-Fi platform. With a control unit 16 for transmission.

Hereinafter, a service hierarchy structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a conceptual structural diagram of a wireless internet platform built in the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in Fig. 2, the content layer, which is the highest layer on the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied, includes a telephone number list (e.g., a list of telephone numbers for each group) 20, a message list (e.g., incoming / outgoing short message list). Etc.) 21 and contents (pictures, videos, games, flashes, etc.) 22 are mounted.

The application (solution) layer below the content layer is equipped with a system application (eg, a phone number search program, a message management program, etc.) 23 and an application for standby mode 24, and the application for standby mode 24 The shell application 30 is mounted below the shell application, and the WiPie platform 25 is mounted below the shell application 30, and the HAL (Handset Adaptation Layer) 26 is mounted below the WiPie platform 25. have.

An operating system (eg, a REX OS developed by Qualcomm, etc.) 27 is mounted below the HAL 26 and the system application 23. In addition, a hardware layer, that is, a control unit 16, a key input unit 11, a microphone 12, a display unit 15, and a speaker 16 is mounted below the operating system 27.

An operating system (eg, a REX OS developed by Qualcomm, etc.) 27 is mounted below the system application 23 and the HAL 26. In addition, a hardware layer, that is, a control unit 16, a key input unit 11, a microphone 12, a display unit 15, and a speaker 16 is mounted below the operating system 27.

In this hierarchical structure, the controller 16 controls the operations of the key input unit 11, the microphone 12, the display unit 15, the speaker 13, and the like under the control of the operating system 27, and the system application 23. ) Is executed (driven) on the operating system 27.

The Wi-Fi platform 25 can download various contents wirelessly, control various peripheral devices, and can simultaneously and independently execute multiple applications such as a computer (PC). This independence of the operating system 27 is made possible by the HAL 26 in which API functions defining interoperability with handset hardware and software are defined. The WiPie platform 25 calls the HAL API to access handset hardware resources through the handset base software, and the handset base software (including the control unit) accesses the WiPie platform through the HAL API.

The standby application 24 is an application that can be run in the standby mode (that is, an application capable of the standby service) and is distinguished from an agent application that is executed in the actual standby mode. That is, the standby application 24 is all applications running on the WiPie platform 25 (hereinafter, referred to as "wipie application"), and the agent application is a specific application registered to run in the standby mode among the standby mode. Application.

The standby application, that is, the Wi-Fi application, is an interactive application (e.g., SK Telecom service name 1mm service, Moneta On, Nate On) that varies the output displayed on the screen by changing its operation according to a user's key input signal. Etc.) and non-interactive applications (eg, SVM Telecom service names, KVM, GVM, Mobile Flash, Live Screen, etc.) that cause the user's keystrokes to be displayed on an unacceptable screen. .

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, for the purpose of explanation, the standby mode application includes a first epitope application 24a, a second epitope application 24b, and a third epitope application 24c.

The shell application 30 is an application executed when entering the standby mode, and is a program for integrated management of all services provided in the standby mode, and basically manages execution and termination of the standby applications 24a, 24b, and 24c. . In simple terms, the shell application 30 can be thought of as a program that acts as a gateway between the standby mode applications 24a, 24b, and 24c and the Wi-Fi platform.

It is preferable that the shell application 30 is not executed in any case except for the provision of the standby service (except forcible execution), and the application for the standby mode is executed on the WiPi platform 25 without the shell application 30 being executed. do.

The shell application 30 manages all standby applications (i.e., Wi-Fi applications) to be managed by itself, and the agent application registration function / release function, individual idle screen service application execution / initialization / storage function, and existing handset software It provides customer setting function, access to system application (ie access to system application by hot key, etc.), and function to provide its own function setting menu.

Here, since the shell application 30 can manage the application for the standby mode, when registering the agent application (the Wipi application to be executed automatically when entering the standby mode), the API is registered in the HAL 26 and the WiPie platform 25. Agent application can be registered only by its own setting.

When the shell application 30 is executed, the initial screen is displayed on the screen. On the initial screen, the first icon of the standby mode applications managed by the shell application, the second icon for selecting a service menu provided by the shell application, and the system idle screen are displayed. An icon for instructing to switch to, a third icon for accessing the operating system 27, and the like are displayed (see FIG. 6).

Accordingly, the shell application 30 executes a Wi-Fi application corresponding to the selected icon when the first icon is selected, and provides a menu item when selecting the second icon to register a specific Wi-Fi application as an agent application (ie, the initial screen when entering the standby mode). The execution result of the agent application is displayed immediately), or released, the basic information displayed on the initial screen, or the contents of the phone decorating area can be changed (see FIG. 6).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be conceptually described with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a standby screen service method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the shell application 30 is a program that runs on a Wi-Fi platform. The present invention provides the user with the right (i.e., menu) to choose whether or not to execute the shell application 30 in standby mode.

When the user sets to execute the shell application 30, the idle screen service is registered, and thus the idle screen service is provided according to the routine A (A-1, A-2, A-3, E). That is, in the standby mode, the shell application 30 is executed, and the shell application 30 allows the user to selectively execute the desired epitope application (for example, SK Telecom service name, Moneta On, 1mm, Nate On, etc.). It becomes possible.

When the user registers one of the Wi-Fi applications as a standby service during the routine A, the idle screen service is performed along with the C routine. That is, in the standby mode, a specific Wi-Fi application registered as a standby mode service is executed and its execution screen is displayed on the screen (see FIG. 7). In this case, the shell application operates in the background.

On the other hand, if the user does not register the shell application 30 as the idle screen service, the second embodiment performs the B routine. That is, the system standby screen is displayed on the screen in the standby mode.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering an application for a home screen service downloaded from a mobile communication terminal as a shell application management target.

As shown in FIG. 4, when an application for standby mode is downloaded to the user's mobile terminal according to the user's request (S701), the controller 16 waits for the WiPi platform 25 through the operating system 27. Notify the download of the application, the WiPie platform 25 registers the API as an application for the standby mode (S702), and installs (S703).

In addition, the Wi-Fi platform 25 provides the shell application 30 with an identifier of the downloaded application to request a new registration, and the shell application 30 newly refreshes an initial screen having an icon corresponding to the downloaded application's identifier. The generated application is registered as a management target (S704).

Thereafter, when the shell application 30 is executed in the standby mode (S705), the shell application 30 displays an initial screen having an icon corresponding to the downloaded application (S706).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a standby screen service method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, when a mobile communication terminal boots for the first time or a system application (eg, Caller APPlication, Menu Application, SMS send Application, etc.) terminates and enters a standby mode, or after a Wi-Fi platform ends, If the user enters the standby mode without downloading the VOD (S801), the controller 17 checks whether the standby mode service is registered in the HAL 26 (S802), and causes the system standby screen to be displayed (S803).

Here, the standby service registration, that is, the execution of the shell application is performed by registering the following API according to the user's registration request in the system idle screen setting menu.

MH_PLSTATE_NONE

M_int32 OEMH_pltStartEx (1. "WAM", NULL, 4, "OEMMSG", SKTSHELL, "3");

MH_PLTSTATE_FOREG / MH_PLTSTATE_BACKG

M_int32 OEMH_pltExecuteApp (1, "WAM", NULL, 4, "OEMMSG", SKTSHELL, "3");

OEMH_pltProcessEvent ();

On the other hand, if the standby mode service is registered, the controller 17 notifies the WiPi platform 25 of the execution event of the shell application 30 to execute the shell application 30, the shell application 30 is an agent that manages itself Check the application registration information to check whether the agent application is registered (S804).

In the check (S804), if the agent application is registered, the shell application 30 executes the agent application and operates itself in the background (S805). The execution screen of the executed agent application is displayed on the basic screen provided by the shell application 30 as shown in FIG. 10. Accordingly, the idle screen service provided by the agent application may return to the shell application 30.

 However, if the agent application is not registered in the confirmation (S804), the shell application 30 executes (S806), and displays the initial screen on the screen (S807, see Fig. 6).

As illustrated in FIG. 6, a phone decorating area displaying a phone theme (escape telecom service name), a photo, a picture friend (escape telecom service name), and the like, on an execution screen of the shell application 30, that is, an initial screen, and messaging It has an area where content (e.g. weather, stocks, news, etc.) is displayed, an icon area, a "phone menu" icon for selecting a standby service menu, and a "my" for accessing a specific service. The hotkey icon is placed. The phone decorating area displays the execution result of the non-interactive application.

When the initial screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen, the user selects an icon of an individual application (Wippy application) (S808), and the shell application 30 executes the application selected by the user and displays the execution result on the screen. (S809) (see FIG. 7).

On the other hand, the user can check the service menu by selecting the "phone menu" icon displayed on the initial screen, and select a specific Wi-Fi application after selecting the agent application registration item of the service menu, in this case the shell application 30 Register the selected Wi-Fi application as an agent application. After the agent application is registered in this way, when the mobile terminal enters the standby mode later, the shell application 30 confirms the registration of the agent application and automatically executes the registered agent application and operates itself in the background (S801 to S804). process).

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention described the Wi-Fi platform standardized in Korea as an example of the wireless Internet platform mounted in the mobile communication terminal. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. Even if the telecom WITOP, the Qualcomm brew (BREW) or the like is used, the same operation, object, and effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

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.

The present invention has the effect of allowing the user to immediately receive the desired service by automatically running the desired Wi-Fi application on the standby screen when entering the standby mode.

In addition, the present invention enables the execution of non-interactive applications and / or interactive applications to meet the user's desire to be provided with various information easily and quickly.

Claims (7)

A first step of checking whether a standby screen service is registered when entering the standby mode; Displaying the system idle screen if the idle screen service is not registered, and notifying a wireless screen platform event of a standby screen service event if the idle screen service is registered; A third step of executing a shell application by the wireless Internet platform receiving the idle screen service event; A fourth step of checking whether there is a self-registered agent application in the executed shell application; A fifth step of displaying, by the shell application, an initial screen including an identification UI (User interface) and a service menu UI of standby applications managed by the shell application if there is no self-registered agent application; And And a sixth step of executing the registered agent application and displaying the execution result on the idle screen when the shell application has the self-registered agent application. The method of claim 1, When the user selects an agent application menu item provided by the shell application through the initial screen and provides identification information of the registered specific application, the shell application further registers the specific application provided by the user as an agent application. Standby screen service method of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And executing the shell application when the running agent application is terminated so that an initial screen is displayed on the idle screen. The method of claim 3, When the user selects one of the standby mode applications managed by the shell application through the initial screen, the shell application executes the idle mode application selected by the user, displays the execution result on the idle screen, and executes And displaying the initial screen when the idle mode application is terminated. The method of claim 3, The agent application is a standby screen service method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that an interactive application or a non-interactive application running on the wireless Internet platform. The method of claim 3, At least one agent application may be registered, wherein the idle screen service method of a mobile communication terminal. In a mobile communication terminal equipped with a wireless Internet platform, A first step of checking whether a standby screen service is registered when entering the standby mode; Displaying the system idle screen if the idle screen service is not registered, and notifying a wireless screen platform event of a standby screen service event if the idle screen service is registered; A third step of executing a shell application by the wireless Internet platform receiving the idle screen service event; A fourth step of checking whether there is a self-registered agent application in the executed shell application; A fifth step of displaying, by the shell application, an initial screen including an identification UI (User interface) and a service menu UI of standby applications managed by the shell application if there is no self-registered agent application; And The shell application is a computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded therein for executing the sixth step of executing the registered agent application and displaying the execution result on the idle screen if the self-registered agent application is present.

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