KR100643456B1 - Wireless communication terminal setting channel automatically and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

A wireless communication terminal having a function for automatically establishing a channel and a method thereof are provided to automatically establish a broadcasting type message channel by receiving an effective broadcasting type message and extracting a channel included in the broadcasting type message before establishing the channel, thereby preventing complexity that a user has to establish the channel in order to receive the broadcasting type message from a new channel. A wireless communication terminal having a function for automatically establishing a channel comprise the followings: a storage(240): a wireless transceiver(220); a controller(210) which checks change of a wireless communication network state, checks effectiveness of a broadcasting type message transmitted through the wireless transceiver(220), and controls the effective broadcasting type message so as to be stored in the storage(240); an extractor(260) for extracting channel information of the broadcasting type message received from an unestablished channel among the effective broadcasting type messages checked by the controller(210); a channel establishing unit(270) for establishing a new channel to the wireless communication terminal by using the channel information extracted by the extractor(260); an update unit(250) which stores the effective broadcasting type message of the broadcasting type messages, checked by the controller(210), in the storage(240), and updates broadcasting type message record by using information about the broadcasting type messages; and a display(230).

Description

Wireless communication terminal having channel automatic setting function and its method {Wireless Communication Terminal setting channel automatically and its method}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional channel setting method;

2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a wireless communication terminal having a channel automatic setting function according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for automatically setting a channel in a wireless communication terminal according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

210: control unit 220: wireless transmission and reception unit

230: display unit (LCD) 240: storage unit

250: update unit 260: extraction unit

270: channel setting unit

The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal having a channel automatic setting function and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a broadcast type message channel automatically by receiving a valid broadcast type message and extracting and setting a channel included in the broadcast type message. The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal having a channel automatic setting function and a method thereof for setting a function.

In the present invention, a wireless communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal, a personal mobile communication terminal (PCS), a personal digital terminal (PDA), a smart phone, a next generation mobile communication terminal (IMT-2000), such as a wireless terminal while carrying a person A terminal capable of wireless communication.

On the other hand, there may be various advantages of the wireless communication terminal, but above all, it can be said that the greatest advantage in the mobility provided to the user to call. Due to this mobility, the number of wireless communication subscribers has increased exponentially, and in recent years, wireless communication terminals are widely used by the general public.

However, as time goes by, the merits of mobility have gradually disappeared to users of wireless communication terminals, and a multifunctional wireless communication terminal capable of providing more various additional services is required.

Accordingly, recently, a broadcast type message service for providing beneficial information to a user through a wireless communication network in which a wireless communication terminal is located has been provided.

Here, the broadcast type message service is a service that delivers information such as weather or important news as a short message to all wireless communication terminals in the corresponding area where the wireless communication terminal service provider is set to receive the broadcast type message service.

The wireless terminal operator sets the address field of the data burst message including the broadcast information to the broadcasting address, not the address of the specific wireless communication terminal, and transmits it to the broadcasting short message center, and broadcast message service through the broadcasting short message center. To be able to receive from all permitted wireless communication terminals.

On the other hand, in order to receive the broadcast message transmitted by the operator in the wireless communication terminal as described above, a channel for transmitting the broadcast message should be set in the wireless communication terminal.

Meanwhile, in order to receive a broadcast message, the user has to directly set a channel currently served in a wireless communication network on a menu of a terminal.

In more detail with reference to Figure 1, conventionally, when the user selects a channel or language of the broadcast message that the user wants to receive the service set to the wireless communication terminal (110), this information is SIM (Subscriber identity module: When stored in a card and receiving a broadcast message (120), the received broadcast message is a broadcast message from a channel set in the wireless communication terminal or a broadcast type of a set language. Check whether the message (130).

Subsequently, if the broadcast type message is not the set channel or language, the wireless communication terminal ignores the received broadcast type message, and if the broadcast type message is the set channel or language, the validity of the received broadcast type message. Check (identify the identifier and serial number) (140), and if it is valid to display to the user through the display unit (150), if it is not valid ignore the received broadcast message.

On the other hand, as described above, the method of directly setting the desired channel through the wireless communication terminal causes a great inconvenience for users unfamiliar with the operation of the terminal, and also has to reconfigure the channel as it moves to a new network. It causes the hassle.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above problems, and the channel automatic setting function for automatically setting the broadcast-type message channel by receiving a valid broadcast-type message and extracting and setting the channel included in the broadcast-type message The purpose is to provide a wireless communication terminal and a method thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

An apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object is a wireless communication terminal, comprising: storage means for storing a broadcast type message and a broadcast type message record; Wireless transmission and reception means for receiving a broadcast message; Control means for changing a state of a wireless communication network and validating a broadcast type message received through the wireless transmission / reception means so that a valid broadcast type message is stored in the storage means; Extraction means for extracting channel information of a broadcast message received from an unset channel among valid broadcast messages checked by the control means; Channel setting means for setting a new channel in the wireless communication terminal using the channel information extracted by the extraction means; Updating means for storing a valid broadcast message among the broadcast messages checked by the control means in the storage means, and updating the broadcast message record using the information of the broadcast message; And display means for displaying the stored broadcast message.

In addition, the method of the present invention, the automatic channel setting method in the wireless communication terminal, the initialization step for receiving a broadcast type message transmitted from the wireless communication network; Checking whether the delivered broadcast message is normal; Ascertaining whether the transmitted broadcast message is a broadcast message from a channel set in the wireless communication terminal as normal; Extracting channel information from the broadcast message as a result of the broadcast message from an unset channel, setting a new channel in the wireless communication terminal, and proceeding to a broadcast message recording update step; A redundancy check step of confirming redundancy of the broadcast type message as a result of the checking from the set channel; As a result of the redundancy check, the broadcast message record is stored as the broadcast message is not a duplicate message, and the broadcast message record is updated by using the information of the broadcast message. An update step; And displaying the stored broadcast message.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a wireless communication terminal having a channel automatic setting function according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication terminal having an automatic channel setting function according to the present invention includes a storage unit 240 for storing a broadcast type message and a broadcast type message record, and wireless transmission and reception for receiving a broadcast type message. The controller 210 changes the state of the wireless communication network and checks the validity of the broadcast message received through the wireless transmitter / receiver 220 so that a valid broadcast message is stored in the storage 240. An extractor 260 for extracting channel information of a broadcast message received from an unset channel among valid broadcast messages checked by the controller 210, and using the channel information extracted by the extractor 260 The channel setting unit 270 for setting a new channel in the wireless communication terminal, broadcast by using the information of the valid broadcast type message of the broadcast type message checked by the control unit 210 An update unit 250 for updating the message type record; And a display unit (LCD) 230 for displaying the valid broadcast message.

The controller 210 checks whether the state of the wireless communication network is changed and whether the broadcast type message reception state of the wireless communication terminal is changed by changing the terminal country number (Mcc) and the mobile network number (Mnc). It checks whether the broadcast message received through 220 is normal, and checks whether the normal broadcast message is duplicated and whether a channel is set.

The display unit (LCD) 230 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD). The display unit (LCD) 230 is controlled by the control unit 210 to display a state of a wireless communication terminal or a progress of a program.

In addition, the display unit (LCD) 230 displays a broadcast message stored by the storage unit 240 to the user.

In addition, the storage unit 240 stores an operation program and a system program of the control unit 210, and the operation program and the system program are stored in a normal ROM area and can be erased as necessary. In addition, the storage unit 240 may include RAM for temporarily storing data generated during execution of various operation programs.

In addition, the storage unit 240 stores a valid broadcast message (normal and non-overlapping broadcast message).

In addition, the storage unit 240 may be implemented using a SIM card that supports mobility.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for automatically setting a channel in a wireless communication terminal according to the present invention.

First, an initialization process for receiving a broadcast message transmitted from a wireless communication network is performed (310).

Here, the initializing process, the control unit 210 checks whether the terminal country code (Mcc), mobile network number (Mnc) is changed, and if the terminal country code (Mcc), mobile network number (Mnc) is changed as a result of the check, The updater 250 proceeds to the next initialization process after performing the process of resetting the broadcast type message recording of the wireless communication terminal, and if the terminal country number (Mcc) and mobile network number (Mnc) are not changed, the The updater 250 proceeds to the next initialization process without resetting the broadcast message record.

Thereafter, the control unit 210 confirms the change in the broadcast type message reception state of the wireless communication terminal, so that the update unit 250 is the broadcast type of the wireless communication terminal as the broadcast type message reception state is changed from off to on. After performing the process of resetting the message recording, the initialization process ends, and if the broadcast message reception state remains on, the updater 250 ends the initialization process without resetting the broadcast message record.

Meanwhile, when the power is turned on, the wireless communication terminal searches for the state of the wireless communication network to which the wireless communication terminal currently belongs to determine whether the wireless communication network is serviceable. At this time, the terminal country code and the mobile network number to search for a serviceable wireless communication network (which is natural to those skilled in the art will not be mentioned any more in the present invention), the control unit 210 at the same time the terminal country code and mobile network number In addition, the update unit 250 resets the broadcast type message record of the wireless communication terminal stored in the storage unit 240 when it is changed.

After the initialization process as described above, the wireless communication terminal receives the broadcast type message from the wireless communication network through the wireless transmission and reception unit 220 (320).

Thereafter, the controller 210 checks whether the broadcast message received through the wireless transmitter / receiver 220 is normal (330).

In fact, when looking at the broadcast message transmitted through the wireless communication network, the ratio of the abnormal broadcast message and the normal broadcast message is about 1: 1. Accordingly, the controller 210 selects only the normal broadcast type message using information such as 'validserialNumber', 'updateNumber', 'messageType', and 'pageNumber' of the broadcast type message.

As the result of the check 330, the received broadcast message is normal, the extractor 260 extracts channel information of the normal broadcast message (335), and the controller 210 transmits the broadcast message. In operation 340, it is determined whether the transmitted channel is a channel set in the wireless communication terminal.

As a result of the check 340, when the transmitted broadcast message is transmitted from a channel that is not set in the wireless communication terminal, the channel setting unit 270 is configured to extract the broadcast type message extracted by the extractor 260. After setting the channel and language of the broadcast message in the wireless communication terminal using channel information (350), allowing the channel information to be stored in the storage unit 240, and storing the broadcast message and recording the broadcast message. Proceed with the update process.

On the other hand, when the check result 340, the delivered broadcast message is delivered from the channel set in the wireless communication terminal, the controller 210 is' validserialNumber ',' updateNumber ',' The redundancy of the delivered broadcast message is checked using information such as messageType 'and' pageNumber '(360).

As a result of the check 360, as the transmitted broadcast message is a non-overlapping broadcast message, that is, when there is no same broadcast message in the wireless communication terminal, the updater 250 reads the broadcast message. It stores in the storage 240 and updates the broadcast message record (370).

Thereafter, the broadcast type message stored in the storage unit 240 is displayed to the user (380).

As described above, when the wireless communication terminal receives the broadcast type message through a new channel, the channel may be automatically set using the channel information of the broadcast type message without the user directly setting the channel.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of automatically setting a broadcast message channel by receiving a valid broadcast message and extracting and setting a channel included in the broadcast message.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of preventing the hassle of having to set the channel in order to receive a broadcast message from a new channel by automatically setting the channel as described above.

Claims (5)

In a wireless communication terminal, Storage means for storing a broadcast message and a broadcast message record; Wireless transmission and reception means for receiving a broadcast message; Control means for changing a state of a wireless communication network and validating a broadcast type message received through the wireless transmission / reception means so that a valid broadcast type message is stored in the storage means; Extraction means for extracting channel information of a broadcast message received from an unset channel among valid broadcast messages checked by the control means; Channel setting means for setting a new channel in the wireless communication terminal using the channel information extracted by the extraction means; Updating means for storing a valid broadcast message among the broadcast messages checked by the control means in the storage means, and updating the broadcast message record using the information of the broadcast message; And Display means for displaying the stored broadcast message Wireless communication terminal having a channel automatic setting function comprising a. The method of claim 1, The control means, It is checked whether the state of the wireless communication network is changed and whether the state of the broadcast type message reception of the wireless communication terminal is changed by changing the terminal country number (Mcc) and the mobile network number (Mnc). The 'validserialNumber', ' a channel characterized by checking whether a broadcast message received through the radio transmission / reception means is normal, whether a broadcast message is duplicated, and whether a channel is set by using information such as updateNumber ',' messageType ', and' pageNumber '. Wireless communication terminal having an automatic setting function. The method of claim 2, The updating means, And resetting the broadcast message record of the storage means according to whether the state of the wireless communication network checked by the control means is changed and whether the state of the broadcast type message reception of the wireless communication terminal is changed. Wireless communication terminal having a setting function. In the channel automatic setting method in a wireless communication terminal, An initialization step for receiving a broadcast type message transmitted from a wireless communication network; Checking whether the delivered broadcast message is normal; Ascertaining whether the transmitted broadcast message is a broadcast message from a channel set in the wireless communication terminal as normal; Extracting channel information from the broadcast message as a result of the broadcast message from an unset channel, setting a new channel in the wireless communication terminal, and proceeding to a broadcast message recording update step; A redundancy check step of confirming redundancy of the broadcast type message as a result of the checking from the set channel; As a result of the redundancy check, the broadcast message record is stored as the broadcast message is not a duplicate message, and the broadcast message record is updated by using the information of the broadcast message, and the broadcast message record of the wireless communication terminal is updated. An update step; And Displaying the stored broadcast message Automatic channel setting method in a wireless communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The initialization step, A first checking step of checking whether the terminal country code (Mcc) and the mobile network number (Mnc) are changed; Resetting the broadcast message record of the wireless communication terminal as the terminal country number (Mcc) and mobile network number (Mnc) are changed as a result of the first checking; A second checking step of confirming a change in a broadcast type message reception state of the wireless communication terminal; And Resetting the broadcast type message record of the wireless communication terminal as the broadcast type message reception state is changed from off to on as a result of the second confirmation; Automatic channel setting method in a wireless communication terminal comprising a.

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