KR100666396B1 - Application providing / management system using SIM card and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an application providing / managing system and method using a SIM (Subscriber Interface Module) card.

In the present invention, after reading the application unique ID (ID) of the SIM card mounted on the client terminal, if the read application unique ID does not exist in the client terminal, and transmits the application ID to the SIM card providing / management server. Then, a single application selected by the client from at least one or more applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server (or an application management server) is downloaded from the SIM card providing / management server. Thereafter, a function key corresponding to the downloaded application is set on the client terminal, and the name of the set function key is also changed at the request of the client. Also, the running screen when the downloaded application is executed is also changed at the request of the client. Through this, the utilization range of the SIM card can be expanded.

Subscriber Interface Module Cards, Applications, and User Interfaces

Description

Application providing / management system using SIM card and method thereof {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATION USING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE CARD}

1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of an application providing / management system using a SIM card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of an application providing / management system using the SIM card shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram sequentially illustrating an operation process of an application providing / management system using the SIM card illustrated in FIG. 2.

The present invention relates to an application providing system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing and managing an application to a mobile communication terminal using a SIM (Card Subscriber Interface Module) card.

Among the usage methods of mobile communication terminals, there is a global system for mobile communication (GSM).

In the GSM method, a SIM card for user authentication and network registration of a mobile communication terminal is used. The SIM card is a smart card detachable to a mobile communication terminal and includes a microprocessor and a memory chip. It consists of. There are an IC card type and a plug-in type.

However, the SIM card stores only subscriber information and data for operating a mobile communication terminal loaded in a mobile communication terminal, that is, only subscriber information such as a user password and data for network registration. Because of this, the utilization range of the SIM card is also extremely limited.

On the other hand, in recent years, as the functions of the mobile communication terminal have been diversified and advanced, in addition to voice call processing, which is a function of the mobile communication terminal, short message transmission and reception, video mail transmission, phone book, schedule management, calculator, phone book, etc. And various additional functions such as video games.

In addition, when selecting various functions of the mobile communication terminal, various driving screens corresponding to each function key are displayed one by one, and these driving screens can be changed regardless of place at any time according to a user's preference.

However, the changeable driving screens are previously stored driving screens in the manufacture of a mobile communication terminal. Since the number of driving screens is very limited, the number of users brings a decrease in service satisfaction.

In addition, as one of various additional functions of a mobile communication terminal, there is a function of bookmarking a website frequently accessed by a user through 'Favorite', etc. This is also called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). ), If the service is changed, the user does not want to provide the service.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve this problem, by downloading at least one or more applications (APPLICATION) through the application ID (ID) stored in the SIM (SIM) card, to expand the scope of use of the SIM card It is to provide an application providing / management system using a SIM card and a method thereof.

Application providing / management system using a SIM card according to the characteristics of the present invention for achieving this object is mounted on a client terminal equipped with a SIM card, and download and execute the application from the SIM card providing / management server via a wired or wireless network An application providing / management system, comprising: a SIM card recognition / reading unit for recognizing a SIM card mounted in the client terminal and reading an application unique ID stored in the recognized SIM card; A data transmitting / receiving unit configured to transmit the read application unique ID to the SIM card providing / management server through the wired / wireless network; And an application download unit for downloading a single application selected by the client from the SIM card providing / management server from at least one or more applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server.

A function key selection / changing unit for setting a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one-to-one on a client terminal and changing a name of the set function key; A driving screen changing unit which changes the driving screen at the time of executing the downloaded application according to a request of the client; And an interface providing unit configured to display the changed driving screen at the same time as driving the application corresponding to the clicked function key when the set function key is clicked.

The SIM card providing / management server may include: an ID allocating / recording unit for assigning each unique ID to at least one or more applications, and storing the assigned unique ID in the SIM card; An information check unit which checks whether the application ID received through the data transceiver is a normally assigned unique ID; And an application providing unit for presenting at least one or more applications according to the checked result and providing a single application selected by a client among the presented applications.

In addition, an application providing / managing method using a SIM card according to an aspect of the present invention is an application providing / managing method in which a client terminal equipped with a SIM card downloads and executes an application from a SIM card providing / management server through a wired / wireless network. a) reading an application unique ID stored in a SIM card inserted into the client terminal; b) transmitting the read application unique ID to the SIM card providing / management server through the wired / wireless network; c) downloading from the SIM card providing / management server a single application selected by the client among at least one or more applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server; And d) setting a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one-to-one on the client terminal.
The application providing / managing method may further include e) changing a driving screen at the time of executing the downloaded application according to a request of the client; And f) when the set function key is clicked, driving an application that has a one-to-one correspondence with the clicked function key.

In addition, a recording medium storing a program according to an aspect of the present invention, the recording medium including the application providing / management method for the client terminal equipped with the SIM card to download and execute the application from the SIM card providing / management server via a wired or wireless network A medium, comprising: a) reading an application unique ID stored in a SIM card inserted into the client terminal; b) transmitting the read application specific ID to the SIM card providing / management server through the wired / wireless network; c) downloading from the SIM card providing / management server a single application selected by the client among at least one or more applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server; d) a function of setting a one-to-one function key corresponding to the downloaded application on the client terminal; e) changing a driving screen at the time of executing the downloaded application according to a request of the client; And f) when the set function key is clicked, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program including a function of driving an application corresponding to the clicked function key.

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 view showing a schematic configuration of an application providing / management system using a SIM card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the application providing / management system 100 using the SIM card according to the embodiment of the present invention is included in each of the first to nth client terminals 301 to 300n, and the client terminal 300. The structure forms a structure interconnected with the SIM (Subscriber Interface Module) card providing / management server 500 through the wired or wireless communication network (400).

The SIM card providing / management server 500 is also interconnected with the application provider 600. In addition, each of the client terminal (301 ~ 300n) forms a structure that can be mounted and detached SIM card 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Then, it looks at the application providing / management system 100 using the SIM card forming such a structure.

First, the SIM card providing / management server 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention newly develops and manages at least one or more applications, and allocates and manages a unique ID for each application.

Then, the assigned unique ID for each application is stored in the SIM card according to the embodiment of the present invention. Through this, the SIM card according to the embodiment of the present invention includes not only subscriber information such as a user password, but also data for network registration, as well as a unique ID for each application.

As such, the application providing / management system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention utilizes the SIM card as an application supply card capable of downloading at least one or more applications, rather than a smart card for user authentication. This, in turn, can extend the utilization of the SIM card.

Thereafter, the client pays a SIM card storing a unique ID of an application desired by paying a predetermined cost, and then mounts the purchased SIM card on his terminal 300.

Then, the application providing / managing system 100 of the client terminal 300 recognizes the data of the SIM card 200 mounted on the terminal, and then reads the application ID and the like from the subscriber information stored in the SIM card 300. Reading.

The application providing / management system 100 checks whether the same application ID as the read application ID is stored in the terminal 300, and if the same application ID does not exist, the read ID is read through the wired / wireless communication network 400. Sim card transmission / management server 500 transmits.

Then, the SIM card providing / management server 500 presents to the client at least one or more applications that can be downloaded by the client terminal 300 according to the received application ID, and the application providing / management system 100 is configured by the client. Choose a single application according to your choice.

Thereafter, the application providing / management system 100 downloads an application selected by the client, sets a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one-to-one according to the client's selection, and changes the name of the set function key according to the client's selection. do.

As described above, the present invention describes that the SIM card providing / management server 500 provides a plurality of applications. However, the present invention is not limited to the present invention, and in some cases, the application ID may be used as the server of the application provider 600. The server of the application provider 600 may directly provide at least one or more applications by transmitting the ID.

In addition, the application providing / management system 100 directly drives an application corresponding to the clicked function key in response to the function key click of the client. You can change to the screen. That is, the driving screen may be changed into a picture, an image, various avatars, etc. of a friend already stored in the client terminal 300.

Subsequently, when the client clicks on a specific function key, the application providing / management system 100 drives the application corresponding to the clicked function key and displays the changed driving screen and displays the application mapped to the specific function key. Provides a user interface that can be replaced at will.

As described above, the application providing / management system using the SIM card according to the embodiment of the present invention expands the usage range of the SIM card used as the user recognition card to use at least one or more applications as a card that can be easily downloaded. Clients and related operators can increase service satisfaction.

In addition, the present invention allows the client to select a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one-to-one, and also allows the name of the selected function key to be modified according to the preference of the client. In addition, the running screen of the running application can be changed to the desired screen.

Then, the detailed configuration of the application providing / management system using the SIM card forming such a structure.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of an application providing / management system using the SIM card shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the application providing / managing system 100 using a SIM card includes a SIM card recognition / reading unit 110, an application checker 120, a data transceiver 130, and an application downloader 140. , A function key selecting / changing unit 150, a driving screen changing unit 160, and an interface providing unit 170.

The SIM card providing / management server 500 includes an application manager 510, an ID assignment / recorder 520, an information checker 530, an application provider 540, and a cost settlement / manager 550. .

First, the application manager 510 of the SIM card providing / management server 500 manages at least one or more applications, and further develops and manages new applications.

The ID assignment / recording unit 520 allocates a unique ID for each application, and records the assigned unique ID in the SIM card 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The information checker 530 checks the SIM card recognition result received from the client terminal 300 through the wired / wireless communication network 400 to check whether the data is normal data. That is, the information checker 530 checks whether the application ID is a normally issued ID through the ID assignment / recorder 520 among the recognized results.

The application provider 540 presents at least one application according to the information check result, and provides a single application to the client terminal 300 according to the client's selection.

The cost settlement / management unit 550 charges and pays a service provision fee, that is, a predetermined cost (for example, 800 won) for each application provided to the client terminal 300.

Next, when the SIM card 200 is mounted on the client terminal 300, the SIM card recognition / reading unit 110 of the application providing / management system 100 recognizes the mounted SIM card and is stored in the SIM card. Read various information.

That is, the SIM card recognition / reading unit 110 reads an application unique ID from the subscriber information recorded in the SIM card 200.

The application checker 120 checks whether the same ID as the application ID is stored in the client terminal 300 among the read data.

If there is no identical application ID, the data transceiver 130 transmits the read application unique ID to the SIM card providing / management server 500 through the right wireless communication network 400.

The application downloader 140 downloads a single application selected by the client from the plurality of applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server 500 to the client terminal 300.

The function key selection / change unit 150 selects a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one-to-one according to the client's selection, and allows the name of the selected function key to be changed according to the client's preference. This provides a user interface for allowing a client to arbitrarily replace an application mapped to a specific function key.

The function key selection / changing unit 140 may change the name of the function key replaced by the client to another name of the second to nth according to the needs of the client. That is, the function key selection / changing unit 140 provides an interface for changing the name of a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one or more times at least twice.

The driving screen changing unit 160 changes the driving screen displayed when the downloaded application is executed to the driving screen of another background according to the client's selection.

That is, when the client wants to change the face picture of the boyfriend previously stored in his terminal 300 to the application driving screen, the driving screen changing unit 160 changes the photo file selected by the client to the application driving screen.

In this case, the driving screen changing unit 160 provides the preview screen to the client, and allows the client to preview the driving screen of the application and then change or use the same as it is. In this case, not only one image but also various images in an image library (not shown) may be set to display randomly.

When the client clicks on a specific function key of the terminal, the interface providing unit 170 immediately provides an application corresponding to the clicked function key and displays the changed driving screen.

An operation process of an application providing / management system using a SIM card having the above configuration will be described.

 FIG. 3 is a diagram sequentially illustrating an operation process of an application providing / management system using the SIM card illustrated in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ID assignment / recording unit 520 of the SIM card providing / management server 500 allocates a unique ID for each application, and assigns the assigned unique ID to the SIM card 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Write to (S301).

Subsequently, when the client attaches the SIM card 200 storing the application unique ID to its terminal 300, the SIM card recognition / reading unit 110 recognizes the mounted SIM card 200 and at the same time The various information stored in the card 200 is read (S302).

That is, the SIM card recognition / reading unit 110 reads network registration information and application specific ID from the subscriber information recorded in the SIM card 200.

Thereafter, the application checking unit 120 checks (S303) that the same ID as the application ID is stored in the client terminal 300 among the read data, and if there is no identical ID as a result of the checking, the data transmitting / receiving unit 130 reads The application unique ID is transmitted to the SIM card providing / management server 500 through the right and right wireless communication network 400 (S304).

Then, the information check unit 530 of the SIM card providing / management server 500 checks the SIM card recognition result received from the client terminal 300 and checks whether it is normal data (S305). That is, the information checker 530 checks whether the application ID is a normally issued ID through the ID assignment / recorder 520.

Thereafter, the application providing unit 540 presents at least one or more applications according to the information check result, and provides a single application to the client terminal 300 according to the selection of the client (S306).

Then, the application download unit 140 downloads a single application selected by the client from the SIM card providing / management server 500 (S307).

The cost settlement / management unit 550 charges and pays a service provision fee, that is, a cost per application (eg, 800 won) downloaded to the client terminal 300 (S308).

Thereafter, the function key selection / change unit 150 allows the client to select a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one-to-one, and also allows the name of the selected function key to be changed two or more times according to the client's preference (S309). ).

Thereafter, the driving screen changing unit 160 changes the driving screen displayed when the downloaded application is executed to the driving screen having a different background according to the client's selection (S310).

That is, when the client wants to change the face picture of the boyfriend previously stored in his terminal 300 to the driving screen of the application, the driving screen changing unit 160 changes the photo file selected by the client to the driving screen of the application. .

In this case, the driving screen changing unit 160 provides a preview screen to the client, and after the client previews the driving screen of the application, the client changes the driving screen again or uses it as it is.

Thereafter, when the client clicks a specific function key of the terminal, the interface providing unit 170 immediately provides an application corresponding to the clicked function key and displays the changed driving screen (S311).

This provides a user interface for allowing a client to arbitrarily replace an application mapped to a specific function key.

The drawings and detailed description of the invention are merely exemplary of the invention, which are used for the purpose of illustrating the invention only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or 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.

Application providing / management system and method using the SIM card according to the present invention, by using the SIM (SIM) card as a card that can download at least one or more applications, not simply a smart card for user authentication, Can expand the scope of application.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can provide a user interface (User Interface) that can be replaced by the client arbitrarily the application mapped to a specific function key.

Claims (7)

In an application providing / management system that is mounted on a client terminal equipped with a SIM (SIM: Subscriber Interface Module) card, to download and execute the application from the SIM card providing / management server through a wired or wireless network, A SIM card recognition / reading unit for recognizing a SIM card mounted in the client terminal and reading an application unique ID stored in the recognized SIM card; A data transmitting / receiving unit configured to transmit the read application unique ID to the SIM card providing / management server through the wired / wireless network; And Application download unit for downloading from the SIM card providing / management server a single application selected by the client of the at least one or more applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server Application providing / management system using a SIM (SIM) card comprising a. According to claim 1, A function key selection / change unit configured to set a function key corresponding to the downloaded application one-to-one on a client terminal and change the name of the set function key; A driving screen changing unit which changes the driving screen at the time of executing the downloaded application according to a request of the client; And When the set function key is clicked, an interface providing unit for driving the application corresponding to the clicked function key and displaying the changed driving screen at the same time Application providing / management system using a SIM (SIM) card further comprising. The method of claim 2, The SIM card providing / management server, An ID assignment / recording unit for assigning each unique ID to at least one or more applications, and storing the assigned unique ID in the SIM card; An information check unit which checks whether the application ID received through the data transceiver is a normally assigned unique ID; And An application providing unit for presenting at least one or more applications according to the result of the check, and provides a single application selected by the client among the presented applications Application providing / management system using a SIM (SIM) card comprising a. In a method of providing / managing an application in which a client terminal equipped with a SIM (SIM) card downloads and executes an application from a SIM card providing / management server through a wired / wireless network, a) reading an application unique ID stored in a SIM card inserted into the client terminal; b) transmitting the read application unique ID to the SIM card providing / management server through the wired / wireless network; c) downloading from the SIM card providing / management server a single application selected by the client among at least one or more applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server; And d) setting a function key one-to-one corresponding to the downloaded application on the client terminal; Application providing / management method using a SIM (SIM) card comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The SIM card providing / management server, Assigning each unique ID to at least one or more applications, and storing the assigned unique ID in the SIM card; Checking whether an application ID received through the data transceiver is a normally assigned unique ID; And Presenting at least one or more applications according to the checked result, and providing a single application selected by a client among the presented applications Application providing / management method using a SIM (SIM) card comprising a. Claims [1] A recording medium comprising a method for providing and managing an application in which a client terminal equipped with a SIM (SIM) card downloads and executes an application from a SIM card providing / management server through a wired or wireless network. a) a function of reading an application unique ID stored in a SIM card inserted into the client terminal; b) transmitting the read application specific ID to the SIM card providing / management server through the wired / wireless network; c) downloading from the SIM card providing / management server a single application selected by the client among at least one or more applications presented from the SIM card providing / management server; d) a function of setting a one-to-one function key corresponding to the downloaded application on the client terminal; e) changing a driving screen at the time of executing the downloaded application according to a request of the client; And f) a function of driving an application corresponding to the clicked function key when the set function key is clicked A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon. The method of claim 4, wherein e) changing a driving screen when executing the downloaded application according to a request of the client; And f) when the set function key is clicked, driving an application corresponding to the clicked function key one-to-one Application providing / management method using a SIM (SIM) card, characterized in that it further comprises.

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