KR100751284B1 - Protect method for unnecessary message displaying of computer system and computer readable recording medium of thereof method - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for blocking display of unnecessary messages in a computer system and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided to remove user inconvenience by blocking an unnecessary rebooting message or a message window for guiding playback of unnecessary multimedia to a user when a USB(Universal Serial Bus) drive storing various kinds of files including a multimedia file is connected to the computer system. A routine for blocking the display of the unnecessary message is executed(S12). The routine monitors generation of an event(S13). The routine determines whether the generated event is the event for displaying the message to be blocked. If the generated message is the event for the displayed message to be blocked, the routine blocks a path for transferring the event(S14). The message to be blocked is the rebooting message, a file viewer message, and an auto-run message according to connection of an external device.

Description

TECHNICAL METHOD FOR UNNECESSARY MESSAGE DISPLAYING OF COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM OF THEREOF METHOD}

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration for blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for briefly explaining an order of blocking unnecessary messages in a computer system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an external device for blocking an unnecessary message of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a program recorded in a memory of an external device for blocking an unnecessary message of a computer system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram showing the structure of a recording medium storing a program for blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a memory structure of an external device in which a program for blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is stored.

The present invention relates to a method for blocking unnecessary message display of a computer system and a computer-readable recording medium on which the method is recorded. In particular, the present invention is not required for a computer system when a plug-and-play or hot-pluggable external device is connected to the computer system. A method for preventing the display of a message and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method.

Recently, the Internet, public telephone network, power line communication network, and cable communication network are being integrated based on Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP). Kind is increasing exponentially, too. In addition, when the communication is controlled by a computer, the existing communication methods such as RS-232 and RS-485 may cause a collision with computer peripheral devices. Therefore, a new communication method using USB has recently been in the spotlight. .

The USB is a collaboration of seven companies, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Compaq, DEC, Northern Telecom, and NEC, which are leaders in telecommunications, to solve the inconvenience of slow transmission speed and limited device connection of serial or parallel external expansion ports. It is a serial port interface developed after the research. The principle is the same as the existing serial port, but the data rate is much faster, and it can be connected to each other by daisy chain like SCSI (Small Computer System Interface). In theory, up to 127 peripherals can be connected simultaneously.

In addition, the plug-and-play feature allows hot swapping, eliminating the need for reboots, two of the four wires on the USB cable are used for data transfer, and the other two As 5V power is output, when applied to low power peripherals, no power is required.

Therefore, USB having the above advantages is widely used in computer peripheral devices such as printers, mice, keyboards, scanners, MP3 players, digital cameras, digital camcorders, and the like. USB devices and peripherals that use the USB port for the first time must first install the device driver using CD or online installation to connect to the computer.

Looking at the procedure, the user installs a device driver for the computer. After the installation of the drive is completed, the system reboots at the request of the OS of the computer system, and the user inserts the terminal and the peripheral device into the USB port. When the terminal and the peripheral device are inserted into the USB port, the driver installed in the computer recognizes the connected terminal / peripheral device. When the computer executes separate software (S / W) for use of the terminal / peripheral device, the terminal and the peripheral device are in use, and the user then uses the terminal and the peripheral device connected to the computer.

However, the connection method between the computer and the peripheral device using the conventional USB requires rebooting after installing the driver and installing or connecting the terminal again. Therefore, a lot of time and procedures are required to use the terminal and the peripheral device connected to the USB port of the computer. There was a downside.

In addition, since many procedures as described above are required, a user who is not familiar with a computer may experience many inconveniences in connecting a terminal and a peripheral device to a computer using a USB.

In particular, when an external storage device, in particular, an external device such as a USB drive having a CD-ROM area is connected, the operating system displays a message to the user inquiring whether to reboot upon installation of the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM drive is installed as a virtual device rather than a separate physical device, and even though a reboot is not performed, the operating system displays a message requesting the user to reboot due to the addition of normal hardware.

This causes an unnecessary reboot for the user, and causes a reboot every time an external device such as a USB drive having a virtual CD-ROM is plugged in / out.

In addition, unnecessary reboots are frequently performed, which shortens the life of the physical device of the computer system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for blocking unnecessary messages in a computer system in advance.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a computer readable recording medium programmed and stored for execution in a computer system.

A method of blocking unnecessary message display of a computer system for achieving the above object, the method comprising: a first step of executing a routine for blocking display of an unnecessary message; a second step of monitoring the occurrence of an event by the routine; A third step of determining whether the event occurring in the step is an event for displaying a preset message to block; and a fourth step of blocking a transmission path of the event if the event occurring in the third step is an event for displaying a preset blocking message; Characterized in that it comprises a step.

Further, in the method for blocking unnecessary message display of the computer system of the present invention, after the fourth step, determining whether the setting time has elapsed, and if the setting time has not elapsed in the fifth step, returns to the second step. Characterized in that it further comprises a sixth step.

In addition, in the method for blocking unnecessary message display of the computer system of the present invention, the preset message to be blocked is a reboot message according to the connection of an external device.

In the method for blocking unnecessary message display of the computer system of the present invention, the preset message to be blocked is a storage file viewer message of the external storage device according to the connection of the external storage device.

In the method for blocking unnecessary message display of the computer system of the present invention, the preset message to be blocked is an automatic playback message of a multimedia content file existing in the storage space of the external storage device according to the connection of the external storage device.

In the method for blocking unnecessary message display of the computer system of the present invention, the routine of the first step is driving firmware of an external device connected to the computer system.

In addition, in the method for blocking unnecessary message display of the computer system of the present invention, the routine of the first step includes a feature implemented by an autorun of an external storage device connected to the computer system.

Further, in the method for blocking unnecessary message display of the computer system of the present invention, blocking the transmission path of the event of the fourth step is achieved by hooking a signal corresponding to the event output from the kernel of the operating system of the computer system. It is done.

On the other hand, the present invention further includes a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the display blocking method of the unnecessary message of the computer system described above.

The recording medium may be implemented by various physical devices, and in particular, the recording medium may be implemented as a USB drive, but is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration for blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 illustrates a hierarchical structure for blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a diagram for briefly explaining an order of blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 1, a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory subsystem 120 including a memory 122. The computer system includes a CPU 111, a BIOS ROM 114, an I / O controller 112, and an external interface 113. In addition, a video controller 116 and a display device 104 for receiving and displaying the output of the video controller 116. The computer system also includes a plurality of application programs 122g. The memory subsystem 120 includes a memory controller 121 for controlling memory 122 access and a memory 122 having a capacity suitable for system operation. The memory 122 includes a basic input / output system (BIOS) 122a, an operating system program 122b, and an input / output driver for controlling input of a keyboard and a mouse. ) 122c, the blocking program 122f of the present embodiment, and the plurality of application programs 122g are loaded. The dynamic link library (DLL) 122e is being loaded. The operating system program 122b supports a Graphic User Interface (GUI). Each program mounted in the memory 122 is executed by the CPU 111, and a corresponding image is output to the display device 104 through the video controller 116.

Blocking the unnecessary messages of the computer system from being displayed on the display device 104 through the video controller 116 is accomplished by the blocking program 122f. Same as

When an event 210 is connected to an external storage device such as a USB drive, the event is transmitted to the kernel 220 of the OS. The OS kernel 220 outputs a message corresponding to the corresponding event, and the blocking program 230 according to the present embodiment intercepts the message being transmitted to the corresponding program or the corresponding device. If no message is delivered to the program or device, the program or device continues to wait for the message. After intercepting the message, the blocking program 230 determines whether the message is the preset message. If the message is a preset message, the blocking program 230 discards the message.

The following describes a specific example for implementing this embodiment in the OS. Intercepting messages is commonly referred to as hooking. In Microsoft's Windows family, the following functions are used in the Win32 API to detect the output of messages from the Windows Kernel.

"" HHOOK SetWindowsHookEx

(int idHook, // hook type

HOOKPROC lpfn, // hook procedure

HINSTANCE hMod, // handle to application instance

DWORD dwThreadId // thread identifier); ""

If this function is executed, the setting message will be blocked from this time, and the function registered as HOOKPROC will handle the message blocking.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the setting notification window is blocked from being popped up on the display device as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a message blocking for the mouse, keyboard, etc. may be specified according to the type of blocking, and other messages may be specified. Can be specified.

3 is a flow chart for blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the USB device having the CD-ROM area is connected to the computer system (S10), the OS of the computer system installs a corresponding driver (S11), and the USB device drives the firmware (S12). At this time, the blocking module included in the firmware is executed by the computer system to reside in the system memory (RAM) of the computer system, that is, the blocking module, that is, the program monitors whether the output of the set message (S13). Since the CD-ROM area is included in the storage space of the USB device, the operating system of the computer system recognizes the installation of a separate CD-ROM device, and generates an event to output a message requesting the user to reboot after installing the corresponding driver. do. In this case, the blocking module blocks a message of an operating system corresponding to the event so that the user can use the computer system without performing a reboot.

Since the blocking module is to block the display of the reboot message according to the virtual CD-ROM installation, it is determined whether the setting time has been reached (S15) to terminate the blocking module, that is, the program after the setting time.

The blocking module, that is, the program, which causes the process to proceed sequentially is recorded and executed in the storage space 300 of the USB device as shown in FIG. 6.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining the structure of a storage device 300 of a USB device. The first logical area 310 is blocked from being viewed, read, or written by any user, and is only viewed and read by any user. The second logical area 320 is enabled and the writing is blocked, and the third logical area 330 is allowed to be read, read, and written by any user.

The blocking module 311a is included in the firmware logic 311 recorded in the first logical area 310, and the firmware logic 311 executed by the firmware routine (not shown) included in the USB controller (not shown). ) To allow the blocking module 311a to be executed in the computer system by the firmware routine. The second logical region 320 is a CD-ROM region which is automatically executed in the computer system by the autorun 321. The second logical area 320 is an area in which the operating system of the computer system recognizes the CD-ROM device, so that the operating system is recognized as a physical device but is actually a virtual device. Therefore, normal operation is possible without rebooting, but according to the recognition method of the operating system, the operating system generates an event requiring a reboot, and the blocking module 311a residing in the system memory of the computer system requires the reboot. By blocking the event, the user can use the normal computer system without rebooting.

In addition, the above process can be applied even if the hub device is further installed in the USB device. That is, a USB device for VOIP communication is typically installed a hub device, the operating system of the computer system is recognized as the installation of a separate device according to the installation of the driver of the hub device will output a message requiring a reboot. . However, since the hub device is not directly installed in the computer system, it is possible to operate normally without rebooting.

4 is a flow chart for blocking unnecessary messages of a computer system according to another embodiment of the present invention. The flow chart shown in FIG. 4 is an example in which the blocking program is recorded in the second logical area, that is, the CD-ROM area as shown in FIG.

When the USB device having the CD-ROM area is connected to the computer system (S20), the OS of the computer system installs a corresponding driver (S21), and the USB device drives the firmware (S22). Subsequently, the blocking program is executed in the computer system by the autorun (S23) to reside in the system memory (RAM) of the computer system, and the blocking program monitors whether the set message is output (S14). When there is a multimedia file or an image file in an area that can be viewed and read by any user in the storage space of the USB device, the operating system of the computer system induces playback of the multimedia file or views the image file. It generates an event that pops up to display a prompting message to the user. In this case, the blocking program blocks the message of the operating system corresponding to the event (S25), so that the user can use the computer system without performing a reboot.

The blocking program of the present embodiment is for blocking the display of a message for inducing the reproduction of a multimedia file or a message for inducing the viewing of an image file, and the program determines whether the setting time has been reached (S26) and blocks the setting time. Causes the module, or program, to terminate.

As shown in FIG. 5, the blocking program for sequentially performing this process is recorded and executed in the storage space 300 of the USB device, which is recorded in the second logical area 320, that is, the CD-ROM area. The autorun 321 is recorded in the second logical region 320 so that the computer system automatically installs the blocking program 322 of the second logical region 320 by the autorun 321.

In this case, although not shown in FIG. 4, after the blocking program 322 is executed by the autorun 321, determining whether a preset message window is displayed, and if the message window is displayed in the above step, removing the message window. It may further include. As described in the process of FIG. 3, a message window requiring a reboot according to the installation of the virtual CD-ROM is displayed to the user by the operating system. Since the blocking program is executed by the auto run, the auto run is already executed after the installation of the CD-ROM device. A case where the corresponding mesh window is displayed may occur. Therefore, since the reboot is not necessary, the user may not perform an unnecessary reboot by removing the corresponding message window displayed by the blocking program executed by the autorun.

In the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the unnecessary message display blocking method of the computer system of the present invention can block unnecessary messages, ie, unnecessary reboot messages, to the user, thereby removing the inconvenience of using the user.

In addition, when connecting a USB drive that contains various types of files including multimedia files to the computer system, it is possible to block the message window that induces unnecessary multimedia playback to the user, thereby maximizing convenience for the user. have.

One embodiment of the present invention described above should not be construed as limiting the technical spirit of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention is limited only by the matters described in the claims, and those skilled in the art can change and change the technical idea of the present invention in various forms. Therefore, such improvements and modifications will fall within the protection scope of the present invention as long as it will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Claims (11)

As a method of blocking unnecessary message display of a computer system, A first step of executing a routine for blocking display of unnecessary messages; A second step in which the routine monitors the occurrence of an event; Determining whether the event generated in the second step is an event for displaying a preset block message; And a fourth step of blocking a transmission path of the event if the event generated in the third step is an event for displaying a preset message to be blocked. The method of claim 1, After the fourth step, A fifth step of determining whether the set time has elapsed, And a sixth step of returning to the second step if the set time has not elapsed in the fifth step. The method of claim 2, The preset blocking message is a reboot message according to the connection of an external device. The method of claim 2, And the preset message to be blocked is a viewer message of a file recorded in a storage space of the external device according to the connection of the external device. The method of claim 2, And a predetermined message to be blocked is an automatic playback message of a multimedia content file recorded in a storage space of an external device according to the connection of an external device. The method of claim 2, The routine of the first step is And a drive firmware of an external device connected to the computer system. The method of claim 2, The routine of the first step is And a feature implemented by an autorun present in a storage space of an external device connected to said computer system. The method of claim 1, And hooking a signal corresponding to the event output from the kernel of the operating system of the computer system. The method of claim 1, After executing the routine of the first step, Determining whether the set message is displayed; And removing the corresponding message if it is displayed in the above step. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method for blocking display of unnecessary messages of a computer system according to any one of claims 1 to 9. The method of claim 10, And the recording medium is a USB drive. The computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for blocking display of unnecessary messages of a computer system.

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