KR100758059B1 - System and method for offering service menu of mobile communication terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a service menu for each terminal when accessing the wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal. To this end, the present invention provides a conventional method for providing respective menus to search for a corresponding menu when accessing the wireless Internet. In contrast, in the state of calculating and storing menu access information for each of the terminals, check whether there is an access request signal of the wireless Internet, and if there is an access request signal, transmit the access request signal and the corresponding terminal information, and the terminal information. By extracting the menu access information corresponding to the generated service menu data according to the extracted menu access information, and providing the generated service menu data, it is possible to realize a user interface for providing a service menu for each terminal.

Mobile communication terminal, Recency item, Frequency item, Approach item, Aging item, Menu access information

Description

System and method for providing service menu of mobile communication terminal {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFERING SERVICE MENU OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS}

1 is a block diagram of a service menu providing system of a mobile communication terminal suitable for providing a service menu corresponding to a corresponding terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing menu access information for each of arbitrary terminals according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a service menu corresponding to a corresponding terminal according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

102: mobile communication terminal 104: wireless communication network

104a: wireless base station 104b: base station controller

106: MSC 108: HLR / VLR

110: internet communication network 112: service server

114: service database

The present invention relates to a method of providing a wireless internet service menu using a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a service menu of a mobile communication terminal suitable for providing a service menu corresponding to the terminal when accessing the wireless internet using a mobile communication terminal. A provisioning system and method thereof are provided.

As is well known, as is well known, a mobile communication terminal has a function of being extended to a multimedia terminal, such as a digital camera photographing or playing MP3 music files with a built-in camera or memory in addition to a simple voice call function. Due to the enhancement of the same function of the mobile communication terminal, not only the service of the mobile communication terminal but also a communication service for a voice call has been developed various additional services using a multimedia function newly added to the mobile communication terminal.

In such a mobile communication terminal, a specific additional service is provided by using a short range wireless communication module (for example, Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID), Bluetooth, Infrared Data Association (IRDA), Zigbee, etc.). , MP3 viewing using a wireless headset, voice call using a wireless microphone, and the like. Furthermore, various functions using a short range wireless communication module are being applied to a mobile communication terminal having a game function and a DMB function. .

On the other hand, in order to use additional services, such as game downloads, bell downloads, VOD downloads, etc. over the wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal, a first menu is provided from a server providing the corresponding service. By selecting the menu, the second sub-menu is provided as the next sub-item, and the specific menu is selected from among them, and the third menu, the fourth menu, etc. is continuously provided, and each specific menu is selected to select the desired content. The content was provided and used.

Therefore, when providing a supplementary service using the wireless Internet to a mobile communication terminal in the related art, a plurality of menus are sequentially provided, each of which selects a specific menu and uses a desired content, thereby providing a corresponding menu page for using the corresponding content. There was an inconvenience of having to go through a plurality of menu pages for access, and accordingly, the user's dissatisfaction is increasing due to an increase in data call charges.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above problems of the prior art, to store the access menu information for each mobile communication terminal using the wireless Internet, and to provide menu data corresponding to the mobile communication terminal when the wireless Internet connection request It is an object of the present invention to provide a service menu providing system and method thereof of a mobile communication terminal.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a service menu providing system of a mobile communication terminal that provides a service menu when using a service through the wireless Internet, and a request signal for accessing the wireless Internet through a wireless communication network. A mobile communication terminal for transmitting and receiving service menu data corresponding to the terminal information, and receiving the connection request signal and transmitting the connection request signal together with the terminal information through an internet communication network, and receiving the service menu data for the mobile communication. A menu including an MSC transmitted to a terminal, importance for a listening item, importance for a frequency item, importance for an aging item, importance for an aging item, and menu access importance so as to correspond to the access request signal and the terminal information Extract access information, Provides the service menu, the data generated to provide the service menu of the mobile communication terminal including a service server that is sent to the MSC menu system in accordance with the extracted access information.

In another aspect to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a service menu providing method of a mobile communication terminal that provides a service menu when using a service through the wireless Internet, the importance of the listening item to correspond to each of the arbitrary terminals Calculating and storing menu access information including importance of a frequency item, importance of an approach item, importance of an aging item, and menu access importance, and checking whether there is a connection request signal of the wireless Internet; Transmitting the access request signal and the corresponding terminal information when the access request signal is present; extracting the menu access information corresponding to the terminal information; and service menu data according to the extracted menu access information. Generating the service menu data; To provide a service menu providing method of a mobile communication terminal comprising the step of providing.

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A key technical aspect of the present invention is to transmit a connection request signal and corresponding terminal information when there is a connection request signal of the wireless Internet in a state of calculating and storing menu access information for each arbitrary terminal, and a menu corresponding to the terminal information. By extracting the access information and generating the service menu data according to the extracted menu access information, and providing the generated service menu data, it is easy to achieve the object of the present invention through such technical means.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a service menu of a mobile communication terminal suitable for providing a service menu corresponding to a corresponding terminal according to the present invention, which includes a mobile communication terminal 102, a wireless communication network 104, and a mobile switching center (MSC). Mobile communication switching center (106), home location register / visitor location register (HLR / VLR) 108, internet communication network 110, service server 112, and service database 114. Here, the wireless communication network 104 includes a wireless base station 104a and a base station controller 104b.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 102 is a destination terminal for setting and registering a temporary number, which is within the range of an arbitrary wireless base station 104a, and the information of the mobile communication terminal 102 is used to establish a wireless communication network 104. The information and service data transmitted from the MSC 106 to the MSC 106 are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 102 through the wireless communication network 104.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 102 transmits a wireless Internet access request signal generated in response to the input of a key for wireless Internet access to the MSC 106 through the wireless communication network 104 according to the present invention. Receives menu data corresponding to the corresponding terminal information transmitted through the wireless communication network 104 from the 106.

Next, the wireless base station 104a of the wireless communication network 104 connects the mobile communication terminal 102 to the base station controller 104b to perform wireless communication with the mobile communication terminal 102, and wired with the base station controller 104b. Performs wired / wireless conversion function to perform communication. In addition, the base station controller 104b connects the wireless base station 104a to the MSC 106 to coordinate the connection between other base stations, and performs a signal processing function for communication between the wireless base station 104a and the MSC 106. Accordingly, various request signals, terminal information, and the like from the mobile communication terminal 102 are transmitted to the MSC 106, and various information data, additional service data, and the like from the MSC 106 are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 102. do.

The MSC 106 connects a call call when the mobile communication subscriber makes or receives a call using the mobile communication terminal 102, and connects to the base station controller 104b of the wireless communication network 104 to connect the mobile communication terminal. Perform a call setup, release function, etc. of the 102, perform call processing in connection with the HLR / VLR 108, and perform an interworking function with another communication network, for example, an internet communication network (not shown). .

In addition, the MSC 106 receives the wireless Internet access request signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 102 through the wireless communication network 104 and transmits the terminal information to the Internet communication network 110 together with the request signal. Transmits to the service server 112 and receives menu data corresponding to the corresponding terminal information transmitted through the internet communication network 110 from the service server 112 and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 102 through the wireless communication network 104. To send.

The HLR of the HLR / VLR 108 is a home location register, which is a database that stores permanent information of the mobile communication terminal 102 and subscribers, location information, additional service information, and the like, and is mutually associated with the MSC 106 or the VLR. It functions to perform and control various functions related to call processing and additional services, and the VLR (Visitor Location Register) is a visitor location register, which stores information of visiting subscribers in the area served by the MSC 106. The mobile terminal 102 registers the location of the mobile communication terminal 102 and subscriber information from the home location register (HLR) and temporarily stores the information.

In addition, the Internet communication network 110 performs a function of connecting the MSC 106 and the service server 112, and transmits corresponding terminal information from the MSC 106, a wireless Internet access request signal, and the like to the service server 112. The menu data corresponding to the terminal information from the service server 112 is transmitted to the MSC 106.

Next, the service server 112 is a server that provides various wireless Internet services. The service server 112 receives a wireless Internet access request signal, corresponding terminal information, and the like transmitted from the MSC 106 through the Internet communication network 110, and then receives the corresponding terminal information. The menu data corresponding to the data is extracted from the service database 114 and transmitted to the MSC 106 through the Internet communication network 110.

In addition, the service server 112 extracts the access information of any mobile communication terminal from the service database 114, and then calculates each menu access information. The importance of the retention item is determined through the access information. Calculate the importance for the frequency item, calculate the importance for the approach item, and calculate the importance for the aging item to calculate the importance of menu access. Menu access information including each importance level is stored in the service database 114 corresponding to the corresponding mobile communication terminal.

Next, in the service menu providing system of the mobile communication terminal having the above-described configuration, the importance of the listening item, frequency item, approach item, and aging item for any mobile communication terminal is calculated, and then the menu access importance is calculated. The process of storing the menu access information for this will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing menu access information for each of arbitrary terminals according to the present invention. The method of calculating and storing menu access information according to the present invention will be described with reference to these drawings.

2, the service server 112 extracts connection information of an arbitrary mobile communication terminal from the service database 114 (step 202). Here, the access information may include, for example, the terminal number, the terminal subscriber, the terminal access log, and the like.

First, the service server 112 calculates the importance of the retention item using the extracted connection information of the corresponding terminal (step 204). Here, the importance of the item at the time of calculation based on the recent use information based on the importance of the menu, and decreases the importance over time, thereby managing the usage pattern according to the recent use of the menu information.

In more detail, the importance of the listening item is calculated using 'Last Access Time-Previous Access Time', the unit is 'seconds', and 'Last Access Time' accesses the most recent menu information. 'Previous Access Time' indicates the time when the menu information was accessed before the most recent access time. Here, the initial value of 'Previous Access Time' may be applied based on 0 o'clock of the corresponding day, and may be applied as an initial value, that is, a value of 0 o'clock on the corresponding day, if it is larger than the preset reference value.

Second, the service server 112 calculates the importance of the frequency item using the extracted access information of the corresponding terminal (step 206). Here, the importance of frequency items is managed based on the frequency of use of specific menu information for the frequency of use of the entire menu for a predetermined period by managing the frequency of use as different number of inquiries in each menu.

In more detail, the importance of the frequency item is calculated by using a specific number of menu use / all menus used for a predetermined period, and the unit is '%', and the sliding window method is used. It is calculated by applying, and each cycle can be changed as needed, for example, can be set to 3 days 6 days and the like.

Third, the service server 112 calculates the importance of the approach item using the extracted access information of the corresponding terminal (step 208). Here, the importance for the approach item is managed using the time taken to access a particular menu from any menu.

More specifically, the importance of the approach item calculates the time taken to move to a particular menu among the arbitrary menu items in 'seconds', that is, using 'Menu Access Time-Last First Menu System Attempt Time'. The shorter the time, the more weighted the preference or importance of the menu. Here, 'Menu Access Time' refers to the time used by selecting a specific menu among arbitrary menu items, and 'Last First Menu System Attempt Time' refers to the time of first access to any menu items for using the wireless Internet. Means. In addition, when the 'Menu Access Time-Last First Menu System Attempt Time' is longer than the session holding time for wireless data, it is preferable to set the session holding time.

Fourth, the service server 112 calculates the importance of an aging item using the extracted access information of the corresponding terminal (step 210). Here, the importance of the aging item is managed by adjusting the preference by lowering the importance of the corresponding menu information when the menu information (specific menu) is not accessed.

More specifically, the importance of the aging item is excluding the time zone using menu information in units of 'day' in the manner of 'devaluation over time' and 'devaluation with standard deviation over time'. For example, a score of 1/20, etc. is subtracted with respect to time, and a standard deviation for the score is obtained to apply a value of importance over time. Here, the importance of the aging item is calculated using the importance of today's date * (1-standard deviation / average) + the importance of past date * (standard deviation / average).

Accordingly, the service server 112 calculates the menu access importance using the calculated importance items for the response item, frequency item, approach item, and aging item, and provides menu access information including the respective importance levels to the corresponding terminal. Correspondingly, it is stored in the service database 114 (step 212). Here, the importance of menu access is calculated using '(importance of listening item + importance of frequency item + importance of approach item) * (1-importance for aging item) + (existing importance * aging item)' do.

Next, as described above, when there is a wireless Internet connection request signal from the mobile communication terminal while the menu access information corresponding to each mobile communication terminal is stored, the corresponding menu according to the menu access information corresponding to the terminal information in the service server. A process of generating data and providing the data to a corresponding mobile communication terminal will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a service menu corresponding to a corresponding terminal according to the present invention. The service menu providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to these drawings.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the standby mode of the service menu providing system of the mobile communication terminal (step 302), the mobile communication terminal 102 generates a wireless Internet access request generated in response to a specific key for wireless internet access being input. It is checked if there is a signal (step 204).

As a result of the check in step 204, if there is a wireless internet access request signal, the mobile communication terminal 102 transmits this request signal to the MSC 106 via the wireless communication network 104 (step 306).

The MSC 106 receives the wireless Internet access request signal, detects the corresponding terminal information, and transmits the terminal information along with the wireless Internet access request signal to the service server 112 through the Internet communication network 110 (step). 308).

Next, the service server 112 receives the wireless Internet access request signal and the corresponding terminal information to extract menu access information corresponding to the terminal information from the service database 114 (step 310). Here, the menu access information includes menu access importance calculated according to importance of the listening item, frequency item, approach item, and aging item according to each terminal information.

In addition, the service server 112 generates menu data using the extracted menu access information corresponding to the terminal information (step 312). Here, the menu data may be generated as a menu page address according to menu access information, a web page address that is frequently used, and the like.

Subsequently, the service server 112 transmits the generated menu data to the MSC 106 through the Internet communication network 110, and the MSC 106 receives the menu data and transmits the menu data to the mobile communication terminal 102 through the wireless communication network 104. And menu data corresponding to the terminal via the mobile communication terminal 102 (step 314).

Accordingly, when the mobile communication terminal transmits a wireless internet access request signal, the mobile communication terminal transmits the request signal to the service server through the MSC, and the service server generates menu data corresponding to the terminal information and provides the same to the terminal.

In the foregoing description, the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It will be readily appreciated that branch substitutions, modifications and variations are possible.

As described above, the present invention, unlike the conventional method of providing each menu to retrieve the menu when accessing the wireless Internet, in the state of calculating and storing the menu access information for each of the arbitrary terminal of the wireless Internet Check whether there is an access request signal, if there is an access request signal, transmit the access request signal and the corresponding terminal information, extract menu access information corresponding to the terminal information, and generate service menu data according to the extracted menu access information; By providing the generated service menu data, a user interface for providing a service menu for each terminal can be realized.

Therefore, when accessing the wireless Internet using a mobile communication terminal, the user's convenience can be enhanced by providing a service menu according to menu access information corresponding to the terminal information.

Claims (14)

delete A service menu providing system of a mobile communication terminal that provides a corresponding service menu when using a service through the wireless Internet, A mobile communication terminal transmitting a connection request signal for the wireless Internet through a wireless communication network and receiving service menu data corresponding to the terminal information; An MSC which receives the access request signal and transmits it with the terminal information through an internet communication network, receives the service menu data and transmits the service menu data to the mobile communication terminal; Extracting menu access information including importance of a listening item, importance of a frequency item, importance of an approach item, importance of an aging item, and menu access importance calculated to correspond to the access request signal and the terminal information; A service server generating the service menu data according to the extracted menu access information and transmitting the generated service menu data to the MSC; Service menu providing system of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 2, The importance level for the item at the time of listening is calculated according to the latest access information on a specific menu, the service menu providing system of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 2, The importance level for the frequency item is a service menu providing system of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it is calculated according to the number of times of use of a particular menu for a predetermined period of the number of times of use of the entire menu. The method of claim 2, The importance level for the approach item is calculated according to the time taken to access a particular menu from any menu, the service menu providing system of a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 2, The importance level for the aging item is calculated according to whether there is access to a specific menu. The method of claim 2, The menu access importance level is calculated using the importance level for the listening item corresponding to the terminal information, the importance level for the frequency item, the importance level for the approach item, and the importance level for the aging item. Service menu provision system. delete A method of providing a service menu of a mobile communication terminal that provides a corresponding service menu when using a service through the wireless Internet, Calculating and storing menu access information including an importance of a listening item, an importance of an approach item, an importance of an aging item, and an importance of menu access so as to correspond to each of the terminals; Checking whether there is a connection request signal of the wireless Internet; Transmitting the access request signal and corresponding terminal information when the access request signal is present; Extracting the menu access information corresponding to the terminal information; Generating service menu data according to the extracted menu access information; Providing the generated service menu data Service menu providing method of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 9, The importance level for the item at the time of listening is calculated according to recent access information on a specific menu. The method of claim 9, The importance level for the frequency item is calculated according to the number of times of use of a particular menu for a preset period of time for the number of times of use of the entire menu. The method of claim 9, The importance level for the approach item is calculated according to the time taken to access a particular menu from an arbitrary menu. The method of claim 9, The importance level for the aging item is calculated according to the presence or absence of access to a specific menu. The method of claim 9, The menu access importance level is calculated using the importance level for the listening item corresponding to the terminal information, the importance level for the frequency item, the importance level for the approach item, and the importance level for the aging item. How to provide a service menu.

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