KR100775833B1 - Mobile Communication Terminal System and a Operating Method for the Same - Google Patents

Abstract

The operating method of the mobile communication terminal, the system and the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is configured to execute and apply flash type user interface data so that the user of the mobile communication terminal can change the user interface of the mobile communication terminal. Even when the user changes the mobile communication terminal, there is an effect that does not suffer inconvenience to use.

 Mobile terminal, user interface

Description

 Mobile Communication Terminal System and a Operating Method for Mobile Communication Terminal

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram showing a screen displayed in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

10: input and output means 20: control unit

21: Memory 22a: Flash Engine

22b: flash player 30: wireless transceiver

40: speaker / microphone 100: mobile communication terminal

200: database

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a system thereof, and a method of operating the mobile communication terminal, and in particular, to enable a mobile communication terminal to be operated under the same user interface even when a user of the mobile communication terminal uses another mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a system thereof, and a method of operating the mobile communication terminal.

 As the functions of the mobile communication terminal are diversified and complicated, a user interface for easily using all of the functions is important. In particular, in the case of a mobile communication terminal, each manufacturer develops a user interface according to each characteristic to maximize each product characteristic.

However, as the user interface of the mobile communication terminal is different, there is a problem that it is not easy to change the mobile communication terminal because the types or styles of menus basically provided by the mobile communication terminal are different.

That is, a user who has been using only a mobile communication terminal of a specific manufacturer for a long time may feel uncomfortable to use the mobile terminal due to different user interfaces, and needs an adaptation period.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the object of which is that the user interface can be changed as necessary so that the user does not experience inconvenience even when using a mobile communication terminal manufactured by different manufacturers. The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal, a system thereof, and a method of operating the mobile communication terminal.

The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a key input unit, a user interface for changing the screen displayed in response to the key input of the key input unit, and another screen even when the same key input through the key input unit And a memory in which various types of user interfaces are stored to be displayed, wherein the user interface unit includes a mobile flash engine for analyzing and processing flash data stored in the memory, and a player for reproducing flash processed through the mobile flash engine. Include.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal system according to the present invention includes a database storing flash user interface data, and a mobile communication terminal for accessing the database to download user interface data and changing the flash user interface. It is done.

In addition, the operating method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention executes a mobile communication by executing a first step of outputting information on a selectable user interface and user interface data in a flash form corresponding to the user interface selected in the first step. And a second step of changing the user interface of the terminal.

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is capable of inputting data into the mobile communication terminal and displaying the state of the mobile communication terminal, etc. according to the data input, and the input / output means 10. And a control unit 20 connected to control the mobile communication terminal, a wireless transmission / reception unit 30 allowing the mobile communication terminal to transmit and receive wireless data to and from the outside, and a speaker and a microphone 40.

In this case, the input / output means 10 may be configured as a key input unit 11 such as a keypad for inputting data into the mobile communication terminal, a touch pad, and a display unit 12 capable of displaying the state of the mobile communication terminal. If necessary, the functions of the key input unit 11 and the display unit 12 may also be configured as a touch screen integrated into one.

In addition, the controller 20 may include a memory 21 storing data on various types of interfaces that can be implemented in a mobile communication terminal, and a user interface 22 that implements a user interface according to the data stored in the memory 21. It consists of

In particular, the user interface according to the present invention is a flash-based user interface, wherein the user interface 22 is a vector-based device that parses (analyzes), processes and renders media types of flash data stored in the memory 21. And a flash player 22b for reproducing flash data processed through the flash engine 22a.

In this case, the flash engine 22a controls engines such as a script language engine, a video engine, a rest graphics engine, a vector graphics engine, a sound output engine, a text and font processing engine, and the like for processing each media type. And an animation control for synthesizing and playing back the results performed in each engine, and an application programming interface (API) for supporting playback control.

On the other hand, the flash player 22b performs a function of playing the flash in the mobile communication terminal.

In the present embodiment, the flash engine 22a and the flash regenerator 22b are installed in the mobile communication terminal by the OEM, but may be separately downloaded and installed in the mobile communication terminal if necessary. In addition, on some platforms, the flash engine 22a and the flash player 22b may be automatically downloaded and installed when the user downloads the flash contents.

In the mobile communication terminal configured as described above, the user can change the user interface as desired, and since the user has a different user interface for each manufacturer, the present embodiment enables the user interface to be selected for each manufacturer.

2 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on a display unit of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In this case, FIG. 2 illustrates an example of changing a command displayed on the display unit 12 according to a manufacturer so that a soft key, that is, a command may be input to a mobile communication terminal, among user interfaces.

(a) is a screen showing a bar on which the type of the user interface is displayed on the display unit 12 so that the user interface related to the softkey can be selected for each manufacturer.

(b) is a screen displayed on the display unit 12 of the mobile communication terminal to send a text message when '1.LG' is selected on the screen (a). As shown, the user can select '1.Send New, 2.Received Text, 3.Received Voice, 4.Multi-mail Media', etc. by using the numbers on the keypad. Softkeys such as "Select, Back".

(c) is a screen displayed on the display unit 12 of the mobile communication terminal when sending a text message when selecting '2.Samsung' in the screen (a). As shown, the user can select '1.Message Box, 2.New Message, 3.Color Mail, 4.Phrase / Emoticon', etc. using the numbers on the keypad.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal system according to the present invention.

As shown, the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention basically downloads the data through an external database 200 even though flash data constituting various types of user interfaces is not stored in the memory 21. Can be. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 100 accesses an external database 200 through the wireless transceiver 30 to download flash data constituting a user interface.

That is, the user of the mobile communication terminal may connect the mobile communication terminal 100 with the computer 201 which is a database in which various types of user interface flash data are stored, and download flash data from the connected computer 201. In addition, when the flash data is provided as content such as a mobile communication provider, the flash data may be wirelessly connected to the base station 202 providing the content and downloaded.

The user interface 22 can be changed over time and various types of flash data can be provided in the future. Accordingly, the user may download data as needed from a server providing user interface data using the computer 201 or the like, and then download the data to the mobile communication terminal 100.

In addition, as wireless communication using a mobile communication terminal becomes active, a user of a mobile communication terminal may be connected to a base station providing direct user interface data and download user interface data required directly to the mobile communication terminal. In this case, the user of the mobile communication terminal may preferably download the content using the wireless Internet, but may download the content according to all communication standards that can transmit data in the future.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown, when the user of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention executes a command for selecting the type of the user interface in order to select the user interface, the type of the user interface selectable as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the communication terminal (S1).

In this case, the type of the user interface selectable by the mobile communication terminal is preferably displayed on the display unit 12 of the mobile communication terminal, but may be output such that an external user can select the user interface without necessarily displaying it. That is, the mobile communication terminal can output information regarding the type of the user interface selectable through the speaker and the like and the selection number.

On the other hand, when the mobile communication terminal selects the user interface according to the output (S2), the user interface of the mobile communication terminal is changed (S3).

At this time, the overall user interface of the mobile communication terminal is managed by the user interface 22, and the flash engine 22a constituting the user interface 22 processes the flash data constituting the user interface. The flash player 22b reproduces a user interface composed of flash according to the data processed by the flash engine 22a. At this time, the user interface is composed of flash data, which is interactive. In other words, two-way communication is possible, so that the user interface can be configured with flash data.

In addition, the user of the mobile communication terminal can download a desired user interface to the mobile communication terminal through the system shown in FIG. At this time, the user interface download may be performed at any stage before the first step S1 or after the third step S3, which is a matter of the user's selection.

On the other hand, if the flash engine 22a or the flash player 22b is not basically mounted on the mobile communication terminal, it can be downloaded and installed automatically in the user interface download process S10 or according to a user's selection.

In the mobile communication terminal, a system thereof, and a method of operating the mobile communication terminal configured as described above, the user of the mobile communication terminal can change the user interface of the mobile communication terminal so that the user of the mobile communication terminal can change the mobile communication terminal. Even if the use is effective to avoid inconvenience.

Claims (11)

A key input unit; A user interface unit for changing a screen displayed in response to a key input of the key input unit; And And a memory storing various types of user interface and flash data for displaying a different screen even when the same key is pressed through the key input unit. The user interface unit comprises a mobile flash engine for performing analysis and processing of flash data stored in the memory; And And a player for reproducing the flash processed by the mobile flash engine. The method of claim 1, And a user interface stored in the memory comprises data in the form of flash. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal further comprises a wireless transceiver for downloading the user interface data in the form of flash by accessing an external database. delete delete delete delete A first step of outputting information about the selectable user interface; And a second step of changing a user interface of the mobile communication terminal by executing flash-type user interface data corresponding to the user interface selected in the first step. delete The method of claim 8, The first step is a method of operating a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the information on the selectable user interface is output voice. The method of claim 8, Before the first step or after the second step, The method of operating a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that further comprising the step of downloading the user interface data in the form of a wire or wireless.

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