KR100794696B1 - The apparatus and method for communication module joint of mobile telecommunications terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A communication module sharing device of a mobile communication terminal and a method are provided to connect with another communication module automatically, if a communication module for sending data to an external device is used in the terminal, thereby simultaneously performing a lot of application software using the communication module in the terminal. An input unit(110) inputs a command for executing application software to send data. A communication module unit(140) has plural communication modules(142,144,146) for sending the data through the application software. If a communication module for sending the data is already occupied, a controller(120) controls conversion of an API(Application Programming Interface) to a non-occupied communication module. A wired/wireless interface(150) sends the data to an external device(200) with the converted API.

Description

Device and method for sharing communication module of mobile communication terminal {THE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION MODULE JOINT OF MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL}

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a communication module sharing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary diagram of converting a standard communication API into an API of a communication module to be actually used according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication module sharing method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

100: mobile communication terminal 110: input unit

120: control unit 130: memory

140: communication module unit 142: Bluetooth

144: Serial 146: USB

150: wired or wireless interface 200: external device

210: wired or wireless interface

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, when an application software is executed to use a communication module using an external interface, the mobile communication terminal seamlessly uses another external interface even if a specific external interface is occupied. A communication module sharing apparatus and method are provided.

In general, various external interfaces such as wired communication such as serial communication or wireless communication such as Bluetooth (USB) in a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as 'terminal') are not made by application software in consideration of a specific external interface. However, by dynamically allocating this in the platform of the terminal, the application software can be executed at the same time.

However, while the conventional terminal transmits GPS (Global Positioning System) data to the vehicle navigation through serial communication, and wants to transmit predetermined data (for example, an address book) stored in the terminal to the navigation, the GPS data is transmitted. Since the application software occupies the communication module and the external interface, there is a problem in that the application software for transmitting data such as an address book to the navigation is not executed and the data such as the address book cannot be transmitted.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and when the application software is executed to use the communication module using the external interface in the mobile communication terminal, even if a specific external interface is already occupied by another external interface It is to provide an apparatus and method for sharing a communication module of a mobile communication terminal using seamlessly.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication module sharing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes an input unit for receiving a command for executing an application software for transmitting data, and an apparatus for transmitting the data through the application software. A communication module unit having a plurality of communication modules, a control unit for converting and controlling an interface API (Application Programming Interface) to an unoccupied communication module if the communication module for transmitting the data is already occupied, and the converted It includes a wired and wireless interface for transmitting the data to an external device via an API.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of sharing a communication module of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes: executing an application software to transmit data; and when the application software is executed, using the communication module to transmit the data. Requesting, if the communication module for transmitting the data is already occupied, converting an interface API (Application Programming Interface) to an unoccupied communication module, and converting the data to an external device using the converted API. It is a process of transmitting.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a communication module sharing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an interface sharing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal 100 and an external device 200 such as a navigation device.

The terminal 100 is an exemplary configuration diagram showing an interface sharing device of a mobile communication terminal, wherein the terminal 100 inputs a command to an external device 200 to execute data transmission or application software for transmitting the data. Even if the receiving input unit 110 and the interface for transmitting the data are already occupied, the application module 110 controls the communication module unit 140 to use another interface seamlessly, and a plurality of application softwares are used simultaneously to use a plurality of interfaces. The control unit 120 to control to be performed, the memory 130 in which the application software is stored, the communication module unit 140 is provided with a plurality of communication modules according to the data to be transmitted, and according to the communication module Wired / wireless interface 150 that provides a wired or wireless interface with the external device 200. It is. In addition, the external device 200 includes a wired and wireless interface 210 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the wired and wireless interface 150 of the terminal 100. Essential components necessary for operating the external device 200 are determined to obscure the subject matter of the present invention and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, an operation of a communication module sharing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

First, in the state where the external device 200 is the navigation and the GPS (Grobal Positioning System) data is transmitted to the navigation through the serial communication module 144, the terminal 100 is the terminal from the navigation 200 When receiving the serial communication module 144 transmission request occupying the address book stored in the address book, that is, the address book transmission software stored in the terminal and the address book transmission software stored in the terminal requests the external communication module that can communicate with the control unit, the control unit 120 determines that GPS data is currently being transmitted to the navigation and that the transmitted data is being transmitted through the serial communication module 144. In this determination, the serial communication module 144 is not available at present, and the communication module 140 is provided in the communication module 140 and communicates with the navigation, the module that is not currently used is checked. As a result of the check, if the Bluetooth communication module 142 is not used, the address book transmission software is informed that the Bluetooth communication module 142 is available. The address book transmission software that has received this notification can start the address book transmission to the user, and when the address book transmission request is generated from the user, the controller 120 uses the Bluetooth module 142 to transmit the requested address book. The transmission control is performed through the wired / wireless interface 210 of the navigation, which is an external device, through the 150.

As such, in order to transmit data, the controller 100 must provide an interface method that can be used by a plurality of application software stored in the memory 130 of the terminal and an independent standard communication API (Application Programming Interface). do. That is, for a request of a standard communication API used by application software, the controller converts the standard communication API into an API of a communication module to be actually used and transmits data requested by a user.

2 is an exemplary diagram of converting a standard communication API into an API of a communication module to be actually used according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the Bluetooth communication module is the Bluetooth communication module, Bluetooth_Open () of Bluetooth that actually uses standard communication APIs such as Connect (), Read (), Write (), and Disconnect (), Convert to APIs such as Bluetooth_Receive (), Bluetooth_Send (), and Bluetooth_Close ().

3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication module sharing method of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a communication module sharing method of a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

When the terminal user executes the software to transmit predetermined data to an external device (eg, a navigation device), the controller reads the software from the memory and executes the software (S100 and S102). When a communication module (eg, serial communication, USB, Bluetooth, etc.) for transmitting data to the external device is requested, the controller checks whether the requested communication module is used, and if the requested communication module is not used as a result of the check, Data is transmitted to the requested communication module (S102-S108). If the requested communication module is used as a result of the check in step S106, it is checked whether there is a communication module that is not currently being used in the remaining communication modules except the used communication module (S110 and S112). If there is no communication module that is not being used as a result of the determination in step S112 (when all communication modules are occupied), the user is informed that there is no communication module available and the process proceeds to the end step (S114). If there is a communication module that does not exist, the communication module is provided and an interface resource is allocated (S116). When data transmission is requested from the user through the application software while the interface resource is allocated, the standardized API is converted into an unused communication module API, and the predetermined data to be transmitted by the user is converted through the converted API. Transmit to the external device (S118-S122).

Although the present invention has been described in more detail with reference to examples, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these examples, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a communication module for transmitting data to an external device is used in a mobile communication terminal, the terminal software developer does not have to consider which communication module to use by automatically connecting to another communication module. In addition, there is an effect that can simultaneously perform a plurality of application software using the communication module in the terminal.

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An input unit for receiving a command for executing application software to transmit data; A communication module unit including a plurality of communication modules for transmitting the data through the application software; A control unit for converting and controlling an interface API (Application Programming Interface) to a communication module not occupied if the communication module for transmitting the data is already occupied; A wired / wireless interface for transmitting the data to an external device through the converted API; Communication module sharing device of a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The communication module unit communication module sharing device of a mobile communication terminal including a serial communication, USB, Bluetooth communication module. The method of claim 1, The controller converts the API to another communication module that does not occupy the API of the application software when the requested communication module is occupied while a communication module occupancy request for transmitting data from the application software is received. Communication module sharing device of a communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The API is a communication module sharing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal including a Connect () for connecting with the external device, Read () for transmitting and receiving data, Wirte (), and Disconnect () to terminate the connection. The method of claim 3, And the control unit notifies a user that no communication module is available if all communication modules for transmitting the data are occupied. Executing application software to transmit data; Requesting a communication module to transmit the data when the application software is executed; If the communication module for transmitting the data is already occupied, converting an interface API (Application Programming Interface) into an unoccupied communication module; Transmitting the data to an external device with the converted API; Communication module sharing method of a mobile communication terminal consisting of. The method of claim 6, The converting process converts the API to another communication module that does not occupy the API of the application software when the requested communication module is occupied while a communication module occupancy request for transmitting data from the application software is received. Method of sharing communication module of mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 6, The API is a communication module sharing method of a mobile communication terminal including a Connect () for connecting to the external device, Read () for transmitting and receiving data, Wirte (), and Disconnect () to terminate the connection. The method of claim 6, And the converting step includes notifying a user that no communication module is available when all communication modules for transmitting the data are occupied.

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