KR100855116B1 - Apparatus and method for converting contents by using session management - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for converting wireless content using session management. Particularly, in the method of the present invention, a session table is generated by storing a session ID, terminal information, and personal information generated according to a connection of a mobile communication terminal. And performing authentication by transmitting a session ID, and if the authentication is successful, receiving content corresponding to the session ID from the service supply server, and supplying service to terminal information and personal information provided according to the session ID. And converting the content provided from the server. Therefore, the present invention can prevent the leakage of user information when the content is provided from the service supply server in the mobile communication terminal to protect the information of the individual user, the content can be converted according to personal taste, various wireless Content conversion is possible.

Description

Wireless content conversion device using session management and its method {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING CONTENTS BY USING SESSION MANAGEMENT}

1 is a block diagram showing a structure of a wireless content conversion apparatus according to the prior art,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a wireless content conversion method according to the prior art;

3 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of an apparatus for converting wireless content using session management according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of converting wireless content using session management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: mobile communication terminal 200: platform

202: gateway 204: transcoder

206: personal information server 220: session table

300: Internet 400: Service Supply Server

The present invention relates to a content service technology of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for converting wireless content using session management that can prevent leakage of user information of a mobile communication terminal.

Recently, the number of users of the wireless Internet is increasing. Until now, the Internet has been a wired Internet using a modem and a telephone line or using a LAN. Wireless Internet is a technology that enables the use of the Internet as a small and lightweight mobile communication terminal (eg, a mobile phone or a personal mobile terminal) anywhere in the world. The application and content environment of the wireless internet provides various application services to users as well as the existing wired internet, and enables users to use functions required for application services including content environments, subordinate transport protocols and security functions.

1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a wireless content conversion apparatus according to the prior art. Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional apparatus includes a mobile communication terminal 10, a platform 20, an internet 30, and a service supply server 40. Here, the platform 20 serving as a content conversion includes a gateway 22 and a transcoder 24 for the wireless Internet.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a wireless content conversion method of the prior art. A method of converting a wireless content according to the related art will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

When the mobile communication terminal 10 requests a wireless Internet / content service, the mobile communication terminal 10 generates user information and transmits it to the gateway 22 of the platform 20. (S10) Here, user information. Includes various hardware information such as a user ID, terminal information, and location information of the mobile communication terminal 10.                         

The gateway 22 performs an authentication procedure with the ID of the user information, and if the ID authentication of the user information is successful, the user information is transmitted to the transcoder 24. (S12 to S14)

The transcoder 24 transmits user information to the service supply server 40 through the Internet 30, and receives content corresponding to the user information. The transcoder 24 converts the content provided by the service supply server 40 according to the user information and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 10 through the gateway 22. (S16 to S18) Therefore, the mobile communication terminal ( The screen of 10) displays the contents of the wireless Internet.

However, the user information generated by the conventional mobile communication terminal 10 is used for authentication at the gateway 22 and the user information is sent to the transcoder 24 as it is, and the transcoder 24 determines the type of the terminal in the user information. The content provided by the service supply server 40 was read out and content conversion was performed for the terminal.

However, in the related art, there is a risk that the user information may be hacked from the outside in the process of transmitting the user information to the service supply server 40 through the Internet 30. As a result, there is a serious problem that important information such as user ID or location information may be leaked out of the user information of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, since the content provided to the mobile communication terminal is converted in accordance with the type of the terminal in the user information, the user has a limitation in converting and using the content in various ways according to their preferences.

An object of the present invention is to provide a service in a mobile communication terminal by creating a session table having session information and personal information transmitted to a service provision server connected to the Internet or wirelessly, separately from user information, to solve the problems of the related art. The present invention provides a wireless content conversion apparatus using session management that can prevent leakage of user information when receiving content from a supply server and convert content according to personal preferences.

Another object of the present invention is to create a session table having session information and personal information at the gateway and to authenticate the session ID via the Internet to receive content from the service supply server to prevent leakage of user information through the Internet. The present invention provides a wireless content conversion method using session management that enables content conversion according to personal preference.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a wireless content conversion apparatus using session management includes a session ID, a gateway storing terminal information and personal information generated according to a connection of a mobile communication terminal, and a session ID. And a transcoder adapted to convert the contents provided from the service supply server into the provided terminal information and personal information.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a method for converting wireless content using session management may include: generating a session table by storing a session ID, terminal information, and personal information generated according to a connection of a mobile communication terminal; Transmitting the session ID to perform authentication; if authentication is successful, receiving content corresponding to the session ID from the service supply server; and providing terminal information and personal information according to the session ID to the service supply server. And converting the content provided from the image.

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

3 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of an apparatus for converting wireless content using session management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the apparatus for converting wireless content of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 100, a platform 200, an internet 300, and a service supply server 400. ) Includes a gateway 202 with a session table 220, a transcoder 204, and a personal information server 206.                     

In the present invention, the session table 220 is created in the gateway 202 when the gateway 202 is connected in the mobile communication terminal 100. The session table 220 stores a session ID, terminal information among user information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100, and personal information provided from the personal information server 206. The session table 220 is deleted when the connection between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the gateway 202 is lost.

The transcoder 204 of the present invention requests corresponding terminal information and personal information stored in the session table 220 in response to the session ID transmitted from the session table 220 of the gateway 202, and transmits the terminal and personal information. Receives the content provided by the service supply server 400 converts the content in accordance with the terminal and personal information.

The personal information server 206 of the present invention stores personal information for content conversion for providing to the session table 220 in the gateway 202.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of converting wireless content using session management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 4, the operation method of the wireless content conversion device of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

First, when the mobile communication terminal 100 requests a wireless Internet / content service, the mobile communication terminal 100 generates user information and transmits it to the gateway 202 of the platform 200. (S100) The user information includes various hardware information such as a user ID, terminal information, and location information of the mobile communication terminal 100.

The gateway 202 undergoes an authentication procedure with the ID of the user information, and if ID authentication of the user information is successful, the gateway 202 generates the session table 220 by storing the terminal information from the session ID and the user information. At this time, the gateway 202 may store the personal information provided from the personal information server 206 together with the session ID and the terminal information in the session table 220 (S102 to S104).

After generating the session table 220, the gateway 202 deletes the user information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 10 (S106).

The gateway 202 then sends the session ID of the session table 220 to the transcoder 204. The transcoder 204 transmits the session ID to the service supply server 400 connected through the Internet 300, and receives authentication. If the authentication is successful, the transcoder 204 receives the content corresponding to the session ID from the service supply server 400. (S108)

Transcoder 204 then requests terminal and personal information corresponding to session ID of session table 220 from gateway 202 after authentication of session ID. In response, the gateway 202 transmits the terminal and personal information of the corresponding session ID stored in the session table 220 to the transcoder 204 (S110).

The transcoder 204 converts the content provided from the service supply server 400 in accordance with the transmitted terminal and personal information (S112).

Then, the transcoder 204 transmits the content converted according to the terminal and the personal information to the gateway 202 and the gateway 202 to the mobile communication terminal 100 again. (S114) Accordingly, the mobile communication terminal The screen of 100 displays wireless content converted according to the terminal and personal information.                     

As described above, the mobile communication terminal 100 determines whether the mobile communication terminal 100 disconnects (off) the connection with the gateway 202 while using the wireless Internet. (S116) If the mobile communication terminal 100 and the gateway ( When the connection of 202 is off, the gateway 202 terminates the wireless Internet / content service of the present invention after deleting the session table 220.

On the contrary, when the determination result of S116 indicates that the connection between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the gateway 202 is not turned off, the process returns to step 108 and the gateway 202, the transcoder 204, the Internet 300, and the service supply server ( It provides a wireless Internet / content service to the mobile communication terminal 100 through 400.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention has been described for providing the desired content through the platform, the Internet and the service supply server when the mobile communication terminal requests the wireless Internet / content service, when the service supply server is built in the platform mobile communication The terminal may receive wireless content from a service provision server in the platform without going through the Internet.

As described above, the present invention generates a session table storing the session ID, terminal information, personal information, etc. in the gateway based on the user information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal when using the content service over the Internet or wirelessly After deleting the user information, the session information is sent to the transcoder instead of the user information so that the desired content can be received from the service supply server and provided to the mobile communication terminal.

Therefore, in the present invention, since the mobile communication terminal uses session information without using user information in the process of receiving content from the service supply server, leakage of user information can be prevented, thereby protecting personal user information.

In addition, since the present invention can convert content according to personal preferences according to personal information, various wireless content conversions are possible, and thus, it is possible to flexibly cope with structural expansion and change by adding new elements to the platform in the future.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, various modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims to be described later.

Claims (11)

A gateway for storing a session ID, terminal information, and personal information generated according to a connection of a mobile communication terminal; A transcoder for matching and converting the contents provided from the service supply server to the terminal information and the personal information provided according to the session ID Wireless content conversion apparatus using session management comprising a. The method of claim 1, The device, A personal information server providing the personal information for converting the content to the gateway; Wireless content conversion apparatus using a session management further comprising. The method of claim 1, And when the connection between the mobile communication terminal and the gateway is lost, the session table generated in the gateway is deleted. The method of claim 1, Wireless content conversion apparatus using the session management, characterized in that the service providing server in the device. The method of claim 4, wherein Wireless content conversion apparatus using session management, characterized in that the device is connected to the service supply server via the Internet. Generating a session table by storing a session ID, terminal information, and personal information generated according to a connection of a mobile communication terminal; Transmitting the session ID to perform authentication; If the authentication is successful, receiving contents corresponding to the session ID from a service supply server; Converting the content provided from the service supply server to the terminal information and the personal information provided according to the session ID; Wireless content conversion method using session management comprising a. The method of claim 6, Generating the session table, Wireless content conversion method using session management, characterized in that for storing the personal information provided by the personal information server. The method of claim 6, The method, If the authentication is successful, requesting the gateway for personal information of the session table; Transmitting the personal information to the transcoder in response to the request; Converting, by the transcoder, content provided from the service supply server according to the personal information and transmitting the content to the mobile communication terminal through the gateway; Wireless content conversion method using session management further comprising. The method of claim 8, When the connection between the mobile communication terminal and the gateway is disconnected, the wireless content conversion method using the session management, characterized in that for deleting the session table generated in the gateway. delete delete

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