KR100864579B1 - Mobile widget edition server and method of providing mobile widget edition service by the server - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile widget edition server and a method for providing a mobile widget edition service are provided to offer a mobile widget edition tool to a user through a web site and offer mobile widget edition information inputted from a user through the mobile widget edition tool to a mobile device of the user, thereby editing the mobile widget more conveniently through the web site. A method for providing a mobile widget edition service in a mobile widget edition server comprises the following steps of: providing a mobile widget edition tool corresponding to an idle screen of a user mobile device through a web site(311); receiving mobile widget edition information about the idle screen of the user mobile device through the mobile widget edition tool from the user(312); recording the received mobile widget edition information in a DB in correspondence to the user mobile device; and transmitting the mobile widget edition information to at least one mobile device(316).

Description

MOBILE WIDGET EDITION SERVER AND METHOD OF PROVIDING MOBILE WIDGET EDITION SERVICE BY THE SERVER}

The present invention relates to a mobile widget editing server and a method for providing a mobile widget editing service. More particularly, the present invention provides a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to a standby screen of a user mobile device to the user through a web site, and the mobile widget editing. The present invention relates to a mobile widget editing server and a mobile widget editing service providing method for providing mobile widget editing information received from the user through a tool to the mobile device of the user.

A new wave of digital convergence, which binds all information and communication technologies together in one device and service, is becoming a strong trend in IT technology. Different types of media such as video, voice, and data are freely fused without restriction of the terminal service network to create new services.

When mobile phones first came out of the world, they were satisfied with the ability to make voice calls on the go. Repeatedly. In addition, a combination of communication and finance has led to a widespread use of a new system called Mobile Banking. In addition, due to the commercialization of satellite / terrestrial DMB broadcasting service, the mobile phone is expanding its scope to a multimedia means replacing the existing media means such as TV.

The key word for all of these digital convergences is "mobile." With this trend, the functions and areas of mobile phones and PDAs are becoming more ambiguous, and even notebooks are catching up with the trend of mobile digital convergence, which is accelerating the miniaturization and lightening of the mobile.

Mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones are now emerging as a key means of digital convergence as the eldest son of mobile information communication. Mobile communication terminals have been positioned at the center of combining all information and communication technologies and fusing all IT technologies based on all the IT technologies developed so far. In particular, users of recent mobile communication terminals use various additional functions such as DMB viewing, streaming / downloading videos, wireless Internet, or using a VM (Virtual Machine) -based content more frequently than call functions.

As such, the functions of mobile devices such as mobile communication terminals have been expanded to more various fields, and the convenience of a user interface according to various programs executed in mobile devices implementing various such services is provided. This is a key issue.

As the convenience of the user interface is required, development of an editing service that allows a user to more conveniently edit a mobile widget displayed on a mobile device standby screen through a web site or the like is required.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, and provides a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to the idle screen of the user mobile device to the user through a web site, and from the user through the mobile widget editing tool A mobile widget editing server and a mobile widget editing service that provide the user with the mobile widget editing information to be input to the mobile device so that the user can more conveniently edit the mobile widget displayed on the mobile device standby screen through a website. It aims at providing the provision method.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the problems of the prior art, the method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile widget (tool) editing tool (tool) corresponding to the idle screen of the user mobile device (tool) Providing through a web site; Receiving mobile widget editing information for the mobile device idle screen through the mobile widget editing tool from the user; Recording the received mobile widget edit information in a database corresponding to the user mobile device; And transmitting the mobile widget edit information to one or more mobile devices.

The mobile widget editing server according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to a standby screen of a user mobile device through a web site, and edits the mobile widget from the user. When the mobile widget editing information for the mobile device idle screen is input through a tool, the received mobile widget editing information is recorded in a database corresponding to the user mobile device, and the mobile widget editing information is stored in at least one mobile device. It characterized in that the transmission to.

According to a mobile widget editing server and a method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to a standby screen of a user mobile device is provided to the user through a web site, and the mobile widget editing is performed. By providing the mobile widget edit information received from the user through the tool to the mobile device of the user, the user can more conveniently edit the mobile widget displayed on the mobile device standby screen through a website or the like. Can be.

The mobile widget referred to herein refers to a widget that is executed through a widget engine or a widget manager based on the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI) platform.

The mobile widget may be described and manufactured in XML (extensible markup language) or java script (java script) from a separate widget service provider, and the mobile device may download and install the produced mobile widget from an external server.

The widget manager performs a function of managing a mobile widget in a mobile device. Under the control of the widget manager, the widget engine loads and executes the mobile widget, displays it on the display means of the mobile device, and processes various events for the mobile widget.

Event processing for the mobile widget includes updating of the information displayed in the mobile widget. For example, when the information displayed on the mobile widget is information that changes with time, that is, when the mobile widget corresponding to the clock is loaded and executed by the widget engine, the widget engine receives time information from the OEM of the mobile device. It may be obtained to control the mobile widget event so that the time is displayed on the mobile widget.

In addition, in the case of a mobile widget corresponding to news, the widget engine updates and stores news information received in a push or pull manner from an external server at regular intervals in the mobile device, and stores the updated news. The mobile widget event may be controlled so that information is updated and displayed in the mobile widget at each cycle.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention;

1 is a block diagram illustrating a network configuration of a mobile system in which a method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

The network configuration of a mobile system in which a method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented includes a mobile device 110, a mobile widget editing server 120, and a user PC 130.

The mobile device 110 may include a widget engine or a widget manager based on the aforementioned Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI) platform as a component.

The mobile device 110 may be implemented as a mobile communication terminal equipped with a Wi-Fi (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability). For example, the mobile device 110 may be a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) phone, a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, or a handheld PC. -Held PC), CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) phones, Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) phones, Dual Band / Dual Mode phones, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phones, Mobile Broadband System ), A satellite / terrestrial wave DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) phone may be implemented.

The mobile widget editing server 120 may be linked with a legacy system of a mobile communication company server that provides a mobile communication service to the mobile device 110.

The user PC 130 refers to a PC used by the user of the mobile device 110. In addition, in addition to the user PC 130, a mobile widget editing tool provided by the mobile widget editing server 120, such as a notebook, a PDA, and a smartphone, may be implemented as various types of computing devices that can be provided through a web site connection. .

The mobile widget editing server 120 provides a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to the idle screen of the user mobile device 110 through a web site.

The mobile widget editing server 120 generates a first idle screen by using the first mobile widget edit information received from the mobile device 110, and uses the mobile widget editing tool including the first idle screen to display the web site. It can be provided to the user through.

That is, the mobile widget editing server 120 may generate the first standby screen corresponding to the display environment of the user mobile device 110 using the first mobile widget edit information and then provide the same to the user. .

In addition, the mobile widget editing server 120 may provide the mobile widget editing tool including a standby screen corresponding to the display means information of the mobile device 110 of the user.

To this end, the mobile widget editing server 120 requests and confirms display means information of the mobile device 110 to the mobile communication company server associated with the mobile device 110, or directly to the mobile device 110 of the mobile device 110. After requesting and confirming display means information, the mobile widget editing tool including a standby screen corresponding thereto may be provided to the user.

The display means information may include size information and resolution information of the display means of the mobile device 110.

The mobile widget editing tool may include a first interface for receiving the mobile widget editing information from the user. The mobile widget editing tool may include a second interface for providing a preview service of the mobile widget standby screen generated in response to the mobile widget editing information. The mobile widget editing tool may also include a third interface that receives a telephone number for the one or more mobile devices from the user for transmission of the mobile widget idle screen to one or more mobile devices. This will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a diagram illustrating a mobile widget editing tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile widget editing tool 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first interface 210, a second interface 220, and a third interface 230.

The user may input mobile widget editing information through the first interface 210. The mobile widget editing information typically includes various types of information constituting the mobile widget, such as type information of the mobile widget input on the idle screen, location information of the mobile widget, color information of the mobile widget, and font information of the mobile widget. can do.

The user may configure various mobile widgets in various combinations through the mobile widget tool 200 and check each standby screen corresponding to one or more mobile widget edit information input through the first interface 210.

For example, the user may edit the first standby screen 211 including the first mobile widget and the second mobile widget and check the result through the first interface 210. In addition, the user may edit the second standby screen 212 including the first mobile widget and the third mobile widget and check the result through the first interface 210. In addition, the user may edit the third standby screen 213 including the second mobile widget and the third mobile widget to check through the first interface 210.

In addition, the user may edit the fourth idle screen 214 including the fourth mobile widget and the fifth mobile widget, and check the result through the first interface 210. In addition, the user may edit the fifth idle screen 215 including the second mobile widget and the fifth mobile widget, and check the result through the first interface 210. In addition, the user may edit the sixth idle screen 216 including the fourth mobile widget and the sixth mobile widget and check the result through the first interface 210.

Further, in addition to the first standby screen 211 to sixth standby screen 216 edited by the user, the first interface 210 includes seventh standby screen 217 and eighth which are edited and stored or used by another user. The idle screen 218 may be displayed.

In addition, the first interface 210 may display a ninth idle screen 219 reflecting the mobile widget editing recommended by the mobile widget editing server 120.

As described above, the user may select a favorite standby screen through the first standby screen 211 to the ninth standby screen 219 in which various mobile widget combinations are edited and displayed on the first interface 210.

The mobile widget editing server 120 records the mobile widget editing information corresponding to each of one or more idle screens generated by various mobile widget combinations by the user in the database as described above. The mobile widget editing server 120 may record the mobile widget editing information in the database corresponding to the mobile device 110 of the user.

The second interface 220 displays a standby screen selected by the user from the first standby screen 211 to the ninth standby screen 219 displayed on the first interface 210. For example, when the user selects the first standby screen 211 among the first idle screen 211 to ninth idle screen 219, the first idle screen 211 is displayed on the second interface 220. Can be.

Like the first interface 210, the second interface 220 may be implemented to allow a user to input mobile widget edit information. That is, the user inputs various mobile widget edit information on the first standby screen 211 displayed on the second interface 220 to display the first standby screen 211 as a standby screen that can be liked once again. I can edit it.

The third interface 230 includes a phone number input interface for allowing mobile widget edit information corresponding to the standby screen edited through the first interface 210 and the second interface 220 to be transmitted to one or more mobile devices. Can be displayed. Accordingly, the user may edit the mobile widget edit information corresponding to the standby screen edited to his or her liking through the first interface 210 and the second interface 220 as well as the user's mobile device 110. It can also be provided to mobile devices.

As such, the user may transmit the mobile widget editing information to the mobile device 110 and the mobile device of another user through the third interface 230 of the mobile widget editing tool 200.

In addition, the user may request a mobile widget update to the mobile widget editing server 120 through the mobile device 110. In this case, the mobile widget editing server 120 reads the mobile widget editing information corresponding to the mobile device 110 of the user from the database and transmits the information to the mobile device 110 of the user.

That is, the user transmits the mobile widget editing information input through the mobile widget editing tool 200 provided through the web site to the mobile device 110 and the other mobile device through the mobile widget editing tool 200. Alternatively, the mobile widget editing information may be directly downloaded from the mobile widget editing server 120 through its mobile device 110.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile widget editing server 120 may include the input time information in the mobile widget edit information input by the user through the web site and record it in the database. That is, the mobile widget edit information may further include input time information on a time input by the user.

In this case, it is possible to update the mobile widget edit information according to the synchronization of the mobile widget edit information recorded in the mobile widget edit server 120 and the mobile widget edit information recorded in the mobile device 110.

That is, first mobile widget editing information maintained by the mobile widget editing server 120 by the user input through the mobile widget editing tool of the web site, and the user directly inputs the mobile device 110 into the standby screen. Synchronization between the second mobile widget edit information set as may be performed through the input time information.

For example, when the user requests a mobile widget update to the mobile widget edit server 120 through the mobile device 110, the mobile device 110 goes to the mobile widget edit server 120 with the request for the update. The second input time information on the second mobile widget edit information is transmitted.

The mobile widget editing server 120 compares the second input time information with first input time information for the first mobile widget edit information. As a result of the comparison, when the first input time information is more recent than the second input time information, the mobile widget editing server 120 transmits the first mobile widget edit information to the mobile device 110. The mobile device 110 may update the second mobile widget edit information with the first mobile widget edit information.

In addition, as a result of the comparison, when the second input time information is more recent than the first input time information, the mobile widget editing server 120 requests the mobile device to transmit the second mobile widget editing information. The mobile widget editing server 120 may update the first mobile widget edit information with the second mobile widget edit information received from the mobile device 110. Through this process, the mobile device 110 and the mobile widget editing server 120 may update and synchronize the mobile widget editing information input by the user with the most recent one.

As described above, the user of the mobile device 110 uses the mobile device 110 and the user PC 130 to display various types of standby screens including a background picture or a picture set on the desktop of the mobile device 110. The standby screen on which the mobile widget is edited may be generated and checked through the mobile widget editing tool 200.

In addition, the user may store the mobile widget edit information corresponding to the standby screen edited through the mobile widget edit server 120 in the mobile widget edit server 120, so that the photo stored in the mobile device 110 may be Even if the user deletes the wallpaper or the mobile device 110 and purchases a new mobile device, the mobile widget editing server 120 displays the mobile widget editing information corresponding to the previously used photo, wallpaper, or standby screen. It can be downloaded and used.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile widget editing server according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to a standby screen of a user mobile device through a web site (step 311).

The mobile widget editing server receives first mobile widget edit information from the mobile device of the user and provides a mobile widget editing tool through the web site, the mobile widget editing tool including a first standby screen corresponding to the first mobile widget edit information. can do.

In addition, the mobile widget editing server checks the display means information of the mobile device from the mobile communication server or the mobile device associated with the mobile device, and comprises a mobile widget editing tool including a standby screen corresponding to the display means information. It can also be provided through the website.

The display means information includes size information and resolution information of the display means of the mobile device.

The mobile widget editing tool includes a first interface for receiving the mobile widget editing information from the user. In addition, the mobile widget editing tool includes a second interface for providing a preview service of the mobile widget standby screen generated in response to the mobile widget editing information. The mobile widget editing tool also includes a third interface that receives a telephone number for the one or more mobile devices from the user for transmission of mobile widget edit information received from the user to one or more mobile devices.

The mobile widget editing server receives mobile widget editing information for the mobile device idle screen through the mobile widget editing tool (step 312).

The mobile widget editing server generates a mobile widget standby screen corresponding to the received mobile widget editing information (step 313). The mobile widget editing server provides a preview service of the generated mobile widget standby screen through the second interface of the mobile widget editing tool (step 314).

The mobile widget editing server receives a telephone number for one or more mobile devices from the user (step 315).

The mobile widget editing server controls the mobile widget standby screen to be transmitted to the mobile device corresponding to the received one or more phone numbers (step 316).

Although briefly described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the method for providing a mobile widget editing service of the mobile device illustrated in FIG. 3 may be implemented to include both the configuration and operation of the mobile widget editing server described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. .

In addition, the method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a network configuration of a mobile system in which a method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.

2 illustrates a mobile widget editing tool in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method for providing a mobile widget editing service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (20)

Providing a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to the idle screen of the user mobile device through a web site; Receiving mobile widget editing information for the mobile device idle screen through the mobile widget editing tool from the user; Recording the received mobile widget edit information in a database corresponding to the user mobile device; And Transmitting the mobile widget edit information to one or more mobile devices Mobile widget editing service providing method of the mobile widget editing server comprising a. The method of claim 1, Providing a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to the idle screen of the user mobile device through a website, Storing first mobile widget edit information received from the user mobile device corresponding to the user mobile device; Constructing a first idle screen using the first mobile widget edit information; And Providing a mobile widget editing tool including the first idle screen through the web site. Mobile widget editing service providing method of the mobile widget editing server comprising a. The method of claim 1, Providing a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to the idle screen of the user mobile device through a website, Confirming display means information of the user mobile device; And Providing a mobile widget editing tool through the web site including a standby screen corresponding to the display means information; Mobile widget editing service providing method of the mobile widget editing server comprising a. The method of claim 3, Confirming the display means information of the user mobile device, Confirming display means information of the mobile device from a mobile carrier server associated with the mobile device or the mobile device; Including, And the display means information includes size information and resolution information of the display means of the mobile device. The method of claim 1, The mobile widget editing tool includes a first interface for receiving the mobile widget editing information from the user. The method of claim 1, The mobile widget editing tool includes a second interface for providing a preview service of the mobile widget standby screen generated in response to the mobile widget editing information. The method of claim 1, The mobile widget editing tool includes a third interface for receiving a telephone number for the one or more mobile devices from the user for transmission of the mobile widget idle screen to one or more mobile devices. How we deliver the service. The method of claim 1, Transmitting the mobile widget edit information to one or more mobile devices, Receiving telephone numbers for one or more mobile devices from the user; And Controlling the mobile widget edit information to be transmitted to a mobile device corresponding to the received one or more telephone numbers; Mobile widget editing service providing method of the mobile widget editing server comprising a. The method of claim 1, Transmitting the mobile widget edit information to one or more mobile devices, Receiving a request for a mobile widget update from the user mobile device; Reading mobile widget edit information corresponding to the user mobile device from the database; And Transmitting the read mobile widget edit information to the user mobile device Mobile widget editing service providing method of the mobile widget editing server comprising a. The method of claim 1, In the mobile device, Receiving the mobile widget edit information from the mobile widget edit server; Setting a standby screen in response to the mobile widget edit information; Determining the presence or absence of content corresponding to each mobile widget displayed on the idle screen; Requesting transmission of the first content to the mobile widget editing server when there is no first content corresponding to the first mobile widget as a result of the determination; Receiving the first content from the mobile widget editing server; And Installing the first content corresponding to the first mobile widget Mobile widget editing service providing method of the mobile widget editing server, characterized in that the operation comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 10. Providing a mobile widget editing tool corresponding to the idle screen of the user mobile device through a web site, and inputting mobile widget editing information for the mobile device idle screen from the user through the mobile widget editing tool. Receiving the mobile widget edit information in a database corresponding to the user mobile device, and transmitting the mobile widget edit information to one or more mobile devices. The method of claim 12, The mobile widget editing server stores first mobile widget edit information received from the user mobile device corresponding to the user mobile device, configures a first idle screen using the first mobile widget edit information, and A mobile widget editing server comprising a mobile widget editing tool including a standby screen through the web site. The method of claim 12, The mobile widget editing server checks the display means information of the mobile device from the mobile communication company server or the mobile device associated with the mobile device, and includes a mobile widget editing tool including a standby screen corresponding to the display means information. Provided by And the display means information comprises size information and resolution information of the display means of the mobile device. The method of claim 12, The mobile widget editing tool includes a first interface for receiving the mobile widget editing information from the user. The method of claim 12, The mobile widget editing tool includes a second interface for providing a preview service of the mobile widget standby screen generated in response to the mobile widget editing information. The method of claim 12, And the mobile widget editing tool comprises a third interface for receiving a telephone number for the one or more mobile devices from the user for transmission of the mobile widget idle screen to one or more mobile devices. The method of claim 12, And the mobile widget editing server controls the mobile widget editing information to be transmitted to one or more mobile devices corresponding to each of one or more telephone numbers received from the user. The method of claim 12, When the mobile widget editing server receives a mobile widget update request from the user mobile device, the mobile widget editing server reads mobile widget edit information corresponding to the user mobile device from the database, and reads the read mobile widget edit information from the user mobile device. Mobile widget editing server, characterized in that sent to. The method of claim 12, The mobile device receives the mobile widget edit information from the mobile widget edit server, sets a standby screen in response to the mobile widget edit information, and determines whether there is content corresponding to each mobile widget displayed on the idle screen. If the first content corresponding to the first mobile widget does not exist, requesting transmission of the first content to the mobile widget editing server, and receiving the first content received from the mobile widget editing server. Mobile widget editing server, characterized in that the installation corresponding to the first mobile widget.

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