KR100986840B1

KR100986840B1 - Apparatus and Method for Managing Terminal

Info

Publication number: KR100986840B1
Application number: KR1020080075803A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박영철; 이기정; 최병철
Original assignee: 주식회사 케이티
Priority date: 2008-08-01
Filing date: 2008-08-01
Publication date: 2010-10-12
Also published as: KR20100014022A

Abstract

A terminal management apparatus and method are disclosed. The terminal management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a user interface unit for providing a menu data editing interface of the terminal to the user and a terminal menu transmitter for transmitting the edited menu data to a web server module connected to the terminal. The user interface unit may include a menu template providing unit providing a terminal menu template and a menu arranging tool providing unit providing a menu arranging tool to be displayed in a menu display area of the terminal menu template. According to the present invention, the user can freely and conveniently edit the menu screen directly.

Menu, Smart Card, USIM, User Edit

Description

Apparatus and Method for Managing Terminal

The present invention relates to a terminal management apparatus and method.

1A to 1B are examples of a menu screen of a terminal according to the prior art.

According to the related art, when a user selects a menu screen of a terminal, the terminal manufacturer has no choice but to use one of several menu screens stored and provided in a predetermined storage space of the terminal at the time of manufacture of the terminal. For example, if a terminal manufacturer provides a list menu screen (FIG. 1A) and a tiled menu screen (FIG. 1B), there is a problem in that one of them has to be selected.

In addition, the user may configure the menu item by assigning a shortcut menu item for a specific menu to the menu display area. However, in this case, it is possible to edit the terminal menu screen only through a relatively inconvenient operation, and if the terminal is lost, the user may receive the same terminal menu screen only by repeating the same editing process.

Recently, Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) chips have been used for mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones. The original purpose of the USIM is to store subscriber information and to serve as subscriber management and authentication. But when looking at the USIM with a smart card with CPU and memory, it is not efficient to simply authenticate the subscriber. The current USIM storage space is 144KB, but USIM cards with more than 256MB of storage space are expected in the near future.

The Chip Operating System (COS) refers to the smart card operating system, which enables data processing and data storage through microprocessors and memory, and forgery, tampering, and copy protection through security mechanisms. Do it.

Smart cards do not have a built-in battery, and power is provided from the outside by a reader. The memory uses Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), which maintains its contents even when no voltage is provided. USIM is a module that must be installed in 3G (G) terminals.

If the high-performance USIM is mounted on the terminal, it is no longer necessary to provide a user with a uniform menu as in the related art, but to provide a means for the user to freely and conveniently edit the menu display screen. have.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to allow a user to directly edit and provide a menu screen freely and conveniently.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to enable users to easily restore their own menu screen even if the user loses the terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a terminal management apparatus is provided.

The terminal management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a user interface unit for providing a menu data editing interface of the terminal to the user and a terminal menu transmitter for transmitting the edited menu data to a web server module connected to the terminal. The user interface unit may include a menu template providing unit providing a terminal menu template and a menu arranging tool providing unit providing a menu arranging tool to be displayed in a menu display area of the terminal menu template.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a smart card is provided.

The smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention receives the menu data of the terminal from the remote management server and receives a session connection request from the web server module and the remote management server to update the menu data of the terminal, and accesses the remote management server. It may include a smart card management agent for mediating communication between the management server and the web server module.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a terminal management method is provided.

A terminal management method according to an embodiment of the present invention may include editing menu data of a terminal according to a user input and transferring menu data from a remote management server to a web server module of the terminal. The editing of the menu data of the terminal according to the user input may include selecting a terminal menu template according to the user input and arranging a menu to be displayed in the menu display area of the terminal menu template according to the user input. Can be.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to the present invention, the user can freely and conveniently edit the menu screen directly.

In addition, according to the present invention there is an effect that can easily restore the user's own menu screen even if the user lost the terminal.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the terminal management apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components are given the same reference numerals and Duplicate explanations will be omitted.

First, the definitions of the main terms used in the present specification will be described, and then embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to related drawings.

Smart cards are also called integrated circuit (IC) cards or chip cards. According to the standards of the International Organization for Standardization, a card in which one or more ICs is inserted is collectively called an IC card. Compared to the existing magnetic card (magnetic card), it has a very large memory capacity, high function and stability. It was developed in France in 1970 and began to be used in financial institutions, and later in the United States.

The structure consists of connection terminal, IC chip and plastic card. In the manufacturing process, an IC chip is manufactured in a semiconductor manufacturing factory, and then a die is attached to a printed circuit board (PCB). Wire bonding is applied, a resin protective layer is applied, and a micro module is manufactured. After processing base groove and module groove, attach micro module.

The smart card web server is an HTTP server implemented in a smart card and supports the HTTP protocol standard. However, since smart cards have certain limitations on calculation speed, storage capacity, and network bandwidth, some standards may not be supported or changed accordingly.

The menu data of the terminal is data for specifying a menu screen displayed on the terminal. The menu data of the terminal may be stored in the smart card web server and used to display the terminal menu screen.

2 is a network diagram of a terminal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user 210 may access the remote management server 220 and edit menu data of the terminal through the terminal menu data interface. The user 210 may be a customer using the portal service of the mobile communication service provider, or may be an agency employee who edits menu data of the terminal according to a request of the customer of the mobile communication service provider.

The remote management server 220 may provide the user 210 with the terminal menu template and the menu arrangement tool to be displayed in the menu display area of the terminal menu template, and transmit the edited menu data to the smart card 250. The remote management server 220 may store menu data corresponding to the terminal 240. The remote management server 220 may deliver a session connection uneven SMS (Short Message Service) message to the terminal 240 through the OTA server 230.

The OTA server 230 may transmit a session connection request SMS message to the terminal 240 according to a request of the remote management server 220.

The terminal 240 is connected to the smart card 250 and may receive a session connection request SMS message and transmit a session connection request to the smart card 250.

The smart card 250 may receive menu data from the remote management server 220 to update the menu data, and may provide menu data at the request of the web browser of the terminal 240. The smart card 250 may receive a session connection request from the remote management server 220 through the terminal 240 and access the remote management server 220.

3 is a block diagram of a smart card 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the smart card 250 may include a smart card web server 310 and a smart card management agent 320.

The smart card web server 310 may receive menu data from the remote management server 220 and update the menu data.

In addition, the smart card web server 310 may provide menu data at the request of the web browser of the terminal 240. The user may be provided with a terminal menu screen specified by menu data through a web browser of the terminal 240.

Here, the smart card web server 310 is an embodiment of a web server module connected to the terminal 240, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the smart card web server 310. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the smart card web server 310 is used as an embodiment of the web server module connected to the terminal 240.

The smart card management agent 320 may receive a session connection request from the remote management server 220, access the remote management server 220, and mediate communication between the remote management server 220 and the smart card web server 310. have.

When the session connection request SMS message is transmitted from the remote management server 220 to the terminal 240 through the OTA server 230, the terminal 240 may transmit the session connection request to the smart card management agent 320.

The smart card management agent 320 receiving the session connection request may access the remote management server 220 as an HTTP client.

The smart card management agent 320 also acts as an HTTP client in relation to the smart card web server 310.

Management commands, files, and other data delivered to the smart card management agent 320 by the remote management server 220 may be delivered to the smart card web server 310 by the smart card management agent 320.

Accordingly, the smart card management agent 320 may create a session between the smart card web server 310 and the remote management server 220.

4 is a block diagram of the remote management server 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the remote management server 220 may include a user interface 410, a terminal menu data transmission unit 420, a terminal menu data storage unit 430, and a session connection request unit 440.

The user interface unit 410 provides a terminal menu data editing interface to the user 210. The provided interface may be a web interface or an interface using other applications.

The terminal menu data transmitter 420 transmits the edited menu data to the smart card web server 310.

The terminal menu data storage unit 430 may store menu data edited by the user 210. For example, if the first user edits the menu data for the first terminal, the edited menu data may be stored in the terminal menu data storage 430 as menu data corresponding to the first user or the first terminal.

The session connection requester 440 may transmit a session connection request to the smart card management agent 320.

The user interface unit 410 may include a menu template providing unit 411 and a menu layout tool providing unit 412.

The menu template providing unit 411 provides a terminal menu template. In this case, the terminal menu template is a type in which a menu screen provided by the terminal 240 is divided into two or more menu display areas.

The menu arrangement tool providing unit 412 provides a menu arrangement tool to be displayed in the menu display area of the terminal menu template.

5 is an example of a terminal menu template that can be provided by the menu template providing unit 411.

Various terminal menu templates may be provided to the user 210 in addition to the first terminal menu template 510 and the second terminal menu template 520.

The terminal menu template may be defined by HyperText Markup Language (HTML) or a similar Markup Language. In particular, when the terminal menu template is defined by HTML, the terminal menu template may be easily defined using an 'iframe' or 'frame' tag.

The terminal menu template can also be defined by a flash or similar application file.

The menu template providing unit 411 provides the user 210 with the information of the menu screen divided into the menu display area, the background screen, the font size of the displayed menu text, font or color, the sequence number of the divided menu display area, and menu selection. Tools for editing data such as visual effects can be provided.

The user 210 may set a menu item to be displayed in each menu display area of the terminal menu template through the menu arrangement tool providing unit 412.

For example, the user 210 edits a menu for calling a specific person in the top menu display area through the menu layout tool providing unit 412, and a menu for attempting to access the Internet in the bottom menu display area. You can edit it to display.

6 is a call processing diagram of a terminal management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In operation S610, the user 210 may transmit an input for selecting a terminal menu template using a user interface provided by the remote management server 220.

The user may transmit the user input to the remote management server 220 through a personal computer that can be connected to the terminal 240 or other remote management server 220.

In operation S612, the terminal menu template may be selected according to the user input.

In operation S614 and operation S616, a menu to be displayed in the menu display area of the terminal menu template may be arranged according to the input of the user 210.

For example, the user 210 selects the second terminal menu template 520 of FIG. 5 through the user interface and writes a 'call record confirmation' and an 'SMS message' in the menu display area of the second terminal menu template 520, respectively. The menu may be arranged such that a menu such as' is displayed.

In operation S618, menu data may be stored in the remote management server.

Menu data can be defined and stored in various file formats, such as HTML (HyperText Markup Languge).

The stored menu data may be delivered to the smart card web server 310 at the request of the user 210.

In operation S620, the session connection request SMS may be delivered from the remote management server 220 to the terminal 240.

The remote management server 220 may transmit a session connection request SMS to the terminal 240 through the over the air server 230.

The session connection request SMS may be an SMS message previously promised between the terminal 240 and the remote management server 220.

The terminal 240 receiving the session connection request SMS in step S623 may transmit the session connection request to the smart card management agent 320.

The smart card management agent 320 that has received the session connection request in step S626 connects to the remote management server 220 to establish a session between the remote management server 220 and the smart card web server (Smart Card Web Server, SCWS, 310). Can be generated.

The smart card management agent 320 connects to the remote management server 220 as an HTTP client.

An HTTP protocol or a similar protocol may be used for communication between the smart card management agent 320 and the remote management server 220. The TCP / IP protocol or a similar protocol may be used for communication between the smart card management agent 320 and the remote management server 220.

The smart card management agent 320 also connects to the smart card web server 310 as an HTTP client.

In step S630 and step S635, the menu data is transferred from the remote management server 220 to the smart card web server 310 through the smart card management agent 320. When it is difficult for the remote management server 220 to transmit all the menu data at once, the remote management server 220 may divide and transmit the menu data at several times.

In operation S640, the smart card web server 310 may update menu data.

The menu data may be stored in the form of a file. For example, it can be saved in the form of an HTML file, an XHTML file, or a Flash file.

In operation S650 and operation S655, the menu data update result may be transferred from the smart card web server 310 to the remote management server 220 through the smart card management agent 320.

The menu data update result may include information such as success / failure.

When step S650 is finished, the menu data update of the smart card web server 310 is completed. Thereafter, the connection between the smart card management agent 320 and the remote management server 220 may be terminated.

In operation S660, the terminal 240 may request menu data from the smart card web server 310.

The user may operate the terminal 240 to receive a terminal menu screen through a web browser of the terminal 240 or other applications of the terminal 240.

The web browser or other application of the terminal 240 may connect to the smart card web server 310 as an HTTP client and communicate with the smart card web server 310.

In operation S665, the terminal 240 may receive menu data from the smart card web server 310.

The terminal 240 may receive menu data from the smart card web server 310 through the HTTP protocol and the TCP / IP protocol.

According to an embodiment, when the smart card web server 310 does not directly support the TCP / IP protocol, the web browser or other application of the terminal 240 may be connected to the smart card web through the bearer independent protocol (BIP) gateway of the terminal 240. The server 310 may be connected to and exchange data.

In operation S670, the terminal 240 may output a terminal menu screen.

The terminal 240 may include an application that may render (interpret) menu data and output the menu data. For example, the web browser included in the terminal 240 may display the terminal menu screen by rendering menu data consisting of an HTML file or a JPG file. In addition, the flash player included in the terminal 240 may display the terminal menu screen by rendering menu data consisting of flash.

As a result, the user 210 may store the self-edited terminal menu screen in the smart card web server 310 connected to his terminal 240 and receive the same through the screen of the terminal 240.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Embodiments of the invention may include computer readable media containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, local data files, local data structures, or the like, alone or in combination. 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.

In addition, the components illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 do not necessarily have a hardware configuration, and some components may be implemented in the form of an application program that performs the same or similar functions. In addition, each component may be combined or separated within the scope of the invention.

So far I looked at the center of the present invention with respect to the embodiment. Many embodiments other than the above-described embodiments are within the scope of the claims of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

5 is an example of a terminal menu template that the menu template providing unit 410 may provide.

210: user

220: remote management server

230: Over the Air server

240: terminal

250: smart card

510: first terminal menu template

520: second terminal menu template

Claims

A user interface unit for providing a menu data editing interface of a terminal to a user;

A terminal menu data storage for storing menu data edited according to a user input; And

A terminal menu data transmission unit for transmitting the edited menu data to a web server module connected to the terminal,

The user interface unit,

A menu template providing unit providing a terminal menu template; And

Including a menu arrangement tool providing unit for providing a menu arrangement tool to be displayed in the menu display area of the terminal menu template,

The web server module is included in a smart card coupled directly to the terminal,

And the terminal receives the edited menu data from the web server module and outputs the edited menu data.

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The method of claim 1,

The terminal management device,

Further comprising a session connection request unit for forwarding the session connection request to the smart card management agent,

The smart card management agent receiving the session connection request is connected to the terminal management device to create a session.

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Editing menu data of the terminal according to a user input;

Storing the edited menu data according to a user input; And

Transmitting the edited menu data to a web server module to which the terminal is connected, wherein the web server module is included in a smart card directly coupled to the terminal,

Editing the menu data of the terminal according to the user's input,

Selecting a terminal menu template according to a user input; And

And disposing a menu to be displayed in a menu display area of the terminal menu template according to a user input.

The terminal receives the edited menu data from the web server module and outputs the terminal management method.

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The method of claim 6,

And a remote management server transmitting a session connection request to a smart card including the web server module.

The method of claim 8

In the remote management server, transmitting the session connection request to the smart card including the web server module,

And transmitting, by the remote management server, a session connection request SMS (Short Message Service) message to a terminal connected to the smart card.

The terminal receiving the session connection request SMS message transmits a session connection request to a smart card management agent included in the smart card, and the smart card management agent accesses the remote management server to manage the web server module and the remote management. Terminal management method, characterized in that for generating a session between the server.