KR101030981B1 - System, method and program recording media for controlling multiple mobile applications - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile application multi control system, a method thereof and medium which records a mobile application multi control program are provided to remarkably shorten a quality authentication time of the mobile application by performing quality authentication work about a plurality of mobile applications by one command input. CONSTITUTION: An interface device(300) is connected to a mobile device(400) which a mobile application is mounted through a wired/wireless transmission unit. A computer(200) mounts a port managing unit to an interface device through the wired/wireless transmission unit. The port managing unit controls the mobile device by receiving a command that can control the mobile device from a user.

Description

METHOD AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE MOBILE APPLICATIONS}

The present invention relates to a mobile application multiple control system, a method and a recording medium having recorded thereon the program. More specifically, it is connected to at least two mobile devices each equipped with a mobile application by an interface device as a wired / wireless transmission means, and transmits the same command to all or some selected mobile devices connected by one input command. A mobile application multiple control system and method capable of simultaneously controlling mobile applications mounted on all or some selected mobile devices, and a recording medium on which a program for performing these functions is recorded.

When the development of an application such as a mobile game is completed, the quality verification operation of the mobile application is performed. Such quality verification is performed by separately connecting a computer on which a quality verification program is installed for each mobile device.

In other words, a mobile device and a corresponding number of computers are required to verify the quality of a mobile application, and each mobile device should be given a predetermined command to perform quality verification. Therefore, since the number of computers corresponding to the mobile device must be provided, not only the quality verification work is expensive, but also the quality verification cannot be performed accurately because it is necessary to check whether each operation is performed properly for each mobile device which is a small product. Rather, there is a problem that a lot of manpower should be put into quality verification.

In particular, since the capacity of mobile applications has recently increased, 1: 1 quality verification work between mobile applications and computers requires more time and manpower consumption. Therefore, the quality verification of many mobile applications is simpler. Skills are needed to perform the work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is connected to at least two mobile devices each equipped with a mobile application by an interface device as a wired / wireless transmission means, and all or some selected mobile devices connected by one input command. By simultaneously transmitting the same command to all the mobile devices or a mobile application mounted on selected mobile devices simultaneously, the mobile application is shortened the quality verification period of the mobile application at the completion of application development in accordance with the trend of increasing capacity, Mobile application multi-control system, method and method that can verify the quality of mobile application more effectively by minimizing the error of development process through active debugging through monitoring and command input To provide a recording medium on which a program capable of realizing the function is recorded.

A mobile application multiple control method and system, and essentially a recording medium having a mobile application multiple control program recorded therein, as shown or described in conjunction with at least one of the figures, more fully described in the claims.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile application multiple control system comprising: an interface device connected to at least two mobile devices each having a mobile application and wired and wireless transmission means; And a command connected to the interface device and a wired / wireless transmission unit to display the same screen as the screen output to the mobile device, and to input a command to control a mobile device or all connected mobile devices that the user wants to control among the displayed screens. And a computer equipped with a port manager for receiving and controlling the mobile device.

Preferably, when the port manager receives a command from the user, the port manager controls the mobile device by generating a packet corresponding to the command and transmitting the packet to the mobile device through the interface device.

The port manager may include a command unit for receiving a command from the user, the command unit including a key corresponding to an operation key of the mobile device, and a key command unit for receiving a command by the user; It is preferable to include at least one of a status command unit for receiving a command related to a state and a special command unit for receiving a special command input including termination or saving of the mobile application.

Preferably, the port manager analyzes and processes a packet received from the mobile device through the interface device to display a screen having the same form as an output screen of the mobile device.

On the other hand, preferably, when the protocol format of a packet transmitted and received by the mobile device and the computer equipped with the port manager is inconsistent, the mobile device or the computer receiving the packet may receive the packet. To modify the protocol format.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for simultaneously controlling a mobile application, the computer comprising: at least two or more mobile devices each having a mobile application mounted thereon; A method for simultaneously controlling the mobile application in a system comprising a computer equipped with a port manager for transmitting and receiving data to and from the mobile device connected to the wired and wireless transmission means,

Displaying, by a port manager of the computer, a screen having the same form as a screen output through the mobile device; Selecting a screen corresponding to a specific mobile device or all connected mobile devices from among the screens displayed on the computer; Transmitting, by the port manager, a command to the mobile device corresponding to the selected screen for quality verification; And verifying the quality of the mobile application by checking whether the mobile device receiving the command performs an operation according to the command.

Another embodiment of the present invention, the wired and wireless transmission means connected to at least two mobile devices each equipped with a mobile application by the interface device, the function of displaying a screen of the same type as the screen output through the mobile device; And a function for controlling the mobile application by receiving a command for controlling a mobile device or all connected mobile devices to be controlled from the displayed screen from a user and transmitting the command to the corresponding mobile device through the interface device. Provided is a computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program for realization.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, since the quality verification operation for a plurality of mobile applications is possible with a single command input, not only can greatly shorten the quality verification time of the mobile application, but also provide equipment required for quality verification. Simplify and minimize development errors through active debugging through monitoring and command entry.

In addition, according to the present invention, since only a specific application in which a bug or an error occurs can be selectively controlled, not only can the quality test be more efficient, but also the test time can be significantly shortened.

When the development of an application such as a mobile game is completed, the quality verification of the mobile application is performed. In order to efficiently test the quality of the application, not only the connected mobile devices are collectively controlled but also the specific application in which the bug occurs is selectively controlled. You should be able to.

The mobile application multiple control system according to the present invention can not only collectively control by transmitting the same command to all connected mobile devices with a single input command, but can also selectively control only a specific mobile device. The most important thing in quality testing is to make bugs happen and to manage only those applications that have bugs. Since the mobile application multiple control system according to the present invention can selectively control the mobile application by a selective command, unlike the prior art in which only one-sided error can be determined, it is possible to selectively control only a mobile application in which a bug occurs. Therefore, it is possible to quickly grasp the state of the application in which the bug occurs, enabling active debugging.

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

1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile application multiple control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile application multiple control system 100 may include a computer 200 having a port manager, a mobile device having an interface device 300, and a mobile application. 400.

The port manager mounted on the computer 200 is a management tool installed in the computer 200 such as a PC, and collectively or selectively controls and manages a mobile application connected to the interface device 300.

The interface device 300 is connected to the computer 200 and the mobile device 400 by a wired or wireless transmission medium such as RS232, USB interface, IR interface, Bluetooth, etc., for electromagnetically connecting the computer 200 and the mobile application. It is an intermediate medium.

The mobile device 400 refers to a mobile user terminal such as a cellular phone, a smart phone, a portable game machine, a PDA, and the like.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the port manager will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a port manager according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a computer screen on which a display unit and a command unit of a port manager according to an embodiment of the present invention are output.

Referring to FIG. 2, the port manager 200a may include a communication manager 210 for transmitting and receiving data, a data manager 220 for analyzing data received from the communication manager 210 or generating a new packet; It includes an emulator (230) for outputting the result received from the data manager 220 to the screen or for transmitting a new command to the data manager 220.

The communication management unit 210 receives a data from an interface device and stores it in a stack, and includes a reader 213 and a writer that receives and generates a packet generated by the data management unit 220 to an interface device. writer).

The data management unit 220 is a packet analysis processor 223 for processing to read the data stored in the stack (not shown) by the reader 213 in real time, and then analyze and transmit the data to an appropriate place, and an emulator ( It is composed of a packet generation unit 225 for receiving a command from the command unit 235 of 230 to generate a packet.

The emulator 230 includes an object manager 221, a display unit 223, a log generator 224, and a command unit 235.

The object manager 221 receives data from the packet analysis processor 223 of the data manager 220 to create, update, or delete a mobile application object as well as register and delete each mobile application port.

The display unit 223 outputs the data received from the packet analysis processor 223 of the data manager 220 to the screen. The display unit 223 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, the display unit includes a GUI screen unit 223a for outputting a screen corresponding to each connected mobile device, a status screen unit 223b, and a text output screen unit 223c.

The GUI screen unit 223a receives data from the packet analysis processor of the data management unit and spreads a screen having the same form as that of all or some of the connected mobile devices to the computer. One specific mobile device may be controlled by selecting a screen to be controlled from the GUI screen unit 223a displayed through the computer screen.

The status screen unit 223b receives data from the packet analysis processor of the data management unit and outputs a connection state, a model name, a memory state, etc. of the mobile device, and the text output screen unit 223c executes the mobile device. And log text received from the mobile device 400.

As such, since the state of the mobile device connected through the display unit is outputted, there is an advantage in that the mobile device is collectively controlled or only a specific mobile device having a bug can be selected and debugged.

2, when the log generator 224 receives data from the packet analysis processor 223 of the data manager 220, the log generator 224 generates a log file at a predetermined time interval, and the generated log file is specified. It can be usefully used when checking errors on mobile devices. The log file generated by the log generator 224 may be displayed on the display unit.

The command unit 235 of the emulator 230 receives a command to be given to the mobile device from the user and transfers the command to the data manager 220 of the port manager 200a. As shown in FIG. 3, the command unit 235 includes an external command unit 235a that is output through a computer screen together with the display unit, and an internal command unit (not shown) that is not output to the computer screen. The internal command unit determines a screen update request, a debugging request, etc. by the emulator itself and issues a predetermined command.

Referring to FIG. 3, the external command unit 235 output on the computer screen includes a key command unit corresponding to a key of the mobile device, and is output to the computer screen without the user directly operating the mobile device. It is possible to control the mobile device by operating the key command unit. In addition, the external command unit 235 may further include a special command unit for generating and transferring a special command such as application termination and save.

As such, the user can efficiently monitor the mobile device through the screen output on the display unit, and can actively control the mobile device by entering a specific command through the command unit to enable active debugging. Can minimize errors and improve the quality of mobile applications.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the command issued by the command unit 235 of the emulator 230 is transmitted to the packet generator 225 of the data manager 220, and the packet generator 225 sends a packet according to the command. After generating, it is delivered to the lighter 215.

The lighter 215 transfers it to the mobile device through the interface device.

The interface device will be described with reference to FIG. 4. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an interface device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the interface apparatus 300 includes a communication manager 310 for transmitting and receiving data from a computer or a mobile device, a data manager 320 for transforming and analyzing a packet, and a port manager (not shown) for managing ports. It includes.

The communication manager 310 includes a reader 313 that receives data from a port manager or a mobile application and stores the data in a stack, and a writer 315 that transmits data to the port manager or a mobile application.

The data manager 310 may actively search for and read a packet stored in the stack by the reader 313, and then separate the protocol header portion and convert the protocol header portion into an appropriate format. The packet transformer 323 attaches a header of a protocol format, and after analyzing predetermined information, such as which mobile device to receive the packet from which the protocol header is separated and transmit the packet, the packet transformer delivers the packet along with the information. Packet analyzer 325 is included.

The packet modifier 323 converts the protocol format of the packet because the transmission medium connecting the mobile device and the interface device and the transmission medium connecting the interface device and the computer may be different. To be delivered. For example, when a computer and an interface device are connected by a USB cable, and the interface device and a mobile device are connected by RS232, the type of data transmission medium is different. Therefore, the protocol format of the packet should be appropriately modified in the packet transformer according to the transmission medium. .

The port manager is responsible for creating and managing ports when the interface device 300 and the mobile device are interconnected.

Hereinafter, the operation of the system for mobile application multiple control according to the present invention will be described by dividing the process of transmitting a command from the port manager to the mobile device and the process of transferring data from the mobile device to the port manager.

First, a process of delivering a packet from a port manager to a mobile device will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

When the command unit of the emulator receives a predetermined command from the user (S500), the command unit transmits the received command to the packet generation unit (S510), and the packet generation unit generates a packet corresponding to the command and delivers it to the writer.

The writer of the port manager receiving the packet transmits the packet to the reader of the interface device (S520). The reader of the interface device receiving the packet stores it in the stack (S530).

Next, the packet modifier of the interface device actively searches for and reads the packets stored in the stack, separates the protocol header part, and transmits the modified packet to the packet analyzer (S540).

The packet analyzer receiving the separated packet of the protocol header part analyzes which mobile device the packet should be delivered to and then delivers the packet to the packet modifier together with the analyzed information (S550).

The received packet modifier attaches a protocol corresponding to a transmission medium connecting the interface apparatus and the mobile device to the header, deforms the packet (S560), and delivers the packet to the writer of the interface apparatus.

The writer of the interface device receiving the packet having the modified protocol format transmits the packet to the mobile device through the port of the corresponding mobile device (S570), and the corresponding mobile device receiving the packet performs an operation corresponding to the command ( S580).

In this case, the port manager may issue a predetermined command to the selected mobile device to perform a quality test of a mobile application in which a bug occurs. For example, when the port manager gives a command to move to the left for a character appearing in a specific mobile application, if it moves to the command, it can be judged as normal, but if the port manager does not move to the command, a bug occurs. Debugging can be done only for this, which enables active and efficient debugging.

Next, a process of transferring data from the mobile device to the port manager will be described with reference to FIG. 6. In this case, the mobile device may receive a predetermined command from the port manager or transfer predetermined data to the port manager by itself.

First, the mobile device transmits data to the reader of the interface device (S600).

The reader of the interface device that sent the data stores it on the stack, and the packet transformer of the interface device actively retrieves and reads the data stored on the stack, and if necessary, separates the protocol header and then deforms the packet. Transfer to the packet analyzer (S610).

After receiving the packet, the packet analyzer analyzes the packet information (S620) and transmits the packet back to the packet transformer. The packet modifier that has retransmitted a packet has a modified protocol header when it is necessary to attach a protocol of a received packet because the type of a transmission medium connecting the interface device and the mobile device is different from the transmission medium connecting the interface device and the computer. Attached to and delivered to the lighter of the interface device (S630).

The writer of the interface device receives the packet and delivers the packet to the reader of the port manager (S640).

The reader of the port manager receiving the packet stores it on the stack (S650), and the packet analysis processor actively searches for and reads the stack in real time and analyzes whether to forward the packet to an object manager, a display unit, or a log generator. After that, the packet is distributed to an appropriate place and transferred (S660). At this time, the packet may be delivered to several places depending on the situation. The object manager, the display unit, or the log generator, which has received the packet, performs a predetermined operation (S670).

When the packet is delivered from the packet analysis processor of the port manager to the display unit, the connection information with the mobile device, the model name of the mobile device, memory information, etc. are output on the status screen unit, and the screen is displayed on the screen of the mobile device on the GUI screen unit. And the same screen is output, and log text and the like are output on the text output screen unit.

While the invention has been described above with reference to specific embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the spirit of the invention. . In addition, various modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material requirement to the teachings of the present invention without departing from its spirit. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and it is intended that the invention include all embodiments falling within the spirit of the appended claims.

1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile application multiple control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a port manager according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a computer screen on which a display unit and a command unit of a port manager according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention are output.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transferring data from a port manager to a mobile device according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transferring data from a mobile device to a port manager according to the present invention.

Claims (7)

An interface device connected to at least two mobile devices each having a mobile application mounted thereon and a wired or wireless transmission means; And It is connected to the interface device and a wired or wireless transmission means to display the same screen as the screen output to the mobile device, and receives a command from the user to control the mobile device or all connected mobile devices to be controlled from the displayed screen. Mobile application multiple control system comprising a computer equipped with a port manager for controlling the mobile device. The method of claim 1, When the port manager receives a command from the user, the port manager generates a packet corresponding to the command and transmits the packet to the mobile device through the interface device to control the mobile device. 3. The method of claim 2, The port manager has a command unit for receiving a command from the user, The command unit may include a key command unit for receiving a command by a user having a key corresponding to an operation key of the mobile device, a state command unit for receiving a command related to a state of the mobile device, and termination of the mobile application. Mobile application multi-control system comprising at least one of a special command receiving a special command input including a save. The method of claim 1, And the port manager analyzes and processes a packet received from the mobile device through the interface device and displays a screen having the same form as an output screen of the mobile device. The method of claim 1, If the protocol format of a packet transmitted to or received from the mobile device and the computer equipped with the port manager is inconsistent, the interface device may change the protocol format so that the mobile device or the computer receiving the packet can receive the packet. Mobile application multiple control system, characterized in that for transforming. At least two mobile devices each equipped with a mobile application, an interface device connected to the mobile device via wired and wireless transmission means, and a port manager connected to the interface device and wired and wireless transmission means to transmit and receive data with the mobile device. A method of simultaneously controlling the mobile application in a system including a computer, Displaying, by a port manager of the computer, a screen having the same form as a screen output through the mobile device; Selecting a screen corresponding to a specific mobile device or all connected mobile devices from among the screens displayed on the computer; Transmitting, by the port manager, a command to the mobile device corresponding to the selected screen for quality verification; And Verifying the quality of the mobile application by checking whether the mobile device receiving the command performs an operation according to the command. On your computer, A function of connecting to at least two mobile devices each equipped with a mobile application and an interface device, and displaying a screen having the same form as a screen output through the mobile device; And Realizing a function of controlling the mobile application by receiving a command from a user to control a mobile device or all connected mobile devices to be controlled from the displayed screen and transmitting the command to the corresponding mobile device through the interface device. Computer-readable media that records the program for the program.

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