KR101083246B1 - Method, Terminal and Storage Medium for Interworking in Heterogeneous Platforms - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of interworking between heterogeneous platforms, a terminal and a storage medium using the same.

The present invention provides a terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms, the terminal comprising: a first platform manager configured to manage a first frame buffer for storing first setting information set by a first application on a first platform; A second platform manager configured to manage a second frame buffer that stores second setting information set by a second application on a second platform; An interworking information storage unit for receiving and storing first setting information stored in the first frame buffer and second setting information stored in the second frame buffer; And an interlocking management unit configured to manage a first application to use the second setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit or a second application to use the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit. Provides a terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms.

According to the present invention, there is an effect of smoothly providing interworking between heterogeneous platforms through sharing configuration information between heterogeneous platforms mounted in a terminal.

Heterogeneous Platform, Interoperation, WIPI, OEM, Standby Screen

Description

Interworking method between heterogeneous platforms, terminal and storage medium using the same {Method, Terminal and Storage Medium for Interworking in Heterogeneous Platforms}

The present invention relates to a method of interworking between heterogeneous platforms, a terminal and a storage medium using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of interworking between heterogeneous platforms that seamlessly provides interoperability between heterogeneous platforms through sharing configuration information between heterogeneous platforms mounted on a terminal, a terminal, and a storage medium using the same.

Nowadays, with the increase of user demands and the development of technology, the terminal has implemented many functions, and also supports many services provided by the service providers. Therefore, in order to support such various functions and services, the terminal is equipped with various platforms and various applications on each platform.

In addition, in order to solve the inconvenience caused by the various platforms mounted on the terminal, the standardization of the various platforms is performed between the communication providers. In particular, as a result of this standardization, Wi-Fi (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability), which is a standard specification of a wireless Internet platform that allows mobile operators to use the same platform, is a good example.

Through the development of the aforementioned wireless Internet platform, mobile communication companies have made and used wireless Internet platforms in different ways so that content providers could solve the problem of having to make the same content in multiple platforms.

However, despite this standardized terminal platform, the terminal may be equipped with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) platform to support various services or functions, and in this case, interoperability between heterogeneous platforms installed in the terminal is necessary. It may be.

However, the conventional terminal has a problem in that it does not perform smooth interworking between heterogeneous platforms mounted, which causes a disconnection phenomenon when switching the platform, and thus does not provide a consistent and satisfactory service to the user.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide smooth interworking between heterogeneous platforms mounted on the terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms, the first application in the first platform is managed, the first setting information set by the first application A first platform manager managing a first frame buffer to store the first frame buffer; A second platform manager to manage a second application on a second platform and to manage a second frame buffer that stores second setting information set by the second application; An interworking information storage unit for receiving and storing first setting information stored in the first frame buffer and second setting information stored in the second frame buffer; And an interlocking management unit configured to manage the first application to use the second setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit or the second application to use the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit. Provided is a terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a method for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms in the terminal, (a) the first setting information is set by the first application on the first platform; And stored and managed in a first frame buffer; (b) setting second setting information by a second application on the second platform, and storing and managing the second setting information in a second frame buffer; (c) managing the first setting information and the second setting information to be registered and stored in the interoperation information storage unit; (d) managing the first application to use second setting information stored in the interoperation information storage unit; And (e) managing the second application to use the first setting information stored in the interoperation information storage unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in a storage medium recording a program and information for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms in a terminal, by a first application on a first platform 1 setting information is set and stored in the first frame buffer and managed; A function of setting second setting information by a second application on a second platform and storing and managing the second setting information in a second frame buffer; A function of managing the first setting information and the second setting information to be registered and stored in the interoperation information storage unit; A function of managing the first application to use second setting information stored in the interworking information storage unit; And a computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program and information for implementing a function of managing the second application to use the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit.

As described above, according to the present invention, by enabling setting information sharing between heterogeneous platforms mounted in a terminal, there is an effect of smoothly providing interoperability between heterogeneous platforms.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect of providing a smooth transition between the idle screen occupied by each platform by sharing the setting information related to the idle screen set by each platform mounted on the terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention unclear.

1 is a block diagram of a terminal 100 for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a terminal 100 for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention is driven by various types of platforms and includes one or more applications that can be installed or executed based on each platform. You may be doing

In the following, it is assumed that the terminal 100 is driven by two platforms including a "first platform" and a "second platform".

In addition, hereinafter, an application based on the first platform is referred to as a "first application", and an application based on the second platform is referred to as a "second application".

In addition, hereinafter, the first application based on the first platform sets the "first setting information" required for the function or service to perform and stores it in the "first frame buffer", and the second platform The second application based on sets the "second setting information" required for the function or service to perform and stores it in the "second frame buffer". The first setting information or the second setting information described above may be metadata that is setting state information of a standby screen such as a background image or a picture set by a user.

Referring to FIG. 1, the terminal 100 for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first platform manager 110, a second platform manager 120, an interoperability manager 130, and The interlocking information storage unit 140 and the like.

The first platform manager 110 manages a first application on the first platform and manages a first frame buffer that stores first setting information set by the first application.

The second platform manager 120 manages a second application on the second platform and manages a second frame buffer that stores second setting information set by the second application.

The interoperability information storage unit 140 registers and stores the first setting information stored in the first frame buffer in the first platform and the second setting information stored in the second frame buffer in the second platform.

The interlocking management unit 130 manages the first application to use the second setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140 or the second application uses the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140. do. Here, 'use' means that the application reads the setting information set on another platform and applies it to a function performed by the application. For example, the first application displays a background image of the terminal 100. If it is performed, the second setting information about the desktop image set in the second platform is read by the interoperation information storage unit 140 and applied when performing its function of displaying the desktop image.

The first platform mentioned above may be an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) platform, and the second platform may be a wireless platform for interoperability standard (WIPI). May be referred to as a platform).

The above-described interlocking management unit 130 manages the first setting information stored in the first frame buffer to be registered and stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140, and the second setting information stored in the second frame buffer is interoperable. The information is stored in the storage unit 140 and managed to be stored. Through this, the interoperation information storage unit 140 stores all the setting information (first setting information, second setting information) set in each platform (first platform, second platform), and through this set in each platform Configuration information can be shared for interoperability between heterogeneous platforms. Through the sharing of setting information between heterogeneous platforms (first platform, second platform) mounted on the terminal 100, there is an effect of smoothly providing interworking between heterogeneous platforms.

The above-described interlocking management unit 130 determines whether the first application and the second application are simultaneously executed, and the first setting information and the second setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140 are executed only when they are executed at the same time. It may be controlled to be mutually used by the second application and the first application. That is, if only one of the first application and the second application is running, the first platform and the second platform cannot be interoperable.

The above-described interworking of the first platform and the second platform may be particularly applied to the standby screen of the terminal 100. The idle screen of the terminal 100 may be controlled by any one of the first platform and the second platform.

To this end, the interlocking management unit 130 controls the standby screen of the terminal 100 to be occupied by the first application on the first platform or the second application on the second platform, respectively.

In particular, the interoperation manager 130 may control switching between the idle screen occupied by the first application on the first platform and the idle screen occupied by the second application on the second platform.

In order to control the switching between the idle screens, the interlocking management unit 130 may control the second setting information or the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140 by the first application or the second application when controlling the switching between the idle screens. The setting information can be controlled to be mutually used.

By the above-described control of switching between the idle screens, it is possible to solve problems such as generation of a disconnected image that has occurred during the conventional standby screen switching. If the application occupying the idle screen is switched from the first application to the second application, the image is disconnected because the second application cannot use the data (first setting information) of the previous idle screen occupied by the first application. According to the switching control between the idle screens according to the present invention, the second application can use the first setting information stored in the first frame buffer of the previous screen, thereby causing image disconnection. Will be solved.

That is, according to the control of switching between the idle screen according to the present invention, through the sharing of the setting information related to the idle screen set by each platform mounted on the terminal 100 to smoothly provide a transition between the idle screen occupied by each platform It works.

The first setting information and the second setting information mentioned above are setting information set in the first platform and the second platform with respect to the standby screen of the terminal 100, and each of the first setting information and the second setting information in each platform (the first platform and the second platform). It is stored in a frame buffer (first frame buffer, second frame buffer), and then registered in the interlocking information storage unit 140 and stored together.

The interworking between heterogeneous platforms according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is applied to the interworking between the OEM platform and the WIPI platform. Assuming that the first platform is an OEM platform and the second platform is a WIPI platform, which is a wireless Internet platform standard, and the present invention is described again, the idle screen setting information (metadata) set by the user is an idle platform based on the OEM platform. And WIPI-based applications can be shared in the background. As a result, users can minimize the disconnected image between the OEM platform and the WIPI platform.

To this end, the setting information (background image) for the background screen set by the application on the OEM platform is used as the background storage (Background Storage) through the interworking management unit 130 as the background manager (Background Manager). Registered in the storage unit 140, the application in the WIPI platform can be set as the background screen using the setting information on the background screen obtained through the interlocking management unit 130. In other words, since the configuration information on the OEM platform is shared on the WIPI platform, the OEM platform and the WIPI platform can be smoothly interoperated. This interoperability between the OEM platform and the WIPI platform can only be applied in situations where applications on the OEM platform and applications on the WIP platform are running at the same time.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the occupation of the idle screen may be converted from the occupation in the OEM platform to the occupation of the WIPI application. That is, the standby screen based on the OEM platform may be switched from the idle screen based on the WIPI platform. Of course, the screen can be switched in reverse. To this end, the present invention provides a control function that allows an application on the OEM platform to get a frame buffer on the WIPI platform and an application on the WIPI platform to the frame buffer on the OEM platform.

In summary, in order to interoperate between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention, setting information set in each platform must be shared with each other. The sharing of the setting information for interworking is a configuration in which all of the setting information set in each platform, that is, information necessary for interworking, is registered and stored in the interoperation information storage unit 140, and the specific platform stores the interoperation information. It includes a configuration using the setting information of the other platform stored in the unit 140.

Configuration information that is set in each platform, that is, a configuration for registering and storing all the information necessary for interworking in the interworking information storage unit 140 is shown in Figure 2, the specific platform is stored in the interworking information storage unit 140 The configuration using the setting information of another platform is shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating interworking management unit 130 registering setting information set in a first platform and a second platform in interworking information storage unit 140 to control interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows that it manages so that it may be stored.

Referring to FIG. 2, the first platform manager 110 manages a first frame buffer 112 that stores first setting information 1120 set by the first application 111 based on the first platform. do.

Referring to FIG. 2, the second platform manager 120 manages a first frame buffer 122 that stores first setting information 1220 set by the second application 121 based on the second platform. do.

Referring to FIG. 2, the interlocking management unit 130 manages the first setting information 1120 stored in the first frame buffer 112 to be registered and stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140, and the second frame. The second setting information 1220 stored in the buffer 122 is managed to be registered and stored in the interworking information storage 140.

Through this, the mutual information storage unit 140 stores all the setting information (first setting information, second setting information) set in each platform (first platform, second platform), which is interoperable between heterogeneous platforms For this reason, the setting information has been shared.

3 illustrates setting information of a first platform (or second platform) stored in the interoperation information storage unit 140 by the interoperation management unit 130 to control interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention. Is a diagram illustrating managing to be used in a second platform (or a first platform).

Referring to FIG. 3, in the interlocking management unit 130, the first application 111 uses the second setting information 1220 stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140, or the second application 121 mutually interacts with each other. It manages to use the first setting information 1120 stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140.

In addition, the interlocking management unit 130 determines whether the first application 111 and the second application 121 are executed at the same time, the first setting information (stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140 only when executed at the same time ( 1120 and the second setting information 1220 may be controlled to be mutually used by the second application 121 and the first application 111. That is, if only one of the first application 111 and the second application 121 is running, sharing of setting information between heterogeneous platforms cannot be applied, and thus process sharing cannot be applied.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the method for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms in the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, first setting information is set by a first application on a first platform, and thus the first setting is performed. Step S400 stored and managed in a frame buffer; Setting second setting information by a second application on a second platform, and storing and managing the second setting information in a second frame buffer (S402); Managing the first setting information and the second setting information to be registered and stored in the interoperation information storage unit (S404); Managing the first application to use the second setting information stored in the interoperation information storage unit (S406); And managing the second application to use the first setting information stored in the interoperation information storage unit (S408).

When a switch request for the idle screen of the terminal 100 occupied by the second application occurs, the above-described step S406 is performed such that the first application uses the second setting information stored in the interoperation information storage 140. do.

When a switch request for the idle screen of the terminal 100 occupied by the first application occurs, the above-described step S408 is performed such that the second application uses the first setting information stored in the interoperation information storage 140. do.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram for describing a switching of an idle screen by using a method of controlling interworking between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A illustrates a first platform-based idle screen 510. In FIG. 5A, the first application on the first platform executes a widget 511 displaying weather information.

FIG. 5B illustrates a standby screen 520 based on the second platform. In FIG. 5B, shortcut icons 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, and 526 located on the second platform-based idle screen 520 may include functions (messages, messages, and the like) of the terminal 10 selected by the user. An icon displayed on the standby screen 520 for convenient use of phone number search, schedule management, content box) and services (Nate connection, video connection, etc.), and the related application is a second application on the second platform. Application.

The interworking of the first platform and the second platform described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 may be applied to the standby screen of the terminal 100, and the standby screen of the terminal 100 may be the first platform and the second platform. It can be controlled by either. That is, the idle screen of the terminal 100 may be the idle screen 510 based on the first platform or the idle screen 520 based on the second platform.

Referring to FIG. 5, in particular, the interlocking management unit 130 may control switching between the first platform-based idle screen 510 and the second platform-based idle screen 520.

In order to control the switching between the idle screens, the interlocking management unit 130 may control the second setting information or the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140 by the first application or the second application when controlling the switching between the idle screens. The setting information can be controlled to be mutually used.

By the above-described control of switching between the idle screens, it is possible to solve problems such as generation of a disconnected image that has occurred during the conventional standby screen switching. If the application occupying the idle screen is switched from the first application to the second application, that is, when the switch from the first platform-based idle screen 510 to the second platform-based idle screen 520, the second The image is disconnected because the application cannot use the data (first setting information) of the previous idle screen 510 occupied by the first application, but according to the switching control between the idle screens according to the present invention, Since the application can use the first setting information stored in the first frame buffer of the previous screen, it is possible to solve the image disconnection phenomenon that occurs when the standby screen is switched.

The first setting information and the second setting information mentioned above are setting information set in the first platform and the second platform with respect to the standby screen of the terminal 100, and each of the first setting information and the second setting information in each platform (the first platform and the second platform). It is stored in a frame buffer (first frame buffer, second frame buffer), and then registered in the interlocking information storage unit 140 and stored together.

The first platform mentioned above may be a WIPI platform and the second platform may be an OEM platform.

In addition, a user interface such as a specific widget 530 or a terminal 100 may be used so that a standby screen switching provided by mutual interworking between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention may be conveniently used by a user. It is also possible to provide a provided hot key.

On the other hand, in a storage medium that records a program for controlling interoperability between different platforms in the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, first setting information is set by a first application on a first platform, A function stored and managed in one frame buffer; A function of setting second setting information by a second application on a second platform and storing and managing the second setting information in a second frame buffer; A function of managing the first setting information and the second setting information to be registered and stored in the interlocking information storage unit 140; A function of managing the first application to use the second setting information stored in the interoperation information storage 140; And a program for realizing a function for managing the second application to use the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage 140, and the like.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention is applied to the interworking technology between heterogeneous platforms, it is a very useful invention having the effect of smoothly providing the interworking between heterogeneous platforms through sharing configuration information between heterogeneous platforms mounted on the terminal.

1 is a block diagram of a terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates that the interoperation manager manages the setting information set in the first platform and the second platform to be registered and stored in the interoperation information storage unit in order to control interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention. Drawing,

3 is a diagram illustrating configuration information of a first platform (or a second platform) stored in the interoperation information storage unit by the interoperation management unit in order to control interoperability between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention. Drawing showing management to be used in (1 platform),

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling interoperation between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram for describing a switching of an idle screen by using a method of controlling interworking between heterogeneous platforms according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: terminal

110: first platform management unit

120: second platform management unit

130: Interoperability Management Department

140: interworking information storage unit

Claims (11)

In a terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms, A first platform manager managing a first application in a first platform and managing a first frame buffer storing first setting information set by the first application; A second platform manager to manage a second application on a second platform and to manage a second frame buffer that stores second setting information set by the second application; An interworking information storage unit for receiving and storing first setting information stored in the first frame buffer and second setting information stored in the second frame buffer; And An interlocking manager configured to manage the first application to use the second setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit or the second application to use the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit; Terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms comprising a. The method of claim 1, The interlocking management unit, Manages the first setting information stored in the first frame buffer to be registered and stored in the interoperation information storage, and manages the second setting information stored in the second frame buffer to be registered and stored in the interworking information storage. Terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The interlocking management unit, It is determined whether the first application and the second application are executed at the same time, and the first setting information and the second setting information stored in the interoperation information storage unit are executed in the second application and the first application only when executed simultaneously. Terminal for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms, characterized in that to control the mutual use by. The method of claim 1, The interlocking management unit, Controlling the standby screen of the terminal to be occupied by the first application or the second application, respectively, and controlling switching between the idle screen occupied by the first application and the idle screen occupied by the second application; A terminal that provides interoperability between heterogeneous platforms. The method of claim 4, wherein The interlocking management unit, In the control of switching between the idle screens, the second setting information or the first setting information stored in the interlocking information storage unit is controlled to be mutually used by the first application or the second application. Terminals that provide interoperability. The method of claim 4, wherein And the first setting information and the second setting information are setting information on the idle screen. The method of claim 1, The first platform is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) platform, the second platform is a terminal providing interoperability between heterogeneous platforms, characterized in that the Wi-Fi (Wireless Platform for Interoperability) platform. In the method for controlling interoperability between different platforms in the terminal, (a) setting first setting information by a first application on a first platform, and storing and managing the first setting information in a first frame buffer; (b) setting second setting information by a second application on the second platform, and storing and managing the second setting information in a second frame buffer; (c) managing the first setting information and the second setting information to be registered and stored in the interoperation information storage unit; (d) managing the first application to use second setting information stored in the interoperation information storage unit; And (e) managing the second application to use first setting information stored in the interoperation information storage unit; Method for controlling interoperability between heterogeneous platforms in the terminal comprising a. The method of claim 8, Step (d) is, When a request for switching to the idle screen of the terminal occupied by the second application occurs, the first application manages to use the second setting information stored in the interworking information storage unit. How to control interoperability across heterogeneous platforms. The method of claim 8, Step (e), When the request for switching to the idle screen of the terminal occupied by the first application occurs, the second application is managed to use the first setting information stored in the interworking information storage unit. How to control interoperability across heterogeneous platforms. In the storage medium recording a program for controlling interoperability between different platforms in the terminal, A function of setting first setting information by a first application in a first platform and storing and managing the first setting information in a first frame buffer; A function of setting second setting information by a second application on a second platform and storing and managing the second setting information in a second frame buffer; A function of managing the first setting information and the second setting information to be registered and stored in the interoperation information storage unit; A function of managing the first application to use second setting information stored in the interworking information storage unit; And A function of managing the second application to use first setting information stored in the interworking information storage unit; A computer-readable storage medium that records a program to realize the problem.

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