KR101179026B1 - Apparatus and method for providing idle screen with mobile widget service - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for providing a standby screen widget service according to the present invention includes a memory for storing at least one widget, a display unit for displaying a standby screen including a widget, a widget error detection unit for detecting a widget in which an error occurs when the standby screen is configured, and And a widget manager for releasing the detected widget from the idle screen and displaying the idle screen using a widget other than the detected widget.

According to the present invention, when displaying a standby screen capable of user interface in a mobile terminal, it is possible to provide a stable idle screen widget service to a user by releasing a widget in which an error occurs from the idle screen.

Idle screen, widget, error, mobile terminal

Description

Apparatus and method for providing idle screen widget service {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IDLE SCREEN WITH MOBILE WIDGET SERVICE}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing an idle screen widget service in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for providing an idle screen widget service for preventing an error caused by an idle screen display.

More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a standby screen widget service for releasing a widget in which an error occurs when providing an idle screen widget service on a standby screen to secure system stability due to continuous booting of a mobile terminal.

In a general communication system, a mobile terminal has evolved into a device capable of providing various additional services as well as a voice call service between existing users. Accordingly, mobile terminal users can use various additional functions such as wireless internet and broadcasting service as well as simple voice calls. As various functions are implemented in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is gradually evolving in design, performance, and size. In particular, the display of the mobile terminal has greatly increased display performance such as resolution and size.

Among the screens displayed through the display unit of the mobile terminal, the standby screen is a screen provided when the user first boots the mobile terminal and is a screen displayed on the mobile terminal without any key input. Currently, the standby screen displays an image, text, time, date, etc. set by the user, and is the screen which is accessed the most times by the mobile terminal user.

In addition to the diversification of functions provided through the mobile terminal, there has been an increase in the demand for interfacing various application programs supported internally or externally through the standby screen.

As a result, various functions are developed / added to meet these demands. Therefore, the mobile terminal tends to perform an interface with an application by displaying a widget that can interface with a user in association with each application on an idle screen.

For example, the mobile terminal currently displays a standby screen after the power-on operation or before the operation using the mobile terminal. If the idle screen including the widget is displayed, an error such as a bug or malicious code may occur in the widget.

In this case, the idle screen service is a screen provided without a user's key input. Unlike other services, the idle screen service is different from other services such as a call connection or text transmission when a bug or malware occurs, unlike other services. It has the property of having fatal consequences in that it disables all service functions.

As such, the mobile terminal displaying the widget in which the error occurs has a problem that an error loop occurs by repeatedly loading the idle screen service in which the error occurs along with booting the mobile terminal continuously when an error occurs. As a result, there was a problem in that the standby screen could not be stably displayed.

In particular, in the case of a mobile widget service, it is vulnerable to a bug or an error caused by an error or a malware caused by a specific widget content while loading individual widget contents arbitrarily installed by a user separately from the engine and platform providing the widget service. have.

This is an issue due to individual widget contents, which is distinct from the stability of the widget platform, but is considered to be structurally prevented in terms of platform in terms of providing stable widget services to users.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing a standby screen widget service for providing a mobile widget service to provide a stable idle screen to a mobile terminal user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing a standby screen widget service having secured system stability.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing a standby screen widget service, the apparatus including: a memory in which at least one widget is stored, a display unit displaying a standby screen including a widget, and a widget in which an error occurs when configuring an idle screen; And a widget management unit configured to release the detected widget from the standby screen and display the standby screen using a widget other than the detected widget.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a standby screen widget service, the method comprising the steps of: (a) detecting a widget in which an error occurs in a widget constituting the idle screen; The step of releasing from, and (c) displaying a standby screen using a widget other than the detected widget.

The recording medium of the present invention for achieving the above object is a recording medium on which a program for providing a standby screen widget service is recorded, the method comprising the steps of: (a) detecting a widget in which an error occurs in the widget constituting the idle screen; and (b) releasing the detected widget from the idle screen and (c) displaying the idle screen using a widget other than the detected widget.

According to the present invention, when displaying a standby screen capable of user interface in a mobile terminal, it is possible to provide a stable idle screen widget service to a user by releasing a widget in which an error is generated. In addition, there is an advantage that it is possible to ensure system stability due to the widget in which the error occurs in the mobile terminal. In addition, it is possible to prevent the infinite reset of the mobile terminal due to the occurrence of an error in the widget in the initial operation of the mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

The present invention proposes an apparatus and method for providing an idle screen widget service in a mobile terminal. In particular, an apparatus and method for providing a standby screen widget service for preventing an error caused by the display of the idle screen are provided.

The mobile terminal of the present invention includes a memory in which at least one widget is stored, a display unit for displaying a standby screen including a widget, a widget error detector for detecting a widget in which an error occurs when the standby screen is configured, and a standby screen for the detected widget. And a widget manager to display a standby screen using a widget other than the detected widget.

The widget error detection unit may detect the widget as the widget in which the error occurs when the widget in which the error occurs is a widget in which an error occurs in a predetermined number of times.

The detected widget may be one of a widget that is not loaded when the loading is completed or a widget which does not become inactive after the widget is activated.

The method for providing a standby screen widget service according to the present invention includes (a) detecting a widget in which an error occurs in a widget constituting the idle screen, (b) releasing the detected widget from the idle screen, and (c) And displaying a standby screen using a widget other than the detected widget.

If the widget in which the error has occurred in step (a) is a widget in which an error has occurred in a predetermined number of times, the method may further include detecting the widget as the widget in which the error occurs.

The detected widget may be one of a widget that is not loaded when the loading is completed or a widget which does not become inactive after the widget is activated.

The recording medium in which a program for providing a standby screen widget service of the present invention is recorded includes (a) detecting a widget in which an error occurs in a widget constituting the idle screen, and (b) displaying the detected widget on the idle screen. A program for executing the step of releasing and (c) displaying a standby screen using a widget other than the detected widget is recorded.

The mobile terminal of the present invention uses a widget to interface with a mobile terminal user. The widget is a graphical user interface that supports interaction between an application running through the mobile terminal and the user of the mobile terminal.

The application program is divided into a content service / additional service application program and an application program for controlling a mobile terminal. The content service / additional service application program may be an application program related to securities, education, news, broadcasting, search, transportation, music, games, fortune telling, shopping, email, and the like. In addition, the application program for controlling the mobile terminal may be an application program related to a clock, a phone book, a camera, a message, an electronic diary, a ringtone, a screen setting, and the like.

On the other hand, when the widget is displayed in the mobile terminal may have a variety of icons including a still image and a video.

In the present invention, for convenience of description, an interface with a mobile terminal user is performed using a widget on an idle screen, but an example of the present invention will be described with all the interface tools capable of performing the user interface through the idle screen as well as the widget. The invention can be extended and applied.

Next, the structure of the mobile terminal displaying the idle screen including the widget will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a mobile terminal providing a standby screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal includes a communication unit 111, an audio unit 113, an input unit 115, a memory 117, a display unit 119, a widget error detector 121, and a widget manager 123. .

The communication unit 111 is connected to a communication network to perform data transmission and reception.

The audio unit 113 reproduces an audio signal and outputs it through a speaker, or processes an audio signal generated from a microphone.

The input unit 115 may be configured as a keypad or a touch screen, and when a button is pressed or touched by a user, the input unit 115 receives a user input signal.

The memory 117 may be composed of a program memory and a data memory. Programs are stored in the program memory for controlling general operations of the mobile terminal. Data generated while executing programs are temporarily stored in the data memory, and in particular, widgets according to the present invention are stored. If the memory manages the list of widgets displayed on the idle screen according to the present invention, the memory may further store the idle screen widget list.

The idle screen widget list manages widgets displayed on the idle screen and is divided into an active widget and an inactive widget. The active widget is a widget that is in a configurable state as the idle screen (for example, a widget that is not currently displayed), and the inactive widget represents a widget that is configured as the idle screen (for example, a widget displayed on the idle screen). In addition, when an error occurs in the widget on the list, the idle screen widget list may indicate whether an error occurs in the widgets in which the error occurs.

The display unit 119 may be configured of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and displays display data generated while performing a mobile terminal function. In addition, the display unit 119 displays a standby screen including a widget.

The widget error detection unit 121 checks whether an error has occurred in the widget constituting the idle screen, and detects the widget in which the error has occurred. An error of the widget may occur due to factors such as a bug or malicious code. When loading the widget, the widget error detection unit 121 detects one of the widgets that do not complete loading of the widget and one of the widgets that cannot be converted into an inactive state after the widget is activated as the widget in which the error occurs. Can be.

The widget error detection unit 121 may detect widgets in which an error occurs for widgets in which the same error occurs more than a preset number of times.

The widget error detector 121 may set the widget in which the error occurs as an error generating widget when managing the widget in which the error occurs in the idle screen widget list. In addition, the widget error detector 121 may transmit information about the widget detected due to an error to the widget manager 123.

For example, the widget error detector 121 may detect an error occurrence widget through log analysis. The log analysis is to analyze the log file of the widget generated while the mobile terminal provides the widget service. Accordingly, the widget error detection unit 121 may analyze information about the state of the widget, for example, an error state, an active state, an inactive state, and a widget use state, through the log file.

The widget manager 123 may release the widget detected by the widget error detector 121 from the standby screen, and display the standby screen composed of the widgets excluding the detected widget through the display unit 119. When the widget is displayed on the idle screen, the widget manager 123 switches from an active state to an inactive state and stores the converted information in the memory 117.

Next, the operation of the mobile terminal providing the standby screen will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal for providing a standby screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 211, the mobile terminal determines whether an error occurs in the widget constituting the idle screen.

If the widget does not generate an error as a result of the checking, the process proceeds to step 217.

If an error occurs in the widget as a result of the check, step 213 is performed.

In step 213, the mobile terminal determines whether an error has occurred in the preset number of times.

If the error does not occur in the predetermined number of times as a result of the determination, proceed to step 211.

In step 215, if an error occurs in the predetermined number of times as a result of the determination.

In step 215, the mobile terminal detects the corresponding widget as the widget in which the error has occurred, releases the detected widget from the idle screen, and proceeds to step 217. FIG. The detected widget is one of widgets that are not finished loading upon loading, and widgets which do not become inactive after the widget is activated.

In step 217, the mobile terminal checks whether error detection is completed with respect to the widgets constituting the idle screen.

If error detection is not completed for the widgets constituting the idle screen, the process proceeds to step 211.

If error detection is completed for the widgets constituting the idle screen, the process proceeds to step 219.

In step 219, the mobile terminal displays the idle screen including the widget and ends.

As described above, by releasing the widget in which the error occurs in the mobile terminal, an infinite reset operation of the mobile terminal for displaying the widget in which the error occurs on the standby screen can be prevented.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments described, but it is natural that the scope of the claims extends to the equivalent scope of the claims as well as the claims to be described later.

The above-described method for providing a mobile terminal idle screen widget service of the present invention may be applied to a communication system, and when the mobile terminal displays a standby screen capable of a user interface, a stable idle screen widget is released by releasing the widget in which the error occurs from the idle screen. It is possible to provide services to users.

1 is a view showing the structure of a mobile terminal providing a standby screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal for providing a standby screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

111: communication unit 113: audio unit

115: input unit 117: memory

119: display unit 121: widget error detection unit

123: widget management unit

Claims (7)

Memory that stores at least one widget, A display unit for displaying a standby screen including a widget, A widget error detection unit for detecting a widget in which an error occurs when configuring an idle screen; And a widget manager configured to release the detected widget from the idle screen and display the idle screen using a widget other than the detected widget. The method of claim 1, The widget error detection unit detects the widget as the widget in which the error occurs, if the widget in which the error occurs is a widget in which an error occurs over a preset number of times. The method of claim 1, The detected widget is one of a widget which is not loaded when loading, or a widget which does not become inactive after the widget is activated. (a) detecting a widget in which an error occurs in the widget constituting the idle screen; (b) releasing the detected widget from an idle screen; (c) displaying a standby screen using a widget except for the detected widget. The method of claim 4, wherein In the step (a) And detecting the widget as the widget in which the error occurs, if the widget in which the error occurs is a widget in which an error occurs more than a preset number of times. The method of claim 4, wherein The detected widget is a widget that does not complete loading upon loading, the idle widget widget providing method, characterized in that one of the widget does not switch to an inactive state after the widget is activated. In the recording medium on which the program for providing the idle screen widget service is recorded, (a) detecting a widget in which an error occurs in the widget constituting the idle screen; (b) releasing the detected widget from an idle screen; (c) a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a step of displaying a standby screen using a widget other than the detected widget.

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