KR101518515B1 - Method for transmitting and receiving data in mobile terminal and mobile terminal using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes the steps of generating widget information and storing the widget information in a mobile communication terminal, transmitting the stored widget information to an external display device via a local area network, and displaying the widget information through the external display device And a mobile communication terminal to which the method is applied.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method of transmitting / receiving data in a mobile communication terminal,

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data in a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal using the same.

The terminal can move And can be divided into a mobile / portable terminal and a stationary terminal depending on whether the terminal is a mobile terminal or not. The mobile communication terminal can be divided into a handheld terminal and a vehicle mount terminal according to whether the user can directly carry the mobile communication terminal.

Such a terminal has various functions, for example, in the form of a multimedia player having a combination of functions such as photographing or recording a moving image, playing a music or video file, receiving a game, or receiving a broadcast .

In order to support and enhance the function of such a terminal, it may be considered to improve the structural part and / or the software part of the terminal. In addition to the original function of the mobile communication terminal, the recent mobile communication terminal has various functions as multimedia .

For example, it is possible to connect to an Internet server and display a web page through a wireless communication network (hereinafter referred to as mobile communication network) for telephone communication.

Also, the mobile communication terminal may include a short-range wireless communication means such as a Bluetooth communication, and may exchange files through a short-range wireless communication channel formed between the terminals having the short-range wireless communication means.

The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal capable of transmitting widget information to an external video output device such as a TV so that a user can check widget information through an external video output device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying a widget, the method comprising: generating widget information and storing the widget information in a mobile communication terminal; transmitting the stored widget information to an external display device via a local area network; And displaying the widget information through the external display device. Here, the widget information may be a program stored in a memory of the mobile communication terminal. Here, the program stored in the memory of the mobile communication terminal may include at least one of a time program, a schedule program, and a text message program.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of generating and storing the widget information in the mobile communication terminal comprises the steps of receiving Internet information through a wireless communication unit of the mobile communication terminal, As shown in FIG.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the widget display method may further include updating the widget information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal including: a memory configured to store widget information; a short range communication module configured to perform short range communication with an external display device; And a control unit for allowing the display unit to transmit the information.

Here, the mobile communication terminal may further include a wireless communication unit for receiving the widget information from an external server. The widget information may be updated by updating from the external server.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the widget information may include at least one of a time program stored in the memory, a schedule program, and a text message program.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the user can check the widget information stored in the mobile communication terminal with an external video output device such as a TV, so that the user can view information of the mobile communication terminal while watching the external video output device have.

Hereinafter, a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

The mobile communication terminal described in this specification may include a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), navigation and the like. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may be applied to a fixed terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, or the like, except in a case where the configuration is applicable only to a mobile communication terminal.

The widget described in this specification includes a user interface having a function of allowing the user to conveniently and quickly move to a site by displaying the desired content on the idle screen by applying the widget function to the screen on the mobile communication terminal, As a concept, it means a program that can be easily and easily inserted into a blog or a web site without being installed on the Internet. The definition of a widget is not limited to the above description, and it should be understood that it is a concept including a meaning commonly known to a person skilled in the art.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an A / V input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, An interface unit 170, a control unit 180, and a power supply unit 190. The components shown in Fig. 1 are not essential, and a mobile communication terminal having more or fewer components than those shown in Fig. 1 may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules for enabling wireless communication between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the network in which the mobile communication terminal 100 is located . For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information generated by the broadcast management server and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast-related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

For example, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), a Media Forward Link Only And a Digital Broadcasting System (ISDB-T) (Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial). Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be adapted to other broadcasting systems as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be embedded in the mobile communication terminal 100 or externally. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies. Through this wireless Internet module 113, various widget information such as weather, news, and securities can be checked in real time.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology. The short range communication module 114 may be configured to transmit widget information to an external video output device.

The position information module 115 is a module for acquiring the position of the mobile communication terminal, and a representative example thereof is a GPS (Global Position System) module.

Referring to FIG. 1, an A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 151. [

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ Two or more cameras 121 may be provided depending on the use environment.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. Various noise reduction algorithms may be implemented in the microphone 122 to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

The sensing unit 140 senses the position of the mobile communication terminal 100 such as the open / close state of the mobile communication terminal 100, the position of the mobile communication terminal 100, the presence of the user, the orientation of the mobile communication terminal, And generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal 100. For example, when the mobile communication terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it is possible to sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. It is also possible to sense whether the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like.

The output unit 150 is for generating output related to the visual, auditory or tactile sense and includes a display unit 151, an audio output module 152, an alarm unit 153, and a haptic module 154 .

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed in the mobile communication terminal 100. For example, when the mobile communication terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or GUI (Graphic User Interface) related to the call is displayed. When the mobile communication terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received image, UI, and GUI are displayed.

The display unit 151 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display display, and a 3D display.

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. The rear structure of the display unit 151 may also be of a light transmission type. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display unit 151 of the terminal body.

There may be two or more display units 151 according to the embodiment of the mobile communication terminal 100. For example, in the mobile communication terminal 100, a plurality of display units may be spaced apart from one another or integrally disposed, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

The display unit 151 including the touch sensor may be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The touch sensor may have the form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display unit 151 or a capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display unit 151 into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch. Alternatively, a separate pressure sensor may be added to detect the pressure.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. Thus, the control unit 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched or the like.

The audio output module 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile communication terminal 100. [ The audio output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile communication terminal 100. Examples of events generated in the mobile communication terminal include a call signal reception, a message reception, a key signal input, and a touch input. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event in a form other than the video signal or the audio signal, for example, vibration. The video signal or the audio signal may be output through the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152 so that they may be classified as a part of the alarm unit 153.

The haptic module 154 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 154 is vibration. The intensity and pattern of the vibration generated by the hit module 154 can be controlled. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 154 may include a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, contact with an electrode, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.

The memory 160 may store a program for the operation of the controller 180 and temporarily store input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, a moving picture, etc.). The memory 160 may store data related to vibrations and sounds of various patterns that are output when a touch is input on the touch screen. The memory 160 may store the Internet widget information and the user settings received through the wireless communication unit Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > widget < / RTI >

The memory 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk. The mobile communication terminal 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet. The memory 160 stores widget information, which may include at least one of a visual program, a text message program, and a schedule program.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path for communication with all external devices connected to the mobile communication terminal 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the mobile communication terminal 100 or allows data in the mobile communication terminal 100 to be transmitted to an external device. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, A video input / output (I / O) port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 170.

The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile communication terminal 100 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM) (Universal Subscriber Identity Module, USIM), and the like. A device equipped with an identification module (hereinafter referred to as "identification device") may be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port.

When the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100, or various command signals input by the user to the cradle may be transmitted It can be a passage to be transmitted to the terminal. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. The control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia play. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [ In addition, the controller 180 has a function of counting time.

The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof

Hereinafter, a method of transmitting and receiving data in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a local area communication system according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving data in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the local area communication system according to the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 100 and a digital TV (external display) 200. The digital TV 200 includes a local area communication module, which functions as a local area communication module in the present invention. 1, the mobile communication terminal 100 includes a short-range communication module 114. The short-range communication module 114 functions as a short-range communication transmission module. Hereinafter, an example using Bluetooth as the short distance communication module will be described. However, not only Bluetooth but also infrared communication, ZigBee, and RFID can be used as a short distance communication module. Hereinafter, a method of transmitting / receiving data between a mobile communication terminal and a digital TV will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving data in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the digital TV 200 and the mobile communication terminal 100 are used in the data transmission / reception method according to the present invention. The Bluetooth transmission / reception menu is displayed on the display unit 151 through the mobile communication terminal 100 (S1). In the Bluetooth transmission / reception menu, the widget transmission is selected (S2). Then, the control unit 180 attempts to connect with the digital TV 200 as an external video output device (S3). When the digital TV 200 and the mobile communication terminal 100 are connected, the controller 180 transmits the widget information to the digital TV 200 (S4). The transmitted widget information is displayed on the digital TV 200 (S5). According to the method for transmitting / receiving data in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the user can check the widget information of the mobile communication terminal through a video output device such as a digital TV.

Although the example of the digital TV is described in this example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to any digital display device.

Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile communication terminal to which the data transmission / reception method in the mobile communication terminal is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which a data transmission / reception method according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 is an image diagram illustrating a process of setting a widget list in a data transmission / reception method according to the present invention.

4 (a) is an image of a convenience function screen 300 of the mobile communication terminal 100. As shown in FIG. A plurality of convenient function icons 310 (for example, a calculator icon, an electronic dictionary icon, an infrared transmission / reception icon, a Bluetooth transmission / reception icon, etc.) are displayed on the convenience function screen 300. In this state, when the Bluetooth transmission / reception icon 311 is selected, the Bluetooth transmission / reception menu screen 400 is displayed on the display unit 151. [ 4 (b) shows a Bluetooth transmission / reception screen 400. In FIG. In the Bluetooth transmission / reception screen 400, a plurality of Bluetooth transmission / reception sub-icons 410 are displayed. In this state, when the transmission mode icon 411 is selected, the transmission mode menu screen 500 is displayed on the display unit 151. In FIG. 4C, the transmission mode menu screen 500 is shown. In this transmission mode menu screen 500, a widget information transmission icon 511 and a widget information setting icon 512 are displayed. In this state, when the user selects the widget information transmission icon 511, a connection with the external video output device is tried through the process described in FIG. 3, and when the connection is completed, the widget information is transmitted through the blue pitcher module And transmitted to the external video output apparatus 200. 4 (d) is an image diagram of the external video output apparatus 200 displaying such widget information. 4 (d), a clock widget 620 and an Internet information widget 610 are displayed on the display unit of the external video output apparatus 200. [ The representation of these widgets can be represented in a translucent overlay fashion. The widget includes a time program previously stored in the memory 160 of the mobile communication terminal 100, a schedule program, a text message program, and an Internet widget.

FIG. 5 is an image diagram illustrating a process of setting a widget list in a data transmitting / receiving method according to the present invention. FIG. 5A shows a transmission mode menu screen 500 which is the same as FIG. 4C. In this transmission mode menu screen 500, a widget information transmission icon 511 and a widget information setting icon 512 are displayed. In this state, when the user selects the widget information transmission icon 511, the widget information setting screen 600 is displayed on the display unit 151. [ 5B, the widget information setting screen 600 includes an internet information window 610, an OK icon 611 for determining whether a widget of the Internet information is to be set, a no icon 612, An OK icon 621, a No icon 622, a clock information window 630 and an OK icon 631 for determining whether or not a widget is set in the clock information, And a plow icon 632 are displayed. The user can use the user input unit 130 to determine widget information to be transmitted using the OK icons and the no icons. The widget information for which the transmission is determined is transmitted to the external video output apparatus through the process shown in Figs.

The above-described method of transmitting and receiving data in the mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal applying the method are not limited to the configuration and method of the above-described embodiments, but the embodiments may be implemented in various ways All or some of the examples may be selectively combined.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a local area communication system according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving data in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4 is an image diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which a data transmission / reception method according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is an image diagram for explaining a procedure of setting a widget list in a data transmission / reception method according to the present invention; FIG.

Claims (9)

Receiving information related to a widget through a wireless communication unit of the mobile communication terminal; Setting information related to the widget as widget information; Transmitting the widget information to an external display device via a local area network; Displaying the widget information as a semi-transparent overlay widget on the external display device and displaying the widget information on a display unit of the mobile communication terminal; And And updating the widget information to display the widget information on the external display device and the display unit. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the widget information is a program stored in a memory of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein the program stored in the memory includes at least one of a time program, a schedule program, and a text message program. delete delete delete delete

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