KR101647306B1 - Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption occurring when a mail service is used in a portable terminal, And a control unit connected to the mail server to receive newly received mail when the information is received.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption occurring when a mail service is used in a portable terminal.

Recently, with the rapid development of portable terminals, portable terminals capable of wireless voice communication and information exchange have become a necessity. However, according to the development of the technology and the introduction of the wireless Internet, the portable terminal can not only be used for a simple telephone conversation but also for a game, a satellite broadcast, a short distance communication The application range of the remote control, the image taking by the installed digital camera, and the schedule management is getting larger and it satisfies the user's desire.

The portable terminal is miniaturized due to its portability, and thus the size of the battery is reduced. However, the development of the battery is insufficient and the capacity of the battery is limited.

In order to support many functions of the portable terminal with the limited battery capacity, it is necessary to increase the capacity of the battery and to reduce the power consumption of the portable terminal.

Of the functions of the portable terminal, a typical function of consuming a large amount of battery is listening to music, watching a moving picture, operating a camera, emitting a backlight, etc. Power consumption may also occur when a mail service function is mainly used.

1 is a diagram illustrating a process of using a mail service in a general portable terminal.

1, the portable terminal 100 periodically transmits information for confirming whether a mail is received or a socket connection to a mail server 110, and then receives a mail from the mail server 110 .

For example, when the portable terminal 100 supports the POP3 mail function, the portable terminal 100 periodically transmits a message for confirming the reception of the mail to confirm existence of the mail, and then transmits the mail to the mail server 110 And receive it.

As another example, if the portable terminal 100 supports the PUSH mail function, the portable terminal 100 transmits a socket connection to the mail server, and then transmits a hitting bit for confirming whether the socket connection state is maintained.

When the mail server 110 is connected to the portable terminal 100 supporting the PUSH mail function as described above, the mail server 110 pushes the received mail to the portable terminal 100 .

As described above, power consumption occurs at the time of transmitting information for confirming whether a mail is received or a socket connection in a portable terminal for mail reception.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in a mobile terminal when using a mail service.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for determining arrival of a mail using a mail arrival notification packet transmitted from a mail server when using a mail service in a portable terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method of a portable terminal that connects to a mail server when receiving information indicating reception of mail from a mail server.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for providing a packet indicating whether or not a mail has arrived.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising: a packet verifying unit for verifying whether information indicating receipt of a new mail is received from a mail server; And a control unit connected to the mail server to process newly received mail.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal in a mail server, the apparatus comprising: a packet generation unit for generating a packet for generating information for notifying a received mail, And a server control unit for transmitting the generated information to the terminal, communicating with the terminal, and transmitting the received mail.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing a mail service for reducing power consumption in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising: And a portable terminal connected to the mail server and receiving newly received mail when receiving information informing reception of a new mail from the mail server.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving information indicating receipt of a new mail from a mail server; Connecting the server to the server, and receiving a newly received mail in connection with the mail server.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal in a mail server, the method comprising: generating information for notifying a user of a received mail when confirming receipt of a mail corresponding to the terminal; Transmitting the generated information to the terminal, and transmitting the received mail after performing a communication connection with the terminal.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a mail service for reducing power consumption in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of: A mail service process of a mail server which generates and transmits a new mail to the terminal, and a mail service process of a portable terminal which receives a newly received mail in connection with the mail server when receiving information informing receipt of a new mail from the mail server .

As described above, the present invention is to reduce power consumption occurring when a mail service is used in a portable terminal, and power consumption can be reduced by omitting a message transmission process of periodically confirming whether or not a mail is received by using a mail arrival notification packet .

1 is a diagram illustrating a process of using a mail service in a general portable terminal,
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system providing a mail service according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process for reducing power consumption when a mail is received in a portable terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a packet indicating whether a mail is received in a mail server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mail arrival notification packet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for determining whether or not mail is received without periodically transmitting a message for confirming whether or not to receive mail, using a mail arrival notification packet to reduce power consumption occurring when a mail service is used in a portable terminal according to the present invention Will be described.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system providing a mail service according to the present invention.

2, the mobile communication system includes a portable terminal 200 and a mail server 220. The portable terminal 200 includes a control unit 202, a packet checking unit 204, A memory unit 206, an input unit 208, a display unit 210, and a communication unit 212.

The controller 202 of the portable terminal 200 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 200. For example, processing and control for voice communication and data communication are performed. In addition to the conventional functions, the control unit 202 analyzes packets received from the mail server 220 according to the present invention, Confirm that the packet is received.

The controller 202 transmits a connection request to the mail server 220 in order to receive a newly received mail when it confirms that it has received a packet including information indicating that the mail is arriving according to the present invention. The controller 202 determines whether the mail is received through the mail arrival notification packet, thereby solving the problem of power consumption occurring in the existing portable terminal that transmits a message for determining periodic mail reception.

After receiving the mail arrival notification packet as described above, when performing the communication connection with the mail server 220, the control unit 202 processes the mail received by the mail server 220 and stores the received mail .

The packet verifying unit 204 analyzes packets received under the control of the controller 202 and identifies the packets transmitted from the mail server 220.

At this time, the packet verifying unit 204 determines whether the packet transmitted from the mail server 220 is a mail arrival notification packet.

The mail arrival notification packet is a packet indicating that a new mail has arrived at the mail server 220, and does not contain actual data. The mail arrival notification packet includes a port number 501, a destination port number 503, a field including the actual data 505 sent from the upper layer, and the like, to which a value is set according to an upper application as shown in FIG. 5 A field 507 for notifying the mail arrival notification packet according to the present invention can be additionally configured in the general packet structure including the mail arrival notification packet. In addition, the mail arrival notification packet may contain no data in the field 505 including the data because the packet is a packet in which no actual data exists.

Accordingly, the packet verifying unit 204 can confirm whether the mail arrival notification packet is received among the packets received from the mail server 220 by checking the field 507 informing the mail arrival notification packet according to the present invention .

The memory unit 206 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a flash ROM. The ROM stores the microcode of the program for processing and controlling the control unit 202 and the packet verifying unit 204, and various reference data.

The RAM is a working memory of the controller 202, and stores temporary data generated during various programs. In addition, the flash ROM stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book, an origination message, and a received message.

The input unit 208 includes numeric key buttons 0 to 9 and a menu key, a cancel button, an OK button, a talk button, an end button, an Internet access button, a navigation key Or direction key) buttons, and a character input key, and provides key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the control unit 202. [

The display unit 210 displays status information, characters, a large amount of moving images, still images, and the like that occur during the operation of the portable terminal 200. The display unit 210 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD), and the display unit 210 may include a touch input device to be used as an input device when applied to the touch input type portable terminal 200. .

The communication unit 212 performs transmission / reception processing of wireless signals of data input / output through an antenna (not shown). For example, in the case of transmission, channel coding and spreading are performed on data to be transmitted, RF processing is performed for transmission, and in case of a receiver, the received RF signal is converted into a baseband signal And performs a function of de-spreading and channel decoding the baseband signal to recover data.

The mail server 220 generally checks whether a mail corresponding to the portable terminal 200 has been received and transmits the received mail to the portable terminal 200. The mail server 220 includes a server control unit 222, a packet generation unit 224, An e-mail checking unit 226, and a communication unit 228.

First, the server control unit 222 of the mail server 220 checks whether a mail corresponding to the portable terminal 200 has been received, and processes the received mail to generate a packet notifying the reception of the mail.

The packet generation unit 224 generates a mail arrival notification packet to be transmitted to the portable terminal 200 corresponding to the received mail when the mail reception is controlled under the control of the server control unit 222. [

Here, the mail arrival notification packet refers to a packet for notifying the portable terminal 200 that a new mail has arrived, and the portable terminal 200 transmits a message for confirming whether or not a new mail has arrived periodically It is possible to determine whether or not the mail is received.

The mail checking unit 226 checks whether the mail corresponding to the portable terminal 200 is received under the control of the server control unit 222. [

The communication unit 228 performs a function of communicating with the portable terminal 200, transmits a connection request for receiving a mail according to the present invention, and receives a response corresponding to the request. In addition, after the portable terminal 200 is connected to the portable terminal 200, a corresponding mail is transmitted to the portable terminal 200.

The roles of the packet verifying unit 204 and the packet generating unit 224 can be performed by the control units 202 and 222 of the portable terminal 200 or the mail server 220, It is to be understood that the present invention may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, and it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. For example, the control units 202 and 222 may be configured to process all of them.

As described above, in order to reduce power consumption when using a mail service in a portable terminal according to the present invention, an apparatus for determining whether or not a mail is received without periodically transmitting a message for confirming whether or not to receive mail using a mail arrival notification packet In the following description, a method for reducing power consumption occurring when using a mail service using the apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process for reducing power consumption in confirming whether or not a mail is received in a portable terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 301, the portable terminal confirms whether a packet is received from the mail server.

If the mobile terminal does not receive the packet in step 301, the mobile terminal repeats the procedure of step 301. [

When receiving the packet in step 301, the portable terminal proceeds to step 303 and confirms whether the received packet is a mail arrival notification packet transmitted from the mail server. Here, the mail arrival notification packet transmitted from the mail server is a packet indicating that a new mail has arrived at the mail server, and is a packet in which actual data does not exist. The mail arrival notification packet includes a port number 501, a destination port number 503, a field 505 including actual data sent from an upper layer, and the like, to which a value is set according to an upper application as shown in FIG. 5 A field 507 for notifying the mail arrival notification packet according to the present invention can be additionally configured in the general packet structure including the mail arrival notification packet. Accordingly, the portable terminal can confirm whether the mail arrival notification packet is received among the packets received from the mail server by confirming the field 507 informing the mail arrival notification packet according to the present invention.

If it is determined in step 303 that the mail arrival notification packet transmitted from the mail server is not received, the portable terminal proceeds to step 313 and processes the corresponding function (e.g., processing of the received packet).

If it is determined in step 303 that the mail arrival notification packet transmitted from the mail server has been received, the portable terminal proceeds to step 305 and determines whether a mail arrival notification packet has been received from the authenticated server. At this time, as described above, the portable terminal can check the port number (501) of the destination of the received packet to check whether the packet is received from the authenticated server.

If it is determined in step 305 that the mail arrival notification packet is received from the unauthorized server, the portable terminal proceeds to step 315 and discards the packet received in step 301, and then ends the algorithm.

If it is determined in step 305 that the mail arrival notification packet is received from the authenticated server, the portable terminal proceeds to step 307 to process a connection request for connection with the mail server.

In step 309, the portable terminal performs socket connection with the mail server, and then proceeds to step 311 to receive the mail transmitted from the mail server.

Thereafter, the portable terminal terminates the present algorithm.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a packet indicating whether a mail is received in a mail server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 401, the mail server checks whether there is a newly received mail in the mail server.

If it is confirmed in step 401 that a new mail is not received, the mail server performs the process of step 401 again.

On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step 401 that a new mail is received, the mail server proceeds to step 403 to check the terminal corresponding to newly received mail to the mail server, and then proceeds to step 405 to receive a message And generates a reception notification packet. Here, the mail reception notification packet may be a packet indicating that a new mail has arrived at the mail server, and may be a packet in which actual data does not exist. The mail reception notification packet includes a port number 501, a destination port number 503, a field 505 including actual data sent from an upper layer, A field 507 for notifying a mail arrival notification packet according to the present invention can be further configured. Accordingly, the terminal can confirm whether the mail arrival notification packet is received among the packets received from the mail server by checking the field 507 for notifying the mail arrival notification packet according to the present invention, It can be confirmed whether it is transmitted from an authenticated server. At this time, the mail server can generate a packet that does not include data in the data field 505 as the mail arrival notification packet having no actual data is generated.

Thereafter, the mail server proceeds to step 407 and transmits the mail reception notification packet generated in step 405 to the terminal corresponding to the newly received mail.

In step 409, the mail server that has transmitted the mail reception notification packet confirms whether it receives a connection request for mail reception from the terminal.

If the connection request for receiving mail is not received from the terminal in step 409, the mail server performs the process of step 409 again.

If it is determined in step 409 that a connection request for mail reception is received from the terminal, the mail server proceeds to step 411 and performs socket connection with the terminal. In step 413, And processes it to transmit to the terminal connected with the socket.

Thereafter, the mail server ends the algorithm.

5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mail arrival notification packet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5, the mail arrival notification packet 500 includes a port number 501 of a destination, a destination port number 503, a field 505 including actual data sent from an upper layer, And the like.

In addition, the mail arrival notification packet 500 may further comprise a field 507 indicating a packet for notifying the arrival of mail according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Accordingly, the terminal 200 having received the packet transmitted from the mail server 220 checks the field 507 indicating the packet arrival notification 500 to determine whether the received packet is the mail arrival announcement packet 500 .

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

200: portable terminal
202: control unit 204:
220: Mail server
222: server control unit 224:
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Claims (14)

An apparatus for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal,
A communication unit; And
And a control unit for checking whether the new mail is received based on a packet received from the mail server and checking whether the mail server is an authenticated server if it is confirmed that the new mail is received, And a controller for connecting to the server and processing to receive the new mail.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
And discards the packet if the mail server is an unauthenticated server.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the packet comprises:
And a field indicating a mail arrival notification packet for indicating whether the new mail is received or not.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the packet comprises:
Further comprising at least one of a sender port field for transmitting the new mail and a destination port field for receiving the new mail.
1. An apparatus for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal in a mail server,
A communication unit; And
A server for generating a packet for notifying the reception mail when the mail corresponding to the terminal is received and transmitting the generated packet to the terminal and for communicating with the terminal, And a control unit,
Wherein the packet includes information for performing authentication with the mail server at the terminal.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein,
And generates the packet including information indicating the port of the mail server and the received mail.
An apparatus for providing a mail service for reducing power consumption in a mobile communication system,
A mail server for generating a packet informing the received mail and confirming that the mail corresponding to the terminal is received,
When receiving a packet informing receipt of a new mail from the mail server, verifying that the mail server is an authenticated server and, when the mail server is an authenticated server, And a terminal.
A method for reducing power consumption in a portable terminal,
Checking whether a new mail is received based on a packet received from the mail server;
Checking whether the mail server is an authenticated server when confirming receipt of the new mail;
Connecting to the mail server when the mail server is an authenticated server,
And receiving the new mail from the mail server.
9. The method of claim 8,
And discarding the packet if the mail server is an unauthenticated server.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the packet comprises:
And a field indicating a mail arrival notification packet for indicating whether or not the new mail is received.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the packet comprises:
Further comprising at least one of a sender port field for sending the new mail and a destination port field for receiving the new mail.
A method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal in a mail server,
Generating a packet for notifying the received mail when it is confirmed that the mail corresponding to the terminal is received;
Transmitting the generated packet to the terminal;
And transmitting the received mail after performing a communication connection with the terminal,
Wherein the packet includes information for performing authentication with the mail server at the terminal.
13. The method of claim 12,
The generating of the packet includes:
And generating the packet including information indicating a port of the mail server and information indicating the received mail.
A method for providing a mail service for reducing power consumption in a mobile communication system,
Generating a packet informing the received mail when the mail server confirms receipt of a mail corresponding to the terminal, and transmitting the generated packet to the terminal;
Checking whether the mail server is an authenticated server when receiving, from the mail server, a packet informing receipt of a new mail;
If the mail server is an authenticated server, receiving a newly received mail in connection with the mail server.

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