KR101710427B1 - Method for service to download application, method for service to provide application, electronic device applying the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An application download service method, an application providing service method, and a user terminal using the method. According to the application download service method, the user terminal information is transmitted to the server, the application list generated based on the user terminal information is received, and the received application list is displayed on the screen. As a result, the user can download the desired application in a simpler and simpler manner.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an application download service method, an application download service method,

The present invention relates to an application downloading service method, an application providing service method, and a user terminal to which the present invention is applied. More specifically, the present invention relates to an application download service method, an application providing service method, Terminal.

Recently, application stores that sell applications used on mobile devices are becoming popular. A typical example is Apple's App Store.

Accordingly, the user can access the application store on the Internet using his or her mobile device, pay for the service using the Internet commerce, and download the desired application directly. Accordingly, the user can download the application using his / her mobile device.

However, since the application store on the Internet sells a vast amount of applications, the user has to spend a long time searching for the desired application. Also, the user may not know what application is appropriate for his / her device.

The user wants to be able to download the desired application in an easy way. Accordingly, it is required to search for a method of downloading an application desired by a user in an easier and simpler manner.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is conceived to solve the problems as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus and method, which transmits user terminal information to a server, receives an application list generated based on user terminal information, An application providing service method, and a user terminal to which the method is applied.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an application providing service method for receiving user terminal information from a user terminal, generating an application list generated based on user terminal information, and transmitting the generated application list to a user terminal have.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application download service method of a user terminal downloading an application from a server, the method comprising: transmitting at least one of user terminal information, network information, step; Receiving an application list generated based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information; And displaying the application list on a screen.

The user terminal information may include at least one of a manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and presence / absence of a touch screen of the user terminal.

The network information may be information on a speed of a network connected between the user terminal and the server.

The provider information may be information on an application that can be provided by a service provider of the user terminal.

The user information may include at least one of a purchase history of a user who uses the user terminal and a preference information of the user.

In addition, the transmitting step may set a priority for each of attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information, and transmit the priority.

Also, the transmitting step may include a flag indicating a priority for each of attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information.

The displaying step may display the application list on a screen for each attribute included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user terminal for downloading an application from a server includes: a network interface for connecting to the server through one of a plurality of networks; A display unit for displaying an image; And transmits at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information to the server, and receives an application list generated based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, And controlling the network interface to display the application list on the screen.

The user terminal information may include at least one of a manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and presence / absence of a touch screen of the user terminal.

The network information may be information on a speed of a network connected between the user terminal and the server.

The provider information may be information on an application that can be provided by a service provider of the user terminal.

The user information may include at least one of a purchase history of a user who uses the user terminal and a preference information of the user.

In addition, the controller may control the priority of each of attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information to be set and transmitted.

Also, the control unit may control to transmit a flag indicating a priority to each of attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information.

The control unit may control the application list to be displayed on the screen for each attribute included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information.

Meanwhile, an application providing method of a server providing an application to a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information from the user terminal; Extracting at least one application of the stored applications based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information; And generating an application list using the extracted application, and transmitting the application list to the user terminal.

The extracting may extract at least one application executable in the user terminal among the stored applications based on the user terminal information.

The extracting may extract at least one application that can be downloaded within a predetermined time according to the network speed based on the network information.

The extracting may extract at least one application that can be provided by a service provider providing the service of the user terminal based on the provider information.

Also, the extracting may extract at least one application according to the purchase history and preference of the user based on the user information.

The method may further include storing the purchase history and the preference of the user, wherein the extracting step may extract at least one application according to the purchase history and preference of the stored user.

The method may further include changing at least one of a condition related to user terminal information for extracting an application, a condition relating to network information, and a condition relating to provider information for extracting an application in the extracting step.

Meanwhile, a server for providing an application to a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a network interface for connecting with the user terminal through one of a plurality of networks; Receiving at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information, and receiving at least one of the stored applications based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, And a controller for extracting the application, generating an application list using the extracted application, and controlling the network interface to transmit the application list to the user terminal.

The control unit may extract at least one application executable in the user terminal from among the stored applications based on the user terminal information.

The control unit may extract at least one application that can be downloaded within a predetermined time according to the network speed based on the network information.

The control unit may extract at least one application that the provider providing the service of the user terminal can provide based on the provider information.

Also, the control unit may extract at least one application according to the purchase history and preference of the user based on the user information.

The system may further include a database unit for storing the purchase history and the preference of the user, and the control unit may extract at least one application according to the purchase history and preference of the stored user.

And a storage unit configured to store at least one of a condition related to user terminal information for extracting an application, a condition relating to network information, and a condition relating to provider information for extracting an application, , A condition relating to the network information, and a condition relating to the provider information.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an application download service method for transmitting user terminal information to a server, receiving an application list generated based on user terminal information, and displaying the received application list on a screen, And a user terminal to which the present invention is applied, so that the user can download the desired application in a simpler and simpler way.

In particular, since the list of applications suitable for the user terminal is received from the server, the user can eliminate the inconvenience of searching for unnecessary applications when downloading a desired application.

1 is a flow diagram provided to illustrate an application download service method, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 2A to 2H illustrate a process of downloading a map application when a user terminal is a camera according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a screen in which an application according to a model name is displayed and then an application according to a resolution is displayed according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 illustrates a data transmission system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a flowchart illustrating an application providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram for explaining a process of filtering an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,
9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a flow chart provided to illustrate an application download service method, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user terminal 100 is connected to the Internet (S110). The user terminal 100 may access the Internet through a wired network, or may access the Internet through a wireless network such as a wireless LAN or a WiBro network.

Thereafter, the user terminal 100 accesses the server 105 providing the application providing site according to the user's operation (S120). When connected to the server 105 of the application providing site, the user terminal 100 transmits the user terminal information to the server 105 (S130).

Here, the user terminal information indicates information indicating a specification attribute of the user terminal 100. [ Specifically, the user terminal information includes at least one of the model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storable capacity, and information on whether or not the touch screen is present. The user terminal information may be meta data of the user terminal 100.

In addition, the user terminal 100 may set and transmit priorities for each of the user terminal information. For example, if the highest priority is given to the model name, the user terminal 100 may transmit the priority flag to the model name information in the user terminal information. Then, the server 105 preferentially applies the model name to extract an application suitable for the user terminal 100. [

In this manner, when the user terminal 100 transmits the user terminal information to the server 105, the server 105 receives the user terminal information through the Internet network (S140). Then, the server 105 determines the type of the device or the attribute of the device for the user terminal 100 based on the received user terminal information (S150).

Then, the server 105 extracts an application applicable to the user terminal 100 from among the stored applications based on the determined device type or the attribute of the device (S160). For example, if the server 105 receives the model name as the user terminal information, the server 105 extracts the application executed in the corresponding model. Then, if the server 105 has received the resolution as the user terminal information, the server 105 extracts an application that can be executed at the received resolution.

Thereafter, the server 105 transmits information about the extracted application to the user terminal 100 (S170). Then, the user terminal 100 receives the application information from the server 105 (S180).

Then, the user terminal 100 displays the application list suitable for the user terminal 100 on the screen using the received application information (S190). At this time, the user terminal 100 may display an application list for each attribute included in the user terminal information. For example, the user terminal 100 may be configured to display applications, which are suitable for the model name, as a group on a screen, and to display, on a screen, applications suited to the resolution as a group.

Also, the user terminal 100 may assign a priority to each attribute of the user terminal information. For example, the user terminal 100 may be configured to first display the applications suitable for the model name on the screen, and then display the applications suitable for the resolution on the screen.

Through the above process, the user terminal 100 can selectively check the list of applications suitable for the user from the server 105. [ Accordingly, the user can easily browse the desired application.

Hereinafter, a process of downloading a map application when the user terminal 100 is a camera will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A to 2H. 2A to 2H are diagrams illustrating a process of downloading a map application when the user terminal 100 is the camera 200. FIG.

2A is a diagram showing a state where a main menu is displayed on a display screen of the camera 200. FIG. As shown in FIG. 2A, the main menu of the camera 200 includes an 'online store' item. The 'online store' item is a function to access a site that provides applications on the Internet. Accordingly, when the user selects the item 'online store', the camera 200 is connected to the server 105 providing the application providing site through the Internet. Then, the camera 200 transmits its own user terminal information to the server.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, a category of applications provided in the online store is displayed on the display screen of the camera 200. FIG. At this time, the category of the applications to be displayed is a category for applications that can be used in the camera 200.

If the user selects the 'Map' item, the camera 200 displays a list of downloadable map applications on the screen as shown in FIG. 2C. The map applications shown in FIG. 2C are map applications selected by the application providing server 105 as being suitable for use in the camera 200 by referring to the user terminal information of the camera 200. Specifically, the application providing server 105 may extract a map application suitable for the model of the camera 200. [ In addition, the application providing server 105 may extract a map application suitable for the resolution of the camera 200. [

As described above, the camera 200 receives a list of applications suitable for use from the server 105, and displays a list of the received applications on the screen as shown in FIG. 2C. Accordingly, the user can easily select an application that can be executed in the camera 200. [

In FIG. 2C, when the user selects 'Osaka Map', a screen asks whether to purchase the Osaka Map application as shown in FIG. 2d. If the user selects ' Yes ', the purchase procedure proceeds. Then, the downloading procedure of the selected application is proceeded as shown in FIG. 2E. Then, when the download is completed, a screen indicating that the download is completed is displayed as shown in FIG. 2F.

After downloading the 'Osaka Map', if the user selects 'navigation' in the main menu as shown in FIG. 2g, the user executes 'Osaka Map' in the navigation system as shown in FIG. 2h .

As described above, the camera 200 transmits the user terminal information to the server 105, and receives a list of applications suitable for use in the camera 200, and displays the list on the screen. Accordingly, the user can use the camera 200 to check only the information on the application suitable for the device from the online store, and quickly find and download the desired application.

Although the user terminal 100 is described as being the camera 200 in the present embodiment, it is needless to say that the user terminal 100 may be various devices. Specifically, the user terminal 100 may be a mobile phone, a digital photo frame, and a TV. In addition, depending on the device of the user terminal 100, an application suitable for the device is also different.

For example, if the user terminal 100 is a cellular phone, the application suitable for this may be a cellular phone ringtone, a cellular phone widget, and contents. If the user terminal 100 is a digital frame, an application suitable for the digital frame may be a premium application, a widget, a photograph of a famous artist, and the like. In addition, when the user terminal 100 is a TV, a suitable application may be a premium application, a moving picture file, or the like.

Hereinafter, the structure of the user terminal 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a user terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3, the user terminal 100 includes a functional block 310, a display unit 320, a storage unit 330, an operation unit 340, a communication unit 350, and a control unit 360 .

The function block 310 performs the function of the user terminal 100 itself. If the user terminal 100 is an MP3 player, the function block 310 performs an MP3 player function. If the user terminal 100 is a PMP, the function block 310 performs a PMP function.

The display unit 320 displays the input image and displays the GUI. Specifically, the display unit 320 displays the screens (for example, a main menu, an application list, and the like) shown in FIGS. 2A to 2H.

The storage unit 330 is a storage medium storing a plurality of contents. In addition, the storage unit 330 may store the downloaded application. The storage unit 330 may be a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, or the like.

The operation unit 340 receives a user's operation for inputting a specific command. For example, the operation unit 340 may include a button, a wheel, a touch screen, and the like.

The communication unit 350 is communicably connected to the application providing server 105. The communication unit 350 transmits the user terminal information to the application providing server 105 and receives the application list from the application providing server 105. [ The communication unit 350 may be a wired communication module such as a wired LAN card or a wireless communication module such as a wireless LAN or Bluetooth

The controller 360 performs the steps of the flowchart shown in FIG. 1 and performs the processes of FIGS. 2A through 2H so that the user terminal 100 can display a list of applications suitable for the device from the server 105 do.

Specifically, the control unit 360 transmits the user terminal information to the application providing server 105, and controls the communication unit 350 to receive the application list generated based on the user terminal information. Here, the user terminal information indicates information indicating a specification attribute of the user terminal 100. [ Specifically, the user terminal information includes at least one of the model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storable capacity, and information on whether or not the touch screen is present. The user terminal information may be meta data of the user terminal 100.

In addition, the control unit 360 may set and transmit priorities for each of the user terminal information. For example, in order to give the highest priority to the model name, the control unit 360 may transmit the priority flag to the model name information in the user terminal information. Then, the server 105 preferentially applies the model name to extract an application suitable for the user terminal 100. [

In addition, the control unit 360 controls the display unit 320 to display the application list on the screen. The control unit 360 controls the application list to be displayed on the screen for each attribute included in the user terminal information.

In this way, the control unit 360 of the user terminal 100 receives the list of applications suitable for use by the user terminal 100 by transmitting the user terminal information to the server 105, and displays the list on the screen. Accordingly, the user can use the user terminal 100 to check only the information on the application suitable for the device from the online store, and to quickly find and download the desired application.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen in which an application according to a model name is displayed and an application according to a resolution is displayed according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the user accesses the application providing site through the user terminal 100, the user terminal 100 displays a screen displaying a list of applications as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, the user terminal 100 assumes that the model name is 'S500' and the resolution is 320 * 200. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the user terminal 100 displays a map application list that can be used in the S500 model, and then a map application list that can be applied to the resolution 320 * 200. That is, the user terminal 100 knows that an application suitable for the model name is set to have a high priority. Needless to say, such a priority can be adjusted as desired by the user.

Therefore, the user can confirm the list of applications suitable for use by the user terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 4 only by an operation of accessing the application providing site.

5 is a diagram illustrating a data transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The application transmission system according to the present embodiment provides an application, which is produced by a contents provider (CP) and stored in a server, so that the terminal can receive the application through the network.

As shown in Fig. 5, the application transmission system is composed of a plurality of terminals 100-1 and 100-2, a plurality of networks 10-1 and 10-2, and a server 105. Fig.

The terminal 1 100-1 and the terminal 2 100-2 correspond to a user terminal or a client and are connected to the server 105 through the networks 10-1 and 10-2 and stored in the server 105 Thereby allowing a user using the user terminal to use the received application.

In particular, the terminal 1 (100-1) and the terminal 2 (100-2) transmit the transmission of the application list to the server 105, and the server 105 selects a part of the received application list and uses the selected application . In this case, the terminal 1 (100-1) and the terminal 2 (100-2) together transmit the user terminal information about themselves to the server 105 in order to receive the optimized application list.

The server 105 stores an application, content, data, and the like produced / generated by a contents provider (CP) and stores an application list according to a request of the terminal 1 100-1 or terminal 2 100-2 to the terminal 1 (100-1) or terminal 2 (100-2). Here, the CP is an entity that produces or generates an application or a content, and transmits the application or the content produced through the networks 10-1 and 10-2 to the server 105 and stores the application or the content in the server 105 .

On the other hand, the server 105 receives the user terminal information for the terminal 1 (100-1) or the terminal 2 (100-2) together with the request for providing the application list, as described above. Accordingly, the server 105 extracts the applications optimized for the terminal 1 (100-1) or the terminal 2 (100-2) among the stored applications and outputs the list of extracted applications to the terminal 1 (100-1) (100-2).

The user terminal information refers to information on at least one of a manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storable capacity, touch screen presence, unique number, user and application usage history of the terminal, 105) extracts an application executable in the terminal or an application designated to be executable in the terminal.

In addition, the server 105 determines the network information to which the request for providing the application list is transmitted, extracts the optimized applications according to the determined network information, and delivers the extracted list of applications.

Here, the network information is information on the speed of the network to which the user terminal information is transmitted. That is, the network information indicates information on the speed of the network to which the user terminal 100 and the server 105 are connected. Because applications can have varying capacities, high-capacity applications can be a problem for transmission if the data transfer rate on the network is low. Accordingly, the server 105 extracts the optimized applications based on the information about the network to which the provision request for the application list is transmitted, and delivers the list of extracted applications.

Although the WiFi 10-1 and the GPRS 10-2 are exemplified in the present embodiment to explain that the terminal 1 100-1 and the terminal 2 100-2 can use various networks, Other network may be used.

In this way, the server 105 stores applications made from the CP. When there is a request for providing the application list from the terminal, the server 105 uses the user terminal information and the network information to optimize applications Forward the list.

5, the server 105 transmits a request to the application 105-1 via the WiFi 10-1 in response to a request for providing the application list of the terminal 1 (100-1) through the WiFi 10-1, 1 (App1) to the terminal 1 (100-1), and in response to a request for providing the application list of the terminal 2 (100-2) via the WiFi (10-1), the server (105) 1 to the terminal 2 100-2 and sends the application 2 (App2) to the server 105 in response to a request to provide the application 1 (100-1) (App3) to the terminal 1 (100-1) via the GPRS 10-2 and in response to a request to provide the application 2 (100-2) through the GPRS 10-2 , It can be seen that the server 105 delivers the application 4 (App4) to the terminal 2 (100-2) via the GPRS 10-2.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an application providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the request for the application list is input from the user (S610-Y), the user terminal 100 requests the server 105 for the application list and transmits the information about the terminal to the server 105 (S620) .

The server 105 analyzes the user terminal information received from the user terminal 100 (S630), and determines the received path of the user terminal information and the application list request, that is, the network information (S640). In addition, the server 105 filters all of the applications stored in the server 105 (S650) based on the analyzed user terminal information and the determined network information, and transmits information about the filtered application to the user terminal 100 (S660). Here, the information about the filtered application means the filtered application list.

The process of filtering the application will be described in detail below with reference to Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining a process of filtering an application.

When the user terminal information is received from the user terminal 100 and the network information is determined, the server 105 extracts specific information about the user terminal 100 based on the user terminal information and the network information.

For example, when information such as manufacturer, breed, etc. of the terminal is received as the user terminal information, the server 105 uses the information such as the resolution 710 of the user terminal 100, Can be extracted. Likewise, the server 105 may also extract specific information about the network, such as the data rate 720 of the network. The specific information may be stored in the server 105 in advance.

Also, as shown, using the specific information such as the resolution 710 of the terminal and the data transmission rate 720 of the network, the server 105 may send an application for transmission to the user terminal 100 among the stored applications 730, and transmits a list of the extracted applications to the user terminal 100. [0050]

6, the user terminal 100 displays the list of applications received from the server 105 on the screen (S270). Accordingly, the user using the user terminal 100 selects a desired application from the application list .

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal 100 illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 7. FIG. The user terminal 100 includes an application execution module 810, a display 820, a control unit 830, a network interface 840, an input unit 850, and a storage unit 860.

The application execution module 810 performs image processing on the application list received from the server 105 so that the application list is displayed on the screen, and when one of the application lists is selected and the application received from the server 105 is a user To be executed in the terminal 100. The application launch module 810 passes a list of applications and a signal to the display 820 to cause the application to be displayed on the screen so that the display 820 displays the application list and the application on the screen.

The network interface 840 provides a path for the user terminal 100 to communicate with the server 105 via the network. Accordingly, the user terminal 100 delivers the application list request, the user terminal information, and the application provision request to the server 105 via the network interface 840, and receives the application list and the selected application from the server 105 .

The input unit 850 is connected to a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and is used as a means for receiving a user's operation. In particular, the input unit 850 receives a command of a user requesting an application list and a command of a user requesting an application, and transfers the command to the controller 830.

The storage unit 860 stores a program for operating the entirety of the user terminal 100 and various information, data, and applications received from the server 105. [ The storage unit 860 may be implemented as a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, or the like.

The control unit 830 controls the first half of the user terminal 100. In particular, the control unit 830 may cause the application list request, the user terminal information, and the application request to be delivered to the server 105 via the network interface 840 and the list of applications received from the server 105 to be displayed on the display 820 And causes the application received from the server 105 to be executed in the user terminal 100. [

In addition, the control unit 830 selects one of a plurality of networks connected to the user terminal 100, and enables the user terminal 100 and the server 105 to communicate with each other through the selected network.

9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 105 described so far. The server 105 includes a network interface 910, a control unit 920, and a storage unit 930.

The network interface 910 provides a path for the server 105 to communicate with the user terminal 100 via the network. Accordingly, the server 105 receives the application list request, the user terminal information, and the application provision request from the user terminal 100 via the network interface 910, and transmits the application list to the user terminal 100, Transfer the application.

The storage unit 930 stores programs for operating the entire server 105 and data such as applications and contents received from the CP. In addition, the storage unit 930 stores information on applications received from the CP, such as information on the user terminal 100 executable by the application, capacity of the application, and the like. The storage unit 930 may be implemented as a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, or the like.

The control unit 920 controls the first half of the server 105. In particular, when the application list request and the user terminal information are received from the user terminal 100 through the network interface 910, the controller 920 analyzes the received user terminal information and extracts specific information of the user terminal 100 , Application list request, and information on the network, which is the path through which the user terminal information is received, and extracts specific information about the network based on the information.

The control unit 920 filters applications optimized for the user terminal 100 based on the user terminal information and the network information among the applications received from the CP and stored in the storage unit 930, And transmits the list to the user terminal 100.

Accordingly, the server 105 can selectively provide an application applicable to the user terminal 100, thereby providing the user with convenience of using the application.

In the above description, it is assumed that the terminal 1 (100-1) and the terminal 2 (100-2) are directly connected to the server 105 through the networks 10-1 and 10-2, As a matter of course. Accordingly, the terminal 1 (100-1) and the terminal 2 (100-2) may be connected to the server 105 through the networks 10-1 and 10-2 via separate intermediate devices such as a PC Of course. For example, when the terminal 1 (100-1) is a mobile phone, the mobile phone is connected to the PC, and the application list from the server 105 via the networks 10-1 and 10-2 available in the PC Once received, the selected application in the list of applications may be transmitted to the mobile phone via the PC.

Meanwhile, although the user terminal transmits the user terminal information and the network information in the present embodiment, it is also possible to transmit the operator information or the user information.

Here, the provider information indicates information on an application that a provider (i.e., a content provider (CP)) providing a service of the user terminal 100 can provide. The user information includes at least one of the user's application purchase history and the user's application preference information as information indicating the details of the application service using the user terminal 100 by the user.

In this manner, the user terminal 100 may transmit at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information to the server 105. In this case, the user terminal 100 may set and prioritize attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information. The user terminal 100 may include a flag indicating a priority for each of attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information for priority setting have.

Also, the user terminal 100 displays the application list on the screen for each attribute included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information. For example, the user terminal 100 may display only the application list corresponding to the user terminal information on the screen. Then, the user terminal 100 may display an application list corresponding to the provider information and an application list corresponding to the user information in a separate area, respectively.

Accordingly, the server 105 receives at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information from the user terminal 100. Then, the server 105 extracts at least one of the pre-stored applications based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information. Then, the server 105 generates an application list using the extracted application, and transmits the application list to the user terminal 100.

Specifically, the server 105 extracts at least one application corresponding to each of the following using the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information.

The server 105 may extract at least one application executable on the user terminal 100 from the stored applications based on the user terminal information. For example, the server 105 may recognize the screen resolution of the user terminal 100 based on the user terminal information and extract an executable application in the screen resolution of the user terminal 100 to generate an application list.

In addition, the server 105 may extract at least one application that can be downloaded within a certain time, depending on the speed of the network, based on the network information. For example, the server 105 may generate an application list by extracting applications with a capacity that can be downloaded within 5 minutes based on the network information.

The server 105 may extract at least one application that can be provided by the service provider providing the service of the user terminal based on the provider information. For example, the server 105 may extract applications that can be provided by YouTube to generate an application list.

In addition, the server 105 may extract at least one application based on the user's purchase history and preference based on the user information. For example, the server 105 may extract an application other than an application purchased by a user to generate an application list.

At this time, the server 105 may store the purchase history and the preference of the user for each user. The server 105 updates the purchase history and preference information of the user each time the user purchases an application or inputs preference information. Accordingly, the server 105 can extract at least one application according to the purchase history and preference corresponding to the stored current user of the user terminal 100. [

In addition, the server 105 may change at least one of a condition relating to user terminal information for extracting an application, a condition relating to network information, and a condition relating to provider information.

Here, the condition regarding the user terminal information indicates a condition inside the server 105 for the server 105 to extract an application corresponding to the user terminal information received from the user terminal 100. [

The conditions relating to the network information indicate conditions inside the server 105 for the server 105 to extract an application matching the network information received from the user terminal 100. [

The conditions relating to the provider information indicate the conditions inside the server 105 for the server 105 to extract an application corresponding to the provider information received from the user terminal 100. [

The server 105 can change the internal conditions for extracting the application as described above, and extracts an application suitable for the changed conditions.

As described above, the user terminal 100 may transmit at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information to the server 105. The server 105 generates an application list suitable for the request of the user terminal by using at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the provider information, and the user information. Accordingly, the user terminal 100 can receive the list of applications suitable for the user terminal 100 from the server 105. [

It should be noted that the user terminal 100 described in the present embodiment can be applied to any user terminal capable of downloading an application. For example, the user terminal 100 may be an MP3 player, a PMP, a cellular phone, a PDA, or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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830: control unit 840: network interface
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Claims (30)

1. An application download service method of a user terminal downloading an application from a server,
Transmitting user terminal information to a server;
Receiving an application list generated based on the user terminal information;
And displaying the application list on a screen for each attribute included in the user terminal information,
Wherein the displaying comprises:
And displaying the application list according to the priority assigned to each attribute. The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal information includes:
And information about at least one of manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and presence / absence of a touch screen of the user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of transmitting to the server further comprises:
The step of receiving the application list may include receiving an application list generated based on the network information,
The network information includes:
And information about a speed of a network connected between the user terminal and the server. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of transmitting to the server further comprises:
The step of receiving the application list may include receiving an application list generated based on the provider information,
The provider information includes,
Wherein the information about the application can be provided by a service provider providing the service of the user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of transmitting to the server further comprises transmitting user information,
The receiving of the application list may include receiving an application list generated based on the user information,
The user information includes:
The purchase history of the user using the user terminal, and the preference information of the user. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the transmitting comprises:
Wherein the priority of each of the attributes included in the user terminal information is set and transmitted. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the transmitting comprises:
And a flag indicating a priority for each of the attributes included in the user terminal information is included and transmitted. delete 1. A user terminal for downloading an application from a server,
A network interface for connecting to the server via one of a plurality of networks;
A display unit for displaying an image;
The control unit transmits the user terminal information to the server, controls the network interface to receive the application list generated based on the user terminal information, and controls the application list to be displayed on the screen according to the attributes included in the user terminal information And a controller
Wherein,
And displays the application list according to the priority assigned to each attribute. 10. The method of claim 9,
The user terminal information includes:
Wherein the user terminal comprises at least one of a manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and presence / absence of a touch screen. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the control unit further transmits network information to the server,
Wherein the application list is generated based on the network information,
The network information includes:
And information about a speed of a network connected between the user terminal and the server. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the control unit further transmits the business entity information to the server,
The application list is generated based on the provider information,
The provider information includes,
Wherein the user terminal is information on an application that can be provided by a service provider providing the service of the user terminal. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the control unit further transmits user information to the server,
Wherein the application list is generated based on the user information,
The user information includes:
A purchase history of a user using the user terminal, and information on a preference of the user. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein,
Wherein the control unit controls the priority to be set for each of the attributes included in the user terminal information. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein,
And a flag indicating a priority for each of the attributes included in the user terminal information is included and controlled to be transmitted. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A system comprising a user terminal and a server for providing an application to the user terminal,
Receiving user terminal information via one of a plurality of networks, extracting at least one application from stored applications based on the user terminal information, generating an application list using the extracted application, A server for sending lists; And
And a user terminal for transmitting the user terminal information to the server, receiving the application list, and displaying the received application list on a screen for each attribute included in the user terminal information,
The user terminal comprises:
And displays the application list according to the priority assigned to each attribute. 25. The method of claim 24,
The server comprises:
And extracts at least one application executable in the user terminal from among the stored applications based on the user terminal information. 25. The method of claim 24,
The server comprises:
Further receiving network information, extracting at least one application of the stored applications further based on the network information,
And based on the network information, extracts at least one application that can be downloaded within a certain time according to the speed of the network. 25. The method of claim 24,
The server comprises:
Further receiving carrier information, extracting at least one of the stored applications based further on the carrier information,
And extracts at least one application that can be provided by a provider providing the service of the user terminal based on the provider information. 25. The method of claim 24,
The server comprises:
Further receiving user information, extracting at least one application of the stored applications further based on the user information,
And extracts at least one application based on the user's purchase history and preference based on the user information. 29. The method of claim 28,
The server comprises:
Stores the purchase history and preference of the user, and extracts at least one application according to the stored purchase history and preference of the user. 25. The method of claim 24,
The server comprises:
Storing a condition relating to user terminal information for extracting an application, and changing a condition regarding the user terminal information.

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