KR101781133B1 - Method for providing control widget and device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A control-widget providing method and a device using the same are provided. The control-widget providing method downloads and executes a control-widget used to input a control command to an external device, and transmits the inputted user command to the external device using the executed control-widget. As a result, the external device can be easily downloaded as a control-widget that can be controlled remotely, and can be installed and used in the device.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THE CONTROLLER -

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of providing a widget and a device to which the widget is provided, and more particularly, to a method of providing a widget to a user and a device using the widget.

With the advent of various digital devices, the number of digital devices possessed by users has increased. It is no exaggeration to say that users are buried among digital devices.

Such diverse digital devices have contributed to the convenience and enrichment of the user's life. And, in recent years, the acceleration and multifunctionality of digital devices, which have accelerated further, have further improved their contribution.

Nonetheless, users are seeking a more convenient and affluent life, and are looking for ways to make digital devices more sophisticated and versatile.

However, there is a limit to the functions that a digital device performs singly. Accordingly, digital devices held by users function by mutual fusion, so that new functions that digital devices can not perform alone can be created, so that it is required to search for ways to make user's life more convenient and enrichable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a control-widget providing method and a device using the same, which can be installed in a device and remotely input a control command for an external device .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control-widget providing method comprising: downloading a control-widget used for inputting a control command for an external device; Executing a downloaded control-widget in the downloading step; And transmitting the user command inputted using the control-widget executed in the execution step to the external device.

The control-widget providing method includes: receiving an edit command for the control-widget; And editing the control-widget according to the edit command input in the input step.

The editing may be performed by changing the shape of the control widget itself, deleting the control widget itself, changing the arrangement of the control icons constituting the control widget, adding or deleting control icons constituting the control widget, Control-widget location change.

The control-widget providing method includes displaying a first control-widget used for inputting a control command for the first external device and a second control-widget used for inputting a control command for the second external device together ; Transmitting the first user command to the first external device when a first user command is input through the first control-widget; And transmitting the second user command to the second external device when a second user command is input through the second control-widget.

In addition, it is preferable that the control-widget is provided separately for each type of external device.

As described above, according to the present invention, an external device can be easily downloaded to a control-widget that can be controlled remotely, and can be installed and used in a device. In addition, when the control-widgets are downloaded to a plurality of external devices and installed in the device, the user can remotely control the plurality of external devices through the single device.

In addition, the control-widget is editable, allowing you to respect your preferences.

1 shows a network to which the present invention is applicable,
2 is a block diagram illustrating a method for downloading a control-widget, editing a downloaded control-widget according to a user's preference, and controlling the home devices using the control-widget,
3 is a diagram illustrating control-widgets,
Figures 4 and 5 illustrate the drawings provided in the description of control-widget editing,
6 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile-phone shown in Fig.

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

1. Network configuration

1 is a diagram showing a network to which the present invention is applicable. 1, the network to which the present invention can be applied is constructed in such a manner that the mobile phone 110, the TV 120, the DVDP 130, and the electronic frame 140 are communicably connected to each other.

On the other hand, the mobile-phone 110 is communicably connected to the web-store server 10 via the Internet I. [

2. Controls - Widgets

The control-widget is a widget used to remotely control the home devices 120, 130, and 140 via the mobile-phone 110. The control-widget is created and used separately for each home device. Accordingly, a TV control widget for remotely controlling the TV 120, a DVDP control widget for remotely controlling the DVDP 130, an electronic frame control for remotely controlling the electronic frame 140, Widgets are separate from each other.

The web-store server 10 holds control-widgets by product and by product model.

The following describes how to provide control-widgets. Specifically, the process of downloading the control-widget, editing the downloaded control-widget according to the user's preference, and controlling the home appliances using the control-widget will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a control-widget providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

2.1 Control - Widget Downloads

If the control-widget add command is input to the mobile-phone 110 by the user at step S210-Y, the mobile-phone 110 transmits the control-widget commanded at step S210 to the web- And requests the server 10 (S220).

For example, if the user has added a DVDP control widget in step S210, the mobile phone 110 requests the DVDP control widget from the web-store server 10 in step S220. The request in step S220 includes the model number of the DVDP, and the home device to be requested is specified by the model number.

After that, the mobile-phone 110 downloads the control-widget from the web-store server 10 via the Internet I (S230). Then, the mobile-phone 110 installs the downloaded control-widget in step S230.

By the above procedure, a new control-widget is installed in the mobile-phone 110. The above procedure is generally performed when a user purchases a new home device or when a user wants to remotely control a home device that he already owns with a control-widget that is executed in the mobile-phone 110.

On the other hand, when the user disposes of the existing home device or desires not to remotely control the home device with the control-widget which is still held by the mobile-phone 110, the mobile- It is also possible to issue a command to delete the control widget of the home device stored in the home device.

2.2 Controls - Edit widgets

FIG. 3 illustrates a mobile-phone 110 with installed control-widgets arranged on the idle screen. 3 shows a mobile-phone 110 in which a TV control-widget, a DVDP control-widget and an electronic frame control-widget are executed to appear on the idle screen.

The control-widget displayed on the mobile-phone 110 is editable according to the user's preference. 2, when a control-widget edit command is input to the mobile-phone 110 by the user (S240-Y), the mobile-phone 110 transmits the control- The control-widget is edited (S250).

Control - The editing of the widget changes the shape of the control widget itself, 2) adds / deletes the control widget itself, 3) controls that make up the control widget - change the arrangement of the icons, 4) - adding / deleting icons;

Fig. 4 shows the edited result of the shape of the TV control-widget and the DVDP control-widget shown in Fig. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, it can be seen that the arrangement of the control icons constituting the TV control widget shown in FIG. 3 and the control icons constituting the DVDP control widget are changed.

On the other hand, FIG. 5 shows an increase in the shape of the TV control-widget shown in FIG. 3, and an increase in the number of control-icons constituting the TV control-widget. In addition, it can be seen from FIG. 5 that the electronic frame control widget shown in FIG. 3 has been deleted.

The above-mentioned editing method of the control-widget is merely an example. It is of course possible to edit other than the above-mentioned editing. Another example is the control - edit the position of the widget. That is, the position of the control-widget on the idle screen of the mobile-phone 110 can be changed according to the preference of the user. You can also edit controls that do not appear on the idle screen - adding widgets.

2.3 Controls - Control of home devices using widgets

As shown in FIG. 2, when the user inputs a user command using the control-widget displayed on the mobile-phone 110 (S260-Y), the mobile-phone 110 transmits the user command To the corresponding home appliance 120, 130 or 140 (S270).

Specifically,

1) If the user inputs a user command using the TV control-widget in step S240, the mobile-phone 110 transmits the inputted user command to the TV 120,

2) If the user inputs a user command using the DVDP control-widget in step S240, the mobile-phone 110 transmits the inputted user command to the DVDP 130,

3) In step S240, when the user inputs a user command using the electronic frame control widget, the mobile-phone 110 transmits the inputted user command to the electronic frame 140. [

Meanwhile, in step S270, the home appliance 120, 130 or 140 receiving the user command performs the received user command (S280).

2.4 Others

In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the mobile-phone 110 downloads the control-widget from the web-store server 10, but this is merely exemplary. A home appliance such as TV 120, DVDP 130 and electronic frame 140 instead of mobile-phone 110 downloads its control-widget from web-store server 10 and sends it to mobile-phone 110 It is also possible to deliver.

Also, the control-widget can be updated. Mobile-phone 110 may download an updated control-widget from the web-store server 10 and replace the already installed control-widget. When the control-widget is updated, the web-store server 10 can notify the mobile-phone 110 of the update of the control-widget and can implement the update of the control-widget.

3. Mobile-Phone

6 is a detailed block diagram of the mobile-phone 110 shown in FIG. 6, the mobile-phone 110 includes a mobile communication unit 111, a touch screen 112, a control unit 113, a storage unit 114, and a network interface 115. As shown in FIG.

The mobile communication unit 111 is a block responsible for the functions of the mobile phone 110 and the ancillary functions, and performs mobile phone conversation, SMS, DMB broadcast reception, shooting, and the like.

The touch screen 112 includes a function of a display means for displaying a mobile phone call of the mobile communication unit 111, a screen required for providing an SMS, a DMB broadcast and control-widgets described above, a function of a means for receiving a user command through touch .

The storage unit 114 provides a storage space in which programs and data necessary for driving the mobile phone 110 and downloaded control-widgets are stored.

The network interface 115 is communicatively coupled to the web-store server 10 via the Internet I to download control-widgets from the web-store server 10. Network interface 115 is also communicatively coupled to peripheral home devices 120, 130, and 140 for communicating user commands entered via touch screen 112 to them.

The controller 113 controls the operations of the mobile communication unit 111, the touch screen 112, the control unit 113, the storage unit 114, and the storage unit 114 so that the steps performed in the mobile- Controls the network interface 115 to enable downloading and editing of the control-widget, and enables user-command delivery using the control-widget.

4. Other devices

The network shown in Fig. 1 is merely exemplary. The present invention can also be applied to a network composed of devices of a kind different from that shown in Fig. That is, the mobile phone 110 that controls other home devices can be implemented by other mobile devices. Examples of the mobile device include a PDA, a PMP, an MP3 player, a digital camera, a portable game machine, an electronic book, and a notebook PC .

Also, the mobile-phone 110 controlling other home appliances can be implemented as a stationary device having a display such as a TV, an electronic photo frame, and a desktop PC as well as a mobile device.

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.

Claims (6)

Downloading a plurality of control-widgets used to input control commands for a plurality of external devices;
Displaying on the idle screen the plurality of control-widgets downloaded in the downloading step;
Editing an icon included in the plurality of control-widgets and the control-widget according to a user command; And
Automatically changing the number of icons included in the plurality of control-widgets according to the number of displayed control-widgets when the icons included in the plurality of control-widgets and the control-widgets are edited; The method of claim 1, The method according to claim 1,
Receiving an edit command for the control-widget; And
And editing the control-widget according to the edit command input in the input-receiving step. 3. The method of claim 2,
In the editing,
The control widget itself is deleted, the control-widgets are configured to change the arrangement of the icons, the control-widgets are added to or deleted from the control-widgets, and the control-widget And changing the location of the control-widget. The method according to claim 1,
Displaying a first control widget used for inputting a control command for the first external device and a second control widget used for inputting a control command for the second external device together;
Transmitting the first user command to the first external device when a first user command is input through the first control-widget; And
And transmitting the second user command to the second external device when the second user command is input through the second control-widget. The method according to claim 1,
The control-
Wherein the control widget is provided separately for each type of external device. A device for controlling a plurality of external devices,
touch screen;
A network interface for downloading a plurality of control-widgets used for inputting control commands for the plurality of external devices; And
Displaying the plurality of control-widgets downloaded through the network interface on the idle screen of the touch screen, editing the icons included in the plurality of control-widgets and the control-widget according to a user command, And a control unit for controlling the touch screen to display the touch screen,
Wherein,
When the icons included in the plurality of control-widgets and the control-widgets are edited, the number of icons included in the plurality of control-widgets is automatically changed according to the number of the displayed control-widgets, And controls the touch screen to display on the touch screen.

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