KR101905025B1 - Method for restricting usage of mobile terminal in low light level environment and method for providing service using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for restricting use of a mobile terminal used for a child includes the steps of: a first mobile application executed by a processor of the mobile terminal reads usage restriction rules from a memory of the mobile terminal; The method comprising: receiving sensed signals from a sensor; using the sensed signals to determine whether a user's ambient illumination is low; and if the process manager running on the processor is a second mobile Generating a second process ID for the application; if the ambient illuminance is determined to be low and the second process ID is generated, the first mobile app generates the second process ID based on the use restriction rule and the second process ID And determining whether to execute the second mobile app.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method for restricting use of a mobile terminal in a low-illuminance environment, and a method of providing a service using the mobile terminal. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 1 >

The present invention relates to a method of restricting use of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method of restricting use of a mobile terminal and a method of providing a use restricting service using the mobile terminal when a peripheral illuminance of a user of the mobile terminal is low .

Smartphone addiction is a state of withdrawal and resistance to the use of the smartphone by using the smartphone excessively, thereby causing a daily life disorder.

The tolerance means a state in which the smartphone is used more and more for a longer period of time and thereafter the user is not satisfied with the use of the smartphone. The forbidden use of the smartphone is excessive, It means a phenomenon of feeling irritability.

Apps that prevent smartphone addiction include apps that allow you to check the usage of your smartphone during the day, the longest used app, the most frequently used app, your favorite app, or your smartphone There is an app that lets you know.

1. Publication number: 10-2013-0013714 (Published patent publication, publication date February 06, 2013) 2. Publication number: 10-2016-0123934 (Published patent application, publication date October 26, 2016)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a smartphone, a smartphone, And to provide a service providing method using the restriction method.

A method for restricting use of a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: a first mobile application executed by a processor of a mobile terminal reads usage restriction rules from a memory of the mobile terminal; Receiving a detection signal from a sensor of the mobile terminal; determining whether the user of the mobile terminal is walking by using the detection signals of the first mobile app; Generating a second process ID for the second mobile device based on the usage restriction rule and the second process ID; generating a second process ID for the second mobile device based on the usage restriction rule and the second process ID; And determining whether to execute the app.

The use restriction rule may include at least one of a time limit rule for setting a usage time of the second mobile app, a place restriction rule for setting a usage location of the second mobile app, Rules, or whether the second mobile app is included in a whitelist or a blacklist.

A method for restricting use of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: a first mobile application executed by a processor of a mobile terminal reads usage restriction rules from a memory device of the mobile terminal; The method comprising: receiving first sensing signals from a first sensor of the terminal; determining whether the user of the mobile terminal is walking using the first sensing signals; Determining whether a second mobile app is executed by the processor; and determining, when the user is determined to be walking and when the second mobile app is executed, And determining whether to execute the app.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a service providing method for limiting use of the first mobile terminal using a first mobile terminal, a second mobile terminal, and a server, And transmitting the usage restriction rule to the first mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mobile application executing by the processor of the first mobile terminal sends the usage restriction rule to the memory of the first mobile terminal Determining whether a user of the first mobile terminal is walking based on sensing signals output from a sensor of the first mobile terminal when the first mobile app is determined to be walking; And when the first mobile app detects that the second mobile app is executed by the processor, By using a rule determining whether or not to execute the second mobile app.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be used to enhance the proper use of a smartphone and correct usage habits of the smartphone content and to prevent the addiction of the smartphone when the user's ambient illuminance is low, And to provide a service providing method using the restriction method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to more fully understand the drawings recited in the detailed description of the present invention, a detailed description of each drawing is provided.
FIG. 1 schematically shows a system for providing a usage restricting service of a first mobile terminal of a first user when the ambient illuminance of a first user is low, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process of providing different home screens according to accounts of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 conceptually illustrates the hardware implemented in the first mobile terminal of FIG.
Fig. 4 shows embodiments of the sensors shown in Fig.
Figure 5 shows embodiments of buttons and button sensors implemented in the first mobile terminal of Figure 1;
6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first mobile app according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the first mobile app according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8A and 8B illustrate an embodiment in which a first mobile app according to another embodiment of the present invention displays a notification message using a pop-up window.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a concrete operation of the first mobile app according to the embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 10 shows embodiments for determining whether the ambient illuminance of the first user is low.
11 shows an embodiment for determining whether a first mobile terminal is used by a first user.
12 is a flowchart showing specific operations of the first mobile app according to the embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a data flow illustrating a process of analyzing a use log of each mobile application installed in the first mobile terminal of FIG. 1 and providing analysis results.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a system for providing a usage restricting service of a first mobile terminal of a first user when the ambient illuminance of a first user is low, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, a service providing system 2000 includes a first mobile terminal (e.g., a child mobile terminal 2100), a second mobile terminal (e.g., a parent (or guardian) mobile terminal 2300) . ≪ / RTI > The system 2000 may further include a database (or data storage device) 2600 accessible by the server 2500. According to embodiments, server 2500 may access database 2600 to store or read data. The database 2600 may be implemented inside or outside the server 2500.

Each of the mobile terminals 2100 and 2300 may be a wireless communication terminal capable of receiving and receiving data with the server 2500 through a wireless communication network (e.g., a mobile communication network, a wireless Internet, or a Wi-Fi network) , A tablet PC, a mobile internet device (MID), or a personal digital assistant (PDA)).

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process of providing different home screens according to accounts of the first mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal of FIG. 1;

1 and 2, the basic structure of the child mobile application 2116-1 installed in the first mobile terminal 2100 and the basic structure of the parent mobile application 2116-0 installed in the second mobile terminal 2300 And the child mobile application 2116-1 displays a second home screen (e.g., a home screen) in accordance with a child account (e.g., child ID (ID2) and child password PW2) of the child mobile application 2116-1. And the parent mobile application 2116-0 provides a home screen for a first home based on the parent account (e.g., parent ID (ID1) and parental password (PW1)) of the parent mobile app 2116-0 (For example, a parent home screen), and the first home screen and the second home screen are different from each other.

The child mobile application 2116-1 and the parent mobile application 2116-0 are entirely the same mobile app and may have different home screens (or main screens) depending on the login-based (e.g., ) To each child and parent.

For example, as exemplarily shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the mobile app APP1 includes a plurality of program codes (or a set of a plurality of instructions or a plurality of GUIs CODE1 to CODE3) .

When the mobile app APP1 is used as the child mobile application 2116-1, the child mobile application 2116-1 receives the program code (CODE1 to CODE3) necessary for the child (or assigned to the child) among the plurality of program codes (Enable or disable) only the second program codes CODE1 and CODE3 and disable (disable or disable) the second program codes CODE2.

When the mobile app APP1 is used as the parent mobile app 2116-0, the parent mobile app 2116-0 may include a plurality of program codes CODE1-CODE3, (Enables or disables) only the program codes CODE1 and CODE2 and disables (disables or disables) the third program codes CODE3.

The first program codes CODE1 are used to authenticate (or confirm) the input account with the server 2500 whether it is a parent account or a child account, and then the second program codes CODE2 or third It is possible to execute the program codes CODE3.

For example, when a parent and a child use the mobile app APP1 installed in the second mobile terminal 2300, the parent transmits a parent ID (a parent ID) through a first GUI (Graphical User Interface) corresponding to the first program codes CODE1 The second mobile terminal 2300 transmits the parent ID ID1 and the parental password PW1 to the server 2500 under the control of the first program codes CODE1, Lt; / RTI > The server 2500 refers to the database 2600 to determine that the parent has logged in and sends a first authentication signal to the second mobile terminal 2300 indicating that the user is a user (USER = P). The first program codes CODE1 execute only the second program codes CODE2 in response to the first authentication signal. When the parent sets a usage restriction rule (e.g., a parent setting use restriction rule) to be described with reference to FIG. 3 by using a second GUI corresponding to the second program codes CODE2, the second mobile terminal 2300 And transmits the usage restriction rule to the server 2500 according to the control of the second program codes CODE2. The server 2500 stores the use restriction rule in the database 2500 as a parent setting use restriction rule.

If the child inputs the child ID (ID2) and the child password (PW2) through the first GUI corresponding to the first program codes (CODE1) after the parent logs out through the first GUI, The mobile terminal 2300 transmits the child ID (ID2) and the child password PW2 to the server 2500 under the control of the first program codes CODE1. The server 2500 refers to the database 2600 to determine that the child has logged in and displays a second authentication signal indicating that the child is a user (USER = C) and a usage restriction rule (e.g., , Parent setting use restriction rule) to the second mobile terminal 2300.

According to embodiments, after the second authentication signal is transmitted to the second mobile terminal 2300, the server 2500 transmits a usage restriction rule transmitted from the second mobile terminal 2300 based on the second authentication signal (E.g., a parent setting use restriction rule) stored in the database 2500 to the second mobile terminal 2300 in response to the request (e.g., generated by the first program codes CODE1).

The first program codes CODE1 execute only the third program codes CODE3 in response to the second authentication signal and the third program codes CODE3 execute the third program codes CODE3 in response to the parent setting use restriction rule To the memory device. The second mobile terminal 2300 transmits the child setting use restriction rule to the server 2500 when the child sets the use restriction rule as the child setting use restriction rule by using the third program code CODE3 corresponding to the third program codes CODE3. Lt; / RTI > The server 2500 may store the child setting use restriction rule in the database 2600. [ According to embodiments, when the parent logs in, the server 2500 may send the child setting use restriction rule to the second mobile terminal 2300.

For example, the first program codes CODE1 perform the function of the selector, the second program codes CODE2 perform the function of the usage restriction rule generator, and the third program codes CODE3, . The selector, the usage restriction rule generator, and the mobile app usage monitor may be integrally included in one mobile app APP1 and executed by a processor.

When the second user (e.g., the parent) uses the mobile terminal 2100 or 2300, the selector transmits the second user account (ID1 and PW1) input from the second user to the server 2500, 2500 in response to a first authentication signal that authenticates that the second user is a parent (USER = P), and disables the mobile app use monitor.

When the first user (e.g., a child) uses the mobile terminal 2100 or 2300, the selector transmits the first user account (ID2 and PW2) input from the first user to the server 2500, 2500) receives a second authentication signal and a usage restriction rule for authenticating that the first user is a child (USER = C), stores the usage restriction rule in the memory device of the mobile terminal (2100 or 2300) In response to the second authentication signal, enables the mobile app usage monitor only and disables the usage restriction rule generator. For example, the mobile app use monitor may provide the first user with a GUI for inputting a child setting use restriction rule.

The enabled use restriction rule generator provides a second GUI to allow the parent to input the usage restriction rule and transmits the usage restriction rule input from the parent via the second GUI to the server 2500. [

The enabled mobile application usage monitor monitors whether another mobile application is executed by the processor of the mobile terminal 2100 or 2300, and monitors the usage of the other mobile app by using the monitoring result and the usage restriction rule read from the memory device. (Execution start, execution stop, execution stop, hold for a predetermined time, or execution end), and transmit a request corresponding to the determination result to the OS 2112 or the process manager 2114. [ The OS 2112 or the process manager 2114 can start execution, stop execution, stop execution, hold for a predetermined time, or terminate execution of the other mobile application in response to the request.

The selector, the usage restriction rule generator, and the mobile application usage monitor may control the operation of the processor 2110 that controls the operation of the transceiver 2140 or 2170 implemented in the mobile terminal 2100 or 2300, (ID1, PW1, ID2, PW2, the first authentication signal, the second authentication signal, the parent setting use restriction rule, and / or the child setting use restriction rule) with the server 2500.

Hereinafter, a child mobile application 2116-1 installed in the first mobile terminal 2101 and executing first program codes (or a selector CODE1) and third program codes (or a mobile app use monitor CODE3) It's called "first mobile app."

Fig. 3 conceptually illustrates the hardware implemented in the first mobile terminal shown in Fig. The structure of each mobile terminal 2100 and 2300 may be the same or similar. The first mobile terminal 2100 includes a processor 2110, sensors 2120-1 through 2120-n where n is a natural number of 2 or more, buttons 2130, a first transceiver 2140, a GPS transceiver 2150, A second transceiver 2170, and memory devices 2191 and 2193.

Processor 2110 controls the overall operations of first mobile terminal 2100 and may be referred to as a central processing unit (CPU) or an application processor (AP). Processor 2110 includes one or more cores and includes an operating system (OS) 2112, a process manager (also referred to as an 'application manager') 2114, a plurality of mobile apps 2116-1 through 2116 -m, m is a natural number greater than or equal to 2), and graphical user interfaces (2118).

The process manager 2114 may be a part of the OS 2112 although the process manager 2114 is shown outside the OS 2112 in FIG. The process manager 2114 can manage the execution (or process ID) of each mobile application 2116-1 to 2116-m executed by the processor 2110 under the control of the OS 2112. [

For example, the process manager 2114 performing the function of the task manager is a task manager application program built in the OS 2112. The task manager application 2114 includes detailed information on the performance of the first mobile terminal 2100, a running program (e.g., mobile app) The amount of memory allocated and the memory information, the networking status, and the system information, and may control forcibly terminating or restarting processes (e.g., mobile apps).

Thus, the process manager 2114 can monitor whether each mobile app 2116-1 through 2116-m is running, and generate a monitor result value (e.g., a process ID). For example, the process ID is a number used by the OS, and the OS can temporarily identify a process through the process ID.

The first mobile application 2116-1 refers to each mobile app 2116-1 to 2116-m with reference to the process ID of each mobile application 2116-1 to 2116-m being managed by the process manager 2114 ) Is judged to be a mobile app set by the use restriction rule set by the parent, and executes the execution of each of the mobile apps 2116-1 to 2116-m in accordance with the result of the judgment, Or a request for instructing termination of execution to the OS 2112 or the process manager 2114. [ The OS 2112 or the process manager 2114 may start, stop, stop, hold for a certain period of time, or terminate execution of the mobile application that is the subject of the request. GUIs 2118 may refer to the GUIs of each mobile app running in processor 2110.

Processor 2110 includes sensors 2120-1 through 2120-n, buttons 2130, a first transceiver 2140, a GPS transceiver 2150, a second transceiver 2170, 2193) can be controlled.

The sensors 2120-1 to 2120-n may be configured to detect signals (e.g., first sensing signals) necessary to determine whether the first user's ambient illuminance of the first mobile terminal 2100 is low (or low- (E.g., second sensing signals) necessary to determine whether the first user is using the first mobile terminal 2100 and the second user. The first mobile application 2116-1 may use the first sensing signals and the second sensing signals to determine whether the first user uses the first mobile terminal 2100 in low light. Although the process of determining the low light level is described in this specification, it is natural that the high light level can be determined according to the embodiments. That is, when the first user uses the first mobile terminal 2100 in a proper illumination defined by low light intensity and high illumination, the first mobile application 2116-1 may allow use of another mobile app.

4, the sensors 2120-1 to 2120-10 include a gesture sensor 2120-1, an RGB sensor 2120-2, a hall sensor 2120-3, The air pressure sensor 2120-4, the temperature and / or humidity sensor 2120-5, the proximity sensor 2120-6, the gyro sensor 2120-7, the acceleration sensor 2120-8, the geomagnetic sensor 2020-9 , And an ultraviolet sensor 2120-10, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the sensors 2120-1 to 2120-n are provided with button pressure sensors 2120 capable of sensing the pressing (or touch) of each of the buttons 2130-1 to 2130-5 -11 to 2120-15). 5, the first button press sensor 2120-11 can sense the pressing of the volume control button 2130-1 and the second button press sensor 2120-12 can press the power button 2130-1 The third button press sensor 2120-13 can sense the depression of the menu button 2130-3 and the fourth button press sensor 2120-14 can sense the depression of the home button 2120-2, The fifth button pressing sensor 2120-15 can sense the pressing of the cancel button (or the search button).

Each of the sensors 2120-1 to 2120-n may transmit the first sensing signals or the second sensing signals sensed at different times to the processor 2110 for a predetermined time. The first mobile app 2116-1 executing in the processor 2110 may determine whether the ambient illumination of the first user is low or the first user is in the first view based on the first sensing signals or the second sensing signals, It can be determined whether the mobile terminal 2100 is used.

The first transceiver 2140 collectively represents a Wi-Fi transceiver, a Bluetooth transceiver, and / or an NFC transceiver. The GPS transceiver 2150 can send and receive GPS signals. The second transceiver 2170 is a wireless transceiver that can send and receive signals for mobile communication.

The memory devices 2191 and 2193 include a nonvolatile memory device 2191 and a volatile memory device 2193. The non-volatile memory device 2191 includes an OS 2112, a process manager 2114, a plurality of mobile apps (APPs or 2116-1 through 2116-m), and usage restriction rules (e.g., Child restriction rule) can be stored. For example, when the first mobile terminal 2100 is booted, at least one of the plurality of mobile apps 2116-1 through 2116-m, the OS 2112, and / or the process manager 2114 may be non- May be loaded from the memory device 2191 to the processor 2110 or to the volatile memory device 2193. [ When any one of the plurality of mobile apps 2116-1 to 2116-m is executed, the one of the mobile apps is transferred from the non-volatile memory device 2191 to the processor 2110 or the volatile memory device 2193 ). ≪ / RTI >

As used herein, a mobile app refers to a software application, also referred to as an application program, application, or app, designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs.

The usage restriction rules that may be used (or referred to) by the first mobile application 2116-1, particularly the third program codes (or mobile application usage indicator; CODE3) are imposed on the first user, And may include at least one of a time limit rule, a place limit rule, an action limit rule, a whitelist, and a blacklist, as exemplarily shown in FIG.

The first mobile application 2116-1 determines whether to execute the second mobile application using at least one of the restriction rules described above or a combination thereof, and controls the OS 2112 to control whether to execute the second mobile application. Or may send the request to the process manager 2114.

The time limit rule is a restriction of the time (or the unavailable time) when the first user can use the first mobile terminal 2100, and the place restriction rule is set so that the first user can not use the first mobile terminal 2100 (Or a place where it can not be used), and a behavior restriction rule means a restriction of an action (or an unusable action) in which the first user can use the first mobile terminal 2100 , The white list means URLs (or website addresses corresponding to the URLs) that the user can access, and the black list means URLs (or web sites corresponding to the URLs) Addresses). In accordance with embodiments, a broad sense of behavior restriction rules may include a whitelist and a blacklist.

6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first mobile app according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 6, the first mobile application 2116-1 executed by the first mobile terminal 2100 determines whether the ambient illuminance of the first user having the first mobile terminal 2100 is in a low light level (S2010).

According to embodiments, the first mobile app 2116-1 running on the processor 2110 may receive the output signals (e.g., the first (Or determination) whether the ambient illuminance of the first user is low or not based on the sensed signals (S2010).

When the ambient illuminance of the first user is not low (NO in S2010), the first mobile application 2116-1 may use the first mobile terminal 2100 in accordance with usage restriction rules (for example, A decision may be made to allow the use of a second mobile app that may be executed in step 2110 (S2020). For example, one or more of the mobile apps 2116-1 to 2116-m excluding the first mobile app 2116-1 is referred to as a 'second mobile app'.

When the first mobile application 2116-1 determines that the ambient light intensity of the first user is low, the first mobile application 2116-1 determines whether the first user currently uses the first mobile terminal 2100 (S2030). (E.g., process ID) of the process manager 2114 if it is determined by the first mobile application 2116-1 that the first mobile terminal 2100 is being used by the first user Mobile app 2116-1 may block (or suspend, stop, hold for a period of time, or force) the use (or execution) of the second mobile app in accordance with the referenced monitoring result and usage restriction rules (Step S2040).

According to other embodiments, the first mobile app 2116-1 may be configured to run the second mobile app using technology that hooks the API of the second mobile app (i.e., API hooking) The process manager 2114 may block execution of the second mobile application according to a result of the determination.

The first mobile application 2116-1 executed by the processor 2110 of the first mobile terminal 2100 reads the usage restriction rules from the memory device 2191 or 2193 of the first mobile terminal 2100.

The first mobile application 2116-1 receives the first sensing signals from the sensors 2120-1 through 2120-15 of the first mobile terminal 2100. The first mobile application 2116-1 generates an illuminance value using the first sense signals, compares the illuminance value with a reference illuminance value (e.g., equal to or less than 50 lux (lux or lx)), It can be determined that the ambient illuminance of the first mobile terminal 2100 is low when the illuminance value is equal to or lower than the reference illuminance value. In the present specification, 50 lux (Lux or lx) is exemplified as a low illuminance reference illuminance value, but the reference illuminance value may be changed according to embodiments.

The process manager 2114 running on the processor 2110 monitors whether the second mobile app is running and generates a monitoring result (e.g., the process ID of the second mobile app). If the ambient light of the first user is determined to be low and a process ID is generated, the first mobile application 2116-1 transmits the second mobile application 2116-1 to the second mobile application 2116-1 based on the usage restriction rule and / Is executed.

For example, if the second mobile app is a phone app for a mobile phone, the phone app is included in a whitelist of usage restriction rules, and the first user is in a dark place, The process manager 2114 generates the process ID of the telephone application. The first mobile application 2116-1 which can refer to the process ID of the telephone application can use the usage restriction rule of FIG. 3, the illumination information (for example, low light level) outputted from the RGB sensor 2120-2, A determination is made to allow the execution of the telephone application based on the process ID of the telephone application.

Based on the output signals (e.g., the first sensing signals output at different times during a certain period of time) output from the RGB sensor 2120-2, the first mobile application 2116 - It is possible to detect (or determine) whether the illuminance is low or not in real time (S2110).

However, assuming that the second mobile app is a phone app for a mobile phone, the phone app is included in the whitelist of use restriction rules, and the first user is in the bright spot, The process manager 2114 generates the process ID of the telephone application as the telephone application is executed. The first mobile application 2116-1 which can refer to the process ID of the telephone application can use the usage restriction rule of FIG. 3, the illumination information (for example, low light level) outputted from the RGB sensor 2120-2, The execution of the telephone application can be determined to be held or forcibly terminated for a predetermined period of time based on the process ID of the telephone application.

Also, when the second mobile app is an Internet access application for wireless Internet access and the first user is in a dark place, the process manager 2114 generates the process ID of the Internet access app as the Internet access app is executed . The first mobile application 2116-1 which can refer to the process ID of the Internet access application refers to the action restriction rule for prohibiting use in the dark in the usage restriction rule of FIG. A decision can be made by holding or blocking for a certain period of time. A request corresponding to the determination of the first mobile application 2116-1 is transmitted to the OS 2112 or the process manager 2114 and the OS 2112 or the process manager 2114 transmits the request to the execution start request, Request, execution stop request, and execution end request, and can start execution, stop execution, stop execution, or end execution of the second mobile application according to the determination result.

According to the embodiment, when the first user repeatedly executes the second mobile app in a dark place, the first mobile app 2116-1 refers to the use restriction rule to execute the execution of the second mobile app for a predetermined time And may send the request to the OS 2112 or the process manager 2114. The OS 2112 or the process manager 2114 may send the request to the OS 2112 or the process manager 2114. [

7 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the first mobile app according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 7, the first mobile application 2116-1 executed by the first mobile terminal 2100 determines whether the ambient illuminance of the first user having the first mobile terminal 2100 is low or not (S2110).

According to embodiments, the first mobile app 2116-1 running on the processor 2110 may receive the output signals (e.g., the first And the reference illuminance value, and when the illuminance value is equal to or lower than the reference illuminance value, the ambient illuminance of the first user is detected in real time as a low illuminance (Or judged) (S2110).

When the ambient illuminance of the first user is not low (NO in step S2110), the first mobile application 2116-1 uses the first mobile terminal 2100 in accordance with a usage restriction rule (e.g., an action restriction rule) A determination may be made to allow the use of the second mobile app to be executed in step 2110 (S2120).

When the first mobile application 2116-1 determines that the ambient light intensity of the first user is low, the first mobile application 2116-1 determines whether the first user currently uses the first mobile terminal 2100 (S2130). When the first mobile application 2116-1 determines that the first mobile terminal 2100 is being used by the first user, the first mobile application 2116-1, as shown in FIG. 8A, A notification message may be displayed on the display 2117-1 through the pop-up window 2117-3 (S2140).

The pop-up window 2117-3 may include a close button 2117-5 that is deactivated with a notification message (e.g., " Do not use in dark places for visual protection! &Quot;). While the pop-up window 2117-3 is being displayed, the first mobile app 2116-1 may execute a second mobile app running in the foreground in the background (S2140). After a predetermined time elapses, the first mobile application 2116-1 activates the close button 2117-5 displayed in the pop-up window 2117-3 as shown in FIG. 8B, and the first user activates the close button 2117-4 Up window 2117-3 can be closed by touching the pop-up window 2117-5. The time at which the pop-up window 2117-3 is displayed may be set or defined in the usage restriction rule. According to the embodiments, the telephone or text message can be received while the pop-up window 2117-3 is displayed, and the music playing application executed in the background can be continuously executed.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a concrete operation of the first mobile app according to the embodiments of the present invention. 1 to 7, first sensing signals output from a sensor (e.g., a light sensor) of a first mobile terminal 2100 capable of sensing the ambient illuminance of a first user are input to the processor 2100 And the first mobile app 2116-1 running on the processor 2100 receives and analyzes the first sense signals to determine an illuminance value (e.g., the unit of illuminance value is the lux (lx) or photo (ph ) (2210). The first mobile application 2116-1 may compare the illuminance value with the reference illuminance value using the first sensing signals (or the first sensing signals processed by the processor 2100) And determines whether the ambient illuminance of the first user is low (S2220).

When the illuminance value is equal to or smaller than the reference illuminance value, that is, when the ambient illuminance of the first user is low, the first mobile application 2116-1 determines whether the second mobile application is running or not (S2230). When the second mobile app is executed or there is an execution attempt, the process manager 2114 generates the process ID of the second mobile app. The first mobile app 2116-1 determines that the second mobile app is executed by referring to the process ID of the second mobile app (S2230).

When the ambient illumination of the first user is low and the second mobile app is running (e.g., including both the start of execution or already running), the first mobile app 2116-1 Execution stop, execution stop, and hold or termination of execution of the second mobile by using the use restriction rule described above and the process ID of the second mobile app (S2240).

The first mobile application 2116-1 may be configured to receive output signals of the gyro sensor 2120-7, battery usage of the first mobile terminal 2100, workload of the processor 2100, and / 2100) accesses the memory device 2191 or 2193 or the like to determine whether the second mobile app is running.

Since the tilt sensor, e.g., gyro sensor 2120-7, can measure (or detect) the tilt of first mobile terminal 2100, first mobile app 2116-1 can output And determines whether the calculated slope is within a set slope range (e.g., 30 ° to 70 °), and if the calculated slope is greater than or equal to the first slope When within the set tilt range, the first mobile app 2116-1 may determine whether the first user uses the first mobile terminal 2100 in low light.

The first mobile application 2116-1 monitors the usage amount of the battery of the first mobile terminal 2100, compares the monitoring result with the reference usage amount, and determines whether the first user is in the low-illuminance (or low- 1 mobile terminal 2100 is used.

If the workload of the processor 2100 is greater than the reference workload or the number of accesses to the memory device 2191 or 2193 is greater than the reference access count, then the first mobile app 2116-1 may determine that the first user is in a low- It can be determined that the first mobile terminal 2100 is being used.

An embodiment in which the first mobile application 2116-1 determines whether the ambient illumination of the first user is low-light will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 10, and the first mobile application 2116-1 is operated by the first user An embodiment for determining whether the first mobile terminal is used will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The first mobile application 2116-1 generates a request to control the execution of the second mobile application based on the determination result of whether to execute the second mobile application and transmits the request to the OS 2112 or the process manager 2114 (S2250).

In accordance with embodiments, the first mobile application 2116-1 may receive from the server 2500 a usage restriction rule set by the parent via the second mobile terminal 2300 and send the received usage restriction rule to the non-volatile memory device 2191). According to embodiments, the first mobile application 2116-1 may store the first user, i.e., the usage restriction rule set by the child himself / herself, in the nonvolatile memory device 2191. [

When the execution of the second mobile app is blocked or stopped according to the use restriction rule set by the parent or the child himself and / or the monitoring result of the process manager 2214, the first mobile application 2116-1 notifies (E.g., " Do not use in the dark for sight protection! &Quot;) to the first user.

FIG. 10 shows embodiments for determining whether the ambient illuminance of the first user is low. When the illuminance value calculated by the first mobile application 2116-1, for example, the ambient illuminance value ILL of the first user is equal to or smaller than the reference illuminance value REF_ILL, that is, 1 mobile terminal 2100 or a second mobile application, or the first user may use the first mobile terminal 2100 or the second mobile app for more than a set time (e.g., 3 seconds) in the low- Or if the first user presses at least one of the buttons 2130 of the first mobile terminal 2100 in a number of times (for example, three times) in the low-illuminance environment, the first mobile app 2116-1 1 mobile terminal 2100 or to make a request corresponding to the determination result by providing a notification message through the display device of the mobile terminal 2100, have. For convenience of description, the numerical values illustrated above are merely illustrative numerical values.

For example, the parent may set the reference illuminance value, the set time, and the set number of times in the use restriction rule, and the operator of the first mobile application (APP1 or 2116-1) or the operator of the server 2500 may set the low illuminance Or setting values for judging that it is in use.

10, when the sensors 2150, 2120-8, or 2120-2 transmit first sensed signals sensed at different times to the processor 2110 for a certain period of time, the first mobile app 2116- 1 compute the ambient illuminance value ILL using the first sensing signals and compare the ambient illuminance value ILL with the reference illuminance value REF_VLL and compare the ambient illuminance value ILL with the reference illuminance value REF_VLL (YES in S2221A), the first mobile application 2116-1 can determine that the ambient illuminance of the first user is low (S2222A). In other cases (NO in S2221A), the first mobile application 2116-1 can determine that the ambient illuminance of the first user is not low-light (S2223A).

11 shows an embodiment for determining whether a first mobile terminal is used by a first user. When the button detection sensors 2120-11, 2120-12, 2120-13, 2120-14, or 2120-15 transmit the second detection signals sensed at different times to the processor 2110 for a predetermined time, The mobile application 2116-1 uses the second detection signals to determine the number of times the buttons 2130-1, 2310-2, 2130-3, 2130-4, or 2130-5 of the first mobile terminal 2100 are pressed When the number of times of pressing BPN is equal to or larger than the number of times of pressing REF_BPN (S2221C), the number of times of pressing (BPN) is cumulatively calculated (S2220C), the number of pressing times BPN is compared with the number of times of setting (REF_BPN) The mobile terminal 2116-1 may determine that the first user is using the second mobile app (S2222C). Otherwise (NO in S2221C), the first mobile app 2116-1 may determine that the first user is not using the second mobile app (S2223C).

12 is a flowchart showing specific operations of the first mobile app according to the embodiments of the present invention. 1 to 12, a second user of the second mobile terminal 2300 uses the second program codes (or the use restriction rule generator; CODE2) of the parent mobile application 2116-0, The parent mobile application 2116-0 transmits the usage restriction rule to the server 2500 via the wireless communication network. The server 2500 stores the usage restriction rule in the database 2600. When the first user logs in, the server 2500 transmits the usage restriction rule stored in the database 2600 to the first mobile terminal 2100).

When the first user logs in, the child mobile application (e.g., first mobile application 2116-1) running on the processor 2110 of the first mobile terminal 2100 receives the usage restriction rules sent from the server 2500 And stores it in the nonvolatile memory device 2191 (S2310).

When a sensor capable of sensing the ambient illuminance of the first user transmits first sensed signals to the processor 2110, the first mobile app 2116-1 receives and analyzes the first sensed signals, The first mobile application 2116-1 determines whether the ambient illuminance is low or not according to the comparison result (S2330). The first illuminance ILL is compared with the reference illuminance value REF_ILL.

When the first user executes the second mobile application (S2340), when the ambient illuminance is low, the first mobile application 2116-1 transmits the use restriction rule read from the nonvolatile memory device 2191 and the process manager 2114) to determine whether to execute the second mobile app (S2350). The second mobile app is executed or suspended according to the determination (S2360).

3, when the use restriction rule is a time limit rule, that is, when the time when the second mobile application is executed is between 9 pm and 12 pm, the first mobile application 2116-1 And generates a request that does not allow the execution of the second mobile application by referring to the current time output from the clock app. The first mobile application 2116-1 refers to the location information output from the GPG transceiver 2150 when the use restriction rule is the place restriction rule, that is, when the place where the second mobile application is executed is a school or a school And generates a request that does not allow the execution of the second mobile app.

When the usage restriction rule is an action restriction rule, that is, when the second mobile app is executed during walking or in a dark place (or low-light environment), the first mobile application 2116-1 detects the first user's walking A sensor capable of sensing brightness around the first user, and a sensing signal output from a sensor capable of sensing brightness around the first user to generate a request that does not allow the execution of the second mobile app.

When the second mobile app is included in the whitelist, the first mobile app 2116-1 may generate a request to allow execution of the second mobile app. When the second mobile app is blacklisted, the first mobile app 2116-1 may generate a request that does not allow the execution of the second mobile app.

The first mobile application 2116-1 may allow or deny the execution of the second mobile app using at least one of a time limit rule, a place restriction rule, an action restriction rule, a whitelist, and a blacklist, or a combination thereof You can generate a request that does not.

FIG. 13 is a data flow illustrating a process of analyzing a use log of each mobile application installed in the first mobile terminal of FIG. 1 and providing analysis results.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 13, the process manager 2114 executing in the processor 2110 monitors whether each of the mobile apps 2116-1 through 2116-m is executed (S2410). For example, when a mobile app is executed, the process manager 2114 may generate a process ID of the mobile app to be executed, and the first mobile app 2116-1 may generate a process ID ID) to determine which of the mobile apps 2116-1 through 2116-m is to be executed and executed.

The first mobile application 2116-1 stores the execution (or use) log of each of the mobile apps 2116-1 through 2116-m in the non-volatile memory device 2191, The execution log may be transmitted to the server 2500 through the wireless communication network at a predetermined period (e.g., hour, day, week, or month) (S2430).

The execution log transmitted to the server 2500 by the first mobile application 2116-1 is a log of the execution log of the first mobile terminal 2100 when all of the users connected to the Internet using the second mobile app You can include logs.

The server 2500 may store the execution log in the database 2600 and analyze the execution (or use) log of each of the mobile apps 2116-1 to 2116-m (S2440). The server 2500 may generate a usage statistical analysis report according to the analysis result (S2450), and may transmit the usage statistical analysis report to the second mobile terminal 2300 for a predetermined period (e.g., daily, weekly, or monthly) (S2460).

The parent mobile application 2116-0 may display the usage statistical analysis report through the display device (S2470). According to embodiments, the server 2500 may transmit the usage statistics report to the first mobile terminal 2100 for a period of time (e.g., daily, weekly, or monthly) (S4355). According to embodiments, the content of the usage statistics report transmitted to the first mobile terminal 2100 may differ from the content of the usage statistics report transmitted to the second mobile terminal 2300.

The usage statistical analysis report transmitted to the second mobile communication terminal 2300 every predetermined period (e.g., daily, weekly, or monthly) may include at least one of the following items. Accordingly, the log transmitted from the first mobile terminal 2100 may include all information for creating the following contents.

- Time spent using the first mobile terminal for one day

- Time spent using the first mobile terminal for a week

Time spent using the first mobile terminal for one month

- Time spent using first mobile terminal per day on a weekly basis

The time when the first mobile terminal was used on an average of one day per day

- Time using the first mobile terminal per time (e.g., one hour unit) on a day basis

- the time when the first mobile terminal was turned on during the day

- the time when the first mobile terminal is turned on average for a week

The time when the first mobile terminal is turned on for an average of one month

- the time when the average first mobile terminal is turned on for a week on a daily basis

The time when the first mobile terminal was turned on for the average of one day per day

- Usage by mobile app category

- Peer usage by mobile app category

- A list of mobile app rankings (e.g., # 1 to # 5)

- A list of mobile app use time in a day (e.g., # 1 to # 5)

- A list of mobile app use time rankings for a week (for example, # 1 to # 5)

A list of mobile app usage time rankings (e.g., first to fifth)

- Number of harmful website access attempts per day

- Number of attempts to access harmful websites for a week

Number of harmful website access attempts in a month

- Number of attempts to access video website during the day

- Number of times you visited your video website during the week

Number of visits to your video website in a month

- Peer's first mobile terminal average usage time

- Average usage time of first mobile terminal by time of peer

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

2000: System
2100: First mobile terminal
2110: Processor
2120-1 to 2120-n: Sensors
2130: Buttons
2140: first transceiver
2150: GPS transceiver
2170: second transceiver
2191 and 2193: Memory Devices
2116-1: Your child's mobile app
2300: second mobile terminal
2116-0: Parent mobile app
2500: Server
2600: Database

Claims (14)

A mobile application executed by a processor of the mobile terminal and including first program codes, second program codes, and third program codes integrally transmits the child's ID and password to the server using the first program codes Transmitting;
Receiving, by the first program codes, an authentication signal and a usage restriction rule from the server indicating that the child is a user;
The first program codes executing only the third program code among the second program codes and the third program codes in response to the authentication signal;
Storing the use restriction rule in the memory device of the mobile terminal by the executed third program codes;
Reading the usage restriction rules from the memory device, the mobile app being used as a first mobile app to execute the first program codes and the third program codes;
The first mobile app receiving sensing signals from a sensor of the mobile terminal;
Determining whether a user of the mobile terminal is in a low illumination level using the sensing signals;
The process manager running on the processor generating a second process ID for the second mobile app; And
Determining whether the second mobile app is executed based on the usage restriction rule and the second process ID when the ambient illumination is determined to be the low illumination and the second process ID is generated, Including,
When the mobile application is used as the first mobile application corresponding to the child mobile application, the child mobile application transmits the first program code among the first program codes, the second program codes, And the third program codes and deactivates the second program codes,
When the mobile app is used as a parent mobile app, the parent mobile app sends only the first program codes and the second program codes among the first program codes, the second program codes, and the third program codes And deactivates the third program codes,
The first program codes performing a function of a selector, the second program codes performing a function of a generator for generating the usage restriction rule, and the third program codes performing a function of a usage monitor for the mobile application The method comprising: 2. The method of claim 1,
A time limit rule for setting a use time of the second mobile app, a place restriction rule for setting a use place of the second mobile app, an action restriction rule for setting a use behavior in which the second mobile app is used, 2 A method of restricting use of a mobile device, the method comprising whether the mobile app is included in a whitelist or a blacklist. The method according to claim 1,
The first mobile app controls the processor to receive and store the usage restriction rule sent from the server in the memory device,
And the server transmits the usage restriction rule transmitted from the guardian mobile terminal to the mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the ambient illuminance is low-
The first mobile app calculating the ambient illumination value of the user using the sensing signals; And
The first mobile app compares the ambient illuminance value with a reference illuminance value and when the ambient illuminance value is equal to or smaller than the reference illuminance value, the first mobile app determines that the ambient illuminance is the low illuminance The method comprising: The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to execute the second mobile application comprises:
Wherein when the first process ID included in the use restriction rule is different from the second process ID, the first mobile app controls the process manager so that the second mobile app is executed,
Wherein the first mobile app controls the process manager such that the second mobile app is not executed when the first process ID and the second process ID are the same. A mobile application executed by a processor of the mobile terminal and including first program codes, second program codes, and third program codes integrally transmits the child's ID and password to the server using the first program codes Transmitting;
Receiving, by the first program codes, an authentication signal and a usage restriction rule from the server indicating that the child is a user;
The first program codes executing only the third program code among the second program codes and the third program codes in response to the authentication signal;
Storing the use restriction rule in the memory device of the mobile terminal by the executed third program codes;
Reading the usage restriction rules from the memory device, the mobile app being used as a first mobile app to execute the first program codes and the third program codes;
The first mobile app receiving sensing signals from a sensor of the mobile terminal;
Determining whether a user of the mobile terminal is in a low illumination level using the sensing signals;
If it is determined that the ambient illuminance is the low illuminance, the first mobile application displays a notification message on the display using the pop-up window based on the usage restriction rule, and executes the second mobile application running in the foreground in the background , ≪ / RTI >
When the mobile application is used as the first mobile application corresponding to the child mobile application, the child mobile application transmits the first program code among the first program codes, the second program codes, And the third program codes and deactivates the second program codes,
When the mobile app is used as a parent mobile app, the parent mobile app sends only the first program codes and the second program codes among the first program codes, the second program codes, and the third program codes And deactivates the third program codes,
The first program codes performing a function of a selector, the second program codes performing a function of a generator for generating the usage restriction rule, and the third program codes performing a function of a usage monitor for the mobile application The method comprising: A mobile application executed by a processor of the mobile terminal and including first program codes, second program codes, and third program codes integrally transmits the child's ID and password to the server using the first program codes Transmitting;
Receiving, by the first program codes, an authentication signal and a usage restriction rule from the server indicating that the child is a user;
The first program codes executing only the third program code among the second program codes and the third program codes in response to the authentication signal;
Storing the use restriction rule in the memory device of the mobile terminal by the executed third program codes;
Reading the usage restriction rules from the memory device, the mobile app being used as a first mobile app to execute the first program codes and the third program codes;
The first mobile app receiving first sensing signals from a first sensor of the mobile terminal;
The first mobile app using the first sensing signals to determine whether the user's ambient illuminance is low;
Determining whether the first mobile app is executed by the processor if the second mobile app is executed; And
The first mobile app determines whether the second mobile app is executed using the usage restriction rule stored in the memory device when the ambient illuminance is determined to be the low illumination and the second mobile app is executed and,
When the mobile application is used as the first mobile application corresponding to the child mobile application, the child mobile application transmits the first program code among the first program codes, the second program codes, And the third program codes and deactivates the second program codes,
When the mobile app is used as a parent mobile app, the parent mobile app sends only the first program codes and the second program codes among the first program codes, the second program codes, and the third program codes And deactivates the third program codes,
The first program codes performing a function of a selector, the second program codes performing a function of a generator for generating the usage restriction rule, and the third program codes performing a function of a usage monitor for the mobile application The method comprising: The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining whether the second mobile application is executed comprises:
The first mobile app receiving second sensing signals from a second sensor of the mobile terminal;
Calculating a number of times the button of the mobile terminal is pressed for a predetermined time using the second sensing signals; And
The first mobile app compares the number of times of being pressed with the number of times of setting, and when the number of times of being pressed is equal to or greater than the preset number, the first mobile app determines that the second mobile app is executed by the processor The method comprising the steps of: The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining whether the second mobile application is executed comprises:
The first mobile app receiving second sensing signals from the tilt sensor of the mobile terminal;
The first mobile app calculating the slope of the mobile terminal using the second sensing signals; And
The first mobile app determines whether the slope is within a set slope range and the first mobile app determines that the second mobile app is executed by the processor when the slope is outside the set slope range Of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining whether the second mobile application is executed comprises:
Wherein the first mobile app determines based on a usage amount of the battery of the mobile terminal, a workload of the processor, and a number of times the processor accesses the memory device. A program stored in a computer-readable medium for performing the method for restricting use of a mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A service providing method for restricting use of the first mobile terminal using a first mobile terminal, a second mobile terminal, and a server,
Storing the usage restriction rule transmitted from the second mobile terminal in the database by the server;
A mobile application executed by the processor of the first mobile terminal and including the first program codes, the second program codes, and the third program codes integrally stores the child's ID and password To the server;
Receiving, by the first program codes, an authentication signal indicating that the child is a user and the usage restriction rule from the server;
The first program codes executing only the third program code among the second program codes and the third program codes in response to the authentication signal;
Storing the usage restriction rule in the memory device of the first mobile terminal by the executed third program codes;
Wherein the mobile application used as a first mobile app for executing the first program codes and the third program codes is a mobile application for executing the first program codes and the third program codes for a user of the first mobile terminal based on sensing signals output from a sensor of the first mobile terminal. Determining whether the ambient illuminance is low; And
Wherein when the ambient illuminance is determined to be low-light and the first mobile app detects that the second mobile app is executed by the processor, the first mobile app sends the second Determining whether to execute the mobile app,
When the mobile application is used as the first mobile application corresponding to the child mobile application, the child mobile application transmits the first program code among the first program codes, the second program codes, And the third program codes and deactivates the second program codes,
When the mobile app is used as a parent mobile app, the parent mobile app sends only the first program codes and the second program codes among the first program codes, the second program codes, and the third program codes And deactivates the third program codes,
The first program codes performing a function of a selector, the second program codes performing a function of a generator for generating the usage restriction rule, and the third program codes performing a function of a usage monitor for the mobile application Service provider. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the first mobile app detects execution of the second mobile app by referring to a monitoring result of a process manager executed by the processor and monitoring execution of the second mobile app. The method according to claim 12, wherein the step of determining whether the ambient illuminance is low-
The first mobile app calculating the ambient illumination value of the user using the sensing signals;
Comparing the calculated ambient illuminance value with a reference illuminance value of the first mobile app; And
And determining that the ambient illuminance is the low illuminance when the ambient illuminance value is equal to or smaller than the reference illuminance value.

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