KR20020001979A - The system for downloading background image of portable phone by use of internet and display method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile phone background picture download system using the Internet and a background picture display method of a mobile phone are provided to allow a mobile phone user to set a background picture on a mobile phone display unit to his or her taste by downloading various image data for background pictures from the Internet by using an Internet accessible mobile phone and setting a desired image data as a background picture of the mobile phone. CONSTITUTION: A mobile phone user requests an access to the Internet(300). A controller accesses to the Internet through a base station controller and an exchange in response to the user's Internet access request(302). When the user searches a Web server providing background image data on the Internet, the controller displays Web servers on a display unit of the mobile phone according to the search request(304). The controller accesses to the Web server requested by the user(306). The controller recognizes the background picture selected by the user and requests an image data for the corresponding background picture from the Web server in response to a downloading request from the user(310). The controller receives the corresponding image data downloaded from the Web server(312), and decompresses the data(314). The controller controls a video processor, converts the decompressed image data to a data suitable to a graphic LCD format of the mobile phone display unit and stores it in a memory(316). The controller reads the image data selected by the user from the memory and displays it as a background picture of the mobile phone display unit(318).

Description

Download system of mobile phone wallpaper using internet and display background of mobile phone {THE SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING BACKGROUND IMAGE OF PORTABLE PHONE BY USE OF INTERNET AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a method for displaying image data downloaded from an external network as a background screen of a mobile phone.

Recently, mobile phones are now developing into multimedia devices that can provide not only voice calls but also various value-added services such as electronic organizers, game functions, and schedule management functions. Can be mentioned. The wireless data communication service is a service for wirelessly transmitting / receiving data such as letters, numbers, and graphics through a mobile phone. When the service is used, as well as searching for general information such as traffic information and stock information, Internet search is also possible. That is, as the wireless Internet is possible, various additional services that have been possible only on a computer connected by wires are possible in a mobile phone.

Recently, a new add-on has been introduced to scan a user's photo or various pictures on the LCD display of a mobile phone, convert it into image data, send it to the mobile phone, and display it as a background image. The demand is exploding in accordance with the needs of users to express.

However, the conventional mobile phone background display method of using the image data taken by the user to scan a photo taken by the digital camera or the mobile phone as the background of the mobile phone as described above has a problem that there is a lot of restrictions on the available image data and also the variety.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a wallpaper of a mobile phone, which can be used as a wallpaper of a mobile phone according to a user's selection of image data downloaded through the Internet.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying image data downloaded from the Internet as a background image of a mobile phone. Connecting to the provided image data providing web server, requesting to download the corresponding image data requested by the user from the image data of the web server to the web server, and transmitting from the web server in response to the download request. Receiving the corresponding image data and, if there is a request for displaying the background image from the user who wants to use the image data as the background image, displaying image data selected by the user among the received image data as the background image of the mobile phone. It is characterized by the configuration including the process.

1 is a system configuration diagram between a web server and a mobile phone to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is a block diagram of a mobile phone to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a mobile phone background display display according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the reference numerals to the components of the accompanying drawings, it should be noted that the same reference numerals have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. Also in the following description and in the accompanying drawings, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. And a detailed description of known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 illustrates a system configuration between the mobile phone and the Internet to enable wireless Internet in a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile phone 100 has a built-in Internet-accessible application such as WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), UP, ANYWEB, etc., and includes TAF (Terminal Adapter Fuction), which is a data service communication protocol function. In addition, by interworking with IWF (InterWorking Function), which is a network interworking system of the base station controller (BSC) 104, the wireless data transmission / reception protocol is supported to support the Internet (MSC: Mobile Switching Center) 106. 108 is connected to the web server 110 is connected to the Internet wireless data transmission / reception. A base station (BS) 102 receives a radio signal for call connection from a mobile phone 100 existing in a cell and informs the base station controller 104 of this.

The base station controller 104 and the switch 106 execute a call connection to the network interworking system IWF for a call requested as a data service option and perform a data relay transfer protocol for terminal data transfer. Wireless data transmission / reception is possible between the 110 and the mobile phone 100. Web server 110 is an Internet service provider (Internet Service Provider) is provided with a variety of contents (Contents) 112 to provide the corresponding information in the content (112) when the information request from the outside over the Internet Give it.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile phone 100 to which an embodiment of the present invention in which an Internet connection protocol is mounted to enable the wireless Internet and a display unit is implemented as a graphic LCD to enable display of image data is applied.

2, the controller 10 controls the overall operation of the mobile phone 100, the Internet connection of the mobile phone 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention and data transmission between the mobile phone 100 and the Internet 108 Control the operation of each part for reception. Memory 20 stores a predetermined program for controlling the overall operation of the mobile phone 100, the data input and output when the overall operation of the mobile phone 100 by the controller 10 and the implementation of the present invention For example, the image data transmitted from the web server 110 or the image data included in the SMS data transmitted from a short message service (SMS) center (not shown) are stored in a predetermined preset area. In this case, when the image data is transmitted as SMS data, the image data generally needs to be divided into multiple SMS data and transmitted because its data capacity exceeds the data capacity that can be included in conventional SMS data.

The duplexer 30 communicates with the base station through the antenna AT, and separates a transmitted / received signal. The receiver 40 receives a radio signal input through the antenna AT under predetermined control, receives the radio signal separated by the duplexer 30, amplifies, filters, and outputs a weak signal. do. The transmitter 50 receives a predetermined control to filter, amplify, and transmit a radio signal output from the audio unit 60 to be described below, through the duplex 30, and transmit the same through the antenna AT. The audio unit 60 modulates the voice signal input through the microphone MIC into a wireless signal under the control of the controller 10, and demodulates the wireless signal received through the receiver 40 to the speaker SP. It sends out as a signal. In addition, when a ring signal is generated from the base station 102, the receiver 40 detects the ring signal and transmits the ring signal through a ringer. The key input unit 70 includes a plurality of numeric keys, and generates corresponding key data when the user presses a predetermined key and outputs the corresponding key data to the controller 10.

The display unit 80 displays various types of information of the mobile phone under the control of the controller 10, and receives and displays key data generated by the key input unit 70 and various information signals of the controller 10. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a graphic liquid crystal display (LCD) to display the image information. The video processor 90 may control various image data received from an external network such as the Internet 108 and various image data input from the user through the mobile phone input / output port under the control of the controller 10. Processed according to the format of graphic LCD.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying image data downloaded from the Internet as a background screen of a mobile phone display unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The operation according to the flowchart is programmed in the memory 20 to be performed in the controller 10 of the mobile phone. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, when the user wants to access the Internet 108 using the mobile phone 100, the user requests the connection to the Internet by executing an Internet access communication protocol such as WAP, UP, ANYWEB, etc. installed in the mobile phone. Then, the controller 10 of the cellular phone connects to the Internet 108 through the base station controller 104 and the switch 106 in step 302 in response to the Internet connection request from the user in step 300. At this time, the base station controller 104 and the switch 106 execute a call connection to the network interworking system IWF (InterWorking Function) for the Internet connection call requested from the mobile phone 100 as a data service option and transmit data for the terminal data. By performing the relay transmission protocol, it is possible to transmit and receive wireless data between the web server 110 and the mobile phone 100 through the Internet.

Accordingly, a menu screen of web servers connected to the Internet 108 is displayed on the display unit 80 of the mobile phone. The user searches for a web server 110 providing image data for a background image among the web servers on the Internet. Will be performed. Then, the controller 10 displays the web servers according to the search request on the display unit 80 of the mobile phone 100 in step 304. Accordingly, the user inputs a command for accessing the desired web server 110 while checking the contents of the searched web servers displayed on the display unit 80. Then, the controller 10 performs a connection to the corresponding web server 110 requested by the user in step 306. Subsequently, the user selects a desired wallpaper from the Internet-connected web server 110 and requests a download. Then, the controller 10 recognizes the background screen selected by the user in step 308 and in response to the download request from the user in step 310, the controller 10 transmits the image data of the background screen to the web server 110. Will be asked.

Accordingly, the image data of the background screen is downloaded to the mobile phone 100 from the web server 110 in response to the transmission request. Then, the controller 10 receives the corresponding image data downloaded from the web server 110 in operation 312, and decompresses the data in operation 314. Subsequently, the control unit 10 controls the video processing unit 90 to convert the decompressed image data into data corresponding to the graphic LCD format of the mobile phone display unit 80 in step 316, and stores the decompressed image data in the memory 20. . Accordingly, the user can select the desired image data among the downloaded image data to be the wallpaper of the mobile phone. In this case, the user selects specific image data and inputs a command to be the wallpaper of the mobile phone. The controller 10 reads out the image data selected by the user from the downloaded image data in the memory 20 in step 318 and displays the image data on the background screen of the mobile phone display unit 80.

Therefore, the user can select a desired screen from the image data downloaded from the Internet as the background screen of the mobile phone display unit.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention, only the case of downloading image data through the Internet has been described as an example. However, as illustrated in FIG. 4, a mobile phone is loaded with image data from the Internet in a plurality of SMS data using a conventional SMS center. It is possible to transmit, and to display the transmitted image data as the background of the mobile phone is applicable in the same manner as in the embodiment of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of the claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention enables the user to set the background image of the mobile phone display unit by downloading various image image data for the background image from the Internet using a mobile phone capable of internet connection and setting the desired image data as the background image of the mobile phone. There is an advantage in that it can be set as a unique wallpaper for each taste.

Claims (10)

In the mobile phone wallpaper download system using the Internet, A mobile phone which accesses the Internet according to a request from a user and receives wireless data according to a download request from the user transmitted from the Internet; By performing a call connection to the network interworking system for the data service request call from the mobile phone and performing a data relay transfer protocol for the terminal data transfer to enable wireless data transmission and reception through the Internet between the web server and the mobile phone connected to the Internet With exchanger, A mobile phone wallpaper using the Internet, comprising: a web server connected to the exchange and the Internet, the web server retrieving the corresponding data requested from the call-connected mobile phone user from its contents and transmitting the data to the mobile phone through the exchange; Download system. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile phone, Internet wallpaper download system using the Internet, characterized in that the Internet connection protocol is implemented. The method of claim 2, wherein the protocol, Mobile phone wallpaper download system using the Internet characterized in that WAP. The method of claim 2, wherein the protocol, Mobile phone wallpaper download system using the Internet, characterized in that the UP. The method of claim 2, wherein the protocol, Mobile wallpaper download system using the Internet, characterized in that ANYWEB. The method of claim 1, wherein the data, Mobile phone wallpaper download system using the Internet characterized in that the image data. The method of claim 6, wherein the image data, Internet wallpaper download system using the Internet characterized in that the animation data. In the method of displaying a wallpaper on a mobile phone with Internet access, Connecting to the internet through the exchange and connecting to an image data providing web server searched by the user when there is a request for internet access from the user; Requesting to download the corresponding image data requested by the user from the image data of the web server to the web server; Receiving corresponding image data transmitted from the web server in response to the download request; When there is a request for displaying a background screen from a user who wants to use the image data as a background screen, the background of the mobile phone is configured to display image data selected by the user among the received image data as a background screen of the mobile phone. How to display the screen. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving of the image data comprises: Converting the image data received from the web server into a data format suitable for a mobile phone display; And storing the converted image data in a memory. The method of claim 9, wherein the image data, How to display a wallpaper on a mobile phone, characterized in that the animation data.