KR20020070532A - Method for running a program of a mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for executing a program of a wireless mobile communication terminal is provided to easily perform and upgrade a program through the minimization of the program allocated to ROM area of the terminal by executing the terminal drive program after downloading an application program. CONSTITUTION: A controller checks whether the power-on signal of the terminal is inputted through a key input unit(S200). If the power-on signal is impressed, the controller initializes the wireless mobile communication terminal(S202). The controller recognizes the program available for the wireless mobile communication terminal(S204). The controller accesses a server through the internet(S206), downloads the application programs, such as OS, 95-C, and wireless application protocol, and temporarily stores the downloaded application programs to RAM(S208). Finally, the controller executes the application programs stored to the RAM(S210).

Description

Program execution method of wireless mobile terminal {METHOD FOR RUNNING A PROGRAM OF A MOBILE PHONE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote wireless access technology of a wireless mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a program execution method of a wireless mobile communication terminal capable of downloading and executing a required application program through an internet network.

A general wireless mobile communication terminal is provided with an internal memory, for example, a flash memory, and can store a plurality of execution programs and execute a predetermined program according to a user's selection. In other words, the conventional terminal is running a program with most terminal protocols, for example, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), SMS (Short Message Service) and the like loaded in an internal flash memory except for some application programs.

Such a conventional implementation technology involves a problem that the manufacturing cost of the terminal increases with increasing flash memory capacity. That is, since the capacity of the flash memory also increases with the increase in the size of the terminal protocol due to the recent diversification of wireless data services, there is a problem that the terminal price becomes expensive due to the increase in the capacity of the relatively expensive flash memory.

In addition, in the conventional wireless mobile communication terminal, since the terminal protocol is preset in the product release, there is a problem that frequent upgrades are inevitable when the program is developed or changed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and the mobile terminal includes only a minimum program necessary for accessing a server in the terminal, and accesses such a server to download a terminal driving program, for example, an application program such as WAP, A method of executing a program of a wireless mobile terminal, which is loaded into a random access memory (RAM) and executed, thereby minimizing a program allocated to a ROM (Read Only Memory) area of the terminal and facilitating program execution and upgrade. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a program execution of a wireless mobile communication terminal capable of downloading and executing at least one or more second programs from a server via an internet network using a first program stored in a first memory means. A method comprising: initializing a wireless mobile communication terminal if the wireless mobile communication terminal is turned on by determining whether the power of the wireless mobile terminal is turned on; Recognizing a driveable program in the wireless mobile communication terminal; Accessing a server through an internet network and downloading at least one second program corresponding to the recognized drive program; Storing the downloaded second programs in second memory means; It provides a program execution method of a wireless mobile communication terminal comprising the step of executing the stored second program.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless mobile communication terminal connected to an internet network for performing a method according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a program execution process of a wireless mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: wireless mobile communication terminal

102: key input unit

104: control unit

106: ROM

108: RF module

110: RAM

200: base station

300: Internet network

400: server

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Prior to the description, the present invention applies the concept of X-terminal (X-terminal), which is currently used on a wired network, to a wireless network, and loads only the minimum programs necessary for its information and access to a terminal having relatively low memory. In addition, the required program is downloaded from the Internet and characterized in that the program is executed in its own memory area, that is, RAM. In other words, X-terminal (remote terminal without hard disk) saves its own boot image and the minimum program required to access the server in its ROM area, and connects to the server at the same time as booting up to most applications. For example, as a system that downloads an application program using an OS, a network, etc. from a server and loads it into its own memory, the X-terminal is applied to a wireless mobile communication terminal to implement the object of the present invention.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless mobile communication terminal for performing a method according to the present invention, which includes a key input unit 102, a control unit 104, a ROM 106, an RF module 108, and a RAM 110. The base station 200 is connected to the server 400 through the Internet network 300.

As shown, the key input unit 102 is a variety of key signal input means provided on the wireless mobile communication terminal 100, may be composed of a number key, menu / search key, power key, and the like not shown, In the embodiment, a power on / off key signal for power on / off of the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 is generated.

The controller 104 performs overall operation control to perform a program execution method of the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The control process of the control unit 104 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 to be described later.

The ROM 106 is a memory means, for example, a flash memory, provided in the wireless mobile communication terminal 100, and stores a minimum program for initial internet connection of the wireless mobile communication terminal 100.

The RF module 108 receives wireless data from the server 400 to be described later through the base station 200 or outputs user information data generated in the wireless mobile communication terminal 100. Since the RF module 108 is the same as that provided in a conventional mobile communication terminal, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

RAM 110 according to the present embodiment temporarily stores various application protocols, for example, WAP and SMS programs transmitted through the server 400, and the programs are read and executed under the control of the controller 104.

The base station 200 is responsible for the communication service between the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 and the server 400, and provides various communication services performed between the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 in charge of its own, It manages the local registration state of the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 in the service area of each base station, and accesses the Internet network 300 through the server 400 and various application programs provided according to the present invention Provided to the wireless mobile communication terminal 100.

The server 400 is connected to the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 through the above-described base station 200 and the Internet network 300 to provide a predetermined application program including a WAP, an SMS, and the like.

Hereinafter, the program execution process of the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention together with the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2.

Prior to the description, this process is performed by downloading at least one or more application programs from the server 400 through the Internet network 300 using a minimum program for accessing the initial Internet network 300 stored in the ROM 106. It is characterized in that the temporary storage and execution in the RAM (110).

First, in step S200, the controller 104 determines whether a key signal for turning on the power of the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 is applied from the key input unit 102.

As a result of the determination in step S200, when a key signal for turning on the power of the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 is applied from the key input unit 102, the control unit 104 proceeds to step S202 and the wireless mobile communication terminal ( Initialize 100) and proceed to step S204.

In step S204, the controller 104 recognizes the driveable program in the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 and proceeds to step S206 and step S208. That is, in step S204, a program required for driving the wireless mobile communication terminal 100 is recognized.

In step S206 and step S208, the control unit 104 connects to the server 400 through the Internet network 300 and at least one or more application programs corresponding to the driveable program recognized in step S204 described above. For example, the OS, 95-C, WAP, and the like are downloaded, and the downloaded various application programs are temporarily stored in the RAM 110.

Finally, in step S210, the controller 104 executes the application programs stored in the RAM 110 described above and ends the process of FIG.

As described above, the present invention is implemented to temporarily download and execute application programs necessary for the initial operation of the wireless mobile communication terminal without the application programs necessary for the operation of the wireless mobile communication terminal at all times.

Accordingly, the present invention can operate various programs of the wireless mobile communication terminal with a very small memory, that is, a ROM, thereby reducing the terminal manufacturing cost. In addition, since the present invention is automatically downloaded various applications at the same time as booting, not only the program management is convenient, but also has the effect of eliminating the hassle of upgrading the terminal. In particular, the present invention is expected to have great applicability in an IMT-2000 system in which network transmission speed is rapidly improved in the future.

Claims (3)

A program execution method of a wireless mobile communication terminal capable of downloading and executing at least one or more second programs from a server through an internet network using a first program stored in a first memory means, Determining whether the power of the wireless mobile communication terminal is turned on, and if the power of the wireless mobile communication terminal is turned on, initializing the wireless mobile communication terminal; Recognizing a driveable program in the wireless mobile communication terminal; Accessing the server through the internet network and downloading at least one or more second programs corresponding to the recognized runnable program; Storing the downloaded second programs in second memory means; And executing the stored second programs. The method of claim 1, The first program is a program execution method of a wireless mobile terminal, characterized in that the minimum execution program for connecting to the server via the Internet network. The method of claim 1, And the second programs are a plurality of application programs provided from the server.