KR20030008009A - menu customization system of the cellular-phone and controlling method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A menu customized system for a cellular phone and a control method therefor are provided to instantly retrieve a menu for which a user wishes when connecting the Internet by editing a menu tree structure of contents provided to a user terminal on an Internet portal screen through a PC. CONSTITUTION: A WAP(Wireless Application Protocol) gateway(5) authenticates a call signal output through a data communication network(4), and connects the call signal to an external communication network. A PC(6) edits a menu tree structure in a wireless Internet portal web site connected through the Internet(3). A template management system unit(7) provides an optimum menu template using user information on the wireless Internet portal web site connected through the PC(6), and processes person-classified customized menu information edited by a user. A menu server(8) converts person-classified customized menu information provided from the template management system unit(7) to be suitable for a menu display type of a cellular phone(1), and outputs converted person-classified customized menu information to the cellular phone(1) through a transmission path.

Description

Menu customization system of the cellular-phone and controlling method therefore}

The present invention relates to a menu customization system of a mobile phone and a control method thereof, and in particular, by editing a menu tree structure of contents provided on a user terminal in a wireless Internet environment according to a user's habit or convenience on an Internet portal screen through a PC, The present invention relates to a menu customization system of a mobile phone and a method of controlling the same, maximizing the convenience of use of a mobile phone terminal, since the user can immediately search for a desired menu at the time of Internet access.

In general, wireless data communication refers to a communication function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving various data such as letters, numbers, and images through a base station system using a portable terminal capable of wireless transmission and reception. That is, a mobile communication system that exchanges or retrieves data in both directions while moving by using various terminals such as a cellular phone, a portable computer, a PDA, and the like. Among these mobile communication systems, in particular, the mobile communication system divides the service area into hexagonal cells with a diameter of several km to several ten kilometers in North America in the early 1980s, and then repeatedly uses the same frequency channel in geographically separated cells. The rapid growth of the first commercialization of a cellular-phone mobile communication system that implements a radio channel switching function between cells according to the movement. In recent years, the technology for obtaining such information by accessing a server of various web information providers through the Internet has been considerably advanced.

Then, referring to the conventional mobile communication system as described above with reference to Figure 1, the base station system 71 for relaying the call signal transmitted from the mobile phone 70 and the base station system 71 is connected by wire to an external communication network For example, a data communication network 73 connecting a call signal to a communication network such as the Internet 72, and a WAP gateway of a WAP method for authenticating a call signal output through the data communication network 73 and connecting to an external communication network ( 74 and a web server 75 connected to the WAP gateway 74 via the Internet 72 to provide web information, such as securities, events, news, etc., in a specific area set up through a website.

Here, the IS-95A (speed 14.4kbps) network and the IS-95B network (speed 64kbps) are commercially available for the data communication network 4 transmitted via the WAP gateway 74.

On the other hand, referring to the operation of the conventional mobile communication system as described above, first, when the user of the mobile phone 70 wants to use the Internet service, press the Internet key 77 formed on the keypad 76 of the mobile phone 70 do. Then, the internet connection signal of the mobile phone 70 is connected to the data communication network 73 via the base station system 71. At this time, the data communication network 73 performs user authentication through a predetermined procedure and then displays the wireless Internet main menu screen on the LCD panel 78 of the cellular phone 70 as shown in FIG. . Then, the user of the mobile phone 70 moves the cursor of the main menu displayed on the screen and places the cursor on the desired menu. For example, when the user wants to access the "email / news" site shown in FIG. 2 (b) of the main menu, the user moves the menu cursor until the user reaches the "8th" position. When the cursor of the menu reaches the "8th" position, the selection button is pressed. Then, the submenu "8. Mail / News" of the main menu is set.

For example, moving the cursor in the main menu of the mobile phone 70 and selecting "1. Event Customer World", the following sub-menu is displayed as shown in (c) of FIG. When the menu "2. Star in my hand" is selected, a sub-menu screen as shown in Fig. 2G is displayed on the LCD panel 78 of the mobile phone 70. In addition, if the user moves the cursor in the main menu of the mobile phone 70 and selects "4. Game World", the following submenu is displayed as shown in (d) and (e) of FIG. &Quot; 3. Poker " is selected, a sub-menu screen as shown in Fig. 2H is displayed on the LCD panel 78 of the cellular phone 70. " 3. Then, when the cursor is moved to the next main menu screen from the main menu of the mobile phone 70 and selects "7. Securities information / Alba", the next sub-menu is displayed as shown in FIG. When the menu "2. Latest Stock Information" is selected in this sub-menu, the sub-menu screen as shown in Figs. 2 (i) and (j) is displayed on the LCD panel 78 of the cellular phone 70.

Therefore, when the user of the mobile phone 70 finally sets any menu desired by the user using the menu tree structure in the above manner, the setting signal is processed through a data communication network 73 and the corresponding signal is processed. The address is retrieved. The searched web address data is connected to the corresponding server 75 of the Internet 72 through the data communication network 73 and the gateway 74. Then, the server 75 of the Internet 72 transmits the website information to the gateway 74 via the corresponding transmission path via the Internet 72. Then, the gateway 74 converts the input website information into the WAP method and displays it on the LCD panel 78 of the mobile phone 70 through the data transmission path. Therefore, the user of the mobile phone 70 utilizes the website set by him in the usual manner.

However, the mobile communication system having the menu tree structure of the conventional Internet as described above is relatively smaller than that of the website screen because the content format provided to the mobile phone 70 is provided in the menu tree format in the wireless Internet environment. In order to display on the LCD panel 78, the tree structure of the menu is inevitably deepened, and the tree structure also has a very complicated structure. For example, in order to view web information of "stock price information" on the menu screen shown in FIG.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above-mentioned general problems, by editing the menu tree structure of the content provided on the user terminal in a wireless Internet environment according to the user's habit or convenience on the Internet portal screen through a PC. In order to provide a menu customization system for a mobile phone and a method of controlling the same, the menu can be instantly searched for by a user prior to the Internet connection.

Another object of the present invention is to easily manipulate and edit the Internet menu tree structure displayed on the terminal using a tree structure of the user's preferred tree without having to type a separate URL, thereby improving the functionality of the terminal. It is to provide a system and a control method thereof.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a WAP gateway of WAP method for authenticating a call signal output through a data communication network and connecting to an external communication network, and a menu tree in a wireless Internet portal website connected through the Internet. Providing an optimal menu template using user information on a PC capable of editing the structure and a wireless Internet portal website accessed through the PC, and processing personalized customized menu information edited using the optimal menu template provided by the user. Provides a menu management system of the mobile phone consisting of a template management system unit, and a menu server for converting the personalized customized menu information provided from the template management system unit according to the menu display format of the mobile phone to output to the mobile phone through the transmission path.

Another feature of the present invention is that when the PC changes the menu tree structure set in the mobile phone in the wireless Internet portal site, the optimal menu template to search for and provide the menu template most suitable for the current user by using the personal information entered by the user Custom menu creation step of modifying and editing the information of the optimal menu template provided on the Internet portal site accessed through a PC after the providing step and the optimum menu template providing step, and the custom menu creation step If the personalized menu information editing is completed afterwards, the personalized menu update step of updating and storing personalized personalized menu information of the rewritten mobile phone through the internet portal site, and the portal site if the mobile phone is connected to the Internet after the personalized menu update step Newly written by The present invention provides a control method of a menu customization system of a mobile phone, comprising a step of displaying and executing a customized menu tree information for displaying and executing the personalized customized menu tree information.

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a function of a conventional cellular phone.

2 (a)-(j) are explanatory diagrams for explaining a menu setting method of a conventional cellular phone.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a system of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of the present invention.

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1: mobile phone 2: base station system

3: Internet 4: Data communication network

5: WAP gateway 6: PC

7: Template management system part 8: Menu server

9: content database 10: subscriber database

11: Statistical system 12: CRM system

13: Server 14: Packet Data Service System

15: AAA 16: HA

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

The system of the present invention is a base station system 2 for relaying a call signal wirelessly transmitted from a mobile phone 1 as shown in FIG. 3 and an external communication network connected to the base station system 2 by wire, for example, the Internet 3. A data communication network 4 for connecting a call signal to a communication network such as a network, a WAP gateway 5 for authenticating a call signal output through the data communication network 4, and connecting to an external communication network, and the Internet. (3) PC 6 capable of editing the menu tree structure on the wireless Internet portal website accessed via the user information on the wireless internet portal website connected via the PC 6, for example, age, occupation, A template management system 7 for providing an optimal menu template using gender or the like and processing personalized customized menu information edited by the user using the provided optimal menu template; A menu server for converting the personalized menu information provided from the web management system unit 7 to the LCD panel format of the mobile phone 1 and outputting it to the mobile phone 1 via the WAP gateway 5 and the base station system 2 ( 8).

In addition, the template management system 7 is expected to be most suitable for the user primarily by using user information input on the wireless Internet portal website accessed through the PC 6, for example, age, occupation, and gender. A content database 9 for grouping a menu structure to store content information for providing an optimal menu template, and storing personally customized menu information newly edited by a user on the wireless internet portal website. It includes a subscriber database (10).

In addition, rather than storing a simple URL at one end of the gateway 5, the updated menu configuration is also stored with the user requirements and topics (TOPIC), so that the statistical system 11 for analyzing the behavior of the user later And the CRM system 12 are connected.

Here, the Internet 3 includes web servers 13 which provide web information of a specific area, for example, securities, events, and news, through a website.

In the wireless data communication network 4 as described above, a packet service system unit 14 for establishing a PPP, for example, PPP, and interworking with the base station system 2 and a packet network, and the packet data service An AAA (15; Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) connected to the system unit 14 to perform subscriber authentication with, for example, an IS-95c packet network element and to generate charge (CDR) data of a subscriber who has terminated a call; A router on the home link of (1) includes a home agent (HA) 16 which performs a function of registering / changing / deleting a location of a mobile phone.

The following describes the method of the present invention applied to such a system.

In order to set a customized menu using the system of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the process proceeds from the initial state S1 to the Internet access step S2 and is connected to the wireless Internet portal site through a PC. Then, when the PC is connected to the wireless Internet portal site by the Internet access step (S2), it proceeds to the custom menu change determination step (S3) to determine whether to change the custom menu currently set in the mobile phone. At this time, if the user determines not to change the menu tree structure of the mobile phone via the PC as a result of the determination during the custom menu change determination step (S3).

However, if the user decides to change the menu tree structure of the mobile phone through the wireless Internet portal site as a result of the determination during the customized menu change determination step (S3), the process proceeds to the step of providing the optimal menu template (S4). At this time, in the custom menu creation step (S4), the menu template most suitable for the current user is searched and provided from the database using the personal information input by the user. After the provision of the optimal menu template (S4), the user proceeds to the custom menu creation step (S5), and edits and edits the information of the optimal menu template provided on the Internet portal site connected through the PC to his / her preferred menu tree structure. .

In addition, after the custom menu creation step (S4) to proceed to the custom menu change completion determination step (S6) to determine whether the personalized menu information editing work for each individual using a PC is completed. At this time, when the personalized menu information editing operation using the Internet portal site is completed as a result of judging during the customization menu change completion determination step (S6), the process proceeds to the custom menu update step (S7) of the mobile phone rewritten through the Internet portal site. Update and save personalized menu information.

On the other hand, after the customized menu update step (S7) proceeds to the mobile phone Internet access determination step (S8) to determine whether the current mobile phone is connected to the Internet. At this time, if the mobile phone is not connected to the Internet as a result of the determination in the mobile phone Internet access determination step (S8) is terminated. However, when the mobile phone is connected to the Internet as a result of the determination during the mobile phone internet access determination step (S8), the mobile terminal accesses the customized menu tree information display execution step (S9) and displays the newly created personalized custom menu tree information on the mobile phone by the portal site. Mark and run.

In other words, when the user wants to change the wireless Internet menu tree information of the mobile phone 1, the user accesses the corresponding portal site of the Internet 3 through the PC 6 using his / her ID / PASS. Then, for example, when the user presses a content of "My wireless menu" on the corresponding portal site of the Internet 3, the user information, for example, is stored on the wireless Internet portal website which the template management system 7 has accessed through the PC 6. In addition to reading the age, occupation, gender, etc. from the subscriber database (10), retrieve the data data from the content database () and using this to create an optimal menu template (TEMPLATE). The template management system unit 7 displays the created optimal menu template on the screen of the portal site of the PC via the interface unit 17 and the Internet 3.

For example, if the user is a person, menu tree information such as "1. event customer world; 2. meeting / friend; 3 quiz heaven; 4 game world" is displayed on one screen. On the other hand, if the user is middle-aged, menu tree information such as "1. news / mail; 2. entertainment; 3. stock information; 4 child education" is displayed as a template.

Then, the user clicks on the template displayed on the PC 6 screen of the portal site in the order of his / her preferred menu to configure a personal dance menu.

For example, if a user wants to set menus in order of game, securities, quiz heaven, and children's education, click and set these items one by one in the portal site template. That is, "1. game; 2. stock information; 3. quiz heaven; 4. child education etc."

Then, the newly created personalized custom menu information through the above process is updated by the template management system unit 7 and then stored. At this time, the custom menu information is stored and managed index (INDEX) using an LDAP server (not shown), the data is stored in the DBMS in B ^* TREE manner. Therefore, a faster search can be achieved by the above index and data separation method.

Here, the updated menu configuration as described above does not store a simple URL, but also a user requirement and a topic (TOPIC) are stored together, so that the behavior of the user is transmitted to the statistical system 11 and the CRM system 12 later. Thus, customer behavior analysis is possible.

On the other hand, when the mobile phone 1 is connected to the Internet (3) in the state that the personalized customized menu of the mobile phone is created and updated as in the above process, the Internet key 19 formed on the keypad 18 of the mobile phone 1 Press it. Then, the internet connection signal of the mobile phone 1 is connected to the data communication network 4 via the base station system 2. Then, the connection information signal of the mobile phone 1 is obtained through registration and authentication via the packet service system unit 14, AAA 15 and HA 16 of the wireless data communication network 4, the gateway 5 And the menu server 8 via the Internet (3). Therefore, the menu server 8 converts the personalized personal information of the corresponding mobile phone transmitted from the template management system unit 7 into an appropriate menu tree structure and transmits it to the WAP gateway 5 through the Internet 3. Then, the WAP gateway 5 converts the input personal dance information into the WAP method and displays it on the LCD panel 20 of the mobile phone 1 through the transmission path.

That is, the menu tree structure displayed on the LCD panel 20 of the mobile phone 1 displays personally customized menu tree information newly created by the PC 6. For example, the mobile phone 1 is displayed in the order of a newly created menu tree structure of "1. game; 2. stock information; 3. quiz heaven; 4. child education". Therefore, the user can immediately access the menu item from the beginning without having to navigate the complicated tree structure in order to find the desired menu as in the prior art.

In this case, if the user sets the corresponding item, the user can access the corresponding server of the Internet 3 through the transmission path and search for necessary data.

As described above, according to the present invention, a menu tree structure of contents provided on a user terminal in a wireless Internet environment is edited according to a user's habit or convenience on an Internet portal screen through a PC, so that a user's desired menu is given priority when connecting to the Internet. As it can be searched immediately by ranking, it has the advantage of maximizing the usability of the mobile terminal accordingly.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the Internet menu tree structure displayed on the terminal can be easily manipulated and used by the user's preferred tree structure without having to type a separate URL, there is also an effect of improving the functionality of the terminal accordingly. .

Claims (3)

In a mobile communication system having a data communication network for connecting a mobile phone to the Internet, A WAP gateway of a WAP method for authenticating a call signal output through the data communication network and connecting to an external communication network, and a PC capable of editing a menu tree structure in a wireless Internet portal website connected through the Internet; A template management system that provides an optimal menu template using user information on a wireless Internet portal website accessed through a PC, and processes personalized customized menu information edited using the optimal menu template provided by the user; and the template management system. And a menu server for converting the personalized customized menu information provided from the unit to the menu display format of the mobile phone and outputting the customized menu information to the mobile phone through a transmission path. The template management system of claim 1, wherein the template management system unit generates an optimal menu template prepared by grouping a menu structure that is expected to be most suitable for a user first using user information stored in advance on a wireless Internet portal website accessed through a PC. And a subscriber database for storing personalized customized menu information newly edited by a user on the wireless internet portal website. In the method of changing the menu structure of the mobile phone using a PC, When the PC changes the menu tree structure set in the mobile phone in the wireless Internet portal site, the optimal menu template providing step of searching for and providing the menu template most suitable for the current user using the personal information entered by the user, and the optimal After the menu template providing step, the customized menu creation step of modifying and editing the information of the optimal menu template provided on the Internet portal site accessed through the PC into the preference menu tree structure of the user, and the personalized menu information editing after the custom menu creation step When the work is completed, the personalized menu update step of updating and storing personalized personalized menu information of the rewritten mobile phone through the internet portal site, and the personalized personalized newly created by the portal site when the mobile phone is connected to the Internet after the personalized menu update step. Me A control method of a custom menu tree information of the mobile phone, characterized in that step consisting of executing the menu display system for displaying the custom-tree information to the mobile phone and runs.