KR20030020530A - Data storage system for mobile terminal and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for storing data of a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are provided to remove the inconvenience of frequently deleting stored data and store the important data for a long time by utilizing a large outer storage device. CONSTITUTION: A management server(210) receives data inputted from an SMSC(Short Message Service Center)(150) for discriminating the corresponding subscriber, discriminates the kind of the data, and transmits the corresponding data to the SMSC(150). A subscriber database(220) stores subscriber information. A WAP server(250) transmits a subscriber menu to a mobile terminal(110) after subscriber authentication, and stores the corresponding data according to the selected menu or transmits the stored data to the other terminal. A database(120) stores the data transmitted from the management server(210), the WAP server(250), and a web server(230) at an area assigned to the corresponding subscriber. The web server(230) reads the corresponding data from the database(230) for transmitting to the other terminal or stores the corresponding data at the database(230) if the subscriber requests data transmission or data storage.

Description

Data storage system for mobile terminal and control method thereof

The present invention relates to a data storage system of a mobile terminal and a control method thereof, and in particular, data (text, voice, video, etc.) received in a mobile terminal can be stored in an external storage device and then checked or reused wirelessly or wirelessly. The present invention relates to a data storage system of a mobile terminal and a control method thereof.

Recently, wireless mobile communication has been rapidly developed. As a result, it has evolved from a pager that receives only one sender's message to a personal mobile cordless phone, and finally a personal communication terminal called PCS (Personal Communication Service), which can receive various communication services beyond basic voice transmission and reception functions. It became universal.

With the development of information and communication, the amount of information available to individuals is increasing day by day. For example, the amount of information received by a user with a PCS terminal capable of voice and text transmission is enormous. That is, a variety of information such as text and voice messages received from other users, including stock information, weather forecasts, general news, cultural news, sports relay status, traffic information, and the like will be provided. Information received by the terminal is displayed on the display device of the terminal, automatically stored in the memory, and informs the user that a message has been received. The user checks the received message information and then responds appropriately, or deletes it when it is no longer needed, and keeps storing it if necessary. However, the accumulation of so much of this information as it is obtained is not processing the information, it is just like holding a pile of rubbish. Therefore, the terminal used for information communication needs a function to properly arrange and arrange the received information. In particular, there is a need for a function that automatically deletes information which is now obsolete after a specified time has elapsed to provide useful information to the user, and to maximize the area of memory.

In the case of the conventional mobile communication terminal, a number of broadcast messages are received daily by a CBC (Cell Broad-Casting) function, and text and voice messages exchanged between subscribers are received by a short message service (SMS) function. The received message is once stored in the storage of the terminal and displays the content or title of the information on the screen. In order to manage this, the user deletes all texts, voices, broadcasts, or all messages unconditionally by using the “Clear all received messages” function, and checks each message by using the “Clear and check messages” function. It has functions to delete later.

Message deletion functions built into the conventional mobile communication terminals are configured to be deleted after the user checks the contents of the information. Thus, if the user does not manage to receive a message inadvertently for several days, the real-time information received every hour continues to accumulate, filling the memory with past information, that is, now useless information. In this case, the user may use the "delete all" function to delete the useless information so that the user can clean the memory so as to receive new information, or delete it while confirming one by one.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, it is possible to store or receive data (text, voice, video, etc.) received in the mobile terminal in an external storage device and then check or reuse by wire or wireless. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for providing the same.

1 is a schematic view showing the configuration of a data storage system of a mobile terminal of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary view showing an operation flow of a data storage step according to the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view illustrating an operation flow of a component according to FIG. 2.

4 is an exemplary view showing a screen window of an activated mobile terminal for text message storage according to the present invention.

5 is an exemplary view showing a screen window of an activated mobile terminal for storing image data according to the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view showing a screen window of an active mobile terminal for storing a ringtone according to the present invention.

7 is an exemplary view showing an operation flow of a terminal call step and an internet call step according to the present invention;

8 is an exemplary view illustrating an operation flow of a component for retransmission of data according to a terminal call in FIG. 7.

9 is an exemplary view illustrating an operation flow of a component for retransmission of data according to an internet call in FIG. 7.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary view illustrating a screen window of a mobile terminal activated for menu selection in FIG. 8. FIG.

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110, 320: mobile terminal 120, 330: relay base station (BTS)

130, 340: BSC 140, 350: MSC

150: short message service center (SMSC) 200: external storage device

210: management server 220: user database

230: Database 240: Web Server

250: WAP server 310: computer

360: Interconnect Function Unit (IWF)

The data storage system of the mobile terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a mobile terminal, a relay base station (BTS), a base station controller (BSC), a mobile international language device (MSC), and a short message service center (SMSC). And an interconnection function device (IWF), which stores data for each type of recognized data for each subscriber to receive and receive data transmitted from the SMSC and IWF, and then informs the arrival of the data. And further comprising an external storage device for transmitting the message and transmitting the requested data to the user or the other user through authentication of a user when a call of the stored data from the corresponding subscriber or a request for retransmission to another subscriber is requested. .

The control method may include: a data storing step of determining a data type after storing a request for storing a data and requesting data from a user, and storing the data in an allocation area assigned to the user; A terminal call step of authenticating a user if a connection request is made through a mobile terminal, providing a user menu, performing a corresponding operation if a predetermined menu selection is made, and then transmitting corresponding data to the requesting terminal or another terminal; If there is a request for data through internet connection, user authentication is performed, and then a menu window is provided. If a predetermined menu is selected, an operation is performed accordingly. Then, the data is sent to the user or another terminal through the Internet. Characterized in that made.

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

1 is a schematic view showing the configuration of a data storage system of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. As shown therein, the mobile terminals 110 and 320, a relay base station (BTS) 120 and 330, and a base station controller (BSC) are shown in FIG. And 130, 340, a mobile international language device (MSC, 140, 350), a short message service center (SMSC, 150), and an interconnection function device (IWF, 360). And after receiving the data transmitted from the IWF 360 to store the data for each type of data recognized for each subscriber to be received, and transmits a message indicating the arrival of the data, the call of the stored data from the subscriber or other subscribers If there is a retransmission request, and further comprises a external storage device 200 for transmitting the requested data to the user or another user through the user authentication.

The external storage device 200 receives the data input from the SMSC 150 to determine the subscriber through the subscriber's identification number and the user information, and then determines the type of the data, the data transmission request to the terminal A management server 210 for transmitting the corresponding data to the SMSC 150; A user database for storing user information; When the access request is transmitted from the IWF 360, the user is authenticated, the user menu is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the corresponding data is stored in the database 230 according to the selected menu or the previously stored data is stored in the user terminal or the terminal. A WAP server 250 for transmitting to another terminal through the management server 210; A database 230 for storing data transmitted from the management server 210, the swap server 250, and the web server 240 in an area allocated to the corresponding subscriber for each type; When there is a data request or a data storage request from a user connected through the Internet, after authenticating a user, a menu window is provided to read the corresponding data from the database 230 according to a selected menu, or the user or the management server 210. It is configured as a Web (Web) server 240 to transmit to another terminal through or to store the corresponding data in the database 230.

Referring to the operation of the embodiment according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

2 is an exemplary view showing an operation flow of the data storage step according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing an operation flow of the component according to Figure 2, as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 When the data storage request and the corresponding data are transmitted from the mobile terminal 110 as described above, the SMSC 150 and the management server 210 determine the destination address and the original address through the data and the user information. To perform the user authentication (S10 ~ S11), and when the authentication is completed to determine whether the data to be stored is a text (or voice) message (S12), the management server 210 is the type of data teleservice ID ( The Tele-service ID) is checked to determine.

If the result of the determination is not a text (or voice) message, it is determined whether to store the image data (S13), and if the determination result of the step S12 or S13 is a text (or voice) message or image data, the allocated area is searched. After that, it stores in the empty area and informs the receiver terminal that there is received data (S14 to S15).

As a result of the determination of step S13, if it is not stored as the image data storage, it is determined that the ringing sound is stored (S16). After searching for the allocated area in the same manner as the steps S14 to S15, the stored area or the empty area is stored. If it does not exist, a warning message is output. If the size of the stored data exceeds the predetermined size, a warning message is output to the user to prevent data storage errors. After saving in the data storage area, it is automatically deleted after the preset period.

7 is an exemplary view illustrating an operation flow of a terminal call step and an internet calling step according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an exemplary view illustrating an operation flow of components for retransmission of data according to a terminal call in FIG. 7. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of a component for retransmission of data according to an internet call in FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 10, a receiver requests a connection to a swap server 360 through a mobile terminal 320. If there is a user ID and password is performed (S20 ~ S21), if the authentication is completed in this step (S21), and after transmitting the user menu, it is determined whether to select a text (or voice) message (S22 ~ S23), if the character (or voice) message is selected as a result of the determination in step S23, a pre-stored text (or voice) message list is output and the selected message is transmitted to the receiver's terminal. When the transmission to the end is to send transmit data to the other terminal through the SMSC (150) a request to the management server (210) (S24, S28).

If it is determined in the step S23 that the text message is selected or the video data is selected as the ringtone selection (S25, S27). The video data (or ringtone) list is output and the selected data is transmitted to the user terminal 320 or the other terminal by performing an operation according to the transmission to the user or another terminal as described above (S26 and S28).

Since the data retransmission through the Internet connection is similar to the operation performed in the terminal call step, the description of the operation is omitted, and the data storage through the swap server 250 and the web server 240 is the management server 210 in the data storage step. Similar to the storage operation of), description of the operation is also omitted.

Although the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is limited only by the claims.

As described above, the data storage system and control method thereof of the mobile terminal of the present invention utilizes a large external storage device, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of frequently deleting stored data for continuous message reception, and the importance of data. According to the present invention, it is possible to store the data for a long time, and to support this even when data larger than the allocated capacity needs to be transmitted.

Claims (8)

A mobile communication system comprising a mobile terminal, a relay base station (BTS), a base station controller (BSC), a mobile international language device (MSC), a short message service center (SMSC) and an interconnection function device (IWF), wherein the SMSC Receives data transmitted from the IWF and stores the data for each type of data recognized for each subscriber to be received, and then transmits a message indicating the arrival of the data, and calls the stored data from the corresponding subscriber or retransmits it to another subscriber. If there is a data storage system of a mobile terminal, characterized in that it further comprises an external storage device for transmitting the requested data to the user or another user through user authentication. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the external storage device receives data input from an SMSC, determines a corresponding subscriber through an identification number and user information of the subscriber, determines a type of data, and requests a data transmission to a terminal. A management server for transmitting the corresponding data to the SMSC; A user database for storing user information; When the access request is transmitted from the IWF, after authenticating the user, the user menu is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the corresponding data is stored in a database according to the selected menu or other data is stored through the user terminal or the management server. A WAP server for transmitting to the terminal; A database for storing data transmitted from the management server, the swap server, and the web server in an area allocated to the corresponding subscriber for each type; When there is a data request or a data storage request from a user connected through the Internet, after authenticating a user, a menu window is provided to read the data from the database according to the selected menu and transmitted to the user or another terminal through the management server. Or a web server for storing the data in the database. The data storage system of claim 2, wherein the management server determines a type of data by checking a tele-service ID. A data storage step of determining a data type after storing the data storage request and data from the user and determining the type of the data; A terminal call step of authenticating a user if a connection request is made through a mobile terminal, providing a user menu, performing a corresponding operation if a predetermined menu selection is made, and then transmitting corresponding data to the requesting terminal or another terminal; If there is a request for data through internet connection, user authentication is performed, and then a menu window is provided. If a predetermined menu is selected, an operation is performed accordingly. Then, the data is sent to the user or another terminal through the Internet. Data storage control method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that made. The method of claim 4, wherein the data storing step comprises: a first step of determining a destination address and an originality address based on data and user information and performing user authentication when a data storage request and corresponding data are transmitted; Steps; A second step of determining whether data to be stored is a text (or voice) message when authentication of the first step is completed; A third step of determining whether image data is stored if the text is not a text (or voice) message as a result of the determination in the second step; A fourth step of retrieving the allocated area if it is a text (or voice) message or image data as a result of the determination of the second step or the third step, and storing the allocated area in an empty area; If the result of the determination of the third step is not storing the image data, it is determined that the ringing sound is stored. Then, the searched area is searched in the same manner as in the fourth step. A data storage control method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the fifth step. The method of claim 4, wherein the terminal call step comprises: a first step of performing user authentication through a user ID and a password when a connection request is made through a mobile terminal; A second step of determining whether a text (or voice) message is selected after transmitting the user menu when the authentication of the first step is completed; A third step of outputting a pre-stored text (or voice) message list and transmitting the selected message to another terminal when the text (or voice) message is selected as a result of the determination in the second step; A fourth step of determining whether image data is selected when the text message is not selected as a result of the determination of the second step; If the image data is selected as the result of the fourth step, the pre-stored image data list is output and the selected data is transmitted to the user terminal or another terminal. And a fifth step of outputting a ring list to transmit the selected data to a user terminal or another terminal. 6. The data of the mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the fourth step further comprises outputting a warning message to the user when the size of the stored data is greater than or equal to a predetermined size to prevent data storage error. How to save. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the fourth step further comprises storing the data in the temporary data storage area when the requested data is larger than the allocated size, and then automatically deleting the data after a predetermined period of time. How to save your data.