KR20030040948A - Bookmark system and method thereof in a mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for supplying a bookmark of a mobile communication terminal and a method therefor are provided to enable a user to perform a bookmark function offline by accessing the Internet with a browser by using a mobile communication terminal, thereby enabling the user to add, edit, and connect a URL. CONSTITUTION: A server(100) controls entire operations of a mobile communication terminal. A display(200) displays overall states of the mobile communication terminal, so that a user sees the states. A wireless signal transmitter(300) performs a signal processing in order to transceive voice signals or messages with the other party. A key input unit(400) has many number and function keys, and outputs inherent key data to the server(100) according to inputted keys. The first storage and the second storage(500,600) store programs necessary for operating the mobile communication terminal. An antenna(ANT) transceives the voice signals or the messages with the other party.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing bookmark of mobile communication terminal TECHNICAL FIELD

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the user can operate a browser in a mobile communication terminal to access a hair Internet or the like and use a bookmark function that can only be used online. The present invention relates to a bookmark providing apparatus and a method for providing a bookmark for a mobile communication terminal by performing a bookmark function so that a user can add, edit, and access a URL, thereby eliminating annoying connection process and reducing access charge.

In a conventional mobile communication terminal such as a cellular phone, a user can access a hair Internet or the like and perform a bookmark function only on an online browser. In other words, the user accesses the hair Internet using a previously set URL (uniform resource locator) or a URL provided by the base station unilaterally, and then browses and searches for a site with desired information. Sites with content information stay long enough to search for and obtain specific information. At this time, the user stores the URL of the corresponding site through the bookmark in order to access the site containing the desired content information later. Later, in order to access the URL stored through the bookmark, the user only needs to execute the bookmark function on the online browser and select the URL.

However, in a conventional mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, if the bookmark function is made only on an online browser, the data transmission speed is slow, and thus the connection is not fast. Accordingly, the hair Internet, etc. is desired through several steps on the limited small display of the terminal. In the current situation of accessing a site, when a user accesses a new URL, it is inconvenient to connect to a previously set URL and then navigate to a new URL that the user wants through several steps. In addition, if the bookmark function is made only on the online browser, since the browser must be operated to access the hair Internet or the like for editing the bookmark, there is a problem in that an economic disadvantage of paying the access fee is followed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the user can operate the browser in the mobile communication terminal and access the hair Internet, etc., the bookmark function which can only be performed online, without having to operate the browser offline. The purpose of the bookmark function is to add, edit, and access a URL.

The apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object, controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal, generates and transmits the current state indication data to the display unit, and control to wirelessly communicate with the base station according to the user's communication request A server unit for exchanging data for the hair Internet with a wireless signal transmission and reception unit and performing a bookmark function online or offline; A display unit configured to display the information corresponding to the overall current state of the mobile communication terminal and a bookmark function on or off line for the user to view; A wireless signal transmission / reception unit which performs overall processing on wireless signal transmission and reception between a mobile communication terminal and a base station to which the terminal is subscribed, and performs signal processing to transmit and receive hair Internet data; A key input unit having a plurality of numeric keys and function keys and outputting unique key data to the server unit as the user inputs each of these keys; A first storage unit for storing a program necessary for performing an overall operation of a mobile communication terminal and a URL for a bookmark, and being updated under the control of the server unit when the online bookmark function is performed; And a second storage unit in which a URL for a bookmark is stored and which is updated under the control of the server unit in performing a bookmark function online or offline.

The first storage unit may be a cache memory, and the second storage unit may be a flash memory.

In addition, the method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in a method for providing a bookmark function on the online, such as hair Internet by a mobile communication terminal having a first storage unit and a second storage unit as a bookmark storage space,

(a1) at the user's request, the terminal accessing hair online with the base station by operating a browser;

(b1) executing, by the terminal, a bookmark program according to a user's request;

(c1) if the user specifies to save the URL input by the user when editing the bookmark of the online browser, simultaneously storing and updating the first storage unit and the second storage unit by the terminal; And

(d1) when the user selects any one of bookmark URLs stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit in an online bookmark list, the terminal correspondingly corresponds to hair online access to the selected URL. .

In addition, in a method of providing a bookmark function offline for a mobile Internet, the mobile communication terminal equipped with a second storage unit as a bookmark storage space,

(a2) executing, by the terminal, a bookmark program according to a user's request in an offline state;

(b2) if the user specifies to save the URL input to the terminal when editing a bookmark while offline, the terminal storing and updating the second storage unit; And

(c2) if the user selects any one of the bookmark URLs stored in the second storage unit in the offline bookmark list, the terminal correspondingly connects the hair online to the selected URL.

The first storage unit may be a cache memory, and the second storage unit may be a flash memory.

1 is a block diagram of a bookmark providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a bookmark providing operation of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a bookmark data structure of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart for storing bookmarks online of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of bookmark storage and browser operation in an offline state of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: server unit 200: display unit

300: wireless signal transmission and reception unit 400: key input unit

500: first storage unit 600: second storage unit

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

1 is a block diagram of a bookmark providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server unit 100 for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal, so that a user can view the overall current state of the mobile communication terminal. The display unit 200 for displaying, a wireless signal transceiver 300 for signal processing to transmit and receive a voice signal or a message to the other party, and a plurality of numeric keys and function keys are provided, according to the input of each key A key input unit 400 for outputting its own key data to the server unit 100, a first storage unit 500 and a second storage unit 600 for storing a program necessary for performing an operation of a mobile communication terminal, And an antenna (ANT) that is responsible for the transmission and reception of voice signals or messages talking to the other party. Here, since the DTMF (Dual Tone Multifrequency) processing unit and the vocoder constituting the mobile communication terminal are not directly related to the present invention, description thereof will be omitted.

The server unit 100 controls overall operations of the mobile communication terminal, generates and transmits current state indication data to the display unit 200, and controls wireless communication with the base station according to a user's communication request. It controls to exchange data necessary for the radio with the wireless signal transmission and reception unit 300, performs a bookmark function for the hair Internet, and controls the addition, editing, access of the bookmark.

The display unit 200 is a user interface device for displaying the overall current state of the mobile terminal for the user to view, and in particular, displays a phone number input by the user for a call or displays the contents of the received message. . In addition, when the user plays hair, the Internet, chats, games, etc., the corresponding information is displayed for the user to view.

The wireless signal transmission / reception unit 300 performs overall processing for wireless signal transmission and reception between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to which the terminal is subscribed, and performs signal processing to transmit and receive voice signals, messages, hair Internet data, etc. do.

The key input unit 400 includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys as information input means of a user, and outputs its own key data to the server unit 100 according to the input of each key, thereby providing a server unit ( 100) to perform a function required by the user, for example, to perform the operation for the request of inputting a phone number, writing a message, searching a message, playing a game, hair Internet, and the like.

The first storage unit 500 stores an application program such as a bookmark program necessary for performing an overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. Accordingly, the server unit 100 requests the first storage unit 500 to store the application program. As a result of performing an operation of reading or modifying data into new data, the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal is performed. In particular, when the URL for the bookmark is stored, and the bookmark function is performed online, if the URL is added or edited, it is updated under the control of the server unit 100. It is usually configured like a main memory cache on a computer used to improve server write and read performance.

The second storage unit 600 is stored under the control of the server unit 100 when the URL for the bookmark is stored and there is an addition or editing of the URL in performing the bookmark function in the offline state in which the browser is not operated. Even when the online bookmark function is performed, if the URL is added or edited, it is updated under the control of the server unit 100. It usually consists of nonvolatile flash memory, which is electrically erasable, updatable with new content, and retains data even in the event of a power outage.

The operation by the bookmark providing device and method of the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail.

2 is a diagram illustrating a bookmark providing operation of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of a bookmark data structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a bookmark providing operation of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed on a terminal without an online state as well as an online state where a hair Internet is connected to a user's request on the terminal. Is also possible. That is, the URL edited in the online state is not only stored in the first storage unit 500 provided in a cache memory form to improve the performance of the server unit 100, but also in the second storage unit having a flash memory form. Also stored at 600 at the same time. In addition, even when offline, the user can execute a bookmark program using a menu or a shortcut key appearing on the display unit 200 of the terminal without access to the Internet. In this case, the user can add or delete a URL by editing a bookmark. In this case, the browser initial URL can be designated, and thus the updated contents are stored in the second storage unit 600, and the browser is operated by selecting a URL to be connected to the hair Internet, etc., to a corresponding site. Connection is also possible.

As described above, the data of the bookmark URL list to be stored may be in the form of a nonvolatile item (NV) or an electronic filing system (EFS) in the storage space as described above, and is usually stored in the form of an NV item. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the maximum number of bookmarks (NV_NO_BOOKMARK_LIST), the maximum length of bookmark names (MAXLENGTH_URL_NAME), and the maximum length of URLs supported by the operator (MAXLENGTH_URL) are determined and stored in an array form. do.

Operation of the bookmark providing apparatus and method of the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above will be described in more detail.

4 is a flowchart for storing bookmarks online of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

While carrying the mobile communication terminal, the user inputs a key through a shortcut key or a menu on the display unit 200 in order to access information such as the hair Internet. Accordingly, the terminal operates the browser and the base station and the hair online. Attempt to connect and display the initial browser initial screen. At this time, if there is an initial access URL specified by the user, the browser will be displayed by accessing the URL. When the user connects, the user searches for and browses a site having desired information, and during the site search, the user stays at a site having desired content information for a long time to search for and obtain specific information. At this time, the user executes a bookmark program to access the site containing the desired content information later and stores the URL of the corresponding site. Later, in order to access the URL saved by the user, the user simply executes the bookmark function on the online browser and selects the URL.

As described above, in order for the user to store the URL in the state where the bookmark program is executed, as shown in FIG. 4, the terminal performs data transmission / reception processing such as the corresponding hair Internet (S101). If it is specified to store the current URL displayed on the terminal or the URL entered when editing the bookmark (S101), the terminal under the control of the server unit 100, the online bookmark storage unit consisting of a storage space such as cache memory, That is, the first storage unit 500 is first stored and updated (S102). When the first storage unit 500 is updated or thereafter, the server unit 100 calls an offline bookmark storage application program interface (API), and the offline bookmark storage unit, that is, the second storage unit 600. In step S104, a return value indicating whether or not it is normally stored is extracted. Here, calling the offline bookmark storage API by the server unit 100 means storing the URL designated by the user in the second storage unit 600 as described above.

Accordingly, when the return value extracted above is successful storage (S105), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage success' on the display unit 200 (S106), and the return value is stored. In case of failure (S105), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage failure' on the display unit 200 (S107).

As described above, when the bookmark URL is stored, the user is stored in the first storage unit 500 and the second storage unit 600 in the online bookmark list to access the URL stored later through the bookmark. By selecting any one of the bookmarked URLs, the terminal can correspondingly make hair online access to the selected URL.

5 is a flowchart illustrating bookmark storage and browser operation in an offline state of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, even in an offline state, a user may execute a bookmark program by inputting a key through a shortcut key of a terminal or a menu on the display unit 200, and accordingly, the display unit 200 of the terminal has already been made. The offline bookmark list stored in the storage unit 600 is displayed (S201). At this time, the user can edit the bookmark for the storage of the desired URL, etc., the user who wants to save the desired URL is specified to be stored through a menu or a shortcut key (S202), accordingly the terminal of the server unit 100 Under the control, the bookmark name and the URL are input from the user according to the instructions displayed on the display unit 200 (S203).

Thereafter, the server unit 100 calls the offline bookmark storage API as in the online bookmark storage, and returns a notification indicating whether the offline bookmark storage unit, that is, the second storage unit 600 has been normally stored. ) Value is extracted (S204). Here, calling the offline bookmark storage API by the server unit means storing the URL input by the user in the second storage unit 600.

Accordingly, if the return value extracted above is successful storage (S205), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage success' on the display unit 200 (S206), and the return value is stored. In case of failure (S205), the server unit 100 controls to display 'offline bookmark storage failure' on the display unit 200 (S207).

On the other hand, in the state in which the offline bookmark list is displayed as described above (S201), the user can access the hair Internet or the like by selecting any one of the list (S208). That is, if there is a URL selected by the user, the server unit 100 inputs the URL selected by the user to the browser initial URL buffer (S209), and starts the browser using the input URL as the initial URL (S210). .

As described above, the bookmark providing apparatus of the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention can realize the bookmark function not only in the on-line state where the hair Internet is connected or the like, but also in the off-line state without the connection according to the user's request on the terminal. In one embodiment, if the terminal executes a bookmark program after the terminal connects to the base station and the hair online by the browser operation, the user designates to store the URL input by the user when editing the bookmark of the online browser. The terminal may simultaneously store and update the online bookmark storage unit and the offline bookmark storage unit so that the user is stored in the first storage unit 500 and the second storage unit 600 in the online bookmark list. If you select one of the bookmarked URLs, The terminal can be connected to the hair line corresponding to the selected URL. In addition, when the terminal executes the bookmark program according to the user's request in the offline state and the user specifies to save the URL input to the terminal when editing the bookmark in the offline state, the terminal is stored in the offline bookmark storage unit If the user selects any one of the bookmark URLs stored in the offline bookmark storage unit in the offline bookmark list, the terminal can access the selected URL hair online.

As described above, the bookmark providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention performs a bookmark function that a user can perform online only by accessing a hair Internet or the like by operating a browser in the mobile communication terminal and performing a bookmark function even when offline. By allowing the addition, editing, and access of, the user is provided with the effect of eliminating the hassle of the connection process and reducing the connection billing.

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Controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal, generates and transmits the current state display data to the display unit, and controls the wireless communication with the base station according to the user's communication request, and exchanges data for the hair Internet with the wireless signal transceiver A server unit configured to perform a bookmark function online or offline; A display unit configured to display the information corresponding to the overall current state of the mobile communication terminal and a bookmark function on or off line for the user to view; A wireless signal transmission / reception unit which performs overall processing on wireless signal transmission and reception between a mobile communication terminal and a base station to which the terminal is subscribed, and performs signal processing to transmit and receive hair Internet data; A key input unit having a plurality of numeric keys and function keys and outputting unique key data to the server unit as the user inputs each of these keys; A first storage unit for storing a program necessary for performing an overall operation of a mobile communication terminal and a URL for a bookmark, and being updated under the control of the server unit when the online bookmark function is performed; And A bookmark providing apparatus of a mobile communication terminal having a URL for a bookmark stored therein, the second storage unit being updated under the control of the server unit in performing a bookmark function on-line or off-line. The method of claim 1, The first storage unit, Bookmark providing device of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the cache memory. The method of claim 1, The second storage unit, Bookmark providing device of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the flash memory. In the method of providing a bookmark function on the online, such as hair Internet by a mobile communication terminal equipped with a first storage unit and a second storage unit as a bookmark storage space, (a1) at the user's request, the terminal accessing hair online with the base station by operating a browser; (b1) executing, by the terminal, a bookmark program according to a user's request; (c1) if the user specifies to save the URL input by the user when editing the bookmark of the online browser, simultaneously storing and updating the first storage unit and the second storage unit by the terminal; And (d1) if the user selects one of the bookmark URLs stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit from an online bookmark list, the terminal correspondingly responds to hair online access to the selected URL; How to provide a bookmark of the mobile communication terminal. In the method for providing a bookmark function on the offline for the mobile Internet, the mobile communication terminal equipped with a second storage unit as a bookmark storage space, (a2) executing, by the terminal, a bookmark program according to a user's request in an offline state; (b2) if the user specifies to save the URL input to the terminal when editing a bookmark while offline, the terminal storing and updating the second storage unit; And (c2) when the user selects any one of the bookmark URLs stored in the second storage unit in the offline bookmark list, correspondingly, the terminal provides a bookmark of the mobile communication terminal, comprising: connecting the hair online to the selected URL; Way. The method of claim 4, wherein The first storage unit, Bookmark providing method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the cache memory. The method according to claim 4 or 5, The second storage unit, Bookmark providing method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the flash memory.