KR20030054737A - JAVA platform structure for provide dynamic environment in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A JAVA platform structure supplying a dynamic environment in a mobile communication system is provided to download a package of mobile communication terminal functions divided for various purposes through an OTA(Over-The-Air-activation) service in a user's mobile communication terminal, thereby developing a user-oriented mobile communication terminal. CONSTITUTION: A shared VM(Virtual Machine) communicates with other tasks of a mobile communication terminal in a KVM(Kilobyte Virtual Machine) among JAVA micro edition platforms within a downloading and change-impossible region(20) of a JAVA micro platform, and performs a scheduling process for a thread of a JAVA application program in connection with a task managing part such as task switching. A message unit communicates the other tasks of the mobile communication terminal with the JAVA application program. Application programs include managers having functions of deleting, storing, and managing the JAVA application program, and are located in the downloading and change-impossible region(20).

Description

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The present invention relates to a platform for providing a dynamic environment in a mobile communication terminal. Particularly, a function of a mobile communication terminal does not determine a function according to a model as in the prior art, and a user of a mobile terminal can change a function when a product is purchased or a function change. A mobile communication terminal that allows users to download and execute a package of mobile communication terminal functions, which are divided into various uses through over-the-air-activation (OTA) when desired. Relates to a platform structure for providing a dynamic environment.

In recent years, as the functions of mobile communication terminals are diversified, SMS messages, phone books, schedule management, calculators, telephone books, in addition to voice call processing, which are the functions of mobile communication terminals, Additional functions such as games and Internet browsing functions have been added and used.

These functions are determined and released in advance from the production of the mobile communication terminal, and because similar functions and different functions are distinguished and provided according to the model of the mobile communication terminal, overlapping investment and the mobile communication terminal according to the development of the same function by the mobile communication terminal manufacturer. It is not possible to satisfy different tastes according to the age group of users who use it.

In addition, when a function is added to the mobile communication terminal, in order to use the added program, the user has to visit the contact service center and upgrade the program as well as all functions of the mobile communication terminal. Follows.

In other words, the external interface is not easy and the generalized dynamic program environment such as DOS or Windows on PC is not provided because the data cable must be used to change the function of the mobile terminal. Therefore, the manufacturer of the mobile communication terminal develops all the software (S / W) and the user has no choice but to upgrade it directly at the service center.

In order to improve such disadvantages, a platform for providing a dynamic environment in mobile communication terminals such as GVM, JAVA, and BREW has been developed.

The GVM is a mini-C, JAVA is a JAVA language, BREW is written in a C language can be stored and used in the user's mobile communication terminal through the data service of the mobile communication terminal, the application currently being serviced Games, location information, securities, karaoke, e-books and the like are known.

The platform that provides such a dynamic environment currently operates as a function of the menu of the mobile communication terminal. If the user wants to use the desired application program, the user selects the menu driving the platform providing the dynamic environment from the menu of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the user selects and uses an application program according to a method of managing an application program of a platform that provides a driven dynamic environment.

A function of a conventionally known mobile communication terminal provides an additional function in the form of a menu to a UI task.

When the user uses the mobile communication terminal, the UI task of the mobile communication terminal is in an idle state and selects a function in a menu form according to the user's selection, and when the user selects a specific function, another state in the UI task is selected. It transfers information to and receives information from other tasks to perform the functions of the mobile communication terminal. As described above, the functions of the mobile communication terminal are determined in advance in the product development and production stages, and distributed to the users, so that teenagers, mobile offices, and mobiles who prefer entertainment such as games, regardless of the age group of the users, for example. The same function will be provided to those in their 30s who prefer a feature like securities.

Since the performance and capacity of the mobile communication terminal are limited, the addition of functions is subject to a lot of limitations, and the functions that different age groups actually use are limited to a few.

JAVA platform is one of the functions that allows the user to add or delete the functions of the mobile communication terminal appropriate to the extension of the additional functions and the preference of the age group.

FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of a JAVA platform that provides a dynamic environment in a conventional mobile communication terminal. As shown in FIG. 1, a Java application program is executed in a downloadable and non-modifiable area 10. KVM (Kilobyte Virtual Machine), Java Language Specification, Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC), Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), User Interface (UI), Web Browser (WAP Browser) and Terminal Add-ons (Phonebook, Calculator) Personal information management), and also includes a host computer operating system (Host OS) and its service routines.

Here, the APP in the downloadable and changeable area represents an application program.

This is provided by the US computer manufacturer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., which provides the Java Micro Edition platform to add or delete applications on mobile terminals.

However, the Java platform operates as a function to use one wireless Internet provided through the menu of the existing mobile communication terminal, and it is not possible to support dynamic protocol management and user-friendly protocols. none.

Since the conventional mobile communication terminal provides a predetermined function at the product production stage, the function to be used is limited according to the age group or taste of the user, and a platform providing a dynamic environment provided to compensate for this in advance There is a problem in that it does not implement the functions of the mobile communication terminal according to the use and taste of the user because it uses the function of the mobile communication terminal that has been determined and is provided in the form of a menu. There was a problem that cannot be used depending on the purpose.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems of the prior art, and accommodates the JAVA Micro Edition platform and adds all the functions except for call processing and SMS transmission, which are terminal-specific functions. It provides a dynamic environment where users can download and use the program of functions and functions they want through the Internet.The program also provides dynamic program management in the form of a graphical user interface (GUI). Each platform implements a platform that can support different wireless Internet protocols to unify the wireless Internet network of all mobile communication service providers so that the wireless Internet market can be activated and various contents can be developed. A container to receive The purpose is to provide a platform structure for providing a dynamic environment in the new terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a platform structure for providing a dynamic environment in a mobile communication terminal, the Java micro edition platform of the platform, and the Java micro platform within the downloadable and unchangeable area of the Java micro platform A shared virtual machine capable of communicating with other tasks of a mobile communication terminal in a kilobyte virtual machine (KVM) of the edition platform and scheduling a thread of a Java application in connection with a task management part such as task switching; A message unit for communicating between another task of the mobile communication terminal and a Java application program; It is configured to include a manager having a function of deleting, storing, and managing the Java application, and the application programs are configured in the downloadable and changeable area.

1 is a configuration diagram of a Java platform providing a dynamic environment in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

Figure 2 is a Java platform configuration diagram for providing a dynamic environment in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is an exemplary package display of a downloaded mobile communication terminal function according to the present invention.

4 is a functional configuration example of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

20: Downloadable and unchangeable area 100: Mobile communication terminal

200: Server

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a Java platform configuration for providing a dynamic environment in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the platform structure for providing a dynamic environment in a mobile communication terminal, a Java micro edition platform of the platforms is shown. And the task of managing tasks such as task switching while communicating with other tasks of a mobile communication terminal in a kilobyte virtual machine (KVM) of the Java micro edition platform within the downloading and immutable area 20 of the Java micro platform. A shared VM capable of scheduling a thread of a Java application in association with the portion; A message unit for communicating between another task of the mobile communication terminal and a Java application program; The Java application program may be configured to include a manager having a function of deleting, storing, and managing the application. APPs are configured in the downloadable and changeable area.

In addition, the above application programs (APP) are a web browser (WAP Browser), hypertext generation language (c-HTML) browser, user interface (UI) and terminal add-ons (phone book, calculator, personal information management, game) Is done.

Unmarked CLDC is Connected Limited Device Configuration, MIDP is Mobile Information Device Profile, Host OS is Host Computer Operating System, Primitive is Service Routine of Host Computer Yoon Young System, CM is Call Manager, SMS is Short Message Service And NV is Non Volatile.

These CMs, SMSs, and NVs share data with a shared VM.

The operation of the present invention made as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 as follows.

First, the present invention is that unlike the prior art, a user using a mobile communication terminal can reconfigure the function of the mobile communication terminal after the purchase or the user's preference.

The mobile terminal only has a minimum user interface (UI) for initial user to download a package of basic terminal functions such as call processing, short message (SMS), and user reconfigured mobile terminal functionality. to provide.

The user can select and download the functional package of the mobile terminal which is classified according to the user's age group or taste through the server provided by the secretary, or the user using the mobile terminal can directly download the web (Web) through the PC. ), You can configure and download the package of the mobile communication terminal with simple tasks such as dragging and dropping the functions of the listed mobile communication terminals.

In order to provide such a function, the present invention accommodates the Java micro edition, which is one of the platforms of the mobile communication terminal that is already configured as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, a shared virtual machine (Shered VM) has a function of communicating with other tasks of a mobile communication terminal in a kilobyte virtual machine (KVM) of the existing Java micro edition and the existing mobile communication terminal. It performs the function of scheduling the thread of a Java application in connection with the task management part such as task switching. By providing such a function, the existing dynamic environment can be removed as a function in a user interface (UI) task, and it can communicate with other tasks of the mobile communication terminal, thread of other tasks and Java applications ( It is possible to produce a Java application program that has the same functions as a user interface (UI) task through thread management.

As described above, the message unit is configured for communication between a Java application and other tasks of the mobile communication terminal.

Manager has functions to delete, save, and manage Java application configured as above.

3 shows an example of managing an application program according to the present invention, and shows an example of displaying a package of a downloaded mobile communication terminal function.

That is, when a user using a mobile communication terminal downloads a package, the program is displayed on the program list, and when the user selects the program with the left or right key, the functions of the corresponding program are listed.

4 illustrates an example in which a user configures a function of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a user connects to a web through a PC using a service provided by an operator, A program having a function of reconfiguring a web type mobile communication terminal function that provides a familiar environment is used.

The user using the mobile communication terminal is configured with the functions of the mobile communication terminal 100 pre-configured, that is, a game, a work analysis program (WAP) browser, mobile securities, convenient functions, and personal information management as shown in FIG. User packages are organized by dragging and dropping them according to their purpose.

At this time, the user can easily configure the package by providing information on the capacity of the memory according to the model of the mobile communication terminal. The user using the mobile communication terminal finishes the configuration of the mobile communication terminal package and downloads the package of the mobile communication terminal configured by the user through the mobile communication terminal.

If a user of a mobile communication terminal that is inexperienced to use the above function or does not have a PC to use, the server 200 provided by the operator through the user interface (UI) of the mobile communication terminal provides a minimum environment for downloading. ), And downloads a package of a function desired by the user from among the packages of the basic mobile communication terminal functions listed in the server 200.

Functions in the downloaded package operate as an application (APP) as shown in FIG. 2, and in the present invention, it is configured as a Java application to accommodate Java Micro Edition.

Such a Java application is managed by a manager shown in FIG. 2, and a message unit is provided to communicate with other tasks of the mobile communication terminal.

In this case, a Java application is composed of byte codes, which are interpreted and executed in a shared VM, and are scheduled in association with other tasks of the mobile communication terminal.

As described above, the present invention provides a wireless automatic subscription function when a user of a mobile communication terminal requires a function change or when a user of a mobile communication terminal needs to change a function of a mobile communication terminal used by various age groups without determining a function according to an existing model. The service (OTA) allows users to download and use a package of mobile communication terminal functions that are bent for various purposes to the user's mobile communication terminal, thereby reducing duplication of similar functions and developing user-oriented mobile communication terminals. Provide effect.

Claims (4)

In the platform structure for providing a dynamic environment in the mobile communication terminal, The Java application can communicate with other tasks of the mobile communication terminal in a kilobyte virtual machine (KVM) of the Java micro edition platform within the downloadable and unchangeable area of the Java micro platform, and in conjunction with a task management part such as task switching. A shared virtual machine capable of scheduling threads of; A message unit for communicating between another task of the mobile communication terminal and a Java application program; Java platform for providing a dynamic environment in the mobile communication terminal comprising a manager having a function of deleting, storing, and managing the Java application, and the application (APP) is configured in the downloadable and changeable area. rescue. The method of claim 1, Java platform structure for providing a dynamic environment in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to accommodate the Java micro edition platform of the platform. The method of claim 1, The applications (APPs) configured in the downloadable and changeable areas include a web browser (WAP Browser), a hypertext generating language (c-HTML) browser, a user interface (UI), and terminal additional functions (phone book, calculator, personal). Java platform structure that provides a dynamic environment in the mobile communication terminal characterized in that consisting of information management, game). The method according to claim 1 or 3, The application program is a Java platform structure that provides a dynamic environment in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of a byte code.