KR20040026962A - System and Method for Providing Background Image on Mobile Phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A background image service system and method are provided to allow a user to change a background image of a screen of a mobile terminal with multiple convertible multimedia contents as designated to thereby dynamically decorate the background image. CONSTITUTION: A multimedia contents database(160) stores multiple multimedia contents. A mobile communication terminal(110) requests a background image service and selects some background image multimedia contents among the multiple multimedia contents stored in the contents database(160). A background image information database(150) stores a profile of a user of the mobile communication terminal(110) that has requested the background image service and information on the selected plural background image multimedia contents. A background image management server(140) provides each multimedia contents stored in the multimedia contents database(160) to the mobile communication terminal(110) through a wireless communication network(120) at every certain periods according to the information on the selected background image multimedia contents.

Description

System and Method for Providing Background Image on Mobile Phone}

The present invention relates to a background screen service system and method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to display a background screen of a mobile communication terminal by dynamically displaying a background screen of the mobile communication terminal as a plurality of multimedia contents designated by a user. To one wallpaper service system and method.

BACKGROUND With the rapid development of computer, electronic and communication technologies, various wireless communication services using a wireless telecommunication network have been provided. The most basic wireless communication service is a wireless voice call service that provides a voice call wirelessly between users of a mobile communication terminal regardless of time and place. In recent years, wireless Internet services, which provide a communication service similar to that provided by the Internet through a wireless communication network, have emerged while a user of a mobile communication terminal moves without restriction of a place. Therefore, the subscribers of the mobile communication service can freely move and talk with the other party anytime and anywhere using the wireless communication service, and also have information necessary for life, such as news, weather, sports, securities, and exchange rates, through the wireless Internet service. , Traffic information, etc. may be provided in various forms such as text, voice, and image.

However, although the user carries the mobile communication terminal as a necessity, there is not much time actually spent to use voice call or wireless internet with the other party, and most of the time is in the standby state.

With the introduction of various service technologies described above, mobile communication terminals have become one of the necessities that many people carry anywhere anytime. As the mobile terminal is used as a necessity, the background screen displayed on the display of the mobile terminal has a decorative meaning that determines the mood of the entire mobile terminal and also serves as a means of expressing the personality of the user. . To this end, a mobile communication terminal in which some content to be used as a background screen is stored by a manufacturer of the mobile communication terminal. A user selects a desired content in a mobile communication terminal and decorates it with a wallpaper, but the number of contents to be decorated with a wallpaper is extremely limited, and if the user changes a limited number of wallpaper, the user may eat quickly.

Recently, users download a content such as an emoticon, a character, and an avatar by using a wireless Internet service and decorate it with a background screen of their mobile communication terminal.

An emoticon refers to various symbols that are used instead of words to express one's feelings when performing a computer communication or text message, and are a combination of emotions and icons. For example, the smiley face is represented by '∧∧'.

An avatar is an animated character made of graphic icons representing the user's alter ego or self in a virtual space. The avatar is composed of image files such as bitmap, graphic interchange format (GIF), and joint photographic expert group (JPEG), and can be made in various forms such as animals or plants as well as human shapes.

However, the respective contents of downloaded emoticons, characters, avatars, etc., to decorate the background screen of the mobile communication terminal also serve only as a one-time background decoration.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a background service method and system for a mobile communication terminal which can dynamically decorate a background screen of a mobile communication terminal by changing a screen of the mobile communication terminal into a plurality of convertible multimedia contents designated by a user. It is.

1 is a block diagram of a background service system according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of applying for a background screen service in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4A and 4B are flowcharts illustrating a background service method according to the present invention;

5A to 5D are diagrams illustrating various screens displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal.

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

110: mobile communication terminal 120: wireless communication network

130: Internet 140: Wallpaper Management Server

150: Wallpaper Information Database 160: Multimedia Content Database

170: advertising content database 202: program memory

204: data storage unit 206: key input unit

208: LCD display 210: speaker

212 microphone 214 codec

216: microprocessor 218: RF transmitter

220: RF receiver 222: duplexer

224: antenna 230: content execution module

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a background screen service system for changing a background screen of a mobile communication terminal through a wireless communication network, a multimedia content database in which a plurality of multimedia content is stored; A mobile communication terminal applying for the background screen service and selecting a plurality of background multimedia contents from a plurality of multimedia contents stored in the content database; A background information database for storing a profile of a user of the mobile communication terminal applying for the background service and information on the selected plurality of background multimedia contents; And a background for providing each of the plurality of multimedia contents stored in the multimedia contents database to the mobile communication terminal in real time through the wireless communication network at predetermined intervals according to the information about the selected multimedia contents for the background wallpaper stored in the wallpaper information database. It characterized in that it comprises a screen management server.

According to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the mobile communication system interlocked with the background screen management server, a plurality of multimedia content for the background screen selected by the user from the plurality of multimedia content through the wireless communication network A background service method for providing a background screen of a terminal includes: (a) requesting the background screen service from the mobile communication terminal to the background screen management server; (b) selecting, by the mobile communication terminal, a plurality of multimedia contents for a background screen from among the plurality of multimedia contents; (c) registering with the mobile communication system a profile of a user of the mobile communication terminal applying for the background service and information on the multimedia content for the background screen; (d) the background screen management server extracting the plurality of multimedia contents according to the information on the multimedia content for the background screen when the mobile communication terminal requests the background screen service; And (e) the background screen management server transmitting and displaying each of the plurality of multimedia contents in order at predetermined intervals to the mobile communication terminal.

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

1 is a block diagram of a background service system of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. The background service system of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a wireless switching network 120, an internet 130, a background management server 140, a background information database 150, a multimedia content database ( 160 and advertising content database 170.

The mobile communication terminal 110 performs a voice call with the other party through the wireless switching network 120, and operates a WAP browser to apply for a background screen service to the background management server 140 through the wireless switching network 120. The mobile phone is capable of wireless data communication selecting a multimedia content to be used as a background screen from a plurality of multimedia contents stored in the background screen information database 150.

In the present invention, the background screen service is a mobile communication terminal for each of a plurality of multimedia contents to be displayed as a background screen on a display window of the mobile communication terminal 110 in a standby mode in which the mobile communication terminal 110 is turned on. Refers to a service that changes the background screen of the mobile communication terminal 110 in real time by transmitting the streaming method to the 110. Of course, the multimedia content for the background screen is designated by the user of the mobile communication terminal 110, and the plurality of multimedia contents designated by the user are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 110 in order every predetermined period and displayed.

The wireless switching network 120 basically provides a wireless call service and a wireless data communication service to all terminals including the mobile communication terminal 110, and includes a base transceiver station (BTS) 122 and a base station controller (BSC). A base station controller 124 and a mobile switching center (MSC) 126.

The base station transmitter 122 is located in each cell of the wireless communication system to identify the location of a plurality of mobile communication terminals including the mobile communication terminal 110, and the signal transmitted from the identified mobile communication terminal 110 It receives and transmits to the wireless switch 126 through the base station controller 124, and transmits a signal to the mobile communication terminal (110). Here, the cell refers to a small area that can be covered by one base station transmitter 122 in the mobile communication system. The base station transmitter 122 transmits voice information or additional service request information of the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 for a call, such as a request for a background service, to the wireless switching center 126 through the base station controller 124. do.

The base station controller 124 controls the base station transmitter 122 and performs various call processing functions such as support for incoming and outgoing call processing and message processing of the base station transmitter 122. The base station controller 124 forwards the wallpaper service request delivered through the base station transmitter 122 to the wireless switching center 126.

The wireless switching center 126 forms a call path between a plurality of mobile communication terminals, including the mobile communication terminal 110, and controls overall call processing and call processing accordingly. The wireless switching center 126 transmits the background service request of the mobile communication terminal 110 transmitted from the base station transmitter 122 through the base station controller 124 to the background screen management server 140 through the Internet 130.

The wallpaper information database 150 may include a service profile of the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 requesting the background service, for example, a telephone number, a name, and a date of birth of the user of the mobile communication terminal 110, as well as a wedding anniversary. Information about the date is stored. In addition, the background screen information database 150 stores information on the plurality of multimedia contents selected for the background screen by the user in relation to the above-described service profile.

The multimedia contents database 160 stores various multimedia contents, such as works of art, drawings, museum materials or exhibits, movie or performance posters, landscape photographs, videos, characters, avatars, audio, texts, and the like. Various multimedia contents stored in the multimedia contents database 160 are set by items such as art works, drawings, museum materials or exhibits, movie or performance posters, landscape photographs, videos, characters, avatars, audio, text, etc. It may be done.

The advertisement content database 170 stores various advertisement contents. The multimedia content and the advertisement content stored in the multimedia content database 160 and the advertisement content database 170 may include wireless markup language (WML), three-dimensional graphics, a motion picture expert group (MPEG), or a simple image service (SIS). It is written based on

The background screen management server 140 registers a service profile of the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 in the background screen information database 150 according to the background service request from the mobile communication terminal 110 and registers the registered mobile communication. The terminal 110 provides a background screen service according to the present invention. Such a service may be provided for a predetermined period from a user's request for service. It may also be performed only during a specific time period specified by the user. For example, if it is registered to provide a wallpaper service according to the present invention only on an anniversary such as a birthday, the wallpaper management server 140 periodically checks the wallpaper information database 150 to check whether a service start time has arrived. When the corresponding time is reached, a plurality of designated multimedia contents are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 110 for display. By doing so, it is possible to provide multimedia content containing an anniversary message in accordance with the anniversary of the user.

In addition, the background screen management server 140 may insert and provide advertisement content extracted from the advertisement content database 170 to each multimedia content to be provided as a background screen. In this case, different contents may be provided every hour by combining multimedia content and advertisement content and transmitting the same to the mobile communication terminal 110 every predetermined time, for example, 30 minutes or 1 hour. FIG. 2 illustrates the mobile communication terminal 110. Fig. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal structure of the parenthesis.

The mobile communication terminal 110 includes a program memory 202, a data storage unit 204, a key input unit 206, an LCD display unit 208, a speaker 210, a microphone 212, a coder (Coder-Decoder). 214, microprocessor 216, RF transmitter 218, RF receiver 220, duplexer 222, antenna 224, and content execution module 230.

The program memory 202 stores a program performing a function of a typical mobile communication terminal 110 and protocol software for processing a message transmitted and received with a network, and the data storage unit 204 of the mobile communication terminal 110 is stored. When the operating program is executed, it functions as a data buffer and stores a telephone number input to the key input unit 206.

The key input unit 206 includes a numeric key for inputting an incoming telephone number for a call with the other party, a text key for setting a ring tone or a character, and various function keys, and the LCD display unit 208 includes a mobile communication terminal 110. Displays various operation states and multimedia contents for a background screen.

A coder-decoder (CODEC) 214 is a digital signal processing processor that codes and decodes a voice signal, performs an equalization function to remove multipath noise, performs an audio related data processing function, and the like. The speaker 210 connected to the codec 214 outputs an audio signal output from the codec 214 as an audible sound, and the microphone 212 converts the user's voice input into an electrical signal, which is converted into a codec. 214 to microprocessor 216.

The antenna 224 transmits and receives a wireless signal, and the duplexer 222 separates a signal transmitted and received from a wireless communication network (not shown) through the antenna 224.

The RF transmitter 218 modulates a transmission signal provided from the microprocessor 216 into an RF signal and transmits the RF signal through the duplexer 222 and the antenna 224, and the RF receiver 220 transmits the antenna 224 and the duplexer 222. RF signal received through the) to output to the microprocessor 216.

Meanwhile, the content execution module 230 may include a WAP browser 232 for executing WML-based multimedia content delivered from a background management server 140 in a streaming manner, a 3D player 234 for executing 3D-based multimedia content, and an MPEG. MPEG player 236 for executing based multimedia content and SIS player 238 for executing simple image service based multimedia content. The multimedia content for the background screen reproduced by the content execution module 230 is displayed on the LCD display unit 208.

The microprocessor 216 basically controls the content execution module 230 in addition to the processing and control function for the phone call or data communication of the mobile communication terminal 110, and the background screen transmitted from the background management server 140. Allow multimedia content to be played.

The background screen service method of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C showing an exemplary screen together with the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 4A, and 4B.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of applying for a background screen service according to the present invention in the mobile communication terminal 110.

First, the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 requests the background screen service using the wireless Internet service provided by the wireless communication network 120 by executing the WAP browser 232 (S302).

Information regarding the background screen service application of the mobile communication terminal 110 is transmitted to the background screen management server 140 through the wireless communication network 120 and the Internet 130 (S304).

The background management server 140 receives a user's profile from the mobile communication terminal 110 connected through the Internet 130, that is, a phone number, a name, a date of birth, an anniversary date, and the like of the mobile communication terminal 110. It is registered in the screen information database 150 (S306).

In addition, the background management server 140 transmits items of various multimedia contents to the mobile communication terminal 110 in order to allow a user registered in the background service to select a plurality of multimedia contents to be used as a background screen (S308). .

FIG. 5A illustrates a screen illustrating items of various multimedia contents provided by the background management server 140 to the mobile communication terminal 110, and various multimedia contents with the phrase 'Please select a background screen' are displayed on the screen. Items, such as 'art / picture, museum materials, posters, videos, characters, avatars,'. . . ' Etc. are illustrated. The user selects the multimedia content to be used as the background screen on the LCD display unit 208 of the mobile communication terminal 110 of the various multimedia content items illustrated in FIG. 5A (S310). Of course, if the user selects an item of the multimedia content for one of the background screens, the multimedia content or the multimedia content set of the more detailed sub-items will be exemplified, and the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 may select the multimedia of the sub-item. Among the contents, one may select a plurality of multimedia contents for a background screen or a multimedia contents set that he / she wants. Exemplary drawings thereof will be omitted.

Next, information about the plurality of background multimedia contents or the background multimedia contents set selected by the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 is stored in the background information database 150 in association with the user's profile (S312). ).

4A and 4B are flowcharts illustrating a process of providing a background screen to a mobile communication terminal 110 of a user who applied for a background screen service through the process described in the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, the base station transmitter 122 of the wireless communication network 120 determines whether the power of the mobile communication terminal 110 located in the cell is turned on (S402). This corresponds to signals communicated with the mobile communication terminal 110 while the base station transmitter 122 locates the mobile communication terminal 110 through a control channel, for example, a terminal serial number (ESN) and a telephone number. The terminal may be checked through a mobile identification number (MIN).

If it is determined that the power of the mobile communication terminal 110 is turned off, the background screen service to the mobile communication terminal 110 is not provided. However, if it is determined that the power of the mobile communication terminal 110 is in the operating state, the process proceeds to the next step (S404).

In operation S404, the wireless communication network 120 transmits to the background screen management server 140 that the mobile communication terminal 110 requests the background screen service, that is, the power is on.

The wallpaper management server 140 queries the wallpaper information database 150 to confirm that the user of the mobile communication terminal 110 has subscribed to the wallpaper service (S406), and provides information on the multimedia content designated by the user. Extract (S408).

In addition, the background screen management server 140 checks the information on the user's anniversary in the background screen information database 150 to determine whether the user's anniversary (S410). If it is determined that it is the anniversary of the user, the process proceeds to step S412, and if it is not the anniversary of the user, the process proceeds to step S414.

In operation S412, the background screen management server 140 provides the multimedia content including a message celebrating a user's anniversary to the mobile communication terminal 110 through the Internet 130 and the wireless communication network 120. 5B illustrates a screen of an anniversary celebration multimedia content displayed on the LCD display unit 208 of the mobile communication terminal 110. On the screen of FIG. 5B, the screen of the cake is illustrated as a message celebrating the anniversary with the phrase 'happy birthday to xxx'.

Meanwhile, in step S414, the background screen management server 140 searches for and extracts the multimedia content for the background screen corresponding to the information about the multimedia content extracted from the background screen information database 150 from the multimedia content database 160. do.

In addition, the background screen management server 140 extracts the advertisement content from the advertisement content database 170 (S416).

Next, the background management server 140 inserts the advertisement content into the extracted multimedia content as a banner advertisement and provides the mobile communication terminal 110 in a streaming manner through the Internet 130 and the wireless communication network 120 (S418). ).

The multimedia content inserted with the banner advertisement provided by the background screen management server 140 is reproduced in real time by the content execution module 230 of the mobile communication terminal 110 and displayed on the LCD display unit 208 of the mobile communication terminal 110. (S520). FIG. 5C illustrates a background screen displayed on the LCD display unit 208 of the mobile communication terminal 110, for example, a calligraphy on the other hand, in which a banner advertisement is inserted.

Thereafter, the background screen management server 140 checks the transmission time of the multimedia content and determines whether a preset time, for example, one hour has elapsed (S422).

If the preset time has not elapsed, the multimedia content for the background screen illustrated in FIG. 5C will be continuously displayed on the LCD display unit 208 of the mobile communication terminal 110. However, if the preset time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S424 to determine whether the mobile communication terminal 110 is powered off.

If it is determined in step S424 that the power of the mobile communication terminal 110 is not turned off, the process proceeds to step S418 and the mobile communication terminal 110 inserts new advertisement content into the next multimedia content for the background screen. To provide.

In FIG. 5D, the next book is illustrated as a background screen, and it can be seen that another banner advertisement is inserted into the background screen.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the present invention should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, as described above, by constantly changing the screen of the mobile communication terminal to the content designated by the user, the user does not get tired of various background screens that are changed from time to time, and the effect of owning a mobile communication terminal having various background screens can be obtained. have.

Claims (12)

In the background service system for changing the background screen of the mobile communication terminal via a wireless communication network, A multimedia content database in which a plurality of multimedia contents are stored; A mobile communication terminal applying for the background screen service and selecting a plurality of background multimedia contents from a plurality of multimedia contents stored in the content database; A background information database for storing a profile of a user of the mobile communication terminal applying for the background service and information on the selected plurality of background multimedia contents; And A background screen providing each of a plurality of multimedia contents stored in the multimedia content database to the mobile communication terminal in real time through the wireless communication network at predetermined intervals according to the information about the selected multimedia content for the background wallpaper stored in the wallpaper information database; Management server Wallpaper service system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The wallpaper management server is a wallpaper service system, characterized in that to provide the next multimedia content for the background screen to the mobile terminal at each predetermined time interval. The method of claim 2, The system, It further includes an advertising content database that stores a variety of advertising content, The background screen management server is a background screen service system, characterized in that to provide the advertisement content in the multimedia content for the background screen. The method of claim 1, And the background screen management server provides the mobile communication terminal with multimedia content notifying the user's anniversary by referring to a user profile stored in the background information database. The method of claim 1, The wallpaper service system is provided when the mobile communication terminal is operating. The method of claim 1, The multimedia content may include a WML (Wireless Markup Language) based multimedia content, 3D based multimedia content, MPEG based multimedia content, and Simple Image Service (SIS) based multimedia service system. The method of claim 6, The mobile communication terminal includes a WAP browser for executing the WML-based multimedia content, a 3D player for executing the 3D-based multimedia content, an MPEG player for executing the MPEG-based multimedia content, and a SIS for executing the simple image service-based multimedia content. Wallpaper service system comprising a player. A background service method for providing a plurality of background multimedia contents selected by a user among a plurality of multimedia contents in a mobile communication system linked with a background management server as a background screen of a mobile communication terminal through a wireless communication network, (a) requesting the wallpaper service from the mobile communication terminal to the wallpaper management server; (b) selecting, by the mobile communication terminal, a plurality of multimedia contents for a background screen from among the plurality of multimedia contents; (c) registering with the mobile communication system a profile of a user of the mobile communication terminal applying for the background service and information on the multimedia content for the background screen; (d) the background screen management server extracting the plurality of multimedia contents according to the information on the multimedia content for the background screen when the mobile communication terminal requests the background screen service; And (e) the background screen managing server transmitting and displaying each of the plurality of multimedia contents in order in a predetermined cycle to the mobile communication terminal; Wallpaper service method comprising a. The method of claim 8, The method may further include extracting a plurality of advertisement contents corresponding to the number of the plurality of multimedia contents and inserting the respective advertisement contents into the respective multimedia contents. The method of claim 8, The method may further include transmitting multimedia content including a congratulatory message in accordance with the anniversary of the user with reference to the registered user profile. The method of claim 8, The background screen service method as claimed in claim (d), wherein the state in which the mobile communication terminal requests the background screen service is when the mobile communication terminal is turned on. The method of claim 8, And the multimedia content is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in a streaming manner.