KR20040061865A - method of controlling terminal remotely - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A terminal control method from a remote site is provided to allow a user to use information stored in his/her terminal from a remote site isolated from the terminal and store required information to the terminal. CONSTITUTION: A user recognizes that he/she does not have his/her terminal and transmits an SMS including a control code to his/her terminal(namely, control target terminal)(201). The control target terminal analyzes the control code of the received SMS(202). If the control code relates to a 'phone number search command', the control target terminal searches its phone book(204) for a phone number mapped to a 'name' added to the SMS and transmits a corresponding SMS-available terminal of an SMS call back number(210). If the control code relates to a 'schedule search command', the control target terminal searches schedule information stored in a schedule management list(206) and transmits it to the corresponding SMS-available terminal of the SMS call back number(210).

Description

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The present invention relates to a method for controlling a terminal at a remote location, and in particular, to use information stored in one's terminal at a place (remote location) separated from the terminal, and to store information (telephone number, name, etc.) necessary for the terminal. .

A commonly used mobile communication terminal includes a user information input unit for inputting user information and a display device for displaying the input information and schedule information in a visible state.

Examples of such information processing devices include digital portable telephones (cellular phones), electronic notebooks, personal digital assistants (PCS phones), and IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000). Such portable mobile communication terminals usually perform user information processing and perform various functions according to a user's request. A method commonly used in the method of performing such functions is to perform an operation of a corresponding function according to a menu selection input or a shortcut key. There is a way to make it happen. This is done by assigning a menu corresponding to a specified function and then displaying a specified menu according to a predetermined request input so that when a user selects the menu, a predetermined function according to the selected menu is performed. Through a process to perform a predetermined function according to the menu to be performed. In addition, recently, if a function is required to be performed by the user by iconizing each menu, the corresponding icon selection is made accordingly, and the function is performed by selecting the icon accordingly. The proposed method is to further increase the convenience of.

However, when a user moves a mobile communication terminal at a specific place, such as when the user leaves the mobile communication terminal at home or goes to work at home, there is a problem that cannot be immediately confirmed. For example, there is no way to know the information stored in the mobile terminal at home at work, or the information stored in the terminal at home when the company leaves the mobile communication terminal at home.

Of course, if a user leaves a mobile communication terminal at home or leaves the office at work, the mobile communication terminal may be left in a specific place, or the terminal is lost and the terminal cannot be checked. You can receive a call, but even when using the call forwarding service, it is not implemented a function to know the information stored in the own terminal, so that specific information (phone number, etc.) stored in the own terminal There was no way to know.

In addition, even if they want to store a specific phone number, etc. in their own terminal, there is no inconvenience in having to store it directly in their own terminal since there is no own terminal.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal control method for enabling (checking) information stored in a terminal at a place (remote location) spaced apart from the terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a terminal control method for storing information (telephone number, name, etc.) necessary for a terminal in a place (remote location) spaced apart from the terminal.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a hardware environment to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for controlling a terminal at a remote location according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a method for controlling a terminal at a remote location according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

11,20: mobile communication terminal (MS) 12,19: base station (BTS)

13,17: Exchanger (MSC) 14,18: Visitor Location Register (VLR)

15: Home Location Register (HLR) 16: SMS Center (SMSC)

21: telephone

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for controlling a terminal at a remote location, the control terminal comprising: a first step of transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote control target terminal; A second step of analyzing, by the remote terminal, the control code in the SMS; A third step of extracting the corresponding information by the terminal of the remote site according to the analysis result of the second step according to the information retrieval command in the SMS; And a fourth step of transmitting the extracted information to the control terminal of the callback number through SMS.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that it further comprises a fifth step of recording and storing the corresponding information carried in the SMS by the terminal of the remote location according to the analysis result of the second step, the information storage command in the SMS.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for controlling a terminal at a remote location, the control terminal transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote control target terminal; A second step of analyzing, by the remote terminal, the control code in the SMS; And a third step of recording, by the remote terminal, the corresponding information carried in the SMS according to the analysis result of the second step, according to the information storage command in the SMS.

In the present invention, when a user leaves a mobile communication terminal at home or goes to work or leaves the office, the user can not check the current state of his terminal by moving to a specific place or losing the terminal. MessageService) to transmit the information (telephone number, schedule, etc.) stored in the own terminal to the specific terminal number specified by the user, and to save the specific telephone number to the own terminal using SMS.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a hardware environment to which the present invention is applied, and illustrates an environment in which a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is additionally coupled to a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile communication network. Shows.

In the hardware environment to which the present invention is applied, if the terminal 11 is not currently possessed and thus information (telephone number, schedule, alarm, etc.) stored in the terminal 11 cannot be checked (that is, placed at home with a mobile communication terminal) If you leave the device at work or move to a specific place, such as when you go to work or leave the company, or you lose your device and cannot check the current status of your device), you can control the terminal 11 remotely using SMS, It transmits the information (telephone number, schedule, etc.) stored in the own terminal 11 to a specific terminal number (ie, call back number), and transmits the specific telephone number-name, schedule, etc. to the own terminal. The environment that can be stored as (11) is shown as an example.

However, the present invention can be applied not only to the CDMA mobile communication system but also to the wired / wireless network capable of SMS, so that the control (information and storage) of the remote terminal 11 can be applied without being limited to the network. Self-explanatory Therefore, the receiving terminal 11 and the control terminal (20, 21) in the following should be interpreted as a concept including a general wired phone capable of SMS, in addition to the mobile communication terminal capable of SMS.

First of all, in order to understand the general configuration of a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, a mobile station (MS) 11,20, a base station (BTS) base station transceiver subsystem (12,19) ), Base Station Controller (BSC) (not shown), Mobile Switching Center (MSC) (13, 17), Visitor Location Register (VLR) (14, 18), Home Home Location Register (HLR) (15) and Short Message Service Center (SMSC) (16).

However, since the CDMA mobile communication system environment as described above is only a technique well known in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted here. However, the configuration of the system for providing SMS will be briefly described.

The mobile communication terminal (MS) 11, 20 is within the range of any of the base stations 12, 19, and the information of the mobile communication terminals 11, 20 passes through the base station 12, 19 and the base station controller controlling the same. The information is transmitted to the exchanges 13 and 17, and the information transmitted from the exchanges 13 and 17 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 via the base station controller and the base stations 12 and 19.

The mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 are terminals that can be communicated while being carried by a user, and use forward channels when receiving texts and reverse channels when calling. At this time, all text information uses SMS, and when received, a Mobile Terminated (MT) SMS is used, and when used, a Mobile Originated (MO) SMS is used.

In general, a mobile communication system uses a data burst message of a paging channel of a CDMA mobile communication system when received, and if the user is busy, a corresponding text message is a data burst message of a forward traffic channel. Send a message. In addition, a text burst message of an access channel is used to transmit a text message, and a data burst message of a reverse traffic channel is transmitted when a text message is in use.

The text messages transmitted and received by the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 are connected to the exchanges 13 and 17 through the base stations 12 and 19 and the base station controller for high frequency signal processing and call processing.

The base station (BTS) 12, 19 connects the mobile communication terminals 11, 20 to the base station controller, and the digital channel unit (DCU) and the time / frequency control unit (TCU) , A radio frequency unit (RFU), and a global positioning system (GPS).

In addition, the base stations 12 and 19 communicate wirelessly with the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20, and perform a wired / wireless conversion function for performing wired communication with the base station controller.

The base station controller BSC (not shown) connects the base stations 12 and 19 to the exchanges 13 and 17 to coordinate the connection between the base stations 12 and 19, and the base stations 12 and 19 and the exchange ( 13, 17) functions as a signal processing for communication.

The exchanger (MSC) 13, 17 includes visitor location registers 14 and 18, and interworks with the home location register 15 and the short message service center 16 to process mobile communication subscriber calls.

In addition, the exchanges 13 and 17 access the base station controller to perform call setup and release functions of the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20, and perform various functions related to call processing and additional services.

Visitor location registers (VLRs) 14 and 18 may provide subscriber information related to the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 while the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 are in an area controlled by the visitor location registers 14 and 18. A database for temporarily storing information of mobile communication terminals (11, 20) and subscribers registered in their own area from the home location register (15) and temporarily storing them, and mounted in the exchange (13, 17). .

The home location register (HLR) 15 is a database connected to the exchanges 13 and 17 and the short service center 16 to manage various information of mobile subscribers. It performs functions such as registration, stores permanent information and location information of the mobile communication terminals 11 and 20 and subscribers, and interacts with the visitor location registers 14 and 18 for various kinds of call processing and additional services. Support the function.

The short message service center (SMSC) 16 is connected to the exchanges 13 and 17 and the home location register 15 to play a key role in the SMS routing function, to set SMS parameters, and to set a destination address of an incoming message. ) And send it to the corresponding network element.

Now, the information (telephone number, schedule, etc.) stored in the mobile communication terminal 11 is used (confirmed) at a place (remote location) spaced apart from the mobile communication terminal 11, and the necessary information (telephone) Let's take a closer look at how to store numbers, names, etc.).

It is assumed that the user moves or loses his mobile terminal 11 at a specific place, such as when the user leaves his mobile communication terminal 11 at home or leaves the office.

In this case, first, when the user detects that his mobile communication terminal 11 is smiling, the user calls his mobile phone number and controls his mobile communication terminal 11 through SMS, so that the callback number ( Call Back Number) can be used (confirmed) information (telephone number, schedule, etc.) stored in its mobile communication terminal 11, and can store necessary information (phone number, name, etc.) in the mobile communication terminal (11). .

To this end, the user first sends an SMS for controlling the mobile communication terminal 11 by dialing his mobile number to an SMS-capable terminal 20 or 21 such as a rental terminal or an acquaintance's terminal and other available terminals. do. At this time, the SMS includes a control code previously agreed to by the user.

Here, the control code includes "telephone number search command", "schedule search command (schedule management search command)", "memo search command", "information storage command such as phone number, schedule, name".

If the SMS containing the control code is received, the mobile communication terminal 11 first analyzes the control code included in the SMS.

As a result of the analysis, in the case of the "phone number search command", the mobile communication terminal 11 searches the phone book stored in its own terminal 11, and searches for the "name (for example, Hong Gil-dong)" attached to the SMS. The mapped phone number is found and transmitted to the corresponding SMS capable terminal (control terminal) 20 and 21 of the SMS call back number. Of course, when the user transmits the phone number to the SMS, the name or business name mapped to the phone number may be transmitted to the SMS-capable terminals (control terminals) 20 and 21.

As a result of the analysis, in the case of the "schedule search command", the schedule information stored in the schedule management list of the terminal 11 is found and transmitted to the corresponding SMS-capable terminal (control terminal) 20, 21 of the SMS callback number. At this time, since the schedule search command can be searched hourly / daily, it may be configured to specify a "search time" or "search date" with the "schedule search command" control code in the SMS.

As a result of the analysis, in the case of the "memo search command", the memo information (for example, "2 pm meeting", "Hong Gil-dong-phone number (01x-xxx-xxxx)", etc.) stored in the notepad of the terminal 11 is found. The SMS callback number is transmitted to the corresponding SMS capable terminal (control terminal) 20,21.

On the other hand, in addition to the search command, when a "storage information command such as phone number, schedule, name, etc." is received, the mobile communication terminal 11 is attached to the "name (for example, Hong Gil-dong)-phone number (01x-xxx) -xxxx) "or" meeting at 2:00 pm "and the like can be stored in the notepad.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a terminal at a remote location according to the present invention, and shows a procedure of using (verifying) information (telephone number, schedule, memo, etc.) stored at the terminal 11 at the remote location.

First, it is assumed that a user moves or loses his mobile communication terminal 11 at a specific place, such as when the user leaves his mobile communication terminal 11 at home or goes to work or leaves the office.

Subsequently, the user senses that he / she smiles at the terminal 11 and controls the SMS including the control code to the external SMS-capable terminals 20 and 21 so as to control the terminal 11. 11) (201).

The control code includes "phone number search command", "schedule (schedule management) search command", "memo search command", "information (phone number, schedule, name, etc.) storage command".

Then, when the SMS including the control code is received, the control target terminal 11 analyzes the control code in the received SMS (202).

As a result of the analysis, in the case of the "phone number search command", the mobile communication terminal 11 searches the phone book stored in its own terminal 11 (204), and the "name (for example, Hong Gil-dong) attached to the SMS; The phone number mapped to ") " is found and transmitted to the corresponding SMS capable terminal (control terminal) 20, 21 of the SMS call back number (210). Of course, when the user transmits the phone number to the SMS, the name or business name mapped to the phone number may be transmitted to the SMS-capable terminals (control terminals) 20 and 21. For example, a business name (for example, "Curitel" etc.) corresponding to the telephone number (xxx-xxxx) included in the SMS is transmitted as a callback number using SMS.

As a result of the analysis, in the case of the "schedule (schedule management) search command", the schedule information stored in the schedule management list of the terminal 11 is searched (206) to the corresponding SMS-capable terminal (control terminal) 20, 21 of the SMS callback number. Transmit (210). At this time, the schedule search command can be searched hourly / daily. Therefore, if a search time (for example, 2 o'clock) is input to the SMS together with a control command of the "schedule search command", the schedule scheduled at 2 o'clock of the day (for example, For example, attending a meeting, etc.) is transmitted to the callback number by SMS. If the "search date (for example, December 25)" is input to the SMS together with the "schedule search command" control code, the schedule scheduled on December 25 (for example, meeting attendance and business visit) Send everything to SMS as a callback number.

As a result of the analysis, in the case of the "memo search command", the memo information (for example, "2 pm meeting", "Hong Gil-dong-phone number (01x-xxx-xxxx)", etc.) stored in the notepad of the terminal 11 is found. (210) The SMS callback number is transmitted to the corresponding SMS-capable terminal (control terminal) 20, 21 (210).

As a result of the analysis, for a control command other than the predefined command, a search failure message is transmitted to the corresponding SMS capable terminals (control terminals) 20 and 21 of the SMS callback number (210).

The information stored in the memo pad may be directly input by the user to his terminal 11, or may be input from a remote place as shown in FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a method for controlling a terminal at a remote location according to the present invention, and shows a procedure of storing information (telephone number, name, schedule, memo, etc.) necessary for the terminal 11 at the remote location.

First, it is assumed that a user moves his mobile communication terminal 11 to a specific place, such as when the user leaves his mobile communication terminal 11 at home or goes to work or leaves the office.

Subsequently, the user senses that he / she smiles at the terminal 11 and controls the SMS including the control code to the external SMS-capable terminals 20 and 21 so as to control the terminal 11. 11) (301).

Next, when the SMS including the control code is received, the control target terminal 11 analyzes the control code in the received SMS (302).

As a result of the analysis, in the case of "information storage command" (303), the mobile communication terminal 11 is attached to the "name (for example, Hong Gil-dong) -phone number (01x-xxx-xxxx)" or "2 pm" attached to the SMS. After the information such as "conference in" in the notepad (304), if the storage is completed safely (305) and transmits a storage success message to the corresponding SMS capable terminal (control terminal) (20, 21) of the SMS callback number (306) If the storage fails, the storage failure message is transmitted to the corresponding SMS capable terminals (control terminals) 20 and 21 of the SMS callback number (307).

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be clear to those of ordinary knowledge.

As described above, the present invention can use the information stored in its own terminal even if the user cannot directly control the terminal (i.e., the situation of moving or losing the terminal in a specific place). You can check the information stored in anytime, anywhere. In addition, since the user can remotely control to store the desired information in his terminal, there is an effect that can eliminate the inconvenience of storing directly to his terminal later.

Claims (3)

In the terminal control method in a remote place, A first step of the control terminal transmitting a short message service (SMS) including a control code to a remote control target terminal; A second step of analyzing, by the remote terminal, the control code in the SMS; A third step of extracting the corresponding information by the terminal of the remote site according to the analysis result of the second step according to the information retrieval command in the SMS; And A fourth step of transmitting the extracted information to the control terminal of a callback number through SMS; Terminal control method at a remote location comprising a. The method of claim 1, A fifth step of recording and storing the corresponding information carried in the SMS by the remote terminal according to the analysis result of the second step according to the information storage command in the SMS; Terminal control method at a remote location further comprising. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The control code is, A method for controlling a terminal at a remote location, comprising a telephone number search command, a schedule (schedule management) search command, and a notepad search command information.