KR20040110449A - Dynamic storing method of service contents in WAP service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for storing service contents in a WAP(Wireless Application Protocol) service is provided to store the service contents exceeding the storage limit of a user terminal and increase the quantity of the use of the WAP service by moving newly received contents to a storage device provided on the Internet or the WAP service. CONSTITUTION: A WAP HDD(Hard Disk Drive)(40) connected to a WAP gateway(30) and a CP(Contents Provider)(50) is provided to each WAP service subscriber. A user terminal(10) connects to the WAP service and selects the storage location of service contents to be provided from the CP(50)(S40). The user terminal(10) downloads and stores the contents provided from the CP(50) if the user terminal(10) is selected as the storage location of contents(S42). The WAP HDD(44) stores the contents if the user terminal(10) and the WAP HDD(40) are selected as the storage location of the contents(S44).

Description

Dynamic storage method of service contents in WAP service

The present invention relates to a method of dynamically storing service contents in a WAP service. More particularly, when a WAP service is provided in a mobile communication network, when a subscriber runs out of storage space of a mobile terminal, the storage of service contents stored in the terminal is dynamically stored. It relates to how to configure.

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is a protocol that can efficiently transmit data in wireless radio environment between terminal and base station.

In the WAP service currently being serviced in the mobile communication network, when the storage space of the subscriber station exceeds the limited capacity, reception of new service content is possible only by deleting previously stored content.

1 is a diagram illustrating a message displayed on a screen of a conventional terminal when the storage space of the terminal is insufficient.

In the case of storing the service content in the subscriber terminal of the conventional WAP service (left side of FIG. 1), if the storage space of the terminal is insufficient, the request for deletion of the service content previously stored in the subscriber terminal (in Fig. 1), or already stored A menu for deleting service content is output on the terminal screen (right side of FIG. 1).

In this case, the subscriber should not store the new service contents in the subscriber terminal or delete the service contents previously stored in the terminal.

Accordingly, the mobile service provider may reduce the frequency of continuous transmission and reception of service contents by the subscriber, thereby reducing the income of the wireless mobile communication service fee, and the subscriber must delete the existing service content even though the subscriber has already paid the information fee. There was a problem of causing financial loss to both the service provider and the subscriber.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention, when providing a WAP service provided by a mobile communication network, the subscriber receives a newly received service content when the storage space of his terminal lacks the Internet or WAP By using the storage device provided on the service or moving the storage device provided on the Internet or WAP service without deleting the existing service content stored in the terminal, it is possible to store the service content beyond the storage space of the terminal, The present invention provides a method for dynamically storing service contents in a WAP service that can prevent an additional information fee from being sent to a service content server and can increase the amount of use of a WAP service provided by a mobile communication network.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for storing the service content provided by the CP when providing a WAP service of the mobile communication network:

Providing a WAP HDD, which is a certain amount of storage space connected to the WAP gateway and the CP, for each WAP service subscriber, selecting a storage location of service contents provided by the CP after accessing the WAP service to the terminal, and storing the storage location to the terminal. In one case, the service content in the WAP service comprising the steps of downloading the service content from the CP and storing it in the terminal, and if the storage location of the terminal and the WAP HDD, the service content in the WAP HDD To provide a dynamic storage method of.

1 is a diagram illustrating a message displayed on a screen of a conventional terminal when the storage space of the terminal is insufficient.

2 is a block diagram of a synchronous WAP HDD providing network according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of an asynchronous WAP HDD providing network according to the present invention.

4 is a call processing diagram of a storage method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A illustrates a screen displayed when a service content is stored in a terminal using a conventional WAP service. FIG. 5B illustrates an example of a screen displayed on a terminal in FIG. 4.

6 is a call processing diagram of a storage method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7A illustrates a screen displayed on a conventional terminal, and FIG. 7B illustrates an example of a screen displayed on a terminal in FIG. 6.

8 is a call processing diagram of a storage method according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen displayed on a terminal in the case of FIG. 8.

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

10: terminal 20: mobile communication network

21: synchronous network 22: BSC

23: PDSN 24: HA

25: Asynchronous Network 26: RNC

27: SGSN 28: GGSN

30: WAP Gateway 40: WAP HDD

50: Content Provider (CP)

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention is achieved by providing a WAP service subscriber with a certain amount of storage space (hereinafter referred to as WAP HDD) that is managed online by the mobile communication service provider and constructing a network for the WAP HDD service.

The provision of the WAP HDD may include a method of providing a certain amount of WAP HDD to all WAP service subscribers free of charge, a method of providing a certain amount of WAP HDD to a WAP HDD service subscriber at a flat rate, There is a method in which a service provider provides a WAP HDD as a pay-as-you-go plan to subscribers of WAP HDD service.

2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating a network for the WAP HDD service.

In order to provide a WAP HDD service using a mobile communication network (synchronous and asynchronous network) 20, the WAP gateway 30 and the CP (content provider, 50) are provided through a synchronous packet network 21 and an asynchronous packet network 25. The service content is stored and managed using the connected WAP HDD 40.

The WAP gateway 30 converts the WML document received from the terminal 10 into HTML and requests it to the CP 50, and converts the response of the CP 50 into WML to the terminal 10. Send to.

The synchronous network 21 includes a base station controller (BSC) 22 for controlling and managing a base station, a packet data serving node (PDSN) 23 for connecting to the Internet, a mobile IP and an HA for providing access to various servers of the Internet ( Home Agent, 24).

The asynchronous network 25 includes a Radio Network Controller (RNC) 26 for managing a base station and a radio control station, a Serving GPRS Support Node 27 (SGSN) supporting an OS according to various data service processing for GPRS services, and data of a GPRS. It is composed of Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) 28 which provides mobility of packet data service and processes various data related protocols for service.

2 and 3, the first embodiment of the present invention is a method of storing service contents provided by the CP 50 in the subscriber station 10 or the WAP HDD 40.

In the screen as shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, after the subscriber accesses the WAP service through the mobile communication network 200 to the terminal 10, the subscriber can store the contents or service / simultaneously with the terminal / WAP HDD for the service contents provided by the CP 50. Determine (S40).

The subscriber terminal 10 downloads the determined service contents through the mobile communication network 20 and stores them in the terminal (S42).

When the simultaneous storage of the terminal / WAP HDD is selected in step S40, the service content is stored in the WAP HDD 40 designated to the subscriber (S44).

A second embodiment of the present invention is a method for storing service content stored in a subscriber station as a WAP HDD.

When managing the service content already stored in the subscriber terminal, select Save to WAP HDD as shown in Figure 7b.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the service content stored in the terminal is stored in the WAP HDD designated to the subscriber by using the WAP service through the mobile communication network (S60).

A third embodiment of the present invention is a method for storing service content stored in a WAP HDD in a terminal.

The terminal may manage service contents previously stored in the WAP HDD, and select Save to Terminal in FIG. 9 and the terminal screen.

Then, as shown in Figure 8, using the WAP service, the service content stored in the WAP HDD is downloaded via the mobile communication network and stored in the subscriber terminal (S80).

In this case, the list of service contents stored in the WAP HDD 40 may be managed by the subscriber station or on the WAP service.

As described above, the service content provided by the CP 50 is provided through the WAP gateway 30 and the mobile communication network 20 through a WAP gateway 30 and a mobile communication network 20 provided with a certain amount of storage space that is managed online, that is, the WAP HDD 40. 10) or the WAP HDD 40, and can store and store the service content previously stored between the terminal 10 or WAP HDD 40, the problem caused by the small storage capacity of the terminal-New service content is stored in the subscriber terminal Or delete the service contents previously stored in the terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, the service content provided by the CP is received by a storage device provided on the Internet or a WAP service, or moved to a storage device provided on the Internet or a WAP service without deleting an existing service content stored in the terminal. In this way, it is possible to store the service content beyond the storage capacity of the terminal, to prevent the additional information usage fee to the service content server, and to increase the amount of use of the WAP service provided by the mobile communication network. .

Claims (6)

In the method for storing the service content provided by the CP when providing a WAP service of the mobile communication network: Providing each WAP service subscriber with a WAP HDD, which is a certain amount of storage space connected to the WAP gateway and CP, Selecting a storage location of service contents provided by the CP after accessing the WAP service to the terminal; When the storage location is the terminal, downloading service contents from a CP and storing the service contents in the terminal; And storing the service content in the WAP HDD when the storage location is the terminal and the WAP HDD. The method of claim 1, wherein in the WAP HDD providing step, 1) It is provided free of charge to all WAP service subscribers, 2) It is provided for a fee only to the desired WAP service subscribers, and 3) It is provided as a pay-as-you-go fee only to the desired WAP service subscribers. Dynamic storage of content. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication network comprises a synchronous packet network and an asynchronous packet network. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of storing the service content stored in the terminal using the WAP service in the WAP HDD designated to the subscriber. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of storing the service content stored in the WAP HDD to the terminal using the WAP service. The method of claim 5, wherein the list of service contents stored in the WAP HDD can be managed in a terminal or managed on a WAP service.