KR20050004510A - Method for operating character on wireless terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for operating a character in a wireless terminal device is provided to make a character dance, greet or sing a song, or form a facial expression by corresponding to a kind of bell sound music set by a user when a call is connected between wireless terminal devices, thereby arousing the user's interest. CONSTITUTION: A wireless terminal device accesses an operating server to select at least more than one character including certain action information, and downloads the selected characters to store the downloaded characters(S21). Bell sound music stored in the wireless terminal device is matched with the stored characters, respectively(S22). When a call is connected between wireless terminal devices, a management agent drives the characters matched with the bell sound music reproduced according to the call connection, so that the characters can act on the operational information(S23,S24).

Description

Method for operating character on wireless terminal device

The present invention relates to a method of operating a character in a wireless terminal device. More specifically, when a call is connected between the wireless terminal devices, the character dances, greets or sings in response to the type of ring music set by the user. Or it relates to a character operation method in a wireless terminal device that can increase the user's interest by making an expression.

Recently, as the number of users using wireless terminal devices such as mobile phones and PDAs increases, various contents are implemented in wireless terminal devices to satisfy various needs of users.

For example, a function of playing a music file in a wireless terminal device is basic, and includes functions such as watching a movie or animation.

In particular, in order to distinguish the wireless terminal device from others, the younger people are using a lot of methods of tuning hardware or differentiating the wallpaper or ringing music.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of operating a character in a wireless terminal device that can inspire the user's interest by having the character set according to the type of the ringtone music to reflect such a situation.

Other objects and features of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the embodiments described below.

1 shows a network configuration for applying a character operation method according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a character operation method according to the present invention.

According to the present invention, it is applied to a system consisting of a wireless terminal device having a management agent and an operating server connected to the wireless terminal device through a wireless network. Selecting and downloading at least one character including song information, and storing the downloaded information; Matching ringing music and characters stored in the wireless terminal device, respectively; When a call is connected between the wireless terminal device and another wireless terminal device, the management agent operates or makes an expression according to motion information, facial expression information, or song information that includes driving a character matching the ringtone music played according to the call connection. Including singing.

The motion information may include dance information, pose information and etiquette information, and the character may include a 3D avatar of a person, an animal, a plant, or an anthropomorphic object.

In addition, preferably, the background information or the story information in which the character operates may be selected while the character is selected.

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

1 shows a network configuration for applying a character operation method according to the present invention.

In a wireless terminal device such as mobile phone 100 or PDA 100a, a management agent in the form of a program for controlling the operation of a character is preinstalled. The wireless terminal devices 100 and 100a are connected to the operation server 300 via the Internet 200 via the mobile telecommunication company server 150.

The wireless terminal device (100, 100a) is connected to the wireless web page of the operation server 300, and then selectively character and ringtone music from the character database 320 and the ringtone music database 330 connected to the operation server 300 You can download it.

According to the present invention, the character stored in the character database 320 includes any one of motion information, facial expression information, and song information. That is, the character itself contains this information so that the character performs a certain action, makes an expression, or sings a predetermined song.

The motion information may include various kinds of dance information, pose information representing various poses, or various manners information such as greetings or clauses.

In addition, as a character, a person, an animal, a plant, or an anthropomorphic object may be used, and may be represented by a three-dimensional avatar to increase realism.

Furthermore, in order to produce a user's own character, the user may register his photo on the operation server 300 and convert the photo into a 3D character through a conversion tool provided by the server.

In addition, the background information database 340 of the operation server 300 stores the background information of the operating character, for example, an image file or an animation file is stored, such as a computer background screen. In addition, the story information database 350 stores story information that may be the basis of a character's motion.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a character operation method according to the present invention.

First, a user of a wireless terminal device registers as a member in the operation server 300 and registers user's personal information, specifications of a wireless terminal device to be used, and the like, and the information is stored in the member information database 310. In particular, the character produced may vary depending on whether the wireless terminal device is a mobile phone or a PDA with an OS.

In this way, when a user registered as a member in advance accesses the operation server 300 through the wireless terminal devices 100 and 100a, the operation server 300 uses the telephone number of the wireless terminal device to use the member information database 310. Check to see if you are a registered member.

The user as a member selects and downloads the characters provided by the operation server 300 through the wireless web page (step S21). As described above, the characters provided through the wireless web page include any one of motion information, facial expression information, and song information, so that such information is represented to the user as an action, so that the user can select an appropriate character.

In other words, when the displayed character is selected, an action is performed according to the information included in the character, and a dance, a greeting, a song, or a humorous expression appears.

Therefore, the user selects at least one or more characters to download by referring to these operations.

In addition, background information and story information can be selectively selected, and by selecting them, a story according to a background image or an action is downloaded together with the character. Of course, if the user does not select the default background information or story information may be downloaded or not downloaded at all.

The downloaded character is stored in the user's wireless terminal device (100, 100a), the user drives the management agent to match the ringtone music and the character (step S23).

In general, a variety of ring music is stored in the wireless terminal device (100, 100a), if necessary download the ringtone music stored in the ringtone music database 330 from the operation server 300 or downloaded through other ringtone music providers Can be stored in a wireless terminal device.

When the user drives the management agent to match the stored ringtone music 1: 1 with the character, the management agent stores the matching information.

Subsequently, when communication with another wireless terminal device is made and a call is connected and the set ringtone music is played (step S23), the management agent causes a character matching the ringtone music to be played (step S24).

In this case, when there is background information or story information selected by the user, they may be displayed together to further enrich the character motion.

Therefore, the user can see the motion of the character with the ringtone can be added more fun.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, various changes can be made at the level of those skilled in the art.

For example, the management agent may be configured to have a function such as playing a song through the character or editing the character, in addition to operating the character. In addition, the operation of the character may be set differently depending on whether the call is connected or the message is received, or the character may display the sender information.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above embodiments, but should be determined by the claims described below.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a call connection is made, there is an advantage that various fun can be provided to the user by setting the character's motion to be different according to the ring music.

Claims (6)

It is applied to a system consisting of a wireless terminal device with a management agent and an operation server connected to the wireless terminal device through a wireless network, Accessing the operating server from the wireless terminal device, selecting and downloading at least one or more characters including predetermined motion information and storing the same; Matching ringing music stored in the wireless terminal device with the stored character; When a call is connected between the wireless terminal device and another wireless terminal device, the management agent drives a character matching the ringtone music played according to the call connection to operate according to the operation information. How the character works. The method of claim 1, wherein the motion information includes dance information, pose information, and etiquette information. It is applied to a system consisting of a wireless terminal device with a management agent and an operation server connected to the wireless terminal device through a wireless network, Accessing the operating server from the wireless terminal device and selecting and downloading at least one character including a certain facial expression information to download and store the character; Matching ringing music stored in the wireless terminal device with the stored character; When a call is connected between the wireless terminal device and another wireless terminal device, the management agent drives a character matching the ringtone music played according to the call connection to operate according to the facial expression information. How the character works. It is applied to a system consisting of a wireless terminal device with a management agent and an operation server connected to the wireless terminal device through a wireless network, Accessing the operating server from the wireless terminal device, selecting and downloading at least one or more characters including predetermined song information and storing the downloaded information; Matching ringing music stored in the wireless terminal device with the stored character; When a call is connected between the wireless terminal device and another wireless terminal device, the management agent drives a character matching the ringtone music played according to the call connection to sing a song according to the song information. How the character works on the device. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the character comprises a three-dimensional avatar of a person, an animal, a plant, or an anthropomorphic object. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the character information is selected at the same time the background information or story information on which the character operates is selected.