KR20050011786A - Method and System for Providing Web Album Service by Using Mobile Communication Network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A Web album service method and system using a mobile communication network are provided to avoid an inconvenience of storing daily received information data in a mobile terminal and store data of an image, an SMS character or video in a Web album despite insufficient memory capacity of the mobile terminal. CONSTITUTION: A mobile terminal(210) is connected to a wireless Internet Web site to select data and requests creation of a Web album with respect to the data. A Web album server(220) provides a service for creating the data selected by the mobile terminal(210) as a Web album according to the request for creating the Web album of the mobile terminal(210). The Web album server(220) provides a wireless Internet access function so as for the mobile terminal(110) to be connected with the wireless Internet Web site. A Web album database(230) stores the data selected by the mobile terminal(210) according to Web album contents.

Description

Method and system for web album service using mobile communication network {Method and System for Providing Web Album Service by Using Mobile Communication Network}

The present invention relates to a web album service method and system using a mobile communication network. More specifically, a web album using a mobile communication network to easily manage a variety of information received by the mobile terminal by creating and storing images, videos, multimedia, etc., such as SMS text received by the mobile terminal in the form of album content It relates to a service method and system.

As the Internet is integrated into the mobile communication system, additional services using the wireless Internet are provided in addition to the wireless telephone call using the mobile communication network. It provides additional services such as downloading a game program to play a game, downloading multimedia data, and sending an SMS text message to the other party by accessing the wireless Internet using a mobile terminal.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system 100 that provides an additional service through the wireless Internet.

Conventional mobile communication system 100 is a mobile terminal 110, wireless base station 120, mobile switching center 130, the Internet 140, wireless Internet server 150, wireless Internet database 152, SMS center 160 It has a configuration including.

The mobile terminal 110 is a terminal that not only performs a telephone call through a wireless communication with the other party through a mobile communication network, but also receives a multimedia service by accessing the wireless Internet server 150 or receives additional services such as an SMS text service. .

The wireless base station 120 includes a base station transmitter 122 and a base station controller 124. The base station transmitter 122 performs transmission and reception of wireless signals to the mobile terminal 110, conversion and encryption / decryption of communication protocols, and the like. In addition, the base station controller 124 manages a plurality of base station transmitters 122 and performs functions such as allocation control of communication channels for the mobile terminal 110.

Mobile switching center 130 processes the call request requested by base station transmitter 122 via base station controller 124. The mobile switching center 130 is wired to the wireless internet server 150 so that the mobile terminal 110 can wirelessly access the wireless internet server 150.

The location registers 132 and 134 manage information of mobile subscribers registered in the area controlled by the wireless base station 120, and mobile subscribers registered in other areas enter the service area controlled by the wireless base station 120. When a service is provided, the database temporarily stores information of the mobile subscriber, and is divided into a home location register 132 and a visitor location register 134. Techniques for this are well known to those skilled in the art, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The Internet 140 is a communication network that provides a communication connection path for the mobile terminal 110 to access the wireless Internet server 150.

The wireless internet server 150 is a server that provides a multimedia service such as downloading game programs or multimedia data to the mobile terminal 110.

The wireless internet database 152 stores data for multimedia services.

The SMS center 160 executes a service of converting a delivery message into an SMS message and transmitting the received message to the receiving side according to an SMS message request from the mobile terminal 110 or the wireless Internet server 150.

In the SMS text transmission function, a delivery message created by the mobile terminal 110 or the wireless Internet server 150 is transmitted as a wireless signal to the mobile switching center 130 via the wireless base station 120, and transmitted along with the number of the receiving mobile terminal. By transmitting from the mobile switching center 130 to the SMS center 160, the SMS center 160 converts the delivery message into an SMS message and delivers the message to the mobile switching center in charge of the receiving mobile terminal.

That is, in the mobile communication system 100 configured as described above, the wireless Internet server 150 is a multimedia service for downloading video data, image data, game programs, etc. to the mobile terminal 110 connected wirelessly through the mobile communication network To provide. In addition, when there is a message to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 110, the wireless Internet server 150 may convert the delivered message into an SMS message via the SMS center 160 and provide the message.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal 110 receives a large amount of data such as moving image data, image data, SMS messages, game programs from the wireless Internet server 150, but there is a limit in receiving data.

In addition to this, the mobile terminal 110 receives an e-mail or an SMS text transmitted from the counterpart mobile terminal. However, the mobile terminal 110 does not have enough memory capacity to store information data received daily. In some cases, even a very important and precious SMS text message stored in the mobile terminal 110 may be deleted to secure a storage space for receiving the next data.

Therefore, for many modern people who exchange information using the mobile terminal 110, there is a demand for a service that can store and manage a large amount of information data that is received by the mobile terminal 110 on a daily basis.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, by creating and storing images, videos, multimedia, etc., including SMS text received in the mobile terminal in the form of album content to easily manage a variety of information received in the mobile terminal Its purpose is to provide a web album service method and system using a mobile communication network.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system 100 that provides an additional service through a wireless Internet in the related art.

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a web album service system 200 using a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram briefly illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile terminal 210;

4 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the web album server 220,

5 is a flowchart illustrating a web album service method performed by the mobile terminal 210 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a web album service method provided by a web album server 230 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a submenu of a web album service.

※ Explanation of codes for main parts of drawing

100: mobile communication system 110: mobile terminal

120: wireless base station 122: base station transmitter

124: base station controller 130: mobile switching center

132: HLR 134: VLR

140: Internet 150: Wireless Internet Server

152: Wireless Internet Database 200: Web Album Service System

210: mobile terminal 220: web album server

230: Web Albums database 240: Client computers

302 program memory

304: key input unit 306: LCD display unit

308: data storage unit 310: mode state storage unit

312: Web album storage unit 314: Subscriber information storage unit

316: microprocessor 318: DSP

320: baseband converter 322: speaker

324: microphone 326: antenna

328: RF signal processing unit 410: program storage unit

420: memory 430: control unit

440: display unit 450: communication unit

460: database server 470: key input unit

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a web album service system for producing and storing data including SMS text, images, and video in a web album using a mobile communication network. A mobile terminal for selecting and requesting a web album production for the data; A web album server providing a service for producing the data selected by the mobile terminal as a web album in response to a web album production request from the mobile terminal; And a web album database for storing the data selected by the mobile terminal according to the web album contents.

In addition, according to a second object of the present invention, a mobile terminal having a web album production function for producing and storing data including SMS texts, images, and video received through a mobile communication network and a wireless Internet as a web album, If there is a command to access a wireless Internet web site through the Internet and to generate the data received from the wireless Internet web site into a web album, a web album program for producing the data into the web album according to web album contents is stored. Programmed memory; A key input unit including a numeric button for inputting a telephone number, a character button displaying characters for inputting text data, and a selection button for selecting a menu; An LCD display unit which displays an overall operating state of the mobile terminal, including a degree of use of power, reception strength of radio waves, a date and time, and displays the web album received from the web album server on a screen; A data storage unit which serves as a data buffer during operation of the mobile terminal and stores numeric data input from the key input unit or data received from the outside to the mobile terminal; A mode state storage unit which stores an operation mode of the current terminal selected by the key input unit as a state flag; A web album storage unit storing data on the web album according to the web album contents; a subscriber information storage unit storing registration information on a unique number of the mobile terminal; Accessing a wireless internet web site through the wireless internet, and if there is a command to produce the data received from the wireless internet web site into a web album, the data is produced into the web album according to web album contents, and then A microprocessor for controlling a function of reading data on the web album from the web album and displaying the data on the LCD display when a web album output request is made from a key input unit; A digital signal processing processor performing an audio data processing function for encoding or decoding audio data and performing an equalization function to remove noise of a multipath; A baseband conversion unit converting a signal transmitted to and received from the mobile communication network into a baseband signal and performing digital-to-analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing functions; A speaker for outputting an audio signal output from the baseband converter as an audible sound; A microphone for converting a user's voice input into the audio signal; An RF signal processing unit for converting and outputting a transmission message signal into an RF signal or converting the RF signal into a reception message signal and applying the same to the baseband converter; And an antenna configured to transmit the RF signal or to transmit the received RF signal to the RF signal processor.

According to a third object of the present invention, there is provided a web album service method of a mobile terminal for producing and storing data including SMS texts, images, and video received through a mobile communication network and a wireless Internet as a web album. Or a first step of receiving the data through the wireless Internet; A second step of determining whether a production command for the web album is input to the data; And a third step of storing the data in each page of the web album according to the web album contents.

In addition, according to a fourth object of the present invention, a web album service method for producing and storing data including SMS texts, images, and videos into a web album via a mobile communication network and a wireless Internet, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to store the data and the mobile communication network and the mobile terminal. A first step of connecting to a web album server via wireless Internet; A second step of the mobile terminal accessing a wireless internet web site through the web album server; A third step of the mobile terminal requesting production of the web album for the data provided from the wireless internet web site; And a fourth step of the web album server storing the data in each page of the web album according to web album contents to produce the web album for the mobile terminal. do.

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

First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components as in the prior art have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a web album service system 200 using a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The web album service system 200 according to the present invention includes a mobile terminal 210, a wireless base station 120, a mobile switching center 130, the Internet 140, a web album server 220, a web album database 230, and the like. Has a configuration

The mobile terminal 210 accesses the web album server 220 through the wireless internet, accesses a desired web site among a plurality of wireless internet websites through the web album server 220, and displays images, images from the connected wireless internet website. It is a terminal that downloads video and data.

In addition, the mobile terminal 210, when accessing the wireless Internet website through the web album server 220, by using the web album function to create a service to create a web album image, video, data, etc. downloaded from the wireless Internet website A request is made to the web album server 220. In this case, the mobile terminal 210 may select and designate an avatar image for guiding a web album requested by the mobile terminal 210. Here, the avatar image is an avatar image for guiding what contents the produced web album contains when the user accesses the web album server 220 to view the web album using the mobile terminal 210.

The web album server 220 not only provides a wireless internet access function for allowing the mobile terminal 210 to access another wireless internet web site, but also provides a mobile terminal 210 to the mobile terminal 210 connected to the wireless internet. In response to a web album service request from the mobile terminal 210 provides a service for producing the selected image, video, data, etc. as a web album.

The web album database 230 stores images, videos, data, etc. selected by the mobile terminal 210 according to the web album service according to the web album contents. In addition, the web album database 230 stores a plurality of avatar images provided by the mobile terminal 210 to designate an avatar image suitable for the web album.

The web album database 230 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, or an object such as Gemston, Orion, O2, etc. OODBMS and XML Native Database such as Excelon, Tamino, Sekaiju, etc. can be used for the purpose of the present invention, and can be implemented according to the purpose of the present invention. It has the appropriate fields or elements to achieve this.

Since the construction and management of the database required for the present invention can be sufficiently performed by those skilled in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, in the configuration of the present invention, the client computer 240 is provided, and the web album server 220 has a web page in the form of a home page so that the client computer can access the Internet 140. Accordingly, the user may store a desired web page, video data, image data, etc. in his web album through the web album server 220 while searching for another web site using the client computer.

3 is a block diagram briefly illustrating an internal configuration of the mobile terminal 210 shown in FIG. 2.

The mobile terminal 210 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a program memory 302, a key input unit 304, an LCD display unit 306, a data storage unit 308, a mode state storage unit 310, and a web album storage. The unit 312, the subscriber information storage unit 314, the microprocessor 316, the digital signal processor (DSP) 318, the baseband converter 320, the speaker 322, the microphone 324, and the antenna 326. ), The RF signal processing unit 328 and the like.

The mobile terminal 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA -2000 phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phones and the like. Here, MBS phone refers to a mobile phone to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

The program memory 302 connects to the web album server 220 through the wireless Internet, accesses another wireless internet website through the web album server 220, and receives images, videos, data, and the like from the wireless internet website. When requesting a web album service for producing an image, video, data, etc. as a web album, and receiving an image, video, data, avatar, etc. according to the web album service to the web album storage unit 312 The Web Album program is saved.

The key input unit 304 is provided with a numeric button for inputting a telephone number, a character button displaying a character for inputting text data, a selection button for selecting a menu, and the like.

The LCD display unit 306 displays the overall operating state of the mobile terminal 210 including power usage, radio wave reception intensity, date and time, and displays a web album received from the web album server 220 on the screen. Display.

The data storage unit 308 serves as a data buffer during the operation of the mobile terminal 210, and stores numeric data input from the key input unit 304 or data received from the outside to the mobile terminal 210.

The mode state storage unit 310 stores the operation mode of the current terminal selected by the key input unit 304 as a state flag. In particular, when a web album service is selected by the key input unit 304, the web album mode is stored as a status flag, and the microprocessor 316 web album service of the mobile terminal 210 according to the web album mode set based thereon. To control.

The web album storage unit 312 stores information about a web album, such as an image, a video, and data, which the mobile terminal 210 receives from the web album server 220 according to a web album format. In addition, the web album storage unit 312 stores the SMS message received by the mobile terminal 210 from the outside in accordance with the web album format. The web album storage unit 312 stores a plurality of avatar images so that the user can select and set an avatar image for guiding the web album. When a certain avatar image is selected by the user's selection, the selected avatar image is stored corresponding to the produced web album.

Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) 314 stores subscriber terminal registration information. Here, the subscriber station registration information is a unique number given to each subscriber station in the mobile communication network, and the subscriber information storage unit 314 is inserted in the form of a card. Since this is a general content used in a mobile communication network, a description thereof will be omitted.

The microprocessor 316 controls the operation of the mobile terminal 210 with reference to the state flag stored in the mode state storage unit 310. In particular, when the user selects the web album service by manipulating the key input unit 304, the microprocessor 316 receives the received information from the connected wireless Internet website when the user accesses another wireless Internet website through the web album server 220. Images, videos, data, etc. are stored in the web album storage unit 312 according to the web album type, and data about the web album stored in the web album storage unit 312 when the web album output request is requested from the key input unit 304. Read and display the LCD display 306.

In addition, when the wireless Internet access request command is input by the key input unit 304, the microprocessor 316 transmits the wireless Internet access request data to the baseband converter 320 (TX DATA).

The DSP 318 performs an audio data processing function of encoding or decoding audio data SPEECH exchanged with the baseband converter 320 and an equalization function for removing noise of a multipath. Digital signal processing processor to perform the. In addition, the DSP 318 receives the received message data RX DATA from the baseband converter 320.

The baseband converter 320 converts signals transmitted and received with the speaker 322, the microphone 324, and the RF signal processor 330 into baseband signals, and functions such as digital-to-analog conversion and analog-digital conversion processing. Do this. Accordingly, the baseband converter 320 converts the audio data received from the DSP 318 into an audio signal and outputs the audio signal to the speaker 322, or converts the audio signal input from the microphone 324 into audio data and converts the audio data into the DSP data. 318).

In addition, the baseband converter 320 converts the transmission message data TX DATA input from the microprocessor 316 into a transmission message signal TXIQ and outputs the signal to the RF signal processor 328 or the RF signal processor 328. The received message signal RXIQ, which is inputted from the RXQ, is converted into the received message data RX DATA and output to the DSP 318. In addition, the baseband converter 320 automatically controls the gain for the power POWER of the RF signal processor 328 (AGC).

The speaker 322 outputs an audio signal output from the baseband converter 320 as an audible sound, and the microphone 324 converts a user's voice input into an audio signal.

The RF signal processor 328 converts a transmission message signal into a radio frequency (RF) signal and outputs it to the antenna 326, or converts an RF signal applied from the antenna 326 into a reception message signal RXIQ and converts it into baseband. Output to the unit 320. The antenna 326 transmits an RF signal to the air or transmits an RF signal received from the air to the RF signal processor 328.

In addition, the mobile terminal 210 may transmit and receive data to and from the web album server 220 by using a predetermined protocol in order to download the data required for making the web album by accessing the web album server 220 through a wireless Internet network. You must have a browser installed. Such a browser may be a wireless application protocol (WAP) browser, a mobile explorer (ME) browser, an I-mode, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

4 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of the web album server 220.

Web album server 220 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a program storage unit 410, memory 420, control unit 430, display unit 440, communication unit 450, database server 460, key input unit ( 470) and the like.

The program storage unit 410 provides a connection function for the mobile terminal 210 connected to the wireless Internet so that the mobile terminal 210 can access another wireless Internet web site, and a web album from the mobile terminal 210. In response to the service request, a web album content program for executing a service for producing an image, video, data, etc. selected by the mobile terminal 210 as a web album is stored.

The web album content program can be implemented in various ways depending on the operating system (OS) of the web album server 220. For example, the 'C' programming language or the object-oriented 'C ++', the 'Java' programming language, and the 'ASP'. It can be implemented in web programming languages such as 'or' PHP.

The memory 420 temporarily stores data processed by the controller 430 or temporarily stores input data received from the mobile terminal 210.

The controller 430 controls the overall device of the web album server 220, and in particular, provides a wireless Internet access function for allowing the mobile terminal 210 to access other wireless Internet web sites, and from the mobile terminal 210. According to the web album service request of the mobile terminal 210 controls the service for producing a selected image, video, data, etc. as a web album.

The display unit 440 displays various situations or data so that an administrator who manages the web album server 220 can monitor and display not only the processing status according to the key input from the key input unit 470 but also the processing status of the web album service. Display.

The communication unit 450 is a communication module that provides a communication interface for communication with the mobile switching center 130.

The database server 460 controls data input and output of the web album database 230. The database server 460 updates and stores the data input from the key input unit 470 in the web album database 230, or stores data transmitted from the mobile terminal 210. In addition, under the control of the control unit 430, the web album database 230 reads and outputs data about the web album from the web album database 230 upon outputting of the data for the web album stored in the web album database 230.

The database server 460 is a software program of the web album server 220 using, for example, an "Oracle9i DB Release 2" server program of Oracle or a server program of "MS-SQL Server 2000" of Microsoft Soft. Is installed as

The key input unit 470 is used for inputting data when the administrator manually adds or updates information content of the web album server 220 manually. In addition, when updating the web album content program of the program storage unit 410, or when updating the program of the database server 460 is used for data input.

Next, a web album service method using a mobile communication network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a web album service method performed by the mobile terminal 210 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, the microprocessor 316 of the mobile terminal 210 determines the wireless base station 120 to which it belongs based on the level of each demodulation signal received from the wireless base station 120 on the broadcast channel, and then according to the communication protocol. The registration procedure is performed by transmitting its subscriber information to the competent wireless base station 120.

In the wireless base station 120, when the terminal information is received from the mobile terminal 210, the mobile terminal 210 transmits the terminal information to the HLR 132 via the mobile switching center 130 via the base station controller 124. It is checked whether it is registered.

Here, when the wireless base station 120 receives a signal indicating that the mobile terminal 210 is normally registered from the base station controller 124 and an encryption code that can be used by the terminal, the wireless base station 120 receives the corresponding mobile terminal 210. The registration process is performed in the communication enabled state.

Thereafter, the mobile terminal 210 is in a communication standby state capable of executing a data request at any time with respect to the wireless base station 120, and the wireless base station 120 is in a state capable of processing data requests from the mobile terminal 210. Wait (S502).

While the mobile terminal 210 is in the standby state as described above, the user operates the key input unit 304 of the mobile terminal 210 to select a connection menu for wireless Internet, for example, the "NATE" menu of SK Telecom, The web album service menu is selected from the "NATE" menu, and a connection is attempted to the web album server 220 which is a mobile service provider server.

When a command regarding a connection to the web album server 220 is input by the operation of the key input unit 304, the mobile terminal 210 transmits a connection request signal to the RF signal processing unit 328 according to a program of the program memory 302. By wireless signal.

The access request signal wirelessly transmitted from the mobile terminal 210 is received by the wireless base station 120 and transmitted to the mobile switching center 130 in binary code form data. The mobile switching center 130 converts the connection request data in the form of binary code into packet data and transmits the packet data to the web album server 220.

The web album server 220 establishes a connection to the mobile terminal 210 via the mobile communication network in response to the connection request data of the mobile terminal 210, so that the mobile terminal 210 wirelessly transmits the web mail server 220. It is connected to (S504).

In the web album server 220, the controller 430 provides a screen for the web album service to the mobile terminal 210 according to the web album content program (S506). Here, the screen for the web album service is a screen including a list of a plurality of wireless Internet web sites so that the mobile terminal 210 can select and access a desired wireless Internet web site. Accordingly, the user of the mobile terminal 210 selects a wireless Internet web site that he / she wants to access from a list of a plurality of wireless Internet web sites provided by the web album server 220 and executes the connection.

With the mobile terminal 210 connected to any wireless Internet web site, the user downloads a game program, an image, a video, or the like provided by the wireless internet web site. At this time, for example, when the user wants to store the video data while storing it in the web album, the user inputs a web album production command by operating the key input unit 304 of the mobile terminal 210 (S508). That is, the user of the mobile terminal 210 inputs a web album production command by selecting a "web album production" menu from the "web album service" menu basically provided in the mobile terminal 210 as shown in FIG. 7.

The user of the mobile terminal 210 selects and designates an avatar image guiding the web album when the web album is produced (S510). That is, before the user of the mobile terminal 210 executes the web album creation menu or after producing the web album, the user of the "web album service" menu basically provided by the mobile terminal 210 as shown in FIG. Select the "Album Guide Avatar Settings" menu from the submenu.

When the "Album guide avatar setting" menu is input from the key input unit 304, the microprocessor 316 displays a list of a plurality of avatar images stored in the web album storage unit 312 on the LCD display unit 306. . The user of the mobile terminal 210 selects an avatar image of a desired type from a plurality of avatar image lists. The microprocessor 316 produces the avatar image selected by the key input unit 304 or stores the avatar image in the web album storage unit 312 in correspondence with the produced web album.

Then, the microprocessor 316 according to the web album production command from the key input unit 304, each of the information, such as images, videos, etc. received from the wireless Internet web site to the web album storage unit 312 for each web album page Save it (S512). Here, the web album page is divided by the storage area of the web album storage unit 312 according to the web album content, the first page is the first storage area, the second page is the second storage area, the nth page is the nth storage Divided into areas.

In the above process, the web album storage unit 312 of the mobile terminal 210 stores an image, a video, an SMS text, etc. that the user wants to produce as a web album for each web album page.

On the other hand, if the user wants to view the web album produced in the mobile terminal 210, the user inputs the "view web album" from the menu for the web album service shown in Figure 7 by operating the key input unit 304 (S514) .

When a command for outputting a web album is input from the key input unit 304, the microprocessor 316 reads data about the web album from the web album storage unit 312 and displays it on the LCD display unit 306 (S516). At this time, the microprocessor 316 first displays the avatar image corresponding to the web album before displaying the well album. The avatar image guiding the web album may be a video image or an image including voice. After the avatar image is displayed, the microprocessor 316 reads data about the web album from the web album storage 312 for each page and displays the data on the LCD display 306.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a web album service method provided by the web album server 230 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

First, the web album server 220 is in a communication standby state with respect to the mobile terminal 210 (S602).

The user of the mobile terminal 210 operates the key input unit 304 of the mobile terminal 210 to select a connection menu for wireless Internet, for example, the "NATE" menu of SK Telecom, and the "Web" of the "NATE" menus. Selects a menu for "album service" and attempts to connect to a web album server 220 which is a mobile service provider server.

When a command regarding a connection to the web album server 220 is input by the operation of the key input unit 304, the mobile terminal 210 transmits a connection request signal to the RF signal processing unit 328 according to a program of the program memory 302. By wireless signal.

The access request signal wirelessly transmitted from the mobile terminal 210 is received by the wireless base station 120 and transmitted to the mobile switching center 130 in binary code form data. The mobile switching center 130 converts the connection request data in the form of binary code into packet data and transmits the packet data to the web album server 220.

The web album server 220 establishes a connection to the mobile terminal 210 via the mobile communication network in response to the connection request data of the mobile terminal 210, so that the mobile terminal 210 wirelessly transmits the web mail server 220. It is connected to (S604).

In the web album server 220, the controller 430 provides a screen for the web album service to the mobile terminal 210 according to the web album content program (S606). Here, the screen for the web album service is a screen including a list of a plurality of wireless Internet web sites so that the mobile terminal 210 can select and access a desired wireless Internet web site. Accordingly, the user of the mobile terminal 210 selects a wireless Internet web site that he / she wants to access from a list of a plurality of wireless Internet web sites provided by the web album server 220 and executes the connection.

With the mobile terminal 210 connected to any wireless Internet web site, the user downloads a game program, an image, a video, or the like provided by the wireless internet web site. In this case, for example, when the user wants to keep the video album while downloading video data, the user manipulates the key input unit 304 of the mobile terminal 210 to input a web album production command to produce the web album with the web album server 220. Request (S608). That is, the user of the mobile terminal 210 requests a web album production by selecting a "web album production" menu from the "web album service" menu basically provided in the mobile terminal 210 as shown in FIG. 7. In this case, various formats of media type may be used as the video data format, for example, * .asf, * .mpg, * .rm, and the like. In addition, video data may be classified by various criteria such as the latest singer, talent, movie star, advertisement image, avatar, and the like.

The user of the mobile terminal 210 selects and specifies an avatar image for guiding the web album when the web album is produced (S610). That is, before the user of the mobile terminal 210 executes the web album creation menu or after producing the web album, the user of the "web album service" menu basically provided by the mobile terminal 210 as shown in FIG. Select the "Album Guide Avatar Settings" menu from the submenu.

When the "Album guide avatar setting" menu is input from the key input unit 304, the microprocessor 316 wirelessly transmits a request signal for "Album guide avatar setting" through the RF signal processing unit 328.

The request signal for "album guide avatar setting" is transmitted to the web album server 220 via the wireless base station 120, the mobile switching center 130, and the Internet 140.

When the web album server 220 receives a request signal for "album guide avatar setting" from the mobile terminal 210, the web album server 220 reads a list of a plurality of avatar images from the web album database 230 to the mobile terminal 210. to provide. The user of the mobile terminal 210 selects an avatar image of a desired type from a plurality of avatar image lists.

The web album server 220 stores the avatar image selected by the mobile terminal 210 in the web album database 230 in correspondence with the currently produced or produced web album.

Subsequently, the web album server 220 displays the respective information, such as an image and a video, transmitted from the wireless Internet web site to the mobile terminal 210 in response to a web album production request from the mobile terminal 210. In the web album for the mobile terminal 210 is stored for each page (S612). Here, each page of the web album assigned to the mobile terminal 210 divides the storage area of the web album according to the web album content.

In the above process, the web album database 230 stores an image, a video, an SMS text, etc. which the user of the mobile terminal 210 wants to produce as a web album for each web album page.

On the other hand, if the user wants to view the web album produced on the web album server 220, the user inputs "view web album" from the menu for the web album service shown in Figure 7 by operating the key input unit 304 (S614) ).

If there is a request for outputting a web album from the mobile terminal 210, the web album server 220 reads data about the web album from the web album database 230 and transmits the data to the mobile terminal 210 (S616). At this time, the web album server 220 transmits the avatar image corresponding to the web album first before transmitting the data for the well album, and then transmits the data for the web album. The avatar image guiding the web album may be a video image or an image including voice.

The mobile terminal 210 displays the avatar image received from the web album server 220 on the LCD display unit 306, and then receives data about the web album for each page and displays the image on the LCD display unit 306. FIG.

Meanwhile, in the web album of the mobile terminal 210 produced in the web album server 220, a user of the mobile terminal 210 may access the web album server 220 using a computer or the like to check or modify the web album. .

According to embodiments of the present invention, an image, a video, a multimedia, etc., including SMS texts received by the mobile terminal are created and stored in an album-type content, so that various information received by the mobile terminal can be easily managed. A web album service method and system using a communication network can be realized.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea 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 idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, information data received daily does not have to be stored in the mobile terminal, and even if the memory capacity of the mobile terminal is insufficient, data such as images, SMS texts, and videos can be stored in a web album. have.

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A web album service system for creating and storing data including SMS texts, images, and videos into a web album using a mobile communication network. A mobile terminal accessing a wireless Internet web site, selecting the data, and requesting a web album production for the data; A web album server providing a service for producing the data selected by the mobile terminal as a web album in response to a web album production request from the mobile terminal; And And a web album database for storing the data selected by the mobile terminal according to the web album contents. The method of claim 1, And the web album server provides a wireless internet access function for allowing the mobile terminal to access the wireless internet web site. The method of claim 1, The web album database stores a plurality of avatar images so that the mobile terminal designates an avatar image for guiding the web album. The method of claim 1, The web album contents are divided into a plurality of storage areas of the web album database corresponding to the pages of the web album, and the mobile communication network stores the data selected by the mobile terminal in the web album having a plurality of pages. Web album service system using. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a client computer to allow the user of the mobile terminal to access the web album server through the Internet, the web album server has a web page in the form of a home page so that the client computer can access through the Internet, The user stores the desired web page, video data, and image data in his web album through the web album server while searching for another web site using the client computer. Web album service system. The method of claim 1, The mobile terminal accesses the web album server through the wireless internet, accesses the wireless internet website through the web album server, and receives the data including the image and the video from the wireless internet website. A program memory storing a web album request program for requesting a web album production to produce the data received as a web album; A key input unit including a numeric button for inputting a telephone number, a character button displaying characters for inputting text data, and a selection button for selecting a menu; An LCD display unit which displays an overall operating state of the mobile terminal, including a degree of use of power, reception strength of radio waves, a date and time, and displays the web album received from the web album server on a screen; A data storage unit which serves as a data buffer during operation of the mobile terminal and stores numeric data input from the key input unit or data received from the outside to the mobile terminal; A mode state storage unit which stores an operation mode of the current terminal selected by the key input unit as a state flag; A web album storage unit for storing data on the web album received from the web album server; A subscriber information storage unit (SIM) storing registration information on a unique number (MIN) of the mobile terminal; When accessing the wireless Internet web site through the web album server, if a command for requesting web album production from the key input unit is input to the data received from the connected wireless Internet web site, a request signal for web album production is input. A microprocessor that controls a function of wirelessly transmitting the data and receiving data about the web album from the web album server when the web album output request is made from the key input unit and displaying the data on the LCD display unit. A digital signal processor (DSP) that performs an audio data processing function for encoding or decoding audio data and performs an equalization function for removing noise of a multipath; A baseband conversion unit converting a signal transmitted to and received from the mobile communication network into a baseband signal and performing digital-to-analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing functions; A speaker for outputting an audio signal output from the baseband converter as an audible sound; A microphone for converting a user's voice input into the audio signal; An RF signal processing unit converting a transmission message signal into a radio frequency (RF) signal and outputting the RF signal or converting the RF signal into a reception message signal (RXIQ) and applying the same to the baseband converter; And And an antenna for transmitting the RF signal or transmitting the received RF signal to the RF signal processor. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication network includes a wireless base station providing a communication connection path or a wireless internet access path for a wireless telephone call of the mobile terminal; And And a mobile switching center that performs incoming and outgoing call processing, location registration procedure and handoff procedure processing, and interworking with other networks of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein The wireless base station receives a call request signal from the mobile terminal through a traffic channel, transmits the received call request signal to the mobile switching center, and performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and a wireless signal. A base station transmitter which is directly connected to the mobile terminal by performing transmission and reception of the mobile station; And Controls the base station transmitter, allocates and releases radio channels for the mobile terminal, controls transmission output of the mobile terminal and the base station transmitter, determines soft handoff and hard handoff between cells, and transcodes (Transcoding) and Vocoding, Global Positioning System (GPS) clock distribution, and a base station controller for performing operations and maintenance functions for the base station. The method according to claim 1 or 6, The mobile terminal is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA-2000 phone, MBS (Mobile Broadband System) Web album service system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that one of the phones. The method of claim 1, The web album database includes a relational database management system (RDBMS) including Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, and DB2; Object-oriented database management systems (OODBMS), including Gemston, Orion, O2; And Web album service system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that the XML Native Database (Excelon, Tamino, Sekaiju) (XML Native Database). The method of claim 1, The web album server provides an access function for the mobile terminal connected to the wireless internet so that the mobile terminal can access the wireless internet web site, and in response to a web album production request from the mobile terminal. A program storage unit for storing a web album content program for executing a service for producing the selected data into a web album; The mobile terminal controls the overall apparatus of the web album server and provides a wireless internet access function for allowing the mobile terminal to access the wireless internet web site, and the mobile terminal according to the web album production request from the mobile terminal. A control unit controlling a service for producing the selected data as a web album; A memory for temporarily storing data processed by the controller or temporarily storing input data received from the mobile terminal A display unit which displays various situations or data for monitoring by the administrator managing the web album server, and displays the processing status according to the key input from the key input unit and the processing status for the web album service; A communication unit providing a communication interface for communicating with the mobile communication network; It is used for inputting data when the administrator manually adds or updates the information of the web album server, and inputs data when updating the web album content program or updating the program of the database server. Key input unit used for; And Controls data input and output of the web album database, updates and stores data input from the key input unit in the web album database, or stores data transmitted from the mobile terminal, under control of the controller. And a database server configured to read and output data about the web album from the web album database when a request for outputting data for the web album stored in the web album database is performed. system. The method of claim 11, The web album content program may include a 'C' programming language or an object-oriented 'C ++', 'Java' programming language, 'ASP' or 'PHP' according to the operating system (OS) of the web album server. Web album service system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that implemented as. The method of claim 11, The database server is an Oracle "Oracle9i DB Release 2" server program, or Microsoft ("MS-SQL Server 2000") server program of the software installed on the web album server, characterized in that Web album service system using a mobile communication network. The method according to claim 1 or 11, wherein The web album server may select and specify an avatar image for guiding the web album from the mobile terminal with respect to the web album, and store the selected designated avatar image in the web album database corresponding to the web album. Web album service system using a mobile communication network. A mobile terminal having a web album production function for producing and storing data including SMS texts, images, and videos received through a mobile communication network and a wireless Internet as a web album, A web album program for accessing a wireless internet web site through the wireless internet and generating a web album of the data received from the wireless internet web site, and producing the data as the web album according to web album contents. A stored program memory; A key input unit including a numeric button for inputting a telephone number, a character button displaying characters for inputting text data, and a selection button for selecting a menu; An LCD display unit which displays an overall operating state of the mobile terminal, including a degree of use of power, reception strength of radio waves, a date and time, and displays the web album received from the web album server on a screen; A data storage unit which serves as a data buffer during operation of the mobile terminal and stores numeric data input from the key input unit or data received from the outside to the mobile terminal; A mode state storage unit which stores an operation mode of the current terminal selected by the key input unit as a state flag; A web album storage unit storing data on the web album according to the web album contents; A subscriber information storage unit (SIM) storing registration information on a unique number (MIN) of the mobile terminal; Accessing a wireless internet web site through the wireless internet, and if there is a command to produce the data received from the wireless internet web site into a web album, the data is produced into the web album according to web album contents, and then A microprocessor for controlling a function of reading data on the web album from the web album and displaying the data on the LCD display when a web album output request is made from a key input unit; A digital signal processor (DSP) that performs an audio data processing function for encoding or decoding audio data and performs an equalization function for removing noise of a multipath; A baseband conversion unit converting a signal transmitted to and received from the mobile communication network into a baseband signal and performing digital-to-analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing functions; A speaker for outputting an audio signal output from the baseband converter as an audible sound; A microphone for converting a user's voice input into the audio signal; An RF signal processing unit converting a transmission message signal into a radio frequency (RF) signal and outputting the RF signal or converting the RF signal into a reception message signal (RXIQ) and applying the same to the baseband converter; And And an antenna configured to transmit the RF signal or to transmit the received RF signal to the RF signal processor. The method of claim 15, The mobile communication network includes a wireless base station providing a communication connection path or a wireless internet access path for a wireless telephone call of the mobile terminal; And And a mobile switching center for performing incoming and outgoing call processing, location registration procedure and handoff procedure processing, and interworking function with other network of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 16, The wireless base station receives a call request signal from the mobile terminal through a traffic channel, transmits the received call request signal to the mobile switching center, and performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and a wireless signal. A base station transmitter which is directly connected to the mobile terminal by performing transmission and reception of the mobile station; And Controls the base station transmitter, allocates and releases radio channels for the mobile terminal, controls transmission output of the mobile terminal and the base station transmitter, determines soft handoff and hard handoff between cells, and transcodes A mobile terminal having a web album production function, comprising: a base station controller for performing transcoding and vocoding, a global positioning system (GPS) clock distribution, and an operation and maintenance function for the base station. The method of claim 15, The mobile terminal is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA-2000 phone, MBS (Mobile Broadband System) A mobile terminal having a web album production function, characterized in that one of the phones. The method of claim 15, The mobile terminal is a mobile terminal having a web album production function, characterized in that for producing an SMS text received from the mobile communication network to the web album. The method of claim 15, The web album contents are divided into a plurality of storage areas for the web album corresponding to each page of the web album, and the web stores the data designated by the mobile terminal in the web album having a plurality of pages. Mobile terminal having an album production function. The method of claim 15, The mobile terminal provides the avatar image selection function to select and designate an avatar image for guiding the web album with respect to the web album, and stores the selected designated avatar image in the web album storage unit corresponding to the web album. Mobile terminal having a web album production function, characterized in that. A web album service method of a mobile terminal for producing and storing data including SMS texts, images, and videos received through a mobile communication network and a wireless Internet as a web album, A first step of receiving the data via the mobile communication network or the wireless internet; A second step of determining whether a production command for the web album is input to the data; And And storing the data in each page of the web album according to the web album contents. The method of claim 22, Determining whether there is a command for outputting the web album; And And a fifth step of displaying data for the web album stored in each page of the web album. The method of claim 22 or 23, Before or after the third step, further comprising a step 3-1 of selecting and specifying an avatar image for guiding the web album. The method of claim 22, The web album content is divided into a plurality of storage areas for the web album corresponding to each page of the web album, characterized in that for storing the data specified by the mobile terminal in the web album having a plurality of pages Web album service method of the terminal. The method of claim 22, The mobile communication network includes a wireless base station providing a communication connection path or a wireless internet access path for a wireless telephone call of the mobile terminal; And And a mobile switching center that performs incoming and outgoing call processing, location registration procedure, handoff procedure processing, and interworking with the other network of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 22, The wireless base station receives a call request signal from the mobile terminal through a traffic channel, transmits the received call request signal to the mobile switching center, and performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and a wireless signal. A base station transmitter which is directly connected to the mobile terminal by performing transmission and reception of the mobile station; And Controls the base station transmitter, allocates and releases radio channels for the mobile terminal, controls transmission output of the mobile terminal and the base station transmitter, determines soft handoff and hard handoff between cells, and transcodes (Transcoding) and Vocoding (Global Positioning), Global Positioning System (GPS) clock distribution, a base station controller for performing operations and maintenance functions for the base station. The method of claim 22, The mobile terminal is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA-2000 phone, MBS (Mobile Broadband System) Web album service method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that one of the phones. A web album service method for producing and storing data including SMS texts, images, and videos into a web album through a mobile communication network and a wireless Internet. A first step of a mobile terminal accessing a web album server through the mobile communication network and the wireless Internet; A second step of the mobile terminal accessing a wireless internet web site through the web album server; A third step of the mobile terminal requesting production of the web album for the data provided from the wireless internet web site; And And a fourth step of the web album server storing the data in each page of the web album according to web album contents to produce the web album for the mobile terminal. The method of claim 29, A fifth step of determining whether there is a request for viewing the web album from the mobile terminal; And And a sixth step of transmitting data on the web album stored in each page of the web album to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 29 or 30, Before or after the fourth step, further comprising the step 4-1 of selecting and specifying an avatar image for guiding the web album. The method of claim 29, The web album contents are divided into a plurality of storage areas for the web album corresponding to each page of the web album, and the web stores the data designated by the mobile terminal in the web album having a plurality of pages. Album service method. The method of claim 29, The mobile communication network includes a wireless base station providing a communication connection path or a wireless internet access path for a wireless telephone call of the mobile terminal; And And a mobile switching center that performs incoming and outgoing call processing, location registration procedure and handoff procedure processing, and interworking with the other network of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 29, The wireless base station receives a call request signal from the mobile terminal through a traffic channel, transmits the received call request signal to the mobile switching center, and performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and a wireless signal. A base station transmitter which is directly connected to the mobile terminal by performing transmission and reception of the mobile station; And Controlling the base station transmitter, assigning and releasing radio channels for the mobile terminal, controlling transmission output of the mobile terminal and the base station transmitter, determining soft handoff and hard handoff between cells, and transcoding (Transcoding) and Vocoding, Global Positioning System (GPS) clock distribution, and a base station controller for performing operations and maintenance functions for the base station. The method of claim 29, The mobile terminal is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, GSM (Global System for Mobile) phone, W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA) phone, CDMA-2000 phone, MBS (Mobile Broadband System) Web album service method, characterized in that one of the phones.