KR20050093474A - Method of booting the mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a booting method of a mobile communication terminal to shorten a booting time of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: reading all files from an internal memory and writing them to a random access memory (RAM) when the mobile communication terminal boots up; Searching for a file name and address where an item necessary for booting the mobile communication terminal is stored by referring to the item information list of the files; Extracting boot information from the file recorded in the RAM by using the file name and address, and performing booting of the mobile communication terminal, thereby reading and writing the files to the RAM. Since it is performed only once, the booting time of the mobile communication terminal can be shortened.

Description

How to Boot a Mobile Terminal {Method of Booting the Mobile Communication Terminal}

The present invention relates to a booting method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to a booting method of a mobile communication terminal to shorten the booting time of the mobile communication terminal.

In general, the mobile communication terminal stores various data in an inactive area of the internal memory, and the data can be easily stored only from the values set by the user such as a ringtone, a background screen, an alarm, etc. downloaded by the user. RF (Radio Frequency) characteristics of the carrier, and various types of parameters, such as transmitted and received with the operator is composed of several types, the number is small to dozens to as many as hundreds.

At this time, looking at the format in which the various data as described above are stored in the mobile communication terminal, a plurality of data performing each function is contained in one file.

For example, if the user selects the ringer as a setting value of 'bell1', selects the light as 'off after 10 seconds', and sets an alarm as 'daily notification at 10:00,' When is selected, the corresponding setting values are not stored in each file, but are stored in one file named 'nvim_0001' in a specific location of the internal memory. Of course, it should be understood that the locations where each of the items mentioned in the above example, or other items are stored may be different for each manufacturer.

Then, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 1, the conventional mobile communication terminal writes the setting values pre-stored in the internal memory at the time of booting in the RAM.

When the mobile terminal is booted, settings for each item stored in an inactive area of the internal memory or an embedded file system (EFS) area are performed. First, as shown in FIG. The file names and addresses of the respective items are searched for by referring to the item information list (step S11).

For example, if the name of the file in which each item in the inactive area or the EFS area of the internal memory and the address in the file are as shown in FIG. Refer to the chart to find out which file the ringtone setting is in and where it is located, that is, the file name is 'nvim_0001' and the address is '0'.

Then, after reading the file with the file name 'nvim_0001' found in the diagram as shown in FIG. (Step S13). At this time, the file having the file name 'nvim_0001' read in the twelfth step S12 has the configuration as shown in FIG.

Then, the information necessary for booting the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the file read in the twelfth step S12 using the address searched in the eleventh step S11 (step S14) to boot the mobile communication terminal. .

At this time, after confirming whether there are other items to be read (step S15), if there are other items, the operation of the eleventh step (S11) is repeated, whereas if there are no other items, The extracted information is used to boot the mobile communication terminal (step S16).

As such, when booting the mobile terminal, the same file must be repeatedly read out for each item. For example, when the mobile terminal is booted, the ring tone setting, lighting setting, and alarm 0 should be read. The same file with the filename 'should be read three times.

In other words, when booting a conventional mobile communication terminal, the above-described file is recorded and used in RAM. In this case, since various items are stored in one file, when the corresponding file is read every time according to the conventional technology, Repeated reading of unnecessary data is repeated, which increases the booting time of the mobile communication terminal.

In order to solve the above disadvantages, the present invention provides a booting method of a mobile communication terminal to shorten the booting time of the mobile communication terminal, an object thereof.

In addition, the present invention is to modify the manner of reading the setting value stored in the internal memory of the mobile communication terminal to shorten the boot time of the mobile communication terminal, an object thereof.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to reduce the booting time of a mobile communication terminal by immediately recording and using it in RAM when reading a setting value such as ringing sound, lighting, alarm, etc. at boot time.

A booting method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of reading all the files from the internal memory at the time of booting the mobile communication terminal in the RAM; Searching for a file name and address where an item necessary for booting the mobile communication terminal is stored by referring to the item information list of the files; And booting the mobile communication terminal by extracting booting information from the file recorded in the RAM using the file name and address.

Alternatively, the booting method of the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of checking whether there are more items required for booting the mobile communication terminal by referring to the item information list for the files; Searching for a file name and an address where the other item is stored when there are more other items; And booting the mobile communication terminal by extracting booting information from the file recorded in the RAM using the file name and address.

The present invention reads all setting values related to ring tone setting, lighting setting, alarm setting, etc. in the mobile communication terminal at boot time of the mobile communication terminal and immediately records them in the RAM. By performing the operation only once to reduce the boot time of the mobile communication terminal. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A booting method of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4.

When the mobile terminal is booted, settings for each item stored in the inactive area or the EFS area of the internal memory are performed. In this case, all files in which each item necessary for booting the mobile terminal is stored are stored in advance in the internal memory. After reading from the inactive area or the EFS area (step S21), all the read files are recorded in the RAM of the mobile communication terminal (step S22).

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, in a list containing information about various items for each file (hereinafter referred to as item information list), 'nvim_0001', 'nvim_0002', 'nvim_0003', and the like. All files having the same file name are read from the inactive area or the EFS area of the internal memory and written to the RAM of the mobile communication terminal.

Then, the item information list as shown in FIG. 2 is referred to to find out in which file and in which location the setting for each item is located, that is, the file name and address where each item is stored. Search is performed (step S23).

For example, as shown in Fig. 2, the file name is 'nvim_0001' and the address is '0' to read the ring tone setting, and the file name is 'nvim_0001' and the address to read the lighting setting. Finds '4', and the file name 'nvim_0001' and address '8' to read the alarm 0 setting.

Thus, information necessary for booting the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the file recorded in the RAM in step 22 (S22) by using each file name and address searched from the diagram as shown in FIG. 2 in step 23 (S23). Step S24).

In other words, after extracting item information corresponding to each file name and address searched from the diagram as shown in FIG. 2 from a file recorded in RAM in step 22, the mobile terminal is booted using the extracted boot information. Let's do it.

At this time, after checking whether there are other items to be read by referring to the item information list as shown in FIG. 2 (step S25), if there are other items, the operation of step 23 (S23) is repeatedly performed. On the other hand, if there is no other item, the mobile communication terminal is booted using the boot information extracted in the meantime (step S26).

As described above, when the mobile communication terminal is booted according to the present invention, a file related to setting of a ringing sound, a light, an alarm, etc. is immediately recorded in RAM and the booting of the mobile communication terminal is performed in such a state, thereby reading the file. By performing the operation of writing to the RAM only once, the booting time of the mobile communication terminal can be shortened.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a booting method of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 2 is a table showing an Item Information List in FIG. 1 as an example. FIG.

3 is a table showing an example of a file structure in FIG. 2;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a booting method of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (2)

Reading all files from an internal memory and writing them to a random access memory (RAM) when the mobile terminal is booted; Searching for a file name and address where an item necessary for booting the mobile communication terminal is stored by referring to the item information list of the files; And booting the mobile communication terminal by extracting booting information from the file recorded in the RAM by using the file name and the address. The method of claim 1, Checking whether there are other items necessary for booting the mobile communication terminal by referring to the item information list for the files; Searching for a file name and an address where the other item is stored when there are more other items; And booting the mobile communication terminal by extracting booting information from the file recorded in the RAM by using the file name and the address.