KR20060109580A - Method and device for changing secret number in mobile station of mobile communication - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for automatically converting a password in a mobile terminal are provided to allow a user to be easily connected with a desired site without having to change a password. A user of a mobile terminal attempts a connection to an Internet portal side and inputting of a password is requested(200-230). It is checked whether a password for the Internet portal site inputted by the user is an English password inputted in Hangul(240,250). When the inputted password is an English password inputted in Hangul, the inputted password is converted into a previously allocated English(260). When the conversion of the Hangul password is completed, the English password which has been converted into the previously allocated English is displayed(270). A user inputs a confirmation menu and is connected with the portal site(280,290).

Description

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING SECRET NUMBER IN MOBILE STATION OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION}

1A and 1B are block diagrams illustrating an example of a keyboard structure of a general personal computer (PC) keyboard and a keyboard structure of a keypad of a mobile communication terminal;

2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a mobile communication terminal for converting an English password inputted into Korean according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram showing English characters assigned to each Korean consonant / vowel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram illustrating a process of converting an English password inputted into Korean into a pre-assigned English according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a terminal for converting an English password inputted into Korean according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: keypad 120: control unit

130: display unit

The present invention relates to a method for receiving a wireless Internet service in a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for automatically converting a password input when accessing a portal site using a mobile communication terminal to provide a wireless internet service. .

Recently, due to the rapid development of communication technology, mobile communication technology also provides multimedia services in existing voice and data-oriented services. In addition, as the high-speed Internet service mainly used in the wired network has been rapidly developed, the Internet service is provided not only in the wired network but also in the wireless network. Such a wireless Internet service is also referred to as a portable Internet, which allows users to access the Internet in a mobile environment such as walking or driving a vehicle through a terminal to receive wireless Internet services such as mail, messenger, and electronic commerce.

In order to use the Internet service in a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as a terminal), a user accesses the wireless Internet provided by each operator by entering an Internet menu on a keyboard, and then moves to a desired portal site. Are provided. Most of these portal sites must be accessed by entering an ID and password through user registration to prevent personal and business information management and information leakage.

However, the general English and Korean characters themselves or passwords such as numbers can be entered through the keypad of the terminal, but portal sites can be accessed.

 Since the keyboard structure of PC and terminal keyboard is different, when English password is used for accessing portal site using wireless internet, the English alphabet assigned to the Korean keypad is different. The keyboard structures of the PC keyboard and the terminal keypad are shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B attached thereto. Here, the terminal keypad structure of FIG. 1B illustrates a keypad of a terminal released by LG, for example, and it should be noted that products of other companies may also be applied.

For example, if the generated password is 'anscksdud' in the PC English keyboard shown in FIG. Even if it is inputted in or converted into English, it is inputted in completely different English. As a result, when a user enters an English password as in Korean, an error occurs. Therefore, the user has to give up access to the site using the wireless Internet or inconveniently need to change the password such as a number. In addition, it is possible to access the site by inputting the corresponding English (anscksdud) as it is, but the user has to check the English compared to the Korean, and it is troublesome to enter after remembering English that is not easy to remember.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for automatically converting an input password into English as if inputting in Korean by assigning it to English in a personal computer keyboard corresponding to each consonant / vowel in Korean inputted by a mobile communication terminal.

The method of the present invention for achieving the above object is a method for automatically converting a password used when accessing an Internet portal site in a mobile communication terminal, the process of requesting the password input after attempting to access the Internet portal site, Checking whether the password for the Internet portal site input from the user is an English password input in Korean; and converting the input password into pre-assigned English if the input password is an English password input in Korean. It characterized in that it comprises a process.

In addition, the apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object is a device for automatically converting a password used when accessing the Internet portal site in a mobile communication terminal, receiving the Internet portal site access from the user, the password from the Internet portal site A keypad for receiving a password upon request, a controller for checking whether the password input through the keypad is an English password input in Korean, and converting the input Korean into pre-assigned English, and displaying the input Korean And a display unit for displaying the password converted into English.

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

It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation and operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a mobile communication terminal for converting an English password inputted into Korean according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as a terminal) includes a keypad 110 for inputting a password as if inputting a Korean character, and a controller 120 for automatically converting the password into English assigned to each Korean consonant / vowel. And a display unit 130 for displaying the converted password.

An example of the English assigned to each Korean consonant / vowel converted by the controller 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, a and r of consonants are R, r, b are S, s, c and e are E, e, d is F, f, and m are A according to the keyboard keyboard structure of the personal computer. , a, white, and large Q, q, white, and large T, t, small D, d, r and small W, w, thin C, c, small V, v, small X, x , ㅋ is assigned to Z, z, ㅎ to G, g.

Next, depending on the keyboard layout of the personal computer, vowels K, k, ㅏ I, i, J J, j, U U, u, H H, h, Y Y, y, ㅜ N, n, B is B, b, M is M, m, L is L, l, ㅐ and O is O, o, ㅔ and P is P, p, H is HK, hk, HO is HO, ho, Is HL, hl, N is NJ, nj, ㅞ is NP, np, ㅟ is NL, nl, and ML is ML, ml.

A process of automatically converting the Korean inputted from the terminal having such a structure into the assigned English will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a process of converting an English password inputted into Korean into an English word assigned in advance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user presses a menu for accessing the wireless internet on the keypad 110 of the terminal and accesses the wireless internet. Then, when the user enters the desired site to request a password from the site, using the keyboard of the keypad 110 enters his password in Korean. Accordingly, the display 130 of the terminal, for example, as shown in (a) of FIG. 4, the password is displayed as "Moon Chan-young".

Then, the user presses a preset menu (key assigned to an option menu or a conversion function) for automatic conversion to the assigned English. Then, as shown in (b) of FIG. 4, the control unit 120 of the terminal separates each input consonant / vowel and then converts it into the assigned English.

When the conversion of all Hangul input is completed, as shown in FIG. 4C, the display unit 130 displays the password "ANSCKSDUD" converted to English characters.

This conversion process will be described again with reference to the accompanying drawings as an operation of the terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile communication terminal for converting an English password inputted into Korean according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in step 200, the controller 120 of the terminal determines whether the user has attempted wireless Internet through the keypad 110. If there is a menu input for the wireless Internet, in step 210, the controller 120 displays an initial screen for accessing the wireless Internet on the display 130. The user then sees the initial screen and selects a menu to the desired site.

In step 220, the control unit 120 receives the input of the desired site menu and attempts to connect to the corresponding site. In step 230, the controller 120 checks whether there is a password input request from the corresponding site. do. On the other hand, if the control unit 120 is requested to input the password, the display unit 130 displays a window for requesting the password input in step 240. The user then enters a password through the keypad 110. In this case, if the English password is entered in Korean, the user presses a preset conversion menu for English conversion.

In step 250, the controller 120 checks whether the preset conversion menu is input. In this case, when the conversion menu is not input, the control unit 120 proceeds to step 290, and if not, in step 260, the control unit 120 separates the input Korean into consonant / vowel input order and converts it to the corresponding alphabet. .

In operation 270, the controller 120 displays the converted English on the display 130. Then, the user checks whether the alphabet displayed on the display unit 130 is correct, and if it is correct, presses the confirmation menu, and if wrong, presses the previous menu to restart password input.

In step 280, the control unit 120 checks the menu input and if the confirmation menu is input, the controller 120 connects to the corresponding site in step 290. Otherwise, if the previous menu is input, the control unit 120 proceeds to step 240.

According to the embodiment described above, the present invention allocates Korean consonants / vowels according to the English set on the keyboard of the PC in advance and stores them in the terminal. It can be automatically converted to English. As a result, the English password can be input in Korean as in the PC, so the user can easily access the desired site without changing the password.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of allowing the user to easily access a desired site without changing the password by automatically converting the English password inputted into Korean into a consonant / vowel input order and automatically converting the password into the corresponding English.

Claims (6)

In the method for automatically converting the password used when accessing the Internet portal site in the mobile communication terminal, Requesting the password input after attempting to access the Internet portal site; Checking whether the password for the Internet portal site input from the user is an English password input in Korean; And converting the input password into a pre-assigned alphabet when the input password is an English password input in Korean. The method of claim 1, Displaying the English password converted into the pre-allocated English when the conversion of the Korean password is completed; And automatically accessing the portal site by receiving a confirmation input from the user. The method of claim 1, The converting of the input password into pre-allocated English characters includes separating Korean consonants and vowels of the input password and converting the input passwords into the pre-allocated English characters according to the consonants and vowels in the input order. How to automatically convert your password on your device. The method of claim 3, And the pre-allocated English letter is assigned according to the keyboard structure of the personal computer. A device for automatically converting a password used to access an Internet portal site in a mobile communication terminal, A keypad for inputting access to the Internet portal site from a user, and receiving a password in response to a password request from the Internet portal site; A control unit which checks whether the password inputted through the keypad is an English password inputted in Korean and converts the inputted Korean input into pre-assigned English; And a display unit for displaying the input Hangul and displaying the password converted into English. The method of claim 5, And the pre-allocated English letter is assigned according to the keyboard structure of the personal computer.

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