KR20070054520A - Mobile communication terminal, server, mobile communication system, and method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a server, a mobile communication system using the same, a data providing method using a mobile communication terminal, a data providing method using a server, and a data providing method using a mobile communication system. Such a mobile communication terminal of the present invention, the memory unit for storing a plurality of data; An input unit for selecting any one or more of a plurality of data stored in the memory unit; And a compression management unit that compresses or decompresses the data selected from the input unit to a predetermined size. As such, by compressing the data in the mobile communication terminal and reducing its size, the data transmission time is shortened, thereby reducing the load on the network.

Mobile terminals, systems, servers, data, compression,

Description

Mobile communication terminal, server, mobile communication system using same, data providing method using mobile communication terminal, data providing method using server and data providing method using mobile communication system {Mobile Communication Terminal, Server, Mobile Communication System, and Method Using the Same}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a data providing method of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an example in which terminal information is included in a transmission request packet.

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210: calling mobile terminal 212: calling base station

220: MMS server 230: receiving base station

232: mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a server, a mobile communication system using the same, a data providing method using a mobile communication terminal, a data providing method using a server, and a data providing method using a mobile communication system.

As the demand for mobile communication terminals increases rapidly, mobile communication terminals providing various and convenient functions have been provided.

As such, one of various convenient functions provided by the mobile communication terminal is a multimedia messaging service (MMS).

Here, the multimedia messaging service is a more advanced form of the conventionally simple text-based service, and can transmit and receive data of all media types such as a large amount of text, music, graphics, and video among users using a mobile communication terminal. It is a service that makes it possible.

Accordingly, the users may transmit the above-described data generated or downloaded by themselves to a desired user or received from another user.

However, since such data are generally larger in size than conventional text messages (size of about 40 bytes), the transmission time is long, which causes a load on the network.

The purpose of the mobile communication system and data providing method using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention for solving the problems of the prior art is as follows.

First, the purpose is to reduce the size by compressing predetermined data in the mobile communication terminal.

Secondly, the object of the present invention is to convert compressed data received from a calling mobile terminal to a form executable by the receiving mobile terminal.

A mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object, the memory unit for storing a plurality of data; An input unit for selecting any one or more of a plurality of data stored in the memory unit; And a compression management unit that compresses or decompresses the data selected from the input unit to a predetermined size.

In this case, the compression management unit compresses the data selected from the input unit by any one or more compression methods of arj, rar, alz or zip.

In addition, it characterized in that it further comprises a wireless communication module for transmitting and receiving data compressed or decompressed from the compression management unit.

Therefore, the above-described compression management unit is characterized in that through the wireless communication module unit, the predetermined terminal information including whether or not decompression possible and the data format capable of decompression.

In this case, the data may be a document or a multimedia message.

In addition, the data providing method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, (a) storing a plurality of data; (b) selecting at least one of a plurality of stored data; And (c) compressing or decompressing the selected data to a predetermined size.

At this time, in step (c), when compressing the data selected in step (b), it is characterized in that it is compressed by any one or more compression methods of arj, rar, alz or zip.

In addition, the step (c) further comprises the step of transmitting and receiving data compressed or decompressed.

The method may further include transmitting predetermined terminal information including whether decompression is possible and the decompressible data format.

In this case, the data may be a document or a multimedia message.

Further, the server of the present invention receives the first data compressed from the calling mobile terminal, checks predetermined terminal information received from the receiving mobile terminal, and executes the first data at the receiving mobile terminal. And converting the data into the second data in a possible form.

The terminal information is characterized in that it includes whether or not decompression is possible in the receiving mobile communication terminal and the data format that can be decompressed.

The server may decompress the first data and transmit the decompressed first data to the receiving mobile communication terminal when the receiving mobile communication terminal does not provide the decompression function.

Here, the first data and the second data may be a document or a multimedia message.

Further, the data providing method of the server of the present invention receives the first data compressed from the calling mobile terminal, confirms predetermined terminal information received from the receiving mobile terminal, and moves the first data to the receiving side. And converting the second data into an executable form in the communication terminal.

In this case, the terminal information may include whether or not decompression is possible in the receiving-side mobile communication terminal and a data format that can be decompressed.

At this time, when the terminal information is confirmed, the server decompresses the first data and transmits the decompressed first data to the receiving side mobile communication terminal when the decompressing function does not provide the decompression function.

The first data and the second data may be a document or a multimedia message.

In addition, the mobile communication system of the present invention, the source mobile communication terminal for transmitting the compressed first data; A server for receiving and transmitting first data from the calling mobile terminal; And a receiving-side mobile communication terminal for receiving the first data from the server.

In addition, the data providing method of the mobile communication system of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving compressed first data from a calling mobile communication terminal; And transmitting the first data to the receiving side mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, a mobile communication system and a data providing method using the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory unit 110, an input unit 120, a display unit 130, a compression management unit 140, and a wireless communication module unit 150. It is made, including.

First, the memory unit 110 stores a plurality of data.

The input unit 120 selects any one or more of a plurality of data stored in the memory unit 110.

The display unit 130 displays the data selected from the input unit 120 on the screen.

The compression manager 140 compresses or decompresses the data selected from the input unit 120 to a predetermined size.

The wireless communication module unit 150 transmits the data compressed or decompressed by the compression manager 140 through the antenna ANT.

Looking at the operation of the mobile communication terminal configured as described above are as follows.

First, a plurality of multimedia data such as text, music, graphics, and video are stored in the memory unit 110 of the mobile communication terminal.

In this state, the user selects graphic data from among a plurality of data stored in the memory unit 110 using the input unit 120.

Thereafter, the user generates a multimedia message using the selected graphic data.

Thereafter, the compression management unit 140 compresses the multimedia message selected from the input unit 120. Here, compression generally refers to a function of reducing the size of a file such as text, music, graphics, and video, and grouping several files together as a single file.

At this time, the compression management unit 140 reduces the multimedia message to "152334" when there is a general compression method, for example, long numeric data of "111112223333". In other words, 1 is 5, so it becomes 15, and 2 is 3, so it becomes 23 and 3 is 4, so it is expressed as 34 to reduce the size by compressing the original data.

Accordingly, it can generally be compressed by a method such as arj, rar, alz, zip, or the like.

As such, since the compression management unit 140 may compress the multimedia message using all general compression methods, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As such, the first data compressed from the compression manager 140 is transmitted through the antenna ANT via the wireless communication module 150.

Looking at the mobile communication system using the mobile communication terminal described so far as follows.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 2, the mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the calling mobile terminal 210, the calling base station 212, the MMS server 220, the receiving base station 230, It comprises a receiving side mobile communication terminal 232.

First, the calling mobile terminal 210 transmits the compressed first data.

The calling base station 212 receives and transmits the compressed first data from the calling mobile terminal 210 existing in the corresponding area.

The MMS server 220 receives the compressed first data from the calling base station 212 and transmits a message indicating that there is data to be received to the receiving mobile communication terminal 210. At this time, the MMS server 220 communicates with the receiving mobile communication terminal 210 and converts the first data received from the calling base station 212 according to the decompression function provided by the receiving mobile communication terminal 210. To transmit.

The receiving base station 230 is located between the MMS server 220 and the receiving mobile communication terminal 210 to transfer data transmitted between the MMS server 220 and the receiving mobile communication terminal 210.

The receiving mobile terminal 232 receives various types of data from the MMS server 220 through the receiving base station 230, and transmits information including a compression function provided by the mobile communication terminal to the MMS server ( 220).

Looking at the data providing method of the mobile communication system of the present invention configured as described above with reference to FIG.

3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a data providing method of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram briefly illustrating an example in which terminal information is included in a transmission request packet.

As shown in FIG. 3, a data providing method of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving compressed first data from an originating mobile communication terminal 212 (S302 to S304); And transmitting the first data to the receiving mobile terminal 232 (S306 to S312).

First, the calling mobile terminal 212 generates the first data by compressing the data as described in FIG. 1 (S302).

Thereafter, the calling mobile terminal 212 transmits the compressed first data to the MMS server 220 through the calling base station 212 (S304).

Accordingly, the MMS server 220 stores the first data received from the calling mobile terminal 212 in the storage unit 222 and transmits the first data received from the calling mobile terminal 212 to the receiving mobile terminal 232 through the receiving base station 230. The notification message informing that there is the first data to be received is transmitted (S306).

Here, the notification message is, "Multimail has arrived." By sending a predetermined short message such as, so that the user of the receiving side mobile communication terminal 232 can confirm this.

Accordingly, in order to download the message from the MMS server 220, the receiving mobile terminal 232 transmits a transmission request packet to the MMS server 220 through the receiving base station 230 (S308).

In this case, the transmission request packet includes predetermined terminal information, which is illustrated in FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, the header of a transmission request packet transmitted by the receiving mobile terminal 232 includes terminal information called "UAprof (User Agent Profile, 400)".

In this case, the UAprof 400 indicating the terminal information functions to inform the MMS server 220 of the compression function supported by the receiving mobile terminal 232 and the option set by the user.

That is, the receiving side mobile communication terminal 232 provides terminal information on whether or not its mobile communication terminal provides a decompression function and what type of compressed data can be decompressed when the decompression function is provided. Transmission to the MMS server 220.

Upon receiving this, the MMS server 220 checks the terminal information in the header of the transmission request packet, and provides the format of the first data received from the calling mobile terminal 212 at the receiving mobile terminal 232. Make sure it is in compressed format.

Accordingly, the MMS server 220 converts the format of the first data received from the calling mobile terminal 212 into second data having a format provided by the receiving mobile terminal 232 (S310).

For example, the first data sent from the calling mobile terminal 212 is "data1.zip", but the "zip" format, the format provided by the receiving mobile terminal 232 is "arj" format.

Accordingly, the MMS server 220 transmits "data1.zip" which is the first data transmitted from the calling mobile terminal 212 to "data1.zip" which is the second data having a format provided by the receiving mobile terminal 232. arj "

In addition, the MMS server 220 adds information on whether the second data is compressed and a compression method to the header of the converted second data, and transmits it to the receiving side mobile communication terminal 232 (S312).

Therefore, the receiving side mobile terminal 232 receiving the information checks whether the compression is specified in the header and the compression method (in which form it is compressed, for example, arj, zip, etc.) and performs an operation corresponding thereto. do.

That is, when the receiving side mobile communication terminal 232 provides the decompression function, it checks whether the corresponding second data is compressed and releases it.

Here, when the receiving side mobile communication terminal 232 does not provide any compression format, the MMS server 220 sends the second data in the form of decompressing the first data to the receiving side mobile communication terminal 232. send.

Herein, only the case where the compression function is applied to a multimedia message such as text, music, graphics, and video is described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be applied to all documents.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art.

Accordingly, the present invention should not be limited by the foregoing embodiments and the accompanying drawings, but should be interpreted in support of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

First, by compressing data in a mobile communication terminal and reducing its size, the data transmission time is shortened, thereby reducing the load on the network.

Second, the server converts the compressed data received from the calling mobile communication terminal into a form executable in the receiving mobile communication terminal, so that it can be effectively used in the receiving mobile communication terminal which is not provided with the decompression function.

Claims (20)

A memory unit for storing a plurality of data; An input unit for selecting any one or more of a plurality of data stored in the memory unit; And A compression management unit configured to compress or decompress the data selected from the input unit to a predetermined size; Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, The compression management unit, And compressing the data selected from the input unit by any one or more compression methods of arj, rar, alz, or zip. The method of claim 1, Mobile communication terminal further comprises a wireless communication module for transmitting and receiving the compressed or decompressed data from the compression management unit. The method of claim 3, wherein The compression management unit, The mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for transmitting the predetermined terminal information including whether the decompression possible and the decompressible data format through the wireless communication module. The method of claim 1, The data is, Mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the document (Multimedia Message). (a) storing a plurality of data; (b) selecting one or more of the stored plurality of data; And (c) compressing or decompressing the selected data to a predetermined size; Data providing method of the mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 6, In the step (c), When compressing the data selected in the step (b), the data providing method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the compression by any one or more of the compression method of arj, rar, alz or zip. The method of claim 6, And transmitting / receiving the compressed or decompressed data in the step (c). The method of claim 8, And transmitting the predetermined terminal information including whether the data can be decompressed and the data format in which the data can be decompressed. The method of claim 6, The data is, Method of providing data of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the document or multimedia message (Multimedia Message). Receiving second compressed data from a calling mobile communication terminal, checking predetermined terminal information received from a receiving mobile communication terminal, and executing the first data in the receiving mobile communication terminal; The server characterized in that the transmission to convert. The method of claim 11, The terminal information, And whether or not the decompression is possible in the receiving mobile communication terminal and the decompressible data format. The method of claim 11, When the server checks the terminal information, And when the receiving mobile communication terminal does not provide a decompression function, decompressing the first data and transmitting the decompressed first data to the receiving mobile communication terminal. The method according to any one of claims 11 to 13, And the first data and the second data are documents or multimedia messages. Receiving second compressed data from a calling mobile communication terminal, checking predetermined terminal information received from a receiving mobile communication terminal, and executing the first data in the receiving mobile communication terminal; The data providing method of the server, characterized in that for transmitting to convert. The method of claim 15, The terminal information, And decompressing in the receiving mobile terminal and data format of the decompressing data. The method of claim 15, When the server checks the terminal information, And when the receiving mobile communication terminal does not provide a decompression function, decompressing the first data and transmitting the decompressed first data to the receiving mobile communication terminal. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 17, And the first data and the second data are a document or a multimedia message. A calling mobile terminal for transmitting the first compressed data; A server for receiving and transmitting the first data from the calling mobile terminal; And A receiving side mobile communication terminal receiving the first data from the server; Mobile communication system comprising a. Receiving compressed first data from a calling mobile terminal; And Transmitting the first data to a receiving mobile terminal; Data providing method of the mobile communication system comprising a.

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