KR20080086757A - Method for driving application in mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for driving an application in a mobile terminal is provided to improve user convenience by driving and operating a particular application in an idle screen. An agent application is operated as a background when a mobile terminal enters an idle mode, and an OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer) application is driven(S210). It is checked whether or not a select input regarding the agent application to be added is received from a user(S220). It is checked whether or not an event signal regarding the agent application operating as the background is received(S280). When an agent application event signal is received, the agent application corresponding to the event signal is activated and driven on the idle screen(S290).

Description

Application driving method in mobile communication terminal {METHOD FOR DRIVING APPLICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

1 is a block diagram showing the components of a mobile communication terminal to which the application driving method of the present invention can be applied.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an application driving method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering an agent application through a predetermined registration menu according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates a method of driving a messenger program among agent applications implemented on a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 illustrates a method of driving a music content playing program among agent applications.

The present invention relates to a method of driving an application of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, is executed in the background when the mobile communication terminal enters an idle mode, and is activated on an idle screen when an event signal is received. The present invention relates to a method for driving an application of a mobile communication terminal.

With the development of mobile communication technology and wireless Internet technology, the number of Internet users using mobile communication terminals is increasing, and various wireless Internet services have been developed and provided in response to this. The mobile subscriber not only performs voice communication while carrying a mobile communication terminal, but also wirelessly accesses the Internet to a predetermined mobile communication system by using wireless internet technology, thereby enabling multimedia such as text, image, voice, or video. Data service is provided. The wireless Internet allows a mobile subscriber to search and download a variety of information by accessing the Internet using a mobile communication terminal without time or space constraints.

Recently, with the development of internet and multimedia data technology, a content provider (CP), which provides various contents such as multimedia communication, network game, and video game, has appeared, and various services provided by the content provider as a mobile communication terminal have been introduced. The number of mobile subscribers to use has increased.

Therefore, using a wireless machine based on a virtual machine as a wireless internet environment, a mobile device can run embedded applications that are embedded when a mobile terminal is released, or content provided by a content provider on an information server. A mobile communication terminal generated as an application running on a wireless internet platform, transmitted to a mobile communication terminal carried by a mobile subscriber through a mobile communication network, and downloaded content is executed as an application using the provided wireless internet platform.

Conventionally, in order to execute an application for the downloaded content, the application is searched for in the corresponding menu, a selection input is executed, or the application is executed by pressing a hot key assigned to the application to occupy a standby screen to occupy the content. In order to use the service corresponding to the application driving method, there was a problem in overlooking the convenience of the mobile terminal user.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, and after pressing a hot key to select a specific agent application to switch to the specific agent application mode to occupy a standby screen and to run the specific agent application. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for operating an application in a mobile communication terminal that can use the specific agent application by activating the specific agent application running in the background in the idle screen state.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for driving an application that provides convenience to a user by allowing a mobile communication terminal to operate by operating a specific application in a standby screen state.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a method for driving an application of a mobile communication terminal, the agent application (shell application) is operated in the background (background) when entering the idle mode (idle mode) An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) application being driven; Determining whether an agent application event signal is received; And when the event signal is received, activating and driving an agent application corresponding to the event signal.

The agent application is driven as a background task when entering the standby mode of the present invention, and the step of running the OEM application includes checking the mutual state with the OEM application by resident in the memory of the mobile communication terminal when entering the standby mode. It may be an application driving method characterized in that the step of operating in the background through.

The method may further include determining whether a selection input regarding an agent application to be added is received from the user of the present invention. Providing an agent application registration menu to the user; Receiving the selection input including the additional agent application information through the registration menu; And the additional agent application is operated in the background.

The receiving of the selection input including the additional agent application information through the registration menu of the present invention may include receiving the selection input including the additional agent application information from the user through the registration menu. Doing; Assigning a hotkey to the additional agent application corresponding to the additional agent application information; And including the hotkey in key mapping information.

In addition, when the event signal of the present invention is received, the step of activating and driving an agent application corresponding to the event signal may be a step of activating an agent application corresponding to hotkey information included in the event signal. .

In addition, the additional agent application information of the present invention may include registerable information about the agent application to be added, and the additional agent application identifier.

In addition, the agent application used in the present invention is defined as an application implemented in a platform, that is, a virtual machine, and the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) application used in the present invention is an application implemented by a manufacturer of a mobile communication terminal or a user modified. As an application, it is defined as an application that is automatically output on the standby screen when the mobile communication terminal enters the standby mode.

In addition, the "event signal" in the present invention includes hotkey information assigned to an agent application, and is defined as a control signal for activating the agent application corresponding to the hotkey information on a standby screen.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the components of a mobile communication terminal to which the application driving method of the present invention can be applied. Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention includes a key input unit 110 for receiving a key input signal through a predetermined button, a microphone 120 for receiving a voice signal, and a voice signal output. A speaker 130, an operating system, an OEM application (e.g., a message program, a phone number search program, etc.), an agent application, a memory 140 for storing contents, and the like, a display for displaying a predetermined processing result on a screen The controller 150 transmits a key input signal generated from the wireless transceiver 160 and the key input unit 110 to transmit and receive a signal wirelessly to an OEM application through an operating system or to an agent application through a platform. And 170.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an application driving method in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, an agent application is operated in the background when an idle mode is entered, and an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) application is driven (step 210). This is because, when a conventional mobile communication subscriber opens a flip, slide, or folder of a mobile communication terminal, an OEM application is automatically executed, and only the OEM application is output on a standby screen. In the standby mode, the agent application resides in the memory of the mobile communication terminal and operates in the background while performing an inter-state check with the OEM application.

The mobile communication terminal of the present invention is wirelessly connected to the mobile communication network and provides a voice call function for performing a normal voice call by wireless communication with another mobile communication terminal or a landline telephone, and can transmit and receive a short message. It is a terminal that can receive and play various contents such as applications using a wireless data service or a wireless Internet service provided by a communication network. In addition, the mobile communication terminal can download, install, and execute various applications using a wireless data service. To this end, the mobile communication terminal of the present invention includes a means for installing and executing an application by mounting a virtual machine (VM), that is, a platform. As such a platform, a wireless internet platform for a standardized mobile communication terminal called WIPI (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability) can be used. The Wi-Fi platform can wirelessly download various contents, control various peripheral devices, and can simultaneously execute multiple applications independently like a PC.

In addition, the agent application is an interactive application or the user that outputs differently displayed on the screen by changing the operation according to the key input signal of the user running on the wireless Internet platform (for example, Wi-Fi platform) May be a non-interactive application in which a key input signal is not allowed and is displayed on the screen. The OEM application is an application capable of a standby mode service in the standby mode.

Thereafter, it is determined whether a selection input regarding the agent application to be added is received from the user (step 220). This is to determine whether an agent application that can be executed in the background receives a selection input from the user. If the user determines that there is no agent application to add, the registered agent application continuously operates in the background. Thereafter, it is determined whether an event signal for the agent application running in the background is received (step 280), and if the agent application event signal is not received, the continuously registered agent application continuously operates in the background.

However, when the agent application event signal is received, the agent application corresponding to the event signal is activated and driven on the idle screen (step 290). The event signal includes hotkey information assigned to an agent application and is a control signal for activating the agent application corresponding to the hotkey information on a standby screen.

On the other hand, when a selection input regarding the agent application to be added is received from the user, it will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering an agent application through a predetermined registration menu according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 220 of FIG. 2, it is determined whether a selection input regarding an agent application to be added is received from the user, and when a selection input including additional agent application information is received, the process proceeds to A of FIG. 3. 3, the additional agent application registration process according to an embodiment of the present invention first provides an agent application registration menu to the user (step 230). The registration menu may provide a list of additional agent applications to be registered to the user, and provide the user in a predetermined menu form to select a specific agent application desired by the user from the list.

Thereafter, a selection input including additional agent application information is received through the registration menu (step 240). The additional agent application information includes registerable information about the agent application to be added, and the additional agent application identifier. The registerable information on the additional agent application is information on whether it can be executed or operated in the background when entering the standby mode, and the additional agent application identifier is information for identifying the agent application. In addition, the registration menu may be provided so that a plurality of agent applications may be registered and may be a user interface (UI) controlled by the OEM application.

Thereafter, the OEM application or the predetermined management application assigns a hotkey to the additional agent application corresponding to the additional agent application information (step 250). That is, the user presses the assigned hotkey so that the agent application corresponding to the assigned hotkey can be operated.

Thereafter, the allocated hotkey is included in key mapping information (step 260). The key mapping information is information consisting of an agent application and assigned hotkeys corresponding to the agent application, and the key mapping information may update the changed hotkey information when there is a change in the hotkey information assigned to the agent application. In addition, the key mapping information may be stored in a predetermined storage unit (memory) in the mobile communication terminal, and is updated and stored by the OEM application.

 Thereafter, the additional agent application corresponding to the additional agent application information is operated in the background (step 270) and proceeds to step 280 of FIG. That is, the additional agent application may be operated in the background like other registered agent applications, receive a hotkey from the user, and be activated on a standby screen when an event signal corresponding to the hotkey is generated. Specifically, referring back to FIG. 2, it is determined whether an event signal for an agent application running in the background is received (step 280), and if an agent application event signal is not received, the continuously registered agent application is continuously present. In the background.

However, when the agent application event signal is received, the agent application corresponding to the event signal is activated and driven on the idle screen (step 290). When the event signal is received, the agent application corresponding to the hotkey information included in the event signal is activated. The event signal includes hotkey information assigned to an agent application and is a control signal for activating the agent application corresponding to the hotkey information on a standby screen as described above. An example of a method of driving an agent application implemented in the aforementioned mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

4 illustrates a method of driving a messenger program among agent applications implemented on a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 illustrates a method of driving a music content playing program among agent applications.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a user turns on a mobile communication terminal or terminates a specific application, the mobile communication terminal enters a standby mode, an OEM application is driven, and a registered agent application is operated in the background. The OEM application can be changed and modified by the user. That is, when entering the standby mode, the mobile communication terminal is displayed with an area in which predetermined messaging contents that can display weather, stocks, and snippets of news are displayed at the bottom and middle of the initial screen, and a picture or a picture on the top of the initial screen of the mobile communication terminal. The OEM application consists of a customizable area. When entering the standby mode, the agent application resides in the memory of the mobile communication terminal and is operated in the background through a mutual state check with the OEM application.

Thereafter, when the user presses a hot key 410 capable of driving a specific agent application, an event signal for driving the specific agent application, that is, the messenger program 420 is generated and received in FIG. 4. The event signal includes hotkey information assigned to the messenger program 420 and is a control signal for activating the messenger program 420 on a standby screen in response to the hotkey information. By the event signal, the messenger program 420, which is an agent application running on the background, is not activated to occupy the idle screen by a conventional hotkey selection and to drive the application. Therefore, according to the present invention, after pressing the hot key 410 to select a specific agent application, after switching to the specific agent application mode, the idle screen state is occupied without the need to run the specific agent application. In this case, the specific agent application running in the background may be activated to use the specific agent application. That is, in the case of the mobile messaging service, the service is used in a state in which the assigned hotkey corresponding to the agent application in which the mobile messaging service can be provided is pressed and the agent application is driven and occupies the terminal screen. A buddy list of instant messages on an idle screen is displayed overlapped on the idle screen, and a message input or message dispatch for sending a message may be processed on the idle screen itself. Thereafter, when the service is terminated or when the service is terminated (in the case of a specific key input corresponding to service termination), the service returns to the standby mode and operates in the background.

FIG. 5 illustrates a method of driving a music content playing program among agent applications. When a user turns on a mobile communication terminal or terminates a specific application, the mobile communication terminal enters a standby mode, an OEM application is driven, and a registered agent. The application runs in the background. As described above, the OEM application may be changed and modified by the user. In addition, when entering the standby mode, the agent application resides in the memory of the mobile communication terminal and operates in the background through a mutual state check with the OEM application.

Thereafter, when the user presses a hot key 410 capable of driving a specific agent application, an event signal for driving the specific agent application, that is, the music content player 430 in FIG. 5 is generated and received. The event signal includes hotkey information assigned to the music content playback program 430, and is a control signal for activating the music content playback program 430 on the standby screen in response to the hotkey information. By the event signal, the music content playing program 430 running on the background is activated on the standby screen rather than occupying the idle screen by a conventional hotkey selection and not driving the application. Therefore, according to the present invention, after pressing a hot key to select a specific agent application, after switching to the specific agent application mode, it occupies a standby screen and does not need to run the specific agent application. The specific agent application may be used to activate the specific agent application in operation. That is, in the case of the music content providing service, the service is used while the assigned hotkey corresponding to the agent application for which the music content providing service is provided and the corresponding agent application is driven and occupies the terminal screen. In the example, the music content playback application (program) is displayed overlapping on the standby screen, and the input for music selection or the control for music reproduction can be processed on the standby screen itself, and again in the standby mode when the service is terminated. It returns to and runs in the background. According to the application driving method of the present invention, it is possible to provide convenience to the user by allowing the mobile communication terminal to operate by operating a specific application in the idle screen state.

The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a CDMA (code division multiplexing access) module, a Bluetooth module, an infrared communication module, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a handheld PC, a mobile phone, and an MP3 player. (IrDA), a predetermined communication module such as a wired / wireless LAN card can be provided, and a concept of collectively a terminal having a predetermined computing power by mounting a predetermined microprocessor.

The application driving method according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software layers to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In addition, the present invention in the above-described embodiment has been described in the Wi-Fi platform standardized in the domestic platform as a mobile terminal equipped with an example, but not limited to the above, even if using a variety of wireless Internet platform developed by individual mobile terminal manufacturers The same operation, object, and effect as in one embodiment can be obtained.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, after pressing a hot key to select a specific agent application, after switching to the specific agent application mode, occupying a standby screen and operating in the background in the idle screen state without having to run the specific agent application. Provided are a method of operating an application in a mobile communication terminal that can use a specific agent application by activating a specific agent application.

In addition, according to the present invention provides a convenience to the user by allowing the mobile communication terminal to operate by operating a specific application in the idle screen state.

Claims (12)

In the application driving method of the mobile communication terminal, When the agent mode enters the idle mode and operates in the background, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) application being driven; Determining whether an agent application event signal is received; And When the event signal is received, the agent application corresponding to the event signal is activated and driven Application driving method comprising a. The method of claim 1, When entering the standby mode, the agent application is driven as a background task, and the step in which the OEM application is run, When the agent application enters the standby mode, resides in the memory of the mobile communication terminal and operates in the background by checking the mutual status with the OEM application. The method of claim 1, The event signal is And a control signal for activating the agent application corresponding to the hot key information on a standby screen, including hot key information assigned to an agent application. The method of claim 1, And determining whether a selection input relating to an agent application to be added is received from the user. The method of claim 4, wherein When a selection input regarding an additional agent application is received from a user, providing an agent application registration menu to the user; Receiving the selection input including the additional agent application information through the registration menu; And The additional agent application running in the background Application driving method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, And the additional agent application information includes registerable information on the agent application to be added, and an additional agent application identifier. The method of claim 5, The step of receiving the selection input including the additional agent application information through the registration menu, Assigning a hotkey to the additional agent application corresponding to the additional agent application information; And Including the assigned hotkey in keymapping information Application driving method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 5, The registration menu is provided so that a plurality of agent applications can be registered, the application driving method characterized in that the user interface (UI, User Interface) controlled by the OEM application. The method of claim 7, wherein And the key mapping information is controlled by the OEM application. The method of claim 1, The agent application is an application driving method, characterized in that the interactive (interactive) application or non-interactive application running on the wireless Internet platform. The method of claim 1, When the event signal is received, the step in which the agent application corresponding to the event signal is activated and driven, And an agent application corresponding to the hotkey information included in the event signal is activated. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 11 is recorded.

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