KR20090034237A - Status display method of potable device and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A state display method of a terminal and a system thereof are provided to support a presence service in a CPM(Convergence IP Message) terminal in an existing communication network. One or more portable terminals(100) produces state information including information showing the state of the terminal. A mobile communication network(200) collects one or more state information. And the mobile communication network produces the integrated state information by integrating the state information. The mobile communication network and the portable terminal transceiver the integrated state information and the state information by using a device maintenance server which controls device management of the portable terminal.

Description

Status display method of potable device and system

The present invention relates to a terminal status display method and system, and more particularly, to a terminal status display method and system capable of displaying various terminal states using a mobile terminal and a mobile communication network.

Recently, with the development of communication technology, a communication system and a newly developed communication system coexist in one region or country. For example, in Europe, the Global System For Mobile Telecommunication (GSM), which is one of the second generation (2G) communication systems, and the Wide-Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), which is one of the third generation (3G) communication systems, are mixed. It is used. Accordingly, a portable terminal used in an area in which several communication systems are mixed includes components that can be used in at least one communication system.

In addition, the portable terminal is designed to use a variety of message services, for example, a short message service, a multimedia message service, an email service. In order to support various message services of the portable terminal, the conventional communication network system has separately provided a server corresponding to each message service of the portable terminal. In other words, the conventional communication network system provides a server corresponding to each message service in order to provide each message service.

In this situation, for more efficient server management, a communication network supporting a converged IP messaging (CPM) service incorporating the various message services has recently emerged. The CPM service is a service that integrates and provides the short message service, the multimedia message service, and the e-mail service. In order to provide a CPM service, a communication network for providing a CPM service must be newly configured, and a terminal for supporting the CPM service is developed and sold.

On the other hand, the communication network for providing the CPM service is a situation that can not replace the existing communication network at a time due to the limitation of cost and manpower. Accordingly, there is a need for a method of assisting and replacing various services of the CPM portable terminal capable of supporting various services in the CPM service communication network.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for displaying a status of a terminal capable of supporting a presence service of a CPM terminal on a communication network.

A terminal status display method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a process of activating a terminal status display service support mode of a portable terminal; Generating state information based on information including the state of the portable terminal; Transmitting the status information to a device management maintenance server included in a mobile communication network and controlling device management of the mobile terminal; Receiving, by the portable terminal, the aggregated state information generated by collecting at least one state information from the mobile communication network; And displaying the states of other portable terminals based on the integrated state information.

A system for displaying a terminal status according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, at least one portable terminal for generating status information including information indicating the state of the terminal; And a mobile communication network collecting the at least one state information, integrating the state information to generate integrated state information, and transmitting the integrated state information to the mobile terminals. And transmitting and receiving the status information and the integrated status information by using a device management maintenance server that controls device management of a terminal.

As described above, the method and system for displaying a terminal status according to an embodiment of the present invention proposed by the present invention may support a presence service to a CPM terminal in an existing communication network.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only the parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, it should be noted that the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to the ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate to the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only one of the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention. It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

For example, a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below using an example of a general communication network that does not support a CPM service, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, if the mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile communication network including a device management maintenance server capable of supporting a device management (DM) service regardless of CPM service support, any type of communication network may be applied to the present invention. You can do it. Accordingly, the mobile communication network of the present invention is a 2nd Generation (2G) Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) radio access networks, 2.5G GSM and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks, 3G UMTS (Universal) Mobile Telephone System) and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) networks, other communication networks, and combinations of such networks. Since such networks are generally known, further description will be omitted here.

The DM service provides update management and device management maintenance of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication network, and may be based on an OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) DM protocol. The mobile communication network may include a DM server, a DMA, etc. to provide the DM service, and a separate configuration for transmitting a bootstrap profile for booting the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, for example, a smart card and an OTA ( On The Air) may further include a provisioning server.

On the other hand, the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a terminal capable of communicating with the device management maintenance server of the above-described mobile communication network, IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000), TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), GSM ( All communication terminals operating in accordance with one or more applicable communication protocols corresponding to Global System for Mobile Communication (CDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service (UMTS), and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA); , All information communication devices and multimedia such as a portable multimedia player (PMP), an MP3 player, a digital broadcasting receiver, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a smart phone that can communicate with a base station capable of supporting the DM service. It will be apparent that the device and its application can be applied.

A presence service described below is a service capable of displaying a terminal state, and a terminal subscribed to the service may share its state with another portable terminal. That is, when a plurality of portable terminals provide their respective terminal states to the mobile communication network, the mobile communication network transmits the respective mobile terminal state information to each mobile terminal using a device management maintaining server. In this case, the portable terminal may extract information related to the state of the other portable terminal from the received information, update the previously set other portable terminal list based on the information, and output the corresponding list. Through this process, the portable terminal can use a presence service that can display status information of other portable terminals on a screen.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication network system for providing a presence service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication network system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one mobile terminal 100 and a mobile communication network 200 supporting a presence service of the mobile terminal 100. It is configured by.

In the mobile communication network system of the present invention, when at least one mobile terminal 100 transmits its status information st_info to the mobile communication network 200, the mobile communication network 200 transmits each of the mobile terminals 100. The aggregated state information (st_info) is collected and integrated to generate the unified state information (M_st_info). The mobile communication network 200 supports the presence service by transmitting the integrated state information M_st_info to each mobile terminal 100. In this case, the portable terminal 100 includes the terminal support type, that is, information corresponding to a convergence IP message (CPM) supporting terminal or a non-CPM terminal, in its state information st_info. The mobile communication network 200 generates integrated state information M_st_info based on the state information st_info including the above-described information, and transmits the generated integrated state information M_st_info to each mobile terminal 100. . Here, the mobile communication network 200 delivers the integrated state information (M_st_info) to the portable terminal using a device management maintenance server. The mobile communication network 200 may generate and transmit the integrated state information M_st_info excluding the state information st_info of the mobile terminal 100 to be transmitted when the integrated state information M_st_info is transmitted. As described above, the mobile communication network system according to an embodiment of the present invention collects status information (st_info) from the mobile terminal 100 by using a DM-based device management server, and the mobile terminal 100. By transmitting the integrated state information (M_st_info) to it, it is possible to support the presence service, which is a terminal display service, without constructing a separate presence server. Hereinafter, the configuration, function and operation of the portable terminal of the present invention, the configuration of the mobile communication network, the role of each component, and signal transmission and reception with the portable terminal will be described in detail.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a radio frequency unit 110, an input unit 120, an audio processor 130, a display unit 150, a controller 160, and a memory ( 170).

The radio frequency unit 110 performs a call call transmission and reception under the control of the controller 160. The radio frequency unit 110 may include a radio frequency transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and a radio frequency receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

In particular, the radio frequency unit 110 of the present invention transmits the state information st_info of the mobile terminal 100 to the mobile communication network 200 under the control of the controller 160 and integrates the mobile communication network 200 from the mobile communication network 200. The state information M_st_info is received and transmitted to the controller 160. To this end, the radio frequency unit 110 forms a communication channel under the control of the controller 160 based on a protocol capable of communicating with a device management maintenance server included in the mobile communication network 200. In addition, the radio frequency unit 110 may download a bootstrap profile from the mobile communication network 200 and transmit the bootstrap profile to the controller 160.

The input unit 120 includes a plurality of input keys and function keys for receiving numeric or character information and setting various functions. The function keys may include direction keys, side keys, shortcut keys, and the like, which are set to perform a specific function. In addition, the input unit 120 generates a key signal input in connection with user setting and function control of the mobile communication terminal 100, and transmits it to the control unit 160.

In particular, the input unit 120 of the present invention may generate a key signal for turning on and off the power of the portable terminal 100 and a mode selection signal for providing the presence service of the present invention. The presence service of the present invention includes a process of receiving integrated state information (M_st_info) and transmitting state information (st_info) from the mobile communication network 200 while the portable terminal 100 is turned on. It is preferable to carry out periodically. For this reason, the mobile terminal 100 of the present invention preferably sets the presence service mode as a user option so that the user can select the presence service function of the mobile terminal 100. The input unit 120 may generate a signal corresponding to a menu option key or a hot key for activating or deactivating a mode supporting the presence service and may transmit the generated signal to the control unit 160. When the presence service mode is set, the portable terminal 100 automatically controls to perform the presence service mode without inputting a separate key signal when the power turn-on state is performed from the power turn-off state. Can be.

The audio processor 130 reproduces audio data of the mobile terminal 100 using a speaker SPK or transmits an audio signal such as a voice input from a microphone MIC to the controller 160. Do this.

In particular, the audio processor 130 of the present invention may perform audio signal reproduction according to the presence service function. That is, when the mobile terminal 100 activates the presence service function, the audio processor 130 may output a corresponding audio signal for each event generated according to the presence service support under the control of the controller 160. have. For example, in the state where the presence service is activated, the portable terminal 100 includes integrated state information (M_st_info) including information on which the other mobile terminal whose power is turned off is changed to a power turn-on state. ) Can receive. In this case, the audio processor 130 may output an audio signal according to the change of the integrated state information M_st_info. In this case, the audio signal includes various audio files and pre-recorded voices, and can be set by a user. If there is no separate setting, the audio processor 130 may output the audio signal set as a default or may not output the audio signal.

The display unit 150 displays various screens according to the use of the mobile terminal 100. For example, the display unit 150 provides a screen interface related to a screen for creating a message, a standby screen, a message reception screen, a call screen, and the like. Herein, the liquid crystal display (LCD) may be applied to the display unit 150. In this case, the display unit 150 may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing data, and an LCD display device. When the LCD is implemented using a touch screen method, the screen of the display unit 150 may be operated as an input unit.

In particular, the display unit 150 of the present invention provides a screen according to the presence service mode. The display unit 150 updates various information displayed on the screen based on the integrated state information M_st_info received from the mobile communication network 200. The display unit 150 may display an icon indicating that the presence service mode is activated at a separate location. That is, when the portable terminal 100 outputs a screen according to another function, for example, an audio file playback function, the display unit 150 displays the presence on one side of the screen, for example, the upper or lower side of the display unit 150. An icon indicating that the service mode is running may be displayed. Through this display, the user of the portable terminal 100 can know that the presence service mode is included among the functions currently being executed. The screen interface of the display unit 150 will be described later in more detail with reference to the drawings.

The memory 170 includes an application program for operating a function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and includes an application program according to various functions provided by the portable terminal 100. In addition, the memory 170 may serve as a buffer for temporarily storing information according to the presence service displayed on the display unit 150. The memory 170 may largely include a program area and a data area.

The program area may include an operating system (OS) for booting the portable terminal 100, an application for supporting a presence service, other options of the portable terminal 100, for example, a sound reproduction function, an image, or Save application program to support video playback. The program area may store a CPM service support application program, for example, a CPM client, when the portable terminal 100 supports the CPM service. The CPM service support application includes a composition window for creating an integrated message, a function of generating a CPM message by formatting the message according to the CPM type, and a function of decrypting the received message according to the CPM type. In addition, the CPM service support application may convert the CPM message into an adaptive CPM message when the mobile communication network 200 does not support the CPM service. The adaptive CPM message is a function of converting a format form so that the CPM message is applicable to the mobile communication network 200. The CPM client is loaded under the control of the controller 160 to support the CPM service. On the other hand, the application for supporting the presence service is activated according to a user preset mode when the portable terminal 100 is turned on, and generates status information (st_info) of the portable terminal 100. . The state information st_info may include whether the portable terminal 100 is turned on, whether the portable terminal 100 is a CPM support terminal or a non-CPM terminal. The program area of the present invention may store a DM client for transmitting and receiving a signal with the mobile communication network 200. The stored DM client may be loaded into the controller 160 under the control of the controller 160 when the presence service is activated.

The data area is an area in which data generated according to the use of the mobile terminal 100 is stored. The data stored in this way stores the state information (st_info), the integrated state information (M_st_info), messages generated according to the use of the CPM client, messages received from the outside, and the like. The data area may store user data related to various optional functions provided by the portable terminal 100, for example, phone book data, audio data, and information corresponding to corresponding content or user data. The phone book data may include a contact list for supporting the presence service. The contact list is a list of portable terminals 100 for which the user of the portable terminal 100 wants to know a terminal state. This contact list is user editable. The contact list may be output to the display unit 150 in response to activation of the presence service support application when the mobile terminal 100 is in the presence service support mode. The data area includes various images, icons, and the like, which are required to display the contact list on the display unit 150. The various images and icons may be updated at predetermined time intervals or in real time based on the integrated state information M_st_info. Some of the data areas may be operated as a stack for storing the CPM message when the mobile terminal 100 supports the CPM service.

The controller 160 controls each component of the portable terminal 100 and controls a signal flow between the components. In addition, the controller 160 of the present invention loads the clients stored in the memory 170 according to the presence service setting mode and controls a signal flow for supporting the corresponding service. In more detail, when the power of the portable terminal 100 is turned on and the presence service mode is activated, the controller 160 loads the DM client 164 stored in the memory 170. . The controller 160 generates status information st_info to be transmitted to the mobile communication network 200 based on the DM client 164. When the portable terminal 100 is a CPM service supporting terminal, the CPM client 162 may be loaded by default. Accordingly, the state information st_info transmitted by the controller 160 to the mobile communication network 200 may be generated as a CPM type. In this case, the controller 160 converts the CPM type state information st_info generated by the CPM client 162 stored in the memory 170 into a message type supported by the mobile communication network 200 and outputs the converted message type. It is desirable to control. Meanwhile, since the state information st_info is collected and controlled by the device management maintaining server included in the mobile communication network 200, the controller 160 is configured to transmit the state information st_info by the device management maintaining server. A communication channel can be established according to the protocol supported. The mobile terminal 100 of the present invention receives the integrated state information M_st_info from the mobile communication network 200. To this end, the controller 160 may control the loaded DM client 164 to form a communication channel based on a client-server protocol and a device management maintenance server included in the mobile communication network 200. A method of operating the mobile terminal 100 and supporting a presence service under the control of the controller 160 will be described in more detail with reference to a flowchart and a signal flowchart.

3 is a view illustrating only a part of a device management maintaining server applied to an embodiment of the present invention among the elements of the mobile communication network 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the device management maintaining server will be described as a mobile communication network. That is, the mobile communication network 200 of the present invention is configured according to the mobile communication function of the mobile terminal 100, for example, a base station for signal transmission and reception, a base station controller for controlling the base station, the base station controller controls the signal The server may further include an exchange branching to the corresponding server, each server for supporting various mobile communication functions, and a charging server for charging.

Referring to FIG. 3, only the device management maintenance server of the mobile communication network 200 of the present invention is illustrated, which may include a DM activation unit 210, a DM authentication server 240, and a DM server 230. Can be.

In the mobile communication network 200 of the present invention having the configuration as described above, the DM activation unit 210 controls the state information st_info collected from the mobile terminal 100, and the DM activation unit 210 controls the state information st_info. When the included DMA (DiagMon Agent) 220 is delivered, the DMA 220 transmits the status information (st_info) to the DM server through a DM management server 240 of the mobile communication network 200. Forward to 230. In addition, the DM server 230 integrates the state information st_info received from the DM activator 210 to generate integrated state information M_st_info, and transmits the integrated state information M_st_info to the portable terminal 100. Through this process, the mobile communication network 200 supports the presence service of the mobile terminal 100. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in more detail.

The DM activator 210 receives status information st_info transmitted by the portable terminal 100. To this end, the DM activation unit 210 may form a communication channel based on a protocol capable of receiving the portable terminal 100 and the state information st_info. The DM activator 210 controls the received status information st_info and transfers the information to the DMA 220 that extracts the information. When the DM activator 210 receives the status information st_info from the mobile terminal 100, the DM activation unit 210 may generate a response signal and transmit the generated response signal to the mobile terminal 100. Meanwhile, the DMA 220 alarms the DM authentication server 240 that the state information st_info has been received from a specific portable terminal 100, and transmits the information included in the state information st_info to the DM authentication. Transfer to server 240. The status information st_info may include an identification number of the portable terminal 100, for example, a phone number, a status of the portable terminal 100, for example, a turn-on, and a support type of the portable terminal 100, for example, a CPM. It may include a support terminal, a non-CPM terminal, and a contact list of the portable terminal 100.

When the DM authentication server 240 receives the status information st_info from the DMA 220, the DM authentication server 240 checks the status of another mobile terminal that the mobile terminal 100 wants to know based on the contact list. To this end, the DM authentication server 240 transmits the status information st_info to the DM server 230 to integrate the status information of other mobile terminals previously stored. As a result, the state of the mobile terminal included in the contact list may be determined based on the state information registered in the DM server 230. At this time, the DM authentication server 240 is included in the contact list, but not listed in the DM authentication server 240, the mobile terminal 100 can recognize the turn-off state. Here, the DM authentication server 240 may check the actual turn-off state by transmitting a signal to the mobile terminal 100 which is expected to be in the turn-off state using the DM activator 210.

The DM server 230 subscribes to the presence service based on the state information st_info transmitted by the DM authentication server 240 and integrates the state information st_info of terminals bound by a contact list, M_st_info. ) Since the contact list may vary according to the mobile terminals 100, there may be a plurality of integrated state information M_st_info generated based on the contact list. That is, the integrated state information (M_st_info) is preferably information indicating the status of only the portable terminal list included in a specific contact list. The DM server 230 transmits the integrated state information M_st_info to the corresponding mobile terminal 100. To this end, the DM server 230 may establish a communication channel with the mobile terminal 100 based on a client-server protocol. The integrated state information M_st_info generated by the DM server 230 may be updated at predetermined time intervals, and when a state of a specific mobile terminal 100 is changed, for example, when an event is turned off. It may be updated.

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen that may be displayed on the display unit 150 of the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the presence service displayed on the display unit 150 of the present invention may be displayed on the entire screen. That is, the display unit 150 displays the mobile terminals included in the contact list on the screen in a predetermined size. When the number of mobile terminals included in the contact list exceeds the number that can be displayed on the screen at a predetermined size, the display unit 150 reduces the size to the predetermined size according to the control of the controller 160 to display the contact list on the screen. Status information of the included mobile terminals may be displayed. Here, the display unit 150 may display only a certain number of the mobile terminals while maintaining the predetermined size, and display the rest in a non-display form.

In addition, the display unit 150 may display a screen corresponding to the presence service as part of a screen according to a function supported by the portable terminal 100. For example, the display unit 150 may display a screen corresponding to the presence service in a predetermined size on one side of the standby screen while displaying an image corresponding to the standby screen. The presence service displayed at the predetermined size may be displayed using the above-described conversion and omission of the displayed text or image size.

The display unit 150 may use an icon to quickly recognize the states of the portable terminals 100 when displaying the presence service. As shown in 151, the icon may have an image indicating a state of being turned on while being a CPM supporting terminal. In addition, the icon may have an image indicating the current turned-on state while being a non-CPM support terminal as shown at 153. The icon may have an image indicating a turned off state as illustrated in 154. In the turn off state, the icon may not display information on CPM support or Non-CPM type. Here, the icons are described as the limited types of icons shown in 151, 153, and 154, but the number of the icons may increase or change according to a user setting or a designer's preference. The contact list displayed on the display unit 150 may be sorted according to a state. For example, the list having the turn-on state and the list having the turn-off state may be displayed by being divided into groups.

When the display unit 150 displays the mobile terminals 100 included in the contact list, the display unit 150 uses a phone number as shown in 151 or as shown in 153 and 154 as an indicator for identifying a user. You can use a specific nickname, name, or title. Such information may be displayed based on phone book data stored in the memory. Here, the user identification mark may be displayed based on the integrated state information M_st_info provided by the mobile communication network 200.

The status list screen according to the presence service displayed on the display unit 150 may be displayed at the time when the user requests, regardless of the use of various functions of the portable terminal 100. That is, the status list screen may be set to be activated and deactivated by a schedule menu key or a hot key. Accordingly, when the user of the portable terminal 100 activates the menu key or hot key while displaying a screen according to various functions, for example, an MP3 function, a broadcast viewing function, a file view function, a call function, and the like, The status list screen may be displayed on at least one side of the display unit 150.

In the above, the respective configurations and detailed configurations, functions, operations, and screen interfaces of the mobile communication network system according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described. Hereinafter, a method of displaying a terminal state of a mobile terminal and a signal flow for the terminal state displaying method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a terminal state of the mobile terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIG. 5, the terminal status display method of the present invention first, when the portable terminal 100 is turned on in step S101, state information st_info is obtained in step S103. Create and send. The state information st_info may include an identifier of the portable terminal, a support type of the portable terminal, a contact list of the portable terminal, and a turn-on state of the portable terminal. The status information (st_info) is transmitted by signal transmission and reception between the DM client 164 and the DM activator 210. To this end, the control unit 160 of the portable terminal 100 loads the DM client 164 stored in the memory 170 and moves the state information st_info using the radio frequency unit 110. Transmit to communication network 200. The mobile communication network 200 receives the status information st_info using the DM activator 210. The portable terminal 100 may receive a response signal according to whether the status information st_info is received from the mobile communication network 200 after transmitting the status information st_info.

Next, the portable terminal 100 receives the integrated state information (M_st_info) from the mobile communication network 200 in step S105. Here, before receiving the integrated state information M_st_info, the mobile terminal 100 may display the contact list stored in the phone book data on the display unit 150. The displayed contact list may not display the current state of the other terminal, so it is preferable to display only the list or display the turned-off state without a separate division display. The mobile terminal 100 and the mobile communication network 200 may establish a client-server protocol based communication channel between the DM server 230 and the DM client 164 for transmitting and receiving the integrated state information (M_st_info). . Meanwhile, the reception time of the integrated state information M_st_info of the portable terminal 100 may be performed at a predetermined period. In addition, the reception time of the integrated state information (M_st_info) may occur when the mobile communication network 200 designates, for example, when the state of the portable terminals included in the contact list is changed.

The mobile terminal 100 receiving the integrated state information M_st_info updates the contact list based on the integrated state information M_st_info received in step S107 and outputs the corresponding information to the display unit 150. do. In more detail, the mobile terminal 100 determines the state of the other portable terminal 100 included in the integrated state information M_st_info and updates the result of the contact list stored in the phone book data. For example, it is assumed that a power of a specific mobile terminal is stored in the contact list in a turned off state. When the power of the specific portable terminal included in the integrated state information M_st_info indicates a turn-on state, the portable terminal 100 changes the state of the specific portable terminal 100 to the turn-on state. In this case, the portable terminal 100 may change the state of the icon to display the specific portable terminal 100 on the display unit 150 to correspond to the integrated state information M_st_info. When the mobile terminal 100 displays the contact list on the display unit 150, as described above, the turn-on and turn-off states of the other mobile terminals 100, CPM or Non-CPM terminal type, other The identifier of the portable terminal can be displayed. The mobile terminal 100 may further display an icon, color, contrast, blur, etc. corresponding to a state in the display process. When picture information is stored in the phone book data among a list included in the contact list, the picture may be resized to a size corresponding to an icon size instead of the icon.

Next, the mobile terminal 100 checks whether or not the presence service ends in step S109, and when the service is maintained, branches to the step before step S103 to repeat the process. The mobile terminal 100 branched to step S103 may repeatedly transmit the status information (st_info) at a predetermined interval, but may be specified as in the case where the mobile terminal 100 is turned off to save battery. When the event occurs, the state information st_info may be transmitted.

Meanwhile, the portable terminal 100 may provide a function of modifying, deleting and editing the contact list. To this end, the portable terminal 100 preferably supports the contact list modification mode of the presence service mode in a menu option function. Accordingly, the portable terminal 100 may output an edit window for modifying the contact list. The user of the portable terminal 100 may register at least one of the various portable terminal lists stored in the phone book data in the contact list or delete the list registered in the contact list using the edit window. The edit window may list not only a list of portable terminals stored in the phone book data but also a list directly input by the user.

6 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a signal flow between mobile communication network systems for supporting the terminal status display method. Prior to the description, the first portable terminal 100 will be described as a terminal that supports the CPM service, and the second portable terminal 100 will be described as a non-CPM terminal that does not support the CPM service. In addition, the contact list of the first portable terminal 100 includes the second portable terminal 100, and the contact list of the second portable terminal 100 includes the first portable terminal 100. Assume

Referring to FIG. 6, the signal flow according to the embodiment of the present invention is first turned on in the first portable terminal 100 and the second portable terminal 100 in step S201. Here, although the power supply timing of the first portable terminal 100 and the second portable terminal 100 are described in the same step, the first portable terminal 100 and the second portable terminal 100 are different from each other. The power may be turned on at this point. When the power is turned on in step S201, the first portable terminal 100 checks CPM service support in step S203. Meanwhile, when the power is turned on in step S201, the second portable terminal 100 checks the non-CPM type in step S205. In operation S207, the first mobile terminal 100 generates first state information st_info1 including information on the CPM service support and transmits it to the mobile communication network 200. In operation S209, the second mobile terminal 100 generates second state information st_info2 including information on the non-CPM type and transmits it to the mobile communication network 200. In this case, the mobile communication network 200 may transmit a response to the reception of the first state information st_info1 and the second state information st_info2 to the first portable terminal 100 and the second portable terminal 100. have.

The mobile communication network 200 determines that the first mobile terminal 100 supports the CPM service based on the first state information st_info1 received in step S211. Similarly, the mobile communication network 200 determines that the second portable terminal 100 is a non-CPM service terminal based on the received second state information st_info2. Here, the first state information st_info1 and the second state information st_info2 are not only information on whether the first portable terminal 100 and the second portable terminal 100 support CPM, but also power on. Information about whether or not may also be included.

 Thereafter, the mobile communication network 200 based on the state of the first mobile terminal 100 and the state of the second mobile terminal 100 identified in step S213, the first integrated state information M_st_info1 and the second. The integrated state information (M_st_info2) is generated and a database of the device management (DM) server is generated using the integrated state information. The first integrated state information M_st_info1 is information including state information st_info of the second portable terminal 100, and the second integrated state information M_st_info2 is a state of the first portable terminal 100. Information including information st_info. When the number of portable terminals is larger, the integrated status information may be obtained by integrating the status information of other portable terminals except the status information of the terminal to be received.

The mobile communication network 200 transmits the first integrated state information M_st_info1 to the first mobile terminal 100 in step S215, and transmits the second integrated state information M_st_info2 in step S217. It can transmit to the mobile terminal 100.

As described above, the terminal status display method, an apparatus and a system therefor according to an embodiment of the present invention provide a presence service using a device management (DM) included in the mobile communication network 200 for device management of the mobile terminal. Can be provided. In addition, since the present invention shares state information based on DM, the portable terminal 100 can share state information with each other, regardless of the type of the CPM terminal and the non-CPM terminal.

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

3 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary screen illustrating an example of a screen interface of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a terminal status display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a signal flow between communication systems of the present invention.

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At least one portable terminal for generating status information including information indicating the status of the terminal; And And a mobile communication network for collecting the at least one state information, integrating the state information to generate integrated state information, and transmitting the integrated state information to the portable terminals. And a mobile communication network and the portable terminal transmit and receive the status information and the integrated status information by using a device management maintaining server that controls device management of the portable terminal. The method of claim 1, The state information is Information on whether the portable terminal supports integrated IP message service; And And a contact list of other portable terminals to be acquired by the portable terminal. The method of claim 1, The integrated state information is Information on turn-on and turn-off states of the portable terminals; Information on whether the portable terminals support an integrated IP message service; And And terminal identifier information of the portable terminals. The method of claim 1, The device management maintenance server A device activation unit for receiving the status information from the portable terminals; A device agent extracting information included in the status information; A device authentication server for receiving the extracted information from the device agent and confirming the extracted information; And a device management server configured to receive the extracted information from the device authentication server, generate a database, and generate integrated state information based on the database and transmit the integrated state information to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein The mobile terminal An input unit generating a power on-off signal of the portable terminal and generating a signal corresponding to a mode input for supporting the terminal status display service; A radio frequency unit for establishing a communication channel of the mobile communication network according to the turn-on state of the portable terminal and transmitting the state information or receiving the integrated state information; A memory for storing a list of other portable terminals for which status is desired and a device management client for communicating with the mobile communication network; A display unit which displays a list of the other portable terminals to which the integrated state information is applied; And And generating a state information and extracting other mobile terminal information from the received integrated state information, and applying the same to the list of the other mobile terminals to control the transfer to the display unit. Display system. The method of claim 5, wherein The memory is And the portable terminal supports an integrated IP message service, and stores an integrated IP message service client loaded in the controller when the integrated IP message service is activated. The method of claim 5, wherein The input unit And a hot key and a menu key for activating and deactivating the terminal status display. The method of claim 5, wherein The display unit And displaying icons corresponding to the states of the portable terminals and identifiers of the portable terminals. Activating a terminal status display service support mode of the mobile terminal; Generating state information based on information including the state of the portable terminal; Transmitting the status information to a device management maintenance server included in a mobile communication network and controlling device management of the mobile terminal; Receiving, by the portable terminal, the aggregated state information generated by collecting at least one state information from the mobile communication network; And And displaying the status of other portable terminals based on the integrated status information. The method of claim 9, The state information generation process And generating the status information based on information on whether the portable terminal supports integrated IP message service and contact lists of other portable terminals to be acquired by the portable terminal. The method of claim 9, The integrated state information generation process The integrated state information is generated based on information on the turn-on and turn-off states of the portable terminals, information on whether the portable terminals support the integrated IP message service, and identifier information of the portable terminals. How to display terminal status. The method of claim 9, The process of activating the status display service support mode is And the status display service is activated when the portable terminal is turned on in a turn-off state when the status display service support mode of the portable terminal is preset. The method of claim 9, The state information is Information on whether the portable terminal supports integrated IP message service; And And a contact list of other portable terminals to be acquired by the portable terminal. The method of claim 13, The integrated state information generation process Extracting information on whether the integrated IP message service is supported and the contact list from state information collected from at least one portable terminal; Confirming turn-on and turn-off of another portable terminal based on the contact list; Constructing a database including information on whether the mobile terminals support the service, the contact list information, the turn-on and turn-off information; And Generating the integrated state information based on the database. The method of claim 9, The integrated state information receiving process Establishing a communication channel based on a client-server protocol between the portable terminal and the mobile communication network; And transmitting the integrated status information, except for the status information of the portable terminal, to be transmitted by the mobile communication network to the portable terminal. The method of claim 9, The process of displaying the states of the portable terminals And displaying icons corresponding to the states of the portable terminals and identifiers of the portable terminals.

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