KR20100006265U - Personal Digital Assistant Terminal applied for multi-operating system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of operating a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a smartphone device that supports multiple operating systems (OSs), and in particular, an open source software development kit (SDK) tool. The present invention relates to a method for developing a terminal to satisfy a user's desire to use various types of services of a communication network provider and a content provider by implementing application software produced using the terminal device.

To this end, receiving a plurality of operating systems of an open platform from a manufacturer or supplier of a terminal device, receiving a download tool and a device driver for installing an operating system, and using the provided download tool according to a user's needs. It is characterized by the step of installing one operating system, the step of installing the driver of the embedded device required for the selected operating system.

Open operating system, personal digital assistant, smartphone, open source

Description

Personal Digital Assistant Terminal applied for multi-operating system}

The present invention relates to a method of operating a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a smartphone device that supports multiple operating systems (OS), and in particular, a terminal capable of implementing an open platform type operating system. The present invention relates to a method for developing a terminal to satisfy a user's desire to use various types of services of a communication network provider and a content provider by implementing in a device.

In general, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a smartphone device has a structure in which only one operating system (OS) provided by a manufacturer can be mounted. For example, the terminal manufacturer selects one specific OS to apply to the device, licenses it from the OS manufacturer and the supplier, and applies it to the final developed device. In this case, the terminal manufacturer generally pays a license fee (Royalty) to the OS manufacturer according to the certification of the product and the licensing of the product, and reflects this on the price of the product being sold.

Existing closed OS application forces the end consumer to use only one operating system, and the consumer must use only application software that runs under the provided OS. Furthermore, the terminal manufacturer provides the user interface (UI) of the finished product terminal in an embedded form implemented by the manufacturer to block the possibility of various operations by the user.

For example, Microsoft's Windows Mobile (WM) or Nokia's Symbian are the general-purpose OSs of representative personal mobile communication terminals, which are licensed to companies that develop, manufacture, and sell their products. You must develop, manufacture, and sell products using only the licensed OS.

This embedded OS architecture is not only aligned with the direction of new technologies to avoid an open platform, but also undermines consumer choice and provides content and application software through a user-oriented software development kit (SDK) tool that is provided in open source form. It causes the expansion of the industry.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the prior art, a method that can be installed and operated in an open manner operating system (OS) of the open platform type that can be applied to personal mobile communication terminals and smartphone devices The purpose is to implement.

The present invention installs and operates an open platform operating system (OS) so that software developers or users can freely develop and use a variety of new application software or contents using a software development kit (SDK) tool for open source. Another purpose is to provide the background art.

The present invention provides a step for installing an operating system and a step in which a consumer or a user receives a plurality of operating systems of an open platform from a manufacturer or supplier of a terminal device to operate various open OS platforms and to develop and use application software or contents. Receiving the download tool and the device driver, installing one operating system according to the user's need using the provided download tool, and installing the driver for the embedded device required for the selected operating system. .

The present invention allows the application of multiple open operating systems (OSs) to personal digital assistants (PDAs) or smartphone devices designed as a single hardware platform, enabling consumers, users or software developers to develop various application software. It has the advantage of being able to operate.

The present invention provides an application to an operating system (OS) that provides an open source SDK (Software Development Kit) tool, thereby improving the portability of software algorithms between different operating systems (OS) and developing the developed content and applications. There is an effect that can contribute to activate the distribution base for commercial use of the software.

The device to which the present invention can be applied is a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smartphone, or a PMP that uses an open operating system (OS) and provides an open source SDK (Software Development Kit) tool. And a portable information terminal device such as a multimedia player) and a navigation device.

Operating systems (OS), which consist of open platforms such as Google Android and iPhone OS, are avoiding closed system structures such as Microsoft's Windows Mobile (WM) operating system. In addition to providing an open object-based solution in the form of Linux or Mac, anyone can use the SDK (Software Development Kit), a general-purpose software development tool, to create and use application software.

The present invention is intended to be applied to the hardware platform provided for the present invention as a way to enable the multi-operation of the open operating system (OS) to provide the development tools of the open source type, and the ease of software development in various information terminals The user's application scalability can be guaranteed.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the following examples are merely to illustrate the present invention is not limited to the contents of the present invention.

1 is a simplified logic block diagram showing a process in which the present invention is implemented, and multiple open operating systems 4 may be installed in a personal mobile communication terminal 6 such as a PDA or a smart phone, respectively, provided by an OS. A method of developing and operating the application software 7 through the SDKs 8, 9, and 10 for the source will be described in detail.

In order to implement the present invention, a personal mobile communication terminal 6 that can use an open operating system, a multiOS download tool 5 that can download a plurality of operating systems, and an open source form that can produce application software can be created. SDK (8,9,10) tools should be provided.

The personal mobile communication terminal 6 for implementing the present invention should be composed of a hardware system having a single platform, and includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a storage device (memory), a display device, an input device, a microphone and a receiver or a speaker. It should be equipped with a voice input and output device, an antenna, etc., and the completed terminal should operate smoothly regardless of a plurality of different open operating systems. To provide one hardware platform, the characteristics of the circuit devices from product design to manufacturing must be kept consistent.

By applying a multiple operating system (4) including an open operating system 1 (1), operating system (2), operating system (3), etc. to a hardware system consisting of one platform, Universal Serial Bus (USB) Alternatively, after activating a system device such as a PC that supports a serial communication protocol such as a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART), an open operating system supplied from a manufacturer, a supplier, or a free market is installed through the multiOS download tool (5). At this time, the download tool to be used must be configured to install a plurality of different open operating systems in one program. The multiOS download tool 5 should be manufactured and provided by a terminal manufacturer.

When the open OS installation procedure is completed, a separate driver device capable of operating circuit devices constituting the hardware system must be installed and a booting sequence must be performed. The individual driver device must be suitable for the open operating system provided and finally provided by the terminal manufacturer. However, in the case of an OS that is not supplied by the terminal manufacturer, for example, an open OS allowed to be freely used, there is no obligation of the terminal manufacturer to provide a driver. In this case, the developer and the user should make and install the driver of the device through the appropriate root.

When the installation procedure of the operating system and the driver is completed, the preparation for the development and operation of application software or content using open source, the second purpose of the present invention, is completed.

Developers or users of application software including contents can freely develop and process application software 7 for the operating system using the open source SDK (8, 9, 10) tools provided by the manufacturers of the respective open operating systems. It can be operated (11), can be installed in the terminal by using a PC synchronization program (PC Sync) provided by the operating system manufacturer or in the form of an installation file (.cab or .exe).

When the above processes are completed, users can freely use the functions provided under the selected open operating system. In addition, users can freely change, select, install, and operate the operating system at any time as long as the hardware platform supports them, and can freely port between application software or content produced through each open source SDK. Have The present invention is very useful in the open market market centered on application contents to be activated in the future, and can be an excellent solution in the participation, opening, and sharing areas of users based on Web2.0.

Although the present invention has been described as an example of a personal communication terminal and a smart phone device, the present invention is based on one hardware platform, and can operate all kinds of applications including multiple open operating systems and contents provided in an open source form. It should be noted that the present invention may be implemented in a portable information terminal device.

1 is a simplified logic block diagram illustrating a process in which the present invention is implemented.

Claims (1)

In a personal mobile communication terminal, a smart phone device or a portable information terminal device having one hardware platform and capable of installing and operating multiple open operating systems (OS), Downloading tool for installing an operating system, where a user or user is provided with a plurality of operating systems of an open platform from a manufacturer or supplier of a terminal device to operate various open OS platforms and to develop and use application software or contents. And providing a device driver, installing one operating system according to a user's need using the provided download tool, and installing a driver of an embedded device required for the selected operating system. How to develop a terminal to support the operating system.

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