KR20100013692A - Smart card and method for updating information in communication apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for updating information in a smart card and a communication terminal. The smart card includes a storage unit and a web server module including data in which a web server module path is set, and a management agent for controlling a connection between a remote server connected to a communication terminal. In addition, the management agent establishes a connection between the communication terminal and the remote server, receives the update information and the update request signal from the remote server, and the web server module updates the existing information stored in the storage unit by using the update information according to the update request signal. Characterized in that. According to the present invention, there is an advantage that information can be efficiently updated in a communication terminal using a smart card.

Description

Smart card and method for updating information in communication terminal {Smart card and method for updating information in communication apparatus}

The present invention relates to a smart card, and more particularly to a communication terminal equipped with a smart card.

Smart card is a card equipped with an IC, has been widely used in communication terminals in recent years due to its versatility.

The main function of the smart card is a memory function, which can store personal information, applications, contents, and the like of the communication terminal user. After authentication of the smart card user is performed, information required by the communication terminal may be read and used by the smart card.

Smart cards are aimed at open platforms. In other words, even after the smart card is issued, it is possible to install and delete data and applications.

However, according to the related art, when the existing information stored in the smart card is to be updated with the latest information, there is a problem that the user of the communication terminal needs to update the information through a separate procedure.

In addition, when updating information by using a predetermined service in a communication terminal equipped with a smart card, there is a problem that the result does not meet various latest information needs of the communication terminal user due to the limitation of the monotonous input unit of the communication terminal. .

An object of the present invention is to propose a terminal equipped with a smart card that provides the latest information corresponding to the various latest information needs of the user of the communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a terminal equipped with a smart card and a method for automatically providing up-to-date information on a field of interest without a user having a separate procedure.

According to an aspect of the invention, in the smart card (smart card) mounted on the communication terminal, the connection between the storage unit and the web server module and the remote server connected to the communication terminal and the web server module path data set; The management agent includes a control agent, wherein the web server module accesses the data using the path, and the smart card is connected to the communication terminal using a bearer independent protocol (BIP). Is provided.

According to another aspect of the invention, the smart card (smart card) mounted on the communication terminal, comprising a web server module and a storage including a data path is set, the web server module is BIP (Bearer Independent) with the terminal When a first request is received from an application included in the communication terminal, the web server module extracts first data according to the first request by using the path, and receives the first request. A smart card is provided which transmits data to the communication terminal using a BIP.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method in which a communication terminal equipped with a smart card updates information, establishing a connection between a web server module included in the smart card and a remote server connected to the communication terminal. Receiving update information from the remote server and updating existing information included in the smart card with the update information, wherein the smart card includes a storage space for storing data on which a path is set; The web server module accesses the data using the path, and provides an information updating method, wherein the web server module connects to the communication terminal using a bearer independent protocol (BIP).

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method for displaying information by a communication terminal equipped with a smart card, a web server module included in the smart card is selected from a first application included in the communication terminal. 1. Receiving a request, the web server module extracts first data according to the first request from the storage space of the smart card. The web server module sends the first data to the communication terminal. And transmitting the first application driving result referring to the first data, wherein the storage space of the smart card includes data having a path set therein, An information display method is provided, wherein the data is accessed using a path.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a remote server connected to a communication terminal equipped with a smart card (smart card), including a transmission unit for transmitting and receiving data between the communication terminal and the update unit for updating the first data for each specified period The smart card may include a storage unit including second data in which a web server module path is set, and a management agent for controlling a connection between the web server module and the remote server, wherein the web server module uses the path. A remote server is provided, which accesses the first data and is connected to the communication terminal using a bearer independent protocol (BIP).

The smart card-equipped terminal according to the present invention has an advantage of providing latest information corresponding to various latest information needs of a communication terminal user.

In addition, there is an advantage that the communication terminal user automatically provides the latest information on the field of interest even without a separate procedure.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, the same reference numerals will be used for the same means regardless of the reference numerals in order to facilitate the overall understanding.

1 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a smart card 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a smart card web server (Smart Card Web Server, hereinafter referred to as SCWS) 101, an administrative agent (102), TCP It may include one or more of the / IP stack 103 and the storage 104.

In order to facilitate the understanding and explanation of the present invention, the following description will be made mainly with respect to the SCWS.

The SCWS 101 is a web server module, and may be an HTTP server implemented in a smart card mounted on a mobile device, and may also support TCP / IP.

Here, the smart card may be an IC card, and may be a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, a Universal SIM (USIM) card, a Removable User Identification Module (R-UIM) card, a CSIM (CDMA SIM) card, or the like.

In addition, the mobile device may be a terminal on which a smart card is mounted. Hereinafter, a communication terminal will be described as a consistent example in order to facilitate understanding and explanation of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Do.

The URL of the SCWS can be displayed in the manner defined in HTTP.

For example, the URL of the SCWS may be displayed as follows. Here, the query and other expression methods are based on the well-known HTTP standard, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

http_URL = "http:" "//" host [":" port] [abs_path ["?" query]]

The storage unit 104 may include one or more of a path and a predetermined application. Here, the path may be specified using a URL.

SCWS 101 may be accessible to an application or data using a URL.

An application may be registered with SCWS 101 and run by SCWS 101 when identified by a URL. The driven application may perform a predetermined operation or operation, and output the corresponding result to the SCWS 101.

The SCWS 101 may transmit and receive data to and from the communication terminal on which the smart card 100 is mounted by using a bearer independent protocol (BIP). In addition, the SCWS 101 may transmit and receive data using a management protocol between the communication terminal and the remote server. It will be described in detail below.

2 is a view for explaining data transmission and reception between the SCWS 101 and the communication terminal using the BIP according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, for convenience of understanding and explanation of the present invention, the smart card 100 is illustrated separately from the communication terminal 200, but the smart card 100 is mounted on the communication terminal 200 or the communication terminal. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the device is mounted on a device connected to it.

2, a communication terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a BIP gateway, a socket application programming interface (API) 202, a TCP / IP protocol stack 203, and a web browser ( 204).

The web browser 204 illustrates one of the HTTP applications in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that it can be various HTTP applications according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, although an HTTP application is described as a consistent example in the present specification, it may be obvious to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that in some cases it may be an application supporting TCP / IP.

The BIP gateway 201 implements BIP in the communication terminal 200 and may serve as a protocol converter.

More specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the smart card 100 does not have a unique IP and does not support TCP / IP (for example, the smart card 100 is a TCP / IP stack (When the reference numeral 103 of FIG. 1 is not included), the SCWS 101 can transmit and receive data between the BIP gateway 201 using the BIP. In this case, the BIP gateway 201 converts the received data into data according to TCP / IP using the socket API 202 and the TCI / IP protocol stack 203, and transmits and receives data between the web browsers 204. can do.

For example, the web terminal 204 of the communication terminal 200 may be driven according to a user input, and the driven web browser 204 may request a web page from the SCWS 101. In the process of requesting a web page, the BIP gateway 201 converts a request based on TCP / IP into a request based on the BIP, and converts the request converted according to the BIP through an open port of the smart card 100. Transmit to SCWS 101.

If the smart card 100 has a unique IP and supports TCP / IP (for example, if the smart card 100 includes a TCP / IP stack (reference numeral 103 in Fig. 1)) Instead of using the BIP gateway 201, the socket API 202, and the TCP / IP protocol stack 203 of the communication terminal 200 shown in FIG. 2, the SCWS 101 directly communicates with the web browser 204. Can transmit and receive. In this case, the SCWS 101 may be an HTTP web server implemented in the smart card 100, and in this case, data may be directly transmitted and received between the web browsers 204, which are HTTP applications of the communication terminal 200. Self-explanatory

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there may be two BIP channels generated between the SCWS 101 and the BIP gateway 201. The first is server mode and the second is client mode. It will be described in detail below.

The server mode is a mode in which the SCWS 101 can act as a server. In more detail, the SCWS 101 may allow an HTTP application included in the communication terminal 200 to connect to a port of the smart card 200 corresponding to a predetermined TCP port number.

For example, in the server mode, when a user of the communication terminal 200 inputs a predetermined command to the communication terminal and performs a predetermined operation or operation on the HTTP application included in the communication terminal 200, The SCWS 101 may be in a mode serving as a server.

2, the BIP channel generated between the SCWS 101 and the BIP gateway 201 is a server mode.

So far, server mode has been described. Hereinafter, the client mode will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a view for explaining a client mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The client mode may be generated when the SCWS 101 wants to transmit / receive data with the remote server 300 through the communication terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the client mode, a BIP channel of the client mode is generated between the BIP gateway 201 and the SCWS 100, and a TCP / IP channel is generated between the TCP / IP protocol stack 203 and the remote server 300. Can be.

Here, the management agent 102 shown in the smart card 100 of FIGS. 1 and 3 will be described.

The management agent 102 may control the connection between the SCWS 101 and the remote server 300 and may be, for example, an HTTP client module. The management agent 102 may be driven according to an external event (eg, when an SMS message is received) or a direct input to the communication terminal 200, and initiate a connection to the remote server 300. can do.

Hereinafter, the client mode connection setting according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a connection configuration between the SCWS 101 and the remote server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step S401, the management agent 102 may establish a connection based on TCP / IP according to a client mode between the remote servers 300. Here, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the connection between the remote server 300 and the management agent 102 may further support HTTP.

Subsequently, in step S402, the management agent 102 may perform mutual authentication using PSK-TLS (Pre-Shared Key Transport Layer Security) for the connection according to TCP / IP. The PSK-TLS is a method of sharing a symmetric key between the SCWS 101 and the remote server 300 and performing mutual authentication using the same.

Subsequently, in step S403, the management agent 102 may transmit an HTTP post command to the remote server 300 to obtain a management command. Here, the HTTP post command may include a type, a length, etc. in the header, and the body may include a predetermined command, request, or response.

Subsequently, in step S404, the remote server 300 may transmit a response according to the HTTP post command transmitted by the management agent 102.

Subsequently, the management agent 102 may convert the response received as the protocol conversion unit according to the BIP, and transmit the converted response to the SCWS 101 in step S405.

Subsequently, in step S406, the SCWS 101 performs an operation according to the received response, and the result of the execution may be transmitted to the remote server 300 in steps S407 to S408.

Through the above-described process, a predetermined command, request, or the like is transmitted from the remote server 300 to the SCWS 101, and the SCWS 101 may perform an operation according to the received command or request.

Subsequently, when the remote server 300 transmits an HTTP post command including a disconnect request to the management agent 102 in step S409, the management agent 102 may release TLS and connection / session in step S410. .

So far, the process of establishing and releasing a connection in the client mode between the management agent 102 and the remote server 300 has been described with reference to FIG. 4.

1 to 4, the components of the smart card 100, the communication terminal 200, and the remote server 300 have been described with reference to the SCWS 101 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the SCWS 101 updates existing information previously stored in the remote server 300 by using update data updated at predetermined intervals with respect to predetermined data, and the communication terminal 200 updates the existing information. Can be displayed through the application.

Hereinafter, in the present specification, the embodiment will be described based on information on the securities price.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the remote server 300 provides update information, and the SCWS 101 uses the same to process and refer to the update information in the application of the communication terminal 200, and calculates the result of the communication. 200) It can be various information that can be displayed to the user is apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of updating by the SCWS 101 using update information provided from a remote server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in operation S501, the remote server 300 may register a security price providing service application according to a signal input from a user of the communication terminal 200 and register information on a corresponding item of interest. Here, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the remote server 300 may perform authentication for the user of the communication terminal 200 first.

Subsequently, in step S502, the remote server 300 may request price information on the item of interest from the connected security server 200, and receive update information in response.

Here, the security server 200 is only one example of a database that can obtain the update information, it is apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention can be a variety of devices that can obtain the latest information.

Here, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that step S502 may be performed at predetermined time periods additionally designated by the user in step S501 or at a time point at which an additionally assignable event occurs.

Here, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the remote server 300 may store information received from the security server 200 and transmit the stored information when the corresponding period occurs for each communication terminal 200 or when the corresponding event occurs. . In addition, the remote server 300 transmits the previously stored information to the securities server 200, and compares the existing information received from the securities server 200 to the latest information to determine the different information to the remote server 200. It is apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that the comparison process may be performed in the remote server 300.

In addition, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the remote server 300 may include a transmission unit (not shown) capable of transmitting and receiving data with the connected external device.

Subsequently, in step S503, the remote server 300 may transmit a management agent driving request signal to the communication terminal 200 by using an SMS through an over the air (OTA) server (not shown).

Subsequently, in step S504, the management agent 102 may be driven according to the management agent driving request signal, thereby establishing a connection between the management agent 102 and the remote server 300 in step S505. Since this point has been described with reference to FIG. 4, duplicate description thereof will be omitted.

Subsequently, the SCWS 101 may receive the update information and the update request signal through the connection established between the management agent 102 and the remote server 300 in step S506.

For example, a TCP / IP connection can be established between the management agent 102 and the remote server 300. The BIP gate 201 may receive the update information and the update request signal, and convert the update information and the update request signal according to the BIP. In addition, the converted update information and the update request signal may be received by the SCWS 101. Here, the update request signal may be, for example, an HTTP post command.

Subsequently, in step S507, the SCWS 101 may update the existing information previously stored in the storage unit 104 using the update information according to the received update request signal.

Subsequently, the SCWS 101 may transmit a response according to the update in step S508 to the remote server 300, and then the management agent 102 may release the connection as described in step S410 of FIG. 4.

The embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5 is only one embodiment of the present invention, and the order of each step described with reference to FIG. 5 may be variously changed.

For example, when the user corresponds to a cycle designated by the user of the communication terminal 200 in step S501 or when an event occurs, step S502 may be performed after steps S503 to S505 are set first, or in parallel with the set process. It is apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical idea of the present invention.

In addition, FIG. 5 illustrates that the update request signal and the update signal are received by the management agent on the connection established by the management agent 102 in the client mode. However, when the update request signal and the update signal are small in capacity, they may be received by the communication terminal 200 using SMS. This point will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a case where update information is received by a communication terminal via SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the description with reference to FIG. 6, the description overlapping with the above-described parts with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 will be omitted to clarify the gist of the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6.

Step S601 and step S602 have been described above in step S501 and step S502 of FIG. 5.

In operation S603, the remote server 300 may transmit an update request signal and update information through an over-the-air (OTA) server (not shown) using SMS. That is, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the amount of data of the update information is small, it is possible to maximize the efficiency of resources by using the existing wireless communication network using SMS without establishing a connection for a separate data transmission.

Subsequently, the BIP gateway 201 may generate data of the protocol change of the update request signal and the update information according to the BIP in the received SMS.

Subsequently, steps S605 to S607 have been described in steps S506 to S508 of FIG. 5.

Up to now, the case where the update information is received using the SMS has been described with reference to FIG.

Hereinafter, a process in which an application of the communication terminal 200 uses update information will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

7 is a view for explaining a process of the application of the communication terminal 200 using the update information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, it is intended to facilitate the understanding and explanation of the present invention by maintaining the environment assumed in FIGS. 5 and 6 consistently. That is, it is assumed that the SCWS 101 assumes the storage unit 104 as the renewal information on the stock price of the item of interest specified by the user of the communication terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 7, the web browser may be driven in step S701. Here, the web browser is an example of an HTTP application, and various applications may be described above.

Here, the driving of the browser may be performed by various methods.

For example, the browser may be driven when the user of the communication terminal 200 inputs a predetermined command.

For example, the driving of the browser may be set by the user of the communication terminal 200 at various times, periods, or events in the remote server 300 in step S501 of FIG. 5. In this case, the SCWS 101 may transmit a browser driving request signal to the communication terminal 200 when the corresponding time is reached using the existing information stored immediately before.

Here, the event may be, for example, an event in which the stock price is updated as in the case of updating the stock information in step S507 of FIG. 5.

Subsequently, in step S702, the browser may request the main page to the SCWS 101 in the server mode, receive a response thereto, and display the received data.

Here, it is apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that the main page may be set in advance according to the user of the communication terminal 200.

Subsequently, in step S704, in response to the signal input in step S703, the browser may request a selection page (for example, a price information page for a specific stock among items of interest) from the SCWS 101 and display the received information. .

It is apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the technical spirit of the present invention that the main page and the selection page illustrated in steps S702 and S704 of FIG. 7 are displayed as only one page when the number of interested items is small.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

1 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a smart card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining data transmission and reception between the SCWS 101 and the communication terminal using the BIP according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view for explaining a client mode according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a connection setup between the SCWS 101 and the remote server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of updating by the SCWS 101 using the update information provided by the remote server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a case where update information is received by a communication terminal via SMS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view for explaining a process that the application of the communication terminal 200 using the update information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: smart card 101: smart card web server (SCWS)

102: management agent 103: TCI / IP stack

104: storage unit 200: communication terminal

300: remote server

Claims (10)

In the smart card (smart card) mounted on the communication terminal, Web server module A storage unit including routed data; and A management agent for controlling the connection between the web server module and a remote server connected to the communication terminal includes, When receiving the management agent drive request signal from the remote server, the management agent establishes a connection between the communication terminal and the remote server, receives the update information and the update request signal from the remote server, The web server module updates the existing information stored in the storage unit by using the update information according to the update request signal. The method of claim 1, The web server module transmits an application driving request signal according to the update information to the communication terminal, The communication terminal is a smart card, characterized in that for driving the application according to the application drive request signal with reference to the update information. The method of claim 1, The management agent driving request signal is a smart card, characterized in that received by the communication terminal using a short message service (SM). The method of claim 1, When receiving a request from an application included in the communication terminal, the web server module extracts the data according to the request using the path, and transmits the data to the communication terminal using the BIP Smart card. The method of claim 4, wherein The communication terminal Smart card, characterized in that for displaying the result of performing the application according to the data. The method of claim 1, The web server module accesses the data using the path, and the smart card is connected to the communication terminal using a bearer independent protocol (BIP). In a method of updating information by a communication terminal equipped with a smart card, Establishing a connection between a web server module included in the smart card and a remote server connected to the communication terminal; Receiving update information from the remote server; and And updating the existing information included in the smart card with the update information. The method of claim 7, wherein And prior to the establishing of the connection, receiving the connection establishment request signal by using a short message service. The method of claim 7, wherein Receiving a request from an application included in the communication terminal by a web server module included in the smart card; The web server module extracting data according to the request from a storage space of the smart card Transmitting, by the web server module, the data to the communication terminal using a bearer independent protocol (BIP); and And displaying, by the communication terminal, the result of driving the application referring to the data. The method of claim 7, wherein The smart card includes a storage space for storing the routed data, And the web server module accesses the data using the path and connects the communication terminal with a bearer independent protocol (BIP).

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