KR20100051406A - Method and apparatus for operating menu in internet browser of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for operating a menu in an internet browser of a mobile communication terminal are provided to activate a display state of an option menu based on needs, thereby improving convenience in use. CONSTITUTION: If a menu information display key is inputted, a controller displays an option menu screen on an internet browser screen(S12). If a touch key is inputted, the controller performs a corresponding operation(S13,S14). If key input about the menu information display key is released, the controller releases option menu information display(S15,S16). If key input for browser mode release is performed, the controller ends a browser mode(S17,S18).

Description

Method of operating a menu in an internet browser of a mobile communication terminal and a device therefor {Method and Apparatus for Operating Menu in Internet Browser of Mobile Communication Terminal}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for operating a menu in an internet browser of a mobile communication terminal, which allows a user to arbitrarily display / undisplay an Internet option menu displayed on a mobile internet browser screen of a mobile communication terminal.

In general, the mobile communication system is developed from the basic functions for performing voice calls and text data communication by applying a mobile communication terminal, which is easy to carry and move, so that a web page of a desired website can be viewed by wirelessly connecting to the Internet network. Web browsing service has been developed and commercialized.

Conventionally, the web browsing service of such a mobile communication system has been designed to provide a separate mobile web page for which a web page provided from the wired Internet is abbreviated due to the storage limit of the mobile communication terminal memory and the performance limitation of the processor. In order to alleviate the inconvenience of having to look up a web page, a full browsing service has been developed and commercialized that sends a web page document in the same form as a web page lookup through a personal computer's Internet browser. It is becoming.

The full browsing service is equipped with a browser module for full browsing in a mobile communication terminal, and receives web document data of a specific URL from a web server on the Internet network and renders a document of a web page through data rendering and parsing. The content is analyzed and displayed on the screen in the corresponding web document format.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal fixedly displays an option menu having a plurality of option items, that is, a previous screen moving item, a subsequent screen moving item, a refresh item, a zoom operation item, and the like each time the Internet browsing screen is formed. In addition, an operation such as screen movement and navigation corresponding to an optional option item may be performed by touching an option menu using a touch screen.

However, in the case of fixedly displaying the option menu on the Internet browsing screen, since the option menu overlaps the webpage display screen area of the Internet browsing screen, the fixed menu is displayed. The display area of the web page is not shown due to the screen area, which causes inconvenience to the user at all times, and the efficiency of screen use is inevitably deteriorated in the aspect of a mobile communication terminal that needs to consider a small screen size. have.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of manipulating display and release of an option menu of an Internet browser by a specific key input of a mobile communication terminal. It is to provide a menu operation method and an apparatus in an internet browser.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for operating a menu in an internet browser of a mobile communication terminal, which enables the display of an option menu of an internet browser only for a period during which a specific key input of the mobile communication terminal is maintained.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the method of the present invention, in the browser mode, displaying only the Internet browser screen on the display unit, and if the specific hardware key is keyed in the control unit, Displaying an option menu including an operation option item of the corresponding internet browser screen on the internet browser screen; when an option item included in the option menu is selected by a user, the control unit performs an operation corresponding to the corresponding option item Executing, and releasing, by the controller, the screen display state of the option menu when the release key input is made through the specific hardware key. Provide a method.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the system of the present invention, the browser unit for performing a browsing process for forming the Internet browser screen in the browser mode, and for activating the display of the option menu with the operation option items of the Internet browser screen A key input unit having a specific hardware key to be keyed in, in a state in which an internet browser screen is displayed by the browser unit in a browser mode, the option menu is controlled to be displayed as a specific hardware key of the key input unit is keyed in; A control unit which controls the screen display state of the option menu to be released when a specific hardware key is released, a menu display processing unit which generates an option menu having operation option items of the Internet browser screen under control of the control unit; From the browser Displaying the Internet browser screen, and provides the menu control apparatus for the Internet browser of the option menu generated by the menu display processing mobile communication terminal, characterized in that configured to include a display unit for displaying on the Internet browser screen.

As described above, according to the present invention, the option menu consisting of option items related to the Internet browser screen in the mobile communication terminal can be displayed on the screen only during the period in which the operation of the user's specific hardware key is maintained, and the screen display of the option menu is performed. By enabling the operation of the selected option item by touch screen keystroke for each option item in the option menu in the state, the user can activate the display state arbitrarily whenever the user needs the option menu, thereby making the entire Internet browser screen as a whole. It can be used to improve the convenience of use, and thereby has the effect that the screen use efficiency of the mobile communication terminal can be improved.

Hereinafter, the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

That is, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which a menu manipulation device is applied in an Internet browser according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal to which a menu manipulation device is applied in an internet browser according to the present invention includes a key input unit 10, a touch screen key input unit 14, a memory 16, and a controller 18. And a wireless signal transceiver 20, a wireless data processor 22, a browser 24, a menu display processor 26, a display driver 28, and a display 30.

The key input unit 10 includes a hardware function key for performing a key input for voice call, text data communication, and wireless internet, and performs key input for displaying or releasing an option menu to be displayed on an Internet browser screen. And a menu information display key 12 in the form of a hardware key to be performed.

Here, the menu information display key 12 may be used in combination so that the other function key for key input of a function assigned to the mobile communication terminal is applied as a key for menu information display only in the browser mode, and other functions. A key dedicated to display of menu information separate from the key may be additionally provided.

The touch screen key input unit 14 is installed in the display screen area of the display unit 30, detects a touch key input position according to a user's touch operation, and generates a touch key input signal accordingly.

The memory 16 stores data generated during a process of parsing and rendering internet web page data and data displayed on web browsing.

The controller 18 controls the menu display processor 26 when the menu information display key 12 is keyed under a browser mode that forms an internet browser screen through the web browsing process of the browser unit 24. The option menu is displayed on the Internet browser screen of the display unit 30, and as the menu information display key 12 maintains a key input, the option menu corresponds to a period in which the input of the key input signal is valid. Control the display state to be active.

Meanwhile, as another example of the present invention, when the key input signal corresponding to the key input of the menu information display key 12 is input, the control unit 18 inputs the corresponding menu information display key 12 after the key is input. Even if the state is not maintained, the screen display of the option menu is controlled to be activated. Then, when the key input signal is inputted as the menu information display key 12 is input again, the screen display state of the option menu may be released. There is also.

When the touch key input signal is detected from the touch screen key input unit 14 to detect the touch operation of the corresponding option menu display screen area in the display state of the option menu, the control unit 18 displays the option item for the touch operation. The browser unit 24 is controlled to perform a function operation.

The radio signal transceiver 20 performs radio communication with a base station of a mobile communication network through an antenna and transmits and receives an RF signal, and the radio data processor 22 transmits an RF signal through the radio signal transceiver 20. To convert an intermediate frequency signal into a digital information signal, convert digital information signals from the control unit 18 and the browser unit 24 into an intermediate frequency signal, and convert the intermediate frequency signal into an RF signal. It is to be transmitted through the wireless signal transceiver 20.

The browser unit 24 controls the browser mode of the controller 18 to display web pages and web content data on the Internet browser screen.

The menu display processor 26 may control a plurality of option items (for example, a previous screen move item, a next screen move item, a refresh item, and the like) that can be performed on the Internet browser screen under the control of the controller 18. An option menu including an enlargement / reduction adjustment item, etc.) is generated and displayed on the display unit 30 during the period in which the menu information display key 12 holds a key input.

The display driver 28 is driven such that an internet browser screen and an option menu display screen are displayed on the display unit 30.

Next, the operation of the menu manipulation method in the Internet browser of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the drawings of FIGS. 3A to 3C.

First, the browser unit 24 receives and browses the Internet web page and web content data in the browser mode, thereby reproducing the Internet browser screen 40 on the display unit 30 as shown in FIG. 3A. (Step S10), the control unit 18 determines whether the menu information display key 12 of the key input unit 10 is keyed in (step S11).

As a result of the determination, when it is determined that the menu information display key 12 is being keyed, the controller 18 controls the menu display processing unit 26 to generate an option menu according to the browser mode. As shown in FIG. 3, the option menu screen 42 is displayed on the Internet browser screen 40 of the display unit 30 (step S12).

In this state, the control unit 18 detects a touch key input in a screen area on which the option menu screen 42 is displayed by the touch screen key input unit 14, thereby allowing a plurality of option items on the corresponding option menu screen 42. In step S13, it is determined whether or not a touch key input signal corresponding to the touch input of the specific option item display portion is input.

As a result of the determination, when it is determined that a touch key input signal corresponding to a touch input corresponding to a specific option item is input among the plurality of option items on the option display screen 42 (see FIG. 3C), the corresponding touch Allows you to perform an action according to a specific keyed option item. For example, if the option item selected by the touch input is a previous screen moving item, the Internet browser screen is switched to the previous web page.

Meanwhile, the controller 18 determines whether or not the key input state of the menu information display key 12 of the key input unit 10 is maintained (step S15), and the menu information display key 12. If it is determined that the key input state is maintained, the processes from step S12 to step S14 are repeatedly performed.

However, if it is determined that the key input for the menu information display key 12 of the key input unit 10 is released and the key input state is not maintained, the controller 18 may execute the menu display processing unit 26. The option menu information display in the display is cleared (step S16).

Next, the control unit 18 determines whether or not a key input for releasing the browser mode is performed by a user operation of the key input unit 10 (step S17).

As a result of the determination, when it is determined that a key input for releasing the mode of the browser mode is performed, the controller 18 terminates the browser mode so that the browsing processing operation of the browser unit 24 is stopped and the display unit 30 is stopped. ) Is returned to the standby screen (step S18).

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated above, it will be apparent that the present invention may be embodied in various modifications by those skilled in the art. Such modified embodiments should not be understood individually from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention, but should fall within the claims appended to the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which a menu manipulation device is applied in an Internet browser according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a menu manipulation method in an internet browser of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3A to 3C are diagrams exemplarily illustrating screen states of displaying a menu on an Internet browser screen according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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

10: key input unit, 12: menu information display key,

14: touch screen key input, 16: memory,

18: control unit, 20: wireless signal transmission and reception unit,

22: wireless data processing unit, 24: browser unit,

26: menu display processing unit, 28: display driving unit,

30: Display part.

Claims (8)

A first step of displaying only an internet browser screen on a display unit in a browser mode; A second step of monitoring whether a specific hardware key is input by the controller, and when the specific hardware key is keyed, displaying an option menu including an operation option item of the corresponding Internet browser screen on the Internet browser screen; If an option item included in the option menu is selected by a user, executing the operation corresponding to the option item in the controller; And And a fourth step of releasing the screen display state of the option menu by the controller when the release key input is made through the specific hardware key. The method of claim 1, In the second step, the controller is configured to activate a screen display state of the option menu when a key input of the specific hardware key is detected, In the fourth step, the control unit is configured to cancel the display of the screen of the option menu when the input stop of the key input signal according to the release of the key input maintenance of the specific hardware key, the Internet browser of the mobile communication terminal How to operate the menu in The method of claim 1, In the second step, the controller is configured to activate a screen display of the option menu by input of a key input signal according to a key input of the specific hardware key, In the fourth step, the control unit is configured to cancel the screen display state of the option menu by inputting a key input signal according to a key input of the specific hardware key again. Operation method. The method of claim 1, In the third step, the selection of an option item included in the option menu is performed by key input of a touch screen corresponding to the screen display area of the option item. How to operate the menu. A browser unit which performs a browsing process for forming an internet browser screen in a browser mode; A key input unit having a specific hardware key that is keyed to activate a display of an option menu having an operation option item of the Internet browser screen; While the Internet browser screen is displayed by the browser unit in the browser mode, the option menu is controlled to be displayed as a specific hardware key of the key input unit is keyed in, and the option is set as the specific hardware key is released. A control unit controlling the screen display state of the menu to be released;  A menu display processing unit for generating an option menu with operation option items of the Internet browser screen under the control of the controller; And And a display unit which displays an internet browser screen from the browser unit and displays an option menu generated by the menu display processing unit on the internet browser screen. . The method of claim 5, And the controller controls the screen display state of the option menu to be activated only during an input period of a key input signal as the specific hardware key maintains a key input. The method of claim 5, The controller activates a screen display of the option menu by inputting a key input signal according to a key input of the specific hardware key, and activates the screen display of the option menu by inputting a key input signal according to a key input again of the specific hardware key. An apparatus for operating a menu in an internet browser of a mobile communication terminal, characterized by controlling to release the screen display state. The method of claim 5, It further comprises a touch screen key input unit for detecting a key input of the touch screen corresponding to the screen display area of the option item included in the option menu, And the control unit controls to execute an operation corresponding to the option item according to the detection of the touch screen key input of the touch screen key input unit.

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