KR20100128948A - System and method for application on card service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for application on card service are provided to use an application regardless of a storage unit or resource of a mobile communications terminal. CONSTITUTION: A service server(110) offers WIPI(Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability) application, SCWS(Smart Card Web Server) application and applet. A mobile communication terminal(200) connects to the service server to establish the application, and uses the smart card mounted in the inside to download and store the application. The mobile communication terminal establishes the application according to the user request.

Description

System and method for application on card service

The present invention relates to an application download service system and a method thereof, and more particularly, a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI) application and a large capacity smart card, which are stored in a large capacity smart card equipped with a smart card web server (SCWS) and used in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to an application download service system and a method for downloading and installing SCWS applications and applets to be used in advance in a mobile communication terminal or a large capacity smart card, if necessary.

In general, the WIPI application download service allows a user of a mobile terminal to search for an application to use the service through a menu such as a wireless browser such as a WAP page (WAP page), and then selects the WAM installed in the mobile terminal. (WIPI Application Manager) is a service that downloads and installs it on a mobile communication terminal.

Since the conventional application download service is a method of installing and using a corresponding application in a mobile communication terminal and immediately downloading the corresponding application by connecting to a service server, the type of a mobile communication terminal and the type of network according to the characteristics of a wireless network. The state, the type and size of the application is affected a lot, and thus there is a problem that a lot of restrictions are involved in the development and activation of the mobile terminal-based application.

In addition, due to the limitations of the storage and resources of the mobile communication terminal, a large number of applications cannot be installed, and the process of installing and deleting applications is cumbersome, and the application is downloaded in a wireless network environment with a service server. There is a problem that an unexpected error occurs frequently.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, the installation of the application is implemented in the local section between the mobile communication terminal and the smart card is an application download service that can be easily installed without the restriction of installation and no error occurs It is an object to provide a system and a method thereof.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a service server for providing a WIPI application, SCWS application and applet; A mobile communication terminal which accesses the service server, sets an application of interest, downloads and stores the application using a smart card installed therein at a time when a wireless network is available, and installs the application according to a user's request; Characterized in that it comprises a.

Preferably, the smart card, the application management unit for managing the download, installation, update and deletion of the application, SCWS for providing the management function of the application to the mobile communication terminal based on the web UI, Web UI of the SCWS An application download server for downloading the stored application to the mobile communication terminal according to a request of the mobile communication terminal, a content delivery unit for determining the available time zone of the wireless network and downloading the corresponding application from the service server; It may include a storage unit for storing the application downloaded from the service server.

Preferably, the storage unit stores personalized information of the user, and the content delivery unit may search for and download an application corresponding to the personalized information from the application list provided by the service server.

Preferably, the SCWS may provide a download URL and a MIME type (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension Type) of a download descriptor according to a request of the mobile communication terminal.

Preferably, the application download server may provide the mobile communication terminal with a download descriptor including the type of the application, an installation parameter, and a message at the time of installation.

Preferably, the mobile communication terminal may include a browser supporting WAP and full browsing, and a WAM for downloading and installing a corresponding application from the service server or the smart card.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application download service method, comprising: a storing step of a mobile communication terminal downloading and storing a preset application of interest from a service server by using a smart card mounted therein at a time when a wireless network is available; An installation request step of the mobile communication terminal requesting installation of the corresponding application to the smart card and receiving installation information; And installing, by the mobile terminal, downloading and installing the corresponding application from the smart card according to the installation information.

Preferably, the storing step includes a setting step of setting the application of interest by the mobile communication terminal accessing the service server, determining whether the mobile communication terminal is available for use by the mobile communication terminal, and using the wireless network. If possible, it may include a downloading step of downloading the application from the service server to the smart card.

Preferably, the storing step includes a providing step of the service server providing a list of applications and a searching step of the mobile communication terminal searching for an application corresponding to the personalization information stored in the smart card in the provided application list. It can be included as.

Preferably, the installation request step includes a menu providing step of providing a web UI-based application installation menu according to a request of a browser of the mobile communication terminal by the SCWS of the smart card, and the browser providing a download descriptor page to the SCWS. The request may include an information providing step of receiving a URL and a MIME type of the download descriptor.

Preferably, the installation step includes a call step of calling a WAM according to the installation information provided from the smart card by the browser of the mobile communication terminal, and receiving a response from the WAM by requesting a download descriptor to an application download server of the smart card. A preparatory step, an application installation step of downloading and installing the application from the smart card by the WAM by the download descriptor, and an update step of updating the application information by the application download server to the application manager of the smart card; Can be.

Preferably, the preparation step may include the type of the application, installation parameters, messages when the download descriptor is installed.

The application download service system and method thereof according to the present invention download and store the WIPI application, the SCWS application and the applet in advance in the mass storage of the smart card, and install and use only when necessary, thereby saving the storage device or resource of the mobile communication terminal. The application can be used independently.

In addition, since the installation and deletion of the application is performed between the local smart card and the mobile communication terminal, an error in the installation process may not occur.

In addition, while maintaining compatibility with the WAM installed in the mobile communication terminal, such as a service provider (Service Provider) has the effect that can easily develop and distribute the application.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an application download service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The application download service system 10 implements an application download server and an application delivery agent for the mobile communication terminal 200 to provide an application on card.

The application download service system 10 includes an MNO download server 100 for downloading an application provided by a mobile network operator (MNO), and a service server 110 providing a WIPI application, an SCWS application, and an applet. And a mobile communication terminal 200 for accessing the service server 110 to set an application of interest, and a smart card 300 for downloading the application in advance and installing the application in the mobile communication terminal 200 according to a user's request. do.

Service server and mobile terminal

The MNO download server 100 is a service server that downloads and installs an application in connection with the WAM 210 installed in the mobile communication terminal 200. The MNO download server 100 is an application which is not previously distributed by a mobile communication service provider according to a user's selection. Provided to the mobile communication terminal 200.

The service server 110 is a server of a service provider who wants to provide a new service by developing a WIPI application, an SCWS application, and an applet. The service server 110 generates a smart card 300 according to a request of various service events or user preferences. The content delivery unit 316 (DCD; Digital Contents Delivery).

The mobile communication terminal 200 includes a browser 220 supporting WAP and full browsing, and a WAM 210 for downloading and installing a WIPI application.

The browser 220 interoperates with the SCWS 312 of the smart card 300 to provide a web UI-based menu or service.

The WAM 210 accesses the service server 110 according to a user's selection and downloads the application or downloads the application from the smart card 300 in which the application is stored in advance.

Large capacity smart card

The smart card 300 includes a Chip Operating System (COS) 310 in which an application and an OS are mounted, and a storage unit 320 having a large storage space.

The COS 310 includes a SCWS 312 that provides a web UI-based menu, and an SC-ADS (Smart Card Application Download Server) 314 that downloads an application stored in the storage 320 to the mobile communication terminal 200. And a content delivery unit 316 for downloading the application from the service server 110 and an application manager 318 for managing the WIPI application.

The SCWS 312 provides an application management function provided by the application manager 318 to the browser 220 in the form of an HTTP request / response based on a web UI.

The SCWS 312 provides a download URL of a download descriptor and a MIME type for invoking the WAM 210 according to a request of the mobile communication terminal 200, thereby providing a WAM 210 and an SC-ADS 314. Interlock

The SC-ADS 314 is a WIPI application download server mounted in the smart card 300 and stored in the storage unit 320 in response to a request of the mobile communication terminal 200 through a web UI in association with the application manager 318. Download the application to the WAM 210.

The SC-ADS 314 provides the mobile communication terminal 200 with a download descriptor including the type of application, installation parameters, and a message at the time of installation.

The content delivery unit 316 is a group of applications according to the user's preferences or tastes through the user's selection or the event of the service server 110 while the mobile communication terminal 200 is on / off line. In case of selecting, the corresponding application is downloaded to the application storage unit 324.

In addition, the content delivery unit 316 searches for and downloads an application corresponding to the personal information 322 of the storage unit 320 from the application list provided from the service server 110.

The content delivery unit 316 automatically determines the available time zone for the wireless network with the service server 110 and automatically downloads the application from the service server 110.

The application manager 318 manages the download, installation, update, and deletion of WIPI applications, manages the history of currently installed and deleted application life cycles, and stores and installs them in the application storage unit 324. Manage information about the application.

The storage unit 320 includes personal information 322 in which personal preference data of the mobile communication terminal 200 is stored, and an application storage unit 324 in which a WIPI application is stored.

The personal information 322 is personal preference data of the user and stores personalized information of the user accumulated according to the use of the mobile communication terminal 200.

The application storage unit 324 is, for example, a NAND-Flash memory, and stores an application downloaded from the service server 110.

The application download service system 10 configured as described above pre-issues the application to the mass storage 320 from the service server 110 for developing and providing a WIPI application or the MNO download server 100 for providing a specific application of the MNO. Alternatively, when the wireless network is available, the application is downloaded in advance by dynamically downloading through the content delivery unit 316.

Since the user wants to use the application stored in the smart card 300 in the form of an application on card, the mobile communication terminal 200 downloads and installs the application stored in the smart card 300 through the WAM (210).

In this case, when the WAM 210 is driven by the plug-in driving through the MIME of the browser 220 and the application execution tag of the markup language, the mobile communication terminal 200 drives the SC. Download the application via the ADS 314.

This configuration and operation allows a variety of applications to be used with ease and without error.

Hereinafter, an application download service method of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

 In the application download service method, the mobile communication terminal 200 stores a step of downloading and storing a preset application of interest from the service server 110 using the smart card 300 mounted therein at a time when a wireless network is available (step). S201 to S207, and the mobile communication terminal 200 requests the installation of the corresponding application to the smart card 300, the installation request step (steps S301 to S304) provided with the installation information, and the mobile communication terminal 200 is installed. It includes the installation step (steps S305 ~ 309) to download and install the application to the smart card 300 according to the information.

The downloading method of the application is a method of pre-issuing the WIPI application to the storage unit 320 before distributing the smart card 300 largely, a method of downloading according to a personal preference through the content delivery unit 316, and a service server. Participation in the event proceeding at 110 and the like is divided into a method of downloading the set application.

Download application

2 is a flowchart illustrating an application download method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the mobile communication terminal 200 accesses the service server 110 and registers a download service (step S201).

At this time, when setting the application download (step S202), if it is set to automatic download, that is, when downloading according to the preference of the individual as in the second method, the service server 110 provides a list of applications (step S203). .

The content delivery unit 316 searches for an application corresponding to the personalized information stored in the smart card 300 from the application list provided by the service server 110 (step S204).

Here, the personalized information is intelligent information and personalized information such as a behavioral pattern, a hobby and a tendency of the user based on the accumulated information according to the use of the mobile communication terminal 200.

On the other hand, when not set to automatic download, that is, when downloading by user setting as in the third method, the mobile communication terminal 200 sets the application provided by the service server 110 (step S205).

For example, the application of interest is set by expressing the intention of participating in an event that is performed by the service server 110.

 When the application to be downloaded is set as described above, the content delivery unit 316 determines whether the wireless network is available (step S206), for example, from the service server 110 in a time when traffic is low. Is downloaded (step S207).

In this way, by selecting an application specialized for the user in advance and dynamically downloading the content through the content delivery unit 316 at a time when the wireless network is available, the location of the user, the type of the mobile communication terminal 200, and the connected wireless device. It can provide offline application-on-card services that do not depend on the type of network.

Application installation

3 is a flowchart illustrating an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the browser 220 of the mobile communication terminal 200 requests an application installation menu or a service from the smart card 300 to the SCWS 312 (step S301), the SCWS 312 provides an application provided by the application manager 318. The installation menu or service is provided based on the web UI (step S302).

If the browser 220 requests the download descriptor page linked to the menu to the SCWS 312 (step S303), the SCWS 312 provides the URL and MIME type of the download descriptor through the service page (step S304). .

At this time, the browser 220 calls the WAM 210 based on the MIME type and drives it as a plug-in (step S305).

When the called WAM 210 requests the download descriptor from the download page of the download descriptor to the SC-ADS 314 (step S306), the SC-ADS 314 sets the type of application and the installation parameters of the application to be installed. parameter), a download descriptor including a message upon installation, and the like, are sent to the WAM 210 (step S307).

The WAM 210 downloads and installs an application stored in the application storage unit 324 in association with the SC-ADS 314 based on the download descriptor (step S308).

When the installation of the corresponding WIPI application is completed in the mobile communication terminal 200 as described above, the SC-ADS 314 updates the application information to the application manager 318 (step S309).

In this way, if the user wants to reduce the traffic of the wireless network and use an application of interest to the user, the application stored in advance in the large capacity smart card 300 can be downloaded locally and installed quickly and simply.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and it is common in the art that various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an application download service system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an application download method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: application download service system

100: MNO Download Server 110: Service Server

200: mobile communication terminal 210: WAM

220: browser 300: smart card

310: COS 312: SCWS

314: SC-ADS 316: Content Delivery

318 application management unit 320 storage unit

322: Personal information 324: Application storage

Claims (12)

A service server for providing a Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI) application, a Smart Card Web Server (SCWS) application, and an applet; A mobile communication terminal which accesses the service server, sets an application of interest, downloads and stores the application using a smart card installed therein at a time when a wireless network is available, and installs the application according to a user's request; Application download service system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The smart card includes an application manager that manages the download, installation, update and deletion of an application, a smart card web server (SCWS) that provides a management function of the application to the mobile communication terminal based on a web UI, Application download server for downloading the stored application to the mobile communication terminal in response to a request of the mobile communication terminal through a web UI, and content transfer for downloading the corresponding application from the service server by determining an available time period of the wireless network. And a storage unit for storing the application downloaded from the service server. The method of claim 2, The storage unit stores the personalized information of the user, the content delivery unit application download service system, characterized in that to search for and download the application corresponding to the personalized information from the application list provided by the service server. The method of claim 2, The SCWS provides a download URL of a download descriptor and a multipurpose internet mail extension type according to a request of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein And the application download server provides the mobile communication terminal with a download descriptor including a type of the application, an installation parameter, and a message at the time of installation. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication terminal includes a browser supporting WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and Full Browsing, and a WAM (WIPI Application Manager) for downloading and installing a corresponding application from the service server or the smart card. Application download service system, characterized in that. A storage step of the mobile communication terminal downloading and storing a preset application of interest from a service server using a smart card mounted therein at a time when a wireless network is available; An installation request step of the mobile communication terminal requesting installation of the corresponding application to the smart card and receiving installation information; And installing, by the mobile terminal, downloading and installing the corresponding application from the smart card according to the installation information. The method of claim 7, wherein The storing step may include: a setting step of setting up an application of interest by the mobile communication terminal accessing the service server; determining whether the mobile communication terminal is available for wireless communication; and if the wireless network is available, And a download step of downloading the corresponding application from the service server to the smart card. The method of claim 8, The storing step may further include providing a list of applications by the service server and retrieving an application corresponding to the personalization information stored in the smart card by the mobile communication terminal. Application download service method, characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein The installation request step may include a menu providing step of providing a web UI based application installation menu according to a request of a browser of the mobile communication terminal by the SCWS of the smart card, and the browser requesting a download descriptor page to the SCWS. Application providing service method comprising the step of providing information receiving the URL and the MIME type of the download descriptor. The method of claim 7, wherein The installation step may include a call step of calling a WAM according to the installation information provided from the smart card by the browser of the mobile communication terminal, a preparation step of receiving a response from the WAM by requesting a download descriptor to an application download server of the smart card; And an application installation step of the WAM downloading and installing the application from the smart card by the download descriptor, and an update step of updating the application information to the application manager of the smart card by the application download server. Application download service method. The method of claim 11, wherein The preparation step is an application download service method, characterized in that the download descriptor includes the type of the application, installation parameters, the installation message.

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