KR20110104885A - Method and apparatus for accessing one or more services of a device - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus is provided that includes a display and a processor. The apparatus is configured to operate a browser application and one or more service applications using a processor, the browser application is configured to display a user interface on a display, and the browser application is configured to receive a first response to the first command request. And in response to receiving the first response, display the first user interface on the display that includes the first content. The apparatus is configured to recognize a first command request provided to the server application using a first transport protocol, and in response to the first command request, the first set of one or more commands to control the functionality of the apparatus. The server application further includes instructions for providing instructions to the service application to execute the service. The service application is configured to, in response to receipt of the instruction from the server application, control the functionality of the apparatus and generate first content for receipt by the server application. The server application, in response to receiving the first content from the service application, generates a first response to the first command request that includes the first content.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING ONE OR MORE SERVICES OF A DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for accessing one or more services of a apparatus to control the functionality of the apparatus.

Background of the Invention Devices are known that include a number of components and are capable of controlling functionality using one or more input devices included in the device and a user interface displayed on the display.

In general, specialized programs can be set up to provide a user interface associated with a particular situation of the device, and the specialized programs can control the functionality of the device in a particular situation using a service application.

Each of these service applications can be configured to interact with the components of the device to control the functionality of the device, using a system call of an operating system operating on the device. For example, the device may be a phone device that includes a special program that provides a user interface associated with the phone call, the special program may use a phone service application to control the phone call, and the device may include a contact list. Or a contact service application for controlling a list of contacts included in the telephone apparatus while including a special program providing a user interface associated with the contact list.

Examples of other devices may include televisions, set top boxes, media players, e-book readers, or digital cameras.

The aforementioned devices may include an internet browser configured to enable access to internet websites. The Internet browser is set up to use the system calls of the operating system and can interoperate with the components of the device, the content being communicated with and obtained from the Internet websites via a communication network using the telephone interface's network interface. For example, to display.

Specialized programs that provide a user interface to control the functions of such a device may be configured to use specific methods of accessing a device's service application, which may typically not be sent for use on other devices. This causes a low degree of separation between specialized programs and service applications, making it difficult to separate the user interface design for the device from the design of the program for controlling the functions of the device. In addition, when the device is remotely controlled, for example using a computer or other device, more specialized means have to be developed for accessing service applications. This means that developing means for remotely controlling the device will be difficult and costly.

The present invention aims to remedy these shortcomings in the prior art by providing an apparatus that can access its service via command requests sent via a standard protocol handled by a server application.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus including a display and a processor is provided.

The apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention causes the browser application and one or more service applications to operate using the processor.

The browser application displays a user interface on the display, receives a first response to a first command request, and displays a first user interface including first content on the display in response to receiving a first response. ,

The apparatus further includes a server application that provides instructions in response to a first command request such that the service application executes a first set of one or more commands to control the functionality of the apparatus, wherein the first command request is generated by the first command request. 1 is provided to the server application using a transport protocol,

Upon receiving the instruction from the server application, the service application controls the functionality of the device, generates first content for the server application to receive,

Upon receiving the first content from the service application, the server application generates the first response to the first command request, wherein the first response includes the first content.

By configuring the device to operate the browser application and the server application as described above, a command request can be made between the browser application and the server application via the first transport protocol to control the device and provide a user interface to the device. do.

Thus, control of the device and provision of its user interface may be through standard protocols that allow the user interface to be easily modified or transferred to other devices without requiring special techniques. The control of the device and the provision of its user interface can be done from an external entity, such as a server application or an external computing device that locally sends command requests. If the server application receives a command request from an external computing device, the first response may still be sent so that the first user interface can be displayed on the display of the device.

In a preferred embodiment, the first transfer protocol includes HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS Secure (HTTPS).

Thus, commands that may be used to control the device may be accessed by making a command request via a known transport protocol such as HTTP or HTTPS.

In a particular embodiment, the apparatus includes a plurality of components connected to the system bus, the apparatus further comprises an operating system, and to control the functionality of the apparatus, the service application is in a state of at least one of the first plurality of components. It is configured to use the operating system to change.

Thus, control of device components, which may include a network interface, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and / or a video broadcast receiver, may be accomplished using a command request sent to a server application.

In a particular embodiment, the service application provides an event service and the service application is configured to delay the provision of the first content until a service event occurs for any of the one or more service applications.

Thus, the service application may be "push" data via the first transport protocol to the entity that sent the first command request to the server application, rather than responding directly to this request when a service event occurs. . The service event may be triggered by the component in which the device is included, and may include, for example, an incoming telephone call received by the device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising: a first device comprising a processor for communicating via a communication network and operating a network interface connected to the second device and operating at least one service application, a display, at least one user input means; And a second apparatus including a processor.

The second device according to another aspect of the present invention, upon receiving a first user input from the one or more user input means, sends a first command request to the first device using a first transmission protocol via the communication network. Send,

The first device further includes a server application, the server application recognizing the first command request, providing instructions to a service application to execute a first set of one or more commands in accordance with the first command request, Control at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the first device,

When the service application receives the instruction from the server application, the service application controls at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the first device, and generates first content to be received by the server application. ,

The server application generates a first response to the first command request and transmits the first content to the second device in response to receiving the first content from the service application, wherein the first response transmits the first content. Including,

The second device is further configured to display a first user interface including the first content on a display of the second device in response to receiving the first response.

Thus, control of the telephony function of the first device may be done via a server application through which a command request is sent from the second device via a standard protocol. The user interface for controlling the first device may be externally provided to the first device, such as the display of the second device, using content provided by the service application of the first device.

In another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for sending a command request from a second device to a first device to receive a response comprising content.

In this method, the first device comprises a processor for communicating via a communication network and connected to the second device, a processor for operating a server application and one or more service applications, the second device including a display At least one user input means and a processor,

Receiving, by the second device, a first user input from the one or more user input means, and in response thereto, transmitting a first command request to the first device using a first transmission protocol via the communication network; and,

The server application provides instructions to a service application to execute a first set of one or more commands when the first command request is recognized, thereby providing at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the device. Control process,

When the service application receives the instruction from the server application, the service application controls at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the first device, and the server application may receive the instruction. Generating the first content,

When the server application receives the first content from the service application, generating a first response to the first command request including the first content and transmitting the first response to the second device;

And when the second device receives the first response including the first content, displaying the first user interface including the first content on the display of the second device. do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone apparatus including a display and a processor, a network interface for operating a server application and one or more service applications using the processor, and for communicating via a communication network.

In a telephone apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention, the server application recognizes a first command request provided to the server application using a first transmission protocol via the communication network, and responds to recognition of the first command request. Provide instructions to a service application to execute a first set of one or more commands to control the functionality of the telephone apparatus,

When the service application receives the instruction from the server application, the service application controls the function of the telephone apparatus and generates first content to be received by the server application,

When the server application receives the first content from the service application, the server application generates a first response to the first command request to include the first content, and uses the first transmission protocol via the communication network. To transmit the first response.

Therefore, the function control of the telephone apparatus may be done through a server application in which a command request is sent locally or remotely via a standard protocol.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, which is made by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 schematically illustrates components and communication links of a telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.
2A illustrates steps executed by a server application of the telephone apparatus of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2B illustrates steps executed by a browser application of the telephone apparatus of FIG. 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
3 illustrates steps executed by a browser application, an event service and a messaging service of the telephone apparatus of FIG. 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
4 shows an exemplary screen for a content list displayed by the browser application of the telephone apparatus of FIG.
5 shows an exemplary screen for an incoming phone call displayed by the browser application of the phone device of FIG.
FIG. 6 illustrates a portion of an exemplary screen that includes a status bar displayed by the browser application of the telephony device of FIG. 1.

1 schematically illustrates the components and communication links of a telephone apparatus 100, which is an exemplary apparatus used to illustrate features of the present invention. The telephony device 100 includes a processor 102 capable of transmitting control messages and receiving status information and transmitting data to and from components in the telephony device 100 connected to the system bus 104. These components may include nonvolatile storage 106, random access memory 108, user input interface 110, network interface 112, and graphics processing component 114. Processor 102 in this embodiment is a microprocessor and processes instructions stored in random access memory (RAM) 108 that has been loaded from nonvolatile storage 106, such as flash memory or hard disk drive. These instructions are in the form of computer software, which is in the form of an operating system 118, a server application 120, a browser application 122, one or more service applications 124, and one or more programs that implement other programs described below. exist. RAM 108 is also used by programs running on processor 102 as a means for storing and accessing data in the form of electronic signals, where the data is used during execution of the program.

The operating system 118 is computer software in the form of a program or program set whose instructions are loaded from the nonvolatile storage device 106 by the processor 102 so that the telephone apparatus 100 is turned on. Is executed when The operating system 118 may automatically launch more programs and / or allow the user to launch more programs. For example, the user may initiate using the user interface provided by the telephone apparatus 100. The operating system 118 enables sharing of the processing power provided by the processor 102 between programs (eg, 118, 120, 122, 124) running on the processor 102.

Operating system 118 provides program interfaces for a program running on processor 102 to request functionality from operating system 118. This program interface may take the form of a procedure, that is, a system call, which can be used to request that a program running on the processor 102 call the operating system 118 and provide the desired functionality. In response to receiving a request for functionality, operating system 118 may send a control message and receive status information and provide a component (eg, 106, connected to system bus 104) to provide the requested functionality. 108, 110, 112, 114, and 116 may exchange data with each other, and may return data to the requested program as a result.

The telephony device 100 includes a graphics processing component 114, which can render graphics in accordance with instructions executed by programs running on the processor 102 and place them in the telephony device 100. It may output to the display device 116 which may be. In another form of embodiment of the present invention, display device 116 may be configured via a telephone device via a composite video, component video, video graphics array, digital video interface, or high-definition multimedia interface connection. It may be an external component connected to 100).

Programs running on the processor 102 may process user input obtained at the user input interface 110 that receives user input from a user input device or devices (not shown). User input devices may include a touch screen interface that may be integrated within display device 116 (ie, touch screen display device 116). Alternatively or additionally, the user input device may include a keypad, keyboard, mouse, and / or remote control, which may be integrated into or connected to the telephone apparatus 100.

The telephony device 100 also provides a network interface that allows programs running on the processor 102 to transmit and receive mutual data with a number of other devices and systems via a communication network 140 (or a plurality of such networks). (112, or a plurality of such interfaces).

The network interface 112, or a plurality of such interfaces) may include a modem and / or Ethernet card or interface using the corresponding communication network 140, or networks, such as the Internet or a private data communication network.

The network interface 112, or a plurality of such interfaces, is a radio access network interface (or a plurality of such networks) for utilizing the corresponding communication network 140, or a plurality of such networks, which may be a radio access network. Interfaces). Exemplary radio access networks to which the network interface 112 (or a plurality of such interfaces) may be connected include a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network, and a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. , Fixed wireless access (eg, IEEE 802.16 WiMax), and wireless networking (eg, IEEE 802.11 WiFi). These radio access networks 140 may provide access to the Internet.

The operating system 118 may include a networking program, which may be configured to communicate with programs running on the processor 102 using networking protocols such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Communication between programs running on processor 102 of telephony device 100, as well as communication between external devices capable of transmitting and receiving data via 140, or a plurality of such networks). To make it possible. External devices capable of transmitting and receiving data via communication network 140 may include an external computing device 150, for example, a network configured to connect an external communication device to communication network 150. It may be a personal computer or computer server having an interface.

Telephone device 100 includes one or more service applications 124 provided with one or more computer programs, program functions, and procedures to operate telephone device 100. These program functions and procedures may use a program interface available to the operating system 118 to operate components of the telephone apparatus 100 that are connected to the system bus 104. Therefore, these program functions and procedures form a first plurality of instructions that may be used to control the functions of telephony device 100, thereby changing the state of one or more components of telephony device 100. have.

The first plurality of instructions of the service application 124 may be used in the following example method for other programs running on the processor 102. For example, the first instruction of the first plurality of instructions may be called by a first program running on the processor, the first instruction specifying the first instruction by the first program instructing the operating system 118. Initiate a suitable service application 124 having a specific set of parameters.

In another form, the first program, using an inter-process communication method available to the operating system 118, such as a pipe or shared memory, to instruct the instance to execute the first instruction. May communicate with an instance of a suitable service application 124 operating on the processor 102. In other cases, the result of the executed command may be returned to the requesting program from the service application 124 by using an inter-process communication method.

In another form or additionally, the first plurality of instructions of the service application 124 may include other programs running on the processor 102 via a common interface, such as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) or Fast Common Gateway Interface (FastCGI). It can also be used.

The service application 124 includes a telephone service 126, a messaging service 128, a communication service 130, a media service (not shown), a social network service (not shown), a configuration service 134, and a connectivity service 136. ), An event service 138, and a data sharing service (not shown), each of which may form one of the programs that one or more service applications 124 may include.

The telephone service 126 of the telephone apparatus 100 uses the telephone apparatus 100 via the network interface 112 (or a plurality of such interfaces) and the corresponding communication network 140 (or a plurality of such networks). Provides commands to control the creation and reception of calls. For example, the telephone service 126 may change the state of the network interface 112 of the telephone apparatus 100 using the network interface to generate and receive telephone calls.

Messaging service 128 of telephony device 100 controls the sending and receiving of messages to other devices via network interface 112 (or a plurality of such interfaces) and corresponding communication network 140 (or a plurality of such networks). Provide a command to do this: Such messages may include Short Message Service (SMS) messages, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages, and email. Messaging service 128 may provide instructions for editing, storing, and retrieving previously sent or received messages. For example, messaging service 128 may change the state of network interface 112 of telephony device 100 using a network interface to send and receive text messages.

The communication service 130 of the telephone apparatus 100 provides instructions for editing, storing and retrieving a contact list (or a plurality of lists) and for editing, storing and retrieving entries in the list (or lists), Each entry here may include the name of the contact and the contact details (phone number, email address, etc.).

The media service of telephony device 100 stores multimedia files that can be accessed by telephony device 100 or accessible via communication network 140 (eg, stored in non-volatile storage 106). And provide commands for searching. These multimedia files may include sound recordings, music files, image files, and / or video files. Media services may also enable editing, recording and / or playback of these multimedia files.

The social network service of the telephony device 100 provides instructions for accessing one or more social networks, such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, via the communication network 140. Accessing the social network uses user input or pre-stored (eg non-volatile storage) authentication information to authenticate the user of phone device 100 to some or all of the social networks (eg, log in). And editing and sending and receiving messages, multimedia files, contact information, and other information using these social networks. For example, the social network service may change the state of the network interface 112 of the telephone apparatus 100 using the network interface to send and receive data to and from the social network to perform the activities.

Location service 132 of telephony device 100 may include telephony device 100 and receive and use location information using a location receiver device (not shown) that may be connected to the system bus 104 of the device. Provides commands to control this. For example, the position receiver device may be a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.

The configuration service 134 of the telephone apparatus 100 provides instructions for editing, storing and retrieving settings for the telephone apparatus 100, and the components connected to the system bus 104, and / or the operating system ( 118, server application 120, browser application 122, service application 124, and / or other programs as described below.

The connectivity service 136 of the telephone apparatus 100 connects the network interface 112 of the telephone apparatus 100 (or a plurality of these interfaces) to an available communications network 140 (or such networks) and connects the communications network ( 140, or a plurality of such networks). For example, by connecting and disconnecting the network interface from the communication network 140, the connectivity service 136 may change the state of the network interface 112 of the telephone apparatus 100.

Event service 138 of telephony device 100 provides instructions for other service applications 124 to notify the occurrence of a service event that may occur with respect to one or more service applications 124. Service events include events triggered by the operating system 118 processed by one of the components connected to the system bus 104 or by one or more service applications 124. Examples of service events include incoming phone calls detected by the network interface 112 handled by the telephone service 126, alarm activation at user set times handled by the configuration service 134 of the operating system 118, Or receiving a new device location from a location receiver device (not shown) processed by the location service 132.

When the service application 124 receives the new service event, information about the new service event is transmitted to the event service 138 to notify the event service 138 of the occurrence of this service event. As such, information may be transmitted between service applications 122 using an inter-process communication method, and in other forms or additionally pipes, sockets, shared memory, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) or FastCGI (Fast). Information may be transmitted between the service applications 122 using a common interface, such as the use of a Common Gateway Interface. As described in detail below, the event service 138 may provide information to other entities that have requested information reception in connection with the service event via the command of the event service 138.

The data sharing service of the telephone apparatus 100 provides a command to share data between the telephone apparatus 100 and one or more other devices via the communication network 140. For example, the data sharing service may cause a message to be sent between a program or script running in the browser application 122 of the telephone apparatus 100 and programs or scripts running in the browser of other devices. These messages are used to communicate between programs or scripts that play a game (e.g., a card game) in which a multiplayer player is being operated by the user of telephone device 100 and the users of other devices. May be used. In another form, a message may be used to share a file between telephony device 100 and other devices. For example, the data sharing service may receive messages from a user of the telephony device 100 or from another device of programs or scripts and / or other devices operating in the browser application 122 on the telephony device 100. Event service 138 may be used to notify programs or scripts running in browsers. Thus, for example, a new operation performed by the player in a multiplayer game may be received by programs and scripts that run the game on both the phone device and other devices.

When one of the first plurality of instructions is used (ie, executed) by another program running on the processor 102, the state of the telephone apparatus 100 may change from one state to another ecology. For example, the state of the telephone apparatus 100 may be changed by executing one of the commands of the telephone service 126 to make or receive a telephone call. That is, the state of the telephone apparatus 100 may be changed from "not in a call state" to "call state." Other exemplary commands among the first plurality of commands that may change the state of the telephone apparatus 100 include sending a message using the messaging service 128, editing a contact dial using the communication service 130, and a configuration service 134. Configuration changes of the device using the same.

In order for a user of the telephone apparatus 100 to utilize the functionality of the telephone apparatus 100 implemented with the first plurality of commands of the one or more service applications 124, the display apparatus 116 is provided by the graphics processing apparatus 114. A user interface displayed on the screen is provided. The user may use a user input device or devices to interact with this user interface and thus control the functionality of the telephone apparatus 100. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the display of this user interface and the functionality provided by it is managed by both the server application 120 and the browser application 122, which may operate on the processor 102 of the telephone apparatus 100. .

The server application 120 may be a web server, for example, an HTTP that may use the service application 124 to generate content using information available about the telephone apparatus 100 to provide a user interface. (HyperText Transfer Protocol) server. Thus, service application 124 may comprise a set of web services accessible via server application 120. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the generated content may be provided to a browser application 122, which displays the display device by appropriately instructing the graphics processing component 114 to process the content and display the user interface. On 116.

2A illustrates steps that may be executed by server application 120 to execute one or more of the first plurality of commands of service application 124 and to provide content that may include information about the user interface.

Initially, server application 120 may recognize the first command request (step 200). Server application 120 may be configured to recognize a command request provided to it using a first transport protocol (eg, HTTP). The first command request may be received by the server application 120 from a browser application 122 operating on the telephone device 100 or from an external computing device 150.

The server application 120 uses the inter-process communication method provided by the operating system 118 of the telephone apparatus to allow the browser application 122 to send the first command request to the server application 120 from the browser application 122. The first command request may be received. For example, the first command request may be sent from the browser application 122 to the server application 120 via TCP or UDP by the networking program of the operating system 118.

In another form, the server application 120 may be configured as a first application from the external computing device 150 by an external computing device 150 that transmits a first command request over the communication network 140 to which the telephone device 100 is connected. It may also receive a command request. For example, the first command request may be provided to server application 120 via TCP or UDP via communication network 140. The first command request may then be received by the network interface 112 of the telephone apparatus 100 and transmitted to the server application 120.

Once the server application 120 recognizes the first command request in step 200, the server application 120 may select one of the first plurality of commands of the service application 124 to control the functions of the telephone apparatus 100. It may identify the type of the first resource that may instruct the server application 120 to execute one or more sets of instructions (step 202).

The first command request includes an Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies the first resource that may be directed by the server application 120 to execute the first set of one or more commands. It can also be in the form of a GET request. For example, by using the URL "/ phonebook / Contacts" in which the first service application is a contact service and the first command is named "Contacts", the first resource is assigned to the first service application 124 and the first command. You can also specify. In another form, the first resource specifies a script that may be directed by the server application 120 using, for example, the URL "/phonebookApp.php" to execute the first set of one or more instructions. You may.

Each command of the first set of one or more commands is one of the first plurality of commands of the service application 124, and as described in more detail below, in step 204 and in accordance with the type of the first resource; In step 206 or step 214, one of the service applications 124 is executed in response to an instruction made by the server application 120.

The first resource identified by the first command request is the first service application 124 and the first command of the first plurality of commands that the server application 120 may use to direct execution of the first set of one or more commands. May be identified. The first resource uses the first service application 124 and the first command by using the URL including the name and path of the first service application 124 and the first command in the HTTP POST request made to the server application 120. It can also be identified. For example, the first resource may use the first service application 124 by using the URL "/ messaging / sms", which is "/ messaging" representing the name of the messaging service 128 and "sms" representing the name of the first command. And a first instruction. The data may be sent in a first command in a POST request, for example, the phone number and message text used to send the SMS message may be specified using the POST data "number = 012345 & msgTxt = Hi" in the message body of the POST request. May be

If the server application 120 recognizes the type of the first resource and the first command as the first service application 124 in step 202 described above, one that makes the first plurality of commands available to execute another program. Using the above method, the server application 120 may proceed by instructing the first service application 124 by the server application 120 to execute the first command. For example, server application 120 may interact with first service application 124, such as a pipe, socket, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI, to instruct first service application 124 to execute a first command. You can also use a common interface.

When executed by the first service application 124, the first instruction may execute a second set of instructions belonging to the first plurality of instructions of the service application 124. Therefore, if the type of the first resource is identified as the first service application 124 and the first command in step 202, the first set of one or more commands executed in response to the instruction of the server application 120 may be the first command. Instructions and a second set of instructions. As described above with respect to the first plurality of commands of the service application 124, the one or more commands of the first set may control the functions of the telephone apparatus 100.

In response to executing the first set of one or more commands in step 204, the first service application 124 may access first information available about the telephone apparatus 100 (step 206). The first information may include a set of one or more portions of the information returned by execution of the first set of one or more instructions at step 204. Each instruction of the one or more instructions of the first set executed in step 204 may return one of the portions of information in the set of one or more portions of information, each portion of the information indicating a success or failure of instruction execution. It may be indicated. In addition, each piece of information may include data relating to the state of the telephone apparatus 100 and / or data stored in the telephone apparatus 100 (eg, RAM 108 or non-volatile storage 106). Alternatively, data received via the communication network 140 may be returned. Examples of the first information include one or more entries in the contact list maintained by the communication service 130, one or more messages received by the telephone apparatus 100, such as an SMS message or email received by the messaging service 128, And / or one or more multimedia files provided by a media service.

If the second set of instructions executed in step 206 includes at least one instruction, portions of the information obtained in the execution of the second set of instructions may be processed during execution of the first instruction and resulted from the execution of the first instruction. It may be used to form the first information along with portions of the information. Otherwise, if the second set of instructions executed in step 206 were empty, the first information may be collected and processed using portions of the information obtained by executing only the first instruction.

The first service application 124 may use the service application 124 that executed the first command in the first set of one or more instructions in step 204 to access the first information returned by the execution of the first command. It may be.

The first service application 124 then generates first content with respect to the first information (step 208). The first information accessed as a result of the execution of the first set of one or more instructions may be processed by the service application 124 that executed the first instruction, to form a first content generated by the service application 124. For example, the service application 124 represents the first information as program information in a structured data format, such as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML).

  This program information may include the first information or may include processed information obtained as a result of the processing of the first information. The program information operates on a program (eg, a browser application 122, or a script interpreted by the server application 120, or an external computing device 150) that receives the first content to update the first user interface. May be later processed by a suitable program).

The first content may be returned from the service application 124 to the server application 120 by using an inter-process communication suitable method. For example, service application 124 may use a common interface with server program 120, such as pipe, socket, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI.

In another aspect, server application 120 may identify the type of the first resource of the first command request as the script in step 202. For example, the first script may be identified as the first resource of the command request using the URL "/phonebookApp.php" in the HTTP GET request made to the server application 120. The data may be sent to the server application 120 for use by the first script by using a parameter in the URL of the first resource, for example, the URL “phonebookapp.php? Sort = byName”. The first script may be in the form of one or more computer programs that may be directed by the server application 120 to execute the first set of one or more instructions.

Server application 120 may use an interpreter program that loads and interprets the first script to instruct the script to execute the first set of one or more instructions (step 210). Scripts that may be configured for server application 120 to use this may include PHP: PHP scripts and / or JavaServer Pages (JSP) scripts and / or Ruby on Rails scripts, each of which may be: It may also be executed by a suitable interpreter program. The server application 120 may request to interpret the first script by instructing the operating system 118 to start the interpreter program with a particular set of parameters specifying the first script. In another aspect, server application 120 may communicate with an instance of an interpreter program running on processor 102 using an inter-process communication method enabled by operating system 118. For example, server application 120 may use a common interface with a suitable interpreter program, such as pipe, socket, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI, to instruct an instance of the interpreter program to interpret the first script. .

While the interpreter program interprets the first script, one or more commands of the first plurality of commands may be executed to remove the functions of the telephone apparatus 100. Execution of one or more commands of the first plurality of commands may be requested by using code in the first script to send one or more command requests to server application 120. For example, the script uses the inter-process communication method provided by the operating system 118 of the telephone apparatus, such as TCP or UDP, and the networking program of the operating system 118 to generate a command request in the form of an HTTP GET request. It may also be configured to transmit to the server application 120. In another form, the script may be configured to send a command request to the server application 120 via a common interface with the server application 120 such as pipe, socket, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI.

Each command request to server application 120 made by the first script may identify resources and commands that are service application 124. The server application 120 may instruct the service application 124 to execute the command by the server application 120 using one of the methods by which the first plurality of commands are available for execution by other programs. have. For example, to instruct the service application 124 to execute a command, the server application 120 may use a common interface with a suitable service application 124 such as pipe, socket, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI. It may be. Therefore, the one or more commands of the first set may include each of the commands executed by the server application 120 as a result of the command request so made to it in the first script.

The command request made by the first script causes the server application 120 to issue a command request identifying another set of commands (ie, service application 124 that may be used to execute the command and / or another script). Resource, which is a second script that may be used to execute a second script). Therefore, the one or more commands in the first set may include a set of commands executed by the service application 124 specified in the command request made by another script interpreted as a result of the command request made by the first script. .

In response to the execution of the first set of one or more commands in step 210, the one or more service applications 124 may access first information available about the telephone apparatus 100 (step 212). The first information may include a set of one or more portions of the information returned by execution of the first set of one or more instructions at step 210. Each instruction of the one or more instructions of the first set executed in step 210 may return one of the portions of the information in the set of one or more portions of the information so that each portion of the information indicates the success or failure of the instruction execution. It may be. In addition, each piece of information is stored in the phone device 100 and / or data relating to the state of the phone device 100 (eg, stored in the RAM 108 or the nonvolatile storage device 106). The received data and / or data received via the communication network 140. Examples of first information include one or more entries from the contact list maintained by the communication service 130, one or more messages received by the device, such as an SMS message or email received by the messaging service 128, and / or It may also include one or more multimedia files provided by a media service.

For each command of one or more commands in the first set, the service application 124 that executes this command may access a portion of the information returned by the execution of this command. Therefore, the first information accessed by the server application 120 is formed of portions of the information returned to the service application 124 in response to the execution of the first set of one or more commands.

One or more service applications 124 may then generate a first communication regarding the first information (step 214). The first information accessed in step 212 as a result of the execution of the first set of one or more instructions is first sent to the server application 120. The first information may be transmitted from each service application 124 to the server application 120 by using a suitable method of inter-process communication. For example, service application 124 may use a common interface with server program 120, such as pipe, socket, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI.

The first information may be formed of one or more portions of information obtained as a result of the execution of each instruction of the one or more instructions of the first set. Each of these pieces of information may be sent independently to the server application 120 in a structured data format such as JSON or XML, and the server application 120 may instruct each piece of information to access this piece of information. The request may be sent to the script that made the request, that is, the first script specified in the first command request or another suitable script interpreted in response to the command request made by the first script. In another form, each piece of information may be sent independently from each service application 124 to the server application 120 in the message body of an HTTP POST request, where a portion of the information is URL encoded (ie, 'percent encoded'). ') May be encoded in a comma separated value (CSV) or packed binary format.

These portions of information may be returned to the appropriate script from the service application 124 by using a suitable method of inter-process communication. For example, service application 124 may use a common interface with an interpreter program (ie, a program that interprets scripts) such as pipes, sockets, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI.

Each script that then receives a portion of the information may process this portion of the information and use it to generate a portion of the content. For example, a portion of the information represented in a structured data format may be processed and / or formatted by a script that processes it, inserted into an HTML document, or used to determine the appearance of the document.

Respective portions of the content created by any other scripts interpreted in response to the command request made by the first script transmit each of these portions of the content to the server application 120 first and then the server application. 120 may be sent to the first script by sending these portions of the content to the first script. Transmission of these portions of content between further scripts and server application 120 and first scripts may be via a suitable method of inter-process communication. For example, such a transmission may be via a common interface between an interpreter program (i.e., a program that interprets a script) such as pipes, sockets, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI and a server application.

In order to create the first content, portions of the content created by the first script are used with any portions of the content created by any other scripts interpreted in response to a command request made by the first script. . The first content may be returned to the server application 120 from the first script by using a suitable method of inter-process communication. For example, the interpreter that runs the script may use a common interface with the server program 120, such as pipe, socket, shared memory, CGI or FastCGI.

As such, the first content generated by the first resource that is the script may include appearance information, program information, and command information that may be used to provide the first user interface. The first information used in the process of generating this content may be used to generate each of these types of information.

Appearance information included in the content includes display data regarding the appearance of the first user interface, such as display data relating to the look and feel of the first user interface, including the look and feel and layout of the content and objects in the first user interface. You may. The display data may relate to first information available with respect to the device accessed by the server application at step 212. For example, the first information may be the name of the communication making the incoming call, and the display data may include the first information so that the name of the communication can be displayed on the first user interface. In another example, the first information may include a time and the display data may include a color, an icon (eg, sun or moon icon), or the like, to be used in the first user interface to indicate the time. 1 You can also set the look and feel of the user interface.

The appearance information may be defined in a mark-up language such as Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML). This appearance information may be subsequently processed by a program (browser application 122 or a suitable program running on external computing device 150) that receives the first content to display the first user interface.

The program information contained in the content may be in the form of one or more scripts configured to manage first user information, in the form of a scripting language such as JavaScript or Visual Basic Script (VBScript) embedded within HTML content, or in a separate form. It can also be a JavaScript file. These scripts may later be interpreted by a program (browser application 122 or a suitable program running on external computing device 150) that receives the first content to update and / or manage the first user interface. The scripts may be used to manage the display of the user interface in response to user input or in response to information received from server application 120.

In addition, the program information included in the content may include the first information accessed in step 212, or may include processed information obtained as a result of the processing of the first information. For example, program information may be embedded in HTML content and / or represented in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML), such as comma-separated value (CSV), or URL encoded (ie, " Percent encoding '), or in other structured data formats.

The program information may later be processed by a program (eg, a browser application 122 or a suitable program running on the external computing device 150) that receives the first content to update the first user interface.

As detailed below, in order to retrieve further content or update the user interface, the command information contained in the content may be used in response to interaction with the user interface made by the user or in response to a service event. It may also contain a set of command requests. The command information may be in the form of a hyperlink in the HTML content, and / or in the form of an instruction in a script of program information that uses one or more commands to retrieve the content. This command information may indicate a second user interface and / or a program (e.g., browser application 122) that retrieves the first content to cause the program to make another command request to update the first user interface. May be subsequently processed by a suitable program running on external computing device 150).

Finally, server application 120 generates a first response to the first command request, and the first response includes the first content generated in step 208 or step 214 (step 216). The first response to the first command request may be made using the same transport protocol used to provide the first command request to the server application 120. For example, the first response may be an HTTP response to an HTTP request that includes the first command request, where the first command request is received by the browser application 122 or the external computing device 150 as described above. Is done.

The first response to the first command is sent to the sender of the first command request (for browser application 122) or sent by the sender of the request to process the first content in the first response (external computing device 150). In that case).

If the server application 120 receives the first command request from the browser application 122 as defined in step 200 above, display the first user interface indicating the first information that the first content may contain. The first response is sent to the browser application 122 for the browser application 122 to process the first content in the first response for display on the device 116. For example, the first response may be returned from the server application 120 to the browser application 122 via TCP or UDP by the networking program of the operating system 118.

If the server application 120 receives the first command request from the external computing device 150, the first response is that the telephone device 100 is connected (ie, connected by the server application using the network interface 112). Is sent back to the external computing device 150 by the server application 120 via the communication network 140. For example, the first response may be sent back to the external computing device 150 via TCP or UDP via the communication network 140.

The server application 120 may be arranged to provide static content retrieved from a file specified in a command request made to the server application 120 by the browser application 122 or the external computing device 150. Static content may not change the time from one command request to another, for example. Such content may be, for example, an HTML document, a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) document, a JavaScript program, and / or using HTTP (e.g., in a requested document (e.g., in a HTTP GET request, "help / index. html ") may include a multimedia file that may be requested from the server application 120 as a command request. The server application 120 may provide this static content in order to enhance the user interface by providing multimedia. Alternatively, server application 120 may provide static content to provide static HTML, CSS or JavaScript documents for displaying and / or managing the user interface. Here, the user interface may be displayed by the browser application 122 or the external computing device 150.

The browser application 122 may be an internet browser application that can request and retrieve content using a transport protocol (eg, HTTP). Once the content has been retrieved by the browser application 122, the graphics processing device 114 is used to display the processed content on the display device 116 for processing and displaying the requested content on the user interface.

Browser application 122 may be configured to display a user interface described in a mark-up language (eg, HTML). In order to control the functionality of the telephone apparatus 100 using one or more input devices as described in detail below, links, buttons, and other objects displayed in a particular user interface are used by the user of the telephone apparatus 100. May be

2B illustrates steps that may be executed by the browser application 122 to display a user interface on the display device 116 of the telephone apparatus 100.

Initially, browser application 122 sends a first command request to server application 120 using a first transport protocol (eg, an HTTP GET request) (step 250). As described in terms of the server application 120 in step 200, the browser application 122 issues a command request to the server application 120 by using the inter-process communication method provided by the operating system 118 of the telephone apparatus. You can also provide For example, the first command request may be sent from the browser application 122 to the server application 120 via TCP or UDP by the networking program of the operating system 118.

The first command request sent from the browser application 122 to the server application 120 in step 250 may include a URL or URI identifying a resource corresponding to a script. For example, if the phone application 100 is turned on and the browser application 122 is first loaded after the operating system 118 is started, the browser application 122 may display the URL "http: // phoneServer" to display the initial user interface. /homeScreen.php "may be configured to send a command request to the server application 120.

In order to send the first command request including the URL such as "http: //phoneServer/homeScreen.php" from the browser application 122 to the server application 120, the browser application 122 may request the HTTP protocol ( In other words, using the networking program of the operating system 118 to recognize that the URL should be done via " http: // " in the URL, and to determine that the server application 120 should send a command request ( For example, the networking program may include or use a nameserver function to resolve "phoneServer" to the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the server application 120), and may send a command request to the server application 120. have.

Then, in accordance with steps 210 to 214 shown in FIG. 2A, the server application 120 uses the script identified in the command request to execute the first set of one or more commands, and uses it with respect to the telephone apparatus 100. It is also possible to access possible first information and to generate first content relating to the first information. According to step 214 shown in FIG. 2A, the first content is transmitted from the server application 120 to the browser application 122 in a first response to the first command request using the first transport protocol (step 252).

Once the browser application 122 receives the first content from the server application 120, it displays a first user interface representing the first information accessed by the server application in step 212, as described below. The first content may be processed for display on 116 (step 254).

The first content received by the browser application 122 is appearance information (HTML encoded) that the browser application 122 may process to display a first user interface constituting text, hyperlinks, shapes, buttons, and the like. May be used).

For example, in order to manage the display of the first user interface by relocating and updating elements of the first user interface in response to user input, the first content may include one or more browser scripts (which may be interpreted by the browser application 122). For example, it may include program information including JavaScript).

The first content may include command information that includes a command request set. The browser application 122 may be configured to send one or more command requests to the server application 120 in a command request set of command information in response to a user interacting with the first user interface. For example, one of these command requests may be sent to the server application 120 in response to a user selecting a hyperlink or button or by replacing a form using the first user interface.

In the program information of the first content, the browser script is configured in the command request set of command information in response to an event detected by the browser script, such as a user input via a user input means or a program state detected by one or more browser scripts. It may also be configured to send one or more command requests to the server application 120.

Appearance information may be sent to server application 120 to retrieve other content, such as further appearance information, other program information, and / or other command information that browser application 122 may process to display the first user interface. It may also include instructions for the browser application 122 to make other command requests. Other content may be retrieved in the form of one or more files or documents, such as HTML documents, JavaScript documents, and / or multimedia files that may include information. For example, other content may be used to display a first user interface comprising a plurality of HTML documents (eg, using different documents in different frames), and / or to display an image, such as the first user interface. May be

The browser application 122 may have previously retrieved some of this content and / or information from the cache, rather than requesting it from the server application 122 during subsequent requests for the same content and / or information. Some of the received content and / or some of the information may be kept in a cache (eg, RAM 108 or non-volatile storage 106).

Once the first user interface has been displayed in accordance with step 254, the browser application 122 may retrieve the service event script included in the program information to detect service events that occur in connection with the service application 124 of the telephone apparatus 100. It may also be executed (step 256). The service event script may be in the form of JavaScript embedded in the first content received in step 252 or by the browser application 122 in response to a request for another content made by the browser application 122 in step 252. It can also be a separate JavaScript file received. The service event script may be interpreted by the browser application 122 to control the update of the first user interface provided by the browser application 122 in response to the service event.

The service event script may be configured to detect the service event by initially sending a first event command request to the server application 120. This first event command request sent to the server application 120 may include a URL or URI identifying the resource that is the service application 124 and the first event command. The service application 124 identified in the first event command request may be an event service 138, and the first event command may receive a new event command of the event service 138. Therefore, server application 120 instructs event service 138 to execute the first event command in accordance with steps 200 through 208 and 216 as shown in FIG. 2A. Therefore, execution of the received new event command of the event service 138 returns the first new event content to the server application 120, which is the structured data format for the recently occurring new event. It may also include program information indicated by. The new event content is then sent to the service event script that is interpreted by the browser application 122 in the first new event response. If no new service event has occurred, the received new event command of the event service 138 does not return any content to the server application 120 until a new service event occurs, so that the server application 120 receives the new service. The first new event response may not be provided until the event occurs.

The service event script may then use the program information included in the first event response to update the first user interface. For example, the program information may be a communication network 140, such as a wireless network, where the network interface 112 of the telephone apparatus 100 may be displayed on the first user interface by displaying an icon or image in a particular area of the first user interface. It can also indicate that you are connected to. The service event script may then send a second event command request to the server application 120 to detect another service event.

As such, the first event script and the server application 120 update the display and operation of the first user interface in the background so that the first event script sends a command request to the server application 120 to update the first user interface. In order to do this, it may work according to the Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) framework. That is, the first user interface may operate without the browser application 122 that needs to be reloaded from the server application 120 as a whole.

The program information included in the first event response may indicate that the browser application 122 should send a second command request to the server application 120 in order to access the information and display the second user interface in response to the service event. , Where the second user interface may replace the first user interface (step 258). In this case, the program information may include a URL or URI that the browser application 122 may use to make the second command request. This causes the server application 120 to notify the browser application 122 of the event requesting that the new interface be displayed. For example, if the telephone apparatus 100 is receiving an incoming telephone call while the user is using the first user interface indicated by the browser application 122, the service event may be associated with the incoming call and the information related to the incoming call. It may also be triggered to instruct the browser application 122 to load from the server application 120 a second user interface consisting of hyperlinks and / or buttons associated with the command request to allow the user to accept or reject the call.

If the first event response indicates that a second command request should be sent to server application 120 to display a second user interface in step 258, the browser returns to step 250 to do this, otherwise step 260. Will continue.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the browser application 122 executes one or more service event scripts included in the program information to detect service events occurring with respect to the service application 124 of the telephone apparatus 100. It may be. Each service event script may detect a service event in accordance with the steps described above. Each event command request sent by the service event script to the server application 120 may indicate that the service event script wants to receive information about service events of a particular service application 124. For example, the service event script may indicate that when a new SMS message is received, one wants to receive information about the service event of the messaging service 128 to indicate a notification.

The browser application 122 may process the update to the first user interface made by one or more browser scripts (step 260). As noted above, the one or more browser scripts may be configured to send one or more command requests from the command information to the server application 120 in response to an event detected by the browser script, such as user input or other program state. .

The command request sent to the server application 120 by the first browser script may be used to access the information about the telephone apparatus 100 and direct the server application 120 in response to the update of the first user interface. As such, the command request used to update the first user interface may include a resource that is the service application 124 and a URL or URI identifying the first update command. Therefore, the server application 120 instructs the specific service application 124 to execute the first update command in accordance with steps 200 to 208 and 216 as shown in FIG. 2A. In accordance with these steps, execution of the first update command returns the first update content to the server application 120, which may include program information in a structured data format. The first update content is then sent to the first browser script that is interpreted by the browser application 122 in the first update response. The first browser script may use the program information included in the first update response to update the first user interface. For example, the program information may include a list of correspondences and their telephone numbers for which the first browser script may be formatted and displayed using an HTML table in the first user interface.

In this way, in order for the browser script to send a command request to the server application 120 to update the first user interface, the browser script and server application 120 executes AJAX (A) to update the display and operation of the first user interface in the background. It might work as an example depending on the Asynchronous JavaScript and XML framework. That is, the first user interface may operate without the browser application 122 that needs to be reloaded from the server application 120 as a whole.

The command request sent to the server application 120 by the browser script is a second user for the server application 120 to access the information about the telephone apparatus 100 and display it by the browser application 122 in response thereto. It may be used differently to instruct to provide an interface. For example, it may be used to provide a second user interface if it satisfies a particular program state tested by a browser script.

If at step 260 the browser application 122 includes content retrieved from the server application 120 using a second command request, the first user interface currently displayed as a result of steps 250 to 254 by the browser script? If instructing to switch to the user interface, the browser application sends a second command request to the server application 120 and returns to step 250 to prepare for displaying this second user interface (step 262), otherwise step 264 Will continue.

The browser may then process any other user input received via something or user input means, where the user input was not processed by one or more browser scripts at step 260. For example, a user's item selection in a user interface associated with a command request (ie, the command request forms part of a command request set of command information) (step 264). An example of an item may be associated with a command request that a user includes a hyperlink, button, form, and the like. If the user has selected an item associated with the command request, the command request directs the server application 120 to access information associated with the telephone apparatus 100 and, in response, for display by the browser application 122. It may also be used by the browser application 122 to provide a second user interface for the display. This may be used to provide a second user interface that allows a user to write an SMS message with a particular contact that has been selected from the contact list presented in the first user interface.

In step 264, if the browser application 122 processes another user input to select an item in the user interface indicating that the second command request should be sent to the server application 120 to display the second user interface, The browser application sends a second command request to the server application 120 and returns to step 250 to prepare for display of this second user interface (step 266), otherwise step 256 to continue processing service events and the like. Go back to

As described above, displaying the user interface on the telephone apparatus 100 using the server application 120 and the browser application 122 has several advantages described below. First, the telephone apparatus 100 can be controlled by making a command request via the first transmission protocol, which may be a known transmission protocol such as HTTP. This causes the execution of the first plurality of instructions to be executed by known transport protocols available in existing browsers and by scripts that may operate in these browsers.

The degree of functional control of the telephone apparatus 100 provided by the first plurality of commands may be very fine, and a command request sent to the server application 120 via a first transmission protocol (eg, HTTP). The detailed control of the telephone apparatus 100 can be performed by using. Therefore, the first plurality of commands may provide an application programming interface (API) to control the function of the telephone apparatus 100 via HTTP. The provision of information and / or results available as a result of the execution of the first plurality of commands may include sending an instruction request in a structured data format via a response using a first transport protocol (eg, an HTTP response). May be returned as).

The present invention may enable the creation of complex user interfaces that may be merged with scripts interpreted by the browser application 122 used to enhance the interaction with the user interface. These scripts may be used to update portions of the user interface in response to user input with new or requested information, and / or these users in response to service events occurring in connection with one or more service applications 124. It may be used to update parts of the interface.

Another advantage of the present invention is that the user interface (i.e., server application 120) provides program instructions necessary to control the functionality of the telephone apparatus 100 (i.e., provided by one or more commands of the first set of service applications 124). It is possible to separate what is needed to create a script executed by) and what is needed to display a user interface (ie, by browser application 122). This allows the design of each of these components to independently execute a new user interface for telephony device 100 that is easily designed using known tools, transport protocols, and the like.

The user interface can be customized according to the information available about the device being accessed in response to the execution of the one or more first instruction sets. For example, the appearance of the user interface displayed in the browser application may change over time (using a script interpreted by the server application 120 and / or a script interpreted by the browser application 122), or a telephone call. The location may be changed according to the location of the device 100 or the like (may be determined by the location service 132 using the location of a receiver device (not shown) in the phone device 100).

The browser application 122 does not need to use any command request for the server application 120 specifying a resource that is a script to control the functionality of the telephone apparatus 100 and display the user interface. Therefore, in another form of embodiment of the present invention, browser application 122 need not be configured to display a user interface that includes content formatted using HTML provided by server application 120, instead. One or more scripts and / or procedures in the browser application 122 may be used to display a user interface for which appearance is determined. For example, the browser application 122 need not be an Internet browser configured to display content formatted using HTML, but specify the resources and commands that are the service application 124, execute the command set, and execute the XML or JSON. A command request sent to the server application 120 may be used to access information about the telephone apparatus 100, which is content in the same structured data format. The browser application 122 processes this information and inserts it into the user interface configured to be displayed without retrieving any appearance information from the server application 120. In other words, all decisions made regarding the appearance of the user interface may be made by the browser application 122.

As described in step 200, the server application 120 may be configured to recognize a command request that has been received from the external computing device 150. The external computing device 150 is configured in the same manner as the browser application 122 of the telephone apparatus 100, ie, to display a user interface on a display device that the external computing device 150 may include or be connected to. According to the steps of 2b, it may be configured to operate the second browser application. In FIG. 2B, the browser application 122 of the telephone apparatus 100 receives a server application (eg, by sending a command request to the server application 120 or receiving a response to the command request from the server application 120). And the second browser application of the external computing device 150 should instead communicate with the server application 120 using a communication network, for example by sending an HTTP request over TCP. Should be. Telephone device 100 may be accessed external computing device 150 by way of communication network 140. For example, the external computing device 150 may be accessed by a known server that can access the external computing device using a fixed IP address on a known communication network, or in other forms, for example, via the Internet. It may be accessed by the telephone apparatus 100 which registers the current IP address. Therefore, the functionality of telephony device 100 may be fully controlled using external computing device 150, which may display a user interface substantially the same as that displayed by browser application 122. In other words, both user interfaces are provided with content generated by the server application 120.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a user interface program running on an external computing device may display a user interface whose appearance is determined using one or more scripts and / or user interface programs. For example, the user interface program need not be an Internet browser configured to display content formatted using HTML, but may use a command request specifying only resources and commands that are service application 124. This command request is sent to server application 120 via communication network 140 to execute one or more commands and access information about telephony device 100 that is content in a structured data format such as XML or JSON. do. The user interface program is configured to process this information and display it on a display device that the external computing device 150 may include or may be connected to without a user interface program that retrieves any appearance information from the server application 120. It can also be inserted into custom user interfaces. That is, all the decisions made regarding the appearance of the user interface are made by the user interface program. Therefore, a user may control his or her telephone device 100 from the external computing device 100 using a custom user interface presented by a user interface program running on the external computing program.

In another form of embodiment of the present invention, external computing device 150 may be used to control the functionality of telephony device 100 and generate content used to display a user interface using a personal computer. It may also include a control service.

The web control service executes one or more service commands of the first instruction set and accesses the server via the communication network 140 to access information about the telephone apparatus 100 that is content in a structured data format such as XML or JSON. The command request sent to the application 120 may also be used. Even if there is no web control service for retrieving arbitrary appearance information from the server application 120, the web control service may process this information and provide it to the personal computer so that the web content is displayed on a display device to which the personal computer is connected. You can also embed this information within web content. Therefore, all decisions made regarding the appearance of the user interface may be made by the web control service. Thus, a user may control his or her telephone device 100 from a personal computer by using a custom user interface presented on a personal computer, where the custom user interface is generated by a web control service operating on an external computing device 150. Included content. As such, the custom user interface to which the telephony device 100 may be controlled may be incorporated into, for example, an Internet webpage viewed by the user of the telephony device 100 on a personal computer. For example, a custom user interface for controlling a user's phone device 100 may be included in an internet webpage presented to the user when viewing his or her Facebook page on a personal computer, where an external computing device 150 (Facebook page) May be one or more computer servers that provide the content of. For example, a custom user interface allows a user to make a mobile call using the telephony device 100 or send another user an SMS message using the telephony device 100.

In another form of embodiment of the present invention, server application 120 responds to a first command request received at step 216 of FIG. 2A, eg, from external computing device 150 at step 200. And transmit a first response. The first response may include the first content generated by the server application at step 208 or 214. A second response that includes the first content may be provided to the computing device 150. This is in response to the user controlling the functionality of the telephone apparatus 100 using the external computing device 150 in accordance with one of the other forms of embodiments of the present invention described above, the browser application 122 of the telephone apparatus 100. The first user interface is displayed on the display device 116 of the telephone apparatus 100. The first user interface indicated by the browser information may represent the first information accessed by the server application 120 in response to the first command request at step 206 or 212.

In another form of embodiment of the present invention, server application 120 responds to a first command request received at step 216 of FIG. 2A, eg, from external computing device 150 at step 200. The first event response may be sent to the service event script interpreted by 122). The first event response may include the first content generated by the server application at step 208 or step 214. In another form, the first event response may include an indication of the service event script that the user interface displayed by browser application 122 should be updated. For example, the service event script may provide a command request to the service event script that may instruct the browser application 122 to use to update the user interface displayed by the browser application 122.

3 illustrates a browser application 122 for sending an SMS message in a first user interface in response to an input from a user and for indicating an indication confirming delivery of a text message, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. , Steps that may be executed by event service 138 and messaging service 128.

Initially, the browser application 122 receives the first response that includes the first content from the server application 120 and indicates the first user interface using the first content according to the steps in FIG. 2B described above. It may be.

The browser application 122 may execute a service event script included in the program information to detect a service event occurring in connection with the service application 124 of the telephone apparatus 100. The service event script may be configured to detect the service event by initially sending a first event command request to the server application 120 (step 302). The first event command request sent by the event script to the server application 120 may indicate a service event of the messaging service 128 to indicate a notification if a new SMS message is received or if the sent SMS message is successfully delivered. It may also indicate that it wants to receive information about.

The server application 120 instructs the event service 138 to execute the first event command request using the event service 138 according to the steps of FIG. 2A. Without a new service event occurrence of the messaging service 128, the received new event command of the event service 138 will not be able to return any content to the server application 120 until a new service event occurs. The server application 120 may not provide the first new event request until a new service event occurs. Therefore, while event service 138 is waiting for a new event to occur, the first event command request is still pending. The first event command request may be configured to elapse, i.e., tie out after a certain time. In this case, a new first event command request is sent by the service event to replace the first event command request that has elapsed.

The user may be using the first user interface to enter an SMS message. The user may choose to send an SMS message using the first user interface by pressing a link or button in the first user interface. Such a link or button may cause the browser application 122 to send the first command request to the server application 120 or the browser script running in the browser application to send the first command request to the server application 120. (Step 304). This first command request may instruct the server application 120 to execute one or more command sets of the first plurality of commands to send the input SMS message. The first command request may include data regarding the SMS message to be sent. For example, the first command request may include a URL having a parameter containing the text of the SMS message to be sent, another parameter having a phone number for sending the SMS message, and the like.

Server application 120 may then process the first command request according to the steps of FIG. 2A. The first command request may indicate that the server application 120 should instruct the messaging service to execute one or more commands that need to send the SMS message, so that the server application 120 may send the input SMS message. The messaging service 128 may also request to execute one or more instruction sets of the first plurality of instructions. As a result of the execution of one or more command sets, the messaging service may transmit a SMS message containing text specified by the user to a specified telephone number via a communication network 140 (which may be a GSM network). May be used (step 306).

The messaging service 128 then accesses the information about the telephone apparatus 100, such as information about whether the transmission of the SMS message by the network interface 112 is successful (or failed), and the server application 120 The first content may be generated using this information returned to. In addition, the server application 120 may provide the browser application with a first response including the first content (step 308).

The browser application 122 may receive the first response and use the first content to update the first user interface to indicate that the SMS message has been sent (step 310). For example, the first content may include program information, such as data in a structured data format indicating that an SMS message has been sent, which is a browser script that operates in the browser application 122 to update the first user interface. It can also be used by.

The SMS message may be delivered by the communication network 140 (eg, GSM network) to a phone having a telephone number specified by the user. This may in turn indicate that the delivery of the SMS message to the telephone apparatus 100 via the communication network 140 has been confirmed, which may be received by the network interface 112 and processed by the messaging service 128. . The messaging service 128 may then notify the event service 138 that delivery of the SMS message has been confirmed, for example by using an inter-process communication method (step 312).

The event service 138 may identify whether it is waiting for a service event for the messaging service 128. Therefore, the event service 138 is configured to provide a second response including the second content to the service event script operating in the browser application 122 to confirm delivery of the SMS message returned to the server application 120. May be generated (step 314). Therefore, the second response may be a response to the first event command request.

The service event script operating in the browser application 122 may receive the second response and use the second content to update the first user interface to indicate that the SMS message has been delivered (step 316). For example, the second content may include program information, such as data in a structured data format indicating that the SMS message has been delivered, which may be used to update the second user interface by displaying a delivery notification message. It may be.

4 shows an exemplary screen 400 of a contact list from a browser application 122 processing content to display a user interface representing information accessed about the telephone apparatus 100 by the server application 120. Indicates. Screen 400 includes contact information (eg, reference numeral 400) that may have been retrieved, for example, from nonvolatile storage 106 of telephone device 100. In other words, this represents information accessed about the telephone apparatus 100. Screen 400 includes a number of hyperlinks (eg, reference numerals 404, 406, 410, and 412), each of which may be associated with a command request. For example, the hyperlink 406 is associated with the command request 408 with the URL "http: // phoneServer / telephony / call? Number = 1234". If one of these hyperlinks is selected by the user, the browser application 122 may send a command request to the server application 120 to update the user interface or display a new user interface.

5 illustrates an exemplary screen 500 for an incoming telephone call from a browser application 122 processing content to display a user interface representing information accessed about the telephone apparatus 100 by the server application 120. Indicates. The screen may have been displayed by the browser application 122 as a result of a service event script receiving an event response from the server application 120 (ie, interpreted by the browser application 122). The event response may have indicated that a command request should be sent to the server application 120 to access the information and display the displayed user interface in response to the service event. Or, the event response may have included program information that the service event script may have processed to update the displayed user interface with the displayed information about the incoming telephone call. Screen 500 includes a number of hyperlinks (eg, reference numerals 502 and 504), each of which may be associated with a command request. If one of these hyperlinks is selected by the user, the browser application 122 requests the server application 120 to accept or cancel the call (appropriately), update the user interface, or display a new user interface. May be transmitted.

FIG. 6 includes a status bar 602 from a browser application 122 handling content to display a user interface representing information accessed about the telephone apparatus 100 by the server application 120. A portion of an example screen 600 is shown. The screen may include a plurality of HTML frames that were sent by the server application 120 to the browser application 122 as first content in a first response to the first command request made by the browser application 122. . One HTML frame in the plurality of HTML frames may be a status bar frame 602, which displays information indicative of information available about the telephone apparatus 100. In response to the service event script receiving new event content from the event service in response to a service event occurring with respect to the service application 124, the content of the status bar frame is updated by the service event script running on the browser application 122. May be For example, this new event content may indicate that the operating system 118 has detected that the remaining battery power of the telephone apparatus 100 is low, and may be used to update the battery level indicator 604. It may also include. In another form, this new event content may indicate that the connectivity service 136 has detected that the connectivity level for the communication network of the telephone apparatus 100 has changed, and is used to update the connection level indicator 606. It may also include content that may be present. In another form, such new event content may indicate that a new SMS message, MMS message or email has been received by messaging service 128 and may include content that may be used to update new message indicator 608. have. In another form, this new event content may indicate that the operating system 118 has detected that the time has changed, and may include content that may be used to update the time indicator 610.

The above embodiments are to be understood as illustrative examples of the invention. Embodiments of another form of the present invention are assumed as follows.

The server application 120 and / or browser application 122 may not provide all of the functionality described above, and / or may be used as a telephone apparatus 100 that includes a relatively low performance processor 102. It may be further modified. For example, some or all of the browser scripts may not be interpreted by the browser application 122, and / or the scripts interpreted by the server application 120 to execute one or more commands and generate content are more than. It may be simplified to provide a basic user interface and reduce the processing burden on the processor 102.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the browser application 122 of the telephone apparatus 100 uses a web server using the same first transmission protocol (eg, HTTP) used in the steps of FIGS. 2A and 2B. It may be configured to request and receive second content from an external device by using the network interface 112 of the telephone apparatus 100 to communicate with the external device via the communication network 140. Therefore, browser application 122 may be used to provide access to Internet content provided by these external devices as well as to provide a user interface used to control the functionality of telephony device 100.

A first used by the server application 120 to send a command request to the server application 120 (send from the browser application 122 or the external computing device 150) and to provide a response to the command request. It should be understood that the transport protocol may be a secure transport protocol such as HTTPS (HTTP Secure) or an unsecured transport protocol such as HTTP.

It should be understood that the telephone apparatus 100 described above is an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and it is contemplated that the present invention may be applied to other devices including a display and a processor, where such a device may utilize a processor and a server application. It may be configured to operate a browser application, and the browser application may be configured to display a user interface on the display. The server application of such a device may proceed according to the steps shown for the server application 120 in FIG. 2A and other steps and embodiments of merging the server application 120 described above. The browser application of such a device may proceed according to the steps shown for the browser application 122 in FIG. 2B and other steps and embodiments of merging the browser application 122 described above. Such an apparatus may include components substantially the same as the telephone apparatus 100, and these components may operate in substantially the same manner as their equivalents in the telephone apparatus 100 as described above. However, the apparatus may include a different set of one or more service applications (ie, included in the service application 124 of the telephony apparatus 100), which is a different first plurality of commands to control its functions.

For example, such a device may be a television set, or a set top box for connecting to a television set comprising a video broadcast receiver. For example, by allowing other television channels and / or video input sources to be selected, such an apparatus may include a service application, such as a video source selection service for changing the received video source of a video broadcast receiver (thus video broadcast). Change the state of the receiver). Such an apparatus may also include a video playback service for decoding and playback of other types of video and a guide service for accessing and displaying television schedule guides using the network interface 112. .

Other examples of devices include portable media players such as portable music, photo and / or video players, or portable electronic book readers, each of which is intended for storage, retrieval, editing, recording, and / or playback of multimedia files. It may also include a service application, such as a media service and / or an ebook service for storing, retrieving, editing, recording and / or playing back an electronic book file. In the above example, the apparatus may include configuration services, connectivity services, and event services that provide substantially the same functionality as in the telephone apparatus 100.

Other examples of devices include media services for storage, retrieval, editing and / or playback of multimedia files and / or camera services for controlling image sensors, lens placement and / or other elements of the camera to capture digital images. Digital cameras may be included that may include service applications. In the above example, the apparatus may include configuration services, connectivity services, and event services that provide substantially the same functionality as in the telephone apparatus 100.

Any feature described with respect to any one embodiment may be used alone or in combination with the other features described, used as a combination of one or more features of any other embodiment, or any other embodiment It should be understood that they may be used in combination. Also, equivalents and modifications not mentioned above may be employed without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims (17)

A telephone apparatus including a display and a processor, and operating a service application including a browser application, a server application, and one or more services using the processor, and a network interface configured to communicate via a communication network.
The processor comprising:
Control the server application to recognize a first command request provided using a first transmission protocol over the communication network, and to provide instructions to a service application in response to the recognition of the first command request,
Upon receiving the instruction, the service application executes one or more commands in a first set to control the functionality of the telephone apparatus, to generate first content and provide the server application to the server application,
And upon receipt of the first content, control the server application to generate a first response to the first command request to include the first content.
The method of claim 1,
And the first transfer protocol comprises HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS Secure (HTTP).
The method of claim 1,
And wherein the first command request is sent from an external computing device to the server application via the communication network.
The method of claim 3,
And the server application transmits the first response to the external computing device via the communication network using the first transmission protocol.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first command request is:
And from the browser application to the server application according to a user input received from at least one user input means included in the device.
The method of claim 5,
And the server application sends the first response to the browser application via the communication network using the first transmission protocol.
The method of claim 6,
The browser application requesting and receiving second content via the communication network using the first transport protocol.
The method of claim 1, wherein the service application,
A telephone service for making or receiving telephone calls using a network interface,
A messaging service for sending or receiving text messages using a network interface,
A connectivity service for accessing or disconnecting a communication network using a network interface,
A social network service for transmitting or receiving data to a social network using a network interface,
And at least one of a video source selection service for changing the video received using the video wideband receiver.
The method of claim 8,
The service application further includes an event service,
And the service application delays generation of the first content until a service event of any one of the one or more services occurs.
The telephone apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said service event is an occurrence of an incoming telephone call.
The telephone apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said service event detects a location of a predetermined new apparatus.
The method of claim 1,
The first command request identifies a first resource identifying the service application and the first command,
And the processor controls the server application to direct the service application to execute the first command to execute the one or more commands in the first set.
The method of claim 1,
The first command request identifies a first resource comprising a first script,
And the processor controls the server application to instruct an interpreter program to interpret the first script to execute the one or more instructions of the first set.
A first device comprising a processor for communicating via a communication network and operating a network interface and one or more service applications connected to the second device, and a second device including a display, one or more user input means and a processor. In the system comprising:
The second device, upon receiving a first user input from the one or more user input means, sends a first command request to the first device via the communication network using a first transmission protocol,
The first device further includes a server application, the server application recognizing the first command request, providing instructions to a service application to execute a first set of one or more commands in accordance with the first command request, Control at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the first device,
When the service application receives the instruction from the server application, the processor of the first device controls at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the first device. To generate first content to receive,
The processor of the first device controls the server application to generate and transmit a first response to the first command request to the second device in response to receiving the first content, wherein the first response is determined by the processor. Include first content,
And wherein the second device displays a first user interface including the first content on a display of the second device in response to receiving the first response.
The method of claim 14,
And said first transfer protocol comprises HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS Secure (HTTPS).
A method for receiving a response including content by sending a command request from a second device to a first device, the method comprising:
The first device includes a processor that communicates via a communication network and is connected to the second device, and a processor that operates a server application and one or more service applications, the second device including a display, one or more users. An input means and a processor,
The second device receives a first user input from the one or more user input means, and responds to the first device via the communication network using a first transmission protocol in response to receiving the first user input. Sending a command request,
The server application provides instructions to a service application to execute a first set of one or more commands when the first command request is recognized, thereby providing at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the device. Control process,
When the service application receives the instruction from the server application, the service application controls at least one of a telephone call function, a messaging function, a connectivity function, and an event function of the first device, and the server application may receive the instruction. Generating the first content,
When the server application receives the first content from the service application, generating a first response to the first command request including the first content and transmitting the first response to the second device;
And when the second device receives the first response including the first content, displaying the first user interface including the first content on the display of the second device. How to receive.
The method of claim 16,
The first transmission protocol comprises a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS (HTTP Secure).

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