TW417066B - Handheld device and method for simultaneous update with SIM card - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a handheld device and method for simultaneous update with SIM card in which: firstly, establishing a first database stored in the SIM card that the first database comprises a plurality of data streams and corresponding plurality of updating labels wherein the updating labels are used to indicate if the corresponding data stream is changed in the SIM card and the SIM card is coupled with the device through an electronic card connection port; establishing a second database stored in a memory module wherein the second database comprises a plurality of data streams; using a processor for synchronizing the data streams of the first database and the data streams of the second database so as to generate and store a third database in the SIM card or the memory module wherein the third database comprises the plurality of synchronized data streams both from the first database and the second database.

Description

J_4JJ06_6______ 5. Description of the invention (1) The present invention relates to a synchronous update device and method, especially a handheld device and method for synchronous update with a SIM (Synchronous Interface Module) card, so that whether it is a SIM The data 'or the data stored in the handheld device can automatically detect the data movement in the device' and synchronize and update, so that the user does not have to repeatedly enter the data into the mobile phone or handheld device, saving the user's Operating time. With the continuous advancement of communication technology and the eager demand for business, the use of mobile phones (or mobile phones) has gradually become widespread, and the styles and functions of mobile phones have also changed with each passing day. In addition to sending and receiving call messages, many mobile phones also add other functions, such as electronic notepads, electronic business cards, personal data of frequent callers, and even basic personal data of users. The storage of the above types of data is usually used Storage media SIM to complete. The above-mentioned similar information is input by using the keys on the panel of the mobile phone. There are two kinds of problems when typing: First, because the number of dial keys on a mobile phone is less than the total number of English characters, users cannot enter text as convenient as typing on a computer keyboard, and the probability of input failure will increase accordingly. Compared with Chinese input, it will be more difficult. Secondly, the appearance of mobile phones has been developing towards miniaturization, and related components need to be reduced to conform to the overall design. The contact area of the dial buttons on the surface of the mobile phone will also decrease accordingly, and the adjacent distance between the dial buttons will also be shortened, which will cause great inconvenience to the user when entering data. In short ‘the design of today ’s mobile phone panels is not conducive to the user ’s input of data.’ To overcome the above problems, the external device ’s data on the SIM card was updated.

1HI1M Page 4 j 4 WQo 6__ 5. Explanation of the invention (2) The line is revised to a feasible way. At present, there are various handheld devices designed for different users and different information needs, such as PDA (Pers〇nal

Digital Assistant), electronic dictionaries, palmtop computers, etc. basically have better input devices, which is convenient for users to frequently modify or add data stored in the device. Using the characteristics of the above-mentioned handheld device, an object of the present invention is to combine a SIM card and a handheld device, such as those used in a mobile phone, so that the user does not need to directly input on an inconvenient input panel, but can use the handheld device to input the SIM card Synchronize or modify the data on it. In addition, this handheld device can also synchronize or modify different SIJ (cards) corresponding to different mobile phones with multiple SIM card data stored. Another object of the present invention is that such devices can be combined with a SIM card for correction or synchronization. Outside the data 'can also be built with general personal data management functions, such as electronic notebooks, electronic business cards, computers, exchange rate conversion, time difference calculation, and even electronic dictionaries, etc., in order to meet the current user's needs for multifunctional handheld devices, while being easy to use "In addition, such devices can exchange data with ordinary personal computers or laptops through a communication connection module. Therefore, the data on the Sim card can also be carried out in advance on personal computers or laptops. Edit, and then send the edited data to such handheld devices through the communication connection module. This advantage is that users can edit data with input devices that are more comfortable than mobile phones or handheld devices, and overcome the general lack of storage capacity of handheld devices. Question 'Transfer rare or temporarily unused data to a personal computer or laptop In order to save the storage space of the handheld device.

Page 5 706 6 'I _ V. Description of the invention (3) The handheld device of the present invention synchronized with the SIM card includes: an electronic card T slot' for —SIM card • to connect the device, where the ⑽ Card library, the first database contains a plurality of data strings and a pair of marks 'where the change mark is used to display the corresponding data string' data I change ;: memory module to store the corresponding SIM card: two: : The database contains plural data_; and-a processor for synchronizing the data strings of the database of the first database for generating and storing a third asset: the library asset SIM card library Remark: In the group, where the third database includes plural synchronized data from the data strings in the third database or the second database, a method for synchronously updating a SIM card and a handheld device in the present invention, First, a first database is created and stored in the 雠 card label. The change mark is used to indicate whether the corresponding data string has been changed. 隹 隹-咨 二 Λ card slot is coupled to the device; finally, a first database is stored. In a memory module, the first database includes a plurality of Data string; then, the old one of Shatian _ draws the first lean material and synchronizes the data strings of the first database and the second database to generate and combine three databases on the sim card or the memory In the module, the step data of the first material string ^ These materials in the second database are easy to make: other features, features, and advantages of the above can be more obvious and easy to understand 'Special examples below-preferred embodiments , And in conjunction with the attached round form, for details I ^ Η page 6 丄 ΑΠ〇6β, __ 5. Description of the invention (4) The detailed description is as follows. Brief description of the diagram: FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the relationship between a handheld device, a SIM card, and a mobile phone according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an embodiment of the device according to the present invention; A schematic diagram showing the architecture of the communication connection between the device and the computer according to the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing data synchronization / update in the method according to the present invention; and 5th line shows the data synchronization performed in the method according to the present invention Detailed flowchart. Explanation of symbols: 11 ~ mobile'12 ~ SIM card; 13,20,310 ~ handheld device; 202 ~ processor; 204 ~ electronic card slot; 206 ~ random access memory; 208 ~ communication connection module; 21〇 ~ Read-only memory; 212 ~ Display device; 214 ~ Keyboard; 216 ~ Power supply; 311,312 ~ Communication connection module two 320 ~ Computer; 330 ~ Connected device; 440-460 ~ Data synchronization / update process steps; and 500 -590 ~ Detailed step of data synchronization step β Embodiment: Figure 1 shows the relationship circle of one embodiment of the device according to the present invention. Here, a mobile phone and a SIM card are used as the best embodiment for data synchronization of the handheld device of the present invention. General mobile phones are equipped with SIM + 12 as a data storage device. The default memory capacity on general SIM cards is not

Page 7 4 \ ^ V. Description of the invention (5) Large, the amount of data that can be stored is quite limited, such as personal identification information, call object information, etc. D As mentioned above, using a limited number of input keys on the mobile phone Operation data entry often causes great inconvenience. Therefore, the handheld device 13 of this month can be used to update and synchronize the sim card of the mobile phone. In order to enable the handheld device 13 to read and synchronize with the data in the SIM card, the handheld device must have a slot compatible with the SIM card for the SIM card to connect, and synchronize or modify the data with the interior of the handheld device through this slot. In addition, it can not be seen from the figure that the handheld device has a more comfortable input panel than a mobile phone, which is convenient for users to enter data 'and utilizes multiple types of built-in functions. In addition to the simultaneous revision of the SIM card :: material, it can also be established. The personal data file executes network applications such as arts and science or is connected to a local area network (local area network) or the Internet (internet) via a communication connection module in the handheld device. A second figure (2) shows the structure of an embodiment of a handheld device according to the present invention. The handheld device 20 includes a processor 202, an electronic card slot 204, a random access memory 206, a communication connection module, a read-only memory 210, a display device 212, and an input keyboard. 214, and a power source 216 from an external supply. Sixth, as shown in the figure, the specifications of the electronic card slot 204 must be the same as those of the SIM card, but the electronic card slot 204 can also be designed to read electronic cards of other specifications, such as simply as a memory for storing data. Card, e-book card, e-cigarette 2 = card, wheel interface card, or game card. In this embodiment, after the SIM card is inserted into the electronic card slot 204 of the mobile device 20, the processor 202 will store the data in the random memory 206 and the data in the sim card.

ΑΠΟδδ V. Description of the Invention (6) ---- For comparison to synchronize the data w% 丁贝 7 ^ The step of Shao Gong will be described in detail below. The keyboard 21 4 and the display 2 1 2 are used as the drawing components of the handheld device and display components. Which display device? 15 > introduction, office ta A „clothes set 212 can also be combined with a light pen (not shown in the figure) to become a handwriting input device, especially reading goods ^ without the need to input through the keyboard 214 keys, increase the input data of the handheld device + ,, π The nature and convenience. In addition, the read-only memory in Zhao 20 can be built with general personal counseling and other personal data management tools, such as electronic notepads, electronic business cards, or simple text imagination ^ 幻 又 I The function of processing or even network connection to fetch / send data. The external power supply 216 can use a general-purpose battery or receive DC power transmitted by an external AC / DC converter to supply the power required by the handheld device. Figure 3 shows the structure of the communication connection module and the computer on the handheld device of the present invention. The communication connection module 311 in a handheld device 310 corresponds to the communication of the computer 320 which is to synchronize data. Connection module 321 'Among them, the communication modules 311 and 321 are connected by a connection device 33 to transmit data signals. "The two corresponding communication modules 3U and 312 have at least data transmitting ends TX1 and TX2, respectively. Data receiving terminals "1 and" 2, ground terminals GND1 and GND2, and voltage terminals VCC1 and VCC2. The above connection device 330 can modify the internal circuit according to the specifications of the communication connection module attached to the handheld device 310 and the computer 320, respectively At the computer end 320, a serial port with a low data transmission rate is usually used for connection.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing synchronization / updating of data using the device of the present invention. First, when a SIM card is inserted into the electronic card slot 2 04 of the handheld device 20, the SIM card will read the auto-marking ATR after the initialization step.

4 V (〇u ^ V. Description of the invention (7) (automatic target recognition) message 'This ATR message determines whether the SIM card has been inserted into the correct slot position (410). Then the display device 212 will prompt if the LCD screen displays The user chooses to perform data update or data synchronization (420). The data update is suitable for the user who wants to completely cover the SIM card with the pre-stored data in the handheld device, and the data synchronization also considers the corresponding data in the handheld device and the SIM card. Changes or modifications to make the data on the handheld device and the SIM card the same; in other words, the data update is that the handheld device requires the data on the SIM card to be the same, and the data synchronization is the mutual update between the handheld device and the SIM card Modified data to achieve the purpose of two-way synchronization of data. When the user selects the data to update, the device will display a plurality of SIM card database for the user to choose (432). The general SIM card specifications can access 20 or 40 The data is about 512 bits or 1024 bits of memory space. If the data size of the selected SIM card database is larger than the SIM card's memory capacity (4 34) 'then the user must re-select the number of data to be loaded into the SISf to meet the limit of the storage capacity of the SIM card. When the user selects data synchronization, each data in the SIM card will be read into this one by one The random memory 206 (442) of the handheld device 20 is compared with the data stored in the handheld device corresponding to the SIM database, and the data is synchronized in both directions (444). The same as the data update is synchronized. The size of the processed data must still be less than or equal to the memory capacity of the SIM card (446) 'Part of the synchronized data must still be deleted if necessary to comply with its memory limit β ^ SIM card and handheld When the data in the device 20 is synchronized in both directions, the relative data of either party must be determined.

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Λ I 5. Description of the invention (8) Whether it has been modified. Therefore, on the one hand, the present invention adds a change mark to each data of the SIM card application to distinguish it. When any piece of data is stored from the handheld device 20 to the SIM card, it means that this piece of data has been synchronized with the corresponding data in the handheld device 20, and its change mark is unchanged. If the data is modified by the user through the mobile phone to the SIM card, the change mark will be displayed as a change status, as the basis for the data change when the data is synchronized with the handheld device 20 again. Relatively, since the user will also frequently modify the SIM card corresponding data in the handheld device 20, the change status of each SIM card data stored in the handheld device 20 also needs to be recorded to facilitate two-way Data synchronization conversion. In the handheld device of the present invention, a tag table is created corresponding to the data of each SIM card. As shown in Table 1, the label indicates the SIM card identification data. The data position of the SIM card is changed. The data displayed in each column of the table includes the SIM card identification data column and the SIM card data position. Columns, data location blocks for handheld devices, and data change status blocks. The information provided in the identification data column of the SIM card includes the identification of the SIM card, the maximum storage memory capacity of the SIM card, and the length of the recorded data stored in the SIM card, etc.

4Π〇δ 6 V. Description of the invention (9) ---- Π: Memory location in SIM card. In contrast, the memory location bar of the handheld device shows that this data corresponds to the memory bit in the handheld device 20. The flicking status column shows the data changes of the corresponding data stored in the handheld device 20, which can be changed. Including synchronized status, changed status, deleted status, and no data status. According to the state of the change of each piece of data provided by the state of the data 2 ', and then compared with the change mark of the data of the phase 2 on the SIM card, a new synchronization data can be generated to be stored in the SIM card or the handheld device 20 . For details on the synchronization process, please refer to Figure 5 "Before this process, determine whether a database corresponding to the SiM card has been established in the handheld device 20 (5: Hold for the first time to face the handheld device 20, you need to choose * A card data covers the SIM card i, or) Λ: standing data is stored in the memory of the handheld device (52, if the handheld device 20 has the original data corresponding to this SIM card (can be determined by the above) The data stored in the SiM card in the hidden form is read one by one. 读取) When reading the SIM card, the modification mark corresponding to each piece of data will record whether the mobile phone or other device has been modified (54). A certain piece of data has been modified, then the card stores this piece of data (or overwrites) the corresponding original synchronization data (542) in the handheld device 20 to achieve the purpose of data synchronization. If it is determined that this data has not been stored on the mobile phone "It has been modified in the middle" and its mark has not been changed, then it is checked whether the corresponding original synchronization data in the handheld device 20 has been modified (55) according to the data change status in the above possession table (55). If it has been modified, it is marked So that all After the comparison is completed, it is stored in the sim card (M? Page 12 V. Description of Invention (10)). After the data is checked one by one (560), the memory capacity of the synchronous database to be re-stored in the SIM card is checked. (57), if the size of the synchronized database is larger than the memory capacity of the SIM card, the user must still delete some of the ratio data (572), but the corresponding synchronized database stored in the handheld device 20 is There is no need to make any delete action. Therefore, as long as the total memory of the handheld device 20 is sufficient, the corresponding SIM card data stored in the handheld device 20 can be greater than the total data of the SIM card. When the user operates the data When synchronizing, it is possible to selectively choose to be stored in the SIM card for storage according to actual needs (580). Although the present invention has been disclosed as above with a preferred embodiment, it does not mean that the 'any person skilled in the art' of the present invention does not Departures from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be modified and retouched. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the attached patent application park.

Claims (1)

— I 4U〇6 6__ 6. Scope of patent application 1. — A handheld device updated synchronously with a SIM card, including: An electronic card port for a SIM card to be coupled to the device, where the SIM card is stored A first database containing a plurality of data strings; a memory module for storing a second database corresponding to a SiM card; the second database contains a plurality of data strings; and a processing The device is used to synchronize the data strings of the first database and the data strings of the second database, and is used to generate and store a third database in the SIM card and the memory module, where the The third database includes plural synchronized data strings from the first data library or the second data database. 2. The device described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the memory module further stores A label table that stores identification data corresponding to one of the SIM cards and a storage location, a corresponding ID, and a data change status of each data string in the first database, where the data change status is used To show In the memory module such information string corresponding to the second database of the first database of the information data string of modifiers such situations. 3_ The device according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the identification data of the SIM card stored in the label table includes an identification id of a sim card, a maximum storage memory capacity, and a currently stored memory capacity. 4. The device according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the data change status of each data string in the label table is to display the unmodified, modified, deleted, and no data stored in the corresponding data block of the second database , Corresponding to a synchronization state, a modification state, a deletion state, and an unfunded state, respectively Page 14 4U〇6® VI. Scope of patent application Material status. 5. The device according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the processor performs data synchronization, the first database is processed according to the data change situation in the label table corresponding to each data string in the second database. Data synchronization 'and synchronize the data of the second database according to a change tag of each data string in the first database, where the change tag is used to show whether the corresponding data string has been changed; the databases are synchronized Generate the third data base and the third data base replaces the first data base in the SIM card and the second data base in the memory module, respectively. 6. The device as described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the processor performs data synchronization, if a data string of the first database and a corresponding data string of the second data are respectively in the Sn (card When the memory module is modified, the corresponding data string in the first database is used as the corresponding one in the third database. 7. The device described in the first item of the scope of patent application, It also includes a communication connection module for face-to-face connection with a computer, so that the second database on the memory module in the device can synchronize data with a corresponding fourth database in the computer. The device described in item 1 of the patent scope also includes a keyboard to operate the device and modify the data in the second database in turn. 9. The device described in item 1 of the patent scope also includes a display device It is used to show the operation of the device. ^ 10. The device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, also includes a read-only 6 memory for storing multiple personal data management functions such as electronic business cards, memos Page 15 1 1. Includes: Liumiaoϊ — the first database is stored in the Chuanka, where the first — asset database to modify the data strings, and; s second material / pair /: the original synchronous data device; and the SIM The card is coupled to the first database via the _electronic card slot and stored in a memory module, wherein the second and plural data strings' the S two databases should modify the data strings corresponding to the original synchronous database;-reach A processor is used to synchronize the data strings of the first database and the data strings of the second database, to generate and store a third database in ^ _ or the * self In the module, the third database includes a plurality of synchronous data strings from the data strings in the database or the second database. i2. The method according to item 11 of the scope of patent application, wherein the memory module further stores a label form 'the label form stores identification data corresponding to one of the 311 ^ cards and each data string in the first database A storage location, a corresponding ID, and a data change state, wherein the data change state is to display the data strings of the second database in the memory module corresponding to the data of the data strings of the first database Change the situation. 13 ' The method as described in item 12 of the scope of patent application, wherein the identification data of the SIM card stored in the tag form includes an identification ID of a SIM card, a maximum storage memory capacity, and a currently stored memory capacity. Page 16 6. Scope of patent application — 14. The method described in item 12 of the scope of patent application, wherein the data change status of each data string in the label grid is displayed as unmodified, modified, deleted, and no data is stored in the The corresponding data block of the second database is divided into 2 correspondences-a synchronization state, a modification state, a deletion state, and a dataless state. 15. The method as described in item 12 of the scope of patent application, and the device as described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the processor synchronizes data, it corresponds to each of the second database in accordance with the possession form order. The data of the data string is used to synchronize the data in the first database, and it is marked according to one of the first data string, which applies the change mark to show]-whether the data string has been changed; the first and The second database generates the first database synchronously, and the third database takes the first database or the second asset in the memory module ^^ 16. If the scope of patent application is In the method described in item 1, when a data line is synchronized, if a data string of the first database and a corresponding data string of the second = one are respectively mapped in the SIM card and the t-memory module, The corresponding data of the first database is used as a corresponding synchronized data string in the third database. 17 · The method as described in the item of the scope of patent application, wherein the device 2 includes a communication connection module for Coupled to a computer so that The second database can synchronize data with a corresponding fourth database in the computer. Β 18 · The method described in item 丨 丨 of the patent application scope, wherein the device further includes a keyboard for operating the device and inputting Amend the iSn of the 2nd and 2nd database page 17_ 6. Information on patent application scope. 19. The method according to item 11 of the scope of patent application, wherein the device further comprises a display device for displaying the operating conditions of the device. 20. The method according to item 11 of the patent application scope, wherein the device further comprises a read-only memory for storing a plurality of personal data management functions such as electronic business cards, notepads, and computers. Page 18