TWI501153B - Application downloading method, application providing method, user terminal using the same - Google Patents

Description

Application download method, application providing method, and user terminal device using the above method

The present invention relates to an application downloading method, an application providing method, and a user terminal device using the above method, and more particularly to an application downloading method, an application providing service, and a user terminal device using the above method, the user terminal device The application can be downloaded from the server by the above method.

Recently, an app store selling online applications for mobile devices has become popular. A representative example of an app store is Apple Inc.'s App Store.

Therefore, the user can use his mobile device to access the application store on the network, make online business payments, and then directly download the desired application. That is, the user can download the application using his mobile device.

However, since the application store provided on the web sells a large number of applications, users need a lot of time to search for the required applications. Similarly, the user may not know which device is suitable for the user's device.

Users want to download the required applications without any effort. There is therefore a need for a way to make it easy and simple for users to download the applications they need.

In view of the above, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application downloading method, an application providing method, and a user terminal device using the foregoing method, wherein a user terminal transmits user terminal information to a server, and receives information according to the user terminal. A list of generated applications and a list of received applications is displayed on the screen.

In addition, in the application providing method of the embodiment of the present invention, the server receives the user terminal information from the user terminal, generates an application list according to the user terminal information, and transmits the application list to the user terminal.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an application downloading method for a user terminal. The user terminal downloads an application from a server, including: transmitting at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information. To the server, the application list is received according to at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information, and the application list is displayed on the screen.

The user terminal information may include at least one of a manufacturer's manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and information on whether or not the touch screen is displayed.

The network information can be information about the data transmission rate of the network connected between the user terminal and the server.

The service provider information may be information about an application provided by a service provider of the user terminal.

The user information may include at least one of a purchase history and a preference information of a user of the user terminal.

Transmitting user terminal information may include prioritizing attributes included in at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information.

Transmitting the user terminal information may include adding a flag representing the priority among the attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information.

Displaying the application list on the screen includes displaying the application list on the screen based on attributes included in at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention provides a user terminal, which downloads an application from a server, including: a network interface, accessing a server through one of a plurality of networks; a display unit for displaying an image; and a controller For controlling at least one of the user interface information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information to the server, and receiving the information according to the user terminal, the network information, the service provider information, and the use A list of applications generated by at least one of the information, and used to control the display of the application list on the screen.

The user terminal information may include at least one of a manufacturer's manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and information on whether or not the touch screen is displayed.

The network information can be information about the data transmission rate of the network connected between the user terminal and the server.

The service provider information may be information about an application provided by a service provider of the user terminal.

The user information may include at least one of a purchase history and a preference information of a user of the user terminal.

The controller may control prioritizing attributes included in at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information, and transmit at least one piece of information.

The controller may control to add a flag representing the priority to the attribute included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information, and transmit at least one piece of information.

The controller can control displaying the list of applications on the screen based on attributes included in at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application providing method for a server, where the server provides an application to a user terminal, including: receiving user terminal information, network information, and service provider information from the user terminal. And at least one of the user information; extracting at least one application from the pre-storage application according to at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information; and utilizing the selected The application generates an application manifest and transmits the application manifest to the user terminal.

The capturing of the at least one application may include extracting, from the stored application, at least one application executable by the user terminal according to the user terminal information.

The capturing of at least one application may include extracting at least one application that can be downloaded in a specific time based on the network data transmission rate based on the network information.

The capturing of at least one application may include capturing at least one application provided by a service provider of the user terminal based on the service provider information.

The capturing of at least one application may include capturing at least one application based on the user's purchase history and preferences based on the user information.

The application providing method may further include storing the user's purchase history and preferences, wherein capturing the at least one application may include capturing at least one application according to the stored history and preferences of the stored user.

The application providing method may further include extracting the application by at least one of changing the condition of the user terminal information, the condition of the network information, and the condition of the service provider information in the capturing operation.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention provides a server that provides an application to a user terminal, including: a network interface, accessing a user terminal through one of a plurality of networks; and a controller controlling a network interface to receive a user At least one of terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information is retrieved from a stored application based on at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information At least one application generates a list of applications using the retrieved application and transmits the list of applications to the user terminal.

The controller can retrieve at least one application executable from the stored application from the stored application according to the user terminal information.

The controller can retrieve at least one application that can be downloaded in a specific time according to the network data transmission rate based on the network information.

The controller may retrieve at least one application provided by the service provider of the user terminal according to the service provider information.

The controller may retrieve at least one application based on the user's purchase history and preferences based on the user information.

The server may further include a database unit for storing the user's purchase history and preferences, wherein the controller may retrieve at least one application according to the stored history and preferences of the stored user.

The server may further include a storage unit that stores at least one of a condition for capturing information of the user terminal of the application, a condition of the network information, and a condition of the service provider information, wherein the controller may change the information of the user terminal. At least one of the conditions, the conditions of the network information, and the conditions of the service provider information.

The embodiment of the present invention provides an application downloading method, an application providing method, and a user terminal device using the above method, wherein the user terminal transmits a user terminal message to the server, and receives a list of applications generated according to the user terminal information. The list of received applications is displayed on the screen so that the user can easily and simply download the desired application.

It is worth noting that since the application list for the user terminal has been received from the server, the user can avoid searching for unnecessary applications when downloading the required application.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more <RTIgt;

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an application download method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 100 is connected to the network (S110). The user terminal 100 can access the network through a wired local area network or a wireless network such as a wireless local area network or a wireless broadband (WoBro).

The user terminal 100 then accesses the server 105, and the server 105 provides an application providing website according to the user operation (S120). When the server 105 that accesses the application providing URL is accessed, the user terminal 100 transmits the user terminal information to the server 105 (S130).

The user terminal information here is the specification attribute information representing the user terminal 100. In addition, the user terminal information includes at least one of a model name, a resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and information of the touch screen of the user terminal 100.

Similarly, the user terminal 100 can provide priority to the user terminal information and then transmit the user terminal information. For example, if the user wishes to prioritize the model name, the user terminal 100 increases the model name information of the priority flag to the user terminal information, and then transmits the user terminal information with the priority flag. The server 105 then retrieves the application suitable for the user terminal 100 by preferentially using the model name.

As described above, if the user terminal 100 transmits the user terminal information to the server 105, the server 105 receives the user terminal information through the network (S140). The server 105 determines the type of the user terminal 100 or the attribute of the user terminal 100 based on the user terminal information (S150).

The server 105 retrieves an application suitable for the user terminal 100 from the stored application according to the type or attribute determined by the user terminal 100 (S160). For example, if the server 105 receives the model name as the user terminal information, the server 105 retrieves an application executable on the corresponding model. If the server 105 receives the resolution as the user terminal information, the server 105 retrieves the application executable at the received resolution.

The server 105 then transmits information about the captured application to the user terminal 100 (S170). The user terminal 100 then receives the application information from the server 105 (S180).

The user terminal 100 displays an application list suitable for the user terminal 100 on the screen using the received application information (S190). At this time, the user terminal 100 can display an application list based on the attributes included in the user terminal information. For example, the user terminal 100 may group applications suitable for the model name into a group and display the group on the screen, or may display a group suitable for resolution on the screen.

Similarly, the user terminal 100 can provide priority to the user terminal information. For example, the user terminal 100 may first display an application for the model name on the screen, and then display an application suitable for the resolution on the screen.

Through the above processing procedure, the user terminal 100 can recognize the application list from the server 105 suitable for the user terminal 100, so that the user can easily find the required application.

The processing procedure for downloading the map application when the user terminal 100 is a camera will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2A to 2H. FIGS. 2A to 2H are diagrams showing a processing procedure for downloading a map application when the user terminal 100 is the camera 200.

Figure 2A is a view of the display of camera 200 with the main menu displayed on the display. As shown in FIG. 2A, the main menu of the camera 200 includes items of "online store". The function of the "Online Store" project is to provide access to web-based web application applications. Therefore, if the user selects "online store", the camera 200 provides a server 105 that provides an application-provided web address through the network. Camera 200 then transmits its own user terminal information to server 105.

In FIG. 2B, the display of the application provided by the online store is displayed on the display of the camera 200. The displayed categories include the applications available to the camera 200.

If the user selects the item "map" from the category, the camera 200 displays a list of map applications that can be downloaded to the screen, as shown in FIG. 2C. The map application shown in FIG. 2C provides the application with the map application selected by the server 105 as suitable for the user terminal information about the camera 200. In addition, the application providing server 105 can retrieve a map application suitable for the model of the camera 200. Similarly, the application providing server 105 can retrieve a map application suitable for the resolution of the camera 200.

As described above, the camera 200 receives the list of applications from the server 105 and displays the list of applications on the screen as shown in FIG. 2C. Therefore, the user can easily select an application that can be executed by the camera 200.

If the user selects the item "Osaka Map" in Figure 2C, the display will display a message asking the user whether to purchase the application "Osaka Map", as shown in Figure 2D. If the user selects "Yes", the purchase process is executed. Then download the selected application as shown in Figure 2E. If the download is complete, the message that the download is complete will be displayed on the screen, as shown in Figure 2F.

If the user selects the item "Navigation" on the main menu after downloading the application "Osaka Map" (as shown in Figure 2G), the user can use the navigation program " Osaka Map" to perform navigation, as shown in Figure 2H. Shown.

As described above, by transmitting user terminal information to the server 105, the camera 200 receives and displays a suitable application list. Therefore, the user only uses the camera 200 to view the application information for the camera 200 from the online store, and quickly searches for and downloads the required application.

In this embodiment, the user terminal 100 is the camera 200. However, the user terminal 100 can be any type of device. More specifically, the user terminal 100 can be a mobile phone, a digital photo album, and a television. Similarly, a suitable application will vary depending on the device of the user terminal 100.

For example, if the user terminal 100 is a mobile phone, the application suitable for the mobile phone may include a mobile phone ringtone, a mobile phone interface tool set, and content. If the user terminal 100 is a digital photo album, suitable applications may include a fare increase application, an interface toolset, and photos of famous artists. Similarly, if the user terminal 100 is a television, suitable applications may be a fare increase application and an animation file.

The user terminal 100 will be described in detail in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the user terminal 100 of the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 100 includes a function block 310, a display unit 320, a storage unit 330, an operation unit 340, a communication unit 350, and a controller 360.

The function block 310 performs the original function of the user terminal 100. If the user terminal 100 is an MP3 player, the function block 310 performs an MP3 player function, and if the user terminal 100 is a portable multimedia player (PMP), the function block 310 performs a PMP function. .

The display unit 320 displays the input image and displays a guide user interface (GUI). More specifically, the display unit 320 displays screens as shown in FIGS. 2A-2H, such as a main menu and an application list.

The storage unit 330 is a storage medium for storing a large amount of content. The storage unit 330 can store the downloaded application. The storage unit 330 can be a hard disk or a non-volatile memory.

The operation unit 340 receives the operation of the creator to input a specific instruction. For example, the operation unit 340 may include a button, a dial, and a touch screen.

The communication unit 350 can transmit a connection to the application providing server 105. The communication unit 350 transmits the user terminal information to the application providing server 105 and receives the application list from the application providing server 105. The communication unit 350 can be a wired communication module (such as a wired area network card) or a wireless communication module (such as a wireless local area network or Bluetooth).

The controller 360 executes the operations in FIG. 1 and executes the processing procedures of FIGS. 2A to 2H, so the user terminal 100 can display a list of suitable applications from the server 105.

More specifically, the controller 360 controls the communication unit 350 to transmit the user terminal information to the application providing server 105 and receive the application list based on the user terminal information. The user terminal information here is the specification attribute information representing the user terminal 100. More specifically, the user terminal information includes at least one of a model name, a resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, and information of the touch screen of the user terminal 100. The user terminal information may be a metadata of the user terminal 100.

Controller 360 can provide prioritization of user terminal information. For example, if the user wishes to prioritize the model name, the controller 360 adds the priority flag to the model name information of the user terminal information and transmits the user terminal information with the priority flag. The server 105 then retrieves the application suitable for the user terminal 100 by preferentially using the model name.

Similarly, the controller 360 controls the display unit 320 to display an application list on the screen. Similarly, the controller 360 controls the display unit 320 to display the application list based on the attributes included in the user terminal information.

As described above, by transmitting user terminal information to the server 105, the controller 360 of the user terminal 100 receives and displays an application list suitable for the user terminal 100. Therefore, the user only views the application information from the online store for the user terminal 100 through the user terminal 100, and quickly searches for and downloads the required application.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the application displayed by the model name on the screen and the application displayed according to the resolution. When the user accesses the application providing the website address through the user terminal 100, the user terminal 100 displays the application list on the screen, as shown in FIG.

The model name of the user terminal 100 in FIG. 4 is "S500" and the resolution is "320*200". The user terminal 100 preferentially displays a list of map applications available in the model name "S500", and then displays a list of map applications suitable for the resolution "320*200". It can be seen that the application that applies to the model name of the user terminal 100 is prioritized. The priority order can be provided by the user's needs.

Therefore, the user can identify the list of applications suitable for use in the user terminal 100 by accessing the application providing URL displayed in FIG.

Figure 5 is a diagram showing the data transmission system of the embodiment of the present invention. The application transmission system of the embodiment of the present invention provides an application to the terminal established by the content provider (CP) and stored in the server 200 through the network.

As shown in FIG. 5, the application transmission system includes a plurality of terminals 100-1 and 100-2, a plurality of networks 10-1 and 10-2, and a server 105.

The first terminal 100-1 and the second terminal 100-2 correspond to the user terminal or the user terminal, and can receive the application stored in the server 105 by accessing the server 105 through the networks 10-1 and 10-2. Program. Therefore, the user of the user terminal can utilize the received application.

The first terminal 100-1 and the second terminal 100-2 transmit the application list to the server 105. The server 105 can select some items from the list of received applications and use the selected application. In order to obtain a list of applications optimized for itself, the first terminal 100-1 and the second terminal 100-2 respectively transmit their user terminal information to the server 105.

The server 105 stores the application, the content, and the data created/generated by the CP, and transmits the application list to the first terminal 100-1 or the second terminal 100 according to the request of the first terminal 100-1 or the second terminal 100-2. -2. Here, the CP creates or generates an application or content, and transmits the established application or content to the server 105 for storage via the network 10-1 or 10-2.

As described above, the server 05 typically receives a request for an application listing along with user terminal information for the first terminal 100-2 or the second terminal 100-2. Therefore, the server 105 retrieves an application optimized for the first terminal 100-1 or the second terminal 100-2 from the stored application, and provides the list of the retrieved application to the first terminal 100. -1 or second terminal 100-2.

The user terminal information includes information about at least one of a terminal manufacturer, model name, resolution, CPU information, storage information, storage capacity, whether there is a touch screen, serial number, user, and application history. The server 105 retrieves an application executable at the terminal or an application specified for the terminal based on the user terminal information.

The server 105 determines the network information requested for the application list, retrieves the optimized application based on the network information, and provides a list of the retrieved applications.

Here, the network information is information about the data transmission rate of the network that delivers the user terminal information. In other words, the network information is information about the data transmission rate of the network, and the user terminal 100 and the server 105 are both connected to the network. Due to the different capacities of applications, networks with low data rates can encounter difficulties when transferring large-capacity applications. Therefore, the server 105 retrieves the optimized application based on the network information having the request for the application list, and provides a list of the retrieved applications.

In this embodiment, the WiFi 10-1 and the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 10-2 are used to describe different types of networks and the first terminal 100-1 and the second terminal 100-2. Two possible examples of communication. It is worth noting that other different networks can be used with the present invention.

Therefore, the server 105 stores the application established by the CP. When receiving a request from the terminal for the application manifest, the server 105 utilizes the user terminal information and the network information to provide a list of applications that are optimized for each terminal in the stored application.

In Figure 5, for The WiFi 10-1 provides a request for the application list of the first terminal 100-1, and the server 105 provides the application 1 (App1) to the first terminal 100-1 via the WiFi 10-1. For through The WiFi 10-1 requests the application list of the second terminal 100-2, and the server 105 provides the application 2 (App2) to the second terminal 100-2 via the WiFi 10-1. For through The GPRS 10-2 requests the application list of the first terminal 100-1, and the server 105 provides the application 3 (App3) to the first terminal 100-1 via the GPRS 10-2. For through The GPRS 10-2 requests the application list of the second terminal 100-2, and the server 105 provides the application 4 (App4) to the second terminal 100-2 via the GPRS 10-2.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing a method of providing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When receiving the user's request for the application list (S610-Y), the user terminal 100 requests the application list from the server 105, and transmits the terminal information (user terminal information) to the server 105 (S620).

The server 105 analyzes the user terminal information from the user terminal 100 (S630), and determines the receiving path of the user terminal information and the application list request, that is, the network information (S640). Based on the analyzed user terminal information and the determined network information, the server 105 filters some applications stored in the server 105 (S650), and then transmits the filtered application information to the terminal 100 (S660). Here, the filtered application information represents a filtered list of applications.

Figure 7 illustrates the filtering application. Figure 7 shows the application filter.

When receiving the user terminal information from the user terminal 100 and determining the network information, the server 200 retrieves the details of the user terminal 100 based on the user terminal information and the network information.

As shown in FIG. 7, when receiving the manufacturer information and the terminal model as the user terminal information, the server 105 can use the user terminal information to retrieve the data of the user terminal 100, such as the resolution of the user terminal 100. Similarly, the server 105 can retrieve data of the network, such as the data transmission rate of the network 720. Such data can be pre-stored to the server 105.

The server 105 provides the application list 730 from the application stored in the server 105 to the user terminal 100 using data such as the terminal resolution 710 and the network data transmission rate 720, and the server 105 will retrieve the data. The application list is transmitted to the user terminal 100.

Returning now to Fig. 6, the user terminal 100 displays the list of applications from the server 105 on the screen (S670), so that the user of the user terminal 100 can select the application desired by the application list.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram showing the user terminal 100 described in Figs. 5 to 7. The user terminal 100 includes an application execution module 810, a display 820, a controller 830, a network interface 840, an input portion 850, and a storage unit 860.

The application execution module 810 image processes the application list from the server 105, controls the list of applications displayed on the screen, controls an application that selects the application list, and executes the application from the server 105 at the user terminal 100. Program. Thus, display 820 displays the list of applications and the selected application on the screen.

The network interface 840 is a channel through which the user terminal 100 communicates with the server 105 via the network. The user terminal 100 transmits the application list request, the user terminal information, and the request for the application to the server 105 through the network interface 840, and receives the application list from the server 105 and the selected application.

The input portion 850 is connected to a mouse or a keyboard to receive user operations. In particular, the input portion 850 receives an instruction from the user requesting the application list and an instruction from the user to request the application, and delivers the received instruction to the controller 830 forward.

The storage unit 860 stores programs for operating the user terminal 100, various information, materials, and applications from the server 105. The storage unit 860 can be implemented using a hard disk, non-volatile memory, or the like.

The controller 830 controls the user terminal 100. More specifically, the controller 830 controls the transfer of the application list request, the user terminal information, and the application request to the server 105 via the network interface 840, and controls the display of the application list from the server 105 on the screen 820, and Controlling the user terminal 100 executes the application from the server 105.

In addition, the controller 830 selects one of the networks connected to the terminal 100 so that the user terminal 100 can communicate with the server 105 via the selected network.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing the above-described server 105. The server 105 includes a network interface 910, a controller 920, and a storage unit 930.

The network interface 910 is a channel through which the server 105 communicates with the user terminal 100 through the network. The server 105 receives the application list request, the user terminal information, and the request from the user terminal 100 to the application through the network interface 910, and transmits the application list and the application selected by the user to the user terminal 100.

The storage unit 930 stores programs and materials for operating the server 105 (e.g., applications from the CP and content). When receiving information from the CP about the application, the storage unit 930 stores information of the user terminal 100 that can execute the application, information about the capacity of the application, and the like. The storage unit 930 can be implemented using a hard disk, non-volatile memory, or the like.

The controller 920 controls the server 105. More specifically, when receiving the application list request and the user terminal information from the user terminal 100 through the network interface 910, the controller 920 retrieves the user terminal 100 data by analyzing the received user terminal information. Determining the network information as the receiving path of the application list request and the user terminal information, and extracting the network data based on the judged information.

The controller 920 filters the application optimized for the user terminal 100 from the application from the CP according to the user terminal information and the network information, and stores the application to the storage unit 930, and transmits the optimized application list to the user. Terminal 100.

Therefore, the server 105 can selectively provide an application suitable for the user terminal 100, thereby providing convenience for the use of the user application.

At this time, those skilled in the art understand that the first terminal 100-1 and the second terminal 100-2 of the embodiment of the present invention are directly connected to the server 105 through the networks 10-2 and 10-2, but it is not used. The scope of the invention is defined. It should be noted that the first terminal 100-1 and the second terminal 100-2 can be connected to the server 105 through the networks 10-2 and 10-2 by individual media (for example, PC). For example, if the first terminal 100-1 is a mobile phone, when the mobile phone is connected to the PC, and the PC receives the application list from the server 105 through the networks 10-1 and 10-2, the PC can be accessed from the application through the PC. The application selected by the list is provided to the mobile phone.

Although the user terminal in the above embodiment transmits the user terminal information and the network information, the user terminal can also transmit the service provider information or the user information.

The service provider information herein is information about an application provided by a service provider (ie, a content provider CP) of the user terminal 100. The user information is information representing the user service data of the user of the user terminal 100, and includes at least one of the user's application purchase history and application preference information.

As described above, the user terminal 100 can transmit at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information to the server 105. In this example, the user terminal 100 can prioritize attributes included in at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information. Similarly, in order to prioritize the attributes of the information, the user terminal 100 may add a priority flag to attributes included in at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information.

Similarly, the user terminal 100 can display the application list according to attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information. For example, the user terminal 100 can display only the application list corresponding to the user terminal information on the screen. Similarly, the user terminal 100 can display a list of applications corresponding to the service provider information and a list of applications corresponding to the user information in different areas of the screen.

Therefore, the server 105 receives at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information from the user terminal 100. The server 105 retrieves at least one application from the pre-stored application based on at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information. The server 105 generates an application list using the retrieved application and transmits the application list to the user terminal 100.

More specifically, the server 105 uses the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information to retrieve at least one application corresponding to each of the above information: the server 105 can be based on the user terminal. The information retrieves at least one application executable from the pre-stored application at the user terminal 100. For example, the server 105 can recognize the screen resolution of the user terminal 100 based on the user terminal information, and generate an application list by extracting an application that can be executed at the screen resolution of the user terminal 100.

Similarly, the server 105 can retrieve at least one application that can be downloaded in a specific time according to the network data transmission rate based on the network information. For example, the server 105 can generate an application list based on the network information by extracting the application capacity that can be downloaded within five minutes.

Similarly, the server 105 can retrieve at least one application that can be provided by the service provider of the user terminal based on the service provider information. For example, the server 105 can generate an application list by capturing an application that You Tube can provide.

Similarly, the server 105 can retrieve at least one application based on the user's purchase history and the user's preference based on the user information. For example, the server 105 can generate an application list by extracting an application other than the application that the user has previously purchased.

The server can store the user's purchase history and preferences for each user. When the user purchases an application or inputs favorite information, the server 105 updates the user's purchase history and favorite information. Therefore, the server 105 can retrieve at least one application according to the user purchase history and preferences currently stored in the user terminal 100.

Similarly, the server 105 can retrieve the application by changing at least one of the conditions of the user terminal information, the conditions of the network information, and the conditions of the service provider information.

The condition of the user terminal information is that the server 105 retrieves the internal conditions of the application based on the user terminal information from the user terminal 100.

The condition of the network information is that the server 105 retrieves the internal conditions of the application based on the network information from the user terminal 100.

The condition of the service provider information is that the server 105 retrieves the internal conditions of the application based on the service provider information from the user terminal 100.

As described above, the server 105 can change the internal conditions to retrieve the application and retrieve the application for the changed condition.

As described above, the user terminal 100 can transmit at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information to the server 105. The server 105 generates an application list using at least one of user terminal information, network information, service provider information, and user information according to a request of the user terminal. Therefore, the user terminal 100 can receive a list of applications from the server 105 that are suitable for the user terminal 100.

It should be noted that any user terminal that can download an application can be used as the user terminal 100. For example, the user terminal 100 can be an MP3 player, a portable multimedia player PMP, a mobile phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

The present invention has been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

10-1, 10-2. . . network

100. . . User terminal

100-1, 100-2. . . terminal

105. . . server

200. . . camera

310. . . Functional block

320. . . Display unit

330, 860, 930. . . Storage unit

340. . . Operating unit

350. . . Communication unit

360, 830, 920. . . Controller

710. . . User terminal resolution

720. . . Network information transmission rate

730. . . Application list

810. . . Application execution module

820. . . monitor

840, 910. . . Network interface

850. . . Input unit

App1, App2, App3, App4. . . application

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an application download method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A to 2H are diagrams showing a process of downloading a map application when the user terminal is a camera.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the user terminal 100 of the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the application displayed by the model name on the screen and the application displayed according to the resolution.

Figure 5 is a diagram showing the data transmission system of the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing a method of providing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a flow chart showing the application filtering processing program of the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a block diagram showing the terminal of the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a block diagram showing a server of an embodiment of the present invention.

100. . . User terminal

105. . . server

S110. . . Connecting network

S120. . . Access application provider URL

S130. . . Transfer user terminal information

S140. . . Receiving user terminal information

S150. . . Determine the type of user terminal

S160. . . Extract applications for user terminals

S170. . . Transfer application information

S180. . . Receive application information

S190. . . Display a list of applications for the user terminal

Claims (28)

An application downloading method, a user terminal downloading an application from a server, comprising: transmitting at least one of a user terminal information, a network information, a service provider information, and a user information to the servo Receiving an application list generated based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information; and displaying the application list on a screen; wherein the Displaying the application list on the screen includes displaying the application list on the screen according to attributes included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information. The application downloading method of claim 1, wherein the user terminal information includes a manufacturer, a model name, a resolution, a CPU information, a storage information, a storage capacity, and a touch screen information of the user terminal. At least one. For example, the application downloading method of claim 1 is the information about the data transmission rate of the network connected between the user terminal and the server. The application downloading method of claim 1, wherein the service provider information is information about an application provided by a service provider of the user terminal. For example, the application download method of claim 1 of the patent scope, wherein The user information includes at least one of a purchase history and a preference information of a user of the user terminal. The application downloading method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the user terminal information comprises prioritizing at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information. The attribute in . The application downloading method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting user terminal information is included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information. A flag representing the priority is added to the attribute. A user terminal downloading an application from a server, comprising: a network interface, accessing the server through one of a plurality of networks; a display unit for displaying an image; and a controller, And controlling at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information to the server, and receiving the information according to the user terminal and the network information And an application list generated by at least one of the service provider information and the user information, and used to control displaying the application list on a screen; wherein the controller controls the information according to the user terminal included in the The attribute of at least one of the above network information, the service provider information, and the user information displays the application list on the screen. The user terminal of claim 8 wherein the user terminal information includes a manufacturer, a model name, a resolution, a CPU information, a storage information, a storage capacity, and at least information about a touch screen. One. For example, in the user terminal of claim 8, wherein the network information is information about a data transmission rate of a network connected between the user terminal and the server. The user terminal of claim 8 wherein the service provider information is information about an application provided by a service provider of the user terminal. The user terminal of claim 8, wherein the user information comprises at least one of a purchase history and a preference information of a user of the user terminal. The user terminal of claim 8, wherein the controller control preferentially considers an attribute included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information, and Transmitting at least one of the above information. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the controller controls to add a representative priority to an attribute included in at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information. The flag of the right, and transmits at least one of the above information. An application providing method, a server providing an application to a user terminal, comprising: receiving a user terminal information from the user terminal, and a network At least one of the information of the road, the information of the service provider, and the information of the user; the pre-stored application based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information Retrieving at least one application; and generating an application list using the retrieved application based on the plurality of attributes included in the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information; And transmitting the above application list to the user terminal. The application providing method of claim 15 wherein the capturing of the at least one application comprises extracting, from the stored application, at least one application executable from the user terminal based on the user terminal information. The method for providing an application according to claim 15 wherein the extracting the at least one application comprises extracting at least one application that can be downloaded in a specific time according to the network data transmission rate based on the network information. The method for providing an application according to claim 15 wherein the extracting the at least one application comprises capturing at least one application provided by the service provider of the user terminal according to the service provider information. The method for providing an application according to claim 15 wherein the capturing of the at least one application comprises extracting at least one application based on a user's purchase history and preferences based on the user information. For example, the application providing method of claim 19, The storing history and preferences of the user are stored, wherein the capturing the at least one application comprises capturing at least one application according to the saved purchase history and preferences of the user. The application providing method of claim 15 further includes at least one of changing the condition of the user terminal information, the condition of the network information, and the condition of the service provider information in the capturing operation. Take the application. A server for providing an application to a user terminal, comprising: a network interface for accessing the user terminal through one of a plurality of networks; and a controller for controlling the network interface to receive a user terminal At least one of information, a network information, a service provider information, and a user information, based on at least one of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information At least one application is selected from the stored application, and an application is generated by using the retrieved application based on the plurality of attributes of the user terminal information, the network information, the service provider information, and the user information List and send the above application list to the above user terminal. The server of claim 22, wherein the controller extracts at least one application executable from the user terminal from the stored application according to the user terminal information. Such as the server of claim 22, wherein the above control Based on the above network information, the device retrieves at least one application that can be downloaded in a specific time according to the network data transmission rate. For example, the server of claim 22, wherein the controller retrieves at least one application provided by the service provider of the user terminal according to the service provider information. For example, the server of claim 22, wherein the controller retrieves at least one application based on the user's purchase history and preferences based on the user information. The server of claim 26, further comprising a database unit for storing the purchase history and preferences of the user, wherein the controller captures at least one of the stored history and preferences of the user. application. The server of claim 22, further comprising a storage unit storing at least one of a condition for extracting information of the user terminal of the application, a condition of the network information, and a condition of the service provider information And wherein the controller changes at least one of a condition of the user terminal information, a condition of the network information, and a condition of the service provider information.