WO2007139349A1 - Procédé destiné à configurer le clavier d'un terminal et le terminal et système comprenant le terminal et le clavier pouvant être reconfiguré - Google Patents

Procédé destiné à configurer le clavier d'un terminal et le terminal et système comprenant le terminal et le clavier pouvant être reconfiguré Download PDF

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WO2007139349A1
WO2007139349A1 PCT/KR2007/002625 KR2007002625W WO2007139349A1 WO 2007139349 A1 WO2007139349 A1 WO 2007139349A1 KR 2007002625 W KR2007002625 W KR 2007002625W WO 2007139349 A1 WO2007139349 A1 WO 2007139349A1
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Gi-Seon Nam
Moon-Kee Kim
Tae-Ho Yu
Yong-Ha Jeon
Ki-Mo Chung
Jung-Keun Yang
Jong-Tae Ihm
Jung-Yeoun Kim
Keun-Hwan Choi
Byoung-Ki Cho
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Sk Telecom Co., Ltd.
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a system for automatically reconfiguring a keypad according to the use of a terminal, and more particularly to a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such the terminal, and a reconfigurable keypad, in which the keypad of the terminal is reconfigured such that a touch panel reconfigured according to personal taste and convenience is available even when a terminal from the same manufacturer is used, and various character input schemes are supported such that a user can perform an input operation in a desired input scheme irrespective of which manufacturer manufactured the terminal.
  • terminals with both telephone and image display functions such as cellular phones, Internet phones, PDAs, etc.
  • Such terminals go beyond a simple telephone call function, and additionally provide diverse functions and services, such as online/offline games, e-mail, text message service, stock management, schedule management, financial settlement, and the like.
  • Those types of terminals must have a keypad in order to use the diverse functions and services, and the layout and positioning of character input environment setting information, corresponding to the keypad, are preset when the terminals are manufactured.
  • a mobile communication terminal has recently been launched, which is provided with a touch screen capable of inputting various information through touch sensors implemented on a display panel of the terminal, that is, an LCD.
  • the terminal with such a touch screen may reduce the degree of sensory perception due to its inelastic planar structure, and has an additional problem in that its display panel may be easily contaminated with fingerprints, etc.
  • a touch screen or touch panel is one scheme for the interaction of a user with information and communication equipment employing various displays, and corresponds to an input device that can interface a user with information and communication equipment by directly touching the screen with the user s hand or a pen without any additional peripheral unit.
  • a touch screen is largely classified as a capacitive touch screen, a resistive touch screen, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) touch screen, a piezoelectric touch screen, or an infrared touch screen.
  • SAW surface acoustic wave
  • the touch panel is classified as a pressure-sensitive touch panel in which a position is detected on coordinates through sensors responsive to a pressure applied onto a screen surface, or a capacitive touch panel in which sensors are disposed around a screen surface filled with charges (flow of an electric current) and a touch point is discovered by sensing information on lost charges through the sensors.
  • this touch panel has been used as a basic constituent element in a PDA
  • the touch panel is provided in order to compensate for the problem that the external size and thickness of a mobile communication terminal increase if separate function buttons are added for performing respective additional services provided through the terminal, so that the thickness of the terminal can be reduced.
  • a conventional touch panel has a disadvantage in that its use is limited when a user uses specific contents or games because it is uniformly manufactured by the manufacturer of a mobile terminal.
  • buttons that have specific functions in a touch panel are different from those used in the game, there is an inconvenience in that the game player must be fully aware of which buttons are to be used in the game.
  • buttons "4" and a right movement are assigned to button "6" with respect to the right/left movement of an object in a game program, then a game player must recognize the fact that button "4" or button "6" must be selected in order to move an object in the right/left direction.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a reconfigurable keypad, in which the type, position and size of a character on the keypad can be freely changed according to a user s operation or under the control of terminal software by implementing a flexible display device in the form of a keypad.
  • the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a re- configurable keypad, in which the type, position and size of a character on the keypad can be freely changed according to a user s operation or under the control of terminal software by implementing a touch sensor-mounted display device in the form of a keypad.
  • the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a re- configurable keypad, in which various character input schemes are supported such that a user can perform an input operation in a desired input scheme irrespective of which manufacturer manufactured the terminal.
  • the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a re- configurable keypad, in which a user can perform an input operation in a desired input scheme irrespective of which manufacturer manufactured the terminal by downloading an automata program so as to display touch panels, which are different from a touch panel implemented in the terminal and are manufactured by other manufacturers, on the terminal.
  • the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a re- configurable keypad, in which a user can perform an input operation in a desired input scheme even when the terminal has a common button-type keypad rather than a key panel, so long as the terminal includes an internally stored automata program.
  • the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a re- configurable keypad, in which the keypad of the terminal is reconfigured such that a touch panel reconfigured according to personal taste and convenience is available even when a terminal from the same manufacturer is used.
  • the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a re- configurable keypad, in which a touch panel reconfigured according to the necessity of a user is configured as a package, whether or not the package of the touch panel can be properly implemented in the terminal is authenticated, and then the package is downloaded to the terminal.
  • the present invention provides a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal, a terminal configured thereby, a system including such a terminal, and a re- configurable keypad, in which a touch panel is implemented such that it is reconfigured using a keypad server, and can be immediately downloaded and available to the terminal.
  • a system for configuring a keypad of a terminal including: a keypad server including keypad configuration files according to various applications to be implemented in the terminal, and providing the terminal with the keypad configuration files; and the terminal receiving the keypad configuration files from the keypad server through a wired or wireless network, and including a keypad area on which keypad con- figurations according to the keypad configuration files are displayed.
  • a system for implementing various types of touch panels including: a keypad server creating a keypad configuration file, to be displayed on a touch panel of a mobile terminal, by reconfiguring at least one of a shortcut button, a key button shape and a key button layout; and the mobile terminal using the keypad configuration file as the touch panel by downloading the keypad configuration file from the keypad server and parsing the downloaded keypad configuration file.
  • a keypad server including keypad configuration files according to various applications to be implemented in a terminal and contents adaptive to respective keypad configurations according to the keypad configuration files, and providing the terminal with the keypad configuration files and the contents through a wired or wireless network.
  • a mobile terminal supporting various character input schemes, the mobile terminal including: a keypad implemented in such a manner as to display a second keypad different from a first keypad provided in the terminal and enable touch input through the second keypad; a conversion unit converting a key event in such a manner as to coincide with an input scheme corresponding to the second keypad; and an output unit outputting character data corresponding to the converted key event.
  • a mobile terminal having various types of touch panels, the mobile terminal including: a manager module dividing a package to be implemented in a touch panel of the terminal into a markup language and a resource, and managing respective data thereof; a parser module parsing the touch panel based on the markup language and the resource; a renderer displaying data for the finally parsed touch panel on a screen; and a control module recognizing a pressed signal input through the touch panel as a key event signal.
  • a keypad for inputting desired information into a terminal through key button input, the keypad including: a display unit displaying a keypad configuration having a given key button layout provided by the terminal; and a key button input recognition circuit located on a front or rear surface of the display unit, and recognizing a pressure transferred when a given key button area of the keypad configuration displayed on the display unit is selected.
  • a keypad for inputting desired information into a terminal through key button input, the keypad including: a display unit displaying a keypad configuration having a given key button layout provided by the terminal; and a transparent touch sensor array located on a front surface of the display unit, recognizing a touch of a user when a given key button area of the keypad configuration displayed on the display unit is selected, and transferring an electrical signal according to the touch of the user to an internal logic of the terminal.
  • a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal including the steps of: a) receiving and storing at least one of various keypad configuration files, each of which corresponds to an application, from a keypad server to the terminal through a wired or wireless network; b) selecting a specific keypad configuration file having a given keypad configuration from among the stored keypad configuration files by the terminal; c) executing the selected keypad configuration file through the application by the terminal; and d) displaying the keypad configuration according to the specific keypad configuration file on a keypad area of the terminal.
  • a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal including the steps of: a) selecting a specific keypad configuration file having a given keypad configuration from among already stored keypad configuration files by the terminal; b) executing the selected keypad configuration file through an application by the terminal; and c) displaying the keypad configuration according to the specific keypad configuration file on a keypad area of the terminal.
  • a method of inputting a character in a mobile terminal including the steps of: a) displaying a second keypad different from a first keypad provided in the mobile terminal; b) performing touch input by using the second keypad; c) converting a key event generated by the touch input in such a manner as to coincide with an input scheme corresponding to the second keypad; and d) outputting character data corresponding to the converted key event.
  • a method of inputting a character in a mobile terminal including the steps of: D) installing an automata program for driving a second keypad having a different input system from that of a first keypad provided in the mobile terminal; D) driving the automata program by using a menu item of the mobile terminal to thereby display an image of the second keypad in the mobile terminal; D) if a key button corresponding to the second keypad is selected in the first keypad, converting a key event generated by the key button of the first keypad in such a manner as to coincide with an input scheme corresponding to the second keypad; and D) outputting character data corresponding to the converted key event.
  • a method of implementing various types of touch panels in a mobile terminal including the steps of: a) reconfiguring at least one of a shortcut button, a key button shape and a key button layout of a touch panel to be implemented in the mobile terminal; b) uploading the touch panel, and performing authentication for applicability of the touch panel; c) upon completing the authentication of the touch panel, downloading the touch panel to the mobile terminal; and d) using the touch panel in the mobile terminal.
  • a method of implementing various types of touch panels in a mobile terminal including the steps of: D) creating a touch panel to be implemented in the mobile terminal as a package; and D) downloading the package of the touch panel to the mobile terminal.
  • the present invention can provide a user interface that enables a user to freely change the type, position and size of a character on a keypad according to the user s operation or under the control of terminal software by implementing a flexible display device in the form of a keypad.
  • a user can input characters, symbols, numerals, etc. by using a desired input scheme, and consequently can reduce time expenditure and stress caused by mastering a new input scheme.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of a system for configuring a keypad of a terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of a terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a side sectional view schematically illustrating the structure of a keypad according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 are side sectional views schematically illustrating the structures of keypads according to preferred embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a side sectional view schematically illustrating the structure of a keypad according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 8 to 13 are views illustrating a keypad according to the present invention, which is applied to numeral/character input keys of a folder type mobile terminal;
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 are views illustrating a keypad according to the present invention, which is applied to function keys of a slide type mobile terminal;
  • FIGS. 16 to 18 are views illustrating a keypad according to the present invention, which is applied to a terminal for exclusive use in music and moving picture reproduction;
  • FIG. 19 is a flowchart explaining a method of configuring a keypad of a terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 20 is a flowchart explaining a method of using a mobile terminal supporting various character input schemes according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 21 is a flowchart explaining a method of using a mobile terminal supporting various character input schemes according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 22 is a flowchart explaining a method of implementing various types of touch panels in a mobile terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 23 is a flowchart explaining a method of implementing various types of touch panels in a mobile terminal according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention. Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the structure of a system for configuring a keypad of a terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the system includes a keypad server 100 that creates and stores various keypad configuration files having characters of various countries, special characters, and specific key button layouts applicable to specific games, and provides the stored keypad configuration files; and a terminal 400 that downloads a keypad configuration file provided by the keypad server 100 through a communication network 200 including a wired or wireless network, executes the downloaded keypad configuration file, and displays a keypad configuration reconfigured according to the execution of the keypad configuration file on a keypad area of the terminal.
  • a keypad server 100 that creates and stores various keypad configuration files having characters of various countries, special characters, and specific key button layouts applicable to specific games, and provides the stored keypad configuration files
  • a terminal 400 that downloads a keypad configuration file provided by the keypad server 100 through a communication network 200 including a wired or wireless network, executes the downloaded keypad configuration file, and displays a keypad configuration reconfigured according to the execution of the keypad configuration file on a keypad area of the terminal.
  • the keypad server 100 separately may store contents exclusively using the key button layout of a specific keypad configuration file, in addition to the various keypad configuration files, and provide the stored contents to the terminal 400 to which the corresponding keypad configuration files are applied. That is, the keypad server 100 may separately provide a keypad configuration file and contents at the request of the terminal 400. The keypad server 100 may also simultaneously provide a keypad configuration file related to contents when the contents are provided, so that a corresponding keypad configuration can be automatically applied to the provided contents when the contents are executed in the terminal 400.
  • the terminal 400 refers to not only a mobile terminal, such as a cellular phone, an Internet phone, a PDA phone, etc., but also all kinds of other apparatuses that have certain information input means, such as a keypad, including a PC, a typewriter, a remote control, a PM3P, a PMP, etc. Reference will now be made to FIG. 2 in which the structure of the terminal 400 is illustrated.
  • the terminal 400 includes a memory 410 for receiving a downloaded keypad configuration file corresponding to an application from the keypad server 100 and storing the received keypad configuration file; a file selection unit 420 for selecting a specific keypad configuration file from among keypad configuration files received from the keypad server 100; a file execution unit 430 for executing a selected keypad configuration file through an application running in the terminal 400; and a keypad 440, located in a common keypad area of the terminal 400, for displaying a keypad configuration reconfigured by executing a keypad configuration file.
  • the keypad 440 displays various keypad configurations according to keypad configuration file execution by the file execution unit 430, and transfers an electrical signal, which is generated by selecting a button input area set in the displayed keypad configuration, to an internal logic of the terminal 400.
  • FIG. 3 illustrating a side sectional view of a keypad according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the keypad 440 includes a display section
  • a key button input recognition circuit 442 located on the rear surface of the display section 441, for recognizing a pressure transferred when a specific key button area of a keypad configuration displayed on the display section 441 is selected; and a transparent shock-absorbing member 443, located on the front surface of the display section 441, for transferring a pressure generated when a button area is selected and preventing the display section 441 from being damaged by the generated pressure.
  • a flexible display device such as an electronic paper or an LCD (Liquid Crystal
  • Display is used as the display section 441.
  • the electronic paper is used, a problem of additional power consumption in applying a keypad does not occur because it is unnecessary to apply power after information recording.
  • the key button input recognition circuit 442 recognizes a pressure transferred when a specific key button area is selected on the display section 441, and transmits a corresponding electrical signal to an internal logic of the terminal 400.
  • the shock-absorbing member 443 is formed with protrusions, for example, in the shape of a key button (
  • the keypad 440 according to this embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 3, may be implemented in various ways.
  • the keypad 440 can replace the existing keypad by forming the display section 441 with protrusions in the shape of a key button and placing the display section 441 over the key button input recognition circuit 442.
  • reference numeral 444 designates an elastic member for supporting the display section 441 and simultaneously making circuit contact with the key button input recognition circuit 442.
  • the keypad 440 may be implemented by placing a flat-like display section 441 over a conventional key button input recognition circuit 442.
  • the keypad 440 may be implemented by sequentially placing the key button input recognition circuit 442 and the shock-absorbing member 443 formed with key button-shaped protrusions (
  • FIG. 7 illustrating a side sectional view of a keypad according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the keypad 440 includes a display section
  • a transparent touch sensor array 445 located on the front surface of the display section 441, for recognizing a user s touch when a specific key button area of a keypad configuration displayed on the display section 441 is selected.
  • a flexible display device such as an electronic paper or an LCD (Liquid Crystal
  • Display is used as the display section 441.
  • the touch sensor array 445 recognizes a user s touch when a specific key button area is selected on the display section 441, and transmits a corresponding electrical signal to an internal logic of the terminal 400. With regard to this, the position of a user s touch sensed on the touch sensor array 445 is mapped to the position of a specific key button area on the display section 441 through a software operation.
  • a keypad according to the present invention may be applied to numeral/character input keys of a folder type mobile terminal.
  • the keypad 440 applied to a folder type mobile terminal can display a keypad configuration in which the existing key button form is maintained and a specific image is in the background, as illustrated in FIG. 8, and can display a keypad configuration in which a key button layout is changed adaptively to implement a corresponding application when a game, music, a moving picture or the like is reproduced in the terminal, as illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • the keypad 440 can display a keypad configuration that has a key button layout in a shortcut key form using an icon, a character, etc.
  • the keypad 440 can display a keypad configuration with a key button layout of new fonts, other country characters, Korean characters, etc.
  • a keypad according to the present invention may be applied to function keys (including a menu key and a selection key) of a slide type mobile terminal.
  • the keypad 440 applied to a slide type mobile terminal displays a reproduction button-related key button layout, which is suitable for an operative function of the terminal, for example, music/moving picture reproduction, photographing or video recording, on the function keys when the slide of the terminal is closed. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 15, the keypad 440 displays the existing function keys, such as a menu key, a selection key and a hot key, when the slide is opened.
  • a keypad according to the present invention may be applied to a terminal for exclusive use in music and moving picture reproduction.
  • the keypad 440 displays a selection key and direction keys when a file to be reproduced is selected, as illustrated in FIG. 16, and then displays reproduction- related keys upon completing the selection of a file, as illustrated in FIG. 17. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 18, the keypad 440 can display a keypad configuration in which specific keys are displayed, and at the same time a specific image is in the background.
  • the mobile terminal 400 includes a keypad 440, a conversion unit 450, an output unit 460, a communication unit 405, and a memory 410.
  • the second keypad can be displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 400 by selecting an item for enabling the use of another keypad from among menu items of the mobile terminal 400.
  • the mobile terminal 400 is provided with a list of keypads according to manufacturers or keypads having different input systems, and if a user selects any one of the keypads in the keypad list, the first keypad currently implemented in the mobile terminal 400 is switched to a different keypad, that is, the second keypad.
  • the mobile terminal 400 is manufactured such that the user can select whether the first keypad is switched to the second keypad permanently or only for a certain period of time.
  • the second keypad is implemented in such a manner as to be displayed in the screen of the mobile terminal 400 and enable touch input.
  • the keypad of the mobile terminal 400 is not a touch panel but a common button type keypad
  • an image of the second keypad is displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 400 by means of the automata program.
  • the user must actually press key buttons of the first keypad by making reference to the second keypad image displayed in the screen of the mobile terminal 400.
  • the user may memorize keys of the second keypad, corresponding to the respective key buttons of the first keypad, or use stickers that are attached on the key buttons of the first keypad and designate the keys of the second keypad.
  • Data input through the aforementioned keypad 440 includes at least one of key button input data from the user of the mobile terminal 400, such as KEY_1, KEY_2, KEY_#, the input coordinate of an area selected by the user or input data mapped through the input coordinate in the case of using a touch panel, and input character/ symbol data input through all devices used in the mobile terminal 400.
  • the conversion unit 450 converts a key event generated on the keypad 440 in such a manner as to coincide with an input scheme corresponding to the second keypad. With regard to this, the conversion unit 450 stores a key event generated on the keypad 440 in a queue format, and then reads out and converts the key events one by one.
  • the mobile terminal is further provided with a combination module (not illustrated) for recombining a character completely converted and transferred by the conversion unit 450 with a character converted ahead of the former character and stored in a buffer, that is, a previously combined character , and updating the recombined character to a new combined character in the buffer.
  • a combination module (not illustrated) for recombining a character completely converted and transferred by the conversion unit 450 with a character converted ahead of the former character and stored in a buffer, that is, a previously combined character , and updating the recombined character to a new combined character in the buffer.
  • the output unit 460 outputs the character code value of a character to be output for an input of the keypad 440, including an ASCII code or corresponding character code value and all types of code values capable of discerning between characters.
  • the output unit 460 corresponds to the screen or speaker of the mobile terminal
  • the communication unit 405 has an interface for connecting a separate unit to the mobile terminal 400 so as to download an automata program corresponding to the second keypad, that is, for enabling offline download of the automata program, and/or has a communication module for downloading the automata program by using a wireless data transmission scheme, such as WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), that is, for enabling online download of the automata program.
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • a separate download unit is not needed when the mobile terminal 400 is provided with a wireless interface unit, such as an infrared communication or Bluetooth interface unit, and a computer for providing an automata program to the mobile terminal 400 is also provided with an infrared communication or Bluetooth interface unit.
  • a wireless interface unit such as an infrared communication or Bluetooth interface unit
  • a computer for providing an automata program to the mobile terminal 400 is also provided with an infrared communication or Bluetooth interface unit.
  • the mobile terminal 400 downloads a desired automata program through the wireless Internet by accessing a service providing server through the wireless Internet and requesting for downloading the automata program to the mobile terminal 400.
  • the mobile terminal 400 may also be provided with the automata program by accessing the service providing server though the wired Internet and requesting downloading of the automata program to the mobile terminal 400.
  • the memory 410 receives a downloaded automata program for displaying the second keypad through the communication unit 405, and stores the received automata program.
  • the automata program is a program for driving an abstract machine, in which only input/output-related matters are specified while details for the internal structure and operation of the machine are ignored.
  • the keypad 440 and the output unit 460 of the mobile terminal 400 perform porting so as to coincide with features according to other manufacturers of the terminal 400.
  • Porting means that an operating program shifts the current operating system environment to a new environment so as to be able to run on another operating system.
  • Embodiment 3 [114] Reference will now be made to a third embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 1.
  • a system for implementing various types of touch panels includes a mobile terminal 400, a communication network 200, a management server 500, and a keypad server 100.
  • the mobile terminal 400 includes one LCD or two LCDs.
  • a part of the LCD is formed with a touch panel in which an instruction can be input by touch.
  • the mobile terminal 400 includes two LCDs, one of them is formed with a touch panel.
  • the mobile terminal 400 when the mobile terminal 400 includes two LCDs, one of them may be provided with a touch panel function or both of them may be provided with a touch panel function.
  • the LCD provided with a touch panel function is preferably formed by a touch panel with a soft surface that is depressed and deformed by pressure.
  • a touch panel that recognizes screen touch if the screen is touched by a stylus pen or a user s finger is classified as a hard type touch panel or a soft type touch panel according to its surface rigidity.
  • a bank ATM machine has a hard type screen.
  • the touch panel of the present invention is preferably implemented as a soft type touch panel. This is because it is preferred to give a user the sense of touch when the user touches the screen of the touch panel with his/her finger.
  • the keypad server 100 reconfigures at least one of a shortcut button, a key button shape and a key button layout, and displays it on the touch panel of the mobile terminal 400.
  • Various key button shapes to be implemented in the touch panel are created and stored as a package in the keypad server 100. Thus, if a user selects one of the various key button shapes, a current key button shape is changed to the selected shape.
  • the existing rectangular-, elliptic- or circular-shaped key button may be changed to an image in the shape of a leaf, a bird, a flower, etc., and each key button may be implemented as an animation.
  • a keypad capable of easily driving the software is manufactured as a package in the keypad server 100, or the keypad server 100 has a manufacturing tool that enables a user to manufacture a desired keypad.
  • the keypad server 100 transmits a keypad configuration file selected or manufactured by a user to the management server 500 and the mobile terminal 400 through the communication network 200, and alternatively transmits the keypad configuration file directly to the mobile terminal by using a certain data cable.
  • the management server 500 receives a keypad configuration file, which the keypad server 100 creates and transmits, from the keypad server 100, manages the received keypad configuration file, and perform an authentication procedure for checking if the keypad configuration file is manufactured suitable to the specifications of the mobile terminal 400.
  • the management server 500 completes the authentication procedure, the keypad configuration file is downloaded from the management server 500 to a requesting mobile terminal 400.
  • the management server 500 makes reference to the device specifications of a requesting mobile terminal 400, and transmits an advice message to the requesting mobile terminal 400 when it is not recommendable to implement the keypad configuration file in the requesting mobile terminal 400.
  • FIG. 2 schematically illustrates an internal block diagram of a mobile terminal with various types of touch panels according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the mobile terminal 400 has an engine system, an example of which is seen from FIG. 2.
  • the engine system is a module installed in a mobile terminal in which a keypad is formed by a touch panel, and parses a keypad configuration file manufactured by a user or downloaded from the keypad server 100 to thereby display a key button, etc. on the touch panel and generate an event specified in the keypad configuration file.
  • the mobile terminal 400 includes a manager module 110, a parser module 130, a renderer 150, and a control module 170, and may further include a download module for downloading contents, a keypad configuration file and the like.
  • the manager module 110 divides a keypad configuration file into a markup language and a resource, and manages respective data thereof.
  • the manager module 110 includes a package manager 112 for managing a downloaded keypad configuration file, a data parsing manager 114 for parsing the markup language and the resource in cooperation with the parsing module 130, a resource manager 118 for storing and managing each key button function of a touch panel, and an application program manager 116.
  • Examples of the markup language include HTML (Hyper Text markup language), SGML (Standardized General Markup language) standardized by ISO (International Organization for Standardization), etc.
  • the parser module 130 parses the markup language stored in the manager module
  • the renderer interprets a package of the keypad configuration file parsed by the parser module 130, and displays it on the screen.
  • any keypad configuration file manufactured in such a manner as to be represented in the mobile terminal 400 is a link of a markup language with a resource, which is parsed by the engine system and displayed on the touch panel of the mobile terminal 400.
  • the markup language is defined as an event that prescribes one functional unit
  • control module 170 recognizes a pressed signal input through the touch panel as an event signal of key input.
  • the terminal 400 downloads and stores various keypad configuration files, each of which corresponds to an application, from the keypad server 100 over the communication network 200 (Sl 10). That is, the terminal 400 downloads at least one of keypad configuration files having characters of various countries, special characters, and specific key button layouts applicable to specific games, that is, keypad configurations, from the keypad server 100, and stores the downloaded keypad configuration files in the memory 410.
  • the downloaded keypad configuration files are configured in a menu format so as to facilitate its subsequent selection.
  • the terminal 400 selects a specific keypad configuration file desired by a user from among the stored keypad configuration files (S 120). That is, the terminal 400 selects the corresponding keypad configuration file stored in the memory 410 through the file selection unit 420. [144] Then, the terminal 400 executes the selected keypad configuration file through an application (S 130). That is, the terminal 400 executes the selected keypad configuration file through the file execution unit 430.
  • an application S 130
  • the terminal 400 executes the selected keypad configuration file through the file execution unit 430.
  • the terminal transmits a keypad configuration reconfigured according to the execution of the keypad configuration file to the keypad 430, which in turn displays the keypad configuration (S 140).
  • the terminal 400 performs corresponding operations according to the selection of a key button area set in the displayed keypad configuration (S 150).
  • a desired keypad configuration file can be applied only by selecting a menu item of the menu for downloaded keypad configuration files without accessing the keypad server 100 again.
  • FIG. 20 illustrates a method of using a mobile terminal supporting various types of character input schemes according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the mobile terminal downloads an automata program offline or online and stores it for displaying a second keypad different from a first keypad manufactured by the mobile terminal s manufacturer. Subsequently, if a user of the mobile terminal performs settings for using the second keypad, the mobile terminal displays the second keypad (S210 and S220).
  • a key event generated by the touch input is converted in such a manner as to coincide with an input scheme corresponding to the second keypad (S230 and S240).
  • the key events are stored in a queue format, and then are read out and converted one by one. Character data corresponding to the key event is audibly or visually output through the screen or speaker of the mobile terminal (S250).
  • FIG. 21 illustrates another method of using a mobile terminal supporting various character input schemes according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • a description will be given of how to input characters, numerals, symbols, etc. by using a second keypad different from a first keypad provided in the mobile terminal when the first keypad is a key button type keypad rather than a touch panel.
  • An automata program for driving a second keypad that has a different input system from that of a first keypad manufactured by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal is installed in the mobile terminal (S310).
  • the automata program may be stored in the memory at the time of manufacturing the mobile terminal or may be downloaded through a wired/wireless network at the request of a user.
  • a key event generated in the first keypad is converted in such a manner as to coincide with an input scheme corresponding to the second keypad (S340).
  • the key events are stored in a queue format, and then are read out and converted one by one.
  • Character data corresponding to the key event is audibly or visually output through the screen or speaker of the mobile terminal, but porting is performed before the output of the character data so as to coincide with features according to other manufacturers of the mobile terminal (S350).
  • FIG. 22 illustrates a method of implementing various types of touch panels in a mobile terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the keypad server 100 creates a keypad configuration file by newly assigning a shortcut button of a touch panel to be implemented in the mobile terminal, deleting the existing shortcut button, changing the image of a shortcut button, or changing the position in which a shortcut button is displayed. Further, the keypad server 100 creates a keypad configuration file by changing the shape of each key button constituting the touch panel or reconfiguring the position of the key button (S410).
  • the keypad configuration file created in step S410 is an independent file, and stored in the keypad server 100.
  • the keypad server 100 transmits a request for authenticating the keypad configuration file to the management server 500 (S420).
  • the management server 500 determines if the keypad configuration file created in the keypad server 100 is suitable for the device specifications of the mobile terminal, and transmits an authentication completion message to the keypad server 100 if the keypad configuration file is suitable for the device specifications of the mobile terminal (S430).
  • the management server 500 provides the keypad server
  • the keypad server stores the keypad configuration file and the specification information of the mobile terminal 400 corresponding thereto.
  • the keypad server checks the specifications of the mobile terminal 400 and displays a list of keypad configuration files suitable for the mobile terminal s specifications so as to enable the user to select a keypad configuration file from the list (S440).
  • the keypads server 100 transmits the selected keypad configuration file to the mobile terminal 400 (S450).
  • the mobile terminal 400 divides the keypad configuration file into a markup language, which is defined as an event prescribing the function of each key button of the touch panel, and a resource, and stores and manages respective data thereof. Further, the mobile terminal 400 parses the markup language and the resource to thereby display the keypad configuration file on the screen of the touch panel (S460).
  • a markup language which is defined as an event prescribing the function of each key button of the touch panel, and a resource
  • the mobile terminal 400 If a pressed signal is input through the touch panel of the mobile terminal, on which the keypad is displayed, the mobile terminal 400 recognizes the pressed signal as a key event, and thus performs a function assigned to the key button.
  • FIG. 23 illustrates another method of implementing various types of touch panels in a mobile terminal according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
  • a touch panel to be implemented in the mobile terminal is reconfigured in the same manner as in the aforementioned method according to the third embodiment, and is created into a keypad configuration file.
  • the created keypad configuration file is stored as one file in the keypad server 100 (S510).
  • the mobile terminal accesses the keypad server 100 through a communication network or a data cable, searches for a plurality of keypad configuration files stored in the keypad server 100, selects one of them, and then requests for downloading thereof, the selected keypad configuration file is downloaded from the keypad server 100 to the mobile terminal 400 (S520 and S530).
  • the mobile terminal 400 parses the downloaded keypad configuration file to thereby determine if it is applicable. If the keypad configuration file is determined to be applicable, the mobile terminal displays the keypad configuration file on the touch panel screen of the mobile terminal, and performs a function for a key event input through the touch panel (S540, S550 and S560).
  • step S550 determines whether the parsed keypad configuration file is non-applicable. If the parsed keypad configuration file is determined in step S550 to be non-applicable, the mobile terminal 400 requests the keypad server 100 to download another keypad configuration file (S570).

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L'invention concerne un procédé destiné à configurer le clavier d'un terminal, un terminal configuré, ainsi qu'un système comprenant ledit terminal, et un clavier pouvant être reconfiguré. Un serveur de clavier comprend des fichiers de configuation du clavier, d'après diverses applications mises en oeuvre dans le terminal, et le serveur fournit le fichier de configuration du clavier au terminal. Le terminal reçoit le fichier de configuation du clavier du serveur de clavier par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau filaire ou sans fil, et il comprend une partie clavier, sur laquelle une configuration de clavier d'après le fichier de configuration de clavier est affichée. De cette manière, de nombreux types de claviers peuvent être utilisés.
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