KR100699351B1 - Communication terminal and method for providing flash content combined with push service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication terminal and a method for providing flash content in combination with a push type service, and more particularly, the communication terminal stores at least one flash content in a memory and is received from a push server through a flash service application unit. Push data is stored in the memory as update information corresponding to the at least one flash content. Accordingly, the flash decoder requests content stored in the memory through the flash service application unit, receives and decodes predetermined flash content and update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content from the flash service application unit according to the request. Can be provided to the user.

Description

COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FLASH CONTENTS COMBINED WITH PUSH SERVICE}

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a communication terminal executing flash content by receiving push data from a push server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view for explaining the structure of the flash content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an output screen according to a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for executing flash content in a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

200: communication terminal

210: memory

220: flash service application

230: flash decoder

240: data request unit

250: output device

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal for executing flash contents, and more particularly, to a communication terminal for efficiently providing a flash service by receiving only some information that is periodically changed and updated in real time from a push server and combining the same with the flash content. And to a method.

Today's remarkable development of information and communication technology has rapidly promoted the popularization of communication terminals (mobile devices), so that most ordinary people always have communication terminals such as mobile phones and PDAs. Therefore, the user can easily communicate with the counterpart using the communication terminal, so that communication is more frequent than before, and users of the communication terminal are gradually increasing. Such communication terminals are provided with more various functions to meet the needs of users as the communication technology and the use of users increase, thereby providing user convenience.

Some of the evolving communication terminals support the execution of Flash content.

In general, Flash content is authoring software developed by Macromedia. It is a flash software used to create vector-based animations that involve full-screen interfaces, graphical illustrations, and simple interactions. Speak content produced using. Content created with Flash is represented by a file name extension of '.SWF'. Web users using Intel Pentium or Power Macintosh processors can use Flash Players that run on various browsers or platforms to view Flash content. You can download it. Currently, Flash is one of the most popular plug-ins on the web, and statistics show that over 90% of PCs worldwide have a built-in flash player, and Internet Explorer itself has a built-in flash plug-in. There is no need for separate installation. As such, although flash content, which is currently preferred in computer terminals, is executed in some communication terminals, it cannot be linked with various services due to the limitation of its capacity. For example, large amounts of flash content, including weather, fortune-telling, auctions, scores of sports events, breaking news, and the like, that require information to be updated in real time, are burdensome to transmit over a wireless network. That is, the communication cost is increased to transmit the large-capacity flash content to the communication terminal in a few seconds or several minutes at a predetermined server, and there is a considerable burden on the communication terminal side due to the limitation of memory. Accordingly, there is a need for a technical idea that minimizes data transmitted by a server and simultaneously executes high-quality flash content related to the data.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, by storing the basic flash content in the memory, and receives the update data only from the push server in real time periodically changing to efficiently provide the flash content service It is to provide a communication terminal and method.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the communication terminal according to the present invention includes a memory for storing at least one flash content, push data received from a push server to the at least one flash content. A flash service application unit to store the memory as corresponding update information, and a content stored in the memory through the flash service application unit, and the predetermined flash content and the predetermined flash content from the flash service application unit according to the request. And a flash decoder to receive and decode update information corresponding to the.

The flash decoder according to an embodiment of the present invention corresponds to the second sub content and the second sub content according to a service change request from the first sub content to the second sub content among the sub contents of the predetermined flash content. Decoding the latest update information from the push server.

The update information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one of text data, image data, extensible markup language (XML) information, and uniform resource locator (URL).

The flash content according to an embodiment of the present invention is distinguished from the update information, characterized in that the display information does not change on the screen.

The flash content according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the update from the push server.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the data request unit may further include requesting update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content to the push server according to a predetermined hot key input.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing flash content using a memory for storing and managing at least one flash content in a mobile communication terminal, the push data received from a push server corresponding to the flash content Storing in the memory as information, and decoding the predetermined flash content stored in the memory and update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content according to a predetermined request signal and executing the same through a predetermined output device. .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes receiving new flash content from the push server and updating previous flash content recorded in the memory.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include receiving a key input, and requesting update information corresponding to the flash content from the push server according to the key input.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited to the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for describing a communication terminal 100 receiving push data from a push server 110 and executing flash content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The communication terminal 100 records the flash content in memory in advance. In addition, the communication terminal 100 may download predetermined push data from the push server 110 according to a predetermined cycle or when an event such as generation, modification, or addition of the push data occurs. The push data is a kind of update information that is displayed on the output device together with the flash content stored in the memory, and may provide useful information to the user in real time.

That is, the communication terminal 100 according to the present invention maintains a common coding portion in memory in advance in order to execute flash content driven by a large amount of data, and only some information to be changed from the push server 110. Download. The push data may include, for example, text data corresponding to the flash content, image data, eXtensible Markup Language (XML) information, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and the like.

The content provider 120 is a person or company that provides the content, and in the present invention, the content provider 120 may be interpreted as a server of the company that provides the push data or the flash content.

In the present specification, the communication terminal is described mainly for a mobile communication terminal, but the communication terminal is a computer terminal, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) terminal, VoIP, a session initiation protocol (SIP), a megaco, a personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular Phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) Phone, Hand-Held PC, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) Phone, Wideband CDMA Phone, Dual Band / Dual Mode Phone , Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phones, satellite / terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phones, and the like can all be used.

2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a communication terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the communication terminal 200 includes a memory 210, a flash service application unit 220, a flash decoder 230, a data request unit 240, and an output device 250.

The memory 210 stores at least one flash content.

The flash content may be downloaded in advance from a predetermined server or a computer terminal linked with the server. The flash content is display information that is different from the update information and does not change on the screen, and includes templates constituting each menu. For example, in a screen that provides weather information in real time, except for core data that changes frequently such as the weather of a specific region, portions that do not change frequently, such as the background and the main menu of the screen, are stored as the flash contents. .

In addition, the flash content stored in the memory 210 may be updated from the push server 110. That is, when the push server 110 receives the latest flash content from a content provider, the push server 110 may transmit the new flash content to the communication terminal 200 so that the memory 210 is updated.

The flash service application unit 220 stores the push data received from the push server 110 in the memory 210 as update information corresponding to the at least one flash content.

The push server 110 receives new update information from a predetermined content provider and transmits the received update information to the flash service application unit 220 as push data. For example, the push server 110 receives the new update information or transmits the push data to the flash service application unit 220 when the conventional update information is updated with other update information. In addition, as another example, the push server 110 may transmit the update information stored in the database to the flash service application unit 220 according to a predetermined period.

The flash decoder 230 requests content stored in the memory 210 through the flash service application unit 220. In addition, the flash decoder 230 receives and decodes predetermined flash content and update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content from the flash service application unit 220 according to the request.

For example, when the flash decoder 230 receives a request for specific flash content from a user, the flash content recorded in the memory 210 and text data, image data, and the like transmitted from the push server 110 may be used. Decodes push data such as XML (eXtensible Markup Language) information and Uniform Resource Locator (URL). In this case, the decoded flash content and the push data may be displayed through an output device 250 such as an LCD and a speaker.

The communication terminal 200 according to the present invention changes a content to another sub content while serving one sub content such as a clock, calendar, weather, news, fortune telling, stock, auction, and horse racing on the main screen. Can be performed. In this case, the flash decoder 230 decodes the other sub content and the latest update information corresponding to the other sub content according to the service change request to the other sub content. More specifically, when the user viewing the flash content for the weather in the menu selects the 'stock menu', the flash decoder 230 newly loads the flash content related to the security and the latest update information for the security. To decode it.

In addition, the communication terminal 200 may further include the data request unit 240.

The data requester 240 requests specific update information from the push server 110, and requests, for example, update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content from the push server 110 according to a predetermined hot key input. Can be.

For example, the user of the communication terminal 200 may request the update of the update information through a hot key to check whether there is more recent information than the update information of the flash content currently being serviced, and thus request the data. The unit 240 may request the latest update information from the push server 110.

As a result, the communication terminal 200 according to the present invention may maintain the basic skeleton of the content as the flash content in the memory 210 and receive real-time information that is changed from time to time from the push server 110 in a push manner. Accordingly, the communication terminal 200 may provide specific real-time information as flash content that supports animation or video based on a vector method.

3 is a view for explaining the structure of the flash content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the flash content provides screens corresponding to sub content such as, for example, a clock, a calendar, weather, news, fortune telling, stock, auction, and horse racing. Accordingly, the flash content includes a respective template for providing each screen, and each of these templates is a basic skeleton constituting the flash content and is not changed from time to time. Separately, in order to provide a news screen, the communication terminal 200 provides real-time news information 301, news picture file 302, news TEXT 303, and detailed news URL corresponding to a template for the news screen. Update information such as 304. That is, the communication terminal 200 maintains the flash content as a basic skeleton, and also provides a news picture file 302 as image data as update information and a news TEXT 303 as a headline information as text data. In addition, the detailed news URL 304, which is URL information for confirming detailed articles related to the headline information, is received from the push server 110 in a push manner and provided to the user.

4 is a diagram illustrating an output screen according to the communication terminal 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the communication terminal 400 decodes flash content and the update information and displays the flash content on the display device. That is, as shown by reference numeral 401, the communication terminal 400 uses the information on the currently displayed forecast, the temperature information 402 of the current specific region, the weather breaking news 403, and the tomorrow weather information 403 as update information. Received from the push server 110 and displayed. Alternatively, as shown at 404, the communication terminal 400 maintains, in the memory 210, objects that do not change in real time, such as a menu displayed on a current screen, as the flash contents. Therefore, the flash content related to the weather may provide real-time information to the user according to the push message from the push server 110 received by the communication terminal 400.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for executing flash content in a communication terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in step 501, the communication terminal 200 downloads flash content from a predetermined server in advance and stores the flash content in the memory 210. The flash content is a basic configuration displayed on the screen and does not include real time information. Therefore, once downloaded beforehand, they are not changed or updated from time to time. The flash content includes, for example, the overall basic coding constituting the screen, such as a cloud displayed on the weather screen, a menu, a location of real-time information, and the like.

Next, in step 502, the communication terminal 200 receives the push data represented by the real-time information from the push server 110 and stores in the memory. If the flash content is a screen about weather, the push data includes actual information for delivery to a user, such as current weather, precipitation, rain probability, heavy rain warning, and the like for a specific region. Accordingly, the communication terminal 400 may provide main information that changes in real time through a high-capacity flash content.

In step 503, the communication terminal 400 reads the corresponding flash content and push data stored in the memory according to a user's request, and proceeds with generating an instant, loading content, and proceeding with decoding.

Next, in operation 504, the communication terminal 400 displays the decoded flash content and the push data through the output device 205.

If the push server 110 receives new flash content corresponding to the flash content from a content provider, the communication terminal 400 receives the new flash content from the push server 110 to receive the memory ( Previous flash content recorded at 210 may be updated. That is, regardless of where the flash content was originally downloaded from, the new flash content may be provided from the push server 110 providing the push data.

In addition, as an example, the communication terminal 400 may request update information corresponding to the flash content from the push server 110 according to a key input from a user. That is, the push server 110 may provide a bidirectional service for transmitting push data according to a query in addition to the push method.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like, but the embodiments and the drawings are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from such description.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and all the things that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims as well as the following claims will belong to the scope of the present invention. .

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a communication terminal and a method for storing a flash content in a memory, receiving only data that is periodically changed and updated from a push server, and providing a flash content service in real time.

According to the present invention, only a small amount of data can be downloaded from the push server to execute a high capacity flash content.

According to the present invention, the communication terminal can provide real-time information as flash content that supports animation or video based on a vector method.

Claims (11)

A memory for storing at least one flash content; A flash service application unit for storing push data received from a push server as the update information corresponding to the at least one flash content in the memory; And A flash decoder for requesting content stored in the memory through the flash service application unit, and receiving and decoding predetermined flash content and update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content from the flash service application unit according to the request. Communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the flash decoder, Decoding latest update information from the push server corresponding to the second sub content and the second sub content according to a service change request from a first sub content to a second sub content among the sub contents of the predetermined flash content; Communication terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The update information includes at least one of text data, image data, eXtensible Markup Language (XML) information, and Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The method of claim 1, And the flash content is display information that is different from the update information and does not change on a screen. The method of claim 1, And the flash content is updated from the push server. The method of claim 1, Data request unit for requesting update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content to the push server according to a predetermined hot key input Communication terminal characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, The communication terminal is a computer terminal, a mobile communication terminal, a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) terminal, VoIP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Megaco, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, hand Hand-Held PC, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) Phone, Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) Phone, Dual Band / Dual Mode Phone, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) Phone, MBS (Mobile Broadband System) phone, or a satellite / terrestrial communication terminal characterized in that any one of the Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) phone. A method of providing flash content using a memory for storing and managing at least one flash content in a mobile communication terminal, Storing push data received from a push server in the memory as update information corresponding to the flash content; And Decoding predetermined flash content stored in the memory and update information corresponding to the predetermined flash content according to a predetermined request signal and executing the same by using a predetermined output device; Flash content providing method comprising a. The method of claim 8, Receiving new flash content from the push server and updating previous flash content recorded in the memory Flash content providing method further comprises. The method of claim 8, Receiving a key input; And Requesting update information corresponding to the flash content from the push server according to the key input Content providing method further comprising a. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 8 to 10.

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