Internet access control method in a mobile communication terminal with a built-in web browser

• US 20020102970A1
• Filed: 11/08/2001
• Published: 08/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Moon, Jeong-Kyu
• Granted Patent: US 7,333,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2011 Service processing based on information specified by a party before or during a call, e.g. information, tone or routing selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

An Internet access control method in a mobile communication terminal with a built-in web browser. Upon receipt of an Internet access request from a user, the mobile communication terminal accesses a web server through an Internet, downloads a web document from the web server, and displays the downloaded web document. Upon receipt of a data input from the user while displaying the web document, the mobile communication terminal performs an operation according to the data input. Otherwise, upon failure to receive any web command from the user for a predetermined time after displaying the web document, the mobile communication terminal temporarily releases an access to the Internet. In the meantime, the mobile communication terminal resumes an access to the Internet upon receipt of a web command from the user.

Claims

1. An Internet access control method in a mobile communication terminal with a built-in web browser, comprising the steps of:

(a) upon receipt of an Internet access request from a user, accessing web server through an Internet;

(b) downloading a web document from the web server and displaying the downloaded web document;

(c) upon receipt of a data input from the user while displaying the web document, performing an operation according to the data input;

(d) temporarily releasing an access to the Internet, upon failure to receive any web command from the user for a predetermined time after displaying the web document; and

(e) returning to step (a), upon receipt of a web command from the user.

2. The Internet access control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step (d) comprises the steps of:

determining if a web command has been input from the user;

determining whether the predetermined time has elapsed; and

upon failure to receive the web command from the user before a lapse of the predetermined time, temporarily releasing the Internet access to the web server to enable the mobile communication terminal to receive an incoming call.

3. The Internet access control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step (c) comprises the steps of:

upon receipt of a web command from the user, returning to step (a); and

upon receipt of an Internet access end request from the user, releasing an access to the Internet.

4. The Internet access control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of releasing an access to the Internet upon receipt of an Internet access end request from the user in step (d).

5. The Internet access control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is set by the user.

6. The Internet access control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the web command is issued when the user inputs a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), clicks a hyperlink on the displayed web document, or refreshes the displayed web document.