Method for managing a group in a star network and apparatus using the method
First Claim
1. A method for managing group information of a communication terminal in a star network made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network, the method comprising:
- (a) requesting the central communication terminal to establish a communication channel for managing a group; and
(b) having the communication channel established for managing the group by the central communication terminal, receiving group information of the group in which a predetermined terminal of the general communication terminal or another central communication terminal is included, and storing the group information.
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Abstract
A method for managing a group of communication terminals making up a star network, and an apparatus using the method are provided. The star network may be made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network. The method provides requesting the central communication terminal to establish a communication channel for managing a group and having a communication channel established for managing a group by the central communication terminal, receiving group information of a group which includes a predetermined terminal of the general communication terminal or a central communication terminal, and storing the group information. Therefore, it is possible to create and manage a group of communication terminals based on each application function in a star network. In addition, communication between communication terminals in the same group can be performed smoothly.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for managing group information of a communication terminal in a star network made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network, the method comprising:
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(a) requesting the central communication terminal to establish a communication channel for managing a group; and
(b) having the communication channel established for managing the group by the central communication terminal, receiving group information of the group in which a predetermined terminal of the general communication terminal or another central communication terminal is included, and storing the group information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for managing group information of a central communication terminal in a star network made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a request from the general communication terminal to establish a communication channel for managing a group; and
(b) establishing the communication channel for managing the group and transmitting the group information stored by the central communication terminal to the general communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A communication method for a star network made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network, the communication method comprising:
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(a) receiving group information from the central communication terminal and storing the received group information; and
(b) selecting at least one communication terminal of other communication terminals which are included in a same group, from the group information, and transmitting data to the selected communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A communication terminal comprising:
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a transmitting/receiving portion which transmits or receives necessary information to and from other communication terminals;
a management portion of an application function information which registers application information which the communication terminal can provide, receives through the transmitting/receiving portion and stores an application function to be provided by the other communication terminals;
a management portion of group information which creates, receives through the transmitting/receiving portion and stores information on a predetermined group of predetermined communication terminals;
an application function execution portion which receives data from the same group as the communication terminal and executes an application program which provides an application function characterizing the group; and
an input/output portion which provides the received data by indicating the data and has necessary information inputted. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program code for enabling a computer to provide a service of managing group information of a communication terminal in a star network made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network, the service comprising the steps of:
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(a) requesting the central communication terminal to establish a communication channel for managing a group; and
(b) having the communication channel established for managing the group by the central communication terminal, receiving group information of the group in which a predetermined terminal of the general communication terminal or another central communication terminal is included, and storing the group information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program code for enabling a computer to provide a service of managing group information of a central communication terminal in a star network made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network, the service comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a request from the general communication terminal to establish a communication channel for managing a group; and
(b) establishing the communication channel for managing the group and transmitting the group information stored by the central communication terminal to the general communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program code for enabling a computer to provide a service for a star network made up of at least one general communication terminal and a central communication terminal controlling the whole network, the service comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving group information from the central communication terminal and storing the received group information; and
(b) selecting at least one communication terminal of other communication terminals which are included in a same group, from the group information, and transmitting data to the selected communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A computer readable medium having recorded thereon a data structure comprising:
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a group identity code information for identifying a group of a communication terminal which makes up least one star network, by a member of the group;
an application function code information for identifying an application function which is commonly provided to a user by the communication terminal making up the group; and
a data field for application function pointer information on an execution pointer of an application function to execute an application process which provides the application function for each communication terminal.
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Specification