Managing Method and Apparatus for Servicing contents Provided by Content Provider

• US 20080070548A1
• Filed: 08/18/2005
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK TechX Co., Ltd (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Oh-Seung, Kwon, O-Hyon, Oh, Tae-Ho, Cha, Young-In, Nam, Gi-Seon, Kim, Yon-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 8,712,377 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/40 Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof

Abstract

A managing method and an apparatus for servicing contents provided by contents provider wherein the managing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a contents provider management module for generating an account of a contents provider based on information of the contents provider transmitted from the contents providing apparatus; a contents management module for managing a contents connection point for connecting to the contents provided from the contents providing apparatus and for managing information relative to the contents; and a menu management module for registering menus including a menu connected to the contents connection point and for managing a connection authority to a name of the menu and the menu, such that a collective management on the contents providers is possible and the contents providers can conveniently provide contents services to subscribers.

Claims

1. A managing apparatus comprising:

a contents provider management module for generating an account of a contents provider based on information of the contents provider transmitted from the contents providing apparatus;

a contents management module for managing a contents connection point for connecting to the contents provided from the contents providing apparatus and for managing information relative to the contents; and

a menu management module for registering menus including a menu connected to the contents connection point and for managing a connection authority to a name of the menu and the menu.

2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the contents provider management module a plurality of contents providing groups registered by the contents provider whose account has been created.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the contents provider management module controls prohibition of access or release of the access prohibition of the contents providing apparatus.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the contents access point is an URL information which is a position information in which the contents are stored established by the contents provider.

5. The apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the contents management module provides a directory per nature of the contents for the contents provider registering the contents access point in response to the nature of the contents.

6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein, when the contents access point is registered with the directory per nature of the contents, information of the contents-embodiable mobile communication terminal is also registered.

7. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a menu information management module for managing a language provided to the mobile communication terminal and the contents providing apparatus.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 7 further comprising a search engine module for implementing contents search requested by the mobile communication terminal connected to the wireless Internet.

9. A managing method for providing services to the contents comprising the steps of:

(A-1) providing a website server account of the contents provider based on the information of the contents provider provided via the contents providing apparatus;

(A-2) registering a contents connection point which is the contents position information for connecting to the contents to be provided to the mobile communication terminal via the wireless Internet;

(A-3) an operator generating Contents Provider (Contents Provider) connection menus and a directory menu which is a menu provided via the mobile communication terminal and connecting the contents connection point to the CP connection menus; and

(A-4) the operator forming a segment for providing the contents to the mobile communication terminal according to a prescribed regulation and selectively connecting the directory menu and the CP connection menus to the segment.

10. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the step of (A-1) further comprising the steps of:

(A-11) registering a provider information including contents provider ID via the contents providing apparatus;

(A-12) providing a website page toe the contents provider; and

(A-13) registering a language supported by the mobile communication terminal and the kind of the terminal in which the contents can be displayed.

11. The method as defined in claim 10, wherein the step of (A-1) comprises the step of discriminating whether the requested subscriber information is provided to the contents providing apparatus in response to (A-14) reception of information request relative to a subscriber who can be provided with the contents from the contents providing apparatus.

12. The method as defined in claim 11, wherein a main menu provided to the terminal is differently formed in response to segment per contents service.

13. The method as defined in claim 12, wherein the step of (A-2) further comprises the step of:

(A-2a) providing a directory per nature of the contents for the contents providers registering the contents access point per nature of the contents; and

(A-2b) registering contents-embodiable mobile terminal information at the same time when the contents access point is registered with the directory.

14. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the method further comprises the step of:

(A-5) contents corresponding to the contents access point connected to the contents provider menu being transmitted to the mobile communication terminal when one of the contents provider access menus is selected by the mobile communication terminal, and wherein the contents access point is a URL information of a prescribed server stored in the contents.

15. A managing method for providing services to the contents comprising the steps of:

(B-1) providing a website server account of the contents provider based on the information of the contents provider provided via the contents providing apparatus;

(B-2) providing a directory per nature of the contents so that the contents providers can register contents connection point according to the nature of the contents;

(B-3) registering along with the contents-embodiable mobile communication terminal information of the mobile communication terminal when the contents connection point is registered with the directory per nature of the contents;

(B-4) an operator generating the CP menus and the directory menu which is the menu to be provided to the mobile communication terminal and connecting the contents connection point to the CP connection menus; and

(B-5) transmitting to the mobile communication terminal the contents corresponding to the contents connection point when one of the CP connection menus is selected by the mobile communication terminal.

16. The method as defined in claim 15, wherein the step of (B-3) further comprises the step of (B-3a) the contents registering a language basis embodied by the mobile communication terminal.

17. The method as defined in claim 16 further comprising the step of the search engine module implementing the searching of the contents when a search is requested on the contents from the mobile communication terminal connected to the integrated management apparatus for managing the wireless Internet.

18. A service managing method using segments comprising the steps of:

(A) an operator creating segments for providing contents to subscriber terminal according to a prescribed regulation;

(B) the contents connection point being connected to the menu for connecting to the contents; and

(C) forming a segment menu by a menu connected to the contents to be provided to the subscriber terminal subscribed to the segment out of the menus.

19. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the method of creating segments in the step of (A) further comprises the step of:

(A-1) establishing a language supported by the segment;

(A-2) name of the segment being inputted in the established language;

(A-3) establishing a browser type for the contents provided via the segment to be displayed on the subscriber mobile communication terminal; and

(A-4) establishing a display type of a menu provided to the subscriber mobile communication terminal via the segment.

20. The method as defined in claim 19, wherein the (A) step further comprises a step of establishing a language provided to an operator terminal.

21. The method as defined in claim 19, wherein the browser type of (A-3) step is the one in which at least one browser is established out of the text-supported browser and a browser supporting the multimedia contents, and the contents access point connected to the segment is filtered according to the selected browser.

22. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the step (B) further comprises the steps of:

(B-1) the contents provider storing the contents access point at a tree-structured directory created by the operator; and

(B-2) the segment and the contents access point being connected by being selectively connected to the segment in the directory.

23. The method as defined in claim 22 further comprising the step of (D) providing services to the subscriber mobile communication terminal via a basic segment established in advance by the operator if a segment in which the subscriber terminal is subscribed does not exist.

24. The method as defined in claim 23 further comprising the step of (E) establishing the segment status as finished if there exists no subscriber subscribed to the segment.

25. The method as defined in claim 24 further comprising the step of (F) creating a segment group including at least one segment out of created segments, and wherein contents are inputted to the subscriber mobile communication terminal from a plurality of segments included in the segment group according to the selection of the subscriber subscribed to the segment group.

26. The method as defined in claim 25, wherein the segment group creating method of step (F) further comprises the steps of:

(F-1) establishing the segment group name;

(F-2) establishing a language provided to the subscriber mobile communication terminal via the segment group; and

(F-3) selectively connecting the segment to the segment group following search of a segment connectable to the segment group.

27. The method as defined in claim 26 further comprising the step of providing service to the subscriber mobile communication terminal via the basic segment group established in advance by the operator if there exists no segment group subscribed to the subscriber mobile communication terminal.

28. The method as defined in claim 27 further comprising the step of establishing the service status of the segment group as finished if all the subscribers do not exist in the segment group and a segment included in the segment group.

29. A service managing method using segment comprising the steps of:

(i) generating a segment group by setting up an assisting language by way of a subscriber terminal and inputting a name for an operator to provide services to the subscriber terminal according to a prescribed regulation;

(ii) connecting at least one segment following search of segment connectable to the segment group;

(iii) creating a menu of the segment group to be transmitted to the subscriber terminal so set up as to receive the contents via the segment group;

(iv) managing by setting up the service state of the segment group as completed if there is no subscriber in the segment group and if the subscriber is not present even in a segment connected to the segment group.

30. The method as defined in claim 29 further comprising the step of providing service to the subscriber mobile communication terminal via the basic segment established in advance by the operator if a segment group in which the subscriber terminal is subscribed to does not exist.

31. The method as defined in claim 29, wherein the segment is created by the steps of:

(a-1) establishing a language supported by the segment;

(b-2) inputting the segment name in the established language;

(c-3) contents provided from the segment establishing a browser type to be displayed on the subscriber mobile communication terminal;

(d-4) establishing a menu type provided to the subscriber mobile communication terminal via the segment;

(e-5) connecting the contents access point for accessing to the contents to the segment; and

(f-6) establishing a language provided to a mobile communication terminal of the operator.

32. The method as defined in claim 31, wherein the browser type of the step (ii-3) is such that at least one of the browsers is established out of a browser supporting the text and a browser supporting the multimedia contents, and contents access point connected to the segment is filtered by the selected browser.

33. A service managing apparatus using a segment comprising:

a menu management module for creating a menu to be provided to a subscriber terminal connected to the wireless Internet and for connecting to the menu the contents connection point for connecting to the contents; and

an operator of the wireless Internet creating a segment for providing contents to the subscriber terminal according to a prescribed regulation and forming a segment menu by a menu connected to the contents to be provided to the subscriber terminal subscribed to the segment out of the menus.

34. The apparatus as defined in claim 33 further comprising a meta information management module for respectively providing services for providing contents in a language selected by a subscriber or an operator to a subscriber mobile communication terminal or an operator terminal.

35. The apparatus as defined in claim 33, wherein the menu management module is such that at least one browser is selected out of a browser supporting the text and a browser supporting multimedia contents, and a display type of the menu is established.

36. A managing method of wireless Internet operating team comprising the steps of:

(A-1) mapping an identifying code of a menu operator to each level of menu for providing contents to a subscriber terminal via the Internet;

(A-2) filtering information relative to a menu selected by the subscriber from a log file created by the subscriber terminal connecting to the Internet;

(A-3) counting a connection frequency of the subscriber terminal connected to the menu from the filtered menu information; and

(A-4) storing the identifying code of the menu operator, the menu mapped to the discriminating code and the connection frequency of the menu.

37. The method as defined in claim 36 further comprising the steps of:

(A-5) the order of the menu accessing frequency counted during a prescribed period of time being requested;

(A-6) the menu and the identifying code being displayed according to the order.

38. The method as defined in claim 36, wherein the (A-4) step comprises the steps of:

(A-41) creating a menu management data sheet including the identifying code, the menu and the menu accessing frequency; and

(A-42) storing the menu access frequency by updating the frequency.

39. The method as defined in claim 38, wherein the log file comprises a menu information selected by the subscriber information of the subscriber mobile communication terminal and the subscriber mobile communication terminal.

40. A managing apparatus of wireless Internet operating team comprising:

a menu creating unit for mapping a discriminating code of a menu operator to a menu for providing contents to a subscriber terminal via the wireless Internet;

a log file filtering unit for filtering the information relative to a menu selected by the subscriber from a log file created by the subscriber terminal connecting to the wireless Internet; and

a connection frequency managing unit for storing the discriminating code, the menu mapped to the discriminating code and the connecting frequency of the menu by counting a menu connection frequency of the subscriber terminal from the filtered menu information.

41. The apparatus as defined in claim 40, wherein the log file is created by the WAP gateway for connecting the mobile communication terminal to the wireless Internet, and is periodically analyzed.

42. The apparatus as defined in claim 40 further comprising a log file for receiving and storing the log file received from the WAP gateway.

43. The apparatus as defined in claim 42, wherein the log file comprises a menu information selected by the subscriber information of the subscriber mobile communication terminal and the subscriber mobile communication terminal.

44. A contents providing system using contents code number comprising:

a terminal for transmitting the contents code number to an integrated management apparatus connected via a communication network and receiving contents corresponding to the contents code number from a contents providing apparatus;

an integrated management apparatus for receiving the contents code number from the terminal, searching the contents connection information to extract contents address information corresponding to the contents code number and to transmit the contents address information to the contents providing apparatus; and

a contents providing apparatus for providing to the terminal the contents corresponding to the contents address information, wherein the contents connection information includes erstwhile-established contents address information and contents code number, which are registered by the integrated management apparatus receiving from the contents providing apparatus.

45. The system as defined in claim 44, wherein the terminal transmits to the integrated management apparatus the contents code number via the WAP based communication network.

46. The system as defined in claim 44, wherein the terminal transmits to the integrated management apparatus the contents code number via the SMS.

47. The system as defined in claim 46, wherein the integrated management apparatus comprises:

a SMS module receiving from the terminal the contents code number via the SMS; and

a contents management module receiving the contents code number received from the SMS module to search the contents access information and extracting the contents address information corresponding to the contents code number.

48. The system as defined in claim 44, wherein the contents providing apparatus receives the contents address information from the integrated management apparatus to provide to the terminal contents corresponding to the contents address information.

49. The system as defined in claim 44, wherein the integrated management apparatus controls by registering the contents access information.

50. The system as defined in claim 44, wherein the contents address information is URL information.

51. The system as defined in claim 44, wherein the contents access information further comprises contents name and/or billing information relative to contents provided by the contents providing apparatus.

52. A contents providing method using contents code number comprising the steps of:

(A-1) a terminal transmitting contents code number to an integrated management apparatus;

(A-2) the integrated management apparatus searching the contents connection information to extract contents address information corresponding to the contents code number;

(A-3) the integrated management apparatus transmitting the contents address information to a contents providing apparatus; and

(A-4) the contents providing apparatus providing to the terminal contents corresponding to the contents address information.

53. The method as defined in claim 52 further comprising the step of:

(a) the integrated management apparatus receiving contents access information included with contents address information established in advance from the contents providing apparatus.

54. The method as defined in claim 53 further comprising the steps of:

(b) the integrated management apparatus registering the contents access information; and

(c) the integrated management apparatus allocating the contents code number to the contents access information.

55. The method as defined in claim 54, wherein the (b) step further comprises the step of:

(b-1) the integrated management apparatus receiving from the contents providing apparatus change request information of the contents access information for changing the contents address information;

(b-2) the integrated management apparatus receiving from the contents providing apparatus the changed contents access information.

56. The method as defined in claim 55 further comprising the step of (b-3) the integrated management apparatus re-registering the changed contents access information and allocating contents code number to the re-registered contents access information.

57. The method as defined in claim 52, wherein the (A-1) step further comprises the steps of:

(A-1-1) the integrated management apparatus providing to the terminal connected to the integrated management apparatus a contents search screen included with contents code number column;

(A-1-2) the terminal inputting to the contents code number column contents code number relative to the contents to be provided with.

58. The method as defined in claim 57, wherein the terminal is connected to the integrated management apparatus via a WAP based communication network.

59. The method as defined in claim 57, wherein the integrated management apparatus receives the contents search word inputted through the contents search screen and searches the contents access information corresponding to the contents search word.

60. The method as defined in claim 52, wherein, in the (A-1) step, the terminal transmits the contents code number to the integrated management apparatus via the SMS.

61. The method as defined in claim 52, wherein the contents address information is a URL information.

62. The method as defined in claim 52, wherein the contents access information further comprises contents name and/or billing information relative to the contents provided by the contents providing apparatus.

63. A multi-language supportable contents service providing system comprising:

a terminal for transmitting to an integrated management apparatus language information for embodying menu information relative to contents to receive menu information formed in the language information and providing contents by requesting the contents via the menu information;

an integrated management apparatus for receiving language information to be supported from contents providing apparatus to the terminal to generate menu information including contents connection information relative to contents, contents connection information per menu and the language information and extracting contents address information relative to the contents requested by the menu information and transmitting the contents address information to a contents providing apparatus; and

the contents providing apparatus for receiving the contents address information from the integrated management apparatus and providing to the terminal contents corresponding to the address information.

64. The system as defined in claim 63, wherein the integrated management apparatus further comprises:

a language information management unit for managing a second database stored with a prescribed language information selected for support by the integrated management apparatus out of a first database stored with standard language information per country and language information stored in a first database;

a content management unit for creating contents access information via a prescribed language selected for support to the terminal out of language information stored with the second database; and

a menu management unit for creating and managing the menu information relative to contents by language information managed by the contents management unit.

65. The system as defined in claim 64, wherein the integrated management apparatus further comprises a user management unit for receiving the menu information embodying language information from the terminal to create user information of the terminal.

66. The system as defined in claim 65, wherein the language information management unit can change the language information stored with the first and second databases.

67. The system as defined in claim 65, wherein the language information management unit can select at least one or more language information from the first database.

68. The system as defined in claim 65, wherein the contents management unit can select at least one or more language information from the second database.

69. The system as defined in claim 65, wherein the contents management unit can change the language information to re-create contents access information.

70. The system as defined in claim 63, wherein the contents access information includes contents address information and billing information.

71. The system as defined in claim 63, wherein the contents address information is a URL information.

72. The system as defined in claim 63, wherein the user information comprises a terminal identifying number and a user ID.

73. A multi-language supportable contents service providing method comprising the steps of:

(A-1) a terminal transmitting to an integrated management apparatus menu providing request information relative to contents;

(A-2) the integrated management apparatus searching user information of the terminal to extract language information corresponding to the user information; and

(A-3) the integrated management apparatus providing to the terminal menu information composed of the language information out of menu information corresponding to the menu providing request information.

74. The method as defined in claim 73 further comprising the steps of:

(B-1) the integrated management apparatus collecting standard language information per country and storing the information in the first database before (A-1) step;

(B-2) the integrated management apparatus storing at the second database the language information selected by the integrated management apparatus for support out of language information stored in the first database;

(B-3) the integrated management apparatus receiving from the contents providing apparatus the language information selected by the terminal for support out of language information stored in the second database to create contents access information;

(B-4) the integrated management apparatus receiving from the contents providing apparatus information relative to the menu creation relative to contents to create contents access information per menu relative to the contents; and

(B-5) the integrated management apparatus creating menu information comprised of language information selected by the contents providing apparatus for support to terminal via the contents access information per menu.

75. The method as defined in claim 73 further comprising the steps of:

(C-1) the integrated management apparatus receiving from the terminal the language information received by the terminal for embodiment before the step of (C-1);

(C-2) and the integrated management apparatus storing the language information to create user information of the terminal.

76. The method as defined in claim 75 further comprising the steps of:

(C-2-1) the terminal transmitting the language change request information to the integrated management apparatus;

(C-2-2) the integrated management apparatus changing to the language information corresponding to the language change request information to re-create user information of the terminal.

77. The method as defined in claim 75, wherein the user information further comprises the terminal identifying number and user ID.

78. The method as defined in claim 73 further comprising the steps of:

(A-4) the terminal transmitting to the integrated management apparatus contents provision request information via the menu information;

(A-5) the integrated management apparatus searching the contents access information to extract contents address information corresponding to the contents provision request information; and

(A-6) the contents providing apparatus receiving the contents address information to provide to the terminal contents corresponding to the contents address information.

80. The method as defined in claim 74, wherein the contents access information further comprises contents address information and billing information.

81. The method as defined in claim 80, wherein the contents address information is a URL information.

82. The method as defined in claim 74 further comprising the step of the integrated management apparatus selecting at least one or more language information from the first database at the step of (B-2).

83. The method as defined in claim 74, wherein the step of (B-3) further comprising the steps of:

(B-3-1) the contents providing apparatus transmitting language change information to the integrated management apparatus; and

(B-3-2) the integrated management apparatus changes to language information corresponding to the language change information to create contents access information.

84. The method as defined in claim 74, wherein the contents providing apparatus in step of (B-3) selects at least one or more language information from the second database.

85. The method as defined in claim 74, wherein the step of (B-4) further comprises the steps of:

(B-4-1) the contents providing apparatus transmitting language addition information to the integrated management apparatus; and

(B-4-2) the integrated management apparatus adds language information corresponding to the language addition information to create contents access information per menu.

79. A multi-language supportable contents service providing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of:

an integrated management apparatus collecting standard language information per country and storing the information at a first database;

the integrated management apparatus storing in a second database a predetermined language information selected by the integrated management apparatus for supporting out of language information in the first database;

the integrated management collecting a predetermined language information selected for support by the terminal out of language information stored in the second database from the contents providing apparatus and creating contents connection information;

the integrated management apparatus collecting as language information the information relative to menu creation relative to contents and creating contents connection information per menu relative to the contents; and

the integrated management apparatus creating menu information formed by language information selected for support via a terminal by the contents providing apparatus through the contents connection information per menu.

86. A higher WAP page moving method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of:

a mobile communication terminal transmitting to an integrated management apparatus a moving request information to a higher WAP page and a current WAP page information provided to the mobile communication terminal;

the integrated management apparatus receiving information of a moving request to the higher WAP page and current WAP page information and analyzing the same;

extracting the higher WAP page information including contents search means if the current WAP page is a WAP page provided via the contents search means as a result of the analysis of the information on the moving request to the higher WAP page; and

providing to the mobile communication terminal the higher WAP page information including the contents search means thus extracted.

87. The method as defined in claim 86 further comprising the steps of:

(A-5) extracting a higher WAP page information including a higher contents menu relative to contents menu including the current WAP page if the WAP page is the WAP page provided via the contents menu as a result of analysis of the movement request information to the higher WAP page; and

(A-6) providing the higher WAP page information including the higher contents menu thus extracted to the mobile communication terminal.

88. The method as defined in claim 86, wherein the movement request information to the higher WAP page comprises WAP page movement route information showing whether the current WAP page is the WAP page provided via the contents providing apparatus.

89. The method as defined in claim 88, wherein the movement request information to the higher WAP page further comprises segment information.

90. The method as defined in claim 86 further comprising the step of the integrated management apparatus before the step of (A-1) allocates the respective WAP information including the movement request information to the higher WAP page and the contents menu.

91. The method as defined in claim 86, wherein the step of (A-1) further comprises the step of the mobile communication terminal transmitting subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal to the integrated management apparatus

92. The method as defined in claim 91, wherein the subscriber information comprises specification information of the mobile communication terminal and subscriber identifying information.

93. The method as defined in claim 91, wherein the step of (A-6) further comprises the steps of:

(A-6-1) the integrated management apparatus optimizing the higher WAP page information to the specification of the mobile communication terminal via the subscriber information; and

(A-6-2) providing the optimized higher WAP page information.

94. The method as defined in claim 86 wherein the step of (A-2) further comprises a step of providing to the mobile communication terminal WAP page information including initial contents information relative to contents menu included with the current WAP page if the integrated management apparatus does not receive the movement request information to the higher WAP page and the current WAP page information.

95. The method as defined in claim 94 further comprising the step of the integrated management apparatus before the step of (A-2) transmitting to the mobile communication terminal a higher WAP information provision impossibility notifying message saying that higher WAP page information corresponding to the movement request information to the higher WAP page cannot be provided.

96. The method as defined in claim 86, wherein the contents search means comprises a contents search engine, a bookmark menu.

97. The method as defined in claim 96, wherein the contents search engine is a means for inputting a contents core language corresponding to the contents menu to be provided from the integrated management apparatus, and a contents code number provided by the integrated management apparatus.

98. A higher WAP page moving system of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention comprises:

a mobile communication terminal for transmitting to an integrated management apparatus information on moving request to higher WAP page and current WAP page information provided by the integrated management apparatus; and

an integrated management apparatus for receiving the information on the moving request to the higher WAP page transmitted by the terminal and the current WAP page information to analyze the information on the moving request to the higher WAP page and providing to the mobile communication terminal the higher WAP page information including the contents search means if the current WAP page is a WAP page provided by the contents search means as a result of the analysis.

99. The method as defined in claim 98, wherein the integrated management apparatus provides to the mobile communication terminal the higher WAP page information including the higher contents menu relative to contents menu including the current WAP page if the current WAP page is the WAP page provided via the higher WAP menu as a result of analysis of the movement request information to the higher WAP page.

100. The method as defined in claim 98, wherein the movement request information to the higher WAP page comprises WAP page movement request information illustrating whether the current WAP page is the WAP page provided via the contents search means.

101. The method as defined in claim 100, wherein the movement request information to the higher WAP page further comprises the segment information.

102. The method as defined in claim 98, wherein the integrated management apparatus further receives subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication terminal.

103. The method as defined in claim 102, wherein the subscriber information comprises the specification information of the mobile communication terminal and identifying information of the subscriber.

104. The method as defined in claim 103, wherein the integrated apparatus provides optimized higher WAP page information via the subscriber information to cater to the specification of the mobile communication terminal.

105. The method as defined in claim 98, wherein the integrated management apparatus provides to the mobile communication terminal WAP page information including the initial contents menu relative to the contents menu included with the current WAP page if movement request information to the higher WAP page and the current WAP page information are not received from the mobile communication terminal.

106. The method as defined in claim 105, wherein the integrated management apparatus transmits a higher WAP information provision impossibility notifying message saying that the higher WAP page information corresponding to the movement request information to the higher WAP page cannot be provided before WAP page information including the initial contents menu cannot be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal.

107. The method as defined in claim 98, wherein the contents search means comprises a contents search engine, a bookmark menu.

108. The method as defined in claim 107, wherein the contents search engine is a means for inputting a contents core language corresponding to the contents menu to be provided from the integrated management apparatus, and a contents code number provided by the integrated management apparatus.

109. A bookmark menu creating apparatus according to the present invention comprises:

an operation information compiling unit for receiving operation information including information on the terminal recorded whenever the terminal transmits contents providing request information to the integrated management apparatus and operation information including contents connection information composed of URL information provided by the contents, contents ID information and contents menu information and converting to information for bookmark menu generation;

a bookmark menu creation information analyzing unit for periodically analyzing the menu creation information which is an operation information compiled by the operation information compiling unit and for establishing a providing frequency priority of the contents provided to the terminal per contents; and

a bookmark menu information managing unit for creating and managing a bookmark menu information of the terminal via the contents providing frequency priority information.

110. The apparatus as defined in claim 109 further comprising a language converter for converting the bookmark menu information to prescribed information per language.

111. The apparatus as defined in claim 110, wherein the bookmark menu information converted to a prescribed language and stored thereafter is stored in the second database.

112. The apparatus as defined in claim 109, wherein the bookmark menu creating information and/or contents provision frequency order information are/is stored in the first database of the integrated management apparatus.

113. The apparatus as defined in claim 109, wherein the operation information record unit comprises a contents providing apparatus for providing contents to the mobile communication terminal via the WAP gateway or the integrated management apparatus.

114. The apparatus as defined in claim 109, wherein the operation information further comprises contents provision time information that shows when the contents has been provided to the mobile communication terminal.

115. The apparatus as defined in claim 109, wherein part or more of the bookmark menu information provided by the integrated management apparatus to the mobile communication terminal is deactivated by the integrated management apparatus to enable to change the bookmark menu information.

116. A bookmark menu creating method according to the present invention comprises the steps of:

(A-1) recording the operation information including the contents connection information including information relative to the terminal, URL information provided by the contents, contents ID information and contents menu information whenever the terminal transmits contents providing request information to the integrated management apparatus and receives contents corresponding to the contents providing request;

(A-2) the integrated management apparatus receiving the operation information to compile in bookmark menu generating information;

(A-3) the integrated management apparatus periodically analyzing the bookmark menu creation information and establishing contents providing frequency priority provided to the terminal per contents and storing the contents providing frequency priority information; and

(A-4) the integrated management apparatus generating the bookmark menu information of the terminal through the contents providing frequency priority information thus stored.

117. The method as defined in claim 116 further comprising the step of the integrated management apparatus converting the bookmark menu information to information per language and storing the information (A-5).

118. The method as defined in claim 117 further comprising the steps of:

(A-5-1) the integrated management apparatus searching the bookmark menu information stored in a prescribed language if the mobile communication terminal requests the bookmark menu information established in the prescribed language from the integrated management apparatus;

(A-5-2) the integrated management apparatus transmitting to the mobile communication terminal the bookmark menu information established in the prescribed language; and

(A-5-3) the integrated management apparatus searching contents access information corresponding to the contents provision request information to provide the contents.

119. The method as defined in claim 117 further comprising the steps of:

(A-6) the integrated management apparatus transmitting the bookmark menu information to the mobile communication terminal if the mobile communication terminal transmits to the integrated management apparatus bookmark menu request information requesting the bookmark menu information;

(A-7) the integrated management apparatus searching contents access information corresponding to the contents provision request information to provide contents via URL information requested by the mobile communication terminal and provided to the contents if the mobile communication terminal transmits to the integrated management apparatus contents provision request information via the bookmark menu information.

120. The method as defined in claim 119 wherein the operation information further comprises contents provision time information for indicating when contents has been provided to the mobile communication terminal.

121. The method as defined in claim 116, wherein the contents access information is recorded and stored in the contents providing apparatus for providing contents to the mobile communication terminal via WAP gateway or the integrated management apparatus.

122. The method as defined in claim 116, wherein the (A-3) step is implemented via the menu creation information analysis program.

123. The method as defined in claim 116, wherein the bookmark menu creation information and/or the contents provision frequency order information are stored in the first database of the integrated management apparatus.

124. The method as defined in claim 116, wherein part or more of the bookmark menu information provided by the integrated management apparatus to the mobile communication terminal is deactivated by the integrated management apparatus to enable to change the bookmark menu information.

125. The method as defined in claim 117, wherein the bookmark menu information stored by being converted per prescribed language is stored in the second database.

126. A bookmark menu generating method according to the present invention comprises the steps of:

(B-1) a WAP gateway or a contents providing apparatus being recorded with operation information including contents connection information including information on the terminal, URL information provided by the contents, contents ID information and contents menu information whenever the terminal transmits the contents providing request information to the integrated management apparatus and receives the contents corresponding to the contents providing request;

(B-2) an interface apparatus receiving the operation information to compile in bookmark menu creation information;

(B-3) a transmission apparatus transmitting contents providing frequency priority information to a core framework after the transmission apparatus receives the bookmark menu creation information and periodically analyzes the information and establishes contents providing frequency priority provided to the terminal; and

(B-4) the core framework receiving the contents providing frequency priority information to create and store the bookmark menu information of the terminal.

127. The method as defined in claim 126 further comprising the step of (B-5) the core framework converting the bookmark menu information to information per a prescribed language and storing the converted information.

128. The method as defined in claim 127 further comprising the steps of:

(B-5-1) the core framework searching the bookmark menu information stored in the language if the mobile communication terminal requests the bookmark menu information established in the prescribed language from the core framework;

(B-5-2) the core framework transmitting to the mobile communication terminal the bookmark menu information established in the language via the transmission apparatus;

(B-5-3) the core framework searching contents access information corresponding to the contents provision request information to provide contents if the mobile communication terminal transmits the contents provision request information to the core framework via the bookmark menu information.

129. The method as defined in claim 127 further comprising the steps of:

(B-6) transmitting the bookmark menu information to the mobile communication terminal via the core framework if the mobile communication terminal transmits to the integrated management apparatus the bookmark menu request information for requesting the bookmark menu information;

(B-7) the core framework searching contents access information corresponding to the contents provision request information to provide contents via URL information through which contents requested by the mobile communication terminal are provided.

130. The method as defined in claim 126, wherein the operation information recorded in the WAP gateway or the contents providing apparatus further comprises contents provision time information for indicating when the contents have been provided to the mobile communication terminal.

131. The method as defined in claim 126, wherein the (B-3) step is carried out via the menu creation information analysis program.

132. The method as defined in claim 126, wherein the bookmark menu creation information and/or the contents provision frequency order information is stored in the first database of the core framework.

133. The method as defined in claim 126, wherein part or more of the bookmark menu information provided by the integrated management apparatus to the mobile communication terminal is deactivated by the integrated management apparatus to enable to change the bookmark menu information.

134. The method as defined in claim 126, wherein the bookmark menu information stored by being converted to each prescribed language is stored in the second database of the core framework.

135. A bookmark service providing system comprising an integrated management apparatus for receiving bookmark generation request information relative to contents registerable in a bookmark from a terminal via a communication network, for searching and storing contents address information corresponding to bookmark creation request information, contents name and subscriber information, and for creating a bookmark registerable with the contents name based on the stored information.

136. The system as defined in claim 135 further comprising:

a contents providing apparatus for receiving contents address information corresponding to the contents name to provide the contents to the mobile communication terminal if the integrated management apparatus receives from the mobile communication terminal contents provision request information corresponding to contents name registered in the bookmark.

137. The system as defined in claim 135 wherein the contents address information comprises URL information.

138. A bookmark service method comprising the steps of:

(A-1) an integrated management apparatus receiving bookmark creation request information relative to contents registerable with the bookmark from the terminal;

(A-2) the integrated management apparatus searching contents address information corresponding to the bookmark creation request information, contents name and subscriber information;

(A-3) the integrated management apparatus storing the contents address information, contents name and subscriber information; and

(A-4) the integrated management apparatus creating a bookmark registered with the contents name based on the stored information.

139. The method as defined in claim 138 further comprising the steps of:

(A-5) the integrated management apparatus providing the bookmark to the mobile communication terminal if the mobile communication terminal transmits bookmark provision request information to the integrated management apparatus;

(A-6) the mobile communication terminal transmitting the contents name to the integrated management apparatus via the bookmark;

(A-7) the integrated management apparatus searching contents address information corresponding to the contents name to transmit the information to the contents providing apparatus;

(A-8) the contents providing apparatus providing to the mobile communication terminal contents corresponding to the address information.

140. The method as defined in claim 138, wherein the step of (A-1) comprises the steps of:

(A-1-1) providing to the mobile communication terminal contents including bookmark registration icon for the contents providing apparatus or the integrated management apparatus adding contents name to bookmark; and

(A-1-2) the bookmark registration icon being selected and at the same time the integrated management apparatus receiving from the mobile communication terminal bookmark creation request information relative to the contents.

141. The method as defined in claim 138 further comprising the steps of:

(A-4-1) the integrated management apparatus receiving from the mobile communication terminal information change request information for changing contents name registered with the bookmark; and

(A-4-2) the integrated management apparatus changing the contents name corresponding to the information change request information and re-establishing the bookmark.

142. The method as defined in claim 138, wherein the contents address information comprises URL information.

143. A bookmark service providing method comprising the steps of:

(B-1) an integrated management apparatus receiving bookmark creation request information relative to registerable contents from a terminal;

(B-2) the integrated management apparatus searching contents corresponding to the bookmark creation request information, contents name and subscriber information;

(B-3) the integrated management apparatus storing the contents address information, contents name and subscriber information;

(B-4) the integrated management apparatus creating a bookmark registered with the contents name based on the information thus stored;

(B-5) the integrated management apparatus providing the bookmark to the terminal when the terminal transmits the bookmark to the integrated management apparatus;

(B-6) the terminal transmitting the contents name to the integrated management apparatus via the bookmark;

(B-7) the integrated management apparatus searching the contents corresponding to the contents name and transmitting the contents to a contents providing apparatus; and

(B-8) the contents providing apparatus providing the contents corresponding to the address information to the terminal.

144. The method as defined in claim 143, wherein the step of (B-1) further comprises the steps of:

(B-1-1) the contents providing apparatus or the integrated management apparatus providing to the mobile communication terminal contents including bookmark registration icon for adding contents name to the bookmark list;

(B-1-2) the bookmark registration icon being selected by the mobile communication terminal and at the same time, the mobile communication terminal receiving bookmark creation request information relative to the contents from the integrated management apparatus.

145. The method as defined in claim 143 further comprising the steps of:

(B-4-1) the integrated management apparatus receiving from the mobile communication terminal information change request information for changing contents name registered with the bookmark; and

(B-4-2) the integrated management apparatus changing contents name corresponding to the information change request information to re-establish the bookmark.

146. The method as defined in claim 143, wherein the contents address information comprises URL information.

147. A connecting system for contents providers comprising:

a Contents Provider (CP) server for outputting request packet in response to request from a mobile communication terminal; and

a CP access framework for discriminating a syntax error and a prescribed condition relative to the request packet from the CP server and receiving various information from legacy system and providing the information to the CP server.

148. The system as defined in claim 147, wherein the request packet comprises a user mobile terminal ID or mobile communication number.

149. The system as defined in claim 147, wherein the request packet comprises one of the packets relative to a simple information inquiry, particular function execution and particular information notifying function.

150. The system as defined in claim 149, wherein the simple information comprises subscriber related information indicating whether a particular subscriber has subscribed to the wireless Internet, specification of hardware and software, information relative to a particular terminal indicating whether support of a terminal to a particular service is present or absent, an inquiry to a prepaid service subscriber, information related to the prepaid service for indicating balance inquiry and service charge deduction and information related to SMS for indicating SMS transmission and cancellation request.

151. The system as defined in claim 149, wherein the particular function comprises one of the two functions of SMS transmission request and amount deduction related to prepaid service.

152. The system as defined in claim 149, wherein the packet related to the particular information notifying function comprises packet related to function notifying that a subscriber has been subscribed to added value service of the contents provider.

153. The system as defined in claim 147, wherein the prescribed condition discriminates whether contents provider ID has been issued, whether contents provider server IP is valid and whether the contents provider server has a use authority relative to the query.

154. The system as defined in claim 147, wherein the legacy system comprises authentication server, SMS server, billing server, server relative to value added service.

155. The system as defined in claim 147, wherein the system further comprises contents provider notifying manager for notifying the particular information necessary for notifying to the contents provider server to the contents provider server, and for receiving a response thereto.

156. The system as defined in claim 155, wherein the particular information comprises a process result relative to the SMS request of the contents provider server and subscription related information of the user value added service.

157. The system as defined in claim 155, wherein the contents provider notifying manager transmits to and receives from the contents provider server via data of packet type the process result relative to SMS request of the contents provider server, the particular information which is subscription related information of the value added service of a user and a response thereto.

158. An access system for Contents Providers (CP) comprising:

(A) a CP for outputting request packet in response to request from a mobile communication terminal;

(B) a CP gateway manager for receiving the request packet from the CP server to check and output a syntax error;

(C) a CP access control manager for discriminating a prescribed condition from the checked request packet and outputting the condition;

(D) a CP request manager for requesting various information corresponding to the outputted packet; and

(E) a core framework for receiving the various requested information from the legacy system and providing the information to the CP server.

159. The system as defined in claim 158, wherein the request packet comprises a user mobile terminal ID or mobile number.

160. The system as defined in claim 158, wherein the request packet comprises one of packet related to the simple information inquiry, SMS transmission request, packet related to particular function execution of amount deduction related to prepaid service and packet related to particular information notifying function for notifying a subscriber has subscribed to a value added service of the contents provider.

161. The system as defined in claim 158, wherein the simple information comprises subscriber related information, information related to particular terminal information related to prepaid service, billing related information and SMS related information.

162. The system as defined in claim 158 respectively comprising:

(1) subscriber related information concerning whether a particular subscriber subscribing to the wireless Internet,

(2) information on the particular terminal concerning specification on the hardware and software of the terminal and on whether there is support from the terminal to the particular service,

(3) prepaid service related information concerning whether a prepaid service subscriber has subscribed to or not and balance inquiry and service charge deduction, and

(4) the SMS related information concerning information related to SMS transmission and cancellation request.

163. The system as defined in claim 158, wherein the prescribed condition discriminates whether contents provider ID has been issued, whether registration of contents provider server IP is valid and whether the contents provider server has a use authority for query.

164. The system as defined in claim 158, wherein the legacy system comprises authentication server, SMS server, billing server and value added service related server.

165. The system as defined in claim 158 further comprising:

a contents provider notifying manager for notifying to the contents provider server particular information necessary for notifying to the contents provider server and for receiving a response thereto.

166. The system as defined in claim 165, wherein the particular information comprises a process result relative to the SMS request of the contents provider server and information regarding the value added service of a user.

167. The system as defined in claim 165, wherein the contents provider notifying manager transmits to and receives from the contents provider server via data of packet type the process result relative to SMS request of the contents provider server, the particular information which is subscription related information of the value added service of a user and a response thereto.

168. An authority providing method for a mobile network operator of wireless portal platform comprising the steps of:

providing a website account to a mobile network operator based on prescribed information of the mobile network operator; and

providing a mobile network operating authority to the mobile network operator provided with the account.

169. The method as defined in claim 168, wherein the mobile network operator comprises a single person or plural persons.

170. The method as defined in claim 168, wherein the website accounting comprises the mobile operator ID, password, mobile operator name, home address, mobile number, email address, or information relative to current authority provision status.

171. The method as defined in claim 170, wherein each information can be changed by root mobile network operator or a sub-mobile network operator having an authority over the mobile network operation.

172. The system as defined in claim 168, wherein authority of the mobile network operator comprises the authority of:

inquiry;

registration;

modification;

deletion;

temporary approval;

approval after the temporary approval;

direct approval and suspension.

173. The system as defined in claim 168, wherein the authority of the mobile network operator can be provided to the mobile network operator by individually classifying per menu.

174. The system as defined in claim 168, wherein the authority of the mobile operator can be collectively provided to the mobile network operator by establishment and without classification per menu.

175. The system as defined in claim 172, wherein authority corresponding to the temporary approval, approval after the temporary approval, direct approval and suspension comprises:

a case where the contents providers newly register and amend registration of contents with the portal system, a case of contents cancellation, a case of the terminal manufacturers registering terminal related information, a case of the contents providers and terminal manufacturers amending the registration of their information such as ID change and account change and newly registering, or a case of being provided by the mobile network operators.

176. An authority providing method for a mobile network operator of wireless portal platform comprising the steps of:

providing a website account to a mobile network operator based on prescribed information of the mobile network operator;

providing a mobile network operating authority to each mobile network operator provided with the account;

grouping the mobile network operators into one group;

providing an ID to the group club; and

providing a mobile network operating authority to the group.

177. The method as defined in claim 176, wherein the mobile network operator comprises a single person or plural persons.

178. The method as defined in claim 176, wherein the website accounting comprises the mobile operator ID, password, mobile operator name, home address, mobile number, email address, or information relative to current authority provision status.

179. The method as defined in claim 178, wherein each information can be changed by root mobile network operator or a sub-mobile network operator having an authority over the mobile network operation.

180. The method as defined in claim 176, wherein authority of the mobile network operator comprises the authority of:

inquiry;

registration;

modification;

deletion;

temporary approval;

approval after the temporary approval;

direct approval and suspension.

181. The method as defined in claim 176, wherein the authority of the mobile network operator can be provided to the mobile network operator by individually classifying per menu.

182. The method as defined in claim 176, wherein the authority of the mobile operator can be collectively provided to the mobile network operator by establishment per a prescribed level and without classification per menu.

183. The method as defined in claim 182, wherein the prescribed level comprises seven steps of levels and wherein a first step is an authority for inquiry, a second step is for inquiry, registration and change, a third step is for inquiry, registration and deletion, a fourth step is for inquiry, registration, modification, deletion and suspension, a fifth step is for inquiry, registration, modification, deletion and temporary approval, a sixth step is for inquiry, registration, modification, deletion and approval after the temporary approval and a seventh step is for authorities for all the mobile network operation and direct approval.

184. The method as defined in claim 182, wherein the prescribed level can be differently arranged by the mobile network operation authorities for various levels during the initial system installation of the portal platform.

185. The method as defined in claim 180, wherein authority corresponding to the temporary approval, approval after the temporary approval, direct approval and suspension comprises:

a case where the contents providers newly register and amend registration of contents with the portal system, a case of contents cancellation, a case of the terminal manufacturers registering terminal related information, a case of the contents providers and terminal manufacturers amending the registration of their information such as ID change and account change and newly registering, or a case of being provided by the mobile network operators.

186. The method as defined in claim 176, wherein the mobile network operation authority providing step (E) comprises the step of changing the mobile network operation authority provided to the group to change the mobile network operation authority provided to the sub-mobile network operator.