MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING MOBILE CLOUD SERVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110093567A1
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Seung Yun, Kim, Sung Han, Lee, Won Suk, JEON, Jong Hong, In, Min Kyo, Lee, Kang Chan
• Application Number:
  US12/903,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20110093567A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

A mobile terminal for using a mobile cloud service and an operation method of the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal accessible to a mobile cloud server, including: a mobile cloud terminal platform accessing the mobile cloud server to acquire a cloud application, and providing a mobile cloud service by using the acquired cloud application; a local terminal platform executing a local application installed in the mobile terminal; and an operating system (OS) selectively driving one of the mobile cloud terminal platforms and the local platform according to a user set environment.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal accessible to a mobile cloud server, the mobile terminal comprising:

a mobile cloud terminal platform accessing the mobile cloud server to acquire a cloud application, and providing a mobile cloud service by using the acquired cloud application;

a local terminal platform executing a local application installed in the mobile terminal; and

an operating system (OS) selectively driving one of the mobile cloud terminal platform and the local platform according to a user set environment.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, when a connection to the mobile cloud server is not available, the mobile cloud terminal platform has an additional function of providing a limited mobile cloud service by using information which has been cashed when the mobile cloud service was previously provided.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile cloud terminal platform repeatedly performs synchronization with the mobile cloud server in the middle of providing the mobile cloud service.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile cloud terminal platform comprises:

a cashing and synchronization unit cashing a cloud application executed when the mobile cloud service is provided and performing synchronization between the mobile terminal and the mobile cloud server;

a memory management unit storing and managing a cloud application transmitted from the mobile cloud server;

a network connection unit performing a connection to the mobile cloud server and maintaining and managing a channel established between the mobile terminal and the mobile cloud server;

an OS interworking unit determining whether to drive the mobile cloud terminal platform by interworking with the OS; and

a cloud service interworking unit providing a mobile cloud service by using information stored in the memory management unit when a connection to the mobile cloud server is available, and providing a limited mobile cloud service by using the information stored in the cashing and synchronization unit when a connection to the mobile cloud server is not available.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the mobile cloud terminal platform further comprises:

a terminal API providing unit performing a cooperative operation with a different mobile terminal; and

a security and authentication information management unit storing and managing security and authentication information for determining whether to permit the cooperative operation.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the mobile cloud terminal platform further comprises:

a file and storage management unit managing key data, related to the mobile cloud service, in the form of a file.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the mobile cloud terminal platform further comprises:

an application management unit installing and executing a cloud application for providing a mobile cloud service.

8. A system for providing a mobile cloud service, the system comprising:

a mobile cloud server storing and providing a cloud application for providing a mobile cloud service; and

one or more mobile terminals, each including, a mobile cloud terminal platform, receiving a cloud application from the mobile cloud server through the mobile cloud terminal platform and providing a mobile cloud service.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein when a connection of a mobile terminal is detected, the mobile cloud server acquires detailed terminal information of the mobile terminal through a terminal information server to recognize a mobile cloud service for the mobile terminal, and provides a cloud application according to the recognized mobile cloud service.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a mobile cloud terminal platform accessing the mobile cloud server to receive the cloud application and providing the mobile cloud service by using the received cloud application;

a local terminal platform executing the local application installed in the mobile terminal; and

an operating system (OS) selectively driving one of the mobile cloud terminal platform and the local platform according to a user set environment.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein when a connection to the mobile cloud server is not available, the mobile cloud terminal platform has an additional function of providing a limited mobile cloud service by using information which has been cashed when the mobile cloud service was previously provided.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile cloud terminal platform repeatedly performs synchronization with the mobile cloud server in the middle of providing the mobile cloud service.

13. A method for operating a mobile terminal equipped with a mobile cloud terminal platform, the method:

checking whether or not a driving mode of the mobile terminal is a mobile cloud service mode;

when the driving mode of the mobile terminal is the mobile cloud service mode, checking whether or not a connection to a mobile cloud server is available;

when a connection to the mobile cloud server is available, driving the mobile cloud terminal platform to receive a cloud application from the mobile cloud server and provide a mobile cloud service; and

when a connection to the mobile cloud server is not available, providing a limited mobile cloud service by using cashing information which has been cashed when the mobile cloud service was previously provided.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

when the driving mode of the mobile terminal is not the cloud service mode, executing a local application installed in the mobile terminal.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the providing of the mobile cloud service comprises:

when the mobile cloud terminal platform is initialized, performing a connection to the mobile cloud service;

requesting synchronization from the mobile cloud server to receive a cloud application of the latest version; and

driving the mobile cloud terminal platform according to the received cloud application.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the providing of the mobile cloud service further comprises:

synchronizing the cashing information with the mobile cloud server according to the received cloud application.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the providing of the mobile cloud service further comprises:

repeatedly performing synchronization with the mobile cloud server periodically or asynchronously when the mobile cloud terminal platform is in a driven state.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

when a service API or a data API provided in the mobile cloud terminal platform is called by a different mobile terminal, performing a cooperative operation with the different mobile terminal through the service API or the data API.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the performing of the cooperative operation comprises:

when the service API provided in the mobile cloud terminal platform is called by the different mobile terminal, processing a service through the service API; and

providing the results obtained by processing the service to the different mobile terminal.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the performing of the cooperative operation comprises:

when the data API provided in the mobile cloud terminal platform is called by the different mobile terminal, transmitting and receiving data to and from the different mobile terminal through the data API.