METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IDLE SCREEN SERVICE

• US 20130225136A1
• Filed: 04/12/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wireless Alliance, LLC (Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: CHUN, Gwi-Ho, LIM, Sang-hyun
• Granted Patent: US 8,688,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing an idle screen service are disclosed. A mobile communication terminal receiving contents provided from at least one content provider server in a mobile communication system environment is also disclosed. The mobile communication terminal may include a content receiver module which receives contents provided through a mobile communication system by separating into layers, a handset operating system module which operates the terminal and runs an application and which has a user interface, and a content management application module which synthesizes the contents separated into layers received from the content receiver module into one idle screen layer and which provides it to the idle screen of the mobile communication terminal. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, several contents provided in a mobile communication system environment can be provided at once on a mobile communication terminal idle screen in an idle mode, to satisfy the demands of the user for DIY services and increase the content participation rate.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a content receiver module configured to receive a plurality of contents from at least one content provider server through a mobile communication system, the plurality of contents being allotted into a plurality of objects;

a handset operating system module configured to operate the mobile communication terminal and run an application, the handset operating system module comprising a user interface; and

a content management application module configured to synthesize the plurality of objects into an idle screen layer and provide it to an idle screen of the mobile communication terminal,

wherein the content management application module comprises a position management portion configured to change positions of the plurality of objects on the idle screen,

wherein a position of each of the plurality of objects is individually configurable.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the content management application module further comprises an event controller configured to receive a manipulation input or a key input via the user interface and distribute the manipulation input or the key input to an object corresponding to the manipulation input or the key input.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 2, wherein the manipulation input or the key input is transmitted to a content provider server corresponding to the object corresponding to the manipulation input or the key input.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 2, wherein the manipulation input or the key input is processed in collaboration with a content provider server corresponding to the object corresponding to the manipulation input or the key input.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the content management application module further comprises a content setting portion configured to enable a user to select objects to be synthesized to the idle screen from among the plurality of objects.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the position management portion is further configured to change the size of at least one of the plurality of objects on the idle screen.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein a content of the plurality of contents is allotted to a corresponding object of the plurality of objects, and the corresponding object secures at least a partial area of the idle screen.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the plurality of contents include at least one of a stock information content, a weather information content, and a search window content.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein a processing for content providing of an object of the plurality of objects is affected by a corresponding content providing server of the at least one content providing server.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein an object of the plurality of objects is configurable independently of the other objects of the plurality of objects.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the plurality of contents are transferred from the at least one content providing server to the content receiver module via an internet, the mobile communication system and a base station.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein a first content of the plurality of contents received from the at least one content provider server is allotted to a first object of the plurality of objects, and a second content of the plurality of contents received from the at least one content provider server is allotted to a second object of the plurality of objects.

13. A method of processing a plurality of contents received from at least one content provider server through a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile communication terminal, a plurality of contents from at least one content provider server;

allotting the received contents into a plurality of objects;

synthesizing the plurality of objects into one idle screen layer; and

providing the synthesized idle screen layer to an idle screen of the mobile communication terminal in an idle mode,

wherein the method further comprises setting a position of at least one object of the plurality of objects on the idle screen according to an input from a user,

wherein a position of each of the plurality of objects is individually configurable.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein a content of the plurality of contents is allotted to a corresponding object of the plurality of objects, and the corresponding object secures at least a partial area of the idle screen.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising selecting objects to be synthesized to the idle screen from among the plurality objects according to an input from a user.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of contents include at least one of a stock information content, a weather information content, and a search window content.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of objects is operated independently of the other objects of the plurality of objects.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein an object of the plurality of objects is configurable independently of the other objects of the plurality of objects.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile communication terminal receives the plurality of contents from the at least one content provider server via a content management server, the content management server performing preprocessing procedure for the plurality of contents.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the preprocessing procedure includes a format conversion.