METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PAGE SWITCHING CAPACITY

• US 20140258846A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Eun Bok, Shin, Ho Chul
• Granted Patent: US 9,767,084 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/02 Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/346 for systems having a bit-mapped display memory

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a page switching capacity and includes a terminal, including an input unit for receiving a user command, an output unit for displaying a page for service, a terminal information confirmation unit for confirming terminal information when a page switching event is detected in the page displayed on the output unit, and a page switching execution processing unit for determining a page switching effect based on the confirmed terminal information and performing page switching with the determined page switching effect.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

an input unit for receiving a user command;

an output unit for displaying a page for service;

a terminal information confirmation unit for confirming terminal information when a page switching event is detected in the page displayed on the output unit; and

a page switching execution processing unit for determining a page switching effect based on the confirmed terminal information and performing page switching with the determined page switching effect.

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising a page switching event processing unit for sending an advertisement information request signal to a service providing apparatus when the page switching event is generated in the page being displayed on the output unit, displaying received advertisement information while implementing a process of a movement from the corresponding page to a previous or next sequence target page with a predetermined page switching effect when the advertisement information is received from the service providing apparatus, and displaying the target page when an advertisement display stop event is detected.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal information comprises capacities of a terminal comprising a supportable transform function and a type of terminal.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the page switching execution processing unit determines whether or not a page switching effect set in the service is possible based on the terminal information, performs page switching with the page switching effect set in the service if the page switching effect set in the service is possible, and performs page switching with a page switching effect according to a predetermined fallback rule if the page switching effect set in the service is not possible.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein if the page switching effect according to the fallback rule is not possible based on the terminal information, the page switching execution processing unit implements a substitution page switching effect using a transform function supportable by the terminal and performs page switching with the implemented substitution page switching effect.

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the page switching effect is at least one of a page switching effect (flip) in which the corresponding page is turned over based on a center of an x axis, a page switching effect (pop) in which a new window pops up, a page switching effect (slide) in which the corresponding page is generally scrolled, a new page is also scrolled, and thus a previous page slides out, a page switching effect (fade) in which a previous page fades out and a new page fades in, a page switching effect (turn) in which leaves of a book are turned over, a page switching effect (flow) in which a scale of a previous page is reduced to a specific scale, the reduced page slides out, a new page slides in on a screen in a state in which the new page has been reduced to a specific scale, and the new page returns to a normal scale again, slidedown, and slideup.

7. The terminal of claim 2, wherein when the page switching event is generated in the page being displayed, the page switching event processing unit displays the advertisement information on a rear region of the corresponding page which is generated and seen when the corresponding page is turned over while implementing a page switching effect (flip) in which the corresponding page is turned over based on a center of an x axis, displays the advertisement information on a new window while implementing a page switching effect (pop) in which the new window pops up in a region of the corresponding page, displays the advertisement information in a middle of a new page while implementing a page switching effect (slide) in which the corresponding page is generally scrolled, the new page is also scrolled, and a previous page slides out, fades in a page on which advertisement information is displayed instead of a new page while implementing a page switching effect (fade) in which the previous page fades out and the new page fades in, displays the advertisement information on a rear region of the corresponding page that is generated and seen when the corresponding page is turned over to a target page while implementing a page switching effect (turn) in which leaves of a book are turned over, or displays a page into which advertisement information has been inserted instead of a new page while implementing a page switching effect (flow) in which a scale of a previous page is reduced by a specific scale, the previous page slides out, the new pages slides in on a screen in a state in which the new page has been reduced to a specific scale, and the screen returns back to a normal scale, and displays a target page when an advertisement display stop event is recognized.

8. A service providing apparatus, comprising:

a service providing database (DB) for storing service-related information comprising at least one of a page switching effect and a fallback rule for each service;

a service registration unit for storing information about service in the service providing DB when a service registration request signal comprising at least one of the service, a page switching effect set in the service, and a fallback rule for the page switching effect is received from a terminal; and

a service providing unit for obtaining a web or WAP page for the service from the service providing DB when providing of the service is requested by the terminal and providing the obtained web or WAP page to the terminal.

9. The service providing apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

an advertisement information DB for storing advertisement information; and

an advertisement providing unit for obtaining advertisement information from the advertisement information DB when an advertisement information request signal is received from the terminal, transforming the obtained advertisement information according to standards of the terminal or a scale of a page, and providing the transformed advertisement information to the terminal.

10. The service providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

a page switching effect and a fallback rule for the page switching effect are set in each service stored in the service providing DB,

each page switching effect comprises a transform function, and

information about a supportable terminal is set in each transform function.

11. The service providing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the advertisement providing unit obtains the advertisement information through at least one of methods using advertisement information corresponding to corresponding page identification information, advertisement information according to a predetermined advertisement scheduling algorithm, and advertisement information based on preference advertisement information corresponding to user identification information.

12. A system for controlling a page switching capacity, comprising:

a service providing apparatus for providing a terminal with information related to a page switching effect set in corresponding service along with the service when providing of the service is requested by the terminal; and

a terminal for confirming terminal information when a page switching event is detected in a page being displayed, determining a page switching effect based on the confirmed terminal information, and performing page switching with the determined page switching effect.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the terminal determines whether the page switching effect set in the service is possible or not based on the terminal information, performs page switching with the page switching effect set in the service if the page switching effect set in the service is possible, and performs page switching with a page switching effect according to a predetermined fallback rule if the page switching effect set in the service is not possible.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the terminal sends an advertisement information request signal to the service providing apparatus when the page switching event is detected, displays received advertisement information while implementing a process of a movement from the corresponding page to a previous or next sequence page with a predetermined page switching effect when the advertisement information is received from the service providing apparatus, and displays a target page when an advertisement display stop event is detected; and

the service providing apparatus obtains the advertisement information set in the corresponding page when the advertisement information request signal is received from the terminal and provides the obtained advertisement information to the terminal.

15. A method of controlling, by a user terminal, a page switching capacity, the method comprising steps of:

(a) confirming terminal information when a page switching event is detected in a currently displayed page; and

(b) determining a page switching effect based on the confirmed terminal information and performing page switching with the determined page switching effect.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step (b) comprises steps of:

determining whether or not a page switching effect set in service is possible based on the confirmed terminal information; and

performing page switching with the page switching effect set in the service if, as a result of the determination, the page switching effect set in the service is possible and performing page switching with a page switching effect according to a predetermined fallback rule if, as a result of the determination, the page switching effect set in the service is not possible.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of performing page switching with the page switching effect according to the predetermined fallback rule comprises steps of:

determining whether or not the page switching effect according to the fallback rule is possible based on the confirmed terminal information; and

performing page switching with the page switching effect according to the fallback rule if, as a result of the determination, the page switching effect according to the fallback rule is possible, implementing a substitution page switching effect using a transform function supportable by the terminal if, as a result of the determination, the page switching effect according to the fallback rule is not possible, and performing page switching with the implemented substitution page switching effect.

18. A method of controlling, by a terminal, a page switching capacity, the method comprising steps of:

sending an advertisement information request signal to a service providing apparatus when a page switching event is generated in a web or WAP page comprising at least one page;

displaying received advertisement information while implementing a process of a movement from the corresponding page to a previous or next sequence page with a predetermined page switching effect when the advertisement information is received from the service providing apparatus; and

displaying a target page when an advertisement display stop event is detected.

19. An electronic device-readable recording medium on which a method for controlling a page switching capacity is recorded in a program form, the method comprising steps of:

(a) confirming terminal information when a page switching event is detected in a currently displayed page; and

(b) determining a page switching effect based on the confirmed terminal information and performing page switching with the determined page switching effect.