Monitoring control system and method

• US 7,688,813 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2005
• Issued: 03/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Kyung-Hoon, Jung, Jong-Cheol, Shin, Sang-Cheol, Jung, Young-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, BRENDA H
• Application Number:
  US11/286,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20060126523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,589 Days
• Field of Search: 370/395.53, 370/389, 370/439, 370/349, 370/362, 370/384, 370/385, 370/373, 370/377, 370/255, 709/224
• US Class Current: 370/373
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Disclosed is a monitoring control system and method that can minimize network delay between a local side PC and a phone side PC when monitoring a mobile communication device in real time. By consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring the mobile communication device via the Internet, monitoring the mobile communication device and consecutively receiving a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests via the Internet, real time monitoring of the mobile communication device is facilitated with minimized delay.

Claims

1. A monitoring control system for a mobile communication device, the system comprising:

a controller for sending a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests via the Internet and receiving a monitoring result pattern including a plurality of monitoring results via the Internet, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring requests is different; and

a monitoring unit connected to the mobile communication device for receiving the monitoring pattern, monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile communication device according to the plurality of monitoring requests and sending the monitoring result pattern including the plurality of monitoring results via the Internet, the plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises:

a monitoring pattern generating section for generating the monitoring pattern including the plurality of monitoring requests;

a pattern sending and receiving section for sequentially sending a start signal, the monitoring pattern and an end signal via the Internet and receiving the monitoring result pattern via the Internet, the start signal indicating the beginning of the monitoring pattern and the end signal indicating the end of the monitoring pattern; and

a monitoring result display section for displaying the received plurality of monitoring results.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the monitoring unit comprises:

a signal sense module for sensing the start and end signals;

a monitoring request storage section for storing the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern when the signal sense module senses the start signal;

a monitoring pattern sensing section for sensing each of the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern and generating a monitoring sense signal when the signal sense module senses the start signal;

a monitoring request processing section for monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the monitoring request storage section upon receiving the monitoring sense signal and generating the plurality of monitoring results; and

a send module for sending the monitoring result pattern via the Internet.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the monitoring result display section further sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the monitoring result display section further collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results before display.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the controller is further collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results before display.

8. A monitoring control system for a mobile communication device, the system comprising:

a first PC for generating and sending a monitoring pattern via the Internet and receiving a monitoring result pattern via the Internet, wherein the monitoring pattern includes a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile communication device, each of the plurality of monitoring requests is different and the monitoring result pattern includes a plurality of monitoring results; and

a second PC connected to the mobile communication device for receiving the monitoring pattern, monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern, generating the plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests and sending the monitoring pattern including the plurality of monitoring results via the Internet.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first PC comprises:

a monitoring pattern generating section for generating the monitoring pattern;

a pattern sending and receiving section for sequentially sending a start signal, the monitoring pattern and an end signal via the Internet and receiving the monitoring result pattern via the Internet, the start signal indicating the beginning of the monitoring pattern and the end signal indicating the end of the monitoring pattern; and

a monitoring result display section for displaying the received plurality of monitoring results.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the monitoring result display section further sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the monitoring result display section further collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results before display.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the pattern sending and receiving section comprises:

a send module for sequentially outputting the start signal, the monitoring pattern and the end signal;

a receive module for receiving the monitoring result pattern via the Internet and collating and sorting the received plurality of monitoring results; and

a pattern send and receive module for controlling the send module and the receive module and to transfer the collated and sorted plurality of monitoring results from the receive module to the monitoring result display section.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the second PC comprises:

a signal sense module for sensing the start and end signals;

a monitoring request storage section for storing the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern when the signal sense module senses the start signal;

a monitoring pattern sensing section for sensing each of the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern and generating a monitoring sense signal when the signal sense module senses the start signal;

a monitoring request processing section for monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the monitoring request storage section upon receiving the monitoring sense signal and generating the plurality of monitoring results; and

a send module for sending the monitoring result pattern via the Internet.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the first PC further sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first PC further collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results before display.

16. A monitoring control method for a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

receiving a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests via the Internet, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring requests is different;

monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile communication device according to the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern;

generating a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests;

sending a monitoring result pattern including the plurality of monitoring results via the Internet; and

displaying the plurality of monitoring results.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein sending the monitoring pattern via the internet further comprises sequentially sending a start signal, the monitoring pattern and an end signal, the start signal indicating the beginning of the monitoring pattern and the end signal indicating the end of the monitoring pattern.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

sensing the start and end signals;

storing the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern when the start signal is sensed;

sensing each of the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern and generating a monitoring sense signal when the start signal is sensed; and

monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile communication device according to the plurality of stored monitoring requests upon receiving the monitoring sense signal.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein displaying the plurality of monitoring results comprises sequentially displaying the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein displaying the plurality of monitoring results comprises collating and sorting the plurality of monitoring results before display.

21. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a signal sense module sensing start and end signals sent from a local side PC;

a monitoring pattern generating section generating a monitoring sense signal by sensing a monitoring pattern sent through the signal sense module when the start signal is sensed by the signal sense module;

a monitoring request storage section storing a plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern sent through the signal sense module;

a monitoring request processing section monitoring a plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the monitoring request storage section after receiving the monitoring sense signal and then sending a plurality of monitoring results; and

a send module sending the plurality of monitoring results sent from the monitoring request processing section to the local side PC via the Internet,

wherein a one-to-one monitoring mode is converted into a pattern monitoring mode when the signal sense module senses the start signal sent from the local side PC and the pattern monitoring mode is then converted into the one-to-one monitoring mode.

22. A method for sending monitoring requests from a local side PC to a mobile terminal side PC and receiving monitoring results from the mobile terminal side PC, the method comprising:

receiving a monitoring pattern for monitoring a plurality of applications from the local side PC;

monitoring the plurality of applications according to a plurality of monitoring requests included in the received monitoring pattern; and

sending a plurality of monitoring results to the local side PC,

wherein sending the plurality of monitoring results comprises;

converting a one-to-one monitoring mode into a pattern monitoring mode when a start signal indicating the initiation of sending the monitoring pattern is received from the local side PC,

sensing the monitoring pattern sent from the local side PC in the pattern monitoring mode,

monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests included in the sensed monitoring pattern,

sending the plurality of monitored monitoring results to the local side PC when an end signal indicating the termination of sending the monitoring pattern is received from the local side PC, and

converting the pattern monitoring mode to the one-to-one monitoring mode after all of the plurality of monitoring results are sent to the local side PC.