Remote control system in mobile communication terminal and method thereof

• US 20030013485A1
• Filed: 07/15/2002
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Soo-Yong
• Granted Patent: US 7,050,797 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed is a remote control system in a mobile communication terminal and method thereof enabling a user to use the mobile communication terminal not only passively but also actively. The present invention includes a first step of receiving a remote control command from a subscriber, a second step of recording the remote control command in a reserved field of the page message, a third step of transmitting the page message to the mobile communication terminal, and a fourth step of having the mobile communication terminal operate in accordance with the remote control command included in the page message. The fourth step includes the steps of verifying a species of the received page message by parsing the received page message, extracting the remote control command by analyzing the reserved field of the page message if the received page message is for controlling the mobile communication terminal remotely, and controlling an operating state of the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the extracted remote control command.

Claims

1. A remote control system in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a computer receiving a remote control command for controlling the mobile communication terminal from a subscriber;

a remote control server generating a page message using the inputted remote control command;

a base station transmitting the page message transmitted from the remote control server; and

a mobile communication terminal operating in accordance with the remote control command included in the page message transmitted from the base station.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote control server performs a subscriber authentication by a request of the computer.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the base station parses a reserved field of the page message so as to check whether the page message includes the remote control command.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal parses a reserved field of the page message transmitted from the base station so as to extract the remote control command and operates in accordance with the extracted remote control command.

5. A remote control method of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a first step of transmitting a remote control command inputted from a subscriber to the mobile communication terminal using a page message; and

a second step of operating the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the remote control command included in the page message.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first step comprises:

setting the inputted remote control command in a reserved field of the page message;

transmitting the page message of which reserved field is set to a base station from a remote control server; and

transmitting the page message from the base station to the mobile communication terminal.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the second step comprises:

parsing the page message;

extracting the remote control command by analyzing a reserved field of the page message;

transmitting the extracted remote control command from a main control unit of the mobile communication terminal to a user interfacing unit; and

controlling operation of the mobile communication terminal by the user interfacing unit in accordance with the extracted remote control command.

8. A remote control method of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a first step of receiving a remote control command from a subscriber;

a second step of recording the remote control command in a reserved field of the page message;

a third step of transmitting the page message to the mobile communication terminal; and

a fourth step of operating the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the remote control command included in the page message.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a subscriber registration information; and

authenticating the subscriber based on the subscriber registration information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the subscriber registration information includes a phone number of the mobile communication terminal, a user identification(ID), and a social security number.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the third step comprises:

transmitting the page message from a remote control server to a base station;

parsing the reserved field of the received page message and checking whether the page message is for controlling the mobile communication terminal remotely; and

transmitting the page message to the corresponding mobile communication terminal.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the fourth step comprises:

verifying a species of the received page message by parsing the received page message;

extracting the remote control command by analyzing the reserved field of the page message if the received page message is for controlling the mobile communication terminal remotely; and

controlling an operating state of the mobile communication terminal in accordance with the extracted remote control command.

13. A page message for controlling a mobile communication terminal remotely, comprising:

a first field indicating a sequence of a configuration message;

a second field indicating a sequence of an access message;

a third field paging all mobile communication terminals allocated to “

page class 0”

;

a fourth field paging other mobile communication terminals allocated to “

page class 1”

;

a fifth field paging a mobile communication terminal using a temporary mobile station identity(TMSI);

a sixth field paging all mobile communication terminals of TMSI class in ascending numerical order;

a seventh field for broadcast pages;

a reserved field of four bits for recording a remote control command inputted from a subscriber so as to control the mobile communication terminal remotely;

an eighth field medicating a length of a specific field added to a page message; and

a ninth field indicating the added specific field.