System and method of providing contents for mobile communication terminal

• US 20070162538A1
• Filed: 03/16/2007
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: STD IP Holding Inc.
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-Woo, Back, Gap-Chun, Seo, In-Wook
• Granted Patent: US 8,050,663 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method of providing content for a mobile communication terminal, and a computer readable medium comprising a program for implementing the method. There is provided a method of: providing content for a mobile communication terminal, storing content organized into sub-content files, wherein the sub-content files comprises at least one of an executable file, a DLL file, and a resource file; generating package list data for the multi files; transmitting the package list data to the mobile communication terminal; and transmitting the sub-content files in the package list data to the mobile communication terminal, wherein a download agent program in the mobile communication terminal checks if the transmission completes. By organizing content into a plurality of sub-content files, it is advantageous to transmit the sub-content files efficiently.

Claims

1. A method of providing content for a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

storing content that is organized into a plurality of sub-content files, wherein the sub-content files comprise at least one executable file, a DLL file and a resource file;

generating package list data for the sub-content files;

transmitting the package list data to the mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting the sub-content files in the package list data to the mobile communication terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the package list data comprises at least one of number, version data, size, and billing data of each of the executable file, the DLL file, and the resource file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sub-content files further comprise an item file for extending resources, wherein the package list data comprises at least one of number, version data, size, and billing data of the item file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a download agent program in the mobile communication terminal checks if the transmission of the sub-content files in the package list data completes

5. A method of providing an individual file to the mobile communication system including a content server of providing content to the mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving package list data for content stored in the mobile communication terminal, wherein the content is organized into a plurality of individual files and the package list data comprises a content master ID and an individual file data;

comparing the individual file data in the received package list with the individual file data for the content stored in the content server; and

transmitting one of individual files stored in the content server having different individual file data from the file in the received package list data to the mobile communication terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the individual file data is at least one of individual file size and individual file version data.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

producing a required file list of files having different individual file data; and

transmitting the required file list to the mobile communication terminal,

wherein a download agent program in the mobile communication terminal checks if the transmission of all required files completes by using the required file list.

8. A computer readable medium containing a program consisting of instructions, executable by a digital processing device of receiving individual files of content for a mobile communication terminal from a content server, that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the acts of:

receiving latest package list data corresponding to the content stored in the mobile communication terminal from the content server, wherein the content is organized into a plurality of individual files comprising at least one of an executable file, a DLL file and a resource file, and the latest package list data comprises a content master ID, content unified version data, and individual file data;

comparing the individual file data in the latest package list data with the individual file data for the content stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

requesting for download of files among a plurality of individual files in the latest package list data having different individual file data from the file in the mobile communication terminal to the content server.

9. A computer readable medium containing a program consisting of instructions, executable by a digital processing device of receiving extension pack files corresponding to basic packs of content pre-stored in a mobile communication terminal from a content server, that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the acts of:

receiving extension pack package list data corresponding to the extension pack content from the content server, wherein the content is organized into a plurality of individual files comprising at least one of an executable file, a DLL file and a resource file, and the extension pack package list data comprises a content master ID, content unified version data and individual file data;

comparing individual file data in the extension pack package list data with individual file data for the content pre-stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

requesting for download of files among a plurality of individual files in the extension pack package list data having different individual file data from the file corresponding to the basic packs.

10. A method of managing large size content for a mobile communication terminal to be downloaded from a content server, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a package list for a plurality of sub-content files comprising content from the content server, wherein the sub-content files comprise at least one of executable file, DLL file, and resource, and the package list comprises a content master ID;

(b) receiving the sub-content files; and

(c) designating the content master ID as a name of a higher directory and storing each of the received sub-content files in lower directories of the higher directory, respectively.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

checking if there is content corresponding to the content master ID; and

checking if memory volume equal to the size of all sub-content files is reserved, when there is no content master ID; and

generating a folder under the higher category of the content master ID, when the memory volume equal to the size of all sub-content files is reserved.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

checking if there is content corresponding to the content master ID; and

checking if memory volume equal to the size of the largest file among one or more files to be downloaded from the content server is reserved, when there is the content master ID.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the sub-content files has an individual ID for identifying itself,

wherein said step (c), files having same individual ID among the files that are pre-stored in the mobile communication terminal with the received file is updated to the received file.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising displaying a receiving icon when the transmission of the sub-content file initiates.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising, requesting for re-download of files suspended to the content server if the transmission of the sub-content files is suspended and a user selects the receiving icon later.

16. A mobile communication terminal of managing large size content, the method comprising:

a downloading managing module configured to receive a package list of a plurality of sub-content files consisting content and sub-content files from a content server and storing the sub-content files based on a directory structure, wherein the sub-content files comprises at least one of executable file, DLL file and resource, and the package list comprises a content master ID; and

a memory volume checking module configured to check whether or not memory volume enough for the size of files to be transmitted by the content server is reserved according to the existence of the content master ID.

17. The mobile communication terminal of claim 16, further comprising a launching module configured to transmit content basic data including the content master ID and content unified version data to the content server.

18. The mobile communication terminal of claim 16, further comprising an icon displaying module configured to display a receiving icon on receiving sub-content files from the content server if there is the content master ID.

19. The mobile communication terminal of claim 18, wherein the download managing module designates the content master ID as a higher directory and stores each of the received sub-content files in lower directories the content master ID.

20. A computer readable medium containing a program consisting of instructions, executable by a digital processing device of managing large size content for a mobile communication terminal to be downloaded from a content server, that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the acts of:

(a) receiving a package list for a plurality of sub-content files consisting content from the content server, wherein the sub-content files comprises at least one of executable file, DLL file and resource, and the package list comprises a content master ID;

(b) receiving the sub-content files; and

(c) designating the content master ID as a higher directory and storing each of the received sub-content files in lower directories of the content master ID, respectively.

21. A method of managing large size content for a mobile communication terminal to be downloaded from a content server, the method comprising:

receiving a package list for a plurality of sub-content files;

receiving the sub-content files; and

designating the content master ID as a name of a higher directory and storing each of the received sub-content files in lower directories of the higher directory, respectively.