METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BACKGROUND CONTENTS OF VIRTUAL KEY INPUT DEVICE

• US 20120274658A1
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neopad Inc.
• Original Assignee: Neopad Inc.
• Inventors: Chung, Hee Sung
• Granted Patent: US 9,329,777 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing background contents of a virtual key input device, which provides a background image to a virtual key input device on an information communication terminal supporting a touch user interface (UTI). The method includes: selecting a virtual key input unit in the information communication terminal; generating the selected virtual key input unit into a transparent skin input unit; selecting background contents of the virtual key input unit, and generating a background skin based on the selected background contents; and combining the transparent skin input unit and the background skin.

Claims

1. A method for providing background contents of a virtual key input device, which provides a background image to a virtual key input device on an information communication terminal supporting a touch user interface (UTI), the method comprising:

selecting a virtual key input unit in the information communication terminal;

generating the selected virtual key input unit into a transparent skin input unit;

selecting background contents of the virtual key input unit, and generating a background skin based on the selected background contents; and

combining the transparent skin input unit and the background skin.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting of the virtual key input unit comprises:

selecting a language of the virtual key input unit;

selecting a key input method; and

selecting a shape of the virtual key input unit.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generating of the background skin based on the background contents of the virtual key input unit comprises:

searching background contents;

posting the searched background contents;

selecting background contents; and

generating the background skin of the virtual key input unit based on the selected background contents, according to physical characteristics of the information communication terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the generating of the background skin of the virtual key input unit based on the selected background contents comprises:

standardizing the background contents according to the size of the virtual key input unit; and

adjusting the resolution of the background contents according to the resolution of the information communication terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the combining of the transparent skin input unit and the background skin comprises:

loading the background skin into a virtual key input unit area of a display screen of the information communication terminal; and

loading the transparent skin input unit of the virtual key input unit, and combining the loaded transparent skin input unit and the background skin.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

constructing a personal background contents DB; and

constructing a business background contents DB.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the constructing of the personal background contents DB comprises:

creating background contents using a media processor of the information communication terminal; and

storing the created background contents in a DB.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the personal background contents comprise photographs, pictures, or animations.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the constructing of the business background contents DB comprises:

producing background contents in the form of contents for the information communication terminal; and

storing the produced background contents in a DB.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the business background contents comprise advertisement, education, or PR contents which are represented as multimedia contents including photographs, pictures, or animations.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein each of the personal background contents DB and the business background contents DB comprises attributes of contents for each record, and the attributes comprise a name, a production date, resolution, and a size of the contents.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising controlling, by a user, a use environment of the virtual key input unit of the user.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the controlling of the use environment of the virtual key input unit comprises selecting whether to utilize the virtual key input unit for personal use or open the virtual key input unit for business use.

14. A system for providing background contents of a virtual key input device, which provides a background image to a virtual key input device on an information communication terminal supporting a TUI, the system comprising:

a transparent skin input unit generator configured to generate a transparent skin input unit using a virtual key input unit displayed on the information communication terminal;

a background skin generator configured to select background contents of the virtual key input unit and generate a background skin based on the selected background contents; and

a skin combiner configured to combine the transparent skin input unit and the background skin.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the transparent skin input unit generator selects a language, a key input method, and a shape of the virtual key input unit, and generates a transparent skin input unit using the selected virtual key input unit.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the background skin generator standardizes background contents according to the size of the virtual key input unit, and adjusts the resolution of the background contents according to the resolution of the information communication terminal.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the skin combiner loads the background skin into a virtual key input unit area of a display screen of the information communication terminal, loads the transparent skin input unit, and combines the transparent skin input unit and the background skin.

18. The system according to claim 14, further comprising a background control unit configured to select and provide personal background contents created by a user and business background contents provided by a service provider.

19. The system according to claim 18, further comprising:

a personal background contents DB configured to store personal background contents; and

a business background contents DB configured to store business background contents,

wherein the personal background contents DB and the business background contents DB are separately constructed.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein the personal background contents comprise photographs, pictures, or animations.

21. The system according to claim 18, wherein the business background contents comprise advertisement, education, or PR contents which are represented as multimedia contents including photographs, pictures, or animations.

22. The system according to claim 19, wherein each of the personal background contents DB and the business background contents DB comprises attributes of contents for each record, and the attributes comprise a name, a production date, resolution, and a size of the contents.