Internet access control method in a mobile communication terminal with a built-in web browser

• US 7,333,802 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2001
• Issued: 02/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Moon, Jeong-Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier; Gerald
• Application Number:
  US10/008,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20020102970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,294 Days
• Field of Search: 370/308, 370/503, 370/338, 370/347, 709/204, 709/229, 455/414, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 455/557, 455/450, 846/09, 713/156, 726/3
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2011 Service processing based on information specified by a party before or during a call, e.g. information, tone or routing selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

An Internet access control method in a mobile communication terminal with a built-in web browser. Upon receipt of an Internet access request from a user, the mobile communication terminal accesses a web server through an Internet, downloads a web document from the web server, and displays the downloaded web document. Upon receipt of a data input from the user while displaying the web document, the mobile communication terminal performs an operation according to the data input. Otherwise, upon failure to receive any web command from the user for a predetermined time after displaying the web document, the mobile communication terminal temporarily releases an access to the Internet. In the meantime, the mobile communication terminal resumes an access to the Internet upon receipt of a web command from the user.

Claims

1. A network access control method in a mobile communication terminal with a built-in web browser, the mobile terminal having a controller and a display unit, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) upon receipt of an access request from a user, accessing a web server through a network;

(b) displaying a web document from the web server;

(c) upon receipt of an operation command from the user, while displaying the web document, performing an operation according to the operation command;

(d) temporarily releasing access to the web server, upon failure to receive any web related operation command from the user within a predetermined time after displaying the web document on the display unit of the mobile terminal; and

(e) reaccessing the web server if there is any web related operation command from the user when the access to the web server has been temporarily released while displaying the web document.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step (d) comprises the steps of:

determining if the web related operation command has been entered by the user;

determining whether the predetermined time has elapsed; and

upon failure to receive the web related operation command from the user before lapse of the predetermined time, releasing the access to the web server to enable the mobile communication terminal to receive an incoming call.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step (c) comprises the steps of:

upon receipt of the web related operation command from the user, repeating step (a); and

upon receipt of an access end request from the user, releasing an access to the web server.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of releasing an access to the web server upon receipt of an access end request from the user in step (d).

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined time is set by the user.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the web related operation command is issued when the user inputs a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), clicks a hyperlink on the displayed web document, or refreshes a displayed web document.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet.

8. A network access control method in a mobile communication terminal, the terminal including a controller, a memory, an input and a display means, an audio and a video processor, a signal transmitter, a receiver and a duplexer, and having a built-in web browser, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) establishing a network access when a user command requesting establishment of the network access is received;

(b) performing a plurality of operations when a user command corresponding to one of a plurality of operations is received;

(c) determining if at least one user command requesting performance of any of a plurality of web related operations were input within a predetermined time after a predetermined action;

(d) temporarily terminating the network access if the determination is negative; and

(e) reaccessing the network if there is any web related operation command from the user when access to a web server has been temporarily released while displaying a web document.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the network is the Internet.