KR100308370B1 - Method of managing portable telephone data remotely - Google Patents

Abstract

Make a call from your cell phone to your computer, or from your computer to your cell phone. In this case, when a general voice call or a pure data service call is connected, the data cannot be stored in a specific memory area of the mobile phone to which the data is to be input. Therefore, in the present invention, a separate remote data update mode is set, and commands and data for data transmission and input are sent and received in this mode. The present invention proposes three methods for setting the remote data update mode. In this way, the user can enter and modify data on the cellular phone by operating a data manager program installed on the computer. Therefore, not only personal information data such as speed dial numbers, but also animation data, image data, and portable data to be used for display of the cellular phone can be obtained. It is also possible to enter data that cannot be entered directly on the mobile phone, such as melody data used as the bell of the phone and game programs that can be used on the mobile phone.

Description

Method of managing portable telephone data remotely}

The present invention relates to a method for remotely managing mobile phone data, and more particularly, to a method for remotely inputting and modifying user data of a mobile phone using a computer.

BACKGROUND With the development of memory technology and mobile phone technology, user data that can be stored in mobile phones has been diversified and expanded. Examples of user data that can be stored in mobile phones include phonebook data that stores frequently dialed phone numbers, personal organizer data that stores user schedules and notes, and ring music data that lets you use your favorite music as ring sounds. Etc. can be mentioned.

As user data that can be stored in a mobile phone is diversified and enormous, there is a demand for an efficient method of managing user data of the mobile phone. In other words, it is very inconvenient to use the buttons on the mobile phone when inputting such a large amount of data, and it is almost impossible to input new user data using the button on the new mobile phone when replacing the mobile phone. Because there is.

Therefore, conventionally, a data management program for inputting and correcting user data is installed in a computer, and the user data is input or modified using this management program.

However, in order to transfer the data stored in the mobile phone to the computer in the data management program installed in the computer, or vice versa, the interconnector of the mobile phone 100 as shown in FIG. (In-Car Connector) and the communication port of the computer 200 had to be connected using a communication cable. At this time, RS-232C or USB port is used as a communication port of the computer 200.

Since data is transmitted using a communication cable as described above, in order to input or correct data, a cable must be prepared and connected, which is inconvenient to use, and there is a disadvantage in that user data cannot be transmitted where there is no cable.

As another method, there is a method of using an infrared communication port for data transmission between the cellular phone 100 and the computer 200 as shown in FIG. This method is quite convenient because you can transfer data without having to connect a communication cable. However, this method has a disadvantage that it cannot be applied when the infrared communication port is not provided in the cellular phone 100 or the computer 200.

In addition, this method has a disadvantage that the mobile phone 100 and the computer 200 can be applied only within a certain distance. That is, there is a disadvantage in that it is not applicable when the mobile phone 100 wants to input or modify data in a state where it is located elsewhere.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of this point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a remote management method of mobile phone data that can input and modify user data without connecting a communication cable between the mobile phone and a computer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for remotely managing mobile phone data that can input and modify user data even when the mobile phone and the computer are not in close proximity.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional mobile phone data management method, (a) shows the case of managing the mobile phone data by connecting the communication port of the computer and the connector of the mobile phone, (b) is a mobile phone and It shows the case of managing mobile phone data by using infrared communication port between computers.

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for remotely managing mobile phone data according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a display unit when entering the remote data update mode in the cellular phone.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service option exchanged between a system and a mobile phone.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in the mobile phone 100 for inputting and modifying mobile phone personal information according to the present invention.

In order to modify the data of the mobile phone or to enter new data into the mobile phone, first call the mobile phone from the computer or from the computer to the mobile phone. In this case, when a general voice call or a pure data service call is connected, the data cannot be stored in a specific memory area of the mobile phone to which the data is to be input. Therefore, in the present invention, a separate remote data update mode is set, and commands and data for data transmission and input are sent and received in this mode. The present invention proposes three methods for setting the remote data update mode. In this way, the user can enter and modify data on the cellular phone by operating a data manager program installed on the computer. Therefore, not only personal information data such as speed dial numbers, but also animation data, image data, and portable data to be used for display of the cellular phone can be obtained. It is also possible to enter data that cannot be entered directly on the mobile phone, such as melody data used as the bell of the phone and game programs that can be used on the mobile phone.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for remotely managing mobile phone data according to the present invention.

A user may input and modify personal information of his mobile phone 100 using a data manager program installed in the computer 200. In addition, personal information stored in the computer 200 may be transmitted to the mobile phone 100, or conversely, personal information stored in the mobile phone 100 may be transmitted to the computer 200.

When the personal information of the mobile phone 100 is to be changed, when the same personal information is stored in the computer 200 and the mobile phone 100, the information in the computer 200 may be modified and transmitted to the mobile phone 100. .

By the way, when the personal information of the mobile phone 100 is to be changed, when the latest personal information is stored only in the mobile phone 100 by inputting new information while the mobile phone 100 is in use, the mobile phone 100 After the personal information is downloaded to the computer 200, the computer 200 modifies it and transmits it to the mobile phone 100 again.

The transmission of personal information from the computer 200 to the mobile phone 100, or the transmission of personal information from the mobile phone 100 to the computer 200 may be performed by using a modem (wired modem or other mobile phone) mounted on the computer 200. By using a) through the telephone network 500 is made through the mobile phone switch 400 and the base station 300.

Next, three examples of a method of transmitting personal information between the mobile phone 100 and the computer 200 will be described.

In order to transmit personal information between the cellular phone 100 and a landline (modem) or other cellular phone (wireless modem), when a call is connected, it must be able to recognize that a remote data update call is connected, not a pure data service call.

That is, when the computer 200 and the mobile phone 100 are connected wirelessly and want to modify or input the personal information of the mobile phone 100 in the computer 200, the mobile phone 100 to the computer 200, or the computer ( 200 to make a call to the mobile phone 100, but the connected mode must be a separate remote data update mode that is neither a pure voice call nor a pure data service call to send data in a specific memory area of the mobile phone to the computer or Data can be put into a specific memory area of the phone.

This is because data is not transmitted when the connected mode is a voice call. In addition, in the case of a pure data service call, only a passage for simply transmitting data is formed between the computer 200 and the mobile phone 100, and the data transmitted from the computer to the mobile phone is stored in a specific memory area of the mobile phone, for example. For example, in the case of speed dial information, the speed dial information is not stored in the area where the speed dial information is stored.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes three methods as a way of recognizing that a remote data update call is connected, rather than a pure data service call when the call is connected.

<First method>

The first method is to enter the remote data update mode before the call is connected to both the calling party and the called party.

That is, when making a call from the mobile phone 100 to the computer 200, the mobile phone 100, that is, the calling party selects the remote data update mode and then makes a call, and the computer 200, that is, the receiving manager also makes a data manager program. You will receive a call with the remote data update mode selected.

On the contrary, even when making a call from the computer 200 to the mobile phone 100, when making a call from the calling computer 200, a data manager program is driven to make a call while the remote data update mode is selected. The mobile phone 100 must also be set to the remote data update reception mode before answering the call.

In this case, since both sides are set to the remote data update mode, both of the calling party and the receiving party know that the call to be connected is a remote data update, so that remote data updating, that is, remote input and modification of personal information, is possible. do.

This will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display unit when entering the remote data update mode in the cellular phone.

The cellular phone 100 is provided with a remote data update function, so that the user can select a remote data update mode as shown in Fig. 3A. In FIG. 3A, when the user presses the button 3, the mobile phone asks whether to enter the data update mode as shown in FIG. At this time, when the user selects No. 1 and enters the remote data update mode, the mobile phone 100 returns to the idle state screen as shown in FIG. This screen will appear.

When the user makes a call or receives a call while the mobile phone 100 is in the remote data update mode, the mobile phone is connected to the remote data update call and the computer as shown in FIG. You can import data or send data to a computer.

FIG. 3E illustrates an example in which data import is selected in FIG. 3D. The user can import data stored in the computer 200 by selecting a desired menu from among these various menus.

The computer 200 must execute a data manager program. In the data manager program, data in the mobile phone can be fetched or sent in a manner similar to that shown in FIG. 3, and various edit screens can be provided so that data can be corrected and edited.

In this way, when the caller enters all remote data modes while the caller and receiver enter the remote data mode, data of the cellular phone can be input, modified, and edited.

<Second Method>

In the second method, the calling party sets the entry into the remote data update mode before the call is connected like the first method, but the receiving party can automatically switch to the remote data update mode at the time of the call connection without the need for such setting.

In order to know that the incoming call is a remote data update call at the receiver, the system must detect when the caller is making a call in the remote data update mode and notify the receiver that it is in the remote data update mode. To this end, the present invention adds an option for remote data update to service option data exchanged between the system and the mobile phone.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service option exchanged between a system and a mobile phone. In the embodiment of the present invention, the upper 4th bit is set to 1 in the service option revision to indicate remote data update.

The following table shows the service options used to receive existing data services.

CDMA Data Service Service options ProprietaryIndicator Base service option number Service Option Revision speed ASYNC (via IWF) 0x0004 0 0 0x004 9.6 Kbps 0x1004 0 One 0x004 9.6 (default) / 14.4 Kbps 0x000C 0 0 0x00C 9.6 / 14.4 (default) Kbps Qualcomm (non-IWF) 0x8003 One 0 0x003 9.6 Kbps

Service options newly added in the present invention are as follows.

CDMA Data Service Service options ProprietaryIndicator Base service option number Service Option Revision speed ASYNC (via IWF) 0x0104 0 0 0x104 9.6 Kbps 0x1104 0 One 0x104 9.6 (default) / 14.4 Kbps 0x010C 0 0 0x10C 9.6 / 14.4 (default) Kbps Qualcomm (non-IWF) 0x8103 One 0 0x103 9.6 Kbps

This method notifies the system of the additional service call using the added service option when the calling party makes a call, and the system informs the additional service call using the service option added to the called party again. Therefore, this method is not applicable when the called party or calling party is via a wired telephone. In other words, this method applies only when both the called party and the calling party are connected through a cellular phone network. That is, when the calling party is the mobile phone 100 and the called party is the computer 200 using the wireless modem, or if the calling party is the computer 200 using the wireless modem and the called party is the mobile phone 100. Applies only to

<Third method>

The third method is identical to the second method in that the calling party sets the entry into the remote data update mode before the call is connected, and the called party enters the remote data update mode automatically according to the signal from the calling party. However, in the second method, a new service option is added to allow the called party to automatically enter the remote data update mode, and when the calling party dials the remote data update mode, the system recognizes this and adds a new service option to the called party. While the service option is intended to inform the call of the remote data update mode, the third method is to notify the call of the remote data update mode by using the in-band signal from the calling party to the called party without adding a new service option.

That is, the calling party sets an entry into the remote data update mode before the call is connected and transmits an in-band command requesting entry into the remote data update mode of the called party after the call is connected. The called party enters the remote data update mode after receiving the in-band command and responding thereto. This in-band command and its response must follow the in-band command format in ANSI / TIA / EIA-617 and insert additional code.

Next, a procedure for inputting and modifying personal information of the mobile phone 100 using the computer 200 by attempting a call in the remote data update mode using one of the three methods will be described.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in the mobile phone 100 for inputting and modifying mobile phone personal information according to the present invention.

First, a remote data update call is attempted from the cellular phone 100 to the computer 200, or a remote data update call is attempted from the computer 200 to the cellular phone 100 (step S10). The method at this time is one of the three methods described above.

The cellular phone 100 checks whether the remote data update call is connected after the incoming or outgoing call of the remote data update call (step S11). If the remote data update call is not connected (NO in step S11), the remote data update call incoming / outgoing of step S10 must be attempted again.

If it is confirmed that the remote data update call is connected (YES in step S11), the mobile phone 100 according to the command of the data manager installed in the computer 200, the data stored in the mobile phone 100, the computer 200 Or store the data from the computer 200 in the memory area of the cellular phone 100. An example of the user's operation method at this time has been described with reference to FIG.

In order to modify the data stored in the mobile phone 100, the data stored in the mobile phone 100 must be brought to the computer 200 so that the data manager displays the data on the screen so that the user can modify the data. do. Therefore, the data manager program transmits a command for requesting the cellular phone 100 to transmit data when a user requests a specific data modification. Upon receiving such a command, the cellular phone 100 transmits the requested data (step S12).

When the user inputs data or modifies the data by using the computer 200, the data should be transmitted to the mobile phone 100 and stored in the data area of the mobile phone 100. Therefore, when the user instructs the mobile phone 100 to update data in the computer 200 by using the data manager program, the data is transmitted from the computer 200 to the mobile phone 100. The cellular phone 100 thus stores the data received from the computer 200 in an appropriate memory area in the cellular phone 100 (step S13).

In this way, the data can be input and corrected to the mobile phone 100 using the computer 200 through steps S12 and S13 until the remote data update call ends.

When the remote data update call ends (YES in step S14), data input and correction operations using a computer are terminated. The end of the remote data update call is made through the keypad operation of the cellular phone or by the termination of the call connection at the request of the other party.

In the above description, data that can be input / modified from a computer to a mobile phone is mainly taken as personal information such as speed dial numbers, but such data is not limited thereto, and various data may be input or modified according to the appearance of new functions or services. have. For example, animation data or image data to be used for display of a mobile phone, melody data used as a ring tone for a mobile phone, and game programs that can be used on the mobile phone may include data that cannot be directly input from the mobile phone. It is not limited to a particular data class.

In the above description, the case of transmitting and receiving data between the cellular phone and the computer has been described, but it is also possible to transmit and receive data between two cellular phones. For example, the present invention can be applied when replacing a mobile phone or when receiving a ringing bell data of a friend's mobile phone to their mobile phone. The operation is the same as described above.

As described above, according to the present invention, user data can be input and modified without connecting a communication cable between the mobile phone and the computer.

In addition, user data can be entered and modified even when the mobile phone and the computer are not in close proximity.

In addition to personal information data such as speed dial numbers, animation data and image data to be used for the display of a mobile phone, melody data used as a ringtone for a mobile phone, game programs that can be used in a mobile phone, and the like, can be input directly from a mobile phone. You can also enter data that you cannot.

Claims (9)

In a method of remotely managing data on a mobile phone using a computer with a modem, Entering a remote data update mode at the calling party; Entering a remote data update mode at a receiving side; Making a call from the calling party to the called party; Receiving a call at the receiving side; Steps to edit data on your phone or enter data on your phone using a computer Remote management method of the mobile phone data comprising the. The method of claim 1, wherein the calling party is a cellular phone and the receiving party is the computer. The method of claim 1, wherein the calling party is the computer and the receiving party is a mobile phone. In the method of remotely managing the data of the mobile phone using a computer with a wireless modem, Entering a remote data update mode at the calling party; Making a call from the calling party to the called party; Sending an incoming signal from the cellular switching center to notify the receiving side of the remote data update mode; Receiving a call at the receiving side; Steps to edit data on your phone or enter data on your phone using a computer Remote management method of the mobile phone data comprising the. 5. The cellular phone data according to claim 4, wherein the step of sending an incoming signal while informing the receiving side of the remote data update mode from the cellular telephone exchange station to notify the remote data update mode by sending a specific bit of service option data is set. Remote management method. In a method of remotely managing data on a mobile phone using a computer with a modem, Entering a remote data update mode at the calling party; Making a call from the calling party to the called party; Receiving a call at the receiving side; Notifying, by the inband signal, the remote data update call from the calling party to the receiving party; Entering a remote data update mode at a receiving side; Steps to edit data on your phone or enter data on your phone using a computer Remote management method of the mobile phone data comprising the. In a method of transmitting and receiving user data between two mobile phones, Entering a remote data update mode at the calling party; Entering a remote data update mode at a receiving side; Making a call from the calling party to the called party; Receiving a call at the receiving side; Exchanging user data between the two mobile phones Remote management of mobile phone data, characterized in that provided with In a method of transmitting and receiving user data between two mobile phones, Entering a remote data update mode at the calling party; Making a call from the calling party to the called party; Sending an incoming signal from the cellular switching center to notify the receiving side of the remote data update mode; Receiving a call at the receiving side; Exchanging user data between the two mobile phones Remote management method of the mobile phone data comprising the. In a method of transmitting and receiving user data between two mobile phones, Entering a remote data update mode at the calling party; Making a call from the calling party to the called party; Receiving a call at the receiving side; Notifying, by the inband signal, the remote data update call from the calling party to the receiving party; Entering a remote data update mode at a receiving side; Steps to edit data on your phone or enter data on your phone using a computer Remote management method of the mobile phone data comprising the.