KR100920978B1 - Device information management and provision device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing and providing terminal information, the terminal comprising: registering or updating a CPI to a terminal information management and providing apparatus when power is applied or a wireless Internet service is started; The terminal information management and providing apparatus includes: acquiring information on whether a specific terminal is connected to a network and location information periodically or upon request from each service server; When the terminal requests a service from a specific service server, the service server requesting the terminal information management and providing apparatus for basic information of the terminal; The terminal information management and providing apparatus transmits the CPI for the information requested terminal to the service server; The service server can be achieved by the process of executing the service requested by the terminal using the CPI.

Description

Device information management and provision device and method {TERMINAL INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD}

1 is an exemplary view showing a network configuration of a terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) and each service server according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) according to the present invention.

3 is a state diagram illustrating a process of transmitting information between a terminal, a terminal information management and providing apparatus, and each service server according to the present invention;

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100: CPI storage unit 200: CPI manager

300: RDF encoder / decoder 400: CPI protocol

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing and providing terminal information, and in particular, when using a multimedia or messaging or download service such as WAP, Java, MMS, or LBS using a mobile communication terminal, each service system stores basic information about the terminal. The present invention relates to a terminal information management and providing apparatus and method for efficiently managing and serving information about a terminal by providing information on the terminal.

In general, WAP, Java, MMS, LBS service using a mobile communication terminal to obtain the basic information (terminal browser information, cell information, resolution, remaining storage space, supported media type, etc.) about the terminal in different ways or For example, each service server must manage information directly or use WAP.

However, since the above methods must separately manage duplicate information on the same terminal in various service servers, there is a problem of being inefficient and confined to the WAP service.

For reference, the Multimedia Messaging Services Center (MMSC) is a high-capacity solution that enables multimedia messaging through the Internet and mobile devices, such as the simplicity and simplicity provided by today's most popular short message service (SMS). As a service platform, text, music, graphics, video and all other types of media are available to terminal users.

The MMSC was developed based on international standards (WAP Forum & 3GPP MMS) and can be used on any WAP-enabled wireless network. It is also fully compatible with SMS, allowing existing wireless users to be absorbed into the MMS community. Upgrade the communication terminal.

However, in order to perform the above service, basic information about the terminal (eg, browser information, cell information, resolution, remaining storage space, supported media type, etc.) of the terminal must be provided. Since it is necessary to obtain information or directly manage information of all terminals, there is a problem in that redundant information of the same terminal is managed separately, thereby being inefficient and constrained by the WAP service.

Therefore, the present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, while storing basic information about the terminal when using a multimedia or messaging or download service such as WAP, Java, MMS, LBS using a mobile communication terminal An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for managing and providing terminal information for efficiently managing and serving information about a terminal by providing information on a corresponding terminal to each service system.

The present invention for achieving the above object, CPI (Capability & Provisioning Information) for storing the DB (Data Base) type CPI storage unit; A CPI manager that performs information management such as managing, adding, deleting, and updating the CPI; An RDF encoder / decoder for converting the CPI into a Resource Description Framework (RDF) format or decoding the CPI received in the RDF format; It is characterized by including the CPI protocol that is responsible for the transmission of the CPI request.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a method, comprising: registering or updating a CPI to a terminal information management and providing apparatus when power is applied or a wireless Internet service is started; The terminal information management and providing apparatus includes: acquiring information on whether a specific terminal is connected to a network and location information periodically or upon request from each service server; When the terminal requests a service from a specific service server, the service server requesting the terminal information management and providing apparatus for basic information of the terminal; The terminal information management and providing apparatus transmits the CPI for the information requested terminal to the service server; The service server may be configured to execute a service requested by the terminal using the CPI.

The present invention is to manage and provide a method of managing and providing terminal information provided in the existing WAP service, and to manage and enforce in a separate server, and additionally, such as cell information and service availability of the terminal through HLR interworking There is a feature that can be extended and managed.

In addition, each service server or gateway has a feature of knowing all the information of the terminal through interworking with the terminal information management and providing device (CPIS) without storing the information of the terminal or negotiation (Negotiation) separately.

In this case, the interworking method between the respective service server and the terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) may use the RDF format of the HTTP-XML series, which is an existing WAP standard.

For reference, the Home Location Register (HLR) is a device that manages mobile subscribers. It contains two types of information, subscriber information and mobile device information, so that incoming calls can be routed to mobile subscribers. HLR stores IMSI, MS ISDN number, VLR address, and subscriber data related to supplementary services.

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

1 is an exemplary view showing a network configuration between a terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) and each service server according to the present invention, and each service server (MMSC, LBSC, Java, etc.) requests a corresponding service from a terminal. Basic information on the terminal is received from the terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) to serve.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) according to the present invention. As shown in FIG.

That is, the CPI storage unit 100 of the actual DB type that stores the CPI, the CPI manager 200 that performs information management such as managing, adding, deleting, and updating the CPI, and converting the CPI into an RDF format or an RDF format. RDF encoder / decoder 300 for decoding the received CPI and the CPI protocol 400 responsible for the actual transmission of the CPI request.

FIG. 3 is a state diagram illustrating a process of transmitting information between a terminal, a terminal information management and providing apparatus, and each service server according to the present invention. When a terminal is powered on or starts a wireless Internet service, CPI (Capability & Provisioning) is shown. Information) is transmitted to the terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) to update or register the information of the changed terminal or the information of the new terminal (S101).

Afterwards, the terminal information management and provision device (CPIS) may acquire whether the terminal is connected to the network and location information through HLR access periodically or at the time of a service request from each server (S102).

Next, when the actual terminal requests a service to the service server using an application protocol such as HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) (S103), the service server supports the terminal's information (LCD resolution, number of supported colors, supported media types, and MIDI support). Presence or absence, etc.) to the terminal information management and providing device (CPIS) (S104), the terminal information management and providing device (CPIS) converts the CPI of the terminal to be managed in RDF (Resource Description Framework) format After the transmission to the service server (S105), the service server executes the actual service for the service request through the corresponding service format and support media conversion process based on the CPI (S106).

As described above, each service server does not directly manage information on a terminal, does not have to perform a negotiation process that is performed separately, and prevents inefficiency in managing the same terminal information separately, The terminal information can be maintained.

As described above, the apparatus and method for managing and providing the terminal information of the present invention, while using the multimedia or messaging or download service such as WAP, Java, MMS, LBS using a mobile communication terminal, while storing the basic information about the terminal, each service By providing information about the terminal to the system, it is effective to efficiently manage and service the information about the terminal.

Claims (4)

A CPI storage unit of DB (Data Base) type for storing CPI (Capability & Provisioning Information); A CPI manager that performs information management such as managing, adding, deleting, and updating the CPI; An encoder and decoder for converting a CPI into a Resource Description Framework (RDF) format or decoding a CPI received in the RDF format; Device information management and provision device comprising a CPI protocol that is responsible for the transmission of the CPI request. delete Registering, updating, or updating a CPI to a terminal information management and providing apparatus when power is applied or a wireless Internet service is started; The terminal information management and providing apparatus includes: acquiring information on whether a specific terminal is connected to a network and location information periodically or upon request from each service server; When the terminal requests a service from a specific service server, the service server requesting the terminal information management and providing apparatus for basic information of the terminal; The terminal information management and providing apparatus transmits the CPI for the information requested terminal to the service server; And the service server executing a service requested by the terminal by using the CPI. The method of claim 3, wherein the basic information of the terminal, And at least one of an LCD resolution, a supported color number, a supported media type, a MIDI support, and a chord number.

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