KR100961473B1 - Mobile terminal and method for messaging web page contents of wireless internet browser - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention freely selects and copies image or text objects constituting web page contents while browsing various contents provided by a web server by accessing a wireless portal server or a wired internet server using a wireless Internet service. The present invention relates to a messaging method in a mobile terminal that can easily share useful web page information with a counterpart by allowing a message or SMS to be pasted into a window for creating a text message. The method for messaging in a mobile terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of browsing a web page using a wireless Internet service, selecting all or part of the content of the web page, and copying and inserting the selected content into a text message composition window. It includes a step.

Full browser, copy / paste, text message, SMS / MMS

Description

Mobile station for messaging web page content of a wireless internet browser and its method {Mobile Station for Messaging Web Page Contents of Wireless Internet Browser and Method}

The present invention relates to a method of messaging a web page content in a mobile terminal supporting a full browser, and more particularly, to a web server connected to a wireless portal server or a wired internet server using a wireless internet service. While browsing the various content that is provided by the Web, you can freely select and copy the image or text objects that make up the content of the web page, and paste it into a window for composing the content of the text message so that it can be messaging by SMS or MMS. The present invention relates to a messaging method in a mobile terminal that can easily share page information with a counterpart.

In recent years, as the performance of traffic processing occurring in communication between a mobile terminal and a base station is improved, the mobile terminal can directly access a web server of a general wired internet as well as a wireless portal server. For example, by connecting to a wireless portal server based on a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) as in the related art, a full browser for a mobile terminal is used instead of using only limited content provided by a carrier or a content provider affiliated with a carrier. browsers have been developed to allow free access to wired Internet web servers. In other words, by entering a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or clicking a linked page address, it is possible to access a wired Internet portal server or all necessary servers and receive necessary information.

However, it is difficult for a user who finds useful web page contents to easily share the contents with others while browsing through such a mobile terminal. The user of the mobile terminal can only be supported by the function of the terminal that can summarize the contents of the web page, write a text message and send it to another terminal or send only a callback URL to another terminal.

Therefore, as free document editing such as e-mailing is supported on desktop PCs and notebook PCs, it is easy to copy the contents of web pages that are being browsed in a mobile terminal and send them as text messages. There is a need for a messaging service that can be easily shared.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problem, and an object of the present invention is to freely select and copy image or text objects constituting a web page content browsed using a wireless Internet service, and to copy the content of a text message. The present invention provides a method for messaging in a mobile terminal that can be pasted into a window to create a text message.

Another object of the present invention is to freely select image or text objects by using a finger or a touch pen in the case of a direction key of a keypad or a touch phone in a web page of a wireless Internet service in order to compose the contents of a text message. The present invention provides a messaging method in a mobile terminal that can select and copy / paste an arbitrary area by dragging and dropping a part of a webpage rather than a unit.

First, to summarize the features of the present invention, a method for messaging in a mobile terminal according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of browsing a web page using a wireless Internet service; Selecting all or part of contents of the web page; And copying the selected content and inserting the selected content into a text message composition window.

The method may further include inserting the URL of the web page recognized by the browser in the browsing as a callback URL in the text message composition window.

Some contents of the web page may include contents of at least one or more distinguished objects recognized by a browser, or contents of a certain area on a screen on which a web page is displayed, and image or text data may be included in the contents of the object or the certain area. May be included.

In the case where the mobile terminal uses a touch screen as a key input means, the selecting step includes selecting one of a plurality of objects included in the web page using a touch means on a screen on which the web page is displayed. The method may include: selecting, wherein the inserting comprises: recognizing a predefined touch operation touched using the touch means on a touch screen corresponding to the position of the selected object; And inserting copy contents of the touched corresponding object into the text message composition window.

The inserting step may include generating a pop-up window for selecting a message type, selecting a message type from the pop-up window, and then inserting the selected content into the text message by SMS or MMS according to the selected message type. It can be inserted into the compose window and sent to the called terminal.

When the selected message type is SMS and exceeds the data range of the SMS method, the selected content may be transmitted by the MMS method.

After the inserting step, the method may further include selecting another object on a web page or selecting a certain area and copying the corresponding content instead of the content inserted into the text message composition window.

Generating a pop-up window for selecting a message type before the selecting step, when the mobile terminal uses a keypad or a special key as key input means; And selecting a message type from the pop-up window, selecting one or more objects among a plurality of objects included in the web page using a direction key on a screen on which the web page is displayed, or selecting a certain area. Then, the copy content of the corresponding image or text data may be inserted into the text message composition window by SMS or MMS according to the selected message type and transmitted to the called terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile terminal supporting a wireless Internet service includes: browsing means for browsing a web page; And a text message processing unit for copying the selected content and inserting the selected content into a text message creation window when selecting all or a part of the web page through a key input means.

And a selection area inserting unit for copying the selected contents and inserting the selected contents into a text message composition window, and when the mobile terminal uses a touch screen as a key input means, the browsing means is displayed on a screen on which the web page is displayed. The touch means controls to select any one of a plurality of objects included in the web page, wherein the selection area inserting unit, the position on the touch screen corresponding to the position of the selected object using the touch means When touched, the copied contents of the touched object may be inserted into the text message composition window.

When the mobile terminal uses a keypad or a special key as key input means, the text message processing unit generates a pop-up window for selecting a message type when a predetermined menu key provided in the mobile terminal is selected, When a message type is selected in the pop-up window, a corresponding image for selecting one or more objects among a plurality of objects included in the web page or selecting a certain area using a direction key on the screen on which the web page is displayed or The copy content of the text data may be inserted into the text message composition window by SMS or MMS according to the selected message type and transmitted to the called terminal.

According to the messaging method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention, by freely selecting and copying the image or text objects constituting the content of the web page browsing using the wireless Internet service, and paste into the window for creating the content of the text message By text messaging, you can easily share useful web page information with the other party.

According to the messaging method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention, in the case of a direction key of a keypad and a touch phone, an image or a text object of a web page can be freely selected using a finger or a touch pen. By dragging and dropping some areas and selecting and copying / pasting an arbitrary area and messaging in a text message, it is convenient to create a text message related to the contents of a web page.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a messaging method in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a user may drive a full browser for a mobile terminal in order to freely access a wired Internet web server (S110). Here, although it is assumed that the user accesses a wired internet web server based on a hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) using a mobile terminal equipped with a full browser, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be based on a wireless application protocol (WAP) based mobile carrier. The present invention may also be applied to a wireless portal server or a content provider affiliated with a mobile carrier through a wireless portal server.

When driving the Internet browsing means such as a full browser for a mobile terminal as described above, it is possible to access a home page of a web browser 230 of a full browser portal as shown in FIG. 2 as a page of a predetermined web server, for example, a start page. (S120). The mobile terminal 220 starts up an Internet browsing means such as a full browser, and the mobile communication network according to WCDMA, CDMA, GSM, etc., as well as a network 210 into which a portable Internet network, a wired public network, an IP network, etc. may be integrated. Through it, it is possible to access the web browser 230 for a full browser dedicated portal operated by a mobile communication company, in addition to the wired Internet web servers 240 can be freely connected. When the terminal displays a web page of a full browser-only portal web server 230 or wired internet web servers 240, the user browses the necessary information on the web page or links to provide schedule information if necessary. An object such as a text or an image can be browsed by moving the cursor and clicking through a key input means (for example, a keypad or a special key or a finger or a touch pen in the case of a touch screen).

Meanwhile, while browsing various web pages, the user may find useful web page information that he / she wants to share with acquaintances such as family, relatives, friends, and lovers (S130). In the present invention, a text message can be easily transferred by copying and pasting a URL (Universal Resource Locator), an article or content, etc. of a web page from a terminal that is browsing a web page to a destination terminal of an acquaintance in a long touch method or an area selection method. Support writing.

First, when the mobile terminal uses a touch screen as a key input means, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of objects included in the web page using touch means (finger or touch pen) on the screen on which the web page is displayed. After selecting an object, the user can long touch for 2-3 seconds by using a touch means on the touch screen corresponding to the position of the selected object in order to copy the selected content and automatically insert the selected content into the text message composition window. There is (S140).

When the predefined long touch operation is recognized, the contents of the selected object may be copied and inserted directly into the text message composition window as shown in FIG. 4. However, first, a message type is selected at the long touch as shown in FIG. 3. In operation S150, a pop-up window may be generated. In this case, when a message type is selected by a user in a pop-up window, a copy of the corresponding long touched object is pasted to a text message creation window by SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Message Service) according to the selected message type. Can be inserted into the insert (S160). The SMS method is a method that can write the contents necessary for the text message creation window up to 80 or 90 bytes, and the MMS can insert and transmit the required message in the text message creation window up to 1000 bytes or more. Therefore, when the selected message type is SMS and the content of the long touched object exceeds the data range of the SMS method (for example, 80 or 90 bytes, etc.), the content of the long touched object is the MMS method. It can also be sent to.

On the other hand, after the message (contents of the corresponding object long touched above) required for the text message creation window is inserted as shown in FIG. 4, the user may change the content inserted in the text message creation window. For example, by selecting a 'message selection' menu through a predetermined menu (for example, selecting a message or changing a message) as shown in FIG. 5, a text message can be transmitted with previously inserted contents or a 'message'. You can also change the inserted contents by selecting 'Change' menu. For example, in case of selecting the 'change message' menu, the selected content is copied from the original web page or another web page through browsing, such as 610 of FIG. As shown in Figure 4, you can insert the text inserted in the text message compose window. In this case, as well as inserting the image or text data of the predetermined area on the screen on which the web page is displayed, it is also possible to select the entire contents of the web page for the image or text data displayed on the screen. In the case of a terminal using a touch screen, the cursor may be moved by using a finger or a touch pen. In this way, any object may be selected by moving the cursor, or a corresponding area may be selected by dragging and dropping in a square shape or the like.

Here, an object on a web page is a frame for one image or text that is divided into 'TD', 'TR' and TABLE 'of a Java program and can be selected at one time by a cursor or the like. You can access the link page directly by placing the cursor at that location and selecting it.

On the other hand, a full browser may be used to browse a web page via a wireless Internet service. Such a browser may use URL information on a transport protocol, for example, 'A HERF = HTTP: // whenever a URL request is made from a terminal. It recognizes the URL included in 'URL' and connects to the server and responds to receive the web page. Accordingly, the URL of the web page recognized by the browser during the browsing of the web page may be inserted as a callback URL in the text message creation window as shown in FIG. 4, whereby the user of the called terminal It can be connected easily.

In some cases, in addition to the contents of the long-touched object and the callback URL as shown in FIG. 4, the text message composition window may determine the title of the long-touched object from information on the image or text data included therein. It can also be inserted into the text message compose window.

As such, the content inserted into the text message composition window may be transmitted to the called terminal of the input called number by pressing a key corresponding to 'send' (S170).

As described above, in the mobile terminal according to the present invention, while browsing a web page using a wireless Internet service, the content of the web page is selected and inserted into the text message composition window by copy / pasting the selected content into an SMS / By sending it to MMS, you can easily share the contents of your web pages with your friends.

On the other hand, it is assumed that the terminal using the touch screen described above, but the touch screen does not necessarily need to be used, and in some cases using a general keypad or a special key on the side of the terminal as a direction key to use as an input means of the cursor position The above messaging method may also be applied to a terminal.

For example, during browsing of a web page in the mobile terminal, a pop-up window for selecting a message type as shown in FIG. 3 may be generated by selecting a predetermined menu in the terminal instead of the long touch on the touch screen. The subsequent messaging step may send a text message similar to that described above with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 as described above.

For example, after selecting a message type in the pop-up window as shown in FIG. 3, a user selects one or more objects among a plurality of objects included in the web page using a direction key on the screen on which the web page is displayed, or schedule By selecting an area, the copy content of the corresponding image or text data may be inserted into the text message composition window as shown in FIG. 4 by SMS or MMS according to the selected message type and transmitted to the called terminal. Of course, in this manner, the text message composition window may include the entire contents of the screen on which the web page is displayed, and the URL of the web page recognized by the browser may be inserted and transmitted as a callback URL. .

7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 710, a communication unit 720, a user interface 730, a memory 740, a touch input processing unit 750, and a full browser 760. , A text message processing unit 770, and a selection area insertion unit 780. Such components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof.

Here, according to the present invention, a mobile terminal capable of using a wireless Internet service using a wireless internet browsing means such as a full browser is a cellular phone supporting a mobile communication protocol such as WCDMA, a PCS phone (PCS phone: Personal). Synchronous / asynchronous International Mobile Telecommunication-2000 (IMT-2000), Notebook PC, Desktop PC, Palm Personal Computer, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) It may be an assistant, a smart phone, a wireless application protocol phone (WAP phone), a mobile play-station, or the like.

The controller 710 corresponds to a processor that is in charge of overall control of the above components of the mobile terminal, and may be configured to include some or all of the above components.

The communication unit 720 is an RF for a communication service such as a call, a text message service, a wireless Internet service, digital broadcasting viewing, digital media streaming, download and upload according to a wireless communication standard such as CDMA, WCDMA, IMT-2000, portable Internet, etc. Send and receive signals (Radio Frequency).

The user interface 730 may be a microphone, a speaker, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a touch screen, a keypad (including text / symbol input keys, direction keys, etc.), a special key that may be separately provided on the side or the front of the terminal, or the like. It includes all the applications, etc., and refers to the basic means necessary for the user to receive voice calls, data packet services, and the like. In particular, in order to drive the touch screen, the touch input processing unit 750 determines the information of a corresponding position when a finger or a touch pen is touched on a touch screen provided on a screen of a display means such as an LCD so that the position of the cursor is moved. It also supports the selection of regions by selecting or dragging and dropping objects on web pages. Through the user interface 730, a user may store necessary information, for example, data related to a photographed image, a phone book, a memo, a wake-up call, download data, and the like, in the memory 740 to be recalled and used whenever necessary.

The full browser 760 drives the full browser when accessing the Internet web server 230/240 in order to support the HTTP-based wireless Internet service according to the present invention. The full browser provides free access to a wireless portal server or a wired internet server so that users can receive a variety of information through web pages.

Accordingly, when the terminal accesses the web server 230/240 according to the activation of the full browser and the corresponding web page is displayed, the user links the information to browse the necessary information on the corresponding page or provide schedule information when necessary. You can browse by clicking on objects such as text or images.

When all or a portion of the web page being browsed is selected through a key input means such as a keypad or a touch pen of the user interface 730, the text message processing unit 770 copies the selected content to the text message composition window. It can be inserted and sent to the called terminal.

For example, when the mobile terminal uses a keypad or a special key as a key input means, the text message processing unit 770 selects a message type as shown in FIG. 3 when a predetermined menu key provided in the mobile terminal is selected. You can create a pop-up window. In this case, when a message type is selected in the corresponding pop-up window, when selecting one or more objects among a plurality of objects included in the web page using the direction keys on the screen on which the web page is displayed, or selecting the entire contents of a certain area (For example, the entire contents of the web page can also be selected), the text message processing unit 770 creates a text message as shown in FIG. 4 by SMS or MMS according to the selected message type. It can be inserted into the window and sent to the called terminal. The text message processing unit 770 may insert the URL of the web page recognized by the browser as a callback URL and transmit the same. When the SMS method is selected in the pop-up window as described above, the text message processing unit 770 determines that the content of the selected web page exceeds the SMS data range (for example, 80 or 90 bytes). It may also be transmitted by the MMS method.

On the other hand, when the mobile terminal uses the touch screen as a key input means, the full browser 760 is included in the web page by a touch means such as a finger or a touch pen on the web page screen displayed in cooperation with the touch input processing unit 750. It is possible to control to select any one of the plurality of objects, wherein the selection area insertion unit 780, when the position on the touch screen corresponding to the position of the selected object using a touch means is long touched, As shown in FIG. 4, the copy content of the long touched object may be inserted into a text message creation window.

As another example, when there is such a long touch, the contents of the selected object may be copied and inserted directly into the text message composition window as shown in FIG. 4. However, before that, the text message processing unit 770 may be configured as shown in FIG. Likewise, when recognizing a predefined long touch operation, a popup window for selecting a message type may be generated. In this case, when the message type is selected by the user in the pop-up window, the user may insert the copy contents of the corresponding long touched object into the text message creation window by SMS or MMS method according to the selected message type. At this time, the text message processing unit 770, if the selected message type is SMS, and the content of the object touched long touch above the data range of the SMS method (for example, 80 or 90 bytes, etc.), long touch, The contents of the corresponding object can be transmitted by MMS method.

On the other hand, after the message (contents of the corresponding object long touched above) required for the text message creation window is inserted as shown in FIG. 4, the user may change the content inserted in the text message creation window. For example, the text message processing unit 770 may provide a predetermined menu (for example, message selection or message change) as shown in FIG. 5, and the content inserted by selecting the 'message selection' menu through this. You can also send a text message, or you can change the pre-inserted content by selecting the 'change message' menu. For example, in case of selecting the 'change message' menu, the selected content is copied from the original web page or another web page through browsing, such as 610 of FIG. As shown in Figure 4, you can insert the text inserted in the text message compose window. In this case, as well as inserting the image or text data of the predetermined area on the screen on which the web page is displayed, it is also possible to select the entire contents of the web page for the image or text data displayed on the screen. In the case of a terminal using a touch screen, the cursor may be moved by using a finger or a touch pen. In this way, any object may be selected by moving the cursor, or a corresponding area may be selected by dragging and dropping in a square shape or the like.

In some cases, the text message processing unit 770 may include an image including the title of the content of the long-touched object in addition to the content and the callback URL of the long-touched object, as shown in FIG. 4. It may be determined from the information on the text data and inserted into the text message composition window.

The functions used in the methods and systems disclosed herein may be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, hard disk, removable storage, and also carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes the implementation in the form of). The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a messaging method in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a mobile communication environment using a wireless Internet service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view for explaining the menu content during the long touch in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a pop-up window for creating a text message when a message type is selected according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a selection / change of a text message in a pop-up window for creating a text message according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an arbitrary area of a web page selected as content for writing a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (11)

In a method for messaging in a mobile terminal, Browsing a web page via a wireless internet service using browsing means; And Selecting the callback URL recognized by the browsing means for the web page and all or part of the web page, and inserting the copied content into a text message composition window; When the mobile terminal uses a touch screen as a key input means, the web page is included in the web page according to object selection using a touch means or area selection by drag and drop on the screen on which the web page is displayed. After selecting any one object or a partial region among the plurality of objects, a popup window for automatically inserting a copy of the selected content into the text message composition window as a predetermined message type or selecting a message type is generated. Select the message type and insert the copy into the text message composition window. And the automatic insertion is performed when the touch input at the time of selection using the touch means is longer than a predetermined time. delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1, After the copy content is inserted in the text message composition window, when the copy content inserted as an SMS message type in the text message composition window exceeds an SMS data range, the copy content is switched to the MMS method. Messaging method characterized in that the transmission. The method of claim 1, wherein after the inserting step, Selecting other objects on the web page instead of the copy contents inserted in the text message composition window or selecting a certain area to change the copied contents. The messaging method further comprises. The method of claim 1, When the mobile terminal uses a keypad or a special key as a key input means, in the inserting step, if a popup window for selecting a message type is generated, after selecting a message type from the popup window, the web page is displayed. And selecting one or more objects or a portion of a plurality of objects included in the web page by using a direction key on a screen, and inserting a copy of the selected content into the text message composition window. In a mobile terminal supporting a wireless Internet service, Browsing means for browsing a web page; Inserts a callback URL recognized by the browsing means into the text message creation window, and if all or a part of the web page is selected through a key input means, a copy of the selected content is copied into the text message creation window. Text message processing unit to be inserted into; And A selection area inserting unit for automatically inserting corresponding copy contents of the selected contents into the text message creation window; In the case where the mobile terminal uses a touch screen as a key input means, When a selection of any one object or a portion of a plurality of objects included in the web page is made according to object selection using a touch means or area selection by drag and drop on the screen on which the web page is displayed, The text message processor generates a popup window for selecting a message type, and when the message type is selected in the popup window, inserts the copied contents into the text message composition window, And the selection area insertion unit automatically inserts a copy of the selected content into the text message creation window as a predetermined message type when the touch input at the time of selection using the touch means is longer than a predetermined time. delete 10. The method of claim 9, When the mobile terminal uses a keypad or a special key as a key input means, the text message processing unit generates a popup window for selecting a message type, selects a message type from the popup window, and then displays the web page. When one or more objects or a portion of a plurality of objects included in the web page are selected by using the arrow keys on the displayed screen, a copy of the selected contents is inserted into the text message composition window. Terminal.

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