Method for providing contents in a mobile communication system and apparatus thereof

Abstract

A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system and apparatus thereof. The apparatus includes a contents provider access unit for responding to an inquiry request related to a service provision using contents providing terminal connected through a communication network and managing a rule related to the contents providing terminal and a connection and an inquiry request of the contents providing terminal; a central management unit for managing a predetermined service, apparatus information of a subscriber terminal and an operation and an authentication of the service based on a data inputted from a contents providing terminal connected through the contents provider access unit; and a transmission unit for receiving terminal information of a subscriber affiliated with the service and transmitting a menu of the service and contents in accordance with an apparatus of many piece of the terminal information of a subscriber affiliated with the service.

1 - 27 . (canceled) 
     
     
         28 . An apparatus for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
 a connection detection module for generating terminal group information by classifying apparatus information of the mobile terminal;   a basic information collection module for generating a contents-apparatus by connecting corresponding terminal group information with contents in case of storing the contents to be providing for the mobile terminal; and   a rendering module for filtering a menu in accordance with the apparatus information of the mobile terminal and then transmitting the filtered menu to the mobile terminal.   
     
     
         29 . The apparatus according to  claim 28 , the apparatus further comprising:
 a terminal group management module for generating terminal group information by classifying apparatus information of the mobile terminal in accordance with a predetermined rule;   a content management module for generating a contents-apparatus information by connecting contents with corresponding terminal group information in case of storing the contents to be provided for the mobile terminal; and   a menu management module for connecting the contents-apparatus information with a menu item and storing the same in case of generating a menu of a wireless internet to be provided for the mobile terminal.   
     
     
         30 . An apparatus for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:
 a connection detection module for detecting subscriber information of the mobile terminal in the case that the mobile terminal is connected with an integrating and managing apparatus;   a terminal management module for managing apparatus information corresponding to subscriber information of the mobile terminal;   a segment management module for managing a segment for providing contents with the mobile terminal in accordance with a predetermined rule by an operator and adjusting a layout of a menu in the segment;   a menu management module for adjusting a browser type of the mobile terminal and a displayer form of the menu in the menu; and   a rendering module, wherein the rendering module transmits a menu in accordance with the apparatus information to the mobile terminal by enabling the mobile terminal to receive a menu corresponding to the segment and to receive apparatus information from the terminal management module.   
     
     
         31 . The apparatus according to  claim 30 , wherein the rendering unit stores a predetermined program for displaying respective items of the menu as any one of a text type, an index type, an index under bar type and a pictogram type in accordance with the apparatus information. 
     
     
         32 - 39 . (canceled) 
     
     
         40 . A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
 A) generating terminal group information by classifying apparatus information of the mobile terminal in accordance with a predetermined rule;   B) generating a contents-apparatus information by connecting contents with corresponding terminal group information in case of storing the contents to be provided for the mobile terminal;   C) connecting the contents-apparatus information with a menu item and storing the same in case of generating a menu of a wireless internet to be provided for the mobile terminal;   D) storing a menu layout of the wireless internet as a file form;   E) managing a segment for adjusting a layout stored as a file form in the segment classified for providing contents with the mobile terminal in accordance with a predetermined rule; and   F) adjusting a displayer form of respective items of the menu provided in the mobile terminal through the segment in accordance with the apparatus information.   
     
     
         41 . The method according to  claim 40 , the method further comprising the steps of:
 G) extracting client information including subscriber information and apparatus information connected with a wireless internet and searching a kind of a service to be provided for the mobile terminal; and   H) reading a menu in accordance with the kind of the service, filtering a menu provided in accordance with apparatus information of the mobile terminal of the menu and then transmitting the same to the mobile terminal.   
     
     
         42 . The method according to  claim 40 , wherein the predetermined rule includes at least one of a grade of picture quality, the number of a chord supported by sound of the mobile terminal and a memory volume of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         43 . The method according to  claim 42 , wherein the terminal group information is one which classifies a RDF file registered by a terminal vendor in accordance with an efficiency of a terminal. 
     
     
         44 . The method according to  claim 43 , wherein the menu is a directory menu having a tree structure. 
     
     
         45 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein the kind of the service is searched based on subscriber information of the mobile terminal, and a segment affiliated by a user of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         46 . The method according to  claim 41 , wherein the step (G) is performed by transmitting a menu adjusted by the searched segment and a view type of the menu in accordance with a browser type of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal by checking a browser type of many piece of apparatus information, wherein the segment is a kind of the service to be provided for the mobile terminal and is affiliated by a user of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         47 . The method according to  claim 46 , wherein the browser type is any one of a browser for a text supporting a text and a browser for a multimedia supporting multimedia contents. 
     
     
         48 . The method according to  claim 46 , wherein in case of adjusting a layout at the segment, a different layout is adjusted at respective layers of a menu connected with the segment. 
     
     
         49 . The method according to  claim 48 , wherein the layout of the menu is embodied by adjusting a font of a character in accordance with a position displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal by an operator. 
     
     
         50 . The method according to  claim 46 , the method is performed by searching information of the mobile terminal and searching a segment affiliated by the mobile terminal based on the searched subscriber information. 
     
     
         51 . The method according to  claim 50 , wherein the subscriber information is any one of an MIN (Mobile Identification Number), an MDN (Mobile Directory Number) and client information, and the apparatus information is a phone type or a URI (Unique Resource Identity). 
     
     
         52 . The method according to  claim 40 , wherein the menu includes a CP (Contents Provider) connection menu connected with position information of the contents and a directory menu not connected with position information of the contents, wherein a layerout and a displayer form is adjusted at the CP (Contents Provider) connection menu and only a displayer form is adjusted at the directory menu. 
     
     
         53 . The method according to  claim 40 , wherein the step (F) comprising the steps of:
 F-1) adjusting any one of a text type, an index type and an index under bar type as a displayer form in the case that a browser supported in the mobile terminal supports a text; and   F-2) adjusting any one of a text type, an index type, an index under bar type and a pictogram type as a displayer form in the case that a browser supported in the mobile terminal supports multimedia contents.   
     
     
         54 . The method according to  claims 41 , the method further comprising the steps of:
 J) searching a layer of a present menu provided for the mobile terminal through a communication network;   K) searching an icon corresponding to a menu item of a most significant layer in the case that the a layer (K) of the present menu is more than a second layer and belongs to a last layer (Y) provided by an operator; and   L) displaying a most significant layer inside of an area allotted in a WAP page except for an icon linked with the present menu of the icons of the most significant layer.   
     
     
         55 . The method according to  claim 54 , wherein the step (L) is performed by more displaying an icon linked with the present menu of the icons of the most significant layer. 
     
     
         56 . The method according to  claim 55 , wherein the icon linked with the present menu is displayed in order to be different from icons of another most significant layer. 
     
     
         57 . The method according to  claim 54 , wherein the step (L) further comprises a step of:
 L-1) embodying all icons in a predetermined position in the case that the number of the icon is under a predetermined number.   
     
     
         58 . The method according to  claim 57 , wherein the step (L) further comprises a step of:
 L-2) embodying an icon having one less numbers than the predetermined number and remaining mobile icons in a predetermined position in the case that the number of the icon is more than a predetermined number.   
     
     
         59 . The method according to  claim 58 , wherein the number of an icon embodied in the WAP page is decided in accordance with a picture size of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         60 . The method according to  claim 41 , the method further comprising the steps of:
 i) providing the mobile terminal connected with a wireless or a wire internet with an initial menu;   ii) searching icons corresponding to respective items of the initial menu in the case that one item of the initial menu is selected; and   iii) displaying icons except for an icon corresponding to the selected item of the icons corresponding to respective items of the initial menu, on an allotted area of the WAP page in the case that a low layer menu in accordance with the selected item is embodied in a WAP page.   
     
     
         61 . The method according to  claim 60 , wherein embodying an icon having one less numbers (X−1) than the predetermined number and remaining mobile icons in a predetermined position of the WAP page in the case that the number of the icons is more than a predetermined number (X). 
     
     
         62 . The method according to  claim 60 , wherein the number of an icon embodied in the WAP page is decided in accordance with a picture size of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         63 . The method according to  claim 62 , wherein the step (L) is performed by more displaying an icon corresponding to the selected item of the icons of the initial menu. 
     
     
         64 . The method according to  claim 63 , wherein the icon corresponding to the selected item is displayed in order to be different from icons of the other initial menu. 
     
     
         65 . The method according to  claim 41 , the method further comprising the steps of:
 Ga) searching a layer of a present menu provided for the mobile terminal;   Na) searching an icon corresponding to a menu item of a most significant layer in the case that the a layer (K) of the present menu is more than a second layer and belongs to a last layer (Y) provided by an operator; and   Da) displaying a most significant layer inside of an area allotted in a WAP page except for an icon linked with the present menu of the icons of the most significant layer (K-1).   
     
     
         66 . The method according to  claim 65 , the method further comprising a step of:
 Ra) displaying an icon linked with the present menu on the allotted area.   
     
     
         67 . The method according to  claim 66 , wherein the icon linked with the present menu is displayed in order to be different from icons of the other icons. 
     
     
         68 . The method according to  claim 41 , wherein the step (G) further comprises the steps of:
 G-i) extracting client information including apparatus information and subscriber information of the mobile terminal connected with the central management unit and then transmitting the same to an authentication server;   G-ii) discriminating whether the client information is provided with the authentication server; and   G-iii) performing an authentication of the client information in the case that the discriminating result doesn't satisfy the condition of the step (G-ii) and storing then the authenticated client information at a predetermined memory.   
     
     
         69 . The method according to  claim 68 , wherein the step (G) further comprises a step of:
 G-iv) omitting an authentication of the client information in the case that the discriminating result satisfies the condition of the step (G-ii).   
     
     
         70 . The method according to  claim 68 , the method further comprising a step of:
 G-v) automatically deleting the client information in the case that a predetermined time is elapsed.   
     
     
         71 . The method according to  claim 70 , wherein the client information is any one of an MIN (Mobile Identification Number), an MDN (Mobile Directory Number) and client information. 
     
     
         72 . The method according to  claim 71 , wherein the apparatus information is a predetermined file including a URI (Unique Resource Identity), a phone type and a browser type. 
     
     
         73 . The method according to  claim 72 , the method further comprising a step of:
 G-vi) converting the subscriber information and the apparatus information into a predetermined code in the case that the subscriber information and the apparatus information is not a form defined in an OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) standard.   
     
     
         74 . The method according to  claim 73 , wherein the predetermined code is generated using a plug-in method. 
     
     
         75 . The method according to  claim 41 , wherein the step (G) further comprises the steps of:
 G-1) extracting subscriber information of client information of the mobile terminal connected with the integrating and managing apparatus through the wireless internet and performing an authentication of the extracted subscriber information;   G-2) transmitting an inquiry message as to whether to be affiliated with a wireless internet to the mobile terminal in the case that a subscriber has a due right but didn register to a wireless internet in the authenticating result; and   G-3) automatically affiliating with a wireless internet in the case that a terminal of the subscriber receives an agreement message of an affiliation with a wireless internet.   
     
     
         76 . The method according to  claim 75 , wherein the due right is affiliated with at least one of a wireless communication network service and wire internet service designated by an operator of the wireless communication network. 
     
     
         77 . The method according to  claim 75 , wherein in the step (G-3), a predetermined provisional data fills a data for affiliating except for the subscriber information and an apparatus information of the subscriber terminal of data requested in case of being affiliated with the wireless internet. 
     
     
         78 . The method according to  claim 77 , wherein the step (G) further comprises a step of:
 G-4) accessing the subscriber terminal to a wireless internet in the case that a subscriber has a due right and registered to a wireless internet in the authenticating result.   
     
     
         79 . A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
 S1) connecting with a wireless internet by using a the mobile terminal;   S2) detecting apparatus information of the connected mobile terminal, and searching a kind of a service to be provided for the mobile terminal; and   S11) reading a menu in accordance with the kind of the service, filtering a menu matched with apparatus information of the mobile terminal of the menu and then transmitting the same to the mobile terminal   
     
     
         80 . The method according to  claim 79 , wherein the apparatus information of the step (S11) includes at least one of a grade of picture quality, the number of a chord supported by sound of the mobile terminal and a memory volume of the mobile terminal, and is classified by the respective information. 
     
     
         81 . The method according to  claim 80 , wherein the kind of the service is a segment affiliated by a user of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         82 . The method according to  claim 79 , the method for matching the apparatus information and the menu comprising the steps of:
 S11-a) generating contents-apparatus information by connecting the contents with the classified apparatus information in case of storing contents to be provided for the mobile terminal; and   S11-b) connecting the contents-apparatus with a menu item in case of generating a menu of the wireless internet.   
     
     
         83 . The method according to  claim 82 , wherein the menu is a directory menu having a tree structure. 
     
     
         84 . A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
 X-i) searching a segment and a browser type affiliated by a mobile terminal in the case that the mobile terminal connects with an integrating and managing apparatus for managing an operation of a wireless internet; and   X-ii) transmitting a menu adjusted by the searched segment and a view type of the menu in accordance with a browser type of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal.   
     
     
         85 . The method according to  claim 84 , wherein the browser type is any one of a browser for a text supporting a text and a browser for a multimedia supporting multimedia contents. 
     
     
         86 . The method according to  claim 85 , wherein in case of adjusting a layout at the segment, a different layout is adjusted at respective layers of a menu connected with the segment. 
     
     
         87 . The method according to  claim 86 , wherein the layout of the menu is embodied by adjusting a font of a character in accordance with a position displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal by an operator. 
     
     
         88 . The method according to  claim 84 , wherein the step (X-i) further comprises the steps of:
 X-i-1) connecting with a transmission unit of an integrating and managing apparatus for managing an operation of a wireless internet by the mobile terminal;   X-i-2) detecting subscriber information and apparatus information of the mobile terminal by the transmission unit; and   X-i-3) searching a segment affiliated by the mobile terminal based on the subscriber information.   
     
     
         89 . The method according to  claims 88 , wherein the browser type is searched by apparatus information of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         90 . The method according to  claim 89 , wherein the subscriber information is any one of an MIN (Mobile Identification Number), an MDN (Mobile Directory Number) and client information, and the apparatus information is a phone type or a URI (Unique Resource Identity). 
     
     
         91 . A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
 Y-1) adjusting a view type of respective items provided for a mobile terminal in accordance with a browser type of the mobile terminal;   Y-2) searching apparatus of a mobile terminal in the case that the mobile terminal connects with a wireless internet; and   Y-3) searching a browser type of the mobile terminal included in the apparatus information, and transmitting the menu having a view type adjusted in accordance with the browser type to the mobile terminal.   
     
     
         92 . The method according to  claim 91 , wherein the step (Y-3) further comprises the steps of:
 Y-11) adjusting any one of a text type, an index type and an index under bar type as a displayer form in the case that a browser supported in the mobile terminal supports a text; and   Y-12) adjusting any one of a text type, an index type, an index under bar type and a pictogram type as a displayer form in the case that a browser supported in the mobile terminal supports multimedia contents.   
     
     
         93 . A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
 T-1) searching a layer of a present menu provided for the mobile terminal through a communication network;   T-2) searching an icon corresponding to a menu item of a most significant layer in the case that the a layer (K) of the present menu is more than a second layer and belongs to a last layer (Y) provided by an operator; and   T-3) displaying a most significant layer inside of an area allotted in a WAP page except for an icon linked with the present menu of the icons of the most significant layer.   
     
     
         94 . The method according to  claim 93 , wherein the step (T-3) is performed by more displaying an icon linked with the present menu of the icons of the most significant layer. 
     
     
         95 . The method according to  claim 94 , wherein the icon linked with the present menu is displayed in order to be different from icons of another most significant layer. 
     
     
         96 . The method according to  claim 93 , wherein the step (T-3) further comprises a step of:
 T-31) embodying all icons in a predetermined position in the case that the number of the icon is under a predetermined number.   
     
     
         97 . The method according to  claim 96 , wherein the step (T-3) further comprises a step of:
 L-31) embodying an icon having one less numbers than the predetermined number and remaining mobile icons in a predetermined position in the case that the number of the icon is more than a predetermined number.   
     
     
         98 . The method according to  claim 97 , wherein the number of an icon embodied in the WAP page is decided in accordance with a picture size of the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         99 - 108 . (canceled)