KR100895807B1 - Method of using contents between portable terminal and host system and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a bidirectional content using method of a wireless terminal and a host system, and a system thereof. In the method of using the bidirectional content of the wireless terminal and the host system, a host system connects to the wireless terminal, the host system retrieves at least one content stored in the wireless terminal, and displays information about the retrieved content of the host system. Is displayed on the host system, the host system outputs from the wireless terminal and receives a signal for selecting at least one of the contents displayed on the display device and corresponding to the selected content stored in the wireless terminal; Run

Description

Method of using contents between a wireless terminal and a host system and a system therefor {Method of using contents between portable terminal and host system and system}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 is a block diagram of a bidirectional content using system of a wireless terminal and a host system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of using game content in a system for using interactive contents between a wireless terminal and a host system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a system for using interactive contents of a wireless terminal and a host system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of a case where multimedia content is used in a bidirectional content using system of a wireless terminal and a host system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method of using various contents stored in a wireless terminal and a system thereof, and more particularly, a host system connected to a wireless terminal automatically searches for contents stored in the wireless terminal and corresponds to the type of the retrieved contents. A method and system for executing a program and / or collecting related information.

In general, a wireless terminal includes a mobile phone, a PDA, various types of portable computers, and the like, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a content using method and a system using a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone and a PDA.

With the recent rapid development of mobile communication technology and the development of highly integrated semiconductor circuits, various content services using wireless terminals have been provided. The wireless terminal is equipped with a certain amount of memory so that the content service using the wireless terminal can be quantitatively and qualitatively, such as downloading music files and listening to music, or downloading and playing games for the wireless terminal. It is becoming.

In particular, with the rapid development of the game industry, the game industry has been spotlighted as a promising industry, so that not only computer games or console games but also mobile games can be broadcasted on the air. .

However, the development speed of mobile game contents is slow due to the limitation of the terminal compared to the development speed of the game industry. Recently, a wireless terminal for gaming or a game service that supports 3D in a wireless terminal has been provided, but its graphic or speed is difficult to catch up with the level of an existing computer or console game.

In addition, even in the broadcasting of mobile games, the small screen of the terminal is directly relayed or the screen of the terminal is simply displayed on a large screen, so considering the potential of the mobile game market, mobile game contents or related technologies are weak. .

Meanwhile, even in the case of a multimedia (eg, video or music file) content service, a multimedia file provided by a multimedia service provider through wireless communication is downloaded using a wireless terminal, and the wireless terminal plays the downloaded multimedia file itself. The situation is using. In addition, even when the wireless terminal is connected to a computer, only the data is transmitted to both the wireless terminal and the computer, so a method of effectively using contents using the wireless terminal is required.

Therefore, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to automatically search for contents stored in the wireless terminal, to execute a program corresponding to the content or to collect related information, the wireless terminal to control the program running in the host system It is to provide a method and system that serve as an input device.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of using a bidirectional content between a wireless terminal and a host system, the host system receiving a connection request from a wireless terminal and connecting with the wireless terminal, wherein the host system connected to the wireless terminal is stored in the wireless terminal. Retrieving at least one content and displaying information on the retrieved content on a display device of the host system, wherein the host system selects at least one content of the content output from the wireless terminal and displayed on the display device; Receiving a signal; and executing, by the host system, a program for the host system corresponding to the selected content stored in the wireless terminal.

The method of using the bidirectional content between the wireless terminal and the host system may include: searching for a host system game that is compatible with the game for the wireless terminal and stored in the host system when the selected content is a game for the wireless terminal; Receiving, by the host system, game information of the game for the wireless terminal stored in the wireless terminal; and loading the received game information into the game for the host system, and executing the game for the host system. It may be further provided.

In the method of using the bidirectional content between the wireless terminal and the host system, when the host system executes a game for the host system that is compatible with the game for the wireless terminal, the host system transmits additional information of the game for the host system to the wireless terminal. And displaying the game information received by the wireless terminal on a display device of the wireless terminal.

The method of using the bidirectional content between the wireless terminal and the host system may include game information at the end of the game available in the game for the wireless terminal when the host system terminates after executing the game for the host system compatible with the game for the wireless terminal. The method may further include transmitting to the wireless terminal.

The host system may include at least one of a computer and a console game machine.

In the bidirectional content using method of the wireless terminal and the host system, if the selected content is a multimedia, the host system extracts a keyword from the meta information of the multimedia, and the related information on the Internet using the extracted keyword by the host system. Collecting the related information and executing or displaying the collected related information.

In the method of using the bidirectional content of the wireless terminal and the host system, in the step of collecting related information from the Internet, when the user authentication is required, the host system receives the user information of the wireless terminal from the wireless terminal and receives the user. The method may further include transmitting the information to a system requiring user authentication.

In the method of using interactive content between the wireless terminal and the host system, when the multimedia is a music file, the related information may be a video file associated with the music file.

The bidirectional content using method of the wireless terminal and the host system may control the program or the object of the program using the wireless terminal as an input device when executing the program corresponding to the selected content.

The bidirectional content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system according to the present invention receives a connection request from the wireless terminal, the interface unit for connecting with the wireless terminal, retrieves at least one content stored in the wireless terminal and retrieves information on the retrieved content. A search processor for displaying on a display device, and a signal for selecting at least one of the contents output from the wireless terminal and displayed on the display device, and executing a program for a host system corresponding to the selected content. An event processing unit is provided.

When the selected content is a game for a wireless terminal, the event processing unit searches for a game for a host system that is compatible with the game for the wireless terminal and is stored in the host system. Receive game information of the game for the wireless terminal stored in the wireless terminal stored in the terminal, and loads the received game information to the game for the host system to run the game for the host system.

When the event processing unit executes the game for the host system compatible with the game for the wireless terminal, the event processing unit receives the additional information of the game for the host system from the game engine of the game for the host system and sends the game to the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal may display the received game information on a display device of the wireless terminal.

In the interactive content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system, the event processing unit receives an end signal of the game for the host system and game information at the end of the game from a game engine of the game for the host game, and the game information at the end of the received game. It may be transmitted to the wireless terminal.

The host system of the interactive content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system may include at least one of a computer or a console game machine.

The bidirectional content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system may further include a related information processing unit of the bidirectional content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system. When the selected content is multimedia, the event processing unit may keyword in the meta information of the multimedia. Extract the keyword, the related information processor receives the keyword from the event processor, collects related information from the Internet using the keyword, and the related information processor executes or displays the collected related information.

In the interactive content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system, when the related information processing unit collects the related information and user authentication is required, the related information processing unit receives the user information of the wireless terminal from the wireless terminal and receives the user. Information can be sent to systems that require user authentication.

When the multimedia is a music file, the related information may be a video file associated with the music file.

When the event processor executes a program corresponding to the selected content, the wireless terminal may be used as an input device to control the program or an object of the program.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram of a bidirectional content using system of a wireless terminal and a host system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the host system 130 of the bidirectional content using system 100 of the wireless terminal and the host system according to the present invention includes an interface unit 131, a search processing unit 133, and an event processing unit 135. do. The host system 130 may further include a related information processor 139. 1, 2, and 4, the communication between the search processor 133 or the event processor 135 and the wireless terminal 110 is preferably communicated through an interface unit 131 for convenience of description. The process of communicating through the interface unit is omitted.

The interface unit 131 receives a connection request from the wireless terminal 110 and connects to the wireless terminal (S101). Connection between the interface unit 131 and the wireless terminal 110 can be connected by wire or wireless, the interface unit 131 is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, PS2 (PS / 2) port, infrared wireless communication port It is preferable to have a port for exchanging data.

The search processor 133 searches for at least one content stored in the wireless terminal 110 (S103) and displays the information on the found content on the display device 140 (S105). The content stored in the wireless terminal 110 may be a game for a wireless terminal, a multimedia file, a document file, and the like.

The event processor 135 receives a signal for selecting at least one of the contents output from the wireless terminal 110 and displayed on the display device 140 (S107), and the host system corresponding to the selected contents. The application program is executed (S109). In the case of selecting at least one of the contents displayed on the display device 140, the wireless terminal 110 may be selected as in the present invention, and an input device (for example, a mouse or a mouse) connected to the host system 130 may be selected. Keyboard).

The program for the host system corresponding to the selected content may vary according to the type of the content. For example, if the selected content is a game for a wireless terminal, the program for the host system corresponding to the game for the wireless terminal may be a game for the host system compatible with the game for the wireless terminal. If the selected content is a music file, the program for the host system may be a playback program or application for playing the music file. If the selected content is a document file, a word processor capable of reading the document file may be a program for the corresponding host system. Since various word processors may exist according to the type of document file, different word processors may be executed depending on the setup environment of the host program.

In addition, the program for the host system corresponding to the selected content may represent program code for performing a series of operations corresponding to the selected content in the host system instead of a specific user application program. For example, if the selected content is a music file, if the music video associated with the music file is set to play, the program for the host system corresponding to the selected content searches for the music video file related to the music file and the music video file. It can be a series of codes to execute a playback program for playing back the.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of using game content in a system for using interactive contents between a wireless terminal and a host system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, when the selected content is a game for a wireless terminal (via S107 or S201), the event processing unit 135 is compatible with the game for the wireless terminal and is a game for a host system stored in a host system. Search (S203), receive game information of the game for the wireless terminal stored in the wireless terminal 110 (S204), and load the received game information into the game for the host system to play the game for the host system. It can be executed (S205).

The host system game compatible with the game for the wireless terminal and stored in the host system may use the game information of the game for the wireless terminal in the game for the host system, and the game information for the game for the host system in the game for the wireless terminal. It is desirable to have a game. For example, if a baseball game for a wireless terminal is stored in a wireless terminal while being stored, the baseball game for a host system can be used to continue the game played in the wireless terminal by using the information stored in the wireless terminal as it is. Such a game may be a case where a vendor of a game converts a game for a host system (for example, a computer or a console game machine) into a game for a wireless terminal and provides the converted game.

When the game for the host system is searched for (S203), conversion information in the game for the wireless terminal or the game for the host system may be used.

Receiving the game information of the game for the wireless terminal stored in the wireless terminal 110 (S204) is preferably performed after searching for a compatible host system game (S203) as in the present invention, but selecting a game for the wireless terminal Game information may be simultaneously received at step S201, and game information may be received at various points of time before the game information is loaded and the game for the host system is executed at step S205.

In the case of executing the game for the host system by loading the received game information (S205), if there is the storage information of the game for the wireless terminal, the stored information becomes the game information and can be played continuously after the storage, If there is no stored information of a game for a wireless terminal, the game information may include only information about a game for a host system compatible with the game for the wireless terminal.

When the event processing unit 135 executes a program corresponding to the selected content, the wireless terminal 110 may be used as an input device to control the host system game program or the object of the host system game program. . That is, the wireless terminal 110 serves as an input device (eg, mouse, joystick or keyboard) for playing a game. The event processor 135 may receive a control signal from the wireless terminal 110 (S209) and output a control signal received by the game program engine 137 for the host system. Alternatively, the interface unit 131 receives a control signal from the wireless terminal 110 without passing through the event processor 135 (S209) and outputs the control signal received to the game program engine 137 for the host system. It may be.

The event processor 135 receives the additional information of the game for the host system from the game engine 137 of the game for the host system and transmits it to the wireless terminal (S211), and the wireless terminal 110 receives the received information. Additional information may be displayed on the display device of the wireless terminal (S213).

The game engine 137 of the game for the host system may include various processes and codes for executing the game program for the host system when the game program for the host system is executed.

The additional information may be simply processed by the wireless terminal, and may be simple information generated while the game for the host system is running. For example, in the case of a baseball game may be simple information such as the number of baseballs, scores, etc. in progress in the game for the host system. That is, while using the wireless terminal as an input device, the information of the game running in the host system is displayed on the display device of the wireless terminal. When the user watches the display device 140 of the host system 130 and sees the wireless terminal 110 for input required for the game, the user can check the additional information.

The event processing unit 135 receives the end signal of the game for the host system and game information at the end of the game from the game engine 137 of the game for the host game (S215), and wirelessly stores the game information at the end of the received game. It may be transmitted to the terminal (S217). That is, when the game is terminated while playing the game in the host system, the game information at the end of the game for the host system can be transmitted to the wireless terminal so that the game can continue to be played in the game for the wireless terminal compatible with the game for the host system. The transmitting of the game information to the wireless terminal may include transmitting the game information to the wireless terminal 110 through the interface unit 131 directly without passing through the event processing unit 135 when a game program for a host system is supported. It may be.

The host system 130 may include at least one of a computer or a console game machine.

3 is a block diagram of a system for using interactive contents of a wireless terminal and a host system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a method of playing a game for a wireless terminal with another user through a wired or wireless communication network is illustrated. The first user controls the game for the host system stored in the first host system 130a and compatible with the game for the wireless terminal using the first wireless terminal 110a, and the second user controls the second wireless terminal ( 110b) controls the game for the host system stored in the second host system 130b and compatible with the game for the wireless terminal. The host system game is connected to the game server 200 through a wired or wireless telecommunication network, and the first user and the second user are connected to each other to enjoy the game. The first user and the second user play the game while looking at the first display device 140a and the second display device 140b, respectively.

According to the present invention, as in the recent mobile game broadcast relay, the mobile and the mobile are simply connected through the wired / wireless communication network, and the screen displayed on the display device of the mobile terminal is not directly displayed on the large display device, but the mobile game is transmitted through the mobile terminal. However, the mobile game is compatible with a game for a computer or a console game machine, so that the graphic and processing speed of the computer or console game machine can be used as it is, and the graphic processed by the computer or console game machine can be processed through a large display device. can see.

4 is a block diagram of a case where multimedia content is used in a bidirectional content using system of a wireless terminal and a host system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 4, the host system 130 of the bidirectional content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system may further include a related information processor 139.

When the content selected through the wireless terminal 110 (S107 or S301) is a multimedia, the event processor 135 extracts a keyword from the meta information of the multimedia (S303), and the related information processor 139 performs the event. The keyword is received from the processor 135 (S305), and related information is collected from the Internet using the keyword (S307), and the related information processor 139 may execute and / or display the collected related information. There is (S309). When the multimedia is a music file, the related information may be a video file associated with the music file.

For example, when the selected content is a music file (eg, mp3, wmv, etc.), the event processor 135 may extract a singer name, a player name, a song title, etc. of the music file from the meta information of the music file as a keyword. Can be. The related information processor 139 uses a extracted keyword (for example, a singer name and a song title) to store a music video of the song of the singer on the storage device (eg, a hard disk) of the host system 130 or the Internet. Video files can be collected as related information. The related information processor 139 may play the collected music video video file by executing a video player program. Alternatively, the related information processing unit 139 may search the singer name on the Internet using the extracted keyword (eg, the singer name) and collect the search result page as related information. The related information processor 139 may display the collected search result page through an internet browser.

When the related information processing unit 139 collects related information, the related information processing unit 139 may search first in a local storage device of the host system 130 and then search in a wired / wireless communication network.

When the related information processing unit 139 needs user authentication while collecting the related information (S401 and S403), the related information processing unit 139 receives the user information of the wireless terminal from the wireless terminal 110 and receives the received information. The user information may be transmitted to a system for requesting user authentication (S405) and then related information may be collected after user authentication is performed (S407).

For example, the music video video is collected by the related information processor 139 to collect a music video video file of the song of the singer as related information from the Internet by using extracted keywords (for example, a singer name and a song title). When a download request is made to the content server 300 in which the file is stored (S401), when the content server requests user authentication (S403), the related information processing unit 139 transfers user information of the wireless terminal to the wireless terminal. The user information received from 110 may be transmitted to the content server 300 (S405), and then the related information may be collected after user authentication (S407).

Receiving the user information of the wireless terminal from the wireless terminal 110 by the related information processing unit 139 may be performed when receiving a content selection signal from the wireless terminal 110 (S301), the content When receiving a user authentication request from the server 300 (S403) may be performed.

The user of the wireless terminal 110 directly downloads the contents using the user information (for example, the telephone number) of the wireless terminal without having to go through a user authentication procedure (for example, a login step) by separately accessing a content server to download the contents. I can receive it.

When the event processor 135 executes a program corresponding to the selected content, the program or an object of the program may be controlled by using the wireless terminal 110 as an input device.

For example, when the selected content is a music file and the program corresponding to the selected content is a video playback program for playing a music video file associated with the music file, the play button of the video playback program through the wireless terminal 110. (Or interface) or click the stop button (or interface). That is, it serves as an input device (eg, a mouse or a keyboard) to control the video player.

The invention can also 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 disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. 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. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the method for using bidirectional contents of the wireless terminal and the host system according to the present invention and the system can effectively use the contents of the wireless terminal by using the resources (CPU performance, memory capacity, graphics processing speed, etc.) of the host system. do.

In the case of game contents for wireless terminals, the wireless terminal can be used as an input device, and the game for the wireless terminal and the game for the host system can be selectively enjoyed anytime and anywhere. You can enjoy it. In addition, the existing wireless terminal can also perform the method according to the present invention by simply upgrading the firmware, the existing game room, the PC room, etc. can also use the method and system according to the present invention. In addition, using the game for the wireless terminal that is also compatible with games for console game consoles (e.g., PlayStation®, Xbox®, etc.) to play games anytime and anywhere using a wireless terminal, the game that you enjoyed when connected to the console game console You will enjoy much better graphics and speed.

In the case of multimedia contents, instead of simply connecting with a computer to send and receive data, it automatically executes a program corresponding to the selected multimedia contents and collects related information, thereby integrating the contents stored in the wireless terminal and the contents stored in the computer. Come.

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delete Receiving, by a host system, a connection request from a wireless terminal and connecting with the wireless terminal; Searching, by the host system connected to the wireless terminal, at least one content stored in the wireless terminal, and displaying information on the found content on a display device of the host system; Receiving, by the host system, a signal for selecting at least one of the contents output from the wireless terminal and displayed on the display device; And And executing, by the host system, a program for the host system corresponding to the selected content stored in the wireless terminal, If the selected content is a game for a wireless terminal, Retrieving, by the host system, a game for the host system that is compatible with the game for the wireless terminal and stored in the host system; Receiving, by the host system, game information of a game for the wireless terminal stored in the wireless terminal; And And loading the game information received by the host system into the game for the host system to execute the game for the host system. The method of claim 2, When the host system runs the game for the host system compatible with the game for the wireless terminal, Transmitting, by the host system, additional information of the game for the host system to the wireless terminal; And And displaying the additional information received by the wireless terminal on a display device of the wireless terminal. The method of claim 2, If the host system terminates after running the game for the host system compatible with the game for the wireless terminal, And transmitting the game information at the end of the game available in the game for the wireless terminal to the wireless terminal. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the host system A method of using interactive contents between a wireless terminal and a host system including at least one of a computer and a console game machine. Receiving, by a host system, a connection request from a wireless terminal and connecting with the wireless terminal; Searching, by the host system connected to the wireless terminal, at least one content stored in the wireless terminal, and displaying information on the found content on a display device of the host system; Receiving, by the host system, a signal for selecting at least one of the contents output from the wireless terminal and displayed on the display device; And And executing, by the host system, a program for the host system corresponding to the selected content stored in the wireless terminal, If the selected content is multimedia, Extracting, by the host system, a keyword from meta information of the multimedia; Collecting related information from the Internet using the keyword extracted by the host system; And And executing or displaying the collected related information. The method of claim 6, wherein in the step of collecting relevant information from the Internet, When the user authentication is required, the host system further comprises the step of receiving the user information of the wireless terminal from the wireless terminal and transmitting the received user information to the system for requesting user authentication, the bidirectional content of the wireless terminal and the host system How to use. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the multimedia is a music file. And the related information is a video file associated with the music file. The method of claim 2, wherein the program corresponding to the selected content is executed. And using a wireless terminal as an input device to control the program or an object of the program. A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 2 to 9. delete An interface unit for receiving a connection request from a wireless terminal and connecting with the wireless terminal; A search processor for searching for at least one content stored in the wireless terminal and displaying information on the found content on a display device; And An event processing unit for receiving a signal for selecting at least one of the contents output from the wireless terminal and displayed on the display apparatus, and executing a program for a host system corresponding to the selected contents; If the selected content is a game for a wireless terminal, The event processing unit searches for a host system game that is compatible with the game for the wireless terminal and stored in the host system, Receive game information of the game for the wireless terminal stored in the wireless terminal, A system for using interactive contents between a wireless terminal and a host system that loads the received game information into the game for the host system to execute the game for the host system. The method of claim 12, When the event processing unit executes the game for the host system compatible with the game for the wireless terminal, The event processing unit receives the additional information of the game for the host system from the game engine of the game for the host system and transmits to the wireless terminal, And the wireless terminal displays the received additional information on a display device of the wireless terminal. The method of claim 12, The event processing unit receives the end signal of the game for the host system and the game information at the end of the game from the game engine of the game for the host game, A system for using interactive contents between a wireless terminal and a host system, which transmits the game information at the end of a received game to the wireless terminal. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the host system Interactive contents using system of the wireless terminal and the host system including at least one of a computer or a console game machine. An interface unit for receiving a connection request from a wireless terminal and connecting with the wireless terminal; A search processor for searching for at least one content stored in the wireless terminal and displaying information on the found content on a display device; And An event processing unit for receiving a signal for selecting at least one content from among the contents output from the wireless terminal and displayed on the display device, and executing a program for a host system corresponding to the selected content; The bidirectional content using system of the wireless terminal and the host system further includes a related information processing unit, If the selected content is multimedia, the event processor extracts a keyword from the meta information of the multimedia, The related information processor receives the keyword from the event processor and collects related information from the Internet using the keyword. And the related information processing unit executes or displays the collected related information. The method of claim 16, wherein the related information processing unit If the user information is required while collecting the related information, the related information processing unit receives the user information of the wireless terminal from the wireless terminal and transmits the received user information to a system for requesting user authentication before the user authentication is performed. Bidirectional content using system of a wireless terminal and host system for collecting information. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the multimedia is a music file. And the related information is a video file associated with the music file. The method of claim 12, wherein when the event processor executes a program corresponding to the selected content, And a wireless terminal and a host system for controlling the program or the object of the program using the wireless terminal as an input device.

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