KR20140094290A - System for virtualizing mobile phone using software based gateway and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a virtualization system for a mobile phone and a method for virtualizing a mobile phone that provide a communication service of a virtual mobile phone to a user terminal using a software-based gateway. A virtualization system of a mobile phone according to the present invention includes: a gateway for mediating a virtual mobile phone with a mobile network and executing a software-based mobile base station program; And a virtualization server that executes a mobile operating system that provides execution services of the virtual mobile phone and controls the calling function and the data communication function of the executed virtual mobile phone. According to the present invention, a user can perform communication and Internet data communication by executing functions of a virtual mobile phone at a user terminal.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a virtualization system of a mobile phone using a software-based gateway and a virtualization method of a mobile phone,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a virtualization system of a mobile phone and a virtualization method of the mobile phone, and more particularly, to a virtualization system of a mobile phone that provides a communication service of a virtual mobile phone using a gateway between the virtual mobile phone and the mobile communication network, The present invention relates to a method of virtualizing a telephone.

A technique of virtualizing and driving a mobile phone terminal is used. The virtualization technology of the mobile phone enables the mobile phone terminal to run multiple virtual machines, thereby providing the convenience that the users of the office do not need to own personal or business mobile phones respectively. However, such a mobile phone terminal based virtualization technology has some problems.

First, a physical cellular phone terminal is indispensable. Since the virtualization software and the instances of the virtualized operating system are both operated by the mobile phone terminal, the terminal is indispensable. Second, when a plurality of virtual machines are driven in a mobile phone terminal, a lot of terminal resources are consumed. Considering the host operating system required for a virtualized environment, the virtual environment above, and the guest operating system, a much higher level of memory capacity, computing capacity, and battery capacity are required. Considering that one of the inconveniences of using a mobile phone terminal is a poor hardware environment compared to a PC, a high-specification resource required for a mobile phone terminal is a serious drawback. Third, there is a limitation of scalability. In order to use various mobile OSs in a mobile phone terminal, it is necessary to secure the storage space and install the corresponding mobile OS. Also, whenever a new mobile OS is installed in a mobile phone terminal, upgrading of a related program and resetting of a virtual execution environment may be involved.

In connection with the virtualization technology of the mobile phone, the following patents disclose a technology for building a virtualized mobile phone in a PC. This technology solves the hardware constraint problem of the mobile phone terminal somewhat by constructing a virtual mobile phone in a more powerful PC instead of a mobile phone terminal. However, the above-described technology also requires a PC terminal, consumes resources of the PC terminal, and is dependent on the hardware specification of the PC. In addition, every time a new mobile OS is installed in a PC, the user is accompanied by a series of PC management for setting up the mobile OS and resetting environment information of the upgrade and virtual execution of the related program.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0031976

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a virtualization system of a mobile phone and a virtualization method of a mobile phone that manages the execution of a virtual mobile phone, And to provide the above objects.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a gateway functioning as a software-based mobile base station so that a virtual mobile phone of a plurality of instances can communicate messages and data of a call call through a mobile communication network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a virtualization system for a mobile phone using a software-based gateway, the virtualization system including: a virtual mobile phone for connecting to a mobile network; A gateway that executes a software based mobile station base station (BTS) program that processes and mediates data communication; And a virtualization server connected to the mobile communication network through the gateway and providing execution services of the virtual mobile phone to the user terminals and executing a mobile operating system for controlling the call function and the data communication function of the virtual mobile phone, .

In the present invention, the gateway may include: a hardware unit that executes an operation of the physical device; An operating system unit installed on the hardware unit and controlling execution of the hardware unit; The virtualization server mediates the virtualization server to be connected to the mobile communication network by executing the mobile station base program installed on the operating system unit, communicates digitally converted data with each connected virtual mobile phone, transmits the data through the mobile communication network And an intermediary base station execution section.

Here, the virtualization system of the mobile phone may include a user terminal connected to the virtualization server, the application being provided with an execution service of the virtual mobile phone and executing an application for data communication; A base station controller (BSC) connected to the mobile station on the mobile network to transmit and receive communication data and communication data; And a mobile switching center (MSC) connected to the mobile control station on the mobile network to store service information of the virtual mobile phone and to switch connection between the virtual mobile phone and the user terminal by referring to the service information .

According to an aspect of the present invention, the virtualization server includes: a hardware unit that executes a physical operation of the server-side apparatus; An operating system unit installed on the hardware unit and controlling execution of the hardware unit; A daemon process unit installed on the operating system unit and connected to an application installed in the user terminal to communicate data; An emulator unit for emulating data between the daemon process unit and the mobile operating system of each user terminal; A mobile operating system portion in which a mobile operating system corresponding to each virtual mobile phone is executed and communicating data of a wireless signal with the gateway; And a mobile application unit installed on the basis of the mobile operating system unit and executing an application of the virtual mobile phone.

Here, the mobile operating system may include: a voice processing unit for coding a radio frequency signal of a voice call into a digital voice signal and transmitting the code to the gateway; And a subscriber information management unit for receiving and storing subscriber information of the mobile network and transmitting the subscriber information when registered in the mobile network.

The virtualization server may be configured to execute an instance of a virtual mobile phone having the same or different mobile phone terminal and mobile communication terminal as the user and having the same or different telephone number as the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal, And executes a mobile operating system of a virtual mobile phone that is the same as or different from the mobile operating system.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a virtualization method for a mobile phone using a software-based gateway, the method comprising: (a) processing a network connection of an application of a virtual mobile phone executed in a user terminal, A mobile network status determination step of determining whether to execute a mobile operating system of a virtual mobile phone corresponding to a user account designated in an application and registering the mobile network; (b) when the virtual mobile phone is registered in the mobile network, the mobile operating system waits for data sending and receiving events for the virtual mobile phone, and whenever an input event of a user occurs in the application as an originating event, Determining whether the operating system receives the information of the input event and determining whether the input event causes the use of the network; And (c) if a use of the mobile network is triggered, a software based mobile station running at the gateway receives data of the input event from the mobile operating system, transforms the received data to fit the environment of the mobile network, Receiving response data of the data from the mobile control station, converting the response data to the environment of the mobile operating system, and transmitting the response data to the mobile operating system And a data communication mediation step.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a software-based mobile station established in a gateway intermediates data conversion and communication between a virtual mobile phone and a mobile communication network to provide voice and data communication of a virtual mobile phone to a user terminal.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention below, And should not be construed as interpretation.
1 is a schematic block diagram of a virtualization system of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a virtualization system of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a mobile operating system unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating icons displayed on a screen of a user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view of a screen on which an application of a virtual mobile phone is executed according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 and 7 are schematic flowcharts of a method for virtualizing a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately It should be construed in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a virtualization system 1 of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A virtualization system 1 of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a gateway server 2 and a plurality of user terminals 3 for mediating users' virtual cellular phone 400 to the mobile network 5, And a virtualization server 4 for providing an execution service of the virtual mobile phone to the gateway server 2 to mediate data communication with the gateway server 2.

Here, the virtualization system 1 of the cellular phone includes a user terminal 3 that receives a virtual cell phone execution service from the virtualization server 4, a gateway server 2 and a mobile switching center 520) and a mobile switching center (520) connected to the mobile control station (510) for switching the communication connection of the virtual mobile phone.

The user terminal 3 is a terminal connected to the virtualization server 4 and executing a virtual mobile phone. The user terminal 3 may be any device capable of accessing the Internet via a network such as a computer terminal (e.g., a desktop, a notebook), a smart phone, a tablet PC, a smart TV, And user input tools are included.

Here, the user terminal 3 is remotely connected to the virtualization server 4, and an application for executing the virtual mobile phone is installed. For example, the application is an application that provides a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) function in a general PC environment. In addition, there are a variety of software for remote access from smartphones and tablet PCs.

The virtualization server 4 executes a program of a virtual mobile phone held by users. The virtualization server 4 is building a virtualization environment to run a mobile operating system (e.g., iOS, Android, etc.) used in a virtual portable terminal on a server operating system such as Linux or Unix. The virtualization environment may be a pure software based on Java or a virtualization environment supported by server hardware. Of course, the virtualization server 4 does not depend on a specific implementation method of the virtualization environment, and each virtualization technique according to various environments can be implemented.

Here, the virtualization server 4 provides a daemon process that can interact with the user terminal 3. The daemon process receives the operation data of the virtual mobile phone from the remotely connected user terminal 3 and provides an interface for responding to the processing result to the user terminal 3, Lt; / RTI > The virtualization server 4 provides remote access and control services to the user terminal 3 through the daemon process. In addition, the virtualization server 4 provides voice call data and Internet communication data services through the daemon process. Therefore, if the user terminal 3 serves as a VNC client, the virtualization server 4 serves as a VNC server corresponding to the VNC client. Meanwhile, the virtualization server 4 may require an independent server operating system account for the user connected to the user terminal 3 to execute his / her own virtual portable terminal.

The virtual mobile phone 400 corresponds to a virtual mobile phone terminal as a virtual machine that runs on the memory of the virtualization server 4. [ The virtual mobile phone 400 loads the mobile operating system and performs emulation processing on the user terminal 3. [ Of course, the executed virtual mobile phone 400 includes a basic operating system function such as receiving an input to the user as an actual mobile phone terminal, or outputting a response thereto by using a display, And a function as a telephone terminal such as exchanging data traffic with a mobile network.

Here, the virtual mobile phone 400 stores user subscription information (e.g., a communication company, a telephone number, etc.) of the mobile network in order to perform a function as a telephone terminal. For example, if the virtual mobile phone 400 is connected to a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) mobile network, the user subscription information is stored in a virtual mobile phone 400 in the form of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The virtual mobile phone 400 may have a status that is executed according to a command of a user or an operator of the virtualization server 4, temporarily halted execution, or is completely terminated and unloaded from memory.

The gateway server 2 connects the virtual mobile phone 400 executed in the virtualization server 4 to the actual mobile network 5. Since the virtual mobile phone 400 operates as if it is an actual mobile communication terminal, a device functioning as a base station transceiver subsystem (BTS) of the mobile network needs to be connected to the virtual mobile phone 400. Therefore, a software-based BTS (BTS) based on software is installed in the form of a gateway server 2 to perform a mobile station function and a network gateway function on the virtual mobile phone 400. The mobile base station of the gateway server 2 mediates the interconnection between the virtual mobile phone 400 and the mobile network 5. Then, messages and data received via the mobile network 5 are transmitted to the virtual mobile phone 400, and messages and data generated by the virtual mobile phone 400 are transmitted through the mobile network 5. [ Here, the mobile base station of the gateway server 2 is physically connected to the virtualization server 4 and is logically connected to the virtual mobile phone 400.

The BSC 510 is connected to the mobile base station of the gateway server 2 via the mobile network 5. From the standpoint of the mobile network 5, the mobile control station 510 can not distinguish whether the actual physical cell phone is connected or the virtual cell phone is connected. Accordingly, the mobile control station 510 mediates data communication between the mobile base station and the mobile switching center 520 without discrimination between the actual mobile phone and the virtual mobile phone.

The mobile switching center 520 is connected to the mobile control station 510 on the mobile network to store service information of the virtual mobile phone, and switches the communication connection of the virtual mobile phone with reference to the service information. The mobile switching center may also receive data from another mobile switching center 520 to a virtual mobile telephone.

2 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a virtualization system 1 of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a schematic internal structure diagram of a mobile operating system unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a user terminal 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hardware unit 31, an operating system unit 32, and an application 33 of a virtual mobile phone as an internal structure. The hardware unit 31 refers to a processing device, input / output device, display device, or the like of the user terminal. The operating system unit 32 refers to an operating system that controls and manages the devices of the hardware unit 31.

The user terminal 3 remotely accesses the virtualization server 4 to operate the virtual mobile phone 400 driven by the remote virtualization server 4 and remotely commands the virtualization server 4 to respond to the remote command A remote access software (remote access software) for receiving the data of the processing result and outputting the received data to the screen and the speaker is needed. The application 33 is developed on the basis of remote access software for communicating data by operating the virtual mobile phone 400 of the virtualization server 4.

The remote access software typically includes an X-Window, a Remote Desktop, and a VNC Client. However, the present invention is not limited to specific software, and the scope of the technology implementation may be much wider. These software deliver the input from the user to the server, using the protocol specific to each client. X-Window's X.11, and Virtual Network Computing's RFB. Since these protocols are disclosed, it is possible to develop a virtual mobile phone application 33 for their own service. Data transmitted from the application 33 to the virtualization server 4 is processed by a remote access service driven by the virtualization server 4 or a process called a daemon.

Preferably, the virtualization server 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed based on a hardware unit 41 and a hardware unit 41 corresponding to a device that executes a physical operation, and controls the execution of a hardware device A daemon process unit 43 installed on the basis of the operating system unit 42 and the operating system unit 42 and connected to the application 33 to communicate data, a daemon process unit 43, An emulator section 44 for emulating data between the mobile operating system section 45, a mobile operating system section 45 for executing a mobile operating system corresponding to each virtual mobile phone and communicating data with the gateway server 2, And a mobile application unit 46 in which applications of the virtual mobile phone are executed based on the mobile operating system unit 45. [

Here, the virtualization server 4 is located remotely from the user terminal 3 and provides the execution service of the virtual mobile phone to the virtual user terminal 3. The virtualization server 4 establishes an execution environment of each virtual mobile phone for users subscribed to the service of the virtual mobile phone. In the execution environment, the operating system unit 42 is built on the physical hardware unit 41, and a server-side operating system (e.g., Unix, Linux, etc.) is executed. A daemon process unit 43 for mediating data communication with the application 33 of the user terminal 3 is constructed on the operating system unit 42. [ The daemon process unit 43 provides a remote access and control service to the application 33. Here, the daemon process unit 43 activates the service functions based on the operating system unit 42, and if an input from the user is received while it is waiting, the daemon process unit 43 determines which user is the input from the user, Pass that input.

The virtualization server 4 further includes an emulator unit 44 capable of emulating data to the mobile operating system unit 46 installed for each virtual mobile phone 400 in order to execute a plurality of virtual mobile phones 400, Is required. The emulator unit 44 is implemented as a virtual machine to perform data emulation processing. Depending on the type of mobile operating system, there are a variety of virtual machine emulation software that supports it, so that a selected environment can be built in the virtualization server 4 according to the desired mobile operating system. Typical examples are VirtualBox, VMWare, and RTS Hypervisor, which support virtual machine environments. In some cases, a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), for example, may need to be installed on top of such software if necessary. Consequently, the virtualization server 4 establishes execution environments of the daemon process unit 43, the emulator unit 44, and the mobile operating system unit 45 to provide the execution service of the virtual mobile phone 400.

Further, the mobile operating system executed by the mobile operating system unit 45 refers to an operating system currently installed in a smart phone such as iOS, Android, and the like. The mobile operating system is executed in the virtual environment described above, and information necessary for connection with the actual mobile network 5 is internally set. For example, as the mobile subscriber information and the key value for authentication are stored in the SIM in the mobile phone terminal, the mobile operating system unit 45 also stores and utilizes the mobile subscriber information and the authentication key. Also, depending on the user's setting, the mobile operating system unit 45 may have a terminated state, a suspended state, and a running state. The terminated state is the same as the state in which the cellular phone terminal is turned off. The suspended state is a state in which the virtual mobile operating system is mounted on the memory but the process is not activated. In the state of the mobile network 5, the mobile phone terminal enters the shadow area and no longer responds to the network signal . The running state refers to a state in which the mobile operating system is normally running and connected to the mobile network 5 to exchange signals with each other. Exceptionally, there may be a situation where the mobile network is connected but the valid subscriber authentication fails and registration to the network is not possible.

Further, the application executed by the mobile application unit 46 refers to various application programs installed and executed in the smartphone based on the mobile operating system. The user can download and install the application from the virtual mobile phone 400 in the same manner as downloading and installing the application through the market from the actual smartphone.

The gateway server 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hardware unit 21 for executing an operation of a physical device, an operating system (OS) 21 installed based on the hardware unit 21 and controlling the execution of hardware resources Unit 22 and a base station executing unit 23 in which a software-based BTS is installed and executed.

Here, the base station execution unit 23 serves as a mobile base station (BTS) for exchanging physical signals with the mobile operating system unit 45. The BTS is a device that transmits and receives radio signals to and from an actual physical mobile phone terminal on a GSM network over an IP-based mobile network. Similar to the BTS, the base station execution unit 23 serves as a gateway for connecting a signal from the virtual mobile phone 400 to the mobile network 5. The present invention is not limited to the case where the virtual mobile phone 400 is connected to the GSM mobile network, but in any case, a signal is transmitted between the virtual mobile phone 400 and the mobile network 5, Based gateway, and these functions are collectively referred to as a software-based BTS in the present invention for the sake of convenience. The software-based BTS is developed as a UNIX-based Open Source named Open BTS, and has a GSM, a SIP stack, and the like, and thus is suitable for use in the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile operating system unit 45 further includes a voice processing unit 451 and a subscriber information management unit 452. The mobile operating system unit 45 has a function to be added in addition to the functions of a general mobile operating system. For example, a voice processing function (speech processing function) for transmitting a voice signal to the base station executing unit 23 as digital data is a representative to be. In a practical physical phone terminal, the mobile base station codes radio frequency data into a digital voice signal. On the other hand, in the present invention, since all communication sections and data are generated by communication of digital data, the voice processing unit 451 of the mobile operating system unit 45 has a voice coding function for converting into digital data by the voice processing function, Transmission function. Therefore, a function of receiving and transmitting the voice of the digital data must be added to the base station executing section 23 connected to the virtual cellular phone 400. [

The mobile operating system unit 45 receives and stores the subscriber information of the mobile network 5 from the subscriber and when the virtual mobile phone 400 requests to be registered in the actual mobile network 5, The ability to include and transmit information should be added. In the case of a physical mobile phone terminal, the subscriber information is stored in the SIM card. In the virtual mobile phone 400, the subscriber information management unit 452 stores and manages the subscriber information and the authentication key received from the subscriber.

The base station executing section 23 directly connects to the mobile network 5 by a software-based BTS function. The base station execution unit 23 transfers data of the mobile network registration and data transmission of the virtual mobile phone 400 to the mobile network 5. [ The mobile network 5 can not distinguish between the virtual mobile phone and the actual mobile phone terminal. Only the mobile control station 510 or the mobile switching center 520 of the mobile network 5 connected to the base station executing unit 23 for managing the traffic or data transmitted to the virtual mobile phone Trigger and the like can be generated and managed. When the mobile network operator supports such a function, it is possible to set where the data signal of the mobile phone to be transmitted is transferred from the physical mobile phone to the virtual mobile phone.

As described above, the virtualization system 1 of the cellular phone includes the user terminal 3, the virtualization server 4, and the virtualization server 4 in order to implement data communication between the mobile phone terminal and the mobile base station connected by radio signals in an actual mobile communication service. And the base station executing section 23 of the gateway server 2, which are driven by the virtual mobile phone 400 and the gateway server 2, respectively.

4 is an exemplary view of icons 101 displayed on the screen 100 of the user terminal 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is an example of a screen in which the icon 200 corresponding to the application of the virtual mobile phone is executed among the icons 101 shown in Fig.

Referring to FIG. 4, the user terminal 3 exemplifies a screen 100 of a smart phone, assuming that the user terminal 3 is a smart phone. A plurality of applications may be installed in the smart phone, and the smart phone displays icons 101 of the application installed on the screen. Among the icons 101 displayed on the screen 100, there is an icon 200 corresponding to the application 33 of the virtual mobile phone.

Referring to FIG. 5, there is shown a screen 201 in which the user has executed the icon 200 corresponding to the application 33 of the virtual mobile phone. Icons 202 of applications installed on the virtual mobile phone are displayed on the screen 201 of the virtual mobile phone. The phone button 203 on the screen 202 of the virtual mobile phone is a button for executing a call service of the virtual mobile phone. When the user presses the telephone button 203, the service screen of the call using the virtual mobile phone is displayed instead of the call of the actual smartphone.

Here, the actual phone of the smartphone and the virtual mobile phone may be the same or different from each other. For example, when the user joins the mobile communication service of the company A and the company B, the application 33 of the virtual mobile phone to which the telephone number subscribed to the company B is assigned to the actual smartphone to which the telephone number of the company A is assigned is installed It is possible to do.

As another example, when the user joins two lines of different telephone numbers from the company A, the application 33 to which the telephone number of the second line is assigned is installed in the actual smartphone to which the telephone number of the first line is assigned It is possible. In addition, the telephone number set in the actual smartphone may be the same as the telephone number set in the application 33 of the virtual mobile phone of the smartphone.

As another example, the mobile operating system installed in the actual smart phone and the virtual mobile operating system used by the application 33 of the virtual mobile phone of the smartphone may be the same or different. Accordingly, the user can set the actual mobile operating system and the virtual mobile operating system differently according to the needs, and install the applications for the respective mobile operating systems in the actual smart phone and the virtual mobile phone. Here, the virtualization server 4 executes a virtual mobile operating system, and the application 33 of the virtual mobile phone is executed based on the virtual mobile operating system. For example, A virtual telephone of the Android operating system can be used in the virtualization server 4 as a virtual telephone of the actual telephone while using the telephone. At this time, the user can download the iOS version A application 33 and install it on the actual smart phone, and download the Android version A application 33 and install it in the virtual phone of the virtualization server 4.

6 and 7 are schematic flowcharts of a method for virtualizing a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user terminal 3 executes the application 33 of the virtual mobile phone by setting the user's input or automatic execution (S101). The application 33 remotely accesses the virtualization server 4 by referring to the set address information (S102). If the daemon process unit 43 executed in the virtualization server 4 is running (S103), the daemon process unit 43 receives the connection request of the application and responds to the success message (S104). When the success message is answered, mutual messages and traffic exchange are made possible using the promised protocols. The virtualization server 4 must be prepared to execute a daemon process unit 43 to simultaneously receive a remote connection from a plurality of user terminals 3. [ If the virtualization server 4 is turned off or the daemon process unit 43 is not running, the application 33 can not accept the remote connection, and the application 33 outputs a failure message to the screen and the connection is terminated.

Upon receipt of the success message, the user account information set in the application 33 is input (S105), and the daemon process unit 43 receives the account information of the user from the application 33 and authenticates whether it is a valid account (S106).

Here, the account information is information on whether the number of the virtual mobile phone set in the application 33 is authenticated by the virtualization server 4 to have a proper right to receive the service of the virtual mobile phone. The account information should be obtained from the virtualization service provider of the mobile phone. Various authentication methods such as an ID password and a certificate may be used for authentication of account information, and the present invention is not limited to a specific authentication method. If the user is a normal user who has joined the mobile network, the authentication process is passed. If authentication fails, the application 33 that has received the authentication failure message from the virtualization server 4 terminates the connection.

If authentication of the account information is successful, the virtualization server 4 determines whether or not the mobile operating system corresponding to the virtual mobile phone of the account information is executed (S107). If not, the virtual operating server 4 executes the mobile operating system (S108) .

Here, if the virtualization server 4 determines that the mobile operating system unit 45 of the requested virtual mobile phone is running, then the user's input and output are processed in connection with the mobile operating system unit 45. If the mobile operating system unit 45 is not running, the virtual environment and the mobile operating system necessary for the drive must be newly activated. The user's connection may be paused until the mobile operating system is running and the user's input can be accepted. In addition, the virtualization server 4 must store the usage environment of the mobile operating system of the connected user account. Then, even when the connection of the user terminal 3 is interrupted or when the execution of the mobile operating system is stopped in the virtualization server 4 and then used again, the virtualization server 4 transmits the execution environment of the mobile operating system, (33).

If the mobile operating system unit 45 is running, the mobile operating system unit 45 determines whether the virtual mobile phone 400 is registered in the mobile network 5 (S109) The mobile network 5 of the virtual mobile phone 400 or the like (S110). The information of the registration request is signaled in accordance with the format of the mobile network 5 in the base station executing section 23 of the gateway 2 and then transmitted through the mobile control station 510 and the mobile switching center 520 in operation S111. Then, it is determined whether the subscriber is a valid subscriber by inquiring the user information in the SIM from the Visitor Location Register (VLR) and the Home Location Register (HLR) on the mobile network (S112). If the virtual cell phone 400 is an effective subscriber, (S113). When the virtual mobile phone 400 is registered in the mobile network 5, the application 33 waits for the generation of an event causing data reception or transmission (S114).

The process of registering the mobile network 5 in step S110 is similar to the process of registering in the mobile network 5 when the mobile phone terminal is turned on for the first time. Then, the registration process of the mobile network 5 is verified whether or not it is an effective subscriber registered in the mobile network 5, that is, the existing mobile network system can be used as a step of inquiring whether the mobile phone is a subscriber. If the verification is normally successful, the application 33 of the user terminal 3 indicates that the user's virtual mobile phone 400 is registered in the mobile network 5. [

In a state in which the application 33 waits for the occurrence of an event, a transmission or reception event of data using the virtual mobile phone 400 may be generated by a user's input. For example, the user can generate a call origination or wireless internet communication event and receive a call to the virtual mobile phone 400 by an event of call reception.

If the input event is generated by the user, the application 33 generates an input event of the user (S201). The daemon process unit 43 of the virtualization server 4 receives the input data of the user from the application 33 and the received data is transferred to the mobile operating system unit 45 through the emulator unit 44 of the virtual machine .

Referring to FIG. 7, when the mobile operating system unit 45 receives the user's input data, the mobile operating system 45 determines whether it can process itself or use the network (S202). For example, when the mobile operating system unit 45 processes the input of the user itself or when the mobile application unit 46 processes itself, the use of the network is not involved. The mobile operating system unit 45 processes the user's request using the mobile operating system or the mobile application, and then returns the processed result to the application 33 via the daemon process unit 43 (S204).

If it is determined that the use of the network is accompanied, the mobile operating system unit 45 in step S202 transmits a network dedicated packet generated from the user's input data to the base station executing unit 23 of the gateway server 2 . If it is determined that the virtual mobile phone 400 is registered in the mobile network 5 (S203), and if the virtual mobile phone 400 is not registered in the mobile network, the mobile operating system unit 45, in step S204, To the application (33).

The data received by the base station execution unit 23 from the mobile operating system unit 45 is a signal message or data that causes traffic. The base station executing section 23 converts the received data into data suitable for the environment of the mobile network 5 (S301). Then, the base station executing unit 23 transmits the converted data to the mobile control station 510 to request a process (S302). The process of the mobile control station 510 receiving and processing data from the base station executing unit 23 does not distinguish between the processes of the virtual mobile phone and the actual mobile phone. The mobile control station 510 requests the mobile switching center 520 to process the received data.

In response, the mobile switching center 520 responds to the mobile control station 510 with the processing result. When the base station executing section 23 receives the response data through the mobile control station 510, the received data is converted into a data format suitable for the environment of the virtual mobile phone 400 (S303). Of course, the response data includes the call signal data and the voice data of the other party. In step S204, the mobile operating system unit 45 receives the converted data, and the received data is transmitted to the application 33 via the emulator unit 44 and the daemon process unit 43 of the virtual machine do.

On the other hand, in the step S114, a data reception event such as when the other party is making a call to the virtual mobile phone in the process of waiting for the occurrence of an event may occur. Then, the base station executing unit 23 receives data through the mobile network 5 as in the step S303. Thereafter, as in step 204, the mobile operating system unit 45 receives the data through the base station executing unit 23 and transmits the received data to the corresponding application 33.

In the above-described embodiment, the term "part" is not used to denote the hardware division of the virtualization system of the cellular phone. Accordingly, a plurality of constituent parts may be integrated into one constituent part, and one constituent part may be divided into a plurality of constituent parts. Also, the constituent unit may mean a hardware constituent unit, but may mean a constituent unit of software. Therefore, it should be understood that the present invention is not particularly limited by the term "part ".

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It goes without saying that various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalence of the scope.

1: Virtualization of mobile phones System 2: Gateway server
3: User terminal 4: Virtualization server
5: Mobile networks

Claims (13)

A software based mobile station base station (BTS: Base Station Tranceiver Subsystem) program for mediating a virtual mobile phone with a mobile network, processing data conversion between the virtual mobile phone and the mobile communication network, Gateway; And
A virtualization server connected to the mobile communication network through the gateway and providing execution services of the virtual mobile phone to the user terminals and executing a mobile operating system for controlling a call function and a data communication function of the virtual mobile phone,
The virtualization system comprising: The method according to claim 1,
The gateway comprises:
A hardware unit for executing operations of the physical device;
An operating system unit installed on the hardware unit and controlling execution of the hardware unit;
The virtualization server mediates the virtualization server to be connected to the mobile communication network by executing the mobile station base program installed on the operating system unit, communicates digitally converted data with each connected virtual mobile phone, transmits the data through the mobile communication network The intermediary base station executor
The virtualization system comprising: 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
A user terminal connected to the virtualization server and executing an application for performing data communication by receiving an execution service of the virtual mobile phone;
A base station controller (BSC) connected to the mobile station on the mobile network to transmit and receive communication data and communication data; And
A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) connected to the mobile control station on the mobile network to store service information of the virtual mobile phone, to switch connection between the virtual mobile phone and the user terminal by referring to the service information,
The virtualization system further comprising: 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The virtualization server includes:
A hardware unit for executing a physical operation of the server-side apparatus;
An operating system unit installed on the hardware unit and controlling execution of the hardware unit;
A daemon process unit installed on the operating system unit and connected to an application installed in the user terminal to communicate data;
An emulator unit for emulating data between the daemon process unit and the mobile operating system of each user terminal;
A mobile operating system portion in which a mobile operating system corresponding to each virtual mobile phone is executed and communicating data of a wireless signal with the gateway; And
A mobile application unit installed on the mobile operating system unit and executing an application of the virtual mobile phone,
The virtualization system comprising: 5. The method of claim 4,
The mobile operating system unit,
A voice processing unit for coding a radio frequency signal of a voice call into a digital voice signal and transmitting the code to the gateway; And
A subscriber information management unit for receiving and storing subscriber information of the mobile network and transmitting the subscriber information when registered in the mobile network,
The virtualization system comprising: 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The virtualization server includes:
The mobile phone terminal and the mobile communication company execute an instance of a virtual mobile phone having the same or different mobile phone terminal and a phone number that is the same as or different from the phone number of the mobile phone terminal, Characterized in that it executes a mobile operating system of a different virtual mobile phone. (a) a virtualization server processes a network connection of an application of a virtual mobile phone executed in a user terminal, and determines whether the mobile operating system of the virtual mobile phone corresponding to the user account specified in the connected application is executed and whether the mobile network is registered Determining a mobile network status;
(b) when the virtual mobile phone is registered in the mobile network, the mobile operating system waits for data sending and receiving events for the virtual mobile phone, and whenever an input event of a user occurs in the application as an originating event, Determining whether the operating system receives the information of the input event and determining whether the input event causes the use of the network; And
(c) when a use of the mobile network is triggered, a software-based mobile base station running at the gateway receives data of the input event from the mobile operating system, transforms the received data to fit the environment of the mobile network, Transmitting the data converted to the mobile control station via the network, receiving the response data of the data from the mobile control station, converting the response data to the environment of the mobile operating system, and transmitting the response data to the mobile operating system Data communication intermediation step
The virtualization method comprising the steps of: 8. The method of claim 7,
The step (a)
(a1) the user terminal executing an application of a virtual mobile phone and requesting a connection to a corresponding virtualization server;
(a2) a daemon process executed in the virtualization server receiving a connection request of an application and responding to a success message;
(a3) receiving the account information of the user from the application and authenticating whether the daemon process is a valid account;
(a4) determining whether the daemon process executes the mobile operating system corresponding to the virtual mobile phone of the account information when the valid account is authenticated, and executing the mobile operating system if not;
(a5) determining whether the daemon process is registered in the mobile network of the virtual mobile phone, and registering the virtual mobile phone in the mobile network if the daemon process is not registered; And
(a6) when the virtual mobile phone is registered in the mobile network, the application waits for an event input by the user
The virtualization method comprising the steps of: 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8,
The step (a)
If the virtual mobile phone is not registered in the mobile network,
Wherein the mobile operating system requests registration of the network with the mobile base station, the registration request is sent to the mobile switching center via the mobile control station, the mobile switching center sends a Visitor Location Register (VLR) Performing subscriber authentication of the cellular phone using the cellular phone, and responding the result of the subscriber authentication to the mobile operating system. 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8,
The step (b)
(b1) when the input event of the user occurs in the application, the daemon process of the virtualization server receives the information of the input event and delivers it to the mobile operating system; And
(b2) if the input event does not cause use of the mobile network, the mobile operating system processes the input event and provides a response result to the application via the daemon process
The virtualization method comprising the steps of: 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8,
The step (b)
Further comprising the step of the mobile operating system executing and processing the application of the virtual mobile phone corresponding to the input event, and responding the result processed by the application. 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8,
After the step (b)
The mobile station receiving data from a mobile control station;
Converting the received data into data that can be processed in the virtual portable terminal;
The mobile station transmitting the converted data to a mobile operating system corresponding to the virtual mobile phone;
Wherein the mobile operating system transmits the data to an application of the virtual mobile phone through a daemon process
The virtualization method further comprising: 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8,
The mobile switching center further comprises the step of identifying at least one of an actual cellular phone and a virtual cellular phone corresponding to the telephone number of the received data and transmitting the received data to the mobile base station corresponding to the identified cellular phone How to virtualize your phone.

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