KR20020035305A - Method for transmitting a user image to mobile devices using internet web browser - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless transmission method of a user image using a web browser that can transmit a user image provided by the user to a wireless mobile device using a wired web browser. In order to wirelessly transmit the user image, first, it is determined whether the user is connected to the server. Thereafter, it is determined whether the user requests the creation of an album in order to store his image on the server. Next, when the user requests the creation of an album, an album for the user is generated and the user's image is received from the user and stored. Then, it is determined whether the user selects an image from the created album to transmit the image to the wireless mobile device. Finally, when the user selects an image from an album already created, the user converts the selected image to be suitable for transmission to the wireless mobile device, and provides the converted image to the mobile communication service provider.

Description

Method for transmitting a user image to mobile devices using internet web browser}

The present invention relates to a method for providing an image to a wireless mobile device, and more particularly, to a wireless transmission method of a user image using a web browser capable of transmitting a user image provided by the user to a wireless mobile device using a wired web browser. .

A wireless mobile device is a device that can make a call or exchange data while moving, for example, a device such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

Recently, a technology for connecting to the Internet using such a wireless mobile device has been developed. By accessing the Internet through such a wireless mobile device, a user can search for desired information anytime, anywhere and obtain necessary data.

So far, the wireless Internet environment is only a text-based data exchange due to problems such as transmission speed. In recent years, a service for providing an image to a wireless terminal has been performed. Conventional techniques for providing an image to a wireless mobile device include techniques for displaying a particular image as a wireless mobile device, and techniques for transforming an image in a user's computer to suit the wireless mobile device.

However, when using the conventional technology, the user could not obtain the desired image because the user had to select only the image provided by the service provider. Although it was possible to obtain the desired image, it was inconvenient to use because it had to download and install an image converting program on his computer and perform the conversion directly.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and to provide a method for wirelessly providing a user-selected image using a web browser that can provide an image selected by the user to a wireless mobile device using an internet web browser. have.

1 illustrates an exemplary network environment in which the present invention may be practiced.

2 is a flowchart of a method for wirelessly transmitting a user image using an internet web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a meeting method as wireless content using a user image in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ♣

102, 104: User PC 106: Wired Network

108: user image processing block 110: web server

112: image conversion server 114: album / application server

116: gateway 118: wireless network

120, 122: wireless mobile device

In general, in the present invention, the user transmits his image to the wired internet web server through the wired internet, edits and stores the transmitted image in the wired internet web server, and provides an image stored in the wireless mobile device to be sent. will be.

In a wireless transmission method of a user image using an Internet web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention, determining whether the user is connected to a server for transmitting the user image to the wireless mobile device, and the user is to Determining whether to request an album to be stored in the server, and when the user requests to generate the album, generating an album for the user and receiving and storing an image of the user from the user; Determining whether the user selects an image from an album created to transmit an image to the wireless mobile device, and when the user selects an image from the generated album, transferring the selected image to the wireless mobile device. Convert the converted image to suit the transmission of the It includes the steps of providing a carrier.

Here, the method may further include editing by the user on the web an image received from the user. In addition, when the user requests creation of an album, the method may further include performing a membership registration procedure for registering the user as a member.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the album is retrieved by the wireless mobile device, and the server manages at least one application process so that the user can use an application service using the album. The application process may include, for example, wireless mobile chat. The album may be configured in the same way when connecting through an internet web browser and when connecting through the wireless mobile device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention;

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system in which a method for providing a user image using a wired web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed.

As shown in FIG. 1, a number of user PCs 102, 104 are connected to a wired network 106 (e.g., the Internet). The web server 110 and the gateway 116 are connected to the wired network 106. The web server 110 in the user image processing block 108 is connected to the image conversion server 112 and the online album server 114. In the present embodiment, for convenience of description, the web server 110, the image conversion server 112 and the album / application server 114 is shown separately, but may actually be operated as one server.

The user image processing block including the web server 110, the image conversion server 112, and the album / application server 114 receives an image sent by the user through the web server 110, and receives the received image on the web. Provides the ability to edit (eg, give the image a variety of effects) and store the edited user image in a user-specific storage area via the online album server 114. When the user wants to provide an image stored by the user to the wireless mobile device, the image conversion server 112 converts the image into an optimal image suitable for the wireless mobile device, and then the image optimized for wireless transmission. Provided to the mobile operator through the wired network 106 and the gateway 116.

The gateway 116 connected to the wired network 106 such as the Internet converts the language and protocol on the web standardized with the wired internet into a wireless web language and protocol standardized for a wireless network environment, and then may be operated by a mobile operator. Provided to a wireless mobile device (eg, wireless mobile device 120, 122) that a user wants to send over a wireless network.

Hereinafter, a method of wirelessly transmitting a user image using a web browser capable of transmitting a user image provided by a user to a wireless mobile device using a wired web browser according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is performed in the user image processing block 108 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, first, it is determined whether a user accesses the web server 110 (202). Next, it is determined whether the user wants to create an album capable of storing his image (photo) (204). If the user wishes to create an album in step 204, then create an album on the web server in step 206. In this process, registration follows the general membership process. The user may create a plurality of albums.

Next, a photo registration window is provided so that the user can register the user image in the album created in step 206 (208). Pictures are uploaded using HyperText Markup Language (HTML) forms or ActiveX controls. At this time, it is also possible to register a plurality of pictures at once.

Thereafter, an edit window is provided so that a user can edit an image registered by the user (210). The user edits his image using various functions provided in the edit window on the web. One typical example of such editing is to add various effects to the registered picture. Effects can also be assigned to a single photo, including the creation of a new image by compositing multiple photos.

Next, if the user wants to save the edited picture (for example, an effect is given), it is stored in the album / application server.

After performing step 212, the process proceeds to step 204.

If the album is not created in step 204, that is, if the user who accesses the server already has his own album, it is determined whether the user wants to select a photo (214). If the user wants to select a photo in step 214, the user provides his album information (216). In step 218, it is determined whether the user has completed the selection of his image to present to the wireless mobile device in his album.

In operation 220, when the user selects a picture to be transmitted to the wireless mobile device, the selected image is converted through the image conversion server 112. Through this image conversion, the image is converted to suit the transmission of the wireless network and the wireless mobile device used by the user. The conversion process involves changing the size appropriately and converting the color to 2-bit color.

Next, the image-converted user image is transmitted to the mobile communication provider through the gateway of FIG. 1 (222). The converted image transmitted to the mobile carrier may be provided to the user's wireless mobile device or the wireless mobile device that the user intends to transmit through the mobile carrier's network.

On the other hand, if the picture is not selected in step 214, and is provided in step 224, to provide a variety of menus to which the user-selected image is applied.

The process waits until the user selects a menu (226), and if the user selects a menu, processes the application process corresponding to the menu (228). This application process may be thought of as wireless content using a user-selected image.

An example of such wireless content is a meeting using a wireless mobile device as described in FIG. 3 below.

Since recording a lot of information using a wireless mobile device is not an easy task, the user may access the application process via the wireless mobile device or through a user PC to record the necessary information. Steps 224 to 228 are prepared for this.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 3, a meeting method through a wireless mobile device will be described as an example of wireless content using a wireless image provided by a user.

As shown in FIG. 3, first, a user of a wireless mobile device determines whether to connect to a server that manages meeting content using a user image (300). In this case, the wireless mobile device used by the user may be a terminal capable of internet or a terminal capable of an interactive short message service (SMS).

Next, it is determined 302 which menu the user selects. The menu is divided into a search for searching for a counterpart suitable for a user and a new registration for registering or modifying personal information of the user.

If the user selects new registration in step 302, a page is provided for the user to register the personal information. When a user registers his / her personal information, for convenience of registration, the user may input member information (eg, a member number) input in the album generation step of FIG. 2 so that the remaining items can be automatically entered. .

Next, select an appropriate photo already stored in his album and register it in the meeting list (306). Thereafter, after checking the content of the registered information, if modification is necessary, the process proceeds to step 304 so that the content can be corrected in the personal information registration.

On the other hand, when the user selects a search in step 302, a search page is provided so that the user can search for a counterpart matching the condition (310). As a method of searching, both a method of selecting and following a classification given by a menu and a method of directly inputting a desired condition can be provided.

Step 312 provides search results for the search requested by the user in step 302. The information of the other party provided as a search result may include items such as height, weight, gender, age, address, school, work, grade, and position, and also includes a user image provided by the present invention.

Next, it is determined 314 whether the user selects a meeting party as a search result provided to the user. If the user has not selected as the meeting partner, the user may proceed to step 310 to attempt a new search and, if the user selects as the meeting partner, to connect to the retrieved meeting party.

It is to be understood that the foregoing is only one embodiment of the various aspects of the invention, and that the disclosure and specific examples of specific sequences or steps are intended to illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit the scope thereof. For example, the web server 110, the image conversion server 112, and the album / application server 114 described in the user image processing block 108 of FIG. 1 are described separately but may be implemented as one server. It will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.

The invention can be implemented in computer readable code on a computer readable medium. Computer-readable media are any data storage device that can be read by a computer system. Read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, optical data storage. The computer readable medium may be distributed through a network connected computer system, such that the computer readable code is stored and performed in a distributed form.

As described above, by using the method according to the present invention, the entire image processing process to be processed by the user is supported through the wired Internet web browser only. This allows users to use a wider variety of images on their terminals than ever before, and to process images in a much more convenient and simpler way than ever before.

Claims (6)

To send user images to a wireless mobile device using a wired internet web browser. Determining whether the user is connected to a server for transmitting the user image to a wireless mobile device; Determining whether the user requires creation of an album in order to store his image on the server; When the user requests creation of the album, generating an album for the user and receiving and storing an image of the user from the user; Determining whether the user selects an image from an album created to send the image to the wireless mobile device; When the user selects an image from the created album, converting the selected image to be suitable for transmission to the wireless mobile device, and providing the converted image to a mobile communication service provider using an internet web browser. How to wirelessly transfer user images. The method of claim 1, And editing, by the user, the image received from the user on the web. The method according to claim 1 or 2, If the user requests the creation of an album, performing a membership registration procedure for subscribing the user as a member. The method of claim 3, The album is retrieved by the wireless mobile device, and the server manages at least one or more application processes so that the user can use an application service using the album. The method of claim 4, wherein The application process is a wireless transmission method of a user image using an internet web browser including the wireless mobile chat. The method of claim 5, And the album has the same configuration when connected via an internet web browser and when connected via the wireless mobile device.