KR20020084739A - Method and apparatus for wireless internet search and connection using numeric inputs - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for searching and connecting the Internet using a numeral input is provided to search and connect a wanted Internet site by pressing a numeral corresponding to a keyword of the Internet site. CONSTITUTION: An Internet site receives and connects an Internet connection signal from a wireless terminal(405). A mode selection screen of keyword corresponding to an inputted numeral is transmitted to the wireless terminal(410). A selection signal with respect to the above search mode is received from the wireless terminal(415). A numeral input signal for the search is received from the wireless terminal(420). An Internet site corresponding to the inputted numerals is searched from a DB(425). A search result is transmitted to the wireless terminal(430).

Description

Internet search and connection method using numeric input {Method and apparatus for wireless internet search and connection using numeric inputs}

The present invention relates to a method for easily searching and accessing an Internet site (homepage) through a wireless terminal based on a numeric keypad. Conventionally, in order to access a wireless internet homepage using a wireless web browser embedded in a wireless terminal and a wireless terminal, the wireless internet homepage registered in the server is connected to a wireless internet service server provided by a mobile communication service provider. The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the wireless Internet homepage to be accessed or to be accessed must be entered directly into the wireless terminal. However, the use of the server provided by the mobile communication service provider has the advantage of easy access, while the disadvantage of being able to access only the homepage registered on the server provided by the mobile communication service provider, causing a lot of inconvenience for the wireless Internet users. In addition, when the homepage address is directly input to the wireless terminal, the key-pad of the wireless terminal is generally numerically oriented, and thus, it is difficult to input the homepage address which is generally oriented. In addition, if you do not remember the address of the wireless Internet homepage you want to access correctly, you must use the search function, but the search terms must also be entered as text, there are many difficulties. Therefore, in the conventional method, there are many difficulties in using the wireless Internet service, unlike the wired Internet.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method for searching and accessing a desired Internet site by pressing a number corresponding to the keyword of the Internet site to be searched by the wireless terminal, so that the wireless Internet site can be easily found even in a number-oriented wireless terminal. Allows you to search and access.

1 is a numeric keypad assigned a plurality of characters.

2 is a DB Table of Internet sites, keywords, and corresponding numbers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a system diagram for a wireless Internet search and access method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a wireless Internet search and access method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a wireless internet search and access method in a wireless terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The object of the present invention can be achieved by a numeric keypad in which a plurality of English alphabets or Korean alphabets are assigned to numeric buttons 0 to 9, as shown in FIG. A typical wired / wireless telephone or a wireless terminal has a keypad consisting of the number buttons 0 to 9, and the * (asterisk) and # (sharp) symbol buttons as shown in FIG. A plurality of English alphabets are assigned to the number buttons according to the international convention. The number 2 button is "A, B, C", the number 3 button is "D, E, F" and the number 4 button is "G, H, I". , "J, K, L" for number 5 button, "M, N, O" for number 6 button, "P, R, S" for number 7 button, "T, U, V" for number 8 button, and The number 9 button is assigned "W, X, Y". Although not an international convention, the number 1 button is usually assigned ".QZ". In addition, although not the standard Hangul alphabet as shown in Figure 1 is also used to be assigned to a plurality of numeric buttons.

The present invention relates to a method of searching for and accessing a wireless Internet site by simply inputting a number in a wireless terminal having a keypad as shown in FIG. 1. The explanation is as follows. For example, if a keyword of "http://m.yahoo.co.kr", which is a URL (Uniform Resource Location) address of a wireless Internet site, is "yahoo", the characters assigned to the numeric keypad and each numeric button of FIG. If "y" is "9", "a" is "2", "h" is "4", and "o" is "6", a series of numbers "92466" is assigned. If the keyword "Yahoo" is another keyword in the URL, "??" is "4", "??" is "6", "??" is "5", and "??" is "9". Is assigned the number "4659". Another keyword is "search", "s" is "7", "e" is "3", "a" is "2", "r" is "7", "c" is "2", and "h" corresponds to "4", so a series of numbers "732724" corresponds. Accordingly, "92466", "4659", and "732724" are allocated to the URL "http://m.yahoo.co.kr". When additional keywords are registered in the URL, a series of numbers are additionally allocated in the same manner as described above. Therefore, according to the present invention, when "92466", "4659" or "732724" is input in the above case, the URL address "http://m.yahoo.co.kr" may be output or correspond to each series of numbers. Can print the registered keywords "yahoo", "yahoo", and "search". Fig. 2 shows an example of a table of several Internet URL addresses, keywords and corresponding numbers according to the above method. In order to implement the present invention, it is necessary to have a DB in which a number of Internet site URL addresses and corresponding keywords are selected and registered in the above-described manner, and then a series of numbers are assigned.

In the wireless Internet site search and access method of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 300 is operated by operating the Internet site 320 for searching and accessing the wireless Internet site after the DB is provided as described above. After receiving a series of numeric input from the user connected to the site by using the search method to search the DB and transmit the corresponding Internet site address to the user and receives a connection input from the user to the site to connect to the site It includes.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, an operation of operating an Internet site for searching and accessing a wireless Internet site and receiving and connecting an Internet access signal from a wireless terminal (405); Transmitting (410) a selection mode of a keyword represented by an input number-for example, Korean, English, numbers, etc.-to a wireless terminal; Receiving (415) a selection signal for the search mode from the wireless terminal; Receiving (420) a numeric input signal for searching from the wireless terminal; Retrieving (425) an Internet site corresponding to the entered series of numbers from a DB according to the present invention; And transmitting the searched result to the wireless terminal (430). In more detail

If the number of Internet sites searched from the DB is two or more, the address or title of the site may be transmitted to the user and selected by the user.

According to another embodiment of the present invention according to the present invention is provided with a database that corresponds to the number and keywords and the Internet site, and then stored in the storage device-ROM, RAM, Disk-in the wireless terminal and then search for the wireless Internet site After that, the user who wants to connect can easily search and access the wireless Internet site by simply inputting the number. In more detail, as shown in FIG.

Receiving a key input from a terminal keypad (505); Determining whether the received key is a key for requesting Internet search (510); Receiving a key input from the terminal again when the input key is a key for requesting Internet search (515); Determining (520) whether the received key input is a number; Storing the input number in a memory (525) when the input key input is a number; Outputting an input result to date (526); Determining whether the received key is a key for executing a search when the result of the determination in step 520 is not a number (530); If the input key is a key for executing a search, determining whether a series of numbers stored in a memory so far is a number registered in a DB (535); Outputting at least one key word corresponding to the number (540); Inputting a selection signal among the output keywords (545); Outputting information 550 of the Internet site corresponding to the selected keyword; Receiving a connection command to a site to be connected among the outputted Internet site information (555); And connecting 560 to the site. In more detail, the step 526 of outputting the result input to date may be performed to search for whether a number starting with a series of numbers input so far is present in the DB and to output a keyword corresponding to the number in the DB. have.

According to the present invention, a wireless internet site can be easily searched and connected while using a numerically-oriented wireless terminal key input system.

Claims (20)

In the method of accessing the Internet site in the wireless terminal, Inputting a keyword for searching for an Internet site to be accessed through a key input device of the wireless terminal; Retrieving an address of an internet site corresponding to the keyword from a database stored in the wireless terminal; And Using the address to access the internet site. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting an input mode of a key input device of the wireless terminal. The input mode of the key input device includes a numeric input mode, a Korean input mode and an English input mode. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving the address of the Internet site comprises: when there are a plurality of Internet sites corresponding to the input keyword in the database, the plurality of Internet sites may be accessed from a user of the wireless terminal. A method of selecting an Internet site and searching an address of the Internet site. The method of claim 1, wherein the database stores at least one or more Internet sites and information thereof, and keywords corresponding to the sites are stored, and a plurality of characters are defined for each character of the keyword. A series of numbers formed corresponding to the numbers is stored corresponding to the keyword. A method for providing a wireless Internet access service to a wireless terminal user in a mobile communication service system, Receiving a keyword representing an internet site from the wireless terminal; Retrieving an address of an internet site corresponding to the keyword from a database stored in the mobile communication service system; Sending the address of the internet site to the wireless terminal How to include. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving information from the wireless communication terminal for identifying whether the keyword is a number or a letter. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting a list of the plurality of Internet sites to the wireless terminal when there are a plurality of Internet sites corresponding to the received keyword in the database. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving an Internet site selected by a user of the wireless terminal among a plurality of Internet sites transmitted to the wireless terminal, wherein transmitting the address of the Internet site is performed by a user of the wireless terminal. Sending the address of the selected Internet site to the wireless terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the database stores at least one or more Internet sites and information thereof, and keywords corresponding to the sites are stored in correspondence, and each character of the keywords has a plurality of characters defined therein. A series of numbers formed corresponding to the numbers is stored corresponding to the keyword. A key input device for inputting a keyword representing an internet site; Storage means for storing a database comprising addresses of one or more Internet sites and corresponding keywords; And And a central processing means and communication means for retrieving an address of an internet site corresponding to a keyword input through the key input device from the database, and for connecting to the address of the internet site. The method of claim 11, And the central processing means identifies whether the input keyword is a number or a character by using additional information input through the key input device. The method of claim 11, And the central processing unit connects to an address of an internet site selected by a user of the wireless terminal from among the plurality of internet sites when there are a plurality of internet sites corresponding to the input keyword. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the database stores at least one or more Internet sites and information thereof, and keywords corresponding to the sites are stored in correspondence, and each character of the keywords has a plurality of characters defined therein. A series of numbers formed corresponding to the numbers is stored corresponding to the keyword. Receiving means for receiving a keyword representing an internet site from a wireless terminal; Storage means for storing a database comprising addresses of one or more Internet sites and corresponding keywords; Central processing means for searching the database for an address of an internet site corresponding to the received keyword; And Transmitting means for transmitting an address of an internet site corresponding to the received keyword to the wireless terminal; Mobile communication service system comprising a. The mobile communication service system according to claim 15, wherein the central processing means identifies whether the received keyword is a number or a character by separate information received from the wireless terminal through the receiving means. The method according to claim 15, wherein the central processing means transmits a list of the plurality of Internet sites to the wireless terminal via the transmitting means when there are a plurality of Internet sites corresponding to the received keyword in the database. Mobile communication service system. The Internet processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the central processing means receives, through the receiving means, an Internet site selected by a user of the wireless terminal from among a plurality of Internet sites transmitted to the wireless terminal, A mobile communication service system for transmitting an accurate address to the wireless terminal through the transmitting means. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the database stores at least one or more Internet sites and information thereof, and keywords corresponding to the sites are stored in correspondence, and each character of the keywords is defined by a plurality of characters. A series of numbers formed corresponding to the numbers is stored corresponding to the keyword. In how to associate a series of numbers with Internet sites, Selecting an internet site and at least one keyword corresponding thereto; Mapping each character of the selected keyword to a number to which a plurality of characters are assigned to correspond to the keyword and a series of numbers.