Title of Invention	MONITORING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
Abstract	Disclosed is a monitoring control system and method that can minimize network delay between a local side PC (50) and a phone side PC (70) when monitoring a mobile communication device in real time. By consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring the mobile communication device (50) via the Internet (60) from the local side PC (50) to the phone side PC (70), monitoring the mobile communication device (50) and consecutively receiving a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests via the Internet (60) from the phone side PC (70), real time monitoring of the mobile communication device (50) is facilitated with minimized delay.

Title of Invention

MONITORING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

Abstract

Disclosed is a monitoring control system and method that can minimize network delay between a local side PC (50) and a phone side PC (70) when monitoring a mobile communication device in real time. By consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring the mobile communication device (50) via the Internet (60) from the local side PC (50) to the phone side PC (70), monitoring the mobile communication device (50) and consecutively receiving a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests via the Internet (60) from the phone side PC (70), real time monitoring of the mobile communication device (50) is facilitated with minimized delay.

Full Text	BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring unit for a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a monitoring control system and method. 2. Description of the Prior Art Recently, as the types of services for mobile terminals are varied, the size of a program code supporting a plurality of services is increased. Moreover, as the operation of a mobile terminal becomes gradually complicated, interaction between many operations of the mobile terminal does not operate smoothly, thus making the mobile terminal unstable. A mobile terminal designer monitors a mobile terminal, and then stabilizes the operation of the mobile terminal by using a debugging unit. For instance, the mobile terminal designer monitors a mobile terminal through a monitoring unit, and then debugs the mobile terminal (e.g., applications of the mobile terminal) by using the JTAG (joint test action group) Technologies of the debugging unit. Hereinafter, a system for controlling a unit for monitoring the mobile terminal before debugging the mobile terminal will be described with reference to FIG.1. FIG.1 is a view showing the configuration of a monitoring control system via the internet in accordance with the prior art. Here, a PC having a monitoring unit for monitoring a mobile terminal mounted therein is defined as a phone side PC, and a PC having a remote controller controlling the monitoring unit mounted therein is defined as a local side PC. As shown in FIG.1, the phone side PC 30 and the local side PC 10 are interconnected via the internet 20, and the mobile terminal 40 is connected to a communication port (not shown) of the phone side PC 30. The local side PC 10 sends a monitoring request to the phone side PC 30, and the phone side PC 30 monitors the mobile terminal 40 according to the monitoring request of the local side PC 10 and then sends a monitoring result to the local side PC 10 via the internet 20. The local side PC 10 receives the monitoring result sent from the phone side PC 30. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration and operation of the monitoring control system in accordance with the prior art will be described with reference to FIG.1. A send module 11 of the local side PC 10 sends a monitoring request to the phone side PC 30 via the internet 20 according to a user request. A receive module 12 of the local side PC 10 receives a monitoring result from the phone side PC 30, and sends the received monitoring result to a display module (not shown). A receive module 31 of the phone side PC 30 receives the monitoring request from the send module 11 of the local side PC 10, and transmits the monitoring request to a monitor module (not shown) of the phone side PC 10. A send module 32 of the phone side PC 30 receives a monitoring result from the monitor module, and sends the received monitoring result to the local side PC 10 via the internet. Here, the monitor module of the phone side PC 30 monitors the mobile terminal according to the monitoring request, and then sends the monitoring result to the send module 32. FIG.2 is an operational flow chart of a monitoring control method via the internet in accordance with the prior art. An assumption is made that before a user debugs the mobile terminal 40 connected to the phone side PC 30 by using the local side PC 10, the local side PC 10 sends a monitoring request to the phone side PC 30, and a message flow receiving a monitoring result from the phone side PC 30 is in an one-to-one monitoring mode. The local side PC 10 sends the monitoring request generated by the user to the phone side PC 30, and the phone side PC 30 monitors the mobile terminal 40 according to the received monitoring request and then sends a monitoring result to the local side PC 10. That is, the local side PC 10 sends a single monitoring request to the phone side PC 30, receives a single monitoring result sent according to the single monitoring request from the phone side PC 30, and displays the received monitoring result of the mobile terminal on a screen of the local side PC 10. Meanwhile, since the local side PC 10 generates a single monitoring request each time to monitor the mobile terminal 40, sends the generated single monitoring request to the phone side PC 30 via the internet, and receives a monitoring result corresponding to the single monitoring request, a network delay occurs due to the transit via the internet as the monitoring request and the monitoring result are received. For instance, in order to monitor three applications installed on the mobile terminal, the local side PC 10 sends Monitoring Request 1 for monitoring Application 1, sends Monitoring Request 2 for monitoring Application 2 when Monitoring Result 1 is received, sends Monitoring Request 3 for monitoring Application 3 when Monitoring Result 2 is received after sending Monitoring Request 2, and receives Monitoring Result 3 after sending Monitoring Request 3. Consequently, a network delay occurs to the monitoring control system in accordance with the prior art, because it waits until a monitoring result is received and then sends another monitoring request when the monitoring result is received. Moreover, the monitoring control system in accordance with the prior art has a problem that in the even that a network delay occurs due to the transit via the internet when sending and receiving the monitoring request and the monitoring result, it cannot monitor the mobile terminal in real time. Besides, the monitoring control system in accordance with the prior art has a problem that the local side PC and the phone side PC are disconnected if the network delay becomes too long. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring control system and method which can minimize network delay between a local side PC and a phone side PC when monitoring a mobile terminal. Another object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring control system and method which can monitor a mobile terminal in real time by minimizing network delay between a local side PC and a phone side PC when monitoring the mobile terminal. To accomplish the above objects, there is provided a monitoring control system for a mobile communication device in accordance with the present invention, said system comprising: a controller for sending a monitoring pattern comprising a plurality of monitoring requests via the Internet and receiving a monitoring result pattern comprising a plurality of monitoring results via the Internet, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring requests is different; and a monitoring unit connected to the mobile communication device for receiving the monitoring pattern, monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile communication device according to the plurality of monitoring requests in a pattern monitoring mode and sending the monitoring result pattern comprising the plurality of monitoring results via the Internet in the event of an end signal indicating the termination of sending the monitoring pattern is received from the controller, the plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests, wherein the monitoring unit converts a one- to-one monitoring mode into a pattern monitoring mode in the event of a start signal indicating the initiation of sending the monitoring pattern being received from the controller and converts the pattern monitoring mode into the one-to-one monitoring mode in the event of the plurality of monitoring results being sent to the controller. To accomplish the above objects, there is provided a monitoring control method in accordance with the present invention, comprising the steps of: consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of a mobile terminal via the internet; and monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests sent via the internet and then consecutively sending the plurality of monitoring results. To accomplish the above objects, there is provided another monitoring control method in accordance with the present invention, comprising the steps of: generating a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of a mobile terminal; sending the monitoring pattern to a unit for monitoring the mobile terminal; and monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests included in the 5 monitoring pattern and then consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring results. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings: FIG.1 is a view showing the configuration of a monitoring control system via the internet in accordance with the prior art; FIG.2 is an operational flow chart of a monitoring control method via the internet in accordance with the prior art; FIG.3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a monitoring control system via the internet in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.4 is an exemplary view showing the sending and receiving times of a monitoring pattern and monitoring results in accordance with the present invention; FIG.5 is an operating state diagram of a monitoring control method via the internet for explaining the present invention; FIG.6 is an operational flow chart of the monitoring control method via the internet in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention; and FIG.7 is an exemplary view showing an information list of the monitoring pattern and monitoring results of FIG.6. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a PC having a controller consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a mobile terminal via the internet is defined as a local side PC. And, defined as a phone side PC is a PC having a monitoring unit being connected to the mobile terminal, receiving a plurality of monitoring requests via the internet, and monitoring a plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests and then consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring results to the controller via the internet. An embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG.3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a monitoring control system via the internet in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG.3, the monitoring control system comprises a local side PC 50 generating a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a mobile terminal 40, sending the monitoring pattern to a phone side PC 70 via the internet 60 and displaying a plurality of monitoring results sent from the phone side PC 70; and the phone side PC 70 being connected to the mobile terminal 40, receiving the monitoring pattern from the local side PC, monitoring the mobile terminal 40 according to the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern and then sending a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests to the local side PC 50. Preferably, the local side PC 50 sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results consecutively sent from the phone side PC 70, or displays the monitoring results by collating and sorting them. Hereinafter, a detailed description of the monitoring control system in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The following detailed description may be changed in various ways by those skilled in the art on the basis of the present invention. The local side PC 50 includes: a monitoring pattern generating section 51 generating a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of a mobile terminal 40; a pattern sending and receiving section 52 sequentially outputting a start signal, the monitoring pattern and an end signal by starting to send the monitoring pattern, receiving the plurality of monitoring results outputted from the phone side PC 70 via the internet 60 and collating and sorting the received monitoring results; and a monitoring result display section 53 displaying the plurality of collated and sorted monitoring results. The monitoring pattern generating section 51 may generate a plurality of monitoring patterns including a plurality of monitoring requests according to a user request. Here, each monitoring request included in the monitoring pattern is a signal for monitoring each application executed on the mobile terminal 40. The pattern sending and receiving section 52 consists of: a send module 52A sequentially outputting the start signal, the monitoring pattern and the end signal when starting to send the monitoring pattern for monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile terminal 40; a receive module 52B receiving the plurality of monitoring results outputted from the phone side PC 70 via the internet 60 and collating and sorting the plurality of received monitoring results; and a pattern send and receive module 52C controlling the send module 52A and transmitting the plurality of monitoring results collated and sorted by the receive module 52B to the monitoring result display section 53. The phone side PC 70 includes: a start/end signal sense module 71 sensing a start/end signal indicating the start and end of the monitoring pattern; a monitoring request store section 72 storing the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern sent through the start/end signal sense module 71 when the start signal is sensed by the start/end signal sense module 71; a monitoring pattern sensing section 73 sensing the monitoring pattern sent through the start/end signal sense module 71 and generating a monitoring sense signal when the start signal is sensed by the start/end signal sense module 71; a monitoring request processing section 74 monitoring the plurality of applications of the mobile terminal 40 according to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the monitoring request storage section 72 after receiving the monitoring sense signal and then storing the plurality of monitoring results in a send buffer (not shown); and a send module 75 sending the plurality of monitoring results stored in the send buffer to the local side PC 50 via the internet 60. Hereinafter, the operation of the detailed configuration of the monitoring control system in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention will be pdescribed in detail. First, the monitoring pattern generating section 51 generates a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile terminal 40, and sends the generated monitoring pattern to the send module 52A. When the monitoring pattern is received, the send module 52A sequentially sends a start signal for starting to send the monitoring pattern, the monitoring pattern and an end signal indicating the end of sending the monitoring pattern to the phone side PC 70. Here, the send module 52A sends the start signal, the monitoring pattern and the end signal to the start/end signal sense module 71 of the phone side PC 70 via the internet 60 under control of the pattern send and receive module 52C. The start/end signal sense module 71 of the phone side PC 70 switches from the one-to-one monitoring mode to the pattern monitoring mode when it senses the start signal received via the internet. The start/end signal sense module 71 switches from the pattern monitoring mode to the one-to-one monitoring mode when it senses the end signal indicating the end of the monitoring pattern received via the internet 60. Here, the pattern monitoring mode is referred to as the mode for consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring results according to a plurality of consecutively sent monitoring requests after monitoring a plurality of applications. When the start signal is received by the start/end signal sense module 71, the monitoring request storage section 72 stores the plurality of monitoring results included in the monitoring pattern received after the start signal. When the start/end signal is received by the start/end signal sense module 71, the monitoring pattern sensing section 73 generates the monitoring pattern sent through the start/end signal sense module 71 after the start signal, and outputs a monitoring sense signal to the monitoring request processing section 74. The monitoring request processing section 74 monitors a plurality of applications corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the monitoring request storage section 72 according to the monitoring sense signal and then sequentially stores a plurality of monitoring results in a send buffer (not shown). The send module 75 sends the plurality of monitoring results stored in the send buffer to the receive module 52B of the local side PC via the internet 60. The receive module 52B receives the monitoring results received from the send module 75 of the phone side PC 70 via the internet 60, collates and sorts the plurality of received monitoring results and sends the plurality of collated and sorted monitoring results to the pattern send and receive module 52C. The pattern send and receive module 52C sends the plurality of monitoring results collated and sorted by the receive module 52B to the monitoring result display section 53. The monitoring result display section 53 displays the plurality of collated and sorted monitoring results on a screen. FIG.4 is an exemplary view showing the sending and receiving times of a monitoring pattern and monitoring results in accordance with the present invention. Moreover, FIG.4 shows a pattern monitoring mode and an one-to-one monitoring mode. As shown in FIG.4, in the pattern monitoring mode, the local side PC 50 sequentially sends a start signal and Monitoring Pattern 1 to the pone side PC 70, and the phone side PC 70 receives Monitoring Pattern 1 by sensing the start signal and then sends monitoring results corresponding to monitoring requests of Monitoring Pattern 1 to the local side PC 50. The local side PC 50 receives and displays the monitoring results transmitted from the phone side PC 70. Since the ocal side PC 50 consecutively receives and displays the monitoring results, network delay occurs only when receiving the first monitoring result and it is able to receive the monitoring results without network delay since the second result. In the one-to-one monitoring mode, the local side PC 50 sends the phone side PC 70 one monitoring request instead of a monitoring pattern. The phone side PC 70 receives the monitoring request and sends a monitoring result corresponding to the monitoring request to the local side PC 50. The local side PC 50 receives and displays the one monitoring result transmitted from the phone side PC 70. The local side PC 50 receives a monitoring result each time it sends a monitoring request, unlike when it sends and receives a monitoring pattern, and thus network delay occurs. FIG.5 is an operating state diagram of a monitoring control method via the internet for explaining the present invention. In the one-to-one monitoring mode, the local side PC 50 sends a monitoring request and receives a monitoring result corresponding to the monitoring request, and in the pattern monitoring mode, it sequentially sends a start signal, a monitoring pattern and an end signal and consecutively receives a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to a plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern. The phone side PC 70 receives a monitoring request and sends a monitoring result corresponding to the monitoring request in the one-to-one monitoring mode. When a start signal is received from the local side PC 50, it switches from the one-to-one monitoring mode to the pattern monitoring mode and then receives a monitoring pattern, and sends a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to a plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern. Here, the phone side PC 70 switches from the pattern monitoring mode to the one-to-one monitoring mode when an end signal is received from the local side PC 50. FIG.6 is an operational flow chart of the monitoring control method via the internet in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, explanation will be given under the assumption that applications of a mobile terminal to be monitored are selected, the one-to-one monitoring mode is switched to the pattern monitoring mode, and then the applications of the mobile terminal connected to the phone side PC are debugged. First, the local side PC 50 generates a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile terminal 40 in order to determine if the plurality of applications installed on the mobile terminal 40 normally operates according to a user request (S1). The local side PC 50 sends a start signal indicating the start of sending the monitoring pattern to the phone side PC 70 in the pattern monitoring mode. The phone side PC 70 senses the start signal sent from the local side PC and then switches from the one-to-one monitoring mode to the pattern monitoring mode (S2). The phone side PC 70 sense the monitoring pattern sent from the local side PC 50 after the start signal (S3), and sequentially sends the plurality of monitoring requests (Monitoring Requests 1, 2, ..., N) included in the monitoring pattern (S4). The phone side PC 70 monitors the plurality of applications of the mobile terminal according to the plurality of stored monitoring requests, and then sends a plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests to the local side PC 50 (S5). The local side PC 50 receives the plurality of monitoring results sent from the phone side PC 70 (S6), and sequentially displays the plurality of received monitoring results on a screen or collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results and displays the collated and sorted monitoring results on the screen (S7). Meanwhile, the local side PC 50 receives the plurality of monitoring results, and at the same time, when the plurality of monitoring requests are all sent to the phone side PC 70, it sends the phone side PC 70 an end signal indicating the end of sending the plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring pattern. When the end signal is received, the phone side PC 70 sends all the plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests to the local side PC 50, and then switches from the pattern monitoring mode to the one-to-one monitoring mode. Here, the one-to-one monitoring mode is well known in the prior art, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted. FIG.7 is an exemplary view showing an information list of the monitoring pattern and monitoring results of FIG.6. Monitoring Patterns 1 and 2 each consist of a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of a mobile terminal. Monitoring Result Patterns 1 and 2 each consist of a plurality of monitoring results generated by monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests. Here, the monitoring request processing section 74 sequentially sends the monitoring results, starting from the first generated result, to the local side PC through the send module 75, or sends a monitoring result pattern sequentially consisting of the plurality of monitoring results to the local side PC 50 through the send module 75. As described above in detail, the monitoring control system and method in accordance with the present invention have the effect of minimizing network delay between the local side PC and the phone side PC when monitoring a mobile terminal by sequentially sending a plurality of monitoring requests to the phone side PC and consecutively receiving a plurality of monitoring results from the phone side PC. Furthermore, the monitoring control system and method in accordance with the present invention have the effect of preventing disconnection due to network delay between the local side PC and the phone side PC since a mobile terminal is monitored in real time by minimizing network delay between the local side PC and the phone side PC when monitoring the mobile terminal. WE CLAIM: 1. A monitoring control system for a mobile communication device, the system comprising: a controller for sending a monitoring pattern comprising a plurality of monitoring requests via the Internet and receiving a monitoring result pattern comprising a plurality of monitoring results via the Internet, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring requests is different; and a monitoring unit connected to the mobile communication device for receiving the monitoring pattern, monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile communication device according to the plurality of monitoring requests in a pattern monitoring mode and sending the monitoring result pattern comprising the plurality of monitoring results via the Internet in the event of an end signal indicating the termination of sending the monitoring pattern is received from the controller, the plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests, wherein the monitoring unit converts a one-to-one monitoring mode into a pattern monitoring mode in the event of a start signal indicating the initiation of sending die monitoring pattern being received from the controller and converts the pattern monitoring mode into the one-to-one monitoring mode in the event of the plurality of monitoring results being sent to the controller. 2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller comprises: a monitoring pattern generating section for generating the monitoring pattern comprising the plurality of monitoring requests; a pattern sending and receiving section for sequentially sending a start signal, the monitoring pattern and an end signal via the Internet and receiving the monitoring result pattern via the Internet, the start signal indicating the beginning of the monitoring pattern and the end signal indicating the end of the monitoring pattern; and a monitoring result display section for displaying the received plurality of monitoring results. 3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the monitoring unit comprises.: a signal sense module for sensing the start and end signals; a monitoring request storage section for storing the plurality of monitoring requests contained in the monitoring pattern in the event of the signal sense module sensing the start signal; a monitoring pattern sensing section for sensing each of the plurality of monitoring requests contained in the monitoring pattern and generating a monitoring sense signal in the event of the signal sense module sensing the start signal; a monitoring request processing section for monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the monitoring request storage section upon receiving the monitoring sense signal and generating the plurality of monitoring results; and a send module for sending the monitoring result pattern via the Internet. 4. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the monitoring result display section sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received. 5. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the monitoring result display section collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results before display. 6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received. 7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the controller collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results before display.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a monitoring unit for a mobile terminal,
and more particularly, to a monitoring control system and method.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Recently, as the types of services for mobile terminals are varied, the size
of a program code supporting a plurality of services is increased. Moreover, as the
operation of a mobile terminal becomes gradually complicated, interaction
between many operations of the mobile terminal does not operate smoothly, thus
making the mobile terminal unstable.
A mobile terminal designer monitors a mobile terminal, and then stabilizes
the operation of the mobile terminal by using a debugging unit. For instance, the
mobile terminal designer monitors a mobile terminal through a monitoring unit,
and then debugs the mobile terminal (e.g., applications of the mobile terminal) by
using the JTAG (joint test action group) Technologies of the debugging unit.
Hereinafter, a system for controlling a unit for monitoring the mobile
terminal before debugging the mobile terminal will be described with reference to
FIG.1.
FIG.1 is a view showing the configuration of a monitoring control system
via the internet in accordance with the prior art. Here, a PC having a monitoring
unit for monitoring a mobile terminal mounted therein is defined as a phone side
PC, and a PC having a remote controller controlling the monitoring unit mounted
therein is defined as a local side PC.
As shown in FIG.1, the phone side PC 30 and the local side PC 10 are
interconnected via the internet 20, and the mobile terminal 40 is connected to a
communication port (not shown) of the phone side PC 30. The local side PC 10
sends a monitoring request to the phone side PC 30, and the phone side PC 30
monitors the mobile terminal 40 according to the monitoring request of the local
side PC 10 and then sends a monitoring result to the local side PC 10 via the
internet 20. The local side PC 10 receives the monitoring result sent from the
phone side PC 30.
Hereinafter, a detailed configuration and operation of the monitoring
control system in accordance with the prior art will be described with reference to
FIG.1.
A send module 11 of the local side PC 10 sends a monitoring request to
the phone side PC 30 via the internet 20 according to a user request. A receive
module 12 of the local side PC 10 receives a monitoring result from the phone
side PC 30, and sends the received monitoring result to a display module (not
shown).
A receive module 31 of the phone side PC 30 receives the monitoring
request from the send module 11 of the local side PC 10, and transmits the
monitoring request to a monitor module (not shown) of the phone side PC 10. A
send module 32 of the phone side PC 30 receives a monitoring result from the
monitor module, and sends the received monitoring result to the local side PC 10
via the internet. Here, the monitor module of the phone side PC 30 monitors the
mobile terminal according to the monitoring request, and then sends the
monitoring result to the send module 32.
FIG.2 is an operational flow chart of a monitoring control method via the
internet in accordance with the prior art.
An assumption is made that before a user debugs the mobile terminal 40
connected to the phone side PC 30 by using the local side PC 10, the local side
PC 10 sends a monitoring request to the phone side PC 30, and a message flow
receiving a monitoring result from the phone side PC 30 is in an one-to-one
monitoring mode.
The local side PC 10 sends the monitoring request generated by the user
to the phone side PC 30, and the phone side PC 30 monitors the mobile terminal
40 according to the received monitoring request and then sends a monitoring
result to the local side PC 10. That is, the local side PC 10 sends a single
monitoring request to the phone side PC 30, receives a single monitoring result
sent according to the single monitoring request from the phone side PC 30, and
displays the received monitoring result of the mobile terminal on a screen of the
local side PC 10.
Meanwhile, since the local side PC 10 generates a single monitoring
request each time to monitor the mobile terminal 40, sends the generated single
monitoring request to the phone side PC 30 via the internet, and receives a
monitoring result corresponding to the single monitoring request, a network delay
occurs due to the transit via the internet as the monitoring request and the
monitoring result are received. For instance, in order to monitor three applications
installed on the mobile terminal, the local side PC 10 sends Monitoring Request 1
for monitoring Application 1, sends Monitoring Request 2 for monitoring
Application 2 when Monitoring Result 1 is received, sends Monitoring Request 3

for monitoring Application 3 when Monitoring Result 2 is received after sending Monitoring Request
2, and receives Monitoring Result 3 after sending Monitoring Request 3.
Consequently, a network delay occurs to the monitoring control system in accordance with
the prior art, because it waits until a monitoring result is received and then sends another
monitoring request when the monitoring result is received. Moreover, the monitoring control system
in accordance with the prior art has a problem that in the even that a network delay occurs due to
the transit via the internet when sending and receiving the monitoring request and the monitoring
result, it cannot monitor the mobile terminal in real time. Besides, the monitoring control system in
accordance with the prior art has a problem that the local side PC and the phone side PC are
disconnected if the network delay becomes too long.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring control system and
method which can minimize network delay between a local side PC and a phone side PC when
monitoring a mobile terminal.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring control system and
method which can monitor a mobile terminal in real time by minimizing network delay between a
local side PC and a phone side PC when monitoring the mobile terminal.
To accomplish the above objects, there is provided a monitoring control system for a
mobile communication device in accordance with the present invention, said system comprising: a
controller for sending a monitoring pattern comprising a plurality of monitoring requests via the

Internet and receiving a monitoring result pattern comprising a plurality of monitoring results via the
Internet, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring requests is different; and a monitoring unit
connected to the mobile communication device for receiving the monitoring pattern, monitoring a
plurality of applications of the mobile communication device according to the plurality of monitoring
requests in a pattern monitoring mode and sending the monitoring result pattern comprising the
plurality of monitoring results via the Internet in the event of an end signal indicating the termination
of sending the monitoring pattern is received from the controller, the plurality of monitoring results
corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests, wherein the monitoring unit converts a one-
to-one monitoring mode into a pattern monitoring mode in the event of a start signal indicating the
initiation of sending the monitoring pattern being received from the controller and converts the
pattern monitoring mode into the one-to-one monitoring mode in the event of the plurality of
monitoring results being sent to the controller.
To accomplish the above objects, there is provided a monitoring control method in
accordance with the present invention, comprising the steps of: consecutively sending a plurality of
monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of a mobile terminal via the internet;
and monitoring the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests sent via
the internet and then consecutively sending the plurality of monitoring results.
To accomplish the above objects, there is provided another monitoring control method in
accordance with the present invention, comprising the steps of: generating a monitoring pattern
including a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of a mobile
terminal; sending the monitoring pattern to a unit for monitoring the mobile terminal; and monitoring
the plurality of applications according to the plurality of monitoring requests included in the
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monitoring pattern and then consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring
results.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further

understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this
specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the
description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the drawings:
FIG.1 is a view showing the configuration of a monitoring control system
via the internet in accordance with the prior art;
FIG.2 is an operational flow chart of a monitoring control method via the
internet in accordance with the prior art;
FIG.3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a monitoring control
system via the internet in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention;
FIG.4 is an exemplary view showing the sending and receiving times of a
monitoring pattern and monitoring results in accordance with the present
invention;
FIG.5 is an operating state diagram of a monitoring control method via the
internet for explaining the present invention;
FIG.6 is an operational flow chart of the monitoring control method via the
internet in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG.7 is an exemplary view showing an information list of the monitoring

pattern and monitoring results of FIG.6.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, a PC having a controller consecutively sending a plurality of
monitoring requests for monitoring a mobile terminal via the internet is defined as
a local side PC. And, defined as a phone side PC is a PC having a monitoring unit
being connected to the mobile terminal, receiving a plurality of monitoring
requests via the internet, and monitoring a plurality of applications according to
the plurality of monitoring requests and then consecutively sending a plurality of
monitoring results to the controller via the internet.
An embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG.3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a monitoring control
system via the internet in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention.
As shown in FIG.3, the monitoring control system comprises a local side
PC 50 generating a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests
for monitoring a mobile terminal 40, sending the monitoring pattern to a phone
side PC 70 via the internet 60 and displaying a plurality of monitoring results sent
from the phone side PC 70; and the phone side PC 70 being connected to the
mobile terminal 40, receiving the monitoring pattern from the local side PC,
monitoring the mobile terminal 40 according to the plurality of monitoring requests
included in the monitoring pattern and then sending a plurality of monitoring
results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests to the local side PC

50. Preferably, the local side PC 50 sequentially displays the plurality of
monitoring results consecutively sent from the phone side PC 70, or displays the
monitoring results by collating and sorting them.
Hereinafter, a detailed description of the monitoring control system in
accordance with the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The
following detailed description may be changed in various ways by those skilled in
the art on the basis of the present invention.
The local side PC 50 includes: a monitoring pattern generating section 51
generating a monitoring pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests for
monitoring a plurality of applications of a mobile terminal 40; a pattern sending
and receiving section 52 sequentially outputting a start signal, the monitoring
pattern and an end signal by starting to send the monitoring pattern, receiving the
plurality of monitoring results outputted from the phone side PC 70 via the internet
60 and collating and sorting the received monitoring results; and a monitoring
result display section 53 displaying the plurality of collated and sorted monitoring
results. The monitoring pattern generating section 51 may generate a plurality of
monitoring patterns including a plurality of monitoring requests according to a user
request. Here, each monitoring request included in the monitoring pattern is a
signal for monitoring each application executed on the mobile terminal 40.
The pattern sending and receiving section 52 consists of: a send module
52A sequentially outputting the start signal, the monitoring pattern and the end
signal when starting to send the monitoring pattern for monitoring a plurality of
applications of the mobile terminal 40; a receive module 52B receiving the
plurality of monitoring results outputted from the phone side PC 70 via the internet
60 and collating and sorting the plurality of received monitoring results; and a

pattern send and receive module 52C controlling the send module 52A and
transmitting the plurality of monitoring results collated and sorted by the receive
module 52B to the monitoring result display section 53.
The phone side PC 70 includes: a start/end signal sense module 71
sensing a start/end signal indicating the start and end of the monitoring pattern; a
monitoring request store section 72 storing the plurality of monitoring requests
included in the monitoring pattern sent through the start/end signal sense module
71 when the start signal is sensed by the start/end signal sense module 71; a
monitoring pattern sensing section 73 sensing the monitoring pattern sent through
the start/end signal sense module 71 and generating a monitoring sense signal
when the start signal is sensed by the start/end signal sense module 71; a
monitoring request processing section 74 monitoring the plurality of applications of
the mobile terminal 40 according to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in
the monitoring request storage section 72 after receiving the monitoring sense
signal and then storing the plurality of monitoring results in a send buffer (not
shown); and a send module 75 sending the plurality of monitoring results stored in
the send buffer to the local side PC 50 via the internet 60.
Hereinafter, the operation of the detailed configuration of the monitoring
control system in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention will be
pdescribed in detail.
First, the monitoring pattern generating section 51 generates a monitoring
pattern including a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of
applications of the mobile terminal 40, and sends the generated monitoring
pattern to the send module 52A.
When the monitoring pattern is received, the send module 52A

sequentially sends a start signal for starting to send the monitoring pattern, the
monitoring pattern and an end signal indicating the end of sending the monitoring
pattern to the phone side PC 70. Here, the send module 52A sends the start
signal, the monitoring pattern and the end signal to the start/end signal sense
module 71 of the phone side PC 70 via the internet 60 under control of the pattern
send and receive module 52C.
The start/end signal sense module 71 of the phone side PC 70 switches
from the one-to-one monitoring mode to the pattern monitoring mode when it
senses the start signal received via the internet. The start/end signal sense
module 71 switches from the pattern monitoring mode to the one-to-one
monitoring mode when it senses the end signal indicating the end of the
monitoring pattern received via the internet 60. Here, the pattern monitoring mode
is referred to as the mode for consecutively sending a plurality of monitoring
results according to a plurality of consecutively sent monitoring requests after
monitoring a plurality of applications.
When the start signal is received by the start/end signal sense module 71,
the monitoring request storage section 72 stores the plurality of monitoring results
included in the monitoring pattern received after the start signal.
When the start/end signal is received by the start/end signal sense
module 71, the monitoring pattern sensing section 73 generates the monitoring
pattern sent through the start/end signal sense module 71 after the start signal,
and outputs a monitoring sense signal to the monitoring request processing
section 74.
The monitoring request processing section 74 monitors a plurality of
applications corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the

monitoring request storage section 72 according to the monitoring sense signal
and then sequentially stores a plurality of monitoring results in a send buffer (not
shown).
The send module 75 sends the plurality of monitoring results stored in the
send buffer to the receive module 52B of the local side PC via the internet 60.
The receive module 52B receives the monitoring results received from the
send module 75 of the phone side PC 70 via the internet 60, collates and sorts
the plurality of received monitoring results and sends the plurality of collated and
sorted monitoring results to the pattern send and receive module 52C.
The pattern send and receive module 52C sends the plurality of
monitoring results collated and sorted by the receive module 52B to the
monitoring result display section 53.
The monitoring result display section 53 displays the plurality of collated
and sorted monitoring results on a screen.
FIG.4 is an exemplary view showing the sending and receiving times of a
monitoring pattern and monitoring results in accordance with the present
invention. Moreover, FIG.4 shows a pattern monitoring mode and an one-to-one
monitoring mode.
As shown in FIG.4, in the pattern monitoring mode, the local side PC 50
sequentially sends a start signal and Monitoring Pattern 1 to the pone side PC 70,
and the phone side PC 70 receives Monitoring Pattern 1 by sensing the start
signal and then sends monitoring results corresponding to monitoring requests of
Monitoring Pattern 1 to the local side PC 50. The local side PC 50 receives and
displays the monitoring results transmitted from the phone side PC 70. Since the
ocal side PC 50 consecutively receives and displays the monitoring results,

network delay occurs only when receiving the first monitoring result and it is able
to receive the monitoring results without network delay since the second result.
In the one-to-one monitoring mode, the local side PC 50 sends the phone
side PC 70 one monitoring request instead of a monitoring pattern. The phone
side PC 70 receives the monitoring request and sends a monitoring result
corresponding to the monitoring request to the local side PC 50. The local side PC
50 receives and displays the one monitoring result transmitted from the phone
side PC 70. The local side PC 50 receives a monitoring result each time it sends a
monitoring request, unlike when it sends and receives a monitoring pattern, and
thus network delay occurs.
FIG.5 is an operating state diagram of a monitoring control method via the
internet for explaining the present invention.
In the one-to-one monitoring mode, the local side PC 50 sends a
monitoring request and receives a monitoring result corresponding to the
monitoring request, and in the pattern monitoring mode, it sequentially sends a
start signal, a monitoring pattern and an end signal and consecutively receives a
plurality of monitoring results corresponding to a plurality of monitoring requests
included in the monitoring pattern.
The phone side PC 70 receives a monitoring request and sends a
monitoring result corresponding to the monitoring request in the one-to-one
monitoring mode. When a start signal is received from the local side PC 50, it
switches from the one-to-one monitoring mode to the pattern monitoring mode
and then receives a monitoring pattern, and sends a plurality of monitoring results

corresponding to a plurality of monitoring requests included in the monitoring
pattern. Here, the phone side PC 70 switches from the pattern monitoring mode to

the one-to-one monitoring mode when an end signal is received from the local
side PC 50.
FIG.6 is an operational flow chart of the monitoring control method via the
internet in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, explanation will be given under the assumption that
applications of a mobile terminal to be monitored are selected, the one-to-one
monitoring mode is switched to the pattern monitoring mode, and then the
applications of the mobile terminal connected to the phone side PC are
debugged.
First, the local side PC 50 generates a monitoring pattern including a
plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of the
mobile terminal 40 in order to determine if the plurality of applications installed on
the mobile terminal 40 normally operates according to a user request (S1).
The local side PC 50 sends a start signal indicating the start of sending
the monitoring pattern to the phone side PC 70 in the pattern monitoring mode.
The phone side PC 70 senses the start signal sent from the local side PC
and then switches from the one-to-one monitoring mode to the pattern
monitoring mode (S2).
The phone side PC 70 sense the monitoring pattern sent from the local
side PC 50 after the start signal (S3), and sequentially sends the plurality of
monitoring requests (Monitoring Requests 1, 2, ..., N) included in the monitoring
pattern (S4).
The phone side PC 70 monitors the plurality of applications of the mobile
terminal according to the plurality of stored monitoring requests, and then sends a
plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests

to the local side PC 50 (S5).
The local side PC 50 receives the plurality of monitoring results sent from
the phone side PC 70 (S6), and sequentially displays the plurality of received
monitoring results on a screen or collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring
results and displays the collated and sorted monitoring results on the screen (S7).
Meanwhile, the local side PC 50 receives the plurality of monitoring
results, and at the same time, when the plurality of monitoring requests are all
sent to the phone side PC 70, it sends the phone side PC 70 an end signal
indicating the end of sending the plurality of monitoring requests included in the
monitoring pattern.
When the end signal is received, the phone side PC 70 sends all the
plurality of monitoring results corresponding to the plurality of monitoring requests
to the local side PC 50, and then switches from the pattern monitoring mode to
the one-to-one monitoring mode. Here, the one-to-one monitoring mode is well
known in the prior art, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
FIG.7 is an exemplary view showing an information list of the monitoring
pattern and monitoring results of FIG.6. Monitoring Patterns 1 and 2 each consist
of a plurality of monitoring requests for monitoring a plurality of applications of a
mobile terminal. Monitoring Result Patterns 1 and 2 each consist of a plurality of
monitoring results generated by monitoring the plurality of applications according
to the plurality of monitoring requests. Here, the monitoring request processing
section 74 sequentially sends the monitoring results, starting from the first
generated result, to the local side PC through the send module 75, or sends a
monitoring result pattern sequentially consisting of the plurality of monitoring
results to the local side PC 50 through the send module 75.

As described above in detail, the monitoring control system and method in
accordance with the present invention have the effect of minimizing network delay
between the local side PC and the phone side PC when monitoring a mobile
terminal by sequentially sending a plurality of monitoring requests to the phone
side PC and consecutively receiving a plurality of monitoring results from the
phone side PC.
Furthermore, the monitoring control system and method in accordance
with the present invention have the effect of preventing disconnection due to
network delay between the local side PC and the phone side PC since a mobile
terminal is monitored in real time by minimizing network delay between the local
side PC and the phone side PC when monitoring the mobile terminal.

WE CLAIM:
1. A monitoring control system for a mobile communication device, the system
comprising:
a controller for sending a monitoring pattern comprising a plurality of monitoring
requests via the Internet and receiving a monitoring result pattern comprising a plurality of
monitoring results via the Internet, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring requests is
different; and
a monitoring unit connected to the mobile communication device for receiving the
monitoring pattern, monitoring a plurality of applications of the mobile communication
device according to the plurality of monitoring requests in a pattern monitoring mode and
sending the monitoring result pattern comprising the plurality of monitoring results via the
Internet in the event of an end signal indicating the termination of sending the monitoring
pattern is received from the controller, the plurality of monitoring results corresponding to
the plurality of monitoring requests,
wherein the monitoring unit converts a one-to-one monitoring mode into a pattern
monitoring mode in the event of a start signal indicating the initiation of sending die
monitoring pattern being received from the controller and converts the pattern monitoring
mode into the one-to-one monitoring mode in the event of the plurality of monitoring results
being sent to the controller.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller comprises:
a monitoring pattern generating section for generating the monitoring pattern
comprising the plurality of monitoring requests;
a pattern sending and receiving section for sequentially sending a start signal, the
monitoring pattern and an end signal via the Internet and receiving the monitoring result
pattern via the Internet, the start signal indicating the beginning of the monitoring pattern
and the end signal indicating the end of the monitoring pattern; and
a monitoring result display section for displaying the received plurality of monitoring
results.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the monitoring unit comprises.:
a signal sense module for sensing the start and end signals;
a monitoring request storage section for storing the plurality of monitoring requests
contained in the monitoring pattern in the event of the signal sense module sensing the start
signal;
a monitoring pattern sensing section for sensing each of the plurality of monitoring
requests contained in the monitoring pattern and generating a monitoring sense signal in the
event of the signal sense module sensing the start signal;
a monitoring request processing section for monitoring the plurality of applications
according to the plurality of monitoring requests stored in the monitoring request storage
section upon receiving the monitoring sense signal and generating the plurality of
monitoring results; and
a send module for sending the monitoring result pattern via the Internet.
4. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the monitoring result display section
sequentially displays the plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received.
5. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the monitoring result display section
collates and sorts the plurality of monitoring results before display.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller sequentially displays the
plurality of monitoring results as consecutively received.
7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the controller collates and sorts the
plurality of monitoring results before display.

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