Apparatus and method for detecting communication operation resulted from an erroneous content in mobile platform
View Patent ↗Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for detecting whether a content executed in a mobile platform of mobile communication terminal perform a communication operation without a user's reservation or permission, thereby preventing an unexpected communication operation. In this invention, if a content performs the communication operation due to its malfunction by a computer virus or a program error, the communication operation, such as voice calling or message transmission to unspecified communication terminal or access to arbitrary wireless internet server, is detected and interrupted. With the interruption of the unexpected communication operation, the user's damage, such as the payment of charges for communication services, is previously prevented. In case of the interruption of the communication operation, the user is informed of the erroneous content and the performed communication operation so that the user selects the corresponding contents to be deleted or preserved.
1. A mobile communication terminal for detecting a communication operation caused by an erroneous content, comprising:
a function setting unit to set an interlock function of mobile platform communication, the interlock function to detect the communication operation due to the erroneous content executed in a mobile platform according to a user's selection, the function setting unit being a menu-driven type or a specific key button-driven type;
a detection unit to detect the communication operation caused by the erroneous content executed in the mobile platform mounted in the mobile communication terminal if the function setting unit is set, and to transfer information of the erroneous content and the communication operation to a controller, wherein the detection unit detects that the performance of the communication operation is caused by the erroneous content through checking whether a specific key provided with the mobile communication terminal is pressed for a communicative connection;
the controller to interrupt the performance of the communication operation caused by the erroneous content if the specific key provided with the mobile communication terminal is not pressed for the communicative connection; and
a malfunction notification unit to inform the user of an interrupt of the communicative operation due to a malfunction of the erroneous content and to display information of the erroneous content and the interrupted communicative operation,
wherein the controller causes the malfunction notification unit to aurally inform the user of the interruption of the communicative operation, inquires whether to delete or preserve the erroneous content, and processes to delete or preserve the erroneous content stored in a contents storage unit according to a terminal user's selection, and
wherein the controller informs the user of the interruption of the communicative operation by controlling the malfunction notification unit, and displays information of the erroneous content and the performed communication operation received from the detection unit on a terminal screen through the malfunction notification unit.
2. A mobile communication terminal for detecting a communication operation caused by an erroneous content, comprising:
a function setting unit to set an interlock function of mobile platform communication, the interlock function to detect the communication operation due to the erroneous content executed in a mobile platform according to a user's selection, the function setting unit being a menu-driven type or a specific key button-driven type;
a detection unit to detect the communication operation caused by the erroneous content executed in the mobile platform mounted in the mobile communication terminal if the function setting unit is set, wherein the detection unit detects that the performance of the communication operation is caused by the erroneous content through checking whether a user's reservation for a message transmission to be sent to another terminal is set in the mobile communication terminal;
a controller to interrupt the performance of the communication operation caused by the erroneous content if the user's reservation for a message transmission to be sent to the other terminal is not set in the mobile communication terminal; and
a malfunction notification unit to inform the user of an interrupt of the communicative operation due to a malfunction of the erroneous content and to display information of the erroneous content and the interrupted communicative operation,
wherein the controller causes the malfunction notification unit to aurally inform the user of the interruption of the communicative operation, inquires whether to delete or preserve the erroneous content, and processes to delete or preserve the erroneous content stored in a contents storage unit according to a terminal user's selection, and
wherein the controller informs the user of the interruption of the communicative operation by controlling the malfunction notification unit, and displays information of the erroneous content and the performed communication operation received from the detection unit on a terminal screen through the malfunction notification unit.