JP5812504B2 - Thin client terminal system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a thin client terminal system provided with a thin client server in which a computer device can communicate via a terminal device having a memory card storing an OS (operating system) .

  In recent years, telework has been promoted in companies, and not only in-house but also in satellite offices and work styles for working at home have appeared. Thin client systems and thin client terminals are used as a mechanism that allows internal IT resources (servers, information processing terminals, etc.) to be used securely from outside the company in order to work in the same environment as possible within the company.

  Usually, a thin client terminal (computer device) used in a thin client system is configured to convert an information processing terminal used by employees outside the company into a dedicated thin client terminal by using a personal authentication key. For example, in the following Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent No. 3918827), in order to function as a thin client terminal, a storage device having a tamper-resistant storage function storing authentication information and the like is inserted, and remote from the server. A secure remote access system adapted to be operated is disclosed.

  Also, in the following Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-064300), a removable memory such as a USB memory storing the OS of the computer device is connected to the thin client terminal (computer device), and the OS is run on the removable memory. A removable memory unit that activates the server to become a thin client terminal is disclosed.

  Further, in the following Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-092240), a micro SD card storing an OS of a computer device is attached, a mobile phone is connected to the computer device by USB, and the OS is booted on the computer device. An information processing apparatus that uses a communication function (modem function) of a mobile phone to communicate with a server to form a thin client terminal is disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 3918827 JP 2009-064300 A JP 2010-092240 A

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of the information processing system 100 for the thin client system disclosed in Patent Document 3. As shown in FIG. 4, this information processing system is composed of a mobile phone 110 and a computer device 120 such as a personal computer PC, and a micro computer in which an OS is recorded in a storage medium mounting slot (not shown) of the mobile phone 110. A storage medium such as an SD card 130 is mounted, and the mobile phone 110 and the computer device 120 are connected by a USB cable 140 for external connection of the mobile phone. When the mobile phone 110 is set to the use mode of the micro SD card 130, the micro SD card 130 attached to the mobile phone 110 is recognized as a memory card connected by the USB cable 140 from the computer device 120. The OS incorporated (stored) in the micro SD card 130 can be expanded and activated in the RAM of the computer device 120 by the action of the BIOS 120, and the computer device 120 can be made into a thin client terminal. .

  By the way, when telephone number authentication is performed on the mobile phone 110 or data communication is performed using the mobile phone 110, the USB interface of the mobile phone 110 (the micro SD card 130 of the mobile phone 100 and the computer device 120 are connected to each other). Since the connection interface) and the modem (not shown) which is the communication interface of the mobile phone 110 can only operate exclusively, only one of the functions can be used at the same time.

  That is, when using the modem of the mobile phone 110, the connection to the micro SD card 130 in which the OS is stored must be disconnected. For this reason, the information processing system of Patent Document 3 adopts a system configuration in which the OS main body file is transferred to the RAM of the computer device 120 when the OS is started, and the OS is started from here. As a result, the connection with the micro SD card 130 can be disconnected except when any information is stored in the micro SD card 130.

  By the way, in this system, when data communication between the computer device 120 and the thin client server (not shown) is performed using the modem of the mobile phone 110 after the OS is started in the computer device 120, the computer Since the data transmission / reception between the device 120 and the mobile phone 110 is performed using the USB cable 140, the use mode of the micro SD card 130 of the mobile phone 110 is stopped and switched to the data communication mode with the computer device 120. Need arises.

  In the information processing system of Patent Document 3, as described above, it is necessary to switch between the mode of using the micro SD card 130 of the mobile phone 110 and the communication mode using the modem. In this case, the switching is performed manually. there were. For this reason, there is a problem in that it takes time for switching to the user, the amount of work is large, and the operation varies depending on the manufacturer of the mobile phone device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in particular, using a mobile phone as an external terminal, without booting an OS provided in the mobile phone into a computer device, without performing a specific operation, It is an object of the present invention to provide a thin client terminal system that can connect to and communicate with a server using a communication function of a mobile phone.

Thin client terminal system according to the present invention, a computer device, via a terminal device having a memory card OS is stored, a thin client terminal system comprising a communicable thin client server, said terminal device, A USIM in which an authentication key is stored; a USB interface; and a short-range wireless communication interface; and the computer device includes a mounting unit that mounts the terminal device as an external memory, a USB interface, and a short-range A wireless communication interface, and the terminal device is connected to the computer device via the USB interface of the terminal device and the USB interface of the computer device, mounted by the mounting means, and processed by the computer. And the computer device is activated based on the OS after the mount processing, and the computer device is unmounted by the mounting means after the OS is activated, and then the short-range wireless communication interface of the computer device and the terminal device wherein by using the authentication key via the short-range wireless communication interface, and wherein the communicating with the thin client server.

In the thin client terminal system , the computer device includes a RAM, the OS is transferred to the RAM after the mounting process, and the computer device is activated based on the OS transferred to the RAM. It is characterized by that.

Thin client terminal system of the present invention, a computer device, via a terminal device having a memory card OS is stored, a thin client terminal system comprising a communicable thin client server, the terminal apparatus authentication A USIM storing a key; a USB interface; and a short-range wireless communication interface, wherein the computer device mounts the terminal device as an external memory, a USB interface, and a short-range wireless A communication interface, and the terminal device is connected to the computer device via the USB interface of the terminal device and the USB interface of the computer device, mounted by the mounting means, and processed by the computer device. Is started based on the OS after the mounting process, and the computer device is unmounted by the mounting means after the OS is started, and then the short-range wireless communication interface of the computer device and the terminal device by using the authentication key via said short-range wireless communication interface to communicate with the thin client server.

In the thin client terminal system , the computer device includes a RAM, the OS is transferred to the RAM after the mounting process, and the computer device is activated based on the OS transferred to the RAM. The

  According to such a configuration, a mobile phone is used as an external terminal, and a specific operation is performed after the OS provided in the mobile phone (the OS stored in the external storage medium attached to the mobile phone) is booted on the computer device. In addition, the connection and communication between the computer device and the thin client server can be performed using the communication function of the mobile phone.

It is a system conceptual diagram which shows the concept of the thin client terminal system for the thin client system concerning the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone which comprises the thin client terminal system concerning the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the computer apparatus which comprises the thin client terminal system concerning the Example of this invention. It is a system conceptual diagram which shows the concept of the information processing system for the conventional thin client system.

  Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples and drawings. However, the embodiments shown below exemplify a thin client terminal system for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and are not intended to specify the present invention to this thin client terminal system. The present invention is equally applicable to the thin client terminal systems of other embodiments included in the claims.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a thin client terminal system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the thin client terminal system 10 according to the first embodiment includes a mobile phone 11 and a computer device 12 such as a personal computer (PC), and a storage medium mounting slot (not shown) of the mobile phone 11. ) Is mounted with a storage medium 13 such as a micro SD card in which an OS is recorded, the mobile phone 11 and the computer device 12 are connected by a USB cable 14 for external connection of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone is connected by the short-range wireless communication 15. 11 and the computer device 12 are configured to perform data communication.

  When the mobile phone 11 is set to the micro SD card use mode, the micro SD card 13 attached to the mobile phone 11 is recognized by the computer device 12 as a memory card connected by the USB cable 14. The OS incorporated (stored) in the micro SD card 13 can be loaded into the RAM of the computer device 12 and activated by the BIOS, and the computer device 12 can be made into a thin client terminal. Up to this point, it is the same as the conventional information processing system described with reference to FIG.

  On the other hand, when data communication (data transmission / reception) performed by the computer apparatus 12 in which the OS has been started is performed with a sink line at server (not shown) using the modem function of the mobile phone 11, authentication of the computer apparatus 12 is performed. (Passphrase, etc.), information necessary for authentication of the telephone number of the mobile phone 11, and data transmitted / received between the computer device 12 and the thin client server are carried using the short-range wireless 15 such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). The data is sent from the telephone 11 to the computer device 12 or from the computer device 12 to the mobile phone 11 and is configured to perform data communication with the thin client server.

  As described above, the USB cable 14 (USB interface) is used in a mode in which the micro SD card on which the OS is recorded is used as a memory card, and the computer device 12 is connected to the thin client server via the communication function of the mobile phone 11. When performing data communication with the wireless communication system, data transmission / reception is performed between the computer device 12 and the mobile phone 11 using short-range wireless communication, so the USB interface is not shared with data communication. Switching operation to the data communication mode can be made unnecessary.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the mobile phone 11 constituting the above-described thin client terminal system 10 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 11. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile phone 11 includes a memory 111, a modem 112, a controller 113, a USB interface 115, and a short-range wireless communication interface 116.

  The memory 111 is a storage unit for causing the mobile phone 11 to function as an external memory by being connected to the computer device 12 via the USB interface 115.

  The modem 112 is a means for causing the mobile phone 11 to function as a modem by connecting to the computer device 12 via the short-range wireless communication interface 116.

  The controller 113 is a microprocessor, for example, and operates according to a control program stored in the ROM to control each unit of the mobile phone 11.

  The USB interface 115 has a connector to which a USB cable can be attached. The micro SD card attached to the mobile phone 11 through the USB cable is recognized by the computer device 12 as the external memory. The OS stored in 13 (see FIG. 1) can be sent to the computer device 12.

  The short-range wireless communication interface 116 is an interface portion that is connected to the computer apparatus 12 by wireless communication. For example, the short-range wireless communication interface 116 is configured using short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), for example, and transmits and receives data between the computer device 12 and the mobile phone 11.

  A USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) 114 is detachably attached to the mobile phone 11 and is a memory module that stores subscriber information of the mobile phone 11 and the like. Further, the USIM 114 has an authentication key storage area, and stores an authentication key for using the thin client terminal system 10 as described above. The computer device 12 can determine whether or not the user is appropriate by reading the authentication key stored in the USIM 114.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the computer device 12 constituting the thin client terminal system 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the computer apparatus 12 includes a CPU 121, a RAM 122 (RAMDisk area 122 a), a device controller 123 (mounting means, unmounting means, securing means, transfer means, communication means), a BIOSROM 124, and a USB interface 125, A short-range wireless communication interface 126 is included.

  Although not shown, the computer device 12 includes an operation unit such as a keyboard, a display unit such as a display, and a ROM. In this embodiment, since the purpose is to make the computer device 12 function as a thin client terminal, a hard disk is not necessary, but a hard disk may be provided. Each configuration will be described below.

  The CPU 121 is a part that performs overall control of the computer device 12. In this embodiment, in addition to the process of creating the RAMDisk area 122a for the RAM 122, in particular, the BIOS read process, the OS startup process, the external and internal This is a part for instructing mount processing and unmount processing for the storage device. Further, the CPU 121 executes an OS initialization process, an OS core part (basic program for starting the OS), and a RAM Disk area 122a in accordance with a procedure program included in the boot loader output from the computer device 12. Creation instruction, initial script expansion processing, RAM Disk area 122a mounting processing, mobile phone 11 mounting processing, OS copy, OS startup, OS file expansion for execution by OS, and operation on OS The various applications (applications (communication means) for executing communication processes) are started and executed.

  The RAM 122 is a memory for developing software such as an OS and applications. A RAM Disk area 122a is formed in the RAM 122 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 121, and files stored in the RAM Disk area 122a are read from the CPU 121 as necessary.

  The RAM Disk area 122a includes an initial script area 122b that is a part for storing an execution program for an initial script, and a program for starting and executing the OS (OS main body part: an execution file group for executing the OS). And an OS main body area 122c which is a part to be stored. In each area, the initial script and the OS main body portion stored in the computer apparatus 12 are transferred and stored in accordance with processing by the device controller 123. Further, this is an area for performing decompression processing and decompression of a compressed library file for executing the OS in accordance with processing by the device controller 123. The file stored in the RAMDisk area 122a is held accessible by the device controller 123.

  Based on an instruction from the CPU 121, the device controller 123 reads the BIOS or the like, and when the mobile phone 11 is connected as an external memory, the mount processing / unmount processing for that, and the mobile phone 11 and the RAMDisk area 122a. On the other hand, it is a part that performs access processing for reading data. When the device controller 123 performs data communication via the short-range wireless communication interface 126 after performing unmount processing on the mobile phone 11 mounted as an external memory, the device controller 123 serves as the modem. It can be recognized and used.

  The BIOS ROM 124 is a memory that stores a basic input / output system (BIOS).

  The USB interface 125 is an interface part that communicates with the mobile phone 11. The USB interface 125 has a connector to which a USB cable can be attached, and the CPU 121 described above can recognize the mobile phone 11 connected via the USB cable.

  When the mobile phone 11 is set as an external memory via the USB interface 125, the computer device 12 configured in this way can recognize the mobile phone 11 as an external memory by connecting.

  Further, as described above, when data transmission / reception is performed via the short-range wireless communication interface 126, the mobile phone 11 can be recognized as a modem. Therefore, the computer device 12 acquires the OS stored in the mobile phone 11 via the USB interface, expands the OS in the RAM, starts the OS, and then unmounts the mobile phone, thereby 11 can be recognized and used as a communication device.

  In the description of the above embodiment, the terminal device constituting the thin client terminal system has been described as a mobile phone. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and functions equivalent to the mobile phone described in the above embodiment are provided. Any terminal device can be used as a terminal device constituting a thin client terminal system.

10 ... Thin client terminal system 11 ... Mobile phone 111 ... Memory 112 ... Modem 113 ... Controller 114 ... USIM
115 ··· USB interface 116 ··· Short-range wireless interface 12 ··· Computer device 121 ··· CPU
122... RAM
122a ... RAM disk 122b ... initial script area 122c ... OS area 123 ... device controller 124 ... BIOSROM
125... USB interface 126... Short range wireless interface 13... Micro SD card 14... USB cable 15.

Claims (2)

A computer device is a thin client terminal system comprising a thin client server capable of communicating via a terminal device having a memory card storing an OS,
The terminal device
USIM storing the authentication key;
USB interface,
A short-range wireless communication interface;
The computer device includes:
A mounting means for mounting the terminal device as an external memory;
USB interface,
A short-range wireless communication interface;
The terminal device is connected to the computer device via the USB interface of the terminal device and the USB interface of the computer device, and is mounted by the mounting means.
The computer device is started based on the OS after the mounting process,
The computer device uses the authentication key via the short-range wireless communication interface of the computer device and the short-range wireless communication interface of the terminal device after the OS is booted and unmounted by the mounting means. to, thin client terminal system, characterized in that communicating with the thin client server. The thin client terminal system according to claim 1,
The computer device has a RAM,
The OS is transferred to the RAM after the mounting process,
The thin client terminal system , wherein the computer apparatus is activated based on the OS transferred to the RAM.

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