KR100186767B1 - Communication number registration method of information tv - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for registering a communication number of an information television, which enables a user to register or change a telephone number of a communication service to be provided with information in an information television capable of receiving communication information transmitted through a value-added communication network. Eliminating the hassle of entering a phone number every time you access a telecommunications service network.

The present invention is to select the communication number registration menu in the initial main menu of the information television to display the communication number registration initial screen, and select the communication service name that you want to register or change in the communication number registration initial screen display phone number And displaying the registration screen, sequentially registering or deleting the telephone number for accessing the communication network by viewing the telephone number registration screen, and storing the registered or changed telephone number and displaying the initial main menu.

Description

How to register the communication number of the information TV

1 is a flowchart of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an example of a communication number registration menu of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an example of a high-tel phone number registration menu of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for registering a communication number of an information television that enables a user to register or change a telephone number of a communication service to be provided with information in an information television capable of receiving communication information transmitted through a television value added communication network.

The information television can connect the television to the value-added telecommunications network to receive the communication service provided by the value-added telecommunications network operator through the television. have.

The information television is connected to a value-added communication network and receives an information RGB signal and a switching control signal for receiving communication data and displaying it on a screen, and an information RGB signal output from the information processing system and a TV RGB signal and information. This is achieved by installing and configuring an RGB switch inside the television which is switched to a switching control signal output from the processing system and displayed on the screen.

The information television can receive and encode various communication services (for example, securities, news, weather, TV information, etc.) transmitted through the value-added communication network in the information processing system and view them on a TV screen. Regardless, even those who are inexperienced with computer can enjoy communication service easily.

In order to enjoy a communication service or other supplementary services on the information television as described above, it is necessary to switch to the information screen where the information main menu is displayed in the TV viewing mode, and then select the desired menu after viewing the information main menu.

However, in order to enjoy a communication service, a telephone number for connecting to a specific communication service network must be entered every time a communication service is connected.

Therefore, the present invention registers a telephone number to be connected to the communication service network in advance, so that access to the service network is automatically dialed after selecting a desired communication service name on the information main menu.

The information television recognizes when the information key provided in the remote control transmitter is pressed while viewing the television screen, and displays the information main menu screen. The information main menu screen is processed graphically and each function processed by the information television is divided into related groups. Graphically display the symbolic picture of the corresponding function on one screen. Each menu is selected by the cursor operated by the wireless mouse and the numeric key input of the remote control transmitter. The number for direct selection shall be indicated.

The present invention selects a communication number registration menu from the information main menu and registers a phone number for accessing a communication service network. Therefore, if only a communication service name is selected in an information main menu, the registered phone number is automatically connected. The present invention is to display a communication number registration initial screen by selecting the communication number registration menu in the initial main menu of the information television, and the communication service name that you want to register or change in the communication number registration initial screen display state Selecting and displaying a phone number registration screen; sequentially viewing or registering a phone number for registering a telephone number for a network connection; and displaying an initial main menu after storing a registered or changed phone number. Is made of.

In the present invention, select the communication number registration menu from the information main menu to open the communication number registration initial screen, then select the desired communication service name to display the phone number registration screen, enter the phone number for the communication service connection, and then the information main This is done by returning to the menu, and selecting the name of the communication service to be accessed from the information main menu automatically connects to the registered phone number by the above process.

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

1 is a flowchart of the present invention, a process of checking whether a communication number registration menu is selected in an initial main menu display state of an information television, and if a communication number registration menu is selected, displays a communication number registration initial screen and then displays a name of a communication service. The process of checking the selection, displaying the telephone number registration screen when selecting the name of the communication service, registering or changing the telephone number, and storing the information when the telephone number is completed and displaying the initial information main menu of the information television. Is done.

In the present invention, first, press the information key installed in the transmitter or use a wireless mouse to convert the TV screen to the information main menu screen and select the communication number registration menu displayed on the information main menu to enter the telephone number for accessing the communication service do.

When the communication number registration menu is selected by the transmitter or the wireless mouse while the information main menu is displayed (step S1) and it is confirmed that the communication number registration menu is selected (step S2), as shown in FIG. Displays communication connection number registration menu (step S3).

As shown in FIG. 2, the communication access number registration menu screen includes various communication service names, a help message is displayed at the bottom, and the communication service can be selected by numbers.

Therefore, after the communication access number registration menu is displayed, it is checked whether the numeric key is input (step S4), and when the number key is input (step S5), the telephone number registration menu corresponding to the input number is displayed as shown in FIG. step)

At this time, if there is a cancel input (step S6), the phone number registration menu display is canceled and the information main menu is displayed (step S15) and the communication number registration menu is exited.

The telephone number registration menu of FIG. 3 is a case where the high-tel communication service is selected by inputting the number 1 key in the communication access number registration menu of FIG.

The phone number registration menu displays two phone numbers for accessing a communication service, a save or cancel menu, a help message, and a numeric keypad.

At this time, the cursor is positioned where the first digit of the first telephone number is to be input.

When the phone number registration menu is displayed by performing the step S7, place the input cursor in the first column of the registration menu of the first phone number (step S8) and check the numeric key input of the transmitter or the numeric keypad selection input at the bottom of the screen.

In other words, when inputting a phone number, the numeric key or the numeric keypad of the transmitter is used, and when the number input is checked (step S10), the number entered at the input cursor position is displayed, and the input cursor is moved to the right by one character width (step S11).

If there is no number input at step S10, it is checked whether the on-screen save menu is selected (step S12) or the cancel menu is selected (step S13).

If the save menu is selected in step S12, the input data (telephone number for communication service connection) is stored in the storage memory (step S14) and the main menu is displayed (step S15). If cancel is selected in step S13, step S15 is executed.

By the above process, the telephone number for accessing the communication service can be registered. When the communication number registration is completed, the telephone connection is automatically made even if the communication service name is selected in the information main menu.

Therefore, each time the information service is connected to the communication service, only the communication service name can be selected from the main menu without entering a telephone number.

Claims (3)

Initialization information of the information TV Select the communication number registration menu from the main menu to initialize the communication number registration, and select the communication service name you want to register or change in the initial display of the communication number registration screen to display the phone number registration screen And registering or deleting the telephone number for accessing the communication network sequentially by viewing the telephone number registration screen, and storing the registered or changed telephone number and displaying the initial information main menu. How to register communication number. The method of claim 2, wherein the communication number registration screen includes a communication service name selected by a number and a help message for selecting a communication service name is displayed below. The telephone number registration screen of claim 1, wherein a field for displaying a telephone number for accessing a communication service is displayed, a menu for selecting saving or canceling, a help message is displayed, and a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number at the bottom is provided. Communication number registration method of the information television, characterized in that displayed.