KR100639383B1 - Mobile communication terminal having a game stand-by and alarming function and controlling method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal with a game standby alarm function and a controlling method thereof are provided to enable a user to select a team organization of a multilateral game before the game is started, among network games using the terminal, and to notify corresponding team members of the selected organization, thereby magnifying game efficiency of the terminal. After an initial state(S1), the user confirms whether a member selecting menu in accordance with a multilateral match game is set(S2). If so, the user selects desired persons as members of the multilateral match game(S4). Game access request information is transmitted to terminals of the currently selected team members(S5). It is confirmed whether response signals in accordance with message reception are received from the corresponding team members(S6). If so, the user executes the multilateral match game with the team members newly configured before the game is started(S7).

Description

Mobile communication terminal having a game stand-by and alarming function and controlling method therefore}

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional mobile communication terminal system.

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mobile communication terminal equipped with a game standby alarm function of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

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1: mobile communication terminal 2: display unit

3: MSM 4: Memory

5: handset phone 6: codec unit

7: alarm signal emitting part 8: key panel part

9: base station system unit 10: terminal

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal equipped with a game standby alarm function and a control method thereof. In particular, a user who wants a multi-party network match game selects a team member stored in a terminal in a game initial mode and transfers the selected team member to the corresponding terminal through a mobile communication network. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a game standby alarm function for transmitting and alarming and a control method thereof.

In general, a mobile communication system refers to a service system that carries various types of digital wireless communication using 2GHz band radio waves while carrying one small portable terminal (about 100 to 150g) each person. However, this definition of personal mobile communication refers to a concept that is independent of the technology or system used. By utilizing various technologies and network systems through liberalization and competition, the general public has a low price that does not differ from landline phones. In particular, the ultimate goal of the mobile communication system is to enable mobile communication in the city center or suburbs, and to communicate with a unique number of individuals rather than a number associated with a place or a vehicle such as a house or an office.

Therefore, various technologies and systems for realizing such a mobile communication system have been researched and developed in various countries including Europe, among which, in 1988, the UK used a telepoint using a second generation codeless telephone (CT-2) technology. The service was launched, and in 1989, the concept of "Phones on the Move" was announced, and the Personal Mobile Network (PCN) specification was created to achieve this. It is a PCS system based on the Global Mobile Communications System (GSM), the European standard for cellular technology, and the Digital European Codeless Telephone System (DECT), the European standard for Digital CT-2. In addition, by using a broadband frequency of 2 ㅧ 75 MHz in the 1.8 GHz band, a network of ultra-small micro cells capable of accommodating 100,000 subscribers per km ² in a densely populated urban area can be used. With a mobile phone or PDA, I can get voice communications and some additional services. Furthermore, in order to expand the concept of personal mobile communication as described above on a global scale and to provide service anywhere in the world by using a personal number independent of the network, ITU-T is promoting worldwide standardization of personal communication ( UPT).

Then, referring to the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above with reference to FIG. 1, a base station system 71 for wirelessly processing function signals transmitted from a plurality of terminals 70, for example, call signals or SMS messages, and the base station. MSC 72 for controlling the transmission function of the call signal or SMS message input via the system 71, and the SMS message center (73) connected to the MSC (72) for providing SMS messages to the terminal (70) It includes.

On the other hand, looking at the operation of the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above, if the user of the terminal 70, the user wants to transfer the information desired by, for example, the SMS message to the other terminal, the user of the terminal 70 is a terminal ( Through the keypad 74 of 70), the corresponding menu displayed on the LCD panel 75 is selected and the necessary characters are input. When the text input is completed through the above process, the user of the terminal 70 presses a transmission button together with the destination telephone number. Then, the terminal 70 transmits the text data input by the current user in an SMS message.

Accordingly, the SMS message signal of the terminal 70 is input to and stored in the SMS message center 73 via the base station system 71 and the MSC 72. Then, the SMS message center 73 checks the destination phone number of the input SMS message and transmits it to the MSC 72. Then, the MSC 72 transmits the SMS message signal transmitted from the SMS message center 73 to the counterpart mobile phone 76. The counterpart terminal 76 analyzes the received SMS message signal and displays the signal on the display.

However, the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above is generally provided with additional service functions such as accessing the Internet or executing other video files, but a multiplayer competitive game played on a plurality of terminals having a specific function desired by a user, for example, a wireless network function. Since there is no function to organize the team members that you want, the efficiency of the multi-party network game is greatly reduced. Also, the terminal is equipped with the function to know the information about the team members who play the multi-party game at all. There is a problem that the functionality of the terminal is also significantly reduced accordingly.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, and selects the team composition of the multi-party game of the network game using the mobile communication terminal before the start of the game to notify the corresponding team members through the mobile communication network accordingly The object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal equipped with a game standby alarm function and a control method thereof that can maximize the game efficiency of the game.

Another object of the present invention is to notify the selected team members through the alarm function without the need to add a separate complex circuit to select the configuration of the game using the terminal, thereby increasing the functionality of the terminal accordingly game standby It is to provide a mobile communication terminal with an alarm function and a control method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal capable of executing a network game includes: a display unit installed on a portion of the mobile communication terminal to display team configuration menu information of a multi-party network game, and the multi-party network; Before starting the game, the MSM unit retrieves previously stored team member information, selects a team member as the desired person, and transmits connection request information to the terminal of the selected person, and the multiplayer competitive game member information search signal of the MSM unit. Mobile communication with a game standby alarm function including a memory unit for inputting and outputting the multi-player game game information stored in advance and an alarm signal emitting unit for emitting an alarm signal according to the connection request information of the multi-party game game member of the MSM unit. Provide a terminal.

Another feature of the present invention is that when the member selection menu is set according to the multi-party match game in the mobile communication terminal, the person who wants to join as a team member after searching the team member information stored in the terminal is a member of the multi-party match game. The team member selection step of selecting, the game access request step of transmitting and processing game access request information to the terminals of the currently selected team members after the team member selection step, and the corresponding team member receiving the game access request information after the game access request step. When the response signal from the message received from the game before the start of the game with a newly configured team to provide a control method of a mobile communication terminal equipped with a game standby alarm function consisting of a game execution step of executing a multi-player match game.

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

The present invention is installed on a part of the body of the mobile communication terminal (1) as shown in Figure 2 display unit 2 for displaying various information signals therein and for displaying the team configuration menu information of the multi-party network game, and the multi-party Before starting the network game, search the previously stored team member information, select the team member as the person he wants and send the access request information to the terminal of the selected person, and when the access request information is received, process it as an alarm function. MSM unit (3; mobile station modem) to be discharged to the outside, and multi-party match game member information pre-stored in accordance with the multi-party match game member information search signal of the MSM unit 3, input and output various types of mobile communication terminal (1) Memory unit 4 for storing information and an analog voice signal input through the handset 5 in accordance with the call connection control signal of the MSM unit 3 as a digital signal A codec unit 6 for converting and outputting a digital or audio signal into an analog signal and an alarm signal emitting unit 7 for emitting an alarm signal to the outside according to connection request information of the multiplayer game game member of the MSM unit 3; ).

One end of the MSM unit 3 is connected to a key panel unit 8 for inputting a function setting signal of the user to the MSM unit 3.

Next, a control method applied to the terminal of the present invention as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, the method of the present invention proceeds to the game team member setting check step S2 in the initial state S1 to check whether the member selection menu according to the multiplayer match game is set. At this time, if the member selection menu according to the multi-player match game is not set as a result of checking the game team member setting confirmation step (S2), the process proceeds to the general call processing function execution step (S3) to execute the general call processing function.

That is, when power is applied to the terminal 1 of the present invention, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 proceeds to an initialization state, forms necessary information from the internal memory unit 4, executes an initialization process, and then waits. Proceed to state.

At this time, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 recognizes when the user inputs a telephone number through the key panel unit 4 and presses a call button, and the user enters the telephone number into the memory unit 4. In addition to the storage, the system accesses the base station system unit 9 through the access channel, and then transmits an outgoing signal to the corresponding telephone number. Then, the base station system unit 9 processes the outgoing signal sent from the terminal 1 and transmits an incoming call to the counterpart terminal 10 to form a call. Then, when the user of the terminal 1 inputs a voice signal through the handset 5, the codec unit 6 of the terminal 1 signals the voice signal input through the handset 5. Processing is input to the MSM unit 3. The MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 wirelessly processes the voice signal input through the codec unit 6 and transmits the voice signal to the counterpart terminal 10 via the base station system unit 9 so that a normal call can be made. Is achieved.

However, when the member selection menu according to the multi-party match game is set as a result of checking during the game team member setting confirmation step (S2), the team member selection step (S4) is performed to search the team member information stored in the terminal and then the team member himself. Those who want to be together will be selected as members of the multiplayer game. After the team member selection step S4, the game connection request step S5 is performed to transmit and process game access request information to the terminals of the currently selected team members.

At this time, the game access request information in the game access request step (S5) further includes an SMS transmission step for carrying on the SMS. Alternatively, the game connection request information in the game connection request step S5 may further include a wireless data format transmission step of carrying on the preset wireless data format.

Here, the game connection request step (S5) further comprises a team member alarm step for the terminal receiving the game connection request information to process the game connection request information as an alarm signal and to emit it to the outside as a text or sound signal.

On the other hand, after the game connection request step (S5) proceeds to the response receiving confirmation step (S6) to check whether the response signal according to the message received from the corresponding team member who received the game connection request information. At this time, if the response signal according to the message received from the corresponding team member who received the game access request information as a result of checking during the response reception confirmation step (S6) and returns to the previous step (S5) to repeat the loop.

However, if a response signal is received from the corresponding team member who has received the game access request information as a result of checking during the response reception confirmation step (S6), proceed to the game execution step (S7) and newly formed team members before the game starts. Run a multiplayer war game with you.

In other words, when the user sets the member selection menu, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 reads the corresponding information from the memory unit 4 according to the multiplayer game on the display unit 2, that is, the LCD panel unit. Launch the member selection menu. Then, the user of the terminal 1 retrieves the team member information displayed on the display 2 through the key panel unit 8 and selects a person who wants to be a team member as a member of the multiplayer game. . The user of the terminal 1 transmits the game connection request information to, for example, an SMS, to the terminal 10 of the currently selected team members.

At this time, the terminal 10 having received the game connection request information processes the game connection request information as an alarm signal through the alarm signal emitter 7 and emits the text or sound signal to the outside. Then, the team member who checks the alarm signal, after reviewing the request for the multiplayer match game, transmits a response signal to the terminal 1 and then accesses the game with his terminal.

Meanwhile, the MSM unit 3 of the terminal 1 checks whether a response signal according to the message reception is received from the corresponding team member who has received the game connection request information. In this case, the corresponding team member who has received the game access request information If a response signal is received from the game, a multiplayer match game is played with the newly formed team members before the game starts.

As described above, the present invention selects a team member stored in a terminal in a game initial mode by a user who wants a multiplayer network game, and transmits the alarm to the corresponding terminal through a mobile communication network. Since the team composition of the multilateral game is selected before the game starts, the team members are notified to the team through the mobile communication network, thereby having the advantage of maximizing the game efficiency of the terminal.

In addition, according to the present invention, by notifying the selected team member through the alarm function without having to add a separate complicated circuit to select the configuration of the game using the terminal, the functionality of the terminal is also significantly improved accordingly. have.

Claims (5)

In the mobile communication terminal capable of playing a network game, A display unit installed on a part of the mobile communication terminal to display team configuration menu information of a multi-party network game, and searching for previously stored team member information before starting the multi-party network game to select a team member as a desired person; MSM unit for transmitting the connection request information to the terminal of the selected person, memory unit for inputting and outputting the multi-player game game information stored in advance according to the multi-party game game information search signal of the MSM unit, multi-party game game member of the MSM unit Mobile communication terminal with a game standby alarm function, characterized in that it comprises an alarm signal emitting unit for emitting an alarm signal to the outside according to the connection request information. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the MSM unit comprises an alarm function when the connection request information is received, to be discharged to the outside. If the member selection menu according to the multiplayer game is set in the mobile communication terminal, the team member selection step of retrieving the team member information stored in the terminal and selecting the person who wants to be a team member as a member of the multiplayer game, After the team member selection step, the game access request step of transmitting game access request information to the terminals of the currently selected team members, and the response signal according to receiving a message from the corresponding team member who received the game access request information after the game access request step. If received, the control method of the mobile communication terminal equipped with a game standby alarm function, characterized in that consisting of a game execution step for executing a multi-party match game with the newly formed team members before the game starts. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the game access request step further comprises an SMS transmission step of transmitting game access request information to an SMS. [4] The method of claim 3, wherein the game connection request step further comprises a team member alarm step in which the terminal receiving the game connection request information processes the game connection request information as an alarm signal and emits the text or sound signal to the outside. Control method of a mobile communication terminal with a game standby alarm function characterized in that.

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