KR100778765B1 - Method and apparatus for transmitting of a character message in a portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A text message transmission method in a portable terminal and a device are provided to extract one of text messages prestored according to setup time information randomly and to transmit the extracted message to a designated portable terminal automatically, thereby realizing more convenient text message transmission. Event occurrence for random transmission of text messages is checked(S601,S603). If an event occurs, reception information set according to the event is extracted(S605). More than one message group mapped with the reception information is decided on(S607). One of the text messages within the more than one message group is randomly extracted(S609). The extracted text message is transmitted to a portable terminal equivalent to the reception information(S613).

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OF A CHARACTER MESSAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL}

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system configuration for explaining a concept of random transmission of a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view schematically showing an example of a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

3 is a view schematically showing an example of a user interface of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a text message registration procedure for random transmission of a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a setting procedure for random transmission of a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a random transmission procedure of a text message in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message in a mobile terminal capable of randomly extracting and automatically transmitting any one or more text messages among a plurality of previously stored text messages. It is about.

In general, mobile communication systems are based on voice calls, such as Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), E-mail, Emoticon, and Video. Various text services such as mail service are provided.

Recently, as the spread of mobile terminals has spread rapidly, the population of text service users is increasing rapidly in proportion to this. The text service refers to a service that enables mobile terminal users to create and send text messages between senders and receivers without additional equipment. This text service is currently recognized as one of the important communication means because the contents can be delivered at the same time as the time of dispatch.

In the conventional text message transmission method, a mobile terminal user writes a predetermined text message and inputs and transmits a phone number of a target mobile terminal to which the text message is to be transmitted.

Or a predetermined text message and a telephone number of the target mobile terminal are input, and the text message is reserved for transmission at the specific time to the target mobile terminal. This is characterized in that the user of the portable terminal can create a text message in advance and transmit the desired text message to the target portable terminal at a desired time.

However, in the conventional text message transmission method, only one text message may be transmitted to the target portable terminal corresponding to the text message creation time or the reservation transmission time. Therefore, when a portable terminal user transmits a repetitive text message to the same purpose portable terminal, it is inconvenient to write and send a text message every time at the corresponding time point.

In addition, even in the case of the scheduled transmission of the created text message, one text message may be transmitted only once by creating one reserved text message and setting a reservation transmission date and / or time accordingly. Therefore, when a plurality of text messages are to be reserved for transmission, it is necessary to write a text message every time, and it is inconvenient to set the corresponding date and time every time.

For example, if a user of a mobile terminal wants to repeatedly send a text message such as regards greetings every Monday at a specific time, it is inconvenient to write and send a text message of different contents every Monday at a specific time. In addition, the user has to compose a text message for reservation transmission and input a date and time of a reservation transmission corresponding to the text message.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message in a mobile terminal which can increase user convenience according to the text message transmission in the mobile terminal. In providing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message in a mobile terminal capable of randomly extracting any one of text messages predefined in accordance with preset time information in a mobile terminal and transmitting the same to a target mobile terminal. .

It is still another object of the present invention to store a plurality of text messages in advance in a mobile terminal, and then randomly extract any one of the stored text messages according to preset time information and automatically transmit the same to one or more designated mobile terminals. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting a text message in a portable terminal.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting a text message, the method including checking an event occurrence according to random transmission of a text message, and generating the event. Extracting received information set corresponding to the event; extracting any text message mapped to the received information; and carrying the extracted text message corresponding to the received information; And transmitting to the terminal.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for setting a transmission of a text message, the method including receiving configuration information for random transmission of a text message, and at least one corresponding to the configuration information. Receiving a message group; and mapping and storing the setting information and the message group.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the text message transmission apparatus, an event check unit for checking the occurrence of the event, and a reception information extraction unit for extracting the reception information set corresponding to the event And a message extracting unit for extracting an arbitrary text message mapped to the received information, and a message processing unit for transmitting the extracted text message to a corresponding mobile terminal corresponding to the received information. do.

A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the wireless communication unit for processing the transmission and reception of text messages, and stores a plurality of text messages and reception information and time information related to the text message transmission, A memory for mapping the message group corresponding to the received information and the time information and storing the data in a database form, and checking the time information, and randomly texting any one of the plurality of text messages corresponding to the time information. And a control unit which controls to automatically transmit the extracted information to the target portable terminal corresponding to the received information.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described, it should be noted that the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to the ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate to the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only one of the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

Hereinafter, in order to clarify the gist of the present invention and to facilitate the explanation and understanding thereof, all messages that can be input by the text service function in the mobile terminal are referred to as 'text messages'. That is, the 'text message' described below includes a short message service (SMS), a multimedia messaging service (MMS), an e-mail, an emoticon, and a video mail service. It includes all messages that can be input from the mobile terminal.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal will be described using a mobile communication terminal as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Therefore, the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a terminal capable of text message communication, preferably a mobile communication terminal, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, an IMT. Applicable to all information and multimedia devices such as International Mobile Telecommunication 2000 (WT2000) terminals, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) terminals and Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service (UMTS) terminals, and applications thereof. .

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system configuration for explaining a concept of text message random transmission according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may receive and process a text message transmitted from the calling mobile terminal 100 and a sending mobile terminal 100 that transmits a text message in a random manner. One or more target mobile terminals 510 and 530 and one or more portable terminals 510 and 530 targeted by the calling mobile terminal 100 by processing a text message transmitted from the calling mobile terminal 100. And a mobile communication system 300 for transmitting the text message.

The originating mobile terminal 100 and the target portable terminals 510 and 530 may use voice communication and various wireless data services through the mobile communication system 300.

Here, the originating portable terminal 100 and the target portable terminals 510 and 530 are divided to clarify the gist of the present invention. Therefore, hereinafter, a mobile terminal for randomly extracting and transmitting any one of a plurality of text messages will be referred to as the calling mobile terminal 100. In addition, a general mobile terminal including the above function and receiving a text message transmitted from the originating mobile terminal 100, or capable of receiving a text message without the above function, is called a target mobile terminal 510 or 530. do.

First, the calling mobile terminal 100 includes a plurality of text messages that the user downloads from a predetermined content server or is pre-written by the user, one or more time information preset by the user, and Stores one or more pieces of received information selected / inputted in response to the time information from a user.

In addition, the originating mobile terminal 100 randomly extracts any one or more text messages of the plurality of text messages based on the time information, and the portable terminals of the received information corresponding to the time information, for example, the The extracted text message is automatically transmitted to the target mobile terminals 510 and 530.

The time information indicates a transmission time of a text message that the user of the calling mobile terminal 100 sets for random transmission of a text message. The received information indicates a phone number of one or more destination portable terminals to which the originating mobile terminal 100 user randomly transmits a text message based on the time information. The time information and the reception information may be represented as examples of Tables 1 and 2, respectively.

As shown in Table 1, the time information may set a transmission time, a notification, a repetition, and the like.

The transmission time setting can be largely divided into < specified time > and < time interval >, and a date / time / cycle / alert / repeat can be set to correspond to each text message. The <specific time> includes specific time information that the user wants to randomly transmit a text message. The <time interval> includes time interval information that the user wishes to randomly transmit a text message.

In particular, within the time interval information, the mobile terminal itself calculates the transmission period of the text message and automatically transmits it at regular intervals, or sets the transmission period in the time interval information to minutes / hours / numbers and the like according to the transmission period. You can do that.

The user may select text messages to be transmitted corresponding to the time information as well as time information as shown in Table 1. That is, the user may select all of the pre-stored text messages for random transmission, or select one or more message groups grouped by the contents of the text message, such as <Christmas / New Year>, for random transmission.

Therefore, when the time information as shown in Table 1 is set, the portable terminal extracts an arbitrary text message from all of the text messages stored in the corresponding time information or from the selected message group and corresponds to the received information. Is automatically transmitted to at least one or more destination portable terminals.

The time information set as shown in Table 1 may be set by combining a user's desired time information in various manners, or may be set by a user interface basically provided to the portable terminal.

In addition, the time information may be set one or more. For example, the user designates a message group such as <love / friendship> for the first group of the phone book to set first time information for random transmission of text messages, and <weather / season> for the second group. The second time information for random transmission of the text message may be set by designating a message group as shown in FIG. At this time, the first time information and the second time information may be set in the same form, of course.

Next, the received information may be represented as shown in Table 2 below.

As shown in Table 2, the reception information includes an item for selecting / input of the reception information and a selection item for selecting a transmission method for the selection / input of the reception information.

The reception information selection / input item may be set for the entire phone number stored in the phone book or the like or for each group. Of course, a plurality of groups may be set when setting for each group. In addition, the reception information selection / input item may allow a user to directly input or select a specific telephone number, or input or select a plurality of telephone numbers according to a broadcast transmission. In addition, the reception information input method may be input by any one or a combination of various methods, such as a user input directly and selection through a telephone number search.

The selection item transmits a text message with respect to the selection / input reception information at once, such as <total transfer>, or randomly extracts reception information to be selected / input such as <random extraction>, or <selection>. As described above, the user can set information such that only the desired phone number is transmitted from the phone number stored in the phone book.

Next, referring back to FIG. 1, the target portable terminals 510 and 530 represent portable terminals corresponding to the reception information set by the user of the calling portable terminal 100. The target portable terminals 510 and 530 may include a text message random transmission function of the present invention or a general portable terminal capable of receiving a text message.

Next, the mobile communication system 300 includes a base station (BS), a base station controller (BSC), a mobile switching center (MSC), a home location register (HLR), It may include a message service center and a packet data serving node (PDSN).

The mobile communication system 300 provides a network for wireless data communication between the calling mobile terminal 100 and the target mobile terminals 510 and 530. For example, the mobile communication system 300 forms a communication channel with the calling mobile terminal 100 and the target mobile terminals 510 and 530 to process transmission and reception of voice and data. In addition, the mobile communication system 300 provides a communication path for transmitting and receiving text messages between the calling mobile terminal 100 and the target mobile terminals 510 and 530.

Here, the communication channel may be formed based on various communication methods. For example, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) Code Division Multiple Access (UMTS), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), and Portable Internet (e.g., Wireless Broadband (WiBro) The channel may be formed by any one of various communication methods such as Internet) or a combination thereof.

2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a configuration of a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Before describing FIG. 2, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a mobile terminal user may prepare a plurality of text messages or download and store a plurality of text messages from a predetermined content server. In addition, the user of the portable terminal may set time information for randomly transmitting the stored plurality of text messages to the desired target portable terminal.

Then, the portable terminal checks the set time information, and when the set time arrives, randomly extracts any one of the stored plurality of messages and automatically transmits it to the target portable terminal. In this case, when the set time information is set to, for example, every Monday XX hour YY minute, or is set to Monday XX hour XX minute to YY hour YY minute, any one of a plurality of text messages corresponding to the time information is selected. Random extraction and automatic transmission.

To this end, the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a wireless communication unit 210, data processing unit 220, audio processing unit 230, key input unit 240, memory 250, display unit 260 and the control unit ( 270). In addition, the controller 270 includes a message generator 271, an event checker 273, a reception information extractor 275, a message extractor 277, and a message generator 279.

Referring to FIG. 2, the wireless communication unit 210 is responsible for wirelessly transmitting / receiving user data, for example, a text message to another external mobile terminal, or transmitting / receiving contents or the like through interworking with an external content server. do. The wireless communication unit 210 may include a radio frequency (RF) transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

The data processor 220 may process voice data transmitted from the audio processor 230 or the like, numeric / text data input from a user through the key input unit 240, data transmitted from the wireless communication unit 210, or the like. In charge of. The data processor 220 may include a transmitter that encodes and modulates a signal transmitted through the wireless communication unit 210, and a receiver that demodulates and decodes the received signal. Therefore, the data processor 220 may include a modem and a codec. The codec includes a data codec for processing packet data and an audio codec for processing an audio signal such as voice.

The audio processor 230 plays a function of reproducing an audio signal output from the data processor 220 or transmitting an audio signal such as a voice input from a microphone (MIC) to the data processor 220. That is, the audio processor 230 converts voice / sound data into an audible sound through a speaker SPK under the control of the controller 270, and outputs the audio signal such as a voice received from the microphone MIC. Data is outputted.

The key input unit 240 includes a plurality of input keys and function keys for receiving numeric or text information and setting various functions. The function keys may include direction keys, side keys, shortcut keys, and the like, which are set to perform a specific function. In addition, the key input unit 240 transmits a key signal input in relation to user setting and function control of the portable terminal to the controller 270.

The memory 250 stores an application program required for operating a function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and stores content to be downloaded and user data generated by a user. The memory 250 may include one or more buffers for temporarily storing user data generated while executing a predetermined application program, for example, a text message application program.

The memory 250 may largely include a program area and a data area.

The program area may include an application required for booting a portable terminal, an application required for a text message, and the like, an application required for other options such as a camera function, a sound playback function, an image or video playback function, and the like. Save the program. When the portable terminal activates each of the above functions in response to a user request, the portable terminal provides the respective functions using the corresponding application programs under the control of the controller 270.

The data area is an area in which data generated according to the use of a mobile terminal is stored, and contents downloaded through a content server, for example, text messages and user data related to the various optional functions, for example, photographing by the camera function described above. An image or video, phone book data, audio data, text message, and the like can be stored, and setting information corresponding to user data can be stored.

The display unit 260 displays various menus of the portable terminal, user data input by the user, function setting information, or various information provided to the user. The display unit 260 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, referred to as an LCD). When the LCD is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display unit 150 may be It may be included in the input means.

The controller 270 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal and the signal flow between internal blocks of the portable terminal. That is, the controller 270 controls the flow of signals between the components of the data processor 220, the key inputter 240, the memory 250, and the display 260. The controller 270 may include a function of the data processor 220.

In particular, the controller 270 controls a function related to random transmission of a text message, and for this purpose, a message generator 271, an event checker 273, a reception information extractor 275, and a message extractor 277. And a message processing unit 279.

The message generator 271 manages and registers a text message downloaded from a content server, a text message received from other external mobile terminals, a text message written from a user, and the like as a group. The message generator 271 processes to automatically store randomly transmitted random text messages as < sent message >. This allows the user to check the text message sent automatically.

The event checker 273 checks an event caused by random transmission of a text message. The event represents time information set based on the <Table 1>. The event checker 273 checks the preset time information and processes the event as if the set time information matches the current time information. To this end, the event check unit 2763 preferably starts time counting from the time in the time information at the time point when the time information is set.

The reception information extractor 275 extracts reception information set corresponding to the event when the event occurs. The received information includes the telephone number of at least one or more destination portable terminals for receiving any text message transmitted in response to the event.

The message extractor 277 extracts an arbitrary text message mapped to the received information extracted by the received information extractor 275. The message extractor 277 randomly extracts any one of text messages or all text messages in one or more message groups mapped to the received information.

The message processing unit 279 processes the text message extracted by the message extraction unit 277 to be transmitted to the one or more destination mobile terminals to be extracted.

Meanwhile, although FIG. 3 illustrates a block configuration required for describing an operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure for convenience of description, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. Therefore, the portable terminal of the present invention may further include a camera unit and / or a digital broadcasting module according to the provision form thereof.

3 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a user interface of a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In particular, FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a user interface regarding a message group according to random transmission of a text message.

Referring to FIG. 3, reference numeral 261 denotes a <message> menu for providing a text service related function among the additional functions of the portable terminal and menu lists included in the <message> menu. As indicated by the reference numeral 261, the <message> menu includes a <Random Message> menu implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user may select the <Random Message> menu to set information related to random transmission of a text message, check text messages used for random transmission, and create / download a text message for random transmission.

Reference numeral 263 illustrates an example of a screen when the <Random message> menu is selected from the menu list of 261. As indicated by reference numeral 263, the <Random Message> menu includes menus such as <Message Delivery Settings>, <Message Group>, <Message Writing>, and <Download>.

The <message transmission setting> menu represents a menu for setting time information, reception information, and the like as shown in Tables 1 and 2 in connection with random transmission of a text message. The <message group> menu represents a menu for managing text messages generated by a user or downloaded and stored from a content server for each group. The <message group> may be represented as an example of reference numeral 265. In addition, each menu included in the <message group>, for example, <Christmas / New Year> menu includes text messages corresponding to the group as indicated by reference numeral 267.

The <message write> menu provides a user interface for a user to write a text message to be used for random transmission, and a text message written through the <message write> menu is included in the <message group> menu. It can be stored in any one of the menu, for example, <Christmas / New Year> menu. In addition, the text message created through the <message composition> menu can be directly transmitted through a general text service function.

The <download> menu provides a user interface for allowing a user to download and connect a text message to be used for random transmission to a content server.

The text message directly written by the user through the <Create Message> menu and the text message downloaded through the <Download> menu are transmitted from a mobile terminal such as a short message service, a multimedia messaging service, an e-mail, an emoticon, and a video mail service. Contains all possible messages.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a method of registering, setting, and transmitting a text message for random transmission of the text message of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a text message registration method for random transmission of a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, when the mobile terminal is requested to execute a function for writing a text message (S401), the portable terminal switches to the text message input mode (S403).

In step S401 and step S403, the user can create a text message using a mobile terminal. To this end, the user may request the mobile terminal to execute a text message writing function through a predetermined key input. Then, the portable terminal switches to a text message input mode in response to the user request and displays a text message input screen. The user may write a text message that he / she desires through the text message input screen.

Next, the mobile terminal checks whether writing of a text message is completed from the user (S405). When the creation of the text message is completed as a result of the check, the portable terminal checks whether or not to register the text message to be written as a text message for random transmission (S407).

In steps S405 and S407, when a key input indicating completion of a text message is generated from a user, the portable terminal requests whether to process the text message. That is, when the writing of the text message is completed, the portable terminal displays a request screen for registering the text message as a text message for random transmission. Then, the user may register the text message as a text message for random transmission or process it as a general text message through the request screen. Accordingly, the portable terminal may register the text message as a random message or perform a general procedure in response to a key signal input from the user.

Next, when it is determined in step S407 that the registration is not a text message for random transmission, the portable terminal performs a general text message transmission procedure (S409).

Next, in the case where the confirmation result in step S407 is registration as a text message for random transmission, the mobile terminal displays a message group screen (S411).

In step S411, the portable terminal displays a <message group> screen as shown in FIG. This allows the user to select a group for storing the text message created by the user. Preferably, if there is no message group of the corresponding category corresponding to the text message, the user may add a message group of a new category.

Next, the mobile terminal registers the text message to the corresponding group selected by the user among the displayed message groups (S413). Subsequently, the mobile terminal checks whether the text message is completed as described above (S415).

In step S415, when the registration of the text message is completed, the mobile terminal checks whether there is additional writing of another text message, and if additional writing of another text message is requested, proceeds to step S403 to perform the procedure. If no further writing of another text message is requested, the procedure ends.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 4, a case of registering a text message input by a user has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and, as described above, a text message downloaded from a predetermined content server and a text message received from other external mobile terminals may be registered.

5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a setting method for random transmission of a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, when a setting request for random transmission of a text message is requested from a user (S501), the mobile terminal switches to the reception information input mode and displays the received information (S503).

In operations S501 and S503, the user may set time information and reception information related to random transmission of a text message. To this end, the user may select a <message transmission setting> menu of reference numeral 263 of FIG. 3 through a predetermined key input. Then, the portable terminal displays a reception information input screen for inputting / selecting a phone number of the target portable terminal for receiving a text message. The user may input the reception information as shown in Table 2 through the reception information input screen.

Next, the portable terminal checks whether the input of the reception information from the user is completed (S505). When the input of the check result reception information is completed, the portable terminal switches to the time information setting mode and displays it (S507).

In steps S505 and S507, when the user completes input of the desired reception information, the user may inform the portable terminal of the completion of the input of the reception information through a predetermined key input. Then, when the portable terminal detects the key input in the reception information input mode, the portable terminal temporarily stores the received reception information. Subsequently, the portable terminal displays a time information input screen for setting time information to which the text message is to be transmitted. The user may input random transmission time information as shown in Table 1 through the time information input screen.

Next, the portable terminal checks whether the setting of the time information is completed from the user (S509). When setting of the check result time information is completed, the mobile terminal displays a message group (S511).

In steps S509 and S511, when the user completes the setting of the desired time information, the user may inform the portable terminal of the completion of the setting of the time information through a predetermined key input. Then, when detecting the key input in the time information setting mode, the portable terminal temporarily stores the set time information. Subsequently, the portable terminal displays a message group screen for designating a text message to be transmitted according to the received information and time information. The message group screen may be displayed as an example of reference numeral 265 of FIG. 3. The user may select a group of text messages desired by the user through the message group screen.

In this case, in step S511, the user may select one or more message groups or select all text messages corresponding to all message groups used for random transmission. Accordingly, the mobile terminal randomly extracts one text message within a specific message group or randomly extracts one text message from all text messages according to the user's selection. Can be.

Next, the mobile terminal checks whether the selection of the message group is completed from the user (S513). When the check result message group selection is completed, the portable terminal maps and stores setting information such as the reception information, time information, and message group set according to random transmission of the text message (S515).

In step S515, the portable terminal may map setting information such as the received information, time information, and a text message group to each other and store them in a database form.

Next, the mobile terminal checks whether there is an additional setting for random transmission of a text message (S517). If there is an additional setting as a result of the check, the process proceeds to step S503, and if there is no additional setting, the setting procedure for random transmission of the text message is completed (S519).

Meanwhile, although the setting procedure for random transmission of the text message is described in FIG. 5 in the order of reception information, time information, and message group, the present invention is not limited to this setting procedure. For example, the setting procedure may be performed in various ways according to the user interface provided in the portable terminal.

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a random transmission method of a text message in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, a mobile terminal checks whether an event occurs due to random transmission of a text message in an idle state S601 (S603).

In step S601, the event represents time information set based on the <Table 1>. The portable terminal checks the preset time information and processes the event as if the set time information matches the current time information. To this end, the portable terminal checks the time from the time in the time information at the time when the time information is set.

Next, when the event occurs as a result of the check in step S603, the portable terminal extracts the reception information set corresponding to the event (S605).

In step S605, the received information includes at least one phone number of at least one target mobile terminal for receiving any text message transmitted in response to the event.

Next, the portable terminal determines whether there is a message group set corresponding to the received information (S607).

In step S607, the message group is a grouping of text messages by category, and a user may generate or download a message from a content server and store the text message in a corresponding message group. In this case, the message group can be arbitrarily created / deleted by the user.

Next, if there is at least one message group set as a result of the determination in step S607, an arbitrary text message is extracted from the text messages in the group (S609). If there is no message group set as a result of the determination in step S607, an arbitrary text message is extracted from the text messages in all the message groups (S611).

Next, the portable terminal transmits the extracted text message to one or more target portable terminals corresponding to the received information (S613).

Thereafter, the mobile terminal checks whether there is a next event set after transmitting the text message in step S613 (S615).

If there is a next event as a result of the check in step S615, the next event is checked (S616), and then proceeds to step S601 to go to the standby state. If there is no next event as a result of the check in step S615, the text message random transmission procedure is completed.

In step S616, the portable terminal checks the time in the time information to determine whether a plurality of time information is set. When a plurality of time information is set, the time in the time information is checked. At this time, the portable terminal enters the standby state.

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention has been described with respect to specific embodiments, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, according to the method and apparatus for transmitting a text message in the mobile terminal proposed by the present invention, an arbitrary text message of a plurality of text messages stored in advance corresponding to the set time information is randomly extracted and automatically transmitted to a specified mobile terminal. Can be. Through this, the user can more conveniently provide a text message transmission using the mobile terminal.

In addition, various text messages can be automatically and randomly transmitted at various times. Through this, the user can automatically extract and automatically transmit text messages having different contents in various time zones at various times with only one setting, thereby improving convenience and efficiency according to the user's use of the mobile terminal.

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In the text message transmission method, Checking the occurrence of an event for random transmission of a text message, Extracting reception information set corresponding to the event when the event occurs; Determining at least one message group mapped to the received information; Randomly extracting any one of the text messages in the one or more message groups; And transmitting the extracted text message to a corresponding mobile terminal corresponding to the received information. The method of claim 1, The event includes time information according to a user setting, and if the time information and the current time information match, the event is sent to the mobile terminal characterized in that it is processed as an event. delete The method of claim 1, And the received information includes a phone number of at least one target mobile terminal for randomly transmitting a text message based on the event. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the text message transmission, And extracting and automatically transmitting different random text messages to a plurality of portable terminals corresponding to the received information at regular intervals until the event ends. In the transmission setting method of a text message, Receiving setting information for random transmission of a text message; Receiving at least one message group including at least one message corresponding to the setting information; And mapping and storing the setting information and the message group. The method of claim 7, wherein And the setting information includes time information and reception information. delete In the text message transmission device, An event check unit for checking an event occurrence, A reception information extraction unit for extracting reception information set corresponding to the event; A message extracting unit which extracts an arbitrary text message mapped to the received information; And a message processing unit which processes the transmission of the extracted text message to the corresponding mobile terminal corresponding to the received information. The method of claim 10, The event includes time information according to a user setting, and the event check unit is a text message transmission device for a mobile terminal, characterized in that the processing of the occurrence of the event if the time information and the current time information match. delete The method of claim 10, And the received information includes a phone number of at least one target mobile terminal for randomly transmitting a text message based on the event. The method of claim 10, wherein the message extractor, And determining one or more message groups mapped corresponding to the received information, and randomly extracting one of the text messages in the one or more message groups. The method of claim 10, wherein the message processing unit, And at least one portable terminal corresponding to the received information is processed to extract and automatically transmit different random text messages at regular intervals until the event ends. The method of claim 10, And a message generator for managing a plurality of text messages in a group and separately managing the transmitted text messages. In a mobile terminal, A wireless communication unit which processes transmission and reception of text messages, A memory for storing a plurality of text messages and reception information and time information related to text message transmission, mapping a message group corresponding to the reception information and time information, and storing them in a database form; And a controller configured to check the time information, and to randomly extract one of the plurality of text messages corresponding to the time information, and to automatically transmit the text message to the target portable terminal corresponding to the received information. terminal. The method of claim 17, wherein the control unit, An event check unit for checking an event occurrence, A reception information extraction unit for extracting reception information set corresponding to the event; A message extracting unit which extracts an arbitrary text message mapped to the received information; And a message processing unit which processes the transmission of the extracted text message to the corresponding mobile terminal corresponding to the received information.

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