KR20020061800A - Bell sound setting method of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for setting termination sound of a mobile telecommunication terminal is provided to efficiently use incoming sound database by setting several incoming sounds and provide high quality service by providing various incoming sounds. CONSTITUTION: A control part determines whether a key selecting a menu for setting several incoming sounds is input. The control part displays a list of the stored incoming sounds. The control part searches and selects the displayed list according to the input keys. It is confirmed whether a key setting the selected incoming sounds is input. The control part sets the random incoming sound as a generated incoming sound and the other incoming sounds as standby incoming sounds. The control part receives call incoming in the standby state of a mobile telecommunication terminal(201). The control part generates the set incoming sound(203). The control part confirms whether the other standby incoming sound exist(205). If exist, the control part sets one of standby incoming sounds as the generated incoming sound(207).

Description

Ring tone setting method of mobile communication terminal {BELL SOUND SETTING METHOD OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for setting a ring tone for a mobile communication terminal.

Basically, a plurality of ringtones or melodies are stored in the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the ringtone service which downloads and stores music desired by the user from the service center has become popular these days, and in addition to the pre-stored ringtone or melody, various ringtones can be stored, and these ringtone services are becoming more diverse and convenient to users. have. As described above, various kinds of ringing tones can be stored in the mobile communication terminal, but only one ringing tone can be set in the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, the database about the ringing tone stored in the mobile communication terminal cannot be used efficiently. In addition, if a plurality of ringing tones can be set in the mobile communication terminal, various ringing tones may be generated when the call is received to provide a high quality service to the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a ring tone setting method for efficiently using a ring tone database previously stored in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a ring tone setting method for providing a high quality service for ring tone to a user.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a controller for a ring tone setup process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a controller related to a ringing tone generating process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view illustrating a change in a display unit on which a menu list is displayed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a plurality of ring tones according to a process of displaying a list of ringing tones that are stored in advance according to a user's input under a ring tone setting mode, and a user's input for selecting any item from the displayed list. A process of selecting, setting a plurality of ring tones to be generated when a call is received according to an input of a ring tone setting key, and determining whether the number of ring tones set when a call is made in the standby state is a plurality of sets of ring tones In the case that the ringing tone generation order is identified by the process of generating a ringing tone corresponding to the sequence.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, detailed description of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

First, a configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The controller 10 performs an overall control operation of the mobile phone. The wireless unit 50 controls transmission and reception of voice data and control data under the control of the controller 10, and the voice processing unit 60 controls the voice data received from the wireless unit 50 under the control of the controller 10. The speaker converts the audible sound through a speaker and outputs the voice signal received from the microphone to the wireless unit 50. The key input unit 30 includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, and outputs key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 10. The display unit 40 displays various messages and the like under the control of the controller 10. The memory unit 20 includes a program memory, a data memory, and the like. The program memory stores program data of a menu " set plurality of bells / melodies " newly added to set a plurality of ringing tones according to an embodiment of the present invention. The controller 10 sets a plurality of bells or melodies to the mobile communication terminal according to the program data of the plurality of bell / melody setting menus, and generates a plurality of bells or melodies set at the time of the call. The data memory stores data generated during control or during execution by a user.

A process of setting a plurality of ringing tones in the mobile communication terminal having the above structure will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4.

4 is a diagram illustrating a change in a display unit on which a menu list is displayed according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, screen 1 is a part of a basic menu list that is normally displayed when a menu key of a mobile communication terminal is input. If you enter No. 1 key that selects “1. Bell / Vibration / Size” among the menus displayed on screen 1, the list shown on screen 3 is displayed. In order to change or set the ring tone in the list of the screen 3, when the number 2 key to select the “2. Bell / Melody Type” menu is inputted, the mobile communication terminal switches to the ring tone setting mode and displays a menu list such as the screen 5. The first item, "1. Listen to Bell / Melody" is a menu for listening to a bell or melody. The "2. Bell / Melody Selection" menu is a menu for setting one bell or melody in the mobile communication terminal as in the prior art. The third item, "3. multiple bell / melody selection" is a menu for setting a plurality of bells or melodies in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. The fourth item “4. Bell / Melody Order” menu is a menu for determining the occurrence order when a plurality of ringing tones are set according to the present invention. The submenu list of "4. Bell / Melody Order Menu" includes menu items such as 'selected order', 'random order', and 'ordering'. When the 'selected order' menu is selected, the controller 10 sets the order in which calls are made in the same way as the order selected when setting a plurality of ring tones, and generates a plurality of ring tones set according to the set order each time a call is received. do. When selecting the 'random order' menu, the controller 10 randomly sets the order of ringing tones. The 'ordering' menu is a menu for setting the order of occurrence of a set of ringing tones according to a user's intention, and sets the number of repetitions as well as the order.

A process of setting a plurality of ring tones after switching the mode of the mobile communication terminal to the ring tone setting mode will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a controller related to a ring tone setup process according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the ring tone setting mode, the controller 10 of the mobile communication terminal determines whether there is a key input for selecting a menu for setting a plurality of ring tones in step 101. That is, it is determined whether there is a key input for selecting the 3.bell / melody multiple selection menu shown on the screen 5 of FIG. 4, and if the key input is present, the process proceeds to step 103; do. In step 111, the function assigned to the input key is performed. In step 103, the controller 10 displays the stored ring tone list. Thereafter, in step 105, the controller 10 searches / selects the displayed list according to the direction key and the numeric key input by the user and displays a selection mark on the selected ring tone item. Thereafter, in step 107, if there is an input by checking whether there is an input of a plurality of ring tone setting keys for setting the ring tone selected in step 105 as the ring tone generated when the call is received in the mobile communication terminal, the process proceeds to step 109. In step 105, the process proceeds to step 105. In step 109, the controller 10 sets any ringing tone among the selected ringing tone as the ringing tone, and sets the remaining ringing tone as the standby ringing tone and ends. The occurrence ring tone means a ring tone that occurs when a call is ringing. The standby ringing tones are the remaining ringing tones except the generated ringing tone among the plurality of ringing tones set in the mobile communication terminal. The waiting ring tone is automatically set as a ring tone after the ring tone is generated when a call is received.

A process in which a plurality of ringing tones set up as described above occurs during a call reception will be described with reference to FIG. 3. In the standby state of the mobile communication terminal, the controller 10 receives the call in step 201 and proceeds to step 203. In step 203, the controller 10 generates a set ring tone. Thereafter, in step 205, the controller 10 checks whether there is a waiting ring tone and proceeds to step 207 if there is a ringing tone. If there is no waiting ring tone, the controller 10 proceeds to step 201 to maintain a standby state. In step 207, the control unit 10 sets one of the ringing tones to be a ringing tone and ends. The order of setting the ringing tones among the ringing tones that make up the ringing tone may be determined through the 4.bell / melody order menu of the screen 5 of FIG. 4.

As described above, the present invention can efficiently use a ring tone database stored in a mobile communication terminal by providing a method for setting a plurality of ring tones in a mobile communication terminal, and can provide a high quality service by providing various ring tones.

Claims (2)

In the ring tone setting method of the mobile communication terminal, Displaying a list of pre-stored ring tones according to a user's input under the ring tone setting mode; Selecting a plurality of ring tones according to a user's input for selecting any item from the displayed list; Setting a plurality of the selected ringing tones as a ringing tone generated when a ringing tone is received according to an input of a ringing tone setting key; And determining a number of the set ringing tones when the set number of ringing tones is set in a standby state, and if the set number of ringing tones is plural, determining a ringing order of the ringing tones. In the ring tone setting method of the mobile communication terminal, Displaying the list of ringing tones stored in advance according to a user's input under a ring tone setting mode; Selecting a plurality of ring tones according to a user's input for selecting any item from the displayed list; Setting an arbitrary ring tone among the selected plurality of ring tones as a generated ring tone and setting the remaining ring tones as a standby ring tone according to an input of a ring tone setting key; Checking whether there is a ringing tone after generating the ringing tone set during a ringing tone in a standby state; And setting a ringing tone as one of the waiting ringing tones if there is the ringing tone.