KR20020078401A - Method for saving of short message at receiving call in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for storing a short message when receiving a call in a mobile communication terminal is provided to resolve inconvenience for rewriting a written character message by storing writing message data before being moved to a reception mode in case that the call is received while the short message is written. CONSTITUTION: If a new character message input is selected, a short message is written(ST13). If a call signal is sensed while the short message is written(ST17), the written message is stored in a temporary buffer of a memory(ST18). The received call signal is processed(ST19). If the call signal process is completed(ST22), a current mode is automatically moved to a character message writing mode(ST23).

Description

Method for saving of short message at receiving call in mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to a method for storing a short message when receiving a call in a mobile communication terminal that can store and rewrite current message data at a desired time, and in particular, a terminal additional function (electronic notebook, message transmission, etc.). Even when a call signal is received when the call is being received, the control does not move the control of the terminal to the receive mode immediately, but stores the message being worked in a temporary buffer of a memory and processes the received call signal. It relates to a communication terminal.

In general, mobile communication terminals are becoming an essential element in modern people's lives, and their functions require not only simple call functions but also various additional functions (electronic notebooks, message transmission, Internet, etc.). Service providers are competing with each other to implement various add-ons, and these add-ons are configured so that users can edit or input the contents arbitrarily.

On the other hand, such a general mobile communication terminal as shown in Figure 1, the antenna (ANT) for transmitting and receiving high frequency, the duplexer 10 for separating the transmission and reception signals, and in the duplexer 10 A receiver 21 for demodulating the transferred received signal into an original signal, a transmitter 22 that modulates the transmitted signal to the duplexer 10, and a receiver / transmitter 21, 22 processes the transmitted and received signals. A frequency synthesizer 23 for generating a signal processing frequency, a logic unit 30 for logically detecting a connection state with a service side as the terminal moves, and a terminal according to a signal received by the receiver 21. A control unit 40 for controlling the overall operation of the controller, a first memory 51 in which an operation program is embedded, a second memory 52 in which processed data is stored, and a Hangul, special character, and phone number 3 memory 53, operation state of the telephone A liquid crystal display unit 60 for displaying Korean characters and special characters and telephone numbers, a voice processing unit 70 for processing incoming and outgoing phone calls, a handset 81 for transmitting incoming voices, and a handset 82 for inputting outgoing voices; ), And a keypad 90 made of a special keyboard and a general keyboard for implementing a function.

Here, the keypad unit 90 is 0 to 9 in similar telephone devices as well as other buttons combined with memory recall and additional function buttons such as "Send", "End", "Menu". It consists of a number of buttons, number and # and *.

Referring to the operation of the mobile communication terminal configured as described above are as follows.

First, when a mobile communication terminal is off-hook, a call is placed or answered.

At this time, when a high frequency is received through the antenna ANT, the duplexer 10 transmits a high frequency to the receiving side, and the receiver 21 amplifies the received high frequency and mixes the local frequency obtained from the frequency synthesizer 23. Detects the intermediate frequency, demodulates the original signal, and inputs the same to the controller 40.

Next, the controller 40 retrieves the received data and applies the received voice signal to the voice processor 70 when the call is received. The voice processor 70 processes the input voice signal to the receiver 81. By transmitting, the user hears the voice being received.

Then, the transmission voice signal input through the talker 82 is processed through the voice processing unit 70 and then transmitted to the transmission unit 22, the transmission unit 22 modulates the input transmission voice and then amplifies the power to the duplexer ( 10).

Accordingly, the duplexer 10 makes a call by transmitting an input transmission voice to the outside through the antenna ANT.

On the other hand, when the user operates the "menu" button of the keypad unit 90 to set various functions of the terminal, the control unit 40 receives this, and the third memory (3) by the operating program built in the first memory (51) A menu is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 60 using Korean characters and special characters stored in 53).

In this case, when the same level of the menu to be displayed on the liquid crystal display 60 is divided into several groups to display sequentially, first the menu corresponding to the first group is displayed, the user of the keypad 90 If you operate the navigation keys (or volume control buttons or other buttons) such as "*" or "#", the menu corresponding to the next group is displayed.

On the other hand, the existing mobile communication terminal generates the highest interrupt when receiving a call and automatically exits the mode being edited to notify that the call has been received regardless of what editing operation (electronic notebook or text message) the user performs. The text is displayed on the LCD, and when any button is pressed, the call is connected.

Accordingly, the user may leave the editing mode without giving the user time to store the content being edited, thereby causing a problem in that the message data written by the user for transmitting the electronic notebook or text message is deleted.

In addition, this causes the user to have to re-manipulate from the beginning in order to rework the contents edited before the call, there is a problem that wastes time due to rewriting.

Accordingly, the present invention is proposed to solve the above problems of the prior art,

An object of the present invention is that if a call signal is received when the user is editing by using the editing function of the mobile communication terminal, the message that the user has been working so far before moving the control of the terminal directly to the call reception mode. Writes the message to a temporary storage buffer in memory, then processes the received call signal, recalls the short message written in the memory temporary buffer when the call signal completes or when the user later wants to edit the message. The present invention provides a method for storing a short message when a call signal is received by a mobile communication terminal so that a message can be transmitted after completing the process.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

A first process of creating a new text message or loading a temporary buffer of a memory in a text message composition mode to select and edit a stored message;

When a call signal is received during the operation (message writing and editing), the method comprises a second process of storing the short message being prepared in a temporary buffer of a memory and processing the received call signal. It features.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a general mobile communication terminal,

2 is a diagram illustrating a message storing process when a call is received while creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10 ..... duplexer

40 ..... Controls

51, 52, 53 ..... 1st to 3rd memory

60 ..... Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

70 ..... Speech Processing

90 ..... Keypad

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a method for storing a short message upon receiving a call in a mobile communication terminal according to the technical spirit described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, looking at the software of the mobile communication terminal, the additional function menu is controlled in the user interface. In other words, the user directly controls the menu items displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) of the terminal. When looking at the software of the menu, a menu (for example, a text message composition mode) for creating a short message is provided. The user selects this menu and composes a transmission message.

In this text message writing mode, when a user is making a short message and a call is made to the user's terminal (a call signal is received), the written message is stored in a temporary buffer in memory without immediately exiting the short message writing menu. Save and transfer control to the answering routine.

When the received call is disconnected (after the call), the user automatically moves back to the menu for creating a short message on the menu, and selects the added menu "Recall Stored Message" to recall the stored message before answering the call. To complete the short message and send it.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a message storing process when a call is received while creating a short message in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, when entering the text message creation mode in step ST11, it is determined in step ST12 whether to create a new text message or to edit an existing created message.

Next, when the input of the new text message is selected in the above, when the text message is created in step ST13 and the stored message is recalled, the message stored in the temporary buffer of the memory is loaded in step ST14, and among the existing stored messages in step ST15. Select the message to be currently edited and edit the selected message in step ST16.

Next, when a call signal is detected during the writing and editing of the short message in steps ST13 and ST16 (ST17), the short message being created is stored in a temporary buffer of a memory in step ST18, and the message is stored after the step. In step ST19, the received call signal is processed. When the call signal processing is completed, the process automatically moves to the text message creation mode of step ST11.

Next, if there is no call signal received as a result of the determination in step ST17, it is determined in step ST20 whether or not the input of the message being created is completed. If the result is completed, the created text message is transmitted in step ST21.

In addition, after the call signal processing received in step ST19 is performed, in step ST22, after processing the received call signal, the mode is automatically switched to the initial text message creation mode in step ST23.

According to the present invention described above, the method for storing a short message when a call is received in a mobile communication terminal, when a call is received during a short message creation, enables the short message service to be stored before moving to a receiving mode. There is an advantage that can solve the inconvenience of having to rewrite the text message that was made difficult by the call signal during the writing of the text message of the users who use a lot.

In addition, it is possible to save the message editing time since the stored message can be recalled after completing the call signal processing and can be written after the previously written message.

In addition, in terms of economics, a terminal having a short message storage function when receiving a call as described above has an advantage of increasing competitiveness in the mobile communication terminal market than a general terminal.

Claims (4)

In the mobile communication terminal, A first step of editing a text message according to a user's text selection in a text message creation mode; When a call signal is received during editing of the text message, the mobile communication terminal comprises storing a short message being prepared in a temporary buffer of a memory and processing the received call signal. How to save a short message when receiving a call. The method of claim 1, wherein the first process comprises: Determining whether a new text message is input in the text message composition mode; When the result is a new text message input, creating a text message; Determining whether a temporary buffer is loaded in the memory, if the result is not a new text message input; Selecting a message to be edited when loading the temporary buffer of the memory as a result of the determination; And when the message to be edited is selected, editing the selected message. The method of claim 1, wherein the second process comprises: Checking whether a call signal is received during the writing and editing of the text message; If the result call signal is not received, checking whether the message is completed, and if the result is complete, transmitting a text message; If the call signal is received as a result of the call signal reception check, storing the text message in a temporary buffer of a memory; And storing the short message in the buffer, and processing the received call signal. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically switching a mode to an initial text message preparation mode after processing the received call signal. .