KR20030022517A - A Method and Apparatus in Telephone List Searching - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for retrieving telephone numbers is provided to enable a user to make a call by selecting an initial consonant of a receiver's name two times or three times only among many telephone number registers, thereby simplifying the call. CONSTITUTION: Dial buttons(11) input or select a telephone book. A telephone number display(13) displays a number selected by a calling button(12), or characters, receivers' names, and telephone numbers. A telephone number memory(14) inputs the receivers' names and the telephone numbers through dial inputting, and stores the inputted names and the numbers. If the calling button(12) is selected and the dial buttons(11) are sequentially selected, a telephone number retrieval unit(15) sequentially filters names only satisfying selected dialing consonants among telephone numbers registered in the memory(14).

Description

A Method and Apparatus in Telephone List Searching}

According to the present invention, the first letter, the second letter, and the third letter of the first letter, the second letter, and the third letter of the phone book registered in advance in order to make a call by the user are dialed on the dial button of the phone. If you press consonants in order to display only the phone book that satisfies the three initial consonants in the order of the registered phone book on the phone screen, the call is made when the call button is selected through the user's confirmation.

This allows the user to bother entering numbers (eg 034-2589-3589, 011-5689-8920, etc.) to make a call, or, in the case of personal mobile phones, a person without the need for multiple keystrokes to find the phone number. You only need to select the first three characters of the name, so you don't have to memorize the phone number and you can make a very quick and fast phone call.

Existing Dialing Status-The existing dialing process is as follows.

1) You have to dial the number several times. -Generally, you should dial 11 digits for mobile phones, 8 digits for local calls, and 10 digits for long distance calls.

2) It is difficult to distinguish who is a speed dial-Mobile phones, office phones and home phones have a speed dial function, but you need to specify the name and shortcut number of the other party. If you do not use it for a long time, it is difficult to identify who the shortcut is. Therefore, the shortcut key is useful to target only a few people who talk frequently or frequently. Therefore, other than a few people, it is common not to use shortcut keys.

3) The phone book search process is complicated. -In the case of a mobile phone, only 2 or 3 people are listed on the LCD screen, so if a lot of people with the same surname are registered (for example, Kim, Lee, Park, etc.), you have to keep page down and search each time you press You should check if people appear. In the case of a salesperson, there are a lot of business names and registered persons, and they need to keep checking several times and visually.

Also, in the case of a mobile phone, the phone book search command usually shows the names of people after two or three button selections, and multiple arrow keys must be used to search among them. You just press the phone number. In other words, dialing a phone number is simpler than searching.

4) Corporate telephone numbers-Corporate telephone numbers range from tens to hundreds of people, and are generally written by department, which are written in Excel, printed out on paper, and attached to the base of glass or partition walls, cabinets, etc. It is common to set. In order to call other departments, in addition to the memorized telephone numbers, the printed premises phone book is memorized the telephone numbers of the report department and the person in charge.

5) In the case of a home-In a home, phone numbers of relatives, family members and customers are usually written in a notebook or phone book. It is usually in alphabetical order, and according to the surname, it finds the name of the user and finds the user's name, dials the phone number.

6) In the case of self-employed or sales employees-Self-employed persons usually write in the ledger or phone book because they have many customers, and sales employees have phone books because they deal with many branches and customers.

Existing Problems - Existing problems in dialing are as follows.

1) Remember your phone number. -Remember your name and phone number. Think first about your name, then remember your phone number. The original person's memory is memorized letters well, numbers are not memorized well, so it is common to not remember each person's name and phone number.

2) It is inconvenient to use the speed dial of mobile phone and telephone. -The display of the phone's LCD screen is very small and only 2 people should press the arrow key down continuously, and each time you press, you need to keep checking whether the name of the person you are looking for is on the screen. The relationship between good and bad considering consonants should be kept in mind.

In other words, you should continue to judge whether the name that appears currently precedes or trails the name you are looking for based on the ㅏㅑㅓㅕ ㅗㅛ ㅜㅠ ㅡ ㅣ. Older people, people who are poor at Hangul, it is true that it is more difficult to search because it does not distinguish the above ㅏㅑㅓㅕ ㅗㅛ ㅜㅠ ㅡ ㅣ.

In addition, in general, older people in addition to the young people do not know how to use the features such as phone number search, and the process is complicated, so often just press the phone number. That is, as a result, the phone book of the mobile phone requires a lot of time and mental effort to search, and there is a problem that the function is complicated.

3) extension number, home, self-employed, sales office-There are a lot of counterparts, so you will call the phone book. It takes time to find the other party's phone number and dials the phone book.

4) You must press the dial more than 10 times. -You need to dial many dials, including 11 digits for handphones and 11 digits for local calls.

Improvement -The improvement that simplifies the search and dialing of the telephone number by solving the existing problems described above at once is as follows.

1) Use only person names. -Everyone remembers names but not phone numbers. Essentially, a person's memory is not related to numbers. Using these features, you can make phone calls and search phone numbers using only your name.

2) Use the first name of the person as a shortcut. The person's name is usually three characters, and in the case of cell phones, it takes too many keys to hit the name. Therefore, only the initial letter of the first letter, second letter, and third letter of the name is used as a shortcut. For example, Hong Gil-dong, if you press the last name of the surname's first consonant 'ㅎ' button to filter the first name of the person who starts with the last name ㅎ, then press the 'a' button and the last name will start The first letter filters people who start with a, and finally, when you press the 'c' dial button, the last name starts with ㅎ, the name starts with a, and only the phone number of the person whose name ends begin with c starts. Is displayed on the LCD screen, and in the case of a general telephone, the voice is answered using a handset called Hong Gil-dong. If you pressed ㅎㄱ without going to ㅎㄱㄷ and there is only one name, a call is placed in the middle.

It is an object of the present invention to list the names starting with the corresponding consonant when each user selects the first consonant of the first character (first name) of the other party's name when searching or dialing a phone number so as to solve the above-described problem. If you select the first consonant of the second character (name first) in the list of names that satisfy the first and second consonant consonants, then select the first consonant of the third character (name end), Only names that satisfy the second and third consonants are listed.

Therefore, the user can find the name and phone number of the other party and press the dial button twice or more to find the desired phone number without dialing 10 times. Can be reduced.

1 is an example of a phone number search apparatus according to the present invention

Figure 2a, 2b is an example of a phone number search process according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

11: dial button

12: call name button

13: phone number display (LCD screen)

14: phone number search unit

In order to achieve the above object, the telephone number retrieval apparatus according to the present invention includes a dial keyboard, a telephone number display unit (liquid crystal screen), a telephone book storage unit, and a telephone book search unit.

1 to 2a, 2b will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 shows a phone number search apparatus according to the present invention. The phone number search apparatus of FIG. 1 includes a dial button 11 for inputting or selecting a phone book, a person name dialing button 12, and a phone number display unit (liquid crystal screen) indicating a selected number or letter, a person name, and a phone number. 13), the phone number storage unit 14, the person name dial button 12 is selected and stored in the user's name and phone number is input from each user through the dial input, and the dial unit is selected in turn, the memory unit ( And a phone number search unit 15 for filtering only the names satisfying the consonants of the selected dial among the phone numbers registered in 14) in order.

2A and 2B illustrate a phone number search method according to the present invention. A first step in which each user selects the person name dialing button 12 and then presses a specific consonant a on the dial button 11; A second step of extracting a phone number corresponding to a surname starting with the consonant pressed in the first step; A third step in which each user presses a specific consonant a on the dial button 11 again; A fourth step of extracting only a phone number that satisfies the first letter (second letter) starting with the consonant pressed in the third step among the phone numbers selected in the second step; A fifth process of each user pressing a specific consonant a on the dial button 11 for the third time; Among the names extracted through the second and fourth processes, a name and a phone number ending in the consonant pressed in the fifth process (third letter) are displayed on the telephone number display window (liquid crystal screen) 13. 6 courses; After the user confirms the other party's name and phone number, it consists of a seventh process of pressing the call button.

As described above, by using the telephone number search apparatus and the search method according to the present invention, a telephone number search and a call is automatically made only by selecting the first three of the first, second, and third characters (Hong Gil-dong) of the person's name. This makes the dialing very fast and simple.

1) Speedy-In the past, dialing an average of 11 digits of a phone number or searching a lot has been done, but now, if you press the dial two or three times, you can make a call.

2) Psychological Convenience-No need to memorize phone numbers one by one and remember all the names of people, so you don't have to remember phone numbers. In addition, whenever the user clicks the arrow down when searching for a name, the name of the current cursor is located based on the order of ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅗ, ㅛ, TT, ㅠ, ㅡ, ㅣ There is no need to judge the relationship between the names, so I feel very at ease.

Although the present invention described above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, a person skilled in the art only has the first consonant of the first, second, third, .., n characters of the name described in the claims below. It will be appreciated that various modifications and changes can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of searching for a telephone number and making a call automatically by filtering only a satisfactory name.

Claims (5)

Telephone number search apparatus and search method according to the present invention, A dial button for entering or selecting a phone book; Person name dialing button; Phone number display section (LCD screen) showing the selected number or letter, person's name and phone number; A phone number storage unit for storing a person's name and a phone number from each user through dial input; And When the person name dial button is selected and the dial button is selected in sequence, the phone number search device comprising a phone number search unit for filtering only the names satisfying the consonants of the selected dial among the phone numbers registered in the memory; Search method. The method of claim 1, The telephone number search method, (1) a first step in which each user selects a person's name dialing button and then presses a specific consonant (AZ) on the dial button; (2) a second step of extracting a phone number corresponding to the surname or business name (first letter) starting with the consonant pressed in the first step; (3) a third step in which each user presses a specific consonant a second on the dial button; (4) a fourth step of extracting only a phone number that satisfies the first letter (second letter) starting with the consonant pressed in the third step among the phone numbers selected in the second step; (5) a fifth step in which each user presses a specific consonant a to third on the dial button; (6) Among the names extracted through the second and fourth processes, the name and phone number ending with the consonant pressed in the fifth process (third letter) and the phone number are displayed on the phone number display window (liquid crystal screen). A sixth process represented; (7) The telephone number retrieval method comprising a seventh process in which a user makes a call when the user presses a call button after confirming the name and telephone number of the other party. In the phone number search method of claim 2, (11) in the second process of extracting the telephone number, if only one telephone number remains, the telephone number is automatically dialed; (12) in the fourth process, if only one telephone number remains, the telephone number is automatically dialed; (13) A method for retrieving a telephone number, characterized in that, if only one telephone number remains in the sixth step, the telephone number is automatically dialed. The method of claim 1, Phone number memory (part) where person name (mutual name) and phone number are input and stored are, Storing three consonants of a specific name as shortcuts; Selecting three consonants of a specific name in order; Determining whether three primary consonants match a specific name; When the three consonants match, a phone number search method characterized in that a call is made using a specific name and phone number. The method of claim 1, The phone number search device and search method, Used for searching after registering the phone number of the personal cellular phone; Used for phone number registration and retrieval of personal digital assistants (PDAs); Used to register and search corporate telephone numbers; Used for phone number registration and retrieval of home telephones; Telephone number search device and search method characterized in that used for business, customer management, customer phone number registration and search of self-employed