KR20040037998A - Method for setting short-cut menu and selecting menu using short-cut key in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for setting abbreviated menus and selecting menus using abbreviated keys in a mobile communication terminal is provided to set an abbreviated menu item in a mobile communication terminal, and to select the abbreviated menu item by pressing abbreviated keys, thereby easily selecting a desired menu. CONSTITUTION: If a user indicates to set an abbreviated menu mode, a mobile communication terminal sets the abbreviated menu mode(S401). The terminal displays the highest menu items corresponding to the highest path(S402). If the user selects portions of the highest menu items(S403), the terminal displays the selected items(S404). If the user designates an abbreviated number and one of the displayed items(S405), the terminal displays the designated abbreviated number and the item(S406). If the user indicates to set the designated abbreviated number and the item as an abbreviated menu item(S407), the terminal sets the designated number and the item as the abbreviated menu item according to the user's indication(S408).

Description

Method for setting short-cut menu and selecting menu using short-cut key in mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a method for selecting a shortcut menu using a shortcut menu and a shortcut key in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for setting a shortcut menu item in a mobile communication terminal and selecting the shortcut menu item using a shortcut key.

In general, the mobile communication terminal is mainly used to perform wireless communication with the other party, but recently, various additional services are provided through the mobile communication terminal due to the development of communication technology. In accordance with the provision of the additional service, various menu items are set in the mobile communication terminal. In order to select such menu items, various menu items as shown in FIG.

That is, FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram for describing a conventional selection path for menu items in a mobile communication terminal. However, for convenience of description, the selection path of each menu item is divided into first to third steps.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, when a user presses a menu key of a mobile communication terminal to set a specific menu item to be provided among additional services provided through the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal displays a first step on the LCD screen. The menu items corresponding to S101 are displayed.

When the user selects a specific item from the menu items of the first step S101 displayed using the menu key, the mobile communication terminal displays the second step corresponding to this item on the LCD screen (S201, S202, S203). Display the menu items.

For example, when the user selects the item “2 bells / vibration” of the first step S101, the mobile terminal displays the menu items of the second step S201 corresponding to this item on the LCD screen. If the user selects the item "5 volume / alarm tone" of the first step S101, the mobile terminal displays the menu items of the second step S202 corresponding to this item on the LCD screen.

When the user selects the item "9 games / stopwatch" of the first step S101, the mobile terminal displays the menu items of the second step S203 corresponding to this item on the LCD screen.

As described above, when the menu item corresponding to the second step 203 is displayed on the LCD screen and the user selects the “1 game” item in the second step S203, the mobile communication terminal corresponds to this item. The menu items of the third step S301 are displayed.

When the desired menu item is selected through the above-described process, the user may again receive an additional service for the selected menu item by using the menu key.

Next, the process for the menu item selection path of the conventional mobile communication terminal illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

First, when the mobile terminal is in the standby mode (201), when the user presses the menu key, the mobile terminal displays the menu items of the first step (S101) on the LCD screen (202).

Subsequently, when the user presses the 9 key on the keypad to select the “9 games / stopwatch” item among the displayed menu items, the mobile communication terminal displays the menu items of the second step (S203) on the LCD screen according to the user's instruction. Display (203).

Then, when the user presses the first key on the keypad to select the “1 game” item among the displayed menu items, the mobile communication terminal according to the user's instruction, the menu of the third step S301 corresponding to the “game” item. The item is displayed (204).

In this way, when the user presses the No. 3 key on the keypad in order to select the "three moles" item among the menu items displayed on the LCD screen, the mobile communication terminal sets the "mole" item as the user's selection item (205).

As such, if the user presses a key on the keypad after the "mole" item is finally selected, the mobile terminal executes the "mole" game so that the user can play the game (206).

On the other hand, these menu items are fixed for each mobile communication terminal. At this time, a menu of commonly used functions is fixed at the top so that frequently used functions can be easily accessed. On the other hand, since the menus that are frequently used by the users are different from each other, even if the functions are not usually used frequently, many users often use them. In this case, when the menu item in the mobile communication terminal is selected as described above, the user selects a desired menu item through a path of several steps for a function that is not commonly used, so that a relatively long time is spent in selecting the menu item. There was a problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a method of easily selecting a desired menu by setting a shortcut menu item in the mobile communication terminal and selecting the shortcut menu item by pressing a shortcut key. There is a purpose.

1 is a view illustrating a selection path of a menu item in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a selection path of a menu item in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

3 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting a shortcut menu in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5A to 5E are diagrams illustrating screen items of menu items set in a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a menu selection method using a shortcut key in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

311: keypad 312: control part

313: LCD screen 314: memory

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for setting a shortcut menu item in a mobile communication terminal and selecting the shortcut menu item using a shortcut key, wherein the shortcut menu for setting the shortcut menu item according to a user's instruction. Setting a mode and displaying top menu items corresponding to the top path of the menu selection path; A second step of displaying sub-menu items corresponding to sub-paths of the selected menu item as one menu item among the top menu items is selected by the user; When a user designates a specific number as a shortcut number by pressing a numeric key, designates one menu item among the submenu items, and instructs to set a shortcut menu item, the user sets the designated shortcut number and submenu item as a shortcut menu item. Third step; And a fourth step of executing a menu item corresponding to the shortcut number when the user presses a shortcut number after pressing a specific key for selecting the shortcut menu item in the standby mode.

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

3 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 3, a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied includes a keypad 311 for inputting user commands related to menu setting and selection, and various menu items according to a user's instruction through the keypad 311. The controller 312 for controlling the setting and selection, the liquid crystal display 313 for displaying the menu item under the control of the controller 312, and for storing information about the shortcut menu item provided from the controller 312 Memory 314.

The user inputs a command for newly setting a selection path of a shortcut menu item using the keypad 311, and also inputs a command for selecting a desired shortcut menu item.

The controller 312 sets the selection path of the shortcut menu item according to a user's command input through the keypad 311 and stores the selected path of the shortcut menu item in the memory 314. In addition, the controller 312 displays a shortcut menu item stored in the memory 314 on the LCD screen 313 according to a user's instruction so that the user can select a desired menu item.

A process of setting a shortcut menu item in the mobile communication terminal having such a configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a shortcut menu in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a user instructs to set a shortcut menu mode by pressing a key to set a shortcut menu item in the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal sets a shortcut menu mode (S401).

At this time, the mobile communication terminal sets the shortcut menu mode and displays the top menu items corresponding to the top path of the menu selection path as shown in FIG. 5A (S402). Here, the top menu items include an electronic notebook, a sound setting, and a phone book.

When the top menu items are displayed, when the user presses a key to select one top menu item, for example, the "electronic notebook" item (S403), the mobile communication terminal is a subordinate of the "electronic notebook" as shown in FIG. 5B. Items such as calendar / scheduler, alarm and customer management corresponding to the menu are displayed (S404).

Here, when the user selects the "sound setting" item among the top menu items, the mobile communication terminal has items such as ringing / vibration, bell designation and group editing, etc. corresponding to the submenu of "sound setting" as shown in FIG. 5C. Display them.

When the user selects a "phone book" item among the top menu items, the mobile communication terminal selects items such as a phone number search, a recent call number, and a group edit corresponding to a submenu of the "phone book" as shown in FIG. 5D. Display.

5B to 5D, in a state in which the menu items are displayed, the user presses a numeric key to designate a shortcut number, for example, '1', and one menu item among the displayed items, for example, "Find phone number." "Item (S405), the mobile communication terminal displays the designated shortcut number '1' and the shortcut menu item " search phone number " as shown in FIG. 5E (S406).

At this time, if the user instructs to set the designated shortcut number '1' and the shortcut menu item "Find phone number" as the shortcut menu item (S407), the mobile communication terminal is assigned to the designated shortcut number '1' according to the user's instruction. The shortcut menu item "Find phone number" is set as a shortcut menu item (S408).

Through the process as described above, the user sets the desired menu items.

A process of selecting a shortcut menu item set as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6. For example, it is assumed that hotkey 1 is "Phone Number Finder", hotkey 2 is "Calendar / Scheduler", hotkey 3 is "Treasure Game", and hotkey 4 is "Yahoo Korea URL".

6 is a flowchart illustrating a menu selection method using a shortcut key in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, when the user presses a specific key "*" or "#" in a state where the mobile communication terminal is displaying the initial screen (S601), the mobile communication terminal displays "*" or "#" on the screen. Display and set the shortcut menu selection mode (S602).

In this shortcut menu selection mode, when the user presses a specific numeric key, for example, the "1" key (S603), the mobile communication terminal executes a phone number search item set to the shortcut number "1" (S604).

Here, when the user presses the "3" key after pressing the "*" key or the "#" key, the mobile communication terminal executes the "treasure hunt game" corresponding to the item "3".

In addition, when the user presses the "4" key after pressing the "*" key or the "#" key, the mobile communication terminal executes "Yahoo Korea" corresponding to the item "4".

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described in detail according to the above-described preferred embodiment, it should be noted that the above-described embodiment is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various embodiments are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by setting a shortcut menu item in the mobile communication terminal and selecting the shortcut menu item by pressing a shortcut key, the time required for menu selection can be greatly shortened by easily selecting a desired menu. This can significantly improve the user's satisfaction.

Claims (3)

In a method for setting a shortcut menu item in a mobile communication terminal and selecting the shortcut menu item using a shortcut key, Setting a shortcut menu mode for setting shortcut menu items according to a user's instruction, and displaying first menu items corresponding to the highest path among menu selection paths; A second step of displaying sub-menu items corresponding to sub-paths of the selected menu item as one menu item among the top menu items is selected by the user; When a user designates a specific number as a shortcut number by pressing a numeric key, designates one menu item among the submenu items, and instructs to set a shortcut menu item, the user sets the designated shortcut number and submenu item as a shortcut menu item. Third step; And In the standby mode, when the user presses a shortcut key after pressing a specific key for selecting a shortcut menu item, the fourth step of executing a menu item corresponding to the shortcut number Menu selection method using a shortcut menu settings and shortcut keys in the mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, In the fourth step, The mobile communication terminal sets a shortcut menu selection mode in the mobile communication terminal when the user presses an asterisk "*" key. The method of claim 1, In the fourth step, The mobile communication terminal sets a shortcut menu selection mode when a user presses the "#" key.