KR20040051132A - Multi-user hand-phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A multi-user environment supporting mobile phone is provided to allow a qualified user to use an allowed service menu by checking an ID and a password assigned to each user. CONSTITUTION: A keypad(10) generates key data corresponding to keys selected by a user and transmits it to a controller(20). The controller(20) controls a general operation of a mobile phone. A memory(50) stores an algorithm for operation of the mobile phone, a phone number or a short message. A display unit(40) displays information signal. A radio frequency transmitting/receiving unit(30) transmits/receives a voice signal or a short message to/from a base station. A manager module(60) controls to present an input window for inputting an ID and a password of a manager on the display unit(40) in order to check whether the manager is qualified. A user checking module(70) receives an ID and a password of a user, checks whether they are correct, and determines whether the user is qualified to use a corresponding service menu.

Description

Multi-user handset phone {Multi-user hand-phone}

The present invention relates to a multi-user environment mobile phone.

More specifically, the present invention relates to a mobile phone supporting a multi-user environment in which a user can use a service menu authorized only to a legitimate user by checking an ID and password given to each user when a user uses a mobile phone.

In general, a mobile phone is used by a single user.

Among the service menus of the user's mobile phone, there is a menu in which the user can use the corresponding service only by inputting a password in order to designate the user's unique area such as using international calls or deleting the phone book.

However, there is no service that restricts the use of each service menu so that a plurality of users can use one mobile phone as a service corresponding to one user using one mobile phone.

In particular, when a company uses a mobile phone for a company, there may be several mobile phone users. As a plurality of users access a specific menu of the mobile phone menu and change and delete information at random, other users may experience inconvenience. have.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a multi-user environment supporting mobile phone that can limit the use area for each user when using a single mobile phone.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention includes a keypad for generating key data according to a user's key button manipulation, a controller for outputting a corresponding signal when key data is generated, and a corresponding service to the user; And a display unit for displaying a service according to a signal output from the controller, wherein the ID and password for each user and service menu information permitted for the user are stored, and a key button is operated for a user to use a specific service. In response to receiving the signal output from the control unit, the ID and password input window is presented to the display unit to determine whether to access the specific service, and the corresponding service is provided to the legitimate user according to the ID and password input by the user Include a user identification module that supports It provides a multi-user environment supporting mobile phone.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile phone supporting a multi-user environment according to the present invention

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a user confirmation process in a mobile phone according to the present invention.

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10: keypad 20: control unit

30: radio frequency transmitting and receiving unit 40: display unit

50: memory 60: manager module

70: user confirmation module

These objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a schematic diagram of a multi-user mobile phone according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile phone according to the present invention includes a keypad 10 for generating key data corresponding to a key selected by a user and transmitting the generated key data to the controller 20 and a mobile phone. A control unit 20 for performing overall operation control, a memory 50 for storing an algorithm and a phone number or a short message for an operation of a mobile phone, a display unit 40 for displaying an information signal generated in a mobile phone operation operation process, A wireless frequency transmission / reception unit 30 for transmitting / receiving a voice signal or a short message to a base station, an administrator module 60 and a user confirmation module 70 to be described later, and other speakers not described, such as a speaker and a microphone Since the components are functions known as general components of the mobile phone, description thereof will be omitted.

In the present invention, in order to support the use of a multi-user mobile phone ID and password is provided for each user, by limiting the service menu available for each user or by assigning a user area according to each menu, a user accessing a specific menu Only the user area can be used.

Each user's ID, password, and service menu restrictions are managed by a separate mobile phone administrator.

The administrator accesses the 'administrator mode', assigns IDs and passwords to a plurality of users who want to use one mobile phone, and designates a service menu available to each user.

When the administrator accesses the 'administrator mode', the manager module 60 causes the display unit 40 to present an input window for receiving an administrator's ID and password to confirm whether the administrator is a legitimate administrator.

If the ID and password entered by the administrator are correct, the administrator is authorized to manage the menu area of the cellular phone, such as modifying the user's use menu.

When the user inputs a corresponding key to use a specific service menu, the user identification module 70 receives an ID and password from the user, checks whether the ID and password are correct, and then the user can use the corresponding service menu. Determine if you are a legitimate user.

That is, the user identification module 70 stores IDs and passwords for the users available for each service menu in correspondence with the respective service menus, and as the user inputs a corresponding key to use a specific service menu, the control unit ( Upon receiving the signal output from 20), the ID and password input window is displayed on the display unit 40 to check whether the ID and password are received and the ID and password are stored in the area where the service menu can be used. .

If the ID and password entered by the user are stored in the available area of the service menu, the user may be provided with the corresponding menu in which the user inputs a key for use.

The service menu that can limit the use of each user or change the use area may be a phone book, schedule management, a short message, or use of an international call. Can be set.

For example, suppose that all users using a single mobile phone can add, modify, or delete information stored in the phone book.

If a first user adds a phone number of a specific person to the phonebook as needed, and if the second user accesses the phonebook while deleting the phone number of the specific person while using the mobile phone, then the first user is assigned to the specific person's phone number. You will not be able to get information about the phone number.

Since there is an inconvenience as described above, the phonebook area for the first user only is allocated separately, or the first user can edit, add, or edit the information of the phonebook, and the other users can edit the information stored in the phonebook. It can't be viewed, but only viewed, so that the information in the phonebook can be prevented from being edited by multiple users.

When only the first user is allowed to edit the information in the phonebook, when the first user sets the disclosure, information such as a phone number stored in the phonebook is disclosed. When the first user releases the disclosure, the first user is released. A user other than the user will not even be able to see the information in the phonebook.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user confirmation process when a user wants to access a schedule management menu will be described.

One of a plurality of users using a mobile phone manipulates the keypad 10 of the mobile phone to input a corresponding key to access a schedule management menu using the mobile phone (S1).

When key data is generated from a key inputted by a user to access a schedule management menu on a mobile phone, and the controller 20 outputs a signal according to the key data, the user confirmation module 70 may enable the user to use the schedule management menu. The ID and password input window is presented on the display unit 40 to receive the ID and password to determine whether the user (S2).

When the ID and password input window is displayed on the display unit 40, the user inputs the ID and password, and the user verification module 70 determines whether the ID and password are correct (S3). The user of the ID and password manages the schedule. It is determined whether the menu is accessible (S4).

That is, the user confirmation module 70 confirms whether the ID and password are stored in the schedule management menu access allowance area.

If the ID and password are stored in the schedule management menu access allowance area, the user who inputs the ID and password is a user who can use the schedule management menu so that the user can use the schedule management menu (S5). .

Since the ID and password entered by the user in steps S3 and S4 are incorrect or the ID and password entered by the user are correct, the user of the ID and password may not be able to access the schedule management menu. The error message is output to the display unit 40 (S6).

Through the user verification process as described above, a user who can use each menu and a user who does not use the menu are distinguished.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

As described above, in the present invention, when a plurality of users use a single mobile phone, each user can use the corresponding service menu only for a legitimate user by inputting an ID and password. It is easy to secure the information stored in the mobile phone, and can prevent the use of the mobile phone indiscriminately.

Claims (3)

A keypad for generating key data according to a user's key button operation, a controller for outputting a corresponding signal when the key data is generated, for supporting the corresponding service to the user, and a display unit for presenting a service according to a signal output from the controller In the mobile phone equipped, When the ID and password for each user and service menu information permitted to the user are stored, and a signal outputted from the controller is received according to a key button manipulation for using a specific service of the user, it is determined whether to access the specific service. And a user identification module for allowing an ID and password input window to be presented to the display unit and providing a corresponding service to a legitimate user according to an ID and password input by the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the service menu A multi-user mobile phone comprising at least one of a phone book, schedule management, and a short message. The method of claim 1, When the user selects the administrator mode, and receives the administrator ID and password, if it is confirmed that the administrator is a legitimate multi-user mobile phone, characterized in that it further includes an administrator module for supporting the modification of each user ID, password and service menu .