KR20060004858A - Method for searching phone book in mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal. Conventionally, even when a speed dial for a phone call is specified, if a speed dial number is not remembered, a phone number stored in a phone book or a recent call list of the mobile communication terminal is stored. There is a problem in that a plurality of key manipulations are required because a search must be performed using an assigned search key after entering a menu or pressing a portion of a phone number on a standby screen. In view of the above problems, the present invention is configured to automatically search for and display information of a phone number including this number in a recent call list or a phone book by pressing a number in a standby screen, and stores only a part of a phone number to be searched. If you have the effect that you can get the search results quickly.

Description

How to retrieve phone number for mobile device {METHOD FOR SEARCHING PHONE BOOK IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

1 is a flow chart showing a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing a display method of the phone number search results according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal. Particularly, when a number is pressed in a standby screen, a mobile phone terminal automatically searches for and displays information of a phone number including the number in a recent call list or a phone book. A telephone number retrieval method of a communication terminal.

With the spread of mobile communication terminals, telephone calls can be made regardless of time and place, and the use of mobile communication services and mobile communication terminals, which generate high value as the use becomes more common, continues.

As part of this, in using the voice call service, which is the most important function of the mobile communication terminal, the phone book storage and retrieval functions are enhanced so that a user can make a phone call with a desired counterpart more easily and quickly.

In order to search for a general phone number, a user enters a phone number search item configured in a predetermined menu, for example, a phone book menu, to search for a desired phone number by name in a phone book registered in a mobile communication terminal. Select Find by Name among the Find Phone Numbers. In this case, when a search item is selected by name, a predetermined window for inputting a name is displayed, and a search is performed by inputting a name to be found in the window.

Therefore, if you do not know the phone number of the other party you want to make a phone call, you must go through the search process as described above, and even if you know the phone number every time you press, so you can specify speed dial in the phone number storage process for easy voice calls And, by pressing and holding the speed dial number in the standby screen state, a number previously designated by the user is transmitted. Therefore, you can assign speed dials to the phone numbers of frequently called parties and remember them.

However, in the prior art as described above, even if the speed dial is specified, if the speed dial number is not remembered, the user enters a menu to search for a phone number stored in a phone book or a recent call list of the mobile communication terminal or calls from a standby screen. There is a problem in that a plurality of key operations are required because a search must be performed using a search key assigned after pressing a part of the number.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and if a number of predetermined digits is entered in the standby screen state, the phone book and the recent call list can be searched without a separate key operation so that related information can be displayed using a pop-up window. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for searching a phone number of a mobile communication terminal.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the step of searching for the presence of the data containing the number in the phone book or the recent call list when a number of more than a predetermined number of digits in the idle screen state of the mobile communication terminal, and the search; If there is data by the search results are displayed in a pop-up window and determining whether the call key, confirmation key, direction key or numeric key is selected, if the call key is selected, the telephone number is displayed in the pop-up window, and the confirmation When the key is selected, the phone number displayed in the pop-up window is moved to the stored location. When the direction key is selected, another phone number which is not displayed among the plurality of search results is displayed. When the number key is selected, the above search process is repeated. Characterized in consisting of steps.

In addition, the order in which a plurality of search results are displayed in a pop-up window according to the operation of the direction key is according to the order of the recent call when the search results are data stored in the recent call list, but not in the recent call list, but stored in the phone book. The data is characterized in that it is made to display in the order stored in the phone book.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for searching a phone number of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, when a number is input in a standby screen state, the method determines whether the number is three or more digits, and if the number is three or more digits. Searching the phone book or the recent call list to search for data containing the entered number, and if not more than three digits, maintain the current screen state, and if such data exists, the information is displayed in a pop-up window. Displaying and maintaining the current screen state if not present, determining whether the call key, confirmation key, direction key or numeric key is selected while the pop-up window is displayed, and if the call key is selected, the number displayed in the pop-up window. When the call is connected and the confirmation key is selected, the location where the number displayed in the popup window is stored (that is, , The location where the number is stored in the phonebook or the recent calls list), when the direction key is selected, displays other information not displayed among the plurality of results of searching the phonebook or the recent calls list, and the selection of the numeric keys. If a number is additionally inputted, the process consists of repeating a series of processes for searching the phone book or the recent call list as described above.

When the user presses a three-digit number on the idle screen, the user searches for data including the three-digit consecutive number in the phone book and the recent call list, and displays relevant information in a popup window if there is a search result.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when 1, 2, and 3 are consecutively pressed, one of two search results including 123 in the phone book and the phone number stored in the recent call list is displayed. 'Is displayed, and selecting a direction key changes the screen to a pop-up window that displays the remaining search results,' Oh Ji Hoon 010-000-0123 '. However, if the call key is pressed while the search result of 'Kim Ji Young 02-123-1234' is displayed, the call is attempted to connect to this number, and pressing the confirm key moves to the location where the number is stored.

However, if an additional number is entered, it is searched again for the existence of data including the number entered in the phone book or the recent call list. For example, if the numeric key 5 is selected, it searches for the existence of data including the number of 1235. If there is no search result, the current screen state is maintained. If there is a search result, the corresponding information is displayed in a pop-up window. The process of determining whether there is a selection of a confirmation key, a direction key, or a numeric key is performed.

If the search results are many, the order in the pop-up window is displayed in the order of the most recent call if the phone number is in the recent call list, but not in the recent call list but stored in the phone book. To indicate.

In other words, the pop-up window displays data that is predicted to ultimately match the data that a user ultimately wants to search from among a plurality of search results. will be.

As described in detail above, the present invention searches for and displays a phone number stored in a mobile communication terminal without a separate search procedure by inputting only a part of a counterpart's phone number to be searched. It can have a currency effect.

In particular, when only a part of the phone number to be searched is memorized, it is useful to quickly obtain a search result.

Claims (2)

Searching for the presence of data including the number in a phone book or a recent call list when a number of predetermined digits is input in the idle screen state of the mobile communication terminal; Displaying the search result in a pop-up window when the data by the search exists and determining whether a call key, a confirmation key, a direction key or a numeric key is selected; When the call key is selected, the phone is connected to the phone number displayed on the pop-up window. When the confirmation key is selected, the phone number displayed on the pop-up window is moved to the stored location. When the direction key is selected, another phone not displayed among the plurality of search results is selected. Displaying a number, and repeating the above search process if the number key is selected, the phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of The method of claim 1, The order in which a plurality of search results are displayed in a pop-up window according to the operation of the direction key is according to the order of the recent call when the search results are data stored in the recent call list, but not in the recent call list but stored in the phone book. In the case of data, the telephone number search method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the display in the order stored in the phone book.

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