KR20060101001A - Method for retrieving short message in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for searching a short message of a mobile communication terminal, wherein a short message menu is selected, and when a text key is input, a short message including a character input among short messages stored in the mobile communication terminal is searched and provided to a user. By providing a quick text message search mode, it is possible to search a short message simply and quickly.

Short Message, Fast Short Message Search Mode, Query

Description

Short message retrieval method of mobile communication terminal {METHOD FOR RETRIEVING SHORT MESSAGE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a quick short message search mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for a short message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 shows a display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

The present invention relates to a short message search stored in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method of searching for a short message quickly and conveniently.

The mobile communication terminal stores a plurality of short messages received from other terminals and a plurality of short messages created and stored by a user. The general procedure for retrieving the short message stored in the mobile communication terminal is as follows. When the user selects the short message menu, the mobile communication terminal displays submenus of the short message menu. The submenus are divided into a menu for managing a received short message and a menu for managing and transmitting a short message, which is created and stored by a user or is transmitted. The user selects a corresponding menu according to the type of short message to be searched, for example, whether the received short message is a short message written by the user or the short message is sent. According to the user selection, the mobile communication terminal displays a submenu of the selected menu. For example, if a menu for managing a received short message is selected, submenus of the received short message management menu are displayed. The user then selects a menu that provides a list of all stored incoming short messages. The mobile communication terminal displays all stored short messages according to a user's selection, and the user scrolls through a list using a direction key to retrieve a desired short message.

As described above, the short message retrieval process consists of several steps, and thus, it takes a considerable time to retrieve the short message. In addition, it is inconvenient to select several menus, and to search for a short message that a user wants, among a plurality of short messages.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for searching a short message through a simple process.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for retrieving a short message in a short time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for conveniently searching for a short message.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a process of detecting an input for selecting a short message menu, and if there is an input of a character key to search for and provide a short message containing a character corresponding to the input character key; Characterized in that made.

The present invention provides a first process for detecting an input for selecting a short message menu, a second process for checking whether a quick short message search mode is set when an arbitrary character key is input, and the quick short message search mode includes: Setting a search word input window displaying a character corresponding to the input character key, and a search list window displaying a short message including the displayed displayed character; A fourth process of continuously displaying a character corresponding to the inputted new character key in the search word input window and continuously searching for a short message including the displayed characters in the search list window; Characterized in that made.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same components in the drawings are represented by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when 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 detailed description thereof will be omitted.

First, the configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal includes a control unit 11, a memory unit 13, a display device 15, a key input unit 17, a baseband processing unit 19, an RF (Radio Frequency) module 21, It includes a voice processing unit 23.

The memory unit 13 stores a program for processing and controlling the control unit 11, reference data, various kinds of updatable storage data, and the like, and is provided as a working memory of the control unit 11. And stores a plurality of incoming short messages, a plurality of prepared short messages, and a plurality of outgoing short messages.

The display device 15 displays various image information and images received from the base station or stored in the memory unit 13 on the screen under the control of the control unit 11.

The key input unit 17 includes a plurality of function keys such as *, # keys, and menus, selections, calls, erases, power / end, volume, and shooting, corresponding to various functions of the mobile communication terminal. The control unit 11 provides key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user. In addition, the key input unit 17 includes a character key to which each number of 0 to 9 is assigned, and a plurality of Korean or English characters are assigned to the key to which each number is assigned.

The RF module 21 transmits and receives a radio signal with a mobile communication base station through an antenna. The RF module 21 modulates a signal to be transmitted from the control unit 11 through the baseband processor 19 and transmits an RF signal through the antenna. In addition, the RF signal received through the antenna is demodulated and provided to the controller 11 through the baseband processor 19. The baseband processor 19 processes baseband signals transmitted and received between the RF module 21 and the controller 11.

The voice processing unit 23 connected to the control unit 11 and the microphone MIC and the speaker SPK connected to the voice processing unit 23 are used for phone calls and voice recording.

The mobile communication terminal configured as described above displays a submenu of the short message menu according to the user's selection, and if there is an input of a text key in this state, determines whether the fast short message search mode is set. The quick short message search mode is a mode for quickly and simply searching for a short message stored in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In this mode, a short message including a search word input from a user is displayed by displaying a window.

If the fast short message search mode is set, the mobile communication terminal displays a search word input window and a search list window according to the character key input. Thereafter, a search word input from the user is displayed in a search word input window, and a short message list including the search word is displayed in a search list window.

This operation process will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the process of setting the quick short message search mode will be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a fast short message retrieval mode according to an embodiment of the present invention. In step 101, the controller 11 of the mobile communication terminal proceeds to step 103 when a user requests a quick short message search mode setting. In step 103, the controller 11 sets a quick short message search mode and ends the operation process.

Next, a process of searching for a short message in a quick short message search mode is set with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for a short message according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, if an input for selecting a short message menu is detected in step 201, the controller 11 of the mobile communication terminal proceeds to step 203. In step 203, the controller 11 displays the short message submenu and proceeds to step 205. In step 205, the control unit 11 proceeds to step 207 when the character key is input. In step 207, the controller 11 determines whether the fast short message search mode is set. If the fast short message search mode is set, the controller 11 proceeds to step 209. If the quick short message search mode is not set, the controller 11 proceeds to step 219. Select the menu corresponding to the number assigned to the entered character key.

On the other hand, in step 209, since the control unit 11 is set to the fast short message search mode, when the character key input is detected, the search word is displayed in the character assigned to the input key, such as the display screen 30 shown in FIG. The input window 31 and the search list window 33 are displayed. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The search word input window 31 displays a search word corresponding to a text key input from a user and operates similarly to a general text input mode. The search list window 33 is a window in which a search list is displayed, and short messages including the search word are displayed.

Thereafter, in step 211, the controller 11 checks whether there is an input of the character key, proceeds to step 213 if there is an input of the character key, and proceeds to step 221 if the character key is not input, and performs an operation corresponding to the input. . In step 213, the control unit 11 determines whether a text key is input within a predetermined time, and proceeds to step 215 if the text key is input within a predetermined time, and proceeds to step 217 if the text key is not input within a predetermined time. do. In step 215, the control unit 11 displays a character assigned to the character input to the search word input window 31, and proceeds to step 211 to repeat the operations of steps 211 to 217. In step 217, the control unit 11 displays a text message assigned to the text input to the search word input window 31 and a short message including the displayed text in the search list window 33 and proceeds to step 211. Repeat steps 211 to 217.

That is, if the character key is continuously input within a predetermined time, the controller 11 determines that the search word input is continued and stops the short message search operation until the search word input is completed. If there is no continuous character key input within a predetermined time, a short message including the search word entered so far is searched and provided to the user. If there is a search word input while the search word used for the search is not deleted after providing the searched short message, the text message including the newly entered search word is searched again and displayed on the search list window 33. For example, if a user inputs a search word "raw" and no subsequent text input is performed, the control unit 11 searches for all text messages including "raw" and displays them in the search list window 33. Subsequently, when the user inputs a search term "day" without deleting the search term "live", the controller 11 displays the search term "birthday" in the search term input window 31 and includes the search term "birthday". The short messages are searched and displayed on the search list window 33.

At this time, the control unit 11 targets all short messages stored in the memory unit 13 as a search target, and also includes a receiving telephone number stored together with the short message. That is, when a number is entered as a search word, if the number is included in the receiving telephone number in addition to the content of the short message body, the short message stored together with the receiving telephone number is provided to the user as a search result.

In addition, the user may scroll and confirm a plurality of short messages provided as a search result by using a direction key or the like, and if the specific short message is selected, the entire contents of the short message may be checked.

As described above, the present invention provides a quick text message search mode in which a short message menu is selected and the user inputs a text key to search for a short message including the input characters and provides the user with a simple text message. Enable search.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention provides a quick text message search in which a short message menu is selected, and when a text key is input, a short message including text input from a short message stored in a mobile communication terminal is searched and provided to a user. By providing a mode, the short message can be retrieved easily and quickly.

Claims (6)

In the short message retrieval method of a mobile communication terminal that stores a plurality of short messages, Detecting the input of selecting the short message menu; And if a text key is input, searching and providing a short message including a character corresponding to the input text key. In the short message retrieval method of a mobile communication terminal that stores a plurality of short messages, A first step of detecting an input for selecting a short message menu; A second step of checking whether a quick short message search mode is set when an arbitrary character key is input; A third step of displaying a search word input window displaying a character corresponding to the input text key and a search list window displaying the searched short message including the searched text when the quick short message searching mode is set; If there is a new character key input after the input of the arbitrary character key, the character corresponding to the input new character key is continuously displayed in the search word input window, and the short message including the displayed characters is continuously searched for the search. And a fourth process of displaying on the list window. The method of claim 2, wherein the fourth process detects an input when the continuous character key is input, and simultaneously displays characters corresponding to the character key in the search word input window and sets a time interval at which a next character key is input. And shortly searching for a short message, and searching for and displaying a short message including the displayed characters when the next text key input time interval is longer than a predetermined time interval. The method of claim 3, wherein when a plurality of short messages are displayed in the search list window, the searched short messages are provided by scrolling according to a direction key input. The method of claim 2, wherein the body content of the short message and the receiving telephone number stored together when the short message are stored are search areas. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting of the quick short message retrieval mode is made according to a user's request.

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