KR20070071882A - Unification searching method of mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing an integrated search function in a mobile terminal is provided to install an integrated search program in a mobile terminal in order to easily search for and execute a desired file or menu. A control part in a mobile terminal determines whether key input is generated(S11). If a key is inputted, the control part determines whether the inputted key is an integrated search button(S13). If so, the control part displays a list of search items(S15). If the user selects a desired item among the displayed list, the control part judges whether the selected item is a menu search item(S17). If so, the control part displays a menu name input screen(S19). If the user inputs a menu name in the menu name input screen, the control part carries out searching using the inputted menu name. If one menu is obtained, the control part judges whether the obtained menu is the lowest menu. If not, the control part displays a menu screen so that the lower menus of the obtained menu can be displayed. In case that the obtained menu is the lowest menu, the control part executes a program matched with the obtained menu.

Description

Unified searching method of mobile phone

1 is a block diagram of a hierarchical structure menu of a conventional mobile communication terminal;

2a and 2b is a front view and a rear view showing the appearance of a mobile communication terminal that can be applied to the present invention, respectively;

3 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal that can be applied to the present invention;

4A and 4B are flowcharts of a method for providing integrated search of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100 and 200: mobile communication terminal 110: main body

112: numeric / character key buttons 113: microphone hole

114: Volume button 115: Unified search button

116: Standard terminal slot 117: Camera lens

118: flash 119: infrared communication element

120: slider 121: function key button

122: flat panel indicator 123: speaker hole

130: antenna 140: battery pack

143: charging terminal 210: control unit

220: radio frequency transmitting and receiving unit 222: antenna

230: key input unit 232: function keys

234: numeric / character keys 240: memory

242: program storage unit 244: data storage unit

250: voice signal processor 252: microphone

254: speaker 260: flat panel display driver

262: flat panel indicator 270: vibration generating unit

272: vibration motor 274: LED drive unit

276: LED 280: camera driver

282: camera 284: image processing unit

286: infrared transmitting and receiving unit 288: GPS processing unit

The present invention relates to a method for providing an integrated search of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for providing an integrated search for a mobile communication terminal capable of searching an address book file and a menu.

The mobile communication terminal, which is a necessity for modern people, is not only miniaturized and lightened by steady development, but also is emerging as a complex communication terminal having various functions such as mp3, camera and navigation. In addition to the above functions, such a mobile terminal has a voice mail service (also known as a voice mail service) that allows a sender to leave a message in the recipient's voice mailbox or a fax mailbox when the receiver cannot answer a call. Voice Activated Dialing Service, which uses numbers and letters to connect / recognize devices to memorize / register subscriber's voice and to make voice calls without dialing the phone number when subscribers call Short message service (SMS) and short message service that can send and receive messages about 80 bytes, that is, 40 ~ 50 characters in Korean and 80 characters in English, can make a sentence longer and can add sound, video, etc. It provides various functions and services such as Multimedia Message Service (MMS).

The mobile communication terminal provides a menu interface having a hierarchical structure so that the above-described various functions can be conveniently executed when necessary. The mobile communication terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a block diagram of a hierarchical structure menu of a conventional mobile communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hierarchical menu of a conventional mobile communication terminal is classified by a menu of similar functions and displayed by group, and includes a plurality of submenus for each function such as an environment setting function, a sound setting function, and a screen setting function. It is done by

Each menu has a menu with submenus and no menus. If a menu with submenus is selected, the submenu is displayed. If the submenu with no submenus is selected, the menu is matched with the lowest menu. The program is executed.

However, according to the menu interface of the conventional mobile communication terminal, there is a problem in which the currently displayed menu belongs to which group and at what depth.

Therefore, in order to improve the problems of the conventional menu interface, a terminal and a method of displaying a menu step for notifying the depth of a menu through an icon displayed by inserting a small icon representing the depth at the top of each menu screen are disclosed in the Republic of Korea Patent in 2003 No. 29296.

However, the method of expressing the depth of the menu through the above-described icon has the advantage of notifying the depth of the menu through the icon, while the user has a problem in that it is difficult to find the menu if the user does not know where the menu belongs to.

In addition, the conventional mobile communication terminal does not have a file search function, so in order to find a stored image file or sound file through wired or wireless data communication, the user must move to a menu or a directory in which the file to be searched is stored. There was a problem finding the file.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a method for providing an integrated search of a mobile communication terminal that enables an easy and convenient search and execution of a file or menu to be searched by installing an integrated search program in the mobile communication terminal. Its purpose is to.

The integrated search providing method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object is (a) receiving a search target list after displaying a list of search targets including menu search and file search when the user has an integrated search command; ; (b) when the search target is a menu, displaying a menu name input window, searching for a menu including a menu name input through the menu name input window, and displaying a search result; and (c) when the search target is a file. And displaying a search result by searching a menu including a file name input through the file name input window after displaying a file name input window.

Hereinafter, a method of providing integrated search of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2A and 2B are a front view and a rear view showing an appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively, illustrating a slide type mobile communication terminal. Of course, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the terminal of this manner and structure. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, also referred to as "terminal") 100 to which the present invention can be applied includes a main body 110 and a flat panel display 122 having a main circuit built therein. It may be made to include a slider 120 that slides up and down in the main body 110 while mounting.

In the above-described configuration, the front of the main body 110 has a number / letter key button 112 is used to receive the numbers and letters, the upper surface to perform infrared communication (IrDA) with the antenna and other external communication devices The infrared communication element 119 to be used is disposed, and a microphone hole 113 communicating with an internal microphone (not shown) is punctured at a lower position. The main body 110 is also provided with a rear surface in place, for example, a camera lens 117 and a flash 118 for illumination at night, and a battery pack 140 is detachable at the bottom thereof. The lower surface of the main body 110 is provided with a standard connection terminal slot 116 through which power for transmitting / receiving data with other terminals or charging the battery pack 140 coupled to the main body 110 is transmitted. .

On the other hand, the front surface of the slider 120 is provided with a flat panel display 122 for displaying various characters or graphic elements indicating the operation and operation state of the mobile communication terminal 100 and still images and moving pictures, and below the terminal ( A function key button 121 used to select or receive various functions included in 100 is disposed. Further, a speaker hole 123 communicating with an internal speaker (not shown) is drilled in place of the slider 120, for example, the flat display 122. In the drawing, reference numeral 114 denotes a volume button, 115 denotes an integrated search button, and 143 denotes a charging terminal exposed to the lower part of the battery pack 140.

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the electrical configuration of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied includes a radio frequency transmitter / receiver 220 and a number / character that transmit / receive a radio frequency signal with a base station through an antenna 222. Key search unit 230, including a function key input unit 232 and a numeric / character key input unit 234 for generating a corresponding key signal when operating the key button 112 and the function key button 121, integrated search Memory 240, including a program storage unit 242 for storing various application programs such as a program and a data storage unit 244 for temporarily storing the data generated during the operation process or the data set by the subscriber; From the microphone 252 for converting the sound wave of the sound into a corresponding analog form of speech signal, the speaker 254 and the microphone 252 for converting the analog form of the speech signal generated inside the terminal into sound waves. The voice signal processor 250 and the flat panel display 262 which convert an input analog voice signal into a corresponding digital voice signal and convert the digital voice signal into a corresponding analog voice signal and output the same to the speaker 254 and drive the same. Vibration motor 272 for generating a vibration when the flat panel display driver 260, the terminal 100 is operated in a vibration mode and the LED to visually display the event when an event such as a call or message received ( 276 and its driver 274, an infrared ray transmitter / receiver 286 for emitting infrared rays as a short-range communication means and receiving infrared rays emitted from the outside, and a controller 210 for controlling them collectively.

In addition to the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied, a camera driver 280 for driving the camera 282 under the control of the camera 282 installed in place of the main body 110 or the slider 120, the control unit 210, An image processor 284 for processing image data output from the camera 282 and a GPS processor 288 for receiving absolute radio signals emitted from GPS satellites and generating absolute position data of the terminal may be further provided as necessary. will be.

In the above-described configuration, the integrated search program is achieved by displaying a search result by searching a corresponding list according to a search target, namely, an address book, a file, or a menu. In the case of an address book, an address book is searched by inputting a phone number or name. In the case of inputting the file name, the space where the image file or sound file is stored is searched. In the case of the menu, the menu list is searched by receiving the menu name.

Meanwhile, the address book search is a function that is used in all mobile communication terminals currently on the market, but the address book search is preferably included in the integrated search of the present invention. Therefore, description of address book search is omitted.

4A and 4B are flowcharts illustrating a method for providing integrated search of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4A and 4B, the integrated search providing method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention first determines whether there is a key input in step S11.

As a result of the determination in step S11, if there is no key input, step S11 is repeated until there is a key input, and if there is a key input, the process proceeds to S13 to determine whether the integrated search button is present.

As a result of the determination in step S13, if it is not the integrated search button 115, the process proceeds to step S43 to perform a command corresponding to the key input, and if the through search button 115, the process proceeds to step S15 to display a list of search targets. After that, an arbitrary search target is selected to determine whether a menu search is selected in step S17.

As a result of the determination in step S17, if the menu search is not selected, it proceeds to step S45 to determine whether the file search is selected. If the menu search is selected, proceeds to step S19 to display the menu name input screen and then proceeds to step S21. Search by inputting menu name to search.

Subsequently, in step S23, it is determined whether there is no searched menu, whether one menu is searched or two or more menus are searched in the search result in step S21.

If there is no first searched menu, the flow proceeds to step S25 to inform that there is no menu including the input menu name. In this case, the above-described notification may display a message on the flat panel display 262 or may be voiced through the speaker 254.

If the next one menu is found, the process proceeds to step S27 to determine whether the searched menu is the lowest menu, and if it is not the lowest menu, proceeds to step S29 to display the menu screen to display the submenu of the searched menu, and if it is the lowest menu. The flow advances to step S31 to execute a program matched with the retrieved menu.

If two or more menus are found next, the process proceeds to step S33 to display a list of searched menus, and then the process proceeds to step S35 to determine whether any menu is selected from the displayed menu list.

As a result of the determination in step S35, if any menu is not selected, step S35 is repeated until an arbitrary menu is selected. If any menu is selected, the process proceeds to step S37 to determine whether the selected menu is the lowest menu.

As a result of the determination in step S37, if it is not the lowest menu, the process proceeds to step S41 to display a menu screen on which the submenu of the searched menu is displayed. In the case of the lowest menu, the process proceeds to step S39 to execute a program matching the searched menu.

On the other hand, if the file search is not selected as a result of the determination in step S45, the process proceeds to step S43 to perform a command corresponding to the key input. If the file search is selected, the process proceeds to step S47 to display the file name input screen.

Subsequently, in step S49, it is determined whether there is no search menu, whether one file is searched or two or more files are searched.

If there is no file searched first, the flow advances to step S51 to indicate that there is no menu including the input file name.

If the next one menu is found, the flow advances to step S53 to display or play the retrieved file. At this time, the display or reproduction can be achieved by the user or the manufacturer of the mobile communication terminal.

When the next two or more menus are found, the process proceeds to step S55 to display a list of searched files, and then proceeds to step S57 to determine whether any file is selected from the displayed menu list.

As a result of the determination in step S57, if any file is not selected, step S57 is repeated until an arbitrary file is selected. If any file is selected, the process proceeds to step S59 to reproduce the selected file.

The integrated search providing method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the integrated search providing method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, there is an effect that can easily and conveniently search and execute the address book search, file search and menu search of the mobile communication terminal.

Claims (5)

(a) receiving a selection of a search target after displaying a search target list including a menu search and a file search when a user has an integrated search command; (b) if the search target is a menu, displaying a menu name input window, searching for a menu including a menu name input through the menu name input window, and displaying a search result; (c) when the search target is a file, displaying a file name input window, searching for a menu including a file name input through the file name input window, and displaying a search result; Way. The method of claim 1, (b1) outputting a message indicating that there is no searched menu when there is no searched menu as a result of the search of step (b); (b2) In the search result of step (b), if one menu is searched, it is determined whether the searched menu is the lowest menu, and if the lowest menu is executed, a program matched to the searched menu is executed, and if it is not the lowest menu, Displaying a menu screen including a submenu of the found menu; and and (b3) displaying a list of the searched menus when two or more menus are searched as a result of the search of step (b). The method of claim 2, In step (b2), it is determined whether the selected menu is the lowest menu in the searched menu list, and if the lowest menu is executed, a program matched to the selected menu is included. If the menu is not the lowest menu, the submenu of the selected menu is included. Integrated search providing method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for displaying the menu screen. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the file is an image file or a sound file. The method of claim 4, wherein (c1) outputting a message indicating that no file is found when no file is found as a result of the search of step (c); (b2) when the search result of step (b) indicates that one file is found, displaying or playing the searched file; and and (b3) displaying the list of the searched files when two or more files are searched as a result of the search of step (b).

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