KR100283180B1 - How to choose features on your mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs

A method of selecting various functions in a mobile phone terminal.

I. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

Provides a function selection method that allows the user to conveniently select frequently used functions.

All. Summary of Solution of the Invention

Whenever one of the functions of the mobile phone terminal is selected by the user, the number of times of use of each function is counted and the frequency of use is calculated and stored in the memory. Sorting the function items in order of frequency of use, displaying the sorted function items in order up to a certain order, and performing a function when one function item is selected among the displayed function items. Equipped.

la. Important uses of the invention

Used in mobile phone terminals.

Description

How to choose features on your mobile phone

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to mobile telephones, and more particularly to a method of selecting various functions.

Typically, mobile telephone terminals have many kinds of functions that a user can select as desired. Many of these functions can be selected by selecting a higher level menu or a higher level function by a key provided separately, such as a menu key, and then browsing through function items arranged in a tree structure or by a combination of keys. It is supposed to be. For example, if you enter ″ Menu ″ → ″ 1 ″ → ″ 1 ″ in sequence, the ″ Turn on / off control of the call control function will be selected. If you enter ″ Memory ″ → ″ Hold ″ → ″ 1 ″ in sequence, the ″ Audio dial RECORD function is selected.

However, since there are many functions that can be selected by the user in the mobile phone terminal, as described above, it is not only cumbersome to find a desired function item but also takes a lot of time. In addition, even in the case of a function frequently used by a user, there is an inconvenience of finding and selecting function items by a complicated procedure as described above.

As described above, the conventional function selection method in the mobile phone terminal takes a long time and hassle inconvenience in selecting a function even when the user frequently uses the function.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a function selection method that allows a user to conveniently and quickly select frequently used functions.

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

2 is a flow chart illustrating a function usage frequency according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a function selection processing flow chart according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a function selection processing according to another embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, each time one of the functions of the mobile phone terminal is selected by the user, the number of times of use for each function is counted, the frequency of use is calculated and stored in the memory, and the preset function selection hotkey is provided. Once input, the function frequency is read out from the memory and the function items are sorted in order of use frequency, the sorted function items are displayed in order up to a certain order, and one function item is being displayed. If it is selected, characterized in that it comprises a process of performing the function.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a mobile phone terminal to which the present invention is applied, and shows an example of a CDMA mobile phone. In FIG. 1, a memory unit 102, a key pad 104, a display unit 106, a radio frequency (RF) module 110, a baseband processor 112, and a codec (Coder-Decoder) are illustrated in FIG. 1. The control unit 100 connected to) 114 performs voice signals and data processing for a conventional telephone call or data communication and controls each part of the mobile telephone terminal. As such a control part 100, MSM (Mobile System Modem) chip | tip of QUALCOMM Corporation is used, for example. The MSM chip includes a microprocessor, a CDMA processor, a vocoder, and the like. Hereinafter, a description of the processing and control of the control unit 100 for a conventional telephone call or data communication or various additional functions not directly related to the present invention will be omitted.

The memory unit 102 connected to the control unit 100 includes an electrically erasable and programmable ROM (EEPROM), a flash memory, a random access memory (RAM), and the like, to process and control the control unit 100. A program and various reference data are stored, and a working memory of the controller 100 is provided. The keypad 104 includes various keys including numeric keys to provide the controller 100 with a key input input by a user. The display unit 106 typically includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) to display various information as an image under the control of the controller 100. The RF module 110 transmits and receives an RF signal with the base station through the antenna 108. The RF module 110 converts the received RF signal into an IF (Intermediate Frequency) signal and outputs the signal to the baseband processor 112 and the baseband processor 112. IF signal inputted from) is converted into RF signal and transmitted.

The baseband processor 112 is a baseband analog ASIC (BBA) that provides an interface between the controller 100 and the RF module 110. The baseband processor 112 converts a baseband digital signal applied from the controller 100 into an analog IF signal. The signal is converted and applied to the RF module 110, and the analog IF signal applied from the RF module 110 is converted into a digital signal of the baseband and applied to the controller 100. The codec 114 connected to the control unit 100 is connected to the microphone 118 and the speaker 120 through the amplifying unit 116, and the PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) encoding of the voice signal input from the microphone 118 is performed. The voice data is output to the controller 100, and the PCM decoding of the voice data input from the controller 100 is output to the speaker 120. The amplifier 116 amplifies the voice signal input from the microphone 118 or the voice signal output to the speaker 120, and adjusts the speaker volume and the microphone gain under the control of the controller 100. The ringer 122 outputs a ring tone under the control of the controller 100, and the vibrator 124 generates vibrations under the control of the controller 100.

2 is a flow chart showing a function usage frequency processing flow chart according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows the processing of the control unit 100 in steps (200) to (206). First, when a function is selected by a menu or a key combination through the keypad 104 according to the conventional function selection method as described above, the control unit 100 responds to this in step 200. Perform the steps. In step 202, the selected function is performed as in the normal case. Next, in step 204, the controller 100 counts the number of times of use of each function corresponding to the selected function and calculates the frequency of use for a predetermined unit period. Accordingly, the number of use counts for each function is increased for the number of times of use for a certain unit period for each of the selectable functions of the mobile phone terminal. And the unit period is set to check what function the user frequently used during the recent fixed period. This unit period may be set, for example, in 5 days, 10 days, or 1 month units, or may be set in the entire usage period of the mobile terminal, or set as desired by the user. It is well known here to calculate the frequency of use, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted. Thereafter, the control unit 100 stores the frequency of use of the function calculated as described above in a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM of the memory unit 102 and then returns to a normal processing routine.

Therefore, the frequency of use for a certain unit period for each of the selectable functions of the mobile telephone terminal is stored in the memory unit 102. In this way, the user can check the frequently used function items according to the stored frequency of use. The present invention displays a function item frequently used by a user through the display unit 106 when a preset function selection shortcut key is input to the keypad 104. For example, the function selection shortcut is set to ″ # ″. Then, when the user presses only the function selection hotkey ″ # ″, and the function item frequently used is displayed on the display unit 106, the user can immediately select the function without needing to find it.

3 is a flow chart illustrating a function selection process according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the process of the control unit 100 is shown as steps 300 to 314. First, when a function selection shortcut key is input through the keypad 104 by the user, the controller 100 performs step 302 in response to step 300. In step 302, the control unit 100 reads the frequency of use for each function from the memory unit 102, and sorts the function items in order of frequency of use. Next, the control unit 100 assigns the ordered function items to the predetermined rank in step 304 and displays them on the display unit 106. For example, suppose you set the display to the 3rd rank and their frequency is ″ speaker volume adjustment ″, ″ bell / vibration selection ″, ″ voice dial recording ″ ranking, ″ 1.speaker volume adjustment, 2.bell / Vibration selection, “Voice Dial Recording”. Then, the user can check the items displayed in this way, and then enter a search key and a selection key on the keypad 104, or enter a numeric key that directly assigns a number to select a desired function item.

In the above state, the control unit 100 waits in step 306 to 308 whether the user selects or ends one of the function items being displayed through the display unit 106 as described above. If the user selects one function item among the function items being displayed on the display unit 106 by the above method, the control unit 100 responds to the corresponding function at step 306 in step 310. Do this. Also, since the corresponding function is selected and used once, the same processing as in the above steps 204 to 206 in steps 312 to 314 is returned to the normal routine. If the end is selected by the user in steps 306 to 308, the process returns to the normal routine in response to the step.

Therefore, the user can check the frequently used function items by selecting only the function selection shortcut keys and select them immediately, making it convenient and quick to select them.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a function selection process according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The process of the control unit 100 is shown in steps 400 and 418. In the above-described embodiment of FIG. 3, unlike the example in which a plurality of function items are displayed when a function selection shortcut key is input by a user, the embodiment of FIG. 4 is configured to display the function items having the highest frequency of use one by one.

Steps 400 to 402 of FIG. 4 are the same as steps 300 to 302 of FIG. However, in step 404, the control unit 100 displays the function item having the highest rank among the sorted function items through the display unit 106.

In the above state, the control unit 100 waits whether the user selects a function item displayed on the display unit 106 or inputs a function selection shortcut key again or terminates in steps 406 to 410. do. If the user selects the function item being displayed via the display unit 106, the control unit 100 responds to this in step 406 and steps 310 to 314 described above in steps 412 to 416. It returns after doing the same processing as. In contrast, when a function selection shortcut key is input, the control unit 100 performs step 418 in response to this in step 408. In the step 418, the next item of the sorted function items is displayed on the display unit 106, and the process proceeds to steps 406 through 410. Here, of course, a normal search key may be used to select a function item forward or backward. If termination is selected by the user in steps 406 to 410, the routine returns to the normal routine.

Therefore, when the user selects the most frequently used function item, the user can select more quickly.

Meanwhile, in the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. In particular, the display form and the selection method of the functional items as exemplified in the embodiment of the present invention may be applied differently. And the unit period may not be specified separately. Therefore, the scope of the invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be defined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention has an advantage that the user can select a function item frequently used by selecting only a function selection shortcut key and select the function item.

Claims (7)

In the method of selecting a function in a mobile phone, Each time one of the functions of the mobile phone terminal is selected by the user, counting the number of times of use of each function, calculating the frequency of use, and storing the frequency of use in the memory; Reading a frequency of use of each function from the memory when a preset function selection shortcut key is input, and sorting function items in order of frequency of use; Displaying the sorted function items up to a predetermined rank; And if a function item is selected among the displayed function items, performing a corresponding function. The method of claim 1, wherein the function items are displayed in order during the display process. The method of claim 2, further comprising: counting the number of times of use of each function, calculating the frequency of use, and storing the frequency of use in the memory after performing the function. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the frequency of use is a frequency of use during a predetermined unit period. In the method of selecting a function in a mobile phone, Counting the number of times of use for each function selected by the user, calculating the frequency of use, and storing the frequency of use; Reading a frequency of use of each function from the memory when a preset function selection shortcut key is input, and sorting function items in order of frequency of use; Displaying a function item having the highest frequency of use; If the function selection shortcut key is input again, displaying a function item of a next rank each time it is input; And if the function item being displayed is selected, performing a corresponding function. The method of claim 5, further comprising: counting the number of times of use after the function is performed, calculating a frequency of use, and storing the number of times of use in a memory. The method of claim 6, wherein the frequency of use is a frequency of use during a predetermined unit period.