KR100360271B1 - Telephone number registration and search method for mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a phone number registration and retrieval method of a mobile communication terminal, and the conventional mobile communication terminal has a problem that the number of button inputs is many because a number is input by pressing a numeric key (0 to 9) when entering a phone number. You can send the phone book edited by PC to the terminal using separate software provided by the operator, but there is a troublesome problem of learning to install and use the software, and the recent call list or the recently received list function is simple and efficient to use. If the number (usually one) is limited and has not been called recently, there was also a problem in that a telephone number must be input by pressing a numeric key as described above. Therefore, the present invention is a database for the numbers commonly input, such as area code or operator number, and lists each region and operator list when selecting the regional mode or operator mode so that the number can be automatically entered by the selection And automatically inserting the region and operator numbers into the numbers continuously input, and further subdividing various additional information about the receiver and searching a plurality of the respective information. At the same time, it is possible to minimize the number key input and to make a call to the other party quickly.

Description

TELEPHONE NUMBER REGISTRATION AND SEARCH METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a phone number registration and retrieval method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a phone number registration and retrieval method of a mobile communication terminal for quickly performing phone number registration and retrieval with a minimum key operation.

In general, when most mobile communication terminals press the 'call' button, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), a list of recently called telephone numbers is output, and when the user selects one of them, the call button is pressed again. The call is then dialed to that phone number.

Of course, even in the case of a phone number registered in the phone book, the telephone number is not directly entered, and if the corresponding phone number is selected by pressing the call button by selecting the corresponding phone number from the phone book menu, the call is connected to the phone number.

However, when calling a person who has not made a recent call or entering a phone number to register in the phone book, for example, an area code (or a business number (019, 018, etc.) as shown in FIG. 1B) ), Station number and subscriber number must be entered.

1 shows an example of the menu output when the phone number is input, searched and deleted. As shown in FIG. 1, when the user presses the 'phone book' menu, the phone number is inputted, searched and deleted as shown in FIG. A submenu is displayed.

Accordingly, in order to register a phone number, select 'enter phone number' from the submenu and press the 'OK' button.

Then, as shown in (d) of FIG. 1, a phone number input window is displayed, and the user inputs the phone number, name, address, and character of the receiver, and then presses the 'save' button to complete registration.

If the terminal supports caller identification (CLI) function, the caller information can be known along with the incoming call, so it can be automatically registered in the phonebook by pressing the 'save' button.

Next, to search for a phone number, select 'Search phone number' from the submenu and press the 'OK' button.

Then, as shown in (e) of FIG. 1, a phone number search window is displayed, and names, phone numbers, addresses, characters, etc. of recipients registered in the phone book are listed in the order in which they are stored. Accordingly, the user finds the phone number of the person who wants to call and presses the 'select' button to perform the call connection.

At this time, the search menu is mainly selected by identifying by phone number, character and name.

However, the conventional mobile communication terminal has a problem that the number of button inputs is many because the user inputs a phone number by pressing a numeric key (0 to 9) when entering a phone number, and the phone book edited by PC using a separate software provided by an operator Can be sent to the terminal, but there is a cumbersome problem that you need to learn how to install and use the software. The recent call list or the recent call list function is easy to use and efficient. As described above, there was a problem in that a telephone number must be input by pressing a numeric key one by one.

Therefore, the present invention was created in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has a database of commonly input numbers such as area code or service number, and lists each area and service provider when the area mode or service mode is selected. By enumerating, the number can be automatically inputted by the selection, and then the region and service number are automatically inserted for the continuously inputted number, and the various additional information about the receiver is subdivided. It provides a method of registering and retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal that enables the user to search a plurality of phone numbers, thereby minimizing the input of a numeric key when registering and retrieving a phone number, and allowing a call to be made quickly. There is a purpose.

1 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a phone number registration and retrieval process in a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a phone number registration and retrieval process in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number registration and retrieval process in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sub-menu for each information mode for subdividing and inputting receiver information when a short input mode is selected; If a mode is selected in the sub-menu, a second step of listing a list of previously databased information about the mode; A third step of automatically inserting a number or letter corresponding to the information when one of the information lists is selected by the user; In the case of continuously inputting another telephone number, it is characterized in that the fourth step of automatically inserting the same number or letters corresponding to the information entered in the step.

In addition, the present invention for achieving the above object, the short-step search mode is selected, the first step of outputting a sub-menu for subdividing the recipient information for each mode; If a mode is selected in the sub-menu, a second step of listing a list of previously databased information about the mode; If one of the information lists is selected by the user, outputting a list of all telephone numbers including the information; Selecting a phone number of the desired counterpart from the phone number list, characterized in that the fourth step to make a call connection to the corresponding phone number.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, in the present invention, the information of the receiver for the input and retrieval of the telephone number is further subdivided into a database, and the information for each item is sequentially displayed at the time of entry and retrieval, so that the user merely selects the displayed information. By automatically inputting or automatically outputting each piece of information, it is possible to perform a telephone number input or telephone call with a minimum button input.

In this case, the subdivided information further includes information on gender, gender, region, or service provider, and distinguishes and stores a country code and a subscriber number even when a phone number is input, thereby facilitating a search.

Then, the telephone number input and search process according to the present invention having the above characteristics will be described with reference to the exemplary menu screen of FIG. 2.

First, in the present invention, in order to distinguish from the process of registering and searching a phone number by inputting the conventional numeric keys one by one, 'shortcut search', 'shortcut input', 'environment input' modes are separately set by the user, Pressing the menu allows the mode selection menu to be output as shown in FIG.

Next, when selecting the 'shortened search' mode as shown in (b) of FIG. 2 or the 'shortened input' mode or 'environmental input' mode as shown in (c) and (d) to search for a phone number, Causes the search box to be displayed.

First, when the user selects the 'short search' mode, the submenu includes 'local mode', 'business mode', 'last name' mode, 'station number mode', 'name mode', 'phone number mode', etc. Is output.

Here, if the 'region mode' is selected, all regions of the country (Seoul, Incheon, Busan, etc.) are listed as shown in (e) of FIG. 2, and when the user selects one of them and presses the 'OK' button, As shown in 2 (j), a list of all recipients containing the area code is displayed.

Then, the user simply finds the desired partner in the list above and presses the 'call' button to make a call.

Of course, in order to make a call to the mobile communication terminal instead of the general telephone, the operator mode may be selected. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (f), all operators (019, 011, 018, 017, 016, etc.) are listed. .

Accordingly, when the user selects one of the listed lists and presses the 'OK' button as in the case of selecting the 'region mode', a list of all the recipients registered with the operator number is output.

The two modes described above can be used not only when searching for a phone number but also when entering a phone number, and are automatically entered by selecting one of the sub-menus without the user having to press a numeric key to enter a phone number. It is.

At this time, the only buttons needed to select each mode in the menu are a 'move' button and a 'select' button. Since there are fewer types of buttons to be pressed, input and search are much easier and faster than in the related art.

In addition, in the present invention, by classifying the information in more detail in addition to the information classified by the "region" or "business" as described above, it is possible to find the phone number of the desired partner more quickly.

For example, as shown in (g), (h), and (i) of FIG. 2, 'gender mode' for distinguishing between male and female, 'relational mode' for indicating a relationship with the user, and telephone station number It includes 'station number mode' for searching and classifying bays separately.

In this case, since the search and input modes as described above may be cumbersome, it is set in the 'environment input mode' so as to selectively output only the mode mainly used by the user when outputting to the submenu.

Then, the process for registering and searching phone numbers by the present invention made as described above will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

For example, when entering a phone number in 'Region mode' or 'Business mode', the terminal automatically inserts the last entered area or operator number, so that the phone number of the recipient using the same area or carrier number can be entered. In this case, the area code and the business number need not be entered, only the station number and the subscriber number need to be entered.

In addition, when a plurality of the modes are set, it is possible to more easily register and search a telephone number.

That is, when 'last name mode' is set to 'multiple' in 'region mode', '02' is entered as the area code when registering the previous phone number and 'yi' is entered as the recipient's last name. You do not need to enter the 'area code' and 'last name' in the phone number you want to call.

In addition, when searching for a phone number by setting a plurality of 'station number mode' in a state set in 'region mode' or 'operator mode', the terminal outputs all the recipient lists having the corresponding area code or operator number.

In this state, if the user enters '8', the list with the station number beginning with '8' is reordered from the list with the area code. Recipient's phone numbers with station numbers beginning with 80 'are dynamically rearranged.

Then, the user is minimized as described above so that a call can be made by quickly finding a desired phone number in the searched recipient list.

As described above, the telephone number registration and retrieval method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention has a database of commonly input numbers such as area code or service number, and lists each area and service provider when the area mode or service mode is selected. By enumerating the numbers, the numbers can be automatically entered by selection, and the local and business numbers are automatically inserted for the numbers continuously inputted, thereby minimizing the numeric key input during the phone number registration and retrieval. It is effective.

In addition, the present invention can be divided into a variety of additional information, such as region, business, surname, gender, country code, relationship with the user, etc. for the recipient to be registered in the phone book, and by searching each of the above information in a plurality, the search range By minimizing the effect of making a call to the desired party can be made quickly.

Claims (6)

Outputting a sub-menu for each information mode for subdividing and inputting receiver information when the shortened input mode is selected; If a mode is selected in the sub-menu, a second step of listing a list of previously databased information about the mode; A third step of automatically inserting a number or letter corresponding to the information when one of the information lists is selected by the user; And a fourth step of automatically inserting the same number or letter corresponding to the information entered in the step, when continuously inputting another phone number. The method of claim 1, wherein the input mode configurable as the sub menu includes 'region', 'business operator', 'last name', 'country code', 'gender', and 'relationship with user'. How to register the phone number of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the input mode selectable from the submenu includes two or more input modes, and information such as information input at the time of registering the previous recipient's telephone number is automatically input when the corresponding information is input. A phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal. If the short search mode is selected, outputting a sub-menu for subdividing the receiver information and searching for each mode; If a mode is selected in the sub-menu, a second step of listing a list of previously databased information about the mode; If one of the information lists is selected by the user, outputting a list of all telephone numbers including the information; And selecting a phone number of a desired counterpart from the list of phone numbers, wherein the call connection is made to the corresponding phone number. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the search mode selectable from the sub-menus is selected from two or more, and a list of phone numbers including both information is output. . The search mode configurable as the submenu is characterized by including 'region', 'business operator', 'last name', 'country code', 'gender', and 'relationship with user'. Phone number search method of the mobile communication terminal.