KR100420396B1 - Method for Displaying State of Selected-User on Mobile Communication Device and simply Transmitting Message - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, if a user desires to register a desired user in the mobile communication terminal, the current state of the registered user is displayed as a text or an icon on the user's mobile communication terminal. Provides a way to transmit information.

According to the present invention, by providing a messenger function to a mobile communication terminal, it is convenient not only to grasp the current state or location of the subject in question, but also to conveniently send a message to the other party.

Description

Method for displaying the present status of the subject using a mobile communication terminal and simple information transmission {Method for Displaying State of Selected-User on Mobile Communication Device and simply Transmitting Message}

The present invention is a display of the status of a particular person in a mobile communication terminal and a simple information transmission method, and more specifically, if a user wants to register a specific person, the current state of the registered user is displayed on the user's mobile communication terminal, a simple key The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information such as a mail and a message to a counterpart registered by an operation.

As mobile service users account for about half of the nation, most people, especially young people, use more than one mobile service. In particular, users in their teens or early twenties mostly use mobile communication services to communicate with each other, especially text and voice messages.

On the other hand, due to the widespread use of mobile communication terminals, there are many places to limit or warn the bells and calls of terminals, and it is sometimes difficult to answer a call in a special place or situation such as a movie theater, a classroom, or driving. Therefore, when trying to make a call to the other party's mobile communication terminal, it is always wondering whether the other party can receive the current call, which is one reason to encourage the use of text messages.

Therefore, if the current state or location of the other party to make a call can be known, it is possible to easily make a decision on whether to make a call and prevent a call that is inconvenient to the other party. However, the only way to know the other party's status as the current service is to leave the auto answer message. In other words, if the other party records the current state of the "auto-answer" message, the person who calls the user will receive the "auto-answer" message to know the current state of the person.

However, this method is cumbersome because the automatic response message must be recorded every time the state or position changes, so it is mainly used only when the state is maintained for a long time such as a long business trip.

Therefore, if the mobile communication terminal easily sets the current state and provides a service for notifying a specific counterpart related to the current state information, the above inconvenience may be solved to some extent.

On the other hand, if you want to send a text message, mail, voice message, you must write a message, and enter the mobile phone terminal number of the other party. Although the existing message can be saved and reused, it is cumbersome because the phone number of the other party must always be input even when text messages are frequently sent to a specific party.

The present invention is conceived to overcome this disadvantage, by adding a messenger function to the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to display the current status of the registered counterpart in real time and to simply send a mail or a message to the registered counterpart.

An object of the present invention is to provide a messenger function in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying the current status and / or location of a registered specific counterpart and sending a mail or a message to the registered counterpart via a simple key operation.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a method for registering a display target used in the present invention, and shows a process of registering as a display target on a searched personal information screen.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the method for registering a display object used in the present invention, and illustrates a process of directly inputting present status information by selecting a "messenger" menu.

3 and 4 illustrate screens for confirming the current status of the "status display subject" and, if necessary, transmitting a simple message. FIG. 3 shows a method of selecting a subject from a text list and FIG. It shows how the screen is performed by selecting an icon (character).

Fig. 5 shows a screen in the case of receiving a "status message" informing the status information change from the present status indicator.

FIG. 6 illustrates a screen in which a user changes his state and transmits a state message corresponding to the changed state information to the "subject".

7 is a flowchart showing a flow of registering the present status object or my current status information object.

8 shows a flow in which a user changes his / her state and receives and displays a status message from the target person.

9 shows a flow of sending a mail and a message to a registration target.

In order to achieve the object described above, the specific status display and the simple information transmission method in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention have the following configuration.

A display object registration step of registering a status display object using a phone number of the display object on a mobile communication terminal;

Displaying current status information (status message) from the number registered as the status display subject on the mobile communication terminal screen;

Setting and registering a present status information transmission target to transmit its current status information;

And when the user's current state is set or changed, transmitting a status message including the current status information to the mobile communication terminal of the registered status information transmission target.

In addition, if you want to send a message or mail, after completing the message to provide a list of subjects to select the destination to send the message, and the step of automatically sending the message to the selected person without entering the telephone number additionally It may include.

The present status display of the present status indicator may use one or more of the first method of expressing the current status as text and the second method of expressing the current status as an image suitable for the current status, and each user may display a different image character for each present status indicator. Can be set, each image character has a different form for each state.

When receiving a status message including the current status information from the number registered as the status display subject, it is preferable to notify the alarm means such as a bell or a vibration, and it is possible to select a different alarm means for each subject.

In the present invention, the "current state" or "current state" may include the current location information of the subject, power on / off information, and the location information may be directly selected and input by the user, such as school, home, movie theater, company, etc. It may include all kinds of location information, and administrative location information automatically identified by a mobile communication location tracking service or GPS, such as "Gangnam-gu Yeoksam-dong".

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a method for registering a display target used in the present invention, and shows a process of registering as a display target on a searched personal information screen.

In the initial screen of the mobile communication terminal as shown in Figure 1a, after selecting the "telephone (number)" for the storage information search to search for information of a specific person (Fig. 1b), the softkey called "display registration" on the screen of Fig. 1b Register the specific person as a status indicator by selecting.

In FIG. 1B, when the "Display Registration" softkey is selected, as shown in FIG. In FIG. 1C, if the user selects "NO", the user simply saves the data as a status display object and ends. If "YES" is selected, the screen for selecting the type of icon (image) is provided as shown in FIG. In the drawing, an icon or character such as "1. duckbill", "2. beep", etc. is provided, and it is preferable that the user selects a character suitable for the image of the display target to identify the display target only by the character.

When "1. Crayon" is displayed in FIG. 1D, the corresponding character is displayed on the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal as shown in FIG. 1E. Each character has a different type of image (icon) depending on its status. For example, images (icons) that are different for each of the current statuses such as "home", "school", "company", "movie theater", "outdoor", "power off", and "custom" for the "chanchan" character. The user only needs to select a character and the image (icon) suitable for the current state is automatically extracted and displayed.

The number of people who can register as a character (icon) display target may vary depending on various conditions such as the size of the terminal screen and the size of the storage space.

The image (icon) of the "character" may be provided by the terminal company and stored at the time of purchase, or may be downloaded from a service company. It is also basic that one icon can be selected for each subject, but can be selected in duplicate.

In this way, displaying the present status of the subject in the image (icon) of the character is because the screen configuration is complicated by the size of the terminal screen and the number of people who can register is limited, and more importantly, the standby screen is an image. This is because it is possible to check the current status conveniently and quickly by marking it on.

However, as will be described later, the present state does not necessarily need to be represented as an image (icon) as shown in FIG. 4, and may be represented by a character (text) alone or in parallel with the icon (FIG. 4).

The term "status" refers to a case where the user is common, for example, "home", "school", "company", "library", "movie", "conference", "in class" It is a broad concept that includes category location information such as, and administrative location information such as "Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu," or power on / off information. In addition, in the case of a special state, it is desirable to be able to specify a "custom state", which will be described in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the method for registering a display object used in the present invention, and illustrates a process of directly inputting present status information by selecting a "messenger" menu.

After selecting a menu on the initial screen as shown in FIG. 1A and pressing the "Messenger" button, a screen as shown in FIG. 2A is displayed.

"Messenger" menu refers to a menu that allows the use of the "status display" and "messenger function" to be implemented in the present invention.

"Presence Status Display Function" includes detailed functions such as "Registration of Status Display Target", "Registration of Status Information Transmission Target", "Show Status of Specific Person", "Change My Status", and "Messenger Function" It refers to a function that can easily send a mail, voice message, text message, etc. by simply specifying a person registered as "display subject" or "present status information transfer subject" (without input of a phone number).

If "1. Registration" is selected on the "messenger" menu screen as shown in Figure 2a, as shown in Figure 2b it is provided a screen for entering the name, telephone number, e-mail address of the subject. Enter a value in each item and press the "OK" button to register as a target. In this figure, the present invention registers the "present status display subject" and the "present status information transmission subject" as the same "target subject" without distinction, but each subject may be set differently. This will be described in more detail below.

In FIG. 2B, when the subject information is input and the "OK" button is pressed, a character screen is displayed asking whether the character is to be displayed on the standby screen as shown in FIG. 1C. Subsequent character selection and display processes are performed in the same manner as in FIGS. 1D and 1E, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

3 and 4 illustrate screens for confirming the current status of the "status display subject" and, if necessary, transmitting a simple message. FIG. 3 shows a method of selecting a subject from a text list and FIG. It shows how the screen is performed by selecting an icon (character).

Selecting "2. View Status" on the initial screen "Messenger" menu as shown in Figure 2a is provided a list of registered subjects as shown in Figure 3a. If a desired subject is specified, the status information of the subject is displayed as shown in FIG. 3B. On the status information display screen as shown in Figure 3b, in addition to the "1. Status" item that simply displays the current status, "2. Phone number", "3. E-mail address" and the like, and can be directly connected to call "4. Call", "5. Send a text message" that can be sent by entering a text message, "6. Send a mail" items that can be sent additionally it is desirable to provide additional.

If you select "4. Call" in Figure 3b, attempts to call the number of the target person. Selecting "5. Send text message" or "6. Send mail" provides a screen for entering the message content as shown in Figure 3c, and after pressing the "OK (Send)" button after entering the message, the corresponding person is automatically selected. Send a message to the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, unlike a normal wireless mail or text message transmission, it is convenient because it does not need to enter the phone number of the other party.

In addition, although not shown, a "send fax" item may be added, and in this case, a mail or a message that is created is transmitted by the other party's fax and displayed.

4 is a method of using an icon (character) on the initial standby screen, and the user can determine which subject is in what current state according to the shape of the icon. For example, the "Chang-gu" icon of FIG. 4A looks at the shape and recognizes that the subject "Hong Gil-dong" is currently in the "school".

In addition, when the user moves to a menu for selecting an icon from the standby screen as shown in FIG. 4A, a screen as shown in FIG. 4B is output. In FIG. 4B, when the left and right keys are moved to select a corresponding icon focused on a square box, as shown in FIG. 3B, the status of the corresponding person (Hong Gil-dong), various information, and additional menus are provided. Subsequent processes (calling directly, sending a message) are the same as in FIG. 3, and thus description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 5 is a screen illustrating a case where a "status message" for informing change of status information is received from the present status indicator.

When the user registered as the status display object "changes my status", the software of the mobile terminal of the target user composes a message corresponding to the status change, and automatically registers the "presence status information subject" registered by the user. The status message is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal.

A "status message" as shown in FIG. 5A is received by the user's mobile communication terminal receiving the status message. At this time, the "state message" is preferably made of text, such as "Hong Gil-dong state: house" of Fig. 5a.

The software of the mobile communication terminal receiving the status message updates the status information of the corresponding person stored. That is, it is an example like changing "1. state: school" of FIG. 3B to "1. state: home." In addition, when the user displays the current status of the subject as an icon, the shape of the icon is changed to match the changed state. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, an image (the leftmost icon of the waiting screen) corresponding to the state of "home" is changed from the "balling duck" character.

The mobile communication terminal receiving the status message informs the reception of the status message by using alarm means such as a bell, a vibration, a lamp, and the like as a normal telephone reception. Of course, it is also possible to use a separate alarm means for status messages to distinguish from the ordinary telephone reception.

In addition, by designating a different ringtone for each subject, it may be possible to know which subject's state has changed without checking the status message.

In addition, although not shown, an item capable of confirming the location of the subject may be provided. To this end, a method of determining which repeater a particular subject is near by using network management and a method of identifying a more accurate location using GPS (Global Positioning System) information may be used.

That is, when the status message is transmitted, the location information of the subject tracked by the network management or the location information by GPS may be transmitted together, and the user who receives the message may be performed by selecting the "locating" item. In particular, when using GPS, the GPS receiver should be installed in the mobile communication terminal of the subject.

In addition, although not shown, the subject automatically transmits a status message when the user turns off or turns on the mobile communication terminal, and the user who receives the status message has a function of checking whether the target person is on or off. You can also provide

FIG. 6 illustrates a screen in which a user changes his state and transmits a state message corresponding to the changed state information to the "subject".

If "3. Change my status" is selected on the initial screen of "Messenger" menu as shown in FIG. 6A, a screen for selecting one of several states is provided as shown in FIG. 6B. If you select the number of the state, the program installed in the terminal writes the "state message" corresponding to the state, and the "state message" to the mobile communication terminal of all subjects registered as "state information transmission target" Send.

In particular, it is desirable to provide the item "9. User Defined" in FIG. 6B so that a state not in the list can also be represented. Selecting the "9. User defined" item outputs a "status message input window" to input the status (Fig. 6C), and when the status message is completed, all subjects registered as "status information transmission target" are completed. Send a "Status Message" written to the mobile communication terminal. Of course, when using the "9. User-defined" item, the user may specify a specific character (icon) instead of only entering a character.

7 is a flowchart showing a flow of registering the present status object or my current status information object.

First, when a registration request is made on a search information display screen (FIG. 1B), which is a screen on which information of a specific person is searched and displayed (S711, S712), the screen moves to a screen (FIG. 1C) showing whether or not an icon is displayed (S715). When requesting registration by selecting a separate messenger menu (FIG. 2A) (S711, S713), after inputting information such as a person's name, phone number, and e-mail address (S714), a screen asking whether to display an icon is displayed. (S715)

When the target person is specified, the user may select whether to display the current status of the target person as an icon or the default text. (S715) If the user wants to display the icon as an icon, a list of icons (characters) is provided. To select one (S716, S717). Thereafter, registration is completed by storing the information of the target person in an appropriate storage space (target registration storage space) of the mobile communication terminal (S718). The registered target person is displayed in the current state in the form of an icon or text (S719). At this time, if the target person is registered for the first time and the current state is not yet known, a corresponding message, for example, "Status: Unconfirmed" is displayed. When the status message is received from the target party, the status information is updated accordingly.

Although the drawing has been described as the registration location of the display target, the transmission target registration of my status information can be performed in a similar manner.

8 shows a flow in which a user changes his / her state and receives and displays a status message from the target person.

When the user requests "change my status" from the messenger menu screen (FIG. 2A) (S811), the mobile communication terminal displays a status list on the screen (FIG. 6B) (S812). If one of the states is selected or the status information is directly input according to the user definition, a message corresponding thereto is generated (S813) and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the target person registered as the transmission target (S814). Of course, even if the user does not actively select the status information on the power on / off, it should be able to automatically generate and transmit a status message when the power is turned on and off.

When the status message is received from the present status subject (S815), the corresponding subject is recognized using the telephone number, and the stored state information is updated and displayed according to the received status message (S816).

9 shows a flow of a mail and a message transmission method to a registration target.

In operation S911, one of the additional services is selected from the screen on which the registered target person's information is searched and output. If the additional service is a telephone connection request, a direct call connection is established with the corresponding mobile terminal using the telephone number (S912, S913).

If the additional service is "send mail" or "send message" (S914), the message input window is provided (S915), and when the message input is completed, the corresponding message is automatically transmitted without inputting the mobile phone number of the corresponding person. (S916, S917).

In addition, although not shown, the additional service may be "fax forwarding", in which case it may be possible to send the displayed mail or message to the other party's fax.

The generated status message must be converted (modulated) into a form that can be transmitted to a mobile communication terminal of the other party through a wireless communication network, and the conventional short message (SM) method can be used for such information conversion and transmission. have. That is, the set or changed status information is converted according to the short message transmission protocol and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the other party through the wireless communication network.

The short message service (SMS) refers to the transmission and reception of text data between mobile communication terminals using a short message transmission server (SMSC) interworking with a wireless communication network.

The Short Message Service Center (SMSC) is a communication service center that delivers a limited text message (short message) between a mobile station (MS) and a mobile terminal, or between a mobile terminal and a short message entity (SME). It has a forwarding function that stores messages and delivers them in real time and until the receiver can receive them. The SMSC is a node having a unique signaling point code (SPC) in a signaling system 7 (SS7) network, which is connected to a home location register (HLR) and a mobile service center (MSC) to determine the location of a receiver, and a PLMN ( Public Land Mobile Network) has a function of delivering a short message to mobile subscribers. SMSC is a system that can be transmitted in both directions by numbers, letters, etc. between other subscribers through various text delivery systems such as PC communication system, Internet server system, and mobile phone using mobile communication network. Omit.

The status message in text form consists of a predetermined length (bytes) of information representing a specified sequence of information, namely, a sender's telephone number, name, status, and the like. To this end, the mobile communication terminal to transmit the status message and the mobile communication terminal to receive the predetermined software should be installed to apply the same protocol.

On the side of receiving the status message, the status message is split into bytes according to a predetermined protocol and the identity of the status message sender is determined. It is judged whether the status message sender is registered as a display target, and if it is registered, the status display in the form of an icon or text is updated.

Since " present status display subject " and " subject of my status information " may be different, it is desirable to allow registration separately. In this case, when sending my status, it is sent only to the "subject", and when receiving the status message, only from the person registered as the "subject". In other words, if the user is registered as a "subject" in the terminal but the other party does not register me as a "subject", the mobile terminal ignores the message even if it sends my status message to the corresponding party. In addition, if the person I registered as a "target person" does not register me as a "target person", the other party cannot receive the status message.

By using the specific status display and the simple information transmission method as described above, by providing a messenger function to the mobile communication terminal, it is not only easy to determine the current state or location of the person in question, but also simply transmits a message to the other party. It can be convenient.

In particular, the status (location) of the other party can be easily transmitted and a message can be transmitted, thereby greatly contributing to the formation and maintenance of a community among users of the mobile communication terminal, thereby significantly expanding the range of mobile communication service usage.

Claims (7)

As a method of displaying the current status of a specific person in real time on the mobile communication terminal, and easily send a message to the specific person, A display object registration step of setting and registering the present status display object using the phone number of the display object on the mobile communication terminal; Displaying the current status of the corresponding display target in the form of an icon on the screen of the mobile communication terminal when receiving the current state information including power on / off information from the mobile communication terminal registered as the present status display target; Setting and registering a present status information transmission target to transmit its current status information; In the case of setting or changing the current status of the user, a status message including the current status information set and changed is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the registered status information transmission target. The icon is a character that can be selected differently for each display object, and the status of the character and the simple information transmission method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the shape of the character is different depending on the current state. The method of claim 1, If the user wants to send a mail or a message to another person's mobile communication terminal, the user may select one of the subjects before and after the message is written. Displaying the status and simple information transmission method in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it further comprises the step of automatically transmitting a message to the mobile communication terminal of the selected subject without inputting a telephone number. delete delete The method according to claim 1 or 2, The present status or current state includes current location information of the display subject, The current location information is a status of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises at least one of the type of location information that can be directly selected and input by the user, and the administrative location information automatically identified by the mobile communication location tracking service or GPS Display and simple information transmission method. The method according to claim 1 or 2, When a status message including the current status information is received from the number registered as the present status display subject, The alarm means consisting of one or more of the bell, vibration and lamp, and displays the status and simple information transmission method in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it is possible to select a different alarm means for each subject. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The setting and registration of the display subject and the transfer subject, A first method of setting and registering as a subject in a screen searched, extracted and displayed from information stored in a mobile communication terminal; Displaying the current status and simple information transmission method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that using at least one of the second method for inputting and storing the subject information including the name, telephone number in a separate menu.