KR100457277B1 - The method of searching telephone numbers and telephone thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a retrieval method and communication apparatus for re-displaying an already retrieved telephone number and attempting a call again, wherein a telephone number DB matching a corresponding condition is searched among telephone number DBs stored in advance according to an input condition. Attempts to make a call based on the selected first phone number and displays a phone number DB searched and displayed immediately before the second telephone number is selected when a call is not answered at the call attempt. It provides a phone number search method in a communication device characterized in that.

It also has a number key, character key, function key to input data of phone number or to make a call, display for displaying phone number or condition search, and RAM for storing phone number DB. A communication device including a microcomputer which searches for a phone number matching a given condition in a phone number DB and displays it on a display, and attempts to make a call based on the selected phone number, wherein the keypad is provided with a previous search key, and the searched phone number When the call is not made by the first phone number selected among the phone numbers searched immediately by the previous search key is displayed again, the communication device characterized in that the call is attempted based on the second phone number selected therefrom. do.

Due to the configuration as described above, the present invention has an excellent technical effect of providing convenience to the person who is trying to make a call by simply selecting another phone number of the counterpart even if the call fails.

Description

How to search phone number in communication device and its communication device {THE METHOD OF SEARCHING TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND TELEPHONE THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a phone number retrieval method and a communication device for retrieving a phone number in a communication device such as a mobile phone so that the other phone number of the other party can be easily found when the other party does not answer the call. A telephone number retrieval and communication device suitable for a user using multiple numbers.

The flow of searching a telephone number and making a telephone call will be described.

The flow is shown in FIG.

An example will be described in which the telephone number of the person to be called is retrieved from the telephone number DB of the mobile phone and the telephone is called.

First, press the search key in the menu to select "name search" "number search" "address search" "group search" and the like (not shown in Figure 1).

For example, if you chose to find a name, enter some or all of the names you want to find. Then press the search key.

The computer embedded in the mobile phone then searches the DB from the "phone number DB". From the searched and found "telephone number DB", select the desired number from the number such as home phone number, office phone number, mobile phone number. Then press the call key to try the call.

When the other party answers the call, the situation is terminated, that is, the search of the phone number DB.

If the other party does not answer the call and wants to continue calling by searching for another phone number, the above procedure is repeated by pressing the search key.

However, the prior art as described above selects one of several kinds of numbers by searching "telephone number DB", and if the other party does not answer the call, terminates the call and re-searches to select another one among several kinds of numbers and makes the call. There is an inconvenience of pressing a key.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a retrieval method and communication apparatus for re-displaying an already retrieved telephone number and attempting a call again.

1 is a flowchart showing a conventional telephone number retrieval method;

2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration for implementing one embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram showing an example of a phone number DB used in an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart showing a phone number search method in an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: microcomputer 2: keypad

3: ram 4: display

In order to solve the above problems, the phone number DB matching the corresponding condition is searched and displayed from the phone number DB stored in advance according to the input condition, and the call is attempted based on the selected first phone number. When the counterpart does not answer, the communication apparatus provides a method for searching a telephone number, wherein the telephone number DB searched immediately before is displayed again to select a second telephone number to attempt a call.

It is equipped with a keypad for inputting or making phone number data, a display for displaying a phone number or condition search, and a RAM for storing a phone number DB. A communication device including a microcomputer which searches for a telephone number matching a condition in a telephone number DB and displays a display on the display, and attempts to make a call based on the selected telephone number. The keypad includes a previous search key, and among the searched telephone numbers. When the call by the selected first telephone number is not made, the telephone number searched immediately by the previous search key is displayed again, and the call is attempted based on the second telephone number selected therefrom. do.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the Example which concerns on this invention is described in detail based on drawing.

First, a hardware configuration for implementing the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In Fig. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a microcomputer, in which a program is embedded, and the program proceeds while controlling or communicating with another device while executing the program. The microcomputer 1 needs to embed a ROM or the like in order to embed a program.

Code 2 is a keypad that contains numeric keys, character keys, or function keys, which is necessary for entering or making a phone number. That is, keys such as "call", "hang", "search" and "previous search" are arranged.

Reference numeral 3 is a memory such as a RAM and stores a telephone number DB.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a phone number entered by the user, a retrieved phone number, or the like as a display, and a liquid crystal display is usually used.

The device is embedded in a communication device such as a mobile phone, but may be separately provided for the practice of the present invention, but each device built in a conventional mobile phone may be used as it is and only a program for the present invention may be added.

Here is an example of the phone number DB. 3 shows a representative example thereof. As shown in FIG. 3, the phone number DB includes a name, a memo, a home phone number, an office phone number, a mobile phone number, a pager number, an email address, and the like for each item.

Therefore, as a function to search the stored phone number using the search condition in the mobile phone,

-Find by name

-Find by street address (email address)

-Search by phone number

-Find by group (category in note)

Etc.

If you search by phone number here, you can search by entering only a part of the phone number you remember.

A telephone number retrieval method using the above-configured apparatus and DB will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, only a method of searching by name among the above search conditions will be described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is equally applicable to a search by other conditions.

It is assumed that the phone number DB is inputted through the keypad 2 by the user and stored in the RAM 3.

First, press the search key in the menu to select name finder, number finder, address finder, group finder. If you chose to find a name, enter some or all of the names you want to find. Then press the search key.

The microcomputer 1 receiving the data automatically finds the corresponding DB from the phone number DB of the RAM 3 according to the condition. If the DB is found, the information is displayed on Display 4. The user selects the corresponding number from among the numbers such as home phone number, office phone number and mobile phone number among the found "phone number DB" and attempts to call by pressing the call key.

When the call is made, the situation of DB search is terminated.

However, if the call rings and the other party does not answer the call, press the "Previous (right) search" menu key. Microcomputer 1 then automatically terminates the call and automatically displays the phone number DB that you just retrieved on display 4.

Then, the user selects a number other than the one immediately called from among the telephone numbers displayed on the display 4, and tries again.

In this way, the inconvenience of retrying the search by retrying the search is eliminated. You can also search the entire phone by pressing the previous search key in any search menu after pressing the search key.

As described above, the present invention does not repeat the search process from the beginning when the telephone number of the individual is not input to the first selected number when a plurality of individual phone number information is inputted. There is an excellent technical effect that makes it easy for the user to find.

Claims (2)

Based on the entered condition, the phone number DB matching the corresponding condition is searched and displayed from the phone number DB stored in advance, and the call is attempted based on the selected first phone number. If the call attempt does not respond to the other party, the telephone number search method of the communication device, characterized in that the phone number DB searched and displayed immediately before is displayed again to select a second telephone number to attempt a call. Keypad with a number keys, letter keys, function keys to enter the data of the phone number or to make a call, A display for displaying a phone number or conditional search, A communication device including a microcomputer having a RAM for storing a phone number DB, a phone number meeting a given condition, displayed on a display by searching the phone number DB, and attempting to make a call based on the selected phone number. The keypad has a previous search key, When the call is not made by the first phone number selected from the searched telephone numbers, the telephone number searched immediately by the previous search key is displayed again, and the call is attempted based on the second telephone number selected therefrom. Device.