KR100498346B1 - Phonebook registration method for mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention prints information such as a phone number and name converted into a predetermined code together with a business card on a business card, reads the code through a terminal, registers it in a phone book or immediately makes a call. The present invention relates to a phone book registration method of a mobile communication terminal, which is capable of improving a phone book. The method of registering a phone book or a name of a business card using a mobile communication terminal having a code reader registers the phone book in a code input mode. Switching to and selecting a phone book menu; Placing a cursor in the name registration window of the phone book and immediately registering a character (name) during name code scanning; Placing a cursor in a phone number registration window of the phone book and immediately registering a number (phone number) when scanning a phone number code; If the phone book menu is not selected, displaying the scanned phone number or name on the screen; When pressing the 'save' button while the phone number or name is displayed on the screen, the phone book menu may be automatically executed to automatically register the phone number and name at once.

Description

How to register phone book for mobile terminal {PHONEBOOK REGISTRATION METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a method of registering a phone book of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, information such as a phone number and name converted into a predetermined code, such as a barcode, is printed together on a business card, and the phone book is read by reading the code through the terminal. The present invention relates to a phone book registration method of a mobile communication terminal that can be automatically driven to be registered in a corresponding information input field to improve user convenience.

Generally, business cards are prints for self-advertisement and company advertisements that are used by a particular individual to actively inform third parties of personal information such as his or her name, company name, job title, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc. In some cases, they may be handed over directly to the other person, or may be distributed like a leaflet or attached to a building's exterior wall or street lamp.

Accordingly, a user who is directly handed a business card may extract some important information (name, phone number, etc.) and prepare a diary or store it separately in an electronic notebook in order to prepare for the loss of the business card as needed. Recently, a phone book function is added to a mobile communication terminal, and as most users possess such a terminal, it is common to store and use the information in the phone book of the terminal.

Of course, if a business card distributed or attached to an advertisement is needed, there is a case of directly calling a telephone number printed on the business card even if it is not stored in the phone book.

By the way, the phone number is composed of at least 10 digits, and as the terminal is miniaturized, an error may occur when using the keypad, and there is a troublesome problem of manually inputting a phone number every time while looking at a business card printed with a phone number. .

Therefore, the present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and prints information such as a phone number and name converted into a predetermined code together with a business card together with a barcode, and reads the code through a terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of registering a phone book of a mobile communication terminal that can be automatically driven to register in the corresponding information input field to improve user convenience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a phone book after scanning a phone number or name of a business card using a mobile communication terminal having a code reader and registering the name in a phone book. Selecting a menu; Placing a cursor in the name registration window of the phone book and immediately registering a character (name) during name code scanning; Placing a cursor in a phone number registration window of the phone book and immediately registering a number (phone number) when scanning a phone number code; If the phone book menu is not selected, displaying the scanned phone number or name on the screen; When the phone number or name is displayed on the screen and the 'Save' button is pressed, the phone book menu is automatically executed, comprising the steps of automatically registering the phone number and name at once.

According to the present invention, a phone number printed on a business card or a leaflet is printed together with a code symbolizing the phone number, such as a barcode, and the phone number code is received and stored through a scanner (or camera) attached to the mobile communication terminal. The idea is to make the call immediately. Of course, depending on the application, even if the name is also coded and printed together, it will be easier to enter the phone book.

In the embodiment of the present invention, for convenience of description, it is assumed that the phone number code is a bar code.

In general, a bar code (Bar_Code) is a label encoded by combining letters and numbers into black and white bar symbols for easy reading by a computer, and is used for easy computer reading and fast data input. Conventional hand scanners have been used for reading barcodes, but recently lasers have become mainstream, and commonly used barcodes can be reduced and enlarged by 0.8 ~ 2 times as standard as 3.73cm wide and 2.7cm high. There is this.

The minimum unit of the symbol structure is a module (dimension) and has a value of 1 bit. The barcode indicates the start and end of the barcode, the direction of data input and the type of barcode. It consists of a START / STOP CHARACTER and a CHECK DIGIT to check if the message has been read correctly and information to visually identify the top or bottom of the barcode.

In order to read the bar code as described above, the scanner converts the difference in reflectance between the black bar and the white bar of the bar code into an electric signal, and the width of the analog electric signal is represented by digital '1' and '0'. After the determination, the check digit is finally confirmed, and if it is correct, scanning is stopped, and there are various kinds of barcode readers on the market.

However, what is particularly important in a barcode reader is a decoder that converts the read back, black, and thick bars and thin bars into alphanumeric codes, and it is necessary to identify and decode the barcodes because various barcodes are mixed.

Of course, in the present invention, the bar codes that are already used may be used as they are, or a new bar code standard may be made and used by negotiation between mobile communication providers.

On the other hand, the mobile communication terminal of the present invention should be further added to the scanning means for barcode recognition, it is also possible to appropriately use the existing well-known handy scanner technology, in the case of a terminal equipped with a camera by using this as a scanner Will be recognized. When a code such as a barcode is recognized, it is possible to improve the recognition rate and the recognition speed compared to general character recognition.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.

1 is an exemplary view of a business card printed with a telephone number and name code for applying the present invention, a code in which the number of the telephone number is converted is printed together next to the telephone number, and a name in which the character of the name is converted Design them so that you don't want to look below or beside them, and print them together.

Next, FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reading and inputting a telephone number code according to the present invention. First, a predetermined hot key is pressed to drive a code reader (not shown) provided in the terminal. After switching to the code input mode, the terminal is used as a handy scanner to scan a part of the business card with the phone number code printed on the code reader.

The scanned phone number code is decoded into numbers by the internal decoder means of the terminal and displayed on the screen. Therefore, the user can press the 'save' button (not shown) and store it in the phone book while the phone number is displayed on the screen, and can immediately perform a call by pressing the 'call' button (not shown).

That is, in the conventional case, after the user directly inputs a phone number, the user presses the 'save' button to store or press the 'call' button to immediately perform a call, but in the present invention, instead of directly inputting the phone number, By reading the code and converting it into a phone number, the phone number input time is quick and there is no error.

If the name code is scanned instead of the phone number code, it will be decoded and displayed on the screen.

Therefore, in the present invention, in order to register the phone book information by code recognition as described above, select the phone book menu, place the cursor in the name registration window, and scan the name code printed on the business card to decode the character (name). This is registered immediately, the cursor is placed on the next telephone number registration window, and when the telephone number code printed on the business card is scanned, the decoded number (telephone number) is immediately registered.

That is, if there is a business card printed with a phone number code and a name code, it is very easy to register a phone book or make a call and improve user convenience.

Meanwhile, in the above embodiment, the code reading has not been described in detail. However, in the case of using a known code, the code reading technique may be used as it is, and when a new standard code is designated and used, the code may be easily read according to the standard. Is self explanatory.

As described above, the phone book registration method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention prints information such as a phone number and name converted into a predetermined code together with a business card on a business card, and reads the code through the terminal to read the phone book. By automatically driving to be registered in the information input field has the effect of improving the user's convenience.

1 is an illustration of a business card printed with a telephone number and name code for applying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a process of receiving a phone number code input by the present invention.

Claims (5)

In scanning a telephone number or name of a business card using a mobile communication terminal having a code reader and registering it in the telephone book, Switching the terminal to a code input mode and selecting a phone book menu; Placing a cursor in the name registration window of the phone book and immediately registering a character (name) during name code scanning; Placing a cursor in a phone number registration window of the phone book and immediately registering a number (phone number) when scanning a phone number code; If the phone book menu is not selected, displaying the scanned phone number or name on the screen; When a phone number or name is displayed on the screen and the 'save' button is pressed, the phone book menu is automatically executed to automatically register the phone number and name at once. How to register a book. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the phone number and name code of the business card scanned by the code reader is converted into a number or a letter by software decoding in the terminal to recognize the phone number. .