KR100565281B1 - Telephone number group managing method for mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing a telephone number group of a mobile terminal, and in particular, it is possible to set one phone number to various groups in duplicate, thereby efficiently performing group management such as broadcast transmission or group bell setting, thereby improving user convenience. A method of managing a telephone number group of a mobile terminal is provided. Conventionally, when registering a phone book in a mobile terminal, the group to which the corresponding phone number belongs is limited to one, so even a phone number for a person belonging to several groups can be set as only one group, such as broadcast transmission or group bell. There is a problem that the management is not easy, and the phone numbers that need to be managed separately appear. In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a unique index for each phone number information registered in the phone book, creates a group having a predetermined storage area, and stores the index in the storage area of the group. It is possible to set up a group according to the actual situation by providing a phone number group management method of a mobile terminal so that the same phone number index can be duplicated to a plurality of groups, and can greatly improve user convenience of group management. There is.

Description

TELEPHONE NUMBER GROUP MANAGING METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL}

1 is a group setting screen for a conventional mobile phone number

2 is a conceptual diagram showing the limitation of the conventional mobile terminal group setting.

3 is a conceptual diagram showing the concept of the present invention through an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a setting screen showing a group setting process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10: group of friends 20: group of work colleagues

The present invention relates to a method for managing a telephone number group of a mobile terminal, and in particular, it is possible to set one phone number to various groups in duplicate, thereby efficiently performing group management such as broadcast transmission or group bell setting, thereby improving user convenience. A method of managing a telephone number group of a mobile terminal is provided.

As the use of portable terminals is becoming more common, the importance of group management using portable terminals is gradually increasing. A group in a portable terminal means a group of several telephone numbers registered in the portable terminal phone book, and the portable terminal can collectively manage telephone numbers set in such a group.

As mobile terminal functions are added one after another, when a specific function is assigned to a group set by a user, the group function that all phone numbers of the group operate as the specified function becomes more diverse. These group functions typically include a batch of messages (broadcasting) or a function of distinguishing a caller by a different ringing tone (group bell) when a call comes from a person belonging to the group. These functions can be used in a variety of applications in real life, and can be easily used in case of providing information to the group collectively (convening a meeting, notification of meeting place, alert notification, etc.), and depending on the place, only a ringtone for a predetermined group is available. You can activate it and set the ringtones of other groups to vibrate or silent to keep your manners and not miss any necessary contact.

Group management of such a mobile terminal can provide a very convenient function, but due to its structural limitation is very static and limited. This will be described by taking the conventional technology as an example.

FIG. 1 shows a screen for setting a group in a conventional phone book. As shown in FIG. 1, when a phone number of a person named 'Kim Min-ji' is recorded, a group may be designated as part of corresponding phone number information. That is, in designating a group, a group is designated as a subordinate concept of a telephone number. Therefore, only one group can be set for the telephone number.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating limitations and limitations of a conventional group setting, and FIG. 2A illustrates a situation in real life. As shown, people named Kim Min-ji and Kang Yong-sung become friends and co-workers at the same time. Naturally, more people may be duplicated in different groups depending on the classification criteria. However, if shown, the group that can be set while registering the phone number for the target ('Kim Min-ji', 'Kang Yong-seong') in the phone book of the mobile terminal is limited to one of the group of friends and co-workers.

FIG. 2B illustrates a group that can be set using a real mobile terminal. Even if a person belongs to the two groups at the same time, if the group is set as a 'friend group', the co-worker group will be omitted.

That is, the conventional phone book memory storage format has a name, a group, a speed dial number, a phone number, etc. as a member of the phone book address, so that only one group information can be recorded in the memory area set for the group. to be.

If the broadcast transmission is sent to a group of work colleagues, the inconvenience of having to send a separate message to those who belong to another group due to the duplicate setting is not possible. In addition, due to such a non-overlapping setting, if a lot of people who belong to several groups are assigned to a fixed group in many cases, it takes considerable effort and time to identify them.

As described above, in the case of registering a phone book in a mobile terminal, the number of groups to which the corresponding phone number belongs is limited to one, so even a phone number for a person belonging to several groups can be set as only one group. Group management such as bell is not easy, and there was a problem in that phone numbers that need to be managed separately appear.

In view of the above problems, the present invention uses a number assigned while registering a phone number in a phone book as an index to associate the index with a predetermined group so that the same phone number index can be repeatedly connected to a plurality of groups. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for managing a phone number group of a mobile terminal to improve convenience of group management.

The present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of setting an index for the phone number registered in the phone book of the mobile terminal; If the user sets a group for the telephone number registered in the phone book, it characterized in that it comprises the step of setting the group by connecting the index of the selected telephone number to one or more groups.

The group setting for the telephone number may include selecting a group list of editable groups and selecting one of them when selecting a group setting on an edit screen for the telephone number; Selecting one of the list of groups, characterized in that it comprises the step of adding the index of the telephone number to the storage area for the group.

The management of the group lists the group list generated through a predetermined menu, and if the corresponding list is selected, information on the phone number to which the index is connected is listed, and editing is possible by adding or deleting the connected index information. It is done.

When described in detail with reference to the embodiments of the present invention as described above.

3 is a conceptual diagram for illustrating a concept of the present invention, in which a list on the left side shows names among telephone number information stored in a mobile phone directory. The number assigned to each of the phone number information indicated by the name is an index, which may be a stored address or a separately assigned number in the phone book. Thus, the telephone number distinguished by the name corresponds to the given index, and a telephone number easily connected through the index can be obtained.

As shown in the drawing, when the friend group 10 and the work colleague group 20 are created on the portable terminal, the index '1' Kim Min-ji may be included in both groups. The reason for such duplicate grouping is not to store the information about the group as part of the phone number storage format, but to allocate a separate group information storage area to the memory so that the index representing the phone book information is stored in the memory. Because. That is, since an index can be used to associate a predetermined group with actual phonebook information (name, shortcut, phone number, etc.), one index can be stored in an individual group information storage area (memory) given according to group creation. Thus, one phonebook information can be linked to multiple groups.

As shown, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, which are indexes of each phonebook information, are stored in the memory area allocated through the creation of the friend group 10.

Now, when the broadcast transmission or the group bell is set using a group that can be set as duplicated as described above, it is possible to collectively manage the phone numbers included in the group. In the case of a group bell, a collision may occur for a phone number belonging to a duplicate group, but this can be easily solved by using a group creation order or a separate priority.

As described above, since a group is created while a separate memory is allocated, the number of groups that can be created may not be limited as long as the memory allows.

Figure 4 shows an embodiment showing a method of specifying a group for the telephone number when registering the telephone number in the telephone book or edit the already registered telephone number in an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when a new phone number is selected as shown in FIG. 4A and a group for the corresponding phone number is selected, a screen for selecting and editing a group as shown in FIG. 4B may be provided. Note that the screen can be configured in various ways because it is a simple interface provided to facilitate group designation for the corresponding phone number.

First, when selecting No. 1 and pressing the search key, a group search result as shown in FIG. 4C is displayed. The currently created group and the reserve groups that can be created may be listed. This allows you to create a new group or select an already created group. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user selects the friend group 2 first. According to the selection, the index of the telephone number is stored in the friend group storage area and the screen is switched to FIG. 4B to show that the telephone number is included in the friend group. If the user selects No. 2 again and presses the search key, the group search result of FIG. 4C is displayed again. This time, the No. 3 work group can be selected. Accordingly, the index of the telephone number is stored in the work group storage area and the screen is switched to FIG. 4B.

By repeating this method, the same telephone number can be included in multiple groups.

In addition, in addition to the above method, the group management menu may be separately set to list the created groups, and then a new list may be added or the already created group may be deleted. In addition, when a predetermined group is selected, information (name, phone number, etc.) for the connected phone number may be listed through an index stored in the group, and the new index may be deleted or the phonebook search menu may be set. Can be added.

That is, since the creation and editing of such a specific group and the management thereof may be implemented in various user interfaces, all such embodiments may be included in the present invention. The core of the present invention allows to create a group having a separate memory area, and to store an index representing each information recorded in the phone book in the memory area of the group, one phone number is duplicated into a plurality of groups To be set.

 As described above, the method for managing a phone number group of the mobile terminal of the present invention assigns a unique index to each phone number information registered in the phone book, creates a group having a predetermined storage area, and assigns the index to the storage area of the group. By storing phone numbers, the phone numbers can be grouped so that the same phone number index can be duplicated in multiple groups, thereby enabling group setting according to the actual situation and greatly improving user convenience of group management.

Claims (5)

Setting an index for the telephone number registered in the telephone book of the portable terminal; And when the user sets a group for the phone number registered in the phone book, setting the group by connecting an index of the selected phone number to one or more groups. How to manage groups. The method of claim 1, wherein the index for the telephone number uses a stored address or a separately assigned number in the telephone directory. The method of claim 1, wherein the group setting for the telephone number comprises: selecting a group of editable groups by selecting one of them when selecting a group setting on an edit screen for the telephone number; And selecting an index of a corresponding telephone number in a storage area for the group when selecting one of the list of groups. The method of claim 1, wherein the group can be created without limitation as long as the memory of the portable terminal allows, and can be deleted and edited without restriction. The method of claim 1, wherein the management of the group lists a list of groups generated through a predetermined menu, and when the list is selected, information on a telephone number to which an index is linked is listed, and addition or deletion of linked index information is performed. Phone number group management method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the editing is possible.

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