KR100576039B1 - Method for searching yellow page of mobile telecommunication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal capable of effectively retrieving a phone number entry stored in a mobile communication terminal and reducing the search time and the accuracy of a search result.

The phone number retrieval method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a terminal control unit for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal and a memory unit for storing a plurality of phone number items set by a user. And determining, by the terminal controller, whether one or more search keywords have been input in a predetermined phone number search window to generate a search execution event, and wherein the terminal controller has less than three search keywords input in the search window. Determining whether the information is composed of letters; and if the search keyword input in the search box is composed of fewer than three characters, the terminal controller corresponds to the latter part of the pre-stored phone number entry. Recognizing a search keyword for the letters, and among the search keywords entered in the search box Determining whether a special character serving as an operator including all characters exists; and when there is a special character serving as an operator including all characters among the search keywords entered in the search box, the memory Extracting a phone number entry including each search keyword at a position corresponding to the search keyword from the phone number entries stored in the sub-item, except for the corresponding special characters, and transmitting the search result to the display window. It is characterized by comprising.

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Description

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1A and 1B are reference diagrams for explaining a phone number search method using a search keyword in a mobile communication terminal according to the prior art.

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal for implementing a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 and 4 are flowcharts illustrating a method for storing and retrieving phone number entries of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

5a to 5c are reference diagrams for explaining a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

Description of the main parts of the drawing

201: terminal control unit 202: key input unit

203: Receive switch 204: Speaker

205: display driver 206: memory

207: signal receiver 208: frequency synthesizer

209: signal transmitter 210: duplex

211: antenna 212: microphone

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for retrieving a phone number stored in a mobile communication terminal, thereby reducing the search time and the accuracy of a search result. It relates to a telephone number search method.

Mobile communication terminals are used by many people as necessities of life due to the simplicity and convenience of portable. These mobile communication terminals have phone number registration, retrieval, and schedule management functions, and have been transformed into means for personal information management functions beyond the means for phone calls.

In particular, the phone number registration and search function has become the most basic function of the mobile communication terminal because of the advantage that the user can easily talk without having to remember or press the phone number of the other party. The phone number search function is somewhat different depending on the manufacturer of the terminal, but in general, when the phone number search key is pressed in the terminal, a search menu is displayed on the display window of the mobile communication terminal, selects a phone number search, and then directly turns each phone number item. The search method as described above or a search keyword is entered.

However, a method of searching all registered phone number items in sequence has a disadvantage in that a search time is long when there are many registered phone number items. Therefore, when there are many registered telephone number entries, a search method for entering a search keyword is more effective.

A method of searching for a telephone number by inputting a conventional search keyword is briefly described as follows. 1A and 1B are reference diagrams for explaining a phone number search method using a search keyword in a mobile communication terminal according to the prior art.

As a method of searching a phone number by entering a search keyword, the most basic method is to accurately input a name of a person to be searched, but this method is cumbersome to input the name correctly through a key input unit of a mobile communication terminal. Accordingly, a method of searching by inputting only specific consonants of a name is mainly used.

First, as an embodiment of the prior art, as shown in FIG. 1A, a list of registered telephone numbers is executed when a search is performed by entering a specific consonant, for example, "a" as a search keyword in a phone number search menu of a mobile communication terminal display window. All phone number entries including "ㄱ" are extracted and displayed as a search result. In addition, as another embodiment of the prior art, as a further improved function of the search method by inputting a specific consonant as described above, when a name of a person to be searched is estimated and stored, all consonants input by inputting a plurality of consonants as search keywords This is a method of extracting a phone number entry as a search result. For example, as shown in FIG. 1B, when a search keyword "ㅎㄷㄱ" is continuously entered into a search box and a search is executed, a search result (Hong Gil-dong) including all the consonants is displayed.

In a conventional method of searching a phone number by inputting a search keyword, a specific consonant may be input as a search keyword to derive a phone number item including the corresponding consonant as a search result.

However, the recent mobile communication terminal has a number of phone number entries that can be stored more than 1000, according to the prior art search method, for example, when executing a search by entering a specific consonant, more phone numbers than the previous case The item is derived as a search result, and the effect of the search is halved. In addition, it is possible to obtain accurate search results such as "Hong Gil-dong" by performing a method of searching by inputting specific consonants continuously in a manner such as "ㅎㄷㄱ" by remembering the name of the person who is looking for, but using the user of the first mobile terminal. Is registered with only the name except for the last name (eg, "Kil-dong") when registering the phone number entry, the search keyword such as "ㅎㄷㄱ" can be used even though the phone number entry of the person who is looking for is stored in the terminal. There is a problem that the phone number entry cannot be retrieved.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, a method for retrieving the phone number of the mobile communication terminal that can reduce the search time and the accuracy of the search results by effectively searching the phone number stored in the mobile communication terminal The purpose is to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a terminal controller for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal; and a memory unit for storing a plurality of telephone number items set by a user. A method for searching a phone number of a terminal, the terminal control unit determining whether one or more search keywords have been input to a predetermined phone number search window to generate a search execution event, and the terminal controller inputted to the search window. Determining whether the search keyword is composed of less than three characters; and if the search keyword input to the search box is composed of less than three characters, the terminal controller prestores the less than three characters. Recognizing a search keyword for a character corresponding to a later part of a phone number entry, and checking Determining whether there is a special character serving as an operator including all characters among the search keywords entered in the color window, and a special character serving as an operator including all characters among the search keywords entered in the search box. Is present, extracting a phone number entry including each search keyword at a position corresponding to the search keyword corresponding to the search keywords other than the corresponding special characters among the phone number entries stored in the memory unit. And transmitting to the display window.

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According to a feature of the present invention, when searching for a phone number of a mobile communication terminal, a predetermined name_name search mode can be executed to execute a search by inputting two specific consonants corresponding to two letters as a search keyword. Recognizing that two specific consonants correspond to the name part of the name, the search time can be shortened and the search accuracy can be improved. In addition, an operator recognition function may be added to search for a telephone number item including "a" at the end of the name regardless of the first letter of the name when using a search word such as "_ a". In the prior art, simply selecting "a" as a search word searches all the telephone number entries having "a" in the name regardless of the letter position to which the consonant belongs, but the present invention can enhance the search function by adding an operator recognition function. There is an advantage.

Hereinafter, a method of searching for a phone number of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal for implementing a method for retrieving a phone number of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a method for storing and retrieving a phone number item of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. This is a flowchart for explanation.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, a mobile communication terminal for implementing a phone number search method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a speaker 204, a main body provided with a display window, and a terminal controller 201 embedded in the main body. ) And the duplex 210 forming a signal connection relationship with the terminal controller 201, the signal transmitter 209, the frequency synthesizer 208, the signal receiver 207, the memory 206, and the display driver 205. ) And the like.

The duplex 210 outputs a signal received by the antenna 211 to the signal receiver 207, or outputs a signal output from the signal transmitter 209 to the outside through the antenna 211. The signal receiver 207 receives a signal applied through the duplex 210 from the antenna 211 and outputs the signal to the speaker 204 under the control of the terminal controller 201.

The frequency synthesizer 208 generates a frequency related to signal transmission and reception at the signal transmitter 209 and the signal receiver 207 and outputs the frequency to the signal receiver 207 and the signal transmitter 209. Perform. The signal transmitter 209 transmits a voice signal input through the microphone 212 under the control of the terminal controller 201.

Meanwhile, the terminal controller 201 has a predetermined signal connection relationship with the signal transmitter 209, the frequency synthesizer 208, and the signal receiver 207, and the memory unit 206, the key input unit 202, and the receiver are connected to each other. The switch 203, the display driver 205, and the like also transmit and receive a predetermined signal.

The key input unit 202 transmits a user's key input status to the terminal control unit 201. The key input unit 202 includes a series of numeric keys for inputting a telephone number and various functions of a mobile communication terminal. It comprises a function key, such as the Internet, call for performing the, and a direction key for changing the item when performing the function of the mobile communication terminal.

The memory unit 206 stores a program for performing an overall operation of the mobile communication terminal and various data generated by the operation of the mobile communication terminal. In addition to this, a phone number search program for storing the phone number entry generated by the user's input and searching the stored phone number entry is stored. The phone number search program is an essential element for performing the phone number search method of the present invention, and a detailed description thereof will be given later.

Hereinafter, a method of searching for a phone number of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention implemented by a mobile communication terminal having such a configuration will be described in detail. Prior to performing the telephone number retrieval method of the present invention, a telephone number item should be stored first.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, when the telephone number item storage menu is selected in the initial state (S301) of the display window of the mobile communication terminal by the user (S302), the terminal control unit 201 of the mobile communication terminal stores the telephone number item to be stored. It stores the phone number storage form selection page to select whether to save the form in the form including the first and last name (name format) or only the name (name format) to the display window of the mobile communication terminal (S303). According to the user's selection in the phone number storage type selection page, the corresponding phone number item is registered in a name format or a name format and is selectively stored by changing a storage field in the memory unit 206 of the mobile communication terminal (S304, S305). . In this case, an input menu of a general format in addition to the name format and name format is added to the menu of the phone number storage form selection page, so that the format is free regardless of the name, name, etc. It is also possible to register a telephone number entry by a name such as an alias name.

In the state in which the phone number items are stored through the above-described method, it is possible to perform a method for searching a phone number of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention as shown in FIG. First, when the telephone number item search menu is selected in the initial state (S401) of the display window of the mobile communication terminal by the user (S402), the terminal control unit 201 of the mobile communication terminal transmits the search initial page to the display window (S403). The search initial page may include a general search mode and a name_name search mode menu. Here, the general search mode refers to a mode capable of performing a search keyword input method according to the prior art, and the name_name search mode is a key feature of the present invention and is implemented by a predetermined algorithm.

First, when the general search mode is selected by the user, the terminal control unit 201 of the mobile communication terminal transmits a general search page to the display window (S405). Thereafter, the user may input a search keyword corresponding to the telephone number item to be searched, that is, one or more specific consonants to execute the search (S406 and S407). At this time, the search target retrieved by the input of the specific consonant is all telephone number entries stored in the memory unit 206 of the mobile communication terminal, namely telephone number entries in name format, telephone number entries in name format, and other formats. It refers to the stored phone number item.

According to the general search execution, for example, if a search is executed by inputting a search keyword as "a", the phone number items including "a" among the telephone number entries of the name form and the telephone number entries of the name format are displayed as search results. Extracted. Of course, at this time, if there are phone number entries stored in other formats, phone number entries including "a" will be extracted from other types of telephone number entries. In addition, even when two or three or more consecutive consonants such as "ㅎㄱ" or "ㅎㄷㄱ" are entered as a search keyword, the phone number entries including all the specific consonants are extracted regardless of the storage format. will be.

Meanwhile, if the name_name search mode is selected in the search initial page (S404), the controller of the mobile communication terminal transmits the name_name search page to the display window (S408). The name_name search page is also provided with a search box for inputting text, similar to the general search page. In the state where the name_name search page is transmitted, the user may perform a phone number search method unique to the present invention by using the search keyword.

In detail, when three or more consonants, such as "ㄱㄴㄷ" or "ㄱㄴㄷㄹ", are entered into the search box (S409 and S410), the terminal control unit 201 of the mobile communication terminal stores the names stored in the memory unit 206. The phone number items of the type are searched to extract a first search result corresponding to the search keyword (S412) (see FIG. 5A).

On the other hand, when a search is executed by inputting less than three consonants (S409, S410) as a search keyword (ㄱㄷ), the phone number search program stored in the memory unit 206 of the mobile communication terminal is a phone number in the form of a name. In this case, the phone number search program recognizes the search term "ㄱ" as a consonant of the first name except the last name. This is applied to the telephone number retrieval program that Koreans usually have a full name consisting of one and last names. Therefore, as a first search result by a search keyword of "ㄱㄷ", a telephone number entry including "ㄱㄷ" in the name, for example, "Hong Gil-dong" among the telephone number entries in the form of the name is basically extracted, and the name is If a telephone number entry including "ㄱ", such as "Jeongdeok", exists among the telephone number entries in the format (S411) (see FIG. 5B).

On the other hand, as an embodiment of the phone number search method according to the present invention there is a method for the phone number search program to enhance the search function by giving an operator recognition function. As a specific implementation method, if the user inputs "_ ㄷ" into the search box of the name_name search page while the name_name search page is transmitted (S413), the telephone number search program of the mobile communication terminal is primarily set to two. It is recognized as a letter and the two letters correspond to each letter of the first name except the last name. Then, the space (_: is represented as an empty space on the display of the actual mobile communication terminal) or other special characters are recognized by the <ALL> operator, and the letter "c" at the end of the search character regardless of the first letter of the name. All included phone number entries are shown as a search result (S415) (see FIG. 5C). This method can be applied in various ways. That is, regardless of the end of the name, such as "ㄱ _", you can also search for phone number entries that include "ㄱ" in the first letter of the name.

In addition, the telephone number search method according to the operator recognition function can be applied to the general search mode in addition to the name_name search mode. In other words, for a phone number stored with more than 3 characters, the space can be applied to only one specific character as described above, as well as "_ ㄱ _" or "ㄱ _ ㄷ _" and 3 or 4 characters. You can enter more than one space to run a search. The procedure of performing the operator recognition function may be applied before the step of determining whether the input search keyword is less than three.

On the other hand, in the setting of the telephone number search program for performing the operator recognition function, as described above, the operator may use the space key of the mobile communication terminal, and in addition to the space key, various character examples provided in the key input unit 202 may be used. For example, "*" etc. can also be used.

The telephone number search method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention has the following effects.

When searching for a phone number of the mobile communication terminal, the predetermined name_name search mode can be executed and two specific consonants corresponding to two letters are entered as a search keyword to execute the search. Recognizing that it corresponds to the name part can reduce the search time and the accuracy of the search.

In addition, an operator recognition function may be added to search for a telephone number item including "a" at the end of the name regardless of the first letter of the name when using a search word such as "_ a". In the prior art, simply selecting "a" as a search word searches all the phone number entries having "a" in the name, regardless of the letter position to which the consonant belongs, but the present invention may enhance the search function by adding a space recognition function. There are advantages to it.

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In the phone number retrieval method of the mobile communication terminal having a terminal control unit for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal and a memory unit for storing a plurality of phone number items set by the user, Determining, by the terminal controller, whether one or more search keywords have been input in a predetermined phone number search window to generate a search execution event; Determining, by the terminal controller, whether the search keyword inputted to the search box includes fewer than three characters; When the search keyword input in the search box is composed of less than three characters, the terminal controller recognizing the less than three characters as a search keyword for a character corresponding to a back part of a pre-stored telephone number entry; Determining whether there is a special character that serves as an operator including all characters among the search keywords entered in the search box; If there is a special character that serves as an operator including all characters among the search keywords entered in the search box, each of the phone numbers stored in the memory unit corresponds to the other search keywords except for the corresponding special characters. And extracting a phone number item including a search keyword at a position corresponding to the search keyword as a search result and transmitting the search keyword to a display window. delete delete

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