KR100591820B1 - Message management method for Mobile Communication Terminal linked with telephone directory - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book for separately managing text messages transmitted and received in association with a group management function of a phone book. .

According to an aspect of the present invention for this purpose, the present invention includes a telephone number registration confirmation step of determining whether a reply telephone number included in the text message is a telephone number registered in a messenger phone book when a text message is received; If the reply phone number is a registered phone number in the above step, the text message list updating step of adding a list of the received text message to the received message list of the group of the same group message inbox as the group to which the phone number belongs; ; The messenger phone book may include the same or a part of the phone book provided by the mobile communication terminal.

Mobile terminal, text message, phone book

Description

Text message management method of mobile communication terminal using phone book {Message management method for Mobile Communication Terminal linked with telephone directory}

1 is a block diagram showing a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart showing a text message management method according to the present invention;

    2A is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a received text message;

    2b is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a received text message;

3 is a view for explaining a text message management method according to the present invention,

    3A is a view showing a group management menu screen of a phone book;

    3b is a view showing an inbox management menu screen;

    3c is a view showing a group message inbox menu screen;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing an outgoing text message.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

11: key input unit 12: display unit

13 memory unit 14 control unit

15: transceiver 16: voice processing unit

17: power supply SPK: speaker

MIC: Microphone

The present invention relates to a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book for separately managing a group of text messages transmitted and received in association with the phone book.

Recently, in order to satisfy various needs of consumers, various additional functions have been added to the mobile communication terminal in addition to the native call function. In other words, an additional function such as a game or Internet search has been added and widely used, and a text message transmission / reception function for sending and receiving text messages between users has been added to the mobile communication terminal.

In particular, since text messages are much cheaper than voice calls, text messages are widely used among students. Recently, news, stock market and credit card approvals have been used for SMS (Short Massage Service). Increasingly, their use is being noticed.

In general, the received text message is automatically stored in the internal memory of the mobile communication terminal, and a part of its contents or a reply phone number is added to the inbox message list. Commercially available mobile communication terminals typically have dozens to about 100 messages. Although it has a storage capacity for storing text messages, the storage capacity is gradually increasing.

The text messages stored in the internal memory of the mobile communication terminal are arranged and managed in the inbox by the reception date. Therefore, in order to find a specific text message among the received text messages, the cursor should be scrolled up and down in the received message list of the inbox to find the desired text message.

However, as described above, as a list of dozens to 100 lists is received, a plurality of key inputs are required to find a specific text message, which causes a problem in that it takes a long time to search for a text message. In addition, as personal text messages and commercial text messages such as news and advertisements are mixed, there is a difficulty in managing text messages.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, and provides a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book for separately managing the text messages transmitted and received in association with the group management function of the phone book for each group. For that purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book that can search for a specific text message using a phone number.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention provides a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal having a phone book in which a plurality of phone numbers are group-managed:

A phone number registration checking step of determining whether a reply phone number included in the text message is a phone number registered in a phone book for a messenger when a text message is received;

If the reply phone number is a registered phone number in the above step, the text message list updating step of adding a list of the received text message to the received message list of the group of the same group message inbox as the group to which the phone number belongs; ;

The messenger phone book may include the same or a part of the phone book provided by the mobile communication terminal.

As described above, the present invention is easy to manage the received text message by separating and managing the received text message by group in association with the group management function of the phone book.

In addition, the present invention. If the received text message does not include a reply telephone number, a registered word search step of searching for the contents of the text message and determining whether a registered word is included in the messenger phone book;

If the word registered in the messenger phone book is included in the received text message in the above step, a text for adding a list of the received text messages to the received message list of the group in the group message inbox identical to the group to which the word belongs The method may further include updating a message list.

As described above, according to the present invention, even if the received text message does not include a reply telephone number, it is easy to manage the received text message by using the words included in the text message and managing them separately.

In another aspect, the present invention, if the text message search function is selected, displaying a phone number input window;

Searching for a text message having a corresponding telephone number as a reply telephone number when at least a part of the telephone number is input in the step;

Displaying a searched text message if the text message having the telephone number inputted in the step is not found;

Displaying a list of retrieved text messages when a text message having the telephone number entered in the step as a reply telephone number is searched;

If the user selects any one of the text messages listed in the step, it characterized in that it further comprises the step of displaying the content of the text message.

As described above, according to the present invention, a required text message can be quickly and easily retrieved from a plurality of text messages stored in a memory as a required text message is searched using a reply telephone number.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the text message management method of a mobile communication terminal having a phone book in which a plurality of telephone numbers are group-managed:

A phone number registration checking step of determining whether the recipient's phone number of the text message is a phone number registered in the messenger phone book when the text message is sent;

In the above step, if the recipient's phone number is a registered phone number, a text message list updating step of adding a list of outgoing text messages to the outgoing message list of the group in the same group message box as the group to which the phone number belongs is provided. ;

The messenger phone book may include the same or a part of the phone book provided by the mobile communication terminal.

As described above, according to the present invention, the text message sent in association with the group management function of the phone book is also managed separately for each group, so that the management of the sent text message is easy.

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

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied. The key input unit 11 receives a user command and transmits it to the control unit 14, and the display unit 12 controls the control unit 14. According to the operation state of the mobile terminal and the text message transmitted and received.

The memory unit 13 stores a program required for driving the mobile communication terminal, a text message transmitted and received, and a telephone number registered by the user. The telephone numbers are separately managed by groups. That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, a group (directory) is formed such as a family, a friend, a job, a girlfriend, and the like, and the phone number of the family, the phone number of the friend, and the like are managed separately.

On the other hand, the transceiver 15 performs a role of radio processing the signal transmitted and received between the base station and the terminal. That is, the transmission and reception unit 15 shifts the frequency band into a high frequency signal for wireless output and transmits the baseband transmission signal to the base station through the antenna and wirelessly outputs the high frequency signal received through the antenna to the baseband. Transmit the frequency band.

The voice processor 16 encodes a voice signal input through a microphone MIC and transmits the voice signal to the controller 14 or decodes the voice signal demodulated by the controller 14 and outputs the voice signal to the speaker SPK. The processor 16 includes an analog circuit such as an amplifier and a filter, and a firmware module including an analog / digital conversion circuit, a digital / analog conversion circuit, and a voice compression / extension module. The power supply unit 17 is used to drive a mobile communication terminal. Supply the necessary power.

The control unit 14 basically controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal based on the program stored in the memory unit 13, manages the text messages transmitted and received in association with the phone book and is also authorized through the key input unit 11. According to the user command to perform a function to search for a specific text message among the text messages stored in the memory unit (13).

Next, a text message management method according to the present invention applied to the mobile communication terminal configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

The text message management method according to the present invention provides a general message inbox and a group message inbox in the inbox as shown in FIG. 3B, and also provides a messenger phone book not shown in the text mailbox.

If you create a group such as family, friends, work, girlfriends, etc. to manage the phone numbers as shown in Figure 3a, according to the user's response, as shown in Figure 3c in the group message inbox and messenger phone book Groups created in the phone book such as family, friends, work, and girlfriends are automatically created.

After creating a group in the phone book as shown in Figure 3a, to enter the personal information and phone number to register the phone number and specify the group to which the phone number belongs to the phone number entered in the corresponding group of the phone book At the same time, the phone number entered in the corresponding group of the messenger phone book associated with the phone number is automatically registered.

That is, the messenger phone book is configured to include the same or a part of the phone book provided by the mobile communication terminal. In addition, the messenger phone book and the group message inbox are managed separately from the phone book provided by the mobile terminal so that the group can be added and deleted only in the messenger phone book and the group message inbox.

As described above, a plurality of groups are generated in the messenger phone book and the group message inbox, and the phone numbers registered in the phone book of the mobile communication terminal are stored in the messenger phone book in the same manner or a part thereof is stored in FIG. When the text message is received as described above, the controller 14 stores the received text message in the memory unit 13 and determines whether the corresponding text message includes a reply telephone number (ST101 to ST102).

If the received text message includes a reply telephone number, the control unit 14 searches whether the same telephone number is registered in the messenger phone book (ST103). If the reply telephone number is a registered telephone number, the corresponding telephone number belongs. The list of the text message is added to the received message list of the corresponding group of the same group message inbox as the group, and the list of the text message is also added to the received message list of the general message inbox (ST105 to ST106).

On the other hand, if the reply telephone number is an unregistered telephone number, the controller 14 adds the list for the corresponding text message only to the received message list of the general message inbox (ST106).

On the other hand, if the received text message does not include a reply telephone number, the control unit 14 searches the contents of the text message, and the words registered in the messenger phone book, for example, the received text message is "Dining place today … If the telephone number registered with the name “Kim Dae-ri” is in the group “Company”, the control unit 14 receives the text message received in the received message list of the group “Company” in the group message inbox. The list of text messages is also added to the received message list of the general message inbox (ST105 ~ ST106).

On the other hand, if there is no word registered in the messenger phone book in the contents of the text message, the controller 14 adds the list of the text message only to the received message list of the general message inbox (ST106).

On the other hand, if the message search function is selected as shown in Figure 2b (ST210), the control unit 14 displays a phone number input window on the display unit 12 (ST202), the user returns a message to the input window When at least a part of the telephone number is input, the control unit 14 accesses the memory unit 13 in which the text message is stored, and searches for a message having the corresponding telephone number (ST203 to ST204).

If the text message having the telephone number entered by the user as the reply telephone number is not searched, the control unit 14 indicates that there is no searched text message on the display unit 12 (ST205 to ST206), but the telephone number entered by the user is displayed. When a text message having a reply telephone number is searched, a list of searched text messages is displayed on the display unit 12 (ST207). When a user selects one of the listed text messages, the controller 14 displays the text message. The contents are read from the memory unit 13 and displayed on the display unit 12 (ST208 to ST209).

Although the above-described embodiment describes only the management method of the received text message, the sent text message may be managed in the same manner.

That is, when a text message is sent as shown in FIG. 4, the controller 14 stores the sent text message in the memory unit 13 and searches whether the recipient phone number of the text message is registered in the messenger phone book ( ST301 to ST302). If the caller's phone number is a registered phone number, the text message is also added to the outgoing message list of the normal message outbox while adding the list of text messages to the outgoing message list of the group in the same group message outbox as the group to which the phone number belongs. Add a list for (ST303 ~ ST305).

On the other hand, if the caller's telephone number is an unregistered telephone number, the controller 14 adds a list for the corresponding text message only to the outgoing message list of the general message outbox (ST305).

In addition, a specific text message may be retrieved from the outgoing message through the same process illustrated in FIG. 2B. In other words, when the search function is selected, the control unit 14 displays a phone number input window on the display unit 12. When at least a part of the receiver's phone number of the message the user seeks is input to the input window, the control unit 14 Access the memory unit 13, which stores the text message, and searches for the message having the corresponding recipient phone number.

If the text message having the phone number entered by the user as the recipient's phone number is not searched, the control unit 14 displays that there is no searched text message on the display unit 12, but has the phone number entered by the user as the recipient's phone number. When the text message is found, a list of the found text messages is displayed on the display unit 12. When the user selects one of the listed text messages, the controller 14 reads the contents of the text message from the memory unit 13 and displays the content of the text message on the display unit 12.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is easy to manage the transmission and reception boxes by separating and managing the text messages transmitted and received in association with the group management function of the phone book, and can easily search for the required text messages using the phone number.

Claims (15)

In a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal having a phone book in which a plurality of phone numbers are group managed: A phone number registration checking step of determining whether a reply phone number included in the text message is a phone number registered in a phone book for a messenger when a text message is received; A text message list updating step of adding a list of received text messages to a received message list of a corresponding group of a group message inbox if the reply telephone number is a registered telephone number in the step; Displaying a phone number input window when a text message search function is selected; Searching for a text message having a corresponding telephone number as a reply telephone number when at least a part of the telephone number is input in the step; Displaying a searched text message if the text message having the telephone number inputted in the step is not found; Displaying a list of retrieved text messages when a text message having the telephone number entered in the step as a reply telephone number is searched; If the user selects any one of the text messages listed in the step, displaying the contents of the text message; The messenger phone book is a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book, characterized in that it comprises the same or a part of the phone book provided by the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the text message list comprises: If the reply telephone number is a registered telephone number, adding a list of the received text messages to the received message list of the general message inbox. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the text message management method is: If the reply telephone number is not a registered telephone number, the method for managing a text message of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book, characterized in that it comprises the step of adding a list of the received text message only to the receiving message list of the general message inbox. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message management method comprises: When generating a new group in the phone book, the mobile terminal using the phone book further comprises the step of automatically generating the same group as the group created in the phone book in response to the user's selection in response to user's selection How to manage text messages. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message management method comprises: If the received text message does not include a reply telephone number, a registered word search step of searching for the contents of the text message and determining whether a registered word is included in the messenger phone book; If the word registered in the messenger phone book is included in the received text message in the above step, a text for adding a list of the received text messages to the received message list of the group in the group message inbox identical to the group to which the word belongs Text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book, characterized in that it further comprises a message list updating step. The method of claim 5, wherein updating the list comprises: If the word registered in the messenger phone book is included in the received text message, the mobile communication using the phone book further comprises the step of adding a list of the received text message to the received message list of the general message inbox How to manage text messages of the terminal. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the text message management method is: If the words registered in the messenger phone book is not included in the received text message, the mobile terminal further comprises the step of adding a list of the received text messages only to the received message list of the general message inbox. Text message management method of communication terminal. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the text message management method comprises: The messenger phone book and the group message inbox are managed separately from the phone book provided by the mobile communication terminal so that a new group can be added and deleted only in the messenger phone book and the group message inbox. How to manage text messages of the terminal. In a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal having a phone book in which a plurality of phone numbers are group managed: A phone number registration checking step of determining whether the recipient's phone number of the text message is a phone number registered in the messenger phone book when the text message is sent; A text message list updating step of adding a list of outgoing text messages to the outgoing message list of the group in the same group message outbox as the group to which the corresponding phone number belongs if the receiver's phone number is a registered phone number; Displaying a phone number input window when a text message search function is selected; Retrieving a text message having the telephone number as the receiver's telephone number if at least a portion of the telephone number is input in the step; Displaying that there is no searched text message if the text message having the telephone number entered in the step as the receiver phone number is not searched; Displaying a list of retrieved text messages when a text message having the telephone number input in the step as a receiver telephone number is searched; If the user selects any one of the text messages listed in the step, displaying the contents of the text message; The messenger phone book is a text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book, characterized in that it comprises the same or a part of the phone book provided by the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 10, wherein updating the text message list comprises: If the receiver phone number is a registered phone number text message management method of a mobile communication terminal using a phone book comprising the step of adding a list of the outgoing text message in the outgoing message list of the general message outbox. 12. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein said text message management method comprises: If the receiver's phone number is not a registered phone number, the method further comprises the step of adding a list of text messages sent only to the outgoing message list of the general message outbox. 12. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein said text message management method comprises: If the receiver's phone number is not a registered phone number, the method further comprises the step of adding a list of text messages sent only to the outgoing message list of the general message outbox. delete The method of claim 10, wherein the text message management method comprises: The messenger phone book and group message outbox are managed separately from the phone book provided by the mobile terminal so that a new group can be added and deleted only in the messenger phone book and the group message outbox. Text message management method of mobile communication terminal.

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