KR100605626B1 - Mobile communication terminal having a SMS message managing function and controlling method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an SMS message management step of storing all SMS messages sent / received in the mobile communication terminal in chronological order and storing them in a memory, and a dedicated key for checking whether a history key dedicated to the current SMS message is input after the SMS message management step. SMS history display that displays a list of all SMS messages sent / received in the order of time received / received when the current SMS message-dedicated history key was input during the input confirmation step and the dedicated key input confirmation step. And a message changing step of executing a setting function corresponding to the checked item when the user checks a specific function setting check box of the SMS message list displayed on the display during the SMS history display step, and the SMS history display step. Later, the user selected a specific item from the list of SMS messages displayed on the display. When the sound is confirmed, the mobile communication terminal having an SMS message management function and a control method thereof are characterized in that it comprises an immediate transmission step of transmitting an SMS message that the user has currently created or designated to the phone number of the selected item. do.

As described above, the present invention stores the received SMS messages in chronological order and displays them in chronological order on the LCD screen, if desired by the user, so that the user of the terminal can easily determine the information according to the SMS message usage status. Accordingly, the convenience of the mobile communication terminal can be maximized.

SMS message, outgoing, receiving, chronological order, MSM part, dedicated history key

Description

Mobile communication terminal having a SMS message management function and controlling method therefore}

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a retransmission function of a conventional mobile communication system.

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mobile communication system to which the method of the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example in which all SMS messages sent / received on the LCD panel of the present invention are arranged in chronological order;

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1 terminal 2 handset

3: codec section 4: MSM section

5: memory 6: keypad

7: LCD panel 8: base station

9: MSC 10: SMS server

11: terminal

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having an SMS message management function and a control method thereof, and particularly, to store SMS messages received and received in chronological order and to display them in chronological order on a LCD screen, if desired by the user. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a management function and a control method thereof.

In general, in the early 1980s, mobile communication system divided service area into hexagonal cells of several km to several ten kilometers in diameter in North America, and then repeatedly used the same frequency channel in geographically separated cells, Cellular phones (cellular-phones), which have implemented wireless channel switching, have grown rapidly in the first commercialization. In addition, such a mobile phone provides various service menus on the terminal for the convenience of the user. For example, a short message service (SMS), an e-mail transmission, and an Internet connection are provided. At this time, the SMS data signal is usually limited to within 80 bytes when transmitted to the terminal.

Then, referring to the conventional mobile communication system as described above with reference to FIG. 1, a function signal transmitted from a plurality of terminals 70, for example, a call signal or an SMS message, may be wirelessly processed or an SMS broadcast message may be sent to the terminal 70. The base station 71 for relaying, the MSC 72 controlling the transmission function of the call signal or SMS broadcast message input via the base station 71, and the SMS 70 connected to the MSC 72 to the terminal 70. SMS message center 73 for providing a message or an SMS broadcast message.

Here, the SMS data processed by the SMS message center 73 can be largely divided into a point to point method and a broadcasting method, and the double point to point method checks the state of the terminal in the SMS message center 73 and transmits it to the end. Responsible and complete. On the other hand, the broadcasting method is a method of transmitting a message to all terminals that can simultaneously receive a message through a paging channel.

On the other hand, looking at the operation of the conventional mobile communication system as described above, if the user of the terminal 70 wants to transmit the information desired by the user to the other terminal to the other terminal to the terminal 70 the user of the terminal 70 Use the keypad 76 to select the menu and then enter the required characters. When the text input is completed through the above process, the user of the terminal 70 presses a transmission button together with the destination telephone number. Then, the terminal 70 transmits the text data input by the current user to the SMS message, that is, if the length of the text message is short, the data is sent to the data burst message through the access channel, while the length of the text message is long. In case of service option 6, data burst message is transmitted and transmitted through reverse traffic channel.

Accordingly, the SMS message signal of the terminal 70 is input to and stored in the SMS message center 73 via the base station 71 and the MSC 72. Then, the SMS message center 73 checks the destination phone number of the input SMS message and transmits it to the MSC 72. Then, the MSC 72 transmits the SMS message signal transmitted from the SMS server 73 to the counterpart mobile phone 74. The counterpart terminal 74 analyzes the received SMS message signal and displays the signal on the display.

However, the SMS message management method of the conventional mobile communication system as described above leaves only the sender in the message list when sending and receiving SMS messages, so it is inconvenient to know more detailed items such as information such as a phone number. When communicating with a specific person in real time, since the sent SMS message and the received SMS message information are managed separately, there is a problem that the terminal user has a difficulty in figuring out the current communication situation.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the conventional problems as described above, and since the user of the terminal can easily determine the information according to the SMS message usage status, the SM of the mobile communication terminal can be maximized accordingly. Its purpose is to provide a mobile communication terminal having a message management function and a control method thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to have an SMS message management function, which has a message-dedicated history key and can immediately send SMS messages created by selecting SMS recipients from the displayed list, thereby significantly improving the functionality of the mobile communication terminal. The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal and a control method thereof.

The present invention for achieving the above object is in a mobile communication terminal capable of sending or receiving an SMS message, the SMS message is stored in the order of the received / received in the order of time and then the display function is set in that time order An MSM unit for controlling the display function of the list of SMS messages arranged, a memory unit for storing the received / received SMS message signals processed by the MSM unit in chronological order, and a display / control signal according to the display control signal of the MSM unit. Provides a mobile communication terminal having an SMS message management function including an LCD panel that displays a list of all received SMS messages in chronological order .

Another feature of the present invention is an SMS message management step of storing all SMS messages sent / received in a mobile communication terminal in a time sequence and storing them in a memory, and whether the current SMS message history key is input after the SMS message management step. Dedicated private key input confirmation step, and if the history key is input for the current SMS message during the private key input confirmation step, a list of all SMS messages sent / received in the order of the received / received time is displayed on the display. A message changing step of executing a setting function corresponding to the checked item when the user checks a specific function setting check box of the SMS message list displayed on the display during the SMS history display step and the SMS history display step; After the SMS history display step, the user selects from the list of SMS messages displayed on the display. When it is confirmed that the item is selected , it provides a control method of a mobile communication terminal having an SMS message management function, which consists of an immediate transmission step of transmitting an SMS message that the user has currently written or designated to the phone number of the selected item .

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

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal of the present invention has a codec unit 3 for processing a voice signal input and output through the handset 2, and an RF signal for input and output the voice signal input and output through the codec unit 3. The MSM unit 4 for processing and transmitting the received or received SMS message in time order and controlling the display function, and the received and received SMS message signal processed by the MSM unit 4. And a memory unit 5 for storing the processing information of the mobile phone 1 in chronological order.

One end of the MSM unit 4 is connected to a keypad 6 for inputting a function setting signal of a user and an LCD panel 7 for displaying the execution contents of the mobile phone 1 to the outside.

Here, the mobile communication system for processing the call of the mobile phone 1 includes a base station 8 for wirelessly relaying function signals transmitted from a plurality of terminals 1, for example, call signals or SMS phone number messages. The MSC 9 analyzing the call signal and time information input through the base station 8 and controlling the corresponding function, and the SMS connected to the MSC 9 to provide an SMS broadcast message to the mobile phone 1. Server 10.

Next, a method applied to the mobile communication system as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, the method of the present invention proceeds to the SMS transmission function setting determination step S2 in the initial state S1 to determine whether the SMS message transmission function is set in the current terminal. At this time, if it is determined during the SMS transmission function setting determination step (S2) that the current SMS transmission function is not set in the terminal, the process proceeds to the general function execution step (S3) to execute the normal call mode.

That is, when the user of the terminal 1 wants to call, the telephone number is input through the keypad 6. Then, the MSM unit 4 of the terminal converts all of the normal telephone numbers into a radio signal when the normal telephone number is input within a predetermined time, and transmits them to the corresponding terminal 11 via the base station 8 and the MSC (mobile switching center) 9. Send it out. When a call is made with the counterpart terminal 11, the call is notified to the user through a handset 2 through a handset. Then, the user allows the user to input the desired word through the handset 2 to the codec unit 3 of the terminal. The codec unit 3 converts a voice signal of the user input through the handset 2 into a voice signal processing, for example, an analog voice signal into a digital signal and inputs it to the MSM unit 4. In addition, the MSM unit 4 modulates the digital voice signal input from the codec unit 3, processes the RF signal, and transmits the RF signal to the counterpart terminal 11 to perform a normal voice call.

In this case, the terminals 1 and 11 typically receive a registration message through a neighboring base station 8 even if they do not exchange a call signal with another terminal. The home location register (HLR) or the VLR ( You will continue to register by going to the visitor location register.

However, if the SMS transmission function is set to the current terminal as a result of the determination during the SMS transmission function setting determination step (S2), it proceeds to the SMS data transmission step (S4) and stores the SMS data input by the user and the telephone number to be transmitted. Send the written SMS message to the phone number.

Then, after the SMS data transmission step (S4) proceeds to the SMS message acknowledgment step (S5) to check whether the SMS message is currently received from the outside. At this time, if the SMS message has not been received from the outside as a result of the confirmation during the SMS message acknowledgment step (S5), the process proceeds to the standby state and ends the current step. However, if the SMS message is received from the outside as a result of the confirmation during the SMS message acknowledgment step (S5), the process proceeds to the SMS message management step (S6) and organizes all the SMS messages in the order of their transmission / reception in memory. Save it. In addition, after the SMS message management step (S6), and proceeds to the dedicated key input confirmation step (S7) to check whether the current SMS message dedicated history key is input. At this time, when the dedicated key input confirmation step (S7), as a result of the current SMS message dedicated history key is not entered, the process proceeds to the standby state and ends the current step. However, when the dedicated key input confirmation step (S7) confirms that the current SMS message-dedicated history key is entered, the process proceeds to the SMS history display step (S8), where all SMS messages sent / received are received / received in the order of time. It is arranged on the display.

At this time, after the SMS history display step (S8) to go to the specific item selection confirmation step (S9) to check whether the user selected a specific item from the list of SMS messages displayed on the display. When the user does not select a specific item from the list of SMS messages displayed on the display as a result of checking during the specific item selection confirmation step (S9), the process proceeds to the standby state and ends the current step.

However, if the user selects a specific item from the SMS message list displayed on the display as a result of checking the specific item selection confirmation step (S9), the user immediately proceeds to the step of transmitting (S10) and the user currently writes the phone number of the selected item. Send or send SMS message.

On the other hand, there is a check box in the SMS message list displayed on the display during the SMS history display step (S8), as shown in Figure 4, the user checks the check box and the desired function, for example, delete or modify If is set, this checked item is deleted or modified.

That is, the MSM unit 4 of the mobile communication terminal 1 organizes all the SMS messages sent or received by the mobile communication terminal 1 in the order of time in which they are sent or received and stores them in the memory unit 5. . When the user presses a dedicated history key through the keypad 6, the MSM unit 4 immediately transmits or receives all SMS messages stored in the memory unit 5 in the order of time when the user presses a dedicated history key. In summary, it is displayed on the LCD panel 7 as shown in FIG.

Here, when the user of the terminal 1 selects a specific item from the list displayed on the LCD panel 7 and composes or designates an SMS message, the SMS message is immediately transmitted to the phone number of the specific item set by the user. Process.

For example, if the user of the terminal 1 presses the dedicated history key after writing an SMS message or blowing a pre-written SMS message, all SMS messages are displayed on the LCD panel 7 in the order of their origination or reception. In this case, when the user selects a specific item, the MSM unit 4 immediately transmits the corresponding SMS message to the selected phone number without any complicated operation.

As described above, the present invention stores the received SMS messages in chronological order and displays them in chronological order on the LCD screen, if desired by the user, so that the user of the terminal can easily determine the information according to the SMS message usage status. Therefore, it has the advantage to maximize the convenience of the mobile communication terminal accordingly.

In addition, according to the present invention, a message dedicated history key can be provided to immediately send an SMS message created by selecting an SMS recipient from the displayed list, thereby significantly improving the functionality of the mobile communication terminal.

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In the mobile communication terminal that can send or receive SMS messages, The MSM unit stores the SMS messages in the order of the received / received time, and then controls the display function of the list of SMS messages arranged in the time order when the display function is set, and the receiving / receiving processed by the MSM unit. And a memory panel for storing the received SMS message signals in chronological order, and an LCD panel for externally displaying a list of all SMS messages received / received according to the display control signal of the MSM unit in chronological order. Mobile communication terminal with SMS message management function. SMS message management step of storing all SMS messages sent / received in the mobile communication terminal in chronological order and storing them in a memory, and a dedicated key input confirmation step of confirming whether the current SMS message history key is input after the SMS message management step. And an SMS history display step of displaying, on the display, a list of all SMS messages sent / received in the order of the received / received time when the current SMS message-dedicated history key is input during the dedicated key input confirmation step; The message changing step of executing a setting function corresponding to the checked item when the user checks a specific function setting check box of the SMS message list displayed on the display during the SMS history display step, and after displaying the SMS history display step. Confirm that the user selected a specific item from the list of SMS messages displayed in If the control method of the mobile communication terminal the user to the phone number of the selected item with a SM-S message management function, characterized in that comprising the immediately transmitting step for transmitting the SMS message haejun created or the current or specified. delete

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