KR100606098B1 - Method for storing telephone number in the mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a method for storing a telephone number of a portable terminal to check whether a telephone list of the same name is stored in advance when the telephone number is stored. To this end, the present invention provides a method for storing a phone number of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: inputting a phone number and a name, determining whether a name identical to the input name is already stored in a phone book, and storing the same name in advance. Determining whether the same name is two or more, displaying the names searched by the same name when the same name is two or more, and selecting one of the same names from among the displayed names. It characterized in that it comprises the step of storing the entered phone number.

Handheld terminal, phone number, phonebook, phone number storage

Description

How to save phone number on mobile device {METHOD FOR STORING TELEPHONE NUMBER IN THE MOBILE TERMINAL}             

1 is a view showing the configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing a phone number storage method of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing a display unit during the phone number storage process of the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention in Figure 1;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a phone number list by modifying a phone number modified according to a phone number item in FIG.

*** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing ***

10: control unit 21: RF unit

23: modem 25: audio processor

27: keypad 29: memory

31: Display part ANT: Antenna

MIC: Microphone SPK: Speaker

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a method for storing a telephone number of a portable terminal to check whether a telephone list of the same name is stored in advance when the telephone number is stored.

In general, the portable terminal further includes an electronic organizer function for storing and managing phone numbers for basic voice call functions.

Among the electronic organizer functions, a personal phone book (hereinafter referred to as a "phone book") function is a predetermined number of telephone numbers (mobile phone number, home phone number, office phone number, etc.) that users frequently call. It allows you to save the phone number so that you can easily call the searched phone number of the person you want to call. In this case, in order to search for a phone number stored in the phonebook, a key corresponding to a name to be searched may be input or searched through a group selected when storing the phone number.

In addition, in the phone book of the conventional portable terminal, a phone number corresponding to a previously stored name may be added and modified.

For example, while modifying the telephone number "012-345-6789" of the portable terminal of "Hong Gil-dong" previously stored in the phone book to "012-345-6780", the home telephone number "02-123-4567" is a telephone number. To add to the list, the user enters the phone number registration mode by key manipulation of the conventional portable terminal and requests a search of the phone number list of the "Hong Gil Dong" by group search or name search. Then, the telephone number " 012-345-6789 " of the portable terminal of " Hong Gil-dong " stored in the phone book is displayed. At this time

Of the last digits, "9" is modified to "0", and the numeric key corresponding to the home telephone number "02-123-4567" to be added is stored.

That is, the conventional portable terminal needs to store or modify a phone number in addition to a name previously stored in the phone book, and register the phone number mode-> search phone number-> find by name-> input name-> modify / add.

However, the conventional method for storing a phone number of a mobile terminal has a problem of storing a predetermined number or more of a phone number list with the same name even though a phone number list having the same name previously stored in the phone book exists. Accordingly, when searching for a phone number by name, there is a problem of displaying a plurality of phone numbers searched by the same name.

In other words, you need to modify the phone number by selecting the phone number list corresponding to the pre-stored name through the phone number registration mode, and do not store multiple phone numbers in the phonebook with the same name. And home phone number and office phone number.

To this end, the user has to enter a predetermined key to search for a name to modify a phone number previously stored in the phone number list corresponding to the name, or to perform a group search to manually modify the phone number corresponding to the name. have.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the phone number storage method of the mobile terminal to check the phone list of the same name is already stored when the phone number is stored in order to modify the pre-stored phone list The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for storing a phone number of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: inputting a phone number and a name, determining whether a name identical to the input name is already stored in a phone book; If the same name is already stored, determining whether the same name is two or more, displaying the names searched by the same name when the same name is two or more, and selecting one of the displayed same names. And storing the entered telephone number in a telephone book list of the same name.

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

It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation and operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

In the following description specific details of phone number storage in the present invention portable terminal are presented to provide a more general understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be readily practiced without these specific details and also by their modifications.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the RF unit 21 performs communication of a portable terminal. The RF unit 21 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

The modem 23 includes a transmitter for encoding and modulating the transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding the received signal. That is, the modem 23 processes packet data or the like or audio signals such as voice.

The audio processor 25 receives the received audio signal output from the modem 23 from the controller 10, converts the received audio signal into an audible sound through the speaker SPK, and outputs the audio signal input from the microphone MIC to the controller 10.

The keypad 27 has keys for inputting numeric and text information and function keys for setting various functions. In addition, the keypad 27 may include a menu key, a direction key, a confirmation key, and the like according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The memory 29 may be composed of program memory and data memories. The program memory stores programs for controlling general operations of the portable terminal. In addition, the program memory stores a program for storing telephone number entries in the phone book in a list of names and telephone numbers. In addition, the program memory stores a program for adding and modifying a phone number stored in the phonebook according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the phone number is stored in the phonebook, the name of the phone number to be stored is the phonebook Save as new name depending on whether it is already saved in or save phone number in addition to existing saved name. In addition, if the name is already stored in the phone book, and the stored phone number items (phone number, mobile phone number, office phone number, etc. of the mobile terminal) stored in the phonebook, whether to update to the newly entered phone number accordingly Programs are stored that allow you to store phone numbers in your phonebook. In addition, the data memory temporarily stores data generated during the execution of the programs.

The controller 10 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the portable terminal. In addition, the controller 10 may include a modem 23. In addition, the control unit 10 when the phone number is stored in the phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention, the name of the name input to the currently input phone number depending on whether the same name among the name currently entered and the name stored in the phonebook already exists Controls the overall operation of modifying the phone number so that it can be stored in the phonebook. In addition, the control unit 10, the control unit 10 is a name that is already stored in the phone book, and if the stored phone number item, and asks whether or not to update the newly entered phone number accordingly to store the phone number in the phone book To control the overall behavior.

The display unit 31 displays messages generated during program execution under the control of the controller 10. In addition, the display unit 31 displays user data output from the control unit 10. In this case, the user data means a current time, a reception sensitivity rate, and a remaining battery icon. In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 31 displays the telephone number input through the keypad 27 and the corresponding name of the telephone number. In addition, the searched phone number among the phone numbers stored in the phone book and the corresponding name of the phone number is displayed. In addition, the display unit 31 displays a guide message generated while the phone number is stored in the phone book according to the embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the display unit 31 may use an LCD. In this case, the display unit 31 may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing image data, and an LCD display device. In this case, when the LCD is implemented in a touch screen manner, the keypad 27 and the LCD may be input units.

Looking at the operation of the portable terminal with reference to FIG. 1, when the user performs a dialing operation through the keypad 27 when the call is set, and the call mode is set, the control unit 10 detects this and receives dial information received through the modem 23. After processing, the RF unit 21 converts the RF signal into an output signal. Thereafter, when the other subscriber generates the response signal, the counter subscriber detects it through the RF unit 21 and the data processor 23. Thereafter, a user establishes a voice call path through the audio processor 25 to perform a communication function. In addition, in the incoming mode, the controller 10 detects the incoming mode through the modem 23 and generates a ring signal through the audio processor 25. Thereafter, when the user responds, the controller 10 detects this, and a voice call path is formed through the audio processor 25 to perform a communication function. In the outgoing and incoming modes, voice communication is described as an example, but a data communication function for communicating packet data and image data in addition to the voice communication may be performed. In addition, when performing a standby mode or text communication, the controller 10 displays text data processed by the data processor 23 on the display 31.

Looking at the operation of storing the phone number in the phone book of the portable terminal, the control unit 10 enters the name of the phone number when the confirmation key is input after entering the phone number through the keypad 27 in the standby mode, in the name input standby state If a confirmation key is entered after entering a name, it is determined whether a name identical to the name is stored in the phone book. If the same name is already stored in the phone book, the controller 10 modifies an item of the phone number (mobile phone number, home phone number, office phone number, etc.) of the input phone number in the phone number list previously stored in the phone book and memory 29 To your phone book. In addition, the controller 10 controls whether the phone number of the memory 29 can be stored in the phonebook according to whether the name is previously stored in the phonebook and the stored phone number item, whether to modify the newly entered phone number. . At this time, the control unit 10 displays a guide message for this on the display unit 80 to ask whether or not to correct the newly entered telephone number.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number storing method of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 211, the controller 10 recognizes a name and a phone number input through the keypad 27. Here, the mode for recognizing the name and the phone number is a standby mode (idle) waiting for the key input of the portable terminal and the lake scene, and the phone number registration mode for receiving the name and the telephone number corresponding to the name to register There is. The phone number registration mode may be accessed through a menu key provided in the keypad 27 or a shortcut key separately provided to enter the phonebook registration mode with a single key input. In addition, the phone number registration mode provides a phone number to be modified according to the phone number entry.

In the standby mode, for example, a phone number “012-345-6789” to be stored may be inputted as shown in FIG. 3 (a). In the phone number registration mode, the phonebook may be entered as shown in FIG. 3 (b). You can enter the name "Hong Gil-dong" and the phone number, home phone number, and office phone number of the portable terminal of Hong Gil-dong.

Thereafter, in step 213, the controller 10 determines whether a confirmation key for storing the name and the phone number input in step 211 is input. When the confirmation key is input, the controller 10 proceeds to step 215 and the name previously stored in the phone book. Determine whether the same name as the input name exists.

As a result of the determination, if the same name does not exist, the same name and phone number as previously input are added and stored as a new name and phone number in the phone book list.

However, if the same name exists as a result of the determination, in step 217, the controller 10 determines whether the same name is two or more.

Accordingly, if the same name is not two or more, in step 219, the controller 10 displays a guide message on the display unit 31 asking whether to modify the phone number previously stored with the same name into the phone number input in step 211.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3C, the display unit 31 asks, "Do you want to overwrite the same name?" Is displayed.

However, if the same name is two or more, in step 221, the controller 10 displays the result data searched by the same name on the display unit 31, and proceeds to step 223 to detect the selected phone book list among the same names.

Thereafter, in step 225, the controller 10 determines whether the confirmation key is input, and when the confirmation key is input, the controller 10 proceeds to step 227, and the corresponding phone that matches the entry of the phone number among the phone number entries of the phone book list of the same name previously stored. Modify the number item and save it in the phonebook.

However, if the determination result check key is not input, in step 229, the controller 10 maintains a phone book list of the same name previously stored in the phone book.

Here, the above-described process of adding or modifying a phone number entry to a phone book list of the same name previously stored in the phonebook in step 227 will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The process to be described below modifies the list of phonebooks whose names are already stored according to the corresponding items of one phone number entered in the standby mode, and saves the items according to the items of at least one phone number entered in the phone number registration mode. It is important to note that you can modify the list of phonebooks with named names.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a phone number list by modifying a phone number modified according to a phone number item in FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 411, the controller 10 determines whether the input phone number is a home phone number. If the home phone number is the home phone number, the controller 10 proceeds to step 413.

In step 413, the controller 10 determines whether the input home phone number is already stored in the phone book.

As a result of the determination, if the home phone number is already stored in the phone book, in step 415, the controller 10 modifies the home phone number previously stored in the phone book of the same name into the home phone number input in step 211 of FIG. After saving to the phonebook, proceed to step 419.

On the other hand, if it is not the home phone number previously stored in the phone book, in step 417, the controller 10 adds and stores the home phone number entry input through the step 211 to the phone book list of the same name and proceeds to step 419.

In step 419, the controller 10 determines whether the input phone number is a portable terminal phone number. If the portable terminal phone number is determined, the controller 10 proceeds to step 421. Otherwise, the controller 10 proceeds to step 427.

In step 421, the controller 10 determines whether the input portable terminal telephone number is already stored in the phone book.

As a result of the determination, if the mobile terminal phone number previously stored in the phone book, in step 423, the control unit 10 replaces the mobile terminal phone number previously stored in the phone book of the same name in step 211 of FIG. After modifying it and saving it in the phone book, proceed to step 427.

On the other hand, if the mobile phone number is not already stored in the phone book, the controller 10 adds and stores the mobile terminal phone number entry in step 211 to the phone book list of the same name in step 425 and proceeds to step 427. do.

In step 427, the controller 10 determines whether the input phone number is an office phone number. If the office phone number is the office phone number, the controller 10 proceeds to step 429. The other telephone number items are modified or additionally stored according to whether the items are already stored.

In step 429, the controller 10 determines whether the input office telephone number is already stored in the phone book.

As a result of the determination, if the office phone number is already stored in the phone book, in step 431, the controller 10 modifies the office phone number previously stored in the phone book of the same name into the phone number input in step 211 of FIG. Store in

On the other hand, if it is not an office phone number previously stored in the phone book, in step 433, the controller 10 adds and stores the office phone number entry input through step 211 to the phone book list of the same name.

Accordingly, the method for storing a phone number of a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a name previously stored in the phonebook and a name of a phone number and a name input in a standby mode, a phone number and a name of a phone number items input in a phone number registration mode. In this same case, the input telephone number entry or telephone number is added / modified to the telephone directory list.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described in detail above, the present invention checks whether there is the same name among the names input when the phone number is stored and the pre-stored names in the phonebook, so that the phonebook can be managed by modifying the corresponding phonebook list of the same name. There is no need to modify the phone number by searching for names and groups, thereby increasing the convenience of the user.

In addition, by adding a phone number such as home phone number, mobile phone number, office phone number, etc. to one name, the phone book can be managed in the phone book list of the same name. There is an effect of increasing the convenience of.

Claims (12)

In the phone number storage method of the portable terminal, Entering a phone number and name, Determining whether a name identical to the input name is already stored in the phone book; If the same name is already stored, determining whether the same name is two or more, Displaying names searched by the same name when the same name is two or more, And storing the entered telephone number in a telephone book list of the same name selected from one of the displayed same names. The method of claim 1, wherein the input process is Sequentially entering a numeric key corresponding to a telephone number in a standby mode; Inputting a confirmation key for storing the telephone number after inputting the numeric key; And inputting a name after inputting the confirmation key. The method of claim 1, wherein the input process is Inputting a name in a phone number registration mode; And inputting a phone number according to the phone number item, and inputting a confirmation key for storing the name and the phone number after inputting the phone number. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the telephone number entry comprises at least one of a home telephone number, a portable terminal telephone number, an office telephone number, and other telephone number entries. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing process If the input telephone number is a home telephone number, storing the telephone number in a telephone book list of a telephone book list of the same name previously stored in a phone book; Determining whether the input telephone number is a portable terminal telephone number if it is not a home telephone number, and if the portable telephone number is a portable terminal telephone number, storing the telephone number in the portable terminal telephone number item of the telephone directory list; Determining whether the input telephone number is an office telephone number if the telephone number is not a portable terminal telephone number, and if the telephone number is an office telephone number, storing the telephone number in an office telephone number item of the telephone book list. The method of claim 5, And recognizing it as other phone numbers if not the office phone number and storing them in other phone number items of the phone book list. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing process Modifying and storing a telephone number of the previously stored telephone book list according to the telephone number item corresponding to the input telephone number; Storing the telephone number of the portable telephone, if the input telephone number entry is a telephone number entry not stored in the telephone book list, and adding the telephone number entry to the telephone book list of the same name. Way. The telephone number storage of the portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein if the input name is previously stored in the phone book, the input phone number is stored according to whether to correct the telephone number previously stored in the phone book. Way. The method of claim 1, wherein if the same name as the input name is already stored, a guide message asking whether to modify the previously stored phone number is displayed. The method of claim 1, wherein if a confirmation key for storing after inputting a phone number in the phone book list of the same name is not input, the phone number stored in the phone book is kept as it is. delete delete

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