KR100608762B1 - Call connection method for mobile station using phone number sequence search method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention automatically enters the telephone number for the telephone connection in the standby state, and automatically searches whether the telephone number including the input number is stored in the phone book, and continuously after the currently entered number among the retrieved numbers. The present invention relates to a method of connecting a telephone by sequential search of a telephone number, by displaying a number expected to be input, so that a user can immediately make a call to the displayed telephone number without having to enter a number. Each time a number is entered on the screen, automatically searching for a telephone number starting with the entered number; Displaying a number that can be input after the currently input number of the search results by priority among the searched telephone numbers; It can be achieved by receiving a call button from the user in the state that the searched phone number is displayed, and immediately performing a call connection to the displayed phone number.

Description

CALL CONNECTION METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION USING PHONE NUMBER SEQUENCE SEARCH METHOD}

1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional phone book search method using up / down arrow keys.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing a phone book search method using a conventional left / right arrow keys.

Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing a search screen of a phone number including the sequentially input number when the phone number according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for and displaying a phone number including a sequentially input number when the phone number is input according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a telephone connection method by sequential phone number search. In particular, when directly inputting a telephone number for telephone connection in a standby state, an automatic search is performed to determine whether a telephone number including the input number is stored in the phone book. By displaying the number of the searched numbers expected to be entered continuously after the currently entered number, by telephone number sequential search so that you can immediately make a call to the displayed telephone number without having to enter the number any more. It relates to a telephone connection method.

In general, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a variety of additional functions for the user's convenience, the phone book function is a useful function that can immediately perform a call by searching for a desired phone number.

However, it is common for most users to make a phone call by inputting a known telephone number directly, without searching the telephone directory, for a frequently used number or a known number. In other words, it is possible to input quickly even without counting the number of button inputs.

In other words, if the phone call method using the mobile communication terminal is classified, the phone book can be searched from the beginning to call the searched number, or a phone number can be directly inputted to know the call number. After inputting a predetermined number (part of the phone number) on the input screen, the search button may be searched for a phone number including the number.

However, in most cases, the user clicks the search button and does not remember the phone number correctly. In many cases, the search is not performed while the user directly enters the phone number. There is a problem falling.

For reference, the phone book stores more than 100 phone numbers. To search for the desired phone number, print out the phone number list and press the up / down arrow keys to scroll the list up or down. By using the left / right arrow keys, you can switch to the previous / next page and scroll up / down or search by entering the memory address of the phone number directly.

That is, the first search method is to output the list of telephone numbers as shown in FIG. 1, and then use the up / down arrow keys to scroll up / down the list and search until the name of the desired counterpart is displayed.

Next, the second search method is used when roughly guessing the location where the desired telephone number is stored. As shown in FIG. 2, after pressing the left / right direction key to switch to the previous / next page, the up / down direction key Press to scroll the list up and down and search until the name of the person you want is displayed.

Next, the third search method is a method that can be used when the phone number is stored even if the phone number is not remembered. As shown in FIG. To make the number searchable.

However, the first and second methods require a lot of time and effort because pages have to be turned up one by one using up / down / left / right keys when there are a large number of phone numbers, and the third method requires a corresponding memory address. There is a problem that must be remembered, which is practically rarely used even now.

As described above, when a user directly inputs a phone number, the user quickly presses the search button while inputting a part of the phone number, and performs a phone call faster than the method of searching for a phone number including the number. There was no way to do it.

Therefore, the present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and when a telephone number for a telephone connection is directly input in the standby state, is the telephone number including the input number stored in the phone book? Sequential search of phone numbers, which automatically searches and displays the number of the searched numbers that are expected to be entered consecutively after the currently entered number, so that you can immediately call the displayed phone number without having to enter any more numbers. The purpose is to provide a telephone connection method by.

The present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: automatically searching for a telephone number starting with the input number each time a number is entered in the telephone number input screen of the mobile communication terminal; Displaying a number that can be input after the currently input number of the search results by priority among the searched telephone numbers; And receiving a call button from a user while the searched phone number is displayed, and immediately performing a call connection to the displayed phone number.

In addition, the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, when the number button is input in the standby state of the mobile communication terminal to switch to the phone number input screen, and displaying the numbers sequentially input; Searching the telephone numbers starting with the numbers by AND combining the sequentially input numbers; If there are a plurality of searched telephone numbers, displaying the telephone numbers following the currently input number by a predetermined priority; Repeating a process of continuously searching for and displaying a telephone number including the number as the telephone number is input irrespective of the displayed number; And receiving a call button in a state in which the searched phone number is displayed or in a state in which all of the phone numbers are input.

The present invention is to solve the hassle of users need to memorize all the numbers of the phone number or memorize the speed dial number, and do not remember the number well, press the search button to find the number, Even if you do not press the Search button on the input screen, the phone number including the number entered continuously is automatically searched and the number that is expected to be entered continuously after the currently entered number is displayed, so that you can call without having to enter any number. The gist of the present invention is to provide a method of allowing a call to be immediately made to the displayed telephone number by pressing a button.

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

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing a search screen of a phone number including a sequentially input number when a phone number is input according to the present invention. In general, when a button is pressed in an idle state, FIGS. The screen will switch to the phone number input screen.

As the numbers are sequentially input on the phone number input screen, the phone number including the number is searched internally.

For example, to make a telephone call to '016-123-2890', when '0', '1', '6', '1', and '2' are sequentially entered, the terminal automatically searches the phone book. The AND is searched for the sequentially input numbers.

When there are a plurality of telephone numbers including the inputted number as described above, the telephone number starting with the inputted number is displayed with the smallest number to be input next.

That is, if there are two or more numbers that start with '01612' (for example, 016-123-4567, 016-123-2890, 016-125-6789, etc.), the number to be input after '2' (for example, The smallest telephone number (for example, 016-123-2890) among '3' and '5' is displayed as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3 (b), since the smaller number among the numbers following '2' is '3', it is indicated by the priority of the memory address among the numbers including '016123' and the user inputs '3'. Since the next smaller number is '2', the number next to '016-123' is changed to '2890' as shown in FIG. 3 (c). In addition, when the phone number is displayed, the user's name (for example, Hong Gil-dong) set in the phone number is also displayed to further improve convenience.

In this case, the number directly input by the user and the number that can be entered after the number is searched for and displayed differently (for example, the number directly input by the user is displayed in bold, and the number displayed by searching is displayed. Dimmed).

In addition, when there are many searched phone numbers, the priority of the phone number displayed on the screen may be a method of displaying the phone number including the smallest number among the immediately following numbers first as shown in the above embodiment. The telephone number followed by the number may be displayed first.

In addition, the searched number may be displayed immediately after the first number (for example, 0) is input, or may be displayed after a predetermined number (for example, the first five numbers) is input as in the above embodiment. The example method would be desirable to reduce the load on search and avoid visual confusion to the user.

If the phone number (user) displayed by searching for a number that can be followed by the number entered by the user is correct, as shown in (e) of FIG. 3, the user can immediately make a call to the number by pressing a call button. have.

If the displayed phone number is different from the desired phone number (that is, the same phone number is not in the phone book or is not yet searched), the searched phone number display disappears as shown in (d) of FIG. 3 and the next number is directly input. You will be switched to the phone number input screen.

 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of searching for and displaying a phone number including a sequentially input number when a phone number is input according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a button (number button) is in an idle state. In the state of being switched to the telephone number input screen, whenever a number is input, the telephone number including the input number is automatically searched.

Next, the number that can be input after the currently input number of the search results is displayed by the priority of the searched telephone numbers. In this case, the priority may be determined by the size of the number following the current input number or in the order of the memory address.

On the other hand, if the displayed phone number is a user desired phone number, the user enters a call button, when the call button is input, the terminal immediately connects to the displayed phone number (Call) to make a call, If another numeric button is entered instead of the call button, a new telephone number including the newly entered number (number) is searched and displayed, or if the telephone number is entered continuously, the call is connected to that number. .

As described above, the present invention combines only the advantages of the user's direct input method and the search method of the phone number, and predicts and displays the number that can be input from the phone number input screen even without switching to the search screen, and if the number is the desired number, By pressing a button to make a call immediately, the user's convenience and phone number entry speed can be improved.

As described above, when the telephone connection method using the telephone number sequential search of the present invention directly enters the telephone number for the telephone connection in the standby state, the telephone number including the input number is automatically searched for in the phonebook. Thus, by displaying the number expected to be continuously input after the currently input number among the searched numbers, there is an effect that it is possible to immediately make a call to the displayed phone number without entering any number.

Claims (10)

Automatically searching for a telephone number starting with the input number each time a number is input on the telephone number input screen of the mobile communication terminal; Displaying a number that can be input after the currently input number of the search results by priority among the searched telephone numbers; And receiving a call button from a user while the searched phone number is displayed, and immediately performing a call connection to the displayed phone number. The method of claim 1, wherein when a number button is continuously input instead of a call button while the searched phone number is displayed, a process of performing a call connection to the number when all the phone numbers are input is continuously inputted. Telephone connection method by sequentially sequential phone number search, characterized in that made. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the priority is determined according to a size of a number following the currently input number or a sequence of memory addresses. According to claim 2, If a new number is continuously entered instead of the call button, the telephone number sequential search further comprises the step of enabling to search for and display the phone number including the newly entered number By telephone connection method. The sequential search of telephone numbers according to claim 1, wherein the number portion directly input by the user and the portion displayed by searching for and displaying a number which can be input following the number are displayed differently so as to be distinguished. How to connect by phone. The telephone set as claimed in claim 3, wherein the priority is configured to set a priority of the telephone number including the smallest number or the telephone number including the largest number among the numbers immediately following the currently input number. Telephone connection method by number sequential search. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the searched telephone number following the number input by the user is configured to display the searched number immediately after the first number is input or to display the predetermined number after the predetermined number is input according to a setting. Connection method by telephone number sequential search to do. Switching to a phone number input screen when a numeric button is input in the standby state of the mobile communication terminal, and displaying sequentially input numbers; Searching the telephone numbers starting with the numbers by AND combining the sequentially input numbers; If there are a plurality of searched telephone numbers, displaying the telephone numbers following the currently input number by a predetermined priority; Repeating a process of continuously searching for and displaying a telephone number including the number as the telephone number is input irrespective of the displayed number; And receiving a call button in a state in which the searched phone number is displayed or in a state in which all of the phone numbers are input, and connecting the call to the displayed number. The method of claim 8, wherein when the telephone number is displayed, the name of the user is also displayed. The telephone connection method of claim 8, wherein the search telephone number and the number input by the user are distinguished by distinguishing a dark or cloudy degree.

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