KR100619810B1 - Phone number storing method for mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention automatically receives a telephone number from the base station, such as a hospital or a public office in the local area when the mobile terminal is moved by updating the phone book, the phone of the mobile communication terminal that can be easily retrieved and connected in the phone book when necessary A method of storing a number, the base station comprising: automatically requesting a telephone number guide system to transmit a living telephone number for a region when a terminal registered in a telephone number transmission service moves to a predetermined region; The telephone number guide system in the base station receiving the request retrieves the living telephone number of the region from the telephone number DB, and transmits the telephone number to the corresponding terminal requested to transmit the telephone number through a short message; The terminal receiving a short message including the living telephone number; Determining category information included in the message; If the category information indicates the maintenance of an existing category, only a new item (life telephone number) is updated and stored in the existing category. If the category information indicates the creation of a new category, a new category is generated and the items corresponding to the category are stored. It can be achieved by including;

Description

How to save phone number on mobile device {PHONE NUMBER STORING METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search process in the Internet using a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is an exemplary view showing a message sent for registering information of a mobile communication terminal to a base station system.

Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method of transmitting a living telephone number using a short message according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary diagram showing a classification structure of a short message including a living telephone number according to the present invention;

5 is an exemplary view showing an item structure of a short message including a living telephone number according to the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view showing the structure of a short message (IS-637A) according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a short message including a living telephone number in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 8 is a flow chart showing the process of making a call using a phone number registered by the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for storing a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, when the terminal moves to a region, the telephone directory is updated by automatically receiving a living telephone number from a base station, such as a hospital or government office, and updating the telephone directory. The present invention relates to a method for storing a phone number of a mobile communication terminal so that a user can easily search and connect to the same.

In general, in order for a terminal user to move to a specific area and obtain the necessary living phone number in the area, the terminal user can call a 'telephone service center' or search the phone number through the Internet using an internet-enabled terminal. Could get

1 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number search process on the Internet using a conventional mobile communication terminal. After accessing the Internet, a desired item is sequentially selected from various items such as a hospital or a restaurant in a corresponding region through a WAP Browser (3. Find a restaurant → 1. Korean restaurant → 1.A restaurant) Finally, I searched for the desired phone number, remembered the searched phone number, and exited the browser.

In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the phone number is searched according to a relatively simple procedure, but in practice, a more detailed search procedure such as a region selection may be added.

Therefore, in the conventional phone number search method as described above, it is inconvenient to make a phone call by pressing a key button to the stored number after searching the menu of the Internet browser and searching and storing the corresponding phone number each time. There is a problem in that every city accesses the Internet and searches for a living telephone number in the area.

Therefore, the present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is required by updating the telephone directory by automatically receiving a living phone number, such as a hospital or government office, from the base station when the terminal is moved to a local area. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for storing a phone number of a mobile communication terminal, which can be easily searched and connected in a city telephone book.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the base station, when the terminal registered in the telephone number transmission service moves to a predetermined region, the step of automatically requesting the telephone number guide system for the transmission of the living telephone number for the region; The telephone number guide system in the base station receiving the request retrieves the living telephone number of the region from the telephone number DB, and transmits the telephone number to the corresponding terminal requested to transmit the telephone number through a short message; The terminal receiving a short message including the living telephone number; Determining category information included in the message; If the category information indicates the maintenance of an existing category, only a new item (life telephone number) is updated and stored in the existing category. If the category information indicates the creation of a new category, a new category is generated and the items corresponding to the category are stored. Characterized in that it comprises a;

According to the present invention, when a mobile phone is registered with a 'phone number transmission service' of a base station when the mobile station is moved, the base station searches the telephone number DB of the corresponding area, and uses the short message (SMS) to make a corresponding telephone call. When the number is transmitted to the terminal and the terminal receives the short message and the message includes the living telephone number, the terminal detects the stored telephone number and stores the telephone number in the telephone directory so that the user can search the telephone directory and press the call button if necessary. We make summary of offer of method to be able to make telephone call immediately.

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

In general, a mobile communication terminal registers with a base station system in several cases (IS-95B SPEC 6.6.5 Registration).

1. Power-up registration.

2. Power-down registration.

3.Timer-based registration.

4. Zone-based registration.

5. Parameter-change registration.

6. Ordered registration.

7. Implicit registration.

8. Traffic Channel registration.

In this case, various information of the mobile communication terminal is put in a message and sent to a corresponding base station system. An example of the contents is shown in FIG.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing a message sent to register the information of the mobile communication terminal to the base station system, as shown in the contents MIN (Mobile Number Identification Number-Telephone Number) information of the terminal is delivered to the content; It can be seen that.

In the present invention, when registering the phone number transmission service necessary for various life located in the area where the terminal belongs using the MIN information, by using the SMS to deliver the phone number information to the terminal having the MIN number, the user calls Make it available directly from the directory.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for transmitting a living telephone number using a short message according to the present invention, when a user's terminal moves to a specific region (Zone-based registration) or other 'telephone number transmission service' registration conditions In step S101, the base station system (telephone number guide system) is subjected to a process of registering (telephone number transmission request) (S102).

In this case, when the telephone number transmission request is registered in the 'telephone number transmission service', the user requests directly through the 'telephone number transmission request menu' attached to the terminal or when the corresponding condition is determined by the location search of the terminal, the base station Can be requested automatically from The option may be selected via the terminal menu or the customer center.

On the other hand, the server of the base station system recognizing the request for transmission of the telephone number (S103), after searching the telephone number DB belonging to the area using the location information of the terminal (S104), the retrieved living telephone number information using a short message Transmission to the terminal (S105).

4 and 5 are exemplary diagrams showing the structure of a short message including a living telephone number according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a structure of a short message for indicating a category, and FIG. 5 shows each item (Item). Is a structure of a short message to indicate

First, in FIG. 4, 'Category / Item' (100) indicates whether the following content is 'Category' (1) or 'Item' (0), and 'New or Append' (101) indicates that the following Category is existing. It indicates whether to add the category as it is or to receive a new one, 'Category' (102) is a number indicating the category, 'Category Name' (103) means the category name shown to the actual user.

Next, in FIG. 5, 'Category / Item' 200 indicates whether the following content is 'Category' (1) or 'Item' (0), and 'New or Append' 201 indicates an Item to which this message belongs. 'Category' (202) is the number that indicates the Category to which the Item belongs, 'Item Name' (203) means the Item name as seen by the actual user, and ' Number '204 means a number corresponding to Item, and' etc '205 is used to send other additional information.

Next, FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing the structure of a short message according to the present invention (IS-637A), of which Layer 2 300 complies with the IS95A / B standard and sets the Teleservice Identifier according to the present invention. The message shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 is assigned to the user data field 302a of the teleservice layer 302.

Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a short message including a life telephone number in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. When the short message is received at the terminal (S201), this service (telephone number transmission service) In step S202, a corresponding SMS is processed, and a corresponding message is decoded according to the message structure of FIGS. 4 and 5 in the case of a short message according to the present invention (S203).

Accordingly, if the message corresponds to a category (Category) and is new (S204, S205), delete the existing categories and then newly register the current category (S207), if (Append) (S204, S205) The existing category is left as it is and a newly received category is added (S208).

If the message corresponds to the item (S204), first check whether there is a category to which the item belongs (S206), if not, ignore the current message, and if there is, register the item in the corresponding category. If the existing item is deleted after registering the current item (S209, S210), if the 'Append' adds the current item to the existing item (S209, S211).

Next, FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of making a call using a registered phone number according to the present invention. When a user selects a specific menu (eg, a living phone book menu) to find a received phone number (S301). , And outputs the received category (restaurants, hospitals, government offices, etc.) (S302), if the user selects a particular category of the output items corresponding to the category, and when the user selects the corresponding item and press the call button Connect the phone directly to the phone number (S303).

In addition, although the method of using the point-to-point message of the SMS has been described in the embodiment of the present invention as a phone number transmission means, there is also a method of using the SMS broadcast message. When the value of the message type field 301b of FIG. 6 is '1', it indicates a broadcast SMS message. Since the message can be simultaneously transmitted to a terminal in a specific region, it may be more effective in terms of network efficiency than point-to-point SMS message transmission. have.

As described above, the method for storing a telephone number of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention automatically receives a living telephone number, such as a hospital or a public office, from the base station and updates the telephone directory when the terminal is moved. This has the effect of making it easy to search and link in the directory.

Claims (7)

Requesting, by the base station, the telephone number guide system to transmit a living telephone number for the region when the terminal registered in the telephone number transmission service moves to a predetermined region; The telephone number guide system in the base station receiving the request retrieves the living telephone number of the region from the telephone number DB, and transmits the telephone number to the corresponding terminal requested to transmit the telephone number through a short message; The terminal receiving a short message including the living telephone number; Determining category information included in the message; If the category information indicates the maintenance of an existing category, only a new item (life telephone number) is updated and stored in the existing category. If the category information indicates the creation of a new category, a new category is generated and the items corresponding to the category are stored. And storing the phone number of the mobile communication terminal. delete delete The telephone number storage of the mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the living telephone number item included in the message can be updated and stored in a corresponding category by field information indicating whether a new item is added. Way. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the living telephone number is, A method for storing a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal, which is stored for each category of a living telephone number and stored for each category of a living telephone number corresponding to each category, and can be searched by a separately provided living telephone directory menu. delete

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