KR100620001B1 - Phone book management apparatus and method of mobile communication station - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing an address book for performing address book registration and search using a phonetic notation in a mobile communication terminal.

The present invention stores the name and phone number input for address book registration in the mobile communication terminal, and additionally stores the pronunciation notation for the name, using the pronunciation notation for the name as well as the name when searching the address book To search the address book.

Mobile terminal, address book registration, address book search, pronunciation notation.

Description

Device and method for managing address book in mobile communication terminal {PHONE BOOK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION STATION}

1 is an exemplary view showing an address book table generally stored in a mobile communication terminal;

2 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal including an address book management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view showing an address book table stored in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process for registering an address book in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process for searching an address book in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing an address book in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for managing an address book using a phonetic notation in a mobile communication terminal.

In general, a mobile communication terminal has a phonebook management function for registering a name and a corresponding telephone number so that a user can search for a desired telephone number when needed.

The address book management function, such as the address book table shown in FIG. Function.

In this case, if the user stores the phone number of the 'laboratory' as '02 -2323-2323 ', the user can search for the desired phone number only when the user inputs the' laboratory 'which is spelled the same as the stored name. At this time, if the input is different from the spelling of the 'lab' but the same pronunciation string 'serum room' is not available for searching the phone number.

As described above, the phone number can be searched only if the spelling of the registered name is the same as the existing address book search. That is, it is inconvenient to be unable to search for a phone number whose name is different from the spelling of the name stored in the address book but has the same pronunciation notation.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an address book management apparatus and method for registering and searching an address book using a phonetic notation for the name as well as a name in a mobile communication terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an address book management apparatus in a mobile communication terminal, the address book table including a key input unit for generating a key signal corresponding to an input key and address book information of two or more items including a name. A memory notation for storing, a phonetic notation converting part for converting the name into a phonetic notation according to a control signal of a controller, and when address book information including a name is input to the key input unit, the address book information is stored in the address book table; And a controller for converting the name into a phonetic notation through a phonetic notation converting unit and controlling the converted phonetic notation to be stored in the address book table by mapping the converted phonetic notation with the name.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing an address book of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: storing address book information including a name in the address book table; converting the name into a phonetic notation; And mapping the converted phonetic notation to the name and storing it in the address book table.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements among the figures are denoted by the same reference numerals and symbols as long as they function even though they are shown in different figures. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention stores the name and phone number input for registering the address book in the mobile communication terminal and additionally stores the pronunciation notation for the name, so that the address book can be searched using the name and pronunciation notation when searching the address book do.

Next, the configuration and operation of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal having an address book management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 200 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal.

In particular, in the present invention, the control unit 200 stores a name and a phone number input for address book registration through the key input unit 210 in an address book table of the memory unit 208. In addition, the controller 200 converts the name into a phonetic notation through the phonetic notation converting unit 204 and stores the converted phonetic notation mapped to the corresponding name.

A method of additionally registering a phonetic notation in the address book as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3. 3 is a diagram illustrating an address book table stored in a memory unit 208 of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

If the name 'lab' and phone number '02 -2323-2323 'are input to the key input unit 210 for registering the address book, the controller 0200 first stores the input name and phone number in the address book table. Thereafter, the controller 200 transmits a control signal for converting the phonetic notation for the 'laboratory' to the phonetic notation converting unit 204. When the control signal is input to the phonetic notation converting unit 204, the phonetic notation converting unit 204 converts the 'laboratory' into 'Silemsil' which is the phonetic notation.

Thereafter, the control unit 200 maps the phonetic notation 'Silemsil' for the 'laboratory' together with the 'laboratory' and the '02 -2323-2323 'to the name and stores it in the address book table.

Meanwhile, when there is an input for searching an address book through the key input unit 210, the controller 200 searches an address book by the input name. However, if the address book search fails with the input name, the controller 200 converts the name input through the phonetic notation converting unit 204 into a phonetic notation and searches the address book using the converted phonetic notation.

That is, the present invention not only uses a name search method for searching an address book using an input name which is generally used, but also provides a phonetic notation search method for searching an address book using a phonetic notation for an input name.

This will be described with reference to the address book table shown in FIG. 3. When the name 'laboratory' is input through the key input unit 210 to search for an address book, the controller 200 selects a name item of the address book table using the input name. Search. At this time, since the name 'lab' exists in the name item of the address book table, the controller 200 displays the corresponding phone number through the display unit 206.

However, if the name 'serum room' is input through the key input unit 210 to search the address book, the controller 200 first searches for a name item in the address book table by the input name. At this time, the name 'serum room' does not exist in the name entry of the address book table.

Therefore, the control unit 200 transmits a control signal for converting the phonetic notation for the 'rum room' input to the phonetic notation converting unit 204 to perform the phonetic notation search method. When the control signal is input to the phonetic notation converting unit 204, the phonetic notation converting unit 204 converts the 'singum chamber' into a phonetic notation of 'Silemsil'. Thereafter, the control unit 200 searches for a phonetic notation item using the phonetic notation 'Silemsil'. At this time, since the pronunciation notation of 'Silemsil' is present in the pronunciation notation of the address book table, the controller 200 displays the telephone number '02 -2323-2323 'corresponding thereto through the display unit 206.

This will be explained in more detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 described below.

The voice processor 202 decodes a signal received under the control of the controller 200, converts the signal into an electrical voice signal, and outputs the signal to the speaker SPK. In addition, the voice processing unit 202 codes and outputs an electric voice signal received from the microphone MIC under the control of the control unit 200.

The phonetic notation converting unit 204 converts a name into a phonetic notation using a phonetic notation conversion program stored in the memory unit 208 under the control of the controller 200.

The display unit 206 displays data output from the control unit 200.

The memory unit 208 is composed of a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The ROM stores a control program for performing various control functions and data necessary for control. In particular, in the present invention, the memory unit 208 stores a phonetic notation conversion program for converting an input character into a phonetic notation. In the present invention, a program such as NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), which is language processing software, may be used as the phonetic notation conversion program.

The memory unit 208 also has a memory area for registering address book information. In the following description, the memory area is referred to as an "address book table". An example of storing data in the address book table is shown in FIG. 3.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the user information registered in the address book table is limited to three items including a name, a phonetic notation, and a phone number. However, not only the above items but also an address, an e-mail address, a homepage address, etc. All character information may have an item.

The key input unit 210 has a key matrix structure and includes numeric keys for dialing and function keys for performing various functions. The key input unit 210 generates a key signal corresponding to a key input by the user and provides the generated key signal to the controller 200.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process for registering an address book according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Now, the address book registration process will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

The control unit 200 maintains the standby state in step 400, and checks whether there is a key input for registering an address book from the key input unit 210 in step 402.

If it is determined in step 402 that the controller 200 determines that there is a key input for registering an address book from the key input unit 210, the controller 200 proceeds to step 404; otherwise, the controller 200 maintains a standby state.

In step 402 to step 404, the control unit 200 stores the name and phone number input for address book registration in the address book table.

In operation 406, the controller 200 controls to convert the name input through the phonetic notation converting unit 204 into a phonetic notation. When the phonetic notation conversion is completed, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 408 and maps the converted phonetic notation to the corresponding name and stores it in the memory unit 208 in the form of an address book table as shown in FIG. 3.

Next, a process of searching the address book stored as shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. 5. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process for searching an address book according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the control unit 200 maintains the standby state in step 500 and checks whether there is a key input for searching an address book from the key input unit 210 in step 502. If it is determined in step 502 that the controller 200 determines that a key for searching an address book is input, the controller 200 proceeds to step 504. Otherwise, the controller 200 maintains a standby state.

In step 502 to step 504, the controller 200 searches for a name item in the address book table using the input name.

Thereafter, if it is determined in step 506 that the controller 200 has the same name as the name entered in the address book, the controller 200 proceeds to step 508 and displays the corresponding phone number through the display unit 206 and ends.

However, if it is determined in step 506 that the controller 200 searches for an address book and there is no same name as the input name, the controller 200 proceeds to step 510 and the controller 200 displays the pronunciation input through the phonetic transcription converter 204. Control to convert

Thereafter, in step 512, the controller 200 searches for a phonetic notation item in the address book using the converted phonetic notation, and then proceeds to step 514.

If it is determined in step 514 that the phonetic notation identical to the phonetic notation exists in the address book, the controller 200 proceeds to step 516 to control the display unit 206 to display the corresponding phone number. However, if it is determined in step 514 that the phonetic notation data identical to the phonetic notation does not exist in the address book, the controller 200 controls the display unit 206 to display an address book search failure message.

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. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, although the mobile communication terminal is taken as an example, the present invention can be applied to all terminals that can store and retrieve user information. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention stores a name and a telephone number input when registering an address book in a mobile communication terminal in an address book table, and additionally stores a phonetic notation for the name. Subsequently, not only the address book can be searched using the name input when searching the address book, but also the address book can be searched using the phonetic notation for the input name. Therefore, a search is possible when searching for a similar pronunciation string. By doing so, there is an advantage of increasing the efficiency of address book search.

Claims (8)

In the apparatus, A key input unit for generating a key signal corresponding to an input key; A memory unit for storing an address book table consisting of address book information of two or more items including a name; A phonetic notation converter for converting the name into a phonetic notation by a control signal of a controller and outputting the phonetic notation; When address book information including a name is input to the key input unit, the address book information is stored in the address book table, the name is converted into a phonetic notation through the phonetic notation converting unit, and the converted phonetic notation is mapped to the name. Address control device in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling to store in. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, Search for the address book table when a name for searching an address book is input to the key input unit, and control to display corresponding address book information corresponding to the name through a display unit if a name identical to the input name exists in the address book table. Address book management device in a mobile communication terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit, After retrieving the address book table by the name, if the name does not exist in the address book table, the name is converted into a phonetic notation through the phonetic notation converting unit, the address book table is searched by the converted phonetic notation, and the converted pronunciation And a phonetic notation identical to a notation in the address book table is configured to control to display corresponding address book information corresponding to the phonetic notation through the display unit. The method of claim 3, wherein the control unit, Address book management in the mobile communication terminal, after searching the address book table using the phonetic notation, if the same phonetic notation as the phonetic notation exists in the address book table, controlling to display an address book search failure message through the display unit; Device. In the address book management method of a mobile communication terminal, Storing address book information including a name in the address book table; Converting the name into a phonetic notation; And mapping the converted phonetic notation with the name and storing the converted phonetic notation in the address book table. The method of claim 5, Searching for an address book table using the name when a name for searching an address book is input; And displaying corresponding address book information corresponding to the name if the same name as the input name exists in the address book table. The method of claim 6, Converting the name into a phonetic notation if the name does not exist in the address book table after performing an address book table search process using the name; Searching the address book table using the converted phonetic notation; And displaying the address book information corresponding to the phonetic notation if the phonetic notation identical to the converted phonetic notation is present in the address book table. The method of claim 7, wherein Address book management in the mobile communication terminal, after the address book table search process is performed using the phonetic notation, if a phonetic notation identical to the phonetic notation exists in the address book table, displaying an address book search failure message. Way.

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