KR100626215B1 - Method for sending in advance of message in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for pre-sending a message by using phone book information in a mobile communication terminal. The process of checking whether to select a phone number of a target to be received in a phone book after creating a message when selecting a message reservation origination setting key. And selecting the phone number from the phone book, displaying phone book information (eg, name, phone number, wedding anniversary, birthday), and selecting a date to reserve a message from the phone book information. And including the process of storing the reservation transmission date and the recipient's phone number in the reservation message outbox, there is an advantage that the user can easily send a reservation message so as not to confirm important appointments, or forget the anniversary.

Messages, Phonebooks, Reservations, Headers / Footers

Description

METHODO FOR SENDING IN ADVANCE OF MESSAGE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}             

1 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for reserved transmission of a message according to the prior art;

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for reservation transmission of a message using phonebook information in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for sending a reserved message in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

5A, 5B, and 5C are diagrams illustrating a user menu when a reserved call is sent according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for reserving a message in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for easily reserving a message by using a receiver's phonebook information and a header and a footer.

Recently, the use of mobile communication terminals is increasing due to the convenience of portable. Accordingly, service providers (terminal manufacturers) of the mobile communication terminals are competitively developing terminals having more special functions to secure a large number of users. For example, the mobile communication terminal provides various additional functions such as a phone book, a game, a short message, the Internet, an e-mail, a morning call, and the like. Doing.

In particular, the most commonly used additional function in the mobile communication terminal is a "short message". In recent years, there is a growing tendency to prefer the "short message" to the call function. In addition, SMS (Short Message Service), which is a transmission / reception function of the short message, has been developed in a number of ways, and now it is possible to transmit not only pictures, pictures, melodies but also videos.

1 illustrates a procedure for reservation transmission of a message in a mobile communication terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, in step 101, the controller of the mobile communication terminal determines whether a message reservation origination key is selected by a user's key manipulation. If the message reservation origination key is not selected, the controller proceeds to step 121 to perform a corresponding mode (eg, standby mode). If the message reservation origination key is selected, the controller proceeds to step 103 to create a message for reservation transmission. In step 105, the controller checks whether a confirmation key is selected.

When the confirmation key is selected, the controller proceeds to step 107 and inputs a phone number of a target to receive the message created in step 103, and the controller proceeds to step 109 to input a reserved transmission date of the message. .

When the reservation transmission date is input, the controller stores the created message, the reservation reservation transmission date, and the recipient's telephone number in the reservation message storage box in step 111. Thereafter, the controller proceeds to step 113 to confirm the reservation transmission date of the reservation message in the reservation message storage box, and the controller proceeds to step 115 to confirm the today's date.

In step 117, the controller compares the reservation transmission date with the today's date and checks whether the two dates are the same. If the two dates are different, the controller returns to step 115 and checks the date again.

If the two dates are the same, the controller proceeds to step 119 to transmit the stored message, and then the controller terminates the algorithm.

As described above, in order to pre-send a message, once the message is prepared, the receiver's telephone number must be input and a reservation date to which the message is to be sent again. If a message is reserved in the above manner, it is inconvenient to input a reservation time for every message for each recipient.

 Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for sending a reservation message using information of a receiver stored in a phone book in a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for sending a reservation message using a header and a footer in a mobile communication terminal.

 According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for pre-sending a message using a phone book in which various anniversary is registered in the mobile communication terminal, the message to be sent to the reservation, and the at least one recipient A process of receiving a phone number, a process of displaying phone book information of the receiver, and selecting an anniversary to be reserved from the displayed phone book information if the phone number of the receiver is stored in the phone book; And storing the created outgoing message, the recipient's phone number, and the reserved outgoing date in a reserved message storage box, and when the reserved outgoing date is reached, using the reserved message and the recipient's phone number stored in the reserved message storage box. Characterized in that it comprises the step of automatically generating a short message and sending it The.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for reserving and sending a message using a header and a footer using a phonebook in which various memorials are registered in a mobile communication terminal may be configured to create a message to be reserved and at least one recipient; A process of receiving a phone number, a process of displaying phone book information of the receiver, and selecting an anniversary to be reserved from the displayed phone book information if the phone number of the receiver is stored in the phone book; And rewriting the outgoing message by attaching the header and footer to the created outgoing message after the scheduled outgoing date is selected, and reserving the outgoing outgoing message, the recipient's phone number, and the reserved outgoing date. Storing the message storage box; and storing the reservation message when the scheduled transmission date is reached. And a step of automatically generating and transmitting a short message using the reservation message stored in the receiver and the recipient's phone number.

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

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described for a technique for reservation transmission of a message using the phone book information of a receiver in a mobile communication terminal.

Phonebook information to be described below is characterized in that the name, phone number, e-mail (e-mail) address, Internet address, avatar, designation ringtones, such as wedding anniversary, birthday items in addition to the existing phonebook information.

2 shows a configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal includes both a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), and an international mobile telecommunication-2000 (IMT2000) terminal. The following description will be described with the general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, a controller (MPU: Micro-Processer Unit) 200 controls the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. For example, a function for performing processing and control for voice call and data communication, and automatically registering a message reservation transmission date according to the recipient's phonebook information in addition to the usual function, and a header and footer. Use the function to handle the function for rewriting messages for scheduled outgoing. Therefore, in the following description, description about the process and control of the normal control part 200 is abbreviate | omitted.

The read only memory (ROM) 202 stores microcodes of programs and various reference data for processing and control of the controller 200. In particular, a program for automatically registering a reservation origination date using the recipient's phonebook information according to the present invention, and a program for rewriting a reservation origination message using a header and a footer using the recipient's phonebook information. Save it. The random access memory (RAM) 204 is a working memory of the controller 200 and stores temporary data generated during various program executions. Flash ROM 206 stores various updatable archiving data such as phone books, outgoing messages and incoming messages. In particular, according to the present invention stores the reserved outgoing message and the reservation outgoing date stored in the reservation outbox.

Key pad 208 is a numeric key buttons of 0 to 9, menu button (menu), cancel button (clear), confirmation button, call button (TALK), end button (END), Internet access button And a plurality of function keys such as navigation key (or direction key) buttons (▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶), and provide key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 200.

The display unit 210 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 210 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The codec (Coder-Decoder) 212 connected to the control unit 200 and the speaker 216 and the microphone 214 connected to the codec 212 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. . The codec 212 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 200 into an analog voice signal, transmits the same through the speaker 216, and converts the voice signal received through the microphone 214 into PCM data. It provides to the control unit 200.

In addition, the RF unit 220 reduces the frequency of the radio frequency signal received through the antenna 218 to the baseband processor 222 and provides the baseband signal from the baseband processor 222. The frequency is raised and transmitted through the antenna 218. The baseband processor 222 processes a baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF unit 220 and the controller 200. For example, in the case of transmission, the channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in the case of reception, the function of despreading and channel decoding of the received signal is performed. Do it.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for reservation transmission of a message using phonebook information in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, in step 301, the controller 200 determines whether a message reservation origination setting key is selected by a user's key manipulation. If the message reservation origination setting key is not selected, the controller 200 proceeds to step 327 to perform a corresponding mode (eg, a standby mode).

If the message reservation origination setting key is selected, the controller 200 proceeds to step 303 and creates a message for reservation transmission. For example, save a message like "Happy Anniversary!" In step 305, the control unit 200 checks whether the phone number of the receiver is to be selected from the phone book of the terminal. If the telephone number of the receiver is not selected in the phone book, the controller 200 proceeds to step 315. If the phone number of the receiver is selected in the phone book, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 307, as shown in FIG. 5B, phone book information (eg, name) of the phone number stored in the phone book of the mobile communication terminal. , Phone number, wedding anniversary, birthday) are displayed on the display.

After displaying the list of phone numbers, the controller 200 proceeds to step 309 and selects an anniversary to which a reservation message is to be sent in a state in which the phonebook information is displayed as shown in FIG. 5C. Thereafter, the controller 200 proceeds to step 311.

On the other hand, if the receiver phone number is not selected in the phone book, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 315 and inputs a phone number of a target to be received by a user's key operation, and then the control unit 200 proceeds to step 317. Proceed to check whether the input telephone number is stored in the phone book of the mobile communication terminal. If the input telephone number is not stored in the phone book, the controller 200 proceeds to step 325 and receives a date to make a reservation call by a user's key operation. Thereafter, the controller 200 proceeds to step 311.

If the input phone number is stored in the phone book, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 319 as shown in FIG. 5B, and phonebook information (eg, name, phone number) of the input phone number. , Wedding anniversary, birthday) on the display.

When the phonebook information of the input phone number is displayed, the controller 200 proceeds to step 321 and selects an anniversary to which a reservation message is to be sent in the state in which the phonebook information is displayed as shown in FIG. 5C. . Thereafter, the controller 200 proceeds to step 311 to check whether the header and footer are set in the mobile communication terminal.

Here, the header and footer is a function of rewriting the message by attaching a header (for example, the name of the recipient) and a footer (for example, the name of the sender) preset by the user before and after the message written by the user. Indicates. For setting the header and footer, as shown in FIG. 5A, when the header and footer creation menu is selected by the user's key operation, the header creation environment setting screen is first displayed to set the header creation environment. The footer creation environment setting screen is displayed to set the footer creation environment.

Since the header and footer settings are described in detail in the previously filed application No. 2003-0097569, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

If the header and footer are not set, the controller 200 proceeds to step 323 and stores the message created in step 303, the date to which the message is to be sent, and the recipient's telephone number in a reserved message storage box. 200 ends the present algorithm.

If the header and footer are set, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 313 and rewrites the message by attaching a header and footer to the message created in step 303, and then the received telephone number and the call. Store the rewritten message and the scheduled sending date in the reserved message box. Here, in the example of attaching the header and footer, first, if the phonebook information (anniversary and birthday) is used, it is possible to check the number of the year if the anniversary is subtracted from this year. Therefore, if the message written in step 303 is rewritten as "000 (name), Happy 00th anniversary!" And is not stored in the phonebook, "0000 (4 digits after the phone number), Congratulations on your anniversary! "

Thereafter, the controller 200 ends the present algorithm.

4 illustrates a procedure for transmitting a reserved message in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, in step 401, the controller 200 checks whether a message reservation transmission is set. If the message reservation transmission is not set, the controller 200 proceeds to step 415 to perform a corresponding mode (eg, standby mode).

If the message reservation transmission is set, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 403 to check today's date. In operation 405, the controller 200 searches for a reserved transmission date of the reservation message stored in the reservation message send box.

Thereafter, the controller 200 proceeds to step 407 and compares the reservation transmission date with today's date and checks whether there is a match. If the reservation transmission date of the reservation message and today's date do not match, the controller 200 compares the reservation transmission date of the next reservation message with the today's date.

If the reservation transmission date and the today's date of the reservation message coincide, the controller 200 proceeds to step 409 and creates a list of reservation messages in which the two dates coincide.

When the list is created, the control unit 200 proceeds to step 411 to check whether the search for the reservation message stored in the reservation message send box is completed. If the search is not completed, the controller 200 proceeds to step 407 to search for the remaining reservation message.

If the search for the reservation message is completed, the controller 200 proceeds to step 413 and transmits a message included in the reservation message list prepared in step 409. Thereafter, the controller 200 ends the present algorithm.

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 determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has the advantage that it is possible to easily set the scheduled transmission of the message using the phone book information in the mobile communication terminal. That is, after adding and storing items such as birthdays and anniversaries in the phonebook information, the user writes a message, selects a wedding anniversary or a birthday, and sets a reservation, and automatically sets the message according to the wedding anniversary or birthday. By performing the function of making a reservation, there is an advantage that the user can more easily send a reservation outgoing message that allows the user to conveniently send a message such as customer management or forgotten anniversary.

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delete delete delete delete In the method for pre-sending a message using the header and footer using a phone book registered various anniversary in the mobile communication terminal, Creating a message to make a scheduled outgoing call and inputting at least one recipient's phone number; If the input telephone number of the receiver is stored in the phone book, displaying phone book information of the receiver; Selecting an anniversary to be reserved and sent from the displayed phone book information; Determining whether to attach a header and footer after the reservation transmission date is selected; If the header and footer are attached, rewriting the outgoing message by attaching the header and footer to the created outgoing message; Storing the rewritten outgoing message, the recipient's telephone number, and the reserved outgoing date in a reserved message storage box; And when the scheduled transmission date is reached, automatically generating and transmitting a short message using the reservation message and the recipient's phone number stored in the reservation message storage box. The method of claim 5, The process of receiving the phone number of the receiver, Displaying a list of phone numbers stored in the phone book; And receiving at least one recipient telephone number selected by the user from the list. The method of claim 5, The header and footer are characterized by using the phonebook information of the receiver. The method of claim 5, The phone book information, The recipient's name, telephone number, anniversary. The method of claim 5, Requesting input of a reservation originating date when the received telephone number is not stored in the phone book; And storing the reservation transmission date inputted by the user's key operation, and then proceeding to the reservation message storage process.

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