KR100641166B1 - Method for telephone call in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a call method of a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, an object thereof is to automatically connect a call by extracting a phone number included in a reply message according to a phone number inquiry. In the present invention for the purpose of the call method of the mobile communication terminal, displaying the reply message according to the telephone number inquiry, and if the call button is pressed after the message is confirmed, all the numbers included in the message (message caller number, Displaying a different number of the message sender, the telephone number inquired), and if any telephone number is selected from the displayed numbers, calling the telephone number and attempting to establish a call.

Description

How to call mobile phone {METHOD FOR TELEPHONE CALL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a signal flow diagram of an embodiment showing a conventional return call process.

Figure 2 is a signal flow diagram of another embodiment showing a conventional return call process.

3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a return call process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a call method.

In general, the 114 telephone number guide system calls the 114 call center when a customer who calls a phone number uses a computer terminal connected to the search server to retrieve the telephone number of the person or business the customer is inquiring about. After that, the TTS system (Text To Speech) is used to guide the phone number by voice.

At this time, the call center is provided with a communication terminal used when the receptionist talks with the customer, the communication terminal is connected to the TTS system and the search server.

In addition, a search server is provided with a database in which a phone number of each company or individual is established, and a receptionist inputs the name of a company or individual inquired by a customer using a terminal connected to the search server, and searches for a corresponding company or individual. By outputting the phone number to the TTS system, the phone number is spoken to the customer by voice.

On the other hand, recently, the telephone number guide system is equipped with an automatic answering device to automatically connect the telephone to the telephone number inquired by the customer according to the customer's choice.

However, such a phone number guide system can only guide the phone number inquired by voice or automatically connect the phone to the phone number inquired by the customer. If the inconvenience and call quality to be recorded in the problem there was a problem that the customer does not correctly understand the phone number to be guided.

In addition, the popularity of portable communication terminals (hereinafter, referred to as "mobile phones") capable of voice communication and data communication, such as cellular phones, PCS, IMT2000, etc. is increasing. After searching the desired phone number by using the shortcut function of the number, the call is made.

On the other hand, the mobile phone is configured to allow the transmission and reception of text data between each other, when receiving the text data including the phone number can store the phone number with a simple key operation or call the phone number included in the text data.

That is, in the mobile phone, it is possible to inquire the other party's phone number to receive a text message including the corresponding phone number from the other party and to call the phone number (return call).

As one method, as shown in the signal flow diagram of FIG. 1, the telephone number stored in the currently received message is stored and entered in the standby screen to make a call.

Alternatively, as shown in the signal flow diagram of FIG. 2, if the phone number extraction is set in the menu after receiving the message, the number (e.g., phone number, email address, URL, ... ) Is extracted and displayed, and the user selects a phone number to call and attempts to make a call.

However, the conventional method of storing and using the former phone number is inconvenient to check the message again if the phone number is not remembered, and the method of extracting the number through the latter menu is inconvenient due to a large number of operation processes. There are disadvantages that result.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication method of a mobile communication terminal, which is designed to connect a call by extracting a phone number from a reply message according to a telephone number inquiry.

Another object of the present invention is to update the phone book by using all the numbers extracted from the reply message according to the telephone inquiry.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of calling a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: inquiring a telephone number using a call or a message, receiving a message including the inquired telephone number, and a call button. Is pressed to extract and display all the numbers (message caller number, message caller's number, inquired number) included in the message, and attempt to connect to the selected phone number among the displayed numbers. It is characterized by.

In addition, the present invention provides a method of calling a mobile communication terminal in order to achieve the above object, the step of inquiring any phone number using a call or a message, and receiving a message including the phone number inquired; When a call button is pressed, the phone number included in the message content is extracted and configured to perform a step of attempting a call connection.

On the other hand, during the call or at the end of the call characterized in that it comprises the step of updating the phone book by using all the numbers (message caller number, other number of the message caller, contact number) included in the message do.

In the above, the phone book update is automatically performed at the end of a call (including a call failure) during a call, during a call, or by a separate key operation of a user.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when a call button is received by receiving a message, all the numbers included in the message are displayed, and a case in which the user attempts to make a call to the selected phone number will be described.

In the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

3 is a signal flow diagram showing a return call process according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the first step of displaying a reply message according to a telephone number inquiry, and when the user who confirms the message presses a call button, A second step of displaying all numbers (message caller number, message sender's number, inquired phone number) included in the message; Configure to perform step 3.

Referring to the operation and effect of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When the mobile phone user wants to talk to an arbitrary counterpart, if the other party's phone number is not known, the mobile phone user inquires of the counterpart's phone number. In this case, the telephone number inquiry uses a call or a message.

In this case, when the third party sends a message including the other party's phone number as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the user's mobile phone generates a reception sound when the message is received to notify the user of the reply message according to the telephone number inquiry. .

Accordingly, when the user presses the message button, the mobile phone displays a message including the phone number on the mobile phone screen as shown in FIG.

At this time, when the user presses the call button, the user's mobile phone extracts the number related to the message (message caller number, other number of the message sender, phone number returned by the message) and displays it on the screen as shown in FIG.

Therefore, when the user selects the telephone number inquired, the mobile phone attempts to make a call by calling the telephone number while displaying the telephone number on the screen as shown in FIG.

In addition, the user's mobile phone updates the phone book using the extracted number as shown in FIG. 3 (b) while the call is being attempted, during or during the call.

For example, the contents of the telephone book for Hong Gil-dong, a third party, are compared with the extracted number as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, while the desired phone number is confirmed in the process of checking the message, the process extracts and displays the number related to the third party inquiring the phone number as well as the user's desired phone number, and then sends the call by user selection. As a result, the process of extracting a phone number and the like and selecting a phone number for a call from the extracted number may be felt unnecessary.

Accordingly, when a message according to a telephone number inquiry is received and displayed as another embodiment of the present invention, when the user presses a call button, the telephone number in the contents of the message is extracted and displayed as shown in FIG. It can be configured to try calling by dialing the number.

Also in this other embodiment, while attempting a call, during or during a call or when the call is terminated, it extracts the number as shown in FIG. 3 (b) and updates the phone book using the extracted number.

As described in detail above, the present invention attempts to connect to a third party by inquiring an arbitrary telephone number and extracting the inquired telephone number from the message when receiving a message inputting a telephone number from the third party. By doing so, the user can easily proceed with the call has the effect of improving the convenience.

Claims (5)

Receiving a reply message according to the telephone number inquiry; If the call button is pressed, extracting and displaying all the numbers (message caller number, other number of the message caller, inquired number) included in the reply message; And attempting to make a call connection to the selected phone number among the displayed numbers. Receiving a reply message according to the telephone number inquiry; And when a call button is pressed, extracting a phone number included in the content of the reply message and attempting to make a call connection. The method according to claim 1 or 2, comprising the step of updating the phone book using all the numbers (message caller number, message sender's number, inquiry number) included in the message after the message is confirmed. Call method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the telephone book update is performed during a call attempt, during a call, or at the end of a call. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the telephone book update is performed automatically or by user setting.

Images