KR100650646B1 - Mobile communication terminal having a group template function and controlling method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention automatically displays a template for each group corresponding to a received number input when transmitting a text message, thereby eliminating the trouble of inputting a new message or searching basic template contents every time the text message is transmitted. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a template function and a control method thereof. When the user of the mobile communication terminal selects a text message and inputs a reception number, and then selects a template insertion menu, the telephone directory is searched for and the received reception number exists. If not, the basic template list is displayed on the screen, and if there is a receiving number, it searches whether the preset template content exists in the corresponding receiving number. If there is a set template content, the corresponding personal template list is displayed on the screen. If the set template does not exist, search whether the set group exists in the corresponding receiving number.If the set group does not exist, the basic template list is displayed on the screen. The template list is displayed on the screen, and the corresponding template message selected by the user is transmitted on the receiving number.

Text message, group, template, mobile communication, terminal, transmission, phone book, MSM

Description

Mobile communication terminal having a group template function and controlling method therefore}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional mobile communication system.

2 is an exemplary view showing a template function of a conventional mobile communication terminal on a screen;

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal having a group template function according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart for explaining a group template function of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

5 to 7 are exemplary views showing a group template function of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention on a screen.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10, 100: terminal 11: handset

12 codec section 13 MSM (Mobile Station Modem) section

14: memory 15: keypad

16: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display

20: base station 30: MSC (Mobile Switching Center)

40: Short Message Service Center

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a group template function. Particularly, when a text message is written in the mobile communication terminal, a text message is displayed every time by automatically displaying template contents classified by groups to which the reception number of the other party belongs. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a group template function capable of eliminating the trouble of inputting a new message or retrieving basic template contents every transmission.

In general, wireless data communication refers to a communication function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving various data such as letters, numbers, and images through a base station system using a portable terminal capable of wireless transmission and reception. For example, it is a mobile communication system that exchanges or retrieves data in both directions while moving by using various terminals such as a cellular phone, a portable computer, and a wireless local loop (WLL).

Especially in the early 1980s, mobile phones divided the service area into hexagonal cells of several km to several ten kilometers in diameter in North America, and then repeatedly used the same frequency channel in geographically separated cells and As a result, cellular phones that implement radio channel switching between cells have been rapidly commercialized for the first time. In addition, the mobile phone is provided with a variety of service menus on the terminal for the convenience of the user, for example, a short message service (short message service; SMS, hereinafter referred to as a text message), email transmission, the Internet Connections and the like are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional communication system as described above includes a base station 20 which wirelessly processes a function signal transmitted from a plurality of terminals 10 and 100, for example, a call signal or a text message. A mobile switching center (MSC) 30 that controls a transmission function of a call signal or a text message input through the base station 20, and is connected to the MSC 30 to provide a text message to the terminals 10 and 100. It is configured to include a Short Message Service (SMS) center 40.

Looking at the process of transmitting a text message through the communication system, as shown in FIG. 2, the user of the terminal 10 as shown in FIG. When the user selects the outbox menu by manipulating, the terminal 10 outputs the message outbox 210 menu to the screen through an unshown LCD display, and sends a message when a new message input is selected by the user. When the user inputs a reception number and a reply number by outputting the menu to the screen, and selects OK, the message contents 230 for inputting the text message contents are output to the screen. In this case, when the user selects an option in the message content 230 menu screen, the terminal 10 outputs the message option 240 menu to the screen, and when the template insertion menu is selected by the user, the template 250 is displayed. The menu outputs the screen to display the template content 260 selected by the user on the screen, and the user edits the message content displayed on the screen to select Send when the message editing is completed. Then, the terminal 10 attaches a text message to the telephone number set by the current user and transmits the text message in a data burst message through an access channel.

The text message signal of the terminal 10 is input to the SMS center 40 via the base station 20 and the MSC 30 and stored, and the SMS center 40 checks the destination telephone number of the input text message. When the MSC 30 is transmitted to the MSC 30, the MSC 30 transmits the text message signal transmitted from the SMS center 40 to the mobile terminal 100 of the other party's telephone number.

On the other hand, mobile communication providers that provide text message transmission services to users using the communication system described above have developed and provided various services and menus as a means for securing new customers and maintaining basic customers.

In order to facilitate users' convenience of text message services provided through general mobile communication terminals, terminal manufacturers store and ship text messages frequently used by users in a number of templates. This is to save the user from the hassle of inputting a text message every time the terminal user sends a text message. The terminal user searches for and selects a message similar to the text message that he / she wants to send. do.

However, a number of templates stored from the terminal manufacturer are statistically selected and stored mainly used messages, the basic message that does not consider the hierarchy, age, gender, relationship, form and nature of the message at all Because of this, the user has a inconvenience in searching and selecting a number of templates every time a text message is sent or editing and sending a selected message each time.

Thus, the present invention was invented to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, by dividing the receiving number of the text message recipient by group to store the new template content and by the group corresponding to the receiving number input when the text message is transmitted. The present invention provides a mobile terminal having a group template function and a method of controlling the same, by automatically displaying template contents, thereby eliminating the trouble of inputting a new message or searching basic template contents every time a text message is transmitted. There is a purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile communication terminal for transmitting and receiving various messages by executing call processing through a base station, and executing call processing through the base station and receiving number of text message receivers input by a user. And the MSM unit for storing the template contents of the group and automatically displaying and controlling the template for each group corresponding to the received number inputted during the text message transmission, and inputting by the user based on the control signal of the MSM unit. A memory unit for storing the received number of the text message recipients by group to store the template content of the group, and a keypad having a function setting key and various numeric keys and character keys input by the user at one end of the MSM unit; Various menu messages and text messages are based on the display control signals of the MSM unit. And an LCD display unit for displaying a template divided into groups based on the reception number of the text message receiver on a screen.

Another feature of the present invention is a method for controlling a group template function using a mobile communication terminal for executing call processing through a base station, after the user of the mobile communication terminal selects a text message function, inputs a receiving number and selects a confirmation menu. In the first step of displaying a message input screen, and the user selects an option function through the message input screen of the first step, and selects a template insertion menu, searching whether the received number is present in the phone book. In the second step, and if there is no telephone directory search result received number in the second step, the basic template list is displayed on the screen, and if the search result received number exists, the template content set in the corresponding received number is displayed. A third step of searching for existence and the system in the third step 4th step of displaying a list of personal templates corresponding to a received number if there is a template content set as a result of the rate content search result; and searching for whether a group set to the received number exists if there is no template set as a result of the search. And a fifth step of displaying a basic template list on the screen when the group set as the search result does not exist in the fourth step, and displaying a template list of the group on the screen when the group set as the search result exists; If the user selects a predetermined template content from each template list displayed on the screen in the fifth step, the message is automatically input to the message content input screen. If the message transmission function is selected by the user, the corresponding received number is used. Template Made in that a sixth step of transmitting the contents put features.

In addition, in the second step of the present invention, when there is no reception number in the phone book, a window for inputting the name, group, home phone, mobile phone, and template contents of the recipient is displayed on the screen, and the recipient information input by the user. It further comprises a seventh step of storing by dividing the group by phone book.

In addition, the third step of the present invention further includes an eighth step in which the user selects a predetermined template from the template list to edit and add the template content displayed on the screen, and designates and stores a group of the corresponding template. Characterized in that made.

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

3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile communication terminal having a group template function according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a group template function of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. 7 is an exemplary view showing a group template function of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention as a screen.

First, referring to FIG. 3, the mobile communication terminal 10 having the group template function according to the present invention includes a codec unit 12 for processing a voice signal input and output through the handset 11, and the codec unit 12. (12) RF signal processing input and output through the RF signal processing to other communication equipment or received and received text message storage management, and divided by the number of recipients of the text message recipients by the user group by template On the basis of the control signal of the MSM unit (13) and the MSM (Mobile Station Modem) unit 13, which stores the contents and automatically displays and controls the template for each group corresponding to the received number input when the text message is transmitted. The memory unit 14 and the MSM unit 13 of storing the template content of the group by dividing the received number of the text message receiver input by the user by group On the other hand, various menu messages and text messages are displayed on the basis of the keypad 15 provided with the function setting key input by the user, various numeric and character keys, and the display control signal of the MSM unit 13, and text messages. It includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 16 for displaying a template divided by groups by the receiver's reception number on the screen.

A method for controlling a group template function according to the present invention will be described based on the mobile communication terminal having the above-described configuration.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the MSM unit 13 of the mobile communication terminal 10 having the group template function selects the text message function by operating the keypad 15 (S310). Message transmission box 410 stored in the unit 14, the menu screen is displayed on the screen via the LCD display unit 16, when a new message menu is selected by the user to send a message to enter the receiving and reply number 420 When the menu is displayed on the screen and the user selects the confirmation after inputting the reception number (S320), the message contents 430 for inputting the message are output to the screen (S330).

When the user selects an option function on the message screen 430 menu screen and selects a template insertion 440 menu (S340), the received number input by the user is stored in the memory unit 14, for example, a phone book or a phone book. Search (S350), and if the received number does not exist as a result of the search, the basic template list is displayed on the screen (S351), and if the received number exists, the preset template is set to the received number. It is searched whether there exists (S352). In this case, the information of the receiver stored in the memory unit 14 is stored in the phone book or the phone book in groups, for example. As shown in FIG. 6, the name of the receiver, a group (not specified), a home phone, a mobile phone, etc. If the template content is input by the user, it is divided into groups and stored, and if necessary, the user can modify and save it through an editing function.

In addition, when adding or editing a new template content, when the user selects the template menu of the message box 610, the template list 620 is displayed on the screen, and a predetermined template is displayed on the list. In the case of selecting, the template content 630 belonging to the corresponding template type is displayed on the screen so that the user can directly edit or add the template. Here, when the user selects an additional menu on the template list 620 screen, the template addition 640 menu is displayed on the screen, and after the user inputs a template name and selects a confirmation menu, the user inputs a personal template content. The window 650 is output to the screen so that the user can input the desired template contents.

 If there is a template content set in the template content search step (S352), a list of personal templates 451 is displayed on the screen (S353). If the set template does not exist, a search is made whether a group set in the corresponding reception number exists. In operation S354, when the set group does not exist, the basic template list is displayed on the screen (S351).

If there is a group set in the set group searching step (S354), the list of templates 450 of the group is displayed on the screen (S355), and the template content that the user is looking for is selected from the list of templates displayed on the screen. By checking whether or not (S356), if the template content that the user is looking for does not exist on the screen, the user searches by operating the direction key of the keypad 15 (S357).

When the user selects the template content found through the direction key of the keypad 15 (S360), the selected template content is automatically input into the message content 460 menu screen (S370), and a text message transmission function is selected by the user. In the case where the text message is transmitted to the received reception number (S380). Here, when the user selects a transmission command after completion of the text message input, the MSM unit 13 of the mobile communication terminal 10 receives the short message stored by the user in the current memory unit 14. In addition to the number is transmitted to the SMS center 40 through a data burst message (Data burst message), the SMS center 40 receives this and put the corresponding text messages in the attached receiving number to the corresponding through the MSC 30 Transmission to the terminal 100.

As described above, the mobile communication terminal having the group template function of the present invention stores the template contents newly added or edited by dividing the receiving numbers of the text message recipients by group, and stores the contents of the template for each group, and is input when the text message is transmitted. By automatically searching for the template content corresponding to the received number of, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of inputting a new message every time a text message is sent and the hassle of searching for the basic template content.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention divides the receiving numbers of text message recipients into groups and adds or edits new template contents and stores them in separate groups, respectively, so that the template contents corresponding to the receiving numbers of recipients input at the time of text message transmission are stored. Automatically displays the text message every time you send a new message or the basic template content can be eliminated to eliminate the hassle.

Claims (4)

In the mobile communication terminal 10 for transmitting and receiving various messages by executing call processing through the base station 20, The call processing is performed through the base station 20, and the reception numbers of the text message receivers input by the user are divided into groups to store the template contents for each group, and the groups corresponding to the reception numbers input when the text message is transmitted. An MSM unit 13 for automatically displaying and controlling the template; A memory unit 14 storing the template contents for each group by dividing the reception numbers of the text message receivers input by the user based on the control signal of the MSM unit 13 into groups; At one end of the MSM unit 13, a keypad 15 having a function setting key input by a user and various numeric and character keys; And an LCD display unit 16 for displaying various menu messages and text messages on the basis of the display control signal of the MSM unit 13, and displaying a template divided into groups on the screen through the reception number of the text message receiver. A mobile communication terminal having a group template function. In the group template function control method using a mobile communication terminal for performing call processing through a base station, A first step of displaying a message input screen when a user of the mobile communication terminal selects a text message function and then inputs a reception number and selects a confirmation menu; A second step of searching whether the inputted number exists in the phone book when the user selects an optional function through the message input screen of the first step and selects a template insertion menu; A third template for displaying a basic template list on the screen when the phonebook search result reception number does not exist in the second step; and searching for whether a preset template content exists in the corresponding reception number when the search result reception number exists. Steps, If there is a template content set as a result of the template content search in the third step, the personal template list corresponding to the received number is displayed on the screen, and if there is no template set as a result of the search, whether there is a group set to the corresponding number. The fourth step of searching; A fifth step of displaying a basic template list on the screen when the group set as the search result does not exist in the fourth step; and displaying a template list of the group on the screen when the group set as the search result exists; If the user selects a predetermined template content from each template list displayed on the screen in the fifth step, the message is automatically input to the message content input screen. If the message transmission function is selected by the user, the corresponding received number is used. And a sixth step of carrying the template and transmitting the contents thereof. The receiver of claim 2, wherein in the second step, when there is no reception number in the phone book, a window for inputting the name, group, home phone, mobile phone, and template contents of the recipient is displayed on a screen, and the receiver is input by the user. And a seventh step of dividing the information into groups and storing the information in the phone book. The method of claim 2, wherein the third step further includes an eighth step of the user selecting and selecting a predetermined template on the template list to edit and add the template content displayed on the screen, and designate and store a group of the corresponding template. Method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a group template function, characterized in that made.

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