KR100651553B1 - Method for editing telephone directory in mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for editing a directory in a mobile communication terminal is provided to enable a user to edit contents about two or more telephone number names on a screen, thereby enabling the user to more easily edit the directory and contents about correct wrong or duplicated telephone number names. A method for editing a directory in a mobile communication terminal comprises the following steps of: receiving two or more telephone number names to edit from a user(202~206); displaying contents about the selected telephone number names on a screen(210); and integrating the contents about the selected telephone number names as contents of a telephone number name according to a request to integrate the contents about the selected telephone number names(214).

Description

How to edit phone book on mobile terminal {METHOD FOR EDITING TELEPHONE DIRECTORY IN MOBILE TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a phone book editing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a phone book list display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a phone number name display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention

5 illustrates an editing option according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a content integration option execution screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a content extraction option execution screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating a result of editing a phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to a method for editing a phone book stored in the mobile communication terminal.

Typically, mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones, PDAs, etc. have a phone book function. The phone book function is a function for storing information such as a phone number, address, e-mail address, and birthday for a specific person or place.

The user of the mobile communication terminal may store information such as a phone number and an address of a phone number name indicating a name of a specific person, a place, etc. by using a phone book function, and modify and edit the stored contents.

However, the phone book function of the conventional mobile communication terminal can be edited only for one phone number name on one screen. That is, in the conventional phone book, it is possible to modify or add information such as phone number and address for one phone number name at a time.

When editing the phone book, the user should directly remember necessary information during editing, or record it in another medium (paper, other mobile communication terminal), input it to the mobile communication terminal, or modify previously stored information.

Therefore, if two or more pieces of information are stored in the same phone number in the phone book, it is cumbersome to check and compare the information of the two or more phone number names in order to combine them or store them as different phone number names. There is this. For example, to compare the address or date of birth for two or more telephone number names, it is difficult to select and verify each telephone number name, and then remember and compare them.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a more convenient and easy phone book editing method in a mobile communication terminal.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a phone book editing method for allowing a mobile communication terminal to edit information on two or more phone number names in one screen.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for editing a phone book in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: selecting a phone number name to be edited by a user, displaying a content of the selected phone number name on a screen; And if the selected telephone number names are two or more, integrating the contents of the selected telephone number into the contents of one telephone number name according to the contents integration request for the selected telephone number name.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same components in the drawings are represented by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even if shown in different drawings. In addition, 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.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 102, a wireless unit 104, an audio unit 106, a memory 108, a display unit 110, and a key input unit 112. Include.

The controller 102 performs the overall control operation of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention. In particular, the control unit 102 performs a control operation for allowing the contents of two or more telephone number names to be edited at one time according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, if there is an editing request for the telephone number name, the controller 102 determines whether two or more telephone number names selected for editing are included. If the selected phone number name is one, the control unit 102 performs a general procedure of editing one phone number name. If the selected phone number name is two or more, the controller 102 merges the contents of two or more selected phone number names into one phone number name or selects the selected phone number. Create a new phone number name with a specific item in the name.

The wireless unit 104 performs transmission and reception of voice data and control data under the control of the control unit 102. The audio unit 106 converts the voice data received through the wireless unit 104 into an audible sound through a speaker (SPK) under the control of the control unit 102 and outputs the analog voice signal as a microphone (MIC). The audio signal received from the digital data is output. In addition, the audio unit 106 converts the music file-related audio data into an analog audio signal that can be heard by the user and outputs the analog audio signal.

The memory 108 may include a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM) for storing a plurality of programs and data. The memory 108 stores contents such as a telephone number name and a telephone number corresponding to the telephone number name, an address, an e-mail address, a birthday, a group name, an e-mail address, etc., according to an embodiment of the present invention. And a program and data for performing content editing on the telephone number name. In particular, the memory 108 stores programs and data for performing two or more phone number names and content editing on one screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. The memory 108 also stores the phone book contents edited as a result of the phone number name editing.

The display unit 110 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and outputs various display data generated by the terminal. For example, the display unit 110 displays the contents of the telephone number name selected by the user under the control of the control unit 102. At this time, the display unit 110 displays the contents of two or more telephone number names on one screen if the selected telephone number name is two or more. In addition, the display unit 110 displays menus, options, and the like for editing the contents of the selected phone number name under the control of the controller 102, and displays the edit result of the phone number name.

The key input unit 112 is a device for interfacing with a user and includes a plurality of keys such as various function keys, numbers (0 to 9) keys, special keys (*, #), and the like, when the corresponding key is pressed by the user. Outputs key input data corresponding to the key. For example, the key input unit 112 receives a request and a selection signal by a user, such as selecting a phone number name, requesting a phone number name editing, selecting a phone number name editing option, etc. according to an embodiment of the present invention, and transmitting the received signal to the controller 102. do.

Therefore, the mobile communication terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention as described above allows a phone book to be edited more conveniently and easily. In particular, the mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above allows the contents of two or more telephone number names to be edited on one screen so that the contents of duplicate or wrong telephone number names can be easily corrected. .

Hereinafter, a method for editing a phone number in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a phone book editing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 202, the mobile communication terminal searches for a phone book and displays a phone book list according to a user's phone book list display request. The user may select a phone number name to be edited from the searched phone number list. In step 204, the mobile communication terminal selects a phone number name to be edited from the user.

3 is a diagram illustrating a phone book list display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, referring to FIG. 3A, a user may select two or more telephone number names from a list of telephone numbers.

After receiving the telephone number name, the mobile communication terminal receives an edit request from the user in step 205. Referring to FIG. 3B, a user may select a menu, select an edit item from the menu, and input an edit request.

When the edit request is input, the mobile communication terminal determines whether two or more telephone number names are selected in step 206. If the selected phone number name is one, the mobile communication terminal edits the selected one phone number name in step 208 and proceeds to step 224.

On the other hand, if there are two or more selected phone number names, the mobile communication terminal displays the contents of two or more phone number names selected on one screen in step 210.

4 is a phone number name display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 shows a case where two telephone number names of the same name are selected. When two phone number names are selected, the mobile communication terminal displays contents of two phone number names on one screen as shown in FIG.

After displaying the contents of two or more selected phone number names, the mobile communication terminal selects an editing option according to a user selection in step 212.

5 is a diagram illustrating an editing option according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the editing options include a "content merge" option and a "content extract" option. The "Consolidate content" option is the option to merge the contents of two or more selected phone number names into a single phone number name. The "Extract contents" option is the option to select specific contents from the contents of two or more selected telephone number names and to create a new telephone number name using the selected contents.

If the content integration option is selected among the editing options, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 214 to integrate the contents of two or more selected phone number names into a single phone number name.

6 is a diagram illustrating a content integration option execution screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the mobile communication terminal integrates the contents of two existing "Park Ji Sung", that is, a telephone number, a birthday, an address, an e-mail, etc. into a content of one "Pak Ji Sung".

The mobile communication terminal deletes the selected phone number name except for the integrated phone number name in step 216. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the contents of two telephone number names, that is, the contents of two "Park Ji Sung" are integrated into one "Park Ji Sung," and the other "Park Ji Sung" is deleted. As a result of performing the content integration option, the mobile communication terminal proceeds to step 224 and stores the edited phonebook content.

On the other hand, if the content extraction option is selected among the editing options, the mobile terminal proceeds to step 218 and receives a specific item from two or more selected phone number name contents.

7 is a diagram illustrating a content extraction option execution screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to (a) of FIG. 7, the mobile communication terminal receives a corresponding item among two phone number names according to a predetermined key (direction key or numeric / text key) input of the user's key input unit 112. Can be. For example, the mobile communication terminal may receive a selection of an upper item or a lower item according to a user's up / down arrow key input or a selection of a left item or a right item according to a left / right arrow key input. In addition, after receiving an item, the mobile communication terminal may modify the content of the selected item according to an input such as a number / character key. In FIG. 7A, the selected item is indicated by hatching.

As described above, after a specific item is selected from two or more phone number names, the mobile communication terminal extracts the content of the selected item in step 220. For example, the mobile communication terminal extracts the contents of the hatched items as shown in FIG.

In operation 222, the mobile communication terminal generates a new phone number name using the extracted item contents. For example, the mobile communication terminal generates a new phone number name "Park Ji Sung" as the content of the extracted item as shown in FIG. As a result of performing the content extraction option, the mobile communication terminal proceeds to step 224 and stores the edited phone book contents.

8 is a diagram illustrating a result of editing a phone book according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, after performing the content integration and content extraction option according to an embodiment of the present invention, two phone number names "Park Ji Sung" are integrated or newly generated into one "Park Ji Sung" on the phone book list display screen.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention has been described as an example of editing two phone number names on one screen, it is also possible to edit two or more phone number names on one screen. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention enables the mobile communication terminal to edit the contents of two or more telephone number names in one screen, so that the telephone book can be edited more conveniently and easily.

In addition, the present invention makes it possible to edit the contents of two or more telephone number names in one screen so that the contents of duplicate or wrong telephone number names can be easily corrected.

In addition, the present invention can be modified without comparing the two or more phone number names, because the contents of the phone number to be compared can be viewed on one screen, so that the contents of the phone number can be separately stored or recorded on another medium. It works.

Claims (6)

In the mobile phone terminal editing method, Receiving at least two phone number names to be edited by the user; Displaying contents of the selected phone number name on one screen; And incorporating the contents of the selected telephone number name into the contents of one telephone number name according to the contents integration request for the selected telephone number name. The method of claim 1, And generating a new phone number name by extracting a specific item content from the selected phone number name contents according to the content extraction request for the selected phone number name. The method of claim 1, And editing the selected one telephone number name according to a request for editing the selected telephone number name if the selected telephone number name is one. The method of claim 1, And integrating the contents of the selected telephone number into the contents of one telephone number name, and then deleting the selected telephone number name except the integrated telephone number name. The method of claim 2, And generating a new phone number name, and then deleting the selected phone number name. The method of claim 1, The contents of the telephone number name includes at least one of a telephone number, a birthday, a group name, an address, and an email.

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