KR100662102B1 - Message transmission method and portable terminal having message transmission function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a message transmission method and a portable terminal having a message transmission function. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, after updating and storing arrangement basic information such as message origination history information and number of message origination for each recipient at every message sending time point, the arrangement basic information is used at the time of designating receiver information for message transmission. The receiver information is sequentially arranged and displayed, and the selected receiver information is designated as a destination to transmit the message. Thus, the present invention facilitates the retrieval and entry of the recipient telephone number.

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Description

Message transmission method and portable terminal having message transmission function

1 is a view showing a short message transmission process using a conventional portable terminal.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable terminal having a receiver information search function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a short message transmission process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission method according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a short message transmission process according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: portable terminal

110: key input unit

120: antenna unit

210: wireless transceiver

215: voice processing unit

220: handset

225: display unit

230: power supply

235: LED driver

240: memory

245: history management unit

250: control unit

The present invention relates to message transmission, and more particularly, to message transmission using a portable terminal equipped with a communication function.

In general, a portable terminal having a communication function, such as a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA), has a short message transmission / reception function.

Short message service refers to a text service that allows portable terminal users to send and receive short text messages of about 40 characters without additional equipment. Short messages are used to communicate between subscribers of telecommunications services or to promote advertising for businesses.

1 is a diagram illustrating a short message transmission process using a conventional portable terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1, the user selects a menu button 130 or a shortcut button 135 provided on the key input unit 110 of the portable terminal 100 to display the outgoing message menu screen 120 on the display unit. do.

Subsequently, the user selects the compose menu on the outgoing message menu screen 120 so that the compose menu screen 160 is displayed on the display unit, and also by selecting the new sentence write menu included in the compose menu screen 160. The new sentence write input window 170 is displayed on the display unit.

When the user inputs a message content (eg, hello) in the new sentence writing input window 170 and selects the confirmation button 140, the receiver number input window 180 is displayed on the display unit. The user directly inputs the recipient's telephone number in each item of the recipient number input window 180 or automatically searches for the recipient's telephone number through name search in the telephone directory.

Finally, when the user inputs a phone number to be contacted in the phone number input window 190 to be contacted and selects a confirmation button, a transmission screen 195 is displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal 100 and the input message is a receiver phone number. An operation to transmit to the network is performed.

However, the conventional method for transmitting a short message using a portable terminal requires a lot of time to enter a counterpart phone number in order to designate a destination, and it is inconvenient to remember the counterpart phone number.

In addition, the conventional short message transmission method using the phone book also has a problem that it is inconvenient and takes a long time to search for a specific phone number among a plurality of phone number information sequentially arranged in the order of storage.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is to facilitate the input of a recipient's telephone number in transmitting a message (eg, a short message, a long message, a multimedia message, an e-mail, etc.) to a recipient through a communication network. It is to provide a portable terminal having a message transmission method and a message transmission function.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a message transmission method and a portable terminal having a message transmission function capable of quickly selecting a recipient's telephone number by listing telephone numbers in the order determined by the user's message origination history information.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a message transmission method and a portable terminal having a message transmission function, by which a user can adjust the phone number list order determined by the message origination history information.

Still other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description of the embodiments.

In order to achieve the above objects, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal having a message transmission function.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in a portable terminal having a message transmission function, a storage unit for storing the basic information including the message origination history information, the number of message origination for each recipient, wherein the message origination history information Is communication information of a receiver corresponding to each message sent from the portable terminal, the communication information including at least one of a name, a telephone number, an email address, and an IP address; A history management unit for updating the arrangement basic information stored in the storage unit for each message sending time and sequentially arranging the communication information by using the arrangement basic information when the receiver information is designated; And a display unit displaying one or more of the communication information arranged by the history management unit, wherein any communication information selected from the communication information arranged through the display unit is designated as a destination for transmitting the message. Provided is a portable terminal provided.

The history manager may arrange communication information of the receiver in order of increasing number of message transmissions per receiver.

When the message origination history information further includes message origination time information, the history management unit may arrange communication information of the receiver in the order in which the message was most recently sent.

When the arrangement basic information further includes the number of message reception by sender, and the message origination history information further includes communication information of the sender corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, the history management unit receives the message by the sender. The communication information of the caller can be arranged in the order of increasing number.

If the message origination history information further includes the communication information of the sender and the message reception time information corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, the history management unit displays the communication information of the sender in the order of the most recently received message. Can be arranged.

The display area of the display unit may be divided into two or more areas, and any one area may be allocated as an area for displaying the arranged communication information.

In order to achieve the above objects, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message transmission method performed in a portable terminal and a recording medium recording a program enabling the execution of the method.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a program of instructions that can be executed by a portable terminal is tangibly implemented to perform a message transmission method, and in a recording medium recording a program that can be read by the portable terminal And updating and storing arrangement basic information including message origination history information corresponding to message origination and number of message origination per recipient, wherein the message origination history information is a receiver corresponding to each message sent from the portable terminal. Wherein the communication information includes at least one of a name, a telephone number, an email address, and an IP address; Receiving a message content to be transmitted; Determining whether it is time to designate a recipient to which the message content is to be transmitted; Sequentially arranging communication information of the receiver by using the arrangement basic information when the receiver is designated; Displaying communication information of the one or more arranged recipients; Designating communication information of any receiver selected from the arranged communication information as a destination for transmitting the message; And a recording medium recording a program for executing the step of transmitting the message content to the destination.

The sequentially arranging the communication information of the receiver may be characterized by arranging communication information of the receiver in order of increasing number of message transmissions per receiver.

When the message origination history information further includes message origination time information, sequentially arranging communication information of the receiver may be configured to arrange communication information of the receiver in the order of the most recent message transmission. have.

When the arrangement basic information further includes the number of message reception for each sender, and the message origination history information further includes communication information of the sender corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, communication information of the receiver is sequentially The arranging may include arranging communication information of the caller in an order of increasing number of message receptions per caller.

When the message origination history information further includes the communication information of the sender and the message reception time information corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, the step of arranging the communication information of the receiver sequentially includes the most recently received message. The communication information of the caller may be arranged in order.

The communication information of the receiver may be displayed in any one of the display areas of the display unit divided into two or more areas.

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

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal having a receiver information search function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the portable terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a key input unit 110, an antenna unit 205, a wireless transceiver 210, a voice processor 215, a handset 220, and a display 225. ), A power supply 230, an LED driver 235, a memory 240, a history manager 245, and a controller 250. The portable terminal 100 according to the present invention is a device (eg, a mobile phone, a PDA, etc.) capable of transmitting and receiving a message through a communication network by embedding a communication function. Some components (eg, the LED driver 235, etc.) of the portable terminal 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be omitted, and some components (eg, the history manager 245, etc.) may be omitted. It may be implemented in the form of a software program created to perform the same function.

The key input unit 110 includes a plurality of key buttons (for example, numeric buttons, character buttons, function buttons, etc.) to select a function from a user (for example, a message writing function, a message sending function, a recipient information search function, etc.). ), Message content, recipient information (eg, phone number, email address, etc.) is a means for receiving input.

The antenna unit 205 transmits a transmission signal (for example, a user's voice signal, a telephone call request, a message transmission request, a wireless Internet access request, etc.) received from the wireless transmission / reception unit 210 (not shown). ), And receives and transmits a radio signal (for example, a voice signal of another user, message data content data, etc.) from the mobile communication service system to the radio transceiver 210.

The wireless transceiver 210 is coupled to the antenna unit 205 to transfer the wireless signal received from the mobile communication service system to the handset 220 or the memory 240, the voice input through the handset 220 The signal and / or the message generated by the key button selection signal through the key input unit 110 is transmitted to the mobile communication service system through the antenna unit 205.

The voice processor 215 processes the voice signal received through the wireless transceiver 210 and outputs it through the handset 220, and also processes the voice signal input through the handset 220 to transmit and receive the wireless signal. Forward to 210.

The handset 220 may include a speaker (not shown) and a microphone (not shown). The speaker is a means for outputting a voice signal of another user received from the mobile communication service system through the antenna unit 205, a transmission sound corresponding to any key button selection provided in the key input unit 110, and the microphone is a portable type. The terminal 100 is a means for receiving a voice of a user.

The display unit 225 displays an operation state of the portable terminal 100, time information, a list of recipient information generated by the history management unit 245, and the like. The display unit 225 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display.

The power supply 230 performs a function of supplying driving power of the portable terminal 100. The power supply 230 may be, for example, a connection terminal for connecting to a battery, a solar cell, or the like.

The LED driver 235 performs a function of blinking the LED under the control of the controller 250 so that a user can recognize when a call is received on the portable terminal 100.

The memory unit 240 is an operation program of the portable terminal 100, communication related information for allowing the portable terminal 100 to perform a communication service (for example, a terminal serial number (ESN: Electronic Serial Number), a telephone number). Etc.), user personal information (e.g. phone book, short message transmission data, etc.), recent call log (i.e. recent outgoing phone number, recently received phone number), message transmission history information (e.g., sent by recipient) Number of items, when to send each recipient, etc.) The memory unit 240 may be configured in plurality or divided into a plurality of storage areas according to the type of information to be stored. For example, the memory unit 240 may be divided into an area for storing essential information such as communication related information and an area for storing information that can be managed by a user, such as user personal information.

The history manager 245 manages the message transmission history information, extracts the receiver information from the memory unit 240 for quick retrieval of the receiver information for message transmission, and specifies a predetermined condition (for example, the number of transmission, the transmission time point, and the like). ), The recipient information is listed and displayed through the display unit 225.

The control unit 250 includes a key input unit 110, an antenna unit 205, a wireless transceiver 210, a voice processing unit 215, and a transmission unit so that the portable terminal 100 according to the present invention can perform a receiver information search function. The receiver 220, the display 225, the power supply 230, the LED driver 235, the memory 240, and the history manager 245 are controlled.

The message transmission method according to the present invention can be used to transmit the contents of a written message to a destination corresponding to recipient information (for example, a telephone number, an email address, etc.) designated by a user. In this case, the message content may be content included in a specific message type such as a short message or an email. Therefore, the message generation order (for example, inputting a message content, selecting a phone number, inputting an email address, and inputting a message content, etc.) may vary according to the message type or the user's writing order.

However, hereinafter, it is assumed that the message type transmits a short message service (SMS) through the portable terminal 100.

Example 1

3 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a short message transmission process according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 310, the portable terminal 100 determines whether a message writing function is selected. The user may activate the message writing function by using the menu button 130 and / or the shortcut button 135 provided in the key input unit 110. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the portable terminal 100 may sequentially display an outgoing message menu screen 120, a letter writing menu screen 160, and a new sentence writing input window 170 on the display unit 225.

In operation 315, the portable terminal 100 receives a message content composed of letters and / or numbers by the user and displays the message content on the display unit 225. The message content (for example, hello) input by the user is displayed in the new sentence writing input window 170 of FIG. 4.

In operation 320, the portable terminal 100 determines whether a receiver information search command is input by the user. The recipient information retrieval command may be input by selecting a preset button (for example, a menu button) or a menu item in the recipient number input window 180-FIG. 4 after the input of the message content is completed.

If a receiver information search command is not input, the process proceeds to step 325 where the receiver information (eg, a telephone number, an e-mail address, etc.) is input by the user's key input unit 110 and the process proceeds to step 350.

However, when the receiver information search command is input, the process proceeds to step 330 where the portable terminal 100 extracts the receiver information and the history information stored in the memory unit 240 or managed by the history manager 245. Here, the recipient information includes information on the other party (eg, name, phone number, email address, etc.) to which the user of the portable terminal 100 has sent a message, and information on the other party to which the user of the portable terminal 100 has sent a message. (Eg, name, telephone number, email address, etc.), and the like. The history information corresponds to the number of messages sent for a specific counterpart information, the number of messages received for a specific counterpart information, a time point for sending a recent message for a specific counterpart information (for example, year, month, day and time), and the corresponding counterpart information. It may include at least one of the latest message reception time. In addition, the history information may further include correction information (eg, display position shift, deletion, etc.) of an alignment rule (eg, the display order arrangement condition of the counterpart information described above) set by the corresponding user.

In operation 335, the portable terminal 100 arranges the receiver information according to a predetermined condition using the extracted receiver information and the history information and displays the information on the display unit 225. For example, the portable terminal 100 may display as many as a predetermined number (for example, five people) by arranging in the order of counterpart information with a large number of message origination. In addition, the number of message transmission and the number of message reception may be calculated and arranged in a comprehensive manner. In addition, the portable terminal 100 may prevent the message from being displayed if the message transmission time or the message reception time does not meet a predetermined condition (for example, within 3 months) even if the message transmission number or the message reception number is large. In addition, the portable terminal 100 calculates a score value after setting a weight on each item (for example, the number of message origination, number of message reception, recent message origination, recent message reception, etc.) included in the history information. You can also arrange them in high order. When displaying the receiver information arranged in step 335 on the display unit 225, the portable terminal 100 rearranges and displays the receiver information so as to correspond to the correction information. The user can move up or down the display position of any receiver information on the receiver information display screen, and can also generate correction information by deleting or adding new receiver information so that it is not displayed. Therefore, the receiver information to be displayed in order of priority by the correction information may be displayed in priority, and any receiver information may not be displayed. The display form of the receiver information is illustrated on the screen 410 of FIG. 4.

In operation 340, the portable terminal 100 determines whether any receiver information is selected from the user.

If any receiver information is not selected, the portable terminal 100 may return to step 320 by an operation of the key input unit 110 that waits at step 335 or does not display the receiver information display screen of the user.

However, if any recipient information is selected, the flow advances to step 345 to insert the selected recipient information in the recipient information input area. The user can move the position of the cursor to correspond to the specific receiver information on the receiver information display screen and select the confirmation button so that the receiver information can be inserted. The screen display when the specific recipient information is inserted is illustrated on screen 420 of FIG. 4.

If the user wants to specify a plurality of recipient information, step 320 to step 345 may be repeated.

Subsequently, in step 350, the portable terminal 100 transmits the input message content using the designated receiver information as a destination. It is apparent that the portable terminal 100 may display a telephone number input window 190-FIG. 1 to be contacted as described above before displaying the transmission screen 195-FIG. 4 on the display unit.

Example 2

5 is a diagram illustrating a message transmission method according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a short message transmission process according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in operation 510, the portable terminal 100 determines whether a message writing function is selected. The user may activate the message writing function by using the menu button 130 and / or the shortcut button 135 provided in the key input unit 110. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the portable terminal 100 may sequentially display an outgoing message menu screen 120, a letter writing menu screen 160, and a new sentence writing input window 170 on the display unit 225.

In operation 515, the portable terminal 100 receives a message content composed of letters and / or numbers by the user and displays the message content on the display unit 225. The message content (for example, hello) input by the user is displayed in the new sentence writing input window 170 of FIG. 6.

In operation 520, the portable terminal 100 determines whether the current operation is a receiver information input operation. The receiver information input step is a subsequent step of the message content input step.

If it is not the receiver information input step, the flow proceeds to step 515 again. Of course, the message writing function may be terminated by the user's key input unit 110.

In the case of the receiver information input step, the portable terminal 100 extracts the receiver information and the history information stored in the memory unit 240 or managed by the history manager 245 in step 530. Here, the recipient information includes information on the other party (eg, name, phone number, email address, etc.) to which the user of the portable terminal 100 has sent a message, and information on the other party to which the user of the portable terminal 100 has sent a message. (Eg, name, telephone number, email address, etc.), and the like. The history information corresponds to the number of messages sent for a specific counterpart information, the number of messages received for a specific counterpart information, a time point for sending a recent message for a specific counterpart information (for example, year, month, day and time), and the corresponding counterpart information. It may include at least one of the latest message reception time. In addition, the history information may further include correction information (eg, display position shift, deletion, etc.) of an alignment rule (eg, the display order arrangement condition of the counterpart information described above) set by the corresponding user.

In operation 535, the portable terminal 100 divides the display area of the display unit 225 into two or more areas. A state in which the display area of the display unit 225 is divided into two or more areas is illustrated at 610 of FIG. 6. One of the divided areas may be preset as an information display area 615 for arranging and displaying the extracted recipient information. Therefore, the user does not need to input a separate command for arranging and displaying the receiver information according to preset conditions.

In operation 540, the portable terminal 100 arranges the receiver information according to a predetermined condition by using the extracted receiver information and the history information, and then displays the information on the assigned specific area among the display areas of the display unit 225. For example, the portable terminal 100 may display as many as a predetermined number (for example, five people) by arranging in the order of counterpart information with a large number of message origination. In addition, the number of message transmission and the number of message reception may be calculated and arranged in a comprehensive manner. In addition, the portable terminal 100 may prevent the message from being displayed if the message transmission time or the message reception time does not meet a predetermined condition (for example, within 3 months) even if the message transmission number or the message reception number is large. In addition, the portable terminal 100 calculates a score value after setting weights for each item (for example, the number of message transmission, the number of message reception, the time of recent message transmission, the time of recent message reception, etc.) included in the history information. You can also arrange them in high order.

When displaying the arranged receiver information on the display unit 225, the portable terminal 100 rearranges and displays the receiver information so as to correspond to the correction information when the correction information of the alignment rule exists. The user can move up or down the display position of any receiver information on the receiver information display screen, and can also generate correction information by deleting or adding new receiver information so that it is not displayed. Therefore, the receiver information to be displayed in order of priority by the correction information may be displayed in priority, and any receiver information may not be displayed.

In operation 545, the portable terminal 100 determines whether any receiver information is selected from the user.

If no recipient information is selected, the portable terminal 100 waits at step 540. Of course, the message writing function may be terminated by the user's key input unit 110.

However, if any recipient information is selected, the flow advances to step 550 to insert the selected recipient information in the recipient information input area. The user can move the position of the cursor to correspond to the specific receiver information on the receiver information display screen and select the confirmation button so that the receiver information can be inserted. The screen display when the specific recipient information is inserted is illustrated on screen 620 of FIG. 6. If the receiver information to be selected does not exist in the information display area 615, the user must manually enter the corresponding area of the manual input area 625. In the receiver information input step, the position of the cursor is automatically moved to the information display area 615, but the cursor is moved to the manual input area 625 by selection of a preset area moving button. Of course, the reverse setting is also possible.

If the user wants to specify a plurality of recipient information, the plurality of recipient information may be sequentially or collectively selected in the information display area 615 to be inserted into each item in the manual input area 625.

Subsequently, in step 555, the portable terminal 100 transmits the input message content using the designated receiver information as a destination.

As described above, a portable terminal having a message transmission method and a message transmission function according to the present invention is intended to transmit a message (for example, a short message, a long message, a multimedia message, an email, etc.) to a recipient through a communication network. This has the effect of making it easier to enter numbers.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that it is possible to quickly select the recipient phone number by listing the phone numbers in the order determined by the message origination history information of the user.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that the user can adjust the phone number list order determined by the message origination history information.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

Claims (12)

In a portable terminal having a message transmission function, A storage unit for storing basic information including at least one of message origination history information and number of message origination per recipient, wherein the message origination history information is communication information of a receiver corresponding to each message sent from the portable terminal; The communication information includes at least one of a name, a telephone number, an email address, and an IP address; A history management unit for updating the arrangement basic information stored in the storage unit for each message sending time and sequentially arranging the communication information by using the arrangement basic information when the receiver information is designated; And A display unit for displaying one or more of the communication information arranged by the history management unit, The display area of the display unit is divided into two or more areas, and any one area is allocated to an area for displaying the arranged communication information, and any communication information selected from the communication information displayed through the display unit transmits the message. Portable terminal with a message transmission function, characterized in that specified as a destination for. The method of claim 1, The history management unit is a portable terminal having a message transmission function for arranging the communication information of the receiver in the order of the number of message transmission per recipient. The method of claim 1, And when the message origination history information further includes message origination time information, the history management unit comprises a message transmission function for arranging communication information of the receiver in the order of the most recent message transmission. The method of claim 1, When the arrangement basic information further includes the number of message reception by sender, and the message origination history information further includes communication information of the sender corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, the history management unit receives the message by the sender. A portable terminal having a message transmission function for arranging communication information of the caller in order of increasing number. The method of claim 1, If the message origination history information further includes the communication information of the sender and the message reception time information corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, the history management unit displays the communication information of the sender in the order of the most recently received message. A portable terminal having a message transmission function to arrange. delete In the recording medium on which a program of instructions that can be executed by a portable terminal is tangibly implemented to perform a message transmission method, and in which a program can be read by the portable terminal, Updating and storing arrangement basic information including at least one of message origination history information and message number of recipients in correspondence with message origination, wherein the message origination history information corresponds to each message sent from the portable terminal; Communication information of a receiver, the communication information comprising at least one of a name, a telephone number, an email address, and an IP address; Receiving a message content to be transmitted; Determining whether it is time to designate a recipient to which the message content is to be transmitted; Displaying the communication information of one or more receivers sequentially arranged using the arrangement basic information when a receiver designation point is specified; And If communication information of any receiver selected from the arranged communication information is designated as a destination for transmitting the message, transmitting the message content to the destination, And the communication information of the receiver is displayed in any one of the display areas of the display unit divided into two or more areas. The method of claim 7, wherein Arranging the communication information of the receiver sequentially, recording medium recording a program, characterized in that to arrange the communication information of the receiver in the order of the number of message transmission per recipient. The method of claim 7, wherein When the message origination history information further includes message origination time information, And sequentially arranging the communication information of the receiver, wherein the communication information of the receiver is arranged in the order of the most recent message transmission. The method of claim 7, wherein When the arrangement basic information further includes the number of message reception for each sender, and the message origination history information further includes communication information of the sender corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, Arranging the communication information of the receiver sequentially The recording medium recording a program, characterized in that for arranging the communication information of the caller in the order of the number of messages received per sender. The method of claim 7, wherein When the message origination history information further includes the communication information and the message reception time information of the sender corresponding to each message received by the portable terminal, And sequentially arranging communication information of the receiver comprises arranging communication information of the caller in the order of the most recently received message. delete

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