KR100722469B1 - Mobile communication terminal having function of restricting the call process of groups of call numbers and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an incoming / outgoing call control of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to allow an incoming / outgoing call restriction group to be registered as a specific phone number string, and to collectively receive incoming and outgoing signals for telephone numbers included in the registered call-out restriction group. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and a method for limiting an incoming / outgoing call of a grouped telephone number.

The above-described mobile communication terminal having an incoming / outgoing call restriction function of grouped telephone numbers of the present invention includes: a call processing unit for performing call processing for incoming / outgoing calls of the mobile communication terminal; An input unit for inputting a representative telephone number string comprising a combination of a number representing a representative telephone number and a representative character representing a number of digits so as to represent an incoming / outgoing call-restriction group, which is an incoming / outgoing call restriction group of the mobile communication terminal; A storage unit for storing the representative phone number string inputted by the input unit; When the call processing proceeds by the call processing unit, the number by the number of digits of the call processing target phone number and the representative phone number string are compared to limit the incoming / outgoing call by the call processing unit when the numbers other than the digits where the representative character is located match. Initiation signal control unit; characterized in that comprises a

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Description

Mobile communication terminal having function of restricting the call process of groups of call numbers and the method

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication network,

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

3 to 5 are diagrams illustrating a representative phone number string input screen for setting a call forwarding restriction group according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing the call restriction process for the grouped telephone numbers according to the present invention.

* Description of the main symbols in the drawings *

100: mobile communication terminal 10: control unit

11: call processing unit 12: input unit

13: storage unit 14: initiation signal control unit

20: storage unit 30: display unit

40: audio portion 50: keypad portion

60: RF transmitter 70: RF receiver

80: duplexer

200: base station 210: base station controller

300: mobile network

The present invention relates to an incoming / outgoing call control of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, has an incoming / outgoing / restriction function of a grouped telephone number to collectively block incoming / outgoing signals for a group of telephone numbers represented by a specific telephone number string. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof.

Due to the development of mobile communication service, the advertising cost is low because the advertisement message is transmitted directly to the individual through the mobile communication terminal, that is, the text and voice message, rather than the advertisement using the mass media. In addition, since the advertisement can be selected by the consumer, the advertisement has a remarkable effect. For this reason, multimedia service providers or other for-profit providers may randomly extract the advertisement for efficiency, or use a specific group of telephone numbers to send a voice call or send a text message directly to the mobile terminal. Ads are sent by unlimited number of ads, and direct call connection is also increasing rapidly.

That is, the advertisement method as described above causes the user of the mobile communication terminal to perform an unnecessary telephone reception procedure, thereby causing discomfort and inconvenience such as spam mail.

The advertising method described above also provides information such as securities and fortunes at a rate of 10 seconds or 30 seconds at a fee, and is often provided as a telephone number beginning with 060, 0600, 0800, etc. The contractor decides.

If some operators, etc., use this number to win an event or impersonate a friend and send a text message or voice message to induce a call to the number, if the receiver inadvertently presses the call button to make a call, There is a problem of paying a communication fee and an information fee. In this way, service providers such as KT and DACOM are generally not responsible for the communication charges and information usage fees that are excessively charged to the user.

Therefore, in order to prevent the above-mentioned damages, the mobile telecommunication company provides a call blocking service for a specific phone number to prevent the user from receiving a 060 service or the like that is not desired by the user. In the case of a mobile communication terminal, a user can register a specific phone number that the user wants to restrict to the mobile communication terminal, and block a call to a registered phone number so that incoming and outgoing calls are restricted by the user. Providing.

1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a mobile communication company system for incoming and outgoing call restriction of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the following describes the service limiting service of the mobile communication company. The mobile operator registers the telephone numbers requested by the users in a mobile communication system such as MSC. Information registered in a mobile communication system such as an MSC may be transmitted and managed for each BTS or collectively managed by an MSC.

As described above, if there is a call connection using the mobile terminal of the specific subscriber as the receiving number after the incoming call request number requested by the specific subscriber is registered, the mobile communication system retrieves the caller information and then the call restriction by the specific subscriber is determined. The call processing process is stopped when the incoming call limit is set by determining whether it is set, and the call processing process continues when the incoming call limit is not set.

However, the call-restriction service provided by the mobile carrier among the call-restriction methods of the prior art as described above provides only the call-restriction service to a specific group of telephone numbers, such as 060, which is widely known to cause social problems. Not all phone numbers provide specific call forwarding services. That is, the call restriction service for a specific phone number provided by the mobile carrier server is provided only by the user's request, and the user cannot set the call directly, and the call restriction setting phone number is limited to 060 and so on. There is a problem in that it does not provide a limiting service for phone numbers.

Next, in the case of a call-limiting method, which is performed by having a call-limiting function in a mobile communication terminal, the phone number that the user does not want to receive is directly inputted and stored in the mobile communication terminal. shall. Therefore, it becomes very cumbersome to perform call restriction setting, and there is a problem that limited memory resources of the mobile communication terminal are wasted due to registration of the call restriction telephone number. In addition, since the memory resources of the mobile communication terminal is small, the user may not be able to register all the telephone numbers that the user does not want to receive, and in this case, the user may not receive the desired level of incoming call restriction service.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, so that a specific group of telephone numbers can be collectively registered as an incoming / outgoing call number by inputting and storing a telephone number corresponding character string representing the group. If the call processing is performed, all the phone numbers set as the restricted call group by determining whether the call processing target phone number is registered as the restricted call number using the telephone number corresponding string representing the specific telephone number group. The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof capable of blocking incoming and outgoing calls to a group and having the incoming call limiting function of a grouped telephone number so as to receive the best incoming call limiting service with a small memory resource. do.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile communication terminal having an incoming / outgoing call-out restriction function of a grouped telephone number of the present invention comprises: a call processing unit for performing call processing for incoming / outgoing calls of a mobile communication terminal; An input unit for inputting a representative telephone number string comprising a combination of a number representing a representative telephone number and a representative character representing a number of digits so as to represent an incoming / outgoing call-restriction group, which is an incoming / outgoing call restriction group of the mobile communication terminal; A storage unit for storing the representative phone number string inputted by the input unit; When the call processing proceeds by the call processing unit, the number of digits of the call processing target phone number is compared with the representative phone number string, and if the number other than the digits where the representative character is located is restricted from the call processing unit. Initiation signal control unit; characterized in that comprises a.

Calling restriction method of the grouped telephone number of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object, a combination of a number and a representative character representing the representative telephone number to represent the call forwarding restriction group of the mobile communication terminal An incoming / outgoing call limit group setting process of receiving and storing a representative phone number string consisting of; If an incoming call processing process for a specific telephone number is performed after the incoming call limiting group setting process, other than the number of digits except the representative letters of the representative phone number string of the incoming call limiting group and the digits of the representative letters of the specific phone number. An incoming / outbound call determination process of determining whether the specific telephone number is included in the incoming / outgoing call-restriction group by comparing numbers corresponding to the digits of the caller; A call signal control process for performing a call processing when the specific telephone number is not included in the call restriction group, and stopping the call processing when the call number is not included in the call restriction group. Characterized in that made.

The incoming call control process may further include a non-receipt notification process of outputting a message informing that the reception is impossible to the caller's terminal corresponding to the incoming call when the incoming / outgoing call restriction is the incoming / outgoing call restriction on the incoming call.

In the present invention described above, the representative characters included in the representative phone number string used when setting the call-in limiting group are numeric representative characters representing all digits of a specific digit, and all digits of all digits of a specific digit or less. Characterized by including a digit representative character.

The number representative character represents all phone numbers having a number string of the remaining number of digits except the number of digits in which the representative character is located. That is, a phone number having a sequence of phone numbers of the remaining digits except the number of digits in which the number representative character is located, and represents all phone numbers having a number from 0 to 9 in the number of digits of the representative character.

The digit representative character represents all numeric strings of all subsequent digits including the digit where the digit representative character is located.

The mobile communication terminal includes a wireless mobile terminal such as a PDA, a mobile phone, etc. capable of voice and data communication.

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

2 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a call processing unit 11 for performing call processing for an incoming / outgoing call of the mobile communication terminal; Controls the user interface output to the display unit 30 so that a representative telephone number string formed by a combination of a number and a representative character representing a number of digits for identifying an incoming / outgoing call-restriction group as a call-restricting target phone number group of the mobile communication terminal can be input An input unit 12; A storage unit 13 for storing a representative phone number string inputted by the input unit 15; When the incoming or outgoing call processing by the call processing unit 11 proceeds, a number other than the number of digits in which the representative character of the representative phone number string of the call processing target phone number is located coincides with the number of digits of the representative phone number string. In the case of a phone number, the call signal control unit 14 to limit the call to the call processing unit; is configured to include.

The mobile communication terminal 100 further includes a ringer 15 which outputs a bellso when there is an incoming request signal in the call processing process by the call processing unit 11; A signal processor 16 converts a digital signal into an RF signal and converts the RF signal into a digital signal.

At this time, the call processing unit (11); An input unit 12; A storage unit 13; An alarm signal control unit 14; Ringer 15; The signal processor 16 may be integrated with a control unit (MSM) 10 that performs voice control and signal processing to provide voice and packet data services.

The mobile communication terminal includes a display unit 30 for outputting a user interface screen and outputting internal driving information in addition to the controller 10; An audio unit 40 for processing and outputting an audio signal such as a voice signal or converting and outputting a voice signal input through a microphone into a digital signal; A keypad unit 50 for receiving a user's control command; An RF transmitter 60 for performing RF signal processing on the signal transmitted from the controller 10 to the outside; An RF receiver 70 which performs signal processing on the RF signal received from the outside, converts the signal into a digital signal, and inputs it to the controller 10; And a duplexer 80 which selectively transmits an RF signal to be transmitted to or received from the outside and transmits an RF signal to be transmitted to the outside through an antenna, and inputs the received RF signal to the RF receiver 70. It is composed. Reference numeral 41 denotes a speaker, and 42 denotes a microphone.

The call processor 11 performs a call control process for accessing and releasing a mobile communication system by an incoming / outgoing call of the mobile communication terminal.

The input unit 12 allows the user to set a phone number group to be a call forwarding restriction target, to the display unit 30 so that the user can input and update the representative phone number string representing the call forwarding restricted phone number group The user interface screen is output, and the representative phone number string input by the user using the keypad unit 50 is referred to and stored in the storage unit 13 by referring to the interface screen output on the display unit.

The storage unit 13 stores a representative telephone number string representing a call origination restriction group, which is a group of call destination restriction target numbers input by the user through the input unit 12.

The representative phone number string is composed of a combination of a number representing a representative telephone number and a representative character representing a digit.

Representative characters included in the representative phone number string is composed of a numeric representative character representing all numbers of a specific digit, and a digit representative character representing all numbers of all digits of a specific digit or less.

The number representative character represents all phone numbers having a string of numbers of the remaining number of digits except the number of digits in which the representative character is located. That is, a phone number having a sequence of phone numbers of the remaining digits except the number of digits in which the number representative character is located, and represents all phone numbers having a number from 0 to 9 in the number of digits of the representative character.

The digit representative character represents all numeric strings of all subsequent digits including the digit where the digit representative character is located.

3 to 5 illustrate an example of inputting a call limit group representative phone number string through a user interface when the number representative character is designated as # and the number representative character is designated as * among the representative characters.

In the case of Figure 3 is a screen showing an embodiment of inputting a representative phone number string for call origination restriction group setting using the * representative character digits, 02111 * is a representative phone number string representing the call origination restriction group, * Is a digit representative character and represents all digits of the number of digits placed and the following digits. That is, the representative phone number string represented by 02111 * of FIG. 3 sets all the phone numbers whose telephone number starts with 02111 as the call restriction group.

In the case of Figure 4 is a screen showing an embodiment of inputting a representative phone number string for call forwarding restriction group setting using a number representative character #, ## 456 ## 5678 is a representative phone number representing a call forwarding restriction group # Is a numeric character representing all the digits where # is located. In the case of FIG. 4, the third, fourth, and fifth digits of the phone number are 456, and the eighth and ninth numbers. The tenth and eleventh numbers are all set to 5678 as the call restriction group.

In the case of Figure 5 is a screen showing an embodiment of inputting the representative phone number string for the call restriction group setting using the digit representative character * and the number representative character #, # # 456 * is representative of the call restriction group It becomes a phone number string, # is a numeric representative character representing all the digits in which the # is located. It represents all the digits in the first and second digits, and * is the digit representative character, and the sixth to eleventh digits are represented. Represents all the numbers. That is, in the case of FIG. 5, all telephone numbers having the number 456 of the third, fourth, and fifth digits among the telephone number digits are set as the call origination restriction group.

That is, as described in Figures 3 to 5, the present invention facilitates the setup of the incoming and outgoing restriction group, and also stores only the representative telephone number string in storing the incoming and outgoing restriction group, thereby significantly saving memory resources.

In the description of FIGS. 3 to 5, a password may be input to drive the user interface screen. Although not shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the above-described user interface screen preferably includes a registration menu, an information change menu, and a call signal restriction setting function menu for registering a representative telephone number string for call origination restriction group setting. It is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The storage unit 13 shown in FIG. 2 is controlled by the input unit 12, and user interface driving software data output to the display unit 30 so as to input the representative phone number string, and call reception restrictions registered using the user interface. Represents a representative phone number string representing a group, and stores system information, user input information, and the like of a mobile communication terminal, as in the prior art.

The call signal controller 14 detects the presence or absence of call control by the call processor 11 and detects a call processing target phone number when call processing is in progress. Thereafter, the detected call processing target phone number is compared with the representative phone number string representing the incoming / outgoing call-out group stored in the storage unit to determine whether the call processing progress phone number is included in the call-out call limit group. As a result of determination, when the call processing target phone number is included in the incoming / outgoing call restriction group, the call processing procedure stop signal is output to the call processing unit 11 to stop the call processing procedure. At this time, in the case of the end of the outgoing call processing, it may be configured to output a message informing the user that the phone number is restricted.

Figure 6 is a flow chart illustrating a process of call forwarding restriction using the grouped telephone numbers of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, a method for restricting call origination of a grouped phone number of a mobile communication terminal includes a representative phone number for setting an outbound call limit group output to the display unit 30 by an input unit 12 driven according to a user's driving command. On the user interface screen for entering a character string through the keypad unit 50 to represent the telephone numbers of the call origination restriction group by the user inputs a number, a numeric representative character, a digit representative character as shown in FIGS. A call forwarding restriction group is set by inputting and storing a representative telephone number string. At this time, the phone number of the call origination restriction group may be registered by selecting a specific phone number from the phone book stored in the mobile communication terminal (S10).

Thereafter, the call signal controller 14 determines whether the call processor performs a call connection process based on a call signal from the user or a hand signal received from the outside (S20).

If the call processing process of the call processing unit 11 for the outgoing call or incoming call from the outside is performed as a result of the determination in S20, the call signal control unit 14 reads the call processing target phone number and then the storage unit. It is determined whether the telephone number currently being processed by the call is a telephone number included in the calling party restriction group by comparing with the representative phone number string representing the calling party restriction group stored in (13). At this time, it is determined whether or not the call processing target phone number is a phone number belonging to an incoming / outgoing call restriction group by comparing the same as in the above description of FIGS. 3 to 5 (S30).

When the call processing target phone number is determined to be a phone number included in the call forwarding restriction group, the call signal control unit 14 determines whether the call processing for the call processing target phone number is an outgoing call. It is determined whether or not (S40).

As a result of the determination in S40, when the call processing currently performed in the mobile communication terminal is an incoming call due to an external call connection request, a message indicating that the call connection cannot be performed is transmitted to the base station (S50), or the call processing in the mobile communication terminal. Abort the procedure to stop the call processing process. At this time, the CID information and the like may be output to the display unit 30, and the call connection is terminated by the caller terminal that has sent the incoming call by sending a message to notify the server of the mobile communication provider that the call connection is not performed. The procedure of notifying that the operation may be performed may be performed (S60).

If the call processing performed in the mobile communication terminal is the originating signal as a result of S40, the call processing unit outputs a call processing stop signal to the call processing unit, and the call processing unit 11 transmits a message such as call release to the base station. Terminate call connection process. In this case, when the call connection is forcibly terminated, the message output process of outputting a message indicating the end of the call connection may be further performed through the display unit 30 and / or the speaker 41 of the user (S70).

On the contrary, as a result of S30 definition, if the current call processing target phone number is not included in the call restriction group, a general call processing process is performed (S80).

The present invention described above simplifies the telephone number registration procedure for incoming / outgoing call restriction by allowing a specific representative string to be stored by grouping and storing a call-out restriction number when registering an incoming / outgoing call number of a mobile communication terminal. By storing a specific representative phone number string, it provides an effect of preventing waste of memory resources.

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A call processing unit which performs call processing for incoming / outgoing calls of the mobile communication terminal; An input unit for inputting a representative telephone number string comprising a combination of a number representing a representative telephone number and a representative character representing a number of digits so as to represent an incoming / outgoing call-restriction group, which is an incoming / outgoing call restriction group of the mobile communication terminal; A storage unit for storing the representative phone number string inputted by the input unit; When the call processing proceeds by the call processing unit, the number by the number of digits of the call processing target phone number and the representative phone number string are compared to limit the incoming / outgoing call by the call processing unit when the numbers other than the digits where the representative character is located match. Mobile communication terminal having an incoming and outgoing call restriction function of the grouped telephone numbers, characterized in that it comprises a call signal control unit. The representative character of claim 1, wherein the representative character included in the representative telephone number character string is a numeric representative character representing all the digits of the number of digits in which the representative character is located, and all subsequent digits including the digits in which the representative character is located A mobile communication terminal having a call forwarding / restriction function of a grouped telephone number, characterized in that it comprises a digit representative character representing a number. An incoming / outgoing call limiting group setting process of receiving and storing a representative phone number string comprising a combination of a number representing a representative telephone number and a representative character representing a number of digits to represent a call-restricting group of a mobile communication terminal; If an incoming call processing process for a specific telephone number is performed after the incoming call limiting group setting process, other than the number of digits except the representative letters of the representative phone number string of the incoming call limiting group and the digits of the representative letters of the specific phone number. An incoming call limiting judgment process of determining whether the specific telephone number is included in the incoming call limiting group by comparing whether or not the numbers of the digits of the same match; A call signal control process for performing a call processing when the specific telephone number is not included in the call restriction group, and stopping the call processing when the call number is not included in the call restriction group. Call limiting method of the grouped telephone number of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of. The representative character of claim 3, wherein the representative character included in the representative telephone number string includes all the digit representative characters representing all the digits of the digits in which the representative characters are located, and all subsequent digits including the digits in which the representative characters are located. Call limiting method of the grouped phone number of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that comprising a digit representative character representing a number.

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