KR100729520B1 - Message management/display method in a mobile communication unit and the mobile communication unit - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for managing and displaying messages and a mobile terminal for implementing the same are provided to efficiently manage MMS messages and SMS messages according to the current tendencies, such as high resolution, the increase in screen size, interworking with an external device having a large screen. A mobile terminal comprises a storage module(14), a control module(11), and a short range wireless communication module(16). The storage module(14) stores programs to manage and display messages, received and transmitted messages, and message information to construct an overall message structure with a geometrical pattern. The control module(11) constructs a geometrical overall message structure using the whole message information stored in the storage module(14) according to the user's request, and displays the constructed geometrical overall message structure through a display module(15). The short range wireless communication module(16) executes wireless data communication with an external device having a large screen in order to display the geometrical overall message structure through the external device.

Description

Message management and display method in mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal in which this method is implemented {Message management / display method in a mobile communication unit and the mobile communication unit}

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal that implements a message management and display method according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message information table stored in a storage module of FIG. 1 implemented by a message management and display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 and 4 show examples of message display screens based on the message information table of FIG. 2;

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message information table stored in a storage module of FIG. 1 implemented by a message management and display method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a diagram illustrating an example message display screen based on the message information table of FIG. 5;

7A and 7B are flowcharts illustrating a message management and display method according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

11: control module 12: mobile communication module

13: key input module 14: storage module

15: display module 16: short-range wireless communication module

The present invention provides a message management and display method for integrated management and display of MMS message by multimedia messaging service and SMS message by short message service in a mobile communication terminal, and the method is implemented. It relates to a mobile communication terminal.

In a mobile communication terminal such as a conventional cellular phone, a method of managing and displaying a message is designed to be suitable for a small screen of the terminal. However, in recent years, as a mobile phone is added with a function as a multimedia device, the screen is enlarged and the resolution is increasing. In addition, a technique has been introduced in which a mobile phone is linked with a large screen device such as a television and a personal computer so that a screen display of the mobile phone is made through the large screen device.

Existing message management and display methods tailored to the existing small screen and low resolution in mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones are not suitable for the trend of increasing the resolution and size of screens and interworking with large screen external devices.

Therefore, in accordance with the trend of increasing resolution and screen size and interworking with large screen external devices in mobile communication terminals, the development of message management and display technology for efficient management of MMS messages and SMS messages has been developed. It is requested.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to meet the above-mentioned conventional requirements, and the user is in accordance with the trend of increasing the resolution and screen size of the mobile communication terminal, and the trend of interworking with the large screen external device, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for managing and displaying messages that can be efficiently managed by a user, and a mobile communication terminal in which the method is implemented.

In order to achieve the above object, a message management and display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a method of managing and displaying a sent and received message in a mobile communication terminal. And extracting, generating, and storing message information for constituting an entire message structure having a geometric shape with respect to the outgoing message from the corresponding message; And a second step of constructing a geometrical whole message structure using the message information stored in the storage means and displaying the configured geometrical whole message structure according to a user's request.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal for achieving the above object, the program for message management and display, and received and sent messages, message information for each message to form a complete message structure having a geometric shape Storage means for storing; Control means for forming a geometrical overall message structure using the entire message information stored in the storage means according to the user's request, and controls to display the configured geometrical overall message structure through the display means.

Hereinafter, a message management and display method in a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and a mobile communication terminal in which the method is implemented will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description, an MMS message by a multimedia messaging service and an SMS message by a short message service will be collectively referred to as a "message".

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal that implements a message management and display method according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the control module 11, mobile communication module 12, key input module 13, storage module 14, display module 15, short-range wireless It is configured to include a communication module (16).

The mobile communication module 12 is for receiving voice communication and data communication through a mobile communication network. For example, the mobile communication module 12 may be configured as a CDMA module.

The key input module 13 is composed of a plurality of numeric keys, a plurality of character keys and a plurality of function keys to input letters and numbers, and provides a user input interface for selecting and executing various functions.

The storage module 14 stores a program for mobile communication, a program for message management and display according to the present invention, and various data for message management and display. Here, the storage module 14 includes an outgoing message storage area for storing an outgoing message and a reception message storage area for storing a received message, and a message information storage area for storing only message information for the outgoing message and the received message. Equipped with. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the message information storage area includes message index, sender code, receiver code, message size, and related message index (index for previous outgoing messages of consecutively sent messages) as message information for each message. ), A message group code, a number of attachments, message acknowledgment information (information indicating whether or not the user acknowledged the message with respect to the received message), and a message send / receive time.

The display module 15 includes a normal liquid crystal display and provides a user output interface for outputting a screen through the liquid crystal display according to the control of the control module 11. In particular, the key input module 13 is provided by the user. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 3, the geometrical message structure constituted by the message information stored in the message information storage area of the storage module 14 according to the control of the control module 11 is selected as the message display menu key of FIG. The screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6.

The short-range wireless communication module 16 is connected to a large screen device such as a television and a personal computer by wireless data communication in the present invention, and the geometrical entire message structure shown in FIGS. It is used for display purposes, and may adopt a short range wireless communication method such as Bluetooth, IR (InfraRed), ZigBee, and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

The control module 11 controls the mobile communication module 12, the key input module 13, the storage module 14, the display module 15, and the short range wireless communication module 16 as a whole.

In addition, the control module 11 controls to store the message in the message storage area of the storage module 14 when receiving and sending the message, and analyzes the message as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5. Extract or generate message information for the corresponding message, including sender code, recipient code, message size, related message index, group code, number of attachments, message confirmation information, and message reception / sent time. Control to save in the message information storage area.

In addition, the control module 11 is stored in the message information storage area of the storage module 14 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 when the user requests to display the entire message structure screen through the key input module 13. 3, 4, and 6, the message structure is constructed using the message information, and the configured message structure is controlled to be displayed on the screen through the display module 15. FIG.

In addition, the control module 11 requests the output of the entire message structure of the user through the key input module 13 to a large screen device such as a television and a personal computer. 3, 4, and 6 by using a message information stored in the message information storage area of the storage module 14 as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the message structure is configured and the configured message structure is controlled to be transmitted to the large screen device through the short range wireless communication module 16. Accordingly, it is possible to manage the entire message while viewing the message structure through the large and high resolution screen of the large screen device.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message information table stored in a memory information storage area of the storage module of FIG. 1 implemented by a terminal user based message management and display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 and 4 are diagrams illustrating an example of displaying an entire message structure on a display screen based on a terminal user based on the message information table of FIG. 2.

In FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the message structure screen 15a expresses basically 8 incoming and outgoing messages in one group based on the user. In addition, the messages continuously sent by the user in response to a specific recipient are displayed. It is included in the same group and represented. In addition, an arrow is displayed from the sender to the receiver, and nodes 1 to 10 display each message, and the size (that is, the diameter) indicates the size of the message. In addition, when there are attachments in the message, attachment indicators (a) (a1, a2) may be expressed by the number of attachments. In addition, whether or not the user confirms (read) the received message can be expressed in color, for example. In the present embodiment, the hatched message means that the content is not confirmed by the user. In addition, messages continuously sent in response by the user are arranged in chronological order. In addition, the response time information of messages continuously sent in response to a specific receiver may be indicated by the length (ie, the length of the arrow) between the message nodes.

Referring to FIG. 2, a message having a message index of "1" is a message sent by a user to a recipient "BB", has a size of "45320" bytes, no related message index, a group code of "0000", and the number of attachments. Means that there is one. These message information is extracted or generated from the message by the control module 11 when the message is sent, and the message acknowledgment information is set to "1" indicating that the message is automatically confirmed because it is an outgoing message.

Also, a message having a message index of "4" as a received message is a message received by the user from the sender "BC". The message size is "124" bytes, there is no associated message index, the group code is "0000", and the number of attachments is set. Means none. These message information is extracted or generated from the message by the control module 11 at the time of receiving the message, and the message acknowledgment information is a received message and is set to " 0 " which indicates that the message is unacknowledged at the time of reception. If confirmed, the message confirmation information is updated to "1" by the control of the control module 11.

Also, a message with an associated message index and a message index of "5" is a message sent by the user to the recipient "BC", the size is "224" bytes, the associated message index is "3", and the group code is " 0000 "and there is no number of attachments. These message information is extracted or generated from the message by the control module 11 when the message is sent, and the message acknowledgment information is set to "1" indicating that the message is automatically confirmed because it is an outgoing message. Here, the relevant message index is set to "3" by the control module 11 according to whether or not the reply of the subject is displayed in the case of MMS or E-mail, and in the case of SMS, a predetermined short time. Separate messages into consecutive messages sent to the same recipient (for example, BC) (for example, 3 minutes).

If the message structure is configured based on the user using the received and sent message information configured as described above, it may be as shown in FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the control module 11 configures the entire message structure screen 15a with reference to the message information of FIG. 2, the control module 11 includes a message group in a message group whose contents have not been confirmed by the user among a plurality of message groups. In the center of the screen with the highest priority, the group of messages with the highest total number of messages is placed in the center of the screen with the next priority. In addition, the control module 11 configures the entire message structure screen 15a to improve the screen usage efficiency by fade-outing a message group in which there is no latest message or a small number of messages that are not confirmed by the user. It is preferable. The groups faded out in FIG. 4 are FO1 and FO2.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message information table stored in a storage module of FIG. 1 implemented by a message sender-based message management and display method according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 shows an example of displaying an entire message structure on a display screen based on a message origination value based on a message information table.

In FIG. 6, the message structure screen 15a expresses basically eight received and outgoing messages in one group based on the sender of the message. In addition, the user continuously sends messages to a specific recipient in response to the same group. It is included in the expression. Other presentation methods are the same as those of FIGS. 3 and 4 based on the user.

Referring to FIG. 5, a message having a message index of "1" is a message sent by a user to a recipient "BB", has a size of "45320" bytes, no message index, and a group code of "0000" and the number of attachments. Means that there is one. These message information is extracted or generated from the message by the control module 11 when the message is sent, and the message acknowledgment information is set to "1" indicating that the message is automatically confirmed because it is an outgoing message.

Also, a message having a message index of "4" as a received message is a message received by the user from the sender "BC". The message size is "124" bytes, there is no associated message index, the group code is "0001", and the number of attachments is set. Means none. These message information is extracted or generated from the message by the control module 11 at the time of receiving the message, and the message acknowledgment information is a received message and is set to " 0 " which indicates that the message is unacknowledged at the time of reception. If confirmed, the message confirmation information is updated to "1" by the control of the control module 11.

Here, the group code is different because the outgoing message is grouped by the sender. Therefore, messages with message indexes of "1", "2", "3", "5", and "8" have the same group code to form a group, and the message indexes of "4" and "6". Messages with "," 10 "have the same group code to form a group, and messages with" 7 "and" 9 "message indexes have different individual group codes to form one group individually. Done. Other than that is the same as in Figs. 3 and 4, in this case, as described with reference to Figure 4 with respect to the message groups can be performed according to the priority fading-out process.

Next, a message management and display method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B.

First, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal checks whether reception and transmission of a message occur (step S1).

When the reception and transmission of the message is confirmed in the step S1, after storing the message in the message storage area of the storage module 14, the message is analyzed and the sender code (for example, the memory module as the caller identification information) as the message information is analyzed. 14), including a name, a picture, an alias, and the like stored in the address book], a recipient code (for example, a name, a picture, an alias, etc., stored in the address book of the memory module 14 as recipient identification information), a message size, Check the related message index, the number of attachments, the message reception or sending time, specify the message index for the message, set the group code, and set the message confirmation information ("1" for outgoing messages, incoming messages). Is set to "0". Thereafter, the identified sender code, the recipient code, the message size, the related message index, the number of attachments and the message reception or sending time, and the set group code and the message confirmation information for the message, based on the specified message index. 2 and 5 are stored in the message information storage area of the storage module 14 (step S2).

Then, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal checks whether there is a screen display request of the entire message structure by the user (step S3).

If it is determined in step S3 that there is a request for displaying the screen of the entire message structure, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal uses the entire message information stored in the message information storage area of the storage module 14 to determine the above. After the entire message structure having a geometrical shape is constructed as described above, the entire message structure is controlled to be displayed on the screen via the display module 15 (step S4). Accordingly, the entire message structure is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 3 or 6.

Thereafter, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal checks whether there is a request for confirmation of the contents of the unacknowledged message among the received messages in the entire message structure displayed by the user (step S5).

If it is determined in step S5 that there is a request for confirmation of the contents of the message, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal controls to display the contents of the corresponding message stored in the message storage area of the storage module 14, and In addition, the message confirmation information of the message information for the corresponding message is updated from "1" to "0" and saved, so that the message can be displayed on the screen that the message has been confirmed by the user in the entire message structure having the geometrical form displayed on the screen. Control (step S6).

Thereafter, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal checks whether there is a request for deleting a specific message or a specific message group in the entire message structure displayed by the user (step S7).

When it is determined in step S7 that there is a request for deleting a specific message or a specific message group, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal deletes the corresponding message or the corresponding message group stored in the message storage area of the storage module 14. After deleting the message information about the message or all the messages constituting the message group, the message or the message group is deleted from the entire message structure having the geometric shape displayed on the screen. Control to be displayed (step S8).

Thereafter, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal checks by the user whether there is a request for transmission of the entire message structure to the external large screen device (step S9).

If it is determined in step S9 that there is a request for transmission, the control module 11 of the mobile communication terminal uses the entire message information stored in the message information storage area of the storage module 14 as described above. After constructing the entire message structure with the control, the entire message structure data having the geometrical form is controlled to be transmitted to the corresponding large screen device via the local area network (step S10). Subsequently, when the screen display interface is established through the external large screen device and the local area network, the large screen of the large screen device may be used to check the message or manage the message.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments can be carried out by various modifications and modifications within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, the modifications and modifications in the appended claims If included, it is obvious that it belongs to the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can efficiently manage the MMS message and the SMS message in accordance with the trend of increasing the resolution and screen size of the mobile communication terminal and the interworking with the large screen external device. do.

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A program for managing and displaying messages, storage means for storing received and sent messages, and message information for each message for constructing an overall message structure having a geometrical form; A control means for constructing a geometrical overall message structure using the entire message information stored in the storage means according to a user's request, and controlling to display the configured geometrical overall message structure through a display means; The control means controls to store the message in the storage means when receiving and sending the message, and analyzes the message to extract and generate message information for the message and store the message information in the storage means. Mobile communication terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 1, It further comprises a short-range wireless communication means for performing wireless data communication with the external device in order to display the configured geometrical entire message structure through the external device in association with an external device having a large screen. Mobile terminal. The method of claim 2, The short-range wireless communication means is a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that any one selected from Bluetooth (Bluetooth), IR (InfraRed), ZigBee (RF), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The method of claim 1, The message information includes a message index, a sender code, a recipient code, a message group code, and message acknowledgment information indicating whether the contents are confirmed by a user. The method of claim 4, wherein The message information may further include a message size, an index of a message related to the message, and a message sending / receiving time. The method of claim 1, The message information extracted and generated by the control means and stored in the storage means includes a sender code, a receiver code, a message size, an associated message index, a message group code, message acknowledgment information, and a message reception / sending time. Mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 6, And the control means generates the message group code based on either of the sender and the user of the corresponding message. The method of claim 7, wherein In constructing a message structure by using the message information stored in the storage means when the user requests to display the entire message structure, The control means configures a message having the same group code to form the same message group with reference to the message group code, and forms a node for the corresponding message using the sender code and the receiver code, and the formed node. And a moving path of the corresponding message by using an arrow on the screen, forming a different node size according to the size of the message, and differently configuring the color of the node according to the message acknowledgment information. The method of claim 8, In constructing a message structure by using the message information stored in the storage means when the user requests to display the entire message structure, And the control means is configured to refer to the related message index so that related messages are arranged in the order of their origination / reception time. The method of claim 9, In constructing a message structure consisting of a plurality of message groups by using the message information stored in the storage means when the user requests the display of the entire message structure, And the control means is configured to fade out a message group in which there is no latest message or a small number of messages not confirmed by the user. A method for managing and displaying outgoing and incoming messages in a mobile communication terminal having a storage means, A first step of, when the message is received and sent, extracting and generating message information for constructing the entire message structure having a geometric shape for each received and sent message from the corresponding message and storing the message information in the storage means; A second step of constructing a geometrical overall message structure using the message information stored in the storage means and displaying the configured geometrical whole message structure according to a user's request; In the first step, the message is stored and stored in the storage means when the message is received and sent, and the message information for the message is extracted and generated by analyzing the message and storing the message in the storage means. Message management and display method in a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 11, And a third step of displaying the entire message structure configured in the second step through the external device by interworking with an external device having a large screen by short-range wireless communication according to a user's request. Message management and display method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 12, The short range wireless communication may be any one selected from Bluetooth, InfraRed, ZigBee, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The method of claim 11, The message information includes a message index, a sender code, a receiver code, a message group code, and message acknowledgment information indicating whether the contents have been confirmed by a user. Way. The method of claim 14, The message information may further include a message size, an index of a message related to the message, and a message sending / receiving time. The method of claim 11, The message information extracted and generated in the first step and stored in the storage means includes a sender code, a receiver code, a message size, an associated message index, a message group code, message confirmation information, and a message reception / sending time. Message management and display method in the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 16, In the first step, the message group code is generated on the basis of either the sender or the user of the corresponding message. The method of claim 17, In constructing the message structure in the second step, The message having the same group code with reference to the message group code is configured to form the same message group, using the sender code and the receiver code to form a node for the message, the corresponding message using the arrow on the formed node A method of managing and displaying messages in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: displaying a moving path of a node, and forming a different size of the node according to the size of the message, and differently configuring the color of the node according to the message acknowledgment information. The method of claim 18, In constructing the message structure in the second step, And related messages are arranged such that the related messages are arranged in order of their origination / reception time with reference to the relevant message index. The method of claim 19, In constructing a message structure consisting of a plurality of message groups using the message information in a second step, Message management and display method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the message group is not confirmed by the user or the message group with a small number of messages fade out (Fade-Out).

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