KR100732707B1 - method for performing service using shortened number in mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of storing a duplicated shortcut number in a mobile communication terminal and a method of performing a call call or a message service using the duplicated shortcut number, and more particularly, to at least one phone number in one shortcut number in a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a service performing method using a speed dial number of a mobile communication terminal capable of easily and effectively searching a phone number by using a speed dial number function and furthermore, efficiently performing a call call or a message service.

Mobile communication terminal, redundant shortcut number, call call service, message service

Description

Method for performing service using shortened number in mobile communication device}

1 shows an example of a phone book stored by a method of storing duplicated shortcut numbers.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a service performing method using a shortcut number of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a call service performing method using a speed dial number of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a message service performing method using a shortcut number of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating still another embodiment of a message service performing method using a shortcut number of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a service performing method using a shortcut number of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for easily and conveniently performing a call or a message service by changing a method of storing a shortcut number of a terminal. It is about.

 Recently, with the development of mobile communication service technology, telephone connection through a mobile communication terminal has become more common than a conventional wired or wireless telephone. In addition, as the use of mobile communication services has become more common, mobile communication terminals have been able to perform new communication services such as message services in addition to the function of telephone connection of conventional telephones, and the frequency of use thereof is also increasing.

As call communication or message service through mobile communication terminals increases, mobile communication terminals provide speed dial functions. In general, a speed dial function of a mobile communication terminal is provided by a user storing several phone numbers such as a person and a company in the memory of the terminal and assigning a corresponding speed dial number. In addition to entering a phone number, it is a function that can be used to easily call a stored phone number by using a speed dial number. In addition, if the user does not remember any phone number previously stored in the memory of the terminal can be found by searching in the memory of the terminal, if you remember the shortcut number set in the above phone number can be more easily and quickly searched to find out . In general, it is easier to store a shortcut number composed of three or fewer digits than a telephone number composed of ten or more numerals, and thus, the use of the shortcut number function enables the mobile communication terminal to be used more efficiently.

Recently, the technology related to the miniature memory used in the mobile communication terminal has been developed, and the memory is reduced in size and capacity is increased, and thus, the mobile communication terminal can store more than 1000 phone numbers. However, in the mobile communication terminal, the number of speed dial numbers used by the user is generally less than 2,30, and some of the speed dial numbers are often used because they remember who is assigned to each other. However, other shortcut numbers are less frequently used because users cannot remember who they are assigned to. In addition, if you remember the speed dial number incorrectly, when the user of the mobile communication terminal attempts to make a call using the speed dial number, the phone number and name are displayed or connected to the screen of the terminal. There is a hassle to make a call, etc., it is not using the mobile terminal efficiently through the speed dial function.

In addition, due to the problem of not properly remembering only some of the speed dials as described above, when using a call call or a message service, the caller or the message service does not use the speed dial function almost, and it is more cumbersome to enter the terminal than the speed dial consisting of 3 digits or less. Since the phone number of the desired counterpart is searched and found using a name, etc., the use of a speed dial function that enables the mobile terminal to be used efficiently is insignificant.

Furthermore, if you use the service to send a message to several people, even if you are broadcasting to a certain group of people to find a shortcut number or search and input the phone number of the other party using the name of the other party, which is more cumbersome to use than the shortcut number There is discomfort that must be done.

Disclosure of the Invention An object of the present invention devised to solve the above problems is to provide a method for storing a duplicated shortcut number that enables the user to search for a telephone number easily and effectively with a speed dial function so that the mobile communication terminal can be used more efficiently. There is.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently performing a call call or a message service using the duplicated shortcut number storage method.

In order to solve the above problems, a service performing method using a speed dial number of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention comprises: a storage step of storing at least one or more telephone numbers in one speed dial number; An input step of receiving the shortcut number and a service function key; And performing a service corresponding to the service function key with the stored speed dial number.

In the present invention, the service function key is preferably one selected from a call function key or a message function key.

In the present invention, the input step is a shortcut number input step of receiving a number corresponding to the shortcut number; And it is preferably configured to include a function key input step of receiving a service function key.

In the present invention, the function key input step, in the input of the call function key, by pressing and holding the last digit number of the last digit key of the speed dial number input in the speed dial number input step or by pressing the call key It is preferable to receive the input.

In the present invention, the service performing method using the speed dial number of the mobile communication terminal, after the input step, preferably further comprises a display step of displaying the phone number stored in the speed dial number on the display means of the mobile communication terminal.

In the present invention, the display step, if there is no telephone number corresponding to the shortcut number entered in the input step, send an error message and return to the state before receiving the shortcut number, the shortcut entered in the input step When there is more than one telephone number corresponding to the number, it is preferable to display all the corresponding telephone numbers.

In the present invention, if there is one phone number corresponding to the speed dial number input in the input step, it is preferable that the one phone number is selected and the service is performed.

In the present invention, a service performing method using the speed dial number of the mobile communication terminal further includes a selection step of selecting a phone number to be serviced from among the phone numbers for speed dial numbers input in the input step before the performing step. It is preferred to be included.

In the present invention, when the message service is performed, it is preferable that all or part of the phone number displayed in the phone number display step can be selected or all or part of the selected phone number can be released.

In the present invention, the service performing method using the shortcut number of the mobile communication terminal, when performing a message service, it is preferable that before the performing step, further comprising a message creation step of creating the content of the message to be transmitted.

In the present invention, the service performing method using the shortcut number of the mobile communication terminal, when performing a message service, it is preferable to further include a message creation step of creating the content of the message to be transmitted before the input step.

The method of storing a duplicated shortcut number is generally a method of storing a telephone number in a speed dial number in a mobile communication terminal, but at least one or more telephone numbers are stored in one speed dial number.

1 illustrates an example of a stored phone book according to a method of storing a duplicated shortcut number in a storage step of the present invention. In the speed dial 1, only one phone number is stored as in the conventional speed dial storage method. In the speed dial numbers 2 and 3, unlike the conventional speed dial number storing method, only one phone number is stored in one speed dial number, and three and more numbers are stored. The method of storing a duplicated shortcut number does not differ much from the conventional method in the conventional method. However, one phone number is stored in the shortcut number 1 or one of the shortcut numbers 2 and 3 in the embodiment. The main feature is that at least one telephone number is stored in one shortcut number, as the above telephone number is stored.

In the above embodiment, the telephone number stored in the speed dial number may be stored in a speed dial number separately from the speed dial number according to a conventional speed dial number storing method. In addition, the shortcut number may be assigned a unique name in various forms such as 'family', 'work colleague' or the like as shown in FIG. 1 for convenience.

In addition, since the purpose of using the speed dial number is mainly to perform a faster call or message service, consistency is not necessarily required between phone numbers using duplicate speed dial numbers. That is, assigning the same redundant shortcut number to telephone numbers irrelevant to the group to which they originally belong for various reasons and purposes, such as user's need, frequency of call connection or message transmission, user's memory convenience, or other reasons. You may.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to components of the following drawings, it is determined that the same components have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings, and it is determined that they may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations will be omitted.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of performing a service using a shortcut number of the present invention.

In the embodiment of Figure 2, the mobile communication terminal is in the standby state, and receives the shortcut number in the shortcut number input step (S110). After the speed dial number input step is completed, a function key input step (S120) receives one of a call function key or a message function key. When the function key input step is executed, a search step (S130) of searching for a phone number corresponding to the input speed dial number is executed, and the display step (S140) of displaying the result of the search step on the screen of the mobile communication terminal. Is executed. Subsequently, when a selection step (S150) is performed in which the telephone number to perform a call call or a message service is selected from the telephone numbers displayed in the displaying step, the call function key and the telephone call function key are inputted to the telephone number selected in the selecting step. Depending on which of the message function keys has been entered, the service is executed at step S160.

In the shortcut number input step (S110), it is preferable to receive a shortcut number by a method of inputting a numeric key of a mobile communication terminal according to a conventional conventional method, and the input of the numeric key inputs a shortcut number in the mobile communication terminal. The shortcut number input step is performed only when the valid number is valid by a conventional input method.

In the function key input step (S120), when a call function key is input to perform a call service, the call function key is the last digit of the speed dial number entered in the speed dial number input step according to a conventional method. It is preferable to receive an input by pressing and holding a key or by pressing a call key, and when a message function key is input to perform a message service, it is preferable to receive by pressing a message key according to a conventional method.

The searching step (S130) is a step of searching for a phone number corresponding to the speed dial number entered in the speed dial number input step from the phone book information stored in the memory of the mobile communication terminal, and the display step (S140) is the search The search results are displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

If there is no telephone number corresponding to the speed dial number entered in the speed dial number input step, the display step sends an error message such as "The address is empty" and inputs the speed dial number. Returning to the state before receiving, and if there is at least one phone number corresponding to the speed dial number input in the speed dial input step, it is preferable to display all the corresponding phone numbers on the screen of the mobile communication terminal.

The selecting step (S150) is a step in which a telephone number to perform a service is selected from the telephone numbers displayed in the displaying step. In the selecting step, when the message service is performed, all or part of the displayed phone number may be selected as the phone number to which the message service is to be performed, or all or part of the selected phone number may be deselected. desirable.

In the performing step (S160), a service such as a call or a message is performed on the telephone number selected in the selecting step.

3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for performing a call service using a speed dial number of a mobile communication terminal, in particular, when a call function key is input in a function key input step (S120) of the embodiment of FIG. It shows in detail how to perform.

In the embodiment of FIG. 3, a speed dial number is input in step S210, a call function key is input in step S220, and a phone number corresponding to the speed dial number is entered in step S230. Search in the phone book. Subsequently, in the displaying of the telephone number, if the number of the telephone numbers searched in step S230 is 0, an error message is displayed, and then the screen returns to the standby screen before the shortcut number is input (S241). If the number of telephone numbers is one or more, all the telephone numbers are displayed on the screen of the terminal (S240). In step S250, a phone number which is a target of a call call service is selected from the phone numbers displayed in step S240, and in step S260, a call call service is performed on the phone number selected in step S250. do.

In the above embodiment, when there is only one phone number searched in the phone number search step (S230), since there is usually only one number of targets of a call service at the same time, displaying the phone number (S240). And it is preferable that the searched one phone number is selected as the phone number to be subjected to the call service service without performing the step of selecting a phone number (S250) and performing the call call service (S261). .

4 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method of performing a message service using a speed dial number of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, FIG. 4 illustrates a message service when a message function key is input in the function key input step (S120) of the embodiment of FIG. 2. It shows in detail how to perform.

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, a shortcut number is input in step S310, a message function key is input in step S320, and a phone number corresponding to the input shortcut number is entered in step S330 of the mobile communication terminal. Search in the phone book. Subsequently, in the displaying of the telephone number, if the number of the telephone numbers searched in the step S330 is 0, an error message is displayed and thereafter, the screen returns to the standby screen before the shortcut number is input (S341). If the number of telephone numbers is one or more, all the telephone numbers are displayed on the screen of the terminal (S340). In step S350, the phone number to be the target of the message service is selected from the phone numbers displayed in step S340, and in step S360, the contents of the message are written, and in step S370, the step S350. Performs a message service for the selected phone number.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating still another embodiment of a method of performing a message service using a shortcut number. In particular, in contrast to the embodiment of FIG. There is a difference after.

In the embodiment of Fig. 5, the message function key is input in step S410 to start the message service, in step S420, the contents of the message are written, and in step S430, a shortcut number is input, In step S440, the phone number corresponding to the input speed dial number is searched in the phone book of the mobile communication terminal. In the displaying of the telephone number, if the number of telephone numbers searched in step S440 is 0, an error message is displayed, and then the screen returns to the standby screen before the shortcut number is input (S451). If the number of numbers is one or more, all the telephone numbers are displayed on the screen of the terminal (S450). In step S460, a phone number that is a target of a message service is selected from the phone numbers displayed in step S450. In step S470, a message service is performed for the phone number selected in step S460.

As described above, it has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but those skilled in the art various modifications and changes of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

As described above, according to the present invention, by storing at least one or more telephone numbers in one shortcut number, by storing a larger number of telephone numbers in a shortcut number using a number less than a certain number, the speed dial function is used. You can search for a phone number easily and effectively.

Further, according to the present invention, by storing one or more telephone numbers in one speed dial number, the telephone number can be efficiently found, and the call or message service of the mobile communication terminal can be efficiently performed.

Claims (11)

A storage step of storing at least one or more telephone numbers in one speed dial number; An input step of receiving the shortcut number and a service function key; If there is no phone number corresponding to the speed dial number input in the input step, an error message is sent and the phone number corresponding to the speed dial number entered in the input step is returned. A display step of displaying all of the corresponding telephone numbers, if any; And And a performing step of performing a service corresponding to the service function key with the stored telephone number. The method of claim 1, wherein the service function key is one selected from a call function key and a message function key. The method of claim 1, wherein the input step comprises a shortcut number input step of receiving a number corresponding to the shortcut number; And A service performing method using a shortcut number of a mobile communication terminal, characterized by comprising a function key input step of receiving a service function key. Claim 4 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. The method of claim 3, wherein the inputting of the function key comprises pressing and holding the last digit key of the speed dial number entered in the speed dial number input step or pressing a call key. A service performing method using a shortcut number of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that receiving an input. delete delete Claim 7 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the performing of the mobile communication terminal is performed when the telephone number corresponding to the shortcut number input in the input step is regarded as being selected. How to perform service using shortcut number. Claim 8 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1, wherein the service execution method using the speed dial number of the mobile communication terminal comprises: selecting a phone number to be serviced from among the phone numbers stored in the speed dial number input in the input step before the performing step. A service performing method using a shortcut number of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the step further comprises. Claim 9 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The method of claim 8, wherein the selecting step may include selecting all or part of a phone number stored in a speed dial number input in the input step or releasing all or part of the selected phone number when performing a message service. A service performing method using a shortcut number of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the service execution method using the speed dial number of the mobile communication terminal further includes a message creation step of creating contents of a message to be transmitted before performing the message service. A service performing method using a shortcut number of a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the service execution method using the speed dial number of the mobile communication terminal further includes a message creation step of creating a content of a message to be transmitted before the input step. A service performing method using a shortcut number of a mobile communication terminal.

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