KR100771107B1 - Methods and apparatus' of standby during communication for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, if there is a call from a third party while the call is in progress, the voice prompt message is output or the ringing tone signal is interrupted by selection setting. The control unit for controlling a wireless unit for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a communication signal, if there is a call from a third party through the wireless unit in the current communication is in progress, retrieves the voice guidance message, the output is set from the voice guide unit It is characterized by consisting of a series of configurations to transmit to the party or to control the ring signal unit, to block the generation of the ring tone sound signal to warn that the incoming call, and further, by the control unit to set up the standby waiting service, Enter a prompt voice message, set the selected voice message to be output, If there is a call from a third party in the state of performing mobile communication through the communication path established by the other party and call connection, it is checked whether or not priority is given to the ongoing communication, and if the priority is given to the ongoing communication, the third party is notified. Outputting the set voice guidance message or blocking the generation of an incoming ring signal warning the call status, completing the ongoing communication, giving priority to the communication with the third party, setting the other party to the standby state, After the communication with the third party is completed, the communication is performed in a series of steps for completing communication with the other party in the standby state.

Description

Waiting device and method of mobile terminal {METHODS AND APPARATUS 'OF STANDBY DURING COMMUNICATION FOR MOBILE PHONE}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a call waiting method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art;

2 is a block diagram of a standby function of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of waiting for a call of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

          ** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: wireless unit 110: control unit 120: memory unit

130: entry and exit unit 132: display unit 134: keyboard unit

136: audio unit 140: ring signal unit 150: voice guide unit

The present invention prevents an incoming call signal from being set by a third party when a call is made from a third party while a call is in progress with the other party using a mobile terminal. In particular, the third party caller sends a voice guide message or rings the incoming call. The present invention relates to a call waiting apparatus and method for a portable terminal for smoothly completing an ongoing communication by preventing a signal from being output.

The mobile terminal MS for mobile communication has a basic service, which freely moves in a service area formed by the base station RAN and immediately communicates with a desired counterpart at any time and anywhere.

Since the mobile terminal (MS) is relatively short in time used for direct communication and is always carried for communication, which may occur at any time, the utilization rate and utilization rate are relatively low, and various additional services increase the utilization rate and utilization rate. Or an additional function (hereinafter referred to as an additional service).

The supplementary services, which are developed and provided by a mobile terminal manufacturer, include a camera, a Bluetooth, a wireless LAN, a radio, a TV, a game, an electronic calculator, a calendar, a clock, a ringing bell, a phone book, and a schedule management service. The service providers develop and provide, such as text messages, video messages, online games, wireless Internet access, caller identification, and the like, and recently, PDA functions are added, and the additional services are continuously developed and added.

Among the additional services as described above, the service provider provides on request and, when called by a third party during a call with the other party, notifies the called state and maintains the call connection status with the current party on the call. A state is set, the third party connects to communicate with the third party, and when communication with the third party is completed, a service for continuing communication with the other party is provided, and this service is called a call waiting service.

In the case of using the additional service as described above, when being called from a third party while in communication with the other party, if a priority is given to communication with the other party, the other party may receive a corresponding ring tone signal warning the call of the third party. There is a problem that it is difficult to proceed with normal and smooth communication.

Therefore, when giving priority to the ongoing communication while using the call waiting service, there is a need to develop a technology that does not disturb the ongoing communication by a call from a third party.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a call waiting method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In order to explain the related art, FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of waiting for a call of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to the attached method of waiting for a mobile terminal according to the prior art with reference to Figure 1, when the call from the third party in the state of the call with the other party by the controller of the mobile terminal generates a corresponding warning signal Set the standby service during the call to the operating state (S10), and if you want to use the mobile communication service with the mobile terminal (S20), enter the phone number of the designated party and request a call connection to proceed with the communication path set (S30).

When the called party is called from a third party in the state of mobile communication with the designated party as described above (S40), the other party in communication is maintaining the connected call and set to a standby state in which communication is not in progress (S50). Proceed and complete the communication with the third party (S60).

After the communication with the third party is completed, the communication is continued and completed by reconnecting with the waiting counterpart (S70).

In the prior art of the above-described configuration, when a call is received from a third party while communicating with the other party, the incoming call signal is generated and output, and it is possible to confirm that the incoming call is received even while talking with the other party, and to continue communicating with the current party. Determine whether or not to communicate with the called third party.

In the above determination, if the user wants to communicate with the third party, the other party is waiting for the communication currently in progress. However, if the user wants to continue communicating with the other party, the incoming signal by the call of the third party must be generated and listened. There was a problem that was difficult to continue smoothly.

The present invention, when there is a call from the third party in the standby service operation state of the mobile terminal, and wants to complete the communication with the other party currently in progress, the incoming call signal generation output is blocked or the voice guidance message is output. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a call waiting apparatus and method for a portable terminal that continues communication in progress without feeling inconvenience to the calling third party.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a control unit for controlling a wireless unit for wirelessly transmitting / receiving a communication signal with a specified counterpart by wirelessly connecting to a mobile communication base station, in a state where current communication is in progress, through the wireless unit. When there is a call from a third party, a series of configurations are provided to retrieve the voice guidance message from which the output is set and transmit it to the third party by retrieving the voice guidance unit, or to control the ring signal unit to block the generation of the ringing tone signal that warns that the call has been received. Characterized in that consists of.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the wireless unit for transmitting and receiving a communication signal with a specified party and a wireless connection request signal of a third party; A control unit which connects to the wireless unit and outputs a voice guidance or blocks an incoming ring signal when there is a call connection request from a third party in a communication progress state with a designated counterpart; A voice guide unit which connects to the control unit, records and stores a plurality of voice guide messages that cannot respond to a call connection request of a third party, and outputs a selected message; A ring signal unit which is connected to the control unit and generates and outputs a call ring signal; And an entry / exit unit for accessing the control unit, outputting and displaying an operation message, inputting / outputting a communication signal, and inputting a control command.

In addition, the present invention devised to achieve the above object, by the control unit of the mobile terminal to set the standby service during the call, input a voice message for guiding the standby state, set to output the selected voice message, In the state of performing mobile communication through the communication path set by the designated party and the call connection, if there is a call from a third party, it is determined whether to give priority to the communication currently in progress or not, and to give priority to the communication in progress. When a third party outputs a set voice announcement message or blocks the generation of an incoming ring signal warning a call state, completes an ongoing communication, and gives priority to communication with the third party, the other party is in a standby state. Set to, and after completing the communication with the third party, Characterized in that formed with each other.

In addition, the present invention devised to achieve the above object, the process of setting the standby service during the call by the control unit of the mobile terminal, and inputting and storing the standby state guide voice message, and selects and outputs the message to set the output; ; A counterpart process of performing communication with the counterpart through a set communication path by requesting a call connection when it is determined that the controller performs the communication; A priority process of determining, by the control unit of the process, whether communication with an ongoing counterpart is given priority when a call is made from a third party; In the case of prioritizing communication with the other party in the process, the guide process for outputting a voice guidance message by the selection or blocking the ring ring generation; The control unit of the above process is characterized in that it consists of a communication process of continuing to complete the communication with the other party.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a call waiting apparatus and method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is attached to illustrate the present invention, Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the standby function of the mobile terminal according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a flow chart of the standby method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the apparatus for waiting for a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The wireless unit 100 wirelessly receives a communication signal with a specified counterpart and wirelessly receives a call connection request signal of a third party. Wow,

When the call connection request of the third party is connected to the wireless unit 100 and the communication with the specified counterpart is in progress, the voice command is output or the ringing ring signal is interrupted to generate a control command applied from the entry / exit unit 130. Analyze and control the wireless unit 100 to wirelessly transmit and receive a communication signal with a specified counterpart, and if there is a call by a call connection from a third party while communication with the counterpart is in progress, continue communicating with the counterpart in progress. Or suspend, determine whether to communicate with the third party first, and continue communication with the other party in progress, by outputting a voice guidance message to the third party by selection or by ring signal unit 140. A control unit 110 for controlling the control to block the output of the ringing bell signal by the called;

A memory unit 120 connected to the control unit 110 to record and store and output an operation program, an application program, and data for providing a mobile communication service and an additional service by the mobile terminal;

A display unit 132 connected to the control unit 110 to output and display an operation message, to input and output a communication signal, and to input a control command, and to output operation information and a message consisting of text and images according to the control; A keyboard unit 134 for inputting a dialing signal and a control command; An input and output unit 130 including an audio unit 136 for inputting and outputting voice communication signals;

A ring signal unit 140 connected to the control unit 110 and generating and outputting a call ring signal;

The controller 110 is connected to the control unit 110, records and stores a plurality of voice guidance messages that cannot respond to a call connection request of a third party, and outputs a selected message. The voice guide unit 150 records and stores the voice guide message selected by the search and is output by the control of the controller 110.

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the configuration described above, a call waiting apparatus of the mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The mobile terminal for wireless communication communicates with a desired counterpart at any time and anywhere while freely moving in a service area formed by a base station, and various various additional services have been developed and provided to improve the quality of the communication service.

Among the additional services described above, a call waiting service is used to notify a case of being called by a third party while communicating with the other party.

The call waiting service is an additional service that keeps communication temporarily on hold while maintaining a call connection state with an ongoing party, and makes a call again after completing communication with a third party.

In the prior art, since the incoming ring signal continuously alerts the call state of a third party, smooth voice level communication with the other party currently communicating is difficult.

Therefore, when a third party calls, an incoming call ring that uses the voice guidance message or voice message inputted in his or her voice to inform the user that the call can not be made at the present time, without the inconvenience of the caller, or to warn the called party. It is a technique of the present invention to cut off the generated output of the signal so that the current voice level communication proceeds smoothly.

When the operating power is supplied, the controller 100 reads an operating program, an application program, and data from the memory unit 120, boots, and enters a standby state.

The controller 110 analyzes a corresponding control command applied from the entry / exit unit 130 and confirms with a voice level guide message input, a message for guiding a situation in which a call cannot be immediately made to the voice guide unit 150. Enter your own voice or synthesizer or voice by a professional.

The voice guidance message is input to a number suitable for a situation and is set to output the selected voice guidance message.

In addition, the controller analyzes a control command applied from the entry / exit unit 130 and, if it is unable to answer a call from a third party in the standby service operation state during call, determines whether to guide a voice message or ring a call. Select whether or not to generate a sound signal.

Since the control unit 110 controls the wireless unit 100 according to a dialing signal and a control signal applied from the keyboard unit 134 of the entry / exit unit 130, it requests a call connection with a designated counterpart. The communication with the other party is performed through the display unit 132 and the audio unit 136 of the entry / exit unit 130 through the communication path set by the switching of the MSC.

As described above, when a call signal of a third party is applied through the wireless unit 100 and confirmed by the control unit 110, the control unit 110 determines the set state of a waiting service during a call. If it is set to confirm and output the voice guidance message, the voice guidance unit is searched for, and the selected voice guidance message is output and applied to the wireless unit, thereby informing the calling third party.

In addition, when it is determined by the control unit 110 to confirm that the ringing ring signal generation is blocked, the ring signal unit 140 is controlled to generate the ringing ring signal to warn the ringing state. Shut off the output.

Therefore, the voice level communication with the counterpart currently in progress through the entry / exit unit 130 proceeds smoothly.

Hereinafter, a method of waiting for a call of a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3. The call waiting service is set by the controller of the mobile terminal for mobile communication, and the standby state guide voice message is input and stored. And setting and setting a message to be outputted, and setting the call waiting service by the controller 110 analyzing the control command applied from the entry / exit unit 130 of the portable terminal (S100); In step S110, the controller 110 records, stores, and manages a plurality of standby state voice guidance messages applied from the entry / exit unit 130, and sets the selected voice guidance message to be output (S110). Starting process,

If it is determined that the communication is performed by the controller 110 of the start process, the call connection request is performed to communicate with the other party through the established communication path, and the mobile communication is performed by analyzing a control command applied by the controller 110. Determining whether it is checked (S120); If it is determined that the mobile communication in the process (S120), the other party process comprising the step of requesting a call connection using the phone number of the other party and the mobile communication with the other party connected wirelessly through the established communication path (S130),

The controller 110 of the counterpart process determines whether to communicate with the other party in advance when there is a call from a third party, and confirms and determines whether or not the call signal is wirelessly received from the third party (S140). ); If it is determined by the controller 110 of the step (S140) that the call signal of the third party is applied, the priority step consisting of the step (S150) of determining whether to continue the communication by giving priority to the counterpart currently in communication;

In the case of prioritizing communication with the other party in the priority process, by outputting a voice guidance message by selection or by blocking the occurrence of an incoming ring, in case of giving priority to the communication with the other party in progress, the calling third party does not respond. And setting and selecting whether to output a voice guidance message describing a failing situation or to block generation of an incoming ring signal warning a called state, and operating the set state (S160);

The communication process (S170) for continuing to complete the communication with the other party by the control unit 110 of the guide process,

When the communication with the other party is not preferentially processed by the control unit 110 of the first step (S150), the first step (S180) of setting a standby state while maintaining a call connection with the other party,

The control unit 110 of the first process (S180) consists of a second process (S190) to call the third party, complete the communication and proceed to the communication process (S170).

Hereinafter, the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The control unit 110 of the mobile communication terminal for mobile communication is set to select and operate a standby service during a call according to a corresponding control command (S100). A voice message is input and selected and set to output a voice guidance message suitable for a surrounding situation among the inputted voice guidance messages (S110).

The mobile terminal control unit 110 of the process (S110) determines whether to use a mobile communication service (S120), when using the mobile communication service in the determination (S120), the telephone number and call connection request signal specifying the other party Since it outputs the radio, call connection request to the mobile switching center, and communicates with the other party through the communication path set by the mobile switching station (S130).

In the state of communicating with the currently designated counterpart by the control unit 110 of the process (S130), it is determined whether or not there is a call from a third party (S140), and the call from the third party in the process (S140) If it is determined that there is a confirmation, give priority to communication with the other party currently in progress, and determine whether or not to continue communication (S150).

In the process (S150), if it is determined that the mobile communication with the other party currently in progress, the third party, by the selected set method, and generates a voice guidance message to guide the reason why it is not possible to communicate immediately Output or block the generation of the ring tone signal to warn the incoming state (S160), and proceeds and completes the communication with the other party (S170).

In addition, in the priority process (S150), if the communication with the other party is to be stopped and the third party is called, it is possible to immediately resume communication by maintaining the call connection status with the other party currently in communication. At the same time, a standby state in which transmission and reception of voice-level communication signals is impossible is set (S180).

The communication with the third party is completed by the control of the controller 110 in the process S180, and the process proceeds to the communication process S170 to complete the communication with the other party in the standby state (S190).

Therefore, the present invention of the above-described configuration, in a call waiting service operation state, if there is a call from a third party, by the setting, the reason why it is not possible to communicate immediately by voice guidance message or ringing ring tone There is an advantage to smoothly complete the ongoing voice level communication by not generating a signal.

According to the present invention of the above configuration, when there is a call from a third party while the standby service is set and operated in the mobile terminal, the caller is outputted as a voice level guide message indicating why the communication cannot be performed immediately according to the set state. There is an industrial use effect to avoid inconvenience and increase communication use.

In addition, if a third party is calling, but gives priority to the communication with the other party in progress, if you want to continue, there is a convenient effect to use to smoothly complete the ongoing communication by blocking the generation of an incoming bell signal to warn the incoming. .

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delete In a call waiting device of a mobile terminal for blocking a call waiting sound or transmitting a voice announcement message to a third party when a call is received by a third party during a call with the other party, A voice guide unit for outputting the selected message when one of voice recording messages previously recorded and stored by the user that the third party cannot respond to the call connection request is selected; And a controller for controlling the voice guide unit to output the voice guide message selected by the user when requesting a third party to connect to the other party in a communication progress state with the counterpart. The method of claim 2, And a memory unit configured to access the control unit, and to record and store and output an operation program, an application program, and data for providing a mobile communication service and an additional service to the mobile terminal. delete The method of claim 2, wherein the voice guide unit, And recording and storing a plurality of voice guidance messages applied from the microphone of the portable terminal in the allocated area under the control of the controller, and outputting the voice guidance message selected by the search under the control of the controller. Call waiting device of a mobile terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the control unit, Analyze a control command applied from the microphone, and control the wireless unit of the mobile terminal to wirelessly transmit and receive a communication signal with a specified counterpart, and if there is a call by a third party from the third party in communication with the counterpart In this case, it is determined whether to continue or suspend communication with the other party in progress, to communicate with the third party first, and if the communication with the other party is continued, a voice guidance message is optionally given to the third party. Call waiting apparatus of a mobile terminal, characterized in that consisting of the output. delete In the method of waiting for a call of a mobile terminal for blocking a waiting sound or transmitting a voice guidance message to a third party when a call is received by a third party during a call with the other party, In the case of prioritizing communication with the other party, when the call connection request is received from the third party, a guide process of selecting one of the voice announcement messages pre-recorded by the user and stored in the mobile terminal is transmitted to the third party. Call waiting method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that. delete delete delete delete delete

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