KR100782511B1 - Method for inputting character message of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for inputting a text message of a mobile terminal is provided to shorten a time for inputting a text message by selectively checking a spelling error about a pre-set phone number or a group. A controller checks whether a mobile terminal is in a phone book registration and editing mode(S200). When the mobile terminal is in the phone book registration and editing mode, the controller edits and registers a phone book according to user select information(S210). If the mobile terminal is not in the phone book registration and editing mode, the controller checks whether the mobile terminal is in a text message input mode(S220). When the mobile terminal is in the text message input mode, the controller checks whether a text message is inputted(S240). When a text message is inputted, the controller checks whether an input complete signal of the text message is inputted(S250). When the input complete signal is inputted, the controller receives a phone number of a recipient(S260). The controller checks whether a transmission signal of the text message is inputted(S270). When the transmission signal of the text message is inputted, the controller checks whether to perform a spelling error checking of the inputted text message(S280). The controller transmits the text message which has undergone the spelling error checking to the phone number of the recipient(S290).

Description

Method for inputting character message of mobile communication terminal

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal for inputting a text message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a text message input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are detailed flowcharts illustrating a process of determining whether or not a spell check of FIG. 2 is performed.

4 is a flow chart illustrating in detail the process of performing a spell check of FIGS. 3A and 3B.

5A and 5B illustrate screen examples of a setting method for automatically performing a spell check.

6A to 6E are diagrams illustrating screen examples of a text message input method.

The present invention relates to a text message input method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, when a text message is transmitted to a specific group or phone number, a spelling check is performed on the input text message to input an accurate text message. It is about a method.

Recently, with the spread of mobile communication terminals, users of mobile communication terminals want more various functions. In response to this, the mobile communication terminal manufacturer has implemented various functions in the mobile communication terminal to provide convenience in addition to the basic call function. The text message service is one such example.

The text message service is used in actual communication communication, and occupies the communication channel in real time, so the communication cost is low, and the channel occupancy time is short. In particular, the text message service has the advantage that it is possible to repeatedly check the contents of the message delivered in a simple sentence and record the message. In addition, when it is necessary to deliver the same message to multiple people, it is also possible to send a message at the same time by specifying multiple phone numbers when sending a message.

However, modern people have a high rate of typos while typing text messages due to being chased by time. If there is a typo in the text message entered when sending a text message to an official task or when sending a text message to an adult, not only the sender but also the recipient of the text message is embarrassed. In order to prevent this, there is a problem in that it takes a long time to input a text message because the operation of reviewing and correcting a typo of the input text message is performed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of inputting an accurate text message for a specific phone number or group by selectively performing a spell check when transmitting a text message of a mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of shortening the time for inputting a text message by selectively checking a preset phone number or group when transmitting a text message of a mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, a text message input method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a process of receiving a receiver's telephone number when an input completion signal of the text message is input during text message input, the text message; When the transmission signal of is inputted, searching the phone book to determine whether the same phone number as the input recipient phone number exists, and if the same phone number as the input recipient phone number exists, the spell check mapped with the phone number. Checking whether an automatic execution item is selected, and automatically performing a spell checking on the input text message when the automatic checking item mapped to the phone number is selected.

In order to achieve the above object, a text message input method of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention is a process of receiving a receiver's phone number when an input completion signal of the text message is input during text message input; When the transmission signal of the message is input, searching for a phone book to determine whether a phone number identical to the input recipient phone number exists; and if a phone number corresponding to the input recipient phone number exists, the phone number is included. Checking a group to check whether an automatic check of spelling items mapped to the group is selected, and if an automatic check of spelling check items mapped to the group is selected, automatically checking the spelling of the inputted text message. Process.

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

In describing the embodiments, descriptions of technical contents which are well known in the technical field to which the present invention belongs and are not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. This is to more clearly communicate without obscure the subject matter of the present invention by omitting unnecessary description.

Prior to describing the text message input method according to the present invention, a schematic configuration of a mobile communication terminal capable of performing the method will be briefly described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 1.

The mobile communication terminal 100 includes a storage unit 110, an input unit 120, a control unit 130, a display unit 140, and a communication unit 150.

The storage unit 110 stores programs and data necessary for the operation and status of the mobile communication terminal 100 or the control of the controller 130. In addition, the storage 110 may use various volatile / nonvolatile memory devices. In particular, the storage unit 110 stores a program for performing a spell check. The storage unit 110 includes a dictionary database 111 and a phone number storage area 113. The phone number storage area 113 stores a phone book including one or more groups. Each group consists of one or more telephone numbers. In addition, the phone number storage area 113 stores various information mapped to each phone number (eg, whether to automatically select a spell check item). In addition, the phone number storage area 113 stores various information mapped to each group (eg, whether to automatically select a spell check item).

The input unit 120 may use various types of input devices such as a keypad and a touch screen as an apparatus for interfacing with a user, and transmits an input signal input by the user to the controller 130. In particular, the input unit 120 transmits a text input signal for inputting a text message, an input completion signal for notifying completion of the text message input, a receiver phone number input signal, and a text message to the [subscriber] receiver phone number according to user selection information. For example, a transmission signal for generating a spell check completion signal indicating that the spell check is completed and transmitted to the controller 130.

The controller 130 controls the overall state and operation of the mobile communication terminal 100. For example, the controller 130 may be a microprocessor. In particular, when the receiver telephone number input is completed after the text message is written, the controller 130 checks the telephone number storage area 113 to determine whether the input receiver telephone number exists. Subsequently, if the same phone number as the input recipient's phone number exists, the controller 130 checks whether or not to automatically select a spell check item mapped to the phone number, and if so, drives the spell check engine 131.

In addition, the controller 130 examines the phone number storage area 113 and determines that the same phone number as the input recipient phone number exists. Subsequently, if the same phone number as the input recipient phone number exists, the controller 130 checks the group including the phone number and confirms whether to automatically select the spell check item mapped to the group. At this time, the controller 130 drives the spell check engine 131 when the selection of the automatic spell check item is confirmed.

The spell check engine 131 performs a spell check on the text message input under the control of the controller 130.

The display unit 140 displays the state and operation process of the mobile communication terminal 100. In addition, the display unit 140 receives and displays display data about input data input from the input unit 120 under the control of the controller 130, or displays the operation state and a plurality of information of the mobile communication terminal 100 in text, image, Displayed by animations, icons, etc. In particular, the display unit 140 displays the result of the spell check. For example, the display unit 140 displays the string in a list form when there is at least one recommendation string to replace the incorrect string under the control of the controller 130. In this case, the display unit 140 may display the wrong character string separately from other character strings under the control of the controller 130.

The communication unit 150 is connected to the control unit 130, converts and transmits voice data and control data into a wireless signal, and receives and converts the wireless signal into voice data and control data. In particular, the communication unit 150 transmits a text message on which the spell check is performed under the control of the control unit 130 to the input recipient phone number.

2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a text message input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the control unit 130 checks whether the phonebook registration and editing mode (S200). If the phonebook registration and editing mode, the controller 130 edits and registers the phonebook according to the user's selection information (S210). In detail, the controller 130 edits or registers a phone number or a group. In particular, when registering and editing a phone number, as shown in FIG. 5A, the controller 130 selects an item for automatically performing a spell check based on user selection information. In addition, when registering and editing a group, as shown in FIG. 5B, the controller 130 selects an automatic spell check item based on user selection information.

If not in the phonebook registration and editing mode, the controller 130 checks whether the text message input mode (S220). If it is not the text message input mode, the controller 130 performs a corresponding function (S230).

Meanwhile, in the text message input mode, the controller 130 checks whether the text message is input (S240). If there is an input of the text message, the controller 130 checks whether an input completion signal of the text message is input (S250). If the input completion signal of the text message is input, the control unit 130 receives the receiver's telephone number by the user's selection information (S260). Looking at the screen examples of the above-described process S240 to S260, as shown in Figure 6a, if the confirmation message 161 is input after inputting the text message 'already have a snack', the recipient's telephone number is input as shown in Figure 6b.

The controller 130 checks whether the transmission signal of the text message is input (S270). As a result, if the transmission signal of the text message is input, the controller 130 determines whether to perform a spell check on the input text message (S280). Detailed descriptions of the above-described process S280 will be made with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the controller 130 searches the telephone number storage area 113 and determines whether the same telephone number as the input recipient telephone number exists (S281). If the same phone number as the input recipient phone number exists, the controller 130 confirms whether the automatic check of spelling check items mapped to the phone number is selected (S282). That is, it is checked whether an automatic spell check item is selected according to the user's selection information in step S210 for the corresponding phone number. If an automatic check of spelling mapped to the phone number is selected (S283), the controller 130 automatically checks the spelling of the input text message (S300). Detailed description of the above-described process S300 is referred to FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 4, the spell checking engine 131 analyzes a string of an input text message and compares the string with the string stored in the dictionary database 111. Thereafter, the spell checking engine 131 detects a misspelled character string based on the dictionary database 111. The controller 130 classifies and displays the wrong character string detected by the spell checking engine 131 through the display unit 140 (S301).

The controller 130 checks whether a character string change signal is input (S303). As a result, if there is an input of the string change signal, the controller 130 controls the spell checking engine 131 to display the recommendation string to replace the incorrect string through the display unit 140 in a list form (S305). As shown in FIG. 6C, when the spelling check is performed, the recommendation strings '1.eaten', '2.eaten', and '3' are used to distinguish and display the misspelled character strings and to replace the wrong string 'stayed'. . "Is displayed as a list."

If there is a selection signal for a specific character string (S307), the controller 130 replaces the wrong character string with the character string to which the selection signal is input and displays it on the display unit 140 (S309). When the confirmation 165 is input in FIG. 6C, an incorrect string 'mother' is replaced with the selected string '1. eat' as shown in FIG. 6D.

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 3B, the controller 130 searches the phone number storage area 113 to determine whether a phone number identical to the input recipient phone number exists (S286). If the same phone number as the input recipient phone number exists, the controller 130 checks whether a group including the phone number exists (S287). If there is a group including the phone number, the controller 130 checks whether the automatic check of spelling items mapped to the group is selected (S288). The controller 130 automatically checks the spelling of the input text message when an item for automatically checking the spelling mapped to the corresponding group is selected (S289) (S300). Description of the above-described process S300 has been described above with reference to FIG. 4.

Accordingly, when the text message is transmitted, an accurate text message may be transmitted for a specific phone number or a specific group by selectively checking the spelling according to each phone number or group.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the controller 130 transmits the text message, which has undergone the spell check, to the receiver phone number through the communication unit 150 (S290). As shown in FIG. 6D, after the spell check, the wrong string is changed to the selected string and transmitted as shown in FIG. 6E.

In the above, specific preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention attached to the claims. will be.

According to the present invention, when a text message is transmitted, an accurate text message can be transmitted for a specific phone number or group by performing a selective spell check for each phone number or group. Specifically, by selectively performing a spell check on a phone number or a group in which an automatic spell check function is set, there is an effect of eliminating a typo when a text message is transmitted through an official task or a text message is transmitted to an adult. For example, if you save your father's phone number in the 'Family' group and turn on automatic spell checking for the 'Family' group, your father will automatically spell check your text messages even when you type a typo. Can be transmitted.

Claims (8)

Receiving a receiver's phone number when an input completion signal of the text message is input during text message input; When the transmission signal of the text message is input, searching for a phone book and determining whether a phone number identical to the input recipient phone number exists; Checking whether an automatic spell check item is selected for the telephone number if the same telephone number as the inputted recipient telephone number exists; And And automatically checking a spelling of the input text message, if the automatic checking of spelling is selected for the telephone number. According to claim 1, And selecting an automatic spell checking item for the phone number when registering and editing the phone number. According to claim 1, And if the spell check completion signal is input after performing the spell check, transmitting the input text message to the input recipient phone number. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic checking of spelling is performed. Analyzing a text string of the input text message and searching for a misspelled text string by comparing it with a previously stored text string; Distinguishing and displaying the searched wrong string; Displaying a recommendation string to replace the incorrect string in a list if an input of a string change signal for changing the incorrect string is spelled; And And when a specific character string is selected from the displayed list, replacing and displaying the wrong character string with the selected character string. Receiving a receiver's phone number when an input completion signal of the text message is input during text message input; When the transmission signal of the text message is input, searching for a phone book and determining whether a phone number identical to the input recipient phone number exists; Checking a group including the telephone number if the same telephone number as the inputted recipient telephone number exists, and checking whether an automatic spell check item is selected for the group; And And automatically checking a spelling of the input text message, if the automatic check of spelling is selected for the group. The method of claim 5, And selecting an automatic spell check item for the group when registering and editing the group. The method of claim 5, And if the spell check completion signal is input after performing the spell check, transmitting the input text message to the input recipient phone number. The method of claim 5, wherein the automatic checking of spelling is performed. Analyzing a text string of the input text message and searching for a misspelled text string by comparing it with a previously stored text string; Distinguishing and displaying the searched wrong string; If there is an input of a string change signal for changing the misspelled string to spelling, displaying a recommendation string to replace the misspelled string in a list; And And when a specific character string is selected from the displayed list, replacing and displaying the wrong character string with the selected character string.

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