KR100784085B1 - Method for processing secret message and mobile terminal for performing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for processing a secret message and a mobile terminal for executing the same are provided to effectively protect a user's privacy by displaying a previously appointed number instead of a specific sender number when a message is received from the specific person. If a user appoints a specific person's actual phone number, a substitute number, and a substitute phrase and inputs them in his mobile terminal(S100), a secret function setup part registers them in a secret processing list(S101). Afterwards, if a message is received(S102), a message selection processing part confirms whether the calling number of the received message exists in the secret processing list(S103). In case the calling number of the received message exists in the secret processing list, the message sorting processing part stores the message in a secret deposit box(S106). At the same time, a message reception announcement part displays the appointed substitute number and phrase on the screen(S107). If the user confirms the displayed substitute number and phrase and makes a request to read the secret message(S108), a user confirmation part displays a password input window(S109). If the user inputs a preset password correctly(S110), the received secret message and the actual phone number are displayed.

Description

Method of handling a secret message and a mobile terminal for performing the same {METHOD FOR PROCESSING SECRET MESSAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE SAME}

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to

1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a mobile terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a table showing a structural example of a secret processing list provided according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a process of moving a general message to a secret archive in accordance with the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a secret message processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on a mobile terminal according to the processing procedure of FIG. 4.

<Description of main reference numerals in the drawings>

100 ... Mobile terminal 101 ... Message storage

102 ... Secret function setting section 103 ... Message sorting processing section

104 ... Message receiving notification section 105 ... User confirmation section

106 Message provider 107 Menu control

The present invention relates to the handling of secret messages, and more particularly, to a method of processing a secret message for receiving and storing a message received from a specific person so that only a user can view it, and a mobile terminal for performing the same.

The text message service provided by the mobile terminal is used as an important communication medium for modern people due to the ability to exchange information quickly and easily. Recently, the number of text message transmissions has exceeded the number of voice calls. It is progressing rapidly.

Typically, the mobile terminal is configured to display the contents of the message as it is on the terminal screen together with a text indicating the reception of the text message, or to display only the calling party number on the terminal screen.

However, when the message reception process is performed in this way, there is a serious concern that the privacy of the user, which is difficult to disclose to others, may be exposed to third parties. That is, in some cases, the content of the received text message as well as the sender information itself may not be known to the third party, so the message reception processing of the mobile terminal should be performed in view of this point.

As a method of protecting privacy in connection with receiving a message, a method of utilizing a lock function provided in the mobile terminal may be considered, but in this case, even when reading or receiving a voice call on a general received message that may be open to others, the password may be considered. There is a disadvantage in that it is inconvenient to use.

In relation to the protection of the user's privacy, Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2006-30989 (a secret message receiving system using a mobile communication terminal and a secret message receiving method using the same) is provided when a message is provided from a reply number registered in a secret receiving list. Techniques for identifying and receiving such messages over Internet websites or WAP connections are disclosed.

However, according to the present invention, the structure of the mobile communication system has to be changed, such as setting a parameter for registration of a secret message receiving service to a home location register, and a separate message processing system (XMS) There is a vulnerability that cannot be implemented because it must be built.

Alternatively, Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2006-112900 (a message lock setting method and a mobile communication terminal performing the method) automatically stores and locks a message received from a specific person in a terminal, and is preset when a user requests a reading. A technique for receiving and displaying a password is disclosed.

 The invention of Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2006-112900 has the advantage of restricting the reading of a specific secret message simply because the terminal automatically locks the message received from a specific person. However, in the case of the published patent, there is still a concern that privacy may be violated by exposing caller information to a third party due to the nature of the user configured to request reading of the caller ID.

The present invention was conceived in view of the above, and provides a method for processing a secret message that displays alternative information different from the actual message when a message is received from a specific person designated by a user, and a mobile terminal for performing the same. There is a purpose.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for processing a secret message, in which a user can arbitrarily designate a message receiving sentence so that a third party cannot recognize the reception of the secret message itself, and a mobile terminal for performing the same.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for processing a secret message by simplifying a request action for reading a secret message, and a mobile terminal for performing the same.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for processing a secret message, which enhances security by displaying a secret box menu itself storing a secret message only at the request of a user, and a mobile terminal for performing the same.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for processing a secret message according to the present invention includes: (a) registering a real phone number and an alternative phone number of a specific person designated by a user in a secret processing list; (b) classifying a message received from the specific person and storing the classified message in a secret lock assigned to a message storage unit; (c) displaying a message receiving phrase and an alternative telephone number designated for the specific person on a terminal screen; (d) receiving a request for viewing the received message from a user; (e) displaying a password input window for accessing the secret box on a terminal screen; And (f) permitting access to the secret archive upon entry of a preset password to provide a read message requested for viewing.

In step (a), it is preferable that an alternative receiving phrase designated by the user is further registered in the secret processing list, and in step (c), the alternative receiving phrase is displayed.

Preferably, in step (c), a call or reply can be made to the alternative telephone number, and in step (f), a call or reply can be made to the actual phone number displayed with the received message.

In step (d), it is preferable that the user recognizes the action of pressing the specific button of the mobile terminal for the predetermined time as the read request.

The secret box menu is preferably displayed on the terminal screen only when a password is input.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a secret function setting unit for receiving the actual phone number and the alternative phone number of the specific person specified by the user and register in the secret processing list; A message selection processing unit for classifying the message received from the specific person and storing the classified message in a secret storage assigned to the message storage unit; A message reception notification unit displaying a message reception phrase on the terminal screen and an alternative telephone number designated for the specific person; A user confirmation unit displaying a password input window for accessing the secret storage box on a terminal screen when a request for reading the received message is input from a user; And a message providing unit for allowing access to the secret storage box when the preset password is input and displaying the read request message on the terminal screen.

It is preferable that the secret function setting section further performs a process of registering the user specified alternative receiving phrase in the secret processing list, and the message receiving notifying unit displays the alternative receiving phrase when receiving a message from a specific person.

When the display of the alternative phone number is set to enable a call or reply to the alternative phone number, it is preferable that the display or the actual phone number is set to enable a call or reply to the actual phone number.

The user confirmation unit may be configured to recognize the action of the user pressing the specific button of the mobile terminal for the predetermined time as the read request.

Preferably, the mobile terminal may further include a menu controller for displaying the secret box menu on the terminal screen only when a password is input. The menu controller may further perform a process of moving any general message stored in the inbox to the secret locker according to a user's request.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium mounted on the mobile terminal to read, a procedure for receiving the actual phone number and the alternative phone number of the specific person specified by the user to register in the secret processing list, and received from the specific person A process of classifying a message and storing the message in a secret storage assigned to a message storage unit, displaying a message receiving phrase on the terminal screen and an alternative telephone number designated for the specific person, and a request for reading the received message from a user; When a password is entered, a procedure for displaying a password input window for accessing the secret locker on a terminal screen, and a procedure for allowing access to the secret locker when the preset password is input to display a read request message on the terminal screen. Computer-readable records of recorded programs Body is provided.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a mobile terminal 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may include a message storage unit 101, a secret function setting unit 102, and a message selection unit in addition to the basic components known in the art for supporting a mobile communication service. It includes a processing unit 103, a message reception notification unit 104, a user confirmation unit 105, a message providing unit 106 and a menu control unit 107.

The message storage unit 101 is an element that stores the received message in the mobile terminal 100, and may be preferably configured as a flash memory. The storage area allocated to the message storage unit 101 is classified into a secret box for storing a secret message, a general box for storing a general received message, and the like.

The message stored in the message storage unit 101 may correspond to a message in various formats such as text, voice, and video. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on an example of processing a text message.

The secret function setting unit 102 performs an environment setting process for secretly handling a message received from a specific person. To this end, the secret function setting unit 102 provides a setting information registration and management function for a secret processing list allocated and stored in a predetermined internal memory of the mobile terminal 100. That is, the secret function setting unit 102 registers the actual telephone number of the specific person designated by the user, the corresponding alternative telephone number, and the alternative receiving phrase specified by the user in the secret processing list. 2 schematically shows an example of the structure of the secret processing list.

The alternative telephone number is arbitrarily designated by the user as a telephone number irrelevant to the actual calling number, which is displayed on the terminal screen when receiving a message from a specific person. Here, the alternative phone number is preferably specified as a number capable of actual call or message reply, the alternative phone number displayed on the terminal screen is a callback in the mobile terminal 100 to enable the call or reply processing according to the user's selection (Call back) It is preferable to be set.

The alternate receive phrase is arbitrarily designated by the user as a phrase that allows the user to recognize that a secret message has been received. Here, the alternative receiving phrase may be specified for each sender, or may be specified in common for all secret messages.

When the message selection processing unit 103 receives a message from a specific person designated by the user, the mobile terminal 100 compares the actual calling number of the specific person recognized with the secret processing list to identify the secret message, and automatically classifies the message and stores the message. A process of storing the secret storage in the unit 101 is performed.

The message reception notifying unit 104 displays an alternative telephone number designated for a specific person together with an alternative receiving phrase on the terminal screen when it is recognized that a secret message has been received as a result of the processing of the message selection processing unit 103. Therefore, only the user himself or herself recognizes that a message has been received from the specific person.

When the user inputs a request for reading a received message, the user confirmation unit 105 displays a password input window for accessing the secret locker on the terminal screen in a pop-up manner, and displays the password input by the user. It is checked whether or not the user is the user by comparing with a preset password which is allocated and stored in a list or predetermined internal memory.

Here, the user identification unit 105 is preferably configured to recognize the action of the user pressing the specific button of the mobile terminal 100 for a predetermined time as a secret message reading request. For example, the user confirmation unit may be configured to recognize the action of the user pressing '0' on the keypad for 2 seconds as a secret message reading request and to display a password input window on the terminal screen.

The message providing unit 106 allows access to the secret locker when the user is confirmed according to the input of the preset password, and displays the actual calling number on the terminal screen together with the message requested for reading. At this time, the actual phone number displayed on the terminal screen is preferably set in the mobile terminal 100 callback to enable the call or reply processing according to the user's selection.

The menu controller 107 performs a control of displaying the secret box menu on the terminal screen. The menu controller 107 adds the secret mailbox menu to the message-related menu list only when user confirmation is made through the password input, otherwise, the menu controller 107 does not display the secret mailbox menu on the terminal screen. That is, when the user wants to view the secret box through menu selection, for example, pressing the '0' key for 2 seconds brings up the password input window, and enters the password to confirm the secret box menu in the list. After that, you have to go through the process of selecting it.

In addition, the menu control unit 107 preferably further performs a process of moving any general message stored in the inbox to the secret locker at the request of the user. That is, as shown in (a) to (c) of FIG. 3, any general message stored in the inbox may be moved to the secret locker according to the user's menu selection.

Next, a secret message processing method performed by the mobile terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

First, when a user inputs a specific person's actual phone number and a corresponding alternative phone number and an alternative receiving phrase to the mobile terminal 100 (step S100), the secret function setting unit 102 of the mobile terminal 100 is input. By the way, this setting information is registered in the secret processing list (step S101).

Then, when a message is received in the mobile terminal 100 (step S102), the message screening unit 103 of the mobile terminal 100 checks whether the calling number exists in the secret processing list and determines whether the secret function is a set number. (Step S103).

As a result of the determination, if the caller ID does not exist in the secret processing list, the received message is stored in the general storage box (step S104), and the screen of the mobile terminal 100 receives a general message receiving phrase (for example, 'receive a text message!') And Together, the calling number is displayed (step S105).

On the other hand, if the calling number is present in the secret processing list, the received message is stored in the secret box by the message sorting processing unit 103 (step S106), the message receiving notification unit 104 on the screen of the mobile terminal 100 As shown in Fig. 5A, the designated alternative receiving phrase and the alternative telephone number are displayed (step S107).

When the user who checks the alternative received phrase and the alternative phone number displayed on the terminal screen, for example, presses the '0' key for 2 seconds and requests a secret message reading request (step S108), the user confirmation unit 105 of the mobile terminal 100 ) Shows a password input window for accessing the secret storage box in a pop-up manner as shown in FIG. 5B (step S109).

If a preset user password is correctly entered in the password input window displayed on the terminal screen (step S110), the received secret message and the actual telephone number are displayed as shown in FIG. 5C (step S111).

On the other hand, if the user wants to view the secret box by selecting a message-related menu after the message client is terminated, it is necessary to access the secret box through the process shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 6, when the message box menu is not displayed in the received message list menu, for example, when the user presses the '0' key for 2 seconds and requests to view the secret message, FIG. As shown in), a password input window for accessing the secret box is displayed, and if the preset password is correctly input, the secret box menu is additionally displayed as shown in (c) of FIG. 6. Subsequently, when the user selects the secret box, the secret messages stored in the secret box are displayed for viewing as shown in FIG.

According to the present invention, there is provided a recording medium (a flash memory, a magnetic disk, a CD-ROM, etc.) recording a program capable of receiving and storing a secret message as described above, and a procedure for displaying an alternate telephone number and an alternate received phrase. It may be provided and commonly used.

Although the present invention has been described above by means of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described below by the person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the claims.

As described above, the method and the mobile terminal of the secret message processing according to the present invention provides the following effects.

First, since the calling party number of the specific person who sent the message is displayed with another predetermined number, the privacy of the user can be effectively protected.

Second, since the message can be designated by the user arbitrarily designated, it can be conveniently confirmed whether or not the reception of the secret message.

Third, since the request action for reading the secret message can be performed by a specific number key, it is quick and convenient to use.

Fourth, since the secret box menu is displayed on the terminal screen only when the password is confirmed, security can be enhanced.

Claims (13)

In the method of processing a secret message received at the mobile terminal, (a) registering an actual telephone number and an alternate telephone number of a specific person designated by a user in a confidential list; (b) classifying a message received from the specific person and storing the classified message in a secret lock assigned to a message storage unit; (c) displaying a message receiving phrase and an alternative telephone number designated for the specific person on a terminal screen; (d) receiving a request for viewing the received message from a user; (e) displaying a password input window for accessing the secret box on a terminal screen; And (f) allowing access to the secret archive upon entry of a preset password to provide a read message requested for reading; The method of claim 1, In the step (a), the alternative receiving phrase specified by the user is further registered in the secret processing list, And in step (c), display the alternative received phrase. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In step (c), a call or reply may be made to the alternative phone number, and in step (f), a call or reply may be made to the actual phone number displayed together with the received message. How messages are handled. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In step (d), a method for processing a secret message, characterized in that the user recognizes the action of pressing the specific button of the mobile terminal for a predetermined time. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the secret box menu is displayed on the terminal screen only when the password is input. Secret function setting unit for receiving the actual phone number and the alternative phone number of the specific person specified by the user to register in the secret processing list; A message sorting processor for classifying a message received from the specific person and storing the classified message in a secret lock box assigned to a message storing unit; A message reception notification unit displaying a message reception phrase on the terminal screen and an alternative telephone number designated for the specific person; A user confirmation unit displaying a password input window for accessing the secret storage box on a terminal screen when a request for reading the received message is input from a user; And And a message providing unit for allowing access to the secret storage box when a preset password is input and displaying a read request message on a terminal screen. The method of claim 6, The secret function setting unit further performs a process of registering a user-specified alternative received phrase in the secret processing list, And the message reception notifying unit displays the alternative received text when receiving a message from the specific person. The method of claim 6, When the alternative phone number is displayed, a call or reply can be made to the alternative phone number. Mobile terminal, characterized in that when the display of the actual phone number is set to enable a call or reply to the actual phone number. The method of claim 6, The user identification unit is a mobile terminal, characterized in that for recognizing the action that the user presses a specific button of the mobile terminal for a predetermined time as the read request. The method of claim 6, And a menu controller for displaying the secret box menu on the terminal screen only when the password is input. The method of claim 10, And the menu control unit further performs a process of moving any general message stored in the inbox to the secret locker according to a user's request. In the recording medium mounted on the mobile terminal to read, Receiving the actual phone number and the alternative phone number of the specific person designated by the user and registering it in the confidential list; Classifying a message received from the specific person and storing the classified message in a secret lock assigned to a message storage; Displaying a message receiving phrase on the terminal screen and an alternative telephone number designated for the specific person; When a request for reading the received message is input from a user, displaying a password input window for accessing the secret locker on a terminal screen; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing a procedure of allowing access to the secret storage box upon inputting a preset password to display a message requested to be read on a terminal screen. The method of claim 12, Further performing a procedure of registering a user-specified alternative received message in the confidential list; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing a procedure for displaying the alternative received phrase upon receipt of a message from the particular person.

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