KR100790786B1 - Portable terminal and method for sending short message service thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable terminal and a text message transmission method thereof are provided to include a receiver and identified characters in a written text message to parse the text message, and to transmit the message to a receiver written after the identified characters, thus a procedure for designating the receiver is not necessary. A written text message is parsed(S201-S209). If identified characters exist in the parsed text message, characters after the identified characters are searched from a phone book, and a telephone number corresponding to the searched characters is registered in a receiver list of the text message(S211,S213). The text message is transmitted to a telephone number of the registered receiver(S215,S217).

Description

PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SENDING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE THEREOF}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a portable terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation of a portable terminal for transmitting a text message according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram schematically illustrating an operation of a portable terminal when a plurality of characters extracted from FIG. 2 exist in a phone book.

4A to 4C are diagrams schematically illustrating an operation screen of a portable terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention.

5 is a view schematically showing another operation screen of the mobile terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention.

6a to 6e schematically illustrate another operation screen of the portable terminal for transmitting a text message according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for transmitting a text message thereof, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a method for transmitting a text message thereof by including recipient information together with identification text in a written text message. will be.

A mobile terminal represented by a mobile phone has a basic communication function and a message transmission / reception function in addition to a voice call function. The message transmission / reception function may exchange short sentences of about 40 characters between portable terminals without additional equipment, and is commonly known as a text message service or a short message service (SMS). With the rapid spread of portable terminals in the past 10 years, the proportion of message service users is increasing rapidly. The message service is firmly established as one of the communication means comparable to the current voice call because the message service is easy to use, quick to deliver, and repeatedly attempts to transmit a message even when a voice call is impossible.

When the text message is transmitted, the user completes the text of the content to be transmitted, and then moves to a window for inputting a list of recipients and designates a recipient. The designation of the recipient is selected by searching in the phone book or by directly inputting the phone number into the recipient list. That is, after the user completes the text message creation, the user selects a recipient to move several windows, thereby requiring the manipulation of the key input unit.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to include an identification text and a recipient in a written text message, parse the text message, and transmit a text message to a recipient written after the identification text when the text message is transmitted. To provide a way.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a method for transmitting a text message thereof, which do not require a procedure for designating a recipient when transmitting a text message.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a text message transmission method of a mobile terminal, the process of parsing a written text message, and when an identification text is present in the parsed text message, a character following the identification text in a phone book. Searching, registering a telephone number corresponding to the searched text in a recipient list of the text message, and transmitting the text message to the registered recipient's telephone number.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal comprising a memory unit for storing a phone book, a key input unit for creating a text message, a parsed text message, and an identification text present in the parsed text message. A control unit for retrieving a character following the identification character from the phone book and registering a telephone number corresponding to the retrieved character in a recipient list of the text message, and transmitting the text message to the registered recipient's telephone number. Includes RF department.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Before the detailed description of the present invention, the portable terminal will be described by way of example and for convenience of description, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the portable terminal according to the embodiments of the present invention is a portable terminal for providing convenience to the user. Preferably, the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal, a mobile phone, a wired / wireless phone, a portable multimedia player (PMP), Applicable to all information communication devices and multimedia devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones, notebooks and personal computers, and applications thereof. something to do.

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1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a portable terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a portable terminal according to the present invention has a configuration of an RF unit 101, a display unit 103, a key input unit 105, a memory unit 107, and a controller 109.

The RF unit 101 performs a wireless communication function of the portable terminal. The RF unit 101 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

The RF unit 101 transmits the text message created according to the present embodiment. Here, the text message is described as an example, but may be a message service such as an EMS (Multimedia Message Service) or an MMS (Multimedia Message Service).

The display unit 103 visually displays various information related to the state and operation of the portable terminal. The display unit 103 displays the text message created according to this embodiment. Here, the display unit 103 displays a text message including an identification character, for example, '#'. In this embodiment, the identification character is described as an example of '#', but is not limited thereto. The display unit 103 displays the received subscriber information after the identification character.

The display unit 103 displays all of the corresponding characters when there are a plurality of characters following the identification character in the phone book. In addition, when the character following the identification character does not exist in the telephone directory, the display unit 103 displays a window for confirming whether or not to register the character in the telephone directory.

The key input unit 105 receives a user's operation signal for controlling the operation of the portable terminal. The key input unit 105 performs an operation such as writing a text message, completing a text message, or the like according to the present embodiment. In particular, the key input unit 105 performs the creation of the identification character when the text message is written, and the creation of the specific character after the identification character. Here, the specific text may be the name of the receiving subscriber who will receive the written text message.

The memory unit 107 stores programs and information necessary for the operation of the portable terminal. The memory unit 107 stores the telephone book according to this embodiment.

The controller 109 controls the overall operation of each component of the portable terminal. The control unit 109 controls the text message transmission function according to the present embodiment. The controller 109 parses the created text message when the text message creation is completed. Here, the reason for parsing is to check whether an identification character exists in the created text message. When an identification character, for example, '#' exists in the parsed text message, the controller 109 searches for a character after '#' in the phone book of the memory unit 107. Here, the character after '#' may be a subscriber name stored in the phone book. The control unit 109 registers the telephone number corresponding to the retrieved text in the recipient list, and transmits the created text message to the registered recipient.

If the number of characters retrieved from the phone book is plural, the controller 109 displays all corresponding subscriber information and receives the desired subscriber information from the user. Thereafter, the control unit 109 registers the telephone number of the subscriber selected by the user in the recipient list, and transmits the created character to the registered recipient.

In addition, if there are a plurality of identification characters, the control unit 109 searches for all the characters after the identification characters in the phone book and registers them in the recipient list. Here, when there are a plurality of characters searched in the phone book, as described above, the controller 109 displays all corresponding subscriber information and receives the desired subscriber information from the user.

Hereinafter, a text message transmission method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation of a portable terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating an operation of the portable terminal when a plurality of characters extracted from FIG. 2 are present in a phone book. . 4A to 4C schematically illustrate an operation screen of the mobile terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 schematically shows another operation screen of the mobile terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention. Drawing.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIGS. 4A to 4C and 5, a text message transmission method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the controller 109 in the standby mode (S201). Checks the text message input mode (S203). The user selects a text message input mode for text message transmission through the key input unit 105.

Next, the control unit 109 recognizes the creation of the text message (S205). 4A shows a display unit 103 in which a text message is created. The user writes a desired text message through the key input unit 105.

Subsequently, the control unit 109 confirms whether or not a confirmation key is input (S207). That is, the controller 109 checks whether or not a confirmation key is input after creating a text message from the user. Here, the confirmation key may be input by the operation of the key input unit 105.

When the input of the confirmation key is confirmed, the controller 109 parses the text message created in step S205 (S209) and checks whether an identification character exists in the parsed text message (S211). Hereinafter, the identification character is described as an example of being '#', but is not limited thereto. The controller 109 checks whether the text message created in step S205 described above includes '#'. As shown in FIG. 4A, a '#' exists at the end of a written text message.

If there is no identification character, the control unit 109 recognizes that the telephone number is input to the recipient list from the user, and transmits a message written to the input recipient telephone number (S225).

On the other hand, when the identification character is present in step S211, the control unit 109 extracts the character after the identification character, and retrieves the extracted character from the phone book (S213). As shown in FIG. 4A, if '#' is present, the controller 109 extracts a character after '#', that is, 'Hong Gil-dong'. The control unit 109 searches for 'Hong Gil Dong' in the phone book of the memory unit 107.

Next, the control unit 109 checks whether the extracted character exists in the phone book (S215). As shown in FIG. 4A, it is checked whether or not the letter 'Hong Gil Dong' exists in the phone book of the memory unit 107.

If the extracted text exists in the phone book, the control unit 109 registers the phone number corresponding to the extracted text in the recipient list, and transmits the text message created by the registered recipient (S217). This process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, if the extracted characters exist in the phone book, the controller 109 checks whether there are a plurality of matching characters (S301). As illustrated in FIG. 4A, when the letter “Hong Gil-dong” exists in the phone book, the controller 109 checks whether a plurality of corresponding letters exist in the phone book.

If there is one matching character, the control unit 109 registers the corresponding telephone number in the recipient list, and transmits the text message created by the registered recipient (S309). The screen in which the corresponding telephone number is registered in the recipient list is shown in Fig. 4B. As shown in Fig. 4B, if there is only one character after the identification character in the telephone book in the created text message, the control unit 109 registers the corresponding telephone number in the recipient list. The control unit 109 transmits the text message written to the registered telephone number.

On the other hand, if there are a plurality of matching characters in the above-described step S301, the control unit 109 displays all the matching subscriber information on the display unit 103 (S303). When there are a plurality of characters in the telephone directory that match the characters 'hong gil dong' appearing after the identification character, the screen displaying the information on the display unit 103 is shown in FIG. 4C. As illustrated in FIG. 4C, when a phone number is stored in the phone book under the names 'hong gil dong', 'hong gil', and 'gil dong', the controller 109 displays all of the information on the display 103.

Next, the controller 109 confirms whether a recipient is selected from the user (S305), registers a phone number corresponding to the selected name in the recipient list, and transmits a text message to the registered recipient (S307). As shown in Fig. 4C, the control unit 109 registers the telephone number of the subscriber selected from the user in the recipient list, and transmits the text message to the registered recipient.

On the other hand, if the extracted characters in the above-described step S215 is not present in the phone book, the control unit 109 checks whether or not to register the extracted characters in the phone book (S219). A screen asking whether to register a phone book of the extracted text is shown in FIG. 5. As shown in FIG. 5, if the extracted text is not in the phone book, the controller 109 checks whether the extracted text is registered in the phone book. If the phone book registration request is not confirmed, the controller 109 proceeds to step S225 described above.

On the other hand, if the phone book registration is requested in step S219, the control unit 109 registers the extracted text and the phone number input from the user in the phone book (S221). The control unit 109 registers the registered telephone number in the recipient list and transmits a text message written to the registered recipient (S223).

The above-described embodiment has described a case in which one identification character exists when a text message is written. Hereinafter, a case in which a plurality of identification characters exist in a text message created in the text message transmission method of the mobile terminal according to the present invention will be briefly described. In this case, the process proceeds similarly to the case where one identification character exists as described above. 6A to 6E are schematic views illustrating still another operation screen of the mobile terminal for text message transmission according to the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 and 6A to 6E, as shown in FIG. 6A, the controller 109 recognizes that a text message is created from a user. Here, the text message includes a plurality of identification characters. In the present embodiment, a case where three identification characters, for example, '#' exist, will be described as an example.

Subsequently, the control unit 109 parses the created text message, extracts characters after the identification character, and searches for the extracted characters in the phone book. Characters extracted after the three identification characters are 'Hong Gil-dong', 'Gapul-byeong', and 'Lee Cheol-soo', as shown in FIG. 6A. When these characters exist one by one in the telephone book, the control unit 109 registers the telephone numbers corresponding to the extracted characters in the recipient list, as shown in Fig. 6B. The control unit 109 then transmits the created text message to the registered recipient.

On the other hand, when a plurality of extracted characters exist in the phone book, the controller 109 displays all the names corresponding to the characters on the display unit 103, as shown in Figs. 6C to 6E. That is, the controller 109 displays the characters after the first identification character and the characters matching 'hong gil dong' to receive a desired recipient from the user. In addition, the controller 109 displays characters matching the letter 'C', which is the character after the second identification letter, to select a desired recipient from the user, and displays characters matching the character 'Lee-Chul Lee', the character after the third identification letter. To select the desired recipient from the user. The control unit 109 then transmits the created text message to the registered recipient.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal and the text message transmission method according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and may be variously modified within the scope not departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, after the creation of the text message, the text message is parsed to confirm the existence of the identification character, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, by parsing a text message stored in the memory unit, when the identification text exists, the subscriber corresponding to the text after the identification text may be registered in the recipient list, and the stored text message may be transmitted to the registered recipient.

This will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

According to the present invention, when the text message is transmitted, it is not necessary to select a recipient separately after creating the text message, so that the text message transmission time can be reduced and the user's convenience can be improved.

Claims (12)

Parsing the written text message, When the identification text is present in the parsed text message, searching for a character following the identification text in a phone book, and registering a phone number corresponding to the searched text in a recipient list of the text message; And transmitting the text message to a phone number of the registered recipient. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration process, Displaying a plurality of subscriber information corresponding to the searched text when there are a plurality of searched texts in the phone book; Receiving a specific subscriber from the displayed subscriber information; And registering a telephone number corresponding to the selected specific subscriber in a recipient list of the text message. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration process, And if there are a plurality of identification characters, the characters following the identification characters are searched in the phone book, and the telephone numbers corresponding to the searched characters are registered in the recipient list of the text message. Transmission method. The method of claim 3, wherein the registration process, Searching for a character after the first identification character in the phone book, and if there are a plurality of the searched characters, displaying all subscriber information corresponding to the searched characters; Selecting a specific subscriber from the displayed subscriber information and registering a telephone number corresponding to the selected specific subscriber to a recipient list of the text message; And searching for a character following a next identification character in a phone book, and returning to the display process if there are a plurality of the retrieved characters. The method of claim 4, wherein the returning process, And if there is one searched text, registering a phone number corresponding to the searched text in a recipient list of the text message. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration process, If there is no character after the identification character in the phone book, confirming whether to register the character in the phone book; Registering the letter and the received telephone number in the telephone directory upon receiving the telephone number; And registering the input telephone number in a recipient list of the text message. A memory unit for storing a phone book; A key input unit for creating a text message, Parsing the created text message, searching for the text following the identification text in the phonebook when the identification text is present in the parsed text message, and registering a phone number corresponding to the searched text in the recipient list of the text message. With the control unit, And an RF unit for transmitting the text message to the registered recipient's telephone number. The method of claim 7, wherein the control unit, If there are a plurality of characters searched in the phone book, all the subscriber information corresponding to the searched texts are displayed, and the telephone number corresponding to the specific subscriber selected through the key input unit is registered in the recipient list of the text message. Mobile terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein the control unit, And if there are a plurality of identification characters, searching for characters after the identification characters in the phone book and registering telephone numbers corresponding to the searched characters in a recipient list of the text message. The method of claim 9, wherein the control unit, Search for a character after the first identification character in the phone book, and if there are a plurality of the searched characters, display all subscriber information corresponding to the searched character, and display the phone number corresponding to the specific subscriber selected through the key input unit. Registered in the recipient list, and search for a character after the next identification character in the phone book to display all the subscriber information corresponding to the searched character if there are a plurality of the searched characters, and correspond to the specific subscriber selected through the key input unit. And a telephone number is registered in the recipient list of the text message. The method of claim 10, wherein the control unit, And searching for a character following the next identification character in a phone book and if the searched character is one, registers a telephone number corresponding to the searched character in a recipient list of the text message. The method of claim 7, wherein the control unit, When the character after the identification character does not exist in the phone book, and the character is requested to be registered in the phone book, a phone number is received and the letter and the received phone number are registered in the phone book. And a number is registered in the recipient list of the text message.

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