KR100793304B1 - Method and apparatus for lost notifying in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal and a device thereof are provided to enable a finder to select a loss notification function after an authentication card of a lost terminal is mounted on the finder's terminal, when the finder finds the lost terminal, thereby easily notifying peripheral people of the lost terminal's owner of loss. When it is recognized that another authentication card is mounted, it is confirmed whether a loss notification function is set in the authentication card(S201,S203). If so, the loss notification function is selected(S205). A loss message is transmitted to at least one designated number stored in a phone book of the authentication card(S207-S211). The loss notification function stores the loss message, and stores a method of sending the loss message and the designated numbers to which the loss message is to be transmitted.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOST NOTIFYING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal for loss notification according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram showing a screen when an authentication card for loss notification is mounted in a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

4A and 4B schematically illustrate a loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a screen when an authentication card for loss notification is mounted in a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for notifying loss of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus that can easily notify a person around a lost terminal when a lost terminal is acquired.

In general, an authentication card (RUIM card; Removable User Identity Module, SIM card; Subscriber Identity Module) is mounted in a mobile communication terminal, and is configured to enable transmission and reception of personal information and a call. And the information stored in the authentication card is booted to enable input and output through the control unit of the terminal. In order to exchange and use the terminal, the authentication card includes an authentication information storage unit for storing authentication information of the user and a general information storage unit of the user.

Meanwhile, as the number of users of mobile communication terminals has recently increased, the problem of loss of mobile communication terminals has become serious.

A loss notification method of a typical representative mobile communication terminal, which is proposed as a method for preventing a loss of a mobile communication terminal, is performed by a person who has acquired the lost terminal after searching for the phonebook of the lost terminal, and then calling people stored in the phonebook. To send a text message or send a text message. However, this method must go through a complicated process as described above, and if the power is turned off because the battery of the lost terminal is not available, the above-described loss notification cannot be performed.

In addition, the loss notification method of another conventional mobile communication terminal, which is proposed as a method for preventing the loss of a mobile communication terminal, is lost in the authentication card when the authentication card of the lost terminal is mounted on its terminal. Since the tracking function is set, the base station recognizes the use, tracks the location of the authentication card, and sends a message to the set people. However, this method is a method of tracking the location only by using the authentication card without considering the acquirer who installed the authentication card of the lost terminal in his terminal, which may be a privacy violation.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a loss notification method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal that can easily notify the loss of the terminal when the terminal to be lost is acquired.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a loss notification method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal that can easily notify the loss of the terminal even when the power is turned off because there is no battery remaining of the lost terminal.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal including an authentication card, the function of checking whether the loss notification function is set to the authentication card is recognized if another authentication card is installed; A process of selecting a loss notification function if the loss notification function is set, and a loss notification process of transmitting a loss message to a designated number if the function is selected.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a loss notification method for a mobile communication terminal including an authentication card, and checks whether a loss notification function is set in the authentication card when another authentication card is installed. And a number selection process of selecting a mobile communication terminal number of the authentication card owner if the loss notification function is set, and a loss notification process of sending a lost message to a designated number if the number is selected.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a loss notification device for a mobile communication terminal, including a phone book including phone numbers stored by an authentication card user, and a lost message for notifying the loss of the mobile communication terminal. A stored message storage unit, a transmission setting unit in which a method of transmitting the lost message is set, and a message transmitting unit transmitting the lost message in the set method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a loss notification device for a mobile communication terminal, comprising: a phone book including phone numbers stored by an authentication card user, and a lost message for notifying the loss of the mobile communication terminal. And a message setting unit for creating a message, a transmission setting unit for setting a method for transmitting the lost message, and a message transmitting unit for transmitting the lost message in the set method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in the embodiments of the present invention, the term "authentication card" refers to a card including a RUIM card and a SIM card and storing authentication information and general information of a user in the card itself. The term "phonebook" refers to a storage unit that stores information including a person's name and a corresponding telephone number.

First embodiment

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal for a loss notification according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal for a loss notification has a typical configuration of an RF unit 10, a controller 30, a display unit 50, an authentication card 70, and a key input unit 90.

The RF unit 10 performs a series of communication related to cellular phone communication, short message service or multimedia message service communication and data communication. The RF unit 10 converts and transmits the voice / sound data and the control data into a wireless signal, receives the wireless signal, converts the voice / sound data and the control data, and outputs the converted voice / sound data. To this end, the RF unit 10 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 controller 30 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. The controller 30 may include a data processor including a transmitter for encoding and modulating a transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding a received signal. Here, the data processing unit may be composed of a modem and a codec. The controller 30 checks whether the authentication card 70 mounted in the terminal is a card registered in the terminal according to the embodiments.

The display unit 50 displays data that is controlled and controlled by the controller 30. When the other authentication card 70 is mounted on the terminal according to the embodiments, the display unit 50 displays the terminal number of the lost notification function or the lost terminal user. In addition, the display unit 50 may be displayed by popping up a lost message creation window for the loss notification according to the present embodiments.

The authentication card 70 includes an authentication information storage unit and a general information storage unit. The authentication information storage unit stores important authentication information such as user information and unique information using the authentication card 70. The general information storage unit stores information such as a user's phone book.

The authentication card 70 generates a phone book including phone numbers stored by the user of the authentication card 70, a message storage unit for storing a lost message for notifying the loss of the mobile communication terminal, or a lost message according to the embodiments. And a message setting unit, a transmission setting unit for setting a method of transmitting a lost message, and a message transmitting unit for transmitting a lost message in a set method.

The code set in the mobile communication terminal for the authentication card 70 is composed of the following memory space. The code shown below is when the authentication card is a RUIM card.

typedef PACKED struct

{

word address; / * Storage address * /

byte alpha [NV_NAME_UTF + 1]; / * Array of digits * /

byte num_digits; / * Number of digits * /

byte digits [NV_MAX_RUIM_DIGITS + 1]; / * Array of digits * /

}

nv_ruim_dial_type;

In such a memory space, a lost message storage (byte ruim_message), a number (num_person) of transmitting a lost message, and a method (num_ten, num_all, num_random) may be stored in the memory space. Here, the method for transmitting the lost message includes a method of transmitting a lost message to a person who has a shortcut number 0 to 9 stored in the phonebook of the RUIM card, a method of transmitting a lost message to everyone stored in the phonebook, and the number of people. It may be a method of determining and delivering arbitrarily.

The key input unit 90 receives a user's operation signal for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal. The key input unit 90 may select either the loss notification function displayed on the display unit 50 or the terminal number of the lost terminal user when another authentication card is mounted in the terminal according to the embodiments. The key input unit 90 may create a lost message when the lost message creation window is popped up according to the present exemplary embodiments.

Hereinafter, the loss notification method of the mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a view showing a screen when the authentication card for the loss notification is mounted in the mobile communication terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention, Figures 4a and 4b is a loss notification of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention A schematic representation of the method.

1 and 2, the loss notification method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment, first, the controller 30 checks whether the authentication card 70 mounted on the mobile communication terminal is a registered card, It is checked whether the authentication card 70 is another card not registered (S201). Here, if the control unit 30 does not recognize that the other authentication card 70, and performs the corresponding function of the other generated event (S213). This process is performed by attaching the lost terminal's authentication card to its own terminal in order for the person who acquired the lost terminal to return the lost terminal and notify the loss.

If it is recognized that the authentication card 70 mounted in the mobile communication terminal is an unregistered card, the controller 30 checks whether the loss notification function is set in the authentication card 70 (S203). Here, through the loss notification function, a lost message to be described later and a designated number to transmit the lost message may be set. When the controller 30 recognizes that the loss notification function is not set in the authentication card 70, it ends.

Next, when the controller 30 recognizes that the loss notification function is set, the control unit 30 selects the loss notification function (S205). The screen in which the loss notification function is selected is shown in FIG. In general, when the authentication card 70 is mounted in the mobile communication terminal, a screen for inputting the authentication card number pops up. When the screen for inputting an authentication card number is displayed, the authentication card 70 in which the loss notification function is set according to the present embodiment displays a screen for selecting a loss notification function so that the function can be selected.

Subsequently, the controller 30 checks whether a window for creating a lost message is popped up (S207). Here, the lost message creation window pops up when the lost message is not stored in the loss notification function set in the authentication card 70 in step S203 described above. If the message composition window does not pop up, the controller 30 recognizes that the process S211 described below is performed.

When the controller 30 recognizes that the lost message creation window is popped up, the controller 30 recognizes that the lost message is created by the key input unit 90 (S209). The lost message creation window is popped up, and the screen on which the lost message is created is shown in FIG.

Next, the controller 30 recognizes that the written missing message is transmitted to the designated number (S211). Here, the designated number is a function set together when the loss notification function is set in step S203 described above. The designated number to which the lost message is transmitted is a number from 0 to 9, the speed dial numbers stored in the phone book of the authentication card 70, all numbers stored in the phone book of the authentication card 70, or randomly selected randomly. It may be a number. The screen for transmitting the created lost message to the designated number is shown in Fig. 4B.

Loss notification method and apparatus of a mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment is easy to the people around the lost terminal owner by selecting the loss notification function after mounting the authentication card of the terminal to its terminal when learning the lost terminal Can be notified of loss. And even if the lost terminal is powered off it can be easily notified of the loss.

Second embodiment

5 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an authentication card for a loss notification mounted in a mobile communication terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the screen when it is displayed. In this embodiment, descriptions of the same components as those of the first embodiment or corresponding components will be omitted.

The loss notification method and apparatus of the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment is similar to the loss notification method and apparatus of the mobile communication terminal of the first embodiment described above, but the loss notification function set in the authentication card is indicated by the terminal number of the authentication card owner. It is characterized by being.

1 and 5, in the loss notification method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment, the controller 30 first checks whether the authentication card 70 mounted on the mobile communication terminal is another card not registered ( S501).

If it is recognized that the authentication card 70 mounted in the mobile communication terminal is an unregistered card, the controller 30 checks whether the loss notification function is set in the authentication card 70 (S503).

Next, when the control unit 30 recognizes that the loss notification function is set, it recognizes that the terminal number of the owner of the authentication card 70 is selected (S505). The screen in which the terminal number of the owner of the authentication card 70 is selected is shown in FIG. When the authentication card 70 according to the present embodiment is mounted on the mobile communication terminal and a screen for inputting the authentication card 70 number is displayed, the authentication card 70 displays a screen for selecting the owner card number. To select.

Subsequently, when the controller 30 confirms that the window for creating the lost message is popped up (S507), the controller 30 recognizes that the lost message is created by the key input unit 90 (S509). The lost message creation window is popped up, and the screen on which the lost message is created is shown in FIG. Here, if the lost message creation window does not pop up, the following process S511 is performed.

Next, the controller 30 recognizes that the written missing message is transmitted to the designated number (S511). The screen for transmitting the created lost message to the designated number is shown in Fig. 4B.

On the other hand, the loss notification method and apparatus of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment may be variously modified within the scope not departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. This will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

As described above, the method and apparatus for notifying loss of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention attach a terminal's authentication card to its own terminal when acquiring a lost terminal, and then select a loss notification function, thereby preventing the loss of the owner of the lost terminal. People can easily be notified of the loss.

And even if the lost terminal is powered off it can be easily notified of the loss.

Claims (9)

In the loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal including an authentication card, A function checking process for checking whether a loss notification function is set in the authentication card when the other authentication card is installed; A function selection process of selecting the loss notification function if the loss notification function is set, and And a loss notification process in which a lost message is transmitted to at least one designated number stored in the phone book of the authentication card when the function is selected. In the loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal including an authentication card, Recognizing that another authentication card is installed, a function checking process for checking whether a loss notification function is set in the authentication card; A number selection process for selecting the mobile communication terminal number of the authentication card owner if the loss notification function is set; and And if the number is selected, a loss notification process in which a lost message is transmitted to at least one designated number stored in the phone book of the authentication card. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And the loss notification function stores the lost message, a designated number to send the lost message, and a method of sending the lost message. delete The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the loss notification process, The pop-up process of popping up the message composition window, Loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it further comprises a message creation process for creating a message. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The authentication card is a loss notification method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that any one of a RUIM card or a SIM card. An apparatus for notifying loss of a mobile communication terminal, A phone book containing phone numbers stored by the authentication card user; A message storage unit for storing a lost message for notifying the loss of the mobile communication terminal; A display unit which displays whether the loss notification function is selected when the authentication card is mounted; And a control unit which transmits the stored lost message to at least one designated number stored in the phone book when selecting the displayed loss notification function. An apparatus for notifying loss of a mobile communication terminal, A phone book containing phone numbers stored by the authentication card user; A message storage unit for storing a lost message for notifying the loss of the mobile communication terminal; A display unit which displays the mobile communication terminal number of the owner of the authentication card when the authentication card is mounted; And a control unit for transmitting the stored lost message to at least one designated number stored in the phone book when selecting the displayed mobile card number of the owner of the authentication card. The method according to claim 7 or 8, And said authentication card is one of a RUIM card and a SIM card.

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