KR100838016B1 - Method for managing section of private message in mobile terminal and mobile terminal therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

A message distinguishing/managing method in a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal therefor are provided to confirm received messages as enabling a user to randomly distinguish and separately keep the confirmed messages, thereby easily searching and keeping/managing the messages. Input for distinctive management for messages is received from a user(1-3). Flags are set on the messages according to the received iput(4-7). The messages are stored in corresponding categories of message keeping boxes distinguished according to the flags(8). Input for list inquiry for the overall messages arranged by flag is received from the user(9,10). The overall messages are classified according to the set flags to arrange and display message lists(11).

Description

Method for managing section in mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal therefor {Method for managing section of private message in mobile terminal and mobile terminal therefor}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method of classifying and storing a message in a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal therefor.

BACKGROUND With the development of communication technology, a short message service (SMS) capable of transmitting and receiving short text messages between mobile subscribers is being used in various ways. For example, stock information and traffic information services, as well as message transmission between subscribers using short messages, are also being applied to remote control technology. Recently, with the development of mobile communication technology, a multimedia message transmission service for transmitting a multimedia message including a long text, an image, a sound, a video, and the like as well as a short message is provided.

Referring to the conventional process of receiving a text message and a voice message, when the sender's text message is received in a mobile phone network, for example, a short message service center (SMSC), the text message is sent to the recipient's telephone number. send. Then, the receiver's mobile phone terminal stores the text message received through the base station in the memory and displays the text message on the display screen at the user's request. Of course, if the message is a voice message, the voice message itself is stored in a server of the telephone network, and a text message notifying the arrival of the voice message is transmitted to the receiver's mobile terminal. The mobile phone terminal provides a menu for interfacing with the user and provides a message box as one of the menus. The message inbox is a virtual receiving space, and the user can select and view a message through the message inbox, and can obtain information on how many messages have been received and how many messages are stored.

However, the conventional mobile phone terminal only supports one message inbox. Moreover, all messages received from the base station are stored in one message inbox of the mobile telephone terminal and deleted only by the user's operation. Therefore, the user cannot prevent unwanted messages from being received, and when the number of stored messages increases, it is difficult to retrieve the necessary messages again. In other words, the user has very limited authority to manage the received message.

In addition, in recent years, as the usage of the message is rapidly increased and the use of the message is popularized, the amount of the received message is greatly increased, which causes a lot of difficulties in archiving and managing the message. In order to solve this problem, a method of distinguishing a message by using a calling number when receiving a message has been used. However, the conventional method of classifying and managing messages using the calling number is difficult to distinguish and manage messages randomly received by the user because they are managed separately regardless of the intention of the user.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable a user to easily distinguish and keep separate and manage a plurality of received messages.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method of identifying messages separated from a plurality of messages in a message list and sorting the messages by the divided messages.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the appended claims.

In order to achieve the above object, the message classification management method in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a message classification management method in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: (a) receiving an input for managing a user from a user for a message; ; (b) setting a flag in the message according to the received input; And (c) storing the message in a corresponding category of the message archive divided according to the flag.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal for classification and storage management of a received message, comprising: storage means for storing a received message and a message set according to a category and set a flag; Display means for displaying a message stored in the storage means and a flag set in the message; Input means for receiving a signal for division management from a user with respect to the message displayed on the display means; And a control means for setting a flag in the message according to the signal from the input means, distinguishing the message, and storing the flag in the corresponding category area of the storage means.

According to the present invention, it is possible to identify the message received from the mobile communication terminal, and optionally separate and store the user, thereby providing an effect of easily searching and archiving the messages.

In addition, it is possible to arbitrarily classify and sort messages by a plurality of preset types by a simple operation, and display them as emoticons for each type to provide an effect of intuitively identifying the classified messages.

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 view showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a wireless transceiver 110, a handset 120, a key inputter 130, a display 140, a memory 150, and a controller 160. do.

The wireless transceiver 110 receives a voice call signal, a video call signal, a data signal, a short message (SMS) or an MMS message from a mobile communication base station, and moves the voice / video call signal, a data signal, a message, and the like. Transmit to communication base station.

The handset 120 includes a microphone and a speaker to receive a user's voice through the microphone, and outputs the voice received by the wireless transceiver 110 and processed by the controller 160 through the speaker.

The key input unit 130 receives a signal for operating the terminal from the user through an input means such as a keypad. For example, the key input unit 130 receives a key signal for sending a voice / video call or a key signal for sending a message and confirming a message. In particular, the key input unit 130 receives a key signal for selecting a desired message among the messages received from the user, receives a signal for managing message classification, and receives a key signal for selecting a flag to be set. Perform. In addition, it serves to receive a key signal for the entire message inquiry and message sorting divided by flags.

The display unit 140 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display for displaying information processed by the terminal to the user. In particular, the display unit 140 displays an interface screen of a function program such as a message inbox, a message box, or the like under the control of the controller 160.

The memory 150 includes an operation program for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like for storing a system program. In particular, the memory 150 stores a message received through the wireless transceiver 110, for example, a short message, a multimedia message, and the like, and the classified messages received from the user are classified and stored by category.

The controller 160 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. In particular, the controller 160 controls an operation for classifying and storing messages received through the wireless transceiver 110 according to a user's request by setting a flag and classifying the message into categories. It also controls operations such as inserting emoticons and sorting the separated messages.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a control unit in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 160 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The controller 160 includes a message selection processor 161, a division request signal processor 162, a flag setting processor 163, a category processor 164, an emoticon processor 165, an alignment processor 166, and a storage processor 167. ).

The message selection processing unit 161 performs a process of selecting and confirming a message according to a selection input for checking or distinguishing among messages received and stored in the mobile communication terminal.

The division request signal processing unit 162 performs a division process on the message selected through the message selection processing unit 161 according to the division request signal received from the user by the key input unit 130.

The flag setting processing unit 163 receives a signal for selecting one of a plurality of flags divided into a plurality of types to the user as the division processing is performed by the division request signal processing unit 162 and sets a flag selected for the corresponding message. Perform After setting the flag, the display unit 140 outputs a guide message indicating that the flag is set. That is, it informs the user that the message is classified as a desired type.

The category processor 164 sets a category corresponding to a flag divided into a plurality of types prepared in advance, and distinguishes an area corresponding to the category from a message box of the memory 150. The category processor 164 may add, change, and delete categories according to a request from a user.

The emoticon processing unit 165 inserts an emoticon corresponding to the flag in the flag set message through the flag setting processing unit 163. The inserted emoticon is displayed together with the message in which the flag is set when the message list is displayed through the display unit 140.

The sorting processor 166 receives the entire message list inquiry request key input signal from the user in the key input unit 130 and displays the entire message in a list through the display unit 140. In addition, the key input unit 130 receives a sort processing request key input signal from the user and sorts the message list according to a flag set for each category to display the message list on the display unit 140. In the sorting process, the flags desired by the user may be sorted in order of priority according to the user's request and displayed in a list.

The storage processor 167 stores a message whose flag is set through the flag setting processor 163 in a message box classified according to a category of the memory 150. At this time, of course, the message is stored in the category area corresponding to the set flag.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a method for managing message classification in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, a mobile communication terminal receives a short message (SMS) or a multimedia message (MMS) from the outside through the wireless transceiver 110. (1) The received message is controlled by the controller 160. The control process is performed through the control unit and stored in the message inbox of the memory 150. (2)

Subsequently, the controller 160 receives a user input for confirming a message stored in the memory 150 through the key input unit 130 (3). The controller 160 retrieves the message selected by the user from the memory 150 and displays the details on the display 140 (4). Preferably, the controller 160 displays a list of messages stored in the memory 150 through the display unit 140 according to a user input, and when the user selects a message to be checked among them, details of the selected message are displayed. Displayed on the display unit 140.

Next, the controller 160 receives a request signal for classifying and managing the message being displayed on the display unit 140 through the key input unit 130. (5) When the division request signal is received, the display unit 140 is received. Provide a flag divided into a plurality of types to the user through the user receives the flag selected through the key input unit 130 as a selection input signal from the user.

When the flag selection input is received, a process of classifying the message by setting the selected flag to the message is performed. (7) When a flag is set in the message, an emoticon corresponding to the flag is inserted into the message. The inserted emoticon is displayed in the message list or the individual message confirmation screen. (8)

Next, when the flag is set, the message is stored in the category-specific storage box of the memory according to the set flag. Here, the message is stored and stored in the category area corresponding to the flag set by the user's selection.

Next, in order to check the message list sorted by flags, the user receives the entire message inquiry request signal and the message alignment request key input signal from the user through the key input unit.

In this way, the entire message list is retrieved according to the received request signal, and then the message list is sorted by the set flag and the sorted message list is displayed through the display means. In this case, the list may be output in priority order for each desired flag according to a selection input from the user.

4 is an exemplary view showing a screen of a process of classifying and storing messages in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, a user accesses a message inbox in a mobile communication terminal and selects a message to be classified and managed. In FIG. 4A, the user selects message 1 as a message to be classified and managed. Details of the selected message are displayed on the terminal as shown in (b) of FIG. 4.

Next, the user inputs a menu 301 button to separately manage the corresponding message on the screen as shown in FIG. When the menu 301 button is input, a sub menu such as sending a reply or classifying a message is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 4C, and the user selects a menu of classifying a message 303.

Then, as shown in (d) of FIG. 4, the division menus according to the flags divided into a plurality of types are displayed. These menus are predetermined and can be added, changed and deleted at the request of the user. The user selects a menu to be classified as an important message 305 in selecting a menu to classify the message.

When the user's flag selection is completed, a screen indicating that the flag is set is displayed as shown in FIG. Since the user has selected an important message, a confirmation message "Delimited as important message" is displayed.

In addition, as shown in (f) of FIG. 4, the message storage area of the memory is divided into categories, and a message set as a flag of the important message is stored in a corresponding category area. When each category area is selected, a flag corresponding to the category is set and messages stored and stored are displayed.

In addition, when the user selects the entire message 307 from the message storage menu as shown in (f) of FIG. 4, the entire message is output as a list as shown in (g) of FIG. 4. At this time, all messages, such as messages classified by received message categories, are output as a list. In addition, the entire message list includes emoticons inserted in the flagged message. This makes it easy to identify what type of message is divided. The screen shows an example in which the star-shaped emoji is displayed on the message divided into important messages in the above example.

Next, when the user is able to select a message sorting instruction and requests a message sorting, the message list is sorted according to the flag set as shown in FIG. In this case, the priority ordered according to the user's request may be changed. The screen shows an example of the sorted status of the message list with priority messages.

The terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be construed as limiting in their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to best explain their invention in the best way possible. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that 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.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention includes matters described in such drawings. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a control unit in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a method for managing message classification in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view showing a screen of a process of classifying and storing messages in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: wireless transceiver 120: handset

130: key input unit 140: display unit

150: memory 160: control unit

Claims (10)

As a message classification management method in a mobile communication terminal, (a) receiving an input for classification management from a user for a message; (b) setting a flag in the message according to the received input; And (c) storing the message in a corresponding category of a message storage box divided according to a flag. The method of claim 1, In setting the flag in step (b), Method for managing message classification in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for setting a flag selected by the user from among the flag divided into a plurality of types. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Before step (a) above, Selecting and receiving a message to be classified management desired from the user among the plurality of messages received by the mobile terminal; Message classification management method in a mobile communication terminal further comprising. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Between steps (b) and (c), And inserting and displaying an emoticon indicating that the flag is set in the flag-set message or the message list. The method according to claim 1 or 2, After step (c), (1) receiving an input for querying an entire message list sorted by flags from a user; And (2) sorting and displaying the message list by classifying the entire message by the set flag; and managing the message classification in the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The message is a message classification management method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). A mobile communication terminal for classification and storage management of received messages, Storage means for storing a message set in a flag divided by the received message and the category; Display means for displaying a message stored in the storage means and a flag set in the message; Input means for receiving a signal for division management from a user with respect to the message displayed on the display means; And And a control means for setting a flag in the message according to a signal from the input means, separating the message, and storing the message in a corresponding category area of the storage means. The method of claim 7, wherein The input means, And a signal for selecting a flag to be set in the corresponding message and receiving a division request signal for requesting division management of the selected message from the user. The method according to claim 7 or 8, The control means, And inserting a corresponding emoticon into the message or the message list according to a set flag and displaying the same emoticon through the display means. The method according to claim 7 or 8, The input means, Receive a request signal from the user for querying the entire message list, sorted by flag, The control means, And sorting and displaying a message list by classifying all messages according to a set flag according to a request signal from the input means.

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