KR100989225B1 - Method for managing status of message processing in mobile terminal and mobile terminal therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing a processing state for a message stored in a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal therefor. The mobile terminal for managing a processing state for a message according to the present invention comprises: storage means for storing a message; Input means for receiving an input from a user; Display means for displaying a message stored in the storage means; And when a specific function is requested from the user through the input means while a specific message is selected in the storage means, executing the corresponding function, and generating and storing a record that records the requested function from the specific message. Processing means; characterized in that it comprises a.

Mobile phone, mobile communication terminal, message, processing, reaction, status, management, record, log

Description

Method of managing message processing state in mobile terminal and mobile terminal for same {METHOD FOR MANAGING STATUS OF MESSAGE PROCESSING IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREFOR}

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method for managing a processing state for a message stored in a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal for the same.

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 a text message of a sender is received in a mobile telephone network, for example, at a short message service center (SMSC), the text message is transmitted to a telephone number of a receiver designated by the sender. do. Then, the receiver's mobile terminal stores the text message received through the base station in the memory and displays the text message on the screen at the request of the user.

The mobile terminal provides a menu for interfacing with the user and provides a message receiving 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. In addition, the mobile terminal provides a function of immediately connecting a call to a sender who views the message stored in the message inbox. In addition, the mobile terminal provides a function of immediately replying to a message stored in a message inbox.

Recently, a short message that leads to a wireless Internet access, such as a URL callback message, has been widely used. The URL callback message is a message including an address (URL) of an Internet web site. When a user presses a call button or presses a connect button after checking a URL callback message, the wireless browser of the mobile terminal is automatically driven to operate the URL. Automatically access the web site corresponding to

As such, the mobile terminal provides an environment in which various additional functions such as a call connection and a wireless Internet connection can be executed directly from the message inbox. The reason for providing such a function in the mobile terminal is that the main purpose of the message is not to merely convey information but to induce some response or cooperation. That is, the message is used to request a call connection or to request a wireless Internet connection.

However, although the conventional mobile terminal provides an environment in which various additional functions can be executed directly in the message inbox as described above, the mobile terminal does not inform about the user's reaction to each message stored in the message inbox. Therefore, there is a problem such as missed an important call by mistaken as a call connection for a message that requires a call connection. In addition, in recent years, as the usage of messages increases and the use of messages becomes popular, the amount of received messages increases greatly, and thus, it is very difficult to distinguish the actions taken for each message.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and stored in the mobile terminal, so that the user can distinguish and manage what actions, that is, what processing for each message stored in the message inbox. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for managing a processing state for a message and a mobile terminal for the same.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. Further, objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by the means and the combination shown in the appended claims.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for managing a processing state for a message in a mobile terminal, the step of receiving a specific function from the user in a specific message selected; Executing the requested function; And generating and storing a record for recording that the requested function is executed from the specific message.

Preferably, the record generation and storing step records in a log form that the requested function is executed from the specific message or sets a flag according to the requested function in a flag field of the specific message.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a mobile terminal for managing a processing state for a message, the storage means for storing a message; Input means for receiving an input from a user; Display means for displaying a message stored in the storage means; And when a specific function is requested from the user through the input means while a specific message is selected in the storage means, executing the corresponding function, and generating and storing a record that records the requested function from the specific message. Processing means; characterized in that it comprises a.

Preferably, the message processing means, the plate end for determining the function requested by the user; And log recording means for storing, in a log form, the fact that the requested function is executed from the specific message in the storage means based on the determination result of the determination unit.

Or, the message processing means, the determination unit for determining the function requested by the user; And a flag setting unit for setting a flag according to the function in a flag field of the message according to a determination result of the determination unit.

According to the present invention, by displaying the user's processing status for each message stored in the message inbox, the user can immediately check whether the user has taken the necessary actions for each message, important calls or important tasks, etc. Do not miss it. Therefore, it is possible to increase the satisfaction of the user using the mobile terminal, and also increase the use of additional functions such as a call connection and a wireless Internet connection, thereby increasing communication sales.

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 terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a message storage unit 101, a display unit 102, a message processing unit 103, an input unit 104, a call connection unit 105, and a wireless browser 106. do.

The message storage unit 101 stores a short message, a long message, a multimedia message, a broadcast message, a sent message that is created and sent by a user, an unsent message, and the like received from a communication network.

The display unit 102 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device for displaying information processed by the terminal to the user. In particular, the display unit 102 displays a message stored in the message storage unit 101 on a predetermined interface screen under the control of the message processing unit 103.

The message processing unit 103 performs overall control operations related to message processing such as sending, receiving, forwarding, and replying to a message, and generates and displays an interface screen related to various message processing on the display unit 102. In this case, the message processing unit 103 receives a user input such as sending a message, confirming a message, or sending a reply through the input unit 104 to perform a related message processing operation.

In addition, the message processing unit 103 may request additional functions such as call connection, internet connection, storage in the memo, etc. in addition to the message processing function while the user checks the message list or checks the details of the message. In this case, it calls the application to perform the function.

When the message processing unit 103 performs a predetermined processing operation on each message stored in the message storage unit 101, the message processing unit 103 generates and stores a record that records that the processing operation has been executed. For example, if a predetermined function is requested and executed while a predetermined message is selected by the user, the message processing unit 103 records a flag indicating that the corresponding function has been executed in the flag field of the message, or logs ( (I.e., date, time, execution function contents) in the form of a message or in a separate storage area.

On the other hand, when the message processing unit 103 displays the list of each message stored in the message storage unit 101 on the display unit 102 or when displaying the details of the message, the message processing unit 103 according to the log record of each message or in the flag field. According to the set flag, the identification indicator can be displayed in addition to each message list or the details. Therefore, the user can check the identification indicator of each message to check what action he / she performed after viewing the message.

The input unit 104 receives a signal for operating a terminal from a user through input means such as a keypad or a touch pad. For example, the input unit 104 receives a key signal for voice / video call origination, or a key signal for message origination and message acknowledgment. In particular, while checking the message from the user, the input unit 130 receives a signal for an additional function other than message processing such as a call connection, an internet connection, and storage in a memo box.

The call connection unit 105 attempts to connect the call according to the call signal of the message processing unit 103. Preferably, the call connection unit 105 receives a call signal including a telephone number from the message processing unit 103, and attempts to establish a call using the telephone number. The telephone number may be a calling party telephone number recorded in a received message or a called party telephone number recorded in a sent message.

The wireless browser 106 is automatically driven in response to the call signal of the message processing unit 103 and attempts to access the Internet. Preferably, the wireless browser 106 receives a call signal including a URL from the message processing unit 103 and accesses a web site using the URL.

In the embodiment referring to FIG. 1, only the call connection and the Internet connection using a wireless browser are described as additional functions used while checking a message. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various additional functions that can be processed using information recorded in the message are applied. Clarify that you can. For example, a memo application, a personal information management system (PIMS) application (schedule management, etc.), a phone book application (telephone number storage, etc.) are mentioned.

2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a message processing unit of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the message processing unit 103 of FIG. 1 includes an input determination unit 201, a reply processing unit 203, a delivery processing unit 205, an additional function call unit 207, and a log recording unit 209. It includes.

The input determination unit 201 receives a signal input by the user through the input unit 104 while checking a list of messages or details of the message. That is, when an input for composing a reply message is received, the input determination unit 201 transmits a control signal to the reply processing unit 203, and when receiving an input for message transmission, the input determination unit 201 transmits a control signal to the delivery processing unit 205. When receiving an input for a function other than a message processing function such as other call connection or Internet connection, the control signal is transmitted to the additional function caller 207.

The reply processing unit 203 displays the reply message creation interface screen on the display unit 102 according to the control signal received from the input determination unit 201, receives the reply contents from the user, creates a reply message, and sends the reply message.

The delivery processing unit 205 displays the message delivery creation interface screen on the display unit 102 according to the control signal received from the input determination unit 201, receives a called party's telephone number to receive the message from the user, and sends a message. .

The additional function call unit 207 calls a call connection application, a wireless browser or a memo application according to the control signal received from the input determination unit 201. In this case, the additional function caller 207 receives data (eg, a phone number, a URL, etc.) for allowing a call connection application, a wireless browser, or the like to perform a corresponding function, and calls the corresponding function.

The log recorder 209 receives a control signal for identifying a user input from the input determiner 201, and generates and stores a log record of the message according to the received control signal. At this time, the log recording unit 209 checks the time when the user executes a predetermined function in a specific message in association with the clock application, and generates and stores a log record as a record of executing the predetermined function from the corresponding message. For example, on June 18, 2008, a log record such as a call connection is generated and stored. The log record may be stored in a specific field of the message or may be stored with the message index in a separate memory.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the message processing unit 103 further includes an indicator display unit. Indicator The display unit checks the log record generated by the log recorder 209 and displays an indicator (e.g., icon, color, text of the log record) in the list of each message displayed on the screen or in the detail of the message. Document) to allow the user to identify what the user did to each message.

3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a message processing unit of FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Unlike FIG. 2, the message processing unit 103 referring to FIG. 3 includes a flag setting unit 309 in place of the log recording unit 209. Since the remaining components of the same reference numerals perform the same function, description thereof is omitted here.

The flag setting unit 309 receives a control signal for identifying a user input from the input determination unit 201 and records a flag corresponding to the user input in the flag field of the message according to the received control signal. That is, flags are divided for each user input, and the flag setting unit 309 records a flag corresponding to the user input in the flag field of the message according to the user input identification signal received from the input determination unit 201. For example, when a user attempts to connect a call immediately after confirming a message, the flag setting unit 309 records a flag according to the call connection in the flag field of the message.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, the message processing unit 103 further includes an indicator display unit. The indicator display unit checks a flag set for each message by the flag setting unit 309 and displays an indicator (eg, an icon, a color, etc.) according to the flag on a list of each message displayed on the screen, thereby allowing the user to Allows you to identify what you did to each message.

4 is a diagram illustrating a field configuration of a message according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a message stored in a mobile terminal includes a flag field 401, a caller ID field 402, and a callback URL. Field 403, message body field 404 and spare field 405.

In the flag field 401, as shown in FIG. 4, a flag is set according to an action that a user performs while checking a message. As illustrated in FIG. 4, '000' is set in the flag field 401 when the user checks the message, '001' is set when the reply message is sent, and '011' is set when the message is delivered. If the phone is connected immediately after checking the message, '010' is set. If the phone is connected immediately after checking the message, '010' is set.

The caller number field 402 records the telephone number of the sender who sent the message, the callback URL field 403 records the URL of the web site to which the wireless browser automatically connects, and the message body field 404 contains the message content. Is recorded. The spare field 405 is a spare field for use for another purpose.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a processing state for a stored message in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal receives a message from the communication network (S501) and stores the message in the message inbox (S503). When the message is received and stored in the message inbox as described above, the mobile terminal displays the list of messages stored in the message inbox on the screen and displays the message contents on the screen according to the user's selection (S505).

Subsequently, the mobile terminal receives a user command from the user while displaying the message content on the screen (S507). The mobile terminal checks whether the user input is a call connection (S509), and if the input is for a call connection, calls the call application and attempts to connect (S511). That is, when the user presses a call button while displaying a message, the mobile terminal attempts to make a call by setting the caller's telephone number recorded in the displayed message as the called party's telephone number. As described above, after the call connection is attempted according to the call connection input of the user, the mobile terminal sets a flag for the call connection in the flag field of the message (S513).

On the other hand, if the user input in the step S509 is not an input for the call connection, check whether the input for the Internet connection (S515), if the input for the Internet access attempts to access the Internet by driving a wireless browser (S517). . That is, when the user presses a wireless internet connection button while displaying a message, the mobile terminal drives a wireless browser and accesses a web page using a callback URL recorded in the displayed message. In this way, after attempting to access the Internet according to the user's Internet connection input, the mobile terminal sets a flag for the Internet connection in the flag field of the message (S519).

On the other hand, if the user input in step S517 is not an input for the Internet connection, and checks whether the memo storage input (S521), if the memo storage input drive the memo application to store the message content in the memo (S523). That is, when the user presses the save button in the memo box while displaying a message, the mobile terminal extracts the contents recorded in the displayed message and stores the contents in the memo box. After storing the message contents in the memo box according to the memo storage command of the user as described above, the mobile terminal sets a flag for memo storage in the flag field of the message (S525).

As described above, the mobile terminal performs a related function according to a user input while displaying the content of the message, and sets a flag of the related function in the flag field of the displayed message. When displaying the list of messages, the mobile terminal displays an indicator such as an icon on the message list based on the set flag so that the user can know what function the user has used after viewing the message.

In the above-described embodiment with reference to FIG. 5, only the attempt to connect a call, connect to the Internet, or store a memo while checking a message is described. However, the function may be performed based on the content of the message after viewing the message. All are applicable. In addition, although the present embodiment has been described based on a message received from a communication network and stored in a message inbox, the same applies to a message stored in a sent message box or a message stored in an unsent message box.

In addition, in the exemplary embodiment referring to FIG. 5, the flag is recorded as a record for recording a predetermined function from the corresponding message in the flag field of the message. However, as described above, a log record may be generated and stored. The log record may be stored in a specific field of the message (eg, a spare field), or may be stored with the message index in a separate memory area.

On the other hand, in the above embodiment, it has been described that the flag recording and the log recording are performed independently, but it is clear that the flag recording and the log recording may be performed in parallel at the same time.

6 is an exemplary view showing a screen displaying a message processing status in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 (a) shows the message receiving box in the mobile terminal. As shown in (a) of FIG. 6, when the message receiving box is approached in the mobile terminal, the stored messages are arranged and displayed in a date order. If the user selects message 1, the details of the message are displayed on the screen as shown in (b) of FIG. Subsequently, when the user presses the call button while the details of the message are displayed on the screen as shown in (b) of FIG. 6, as shown in (c) of FIG. . In this process, the mobile terminal sets a flag related to the call connection in the flag field of the corresponding message, and after confirming that the message is received again after the phone call is finished, the call is made to the message list number 1 as shown in FIG. The indicator 601 according to the connection is displayed. The user checks the indicator 601 of the message list 1 and confirms that the message is connected to the sender of the message after checking the message. This prevents repetitive telephone connections.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the display of the indicator in the message list has been described as an example. However, the indicator (or the text of the log record) may be displayed in the details of the message as well as the message list. It is okay.

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 terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a message processing unit of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a message processing unit of FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a field configuration of a message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a processing state for a stored message in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view showing a screen displaying a message processing status in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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101: message storage unit 102: display unit

103: message processing unit 104: input unit

105: call connection 106: wireless browser

Claims (13)

A method for managing a processing state for a message in a mobile terminal, (a) receiving a specific function request from a user while selecting a specific message; (b) executing the requested function; (c) generating and storing a log record indicating that the requested function has been executed from the specific message; And (d) displaying the text according to the log record in the specific message content. delete The method of claim 1, In step (c), And setting a flag according to the requested function in a flag field of the specific message. The method according to claim 1 or 3, And displaying an identification indicator according to the execution of the requested function on the specific message list. The method of claim 1, The specific message is, The message processing state management method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the message stored in any one of the received message storage box, the sent message storage box, the unsent message storage box. The method of claim 1, In step (b), And driving an application for the requested function. The method of claim 6, The application, And a call application, a wireless browser, a personal information management system (PIMS) application, a memo application, a phone book application, and a message application. A mobile terminal for managing the processing status for a message, Storage means for storing a message; Input means for receiving an input from a user; Display means for displaying a message stored in the storage means; And If a specific function is requested from the user through the input means while a specific message is selected in the storage means, the function is executed, and a log record indicating that the requested function is executed from the specific message is generated and stored. And a message processing means for displaying text according to the log record in a specific message content. delete The method of claim 8, The message processing means, Determination unit for determining the function requested by the user; And And a flag setting unit for setting a flag according to the function in a flag field of the specific message according to a determination result of the determination unit.  The method according to claim 8 or 10, The message processing means, And a display unit for displaying an identification indicator according to the execution of the requested function on the list of the specific message. The method of claim 10, The message processing means, And a caller which calls an application for the function according to the determination result of the determination unit. 13. The method of claim 12, The application, A mobile terminal, which is one of a call application, a wireless browser, a personal information management system (PIMS) application, a memo application, a phone book application, and a message application.

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