KR100995729B1 - Mobile phone and method of searching phonebook therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a method of searching the contents of the phone book of the mobile terminal by the avatar and the picture, and if the search word entered by the user is a letter, all the names corresponding to the entered letters are displayed, and associated with the name according to the conversion button input Saved pictures and avatars are displayed on one screen. Therefore, the present invention not only by the name but also by switching the avatar and the picture to display the user can intuitively and quickly search for the desired counterpart, it is easy to distinguish even in the case of the same name.

Description

Mobile device and phonebook search method {MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD OF SEARCHING PHONEBOOK THEREFOR}

1 is a diagram illustrating a mobile terminal phone book search process according to the prior art;

2 is a flow chart of a mobile terminal phone book search method according to the prior art;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a phonebook search method of the present invention portable terminal;

4 is an explanatory diagram of a mobile phone phone book search process according to the present invention;

** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: display unit 110: name search display state

120: avatar search display state 130: photo search display state

The present invention relates to a method for searching a phone book of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a method for searching a phone book using an avatar and a picture recorded in the phone book.

The mobile terminal (MS) is a personal mobile communication device that freely moves within the service area of the mobile communication system and wirelessly communicates with the other party anytime and anywhere.

The mobile terminal MS adds a phone book function to record a name, a phone number, a memo, etc. of a communication partner, and to search and communicate when necessary.

The phone book provided in the mobile terminal MS may store about 100 counterpart names and telephone numbers. However, due to the development and advanced technology of related technologies, avatars or images may be stored together to easily check the characteristics of the other party as well as about 5,000 to 10,000 phone numbers and memos. .

The method of searching for a phone book provided in the mobile terminal is most commonly searched by using a name. When searching for a phone book by name, the search is usually performed by inputting the other person's last name or one characteristic letter as a search word without inputting the corresponding name.

Even when searching for phone bok by the search word such as the name, for example, dozens of phone numbers can be searched by the same search word from the phone book stored in the thousands or more. There is a need for technology development to solve the problems that need to be identified.

Hereinafter, a phone book search method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a mobile terminal phonebook search process according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, in order to search for a mobile terminal phone book according to the related art, a user enters a phone book menu and enters a name as an example.

For example, in the case of inputting 'min' representing the surname as the input search word, all the names with the mince surname recorded in the phone book are searched and displayed on the display unit. If the phone book includes an avatar or a picture, an avatar whose name is located is displayed on the screen. When the user inputs a selection button for the avatar of the name displayed on the screen, detailed items such as a detailed phone number, a memo, and a set ring type are displayed.

As described above, if the name is not found by checking the details of the searched name, the user repeatedly checks the details of all remaining searched names. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a name to be searched is searched by confirming details of each name.

Therefore, in the related art, when the number of names searched by the search word is large as described above, there is a problem that it takes a lot of confirmation time.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail the phone book search method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for searching for a mobile terminal phone book according to the related art.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal phone book search method according to the related art includes determining whether to search for a phone book embedded in the mobile terminal (S10); Receiving a search word when searching the phone book (S20); Searching for a phone book using the input search word and displaying a result on a corresponding display unit (S30); Confirming details of the displayed search result and selecting a phone number from the user (S40); Determining whether to communicate with the selected telephone number and performing communication with the selected telephone number (S50, S60).

The user stores, in the phone book, an avatar and a picture representing the characteristics of the other party, including a phone number, a name, and a memo frequently used in the mobile terminal. The phone book list is, for example, a high-end type that can store 5000 or 10,000 phone numbers.

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The controller (not shown) checks whether the user retrieves the phone book list of the mobile terminal (S10). The phonebook may be searched by a name, or when a phone number is known, a method of checking a name by inputting a corresponding phone number. If you know the name of the other party you want to make a call, but do not know the phone number, so the user can enter a search term for the name search (S20).

The control unit searches the input search word and then displays the search result on the display unit of the mobile terminal (S30). The user may check a detailed item of the displayed search result, check whether the user is the other party of the name to be searched, and then select the corresponding party (S40).

If you want to communicate with the selected counterpart (S50), the user inputs the communication signal of the call connection request, the control unit is connected to the other party's telephone number retrieved according to the call connection request signal to perform the communication (S60) .

As described above, the phone book of the mobile terminal searched by the conventional technology has a problem of confirming the counterpart because it checks each of the detailed items of many results searched by the search word.

In addition, there is a problem that the process is complicated and time-consuming because it checks each of the details of the searched phone book list.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a method for searching a phone book, which display a phone book search result of a mobile terminal as an avatar and a photo so as to intuitively and quickly search for a counterpart by visual features.

In order to achieve the above object, a phone book search method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of checking a search word input by a user; Displaying all names corresponding to the input letters when the search word input by the user is letters; And displaying a picture and an avatar stored in association with the name on one screen according to a switch button input while the plurality of letters are displayed.
In order to achieve the above object, a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a phone book in which avatars or photos associated with a plurality of names are stored; A display unit for displaying information stored in the phone book; If the search word is a letter, all the names corresponding to the letters are included, and a control unit for converting and displaying the stored pictures and avatars related to the name on one screen according to the input of the switch button.
Preferably, when the switching button is input once in the state where the plurality of letters are displayed, the avatars are displayed in a predetermined order, and when the characters are input again, the pictures are displayed in a predetermined order.
Preferably, when the switch button is input once in the state that the plurality of characters are displayed, the phone book search method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that to display the pictures in a predetermined order, if the input again.
Preferably, when the switch button is input while the avatar or the picture is finally displayed on the screen, the screen returns to the screen where the name is displayed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings a method for searching a phone book of a mobile terminal.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a phone book search method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a mobile phone phone book search process according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the method for searching a phone book of a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes: displaying a list of searched phone books in a predetermined order when searching for a communication counterpart from a phone book of a phone book stored in the mobile terminal; Simultaneously displaying a plurality of avatars in a predetermined order when displaying a list of phonebooks searched in the above process as avatars; When displaying the retrieved phone book list as a photo, displaying a plurality of photos simultaneously in a predetermined order.

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In addition, the present invention performs a process of requesting a call connection in the case of communicating by selecting the phonebook list displayed in the above process.

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, a phonebook search method of a mobile terminal will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

In the phone book of the mobile terminal (MS), for example, 5,000 to 10,000 telephone numbers are stored along with avatars, photos, and simple memos associated therewith.

As described above, in the case of simply searching and managing a large list of phonebooks using search terms as in the prior art, since several search results are displayed by one search word, there is a problem that the searched results must be searched again. Accordingly, the present invention proposes a method for allowing a user to intuitively search for a desired counterpart quickly by using a plurality of avatars and pictures when searching to solve the above problem.

That is, when searching for a phone book (S100), the user inputs one letter among the names of the other party to search, for example, 'min' indicating the family's last name as a search word (S110).

The controller determines whether to display the search results from the phone book list by the name by inputting the search word ('min') (S120). The search results are displayed on the display unit in the Hangul order of the Kanada.

If the phone book search result is not displayed by name, the controller determines whether to display as a personal avatar (AVATA) (S140). A plurality of avatars are displayed at the same time (S150). Even if the user has a similar name or the same name, the user intuitively checks the avatar with a visual sense and checks whether or not he / she wants a final search.

When the phone book search result is not displayed as an avatar, the control unit determines whether to display the real picture (S160), and when it is set to display the result list of the search result as the real picture, the display unit, according to a predetermined order, Multiple pictures are displayed at the same time (S170). Even in this case, the user intuitively checks whether or not he / she wants to search for the final search by visual judgment of the picture even when the user has a similar name or the same name.

When the plurality of avatars or photos displayed as described above are not displayed all at once on the display unit, for example, the directional scroll buttons may be switched and intuitively confirmed.

After that, the controller checks the search result displayed by the user with a name, avatar, photo, etc., and determines whether to communicate with the selected counterpart (S180). When not in communication, the controller returns to the process (S110) and repeats the search. When communicating with the selected counterpart, a call connection request signal is generated, so communication is performed (S190).

Therefore, when the phone book list stored in the mobile terminal has a large capacity, the input method should be an automatic input method, not a storage number designation method, and the display method of the search result is an avatar that can be intuitively discriminated and determined using time. By using the photo, the user can quickly search for the desired phone number and person, and at the same time, make sure of the distinction even in the case of the same name.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figure 4, a mobile phone phone book search process according to the present invention will be described.

When searching for a phone book (PHONEBOOK) of the mobile terminal (MS), the user first selects a menu to search by name from the search menu displayed on the display unit 100 and then inputs a search word corresponding to the first name of the first name. The controller searches for a search word corresponding to the entered last name in the phone book and displays the search result 110 on the display unit.

For example, when the search word is entered as 'min', all names having a person's name in the phone book are searched for and displayed (110). The controller displays an avatar or a picture corresponding to the name where the cursor CURSER is located among the searched names. Therefore, in order to confirm the counterpart desired by the user, all of the searched names must be checked one by one, which is time-consuming and complicated and cumbersome.

In the state where the search result is displayed by the name as described above, when the user inputs a switch button provided in the mobile terminal, the controller displays the search result as an avatar (120). In this case, the avatar is displayed only when it is provided, and the cursor CURSER is designated in units of avatars.

When the user inputs the switch button again while being displayed as the avatar as described above, the control unit 130 displays the search result as a photo. The picture is displayed only when the picture is provided, and the cursor CURSER is designated in picture units.

As described above, the display is displayed in order of name, avatar, and pictures by inputting the switch button, and details can be confirmed when the cursor is located.

In addition, since the search results are displayed as avatars and pictures, the user quickly and finally searches for a desired counterpart without checking details.

The present invention having the above configuration has an industrial use effect of searching for a specific person intuitively and quickly by using an avatar and a picture from a large phone book.

In addition, since the phone book is searched by the avatar and the picture, there is a convenient effect in distinguishing even the same name.

Claims (8)

Checking a search word input by a user; Displaying all names corresponding to the input letters when the search word input by the user is letters; And converting and displaying a stored picture or avatar associated with the name on one screen according to the input of a switch button in the state where the name is displayed. The method of claim 1, wherein the avatar is displayed in a predetermined order when the switch button is input once in the state where the name is displayed, and the pictures are displayed in the predetermined order when the input button is input again. The method of claim 1, wherein when the change button is input once in the state where the name is displayed, the pictures are displayed in a predetermined order, and when the input button is input again, the avatars are displayed in a predetermined order. The method of claim 1, further comprising: returning to a screen on which a name is displayed when a switch button is input while an avatar or a picture is finally displayed on the screen. A phone book storing avatars and photos related to a plurality of names; A display unit for displaying information stored in the phone book; When the search word input by the user is a letter, all names corresponding to the input letter are displayed on the display unit, and a picture or avatar stored in the phonebook related to the name is displayed on one screen according to the conversion button input. A mobile terminal comprising a control unit. The method of claim 5, wherein the control unit The mobile terminal, characterized in that the avatar is displayed in a predetermined order when the switch button is input once the name is displayed, and the pictures are displayed in the predetermined order when the name is input again. The method of claim 5, wherein the control unit The display device displays a picture in a predetermined order when the switch button is input once the name is displayed, and displays the avatars in a predetermined order when the name is input again. The method of claim 5, wherein the control unit And returning to the screen on which the name is displayed when the final switch button is input while the avatar or the picture is displayed on the screen.

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