KR100999294B1 - Phone book search method for mobile station - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a phone book search method of a mobile communication terminal for quickly switching to a desired page of a phone book by designating a page when searching for a phone number by operating a number key and a direction key of the mobile communication terminal. Receiving a number of pages to be switched further from the current page through the number key while the phone number list for the user is output; And receiving the previous or next direction key for page switching, immediately switching to the corresponding page, and outputting a telephone number list of the page.

Description

How to search phone book of mobile terminal {PHONE BOOK SEARCH METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION}

1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional phone book search method using up / down arrow keys.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view showing a phone book search method using a conventional left / right arrow keys.

3 is an exemplary view illustrating a method of directly inputting and searching a memory address in which a conventional telephone number is stored.

Figure 4 is an exemplary view showing a phone book search method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a phone book search method of a mobile communication terminal. Particularly, through a number key and a direction key manipulation of a mobile communication terminal, a mobile communication for quickly switching to a desired page of a phone book by designating a page when searching for a phone number. A phone book search method of a terminal.

In general, the mobile communication terminal is equipped with a variety of additional functions for the user's convenience, the phone book function is a useful function that can immediately perform a call by searching for a desired phone number.

On average, more than 100 phone numbers are stored in the phone book. To search for a desired phone number, print a phone number list and press the up / down arrow key to scroll the list up or down, or Press the left / right arrow key to switch to previous / next page and scroll up / down or search by entering the memory address of the phone number.

That is, the first search method is to output the list of telephone numbers as shown in FIG. 1, and then use the up / down arrow keys to scroll up / down the list and search until the name of the desired counterpart is displayed.

Next, the second search method is used when roughly guessing the location where the desired telephone number is stored. As shown in FIG. 2, after pressing the left / right direction key to switch to the previous / next page, the up / down direction key Press to scroll the list up and down and search until the name of the person you want is displayed.

Next, the third search method is a method that can be used when the phone number is stored even if the phone number is not remembered. As shown in FIG. To make the number searchable.

However, the first and second methods require a lot of time and effort because pages have to be turned up one by one using up / down / left / right keys when there are a large number of phone numbers, and the third method requires a corresponding memory address. There is a problem that must be remembered, which is practically rarely used even now.

Therefore, the present invention has been created to solve the above-described problems, and through the operation of the number key and the direction key of the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to quickly switch to the desired page of the phone book by specifying a page when searching for a phone number An object of the present invention is to provide a phone book search method of a mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a step of receiving a number of pages to be switched further from the current page from the user through the number key in the state of outputting the telephone number list for searching the telephone number; After receiving the number of pages to be switched, receiving the previous / next direction key for page switching, it is characterized in that it comprises the step of switching immediately to the page to output a list of phone numbers of the page.

In the related art, since it is necessary to continuously turn pages by using the left or right arrow keys until a desired page is outputted, it takes a lot of time and inconvenience. To quickly switch to the next page, enter the page to be switched further from the current page by using the number keys while the phone number list is displayed, and then enter the previous or next direction key for page switching. The main idea is to provide a way to switch to the page immediately.

That is, the present invention can immediately switch to a page with a stored telephone number, which is a very useful telephone number retrieval method when there are many lists.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is an exemplary view showing a phone book search method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. When a page number is input using a number key while a phone number list is output, a direction key for page switching is subsequently input. Immediately print a list of phone numbers on the page.

For example, if there are five phone numbers that can be printed on one page (screen) of the terminal and the current page is one page, if you want to search for a phone number that is about 200 (after 40 pages), use the number keys. After pressing '40', press the direction key (▶ key or ▲ key) to switch to the next page to switch to the page immediately.

As another example, if the current page is 40 pages and you want to access the list before the page 10, press the number 10 while the phone number list is displayed and press the direction keys (◀ or ▼) to return to the previous page. Let users switch to the page immediately.

Likewise, if the current page is 40 pages and you want to access the list after page 7, press the number 7 while the phone number list is displayed and press the direction key (▶ key or ▲ key) to switch to the next page. To switch immediately.

That is, in the past, when the current page is one page and wants to switch to 40 pages, the direction key for switching to the next page had to be pressed 40 times continuously. However, when the present invention is applied, only '4' + '0' + Since only 3 times of '▶ key or ▲ key' is pressed, the user's convenience can be improved.

As described above, the phone book search method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention enables a user to quickly switch to a desired page of the phone book by designating a page at the time of phone number search by operating the number key and the direction key of the mobile communication terminal. There is an effect that can improve the user's convenience and shorten the phone number search time.

Claims (2)

In the phone book search method of a mobile communication terminal, Receiving a number of pages to be switched further from the current page through the number key while the phone number list for searching the phone number is output; Receiving one of a previous direction key for switching to a previous page or a next direction key for switching to a next page; And immediately switching to a corresponding page according to the input page number and the input direction key, and outputting a telephone number list of the converted page. The method of claim 1, The previous direction key is the ◀ key or ▼ key, the next direction key is a phone book search method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the ▶ key or ▲ key.

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