KR101050149B1 - Collect personal call information of phone book and service method using same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for collecting individual call time information of a portable wireless terminal phone book, and extracting the phone number of the other party when a call is connected and checking whether the extracted phone number is registered in the phone book, and the phone number of the other party is stored in the phone book. If registered, the process of counting the talk time and reading the existing talk time information of the other party from the phone book after the end of the call and updating the talk time information of the other party by adding the read talk time information and the current talk time information of the other party. Including a process of registering in the phone book, it is possible to provide a terminal user with various call time information for a specific counterpart, such as his or her taste and interest.

Wireless terminal, phone book, talk time information, notification time information

Description

Collection of personal call information of phone book and service method using same {METHDO OF COLLECTING CALL INFORMATION INDIVIDUALLY IN PHONE BOOK AND SERVICE METHOD USING IT}             

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a general portable wireless terminal,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for collecting individual call information according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process for viewing individual call information according to the present invention; and

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process for registering and notifying a user of an individual notification function according to the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a phone book function of a portable wireless terminal, and more particularly, collects call information with a counterpart registered in a phonebook and automatically updates and records the call history with a specific counterpart registered in the phonebok if the user later desires it. The present invention relates to a collection of individual call information of a phone book configured to easily view information and a service method using the same.

In recent years, manufactured mobile communication terminals have a built-in function called 'phonebook' that allows a user to register a required name and a corresponding phone number in advance, and then search for it and send it to the retrieved corresponding phone number. It is common. The phone book function stores a phone number frequently used by the user in the memory of the mobile phone, and if necessary, searches the stored phone number to search the phone number of the other party and then automatically dials the searched phone number. It is an add-on that is very convenient for users.

On the other hand, the terminal has a function of counting the talk time and adding and updating the current talk time to the pre-stored total talk time when talking with the other party. Therefore, when the terminal user views the talk time used by the terminal user, the total talk time used up to the present time of the terminal is displayed.

However, as described above, the existing terminal only counts the total total talk time of the terminal, and furthermore, there is an inconvenience in that the user cannot check the talk time information of the specific target because there is no such function in the phone book function.

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to collect the individual phone call information of the phone book configured to grasp the call tendency of a specific target by adding a function to view the call time information of a specific counterpart And to provide a service method using the same.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a call book collection method for each individual and a service method using the same, wherein a user can use a simple schedule function by adding a notification period setting function for a specific counterpart to the phone book.

In order to solve the above object, the present invention relates to a method for collecting individual call time information of a portable wireless terminal phone book, and extracts the phone number of the other party when a call is connected and the extracted phone number is registered in the phone book. Checking whether the other party's phone number is registered in the phone book, counting the talk time, reading the existing talk time information of the other party from the phone book after the call is ended, and the current talk time information of the other party Summing the call time information to update the call time information of the other party and registering the call book information.

In addition, the present invention relates to a method for performing a notification function according to individual call time information of a portable wireless terminal phonebook, a process of checking whether a notification function item of a specific counterpart stored in the phonebook is selected, and when a notification function item is selected, notification Displaying the period input request screen, the process of counting from the time until the inputted notification period expires if the notification period is input, and through the output means of the terminal to notify the user of the notification period expiration when the notification period is expired And transmitting a notification message.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the case where it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be unnecessarily obscured, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a general portable wireless terminal. In the following description, the terminal is a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), or a personal digital assistant (PDA). ), And an IMT2000 (international mobile communication-2000) terminal, etc., and the following description will be described with the general configuration of the above examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, a control unit (MPU: Micro-processor unit) 100 controls the overall operation of the terminal. For example, it is possible to perform processing and control for voice call and data communication, and to read the phonebook function according to the present invention in addition to the usual function, and display information on the entire call history of a specific counterpart on the display unit.

The memory 101 includes a program memory, a data memory, a nonvolatile memory, and the like. The program memory stores a program for controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. The program memory may use a flash memory. The data memory temporarily stores data generated during the operation of the wireless telephone. The data memory may use random access memory (RAM). The nonvolatile memory stores telephone numbers and system parameters registered to perform functions such as speed dialing. The nonvolatile memory may use an EEPROM.

The key pad 102 includes 0 to 9 numeric key buttons, a menu button, a cancel button (clear), an OK button, a call button (TALK), an end button (END), and an internet access button. And a plurality of function keys, such as a navigation key button, and provide key input data corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 100.

The display unit 103 displays status information generated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal, a limited number of characters, a large amount of moving images and still images, and the like. The display unit 103 may use a liquid crystal display module (LCD module). More preferably, the LCD module may use a color wide LCD module.

A coder (Coder-Decoder) 104 connected to the control unit 100, and a microphone device and a speaker device connected to the codec 104 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording. The codec 104 converts the PCM data provided from the controller 100 into an analog voice signal and sends the same through the speaker, and converts the voice signal received through the microphone into PCM data to the controller 100. to provide.

In addition, the RF module 105 reduces the frequency of the radio frequency signal received through the antenna to the modem unit 106 and increases the baseband signal from the modem unit 106 by raising the frequency. Transmit through the antenna. The modem unit 106 processes a baseband signal transmitted and received between the RF module 105 and the control unit 100. For example, in case of transmission, channel coding and spreading of data to be transmitted are performed, and in case of reception, despreading and channel decoding of a received signal are performed. .

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for collecting individual call information according to the present invention, and more specifically, for a user to update and record a record of call information in a phone book inside a terminal using a terminal. The process is shown. First, in step 201, the controller checks whether the terminal is in a call connection state. When the call connection is detected, step 203 is performed to extract the other party's telephone number. Thereafter, step 205 is performed to check whether the extracted counterpart phone number is registered in the phone book in the terminal. At this time, if the other party is not registered in the phone book will end the process according to the present invention. This is because most of the counterparts who are not registered in the phone book are one-time calls. Thereafter, after performing step 207 of counting the talk time with the other party, a process of checking whether the call is terminated is performed in step 209.

When the call is terminated, the controller performs step 211 to read existing total talk time information from the phone book. At this time. The above-mentioned total talk time information may include, for example, the total talk time of the entire terminal, the total talk time of the other party to be currently updated, the total outgoing talk time of the other party's total talk time, and the total talk time of the other party. And the like. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may store more time information as needed.

After the process, the control unit performs step 213 of updating the total call time information by adding current call time information to previous total call time information. Thereafter, step 215 is performed to register the updated total talk time corresponding information in the phone book. In this case, the updated total talk time information includes: 1. Total talk time and percentage with the other party compared to the total talk time of the terminal 2. Total call time and percentage with respect to the total talk time of the other party and 3. Compared with the total talk time of the other party Total incoming call time and percentage can be registered. Meanwhile, in step 205, the process of separately storing and updating only the call information when the counterpart is not registered in the phone book may be further performed.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process for viewing individual call information according to the present invention, and more particularly, when the control unit requests viewing of the call time information of the other party by a user's key operation, the display device (display unit) of the terminal. Shows the process for display.

The controller first performs step 301 of checking whether the phonebook entry button is input by the user. When the input of the phonebook entry button is detected, step 303 of displaying lower menu items on the display unit is performed. In this case, various existing phone book functions are sequentially displayed on the display unit, of which the "call information viewing" item according to the present invention is displayed together. Therefore, step 305 of checking whether a call information view item is selected by the user's key operation is performed. If the call information viewing item is selected in step 305, the controller performs step 307 to list the individual list input to the phonebook and display the list on the display unit. After that, when the user selects a specific counterpart and detects that the selection button is input (step 309), the process of displaying detailed call time information of the selected item in step 311 is performed on the display unit.

At this time, the call time information of the counterpart finally displayed on the terminal is as follows.

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1. Total talk time: 100 minutes (13%)

2. Total call time: 60 minutes (60%)

3. Total incoming call time: 40 minutes (40%)

In this case, the first total talk time indicates the total talk time of the designated counterpart and the percentage thereof relative to the total talk time of the terminal. The two total outgoing call times indicate the total outgoing talk time of the designated party and the percentage of the specified party's total talk time (one total talk time). It displays the total received talk time of the designated party and the percentage of it.

Accordingly, the terminal user can perform a phone book function to read various call time information for any particular counterpart stored in the terminal.                     

If the phonebook entry button of step 301 is not input, the corresponding function of step 313 is performed, and if the input of the call information item is not detected in step 305, the corresponding function is performed in step 315.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process for registering an individual notification function and recognizing a user according to the present invention, and more specifically, setting a user during a process of updating a recent call record of a specific user registered on a phone book. This is a process for notifying the terminal user when the call information is not input even after a certain period of time.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the controller performs step 401 to check whether the phonebook entry button is recognized by the user's key button manipulation. If a key manipulation input for the user's entry into the phone book is detected, step 403 of displaying sub-menu items on the terminal display unit is performed. In this case, various existing phone book functions are sequentially displayed on the display unit, of which a "notification selection" item according to the present invention is displayed together. Accordingly, step 405 is performed to check whether the notification selection item is selected by the user's key operation.

When the notification selection item is selected in step 405, the controller performs a step 409 of listing individual lists input to the phonebook and displaying the list on the display unit. Thereafter, in step 409, a check is performed in which a selection button for selecting a list of a specific counterpart is input. In this case, when the input of the selection button is detected in step 411, step 413 in which the notification period input request screen for the selected counterpart is displayed on the terminal display unit is performed. The above-described notification period input request screen may be a screen for requesting selection of a known period, for example, daily, one week, one month or time input.

Thereafter, when the user inputs the notification period by the key button manipulation, the controller inputs the notification period for the designated counterpart on the data storage of the terminal and starts counting until the specified notification period. Thereafter, step 419 is performed to check whether a call is made with the other party who has selected the notification function. In step 419, if a call with the other party whose notification function is selected before the notification function expires is detected, the user resets and recounts according to the notification period input in step 417 from the time when the call ends. If the call with the notification counterpart is not detected in step 419, the process proceeds to step 423 in which the expiration of the notification period of the designated notification counterpart is checked. Thereafter, when it is detected in step 423 that the notification period of the notification counterpart has expired, the controller performs step 425 of notifying the user through the output means of the terminal. The output means may be a display device for visual recognition and a speaker device for auditory recognition used in the terminal, and may perform a notification function by selectively or operating together.

Apparently, there are many ways to modify these embodiments while remaining within the scope of the claims. In other words, there may be many other ways in which the invention may be practiced without departing from the scope of the following claims.

 The individual call time information viewing function of the phone book according to the present invention can provide the terminal user with various call time information for a specific counterpart such as his or her call preference and interest, and accordingly, a predetermined notification period set for a specific counterpart stored in the phone book is provided. When it expires, it automatically informs the user, so it is possible to adjust the individual schedule smoothly.

Claims (4)

In the individual call time information collection method of the portable wireless terminal phonebook, Extracting the phone number of the other party when the call is connected and checking whether the extracted phone number is registered in the phone book; When the counterpart's phone number is registered in the phonebook, counting the talk time and reading the existing talktime information of the counterpart from the phonebook after the call ends; And And adding the read call time information of the other party and the current call time information to update the call time information of the other party and registering in the phone book. The call time information of the call counterpart read and updated from the phone book is received as a percentage of the total talk time and the terminal total talk time with the counterpart, the total outgoing call time sent to the counterpart and the percentage of the counterpart's total talk time, and received from the counterpart. And a percentage of the total received talk time and the counterpart's total talk time. delete In the method of performing a notification function according to the individual call time information of the portable wireless terminal phonebook, Checking whether a notification function item of a specific counterpart stored in the phone book is selected; When a notification function item is selected, a notification period input request screen, which is a randomly set specific time, is displayed, and when a notification period, which is a randomly set specific time, is input, a notification period, which is the arbitrarily set specific time, is entered from that point in time. Counting time until expiration; And And sending a notification message through an output means of the terminal to notify the user of the expiration of the notification period, which is the arbitrarily set specific time, when the notification period, which is the arbitrarily set specific time, has expired. The method of claim 3, Checking whether the notification function is in communication with the selected counterpart while the time for the notification period, which is the predetermined time, is counted; And And re-counting when a call with the other party is detected, resetting the time for the notification period, which is the predetermined time for the other party, from the time point at which the call ends.

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