KR101161442B1 - Method for preventing reception of spam call in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal that can be easily used by a mobile terminal user.

 According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal, the method including displaying a reject hot key along with a caller number included in a call list according to a call list display signal input, and a caller selected according to a reject hot key input signal. And adding the number to the reject list and rejecting the call setup when the call setup request of the caller included in the reject list is included.

 It provides the advantage that the mobile terminal user can conveniently reject calls and spam calls from unwanted destinations.

Mobile Device, Spam Call, Bouncing, Undo

Description

Method for preventing reception of spam call in mobile phone}

1 is a view showing the configuration of a conventional general mobile terminal

2 is a flowchart for explaining a spam phone blocking method according to the related art in a mobile terminal.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a menu screen used in a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a menu screen used in a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

110: wireless transceiver 120: key input unit

130: terminal control unit 140: memory

150: display unit 160: audio output unit

The present invention relates to a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal.

With the recent popularity of mobile terminals such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), users of the devices are receiving numerous unwanted phone calls and text messages. In general, these spam calls and messages are often sent randomly, so it is difficult for the recipient to know and cope with them in advance.

The conventional technology for blocking unwanted spam calls and text messages is briefly described as follows.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a conventional general mobile terminal.

Conventional mobile terminals, as shown in Figure 1, a wireless transceiver for performing a process for transmitting or receiving a wireless signal 110, and a key input unit provided with a plurality of keys including a numeric key as a user interface means The control unit 130, which not only controls the spam blocking operation based on the pre-stored blocking control program and data, but also controls the overall operation of the terminal as a whole, and a word or block indicating that the message is a spam blocking target. A memory 140 for storing telephone numbers as a database, a display unit 150 for providing a graphical user interface screen such as a liquid crystal display, and a voice output unit for outputting audio such as a ringing sound, a voice of the other party, and music ( 160) and the like.

In the conventional general mobile terminal configured as described above will be described the operation of blocking the unwanted unwanted phone calls and text messages.

First, when a mobile terminal user presses a numeric key or a function key of the key input unit 120 to activate a menu function of the mobile terminal of the key input unit 120 so as not to receive an advertisement message, the terminal controller 130 displays the display unit 150. In step S210, a menu screen is displayed.

When the menu screen is displayed according to the above process, the user can create a list for entering a list of phone numbers to be unsubscribed or a submenu for adding a new unsubscribed phone number to a previously created and stored complaint list. Select a menu (S220).

According to the user's sub-menu selection as described above, when the user can enter the call rejection phone number, the user inputs the call rejection number desired to be registered (S230).

Subsequently, when the user presses the save or confirmation key, the terminal controller 130 adds the newly-rejected phone number input by the user to the list and stores it in the memory 140 (S240).

When the call setting request is received in the state in which the reject list is stored in the memory 140 according to the step S240, the terminal controller 130 transmits the call number of the calling party to the memory 140. If it is included in the stored reject list, and if it is included in the reject list, it is possible to block the user from receiving spam calls and text messages that are not desired by the user by rejecting the call setup request (S250).

However, if the user wants to register the corresponding phone number that the user wants to reject, the menu for inputting the corresponding phone number is displayed sequentially, and the corresponding phone number is checked one by one so that the corresponding function can be entered. There is a disadvantage that it is quite inconvenient to use.

In addition, according to the method according to the prior art as described above, when the user wants to refuse to receive all of the advertising spam calls and e-mails randomly sent by a certain kind of service provider targeting the mobile terminal user to use the service Creating a complaint list individually for a phone number is not only time-consuming but also adds inconvenience for users to use the function.

The present invention makes it possible to easily create a complaint list using the reject hot key to block spam calls in the mobile terminal, which allows the mobile terminal user to conveniently reject incoming and spam calls from undesired targets. The purpose is to provide a method.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying a call reject hot key together with a caller number included in a call list according to a call list display signal input; And adding the selected caller number to the reject list according to the key input signal, and rejecting the call setup when the call setup request of the caller included in the reject list is requested.

Rejecting the call setup when the call setup request of the caller included in the reject list includes: receiving a call setup request from the caller, and determining whether the caller requesting call setup number is included in the reject list And transmitting a call setup rejection signal to a call setup request from the caller when the caller number is included in the reject list as a result of the determination.

In addition, the spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of displaying a reception rejection service range setting menu, and the caller number corresponding to the user input information for each service range Adding to the blocked sender list and storing it in the memory; and when receiving a call setup request from the caller, determining whether the call is established by determining whether the caller number is included in the blocked sender service range of the blocked sender list. Characterized in that the configuration.

As a result of determining whether the caller number is included in the reject list, when the caller number is not included in the reject list, a normal communication procedure is performed.

As a result of determining whether the caller number is included in the reject list, when the caller number is included in the reject list, transmitting a call establishment rejection signal to a call setup request from the caller is performed. do.

As a result of determining whether the caller number is included in the unsubscribe list, when the caller number is included in the unsubscribe list, it is determined whether the caller number is the unsubscribe target and the normal communication procedure is performed. Characterized in that the step is further provided.

The method may further include determining whether the caller ID is a rejection release target and transmitting a call setup rejection signal when the caller ID is not a rejection cancellation target.

Hereinafter, a spam phone blocking method in a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to a method for blocking a spam call in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, an additional unsubscribe list hot key is set to facilitate a mobile terminal user registering an unsubscribed caller ID in the unsubscribe list. .

Referring to FIG. 3, when the mobile terminal user selects the call list menu using the key input unit 120, the terminal controller 130 may activate a hot key that the user may select together with a caller number list that has requested call setup. The menu is output to the display unit 130 (S310).

4 is a diagram illustrating a menu screen used in a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the user selects a call list from the menu, a call-out menu for performing a hot key function is added and displayed on the display unit 130 including a plurality of caller numbers stored in the memory 140. do.

From the display screen, the user selects a caller number to add to the reject list by using a direction key, etc. In FIG. 4, the caller number indicated by 011-444-4444 is currently selected.

In this state, when the mobile terminal user selects the reject hot key, the terminal controller 130 adds the caller number corresponding to the currently designated 011-444-4444 to the reject list and stores it in the memory 140. (S320).

As described above, the mobile terminal receives the call setup request signal from the caller through the wireless transceiver 110 in the state where the new caller ID is added and stored (S330).

Upon receiving the call setup request signal from the caller, the terminal controller 130 determines whether the caller number requesting the call setup is included in the reject list stored in the memory 140 (S340).

As a result of the determination (S340), a normal ring tone is output through the voice output unit 160 in accordance with a normal communication procedure in which the caller number requesting call setup is not included in the reception rejection list (S350).

However, when the determination result (S340), if the caller number requesting the call setup is included in the call reject list, the second setup rejection signal is transmitted through the wireless transceiver 110 to reject the received call setup request. As it does not output the ring tone to block the spam call (S370).

Spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention described above, in order to facilitate the mobile terminal user to register the blocked sender number in the blocked sender list, a hot key for adding a blocked sender list On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in order to block spam calls in a mobile terminal, caller numbers having a common identification number according to a service may be designated as a sender sender group and used as a sender caller list. The storage method can be used. This will be described in detail.

 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a menu used for a method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows the screen.

In order to block a spam call in the mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 5, the terminal controller 130 displays the display unit according to a signal input by the user through the key input unit 120 of the mobile terminal. The controller 150 displays a menu screen by controlling 150 (S510).

A user may add a service included in a corresponding range to a reject list by designating a number used by a certain service provider as a group according to a service using the menu screen.

To this end, the menu is provided with a submenu for specifying the reception rejection range. Referring to FIG. 6, an information service reception setting menu is illustrated as a sub menu for designating a reception rejection range.

That is, when the user selects the information service reception setting, a caller number range using the same identification number as 700, 080, and 060 corresponding to a specific service is designated as a group and displayed on the display unit 150.

The mobile terminal user selects a group corresponding to a service to be rejected from the menu screen displayed on the display unit 150 (S520).

According to the user selection information, the terminal controller 130 includes the service number range included in the group selected by the user in the rejection list and stores it in the memory 140 (S530).

 As described above, the mobile terminal receives the call setup request signal from the caller through the wireless transceiver 110 in the state in which the new reject caller ID is added and stored (S540).

Upon receiving the call setup request signal from the caller, the terminal controller 130 determines whether the caller number requesting the call setup is included in the reject list including the reception denial range stored in the memory 140 (S550). ).

As a result of the determination (S550), a normal ring tone is output through the voice output unit 160 in accordance with a normal communication procedure in which the caller number requesting the call setup is not included in the unsubscribe service range of the unsubscribe list (S560). .

However, when the determination result (S550), if the caller number requesting the call setup is included in the reception denial of service range of the reception rejection list, the radio transceiver 110 transmits a call setup rejection signal to reject the received call setup request. By transmitting through and not outputting the ring tone to the user will block the spam call (S580).

On the other hand, even when the user includes the service coverage list in the reception list as described above, it may be necessary to use the service provided through a specific caller number for the user's needs. In this case, the user may delete the unsubscribe service range registered in the unsubscribe list from the unsubscribe list. To this end, the user deletes the corresponding service range from the reject list using the information service reception setting menu described above.

However, if you delete from the block list completely for the service range as described above, it is not possible to block spam calls by other calling numbers using the same identification code, so that the user rather than removing the service range from the block list It is preferable to cancel the rejection only by the calling party number that the user wants to receive.

To this end, the present invention provides a menu for creating a corresponding unsubscribe list on the menu screen of the mobile terminal.

As an exemplary embodiment thereof, referring to FIG. 6, a submenu item such as management of a rejection number is added.

When the user selects the sub menu item, the mobile terminal display unit 150 outputs a user interface screen for creating an unsubscribe list. As shown in FIG. 6, the user inputs a number that the user wants to receive in an area corresponding to the user defined number # 1 to user defined number # 4, and the input number is stored in the memory 140 as an unsubscribe list. The caller ID is a number from which rejection of the call is released and consequently reception is permitted.

When the unsubscribe list is stored as described above, the method for blocking spam calls and mails in the mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention as described above further includes allowing the reception of the number stored in the unsubscribe list. Done.

Referring to FIG. 6, in step S550 of determining whether a caller number requesting a call setup is a number included in a reception rejection range, as a result of the determination, the caller number requesting call setup is a reception service of a reject list. In the case of being included in the rejection range, the reception rejection list is searched to determine again whether the caller number requesting the call setting is a rejection cancellation target (S570).

As a result of re-determining whether or not to be the reception rejection target (S570), when the reception rejection cancellation target is performed, a normal ring tone is output through the voice output unit 160 according to the normal communication procedure (S560).

However, as a result of re-determining whether the reception is to be rejected (S570), when the reception is not to be rejected, the call setup rejection signal is transmitted through the wireless transceiver 110 to reject the received call setup request and the user hears a ringing tone. By not outputting the blocking of the corresponding spam call (S580).

In the above, the spam call blocking method in the mobile terminal according to the present invention has been described in detail. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is included in the present invention even if the present invention is modified to prevent spam mail by applying changes and modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Will be self explanatory.

According to the method for blocking spam calls in a mobile terminal according to the present invention, a mobile terminal user provides an advantage of conveniently rejecting incoming calls and spam calls from undesired targets.

In addition, by simplifying the creation and addition of the unsubscribed caller ID list by the hot key function used in the present invention, the user's convenience is increased by eliminating the trouble of creating the unsubscribed list according to the conventional method. There is an advantage to this.

Claims (7)

Displaying the reject hot key together with the calling party number included in the call list according to the call list display signal input; Adding the selected caller number to the reject list according to the reject hot key input signal; Rejecting call setup for the call setup request when the call setup request of the sender included in the reject list is performed; To Spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein when the call setup request of the caller included in the reject list is denied, Receiving a call establishment request from the originator; Determining whether the calling party number for which the call is set up is included in the unsubscribe list; Transmitting a call setup rejection signal for a call setup request from the caller when the caller number is included in the reject list as a result of the determination; To Spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal comprising a. Displaying a reception service range setting menu; Adding the calling party number corresponding to the user input information to the unsubscribe list for each service range and storing it in a memory; When receiving a call setup request from the caller, determining whether the call is set up by determining whether the caller number is included in the unsubscribe service range of the unsubscribe list, If it is determined whether the caller number is included in the blocked sender list and the caller number is included in the blocked sender list, And determining again whether the caller ID is an unsubscribe target and performing a normal communication procedure when the caller ID is an unsubscribe target.  The method of claim 3, wherein when it is determined whether the caller number is included in the complaint list, the caller number is not included in the complaint list. Spam call blocking method in a mobile terminal, characterized in that performing a normal communication procedure. The method of claim 3, wherein when it is determined whether the caller number is included in the complaint list, when the caller number is included in the complaint list, And transmitting a call establishment rejection signal in response to a call establishment request from the caller. delete The method of claim 3, wherein when it is determined whether the caller number is included in the complaint list, when the caller number is included in the complaint list, And determining whether the caller ID is a rejection release target and transmitting the call setup rejection signal if the caller ID is not included in the rejection rejection target.

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