KR101173667B1 - Telephone device and method for displaying caller id information on a display - Google Patents

Abstract

If there is a part that matches partially, even if there is no perfect match with the calling party number in the phonebook, the information registered in the phonebook related to the number is displayed on the screen so that the recipient can predict the caller. The presentation method is introduced. The registered phone number and the registered name matched with the caller ID are displayed on the screen.

Description

Telephone device and caller information display method {TELEPHONE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CALLER ID INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY}

The present invention relates to a telephone apparatus having a caller information display function and a caller information display method thereof.

As shown in the recent freeing of caller-ID service costs, it is common and habitual for the modern person to check the caller information before making a call.

Conventionally, the display of caller information compares the caller number provided through the caller ID display service with the phone numbers registered in the phone, and if there is a matching number, the owner name information of the corresponding number registered in the phone instead of the caller number. It was done in a way to mark.

By the way, many users tend to use the same similar number, especially the same subscriber number (usually the last four digits of the phone number) for the mobile phone or home phone. When a call is made by telephone, caller information is not displayed according to the related art.

In addition, a company often has several telephones with the same operator number (usually the first three digits of the telephone number) and the country code (the middle three to four digits of the normal telephone number), and the end number of the subscriber number is different. Even if only the number stored in the telephone and the end number are different, the provided caller ID service becomes meaningless unless the recipient remembers the number.

In addition, in Korea, the number of the user's telephone number is changed considerably due to the activation of the number porting system or the dissemination of Internet telephones. It happens frequently.

On the other hand, known prior art, such as the telephone apparatus of Korean Patent No. 0282494, the caller's telephone number display method of Korean Patent Publication No. 199595-0009426 may be referred to as a background art of the present invention.

The present invention is conceived based on the recognition of the problems of the prior art and the tendency for users to retain or maintain telephone numbers with the same or similar numbers, in particular the same subscriber number as described above.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone apparatus and a method of displaying caller information thereof, in which a number corresponding to a calling party number is not registered on the phone book so that it is possible to minimize the reluctance or avoidance of a call connection.

Telephone and caller information display method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, even if there is a number that partially matches the caller number on the phone book, if there is a partially matching number, The registered information is displayed on the screen so that the receiver can predict the sender.

A method for displaying caller information for a telephone apparatus according to the present invention includes a first step of reading a caller number transmitted through a telephone line; A second step of extracting a registered telephone number having a degree of matching above a predetermined criterion specified by the user from the telephone directory by comparing the calling party number read out in the previous step with numbers stored in the same location as the stored telephone directory; And a third step of outputting the registered phone number and the registered name matched with the calling party number on the screen when the registered phone number extracted in the previous step does not completely match the calling party number but partially matches the calling party number.

According to one example, the third process, if any one of the single registered phone number or the plurality of registered phone numbers extracted in the second process is a perfect match with the calling party number, the registered telephone number or caller number is matched thereto; It is characterized in that it is displayed on the screen together with the registered name.

According to another example, the third process is characterized in that the plurality of registered phone numbers extracted in the second process is arranged according to the degree of matching degree and is output on the screen.

According to another example, if there is no registered phone number extracted in the second step, only the caller number is output on the screen.

According to another example, in the second process, the comparison of the calling party number and the phone book is performed in the order of the subscriber number and the station number, and if there is a registered telephone number whose matching degree is greater than or equal to the reference value, the station number comparison is performed. The reference value is characterized in that less than 100%.

According to another example, the second process is characterized in that the matching degree is calculated by comparing the subscriber number and the station number.

The telephone apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a telephone book editable by a user; A caller ID receiver for reading a caller ID transmitted through the telephone line; A number comparison unit which compares the read calling party number with a telephone directory and extracts a registered telephone number having a predetermined degree of matching from the telephone directory; And a screen output unit for outputting the information received from the number comparison unit to the screen, wherein the number comparison unit matches the registered telephone number with the registered telephone number if the extracted registered telephone number does not completely match the calling party number. The registered registration name with the calling party number.

According to the telephone apparatus and the caller information display method according to the present invention as described above, even though the call of an acquaintance is received, only the fact that the number corresponding to the calling party number is not registered in the phone book, whose telephone number Minimizing reluctance or avoiding the call connection is minimal.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for displaying caller information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the phone book shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
3A and 3B are views for explaining a station number comparison method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a diagram illustrating a caller information display state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings looks at with respect to the telephone apparatus and caller information display method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, a telephone apparatus according to an embodiment will be described. The telephone apparatus according to the embodiment is applicable to all telephone and wireless telephone apparatuses having a caller display function.

Referring to FIG. 1, the telephone apparatus according to the embodiment includes a controller and a phone book 30. The control unit includes a caller ID receiver 10, a number comparison unit 20, and a screen output unit 40.

The caller ID receiver 10 extracts caller information (CID) when a call is received. The caller ID receiver 10 reads a caller number transmitted through a telephone line in a hardware or software manner, and transmits the caller ID to the number comparison unit 20.

The phone book 30 is a memory part corresponding to the phone book of the mobile phone, and can be edited by the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a phone number input or registered by the user, the name of the number owner, an e-mail address, etc. The information is stored in match with each other.

The number comparison unit 20 compares the calling party number received from the number comparison unit 20 with the phone numbers stored in the phone book 30 to extract a registered phone number having a certain degree of matching or higher from the phone book 30. do.

When the extracted registered telephone number does not completely match the calling party number but partially matches, the number comparison unit 20 outputs the registered telephone number and the registered name matched with the calling party number on the screen.

Of course, the number comparison unit 20 outputs only the calling party number on the screen when there is no extracted registered phone number, and if the extracted registered phone number completely matches the calling party number, the corresponding registered phone number or calling party number is It will be displayed on the screen with the matched registration name.

The screen output unit 40 outputs the information received from the number comparison unit 20 to the screen. For example, when there are a plurality of registered phone numbers to be output, the screen output unit 40 is based on the information from the number comparison unit 20. The registered phone numbers are sorted according to the degree of matching and displayed on the screen.

Next, a method of displaying caller information for a telephone apparatus according to an embodiment will be described.

The caller information display method described below can be implemented in all of the telephone apparatuses described above, and the configuration and function of the phone machine described above are all included in the caller information display method described below.

When a call is received, the calling party number is extracted from the calling party number receiving unit 10 as a first process, and the matching degree of a predetermined criterion or more through a comparison between the calling party number extracted from the number comparing unit 20 and the phone book 30 as a second process. The process of extracting the registered telephone number is made.

Then, as a third process, if the registered telephone number extracted in the formulation 2 process does not completely match the calling party number but partially matches, the registered telephone number and the registered name matched with the calling party number are displayed on the screen together with the calling party number.

2 to 3B, the second process will be described in more detail.

In the second process, for example, the comparison between the calling party number and the phone book 30 is performed in the order of the subscriber number and the station number.

In the comparison of the subscriber number, for example, when the caller number is "010-1234-5678", the number comparison unit 20 has the subscriber number of "5678" and the reference value among the telephone numbers registered on the phone book 30. Check and compare if there is a registered telephone number with the above degree of agreement.

As an example, in the subscriber number comparison process, the numbers of the same locations are compared, and when there is one matching number, the matching degree may increase by one. For example, when the registered telephone number is 0078, the degree of agreement is 2, the degree of agreement is 3 when 3678, and the degree of agreement is 4 when 5678. Or as percentages, which are 25%, 75%, and 100%, respectively.

According to one embodiment, the reference value may be set to less than 100%, for example less than 75%. According to this, when the subscriber number of any registered telephone number is 0078, the registered telephone number having the subscriber number of 0078 is excluded from the extraction target because the degree of correspondence with the caller number 010-1234-5678 is 50%.

On the other hand, if the subscriber number of any registered telephone number is 0678, the correspondence with the caller number 5678 is 75%, and thus the registered telephone number is included in the extraction target. In general, since a subscriber number is 4 digits in a domestic telephone number, more than 3 digits match (that is, 75% or more matches) can be included in the extraction target.

The above reference value will be set as a default value for each telephone device in the initial state, but it is better to allow the user to modify it.

In the second process, as compared with the subscriber number as described above, the station number is compared only when there is a registered telephone number having a degree of agreement or more, for example, 75% or more.

In Korea, the three-digit station number is gradually changing to four digits according to the number porting system. Therefore, the number comparison unit 20 is. The same is true of the comparison of subscriber numbers, but especially when comparing station numbers, the numbers of each location are matched after sorting by the end of the station number.

As shown in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, the number comparison unit 20 determines whether or not the station number is the same by the same position of the corresponding station number when the length of the station number is the same. Compares numbers by location.

According to the embodiment, in the second process, the degree of correspondence is calculated by comparing the subscriber number and the station number. More important in the second process is the correspondence of subscriber numbers, which is based on the assumption that telephone users do not want to change their subscriber numbers.

As an example, when any telephone number registered in the telephone book 30 is less than the reference value of the subscriber number with the calling party number, the station number comparison is not performed and the second process is completed, in this case, the third process after the second process. Only the calling party number is displayed on the screen.

As another example, if there is only one registered telephone number similar to the subscriber number of the calling party number among the telephone numbers registered in the phone book 30, the comparison of the station numbers is performed, and the station number comparison is performed as in the comparison of the subscriber numbers. Concordance is calculated according to the result.

The agreement degree according to the station number comparison result is summed with the agreement degree according to the subscriber number comparison result, and it is calculated whether or not the degree of agreement with the calling party number is equal to or greater than a predetermined criterion. The sum of the degree of matching is used for determining the degree of matching between the registered telephone numbers extracted in the second process.

As an example, if there are two or more registered telephone numbers extracted in the second process, and these numbers do not completely match the calling party number but partially match, in the third process, the number comparator 20 is connected to the registered telephone number. The matching registration name is displayed on the screen together with the calling party number, but according to the ranking of the matching degree.

As another example, when any one of the single registered phone number or the plurality of registered phone numbers extracted in the second process above completely matches the calling party number, in the third process, the number comparison unit 20 registers the corresponding registration. The phone number or caller ID will be displayed on the screen with the registration name matching it.

Referring to Fig. 4, by way of example, the caller number is " 010-4756-1234 " and the extracted registration telephone number is 011-756-1234 (matching figure 7), 02-1245-1234 (matching figure 4), 010-4332- In the case of 1235 (matching degree 4), the number comparator 20 sorts according to the degree of matching and outputs the registered telephone number and the registered name matched with the caller ID.

On the other hand, the ranking of the registered telephone numbers having the same degree of agreement may be determined in order of the degree of agreement of the subscriber numbers. "02-1245-1234" and "010-4332-1235" are equal to each other with a sum of four, but the correspondence of subscriber numbers of "02-1245-1234" with respect to the calling party number "010-4756-1234" Since it is larger than the subscriber number matching degree of "010-4332-1235", "02-1245-1234" is displayed on the screen before "010-4756-1234". If the subscriber number matches are also the same, then they may be sorted in the stored order.

As shown in Fig. 4, even if there is no such number on the phone book 30 as the received caller number is " 010-4756-1234 " The user can infer who the other party is, and therefore do not need to be reluctant or avoid unnecessary calls from the other party.

Although specific embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, the present invention may be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the claims below, and this is in the technical field of the present invention. It should be understood that it is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge.

10: caller ID receiver 20: number comparison unit
30: phone book 40: screen output

Claims (7)

A first step of reading a calling party number transmitted through the telephone line;
A second step of extracting a registered telephone number having a degree of matching above a predetermined criterion specified by the user from the telephone directory by comparing the calling party number read out in the previous step with numbers stored in the same location as the stored telephone directory; And
And a third step of outputting the registered phone number and the registered name matched with the calling party number on the screen when the registered phone number extracted in the whole process does not completely match the calling party number but partially matches the calling party number. How to display caller information for a telephone device. The method of claim 1, wherein the third process,
If any one of the single registered phone number or the plurality of registered phone numbers extracted in the second process is completely matched with the caller number, the corresponding registered phone number or caller number is output on the screen together with the registered name matched thereto. Caller information display method for telephone machine using. The method of claim 2, wherein the third process,
Caller information display method for a telephone machine, characterized in that the plurality of registered phone numbers extracted in the second process is arranged according to the degree of matching degree and output on the screen. The method of claim 1, wherein the third process,
If there is no registered phone number extracted in the second process, only the caller number is displayed on the screen. The method of claim 1, wherein the second process,
The calling party number and the phone book are compared in order of subscriber number and station number.
If there is a registered telephone number having a matching degree equal to or greater than a reference value as a result of comparing the subscriber numbers, the station number comparison is performed, and the reference value is less than 100%. The method of claim 5, wherein the second process,
Caller information display method for a telephone machine, characterized in that the degree of matching is calculated by comparing the subscriber number and the station number. A user editable phone book;
A caller ID receiver for reading a caller ID transmitted through the telephone line;
A number comparison unit which compares the read calling party number with a telephone directory and extracts a registered telephone number having a predetermined degree of matching from the telephone directory; And
And a screen output unit configured to output information received from the number comparison unit to a screen.
And the number comparison unit outputs the registered telephone number and the registered name matched with the calling party number on the screen when the extracted registered telephone number does not completely match the calling party number but partially matches the calling party number.

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