KR101381223B1 - Integration control method for receiving signal sound of smart device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated control method of an incoming call sound of a smart device. In a method of the present invention, a smart device performs communication while a call keeper application is being executed. The present invention includes: (1) a step of outputting an alarm signal, which notifies a reception of corresponding communication with a predetermined incoming call sound if the communication is communication which is received from an originator belonged to a first type; (2) a step of calling a mute processing code (the volume of the incoming call sound is 0) of operating system software of the smart device if the communication is communication which is received from an originator belonged to a second type and a reception of call at the same time; and (3) a step of executing a code (the volume of the media sound is 0) for removing the volume of media sound of the operating system software of the smart device if the communication is communication which is received from the originator belonged to the second type and a reception of a text message at the same time. Although the communication is the second type communication, the history of receiving the corresponding communication is to be displayed on the smart device. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S100) Executing a call-keeper application; (S110) Communication reception; (S120) First type communication?; (S125) Telephone call communication?; (S130) Normally outputting the set incoming call sound; (S135) Outputting the volume of the incoming call of the OS as 0; (S139) Outputting the volume of the media of the OS as 0; (S140) Storing the communication history and displaying UI

Description

INTEGRATION CONTROL METHOD FOR RECEIVING SIGNAL SOUND OF SMART DEVICE}

The present invention relates to the function control of software (operating system software or application software) using a smart device, and more particularly, to a software based service provided using a user's account and address book.

As the market for smartphones and tablet PCs became the center of the mobile industry, the conventional feature phone-based mobile communication services have undergone a major change. The smartphone functions not just as a mobile phone, but as a small computer in the hand, so various functions that were not previously available have been implemented. It is also possible to provide new services.

Based on enhanced computing capabilities, the Smart Device was provided with an application environment that works in tandem with the operating system software. Platforms ensure the distribution of various applications, and there are applications that are installed on smart devices at the user's option via the platform and provide various utilities and game environments. Users enjoy a new user experience by installing a variety of applications on their smart devices.

For example, users make free phone calls or voice communications using a messenger application. Users also use instant messaging applications to send and receive text messages (Mobile Instant Messages: MIM). When sending and receiving a text message through a messenger application, the smart device displays a notification message on the display, together with an effect sound, indicating that the message has been received.

Notification messages for smart devices are not limited to messenger applications. In the case of SNS applications such as Facebook ^™ or Twitter ^™ , each SNS platform sends a notification message to the user's smart device of various events occurring in the user's SNS account. Also, in case of update event of a game or utility application or sending / receiving of a message through a messenger module of the application, a notification message is transmitted to the smart device.

Attempts to communicate or " transmit " text messages using such a wide variety of application software are voluntary by the user and thus are not particularly problematic. However, because receiving a call or receiving some notification message is an unreasonable response from someone, the communication itself is often the case that the user does not want.

Especially, spam messages or advertising messages are representative. When a call connection for a telephone call is requested or a text message is received by the smart device, the smart device emits a predetermined ring tone. The ringing tone is selected from the ringing tone and the vibrating tone according to the user setting. Whenever a spam call or spam message is received, the smart device generates a ringing tone or vibrates, so the device user is constantly worried and annoying. Sometimes it surprises me, or it hurts my work. In particular, the application software of the smart device that floods like today is becoming more and more hassle and suffering due to the ringing tone. This is a completely different situation from existing spam call / spam messages.

Meanwhile, in order to protect the interests of users, the blocking of spam calls or spam messages has long been a concern in this field. So a variety of techniques have been applied to block it. Typically, when a user registers a sender of a spam communication with a device, the user automatically blocks the spam communication from being received. However, the prior art has its limitations in that there is no countermeasure against the psychological state and demands of users who are not spam communication but do not want to receive communication. In addition, although it is possible to prevent incoming text messages using the phone number, that is, SMS or MMS spam, it is difficult to apply to various notification messages, call attempts and MIM text messages that are driven based on the account and address book of the smart device application. There was this.

It is not necessarily spam communication, but there are cases in which the user wants to receive the communication depending on the person who sends the communication and the case where the communication is not done due to the user's human relationship and the psychological phenomenon. Especially in the case of modern humans living in the flood of messages. However, if you do not want to receive communication from a specific sender, you often cannot spam the sender. When spam processing is done, even important, urgent or essential information coming from the sender is blocked. This may lead to later misunderstandings and criticisms in human relationships, and in some cases unpredictable damage and disputes.

In a smart device environment, various notification systems via smart device applications or via a mobile communication network are entirely controlled in the operating system software. Whether or not to receive such notifications via the operating system will be determined. In other words, we had to choose whether to accept all of the notifications or reject all of them.

The inventor of the present invention has endeavored to research for a long time in order to solve the above problems, and thus the present invention has been completed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method for effectively preventing the generation of a ringing tone according to various notification systems by reflecting a psychological state or a human relationship of a user. Various types of notifications included in the present invention are not limited to control of notification messages or call attempts transmitted via application software installed in a smart device, that is, via an application platform, as well as control of communication attempts via a mobile communication network .

Also, in reflecting the psychological state of the user, the present invention has been developed to include all of the following conditions for blocking the generation of ringing tones:

1. Block incoming call tones when performing other operations while operating smart devices;

2. Blocking incoming call tones for calls or messages from specific senders during smart device operation or smart device non-operation;

3. Blocking incoming call tones during sleep;

4. Block incoming tones during the meeting; And

5. Block incoming tones in various settings.

Although the above 3 to 5 is due to the need according to the situation, in particular 1 and 2 is the most reflected the psychological state of the user. That is, the present invention emphasizes both the contextual condition and the psychological state of the user. The present invention is directed to a method for optimizing the psychological state of a user.

On the other hand, the importance of "importance as a message" of the notification message is emphasized, so that the device keeps the information related to the notification message intact. Thus, the present invention distinguishes itself from spam blocking information itself.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an effective and integrated blocking method according to the path of an incoming call. The ring tone for receiving a call uses a set ring tone of the smart device, and the SNS reception notification or various reception alarms of the smart phone application have an independent path using the set media sound of the smart device. The present invention seeks to provide a novel method of integrated block management.

On the other hand, other unspecified purposes of the present invention will be further considered within the scope of the following detailed description and easily deduced from the effects thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for integrated control of an incoming call tone of a smart device:

(a) installing a call keeper application on the smart device that blocks the output of the ring tone;

(b) executing the call keeper application, accessing the address book of the smart device, classifying caller information into a first classification (incoming alarm contact) or a second classification (alarm rejection contact), and setting a ringing tone output environment; Doing;

(c) receiving a communication by a smart device in a situation where the call keeper application is executed; And

(d) (1) when the communication is a communication received from a sender corresponding to the first category, an alarm signal indicating the reception of the communication is output as a preset ring tone, and (2) the communication corresponds to the second category. When the call is received from the caller and at the same time, the call is received, a call is made from the operating system software of the smart device, and the call of the silence processing code (ringtone volume 0) is executed, and (3) the communication is received from the caller corresponding to the second category. And executing a code (media sound volume 0) for removing the volume of the media sound of the operating system software of the smart device when receiving the text message.

Even if the communication is the communication of the second classification, a history of receiving the communication is displayed on the smart device.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the incoming call tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention,

(4) if the communication is a notification message communication received via a platform of an application (including any one of application software, a game application, an SNS application, or a mobile messenger application) installed on a smart device, The method may further include executing code for removing a volume of the media sound of the operating system software of the smart device.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the incoming call tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, step (d) is preferably executed while other functions of the device are activated by activating the smart device.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the call keeper application in the step (a) is installed integrated with the operating system software of the smart device or the application via an external platform The software may be downloaded and installed.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the incoming call ring tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the address book is a call keeper application is a user information list to communicate by accessing the address book stored in the smart device.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the address book is application software of any one of utility applications, game applications, SNS applications and mobile messenger applications installed on the smart device Is a list of user information that is uniquely held.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the call keeper application is preferably executed by a module embedded in the application software.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the classification designation of step (b) is:

(1) designating all caller information stored in the address book as the second classification;

(2) designating all caller information not stored in the address book as the second category;

(3) designating only part of the caller information as the first category and designating the other caller information as the second category;

(4) designating only part of the caller information as the second category and designating the other caller information as the first category; And

(5) designating, in all or part of the application software installed on the smart device, the communication via the platform of the application software to be regarded as the communication of the caller belonging to the first or second category; May be any one or more of the classification designations.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the incoming call tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication of step (c) may be a communication received via the network of the mobile communication company.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the communication of step (c) may be a communication received via an independent application platform.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the communication of the step (c) is the notification message of the user-originated event originating from the independent application platform It may be a reception.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the incoming call tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication may be the reception of a mobile message received via the mobile messenger platform.

Further, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the communication may be a received voice communication via an independent application platform.

In addition, in the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the smart device may be any one of a smart phone, a tablet PC, a smart TV.

Through the above problem solving means, the present invention fundamentally prevents the user from being stressed or disturbed in everyday life due to a series of communication from an undesired caller, and an alarm signal for notifying the user, and the reception record of the communication is usually Maintaining this method has the advantage of fundamentally preventing the fear of misunderstandings and inconveniences of human relationships.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage that it is possible to control the output of the ring tone by reflecting not only the user's situational conditions but also the mental state of the user.

In addition, the user may block the ringing tone when performing other tasks while operating the smart device. That is, while controlling the output of the ring tone, the smart device can perform a desired task at the same time. Not only does not receive the incoming alarm signal of the communication, but can use various functions and applications using the smart device. In addition, the caller can not find any difference from the normal communication attempt, thereby preventing the receiver from knowing the incoming call tone control environment setting and at the same time removing the possibility of causing a bad influence on the sender's psychology.

On the other hand, even if the effects are not explicitly mentioned here, the effect described in the following specification, which is expected by the technical features of the present invention, and its potential effects are treated as described in the specification of the present invention.

1 is a diagram conceptually showing a system configuration example of the present invention.
2 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a process of collectively controlling the output of the ringing tone of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an internal electronic configuration example of the smart device of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a module configuration of the call keeper application 100 according to the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of incoming call tone output control of a smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a classification designation UI of a call keeper application according to one embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an environment setting UI of a call keeper application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
* The accompanying drawings illustrate examples of the present invention in order to facilitate understanding of the technical idea of the present invention, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

1 shows a schematic system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. The basic system components of the present invention are the smart device 20 of the sender, the smart device 10, and the networks 30 and 31 that mediate communication. A network or platform that mediates communication can have various forms and elements. A communication via a mobile communication network such as 3G, LTE or the like using the base station 31 of the mobile communication company can be transmitted. Typically, there are call connection requests or SMS messages for phone calls. Or may be a communication via an independent application platform server 30. There are various notifications using mobile messenger and communication network as a communication via a provider's platform providing various applications installed in a smart device.

This specification will be described in particular from the point of view of the recipient ' s smart device 10, since the aspect of " receiving communications " The sender's smart device 20 may be the same as the recipient's smart device 10 or may be different.

The smart device 20 generates various communication events (dialing, message transmission, etc.), and the smart device 10 receives the communication. On the other hand, a device that is a sender for generating a communication event need not necessarily be a smart device, such as a smart device 10 of a recipient, but may be a device such as a PC or a notebook. In Fig. 1, the smart device 20 is not distinguished from the recipient device for convenience. Today's users are usually smart devices.

The smart device 10 uses user information classified and stored as a unique user account or address book when setting up an application for communication. In the present invention, the smart device is installed with the application software for controlling and determining whether to output the ring tone of the communication based on the address book and the user account. For convenience, this application software will be defined and used in this specification as the term "Call-Keeper Application".

FIG. 2 conceptually illustrates the process of how the output of an incoming call tone is controlled upon receipt of a communication executed by the call keeper application of the present invention based on the system of FIG.

When the smart device 10 receives the communication (S10), the process of the device determines what communication is this communication through the interworking between the call keeper application and the operating system application. When the communication is judged to be communication by the first category (communications 1, S11), when the communication is judged to be communication by the second category, and the telephone communication calling a ring tone (communications 2 and S12), the communication is the second category. According to the case of communication determined by the communication but the call ring tone not the ringtone (communication 3, S13), the control process of the ring tone may be controlled differently.

In the present invention, the first classification may be defined as a classification of caller information in an address book (contact address) in which the smart device 10 outputs a predetermined ring tone or vibration (“ring tone”) when the smart device 10 receives a communication. That is, contacts belonging to the first category are defined as incoming alarm contacts. The second classification is a classification of caller information in the address book which does not output the ringing tone when the smart device 10 receives the communication, and outputs the ringing tone as various communication via the application platform through the account of the smart device 10. Can be defined as the communication is set not to. In short, a contact belonging to the second category may be defined as an alarm rejected contact.

In the case of communication corresponding to communication 1, the smart device normally receives this, and normally outputs an incoming call tone as set (S14).

However, if the communication is a communication corresponding to the communication 2, the smart device may receive it but output the silence without the set ring tone or vibration sound in the ring tone volume (S15).

In addition, if the communication is a communication corresponding to the communication 3, the smart device may receive it but may also output the silence by erasing the media volume (S16).

Of course, it is possible to add other categories of communication in these functions and processes. For example, if the communication 4 is a communication transmitted from a number registered as spam, the smart device can be set to reject the reception itself. According to the invention as shown in FIG. 2, the sender has the advantage of not knowing this process at the receiver device and not realizing that he is classified as either communication 2 or communication 3.

3 schematically shows an internal configuration example of the smart device 10 of the present invention with a focus on the working relationship of each component.

In the present specification, the smart device 10 that performs communication functions is a computing device. Preferably, it refers to a mobile computing device that executes a process defined by an operating system software and various application software, such as a smartphone or a tablet PC, and a smart TV linked to a smartphone or a tablet PC. And the smart device of the present invention has an input device 16, which has a software input device or a hardware input device for detecting a touch event. The output means includes a speaker 14 and a display 15.

The communication module 13 serves to exchange data with an external device. Various communications are received at the smart device 10 via the communication module 13. [ The internal memory 12 of the smart device 10 typically provides a place for storing computer code and data used in the device. Stores the software 201 installed in the device, the address book DB (200) containing information such as phone number or e-mail is located, the reception information 209 received by communication is stored in the memory 12 of the device do.

The processor 11 executes the computer code together with the operating system and performs the operations of generating and using the data. The processor 11 may also use a series of instructions to receive and process input and output data between components of the smart device 10. The processor 11 also serves as a control unit for executing functions of application software installed in the smart device. In addition, the processor 11 executes a predetermined software function of the smart device application by the communication module 13, and when the communication is received, controls to display an alarm message using an output means such as a GUI element or a speaker on the screen do.

In FIG. 3, the OS and the call keeper application are positioned on the processor 11 for convenience. This is to emphasize that the function execution of the processor as the control means of the present invention is performed by the OS and the call keeper application.

When the smart device 10 receives the communication through the communication module 13, the processor 11 controls the output of the incoming call signal according to the communication. At this time, the caller keeper application 100 determines whether the communication from the address book DB 112 stored in the internal memory 12 of the smart device 10 is the communication of the caller belonging to the first category or the communication of the caller belonging to the second category . It may also be determined using the user account of the smart device 10 (eg, a notification message via the application platform, etc.). In the case of communication belonging to the second classification, the execution of the silent processing code 300 of the OS is called by using the OS platform API so that the incoming ring tone is not called through the speaker 14 as a result.

Since the communication belonging to the second category is to block only the output of the ringing tone, the corresponding communication is received, and information about the communication is recorded and stored in the smart device. That is, the reception itself is not blocked like the spam blocking function.

In addition, since the incoming call tones are only called silently using the OS code, they do not affect the execution of other functions of the smart device. For example, "I do not want to call any sender" but I do not want to receive a call, but normal smartphone operation such as internet, running a specific app or playing a game with a smart phone can optimally reflect the psychology of the user . Restricting the use of the smartphone in order to perform the function of blocking the output of the incoming call tone according to the caller inconveniences the user.

As shown in FIG. 4, the call keeper application 100 may include an address book access element 110, a function setting element 120, a comparison element 130, and an incoming call tone output element 140. These software elements can be configured in various ways according to specifications, development rules, development interface, etc. defined in the operating system software of the smart device.

The address book access element 110 accesses the address book information stored in the memory of the smart device. In one embodiment of the present invention, the address book may refer to address book information stored in the memory of the smart device 10. [ That is, in this embodiment, the address book of the call keeper application 100 becomes the user information list communicating with the address book stored in the memory of the smart device 10.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the address book may be a list of user information inherently owned by any one of the utility software, game application, SNS application, and mobile messenger application installed in the smart device 10. [

The function setting element 120 may be presented on the screen through the user interface 101 of the smart device. The function setting element 120 may include a classification designation element 121 and a configuration element 123. The classification designation element 121 provides a user interface for setting, changing, and deleting a user by classifying the user into a first classification or a second classification. The configuration element 123 also provides a user interface that determines when the call keeper application is to be executed and what functionality to add, change or remove.

The contact of the first category corresponding to the incoming alarm contact may be a contact except for the contact set as the second category (alarm rejection contact) among the contacts. Conversely, a contact other than the contact set as the first classification may be the contact of the second category. On the other hand, in the case of a contact not previously classified in the address book of the user of the smart device 10 (i.e., a new contact), in some embodiments, the smart device 10 may be regarded as an important sender so as to automatically belong to the first category . The classification designation of the sender through the classification designation element 121 may be understood as any one or more of the following designation designations:

Designating the entire caller information stored in the address book as the second classification;

Designating all of the caller information not stored in the address book as the second classification;

Designating only a part of caller information as a first classification and designating remaining caller information as a second classification;

Designating only a part of caller information as a second classification and designating the remaining caller information as a first classification; And

Specifying, in all or part of the application software installed on the smart device, that the communication via the platform of the application software is to be regarded as the communication of the caller belonging to the first or second category (eg, the call keeper application of the present invention is specified). May decide whether to output an incoming call tone for notification notification communication received via the platform of the application).

The comparison element 130 determines whether the caller information of the communication corresponds to a contact or belonging to the first category, for example, when a communication is received from a sender according to the classification and rule set by the function setting element 120. It performs the function of comparing accordingly.

The ring tone output element 140 may preferably perform the function of calling the silent code 300 of the OS. The sound output from the OS to the speaker can be broadly classified into the following parameters:

(1) Ring;

(2) Notification;

(3) media;

(4) Alarms;

(5) System; And

(6) Voice Call

Except for the double ring tone, five kinds of sounds can be used to make a ring tone for the smart device. Case (1) relates to the case where the communication is a telephone call. The remaining (2) to (5) is for developers to selectively use when the communication is receiving alarm of SNS message or alarm notification of various applications (e.g. notification of comment event on Facebook, notification of email reception, etc.). do.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the communication is a communication belonging to the second category, the silence may be called with the volume of the sound notifying the reception of the communication set to 0. That is, when a communication belonging to the second classification is received, if the communication is a telephone call, the OS code 310 for calling the ring tone sound silently (volume 0) may be executed (in the case of (1)). When a communication belonging to the second category is received, if the communication is a communication other than a telephone call, the media sound (which is defined in terms including all of the cases (2) to (5)) is called silently (volume 0). OS code 320 may be executed. The setting values of these volumes 0 are preset by the call keeper application.

The incoming call tone output element 140 ensures that a control command for outputting the incoming call tone is transmitted to the output unit in case of the communication of the caller belonging to the first category, and silent in the operating system software when the caller belongs to the second classification. Calls the code that executes the process to control the silent call through the OS. Since the media manager of the smart device changes the setting value of the control command for outputting the normal ring tone to the setting value for silent output, other functions other than the output of the ring tone are guaranteed to operate normally. Therefore, the communication is normally received, and the communication information can be recorded in the device memory and displayed on the user interface (screen). The user of the smart device can confirm the record of the communication information at a later stage.

5 schematically shows the overall process for a method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Smart devices include the aforementioned call keeper application. In addition, the user executes the call keeper application using the input means, accesses the address book of the smart device, classifies the caller information into the first classification (incoming alarm contact) or the second classification (alarm rejection contact), and rings the incoming call. Set the output environment.

First, the caller application is executed (S100). The user may have already specified the first and second classifications by using the user interface to specify the classifications by running the call keeper application.

Next, the smart device receives the communication (S110). This communication is communication that is generated by other users located in the network. This communication may be a communication via a network of a mobile communication company as described in Fig. 1, or may be a communication via a platform of various application providers.

It is determined whether the communication is a communication from the sender corresponding to the first classification (incoming alarm contact) or a communication from the sender corresponding to the second classification (alarm reject contact) (S120). When the communication is from a caller corresponding to the first category, an alarm signal indicating the reception of the communication is normally output to an incoming ring tone set in the smart device (S130). If the communication is from the caller corresponding to the second classification in step S120, it is determined whether the communication is a telephone communication (S125).

In the step S125, when the communication of the second category is the reception of the telephone call, the silent processing code for setting the volume of the ringing ring to 0 is executed to output the silent ringing tone (S135).

In the step S125, when the second category of communication receives communication with the telephone call, the media volume (Notification sound volume, Media sound volume, Alarm set as sound output means of the operating system software) ), The silence processing code having the sound volume and the system sound volume) is set to 0 to output the incoming ring tone (S139).

The step S135 and the step S139 does not block the reception at all, but can provide an environment that optimally reflects the psychological conditions of the user by using the silent processing code of the operating system software. For example, even if all caller information of the address book is designated as the second category and the call keeper application is executed, the user of the smart device can freely use various functions of the device. You just do not want to hear incoming calls when someone receives a call or a message from someone. The vice versa is the same. Even if the user of the smart device is manipulating the device, it does not affect the execution of the function of the call keeper application according to the classification designation.

In the present invention, whether or not the incoming call tone is output to the smart device, the communication is normally received, and the history information on which the communication is received is recorded and stored (S140).

6 shows an example of a user interface configuration of the classification designation element 121 of FIG. Fig. 6A shows an example of the screen configuration for designating the first classification, and Fig. 6B shows an example of the screen configuration for specifying the second classification.

The user screen 1200 of FIG. 6A may include a search window 1201, and may include a management button 1202 and a list button 1203 for functions such as designating, changing, and deleting a first classification. have. The communication from the user included in the list 1204 designated as the first classification normally outputs an incoming call tone even when the call keeper application is executed.

The user screen 1210 of FIG. 6B may include a search window 1211 and may include a management button 1212 and a list button 1213 for functions such as designating, changing, and deleting a second classification. have. Even if communication from a user included in the list 1204 designated as the second classification is received, the incoming call tone is treated as mute.

7 illustrates an example of a user interface configuration of the configuration element 123 of FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 7, the call keeper application of the present invention may further include a spam keeper function as well as a call keeper function described in detail herein. Through this embodiment, the difference between the call keeper function and the spam blocking function will be more apparent. The reception setting button 1311 of the call keeper area 1310 may be set to on or off. When the button 1312 set to ON is selected, the corresponding UI button 1313 and the reception button 1314 may be displayed. As described above, the silent button 1313 sets the ringtone / media volume to 0 using the API of the OS to make a silent call. The execution of a series of functions on the user screen works normally. The reception reservation button 1314 is the same as the process of the silent button 1313 in which the incoming call tone is not output, but can be configured not to display the UI. In that case, the user may view the situation as not using the smart device. It may correspond to an embodiment that receives a communication but does not display a notification on the UI and simply leaves the history.

The repetition setting button 1315 is an interface for setting a function to receive a call in the case of a communication repeatedly received for "T minutes" as regards the communication of the first category. There may be an emergency call.

Edits 1321 and additions 1322, and lists derived therefrom, in spam-blocking region 1320 may be understood as known opt-out configurations.

In the present invention, the communication may be communication using the network of the mobile communication company as described above. This includes communications such as telephones, short messages, and long messages. In another embodiment of the present invention, the communication of the present invention may be a communication received via an independent application platform. A typical example is a mobile message received via a mobile messenger platform.

 In another embodiment of the present invention, the communication may be a notification of a user-originated event in which an application platform server providing a specific application transmits an event generated in the smart device to the smart device. For example, a comment or message intended to be viewed by a smart device through an Internet page, a request for a new SNS relationship, a response to a user-updated article of the smart device, or an application event for a real-time chat.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the communication may be a voice communication via an application platform. That is, it may be a response request to a real-time chat channel, which is performed on a platform provided by an application server, not on a mobile communication network. When the user accepts the request, the user of the smart device can make a call in real time.

As described above, the present invention presupposes communication between smart devices. However, since there are a large number of users in the network, the smart device manages it as an address book. Communication received through the application platform server is typically registered in the address book held by the smart device. If ten thousand and one communication that is not registered in the address book, for example, may correspond to a case of requesting a new relationship in the SNS network like Facebook ^TM.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the address book may be stored in a memory of the smart device. In this case, various application software installed on the smart device will access the address book stored in the smart device. The address book stored in the memory of the smart device has user information registered by default in the smart device. Phone number is that type of contact. Application software can access this phone number contact information stored in memory. In addition, application software may have a unique list of user information. An example is the identity (user account) information of the user who subscribed to the application platform. However, this information is often stored on the server side of the application provider rather than being stored on the device. That is, in another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the address book may be stored in a database of the application platform server.

The application platform server provides the following types of applications installed in the smart device:

Utility applications (utility applications in the present invention communicate with each other using address books);

A game application (in the present invention, a game application communicates with each other using an address book);

SNS applications (such as Facebook or Twitter, where the list of user information about the user account performs the functions of the address book);

An application that performs the mail sending / receiving function by the e-mail account (the e-mail account performs the function of the address book); And

A mobile messenger application (using a user account to send a mobile instant message (MIM) or to send and receive real-time chat communications).

The call keeper application of the present invention can be integrated with the operating system software of the smart device. In this case, it is possible to install a call keeper application by default at the time of manufacture of the smart device, or to integrate with the OS at the time of updating the OS. In another embodiment of the present invention, the call keeper application may be downloaded and installed as a smart device through an external platform (e.g., an app store, etc.). Thus, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the call keeper software may be independent application software.

Further, in another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the execution of the function of controlling the output of the incoming call tone is carried out by a module embedded in the application software (utility application, game application, SNS application and mobile messenger application software, etc.) It can be installed in a smart device.

The method for controlling the output of the incoming call signal of the smart device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command which can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and perform program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine accords such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In connection with the representation of the figures of the present invention, each block may represent a module, segment or part of a code comprising one or more executable instructions for executing the specified logical function (s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions mentioned in the blocks may occur out of order. For example, two blocks shown in succession may actually be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be performed in reverse order according to the corresponding function. The drawings are exaggerated for convenience of description.

The scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the description and the expression of the embodiments explicitly described in the foregoing. It is again to be understood that the scope of protection of the present invention can not be limited by obvious alterations or permutations of the present invention.

Claims (14)

(a) installing a call keeper application on the smart device that blocks the output of the ring tone;
(b) executing the call keeper application and accessing the address book of the smart device to classify the caller information into a first classification, which is an incoming alarm contact, or a second classification, which is an alarm rejection contact, and setting an incoming tone output environment; ;
(c) receiving a communication by a smart device in a situation where the call keeper application is executed; And
(d) (1) when the communication is a communication received from a sender corresponding to the first category, an alarm signal indicating the reception of the communication is output as a preset ring tone, and (2) the communication corresponds to the second category. When the call is received from the caller and the call is received at the same time, it executes a code for silently calling a ring tone sound among sound codes of the operating system software of the smart device, and (3) the communication is received from the caller corresponding to the second category. And executing code for silently calling media sound among sound codes of the operating system software of the smart device in case of communication and at the same time receiving a text message.
And the communication is normally received in the state in which the incoming alarm is removed, even if the communication is the second category of communication, and the reception history is displayed on the smart device. The method of claim 1,
(4) if the communication is a notification message communication received via a platform of an application (including any one of application software, a game application, an SNS application, or a mobile messenger application) installed on a smart device, And executing code for removing a volume of a media sound of the operating system software of the smart device. The method of claim 1,
The step (d) is to be executed while the other function of the device is being executed by activating the smart device, integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device. The method of claim 1,
In the step (a), the call keeper application is installed integrated with the operating system software of the smart device, or installed by downloading the application software through an external platform, integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device. The method of claim 1,
And the address book is a user information list in which the call keeper application accesses and communicates with the address book stored in the smart device. The method of claim 1,
And the address book is a user information list uniquely owned by one of application software of a utility application, a game application, an SNS application, and a mobile messenger application installed in the smart device. The method according to claim 6,
And wherein the call keeper application is executed by a module embedded in the application software. The method of claim 1,
The classification designation in the step (b) includes:
(1) designating all caller information stored in the address book as the second classification;
(2) designating all caller information not stored in the address book as the second category;
(3) designating only part of the caller information as the first category and designating the other caller information as the second category;
(4) designating only part of the caller information as the second category and designating the other caller information as the first category; And
(5) designating, in all or part of the application software installed on the smart device, the communication via the platform of the application software to be regarded as the communication of the caller belonging to the first or second category; Any one or more of the classification designation, the integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device. The method of claim 1,
The communication of step (c) is a communication received via the network of the mobile communication company, integrated control method of the ring tone. The method of claim 1,
And wherein the communication of step (c) is a communication received via an independent application platform. The method of claim 1,
And the communication of step (c) is a recipient of a notification message of a user-originated event occurring in an independent application platform. The method of claim 1,
And said communication is a recipient of a mobile message received via a mobile messenger platform. The method of claim 1,
And the communication is a received voice communication via an independent application platform. The method of claim 1,
The smart device is any one of a smart phone, a tablet PC, a smart TV, integrated control method of the ring tone of the smart device.

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