KR101389230B1 - Method For Displaying Information During Call Waiting In Portable Terminal And Portable Terminal Having The Same - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a call waiting information display method of a portable terminal capable of displaying information of a called party desired by a user while waiting for a call, and a portable terminal having the same. First, whether or not to display the called party information is set, and when the set whether to display the called party information is set to display the information of the called party during the call waiting, the called party information is displayed during the call waiting. Therefore, the information of the called party desired by the user can be displayed while the call is waiting, and the information of the called party can be displayed easily.

Handheld terminal, called party, call waiting, information

Description

Method for displaying information during call waiting in portable terminal and portable terminal having the same}

The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a method for displaying information during a call waiting for a portable terminal capable of displaying information of a called party during a call waiting and a portable terminal having the same.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, a baseband processor provided in a portable terminal has been improved in performance due to the development of processors and memory technologies, and portable terminals equipped with a separate processor for performing various additional application programs in addition to the baseband processor have been increasing. In addition, in recent years, a large-capacity memory is mounted inside a portable terminal. In addition to the built-in memory, a detachable external memory is provided in the portable terminal.

As the high-performance processor and the large memory are installed in the portable terminal as described above, the portable terminal is equipped with various additional applications and additional services such as digital broadcasting reception, image and video recording, multimedia file playback, mobile Internet, etc. in addition to the conventional mobile communication functions. It is now possible to support.

In recent years, as the capacity of the memory provided in the portable terminal increases, the usage history of the portable terminal (eg, voice or video call records, message transmission / reception records), and user input information are databased to provide a user's request or information. It is displayed in various ways according to the set display method.

In general, when a user of a portable terminal sends a call to a portable terminal of a voice call counterpart having a predetermined telephone number, a ringing tone or a ring back tone set by the caller is set in the speaker of the calling portable terminal. The display unit of the calling party portable terminal displays a message indicating a connection state such as 'connecting' or 'waiting for an answer' and basic information such as the current time, called number, called name, etc. according to the call connection state. It does not satisfy the needs of users who want to display a variety of information.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2006-29723 (the device and method for displaying the information of the other party waiting for a call in a portable wireless terminal) checks a field of a message when a message is received from a messaging server while waiting for a call. A method of extracting and displaying information of a counterpart from a message when a value is set is disclosed.

Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2006-29723 shows an Internet server storing a call connection community screen and displays a message including a call connection community screen from the Internet server to display the information of the other party waiting for a call, and transmits the message to the wireless terminal. When the call is generated, the base station of the caller transmits a call connection screen request signal to the Internet server, and the Internet server transmits a call connection screen transmission request signal to the messaging server and then the messaging server transmits the call connection screen request signal. Since the information of the other party is extracted from the message and the extracted information is displayed, the system for displaying the other party's information is complicated, the display process is complicated, and the user is required to access the Internet server and register the call connection screen. The disadvantage is that.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a call waiting information display method of a portable terminal capable of displaying information of a called party desired by a user while waiting for a call and easily displaying the called party information.

Further, a second object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal having an information display function during the call waiting.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying information during call waiting of a portable terminal according to an aspect of the present invention, the method comprising: setting whether to display called party information and whether to display the set called party information. If it is set to display the information of the called party comprises the step of displaying the called party information during the call waiting. The setting of whether to display the called party information may include selecting an item to be displayed during a call waiting among the called party information. The setting of whether to display the called party information may include setting priorities of items to be displayed first during call waiting among the called party information. If the display of the set called party information is set to display the information of the called party during call waiting, displaying the called party information during the call waiting may include checking whether the called party information is displayed when a call is made and displaying the set called party information. The method may include searching for information to be displayed when it is set whether to display the information of the called party while the call is waiting.

In addition, a portable terminal having a call waiting information display function according to an aspect of the present invention for providing a second object of the present invention, provides a user interface for setting whether to display the called party information and the set called party information If it is set whether or not to display the information of the called party during the call waiting includes a control unit for displaying the information of the called party during the call waiting and a display unit for displaying the information of the called party based on the control of the controller during the call waiting. The controller may provide a user interface for selecting an item to be displayed during call waiting among information of the called party. The controller may check whether the called party information is displayed when a call is made and search for information to be displayed on the display unit when the set of the called party information is set to display information of the called party during call waiting. .

According to the method for displaying information on the call waiting of the portable terminal and the portable terminal having the same, setting whether or not to display the called party information during the call waiting, and searching for whether to display the set called party information when the call is generated, the set called party information If it is set to display the information of the called party during call waiting, the called party information is displayed during the call waiting.

Therefore, the information of the called party desired by the user can be displayed while the call is waiting, and the information of the called party can be displayed easily.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail.

It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the invention but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals will be used for the same constituent elements in the drawings, and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements will be omitted.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

Hereinafter, in the embodiments of the present invention, the term “waiting for call” refers to a portable terminal of the voice call or video call counterpart after the user of the portable terminal makes a call to the portable terminal of the voice call or video call counterpart. Until the call is connected.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number registration process for displaying information of a called party during a call waiting in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a user interface screen illustrating the phone number registration process shown in FIG. to be.

1 and 2, first, a user of a portable terminal inputs a predetermined telephone number to register in the portable terminal (step 101). Here, the phone number refers to a voice call and / or video call counterpart, that is, a phone number of the called party's portable terminal.

Next, the user inputs information corresponding to the telephone number (step 103). Here, the user can register various information such as name, address, work name, job title, anniversary, office phone number, fax number, email address, group setting, ring setting, etc. on the phone number registration user interface screen as shown in FIG. May be input, and the input information may be displayed on a display screen during a call waiting.

In addition, the user sets whether caller information is displayed during call waiting (step 105). In this case, when the user is set to display the called party information while waiting for a call, the user's portable device is made from the origination of the call until the called party's portable terminal answers the call according to the information input in step 103 and / or the preset display item. The called party information is displayed on the terminal.

Thereafter, information input or set in steps 101 to 105 is stored (step 107).

In the phone number registration process illustrated in FIG. 1, steps 101, 103, and 105 are described as being sequentially performed. However, in another embodiment of the present invention, steps 101 to 105 are not sequentially performed, but in a different order. Of course, it may be performed. For example, steps 103 and 101 may be performed after step 105 is performed first, and steps 101 and 105 may be performed after step 103 is performed first.

In addition, in FIG. 1, when the callee registration is set, whether or not to display the called party information during call waiting, and the called party information is set during the call waiting, the information input during the phone number registration process is described as an example. In another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the information of the called party input during the telephone number registration process, various information may be displayed.

3 illustrates a user interface screen for setting information of a called party to be displayed during a call waiting in a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in another embodiment of the present invention, display item setting during call waiting is set to express information desired by the user among information input by the user and / or information generated during the use of the portable terminal during call waiting. Provide a user interface for

The display item during call waiting may be, for example, phone number registration information, voice / video call record, message transmission / reception record, memo, event, picture, etc. corresponding to the called party's phone number, as shown in FIG. 3. As such, the user may select an item that the user wants to be displayed during the call waiting to be displayed on the display screen during the call waiting.

Further, in another embodiment of the present invention, the priority may be additionally set to the display item during call waiting as shown in FIG. 3 and the information of the called party may be displayed during the call waiting according to the set priority. have.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying information during a call waiting of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a user interface illustrating a result display screen of information during a call waiting of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Screen.

4 and 5, first, the portable terminal determines whether a call is made (step 301). Here, the user of the portable terminal can make a call by pressing the telephone number of the portable terminal of the voice call or video call counterpart.

If it is determined in step 301 that the call is originated, the portable terminal checks the call waiting information display setting information in the phone number registration item corresponding to the originating call (step 303), and displays the called party information during call waiting. The presence or absence is determined (step 305). Here, the portable terminal can check the call waiting information display setting information on the user interface screen for registering the phone number as shown in FIG.

As a result of the determination in step 305, when the caller is set to display caller information while waiting for a call, the portable terminal searches for information to be displayed during call waiting (step 307). Here, the portable terminal may search for information input during a phone number registration process as shown in FIG. 2, or search for information to be displayed during call waiting with reference to a display item set by a user as shown in FIG. 3. You may.

Thereafter, the portable terminal displays the retrieved information and the basic information as shown in FIG. 5 during call waiting (step 309). Here, the basic information may include a message indicating a connection state such as 'connecting' or 'waiting for response' according to a call connection state, and current time, called party number, and called party name. In another embodiment of the present invention, the basic information may not be displayed while a call is waiting, and may be configured to display only the called party information designated by the user.

6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal having an information display function during call waiting according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a camera unit 511, a display unit 513, a video codec 515, a microphone 521, a speaker 523, and an audio codec 525. , A key input unit 531, a storage unit 541, a controller 550, and a wireless transceiver 561.

The configuration of the camera unit 511 is well known and thus may not include details, but may include a lens, an image sensor, and an analog-digital converter.

The camera unit 511 converts an optical signal of a subject incident through the lens into an electrical signal corresponding to the optical signal incident through the image sensor when a menu such as image capturing or video call is selected by the user. After converting the converted electrical signal into a digital image corresponding to it and provides it to the video codec 515.

Here, the camera unit 511 may capture an image of 15 frames per second or 30 frames per second under the control of the controller 550.

The display unit 513 may be, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic light emitting diode (OLED), based on the control of the controller 550. Displays a user interface such as a menu, an operation state, and an application program execution screen of the portable terminal.

In particular, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, the display unit 513 displays a user interface screen for registering a phone number and setting a display item waiting for a call based on the control of the controller 550. In addition, the display unit displays information of the called party during the call waiting, as shown in FIG. 5, based on the control of the controller 550.

The video codec 515 receives a digital image from the camera unit 511 and encodes it into a predetermined video call format and then provides the digital image to the controller 550. In addition, the video codec 515 receives a predetermined image (for example, an image of a video call counterpart) provided from the controller 550, decodes the image, and provides the decoded image to the display unit 513.

The video codec 515 may encode and decode video using, for example, codecs such as H.261, H.263, H.264, and MPEG-4, and during video call, H.263, MPEG-4 Simple profile level 0 can be used to encode and decode video.

The microphone 521 receives a user's voice during a video call and a voice call, converts the input user's voice into an electric signal corresponding thereto, and provides the same to an audio codec 525.

The speaker 523 receives the decoded voice and / or sound signal from the audio codec 525 and outputs the audio and audio signals in the audio frequency band.

The audio codec 525 receives an electric signal corresponding to the user's voice from the microphone 521, encodes the signal to conform to the voice transmission or video call transmission standard, and provides it to the controller 550. In addition, the audio codec 525 receives a predetermined voice and / or sound signal from the controller 550 and decodes the same to provide the speaker 523.

The audio codec 525 may perform encoding and decoding of speech using, for example, codec standards such as G.711, G.723, G.723.1, G.728, and the like.

The key input unit 531 includes a plurality of numbers, character input keys, and function keys for performing special functions, and provides a corresponding key input signal to the controller 550 when a key manipulation occurs by a user.

The storage unit 541 may be a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM), and the like, and may be a system program (eg, an operating system) and / or required for basic operation of the portable terminal. Other applications are saved.

In addition, the storage unit 541 may store data generated by a user, and data generated during execution of the system program and / or application program. For example, the storage unit 541 may store the phone number registration information input or set by the user during the phone number registration process as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is generated by the use of a portable terminal. Alternatively, video call records, message transmission records, and the like may be stored.

The controller 550 performs control and processing for a voice call and a video call, which are inherent functions of the portable terminal. For example, the controller 550 multiplexes the video and audio signals provided from the video codec 515 and the audio codec 525, and channel-codes the multiplexed signal to generate a baseband signal, and then the wireless transceiver 561. To provide. In addition, the controller 550 channel decodes and demultiplexes the baseband signal provided from the wireless transceiver 561 and then provides the demultiplexed video and audio signals to the video codec 515 and the audio codec 525, respectively. .

In addition, the controller 550 performs a control for displaying information of the called party while waiting for a call. To this end, the controller 550 may include an information display control module 551, and the information display control module 551 may include a processor (eg, a baseband processor, not shown) provided in the controller 550. It can be implemented as a software program performed by.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information display control module 551 provides a user interface for registering a phone number including an item for setting whether or not to display information of a called party while waiting for a call, and stores information input by the user. Store at 541.

In addition, when the call is made, the information display control module 551 checks the called party information display setting information during the call waiting, and when the information is set to display the called party's information during the call waiting, retrieves the displayed information and retrieves the called party's information. Is displayed on the display area of the display unit 513 while the call is waiting.

The wireless transceiver 561 may include a duplexer, a high frequency processor, and an intermediate frequency processor. The radio transceiver 561 may receive a radio frequency (RF) signal induced in the antenna 563 through a duplexer and intermediate the received radio frequency signal. After converting to an intermediate frequency, the baseband signal is converted into a baseband signal and provided to the controller 550. The baseband signal provided from the controller 550 is converted into an intermediate frequency, and then the intermediate frequency signal is converted again. The signal is converted into a radio frequency signal and provided to the antenna 563 through a duplexer.

Alternatively, the wireless transceiver 561 directly demodulates a direct signal from a received high frequency signal without frequency conversion, instead of a heterodyne reception method that demodulates the high frequency signal into a baseband signal through an intermediate frequency conversion. You can also use the method.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be possible.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a phone number registration process for displaying information of a called party while waiting for a call in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a user interface screen illustrating a phone number registration process shown in FIG. 1.

3 illustrates a user interface screen for setting information of a called party to be displayed during a call waiting in a portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying information during a call waiting in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a user interface screen showing a result information display screen during a call waiting in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal having an information display function during call waiting according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

511: camera unit 513: display unit

515: video codec 521: microphone

523: Speaker 525: Audio Codec

531: key input unit 541: storage unit

550 control unit 551 information display control module

561: wireless transceiver

Claims (7)

In the call waiting information display method of the portable terminal, Setting whether to display the called party information; And And displaying the called party information during the call waiting when the setting of the displayed called party information is set to display the called party information during the call waiting. The setting of whether to display the called party information includes selecting an item to be displayed as the called party information during call waiting among information input by a user of the portable terminal or call history information stored in the portable terminal. Method for displaying information during a call waiting of a portable terminal, characterized in that. delete The method of claim 1, wherein setting whether to display the called party information comprises: And setting a priority of items to be displayed preferentially during call waiting among information of the called party. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the called party information during call waiting when the set of displaying the called party information is set to display the information of the called party while waiting for the call is performed. Checking whether the called party information is displayed when the call is originated; And And searching the portable terminal for information to be displayed when the set called party information is set to display information of the called party during call waiting. A portable terminal for displaying information while waiting for a call, A controller for providing a user interface for setting whether to display the called party information, and displaying the called party information during the call waiting when the set of displaying the called party information is set to display the called party information during the call waiting; And A display unit for displaying the information of the called party based on the control of the controller during the call waiting, The control unit provides a user interface for selecting an item to be displayed as the information of the called party during call waiting among information input by a user of the portable terminal or call history information stored in the portable terminal. A portable terminal having an information display function. delete 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the control unit Checking whether the called party information is displayed when a call is originated; and searching the portable terminal for information to be displayed on the display unit when the set called party information is set to display the called party information while waiting for a call. A portable terminal having an information display function during call waiting.

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