KR101518017B1 - Mobile capable of connecting call conveniently and call connecting method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal and a method of connecting the call. A mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes: a storage unit for storing contacts for acquaintances of a user; A character recognition unit for recognizing characters displayed on a display; A search unit for searching for a character corresponding to a contact stored in the storage unit of the character recognized by the character recognition unit and hyperlinking the character; And a connection unit for connecting the call to the contact corresponding to the character selected by the user, out of the characters hyperlinked by the search unit.

 A message, an acquaintance, a contact, a mobile communication terminal, a character, a hyperlink

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and a call connection method thereof,

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a simple call connection method and a call connection method thereof and, more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal having a simple and easy to connect call connection method, The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal capable of instantly connecting a call to an object related to the mobile communication terminal.

Recently, with the rapid development of information and communication technology, not only the number of communication service providers that provide a call function to users is increasing, but also the number of users subscribed to each communication service provider is rapidly increasing.

Accordingly, the number of digits of telephone numbers assigned to users subscribed to each communication carrier is gradually increasing. Currently, the telephone number being used includes a network identification number of three digits or an area code of 2/3 digits, a prefix of 3/4 digits, and a 4-digit subscriber number have. Therefore, it is troublesome for the user to input a number of 9 to 11 digits in order to make a call to a desired person to be called.

In order to solve the above problem, the mobile communication terminal generally stores the contact information of the acquaintance by matching the contact information with a single digit or two-digit number, or stores the contact list for the acquaintances. It is possible to easily connect the call with the other party without having to input the 9 to 11 digit number through the shortcut number or the contact list.

[0003] However, in the above-mentioned general mobile communication terminal, when a text message received from another person or a memo created by the user is read or a person tries to connect a call to an object related to the contents of the text message or memo , It is troublesome to input a name or an alias in order to retrieve a contact for the object in the contact list if the shortcut number can not be memorized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for reading a text message received from a person or a text message received from another person, A mobile communication terminal capable of connecting a call immediately and a method of connecting the call.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal including: a storage unit for storing contacts of a user's acquaintances; A character recognition unit for recognizing characters displayed on a display; A search unit for searching for a character corresponding to a contact stored in the storage unit of the character recognized by the character recognition unit and hyperlinking the character; And a connection unit for connecting the call to the contact corresponding to the character selected by the user, out of the characters hyperlinked by the search unit.

Preferably, the mobile communication terminal includes at least one of a voice call connection, a video call connection, a message transmission connection, and a data transmission connection with respect to the character selected by the user among the characters hyperlinked by the search unit And a menu providing unit for providing a menu. In this case, the connection unit may connect a call corresponding to the menu selected by the user among the menus provided by the menu providing unit.

In addition, the storage unit may store a group name by designating a contact for a plurality of acquaintances as a group, and the retrieval unit may search for a character matching the group name stored in the storage unit among the characters recognized by the character recognition unit, .

Preferably, the mobile communication terminal further includes a list providing unit for providing a list of contacts included in the matching group when a character matching the group name is selected by the user among the hyperlinked characters. In this case, the connection unit may connect the call to the contact selected by the user from the list of contacts provided by the list providing unit.

Alternatively, if a character matching the group name is selected by the user from among the hyperlinked characters, the connection unit transmits a call for message transmission connection or data transmission connection to a contact of an acquaintance included in the group corresponding to the selected character You can also connect.

Also, the storage unit may convert the contact information for the acquaintances into a code value and store the code value.

To this end, the mobile communication terminal may further include a conversion unit for converting a character displayed on the display into a corresponding code value. In this case, it is preferable that the search unit hyperlinks a character having a code value matching the code value stored in the storage unit, among the code values converted by the conversion unit.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal may recognize a character displayed on a display; Retrieving and hyperlinking a character corresponding to a contact of the user's acquaintances stored in the storage unit among the characters recognized by the character recognition step; And connecting a call to a contact corresponding to a character selected by the user from among the hyperlinked characters.

Preferably, the call connection method of the mobile communication terminal includes at least one of a voice call connection, a video call connection, a message transmission connection, and a data transmission connection to the character selected by the user among the hyperlinked characters The method comprising the steps of: In this case, the call connection step may connect a call corresponding to the menu selected by the user among the provided menus.

In addition, the call connection method of the mobile communication terminal may include: storing a group name in the storage unit by designating a contact for a plurality of contacts as a group; And hyperlinking, among the characters recognized by the character recognition step, characters matching the group name stored in the storage unit.

When a character matching the group name stored in the storage unit is selected among the characters recognized by the character recognition step, the call connection method of the mobile communication terminal provides a list of contacts included in the matching group name The method comprising the steps of: In this case, the call connection step may connect the call to the contact selected by the user from the list of provided contacts.

Alternatively, if a character corresponding to the group name is selected from among the hyperlinked characters, the call connection step may connect a call for a message transmission connection or a data transmission connection to a contact of an acquaintance included in the selected group name.

Preferably, the call connection method of the mobile communication terminal further comprises the steps of: converting the contact information of the acquaintances into a corresponding code value and storing the contact code value; And converting a character displayed on the display into a corresponding code value, the character having a code value that matches a code value corresponding to the contact among code values corresponding to the characters displayed on the display, Link.

Thus, the user can read the text message received from the other person or connect the call immediately to the object related to the contents of the text message while the text message is being written by the person himself / herself.

Hereinafter, a mobile communication terminal and a call connection method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a storage unit 10, a character recognition unit 20, a search unit 30, a connection unit 40, a menu providing unit 50, a list providing unit 60 ), And a conversion unit 70.

The storage unit 10 stores the contacts of the user's acquaintances. Here, the contact is stored by matching the name or alias of the acquaintance and the telephone number. In addition, the storage unit 10 may designate a group of contacts for a plurality of acquaintances and store the group names together. Here, the storage unit 10 may convert the contacts, group names, and the like of the respective acquaintances into code values such as ASCII code and Unicode.

The character recognition unit 20 recognizes a character input by a user and displayed on a display (not shown) or a character received from a mobile communication terminal of another person and displayed on the display. That is, the character recognition unit 20 recognizes a text message created and displayed by the user and displayed on the display, or a character such as a memo that is previously created and stored by the user and read by the user and displayed on the display, And recognizes the characters of the text message displayed on the display. Here, the letter is a combination of a line and a dot having a function of representing the concept of a word or a certain concept, and includes a Korean character, an alphabet, a number, and the like. At this time, the character recognition by the character recognition unit 20 is performed by causing the conversion unit 70 to convert the signal of the displayed character into a corresponding code value, and recognizing each character based on the converted code value . ≪ / RTI > In this case, it is preferable that the type of the code converted by the conversion unit 70 is the same as the type of the code stored in the storage unit 10. [

The retrieving unit 30 retrieves and hyperlinks the characters recognized by the character recognizing unit 20, which match the contacts stored in the storing unit 10. [ The retrieval unit 30 retrieves and hyperlinks a character that matches the group name stored in the storage unit 10 among the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 20. The search unit 30 searches for a code value that matches the code value stored in the storage unit 10 among the code values converted by the conversion unit 70 and hyperlinks the character corresponding to the code value Can be implemented. At this time, it is preferable that the search unit 30 searches for a name or an alias of a contact stored in the storage unit 10, or a character that matches all the syllables of the telephone number among the characters displayed on the display. Here, a hyperlink refers to linking information related to each other using hypertext.

The connection unit 40 connects the call to the contact corresponding to the character selected by the user among the characters hyperlinked by the search unit 30. [ That is, when there are a plurality of characters displayed on the display and corresponding to the contacts stored in the storage unit 10, the user can select one of the characters by adjusting a direction key (not shown) of the mobile communication terminal , The connection unit 40 connects the call to the contact corresponding to the selected character.

The menu providing unit 50 displays a selection menu including at least one of a voice call connection, a video call connection, a message transmission connection, and a data transmission connection, with respect to a character selected by a user among characters hyperlinked by the search unit 30 Lt; / RTI >

The list providing unit 60 provides a list of contacts included in the matching group when characters matching the group name stored in the storage unit 10 among the characters hyperlinked by the searching unit 30 are selected.

2 is a diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a call connection method by the mobile communication terminal of FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, the character recognition unit 20 recognizes a character input by a user or received from another person and displayed on the display (S101). On the other hand, the storage unit 10 stores contacts of the user's acquaintances. Here, the contact name is stored with the name or alias of the acquaintance matched with the telephone number.

The retrieval unit 30 retrieves characters matching the contacts stored in the storage unit 10 among the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 20 (S103). That is, the retrieval unit 30 retrieves the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 20 that match the name or alias stored in the storage unit 10, or a number that matches the telephone number. Then, the search unit 30 hyperlinks the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 20, which match the contacts stored in the storage unit 10 (S105).

If the user selects any one of the hyperlinked characters, the connection unit 40 connects the selected character to the corresponding contact and connects the call with the corresponding contact terminal (S107, S109). At this time, the selection of the user can be realized by adjusting the direction key of the mobile communication terminal, positioning the cursor on the corresponding character, and pressing the OK key.

3 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a call connection method by the mobile communication terminal of FIG. 3 shows an example of character recognition by the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

For example, the storage unit 10 may convert the contact information of an acquaintance into a code value such as an ASCII code or a Unicode (S201). In this case, the converting unit 70 converts the character displayed on the display into a code value of the same type as the code type stored in the storage unit 10 (S203). That is, when the storage unit 10 converts the contacts of the acquaintances into ASCII code values and stores them, the conversion unit 70 converts the characters displayed on the display into ASCII codes, The conversion unit 70 converts the character displayed on the display into a Unicode value. At this time, it is preferable that the digits of the code values converted for each character have the same number.

The retrieval unit 30 retrieves a code value corresponding to the code value stored in the storage unit 10 among the code values converted by the conversion unit 70 and hyperlinks the character corresponding to the code value (S205, S207). At this time, the searching unit 30 compares the code values in units of characters, and if the consecutive code values corresponding to at least one character unit match, hyperlinks the corresponding characters.

If the user selects one of the hyperlinked characters, the connection unit 40 connects the selected character to the corresponding contact and connects the call with the corresponding contact terminal (S209, S211).

4 is a diagram illustrating a call connection method according to a third embodiment of the mobile communication terminal of FIG. Here, steps S301 to S307 are the same as steps S101 to S107 of FIG. 2, and therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 5A shows an example of a character to be hyperlinked in memos created by the user, and FIG. 5B shows an example of providing a menu for hyperlinked characters in FIG. 5A. As shown in FIG. 5A, when a character corresponding to a contact stored in the storage unit 10 is retrieved from among the memos read out, the retrieval unit 30 hyperlinks the character, and when the user adjusts the direction key, Character and the menu key is pressed, the menu providing unit 50 provides a menu including at least one of a voice call connection, a video call connection, a message transmission connection, and a data transmission connection as shown in FIG. 5B (S309). At this time, the user can select a desired menu by scrolling through the menu bar or selecting a number given in front of the corresponding menu.

When the user selects one of the menus provided by the menu providing unit 50, the connection unit 40 connects the call to the contact of the acquaintance corresponding to the menu selected by the user at step S313. For example, when a user selects a voice call connection, a call of a general voice call is connected to a contact of an acquaintance corresponding to a hyperlinked character. When a user selects a message transmission connection, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI >

6 is a diagram illustrating a fourth embodiment of a call connection method by the mobile communication terminal of FIG. The storage unit 10 may designate a group of contacts for a plurality of acquaintances and store them together with the group name (S401). At this time, the storage unit 10 designates a plurality of groups for the contacts of the acquaintances, and the contacts of the acquaintances included in the respective groups may be stored in duplicate with other groups. Also, the storage unit 10 may convert the contact and group names of the acquaintances into code values and store them.

The character recognition unit 20 recognizes characters displayed on the display (S403). In this case, when the storage unit 10 converts the contact and group names of the acquaintances into code values, the conversion unit 70 converts the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 20 into code stored in the storage unit 10, It can be converted to the same kind as the type.

The search unit 30 searches the character recognized by the character recognition unit 20 or the code value converted by the conversion unit 70 to see if there is a character that matches the contact or group name stored in the storage unit 10 If there is a matching character, the character is hyperlinked (S405, S407).

If the user selects a character that matches the group name among the characters hyperlinked by the search unit 30, the list providing unit 60 provides the contact list of the people included in the group to the menu (S409). At this time, the user selects any one of the contact lists provided by the list providing unit 60 to connect a call for a voice call connection, a video call connection, a message transmission connection, or a data transmission connection, You can choose to connect calls for message transfer connections or data transfer connections.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a call connection method by the mobile communication terminal of FIG.

3 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a call connection method by the mobile communication terminal of FIG.

4 is a diagram illustrating a call connection method according to a third embodiment of the mobile communication terminal of FIG.

FIG. 5A shows an example of a character to be hyperlinked, and FIG. 5B shows an example of providing a menu for a character selected by a user.

6 is a diagram illustrating a fourth embodiment of a call connection method by the mobile communication terminal of FIG.

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Claims (13)

A mobile communication terminal, A storage unit for storing contacts of the user's acquaintances; A character recognition unit for recognizing characters displayed on a display; A search unit for searching for a character corresponding to a character included in the contact stored in the storage unit and hyperlinking the character recognized by the character recognition unit; And And a connection unit for connecting the call to the contact stored in the storage unit corresponding to the character selected by the user from the characters hyperlinked by the search unit. The method according to claim 1, Further comprising a menu providing unit for providing a menu including at least one of a voice call connection, a video call connection, a message transmission connection, and a data transmission connection with respect to the character selected by the user among the characters hyperlinked by the search unit , Wherein the connection unit connects calls in accordance with the menu selected by the user from the menus provided by the menu providing unit. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the storage unit stores a group name by designating a contact for a plurality of acquaintances as a group, Wherein the search unit hyperlinks a character that matches the group name stored in the storage unit among the characters recognized by the character recognition unit. The method of claim 3, And a list providing unit for providing a list of contacts included in the matching group when a character matching the group name is selected by the user from the hyperlinked characters, Wherein the connection unit connects the call to the contact selected by the user from the list of contacts provided by the list providing unit. The method of claim 3, If a character corresponding to the group name is selected by the user from among the hyperlinked characters, the connection unit connects a call for a message transmission connection or a data transmission connection to a contact of an acquaintance included in the group corresponding to the selected character The mobile communication terminal comprising: The method according to claim 1, Wherein the storage unit converts the contact information of the acquaintances into a code value and stores the code value. The method according to claim 6, And a conversion unit for converting the characters displayed on the display into corresponding code values, Wherein the search unit hyperlinks a character having a code value that matches the code value stored in the storage unit among the code values converted by the conversion unit. A call connection method of a mobile communication terminal, Recognizing a character displayed on the display; Retrieving and hyperlinking a character corresponding to a character included in the contact stored in the storage unit among the characters recognized by the character recognition step; And And connecting a call to a contact stored in the storage unit corresponding to the character selected by the user among the hyperlinked characters. 9. The method of claim 8, Providing a menu including at least one of a voice call connection, a video call connection, a message transmission connection, and a data transmission connection for the character selected by the user among the hyperlinked characters, Wherein the call connection step connects a call in response to a menu selected by the user from among the provided menus. 9. The method of claim 8, Storing a group name in the storage unit by designating contacts for a plurality of acquaintances as a group; And Further comprising the step of hyperlinking, among the characters recognized by the character recognizing step, characters matching the group name stored in the storage unit. 11. The method of claim 10, Further comprising the step of providing a list of contacts included in the matching group name if a character corresponding to the group name stored in the storage unit is selected from the characters recognized by the character recognition step, Wherein the call connection step connects the call to the contact selected by the user from the list of the provided contacts. 11. The method of claim 10, Wherein when the character corresponding to the group name is selected from the hyperlinked characters, the call connection step connects a call for a message transmission connection or a data transmission connection to a contact of an acquaintance included in the selected group name A call connection method of a communication terminal. 9. The method of claim 8, Converting the contacts for the acquaintances into corresponding code values and storing the contacts; And Further comprising converting the characters displayed on the display into corresponding code values, And hyperlinks a character having a code value corresponding to a code value corresponding to the contact among code values corresponding to characters displayed on the display.

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