KR19980019354A - APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THE TELEPHONE CALL FEE OF A TERMINAL FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND METHOD THEREFOR - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a call rate display apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal that calculates a call rate of a mobile communication terminal and accumulates the call rate. The call rate display device of the mobile communication terminal includes a keypad input unit for inputting a phone number and a transmission status of a counterpart to which a user wants to talk, and a user inputting a call termination signal and a call end signal. A handset for detecting a call start signal, a transceiver for receiving and transmitting a signal from an external antenna during a user's call, a converter for receiving and coding a signal from a transceiver and coding and decoding the signal, a converter and a handset And a control unit which receives the telephone usage information from the keypad input unit and counts the talk time when a call start signal is detected, and calculates the call charge and the accumulated charge when the call is completed and displays the calculated accumulated charge, The display unit outputs the accumulated charge. Therefore, the user can check the fee for use at any time, so that the user can check the fee for use and can reduce unnecessary fee by suppressing unnecessary use by the occasional confirmation.

Description

Apparatus and method for displaying call rate of mobile communication terminal

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for displaying a call rate of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for displaying a call rate of a mobile communication terminal to accumulate and display a usage fee of the mobile communication terminal.

In general, a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone has a variety of functions, such as a redial function, a speakerphone function, a phone number memory function, etc. in addition to the basic function of performing a voice call with the other party.

However, until now, only the telecommunication service company can calculate the usage fee of each terminal, so it is impossible to check the usage fee before receiving the usage fee notice of the mobile phone.

Therefore, since the user cannot check the usage fee of the mobile phone which has been consumed up to now, there is a problem that the telephone call can not be saved by reducing unnecessary talk time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a device and a method for displaying a call rate of a mobile communication terminal which is capable of displaying a call charge on a terminal by counting a talk time.

Since the usage fee is accumulated and displayed on the terminal, there is provided an apparatus and method for displaying a call rate of a mobile communication terminal, which can obtain economic benefits by suppressing unnecessary use by the occasional confirmation of the usage fee.

1 is a block diagram showing a call charge display device of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for displaying a call charge in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10 ... Keypad

20.Transmitter and Receiver

30 ... Cotec

40.

50 ... central processing unit

60 ... display unit

Call rate display device of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention to achieve the above object and the keypad input unit; A handset for detecting a call end signal and a call start signal; A transceiver for receiving a signal from an external antenna and transmitting and receiving the call; A converter which receives the transmitted / received signal from the transceiver and codes and decodes it; A control unit which receives the telephone usage information from the conversion unit, the handset unit, and the keypad input unit, counts a call time when a call start signal is detected, and calculates and displays a call charge when the call is completed; Characterized in that the display unit for outputting the call charge calculated from the control unit.

The control unit controls to display the accumulated charge according to the user inputting the accumulated charge display key to the keypad input unit, and counts the talk time from the time when the transmit key input signal of the keypad input unit or the call start signal is received from the handset unit. do.

The display unit displays by using a liquid crystal display (LCD).

On the other hand, the call rate display method of the mobile communication terminal, the user enters the phone number of the other party to talk to, and if the transmission key for transmitting the same, counting the call time; Calculating a call charge according to the counted call time and accumulating the call when the call termination signal is input after counting the call time; And displaying the calculated accumulation rate.

If the user inputs the accumulated charge display key by selection, the calculated accumulated charge is displayed. The accumulated charge is displayed on a liquid crystal display (LCD).

Another method of displaying a call rate of a mobile communication terminal includes: a first step of determining whether a user talks in a state where a total call charge is accumulated; A second step of counting a talk time when a call is started; Calculating a call charge and adding it to the total call charge when accumulating the call; When the user presses the accumulated charge display key, the accumulated charge is calculated according to a fourth step.

According to the features of the present invention configured as described above, the call rate display device and method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention can accumulate the fee for use and display it on the terminal, so that the fee can be checked at any time and unnecessary use can be suppressed. In addition, it is possible to collate when notifying the fee for use, thereby increasing convenience in use.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the call rate display apparatus of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, referring to FIG. A keypad input unit 10; A handset unit 40 for detecting a call end signal and a call start signal; Transmitting and receiving unit 20 for receiving and receiving a signal from an external antenna during a user call; A conversion unit 30 which receives a transmission / reception signal from the transmission / reception means unit 20 and codes and decodes it; The phone 30 receives the telephone usage information from the conversion unit 30, the handset 40, and the keypad input unit 10. When the call start signal is detected, the call time is counted. When the call is completed, the call charge and the accumulated charge are calculated. A controller 50 for controlling the accumulation rate to be displayed; The display unit 60 outputs the accumulated charge calculated from the controller 50.

Then, the controller 50 controls the user to display the accumulated charge according to the user inputting the accumulated charge display key to the keypad input unit 10, and transmits a key input signal or a handset means unit 40 of the keypad input unit 10. The call time is counted from the time point at which the call start signal is received.

In addition, the display unit 60 described above is displayed using a liquid crystal display (LCD).

In more detail, the handset 40 detects whether or not a telephone call is received through the exchange by receiving a call initiation signal indicating that a call originating from the receiving side is received, and outputs it to the central processing unit 50.

The central processing unit 50 is implemented as a microprocessor to recognize the telephone number and the transmission key dialed from the keypad input unit 10 and apply the recognized telephone number to a memory (not shown).

The memory provided inside the central processing unit includes a base rate, a discounted rate, a basic use time, an additional use time, and an additional charge according to the call area and time of the call in order to calculate the call charges according to the usage charge calculation method of the mobile communication terminal. An EPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) is used to store variables such as a fee in advance and to erase or record the contents of the memory.

A coder (decoder and decoder) 30 receives a transmission / reception signal from the transceiver 20, addresses the storage device (memory) of the central processing unit by the encoder, and stores the storage device in the decoder. The called address is applied to the central processing unit.

The central processing unit 50 receives the transmission key input signal from the codec 30, the handset 40, and the keypad input unit 10, and counts the talk time when the call start signal is detected. When the call charge and accumulate charge is calculated.

When the user inputs the accumulated charge display key to the keypad input unit 10, the accumulated charge calculated from the CPU 50 is displayed on the display unit 60 as an LCD.

Call rate display method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention configured as described above, referring to Figure 2, when the user's telephone number of the other party to be called is input (step 100), and a transmission key for transmitting it is input (step 100) 102) counting the talk time (step 104); When the call termination signal is input (step 106) after counting the call time, calculating the call charge according to the counted call time (step 108) and accumulating it (step 110); And displaying the calculated accumulated charge (step 114).

And, if the user inputs the accumulated charge display key by selection (step 112), the calculated accumulated charge is displayed (step 114), and the accumulated charge is displayed on the terminal. to be.

Another method of displaying a call rate of a mobile communication terminal includes: a first step of determining whether a user talks in a state in which a total call charge is accumulated; a second step of counting a call time when a call is started; When the call rate is calculated and added to the total call rate to accumulate it, and the user presses the accumulative charge display key, the third step is displayed through the liquid crystal display means.

In more detail, when the telephone number of the other party to which the user wants to talk is input (step 100) and a transmission key (step 102) for transmitting the same is input, the central processing apparatus counts the talk time (step 104).

Then, when the call termination signal is input (step 106), the CPU calculates the call charge according to the counted talk time (step 108), accumulates it (step 110), and displays the calculated accumulated charge on the display unit (step 114). ) do.

When the user inputs the accumulated charge display key by selection (step 112), the calculated accumulated charge is displayed (step 114), and the accumulated charge is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) of the terminal.

Another method of displaying a call rate of a mobile communication terminal comprises: a first step of determining whether a user has a call in a state in which a total call charge is accumulated; a second step of counting a call time when a call is started; A third step of calculating the call charge and adding it to the total call charge when accumulating the call; and accumulating the charge according to the accumulated charge when the user presses the accumulative charge indication key displayed on the keypad input unit. The fourth step is to display on the screen.

On the other hand, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Call rate display device and method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the monthly fee is displayed on the terminal can be confirmed from time to time, can be checked at the time of notification of usage fee, unnecessary usage by the occasional confirmation of the usage fee Economic benefits can be obtained by suppressing

Claims (7)

Keypad input unit, A handset for detecting a call end signal and a call start signal; Transmitting and receiving unit for receiving and receiving a signal from an external antenna during a call, A converter which receives the transmitted / received signal from the transceiver and codes and decodes it; A control unit which receives the telephone usage information from the converting unit, the handset unit, and the keypad input unit, counts a call time when a call start signal is detected, and calculates a call rate when the call is completed; Call rate display device of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the display unit for outputting the call rate calculated from the control unit. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls to accumulate and display the used call rate. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit is displayed using a liquid crystal display (LCD). In the method for displaying the call charge of the mobile communication terminal, Counting a call time when a phone number of the other party to be called is input and a transmission key for transmitting the call is input; Calculating a call charge according to the counted talk time if a call termination signal is input after counting the talk time; And displaying the calculated call rate. The method of claim 4, further comprising accumulating and calculating the used call rate. The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein the rate is displayed on the liquid crystal display in the display step. A first step of determining whether a user has a call in the state where the total call charge is accumulated; A second step of counting the talk time when the call starts; A third step of calculating the call charge and adding it to the total call charge when accumulating the call; And a fourth step of displaying the calculated accumulated charge through a liquid crystal display means.