KR20000045965A - Method for searching telephone number of telecommunication handset - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for searching telephone number of telecommunication handset is provided to rapidly and easily search the telephone of required person though accurate name or spelling of the person isn't known. CONSTITUTION: A method for searching telephone number of telecommunication handset comprises steps of: searching the telephone number by using a first letter of all letters forming a Korean name as a key word in case that the telephone number is searched using the Korean name; and searching the telephone number by using a first letter of respective word forming English name as a key word in case that the telephone number is searched using the English name. The handset consists of a key input, a micom, a LCD and an outer memory.

Description

How to search phone number of wireless communication terminal

The present invention relates to a method for retrieving a telephone number of a wireless communication terminal (cell phone) having a phone number storage function and a retrieval function among wireless communication terminals (cell phones) of a mobile communication system. In the case of searching for a phone number by using the first consonant of each letter forming a Korean name as a key word (KEY WORD), and searching for a phone number through an English name, the first English letter of each word forming an English name (alphabet A) -Z) as a search word and a phone number is searched, and when a phone number is to be searched through a memory address, a memory address is constructed using a human name and assigned to perform a search. Or phone number search for a business name, etc.), as well as to make it possible to search without knowing the exact name or spelling. Will.

As is well known, the mobile communication system, as shown in Fig. 1, includes a mobile communication terminal (MOBILE STATION) 10, which is a terminal device that allows a subscriber to communicate through a mobile communication network; A base station (BASE TRANSCEIVER SUBSYSTEM) 20 for communicating with the wireless communication terminal 10 using a protocol defined as a standard in a wireless section; A BASE STA-TION CONTROL LER 30, which controls a radio link and a wire link, and performs a handoff function for maintaining a continuity of a call even when a subscriber (mobile communication terminal) moves; A switching station (MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER) 40 which configures a subscriber's call path and performs a connection with another communication network; Subscriber information is stored, and consists of a home location register (HOME LOCATION REGISTER) (50) and the like to exchange signals with the switching center 40, the base station 20, the control station 30 and the switching center 40 through the wireless It is an apparatus for realizing a call of the communication terminal 10. Here, the home location register 50 is a system for storing subscriber information.

In addition, a wireless communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as a wireless communication terminal) having a telephone number storage function and a retrieval function includes a storage means (database) for storing a person's name and a telephone number, and the telephone stored in the storage means. A wireless communication terminal with a function of reading a number through a person's name.

As shown in FIG. 2, the key input unit 11 includes a plurality of keys for inputting Korean, English and numbers, and inputs a phone number and a letter and selects a corresponding menu; A microcomputer (MICOM) 12 which performs a phone number storing function and a retrieval function through a predetermined arithmetic process, and controls all operations of other wireless communication terminals; A display unit 13 comprising a visual display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displaying a signal output through the control of the microcomputer 12; An internal memory (MEMORY) of the microcomputer 12 or an external memory under the control of the microcomputer 12, the database 14 for storing a person's name, telephone number and other data as an essential component It is composed.

When performing a phone number search function, the wireless communication terminal searches for and outputs desired data among data stored in a database by inputting a full name, or part thereof, of a person whose name is to be searched through the key input unit. In the following, the conventional telephone number search method is described in detail as follows.

The conventional method for searching a telephone number of a wireless communication terminal includes: first, searching through a list of recently called telephone numbers, second, searching through a stored address where names and telephone numbers are stored, and third, Korean, or English. You can divide your phone number by typing.

The first method is a method of storing a predetermined number (usually 10) of recent call lists and sequentially searching them using the SCROLL key. The second method is to store names and phone numbers. It is a method of searching a phone number by storing a memory address and entering the memory address when searching.

In addition, the third method is to search for a phone number by inputting all or some of the letters forming a person's name (or business name or other user's recognized name).

However, the first search method of the conventional phone number search method as described above is limited to the number of stored phone numbers classified and stored in the recent call list, so if you want to search for numbers other than the recently called phone number, the first search method There is a problem that can not be retrieved through the method. In this case, you can increase the number by increasing the storage space to store the recently called phone number, but this requires a large number of keys to be searched, as well as a lot of time to reduce the efficiency of the appropriate number Storing a phone number is meaningless.

In addition, in the second method, the user must memorize a memory address that stores a person's name and a phone number, and there is a limit in memorizing a large number of memory addresses. The problem is that you can't.

For example, if a wireless communication terminal remembers 100 people and phone numbers, it is inefficient to remember the memory addresses of the 100 people (or phone numbers), and it is impossible to delete, add, or update the phone numbers. Since the memory address is changed at that time, it is virtually impossible to search the phone number through the memory address.

In addition, the third method is the most efficient method for searching a telephone number, but in the case of a wireless communication terminal, the number of keys for inputting a person's name (Korean or English name) is limited so that a Korean or English name is input. There is a problem that the process is complicated and not easy to use, and this takes a lot of time. In addition, there is a problem in that when searching for a phone number through a person's name, if the person's name is not known correctly, or the person's spelling of the person's name is not correct, the user cannot search the phone number.

Hereinafter, the third search method will be described in detail.

As is well known, wireless communication terminals are becoming smaller and lighter in size due to the characteristics of portable devices, and as a result, the number of keys is gradually decreasing.

Therefore, the number of names entered is also limited.

In general, 24 Korean alphabet letters and 26 English alphabet letters are grouped and arranged according to the arrangement order and frequency of use on the numeric keys "0" to "9" having a multi-input function, and then input through the multi-input function.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, in the case of the Hangul alphabet, "ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅋ" is arranged on the numeric key 1, "ㄷ, ㄹ" is arranged on the numeric key 2, and "ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅌ ", number keys ㅅ" ㅇ, ㅇ, ㄴ ", number keys 5", ㅎ, ㅎ "and number keys 6" ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅐ " Array, number keys 7 to "ㅓ, 에, ㅔ", number keys 8 to "ㅡ, ㅗ, ㅛ", number keys 9 to "TT, ㅠ, ㅖ", number keys By arranging "ㅣ, ㅒ" at 0, the arranged letters are selected sequentially according to the number of times each key is pressed, and the selected letters are controlled to be entered. In the case of English letters, ". (Period), Q, Z "," A, B, C "on numeric key 2," D, E, F "on numeric key 3," G, H, I "on numeric key 4 Arrange "J, K, L" on numeric key 5, arrange "M, N, O" on numeric key 6, arrange "P, Q, R" on numeric key 7. To arrange "T, U, V" on numeric key 8, "W, X, Y" on numeric key 9, and "O, P, R" on numeric key 0 and press each key. The letters arranged according to the number of times are sequentially selected to control the selected letters to be input.

For example, to enter a Korean name of "Hong Gil-dong", switch the character input to Korean,

Press numeric key 5 three times to select "ㅎ", press numeric key 8 twice to select "ㅗ", press numeric key 4 twice to select "ㅇ" to complete the letter "Hong", Press the key that indicates the input of Hangul characters ("Save" in Figure 3) to enter "hong" characters,

Press the numeric key 1 once to select the letter "a". Press the numeric key 0 once to select the "ㅣ". Press the numeric key 2 twice to select the letter "d." Press the key that represents the input of Hangul characters to enter the "length" character,

Press the number 2 key once to select the "ㄷ", press the number 8 key twice to select the "ㅗ", press the number 4 key twice to select the "ㅇ" and complete the letter "East". Press the key that indicates the input of the Hangul character to enter the "dong" character to search for the name "honggildong" to read the phone number.

In addition, in order to enter the English name "Tony Gibbons", after switching the character input to English,

Switch to the uppercase English input key and press the numeric key 8 once to select the letter "T." Switch to the lowercase English input key and press the numeric key 6 three times to select the letter "o." Press the numeric key 6 twice to select the "n" character. Character, press the number 9 key three times to select the letter "y", enter the letter "Tony",

Switch to the uppercase English input key and press the numeric key 4 once to select the letter "G." Switch to the lowercase English input key and press the numeric key 4 three times to select the letter "i." Press the numeric key 2 twice to select the "b" character. Character, press number key 2 twice to select letter “b”, press number 6 key three times to select letter “o”, press number key 6 twice to select letter “n” and press number key 7 Press three times to select the letter "s" and enter the letters "Gibbons", which searches for the phone number "Tony Gibbons".

Therefore, there is a problem that the procedure for inputting a person's name to search for a telephone number is cumbersome and complicated and not easy to use.

Therefore, a part of the letters that make up a human name is entered to search for a name made up of the letters (for example, in the case of "Hong Gil-dong", only "Hong" or "Hong Gil" characters are inputted as "Hong", or There were also problems with searching for a name that started with "Hong Gil", but it was also inconvenient to use, as well as the exact spelling of the letter.

For example, if you enter "Hong" in "Hong Gil-dong" as "Hing" or "Tony" in "Tony Gibbons" as "Toni", you cannot perform the search itself.

For reference, in the case of English, the English alphabet arranged on each numeric key is standardized as described above. However, in the case of Korean, the standardization is not yet made. Therefore, different methods are used for each wireless communication terminal manufacturer.

For example, arrange "a, b" on numeric key 1, "c, d, ロ" on numeric key 2, "ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ" on numeric key 3, and numeric key 4 To ", ㅅ, ㅇ", numeric keys 5 to "ㅈ, ㅋ, ㅋ", numeric keys 6 to "ㅕ, ㅗ, ㅛ", numeric keys 7 to "ㅌ, ㄷ" , ㅎ ", the number key 8" ㅔ, ㅐ, ㅐ, ㅒ "and the number key 9" TT, ㅠ, ㅡ, | "

Alternatively, arrange "a, ㅏ, ㅑ" on numeric key 1, "b, ㅓ, ㅕ" on numeric key 2, "", ,, ロ "on numeric key 3, and number key 4 Arrange "ㅂ, ㅗ, ㅛ" on the keyboard, "ㅅ, TT, ㅠ" on the numeric key 5, "ㅇ, ㅡ" on the numeric key 6, and "ㅈ, eh, ㅣ" on the numeric key 7. ", Array" ㅋ, ㅌ "to the numeric key 8," ッ, ㅎ "to the numeric key 9 is used.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above conventional problems, in particular, when searching the phone number through the Hangul personal name search the phone number by the first consonant of each letter forming the Hangul personal name as a search word, When searching phone numbers through English names, the phone number is searched for the name of the person you want to search by easily searching for the phone number by searching the phone number using the first English letter of each word that constitutes the English name. This is to ensure that you can search without knowing the exact name or spelling.

For example, when searching for a phone number stored in the Korean name "Hong Gil-Dong", when entering the first name of the first consonant "ㅎ, ㄱ, ㄷ" that forms each letter "Hong Gil-Dong", To search for a phone number by searching for a phone number, and to search for a phone number by entering "T, G" when searching for a phone number stored in an English name of "Tony Gibbons". .

Another object of the present invention, when entering the first consonant of each letter forming a Korean name, or the first English letter of each word forming an English name, for the phone number search, Hangul consonants, or the English alphabet arranged When a number key is selected once, all Korean consonants or alphabets (alphabetic) arranged on the key are selected to search for a name made up of them, so as to facilitate input of a search word.

For example, to search for a phone number for the Korean name "Hong Gil-dong", enter "ㅎ, ㄱ, ㄷ". In the keyboard layout of FIG. 3, enter the numeric keys "5, 1, 2" to " It is to search for the phone number of "Hong Gil Dong".

That is, when the numeric key 5, the numeric key 1, and the numeric key 2 are selected, the first letter starts with "ㅈ", "ㅊ", or "ㅎ", and the second letter is "ㄱ" or "ㄴ". "," Or "ㅋ", and the third letter begins with "c" or "ㄹ" by searching for a name that allows you to choose the name "honggildong".

In addition, when searching for a telephone number for the English name "Tony Gibbnos", when entering "T, G", in the case of the keyboard layout of Figure 3, enter the numeric key 8 and the numeric key 4, the name "Tony Gibbnos" It is to search the phone number of.

In other words, when number keys 8 and 4 are selected, the first letter starts with "T", "U", or "V", and the second letter is "G", "H", or "I". By searching for names beginning with ", you can choose the name" Tony Gibbnos ".

At this time, the distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters is configured to be selected as needed.

Another object of the present invention, when retrieving the phone number through the storage address, by configuring the memory address using the human name to give and then search the phone number through this, to facilitate the search of the phone number through the memory address It is for.

That is, in the case of Korean names, the first address of each letter is assigned a memory address consisting of a sequence of numeric keys arranged.In the case of English names, the first English letter of each word forming the English name After assigning a storage address consisting of a string of numbers, the phone number is searched through the storage address.

For example, in the keyboard layout of FIG. 3, in the case of "Hong Gil-dong", the address "512" consisting of the numbers "5, 1, 2" in which the first consonants "ㅎ, a, c" are arranged is stored as a memory address. In the case of "Tony Gibbnos", the name and phone number are stored after storing the "84" address consisting of the numbers "8, 4" in which the first English letter "T, G" of each word is arranged. When searching for a telephone number through a street address, the first consonant or alphabetic characters of each letter constituting the name is arranged to search the telephone number through "512" or "84".

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system;

2 is a block diagram showing the essential components of a wireless communication terminal having a phone number storage and retrieval function;

3 is a view showing the configuration of a general wireless communication terminal,

4 is a control flow chart showing a search method through a life of the present invention "phone number search method of a wireless communication terminal",

5 is a control flowchart showing a method of assigning a memory address in the "phone number search method of a wireless communication terminal" of the present invention;

6 is a control flowchart showing a search method through a storage address in the "phone number search method of a wireless communication terminal" of the present invention.

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10: wireless communication terminal 11: key input unit

12: micom 13: display unit

14: Database

Configuration 1 of the present invention "phone number search method of the wireless communication terminal" in order to achieve the above object, consists of a plurality of keys for inputting Korean, English and numbers, input the phone number and letters and select the corresponding menu A key input unit; A microcomputer for performing a telephone number storage function and a retrieval function through a predetermined arithmetic process, and for controlling all operations of other wireless communication terminals; A display unit comprising a visual display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displaying a signal output through the control of the microcomputer; In the phone number retrieval method of the wireless communication terminal consisting of the internal memory of the microcomputer, or an external memory under the control of the microcomputer, a database for storing a person's name, a phone number, and other data as an essential component,

In the phone number search method, when searching a phone number through a Korean name, the phone number is searched using the first consonant of each letter forming a Korean name as a search word, and when a phone number is searched through an English name, The method is characterized by searching the telephone number using the first English letter of each word forming a lifespan as a search word.

In addition, when inputting a search word consisting of the first consonant of each letter constituting the Hangul name, pressing the numeric key arranged with each consonant constituting the search word to select all the Hangul consonants arranged on the key, Characterized by the consonant string consisting of the sequential combination of Hangul consonants arranged on each numeric key as the first consonant string of each character of the name of the character to search for and output the name.

If more than one person is outputted as a result of performing the search using the Hangul name, the number of each person is assigned to the number of the person to be searched by selecting the assigned number. It is done.

When the number of searched persons is two or more, and each number is assigned a number, the number is given according to the number of search in consideration of the frequency of searching for the names of persons.

If the number of searched names cannot be displayed on one screen of the display unit 13, the search frequency is given to the first screen among the display screens of the plurality of names, so that the number of search frequencies is the highest. This is to allow a lot of data to be displayed.

In the case of assigning a number in consideration of the search frequency of the searched persons, if the number of persons having the highest search frequency is temporarily selected, wait for a predetermined time to elapse, and if no other names are selected to elapse the predetermined time. The temporarily selected name is characterized in that the last selected name.

When the searched name is more than one and one of them is selected, the phone number indicated by the selected name is automatically dialed.

For example, in the keyboard layout of FIG. 3, when the user presses the numeric keys “5, 1, 2” sequentially, the Korean consonants “ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅎ” and the numeric keys arranged on the numeric key 5 may be used. Hangul consonant strings consisting of sequential combinations of the Hangul consonants "ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅋ" arranged in 1 and "ㄷ, ㄹ" arranged in the numeric keys 2 , A consonant string combined with any one of "ㄱ, b, ㅋ" and a third of "c, d" as the third consonant string, and as the first consonant string of each letter forming a lifespan. To search for matching names and print them out.

In this case, when there are two or more searched names, a serial number is assigned to each of the names so that the user selects the serial number, thereby finally selecting a name to be searched. In addition, when the last name is selected, by automatically dialing the phone number indicated by the selected name, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of pressing the key for realizing the call again.

In addition, when two or more searched persons are assigned a serial number to each of them, the user's search frequency is compared to give a priority number to a person with a large number of search frequencies. If no number is selected, the name of the person with the most search frequency is selected so that the phone number indicated by the selected person name can be automatically dialed.

This is to consider that there is a high possibility of calling back the telephone number of the person with the most search frequency, and to add the convenience of its use.

In addition, in case of inputting a search word composed of the first English letter of each word constituting the English name, when each alphabetic letter constituting the search word is pressed, all the English letters (alphabet) arranged in the key are selected. And searching for and outputting the name of a person by using the alphabet string consisting of a sequential combination of alphabetic characters arranged on each numeric key as the first alphabetic string of each word forming a lifespan.

For example, in the keyboard layout of FIG. 3, when the user presses the number keys “5, 1, 2” sequentially, the alphabet letters “J, K, L” arranged on the number key 5 and the number keys 1 are used. An alphabetic string consisting of a sequential combination of the alphabetic characters "Q, Z" arranged in and the alphabetic characters "A, B, and C" arranged in the numeric keys 2, wherein "J, K, L" is the first, and " Q, Z "as the second, and any one of" A, B, C "as the third alphabet string), and the first alphabet string of each word forming a life To retrieve the names and print them.

In addition, when inputting a search word composed of the first consonant of each letter forming the Korean name or a first alphabet letter of each word forming the English name, each Hangul consonant constituting the search word or English letter is arranged. Pressing the numeric key causes all Korean consonants and English alphabets arranged on the key to be selected, and the consonant string consisting of the sequential combinations of the Korean consonants arranged on the respective numeric keys, or the alphabet string consisting of sequential combinations of the English characters. Characterized by the first consonant string of each letter, or as an English character string characterized in that to search for the output.

This is to alleviate the inconvenience of having to search for Korean and English names separately when searching for a phone number through a person's name.

In fact, the database of the wireless communication terminal that stores the name and phone number is limited in capacity, and most people who use Korean names store phone numbers with Korean names, and most people who use English names use English names. Because the phone number is stored, even if the two are mixed together, the actual search difficulty or the search speed is hardly reduced.

Configuration 1 of the present invention "phone number search method of the wireless communication terminal" configured as described above, when retrieving the phone number stored in the mobile communication terminal through the personal name, in the case of the Korean name, the first consonant of each letter forming the Hangul name Search phone numbers by using the search term, and in the case of English names, search the phone number using the first English letter of each word that forms the English name as a search word, so that you can easily and quickly search the phone number for the person you want to search. Of course, you can search even if you do not know the exact name or spelling.

On the other hand, the present invention "telephone number search method of the wireless communication terminal" configuration 2 is composed of a plurality of keys for inputting Korean, English, numbers, etc., a key input unit for inputting a phone number and a letter and selecting a corresponding menu; A microcomputer for performing a telephone number storage function and a retrieval function through a predetermined arithmetic process, and controlling all operations of other wireless communication terminals; A display unit comprising a visual display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displaying a signal output through the control of the microcomputer; In the phone number retrieval method of the wireless communication terminal consisting of the internal memory of the microcomputer, or an external memory under the control of the microcomputer, a database for storing a person's name, telephone number and other data, etc. as an essential component,

The phone number retrieval method comprises assigning a storage address to an array of numbers indicated by a numeric key in which the first consonant of each letter constituting the Korean name to be stored is assigned, when giving a storage address where a person's name and a phone number are stored. Or assigning a storage address to an array of numbers represented by a numeric key where the first word of each word forming the English name to be stored is assigned, and then searching the telephone number through the storage address, Search by inputting the feature.

For example, in the keyboard layout of FIG. 3, the storage address for storing the Korean name and phone number of "Hong Gil-dong" is the numeric key 5 having "H" of "Hong" and "ㄱ" of "Gil". This arranged numeric key 1 and "d" of "east" are assigned to "512" consisting of the arranged numeric key 2.

Then, when retrieving the telephone number through the memory address, in the case of "Hong Gil-dong", if the memory address "512" is inputted, the person name "Hong Gil-dong" and the telephone number stored therein will be output.

Similarly, a memory address for storing the English name and telephone number of "Tony Gibbons" consists of a numeric key 8 arranged with "T" in "Tony" and a numeric key 4 arranged with "G" in "Gibbons". 84 ".

Then, when retrieving the telephone number through the storage address, in the case of "Tony Gibbons", the memory number "Tony Gibbons" and the telephone number stored therein are outputted when the storage address "84" is input.

Configuration 2 of the present invention constitutes a "phone number search method of a wireless communication terminal" is configured to assign a name and a phone number to a mobile communication terminal, and in the case of a Korean name, the first consonant of each letter forming a Korean name is arranged. The storage address is composed and assigned to the array of numbers represented by the key.In the case of English names, the storage address is composed and assigned to the array of numbers represented by the numeric keys where the first English letter of each word constituting the English name is arranged. By retrieving the phone number through the address, it is easy to store and use the memory address when retrieving the phone number through the memory address.

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention "phone number search method of a wireless communication terminal" configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings for an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless communication terminal to which the present embodiment is applied is configured by using the key input unit 11, the microcomputer 12, the display unit 14, and the database 14 as essential components. It is a wireless communication terminal with number storage and retrieval.

In addition, in the key input unit 11 used in the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 3, "a, b, k, Q, Z" is arranged on the numeric keys 1, and "c, d on the numeric keys 2. , A, B, C "are arranged," ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅌ, D, E, F "is arranged on the numeric keys 3, and" ㅅ, ㅇ, ,, G, H, I "on the numeric keys 4. And ,, ,, ㅎ, J, K, L "on the numeric keys 5," ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅐ, M, N, 0 "on the numeric keys 6, and" "on the numeric keys 7. ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅔ, P, R, S "are arranged,"-, ㅗ, ㅛ, T, U, V "is arranged on numeric key 8, and" TT, ㅠ, ㅖ, W, X, Y "are arranged, and" I, Y, O, P, R "is arranged by the numeric keys 0.

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This Embodiment 1 is an embodiment of the configuration 1 of the present invention " method of searching for a telephone number of a wireless communication terminal ".

In the first embodiment, the telephone number search function for the Korean name and the telephone number search function for the English name are not separated. Also, in the case of English, lowercase letters and uppercase letters are not distinguished.

Therefore, when a particular numeric key is pressed, both the Korean consonant and the English alphabet (alphabet) arranged on the key are read and used for the search function.

In addition, in the first embodiment, when the number of people searched is more than two by managing the search frequency for each person, the priority number is assigned according to the search frequency.

In addition, in the first embodiment, when there are two or more searched names, the most frequently searched persons are placed in the temporary selection state, and when the other names are not selected for a predetermined time, the temporary selected names are finally selected. The name of the person selected. The predetermined time at which the temporary selected name is finally selected is 5 seconds.

In addition, in the first embodiment, when a name to be searched is finally selected, the telephone number indicated by the name is automatically dialed.

In addition, in the first embodiment, a method of indicating completion of a search word using a "#" key as an input completion key indicating completion of input of a search word, and a method of recognizing this as completion of a search word when a predetermined time elapses. Use in parallel. The predetermined time indicating completion of the search word input is 3 seconds.

First, by applying the technical idea of the present invention to the Hangul operating program recognized by the microcomputer 12 of the wireless communication terminal, when performing the phone number search function through the human name, the program to enable the input of the Korean consonants and recognition of the characters.

That is, when recognizing a letter for Hangeul, the letter is not recognized as a completed letter unit, but as a combination of each consonant and a vowel forming the letter.

For example, "hong gil dong" is not recognized as "hong", "gil" and "dong", when the character is recognized (saving), but the letters consisting of "ㅎ", "ㅗ" and "ㅇ", Recognize it as a letter consisting of "ㄱ" and "ㅣ" and "ㄹ", or a letter consisting of "ㄷ" and "" "and" ㅇ ", or the first consonant" ㅎ "and the first consonant" ㄱ " Recognize that the letter "," the first consonant is "c".

In addition, by applying the technical idea of the present invention to the English operating program, when performing a phone number search function through the name of the person, to recognize each search word (search alphabet) input through the key input unit 11 as the first alphabet of words Program.

In other words, when recognizing a search word, the program is not recognized as a single word composed of each English letter inputted as the search word, but rather as the first English letter of each English word.

For example, when the search word "TG" is entered, the command is to search for a string including a word beginning with the letter "T" and a word beginning with the letter "G" after the word beginning with the letter "T". Be aware.

In other words, leave a space after the English string beginning with the letter "T" and then recognize the name of the person whose name you want to search for as the name with the English string beginning with the letter "G".

Hereinafter, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.

For the description of the operation of the first embodiment, it is assumed that the following names and telephone numbers are stored in a database.

Kim Hyosang: 123-4561 Kim Mina: 123-4562

Kwon Jin-woo: 123-4563

Park Chan-sik: 123-4565 Hwang Soo-gil: 123-4566

Carol A. Flynn: 123-1231 David Fairlamb: 123-1232

Gordon Walsh: 123-1233 Joseph J. Carr: 123-1236

Tony Gibbons: 123-1238 Paul Procter: 123-1239

In the first embodiment, it is assumed that "Kim Hyo-sang" is used for the Korean name and "Joseph J. Carr" is used for the English name.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, when a phone number search function is performed through a human name, the microcomputer 12 of the wireless communication terminal waits for a search word input from a user.

At this time, the user presses the numeric keys "1, 5, 4" arranged with the first consonant "a, ㅎ, ㅅ" of each letter forming the name "Kim Hyosang" to be searched through the key input unit 11, When the "#" key indicating the completion of the input is pressed or 3 seconds have elapsed, the microcomputer 12 includes three letters for the name of the person to be searched for, and the first letter is "a, b, k Q, Z". Begin with any one, and the second letter begins with any of the characters "ㅈ, ㅋ, ㅎ, J, K, L", and the third letter begins with any of "ㅅ, ㅇ,, G, H, I" Search for a person's name.

In the case of the database, the names that satisfy this are "Kim Hyo Sang" and "Kwon Jin Woo".

In this case, since two or more persons output the search results, the microcomputer 12 determines the frequency of search for "Kim Hyo Sang" and "Kwon Jin Woo" (for convenience of description, "Kim Hyo Sang" was searched five times, and "Kwon Jin Woo" is three). The number 1 is given to "Kim Hyo Sang", which has a large number of search frequencies, and the number 2 is given to "Kwon Jin-woo" and displayed on the display unit 13.

Then, the user selects the final name by pressing the number indicated by the desired name among the first and second. At this time, if there is no number selection so that a predetermined time of 5 seconds elapses, " Kim Hyo-sang " having a high search frequency is automatically selected.

In addition, when the final name is selected through the search process, the phone number is automatically dialed.

That is, when "Kim Hyo Sang" is selected, "123-4561" is dialed. When "Kwon Jin-woo" is selected, "123-4563" is automatically dialed. This is to reduce the inconvenience of having to perform another operation in order to make a call in the case of a wireless communication terminal, which is mostly to make a call to the phone number of the last searched person.

In addition, after automatic dialing, the number of searches for the person name is increased by one and stored.

Therefore, the user can easily perform a search operation and a dialing operation only by inputting a simple search word.

Substantially, when searching and dialing the telephone number of "Kim Hyo-sang" using the conventional method, all 16 keys should be operated in the keyboard arrangement as shown in FIG. Input is enough.

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This Embodiment 2 is an embodiment of the configuration 2 of the present invention "the telephone number search method of the wireless communication terminal". That is, an embodiment of a method of storing a person's name and a phone number in a storage address and a method of retrieving the stored person's name and a phone number.

Hereinafter, a method of arranging storage addresses in names and telephone numbers and a method of retrieving stored names and telephone numbers through memory addresses will be described below.

First, when storing names and telephone numbers in the database 14, as shown in Fig. 5, in the case of Korean names, an array of numbers indicated by numeric keys in which the first consonants of the letters forming the Korean names are arranged. Is stored as a storage address, and in the case of an English name, a name and a telephone number are stored using an array of numbers indicated by a numeric key in which the first word of each word forming the English name is arranged.

For example, in the keyboard layout of FIG. 3, the memory address for storing the name "Kim Hyo Sang" is arranged with the numeric key 1 in which "B" of "Kim" is arranged and "ㅎ" of "Hyo". "154" consisting of the numeric keys 5, and the numeric keys 4 arranged with the "s" of "up".

That is, the person name "Kim Hyo Sang" and the telephone number "123-4561" are stored in the memory address "154".

Similarly, in the case of the English name "Carol A. Flynn", the first English letter "C, A, F" of each word is "223" arranged.

That is, "Carol A. Flynn" is stored in the memory address "223".

Then, "Kim Hyo Sang" is stored in the memory address "154" and Carol A. Flynn "is stored in" 223 ".

Then, when searching for a phone number using the memory address, as shown in Figure 6, in the case of the Hangul name, the first consonant of each letter forming the Hangul name is pressed by pressing a number key (for example: "1, 5, 4" in the case of "Kim Hyo-sang", and if the first English letter of each word that forms the English name is pressed by pressing the number key (for example, "Carol A. Flynn"), "2, 2, 3 ") You can search for the phone number you want.

Therefore, each person's name can be stored with the person's own name, and the phone number search function can be easily performed.

However, in the above description, the technical idea of the present invention has been limited to the wireless communication terminal, but it is understood that the present invention can be applied to a conventional telephone or a key phone having a telephone number storage function and a retrieval function.

As described above, the present invention "phone number search method of the wireless communication terminal", in particular, when searching for a phone number through a human name, the first consonant (in the case of a Korean name) of each letter forming a human name, or the first If you want to search the phone number using the first English letter (in the case of English name), and you want to search the phone number through the memory address, you can search the phone number by assigning the memory address using the person's name. The effect is that it can be done easily and quickly, and the phone number can be searched even if the exact name or spelling is not known.

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A key input unit comprising a plurality of keys for inputting Korean, English, numbers, etc., for inputting a phone number and a character and selecting a corresponding menu; A microcomputer for performing a telephone number storage function and a retrieval function through a predetermined arithmetic process, and for controlling all operations of other wireless communication terminals; A display unit comprising a visual display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displaying a signal output through the control of the microcomputer; In the phone number retrieval method of the wireless communication terminal consisting of the internal memory of the microcomputer, or an external memory under the control of the microcomputer, a database for storing a person's name, telephone number and other data, etc. as an essential component, In the phone number search method, when searching a phone number through a Korean name, the phone number is searched using the first consonant of each letter forming a Korean name as a search word, and when a phone number is searched through an English name, Phone number search method of a wireless communication terminal, characterized in that for searching the phone number by using the first English letter of each word of the word. The method of claim 1, wherein when inputting a search word composed of the first consonant of each letter constituting the Hangul name, pressing the number key arranged with each consonant constituting the search word selects all Hangul consonants arranged on the key. Telephone number of the wireless communication terminal, characterized in that to search for and output the name of the human consonant string consisting of the sequential combination of the Hangul consonants arranged on each numeric key as the first consonant string of each character of the name Search method. The method of claim 1, wherein when inputting a search word composed of the first English letter of each word constituting the English name, pressing the numeric keys arranged for each English letter constituting the search word selects all alphabet letters arranged on the key. The telephone number retrieval method of a wireless communication terminal characterized in that the first character string of each word constituting the name of the alphabet string consisting of the sequential combination of the alphabetic characters arranged on each numeric key to retrieve and output the human name . The method of claim 1, wherein when a search word composed of the first consonant of each letter constituting the Korean name or a search word composed of the first English letter of each word constituting the English name is entered, each Hangul consonant constituting the search word, Alternatively, when a numeric key arranged with alphabetic characters is pressed, all Korean consonants and alphabets arranged in the key are selected, and a consonant string consisting of a sequential combination of Korean consonants arranged in each numeric key, or an alphabetic string consisting of a sequential combination of alphabetic characters A method of searching for a telephone number of a wireless communication terminal, characterized in that the first consonant string of each letter constituting the name of the person, or the English character string to search for and output the name. The name of any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein when two or more persons are found as a result of performing the searching process, the persons to be searched are assigned by assigning numbers to the respective persons and selecting the assigned numbers. Phone number search method of a wireless communication terminal, characterized in that to select the phone number. The telephone of a wireless communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein when the number of searched persons is two or more, and the number of each person is assigned, the number is assigned according to the number of search in consideration of the frequency of searching for the name of the person. How to search for numbers. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein when a number is assigned in consideration of the search frequency of the searched person, after selecting a person with the highest search frequency, the user waits for a predetermined time to elapse, and then waits for a predetermined time to elapse. If it is not selected, the phone number search method of the wireless communication terminal, characterized in that the tentatively selected person name is finally selected person name. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein if the searched names are two or more, and one of them is selected, the phone number search method of the wireless communication terminal is automatically dialed. A key input unit comprising a plurality of keys for inputting Korean, English, numbers, etc., for inputting a phone number and a character and selecting a corresponding menu; A microcomputer for performing a telephone number storage function and a retrieval function through a predetermined arithmetic process, and for controlling all operations of other wireless communication terminals; A display unit comprising a visual display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displaying a signal output through the control of the microcomputer; In the phone number retrieval method of the wireless communication terminal consisting of the internal memory of the microcomputer, or an external memory under the control of the microcomputer, a database for storing a person's name, telephone number and other data, etc. as an essential component, The phone number retrieval method comprises assigning a storage address to an array of numbers indicated by a numeric key in which the first consonant of each letter constituting the Korean name to be stored is assigned, when giving a storage address where a person's name and a phone number are stored. Or assigning a storage address to an array of numbers represented by a numeric key where the first word of each word forming the English name to be stored is assigned, and then searching the telephone number through the storage address, Search for a phone number of a wireless communication terminal, characterized in that for entering by searching.