KR20000060208A - Recording Method for Calling Data According to Time Zones and A Terminal for Communication System Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for recording a time-based communication information and a mobile communication terminal using the same are provided for recording a communication time and number by time. CONSTITUTION: A communication information function is started by pressing a menu button of an input unit(3a). A sub-menu corresponding to the communication information function is displayed on a display unit(3b). The communication information sub-menu includes a menu of a time-based communication. In addition, it is judged whether a user selects a menu of a time-based communication using the button(3c). When the time-based communication menu is selected, the sub-menu related to the time-based communication is displayed(3g). There are provided a communication time-based input and a communication recording view. A user is judged to select a menu of a communication time-based input(3h).

Description

Recording method for each time zone and mobile communication terminal according to the method {Recording Method for Calling Data According to Time Zones and A Terminal for Communication System Thereof}

The present invention relates to a method of recording the use time and the number of times of use in using a wireless communication device and a wireless communication terminal. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for recording talk time and number of times by time zone and a wireless communication system using the method in using a wireless communication terminal.

In recent years, wireless mobile communication has been rapidly developed. As a result, the mobile pager has been developed from a pager that receives only a message from a sender to a personal mobile phone. Finally, a personal communication terminal called PCS (Personal Communication Service), which can receive various communication services beyond basic voice transmission and reception, It became universal. Such a wireless communication terminal includes a number of functions for providing convenience to the user.

Among them, there is a function of providing basic information for appropriately adjusting a communication method by providing call information using a mobile communication terminal. In other words, it shows the total cumulative time of the subscriber talks, and includes a function that accumulates the time talked in a specific area. For example, the conventional mobile communication terminal has functions to show call information to the user as shown in FIG.

In Figure 1, the 'number of calls' is the total number of calls so far, 'the final call time' is the call time of the last communication, 'total call time' is the total call time so far, and the 'home call time' Is the total talk time of the call in the subscription area, and 'roaming talk time' shows the state of the mobile communication terminal including a display unit 20 indicating the total talk time while moving to another area.

This call information is to provide a basic database that can know the user's call habits. Therefore, the above information content can be utilized by the user to adjust the proper usage. However, such conventional call information merely records cumulative talk time, and provides only a function of simply searching the total number of calls and the total amount of calls.

The mobile communication terminal has received a lot of acclaim for its portability and various functions and services, but the subscriber is feeling a lot of money in use because the fee is much higher than that of a general telephone. Therefore, current mobile communication providers are providing a service for allowing subscribers to select a billing that suits their situation by providing a variety of billing systems for each time of use. However, since only the call information provided by the conventional mobile communication terminal described above does not know what time zone the user is using on average, it does not help to determine which charging system is better to use.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing various call information of a user using a mobile communication terminal. Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal that provides a means for a subscriber to actively select various charging systems based on his or her call information and select a charging system suitable for one of various charging systems. It is.

In order to overcome the shortcomings of the conventional terminal and achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method of establishing at least one talk time zone, storing a time until a call ends after a call is initiated, and If the start time is the corresponding talk time zone of the set talk time zone includes the step of storing the number of times and the accumulated call time and the current talk time in the corresponding talk time zone.

A mobile communication terminal adopting a method of storing call information for each talk time zone sets a plurality of talk time zones, allocates a memory area to store call information corresponding to each talk time zone, and when a call is made, And a central controller for storing call information in a memory area allocated to a corresponding talk time zone, and a memory unit capable of storing corresponding call information for each of the plurality of talk time zones according to the operation of the central controller.

1 is a diagram illustrating call information provided by a conventional mobile communication terminal.

2 is a schematic diagram showing components of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recording call information for each time zone in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of recording call information by time zone after setting the mobile communication terminal to record call information by time zone according to the present invention.

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10: input unit 20, 120: display unit

130: central control unit 140: memory unit

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes the following components to provide a method for recording various call information. The operation unit of the terminal includes an input unit 110 including input keys for inputting various functions, and a display unit 120 indicating a current operation state and information requested by a user.

When a menu corresponding to call information is selected from a menu using an input key provided in the input unit 110, the terminal displays sub-menus corresponding to the call information on the display unit 120. For example, the call information submenu includes menus such as 'total call time', 'final call time' and 'call time by time'. When selecting the 'call time by time zone' related to the present invention, sub-menus such as 'number of call times', 'call time zone input', and 'view call log' may be displayed on the display unit 120 again. . 'Number of call zones' indicates how many call zones are currently set. 'Enter time zone' is a menu for setting a new time zone. And, 'call history view' is a menu that shows the call information so far by call time.

If you select the 'call time zone input' here, a plurality of talk time zones can be set. For example, time zone 1 can be set to 09:00, time zone 2 to 18:00, and time zone 3 to 22:00. If the 'call history view' is selected, the call information including the call time and the number of times of call for each currently set call time is displayed on the display unit 120. For example:

Time Zone 1 09:00 12 Calls 01h 34m 34s

Time Zone 2 18:00 02 Call 00h 25min 12s

Time Zone 3 22:00 07 Call 00h 47min 03s

In the above example, the time zone is set for each time zone and the call information for each time zone has been described. By applying this, a time zone from a specific first time to a second time may be set as a call time, and call information may be displayed for each set time zone. For example, if you can set the start time and end time in the 'Call Time Zone' menu, time zone 1 is from 08: 00-11: 00, time zone 2 is from 13: 30-16: 30, and time zone 3 is It can also be set to 20: 00-22: 00. In this case, selecting 'view call log' may display call information as follows.

Time Zone 1 08: 00-11: 00 09 Call 00h 49m 36s

Time Zone 2 13: 30-16: 30 18 Call 01h 55min 27s

Time Zone 3 20: 00-22: 00 04 Call 00h 26min 07s

The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention has a central control unit (130) for programming and embedding the function in order to perform the above functions, and when the user inputs a talk time zone, call information performed in the talk time zone. The central control unit 130 includes a memory unit 140 for allocating a storage space to be stored.

A method of classifying and storing call information for each time zone set by a user in a mobile communication terminal including the above components will be described below. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a call time zone or storing call information for each set call time period in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The call information function is started 3a by pressing the menu button provided in the input unit. The display unit performs step 3b in which a submenu corresponding to the call information function is displayed. The call information sub-menu includes a menu called 'call by time.'

In step 3c, it is determined whether the user selects the menu of 'time zone call' using the button of the input unit. When the 'call by time' menu is selected, a step (3g) of displaying a sub-menu related to a call by time is performed. It includes menus such as 'Enter Call Time Zone' and 'View Call Log'.

Step 3h is performed to determine whether the user has selected a menu called 'talk time input'. If the user selects a menu called 'call time zone', step 3k of setting a talk time zone is performed. The user sets the time zone in a given way according to the program method built in the terminal. When the call time zone setting is completed, step 3j of determining whether to return to (or end) the call menu for each time zone, which is the upper menu, is performed.

If the menu of 'call time zone input' is not selected, step 3i is performed to determine whether the 'view call log' menu is selected. If the 'view call log' menu is selected, step 3l of displaying the call log for each time zone is performed. After displaying the call log for each time zone on the display unit, a step 3j of determining whether to return to (or end) the time-based call menu, which is the upper menu, is performed.

When the button for returning to the upper menu is pressed, the display of the call menu for each time zone is terminated and the display returns to step 3b of displaying the upper menu, the call information function menu. Otherwise, the flow returns to step 3g to display the time-phased call menu.

In step (3c) of determining whether to select a menu called 'hourly call', if the 'call by time' menu is not selected, step 3d of determining whether another menu is selected is performed. If another menu is selected, the corresponding command is executed (3m). If not, perform step 3e to determine if the end button was pressed.

If the end button has not been pressed, the process returns to step 3b, which displays the call information function menu. Otherwise, if the end button is pressed, the call information function ends (3f).

Hereinafter, how to record the call information for each time zone to supplement the description of the operation of the terminal according to the present invention. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of recording call information for each time zone when a time zone call record is set in the above-described method in a terminal including a time zone call function according to the present invention.

When the other party responds to an outgoing call received at the user's terminal or transmits at the user's terminal, the call recording starts 4a.

A step 4b of recording the time at which the call is started is performed in the memory unit. A step 4c is then performed to determine whether the call has ended. If the call has not ended, since the call continues, step 4g of measuring a talk time using a call timer is performed.

When the call is terminated, the call end time is recorded in the memory, and a step 4d of determining whether the call start time corresponds to a call time zone input set in the call menu for each time zone is performed.

If the call time zone is set in the call menu according to the time zone, the call information recording step of increasing the number of calls by one memory unit in the corresponding call time zone and increasing the current call time measured in the call time measurement step above the accumulated call time ( 4h). Then, the operation ends (4f).

If it does not correspond to the call time zone set in the call menu for each time zone, step 4e of recording call information is performed by a general call information recording method. Then, the operation ends (4f).

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal that allows a user to set an arbitrary time zone and find out the call information performed in that time zone. In the conventional mobile communication terminal, only call information that occurs during a certain period such as total call time or total call number can be known, so that active call management cannot be performed using call information. However, according to the present invention, it is possible to measure the amount of call or the call duration for each time zone, thereby enabling active call management according to the call habit of the user. In particular, the communication service system that sets the fee system differently for each time zone allows the user to design an economically advantageous rate system based on the user's time zone call information.

Claims (3)

Setting at least one talk time zone and setting a storage area for storing call information corresponding to the talk time zone; Storing a time at which the call was initiated, a time at which the call ended, and a time duration of the call; And storing the call information in a storage area allocated to the corresponding call time zone when the call start time corresponds to one of the set call time zones. How to record it. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the call information comprises storing the accumulated number of calls, the accumulated call time, and the current call time. Central control for setting a plurality of talk time zones, allocating a memory area for storing call information corresponding to each talk time zone, and storing call information in a memory area allocated to a corresponding talk time zone of the plurality of talk time zones when a call is made. An apparatus; And a storage unit for allocating a memory area to store corresponding call information for each of the plurality of talk time zones according to the operation of the central controller.