KR20010003363A - Auto-answer method in communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for automatically answering in a mobile communication system is provided to perform an automatic response mode in a terminal by itself in the state a call is connected by storing an automatic response message in a storage in the terminal. CONSTITUTION: A micro processor judges whether or not a mobile communication terminal receives a call connecting request by a caller through a radio public communication network(S101). The micro processor judges whether or not a user selects an automatic absentee response mode(S102). If the mode is not the automatic absentee response mode, a general calling mode is proceeded(S103). If the mode is the automatic absentee response mode, an absentee response message stored in a specific area of a memory by the user is accessed(S104). The absentee answering message is transmitted to the caller(S105). The micro processor judges whether a call connection communication path is shut off or a receiving part receives data according to a specific message of the caller(S106). If the receiving part received the data, the message is stored in a specific area of the memory(S107).

Description

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The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal for performing an auto attendant function. In particular, an automatic response message is stored in a storage means provided in the mobile communication terminal, and the terminal itself automatically responds to a call connection. It relates to an automatic answering method in a portable communication device for performing.

In general, when personal portable communication devices are widely used due to the remarkable development of the information and communication field, as the number of mobile subscribers explodes, subscribers desire more value-added services and higher call quality.

Here, the personal portable communication device is a portable communication terminal of various types designed to transmit and receive voice or data wirelessly with a base station for public communication, and includes a cellular phone, a PCS phone, an IMT-2000 terminal, a GSM terminal, and the like.

Therefore, the mobile communication service provider also responds to the needs of subscribers and is constantly revising and supplementing the operating program, and is trying to provide more various additional services. For example, if the mobile subscriber is called according to a call connection request generated by an arbitrary caller, but the mobile subscriber fails to respond to the call connection, the mobile communication service provider delivers a predetermined mant to the caller and sends a text or voice message. In order to leave a message, the mobile subscriber is informed of this later.

In this automatic answering mode, the mobile subscriber selects a mobile communication service provider and then subscribes to the mobile communication service, and selects the service or the mobile communication service provider randomly provides the service.

At this time, the billing status of the mobile communication service, any caller should pay the normal call level call charges while using the auto-answer service provided by the mobile communication service provider, the mobile subscriber should be as much to confirm the message later The problem arises that it is a double taxation to pay the call charge.

Therefore, if the caller calling the mobile subscriber is inevitably charged according to the use of the auto answering function, the mobile subscriber attempts to solve the above-mentioned problem at the request of the consumer who wants to prevent the occurrence of the call charge for checking the message later. Technical development is needed.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to store the auto-response message in the storage means provided in the mobile communication terminal and to perform the auto-response function by the terminal itself in a call connection state; The present invention provides a method for automatically responding to a portable communication device.

1 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a portable communication device having an automatic answering function according to the present invention;

2 is an operation flowchart for performing an automatic answering function according to the present invention.

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

1: receiver 2, 7: amplifier

3: modulation section 4: transmission data synthesis section

5: voice / character generator 6: receiver

8: voice / character separator 10: LCD driver

11 LCD 13 Demodulator

14 memory 16a audio DSP

17a: transmission path switching unit 18: speaker / earphone

20 microprocessor

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is, in a portable information communication device that is provided with a mobile communication service through a mobile communication service provider, which is capable of talking to any caller wirelessly, and storing a specific signal received in an internal storage means. In the operating method of: a first step of storing the missed response message in the storage means, a second step of determining whether a call connection request signal is received through a wireless public communication network, and the call connection request through the second step A third step of determining whether the missed mode is selected by the user when it is determined that the signal is received; and stored in the storage means through the first step when it is determined that the current missed mode is selected through the third step; And a fourth step of delivering the missed response message to the caller.

As an additional feature of the present invention for achieving the above object further comprises a fifth step of storing the message received through the call path of the current connection state after the fourth step in a predetermined area of the storage means.

The above objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

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

1 is an exemplary block diagram of a portable communication device having an automatic answering function according to the present invention, and a description of the configuration of a general mobile communication terminal will be omitted, and a focus will be given on the configuration of the part related to the present invention. .

The portable communication device capable of reproducing media data and information material according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a microprocessor 20 for controlling various components according to a user's absence response mode. Voice / text separator 8 for receiving the received wireless signal and separating the text information, and receiving and storing the text information separated by the voice / text separator 8 or in the automatic response mode in the microprocessor 20. According to the control operation of the output of the pre-stored auto-response message (for example, "I can not answer the call, please leave a voice message") or output the voice message after the voice / text separation A memory 14 for storing data input through the unit 8 and the memory 14 according to a user's request LCD driver 10 for receiving character information input through text information or other paths (for example, a key signal selected by a user) and displaying them on the LCD 11 and the memory according to a user's request. An audio DSP 16a for receiving a signal stored in the unit 14, converting the signal into an audio signal, and outputting the demodulated signal as an audio signal after receiving the signal from which the text information is separated by the voice / character separator 8; A demodulator 13 and a transfer path switching unit 17a which receives an output signal of the audio DSP 16a or an audio signal output from the demodulator 13 and selectively outputs the audio signal to the speaker / earphone 18; And a transmission for transmitting the voice message stored in the memory 14 to the transmitting side under the control of the microprocessor 20 when the voice message is converted into an audio signal through the audio DSP 16a and output. Is composed of the data combining unit (4).

The voice / character separator 8 has a switching function whose function is to change the signal transmission path by the control unit 20.

A preferred operation example of a portable communication device capable of reproducing media data and information material according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

First, it is assumed that the user has stored a response message in the specific area of the memory 14 in case of missed or unable to answer the call. At this time, the method of storing the response message is the same as the method of storing in a conventional answering machine, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In step S101, the microprocessor 20 determines by which caller the call connection request is received by the caller via the wireless public telecommunication network. In other words, the operation of the receiver 6 is monitored to determine whether a particular calling signal of a reception frequency band is received.

If it is determined that the call ring signal is received in step S101 during this process, the process proceeds to step S102 to determine whether the user has selected the missed call answering mode. In step S102, the determination of the microprocessor 20 determines whether the call is absent. If it is determined that the answer mode is not the answer, the flow advances to step S103 to proceed to the normal call mode.

Since the call mode of step S103 is a general matter, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

If it is determined in step S102 that the determination of the microprocessor 20 is the out of office answering mode, the flow proceeds to step S104 where the user is not already able to answer the missed or call to a specific area of the memory 14. Access the saved response message in preparation.

The response message accessed in step S104 is converted into an audio signal in the audio frequency band through the audio DSP 16a in step S105, and is output from the audio DSP 16a (for example, "I Cannot leave the call now, please leave a voice message ”) is provided to the transmitting data synthesizing section 4 side.

Therefore, the missed response message is transmitted to the caller who generated the call ring signal received in step S101 through the process of step S105.

Thereafter, in step S106, the microprocessor 20 determines whether the call connection path is blocked after the missed response message is transmitted to the caller through the process of step S105, or monitors the operation of the receiver 6 to specify the caller. When a message is generated, it is determined whether it is received.

At this time, if it is determined in step S106 that the call connection is blocked, the caller terminates the call because the caller has disconnected the call.

On the other hand, if the caller generates a specific message in the determination of step S106, and the data receiving operation is performed through the receiving unit 6, this is because the caller leaves a message. The received signal is stored in a specific area of the.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it is well known in the art that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. Anyone who owns it can easily find out.

By providing an automatic answering method in a portable communication device according to the present invention operating as described above, it is possible to reduce the call charges borne by the caller and the subscriber in the absence of the caller and the mobile subscriber, and to reduce unnecessary loss of the channel. By reducing, there is an effect for the convenience of the user.

Claims (2)

A method of operating in a portable information communication device, which is provided with a mobile communication service through a mobile communication service provider and is able to talk to any caller wirelessly and store a specific signal received in an internal storage means. A first step of storing the missed response message in the storage means; A second step of determining whether a call connection request signal is received through a wireless public telecommunication network; A third step of determining whether the missed mode is selected by the user when it is determined that the call connection request signal is received through the second step; And And a fourth step of transmitting the missed response message stored in the storage means to the caller through the first step when it is determined that the missed mode is currently selected through the third step. Autoresponder in. The method of claim 1, And a fifth step of storing the message received through the call path in the current connection state after the fourth step in a predetermined area of the storage means.